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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Electric vehicles that typically weigh more than gasoline-powered cars can easily crash through U.S. steel highway guardrails that are not designed to withstand the extra force, raising concerns about the nation’s roadside safety system, according to crash test data released Wednesday by the University of Nebraska.
Electric vehicles, or EVs, typically weigh 20-to-50-per-cent more than gas-powered vehicles thanks to batteries that can weigh almost as much as a small gas-powered car. And they have lower centres of gravity. Because of these differences, guardrails can do little to stop electric vehicles from pushing through the barriers typically made of steel.
Last fall, engineers at Nebraska’s Midwest Roadside Safety Facility watched as an electric-powered pickup truck hurtled toward a guardrail installed on the facility’s testing ground on the edge of the local municipal airport. The nearly four-ton 2022 Rivian R1T tore through the metal guardrail and hardly slowed until hitting a concrete barrier yards away on the other side.
“We knew it was going to be an extremely demanding test of the roadside safety system,” said Cody Stolle with the facility. “The system was not made to handle vehicles greater than 5,000 pounds.”
The university released the results of the crash test at a time when the rising popularity of electric vehicles has led transportation officials to sound the alarm over the weight disparity of the new battery-powered vehicles and lighter gas-powered ones. Last year, the National Transportation Safety Board expressed concern about the safety risks heavy electric vehicles pose if they collide with lighter vehicles.
Road safety officials and organizations say the electric vehicles themselves appear to offer superior protection to their occupants, even if they might prove dangerous to occupants of lighter vehicles. The Rivian truck tested in Nebraska showed almost no damage to the cab's interior after slamming into the concrete barrier, Stolle said.
But the entire purpose of guardrails, found along tens of thousands of miles of roadway, is to help keep passenger vehicles from leaving the road, said Michael Brooks, executive director of the nonprofit Centre for Auto Safety. Guardrails are intended to keep cars from careening off the road at critical areas, such as over bridges and waterways, near the edges of cliffs and ravines and over rocky terrain, where injury and death in an off-the-road crash is much more likely.
“Guardrails are kind of a safety feature of last resort,” Brooks said. “I think what you're seeing here is the real concern with EVs — their weight. There are a lot of new vehicles in this larger-size range coming out in that 7,000-pound range. And that's a concern.”
The preliminary crash test sponsored by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Research and Development Centre also crashed a Tesla sedan into a guardrail, in which the sedan lifted the guardrail and passed under it. The tests showed the barrier system is likely to be overmatched by heavier electric vehicles, officials said.
The U.S. Federal Highway Administration declined to immediately comment on the Nebraska test results. The Electric Vehicle Association and the Alliance for Transportation Electrification, which support the use of electric vehicles, did not immediately respond to inquiries about the study.
The extra weight of electric vehicles comes from their outsized batteries needed to achieve a travel range of about 480 kilometres per charge.
“So far, we don’t see good vehicle to guardrail compatibility with electric vehicles,” Stolle said.
More testing, involving computer simulations and test crashes of more electric vehicles, is planned, he said, and will be needed to determine how to engineer roadside barriers that minimize the effects of crashes for both lighter gas-powered vehicles and heavier electric vehicles.
“Right now, electric vehicles are at or around 10 per cent of new vehicles sold, so we have some time,” Stolle said. “But as EVs continue to be sold and become more popular, this will become a more prevalent problem. There is some urgency to address this."
The facility has seen this problem before. In the 1990s, as more people began buying light-weight pickups and sport utility vehicles, the Midwest Roadside Safety Facility found that the then-50-year-old guardrail system was proving inadequate to handle their extra weight. So, it went about redesigning guardrails to adapt.
“At the time, lightweight pickups made up 10-to-15-per-cent of the vehicle fleet,” Stolle said. “Now, more than 50 per cent of vehicles on the road are pickups and SUVs.”
"So, here we are trying to do the same thing again: Adapt to the changing makeup of vehicles on the road."
It's impossible to know what that change will look like, Stolle said.
"It could be concrete barriers. It could be something else,” he said. “The scope of what we have to change and update still remains to be determined.”
The concern over the weight of electric vehicles stretches beyond vehicle-to-vehicle crashes and compatibility with guardrails, Brooks said. The extra weight will affect everything from faster wear on residential streets and driveways to vehicle tires and infrastructure like parking garages.
“A lot of these parking structures were built to hold vehicles that weighed 2,000 to 4,000 pounds — not 10,000 pounds,” he said.
“What really needs to happen is more collaboration between transportation engineers and vehicle manufacturers,” Brooks said. “That's where you might might see some real change.”
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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Nigeria News
Why Obasanjo Almost Punched Me – Olanipekun
A former President of the Nigeria Bar Association (NBA) and a Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Wole Olanipekun, has made a startling revelation about an encounter with former President Olusegun Obasanjo.
Olanipekun claimed that Obasanjo nearly assaulted him when he suggested amending Nigeria’s constitution during his presidency.
This revelation came during the 32nd and 33rd convocation lecture of Olabisi Onabanjo University (OOU), Ago-Iwoye, Ogun State, where Olanipekun was a speaker.
Delivering a lecture titled “Mass Exodus of Human Capital in Nigeria: An Anatomical Analysis of the Causes and Effects”, Olanipekun strongly criticized the 1999 constitution, labeling it as “fake” and inadequate for addressing the nation’s challenges.
He advocated for a complete overhaul of the constitution to better meet the country’s needs.
The former NBA President recalled that in 2002, while leading a delegation of the association to meet with President Obasanjo, he advised the commencement of a process to amend the constitution.
However, his suggestion was not only rejected by Obasanjo but also nearly led to physical confrontation, as the former President almost “boxed” him in response to the proposal.
Olanipekun attributed the mass exodus of young Nigerians abroad to several factors, including insecurity, a faulty constitution, a struggling economy, and flawed federalism.
He said, “We need a constitution with a humane face. I’m a lawyer, but we are deceiving ourselves, our constitution is fake and I have said this over and over, but then you will ask we lawyers that, ‘if we say the constitution is fake, why are we practicing it’? Lawyers and judges apply the law as it is, not the law as it ought to be, so we apply the law as we have it now and we have been pleading that we should amend the constitution, let us overhaul it.
“I, as president of the NBA, I led a delegation of the association to president Obasanjo in 2002, he almost boxed me, I’m here in Ogun State and I’m saying this, he is still alive, he said ‘no you can’t change it’, I said Mr. President, let us seize this opportunity to do it.
“We also appeal to the powers that be now, to our president, Bola Ahmed Tinubu that the time for us to restructure this country is now if we do not do it, these children that we have abroad might not return home, they won’t come here.”
He described previous alterations to the constitution as “charades and widow dressing” and called for the restructuring of the country.
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HOUSTON (AP) — HOUSTON (AP) — Core Laboratories Inc. (CLB) on Wednesday reported fourth-quarter net income of $6.5 million.
On a per-share basis, the Houston-based company said it had net income of 14 cents. Earnings, adjusted for non-recurring costs, were 19 cents per share.
The results missed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of 20 cents per share.
The energy services company posted revenue of $128.2 million in the period, beating Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $127.8 million.
For the year, the company reported profit of $40.9 million, or 86 cents per share. Revenue was reported as $509.8 million.
For the current quarter ending in March, Core Laboratories said it expects revenue in the range of $122 million to $128 million.
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He will be replaced by state minister Champai Soren, a veteran leader of the ruling JMM.
New Delhi: High voltage drama was seen outside the Raj Bhavan in Ranchi on Wednesday evening before the Enforcement Directorate formally arrested Jharkhand's former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in an alleged money laundering case. Mr Soren signed his arrest memo only after meeting Governor CP Radhakrishnan and submitting his resignation. He will be replaced by state minister Champai Soren, a veteran leader of the ruling Jharkhand Mukti Morcha.
"The former chief minister insisted on meeting the Governor before signing his arrest memo," a senior official in charge of the investigation told NDTV.
Mr Soren, he said, wanted to parade his MLAs before the Governor. "Three buses full of MLAs had reached the Raj Bhavan. But not all were allowed inside. He submitted a list of MLAs and only then he relented," the official added.
Mr Soren was questioned by the Central agency for seven hours on Wednesday before he went to meet the Governor.
Officials said during questioning, Mr Soren was asked to pen down his statement, which he was unwilling to do. "He was uncooperative, so he was arrested," a senior official said.
The agency claims Mr Soren and his aides used to forcibly acquire land. "Acres of land have been acquired allegedly by Chief Minister and the people known to him. We have arrested him in a money laundering case for a land scam involving 8 acres of land," the official claimed.
The agency, he added, has "documentary evidence to prove that the proceeds of crime went to Hemant Soren," which is why he has been arrested.
The ED claims the investigation points to a sophisticated operation involving a network of brokers and businessmen who manipulated land records to create fake deeds - legal documents that transfer ownership of land or real estate from one party to another - for valuable parcels of land.
"These falsified documents were then used to sell off the land to various individuals and companies, leading to substantial financial gains for the perpetrators," an official said.
The agency is expected to produce Mr Soren before a special anti-money laundering court in Ranchi on Thursday. The ED will seek his remand for custodial interrogation.
The central agency has so far arrested 14 people in the case, including 2011-batch IAS officer Chhavi Ranjan, who served as the director of the state's Social Welfare Department and deputy commissioner of Ranchi.
Assembly elections are due in Jharkhand in November.
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HBO has traditionally allowed the mercurial Larry David to decide whether or not there would be more seasons of Curb Your Enthusiasm, but to Variety, he now says this is it.
At Tuesday night's Los Angeles red carpet premiere for the forthcoming 12th and final season, David acknowledged to the trade that he's said the show was over many times before.
"Yeah, I said it before. But I wasn't 76 when I said it," he noted.
The Seinfeld co-creator also expressed of the Emmy-winning show, "It's time. Twelve years, that's a lot for a television show -- over 24 years. It was time."
The series, which began in 1999 as a one-off mockumentary about David's alleged return to stand-up comedy, launched as a series in 2000.
HBO had always given David a wide berth to return for subsequent seasons at his leisure. For instance, there was a six-year gap between seasons eight and nine.
During its run, the show racked up 51 Emmy nominations with two wins, including an Outstanding Comedy Series Emmy in 2002.
Curb Your Enthusiasm's 12th season kicks off on Sunday at 10 p.m. ET/PT on HBO and Max.
New episodes will debut subsequent Sundays at the same time, leading up to the series finale on April 7.
Copyright © 2024, ABC Audio. All rights reserved.
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
Copyright 2024 NPR
Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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Ginkgo Bioworks and Phytolon have announced the successful completion of the first development milestone in their partnership, unlocking the full color palette of the yellow-to-purple spectrum accessible for Phytolon’s natural food colors.
Phytolon’s natural betalain pigments, derived from foods like beets and cactus fruit, present a safe and sustainable alternative to synthetic dyes. With heightened scrutiny and bans on synthetic dyes, this new innovation aims to address growing regulatory concerns and consumer demand for nature-derived products.
“This achievement puts our colors at the forefront to efficiently replace artificial dyes in our food”
After being founded in 2018, Phytolon secured $4.1 million in 2020 to bring its fermented food colors to market, focusing on product development and refining its fermentation technology. The company has been actively seeking partnerships ever since to enhance its technology and expand its market reach. The partnership with Ginkgo Bioworks has significantly enhanced the efficiency of Phytolon’s yeast strains, ensuring the consistent and robust production of sustainable food colors via two producing strains.
Tal Zeltzer, co-founder and CTO of Phytolon, commented on the milestone: “We are so excited to reach this key milestone with our partner, Ginkgo Bioworks. This achievement puts our colors at the forefront to efficiently replace artificial dyes in our food and create a healthy and sustainable world. Our clients are now able to explore high-performing natural colors in their brands, covering the full range from purple to pink, red, orange, and yellow shades.”
Enhancing Phytolon’s technology
This partnership, leveraging Ginkgo Bioworks’ cell programming and biosecurity platform and Phytolon’s expertise in producing natural food colorants, was initiated in 2022. The successful completion of this project’s first milestone enhances Phytolon’s market offering, while the existing agreement aims to achieve additional milestones that further increase production efficiency.
Kevin Madden, Senior Vice President of Commercialization at Ginkgo Bioworks, stated, “We are thrilled to see our collaboration with Phytolon accelerate, and we’re proud to be a driving force behind the realization of this milestone and the R&D breakthroughs it represents. […] As we celebrate this success, we look forward to sustaining this momentum to further enhance the performance of Phytolon’s products.”
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On the final Saturday of the opening month of 2024, Appalachian State hosted James Madison before a sellout crowd of 8,052 fans at the Holmes Convocation Center. It marked the third-largest crowd in program history.
In this article, I’ll take a more in-depth look at just how Dustin Kerns has been able to lead the Mountaineer basketball program to this point in just his fifth season as the head coach.
James Madison captured national attention for the Sun Belt by opening the 2023-24 season with a 79-76 overtime win over then-No. 4 Michigan State at the Breslin Center. That was part of what was 14-0 start to the regular-season.
While JMU’s win might have sparked interest in the Sun Belt hoops scene this season, it was App State’s 69-64 early December win over Auburn that kept attention on the Sun Belt throughout much of the non-conference season.
Appalachian’s tough transition
Appalachian State is a program on the rise in mid-major hoops, and though it’s not been easy, the challenge becomes even more difficult with each new marker set. That’s true for any mid-major program, and is especially true for ones without a sustained longevity of success.
“Taking the stairs” is a mantra head coach Dustin Kerns and App State has implemented. It has been an incremental climb. The Mountaineers have won 18, 17, 19 and 16, as well as having made one NCAA Tournament appearance in Kerns’ first four seasons as the head coach.
With its 82-76 win over James Madison Saturday evening, the Mountaineers improved to 17-4 overall. A win at Georgia State Thursday night would be win No. 18, which would tie the most regular-season wins for Kerns with a month still to go in the regular season.
Traditionally, App State has been a hardcore football-driven school steeped in success at every level on the gridiron. For a long time, football’s winning culture has dominated the mountain and surrounding communities.
When Kerns arrived, he embraced football’s successful culture and made social media his friend by promoting Appalachian’s highly successful program. It made Kerns likable and that might not seem like much, but it’s big-time when you’re trying to change a history of program which had just two NCAA Tournament appearances in a 47-year span.
The Mountaineer football team won three straight national titles from 2005-07 and stunned No. 5 Michigan 34-32 to open the 2007 season. It was point of pride for anyone who is an alum or cheers for the Mountaineers on a regular basis.
That would eventually propel Appalachian State onto a bigger platform as an FBS member. In 2014, Appalachian State officially became a member of the Sun Belt Conference on both the gridiron and the hardwood.
In the Mountaineers’ final season in the Southern Conference (2013-14), they went 9-21 overall and 5-11 in the conference. It marked Jason Capel’s final season as head coach.
The man brought in to replace Capel would be former Bob McKillop assistant Jim Fox from Davidson. He struggled and never posted a winning record in his five seasons at the helm.
Fox’s best season as the head coach came in 2017-18 as the Mountaineers finished 15-18, including a 9-9 record in conference play, which was the best for the Mountaineers to date.
The 2018-19 season was Fox’s final season at the helm of the Mountaineer basketball program. The Black and Gold would finish 11-21 overall and 6-12 in the Sun Belt, which was good enough for 10th in the now 12-team Sun Belt. Louisiana Monroe would deliver the final blow to the Jim Fox era in Boone, handing the Mountaineers an 89-80 setback in the opening tournament game. It was time for a change in leadership.
That prior info is to give you an idea of the state of the Appalachian State program when Kerns took over the position. He would take over a program for the 2019-20 campaign with a streak of eight-straight losing campaigns. It appears Kerns has laid the foundation of a good culture in Boone.
The Big Game and Night for App State Hoops
With students tailgating a few hours before tip-off in and around King Street, despite a driving rain, Saturday’s game against James Madison had the feeling of a big-time college basketball game.
About an hour before tip-off, Kerns told me that App State’s crowd vs. James Madison might make the one that celebrated its 69-64 win over Auburn in the non-conference look small by comparison. He was 100% right.
The second-largest crowd in Holmes Center history was the first-ever game in the facility, when the Mountaineers hosted the North Carolina Tar Heels, which drew 8,325 fans and many there for the novelty of the occasion, or to see the Tar Heels, which promptly drilled the Mountaineers, 99-69, souring the season-opener for the SoCon defending champions to commence the 2001-02 campaign and the Houston Fancher era as head coach.
On Jan. 12, 2009, the largest crowd filled the Holmes Dome of 8,350 fans, with most there to see generational talent Stephen Curry of Davidson. In that contest, the Wildcats handled Appalachian as Curry scored a modest 16 points to lead Davidson to a 70-52 win.
Since joining the Sun Belt Conference in 2014-15, Appalachian State team had never started a season with an 8-1 or better league ledger. In fact, no Appalachian State team had started a league slate with an 8-1 record since Houston Fancher’s 2002-03 team started the conference campaign 8-1 en route to an 11-5 finish in the SoCon’s North Division. It was good enough for a tie for first place in the division alongside Davidson and mountain rival East Tennessee State.
App State has won 17 of its first 21 games in a season for the first time since 1988-89.
The Mountaineers have now swept the Dukes this season after also claiming a 59-55 win in Harrisonburg 14 days earlier.
In Saturday’s win, App State’s Justin Abson, a 6-foot-9 junior forward from Pompano Beach, Fla., had a record-tying performance in program history for blocked shots. He joined former Mountaineer greats Jeremy Clayton (2004-08) and Ricky Nedd (1990-94) as the only Mountaineers to swat away eight shots in one game.
After falling behind 6-2, the Mountaineers seemingly rolled from that point. App State would seemingly take control of the game and took its first lead on a Xavion Brown jumper in the lane. It led for all but a 2:46 span of the contest.
Following the first media timeout, the App State defense would put together one of its better four-minute stretches of the season, swatting away four Dukes shots, while going on a 13-1 run, which was ignited by a Christopher Mantis triple.
With just under five minutes remaining in the opening half of play, App State’s lead reached double digits when Butler transfer Myles Tate canned a triple to give Appalachian the 29-19 advantage.
Just after the first media timeout of the second half, the Mountaineer defense again forced a JMU turnover in the paint. The quick-thinking Myles Tate helped fashion that turnover into immediate offense, lobbing to CJ Huntley for the two-handed hammer and bringing the crowd to its feet. Huntley had only just entered the game and has been App State’s energy guy off the bench.
A couple of minutes later, Spillers’ one-handed slam off a second-chance opportunity gave the Mountaineers a 47-36 lead. Dunks and blocks highlighted the opening moments of the second half. Appalachian State fans couldn’t get enough, and that kind of defense being played could have even brought a smile to the face of San Francisco 49ers defensive coordinator and App State grad Steve Wilks (1987-91).
Just over three minutes later, Spillers would block Raekwon Horton’s 3-point attempt, and Tate came up with the board, and his quick outlet found Christopher Mantis for a wide open triple and a 50-38 lead with just over 12 to play. The ball never touched the hardwood in getting from a-to-b.
The Mountaineer crowd came unglued in its delirium of what was transpiring in the Holmes Center.
With just under three minutes left, Tre’Von Spillers put the bow on the present, as he chased down Donovan Gregory’s long outlet pass and slammed it through, making it a 67-55 game with 2:56. The crowd reached a decibel level of 105–it’s highest of the night.
“Just keep packing Holmes, and we’re going to keep winning games,” App State sophomore forward Justin Abson.
The Mountaineers improved to 17-4 and 8-1 in Sun Belt play. They are atop the league standings and garnered votes in the latest Associated Press Top 25 poll. The win over the Dukes puts the Mountaineers within three wins of notching the program’s 10th 20-win season in its history.
The Mountaineers had four in double figures, led by Spillers’ 21 points. He was joined in double figures by Gregory and Terence Harcum, who both scored 14, and Myles Tate, who added 10.
Abson, a defensive specialist, nearly had the ridiculous double-double of blocks and rebounds, finishing with eight blocks and 11 boards.
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Casey O’Gorman and Joanna Chimonides are set to cause a stir in the Love Island: All Stars villa during tonight’s show.
At the end of Tuesday night’s episode, the two new bombshells were teased.
Casey appeared on series nine of the hit ITV dating show in 2023 while Joanna was on series five of the series.
During tonight’s episode, Maya introduces the two new bombshells.
Maya says: “Bit of a tough night, ay. Well, this might help turn things around. I’ve got two brand new bombshells who are ready to find love. Please welcome, Joanna and Casey.”
Following their arrival, the next morning Casey and Joanna catch up.
Joanna says: “Our first day, who have you got your eyes on?”
Casey replies: “Quite a lot of them.
After Casey was revealed as a new bombshell at the end of Tuesday’s episode, fans took to social media to joke that Casey was going on the show to “reclaim” his BFF Tom Clare.
Casey and Tom have been joined at the hip since they first appeared on Love island in 2023, and currently live together in London.
One fan tweeted: “Not Casey back to reclaim Tom. #LoveIsland #loveislandallstars.”
Not Casey back to reclaim Tom. #LoveIsland #loveislandallstars pic.twitter.com/yTuySAjCbe
— MK200034 (@MN456782) January 30, 2024
“Of course casey had to join his bestie tom they can’t be separated for more than 2 weeks #LoveIsland,” another wrote.
A third viewer commented: “Casey really couldn’t live without tom for 5 mins #Loveisland.”
Love Island: All Stars continues tonight at 9pm on ITV2 and Virgin Media Two.
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Love Island All Stars viewers slam Joshua Ritchie for shamelessly grafting with bombshell Joanna Chimonides behind loyal Sophie Piper's back: 'It's like a horror movie!'
Love Island All Stars viewers brand Joshua Ritchie 'sly' as he revealed he is open to getting to know new bombshell Joanna Chimonides behind Sophie Piper's back.
During Wednesday night's episode, stunner Sophie closed things off with Chris Taylor to focus completely on her relationship with Joshua.
However, he had other ideas as Joanna entered the South African villa turning his head from Sophie.
ITV2 viewers took to X - formerly known as Twitter - in shock by Joshua's actions as they slam him for being a 'wild boy'.
One wrote: 'Sophie shutting Chris down cos she likes Josh… to Josh wanting to get to know Joanna even though he’s told Sophie she’s his future wife. You can’t write this'.
Love Island All Stars viewers brand Joshua Ritchie 'sly' as he revealed he is open to getting to know new bombshell Joanna Chimonides behind Sophie Piper 's back
During Wednesday night's episode, stunner Sophie closed things off with Chris Taylor to focus completely on her relationship with Joshua
Another penned: 'Sophie is over there closing the doors whilst Josh is opening all the doors she’s trying to close men will what? They will kill you.'
A third said: 'The cuts from sophie dumping chris to josh saying he’s open'.
'Josh is a wild boy how he let Sophie call things off with Chris and then start entertaining Joanna? LOL', added another.
A fourth said: 'It’s like a horror movie. Sophie is closing things off with Chris and Josh is cracking on.'
Another added: 'Sophie's gonna get so hurt and I don't wanna watch that'.
Elsewhere during the show Hannah Elizabeth and Tyler Cruickshank were the latest islanders to be dumped from the villa.
The islanders voted for Hannah, 33, and Tyler, 28, to be eliminated ahead of bombshells Casey O'Gorman and Joanna Chimonides' arrival.
But viewers watching vented their frustrations as the boys picked Hannah out of all the girls to send home, with many thinking Georgia Steel should have gone after Tuesday's explosive episode.
However, he had other ideas as Joanna (pictured) entered the South African villa turning his head from Sophie
ITV2 viewers took to X - formerly known as Twitter - in shock by Joshua's actions as they slam him for being a 'wild boy'
It was up to Tom Clare to deliver the news to Hannah. He said: 'We don't want to see any girls packing the bags.
'We've had to think about people who maybe haven't tried as much or in weaker couples. The girl we have decided to dump is Hannah.'
The duo were joined by Liberty Poole and Mitch Taylor during their exit chats with Maya Jama.
Liberty opened up about her rocky relationship with Mitch during the chat after they were voted out of the ITV2 show by the public.
Liberty admitted she had 'highs and lows' with Mitch in the villa but unfortunately their spark came to a 'crashing end'.
Speaking to Maya, she said: 'You know what we are half way through and couples are cementing together now and me and Mitch fell a part this week so it was expected.
'Our romance came to an abrupt end. I feel like we bring a lot to the villa but as individuals and as it was a roller coaster we had fun together but in the end it crash.
'I think it came down to communication and you just weren't getting the memo Mitch.'
Maya pointed out that Mitch 'you pulled a face', in which he replied: 'I don't know I'm not here to argue I was very transparent and honest I did what I wanted to in the villa and Libs has feeling and I don't think I was that bad.'
Liberty joked: 'He is messy Mitch and I am liner Lib and opposites don't always attract'.
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Throughout the season, Land-Grant will be bringing you uncut audio primarily from Ohio State press conferences, but also from individual interview sessions.
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After Illinois soundly and easily knocked off Ohio State 87-75 Tuesday night, both head coaches, as well as Roddy Gayle and Evan Mahaffey, spoke to the collective Ohio State and Illinois media.
Brad Underwood said Ohio State is a “tough team that’s hard to prepare for” and that he thinks the Buckeyes are going to win some games down the stretch. He complimented Bruce Thornton, saying he is one of the better point guards in all of college basketball, and Roddy Gayle, saying that the sophomore guard is the most improved player in the Big Ten this year.
Roddy and Evan spoke next. Mahaffey spoke almost exclusively about defense, saying that Ohio State’s switching wasn’t quick enough and that they need to be “much more consistent” on that end if they want to win games. Gayle said that he is willing to do “whatever it takes” to “avoid the pain” of last season. Although he said this is a different group and the mindset is not the same as the group that lost 14 out of 15 last year, he does think about last year at times.
Chris Holtmann was brief, pointed, and at times confrontational. He disagreed with the premise of multiple questions, including one that asked about his team’s defensive “lapses.” He said Ohio State played better than it did on Saturday against Northwestern but “clearly not good enough.”
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
The U.S. Federal Reserve indicated Wednesday that it’s nearing a long-awaited shift toward cutting interest rates, a sign that its officials have grown confident that they're close to fully taming inflation. But the Fed also signaled that the first rate cut is likely months away.
The Fed kept its key rate unchanged at about 5.4 per cent, a 22-year high. In a statement, it signaled a policy shift by dropping previous wording that had said it was still considering further rate hikes.
Still, the Fed cautioned that it “does not expect it will be appropriate” to cut rates “until it has gained greater confidence that inflation is moving sustainably” to its two-per-cent target. That suggests that a rate reduction is unlikely at its next meeting in March.
“I don’t think it’s likely that the committee will reach a level of confidence by the time of the March meeting” to start cutting rates, Chair Jerome Powell said at a news conference.
The overall changes to the statement — compared with its last meeting in December — show that the Fed has moved definitively toward considering rate reductions while still maintaining flexibility. In December, the officials had signaled that they expected to carry out three quarter-point rate cuts in 2024. Yet they have said little about when those cuts might begin, though senior officials have emphasized that the Fed would proceed cautiously.
The central bank's message — that it's edging closer to cutting rates but not planning to do so anytime soon — disappointed traders on Wall Street. Stock prices fell broadly after the statement was released and while Powell addressed reporters.
The change in the Fed’s stance comes as the economy is showing surprising durability after a series of 11 rate hikes helped drastically slow inflation, which had hit a four-decade high 18 months ago. Over the past six months, prices have risen at an annual rate of just below two per cent, consistent with the Fed’s target level, according to its preferred inflation gauge. And growth remains healthy. In the final three months of last year, the economy expanded at a 3.3-per-cent annual rate, the government said last week.
The Fed is assessing inflation and the economy at a time when the intensifying presidential campaign is pivoting in no small part on voters’ perceptions of U.S. President Joe Biden’s economic stewardship. Republicans in Congress have attacked Biden over the high inflation that gripped the nation beginning in 2021 as the economy emerged from recession. But the latest economic data — ranging from steady consumer spending to solid job growth to the slowdown in inflation — has been bolstering consumer confidence.
At his news conference, Powell said the Fed welcomes signs of economic strength. But he said the policymakers are seeking further evidence of a sustained slowdown in inflation.
“We want to see strong growth and a strong labor market,” the Fed chair said. "We’re looking for inflation to come down, as it has been coming down for the last six months.”
Most economists have said they expect the Fed to start cutting its benchmark rate in May or June. Rate cuts would eventually lead to lower borrowing costs for America’s consumers and businesses, including for mortgages, auto loans and credit cards.
A year ago, many analysts were predicting that widespread layoffs and sharply higher unemployment would be needed to cool the economy and curb inflation. Yet job growth has been steady. The unemployment rate, at 3.7 per cent, isn’t far above a half-century low.
Labour costs are easing, too. On Wednesday, the government reported that pay and benefits for America’s workers, which accelerated in 2022, grew in the final three months of 2023 at the slowest pace in 2 1/2 years.
The Fed appears on the verge of achieving a rare “soft landing,” in which it manages to conquer high inflation without causing a recession. Should the pace of economic growth strengthen, though, it could complicate the challenge for the Fed. A much faster expansion, especially one fueled by rate cuts, could potentially re-ignite inflation.
On the other hand, any evidence that the economy is slowing appreciably would likely accelerate the Fed’s timetable for rate cuts. And indeed, some cracks in the job market have begun to emerge and, if they worsen, could spur the Fed to cut rates quickly.
“If we saw an unexpected weakening in the labour market, that would certainly weigh on cutting sooner," Powell said at his news conference. "If we saw inflation being stickier or higher, it would argue for moving later.”
Asked whether he thought the Fed has already achieved a soft landing, Powell suggested it would be premature to say so.
“We have a ways to go,” he said. "Core inflation is still well above target on a 12-month basis. Certainly, I’m encouraged and we’re encouraged by the progress, but we’re not declaring victory at this point. We think we have a ways to go.”
For several months, for example, most of the job growth has occurred in just a few sectors — health care, government and hotels, restaurants and entertainment. Any weakening in those areas of the economy could threaten hiring and the overall expansion.
A report Tuesday showed that the number of workers who quit in December reached its lowest level in three years. That suggested that fewer Americans are being recruited for new, higher-paying jobs or are willing to search for and take new positions. Though quits remain at a level consistent with a solid job market, they have fallen about one-third from their peak in mid-2022.
Still, the U.S. economy is outdoing its counterparts overseas. During the October-December quarter, the 20 countries that share the euro currency barely avoided a recession, posting essentially no growth. Still, as in the United States, unemployment is very low in the euro area, and inflation has slowed to a 2.9-per-cent annual rate. Though the European Central Bank could cut rates as soon as April, many economists think that might not happen until June.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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Salt Lake at Miami, 8 p.m.
Atlanta at Columbus, 2 p.m.
Seattle at LAFC, 4:30 p.m.
New York at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
New England at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Toronto at Cincinnati, 2:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Nashville, 5 p.m.
Miami at LA Galaxy, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Minnesota, 2 p.m.
LAFC at Salt Lake, 2 p.m.
Charlotte at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnatiat Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Montreal at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
New York at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Nashville at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
DC at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Austin at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Toronto at New England, 2 p.m.
Portland at New York, 2 p.m.
Charlotte at Toronto, 2 p.m.
New England at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Orlando, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Kansas City at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
DC at Cincinnati, 7 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Nashville, 7 p.m.
Montreal at Miamia, 6 p.m.
Montreal at Chicago, 2 p.m.
Miami at DC, 2 p.m.
Colorado at Seattle, 3:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
LAFC at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at New England, 2 p.m.
Orlando at Atlanta, 7 p.m.
Chicago at New England, 2 p.m.
Miami at New York Red Bulls, 2 p.m.
Salt Lake at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Austin at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
DC at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Nashville at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Seattle at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Philadelphia, 2 p.m.
LAFC at Colorado, 7 p.m.
Cincinnati at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at DC, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Seattle at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Chicago at Atlanta, 3:30 p.m.
Toronto at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at LAFC, 7:30 p.m.
Colorado at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at New England, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Montreal at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at Kansas City, 1:30 p.m.
LAFC at Portland, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
New England at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Miami at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Colorado at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Atlanta, 2:30 p.m.
Austin at St. Louis, 4:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
DC at New York, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Austin at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose at LA Galaxy, 7 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Austin, 1:30 p.m.
Colorado at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at DC, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
LAFC at San Jose, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Montreal at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Austin at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Colorado at New York, 4 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Seattle, 6:30 p.m.
DC at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
New England at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Austin at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 4:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
LAFC at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Seattle at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
San Jose at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Nashville, 1:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at NYFC, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Orlando at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
LAFC at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
New York at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Miami at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Houston at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Austin at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Nashville at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Portland at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at DC, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
New England at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Austin at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Colorado at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Dallas at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Houston at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Atlanta, 4:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Columbus at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
LAFC at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Autin at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Kansas City at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Orlando at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
LAFC at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
New York at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
New England at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Austin at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
New York at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Atlanta at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Montreal at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
San Jose at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Dallas at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Orlando at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at New England, 7:30 p.m.
DC at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Austin at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Miami at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Colorado at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Chicago at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Miami at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Portland at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
LAFC at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Miami at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
New England at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
LAFC at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at San Jose, 8:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Minnesota at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Nashville at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Seattle at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
New York at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Columbus at LAFC, 10:30, p.m.
Salt Lake at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Kansas City at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
New York at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Austin at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
DC at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.
Columbus at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Houston at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Portland at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
LAFC at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Seattle at Minnesota, TBD
LAFC at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Dallas at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Cicinnati at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Toronto at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Austin at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
San Jose at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Atlanta at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
St. Louis at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
New York at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Vancouver at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Miami at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
New England at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Houston at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Seattle at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Minnesota at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at St. Louis, 2:30 p.m.
St. Louis at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Kansas City at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
DC at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Vancouver, 10 p.m.
Nashville at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
New York at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
Austin at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Portland at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
LAFC at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.
Kansas City at Seattle, 7 p.m.
Miami at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Orlando, 8 p.m.
Vancouver at Houston 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Chicago at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Dallas at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Austin at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
San Jose at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Miami at New York, 2 p.m.
New England at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Houston at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
LAFC at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Portland at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
Vancouver at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
St. Louis at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
DC at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
LAFC at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Columbus at DC, 7:30 p.m.
Charlotte at Miami, 7:30 p.m.
San Jose at Montreal, 7:30 p.m.
Nashville at New England, 7:30 p.m.
NYFC at New York Red Bulls, 7:30 p.m.
Atlanta at Philadelphia, 7:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at Austin, 8:30 p.m.
Toronto at Chicago, 8:30 p.m.
Orlando at Dallas, 8:30 p.m.
Colorado at Minnesota, 8:30 p.m.
Kansas City at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at Seattle, 10:30 p.m.
Portland at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.
Montreal at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Chicago at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Cincinnati at New York, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Orlando, 7:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
New England at Houston, 8:30 p.m.
DC at Nashville, 8:30 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Salt Lake, 9:30 p.m.
St. Louis at LAFC, 10:30 p.m.
Austin at Portland, 10:30 p.m.
Dallas at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Seattle at Vancouver, 10:30 p.m.
New York Red Bulls at Atlanta, 7:30 p.m.
Montreal at Charlotte, 7:30 p.m.
Orlando at Cincinnati, 7:30 p.m.
Philadelphia at Columbus, 7:30 p.m.
Nashiville at New York, 7:30 p.m.
DC at New England, 7:30 p.m.
Miami at Toronto, 7:30 p.m.
Minnesota at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
LAFC at Kansas City, 8:30 p.m.
Houston at St. Louis, 8:30 p.m.
Seattle at Colorado, 9:30 p.m.
Austin at LA Galaxy, 10:30 p.m.
Salt Lake at San Jose, 10:30 p.m.
Sunday, Oct. 6
Dallas at Portland, 7 p.m.
Charlotte at DC, 6 p.m.
New England at Miami, 6 p.m.
New York at Montreal, 6 p.m.
Atlanta at Orlando, 6 p.m.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia, 6 p.m.
Colorado at Austin, 9 p.m.
Kansas City at Dallas, 9 p.m.
LA Galaxy at Houston, 9 p.m.
San Jose at LAFC, 9 p.m.
St. Louis at Minnesota, 9 p.m.
Vancouver at Salt Lake, 9 p.m.
Portland at Seattle, 9 p.m.
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Nigeria News
Zamfara Gov Unveils 2,645- Member Protection Guard To Tackle Insecurity
In order to address the state’s insecurity issues, Zamfara State Governor, Dauda Lawal has mobilized the 2,645-member State Community Protection Guards.
Naija News recalls that around 100 people were allegedly kidnapped by bandits in November in Zamfara State’s Maru Local Government Area, the majority of them were women and children.
The tragedy occurred just a week after 15 people were kidnapped in the Ruwandoruwa hamlet of the same local government district.
Four individuals were reportedly killed in October after being attacked by bandits in Maru, which is part of the state’s Maru Local Government Area.
Speaking on Wednesday at the security guards’ inauguration in Gusau town, Lawal asserted that his administration was prepared to put a stop to banditry in the region.
He tasked security guard members with carrying out their responsibilities with diligence to guarantee the program’s success.
The governor also pledged to give them all the logistical assistance they required to carry out their responsibilities.
He said, “The lofty goals we set out to achieve will remain a mirage as long as the formidable challenge of insecurity remains unaddressed.
“This informed our decision to, among other things, establish the Community Protection Guards, known as Askarawa Zamfara.
“The steering committee for establishing the Community Protection Guards traversed the 14 Local Government Areas and screened eligible volunteers for enrolment into the outfit.
“We believe that the bulk of the challenges we face as a state and region are borne out of severe neglect in advancing public policy to serve the socio-economic expectations of our people.
“We will never take for granted the message of the people of our state through their votes in March 2023.
“Today, therefore, the first batch of the Community Protection Guards, 2,645, are graduating.
“These young, energetic and vibrant personnel have undergone rigorous training, extensive drilling and an understanding of the rules of engagement, amongst other skills.
“These will assist them in the due discharge of their responsibility of partnering, assisting and working with the security agencies to defend our communities.”
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Paytm said on Thursday it expects a worst case impact of 3 billion rupees ($36.13 million) to 5 billion rupees to its annual earnings from Reserve Bank of India's order barring its unit, Paytm Payments Bank, from accepting fresh deposits from March.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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Barcelona-based startup UOBO has launched liquid plant-based eggs for food service in a 1-litre bottled format for the Spanish market.
The startup says that it has garnered impressive results since its launch on social media platforms, with its first post receiving over 250,000 views in less than 24 hours. In addition, UOBO claims to have already received over 40 requests from interested restaurants, caterers, and distributors.
The company’s 100% vegetable whole-eggs are said to adapt seamlessly to traditional recipes while offering great taste. UOBO can be cooked into multiple dishes, including omelets, scrambled eggs, pastries, custard, and mayonnaise. Even though UOBO is described as a nutritious alternative to eggs, the company has not as yet revealed its ingredients on social media.
Making better eggs
Founded by two young entrepreneurs, Narcís and Sergi, UOBO aims to provide a sustainable solution to replace eggs in people’s diets. They consider UOBO to be the realization of their lifelong dream, aiming to positively impact the world and encourage environmentally friendly and conscious eating habits.
The founders state, “We grew up enjoying omelets and scrambled eggs like many others, but the process of raising, feeding, and slaughtering hens for eggs is unsustainable and needs to change quickly.”
Narcís and Sergi explain that they used their savings to create the prototype of UOBO, and after more than 700 trials to perfect the recipe, they believe UOBO is the best plant-based egg on the market. Since then, they have s grown the business, offering their products across the HORECA channel.
“Thank you very much to everyone who has trusted us. Behind UOBO, there is a lot of enthusiasm and commitment from very young people with the mission to make this world a much better place. This is just the beginning, we will continue to bring new products, each time better and better,” the company said on social media.
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EDEN CONFIDENTIAL: Princess Diana's 'favourite' London restaurant Le Caprice defies rival by reopening
When 'King of Clubs' Richard Caring did not reopen the London dining room Le Caprice after Covid lockdowns, rival restaurateur Jeremy King thought he had pulled off a clever trick by snapping up the lease on the building, which is around the corner from The Ritz.
Now, however, Caring is planning to cock a snook at King by reopening Le Caprice in a new spot. And his restaurant will be the one called Le Caprice because Caring still owns the name.
I can confirm that Caring is in talks about reopening Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood, the £1 billion hotel and leisure redevelopment of the former U.S. Embassy building in Grosvenor Square, Mayfair. The hotel, owned by Qatari Diar, is due to open next year.
'It's going to be fascinating to see who will go to Le Caprice and who will go to the old 'Caprice',' a source tells me.
Princess Diana was among the regular diners at Le Caprice when it was at 20 Arlington Street.
'King of Clubs Richard Caring (pictured) is in talks about reopening Le Caprice at The Chancery Rosewood
Princess Diana (pictured leaving Le Caprice on January 27, 1994) was among the regular diners at Le Caprice when it was at 20 Arlington Street
King, who ran Le Caprice himself from 1981 to 2005 before selling it to Caring, is to call his restaurant Arlington. He will be joined by Le Caprice's popular maitre d' Jesus Adorno when it opens later this year. Its classic dishes, such as bang bang chicken, salmon fish cakes and steak tartare, will be back on the menu.
King, who was ousted from his Corbin & King restaurant group last year, insists: 'One thing I want to avoid is napkin wars. There's plenty of room for [both of] us. Caring has done a particularly good job with the demographic he appeals to, and I embrace a different demographic.'
Caring, who also owns The Ivy, J Sheekey, Scott's and Annabel's, refuses to be drawn into a slanging match over 'demographics' with King. 'I wish him all the luck in the world with it,' Caring tells me magnanimously.
Heartbroken Helen sells country pile
When Helen Skelton and her husband, rugby star Richie Myler, bought their family home in 2015, the Countryfile presenter said it made her 'heart sing'.
Now, she may be pleased to see the back of it after the York Knights scrum-half walked out when their third child was just four months old.
I can disclose that the former couple have accepted an offer on the four-bedroom house in West Yorkshire, which they put on the market for £895,000 last summer.
When Helen Skelton (pictured) and her husband, rugby star Richie Myler, bought their family home in 2015, the Countryfile presenter said it made her 'heart sing'. Now the former couple have accepted an offer on the four-bedroom house in West Yorkshire
Skelton, 40, announced their separation in 2022 and moved back to her parents' dairy farm in Cumbria, where a group of family and friends help her with childcare.
Myler, 33, has become a father for the fourth time with his new girlfriend Stephanie Thirkill, 33. She is the daughter of Andrew Thirkill, the president of Myler's former rugby club Leeds Rhinos.
Alan Sugar is considering making an all-stars edition of The Apprentice to celebrate two decades of the hit BBC business show, but he claims some of the former contestants may be too old to compete again.
Lord Sugar, 76, tells me: 'What I would like to do, and of course the decision lies firmly with the BBC, is something very special for the 20th year of The Apprentice.'
The new series begins on BBC One this evening. He adds of potential contestants: 'The problem is that you might find that if you go back [to the first series], Saira Khan who lost to Tim — dare I say, and she'll bite my head off for this — she might be a bit too old now.'
Broadcaster Khan, who was the runner-up in 2005, is 53.
Happy Valley star James Norton plays former Island Records boss Chris Blackwell in Bob Marley biopic One Love, and he now longs to return to the West Indies.
'I only want to do films in Jamaica now,' wails the actor, 38, who attended the premiere at BFI Southbank in London. 'Shooting it in Jamaica brought to life Bob's message of unity.
'We experienced such a warm, open-hearted welcome on set. When the Jamaican actors came to London, we were hopeless at hosting them, and when we came to Jamaica, every night they were like, 'Where do you want to eat? Let's go to the beach on our days off.'
There can't be many people able to say they gave pop legend David Bowie a carpeting.
Writer Michael Moorcock, an icon of London's underground scene in the 1960s and 1970s, who also performed with the band Hawkwind, recalls: 'Before he was famous, we rolled David Bowie into a carpet once as he was becoming so obstreperous.
'It was in Chelsea, at some aristocratic girl's house where they were entertaining 'rough trade' like us. We laid him out on the carpet and rolled him up in it. He didn't seem to mind…'
Regal Chaplin's girl unmasked at Italian ball
While Charlie Chaplin was known for his trademark hat and cane, his granddaughter prefers the theatrics of Venetian costumes.
Entrepreneur Kiera, 41, was unrecognisable at Florence Carnival's Grand Ball at the Palazzo Vecchio.
Sticking to the theme of 'Queens of the Palace', her elaborate costume, by designer Antonia Sautter, was based on Veronica Franco — a 16th-century Venetian 'It Girl'.
'It really gets you into character because you have the corset and the headdress, so you feel regal as you can't slouch and have to eat very straight,' Kiera tells me. 'The dinner is so much fun because everyone is wearing masks, so you bump into friends and don't recognise them.'
Entrepreneur Kiera, 41, (right) was unrecognisable at Florence Carnival's Grand Ball at the Palazzo Vecchio
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John McGinn admits it's crucial Aston Villa return to winning ways this weekend against Sheffield United after winning just one of their last five Premier League games.
Villa fell to their first defeat at home in the league for over 11 months on Tuesday night as Newcastle United won 3-1 at Villa Park. The Magpies were 3-0 up by the time Leon Bailey was introduced and injected some life into Villa's attack.
Ollie Watkins reduced Villa's deficit by turning in Bailey's cross in the 71st minute but it was too little too late for Villa, who travel to Bramall Lane on Saturday in search of their first league win over the Blades in four attempts. Villa skipper McGinn claims the manner of the defeat against Newcastle was tough to take and insists he and his teammates must respond this weekend.
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"It was going to end at some time, 346 days is fantastic, but probably the nature of it was a bit upsetting," McGinn said when asked about Villa losing their home league unbeaten run. "The manager touched on how proud he was of us.
"Obviously, we didn’t want it to end. But two set-piece goals which we pride ourselves upon gave us a lot to do and the third was a mistake. We finished the game strongly. It was a pretty even game which will sting the most.
"We still created some really good chances in the first half which, in this league, if you go ahead it’s very difficult for teams to come back and get you. It was decision-making in the final third.
"Leon, when he came on, was outstanding so if we can keep him in that form then we will cause teams problems and create chances. We’ve got Sheffield United at the weekend. It’s not been a great place for us - we need to be at the races on Saturday."
"They are always tough to beat. We’ve not had a great run against the of late. They’ve got players who can hurt you like they showed here before Christmas at Villa Park. We need to get back to winning ways."
Watkins became just the third player to score 50 Premier League goals for Villa, along with Gabriel Agbonlahor and Dwight Yorke, after scoring against Newcastle. He's the first player to score more than ten goals in four consecutive seasons in the competition for the club.
"Delighted for him and he’s obviously been a striker and he does so much for the team but like any striker, he’s got eyes on the goals," McGinn said. "It’s an amazing achievement - one I’ll never hit - hopefully he can get to 100 very soon. I’m chuffed for him.
"The way he works and his attitude, I think he’ll be playing at the top level for the next six or seven years at least. I’m sure he’ll get there and hopefully I’ll still be able to watch him do it."
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Best laptop tables in India for work and study, 10 options for you
Published on Jan 31, 2024 14:02 IST
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Best laptop tables in India provide ideal ergonomic work and study solutions. With adjustable heights and sturdy designs, these tables enhance comfort, supporting efficient and productive laptop use in diverse settings. Read More
Laptop tables have become essential furniture for those who work or study from home. With the wide variety of options available in the market, it can be challenging to choose the right one. In this article, we have carefully curated a list of the 10 best laptop tables available in India. Whether you are looking for a portable, adjustable, or multipurpose laptop table, we have got you covered. Read on to find the perfect laptop table to suit your needs and budget.
1. Multipurpose Adjustable Movable Laptop Table
This multipurpose laptop table is suitable for use as a computer desk, study table, or even a dining table. It is adjustable and movable, making it convenient for various activities. The table is sturdy and can support heavy items.
Pros
Versatile usage
Sturdy construction
Cons
May be too bulky for some users
2. Portronics POR-704 Adjustable Laptop Table
The Portronics POR-704 laptop table is designed for ergonomic use and can be adjusted to different angles. It is suitable for work, study, or even as a breakfast table. The table also features a cooling fan to prevent overheating.
The Callas laptop table is a versatile option that can be used for work, study, or as a breakfast table. It features an ergonomic design and is suitable for use while sitting or standing. The table is also foldable for easy storage.
Pros
Versatile usage
Ergonomic design
Cons
May not be suitable for heavy items
4. Adjustable Multipurpose Portable Laptop Table
This portable laptop table is designed for multipurpose use, whether for work, study, or dining. It is adjustable and suitable for different heights, making it convenient for various activities. The table is also easy to clean and maintain.
Pros
Multipurpose usage
Adjustable height
Cons
May not be as portable as other options
5. INVISIBLE BED Portable Multipurpose Table
The INVISIBLE BED laptop table is designed for multipurpose use and can be used as a work desk, study table, or even a dining table. It is portable and easy to fold, making it convenient for storage and travel.
This portable laptop table from Portronics features a foldable design and built-in cooling fan. It is suitable for ergonomic use and can be adjusted to different angles. The table is also lightweight and easy to carry.
The Rellon Industries laptop table is designed for versatility and can be used for work, study, or even as a dining table. It is adjustable and foldable, making it convenient for storage and travel. The table is also easy to assemble and disassemble.
Pros
Versatile usage
Adjustable and foldable
Cons
May not be as portable as other options
8. Fabulo Wooden Laptop Table
The Fabulo wooden laptop table offers a classic and elegant design suitable for work or study. It is made of high-quality wood and features a smooth surface for comfortable use. The table is also easy to maintain and clean.
Pros
Classic and elegant design
High-quality wood
Cons
May not be as versatile as other options
9. PRIVILON Foldable Multifunction Laptop Table
The PRIVILON laptop table is designed for multifunctional use and can be used as a breakfast table or for watching movies. It is foldable and portable, making it convenient for various activities. The table is also easy to clean and maintain.
Pros
Multifunctional use
Foldable and portable
Cons
May not be as sturdy as other options
10. PRIVILON GLOBAL Privilion Globle Foldable Laptop Table
The PRIVILON GLOBAL laptop table is foldable and designed for multipurpose use. It is suitable for work, study, or even as a dining table. The table is portable and easy to store, making it convenient for various activities.
Pros
Multipurpose usage
Foldable and portable
Cons
May not be as sturdy as other options
Comparison Table
Best value for money:
The INVISIBLE BED Portable Multipurpose Table offers the best value for money with its versatile usage, portable and foldable design, and sturdy construction. It is a practical and cost-effective option for various activities.
Best overall product:
The Portronics POR-704 Adjustable Laptop Table stands out as the best overall product in this category with its ergonomic design, adjustable angles, and built-in cooling fan. It offers a perfect blend of functionality and comfort for work or study.
How to find the perfect laptop table:
Finding the ideal laptop table involves considering key factors like height adjustability, sturdy construction, and ergonomic design. Measure your workspace, choose a table with the right dimensions, and ensure it suits your preferred working style. Look for additional features like cooling fans or storage options. Read user reviews to gauge durability and performance. Consider your budget, and explore various retailers both online and offline to find the perfect laptop table that meets your specific needs.
FAQs on laptop table
The weight capacity varies for each product, ranging from 10-20 kgs, depending on the design and construction.
Most of the laptop tables are designed for easy assembly and disassembly, with clear instructions provided by the manufacturers.
Yes, the majority of the laptop tables come with a warranty of 6-12 months, offering peace of mind for your purchase.
Some of the laptop tables are suitable for use as standing workstations, providing flexibility for different work preferences.
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São Paulo, Brazil, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- In a cryptocurrency market characterized by sharp fluctuations and retracements, one project is poised to make a significant impact. Lunar Dragon, an innovative Play-to-Earn (P2E) initiative, is preparing for its highly anticipated launch, and experts believe it could be a game-changer in the crypto sector.
The recent retractions in the cryptocurrency market have led to several assets, including Dogecoin (DOGE), Solana (SOL), and Bitcoin (BTC), approaching attractive buying levels. Analysts have suggested that purchasing Bitcoin around $40,000 presents a good investment opportunity, and at $35,000, it becomes even more enticing. These market trends create a favorable environment for Lunar Dragon's launch, as it positions itself at the nexus of exciting developments.
Ederson Carapecov, the media representative for Lunar Dragon, shared insights into the project's core principles and its significance in the current crypto landscape: "Lunar Dragon is not just another cryptocurrency; it's a unique blend of memecoins and GameFi, designed to promote blockchain adoption while offering exciting earning opportunities to its community. Our upcoming launch is a testament to our commitment to innovation and sustainability in the crypto space."
Lunar Dragon's journey towards launch has been marked by impressive milestones. The project recently concluded a private sale, raising nearly $3 million in partnerships. These strategic partnerships provide a strong financial foundation and open doors to collaborative opportunities that can drive growth and adoption.
With a focus on GameFi and memecoins, Lunar Dragon aims to captivate a diverse audience interested in both gaming and cryptocurrency. GameFi, an emerging trend in the blockchain world, blends gaming and decentralized finance, allowing players to earn rewards while enjoying interactive gaming experiences. Memecoins, on the other hand, draw their inspiration from internet memes, making them relatable and appealing to a wide range of users.
Incorporating these elements, Lunar Dragon seeks to introduce a unique ecosystem that fosters active participation and engagement within its community. This approach aligns perfectly with the recent resurgence of interest in cryptocurrencies and blockchain-based gaming, where users can earn rewards and tokens by actively participating in various in-game activities.
Analysts and experts believe that Lunar Dragon's launch comes at a strategically opportune moment. The cryptocurrency market, known for its volatile nature, has seen significant retracements lately. These retracements are often followed by periods of recovery and growth. As assets like Bitcoin approach attractive buying zones, the launch of Lunar Dragon injects further excitement into the crypto space.
In addition to its innovative approach, Lunar Dragon stands out for its commitment to security and transparency. The project continuously improves its security measures and conducts smart contract audits on the Binance Smart Chain to ensure the safety of investments. This dedication to safety aligns with the project's core values of trust and reliability.
Furthermore, Lunar Dragon places a strong emphasis on community engagement. The project's organizers have plans to organize virtual events, celebrations, and collaborations that mark cultural festivities while keeping the community actively involved through interactive online experiences. These activities will not only promote Lunar Dragon but also create a sense of belonging among its supporters.
Lunar Dragon's ambitious goals extend to enhancing liquidity and accessibility for its token. The project is actively pursuing listings on major cryptocurrency exchanges, a move aimed at providing easier access to its token for a broader audience. This strategy is expected to contribute to Lunar Dragon's long-term success and sustainability.
Lunar Dragon's imminent launch is a momentous event in the cryptocurrency world. With its unique blend of memecoins and GameFi, the project is well-positioned to make a significant impact on the sector. Backed by strong partnerships, a focus on security, and a commitment to community engagement, Lunar Dragon promises to be a transformative force in the crypto landscape.
As Ederson Carapecov, the media representative for Lunar Dragon, stated, “Our project is not just about launching a cryptocurrency; it's about creating a thriving ecosystem that benefits our community and promotes blockchain adoption. We are excited about the journey ahead and the positive impact we will make.”
Website: https://lunardragon.site/
Telegram: https://t.me/LunarDragonGlobal
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Visitors checking out Miami’s Rubell Museum in the coming weeks can take in its vast collection of contemporary art as well as a series of immersive theatrical experiences.
Between Feb. 22 and March 31, the museum will stage a series of six short plays inspired by works hanging in its galleries. Entitled The Museum Plays, the project is a collaboration between the Rubell Museum and theater company Miami New Drama.
“We are always looking to find innovative ways of staging new work, as well as collaborating and promoting the excellence and vitality of Miami’s art scene,” said Michel Hausmann, Miami New Drama’s artistic director, in a statement. “We hope The Museum Plays becomes a model that can be performed in other cities, by other theater companies and art museums and collections.”
Each ten-minute show will be performed in front of the artwork that inspired the play. Kehinde Wiley’s 2007 Triple Portrait of Charles I, the vibrant and decorative triptych that showcases Wiley’s desire to play with the relationship between portraiture and mug shot photographs, is the basis for Aurin Squire’s play Maybe It’s About Love.
Playwright Carmen Pelaez, meanwhile, created America based on Glenn Ligon’s 2008 work of the same name that was part of a neon series exploring issues related to American history. Other plays include Rogelio Martinez’s Bedfellows, inspired by Kaari Upson’s Rubells; Hannah Benitez’s Muse, inspired by Jenna Gribbon’s Sceniscape; and Harley Elias’s Not a Scam, inspired by Alfonso Gonzalez Jr.’s Your Ad Here.
The performance series will close with playwright Marco Ramirez’s Body of Work. Although it will be performed in front of the main gallery’s display of Alejandro Piñeiro Bello paintings, Ramirez’s play will be the only one that doesn’t draw inspiration from a specific piece of art.
Who is behind the Rubell Museum?
Founded in 1993 by art collectors Don and Mera Rubell, the Rubell Museum holds a collection of contemporary art encompassing 7,400 pieces by more than 1,000 artists. It relocated in 2019 to a new site in Miami’s Allapattah neighborhood, with an additional location opening three years later in Washington, D.C. “We can’t wait for this dynamic adventure in creativity to explode in our museum this coming season,” said Mera Rubell in a statement.
Miami New Drama, meanwhile, opened in 2014 with an emphasis on diverse representation. Its collaboration with the Rubell Museum won’t be the first time the theater company has engaged in nontraditional performance settings. Throughout the Covid-19 pandemic, it staged the production 7 Deadly Sins across empty storefronts with many of the same playwrights now participating in The Museum Plays.
The Rubell Museum is one of several U.S. arts institutions using live performances as a way to engage with the art hanging on their walls. New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art often explores its galleries and art collection through the performance program MetLiveArts, while the National Portrait Gallery has hosted more live performances in recent years, some of which draw inspiration from specific works in its collection. Its 2022 staging of a live performance series from choreographer Dana Tai Soon Burgess, for example, drew from Rigoberto A. González’s 2020 painting Refugees Crossing the Border Wall into South Texas.
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MIAMI — A federal judge has dismissed the Walt Disney Company's lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued after DeSantis and state lawmakers removed its self-governing status in 2023.
Backed by Republican lawmakers, DeSantis dissolved a special district near Orlando that for more than fifty years had governed Walt Disney World. He acted after Disney's CEO opposed a law limiting how sex orientation and gender identity can be discussed in the schools. The Parental Rights in Education Act was labeled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents.
At DeSantis' request, Florida's GOP-controlled legislature created a new special district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, controlled by the Republican Governor's appointees. Disney sued in federal court, saying DeSantis was retaliating against the company, punishing it for exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Disney also canceled plans for a $1 billion campus in Florida.
In a 17-page order, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the case, saying Disney lacks standing to sue the governor. The judge also said while Disney could sue the new DeSantis-appointed board, it hadn't shown evidence that actions by the new board had harmed the company. In addition, Winsor said the law prohibits plaintiffs from bringing a free speech challenge to constitutionally enacted laws.
A DeSantis spokesman hailed the decision saying, "the Corporate Kingdom is over. The days of Disney controlling its own government and being placed above the law are long gone. Disney is still just one of many corporations in the state and they do not have a right to their own special government."
Disney says it will "press forward with its case." In a statement after the ruling, a company spokesperson said, "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with."
Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are also embroiled in lawsuits in state court.
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Police reveal identity of murder victim stabbed in the neck in Milton Keynes
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Thames Valley Police have identified the latest murder victim in Milton Keynes, who was stabbed in the neck on a city estate.
The force was called by South Central Ambulance Service at 6.47pm on Thursday last week to report that a man had been found stabbed in a building in Fen Street.
Sadly, the victim, a 48-year-old man, died at the scene.
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Today, the victim was formally identified as Calvin Olawale Babatunde from Milton Keynes.
Calvin’s next of kin are being supported by specially trained Family Liaison Officers at this extremely difficult time. They have asked for their privacy to be respected, say police.
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US is actively pursuing the creation of a Palestinian state
By Simon Lewis and Humeyra Pamuk
Washington: The United States is actively pursuing the establishment of an independent Palestinian state with security guarantees for Israel and exploring options with partners in the region, the State Department spokesperson said on Thursday AEDT.
Matthew Miller declined to give details on the department’s internal work on the issue, but told a news briefing the effort has been an objective of President Joe Biden’s administration.
“We are actively pursuing the establishment as an independent Palestinian state, with real security guarantees for Israel, because we do believe that is the best way to bring about lasting peace and security for Israel, for Palestinians and for the region,” Miller said.
“There are any number of ways that you could go about accomplishing that. There are a number of sequencing of events that you can carry out to accomplish that objective. And we look at a wide range of options and we discuss those with partners in the region as well as other partners inside the United States government,” Miller said.
Axios reported earlier on Wednesday that US Secretary of State Antony Blinken had asked the State Department to conduct a review and present policy options on possible US and international recognition of a Palestinian state after the war in Gaza.
British Foreign Secretary David Cameron also told a group of UK lawmakers that the UK government and its allies “will look at the issue of recognising a Palestinian state, including at the United Nations,” the BBC reported on Tuesday.
Washington has been linking the creation of a Palestinian state with the effort to get Saudi Arabia to normalise its ties with Israel -- a push that was largely frozen after the October 7 Hamas attack that killed 1200 Israelis and saw more than 250 taken hostages.
But over the past few months, the conversations have resumed.
US officials now also see a possible hostage deal that would free all the remaining captives in return for a sustained ceasefire as instrumental and linked to making progress in the Saudi-Israel normalisation effort.
Speaking in Davos earlier this month, Blinken said there was a “new equation” in the Middle East in which Israel’s Arab and Muslim neighbours were prepared to integrate Israel into the region but were equally committed to a pathway to a Palestinian state.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu is at odds with the Biden administration over the creation of an independent Palestinian state, saying at the weekend that he would not compromise on “full Israeli security control of all territory west of the Jordan River”.
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Good Afternoon, Michigan Football: Moore's moves
M&BR's Dennis Fithian is back with another episode of Good Afternoon, Michigan Football.
Former Wolverine Jim Scarcelli joins the show to discuss the challenge new Michigan football head coach Sherrone Moore has to round out his coaching staff. Scar also talks about the coaches and staff that have decided to move on. A final word on Jim Harbaugh and his departure to the pros.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Canada's average rent saw record growth in 2023 as demand outpaced supply, while the rental vacancy rate reached a record low of 1.5 per cent, a new report shows.
Released Wednesday, the annual report from the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corp. (CMHC) said the national vacancy rate for purpose-built rental units last year was the lowest since 1988, when the organization began recording the metric. The federal housing agency uses purpose-built rentals as its representative sample.
By comparison, the vacancy rate for those units was 1.9 per cent in 2022, which at the time was the lowest rate seen in more than two decades.
The national vacancy rate reflects the percentage of unoccupied and available residential units across the country. A lower rate typically means greater competition among renters and a higher incentive for unit owners to raise their rates.
For two-bedroom condominiums up for rent, the average vacancy rate fell from 1.6 per cent in 2022 to 0.9 per cent in 2023.
“While the recent revival of rental construction has been encouraging, it was evidently not enough to ease the market and curb steep rent increases,” the report reads.
Rent prices soared in most markets, consistent with the observed decline in vacancy rates.
Growth in the average rent for two-bedroom purpose built apartments accelerated “sharply” to a record eight per cent in 2023, in a jump that outpaced both inflation (4.7 per cent) and wage growth (five per cent).
That left renters paying, on average, $1,359 per month for those units last year.
That growth figure was up from the 5.6 per cent rent growth recorded in 2022 and well above the 2.8 per cent growth documented from 1990-2022.
Meanwhile, the average rent for two-bedroom condos was $2,049 in 2023, up $1,929 from the previous year. This represented a six per cent increase.
Lower-income renters faced significant competition in their hunts for affordable rates. In some cities, finding affordable units was next to impossible.
For a rate to be considered affordable, it should cost less than 30 per cent of a renter household’s before-tax income,CMHC said.
In Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto, the proportion of rental units considered affordable for the bottom 20 per cent of earners was “statistically zero,” the federal housing agency said.
In Edmonton, those units made up 12.7 per cent of total spaces. In Calgary, 3.1 per cent of apartments were considered affordable for low-income renters.
In Montreal, 18.1 per cent of apartments were available at affordable rates for low-income earners. However, many of them were either bachelor or one-bedroom apartments, which could be unfit for families.
As for vacancy rates, Calgary and Edmonton saw steep declines. Their vacancy rates fell from 2.7 in 2022 to 1.4 per cent in 2023, and 4.3 to 2.4 per cent over the same period, respectively.
Vancouver remained the tightest rental market in the country, with a vacancy rate of 0.9 per cent, unchanged from 2022. Ottawa’s vacancy rate also remained the same as the 2022 level, sitting at 2.1 per cent.
In Toronto, Canada’s largest city, the vacancy rate dropped from 1.6 to 1.4 per cent. Meanwhile, in Montreal, the rate fell from two per cent to 1.5 per cent.
Vancouver remains the most expensive rental market, with $2,181 being the average monthly rent for a two-bedroom purpose-built apartment, followed by Toronto, where the average rent for those units was $1,961 in 2023.
The least expensive apartments are concentrated in Quebec, exemplified by Montreal’s relatively low 2023 average two-bedroom rent of $1,096.
Immigration led to increased demand for rental units in most large centres, while high interprovincial migration contributed in communities in Alberta, the report notes.
With net immigration to Canada trending sharply higher since 2020, there was increased pressure on the rental markets of Toronto, Montreal and Vancouver, cities that are also the destination for many international students.
The federal government recently announced a two-year limit on foreign student enrolment, cutting the number of new permits by 35 per cent this year.
As CTV News reported, observers say the new cap on international students admitted to the country will cool the high demand for rental units and slow the rate of rent hikes, but it won't necessarily be a big factor in solving the housing affordability crisis.
In Edmonton and Calgary, the influx of interprovincial migrants — people who move from one province to another — led to increased demand.
The report suggests people are likely drawn to Alberta — at least partly — by the relatively strong employment growth in Calgary and Edmonton as well as lower home prices relative to Toronto and Vancouver.
Employment growth among young Canadians and the low affordability of homeownership also led to increased demand in the rental market overall.
With files from The Canadian Press
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
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A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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The budding love story featuring music superstar Taylor Swift and Kansas City Chiefs’ tight end Travis Kelce took an unexpected turn into the world of political conspiracy theories this week after the team advanced to the Super Bowl.
Myriad baseless rumors emerged on social media — everything from claims that Swift has played a part in Pentagon psychological operations to the idea that she and her two-time Super Bowl champion boyfriend are key assets in a secret plot to help President Joe Biden get reelected in 2024. Another variant: That the Chiefs’ success was rigged as part of the plan for the game on Feb. 11 in Las Vegas.
Political and media figures on the right, including former Republican presidential candidate Vivek Ramaswamy, political activist Laura Loomer and One America News Network host Alison Steinberg, have amplified the allegations.
The claims are ludicrous and may well reflect the fear on the right that someone as famous as Swift, whose landmark Eras Tour is the first tour to cross the billion-dollar mark, could indeed influence the presidential race should she urge her legion of fans in one direction.
Pop culture and politics have long been entwined. The entertainment industry has been a deep well of political contributions. And candidates often try to draft on the celebrity of stars to add to their own allure.
The potency of the impact is less clear. In Swift’s case, there is some proof that she can at minimum generate more voter registration.
In September, Swift posted a short message on her Instagram account encouraging her 272 million followers to register to vote. The post led to more than 35,000 registrations on the nonpartisan nonprofit Vote.org.
Swift’s massive fan base gives her a powerful voice. An SSRS poll conducted in October 2023 found that about 6 in 10 U.S. adults called themselves at least casual fans of the singer, with 8% saying they’re big fans. The poll also found that 8 in 10 U.S. adults said they had heard of her relationship with Kelce and the majority of those familiar with it considered it a real relationship, rather than a publicity stunt.
“Pop culture people identify with this stuff, they pay attention to it. And that’s what moves politics now. It’s attention and identity,” Joel Penney, an associate professor at Montclair State University whose research includes the intersection of politics and pop culture, said. Indeed, Donald Trump’s improbable march to the presidency in 2016 was propelled in part from the celebrity he gained as a reality television star.
But the false claims about Swift are of such an extreme nature that they will test the limits of how potent a conspiracy theory can be. Penney sees the recent deluge of posts aimed at Swift as an attempt to preemptively blunt her impact by discrediting her.
Penney said Swift’s influence could prove a difficult force to contend with, especially if she publicly supports Biden, as she did in the 2020 race.
The attacks on Swift could also galvanize young voters who want to rally around her.
“Young people are fighting their political battles through a language drawn from pop culture,” said Henry Jenkins, a professor at the University of Southern California who also studies politics and pop culture. “That’s what connects them. That’s what they’re engaged with.”
Both Swift and Kelce have made public statements about politics and other issues that put them at odds with the far-right.
Swift broke her long-standing refusal to discuss her political views in 2018 when she announced in an Instagram post that she would be voting for Tennessee’s Democratic Senate candidate Phil Bredesen and Democratic House incumbent Rep. Jim Cooper. She also slammed then-U.S. Rep. Marsha Blackburn, the Republican candidate, citing Blackburn’s opposition to certain LGBTQ+ rights and her vote against the reauthorization of the Violence Against Women Act in 2013. Blackburn won election to the Senate.
In 2020, Swift endorsed Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris in an interview with V Magazine, noting that “under their leadership, I believe America has a chance to start the healing process it so desperately needs.”
Kelce faced criticism in September for appearing in an ad promoting the double dose of the flu and COVID-19 vaccines, as recommended by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The ad was part of a partnership with Pfizer, the pharmaceutical company that developed a vaccine in response to the pandemic and has since become a common mark for anti-vaccine activists and conspiracy theorists.
Pop culture figures and the industry that surround them have been enmeshed in political campaigns long before the duo some fans refer to as Swelce. Former President Bill Clinton first appeared on MTV during his 1992 campaign while he was still governor of Arkansas. Major stars including Johnny Cash, Mary Tyler Moore and Willie Nelson endorsed former President Jimmy Carter more than 40 years ago when he made his second run for the White House. Ronald Reagan got his start in politics after a career as an actor.
“That question of, does this stuff work in pop culture? It absolutely can,” Penney said. “And it does. And history has shown that.”
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Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of top social media companies in a hearing today By Dara Kerr Published January 31, 2024 at 5:21 PM EST Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:45 During a contentious hearing, lawmakers demanded that social media companies do better to protect children online. Copyright 2024 NPR
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21st.BIO, a Danish bioproduction firm offering integrated end-to-end services, announces that it is granting access to its precision fermentation technology platform to produce animal-free dairy proteins.
The new service aims to offer ingredient manufacturers, from startups to leading companies, cost-effective solutions to accelerate the development of sustainable dairy proteins at a competitive cost.
21st.BIO states it has the industry’s most advanced precision fermentation technology platform for large-scale production. Its fermentation technology is partly licensed from Novonesis (a merger of Novozymes and Chr. Hansen Holding), which has developed its platform over several decades to produce food-grade ingredients.
Thomas Schmidt, CEO of 21st.BIO, comments: “We founded 21st.BIO with one simple mission: to make precision fermentation technology accessible to as many companies as possible, so they can successfully take their product to market at a competitive price.
“We believe this is the best way for technology to support and accelerate the transition to more sustainable and better nutrition globally.”
Top-quality industrial production
21st.BIO was founded in 2020 in Copenhagen, Denmark. It also has an R&D team and laboratories in Davis, California. The company has received financing from Novo Holding to develop industrial production technologies for proteins and other molecules for food, materials, and agricultural industries.
The firm’s platform is said to offer top-quality industrial production strains and fermentation processes. In addition, it supports scaling, facilitates tech transfers to contract manufacturers, and helps companies secure regulatory approvals.
Meanwhile, the firm’s technology can be optimized for each customer’s specific purpose, from nutritional fortification to texture enhancer ingredients. Moreover, the company emphasizes its commitment to consistently enhancing strains and refining processes to guarantee customers maintain a competitive edge in the market.
Safely scaling new proteins
By leveraging these comprehensive services, manufacturers can focus on production, product development, and commercialization to rapidly enter the market while minimizing costs.
This launch follows 21st. BIO’s successful production at scale of beta-lactoglobulin, a major protein in milk responsible for the nutrition and texture of dairy products, and a recent partnership with the German biotech AMSilk GmbH to bioproduce spider silk proteins for sustainable materials.
“With this new offering, I am proud that companies will be able to safely scale innovation into industrial production and meet global demand utilizing our technology and expertise,” adds Schmidt.
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The full group buying the Baltimore Orioles at a $1.725 billion valuation was revealed Wednesday, and it had a very big name for the club's fans.
Orioles legend Cal Ripken Jr. is one of nine names that was revealed in the Orioles' announcement of the sale by the Angelos family, which was reported Tuesday. The group is led by two billionaires in Carlyle Group co-founder David Rubenstein and Ares Management co-founder Michael Arougheti, with Rubenstein as the controlling owner.
In addition to Ripken, other shareholders include NBA Hall of Famer Grant Hill, former New York City mayor and billionaire Michael Bloomberg, former Baltimore mayor Kurt Schmoke and business names Michele Kang, Mitchell Goldstein and Michael Smith.
The deal is still pending approval from MLB's other owners. Per previous reports, the new group will acquire 40% control of the Orioles, with the remainder transferring following the death of patriarch Peter Angelos. The Angelos family will reportedly still retain a "sizable interest" in the team.
Ripken is the Orioles' all-time leader in games played, hits, home runs and many other statistics. Since his retirement in 2001, the 63-year-old has built up a business portfolio that includes the Aberdeen Ironbirds, an Orioles minor-league affiliate.
Ripken had signaled an interest in purchasing a stake of the Orioles as far back as 2007. Now, he'll be part of the group steering the team where he, his brother Billy and his father Cal Sr. played or coached for a combined 64 years.
The Orioles have been a part of my life since I was a child, and this is a special day. I look forward to this opportunity and will do whatever I can to help the organization. Let’s go O’s!
— Cal Ripken, Jr. (@CalRipkenJr) January 31, 2024
Bringing in Ripken is a good way for a group of billionaires to endear themselves to the fanbase, but the team's fans will obviously be wanting more.
The Orioles are being sold at promising, but pivotal time in franchise history. The team is coming off a 2023 season in which it went 101-61, its best record since 1979, and boasts one of the most impressive collections young talent in MLB between young stars like Adley Rutschman and Gunnar Henderson and a farm system led by baseball's top prospect in Jackson Holliday.
At this point, the Orioles' priority will be finding supporting pieces for their young stars and trying to sign them to long-term extension. The Angelo family earned the fanbase's ire with its hesitance to spend in a sport where payroll size heavily correlates with consistent winning and it will be up to the new ownership group to show it will do business differently.
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Heidi Klum, 50, is TOPLESS while wearing a fur coat and tiny undies as she splashes around on a beach for Sunglasses At Night lyric video
Heidi Klum was seen writhing around on the beach for her new lyric video for a cover of Corey Hart's 1984 song Sunglasses at Night.
The Vogue model had on a fur coat and panties - and that's it - as she pouted away.
After she dunked her head in the ocean she emerged looking like a wet cat.
The 50-year-old model also flashed her bare breast when her coat accidentally slid open in a behind-the-scenes photo. The German pinup added a black star to one of her nipples to protect her modesty.
The star also had on chunky black sunglasses to go with the theme of the song.
Heidi Klum was seen at the beach for her new lyric video for a cover of Corey Hart's 1984 song Sunglasses at Night, which debuted on Tuesday
The Vogue model had on a fur coat and panties - and that's it - as she pouted away
Klum also shared a look at her break time during the shoot
Last week she teased the clip.
The former Project Runway host remixed the song with Tiesto – who has just been named the first in-game Super Bowl DJ – and she even got Corey's approval and blessing.
In another video she shared on Instagram on Wednesday, Hart, the original wearer of sunglasses at night said: 'Hey Miss Heidi Klum! Congratulations! Good luck with your single! It's the 40th anniversary of the release of the song. You're a star!'
Heidi captioned the post: '@coreyhartofficial The OG of this big 80's hit. Thank you for the shout out and for letting @tiesto and I remix it!!!!'
The video starts with Corey's introduction and the first few moments of his original and iconic video for Sunglasses at Night.
It then cuts to Heidi moving and grooving to her remix of the son while wearing a sleeveless black jumpsuit with a plunging neckline.
These aren't the only two incidences of the German supermodel hyping her new single.
Earlier this week, Heidi shared a short clip of herself with her look-alike daughter Leni Klum, 19, in a car.
The two beautiful women pose for the camera and then slip their sunglasses on while Heidi's single plays.
She seemed to be having the time of her life during the video shoot
Klum was seen in an open fur coat which flashed her bare breast; she added a black star for this behind-the-scenes snap
Klum was promoting the release of her cover of Corey Hart's 1984 song Sunglasses at Night
The America's Got Talent judge shared a video clip to her 11.8 million Instagram followers of her preening and posing while standing hip-deep in the ocean
She added sunglasses, of course, as her dance version of the classic pop song played over the black and white video
Heidi captioned the post: '@coreyhartofficial The OG of this big 80's hit. Thank you for the shout out and for letting @tiesto and I remix it!!!!'
At one point she pulls the coat off her shoulders
The former Project Runway host remixed the song with Tiesto – who has just been named the first in-game Super Bowl DJ – and she even got Corey's approval and blessing
She was also seen in this black outfit with netting on the side
There were criss-crosses in front as she added opera gloves
And finally, in another video posted 10 days ago, the Germany's Next Top model host wakes up in her teal upholstered bed as the song begins.
It then cuts to her wearing a fuzzy grey ball on her body and black Christian Louboutins on her feet.
She struts across the field of the Rose Bowl in the ridiculous costume as the song plays.
The original Sunglasses at Night was released on January 21, 1984 as the first single off Candian singer Corey Hart's debut album, 1983's First Offense.
It was a hit in the United States, rising to number seven on the Billboard charts for the week ending September 1, 1984.
This isn't the first single Heidi has dropped. She released Chai Tea With Heidi, featuring Snoop Dogg, in January of last year.
'I'm always up for a challenge,' she told Variety at the time. 'I'm always up [for] stepping out of my comfort zone, doing something different... This literally is like, one of the most exciting things I've ever done.'
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Douala, Cameroon: A businessman suspected of "a very great number" of cases of rape or sexual assault was arrested on Wednesday in Cameroon, the CRTV state broadcaster announced.
The news broke after lawyers had urged prosecutors to launch an inquiry after dozens of women accused the businessman of sexual attacks in anonymous posts on social media.
"Herve Bopda is suspected of raping or sexually assaulting a very great number of young girls," CRTV reported after his morning arrest in the Bonaberi district of the economic capital Douala.
"His arrest opens the way for legal procedures that will take charge of drawing up the evidence against him."
The Bar association's human rights commission said last week it was aware from social networks of anonymous testimony against Bopda alleging "indecent exposure, sexual harassment, rapes, threats, illegal confinement and violence against several victims".
Minister for women's empowerment Marie-Therese Abena Ondoa on Friday urged victims "to break the silence" and offered to "supply the legal authorities with the elements needed to carry out procedures to establish the facts".
The nation's human rights commission took up the case on January 19 but on Saturday voiced regret at not being able "to deal with the affair properly" with a full investigation because the accusations were anonymous.
Since mid-January, more than 70 anonymous testimonies had been posted on social networks by a blogger accusing the businessman of sexual violence.
The hashtag StopBopda took off on a wave of indignation and saw thousands of of tweets on X, formerly Twitter, as African artists, athletes and influencers take up the cause.
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Best laptops with 32 GB RAM: Top 10 contenders for high-performance computing
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Best laptops with 32 GB RAM: Discover unrivaled performance with our picks for the best laptops featuring 32 GB RAM. Elevate your computing experience to new heights! Read More
In today's fast-paced world, having a laptop with ample memory is crucial for handling multiple tasks simultaneously. We have curated a list of the 10 best laptops with 32 GB RAM to help you make an informed decision. Whether you're a professional, a gamer, or a creative enthusiast, these laptops offer exceptional performance and efficiency. From powerful processors to stunning display options, these laptops are designed to elevate your computing experience to the next level.
1. Lenovo ThinkPad
The Lenovo ThinkPad is a powerhouse with an Intel i7-1260P processor and a 14-inch anti-glare display. It offers enhanced security features with a fingerprint reader and TPM. With a durable build and long battery life, it's perfect for professionals on the go.
Pros
Powerful processor
Enhanced security features
Cons
Relatively smaller display size
2. HP Zbook Power
The HP Zbook Power is a mobile workstation with a 15.6-inch display and dedicated graphics. It's powered by an Intel i7 processor and offers impressive display clarity. With advanced connectivity options, it's a versatile choice for creative professionals.
The HP Omen features a 15.6-inch display with NVIDIA GTX graphics and Bluetooth connectivity. It's powered by an Intel i7 processor and offers a high-definition display for immersive gaming and multimedia experiences.
Pros
Immersive gaming experience
High-definition display
Cons
Limited battery life
4. AGB VR 1818
The AGB VR 1818 is a sleek laptop with an Intel i7-1165G7 processor and an aluminum build. It features a 15.6-inch display and offers reliable performance for everyday computing tasks.
Pros
Sleek design
Reliable performance
Cons
Limited graphics capabilities
5. HP Spectre
The HP Spectre is a stylish laptop with an Intel i7-1355U processor and a 14-inch Gorilla Glass display. It offers exceptional portability and performance, making it an ideal choice for professionals and creatives.
Pros
Stylish design
Exceptional portability
Cons
Limited screen real estate
6. Infinix ZEROBOOK
The Infinix ZEROBOOK features an Intel Core i5-13900H processor and offers a balance of performance and portability. With a 14-inch display and long battery life, it's a reliable choice for everyday computing.
The Lenovo Legion offers a 16-inch display with 500 nits brightness and a high refresh rate. It's powered by an Intel Core i7 processor and features a durable build, making it an excellent choice for gaming and multimedia experiences.
Pros
High refresh rate display
Durable build
Cons
Larger form factor
8. Dell G16 7630
The Dell G16 7630 features an AMD Ryzen 9-13650HX processor and a high-quality sRGB display. It offers powerful performance and a sleek design, making it a versatile choice for gaming and professional tasks.
Pros
Powerful performance
Sleek design
Cons
Limited availability
9. ASUS Zephyrus
The ASUS Zephyrus is a high-performance laptop with an RTX 4080 graphics card and a 15.6-inch display. It offers exceptional gaming capabilities and advanced cooling technology for uninterrupted gameplay.
Pros
Exceptional gaming capabilities
Advanced cooling technology
Cons
High price point
10. Dell Alienware m16
The Dell Alienware m16 features an AMD Ryzen 9-7845HX processor and a 16-inch QHD display. It offers an immersive gaming experience and exceptional display quality, making it a top choice for gaming enthusiasts.
Pros
Immersive gaming experience
Exceptional display quality
Cons
High price point
Comparison Table
Best value for money:
The Infinix ZEROBOOK stands out as the best value for money, offering a balance of performance and portability at an affordable price point. With a reliable Intel Core i5 processor and long battery life, it's a practical choice for everyday computing tasks.
Best overall product:
The ASUS Zephyrus takes the lead as the best overall product, with its exceptional gaming capabilities, advanced cooling technology, and high-performance RTX 4080 graphics card. It's a top choice for gaming enthusiasts and professionals seeking unparalleled performance.
How to find the best 32 GB RAM laptop?
When searching for the best 32 GB RAM laptop, prioritize your needs. Consider a powerful processor, ample storage, and a dedicated GPU for enhanced performance. Assess display quality, ensuring it aligns with your preferences. Evaluate build quality, keyboard comfort, and portability based on your usage. Battery life matters, especially for on-the-go professionals. Read user reviews to gauge real-world experiences. Recognized brands often deliver reliability. Lastly, check for upgradeability options and warranty coverage. With a thorough assessment of these factors, you can find a 32 GB RAM laptop that meets your specific requirements for seamless and efficient computing.
FAQs on best 32 GB RAM laptop
When choosing a high-RAM laptop, consider the processor, graphics capabilities, display quality, and battery life to ensure optimal performance for your specific needs.
Yes, many of the laptops listed offer dedicated graphics and high-performance processors, making them suitable for gaming and multimedia experiences.
Some of the laptops may offer upgrade options for RAM, but it's essential to check with the manufacturer for compatibility and warranty details.
Laptops with 32 GB RAM offer enhanced multitasking capabilities, faster data processing, and seamless performance for demanding tasks such as video editing, 3D rendering, and virtualization.
Disclaimer: At Hindustan Times, we help you stay up-to-date with the latest trends and products. Hindustan Times has an affiliate partnership, so ... we may get a part of the revenue when you make a purchase. We shall not be liable for any claim under applicable laws, including but not limited to the Consumer Protection Act, 2019, with respect to the products. The products listed in this article are in no particular order of priority. Read more
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MONTREAL, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- CN (TSX: CNR) (NYSE: CNI) announced today that the Company’s 2023 Annual Financial Statements, Notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis, and its 2023 Annual Information Form and Form 40-F, have been filed with Canadian and U.S. securities regulators and are now available in the “Investors” section of its website, www.cn.ca/investors.
Printed copies of CN’s 2023 Annual Financial Statements, Notes thereto and Management’s Discussion and Analysis will also be available to shareholders free of charge upon request.
About CN
CN is a world-class transportation leader and trade-enabler. Essential to the economy, to the customers, and to the communities it serves, CN safely transports more than 300 million tons of natural resources, manufactured products, and finished goods throughout North America every year. CN's network connects Canada’s Eastern and Western coasts with the U.S. South through an 18,800-mile rail network. CN and its affiliates have been contributing to community prosperity and sustainable trade since 1919. CN is committed to programs supporting social responsibility and environmental stewardship.
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Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state's strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
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Laws on abortion are out of step with public opinion. One Republican legislator in Tennessee is working to establish exceptions to his state's strict abortion laws, but he faces a tough battle.
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11 year old girl from Milton Keynes will be the face of World Hijab Day Conference this week
and live on Freeview channel 276
An 11-year-iold schoolgirl from Milton Keynes has been chosen to launch the Hijab Day Conference tomorrow (Thursday).
Maryam Jazeem has been wearing a hijab since she was just three and her powerful message on her social media is: "No matter how old you are, your hijab is your strength... So always be proud of it.”
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She has made a name for herself as a talented public speaker and has won awards for her reciting of the Quran reciter. You can watch her on her YouTube channel here.
Maryam has been honoured with the role of reciting the Quran to start off the conference, which is designed to be a global celebration and empowerment platform for Muslim women who choose to wear the hijab.
This marks the kidpreneur’s second appearance on the World Hijab Day stage. Last year, she captivated audiences on the Islam Channel TV's Today's Show, sharing her experiences and perspectives with eloquence and passion.
A spokesperson for the conference told the Citizen: “Maryam's story transcends individual achievement; it's a testament to the power of young voices and the importance of diverse perspectives in shaping our world. She serves as an inspiration to young Muslim women everywhere, proving that age is no barrier to making a difference.
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“World Hijab Day is not merely a celebration; it's a call to action. The theme for this year, #VeiledInStrength, resonates deeply with Maryam's message. By joining the movement—whether by wearing a headscarf on February 1st, attending local events, or simply sharing informative content—we can all contribute to building bridges of understanding and fostering a more inclusive community.”
As the youngest Ambassador for the #Iwill Movement initiated by King Charles, Maryam secured Reading Challenge Champion Medals at the remarkable ages of two and three, plus a commendation from The Reading Agency UK in collaboration with Guinness World Records.
At the age of eight, she received the Verbal Commendation Award at the 41st International Model United Nations conference in 2021.
In 2022, at the age of nine, Maryam visited the former Milton Keynes mayor, Mohammed Khan, presenting him with the official World Hijab Day poster to mark the occasion in MK.
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Last year she received the Imams Hasan and Husayn Children’s Award for Excellence by Muslim News and was nominated for the Top 50 Influential Muslims in Europe Award by EqualityX.
Maryam was also the youngest campaigner for the International Islamic History Month in the UK in May 2023.
World Hijab Day invites people of all faiths and backgrounds to learn about the hijab and stand in solidarity with Muslim women who choose to wear it. This year's theme is #VeiledInStrength.
Maryam said: : "I proudly support #WorldHijabDay 2024, standing in solidarity with Muslim girls and women facing discrimination globally. I encourage all my followers to join this important movement. Join the conversation: #VeiledInStrength."
People are urged to participate in World Hijab Day by wearing a headscarf on the day, attending local events or sharing informative content on social media.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
The federal Liberal government is denying that it told CBC/Radio-Canada to cut its budget by 3.3 per cent, as executives with the public broadcaster have insisted.
The Treasury Board, which oversees spending in the federal budget, says no such directive was given to the public broadcaster.
CBC/Radio-Canada didn't immediately respond to a request for comment.
In December, the public broadcaster announced it was cutting 800 jobs and $40 million from its production budget because of a $125-million projected shortfall for the coming fiscal year.
The public broadcaster's head, Catherine Tait, and another CBC executive, Shaun Poulter, have said part of that shortfall is because it was "told" to budget a 3.3 per cent cut.
Both Treasury Board and the Canadian Heritage Department say it's premature to talk about cuts to the public broadcaster because the federal budget is not finalized, nor are plans on how to find billions in savings across the public service.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2024.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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LONDON (AP) — British police said Wednesday they are hunting for a suspect after several people were injured with a corrosive substance in London.
The Metropolitan Police force said nine people were hurt, including a woman and two children, in the incident in the Clapham area.
Detective Superintendent Alexander Castle called it a “horrific incident.”
Police said nine people had been taken to hospitals: the woman and two children; three adults who came to their assistance; and three police officers. Castle said the officers’ injuries were believed to be minor. There was no immediate word on the condition of the others.
Castle said tests were underway to determine what had caused the injuries but “at this stage we believe it to be a corrosive substance.”
He said police were searching for a man who was seen fleeing the scene.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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George Monbiot, author, journalist, and environmental activist, joins The Plantbased Business Hour to discuss how to best fight for the planet and how to take no prisoners when it comes to taking on the meat industry and its lobby. He goes for the jugular and this is a do-not-miss interview.
Specifically, they discuss:
- How does the Big Meat misinformation campaign differ from big tobacco and fossil fuels’ misinformation campaigns?
- What do you do against the misinformation campaign, especially if it is protected by certain government organizations? Is there a strategy for impact when we are woefully outspent?
- What is it going to take to move the needle? For people to be outraged? A health crisis? Another pandemic? Capitalism and free markets?
- The ills of big meat are many: air pollution, health crisis, climate crisis, deforestation & biodiversity loss, antibiotic resistance, food insecurity, workers’ rights, – which angle is the right angle to take and with whom: Governments? Industry? Consumers?
- Do you see any progress? If so, in what areas? Where do you find hope?
- George’s predictions for the next 3 years.
Below is a highlight clip and transcription from our long-form conversation. Podcast here.
Elysabeth: Author, journalist and environmental activist, George Monbiot, how does the big meat misinformation campaign differ from big tobacco and fossil fuels if at all? Or is it the same playbook?
George Monbiot: It really is the same playbook and there’s no coincidence about that because in some cases it’s the exact same people who are reading from that playbook. They’re the people who devised some of the tobacco industry tactics who were then hired by the fossil fuel companies to import those tactics into the fight to deny the climate breakdown and to prevent action from being taken. And now the same people are cropping up in the employer of big meat defending the livestock industry against its critics and putting out a plethora of lies. One of the things that they’re trying to do is to present this industry, the livestock industry which is one of the two most damaging industries on earth, as the planet’s savior.
Elysabeth: How does one combat this?
George Monbiot: Well, first of all we have to understand it. One of the tactics is just to turn around all of the criticism which the industry rightly receives and to firehose it at its opponents and to create the impression that the exact reverse of the truth applies. We see the meat industry, the livestock industry, championing these claims which are entirely false. That livestock farming can retire more greenhouse gas emissions than it produces and there’s absolutely zero evidence for that and yet it’s pushed out again and again relentlessly and as we know from history, you tell a lie often enough and people accept it as true.
So the first thing is to understand it. We must understand what’s happening, why it’s happening, how this works, and the fact that it’s not unique. This is something that’s happened again and again and again. So we have to expose those tactics, describe those tactics, and then we have to confront them by explaining what’s really going on.
Elysabeth: When people take to the streets, so to speak, social media has become the new street and so I want to encourage everyone who was listening to what George said right at the beginning. First we need to understand and then we need to show that this is just a tried and true playbook. What I love about that is that you’re not saying, “Listen to me. I make rice and beans so you should too,” and you’re not saying, “Oh vegan is the right way to go” or “plant-based is this or that.” You’re saying that the meat industry has this misinformation campaign which is just following big tobacco which is followed by the fossil fuel industry.
Elysabeth Alfano is the CEO of VegTech™ Invest, the advisor to the VegTech™ Plant-based Innovation & Climate ETF, EATV. She is also the founder of Plant Powered Consulting and the Host of the Plantbased Business Hour.
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Everyone is aging. Right now, as you read this, you are aging. Regardless of external factors like socioeconomic status or personal factors like gender or sexual orientation, everyone is getting older all the time.
Pew Research Center found that depending on what stage of life someone is in, the perception of what is considered old changes. Respondents 18 to 29 consider 60 to be old; 60-year-olds, however, think it happens in the mid-70s.
For content creator Jordan Howlett, 26, "looking old" for his age means looking like he's in his mid-30s — which is what he talks about in his viral TikTok video that has over 22 million views.
“We live in a time nowadays where millennials look way younger for their age, while Gen Z looks way older,” Howlett claims in the video. “It is mainly because of the stress.”
Howlett does not specify what “stress” could be causing increased physical aging for this age demographic or even what stress is impacting him specifically.
Raghu Kiran Appasani, a San Francisco-based psychiatrist, told Yahoo News that there could be a connection between Gen Z and the generation's chronic stress, fueled by overexposure to breaking news and tragic events. A 2021 study from Google found that not only does Gen Z have lots of exposure to news, but they have exposure to different sources and opinions too.
“There's a lot more information overload at their fingertips,” Appasani explained. “What I would say is that they probably have a much higher degree of exposure to chronic stress than any prior generation has had.”
Stress can cause inflammation which can turn into accelerated aging. Although Appasani did not outright confirm that Gen Z is aging faster than other generations, he did say "it's not great."
“If you have a high level of stress, you're at higher risk for cardiac issues, for health issues,” he said.
But to Appasani, accelerated aging might not be the main issue for Gen Z. Instead, he argues that there’s a more internal issue at hand that should be addressed first.
The video that spawned a thousand think pieces.
Howlett told Yahoo News that he thought the somewhat self-deprecating commentary on aging would just be funny.
“I had no idea it was going to reach the magnitude that it did,” he said. “I had no idea it was going to then start a grander conversation about millennials and Gen Z aging.”
Howlett's video opened up a conversationaboutwhether all of Gen Z is "aging like milk" and aging faster than previous generations. The Gen Z age range is considered to be between 11 and 27 years old.
There was already a spark of discourse surrounding whether Gen Z's concerns with aging were valid when tweens and teenagers were filmed shopping for retinol — an anti-aging product — at Sephora. Howlett's video coincided with the internet's debate about how young is too young for anti-aging skin care — and if it's actually one of the perceived problem's causes.
“Just from my own determination, I genuinely feel like I look in my mid-30s,” Howlett told Yahoo News. “I have more wrinkles on my face than maybe the average 26-year-old. Also, I would say my beard does add a bit more age to my aesthetic.”
In terms of his day-to-day look, Howlett explained that, in addition to his beard and glasses, he dresses comfortably and prefers wearing thermal sweaters and sweatpants — clothing items he says he can understand someone associating with an older person.
Writer Ryan Broderick made a similar argument in his Garbage Day newsletter. He argues that Gen Z leans into what he's dubbed "Boca Raton-core."
“Millennials dress young and Gen Z dresses old,” Broderick writes. “[Gen Z] gravitates towards styles that are both comfortable — they are the Zoom school generation — and also flashy. They either didn’t live through or don’t remember the recession, so they don’t have the same hangups millennials do about showing off wealth.”
Outfits and facial hair aside, is there real proof that Gen Z is aging at an accelerated rate that no other generation has ever dealt with?
According to Appasani, whether Gen Z’s aging is real or imagined is beside the point. The conversation is focusing on the wrong problem.
Physical aging shouldn’t be the main concern.
What Appasani and his colleagues are actually concerned about with this generation is their mental development.
“Psychologically, the developmental stages are actually being a little bit more extended,” Appasani explained, referring to Gen Z patients. “So normally, what we would see as a normal stage as a young adult or teen is kind of extending a little bit more into their 20s.”
Appasani argues that older members of Gen Z being so preoccupied with how old they appear to other people is in fact a juvenile concern. It’s just now being experienced in their late 20s.
“It doesn't allow for them to actually dive into that developmental aspect of life, of really diving into identity and independence,” he added. “That comes back to what I was seeing initially about that stage of identity versus role, which typically happens when you're a teenager, has been extended out now into their 20s.”
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Washington: TikTok CEO Shou Chew found himself under scrutiny as lawmakers probed into the platform's ties with China, particularly its parent company ByteDance, and the extent of access granted to the Chinese government, CNN reported.
During the hearing, Arkansas Republican Sen Tom Cotton questioned Chew about his appointment as CEO coinciding with the Chinese Communist Party's acquisition of a 1 per cent stake in ByteDance's main Chinese subsidiary.
Chew dismissed any connection, stating, "It's a coincidence." Missouri Republican Sen. Josh Hawley also pressed Chew on TikTok's links to China and its communist party.
In response to Texas Republican Sen Ted Cruz's inquiry, Chew characterised the 1989 Tiananmen Square incident in Beijing as a "massive protest." While accurate, Chew's description omitted the subsequent government crackdown on pro-democracy activists, a dark chapter that is heavily censored on the Chinese internet today.
Under further questioning by Sen Cotton, Chew conceded, referring to the event as "a massacre." Despite Chew's acknowledgment, he had previously assured Congress that TikTok permits content related to Tiananmen Square, emphasising that the platform does not operate within China. However, ByteDance, TikTok's parent company, distributes a similar app called Douyin within China.
The intense questioning reflects growing concerns among lawmakers about the potential influence of the Chinese government on TikTok's operations and content policies.
The grilling was held at a dramatic Senate Judiciary Committee hearing of the CEOs of major tech companies, who faced intense scrutiny over the potential harms of their platforms on teens, CNN reported.
At the hearing, Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg stood to offer a public apology to families affected by the alleged repercussions of social media platforms, acknowledging the pain and suffering they have endured.
"I'm sorry for everything you have all been through. No one should go through the things that your families have suffered, and this is why we invest so much," Zuckerberg said, emphasising ongoing industry-wide efforts to mitigate the negative impacts associated with their products, as reported by CNN.
"We are going to continue doing industry-wide efforts to make sure no one has to go through the things your families have had to suffer," he added.
Five tech executives, including the TikTok CEO, Zuckerberg, Snap CEO Evan Spiegel, X (formerly Twitter) CEO Linda Yaccarino, and Discord CEO Jason Citron, were being grilled at the hearing.
The Senate Judiciary Committee focused on examining the potential harms inflicted on teenagers by these platforms.
During the hearing, the CEOs sought to convey their commitment to child safety on their platforms by emphasising their roles as parents.
Snap CEO Evan Spiegel mentioned that his wife approves every app their 13-year-old downloads, TikTok CEO Shou Chew highlighted being a father of three young children, X CEO Linda Yaccarino identified herself as a mother, and Discord CEO Jason Citron emphasised his role as a father of two.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Best queen size latex mattresses under 15000 in India: Explore top 7 choices
Published on Jan 31, 2024 11:17 IST
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Best queen size latex mattresses under 15000: Looking for an affordable and top-rated latex mattress for firm support and quality sleep? Check out our list of 7 best latex mattresses and make an informed decision to ensure restful and uninterrupted night's sleep. Read More
When it comes to choosing the right mattress, a latex mattress can be a great option for a comfortable and supportive sleep experience. In this article, we have curated a list of the 10 best queen size latex mattresses available in India under 15k. Whether you are looking for a mattress with eco-friendly materials, advanced comfort features, or superior support, our list has something for everyone. We have carefully reviewed and compared each product to help you make an informed decision based on your specific needs and preferences.
1. Doctor Dreams Nilkamal ECOAIRTM Latex Mattress
The Doctor Dreams Nilkamal ECOAIRTM Latex Mattress offers softness and support for a restful sleep. With its eco-friendly materials and advanced comfort features, this mattress is designed to provide a comfortable and rejuvenating sleep experience.
Pros
Eco-friendly materials
Advanced comfort features
Softness and support
Cons
May be too soft for some users
2. Wakefit Latex Mattress
The Wakefit Latex Mattress is designed to provide superior comfort and support for a restful sleep experience. With its latex material and advanced construction, this mattress offers a perfect balance of softness and firmness for a rejuvenating sleep.
The Springtek Eurotop Latex Mattress features pocket springs and latex for superior support and comfort. With its eurotop design and advanced construction, this mattress offers a luxurious sleep experience for a rejuvenated morning.
Pros
Pocket springs and latex
Eurotop design
Superior support and comfort
Cons
May be too firm for some users
4. SLEEPSPA Memory Foam Mattress
The SLEEPSPA Memory Foam Mattress is designed to provide pressure-relieving support and comfort for a restful sleep. With its memory foam material and advanced construction, this mattress offers a rejuvenating sleep experience for a refreshed morning.
Pros
Pressure-relieving support
Advanced construction
Rejuvenating sleep experience
Cons
May be too soft for some users
5. Livpure Smart Ortho Plush Mattress
The Livpure Smart Ortho Plush Mattress offers stress-relief and rejuvenating support for a comfortable sleep experience. With its ortho plush design and advanced comfort features, this mattress is designed to provide a restful and energizing morning.
The Shriram Midnight Comfort Mattress offers a comfortable and supportive sleep experience with its advanced construction and superior materials. With its midnight comfort design and eco-friendly features, this mattress is designed to provide a rejuvenating and refreshing morning.
Pros
Comfort and support
Advanced construction
Superior materials
Cons
May be too firm for some users
7. SleepyCat Latex Mattress
The SleepyCat Latex Mattress offers a hybrid design and advanced support for a comfortable sleep experience. With its latex and memory foam material, this mattress provides a perfect balance of comfort and support for a rejuvenating morning.
Pros
Hybrid design
Advanced support
Perfect balance of comfort and support
Cons
May be too soft for some users
Comparison Table
Best value for money:
The Shriram Midnight Comfort Mattress is the best value for money, offering a comfortable and supportive sleep experience at an affordable price.
Best overall product:
The SleepyCat Latex Mattress stands out as the best overall product in this category, providing a perfect balance of comfort, support, and advanced features for a restful sleep experience.
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Finding your ideal queen-size latex mattress under 15k is a breeze! Prioritize comfort by considering factors like firmness, latex type, and thickness. Look for responsive latex that relieves pressure points and provides adequate support. Read customer reviews to gauge durability and performance. Check if the mattress aligns with your sleeping preferences, whether you're a side, back, or stomach sleeper. Lastly, explore various brands for features, warranty, and trial periods. With these considerations, you'll find the perfect queen-size latex mattress that ensures a restful night's sleep without exceeding your budget.
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The price range of queen size latex mattresses under 15k in India varies from 12000 to 15000 rupees.
Key features to consider include material, support, comfort, and value for money.
Yes, latex mattresses under 15k are designed to be durable and long-lasting, providing value for money.
The benefits include superior comfort, support, and rejuvenating sleep experience at an affordable price.
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TORONTO, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- ZoomerMedia Limited (TSXV:ZUM) (the “Company”), the leader in serving the interests of the 45+ “Zoomers” as well as younger millennials and Gen Z who are also called “Zoomers”, today announced a stock option grant to a company executive.
ZoomerMedia’s compensation philosophy is to foster entrepreneurship at all levels of the organization through, among other things, the granting of stock options, a significant component of executive compensation. As such the Company announces it has granted 5,000,000 stock options to an executive as part of an employment package. The stock option grant is in accordance with TSX Policy 4.4, the rules of the TSX Venture Exchange and the Corporation's Stock Option Plan. The options are exercisable at $0.05 per share, one-third vesting on January 31, 2025, one-third on January 31, 2026 and one third on January 31, 2027. These options have a term of five years. This stock option grant is subject to TSX Venture Exchange approval.
About ZoomerMedia Limited
Founded by television and media icon Moses Znaimer in 2008, ZoomerMedia Limited is a multimedia company devoted to creating content, services and experiences for Canada's most powerful audiences: the 17.2 million people aged 45-plus aka "Zoomers", and the 13.7 million Millennials and Gen Zs, coincidentally also called "Zoomers", who follow in their footsteps.
ZoomerMedia operates 5 TV, 2 Radio, 3 Print, and 22 Digital properties including the newly acquired youth-friendly local news and lifestyle digital publications blogTO and DailyHive; and the subject specific The Peak and Ludwig-Van.com covering Canada’s business and Canada’s arts scene respectively. ZoomerMedia produces original TV, Radio, Podcast and Print content, offers clients creative audio and video production services, and bespoke events on site at its 2.6-acre complex in Toronto's Liberty Village.
For specific ZoomerMedia property names and focus, please see below.
ZoomerMedia's Television properties include: VisionTV, available in 7.5 million households is Canada's home for British comedy and drama series, plus uplifting movies, music, news, and multicultural and multilingual faith programming; ONETV: The Exercise & Entertainment Channel, combines original yoga, pilates, tai chi, and cardio dance and kettlebell fitness series with British serial soaps, dramas and American movies; JoyTV in Vancouver, Victoria, Surrey and the Fraser Valley, and FAITH TV in Winnipeg are devoted to broadcasting Christian, multi-faith, and local content.
ZoomerMedia's Zoomer Digital Network (ZDN): reaching 18.5 million monthly active users with over a billion annual pageviews and social media engagements, ZDN comprises: DailyHive, dailyhive.com in Western Canada, Ontario, Quebec, and The Maritimes, is one of Canada’s most followed news brands with over 10 million monthly active users, over 270 million annual page views, and 3.1 million followers across Instagram, Facebook, Twitter (X), TikTok, and LinkedIn; blogTO, blogto.com, Toronto's unrivalled local publisher across digital and social media platforms, bringing in 8 million monthly active users, and over 213 million page views annually; Zoomer Magazine's EverythingZoomer.com, Canada's leading provider of online content targeting the 45-plus; The Peak readthepeak.com, serving 150,000 Canadian professionals and business leaders with the top global business, finance, and tech stories of the day packaged in smart, fast, and easily digestible formats; and Ludwig Van, Ludwig-Van.com, Canada’s leading and fastest growing digital voice for the latest classical, opera, chamber and choral music headlines, reviews, comments and personality driven features and interviews.
ZoomerMedia's Radio properties include: The New Classical FM, Canada's only commercial all classical music radio station broadcasting over three frequencies in a unique regional Ontario network: 96.3FM CFMZ-FM Toronto (GTA), 103.1FM CFMX-FM Cobourg (Eastern Ontario), and 102.9FM CFMO-FM Collingwood (Southern Georgian Bay); and Zoomer Radio, The Original Greatest Hits, the biggest broadcast footprint in Canada also reaching 28 American States, and broadcasting simultaneously both in AM and FM in Toronto (740AM CFZM-AM and 96.7FM CFZM-FM).
ZoomerMedia's Print properties include: ZOOMER Magazine, the Company's flagship magazine and Canada's largest paid circulation magazine for the 45-plus market; On The Bay Magazine, the dominant regional lifestyle magazine published quarterly for the 20 towns and villages of Ontario's Southern Georgian Bay; and Tonic Magazine, a regional health and wellness magazine distributed across the City of Toronto.
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
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Southern Gaza has seen the heaviest fighting over the past few weeks. But bombing has restarted in the north and the humanitarian situation has worsened there.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Detecting foreign meddling can be a significant challenge, whether it's perpetrated by diplomats, through proxies acting on their behalf or anonymously via computer servers, former senior intelligence officials told a public inquiry Wednesday.
The officials were invited to provide advice to the federal commission of inquiry as it prepares for hearings, likely to take place in late March, on allegations of foreign interference in the last two general elections.
The inquiry will then turn to policy issues, examining the government's ability to detect, deter and counter foreign interference targeting Canada's democratic processes.
Dick Fadden, a former director of the Canadian Security Intelligence Service, said Wednesday it's challenging to figure out whether an interaction amounts to foreign interference.
In the case of terrorism, if someone is "futzing around with a bomb or something like that, it's pretty clear you need to pursue it," he said.
Foreign meddling can be much more nuanced, he suggested.
Some will say, "'Well, you know, it's obvious ... the consul general of country X was talking to somebody -- it's foreign interference,"' Fadden said.
"Well, it ain't obvious. It's part of the job of diplomats. I was a diplomat briefly early in my career, and it was my job to go out and try and influence that country. So finding where it's situated on the spectrum is actually quite difficult to do."
Canada does not want to offend foreign governments unnecessarily, so there must be something to latch onto before CSIS or the RCMP can become actively involved, Fadden said.
Alan Jones, who was an assistant director at CSIS, said it gets even more complicated when countries use proxies and non-diplomatic actors to carry out foreign interference campaigns.
China has a multi-pronged approach to meddling, Jones said. It means not only diplomats engaging in such activities, but trade representatives, journalists, tourism groups and individuals also working on Beijing's behalf.
"The interference may actually happen in China itself, where they have coercive abilities because they can reach families or meet dual citizens who are travelling to China and back to see family or to do business," Jones said.
"At which point does it become foreign interference and meddling?"
Interfering with another country's election would clearly fall into that category, he said. "But the gradients between something that stark and benign or acceptable activities -- there's a lot of activities in the middle."
It's very difficult to track and report on foreign interference campaigns waged online, said John Forster, former chief of the Communications Security Establishment, Canada's cyberspy agency.
Instigators can "send that stuff through umpteen number of servers around the world to cover its source, or the countries may use third parties to do it on their behalf," Forster said.
The spread of disinformation as part of foreign influence campaigns will become even more prevalent as artificial intelligence technology advances, he suggested.
Fadden, who led CSIS from 2009-13, said if he had found out that somebody was under threat from a foreign adversary, he would have "found a way to do something about it."
"I don't say that lightly. If it were a parliamentarian, I would have made sure my minister knows about it, and that the Privy Council knew about it."
The commission would be missing an important element if it did not develop an interest in the views of diaspora communities in Canada, Fadden said.
He suggested the commission have an active outreach program, possibly one that allows members of communities to make contact confidentially, since many are frightened to speak out.
In addition, many hail from parts of the world where dealing with the police or the security services is the last thing they want to do, Fadden said.
"And so the only time we find out about this is when something goes very wrong. So it's too late to do anything about it."
Given the trepidation, Fadden said he would also like to see the government create a means for diaspora community members to communicate with officials in confidence on an ongoing basis.
The inquiry's initial public hearings this week are also focusing on the thorny question of how to deal with the shroud of official secrecy around the controversial issue of foreign meddling.
The aim is to help identify ways to make information public, even though much of it comes from classified documents and sources.
The former intelligence officials said Wednesday there is room for Canada to be more transparent about national security issues.
Jones said although there are good reasons to protect security information, there are also ways to reveal more material while protecting sensitive sources. "We need to do better on disclosure than we have in the past."
The United States, the United Kingdom and Australia are much more open than Canada when it comes to security information, said Fadden, who suggested a tactic the commission might pursue.
"You can often point to something that they've released that's very close to what you want to release and ask the officials, 'Why can't we do this?"'
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2024.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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World's largest hands-on Lego festival to make its debut in Milton Keynes
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The world's largest hands-on LEGO® event of its kind is coming from the US to make its UK debut in Milton Keynes this Spring.
Brick Fest Live will open at the Milton Keynes, Marshall Arena on May 11 and May 12, with over a million LEGO® bricks on display and ready for play.
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The festival allows families to enjoy mind‐blowing creations from all over the world made entirely of this timeless toy. Children and adults will be amazed by life-sized LEGO® models and hands-on building activities assembled to set the imagination free.
Brick Fest Live will also feature an enormous marketplace where avid builders will be able find rare collectibles not available anywhere else.
"We're incredibly excited to bring the smash hit Brick Fest Live all the way from the USA to venues in the UK for the first time ever. This is an event for all the family as well as hardcore LEGO® enthusiasts. And if the hugely successful American events are anything to go by, tickets will sell out fast!." said the show producer Michael Clapham.
In addition to seeing life-size models and participating in building challenges, Brick Fest Live attendees can:
● See life-size models
● Help build a Guinness World Record-setting floor mosaic
● Express their creativity at the hands-on build zones
● Race their brick-built car down the 35' long derby ramps
● Shop hard-to-find LEGO® merchandise
● Build walls of LEGO® mosaics
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● Enter the GLOW ZONE and build with bricks that shine under black light
● Play in a Brick Pit with hundreds of thousands of LEGO® bricks
Early bird tickets are available from 10am on February 5 to 9.59am on February 8. You can sign up here.
General admission tickets will go on sale at 10am on February 8 here.
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Ticket prices, from Monday 5th February 2024 at 10am to Thursday 8th February at 9:59am, are £15 Early Bird (timed entry), £25 FLEX (Arrive anytime) and £35 VIP.
From Thursday 8th February at 10am, entry prices are £18, £25 FLEX and £35 VIP.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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Washington: The White House said Wednesday that the Islamic Resistance in Iraq militia grouping was behind the weekend drone attack that killed three American soldiers at a base in Jordan. The "attribution that our intelligence community is comfortable with is that this was done by the umbrella group" Islamic Resistance in Iraq -- a coalition of Iranian-backed militias -- said National Security Council spokesman John Kirby.
In addition to the three deaths in the drone blast on Sunday at the remote base, about 40 more troops were injured, the Pentagon says.
President Joe Biden says he has already decided on the nature of the US response to the deadly bombing, but has not detailed the plans in public -- or the timing.
Kirby repeated the administration's insistence that "we will respond in a time and in a manner of our choosing, on our schedule."
"Just because you haven't seen anything in the last 48 hours, it doesn't mean that you're not going to see anything," he said, adding: "The first thing you see won't be the last thing."
One of the factions in the Islamic Resistance in Iraq grouping, Kataeb Hezbollah, announced on Tuesday that it was suspending attacks on US troops.
Kirby said "you can't take what a group like Kataeb Hezbollah says at face value."
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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Brooklyn Nets guard Ben Simmons is out for Wednesday's matchup with the Phoenix Suns, the team announced.
The 27-year-old sustained played his first game in nearly three months on Monday, coming back from a nearly three-month long absence. He recorded 10 points, 11 assists and 8 rebounds vs. the Utah Jazz in the comeback.
But the return came at a cost, as he suffered a left knee contusion after taking a hit during the game, according to The Athletic's Shams Charania. After the knee began to swell, Simmons reportedly underwent tests that showed no further issue.
It's unclear how long Simmons will be sidelined, but it seems unlikely that the injury will keep him out for as long as the last one did. He was previously hampered by a pinched nerve in his back that he began to recover from on Nov. 6.
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Sleepwell king size mattresses: Top 10 choices for undisturbed sleep
Published on Jan 31, 2024 11:19 IST
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Sleepwell king size mattresses: Uncover the finest options the market has to offer as we meticulously compare their features and pros and cons. Make an informed decision as you explore the world of Sleepwell, ensuring your nights are filled with the perfect blend of support and tranquility. Read More
Are you in the market for a new king size mattress from Sleepwell? Look no further! In this article, we will review the top 10 Sleepwell king size mattresses available in India in 2024. We will compare their features, pros, and cons to help you find the perfect mattress for your needs. Whether you're looking for maximum comfort, support, or value for money, we've got you covered. Read on to find the best Sleepwell mattress for you.
1. Sleepwell Starlite Discover Mattress
The Sleepwell Starlite Discover Mattress is designed to provide ultimate comfort and support. It features a 4-inch thickness and is made from high-quality materials. This mattress is perfect for those looking for a medium-firm feel and excellent durability.
Pros
Medium-firm feel
High-quality materials
Excellent support
Cons
Limited size options
May be too firm for some users
2. Sleepwell Mattress Reversible Density
The Sleepwell Mattress Reversible Density is a versatile option that offers both firm and soft support. It features a reversible design and medium density, making it suitable for a wide range of sleepers. This mattress is perfect for those who want flexibility and comfort in one product.
The Sleepwell Impressions Mattress is equipped with Airvent technology for enhanced breathability and comfort. It features a medium-firm feel and a 6-inch thickness, making it ideal for those seeking a balance of support and cushioning. This mattress is perfect for hot sleepers and those with allergies.
Pros
Enhanced breathability
Hypoallergenic materials
Medium-firm feel
Cons
May be too firm for some users
Limited size options
4. Sleepwell Classic Resitec 6-inch Mattress
The Sleepwell Classic Resitec 6-inch Mattress is designed for those seeking a balance of support and comfort. It features a 6-inch thickness and a medium-firm feel, making it suitable for a wide range of sleepers. This mattress is perfect for those who want durability and reliability.
Pros
Durable construction
Supportive design
Multiple size options
Cons
May be too firm for some users
Limited softness options
5. Sleepwell Stargold Profiled Resitec Mattress
The Sleepwell Stargold Profiled Resitec Mattress features a unique profiled design for enhanced comfort and support. It offers a medium-firm feel and is made from high-quality Resitec materials. This mattress is perfect for those seeking optimal pressure relief and spinal alignment.
Pros
Pressure-relieving construction
Spinal alignment support
High-quality materials
Cons
Limited size options
May be too firm for some users
6. Sleepwell Mattress Quilted Impressions
The Sleepwell Mattress Quilted Impressions is designed to provide a plush and luxurious feel. It features a 78x72x6 size and a quilted design for enhanced comfort. This mattress is perfect for those who want a soft and cushioning sleeping surface.
Pros
Luxurious construction
Breathable materials
Enhanced comfort
Cons
May be too soft for some users
Limited size options
7. Sleepwell Mattress Profiled Reversible Layered
The Sleepwell Mattress Profiled Reversible Layered offers a unique combination of support and flexibility. It features a reversible design and layered construction for personalized comfort. This mattress is perfect for those who want a customizable sleeping experience.
The RESTOFIT Mattress Warranty Viscose is designed to provide excellent support and durability. It features a 78x72x6 size and a warranty for peace of mind. This mattress is perfect for those seeking long-term comfort and reliability.
Pros
Warranty included
Durable construction
Supportive design
Cons
Limited brand recognition
May be too firm for some users
9. Sleepwell GenX Mattress Pillow
The Sleepwell GenX Mattress Pillow is designed for those seeking the ultimate in comfort and luxury. It features a 78x72x5 size and a pillow top for added cushioning. This mattress is perfect for those who want a plush and indulgent sleeping experience.
Pros
Luxurious construction
Breathable materials
Enhanced comfort
Cons
May be too soft for some users
Limited size options
10. Sleepwell Durafirm Classic Rebonded 4.5-inch
The Sleepwell Durafirm Classic Rebonded 4.5-inch Mattress is designed for those seeking a balance of support and affordability. It features a 78x72x4.5 size and a rebonded construction for durability. This mattress is perfect for those on a budget who still want quality sleep.
Pros
Affordable price
Durable materials
Supportive design
Cons
May be too firm for some users
Limited size options
Comparison Table
Best value for money:
The Sleepwell Durafirm Classic Rebonded 4.5-inch Mattress offers the best value for money with its affordable price, durable materials, and supportive design. It is perfect for those on a budget who still want quality sleep.
Best overall product:
The Sleepwell Stargold Profiled Resitec Mattress stands out as the best overall product in this category with its pressure-relieving construction, spinal alignment support, and high-quality materials. It offers a perfect balance of comfort and support.
How to find the perfect sleepwell king size mattress:
Choosing the perfect Sleepwell king-size mattress requires thoughtful consideration. Begin by assessing your specific sleep preferences, whether it's firmness, material, or special features. Explore customer reviews to gain insights into real experiences. Measure your bed frame to ensure a snug fit. Consider any additional features offered by Sleepwell, such as temperature regulation or hypoallergenic properties. Visit reputable retailers to test different models and seek expert advice. Compare prices across multiple platforms to ensure the best deal. Prioritize quality over price for a long-lasting investment in your sleep comfort. Armed with these considerations, you're on your way to finding the ideal Sleepwell king-size mattress.
FAQs on sleepwell king size mattress
Sleepwell king size mattresses are available in various dimensions, including 72x72x4, 78x72x6, and 78x72x5.
Yes, some Sleepwell king size mattresses feature breathable materials and enhanced airflow for hot sleepers.
Yes, many Sleepwell king size mattresses come with a warranty for peace of mind and long-term use.
Yes, there are affordable options available, such as the Sleepwell Durafirm Classic Rebonded 4.5-inch Mattress, which offers quality at an affordable price.
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CALGARY, Alberta, Jan. 31, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Pieridae Energy Limited (“Pieridae” or the “Company”) (TSX: PEA) is pleased to announce changes to its executive leadership team (“ELT”) focused on improving execution of the Company’s strategic objectives, cost reduction initiatives and sustainability. Following recent appointments, Pieridae’s ELT, reporting to Darcy Reding, President and Chief Executive Officer, is comprised of:
- John Emery, Chief Operating Officer
- Responsible for upstream and midstream operations including engineering & geoscience, production, facilities, health, safety & environment (“HSE”), environmental, social, & governance (“ESG”), drilling and completions, abandonment and reclamation, and reserves.
- Mr. Emery has been with Pieridae since 2021, previously serving as Vice President, Operations and Interim COO. Mr. Emery holds a BSc (Petroleum Engineering) from Montana Technological University and has over 40 years of experience in the energy industry in Canada and internationally.
- Adam Gray, Chief Financial Officer
- Responsible for corporate finance and planning, financial reporting, production and financial accounting, treasury, investor relations, information technology, supply chain, and risk management.
- Mr. Gray joined Pieridae in 2020 and remains in his current role as Chief Financial Officer.
- Paul Kunkel, Chief Commercial Officer
- Responsible for commercial activities and strategy including commodity marketing, business development, land, joint ventures, and new venture development. This newly created executive position strengthens the Company’s focus on its customer-centric midstream business and bolsters its strategy to capture opportunities for value growth through commercial infrastructure utilization, M&A execution, and new business opportunities.
- Mr. Kunkel joined the Company as CCO in September 2023, after serving as an advisor on strategy and corporate development since early 2022. Mr. Kunkel is a CFA charter holder and has over 25 years of finance, corporate development, and management consulting experience.
- Michelle Cooze, General Counsel & Corporate Secretary
- Responsible for legal services and corporate governance.
- Ms. Cooze has been practicing law for 25 years. She holds a BSc (Geog) from Memorial University and a JD from Dalhousie University. Before joining Pieridae, Ms. Cooze held roles at several Alberta-based, public and private energy companies. She is a Member of the Law Society of Alberta.
- Michael Bartley, Vice President, Human Resources
- Responsible for human resources, labour relations, office services and corporate communications.
- Mr. Bartley has been with Pieridae since 2019 and remains in his current role as Vice President, Human Resources.
These changes conclude a planned leadership renewal process at Pieridae and ensure the Company retains strong continuity in leadership at all levels of the organization.
“I am extremely pleased to announce these important changes to the executive team at Pieridae”, said Darcy Reding, President and CEO. “The team we have assembled brings the right mix of technical skill, commercial acumen, and proven leadership ability that will enable Pieridae to execute its corporate strategy and create value for our shareholders.”
2023 EXIT PRODUCTION
Pieridae is also pleased to announce strong December 2023 production rates of approximately 37,500 boe/d, reflecting, among other factors, a recovery of production following the conclusion of the Waterton turnaround in October 2023. Average 2023 production was approximately 33,000 boe/d.
ABOUT PIERIDAE
Pieridae is a Canadian energy company headquartered in Calgary, Alberta. The Company is a significant upstream producer of conventional natural gas, NGLs, condensate and sulphur from the Canadian Foothills of Alberta and northeast British Columbia. Pieridae’s vision is to provide responsible, affordable natural gas and derived products to meet society’s energy security needs. Pieridae’s common shares trade on the TSX under the symbol “PEA”.
For further information, visit www.pieridaeenergy.com, or please contact:
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro speaks with constitutional scholar Philip Bobbitt about the effort from House Republicans to impeach Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Pierre Poilievre's Conservatives are touting a record-setting fundraising year — his first full calendar year at the helm of the party — while Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's Liberals raised less than half of that in donations from Canadians.
In 2023, the Conservative Party of Canada brought in $35.2 million in donations from supporters, breaking "all fundraising records for any political party in Canadian history," according to the party.
"The unprecedented momentum of the Conservative Leader and his common sense message broke another record bringing in $11.9 million in Q4. In December alone, the Party raised $7.08 million," said party spokesperson Sarah Fischer. "It couldn't be more clear that Canadians want change."
In collecting more than 200,000 donations last year, the party outpaced its previous 2018 record for the most any party has received in a non-election year.
These fundraising figures come after Poilievre and his inner circle spent much of last summer and fall enacting efforts to broaden his appeal, from a mini-makeover — swapping his eyeglasses and suit jackets for T-shirts and aviators — to a series of national advertisements aimed at softening and re-introducing the career politician to Canadians.
Promising more to come, Conservative Fund leader Robert Staley told delegates during the party's September Quebec City convention that with the party flush with fundraising dollars, the party will keep spending on advertising to "influence voters" in key ridings.
Poilievre, who is quoted in the release, said: "these results prove support for my common sense plan."
But one Liberal minister isn't convinced.
"It's a great time to sow fear and division, and there's a lot of profit in it," Health Minister Mark Holland told reporters on Parliament Hill Wednesday. "The Conservatives have been enormously successful in exploiting that, but what do they offer in way of solutions? Nothing."
In 2023, the Liberals raised a total of $15.6 million, according to Elections Canada's financial returns.
Holland said he's not pressed by the sizeable gap between the two parties' fundraising coffers, suggesting that when Canadians sit down at their kitchen tables to contemplate how they'll vote in the next federal election, they'll see through Poilievre's "collection of talking points," and see the Liberals tried "to make things better."
Trudeau's party saw an uptick in donations in the fourth quarter, a period during which the Conservatives' polling put them into potential majority government territory.
"It's easy to be the fun parent. It's easy to tell your kids what they want to hear. It's easy to go take them and do fun things, and tell them all their problems aren't their fault … It's very hard to be the one that says, 'this is a tough time,'" Holland said.
Approximately 93 per cent of Liberal donations were for amounts less than $200, which the party is framing as a "true testament to the party's strong grassroots support."
Defending their fundraising efforts and the "tens of thousands of Canadians" that the party engaged last year, Liberal Party of Canada spokesperson Parker Lund said that Elections Canada filings "continue to highlight that Liberal supporters are getting far more value for their donations than Conservatives."
"Annual returns show that the Conservatives spent $53.7M on fundraising costs from 2016 through 2022, while the Liberal Party's figure was just $21.8M," Lund said.
As for the other parties, the federal New Democrats raised less in the entire year than the Conservatives raised in any quarter of 2023, rounding out the year with $6.8 million in donations.
On Wednesday, the NDP launched an online attack ad against the Official Opposition leader, framing him as a "cut and gut" Conservative.
The Green Party raised $1.9 million and the Bloc Quebecois raised $1.7 million.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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IKEA food: How to get half-price main meals and what is included in the deal
IKEA has launched a new deal named “Swe-Dish Fridays”.
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Everyone knows the main reason to visit an IKEA isn't to look for a new bedside table, but actually to devour as many meatballs as humanly possible.
That's why it's such great news the bosses of the Swedish furniture behemoth have announced they will be offering main meals at half price.
Here's everything you need to know...
When is the IKEA food offer on?
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The half-price deal on selected main meals - including their iconic meatballs - will run every Friday from Friday, February 2 up until the end of August 2024.
The deal from the Scandinavian furniture shop has been named “Swe-Dish Fridays”, offering a 50% discount on a number of main meals across breakfast, lunch and dinner.
Children’s meals are also included in the offer, where families can purchase a children’s pasta and tomato sauce, served with a piece of fruit and a soft drink for only 45p.
How do I get half price meatballs?
“Swe-Dish Fridays” is available exclusively to IKEA Family members. The membership is free to join, giving customers exclusive access to discounts and rewards.
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Karen Hughes, Country Food Manager at IKEA UK and Ireland said: “We can’t wait to introduce our amazing half-price food offers to all our IKEA Family members dining at our restaurants, every Friday. What better way to end the week than a trip to IKEA, fuelled by a delicious, affordable, and hearty meal.”
Which meals are included in the tasty deal?
Meatballs with mashed potatoes, peas, cream sauce and lingonberry jam - 8 pieces for £2.45 / 12 pieces for £2.95
Plant Balls with mashed potatoes, peas, cream sauce and lingonberry jam – 8 pieces for £2.25 / 12 pieces for £2.75
Salmon fillet with grain and veggie mix with lemon and dill sauce - £3.60
Fish and chips (battered Haddock) with chips and peas - £3.45
Penne Pasta and Tomato Sauce - £1.35
Children’s Pasta and Tomato Sauce - £0.45
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
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Jerusalem: Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said Wednesday that the UN agency for Palestinian refugees had been "totally infiltrated" by Hamas, after several countries suspended funding over Israeli claims 12 UNRWA staffers participated in the October 7 attack.
"UNRWA is totally infiltrated with Hamas," Netanyahu told a meeting of UN ambassadors in Jerusalem, adding that "we need to get other UN agencies and other aid agencies replacing UNRWA".
Netanyahu's comments came as UNRWA said it is "extremely important" to conduct an independent investigation into Israeli allegations that 12 of its employees were involved in the October 7 Hamas attack against Israel.
Following these allegations important donors -- among them Britain, Germany, Japan and the United States -- have announced their suspension of aid to UNRWA.
"It (UNRWA) has been in the service of Hamas, in its schools and many other things," Netanyahu said at the meeting, video footage of which was released by the government press office.
"I say this with great regret because we hoped that there would be an objective and constructive body to offer aid. We need such a body today in Gaza, but UNRWA is not that body."
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
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Nick Dunlap didn’t need much time to make his decision after hoisting the trophy in Southern California earlier this month.
The 20-year-old sophomore from Alabama, who made history with his win at The American Express two weeks ago, officially turned pro. He will now make his professional debut this week at the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am, which marks the second designated event on Tour so far this season.
"Hectic, but also really cool," Dunlap said on Wednesday of what the last few weeks have been like. "I've had numerous moments where you just kind of have to take it all in, it's overwhelming. But also I've dreamed about doing this my whole life and playing golf on the PGA Tour. To finally be here and to be able to do that as a 20-year-old is pretty cool."
Dunlap won The American Express in La Quinta, California, two weeks ago after posting a 60 in the third round. That made him the first amateur to win on the PGA Tour since Phil Mickelson did so in 1991, and the youngest amateur to do so since 1910.
Dunlap, who won the U.S. Amateur, was already set to play in the Masters, U.S. Open and British Open this season. Now that he's turned pro, he will have full Tour status and exemption through the 2026 season. His win jumped him up 4,061 spots to No. 68 in the Official World Golf Rankings, which was the highest one-week jump in the rankings' history.
"I would say I knew that I was probably going to turn pro just with the opportunity that had been presented, but also I wanted to go back and talk to my teammates and talk to my parents and my coach and get their opinion and their two cents worth before I did anything," Dunlap said.
Once he did that, Dunlap made the trip to the Monterey Peninsula for this week’s tournament. Just like that, he was right in the mix. Fellow Alabama star Justin Thomas actually caught up with Dunlap and others at dinner on Monday night.
"Nick was there and he looked tired. He was like, 'Man, I'm so tired.'" Thomas said on Tuesday. "I was like, 'Dude, I don't really care. You should be sleeping right now and getting ready to go to class tomorrow morning and I'm pretty sure all of your teammates would happily switch with you, so be careful who you say that to.'
"I was needling him, giving him a hard time … I just think it's important that whatever he's always done, to continue to do that because I think it's easy to get a little bit taken over by the opportunity."
Dunlap will go off with Xander Schauffele on Thursday afternoon at Pebble Beach. He’ll then play at Spyglass Hill on Friday, where he’ll attempt to make a second straight cut before trying to compete into the weekend yet again. That’s no easy task, especially with the stronger field in play this week.
But regardless of how it goes, Dunlap knows how special it is to get to make his pro debut at Pebble Beach of all places.
"I remember playing this place on the PGA Tour PlayStation game, so to be out here and to see it for the first time is pretty cool," he said.
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The Whirlpool Refrigerator 230 IMPRO ROY is a spacious and energy-efficient refrigerator with a capacity of 215 liters. It features 6th Sense Deep Freeze Technology and a large crisper for storing fruits and vegetables.
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The Samsung Direct Cool Refrigerator RR21C2H25DX/HL is a sleek and energy-efficient refrigerator with a capacity of 212 liters. It features an all-around cooling system and a stabilizer-free operation.
The Blue Star Vertical single door cooler is a compact and energy-efficient refrigerator with a capacity of 190 liters. It features anti-bacterial gasket and a large crisper with humidity control.
The Haier Direct Refrigerator HRD-2203BS Brushline is a spacious and energy-efficient refrigerator with a capacity of 195 liters. It features an anti-fungal gasket and a diamond edge freezer technology.
The Godrej Refrigerator EDGENEO 207E THF is a stylish and energy-efficient refrigerator with a capacity of 190 liters. It features a dry store for storing fruits and vegetables separately and a large chiller tray.
The Haier Direct Single Door Refrigerator HED-205MFB/P offers the best value for money with its compact design, energy-efficient operation, and anti-fungal gasket that keeps your food fresh for longer.
The Whirlpool 283D PROTTON ALPHA STEEL stands out as the best overall product with its high capacity, 6th Sense Active Fresh Technology, and microblock for longer freshness of fruits and vegetables.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
When the Kansas City Chiefs beat the Baltimore Ravens last Sunday to advance to the Super Bowl, the question on fans' minds quickly became: Will Taylor Swift be able to attend to support her partner, the Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce, if she has a concert in Tokyo the day before?
It seems everyone is banking on Swift making it across the Pacific after her concert on Feb. 10 to cheer Kelce on in Las Vegas on Feb. 11: Even American Airlines and United Airlines took notice.
But can she do it? And what does her jet-set lifestyle look like for the next two weeks?
Taylor Swift will likely head to Sunday’s Grammy Awards in Los Angeles, where she is up for six trophies. Those include: three for “Anti-Hero” (record of the year, song of the year, and best pop solo performance), two for her album “Midnights” (album of the year and best pop vocal album), and one for her collaboration with the rapper Ice Spice on “Karma” (best pop duo/group performance), making her one of the most nominated artists of the evening. If Swift wins album of the year, she will break the record for most wins in the top category, with four.
Swift’s record-breaking Eras Tour — the first to gross over US$1 billion -- kicks off again in 2024 in Tokyo, where she will perform for four nights. The travel time is an estimated 12 hours, 8,690 kilometres, flying across nine time zones and crossing the international date line. Swift flies private, so passing through customs and security will likely be much faster than commercial travel.
Flying from California to Japan’s capital city, Swift will lose 17 hours. That means if she were to leave Los Angeles on the morning of Monday, Feb. 5 – say, around 9 a.m. – it would be around 2 a.m. in Tokyo on Feb. 6. She should likely arrive around 2 p.m. in Tokyo.
Swift performs at the 55,000-capacity Tokyo Dome. There are no announced openers, and the show is scheduled to start at 6 p.m., typically running for three hours and 15 minutes – which means it could end around 9:15 p.m. A Tokyo Dome spokesman told the AP all parties must stop using the sound system at 9:30 p.m. That doesn't mean everyone must leave by 9:30 p.m., but the concert must be over.
Tokyo is 17 hours ahead of Las Vegas. If Swift leaves Tokyo at midnight after her last Tokyo concert, that’s 7 a.m. on Saturday in Las Vegas. An average flight from Tokyo to LA is about 10 hours. If she can fly directly to Las Vegas without refueling, that’s 11 or 12 hours (there are no direct commercial flights from Tokyo to Las Vegas, so this an exercise in private aviation). Barring delays, she would be on track to get to Las Vegas the night before the game.
The San Francisco 49ers face off against the Kansas City Chiefs at 3:30 p.m. PST in Las Vegas. Airlines, by the way, have taken notice and changed flight numbers to reflect Kelce and Swift’s relationship. Both Kelce and Swift were born in 1989 – also the name of one of her albums. American’s Flight 1989 is scheduled to run twice from Kansas City, Mo., to Las Vegas on Feb. 9 and Feb. 10.
On Friday, Feb. 16, Swift kicks off her Australian tour in Melbourne with three back-to-back dates at the Melbourne Cricket Grounds, with Sabrina Carpenter as her opening act. If she chooses to fly straight to Australia after the Super Bowl for rehearsals from Vegas, that’s at least a 17-hour journey – or 16 hours if flying direct from Los Angeles – and more than 13,000 kilometres of air travel.
With all this in mind, Swift will have traveled more than 30,500 kilometres in just under two weeks, not including transportation to and from venues, hotels, the airport and any travel that occurs between the Super Bowl and her Melbourne tour dates. For reference, the circumference of Earth is 40,000 kilometres.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
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The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
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Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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Lawmakers grilled the CEOs of top social media companies in a hearing today By Dara Kerr Published January 31, 2024 at 5:21 PM EST Facebook Flipboard LinkedIn Email Listen • 3:45 During a contentious hearing, lawmakers demanded that social media companies do better to protect children online. Copyright 2024 NPR
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Hunter signs for non-league side after MK Dons release
The midfielder was released by MK Dons last Friday
Ash Hunter has joined National League side AFC Fylde after he was released by MK Dons last week.
The 28-year-old was limited to just eight appearances at Stadium MK after signing on a free transfer in the summer. A hamstring injury, sustained in the 3-1 defeat to Crewe Alexandra in early September, sidelined him for the rest of his time in Milton Keynes, before he agreed to leave by mutual consent.
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Hunter joins the Lancashire side as Chris Beech's second signing of the window, with the Coasters sat 22nd in the National League.
The former Morecambe and Salford City man said initial contact was made on the same day he was released by Dons - last Friday - and after watching the side beat Bromley 1-0 at Mill Farm, then speaking with the manager, he was convinced to sign.
Hunter explained: “I had a quick conversation with Beechy on Friday last week, came to the game on Saturday and caught up with him on Sunday, so with what he said to me, it’s something I want to be a part of.
“Hopefully I can add to the attacking football, we can win a few games and I can contribute some goals and assists.
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“I’ve spent quite a bit of time injured in the last two seasons but I’m back fit now and hopefully I can get some time under my belt.
“I’ve got quite a lot of league experience so hopefully I can help the lads out.”
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Washington: US authorities on Wednesday warned Americans to stop pointing lasers at planes after pilots reported a record number of incidents in 2023.
The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) said the latest figure of 13,304 laser strikes is a 41 percent increase over the year before and by far the highest number since data collection began -- posing a major safety threat to pilots, passengers and those on the ground.
"A laser strike can temporarily blind a pilot or cause severe eye injury, and the FAA takes this threat very seriously," Administrator Michael Whitaker said in a video.
"Bottom line: lasers and aircraft don't mix. If you have a laser please use it responsibly and never point it at an aircraft," he added, encouraging citizens to report laser strikes to authorities.
Offenders can face FAA fines up to $11,000 per violation, or $30,800 for multiple infractions -- in addition to criminal penalties from federal, state and local law enforcement.
Most laser strikes aimed at cockpits happen at night during takeoffs and landings.
Authorities attribute the sharp increase to a greater abundance of devices available online at lower price points and higher power capacities, as well as the advent of green lasers, which are more easily visible.
Extensive outreach to pilots to encourage reporting incidents likely played a role in the increase, too.
Lasers can cause severe damage to the retina. The higher the power, the more dangerous, though labeling is often unclear or intentionally misleading.
In all, pilots have reported 313 eye injuries since the FAA began recording data on laser strikes in 2010.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
For about 15 years, Uriel Rincon told authorities he didn't recognize the gunman who killed Run-DMC's Jam Master Jay and wounded Rincon himself in the rap star's recording studio.
But on Wednesday, Rincon pointed across a Brooklyn federal courtroom and identified Karl Jordan Jr. as the shooter in one of the world's most infamous killings in hip-hop history. Jordan and Ronald Washington, an accused accomplice, have pleaded not guilty to murder.
Rincon told jurors in the men's trial that Jam Master Jay, born Jason Mizell, was in his studio's lounge area on the evening of Oct. 30, 2002, playing a football video game and talking business with him and another aide, when the door opened. In walked Jordan, the rap star's godson, Rincon said.
"He kind of walked directly to Jay and gave -- like, half a handshake, with an arm. And at the same time, that's when I hear a couple of shots," Rincon testified. He said he was looking down at his ringing phone as the gunfire erupted, then looked up again.
"And then I see Jay just fall," he said.
Then, Rincon said, he felt pain in his left leg and realized that he'd been shot and that the 37-year-old hip-hop luminary was gravely wounded.
"I'm trying to tend to my wound, and at the same time, I'm trying to give Jay attention -- asking him: Is he OK? Can he talk? Whatever -- and he is just not responding," Rincon testified.
He said that during the shooting, Washington was at the studio door, telling the other aide to get on the ground and stay there. Both suspects fled down a hallway toward the building's back door and fire escape, he said.
The rap star had a gun, which was sitting by his side on a sofa armrest during the 10-to-15-second encounter, Rincon said.
Rincon, who goes by Tony, was the first eyewitness to testify in the long-awaited trial over the death of Mizell. The DJ helped rap gain a wider audience through his role in Run-DMC, the 1980s powerhouse group that notched the genre's first gold and platinum albums and was known for such hits as "It's Tricky" and its take on Aerosmith's "Walk This Way."
The trial opened Monday, and on Tuesday, Judge LaShann DeArcy Hall ruled that Jordan's rap lyrics -- which include first-person accounts of violence and drug dealing -- can't be used against him at trial, as prosecutors sought.
Jordan, known as "Little D," and Washington, who's nicknamed "Tinard" and was a childhood friend of Mizell's, were arrested in 2020. Prosecutors say the two had been planning a cocaine deal with the rap star and killed him because they were about to get cut out.
Washington's lawyers have said authorities had no clue who killed Mizell and that they brought a case held together only with "tape and glue." Jordan's attorneys have said he was at his then-girlfriend's home at the time of the shooting.
While questioning Rincon Wednesday, defense lawyers emphasized that he repeatedly told investigators that he hadn't quite seen and couldn't identify the gunman. He maintained the same even while giving the Daily News of New York a 2007 interview.
Rincon said he "omitted the truth" because he was scared for himself and his mother, particularly after -- according to him -- Jordan approached them at Mizell's funeral to ask Rincon whether he'd seen the gunman. (He said no.)
Rincon said he also struggled to fathom what had happened.
"I didn't understand what I saw," Rincon said, about how someone he knew -- and who knew Mizell -- could have killed him. "That's why it was hard for me to grasp."
He finally named Jordan and Washington to authorities around 2017. At the time, he also told investigators that Mizell had uttered "Oh" and an expletive as the shots were fired.
When asked why he finally did so, Rincon said he thought of Mizell's surviving family.
"I felt that his wife and his children needed closure, and I felt that they should know what took place," said Rincon, who gave composed but heavy-hearted testimony, at times speaking softly or taking heavy breaths. Washington, 59, and Jordan, 40, showed no visible emotion as he pointed to them out in court.
Rincon had started doing various tasks at Mizell's studio at 17 and considered him a music-business mentor. A college student in his mid-20s at the time of the shooting, Rincon sought counseling afterward and moved out of state, he said.
"Are you still scared today?" asked Mark DeMarco, a lawyer for Jordan.
"Of course," Rincon said.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
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A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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MIAMI — A federal judge has dismissed the Walt Disney Company's lawsuit against Florida Governor Ron DeSantis. Disney sued after DeSantis and state lawmakers removed its self-governing status in 2023.
Backed by Republican lawmakers, DeSantis dissolved a special district near Orlando that for more than fifty years had governed Walt Disney World. He acted after Disney's CEO opposed a law limiting how sex orientation and gender identity can be discussed in the schools. The Parental Rights in Education Act was labeled "Don't Say Gay" by opponents.
At DeSantis' request, Florida's GOP-controlled legislature created a new special district, the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District, controlled by the Republican Governor's appointees. Disney sued in federal court, saying DeSantis was retaliating against the company, punishing it for exercising its First Amendment right to freedom of speech. Disney also canceled plans for a $1 billion campus in Florida.
In a 17-page order, U.S. District Judge Allen Winsor dismissed the case, saying Disney lacks standing to sue the governor. The judge also said while Disney could sue the new DeSantis-appointed board, it hadn't shown evidence that actions by the new board had harmed the company. In addition, Winsor said the law prohibits plaintiffs from bringing a free speech challenge to constitutionally enacted laws.
A DeSantis spokesman hailed the decision saying, "the Corporate Kingdom is over. The days of Disney controlling its own government and being placed above the law are long gone. Disney is still just one of many corporations in the state and they do not have a right to their own special government."
Disney says it will "press forward with its case." In a statement after the ruling, a company spokesperson said, "If left unchallenged, this would set a dangerous precedent and give license to states to weaponize their official powers to punish the expression of political viewpoints they disagree with."
Disney and the Central Florida Tourism Oversight District board are also embroiled in lawsuits in state court.
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Best 200-litre refrigerators: Top 6 picks for your kitchen
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Best 200-litre refrigerators: Discover the coolest picks for your kitchen with our top 200-litre refrigerators! Keep your food fresh and your kitchen stylish with these compact yet efficient appliances. Read More
A 200-litre refrigerator is the perfect choice for small families or individuals. These refrigerators offer ample storage space without taking up too much room. We have compiled a list of the best 200-litre refrigerators available in India, with a focus on their features, pros, and cons to help you make an informed decision. Whether you're looking for a Whirlpool, Voltas Beko, or Lloyd refrigerator, we've got you covered.
1. Whirlpool Direct Cool Refrigerator 215 PRM
The Whirlpool Direct Cool Refrigerator 215 PRM is a stylish and efficient refrigerator that offers ample storage space. With its advanced cooling technology, this refrigerator ensures that your food stays fresh for longer. Its sleek design and energy-efficient performance make it a top choice for any kitchen.
Pros
Ample storage space
Sleek design
Energy-efficient
Cons
No inverter compressor
2. Whirlpool 215 IMPC ROY RAIN
The Whirlpool 215 IMPC ROY RAIN refrigerator is a high-performance appliance that offers superior cooling and storage. With its advanced technology and innovative features, this refrigerator provides the perfect solution for keeping your food fresh and organized. Its premium design and reliable performance make it a top choice for any modern kitchen.
The Voltas Beko Refrigerator RDC220B60 DWEXXXXSG is a feature-packed refrigerator that offers exceptional storage and cooling capabilities. With its innovative design and advanced technology, this refrigerator is perfect for modern households. Its user-friendly features and efficient performance make it a top contender in the market.
Pros
Exceptional storage capacity
Advanced cooling technology
User-friendly features
Cons
Slightly higher energy consumption
4. Lloyd Inverter Refrigerator GLDF214SGWS1PB
The Lloyd Inverter Refrigerator GLDF214SGWS1PB is a premium-quality refrigerator with advanced features and a stylish design. With its energy-efficient inverter compressor and intelligent cooling technology, this refrigerator offers superior performance and convenience. Its sleek and modern design makes it a perfect fit for any contemporary kitchen.
Pros
Premium-quality performance
Energy-efficient inverter compressor
Sleek and modern design
Cons
Slightly higher initial investment
5. Lloyd Direct Refrigerator GLDC212SRRS2EB
The Lloyd Direct Refrigerator GLDC212SRRS2EB is a high-performance refrigerator with a spacious interior and efficient cooling technology. With its direct cooling system and durable construction, this refrigerator offers reliable performance and long-lasting durability. Its sleek and stylish design makes it a perfect addition to any modern kitchen.
The Lloyd Direct Refrigerator GLDC212SBWT2PB is a reliable and efficient refrigerator with a spacious layout and advanced cooling features. With its durable construction and energy-efficient performance, this refrigerator offers the perfect solution for storing and organizing your food items. Its sleek and modern design adds a touch of elegance to any kitchen setting.
Pros
Reliable and efficient performance
Spacious layout
Sleek and modern design
Cons
No inverter compressor
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Best value for money:
The Voltas Beko Refrigerator RDC220B60 DWEXXXXSG is the best value for money option in this category. With its exceptional storage capacity and advanced cooling technology, it offers great value at an affordable price point.
Best overall product:
The Whirlpool 215 IMPC ROY RAIN stands out as the best overall product in this category. With its superior cooling performance and premium design, it offers the perfect combination of style and functionality.
How to find the best 200-litre fridge for your home?
Discovering the perfect 200-litre fridge involves assessing your space, storage needs, and lifestyle preferences. Measure the available area, prioritize features like adjustable shelves and energy efficiency, and compare brands and prices. Read customer reviews and consider warranty options for added assurance. By evaluating these factors, you can select a refrigerator that not only fits seamlessly into your home but also meets your cooling requirements efficiently.
FAQs on Best 200 litre fridge
All the refrigerators listed have a capacity of 200 litres, making them suitable for small families or individuals.
Yes, some of the refrigerators come with an inverter compressor, which ensures energy efficiency and consistent cooling performance.
The energy ratings of the refrigerators range from 3 Star to 4 Star, offering energy-efficient options for consumers.
Yes, all the refrigerators feature sleek and modern designs, making them a perfect fit for contemporary kitchen settings.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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The dueling contests surrounding the Nevada Republican's nominating process has led to voter confusion. And with it, an outcome many in the state saw as inevitable: Trump is the de facto winner.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
The federal government plans to pour $100 million into the film and TV industry.
Heritage Minister Pascale St-Onge says the money will go to Telefilm Canada over two years.
St-Onge says it is meant to help the organization modernize its suite of programs, while maintaining initiatives to diversify the sector in Canada and support environmental sustainability.
It's an increase in funding for Telefilm, which received $105 million over three years starting in 2021.
The federal government says there are more than 180,000 "full-time equivalent" jobs in the audiovisual sector in Canada, and it contributes $20.3 billion to Canada's GDP.
In a press release, St.-Onge says the funding will also lead to projects that connect Canadians, deepening the population's shared cultural touchstones.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2024
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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When it comes to choosing the best side-by-side refrigerator, there are many factors to consider. From capacity and energy efficiency to special features and price, finding the perfect refrigerator for your needs can be a daunting task. To help you make an informed decision, we have curated a list of the 10 best side-by-side refrigerators available in India. Whether you're looking for a sleek and stylish design, advanced cooling technology, or a budget-friendly option, we've got you covered.
The Godrej Frost Free Side by Side Refrigerator features a spacious interior with ample storage for all your food items. With its advanced cooling technology and energy-efficient design, this refrigerator is a great choice for any modern kitchen. Its sleek and stylish exterior adds a touch of elegance to your home.
The Hisense Frost Free Side by Side Refrigerator is equipped with a convenient water and ice dispenser, making it easy to access chilled water and ice cubes whenever you need them. Its sleek design and advanced cooling technology make it a stylish and practical addition to any modern kitchen.
The Midea Frost Free Side by Side Refrigerator with Inverter Technology offers efficient and precise cooling, ensuring that your food stays fresh for longer. Its thoughtful design and advanced features make it an excellent choice for any modern household.
The Samsung Convertible Inverter Side by Side Refrigerator offers flexible storage options and energy-efficient operation. Its convertible design and advanced cooling features make it a versatile and practical choice for any household.
The Voltas Beko Inverter Side by Side Refrigerator is designed for maximum convenience and energy efficiency. With its innovative features and stylish design, this refrigerator is a great addition to any modern kitchen.
The Panasonic Inverter Frost Free Side by Side Refrigerator offers precise and uniform cooling, ensuring that your food stays fresh for longer. Its thoughtful design and advanced features make it an excellent choice for any modern household.
The LG Frost Free Inverter Side by Side Refrigerator is designed for maximum convenience and energy efficiency. With its innovative features and stylish design, this refrigerator is a great addition to any modern kitchen.
The Samsung Convertible Inverter Side by Side Refrigerator features a flexible and spacious interior with convenient water and ice dispenser. Its energy-efficient operation and convertible design make it a versatile and practical choice for any household.
The Samsung Convertible Inverter Side by Side Refrigerator offers flexible storage options and energy-efficient operation. Its convertible design and advanced cooling features make it a versatile and practical choice for any household.
The Godrej Side by Side Refrigerator offers a spacious interior with precise and uniform cooling, ensuring that your food stays fresh for longer. Its thoughtful design and advanced features make it an excellent choice for any modern household.
The Midea Frost Free Side by Side Refrigerator with Inverter Technology offers the best value for money, providing efficient and precise cooling, thoughtful design, and advanced features at a reasonable price.
The Samsung Convertible Inverter Side by Side Refrigerator with Water and Ice Dispenser stands out as the best overall product in this category, offering a spacious and flexible interior, energy-efficient operation, and advanced cooling features.
Discovering the perfect side-by-side fridge involves assessing key factors like size, capacity, features, and energy efficiency. Begin by measuring the space where the fridge will fit and consider your family's storage needs. Look for advanced features like adjustable shelves, temperature controls, and water dispensers. Energy Star ratings can help you identify models that save on electricity costs. Research user reviews and expert opinions to ensure reliability and performance. By evaluating these factors, you can find the ideal side-by-side fridge to complement your home and lifestyle.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks to Vivian McCall, reporter for The Stranger, about recent raids in Seattle's gay bars. Members of the city's LGBTQ-plus community are looking for answers.
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The Baylor women’s basketball program will be retiring Brittney Griner’s No. 42 jersey next month, the university says.
The Phoenix Mercury star is a former Baylor Bear, and will have her jersey retired during a ceremony before the game on Feb. 18. The Bears will be playing Texas Tech at 3 p.m. that day, Baylor said.
“I’m honored to return home to Baylor and celebrate where so much of my journey started,” Griner said. “I’m grateful to Coach Nicki (Collen) and the entire Baylor community and looking forward to the opportunity to be back on campus, spend time with the team and have my family beside me to share in this incredible moment. Sic ‘Em Bears.”
Griner’s jersey will be the seventh jersey retired by the Baylor women’s program, ESPN reported. Two others include her former teammates, Odyssey Sims and Melissa Jones.
Griner was the No. 1 pick in the WNBA’s 2013 draft, according to ESPN. She led Baylor to the NCAA Women’s Final Four. She also had a perfect 40-0 national championship season while she was a junior at Baylor. Griner is also a two-time Olympic gold medalist.
Griner is also a WNBA champion, capturing the 2014 title with the Phoenix Mercury.
Griner finished her college basketball career with 3,282 points and 1,305 rebounds, according to The Associated Press.
“We are excited to welcome Brittney back to Baylor and share this special day with her,” Baylor Vice President and Director of Athletics Mack Rhoades said. “There’s no doubt she is one of the most decorated student-athletes in Baylor athletics history and we’re thrilled the timing has worked out for all of us to celebrate and honor her. She always has been, and always will be, a significant member of the Baylor Family.”
“We’re excited to have Brittney back on campus and honor her with the retirement of her jersey,” Baylor Coach Nicki Collen said. “I have been saying this since I arrived at Baylor that she deserves to have her jersey retired and I wanted to make sure that happened when the timing was right. With the opening of Foster Pavilion, and the WNBA offseason fitting into our season, this seemed like the right time to honor Brittney and welcome her back home. She is one of the best basketball players in Baylor’s history and we’re thrilled that the time has come to celebrate Brittney and all of her accomplishments.”
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Generally, when someone asks "How are you doing," you don’t actually tell them how you’re doing.
Without this piece of common etiquette, we would be pinned in place for hours by vague acquaintances spinning monologues of crushing ennui. We would entrap cashiers, bank tellers, parking attendants and coworkers with tales of our deepest fears and most minor bodily ailments. The world would come to a standstill as we shed our carapaces to stand naked and vulnerable in our truth.
When Elmo posted a kind-hearted check-in this week on X, formally known as Twitter, he may have assumed he’d be shielded by these social mores. But he comes from “Sesame Street,” which is no place for lies.
“Elmo is just checking in!” he wrote. “How is everybody doing?”
Thousands of replies and a few interventions from his "Sesame Street" pals later, and it was pretty clear: The people are not doing well, Elmo!
It’s not surprising. The world is experiencing a grinding war in Ukraine, potential famine in Gaza and a seemingly endless drumbeat of mass shootings in the U.S. Many young Americans are struggling with anxiety and depression as the country faces a well-documented mental health crisis. And in many places we’re in the middle of a cold, dark winter.
The tenor of the responses to Elmo reflect much of that — and some welcome dark humour in unburdening ourselves to a fuzzy puppet. Elmo’s query also led to some heartwarming conversations about emotional health and the importance of checking in with friends.
The responses to Elmo’s innocuous question should be etched into stone so future generations can know exactly how we felt in 2024.
“Elmo each day the abyss we stare into grows a unique horror. one that was previously unfathomable in nature. our inevitable doom which once accelerated in years, or months, now accelerates in hours, even minutes. however I did have a good grapefruit earlier, thank you for asking.”
“Every morning, I cannot wait to go back to sleep. Every Monday, I cannot wait for Friday to come. Every single day and every single week for life.”
“Elmo I’m depressed and broke.”
“I’m at my lowest, thanks for asking.”
“Elmo I’ve got to level with you baby we are fighting for our lives”
And, one of the most brutally honest replies:
“Elmo I’m gonna be real I am at my f***ing limit.”
After a few hours of people trauma dumping on the Muppet, the official "Sesame Street" account called time with a follow-up post directing people to — yes, really — mental health resources.
Or, as someone else on X said, "Elmo sorry but this above Elmo’s pay grade."
Likely sensing the situation had equal chances of improving or dissolving in rapid order, other members of the "Sesame Street" gang chimed in. Big Bird, Cookie Monster, Snuffleupagus and others thanked Elmo for being a good friend, and offered their own fuzzy listening ears to anyone who needs to talk.
“Wow! Elmo is glad he asked,” Elmo posted less than two days later, employing the most rhetorically loaded "wow" imaginable. "Elmo learned that it is important to ask a friend how they are doing."
It could sound like a joke. Look at us, laying our fears at the furry feet of a beloved children’s character! Surely there is nothing else to examine here.
Except, after the clouds of irony and dark humour had passed, something remarkable happened: People started thanking Elmo and his pals for asking, and talking about what it means to feel safe and understood in a time when so much is dangerous and confusing.
Katherine Tarleton, a licensed therapist in South Carolina, says trusted characters like Elmo create an environment of safety in which difficult conversations feel a little easier.
"There’s a sense of emotional security to them because there’s a perception of innocence," she told CNN. "They bring us back to childhood, when at least some things were easier. Even if you had a difficult childhood, parts of it were still easier because you didn’t know everything that was going on.”
Beloved children’s shows like “Sesame Street” also focus on emotional wellbeing in a way that may feel uncomfortable or foreign for us to do as we get older.
“I see a lot of adults gravitate to children’s shows because they can teach adults about dealing with their emotions in a way they may not have been exposed to when they were younger,” Tarleton says. “I love that this exchange with Elmo has created a cultural space where it’s OK to say you’re not OK.”
While access to mental health resources is a critical part of emotional wellness, sometimes the best thing one can do in the moment is simply talk to a friend. They may not be a compassionate puppet, but they can help.
Tarleton has some advice for approaching difficult topics and being a good listener:
Do something together. If simply sitting down and unloading sounds too intense, Tarleton suggests doing some activity together, like playing a game or cooking. “That gives you a secondary action, and it gives you the space to measure your responses and recover if things get to be too much,” she says.
Be all ears. If someone comes to you with an emotional burden, Tarleton says it’s a good idea to set aside your own concerns so you can be 100 per cent attuned to them. “A lot of people tend to want to exchange their emotional concerns, but it helps to make things very focused. Sit down and say, ‘I see you’re opening up to me. Let’s do this for you.’”
Be brave. “The first step is the toughest part,” Tarleton says. “If you are afraid of being judged, try to examine it from the other side. If you were in the opposite position, and your friend was coming to you, would you want them to be scared? No.”
Government and nonprofit organizations in the United States and the United Kingdom have multiple resources for mental health support, such as specialized helplines and treatment locators.
If you’re facing insurance or financial barriers, several organizations have people like you in mind — including Mental Health America.
If you think you or someone you know is at risk for suicide, trained counselors with the 24/7 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline could help. Call 988 or 800-273-8255 (TALK). The International Association for Suicide Prevention and Befrienders Worldwide provide contact information for crisis centres around the world.
If you’re ready to find a therapist, here are some tips on choosing the one that’s best for you, including a list of specialized databases.
And remember, it’s OK to feel bad. It’s OK to cry, too — it’s healthy even. As Elmo’s journey into our collective emotional wellbeing proves, a little bit of courage and a little bit of trust can lead to healing conversations.
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If you or someone you know is in crisis, here are some resources that are available.
Suicide Crisis Helpline (988)
Centre for Addiction and Mental Health (1 800 463-2338)
Crisis Services Canada (1-833-456-4566 or text 45645)
Kids Help Phone (1-800-668-6868)
If you need immediate assistance, call 911 or go to the nearest hospital.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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The iFFALCON 43 inch 4K Ultra HD Smart Google TV offers the best value for money with its immersive sound experience, sleek design, and seamless connectivity with the Google TV platform.
The Samsung 55 inch Crystal Vision 4K UHD Smart LED TV stands out as the best overall product in this category, offering exceptional picture quality, smooth and responsive interface, and seamless connectivity with the SmartThings app.
The Samsung 55 inch Crystal Vision 4K UHD Smart LED TV stands out as the best overall product in this category, offering exceptional picture quality, smooth and responsive interface, and seamless connectivity with the SmartThings app.
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(LifeSiteNews) — 2024 started off with a bang. I don’t mean something negative; I mean something really positive.
If you haven’t seen it yet, you’ve got to go check out the Focus Catholic Conference. They had 20,000 young people in America at this SEEK 2024 conference!
Now I want you to know something. In this video, you’re going to notice that this is very traditional. All of the ministers there, the altar boys and whatnot, are all in cassocks, very traditional black with a white surplice on. You’ll notice there are no women altar servers. You’ll also notice that there’s incense! There’s traditional music. And believe it or not, no women readers as well.
In addition to that, you’ll notice they’re singing together – in Latin!
Not only that, they are kneeling. In addition, they have traditional adoration. In fact, the priest is going around with a monstrance, and people are kneeling down and getting his blessing.
Who do you have celebrating this Mass? Who do you have offering the Mass? Do you have Cardinal Cupich? Do you have Cardinal McElroy? Nope. You have a very conservative Catholic bishop, Sam Aquila, whom I’ve been pleased and honored to meet many years ago now. But here is this very conservative, very orthodox bishop. Listen to what he’s preaching about:
John the Baptist points to Jesus Christ. And you and I live post-life, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. We, too, are sent out into a world that is dark: a world torn by war, a world that is rejecting God, a world that is a mess. And … some, even within the Church, listen more to the voice of the world because the devil has captured them. They, too, rather than proclaiming the power of the Gospel, the healing that Jesus Christ brings, proclaim only chaos and confusion. But that is not the Gospel.
Did you catch that? He’s speaking about chaos “even within the Church.” Everybody there, all those 20,000 young people, they understand exactly what he’s talking about. And check this out, here is his prescription for everyone: it’s to evangelize, to proselytize, to go out and spread the truth of Jesus Christ.
As you go into the world and back to your universities or to your parishes, simply find one other person who does not know Jesus Christ, and become like John the Baptist. Be light for the world. Point to Jesus and bring that person to the encounter with Jesus. Like John the Baptist, all we can do is point and proclaim the truth and leave all in the hands of the Trinity.
Isn’t that beautiful? That’s why I can tell you there is hope for the Church. Because in the world of the left-leaning Father James Martin, Cardinal Cupich, Cardinal McElroy, Pope Francis, etc., there’s no future. There’s future in the beauty and tradition of the Church – and these 20,000 young people and the Focus ministry speak to that. God bless them.
For LifeSiteNews, this is John-Henry Westen. May God bless you and all your families in 2024.
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Democrats in the state Senate approved a measure to allow the state to work directly with manufacturers to make generic — and much cheaper — versions of key prescription drugs.
The bill would make New York only the second state in the nation, after California, to seek contracts with drug companies to make the medications, including insulin, a drug that has sharply risen in price in recent years.
Senate Leader Andrea Stewart-Cousins said the aim is to lower costs and protect against potential drug shortages.
“Accessible and affordable prescription medication is not a luxury,” Stewart-Cousins said. “It is a necessity.”
The legislation would direct the state health department to identify other generic drugs that are costly or are vulnerable to shortages that could also be eligible for a manufacturing partnership.
A second bill would eliminate insurance co-payments for insulin, which is used by 1.6 million New Yorkers to control their diabetes. Gov. Kathy Hochul also included that provision in her state budget proposal this year.
Senate sponsor and Health Committee Chair Gustavo Rivera said once the original investment is made, the changes would save the state’s multibillion-dollar Medicaid program money.
The Medicaid prescription drug program is projected to cost $3.2 billion in fiscal year 2024. Senate Democrats could not estimate exact savings but said it’s not unreasonable to expect to cut costs by a minimum of 10%.
They said in California, where the state has already entered into an agreement to manufacture insulin, a 10-millimeter vial that now costs $300 would cost just $30 to make.
They said it could also save patients hundreds of dollars on each dose, and thousands of dollars annually.
The Democrats’ proposal comes at a time when the governor is asking lawmakers to slash $1.5 billion in public health care spending. Rivera is against the cuts, saying it’s not the time to reduce spending on a health care system already destabilized by the pandemic.
“I certainly scratch my head, because I think that there are other options on the table,” Rivera said. “There's proposed cuts (that) are between a billion and a billion and a half (dollars). I think that this is not the moment to do that.”
Rivera, along with the health care workers union SEIU 1199 and home care advocates, have an alternative proposal for cost savings in the state’s Medicaid program.
They want to decouple home health care from the Medicaid Managed Care program. They say that arrangement, begun in 2011, has resulted in billions of dollars going to insurance companies who manage the programs for administrative costs and profits, instead of paying for home care workers. Rivera said it was a “failed experiment.”
“It has not worked,” Rivera said. “What has happened is that we have a system in which people are more needy, in which people who take care of those folks who are needy, (and) don't get paid the money that they deserve.”
He said the change could save the Medicaid program $2.5 billion a year, more than the amount that Hochul is seeking in savings.
The health insurance industry opposes the idea. In a statement, the New York Health Plan Association, which represents nonprofit insurance plans, said the previous fee-for-service plans was a “dismal failure” and that there are concerns among home health care providers and their clients who are “worried about the impact the bill will have on elderly and disabled New Yorkers.”
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Actress Elisabeth Moss confirmed on Tuesday that she is pregnant with her first child.
Moss, 41, who won an Emmy Award in 2017 for her role as Offred in “The Handmaid’s Tale,” made the announcement on the “Jimmy Kimmel Live!” program, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Kimmel got right to the point.
“Are you pregnant or just an incredibly committed method actor?” Kimmel asked.
“A little bit of both,” Moss answered.
“I’ve been really lucky,” Moss continued. “It’s been going really well.”
When Moss asked Kimmel for advice, the talk show host said he was reminded of what comedian Bill Murray told him and his wife, Molly McNearney, when they were expecting one of their four children, Entertainment Tonight reported.
“He said, ‘Bring Christmas lights to hang up (in the delivery room),’” Kimmel said, adding that Murray also suggested bringing in battery-powered candles.
The “Mad Men” star did not share further details about her pregnancy, including when the baby is due, People reported.
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Interest rates are paused — here's what that means for credit card users
The Federal Reserve's federal funds rate has been a hot topic since rate hikes started about two years ago. However, the Fed announced today that it was pausing rate hikes again — for the fourth consecutive time — and it's unclear which direction rates will move in next.
However, the central bank also noted that the current inflation rate remains too high — and, in turn, there is no plan to reduce rates until inflation nears 2% annually.
That has far-reaching implications for consumers, especially in terms of variable interest debt, like credit card debt. But, what exactly does today's interest rate pause mean for credit card users?
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Interest rates are paused — here's what that means for credit card users
"Ultimately, with the changes of the fed funds rate, the prime rate also changes, which then in turn increases or decreases the APR on your credit card," says John Jones, investment advisor representative at Heritage Financial.
Credit card companies usually charge interest as the prime rate plus a markup. For example, a lender may charge the prime rate plus 15.99%. And, since the federal funds rate isn't changing, the prime rate is likely to stay the same at about 8.50%. This, in turn, would mean that the credit card in this example charges a total of 24.49%.
As such, it's likely that high credit card interest rates and minimum payments are here to stay — at least until inflation cools further.
Tap into the debt relief you deserve today.
3 tips to help you get out of debt quickly
Today's news isn't conducive to paying your debts off quickly. So what can you do if you want to pay your debt off fast?
Enroll in a debt relief service
If you're struggling to make your minimum payments, it may be time to reach out to a debt relief service. There are two common options available: debt consolidation and debt settlement.
The debt consolidation process usually starts with an expert asking questions to get a better understanding of your financial situation. The company then negotiates with your lenders on your behalf to reduce your interest rates and improve payment terms.
Once the negotiations are complete, the company works with you to create a payment plan that's affordable for paying your debt off. You then make payments to the debt consolidation company, which pays your creditors until your debts are paid in full.
The second option, debt settlement, starts with a conversation about your financial position. The debt relief expert will usually create a payment plan for you and will ask you to stop paying your creditors. You'll pay the debt settlement company each month instead.
The debt relief company then holds the money in a special-purpose savings account. Once enough money is in the account to start settling the debts, the company negotiates settlements on your behalf. This process can have a detrimental impact on your credit score but it can also lead to significant savings of time and money.
Stop using your credit cards
One of the biggest challenges credit card users face when paying their debts is avoiding new debt in the process. If you continue to use your credit card for purchases, you lower your chances of getting out of debt in a reasonable amount of time. If this is an issue you face, make a point of not using your credit cards unless it's necessary.
One way to do this is to fill a freezer bag with water, put your credit cards in it and freeze the bag. If you want to use your cards, you'll have to thaw a thick block of ice to get to them. You'll be less likely to use credit for impulse buys and more likely to make rational, informed decisions with this method.
Find opportunities to save money
When you find opportunities to save money, you free up funds to pay your debts off faster, so look at your budget for opportunities to save. Some common ways to save include:
- Make your coffee at home rather than buying it at a coffee shop.
- Bring lunch to work instead of eating out.
- Cut the cable cord and sign up for low-cost streaming services.
- Cancel any unused subscriptions you're currently paying for.
- Opt for generic versions of over-the-counter medications.
- Try off-brand goods; you might be pleasantly surprised.
You can also dig into your budget to see what kinds of savings opportunities you can find.
The bottom line
Credit card interest rates aren't likely to fall as the federal funds rate hikes remain paused. Nonetheless, you don't have to deal with high interest rate debt forever. Take advantage of the tips above to start paying your credit cards off faster now.
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15 Lazy Cooking Tips For When You Don't Really Feel Like Cooking
We've all had those days when we don't feel like cooking and want to get food on the table with as little effort as possible. Of course, ordering takeout or heating a frozen pizza is always an option, but it's not necessarily always the healthiest, cheapest, or tastiest option.
The question of "What's for supper?" can sometimes be one of the toughest ones to answer. Even harder can be the question of what to make that requires the least physical and mental effort. What you want are options that don't require a lot of chopping or standing at the stove for too long. The best options are ones where you can throw a few ingredients together to cook and not have to do a whole lot of work in the process. Take a look at some of our tips on what to throw together when you're staring into the abyss of your fridge or pantry trying to gather inspiration so you can get out of the kitchen quickly and rest for the night.
Turn anything into pizza
The first trick is how you can turn more ingredients in your kitchen into a pizza than you probably realized. You just need to have a crust, a sauce, and toppings. We've used a variety of items to make pizza crusts in the past, including tortillas, flatbreads, naan bread, parathas, bagels, toast, and French bread. English muffin pizza is even a thing. If you can use it to make a wrap or sandwich, it can become the crust for a pizza.
A jar of pizza sauce or marina is ideal, but you don't have to stick with traditional sauce. We've used a variety of sauces. The simplest is olive oil with Italian spices or maybe minced garlic. However, you get creative using pesto, tapenade, BBQ, ranch, or whatever type of sauce you have on hand. One of our favorites is a can of Trader Joe's Grecian Style Eggplant With Tomatoes & Onions. Then, you can add the meats, cheeses, and toppings you have. There are plenty of canned pizza topping options ranging from olives and artichokes to peppers and mushrooms. You can raid your fridge, freezer, and cupboard for other pre-cooked meats. Then stick it all under your choice of cheese.
Make soup from leftovers, frozen, or canned items
Soup is a great option to make when you don't feel like getting overly creative or working too hard in the kitchen. A pot of soup is fairly forgiving of whatever you put in it. Just dump a few ingredients into your pot, and go off and relax while it bubbles away.
Even without a specific recipe, you can start raiding your fridge, pantry, and freezer for ingredients. You'll want to think about what you want to use as your base, protein, veggies, carbs (if any), and seasonings. We've made soups from lots of different bases, including canned tomatoes, tomato sauce, broth (or water plus bullion), cream of chicken soup, or cream of mushroom soup. Proteins could be as simple as canned mushrooms or frozen chicken strips. To avoid chopping veggies, you could use frozen or canned ones. If you want carbs, you might throw in a handful of rice, pasta, or barley. The easiest way to season it is with a mix like Italian seasoning or curry powder that doesn't require you to do any thinking.
If you have some great leftovers, you can always use them as your starting point. For example, if you have leftover chicken and veggies from fajitas, you could add canned vegetable broth, corn, chilies, and black beans to make Enchilada Soup. There are even soups that use nothing but canned items.
Make nachos with all canned or frozen ingredients
Nachos are the perfect lazy meal. Of course, the easiest version is melting cheese over tortilla chips in the microwave for half a minute or so. However, we assume that you're looking for something a little more robust. For something simple, you can make 5-Ingredient Triple Layer Nachos in the microwave with a jar of queso, a can of refried beans, and taco sauce. One of our favorite things to do is make sheet pan chicken nachos in the oven. You can use shredded leftover chicken, rotisserie chicken, or frozen fajita meat. For ingredients that don't require chopping, consider canned black beans, refried beans, corn, peppers, jalapeños, nacho cheese sauce, and queso. Shredded cheese also eliminates work. And you can pull out toppings from the fridge or cupboard like sour cream, guacamole, salsa, and pico de gallo.
There's also a dump-and-go Slow Cooker Creamy Chicken Nachos recipe you can get started earlier in the day with a package of chicken breasts, black beans, a can of Rotel, taco seasoning, cream cheese, sharp cheddar cheese, and olives.
Make dump-and-go instant pot meals
If you haven't discovered the wonders of instant pots yet, you're missing out. It's the ultimate way to make a meal without doing anything but throwing some ingredients inside and pressing a few buttons. You merely have to look for a recipe that matches the ingredients you have on hand. If you have two instant pots, you can even make rice or another carb in one and a hands-off meat or bean dish in another.
One example of an easy meal to try is Instant Pot Creamy Garlic Chicken, which only requires chicken, butter, garlic, mushrooms, chicken broth, sour cream, Italian seasoning, and Parmesan. If you start with pre-minced garlic, pre-sliced mushrooms, and pre-shredded Parmesan, the recipe requires very little effort. So, you'll want to look for instant pot recipes that make dinner a breeze. Even the recipes that start with sautéeing onions can be simplified if you start with pre-chopped or dried onions.
Turn anything into a wrap or sandwich
Nearly anything can become a wrap or sandwich. All you need is some type of bread or wrapper and your imagination. The first thing to realize is that you can make a sandwich out of any bread at your disposal, whether it's pre-sliced bread, frozen naan in your freezer, or leftover biscuits from breakfast. You can even use leftover cornbread to make something resembling arepas. Don't forget that tortillas and pita bread aren't the only type of wrapper for wraps. You can also use rice paper to wrap your ingredients in the style of a Vietnamese spring roll.
Another thing to realize is that you don't have to go with the traditional burrito, lunch meat, or meat salad fillings. For example, you can add leftovers. One popular leftover sandwich is the Thanksgiving leftover sandwich. You can even make French dip sandwiches from leftover prime rib. There's even a powdered instant version of au jus that you can make.
Make breakfast for dinner
Some of the quickest foods to make are breakfast foods. You can think about what you like to make when you're in a hurry in the morning, and use those items as your inspiration. Dig in your freezer for some premade breakfast sandwiches, drag out the cereal and milk, grab a breakfast bar, put some pop tarts or frozen waffles in the toaster, or bake a pre-made quiche for some of the easiest options. With a little more effort, you can make some cheese grits or hearty oatmeal. Even a cheese grits casserole requires very little effort to make if you have pre-shredded cheese. Scrambling up some eggs and microwaving bacon doesn't take a lot of effort either.
There are also lots of hands-off breakfasts you can make, like casseroles you can refrigerate overnight and bake when you're ready. Even quiches don't require a lot of prep work if you start with a pre-made crust and shredded cheese.
Provide ingredients for a deconstructed buffet-style meal
One of the best things you can do when you don't feel like cooking is to provide deconstructed ingredients for a buffet-style meal. Not only does everyone get their food made to order without you having to cook it five different ways, but everyone else does the lion's share of the work.
There are lots of easy options for this one. One of the easiest options is to bake potatoes in the microwave and then put out a whole bunch of optional toppings for everyone to add. Another idea is to provide ingredients for a taco salad or elevated ingredients for ramen. You can pull sub sandwich ingredients out of the fridge or make up some waffle batter and let everyone make their own waffles like at a hotel breakfast bar. It wouldn't even take a lot of effort to offer all the ingredients for a make-your-own-KFC-Famous-Bowl by providing ingredients like instant potatoes, quickly baked chicken nuggets, canned corn, and pre-shredded cheese.
Have snacks for dinner
One of the big food trends that is taking over is snacks as meals. It came into the limelight when snacky "girl dinners" started to become popular in 2023. Snacks for dinner can look like anything from charcuterie or some snacky frozen appetizers. Or you can just nosh on whatever you have in your cupboards.
Dinner doesn't necessarily have to look like what you'd get at mom's house for Sunday dinner or at a diner. Snacks for dinner can look like nearly anything, and you can mix and match whatever is available. You might make yourself some hard-boiled eggs, slice up some apples and dip them in peanut butter, go for cheese and crackers, air fry some pizza rolls, make yourself a bowl of fruit, grab a handful of nuts, grab a yogurt out of the fridge, grab some fresh veggies or fruit, dish out some hummus, or combine a few of these.
Pick up a rotisserie chicken on the way home
Sometimes, the most dreaded part of making supper is cooking the meat. If you grab a rotisserie chicken from the grocery store on the way home, you don't have to touch raw meat, and all the work besides pulling it off the bone is already done for you. Not only are so many ways to use rotisserie chicken, but you'll likely have enough for more than one meal.
Rotisserie chicken is an excellent addition to so many easy meals. You can add it to soups, sandwiches, wraps, bowls, tacos, BBQ sandwiches, and chicken salad. It's also a great option for a lot of deconstructed buffet-style meals like taco salads, baked potatoes, and ramen. You can use it in any recipe that calls for chicken. However, you may want to throw it in at the end rather than at the beginning if the recipe has a long cooking time to accommodate cooking the chicken through.
Don't forget to set up your slow cooker before you leave for the day
One lazy cooking tip that's been around for years is using your slow cooker to cook food while you're away from home. However, a lot of us have forgotten about it in an era of instant pots and air fryers. It does take a little pre-planning to get all the ingredients together before you leave, but it eliminates the inevitability of not feeling like cooking after a long day out in the world doing what you do. Plus, most instant pots have a slow cooker function so you don't need a separate appliance.
There are so many slow cooker recipes out there to make your life easier. While a lot of them are meat-centric, there are plenty of vegetarian and vegan ones as well. You can make foods like chili, a variety of soups, pot roast, meat to use in tacos or burritos, and slow-cooked sauces for pasta that tastes like you labored over a stove all day. A good example is Crock Pot pork chops, which only require pork chops, a ranch seasoning packet, and a jar of chicken gravy.
Get inventive combining cupboard and frozen items
There are several magical formulas that can help you create great dishes from whatever you have in the cupboard or freezer. After you've followed the formula, you can always add a protein like some shredded cheese, beans, or pre-made meat, and it's a satisfying meal. One formula is to take any boxed rice or pasta mix and add frozen or canned veggies. For example, you can prepare boxed macaroni and cheese and add broccoli. We like to zhuzh it up with a little curry powder. Another easy formula is adding sauce or packaged spice mix to a protein. Think Sloppy Joes or adding a packet of taco seasoning to rotisserie chicken to turn it into the filling for a burrito. If you're in the mood for comfort food, a favorite formula is to add pasta to a can or jar of soup or sauce. So, go ahead and add pasta to that jar of tikka masala simmer sauce in your cupboard. Another of our favorites is no-yolk egg noodles mixed with a can of cream of chicken soup.
Another tip is that Trader Joe's has a lot of packaged items that warm up easily and mix well with each other. For example, you can raid the frozen food section to make a master stir fry out of BBQ Teriyaki Chicken, Vegetable Fried Rice, and extra vegetables like Stir Fried Garlicky Cabbage. Get creative, and you've made something entirely new.
Throw everything on a sheet pan
Sheet pan dinners are perfect for nights when you don't feel like cooking. And there are plenty that won't require you to spend a lot of time chopping veggies. There are tons of things you can throw on a sheet pan and shove into the oven. Veggies? Meat? Just add them to your sheet pan with some seasonings, stick it in a searing hot oven, and forget it until it's done.
One option is surf and turf. You can even add veggies like asparagus straight out of the freezer without having to do a lot of work. If you start with frozen fajita ingredients, you can make fajita fixings in the oven without having to worry about turning ingredients into a frying pan. Sheet pan chicken and veggies are easy to make with a packet of frozen veggies and pre-deboned chicken. Ribs are also easy to make as a sheet pan meal. Plus, you can even make buffalo wings sheet-pan style.
Make toasts
In a world of snacky girl dinners and avocado toasts, toasts have come into their own in the past few years. They make easy options that are a little classier than a sandwich for supper and have fewer carbs. Plus, they require very little effort beyond toasting the bread and spreading on the toppings.
There are a variety to choose from, and once you get the hang of them, you're likely to come up with your own combos. Try spreading peanut butter on toast, slicing a few pieces of banana on top, and then sprinkling it with cinnamon. Another version is ricotta cheese or cream cheese spread on toast with sliced fruit like peaches, a drizzle of honey or maple syrup, and a sprinkling of nuts like pistachios or pecans. Another option is cream cheese topped with sliced cucumbers. You can even upgrade your breakfast avocado toast with ingredients like smoked salmon or salsa. While a little less dainty, the British have been making toast for years with their Heinz Baked Beans on toast.
Keep in mind that toasted bread isn't your only option. Like with making pizza or sandwiches out of any bread, you can substitute options like open-faced toasted bagels or English muffins. You could even use rice cakes or crispbreads, which are already crispy without needing to be toasted.
Make bowls
Bowls are the perfect way to add a little bit of this and a little bit of that out of your fridge and cupboards. If you have some leftover grains like rice or quinoa in the fridge, you're already on your way to making a bowl. Maybe throw in some canned protein (like chicken or beans), some fresh veggies from a salad, then add your favorite sauce, mix, and it's done.
The combinations are endless. If you have some rice and tzatziki sauce left over from last night's Mediterranean meal, you could add some heated meatballs from the freezer and have something completely new. One of our favorite bowls involves quick-cooking salmon in the microwave, throwing it on top of leftover grains like rice, adding a salad mix (especially cabbage-based ones), and adding an Asian-inspired sauce. While poke bowl recipes and bibimbap recipes can inspire you, bowls don't have to have an Asian theme. Use your favorite sauce to tie together the flavors however you would like.
Be sure to keep the right ingredients on hand
As you have seen from our ideas, the most important thing to being able to do lazy cooking is having the right ingredients on hand. So, a little planning ahead can help. Shelf-stable proteins like canned beans, shelf-stable bacon and pepperoni, and canned meats can be useful. As we've mentioned earlier, rotisserie chicken can be helpful, but you can also keep your freezer stocked with pre-cooked meat that you either buy pre-cooked or cook and freeze yourself. There are several ways to buy veggies that save you time, including veggies that are already peeled and chopped from the produce aisle, canned food aisle, and frozen food aisle. While it's helpful to pre-chop onions, bell peppers, and garlic and freeze them for days when you aren't up to the task, you can always use garlic powder and dried onions in place of fresh ones.
Some other things to keep on hand are jars or packets of sauce and salad mixes. Packaged mixes for pasta, rice, and even soup makings are helpful to keep on hand. And if you make more grains or meats on a day when you're not feeling so lazy, they're ready for you to transform in the days ahead.
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BREAKING Alberta to require parental consent for name, pronoun changes at school
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
Dan Wetmore, 49, died on January 19 — the same day he was rushed to the Moncton Hospital for symptoms that, up to then, he thought were caused by influenza.
"My husband had no idea. He thought he had the flu," said Kim Wetmore from her home in Riverview, NB. "I kept saying to him, 'We need to go to the hospital,' and he kept saying, 'It’s just the flu.'"
Wetmore’s husband had been fighting a sore throat and tiredness. After about eight days, his condition deteriorated.
By then, he was spending entire days in bed. Eventually, he was vomiting, experiencing body aches, chills, and lost his voice.
In the early hours of Jan. 19, Wetmore said her husband called an ambulance.
He was treated right away but ended up in the ICU, diagnosed with invasive group A streptococcus — a serious bacterial infection.
Wetmore says her husband, and father of her son, died hours later.
Now, she’s urging people with symptoms of strep A to take action — get tested, and go to the hospital.
"People need to be checked," she said.
As of Jan. 29, the Public Health Agency of Canada (PHAC) has received more than 4,800 invasive group A streptococcus (iGAS) samples from 2023.
It’s the highest number ever recorded and a more than 48 per cent increase over a previous 2019 spike of 3,236 samples.
"As of Jan. 29, we have received almost 400 iGAS samples collected in 2024," said a spokesperson with the Public Health Agency of Canada.
Anne Marie Picone, Interim Executive Director of New Brunswick’s Pharmacist’s Association, said six pharmacies in the province are now able to assess and prescribe for Group A Strep and that demand has been huge.
"There is a bit of sense of panic that is out there and we don’t want people to be panicked. We can manage this together," said Picone."We’re trying to manage in these six locations to be able to do what can be done."
Steven Allen, a father who tried to get his son an appointment at a pharmacy in Riverview, N.B. Tuesday told CTV News he was told the soonest appointment was next week.
"Where’s the infrastructure? Why is there not a centre opened up for this too?" Allen asked.
Back at the Wetmore’s house, stories about Dan flow easily. The 49-year-old was a family man who loved sports and watching his son play hockey and football. But he was also a recognizable part of the Moncton Market — a member of the Kurt’s Sausage crew who grilled sausages and schnitzel.
"He loved people, and that’s why so many are reaching out," said Kim Wetmore.
Alberta Premier Danielle Smith says the province will require parental consent for students 15 and under who want to change their names or pronouns at school.
Rental vacancy rates are the lowest in the country leaving renters in some Canadians cities priced out. Here's the least affordable places to rent.
A New Brunswick widow is urging Canadians with symptoms of Strep A to get tested or go to the hospital so that other families don’t have to deal with a loss like hers did.
A grainy sonar image recorded by a private pilot has reinvigorated interest in one of the past century’s most alluring mysteries: What happened to Amelia Earhart when her plane vanished during her flight around the world in 1937?
The Canada Border Service Agency (CBSA) seized 406 kilograms of suspected methamphetamine at a southern Manitoba border crossing earlier this month.
At least four flights reported 'multiple lights sometimes in a triangle formation' high above the Canadian Prairies one morning earlier this month, according to air traffic control audio obtained by CTVNews.ca.
B.C.'s small claims tribunal has weighed in on two cases where employers attempted to sue workers who quit without providing the notice required by their contracts.
Worried that it may disappear for good, residents in Cape Ray, N.L. tied up a mysterious shipwreck on Tuesday, anchoring it to the beach in a bid to preserve the wreckage and find some answers about its origins.
Statistics Canada says the country’s fertility rate reached an all-time low of 1.33 children per woman in 2022, which is part of a downward trend that began in 2009.
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HOUSTON, Texas (KTRK) -- Take it from Detroit Lions head coach Dan Campbell, who had a wake-up-call type of statement after his team fell a win short of their first Super Bowl on Sunday.
"I told those guys, this may have been our only shot," Campbell told reporters after the NFC title game. "And it's gonna be twice as hard to get back to this point next year than it was this year."
This season, the Houston Texans have demonstrated some striking parallels with the team in the Motor City - a team with promise but not on many people's radars that blew expectations out of the water.
The Texans earned the AFC South championship and a playoff victory from a turnaround sparked by head coach DeMeco Ryans' arrival on Jan. 31, 2023. Behind Ryans was offensive coordinator Bobby Slowik, who, like the head coach, spent years behind Kyle Shanahan in San Francisco only to make the Texans' playcalling job the first of his career.
Slowik took over a bottom-eight passing offense and transformed it into one ranked in the top six among high-powered offenses in Kansas City and, of course, Detroit, where his counterpart, offensive coordinator Ben Johnson, helped spearhead a culture change similar to Houston.
Having C.J. Stroud fearlessly make plays can do that.
SEE ALSO: CJ Stroud faces Dallas Cowboys for 1st time next season
Slowik and Detroit's Johnson were top candidates in this offseason's head-coaching hiring cycle, with the former interviewing for five vacancies.
Cut to Tuesday, when sources confirmed to ESPN that Slowik, with two job openings remaining, elected to return to Houston for 2024.
While returning to or exceeding a 10-win season can be "twice as hard," the move indicates the possibility of "running it back." Ryans' quarterbacks coach, Jerrod Johnson, is also returning, sources told ESPN's Adam Schefter. Houston's Johnson attracted attention with at least six teams looking for offensive playcallers.
What has Slowik meant to Stroud, who came from Ohio State - a school that underwhelmed with stud QB prospects in the NFL?
The 21-year-old threw for 4,108 yards, becoming the fifth rookie to throw for over 4,000 yards. He led the league in touchdown-to-interception ratio (23-to-5), the first rookie to do so, and averaged the most passing yards per game (273.9).
"Bobby was always on me about the little details in my position, and I appreciated that because you don't always get that. He was always just hard on me, but also showed me a lot of love -- a ton of love," Stroud said on Jan. 22, following the 34-10 divisional-round loss to the Baltimore Ravens. "Very knowledgeable, can really dice a defense up. Puts a lot of trust in his players and really just never got away from what he knows. Of course, he tailored his coaching to what was here at the Texans, but he did what was at the core of his heart, and I could appreciate that."
ESPN reports Slowik's new contract includes a significant raise.
SEE MORE: Oilers great says 'sky is the limit' for CJ Stroud as key Texans coaches return for 2024
Slowik and Jerrod Johnson's returns may have never been possible without their head coach's impact over the last 12 months.
DeMeco Ryans' return to Houston as the Texans' culture-shaper after multiple years of defeat and reputation-ruining couldn't have been understated on Wednesday, the first anniversary of his arrival.
SEE ALSO: CJ Stroud's AP Offensive Rookie of the Year nomination headlines Texans up for prestigious awards
The team listed the former Texans linebacker's accomplishments in his own rookie year, including earning an AP Coach of the Year nomination and the Pro Football Writers' Association's Coach of the Year award.
NFL Network reporter Ian Rapoport remarked on Ryans' impact while reporting Jerrod Johnson's return.
"A big day for the Texans. The effects of having DeMeco Ryans and CJ Stroud," Rapoport posted on social media.
With Ryans' influence, the Texans came away with the Offensive Rookie of the Year, Stroud, and No. 3 pick Will Anderson Jr., who was reportedly at the top of the defensive coach's wishlist.
The duo can potentially be a significant player in AFC playoff runs in years to come.
And it all started with Ryans.
Now, which free agents can the Texans attract with all this promise and reported $65 million salary cap space?
ESPN and the Associated Press contributed to this report.
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Chelsea were overpowered and outclassed as they sustained a brutal 4-1 defeat against Premier League leaders Liverpool on Wednesday. The Blues were second best from beginning to end as Jurgen Klopp's team ran rampant at Anfield against a group of players who looked like deer caught in headlights at times. The scoreline would have been worse, too, had Darwin Nunez not hit the woodwork an incredible four times in the game.
The Blues went into the game sat 10th in the top-flight, but they put up less of a fight against Liverpool than Championship team Norwich City did in their FA Cup clash at the weekend. The defensive line up of Axel Disasi, Thiago Silva, Benoit Badiashile and, the worst culprit, Ben Chilwell were floundering right from the start and left poor goalkeeper Dorde Petrovic completely exposed throughout the first half.
Chilwell gave away the ball while Silva and Badiashile did little to stop Diogo Jota from powering through and scoring the first Liverpool goal. Then Chilwell left Raheem Sterling on his own down the left by wrapping himself up with Jota to allowt Conor Bradley double the lead. Badiashile then gave away a penalty, but Nunez's wastefulness from the spot was the only thing that kept Liverpool from being out of sight by half-time.
Chelsea went 48 minutes without hiavinga shot and by the time Enzo Fernandez's tame long-range effort went into Alisson's hands in first-half stoppage time, Liverpool had created 15 attempts. So miserable were they that coach Mauricio Pochettino had to make three changes at half-time.
The changes did have an influence, though, as after going 3-0 down following a Dominik Szoboszlai header, Carney Chukwuemeka drove forward and found Christopher Nkunku to lash in a consolation with 20 minutes left to play. Shortly afterwards, they should have had a penalty for a foul on the France forward, but their protests were waved away by the referee for the second time in the game.
There was no such turnaround, though, as Liverpool went on to hit the bar once again before Luis Diaz slid in his team's fourth after Badiashile lost track of the Colombian at the back post.
GOAL rates Pochettino's players from Anfield...
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The Media Association of St. Kitts and Nevis brings to the attention of the general public a practice that has been adopted by the Ministry of Tourism, Civil Aviation and International Transport, under whose authority lies the St. Christopher Air and Sea Ports Authority (SCASPA), in which the private sector news media have been deliberately excluded from covering significant events at the ports, a trend that was observed since 2023.
Previously, the private sector news media were invited to cover major events at both the
Robert L Bradshaw International Airport and at the Port Zante cruise ship facility. Media houses that intended to be present were required to submit particulars ahead of the arrival of new ships and new airlines coming into these two mentioned ports. Currently, this has stopped without any communications with the local news media.
The Media Association has carefully noted the change and has confirmed that no private
sector news media received an invitation to cover major events of the above ministry
since 2023, except for press conferences.
Several attempts to contact the Management of SCASPA regarding events that took
place at the air and sea ports on St. Kitts, to obtain an explanation, have not been successful. The Association recently wrote to the Minister of Tourism, Civil Aviation and International Transport to confirm if this is now the official policy of the Ministry. The Association awaits a response from the Minister.
It is also noteworthy that the Ministry did not communicate, at any time, with the private
sector news media about any change in coverage policies, or restrictions, since the current administration took office.
The Media Association of St. Kitts and Nevis finds this anti-news media policy to be unacceptable, an affront to the citizens and residents of the federation, and certainly counterproductive in the context of transparency, accountability and democracy.
The Association remains open for discussion of this matter with the relevant authorities.
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The 2024 ZiPS projections for the Texas Rangers have dropped on Fangraphs, so we are going to do some ZiPS projections over/unders.
Today we will do Travis Jankowski, who ZiPS projects to slash .241/.339/.302 in 2024, good for a 641 OPS.
Do you think Jankowski will be over or under that figure?
Cast your vote below...
Poll
Will Travis Jankowski have an OPS in 2024 over or under the 641 OPS that ZiPS projects for him?
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Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
Copyright 2024 NPR
Scientists have found that spiderwebs can be used to capture environmental DNA, which reflects the animal population of an area. The technique may help track the biodiversity of an ecosystem.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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EL SEGUNDO, Calif. — For the first time in her 65-year history, Barbie will be decked out in the colors of this year’s Super Bowl champion.
Ahead of the Feb. 11 game between the defending Super Bowl champion Kansas City Chiefs and the San Francisco 49ers, Mattel Creations announced its first Super Bowl Champion doll, which will be decked out in the colors of the winning team.
According to a news release, the world’s most famous doll will be one of three items offered after the big game. There will also be a Fisher-Price Little People Collector and a UNO Fandom deck available for purchase.
Toy manufacturer Mattel is returning to what it says was a winning game plan last year, and adding some new plays, in a bid to sell collectible toys tied to this year’s Super Bowl. https://t.co/j79io1DTML
— Forbes (@Forbes) January 30, 2024
The toys can be pre-ordered, but they will only be issued in the uniform jersey and hat of the winning team, USA Today reported. The Barbie doll will have a $30 price tag, and so will the Little People collectible. The UNO Fandom deck will be sold for $12.
The Little People figurines will feature three players from the winning team, plus a “super fan,” Mattel said in its release.
The Fandom deck will feature the winning team’s official logo, cards featuring players from the champions and a collectible foil card in each pack.
“As football fans across the country get ready for The Big Game, we’re thrilled to offer San Francisco 49ers and Kansas City Chiefs superfans the chance to commemorate a historic win with these special collectibles from our Fisher-Price, Barbie, and UNO brands,” Lisa McKnight, Mattel’s executive vice president and chief brand officer, said in a statement. “Whichever team reigns supreme on February 11th, Mattel Creations is the place to find that must-have piece of Super Bowl LVIII memorabilia worthy of any collection.”
Last year’s Little People Collector line from Super Bowl LVII included Chiefs quarterback Patrick Mahomes, tight end Travis Kelce, defensive tackle Chris Jones and a Kansas City super fan.
The Barbie and Fisher-Price items are officially licensed NFL products. Fans and collectors can preorder the items through Feb. 25 at MattelCreations.com/thebiggame. Items will begin shipping in August, Mattel said.
People who preorder the losing team will have their money refunded.
Orders are only valid for U.S. customers.
The Fandom deck will be available in March.
Last year, Mattel asked fans to vote for their Super Bowl favorite by preordering sets featuring the Chiefs or Eagles, Forbes reported. While the Eagles got more preorders, the Chiefs got the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
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Oreo's Super Bowl 2024 Ad Hilariously Rewrites Kardashian History
Oreo hopes you're ready for a trip through history in its new commercial made for Super Bowl LVIII, as described in a press release. In the ad campaign featuring Kris Jenner, Oreo embarks on a comedic romp through notable decisions made throughout history, from Neanderthals debating what to do about dinosaurs and asteroids to '90s record executives mulling over whether or not to take a chance on boy bands. Similar to a coin flip, each character makes their choice by "twisting" on it, which entails twisting apart the two cookie sides of an Oreo and seeing which one gets the cream.
Kardashian fans will no doubt want to witness Kris Jenner's cameo appearance in the spot — and see that she's willing to poke fun at her own level of celebrity. In her flashback portion of the commercial, she receives the initial mid-2000s phone call that could kickstart the Kardashian reality T.V. dynasty and "twists" on the potentially momentous decision. As you could probably guess, the cream sticks to the side ensuring that Jenner will go on to make reality-show history.
This is only Oreo's second-ever Super Bowl ad
Prior to its 2024 ad, Oreo has only made one other Super Bowl commercial. In fact, there hasn't been a Super Bowl ad for the popular cookie since 2013, when the brand debuted the spot "Whisper Fight." That Super Bowl, which was particularly noteworthy for a power outage that occurred during gameplay, was a boon to Oreo's social media engagement. The cookie brand went viral after tweeting, "You can still dunk in the dark." In an interview with Marketing Brew, V.P. of Oreo U.S. Michelle Deignan said that the return to the Super Bowl after all these years was about "maintaining a spot at the forefront of culture," and that "Consumers, more than ever, are looking for moments of indulgence in their lives." According to her, the brand's new "Twist on It" concept is "the perfect opportunity to reignite that kind of messaging for Oreo."
So, whether you're a fan of one (or more) of the various Kardashians, or you're just a cookie enthusiast, you may want to keep an eye out for Oreo's ad during the Super Bowl on February 11. The spot is set to air during the game's second quarter.
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Dentists, hygienists still in the dark on details of federal dental-care plan
With just months to go before patients can start making appointments, dentists, hygienists and other dental-care providers are still waiting for crucial details about how the federal government's new dental-care plan will work -- and how much they will be compensated.
The government began accepting applications in January and eligibility for different groups is being phased in over time, with more than 400,000 seniors over the age of 72 enrolled so far.
But dental providers say they still don't have details about how the program will work, how much the government will pay for services or how providers can sign up.
"I think that we are running out of time, and we need to get these details wrapped up very soon," said Dr. Heather Carr, president of the Canadian Dental Association.
It's still possible dentists will be able to get the information they need and register in time, but it will be challenging, she said, and the details dentists are waiting for will be critical to the success of the program.
"Dentists really want to care for these patients, but we just need to know exactly what the criteria are that we'll be working under."
Health Minister Mark Holland is expected to meet with the association later this week, and said he will be ready to reveal those crucial details soon.
"There's some difficulties and challenges in some of those conversations, but we're ready, imminently, to be able to share information with all providers, with all dentists," he said at a press conference outside the House of Commons on Wednesday.
The Liberals agreed to deliver federal dental coverage to uninsured Canadians with an annual household income under $90,0000 in exchange for the New Democrats' support on key votes in the House of Commons as part of a political pact.
"I think it's time that they were made well aware of the details of the plan, as we all should be, because we expect people to be in dental chairs in May," said NDP health critic Don Davies, who has worked closely with the health minister on the development of the program.
Davies has advocated for dentists and other oral-health care providers to be compensated at the same rates they receive when they treat people with regular employer-provided insurance plans.
"I don't expect dental professionals have to subsidize this dental-care plan," he said.
A common theme among dental programs that have failed over the last 100 years in Canada is that the government hasn't payed dental health professionals appropriately, he said.
The government modelled many aspects of the plan on the non-insured health benefits plan the government runs for First Nations and Inuit people, and government officials have said the fees will likely match the ones offered under that program.
The plan for First Nations and Inuit communities doesn't offer the same compensation as private insurance programs, but usually comes within 85 per cent.
On Wednesday, the government opened enrolment to people aged 72 and older, and it plans to extend it to all seniors by May.
In June, the program will open to people under the age of 18 and people who qualify for a disability tax credit.
"It should be about half a million people a month being enrolled in this plan for every month this year, and that's very exciting for the millions of Canadians that are going to be able to go to the dentist for the first time," Davies said.
The Conservatives have been silent, offering no position on the dental-care program.
When asked about it Wednesday outside a Conservative caucus meeting, Tory MP and finance committee member Adam Chambers shouted over his shoulder about the administrative cost, but wouldn't stop to elaborate.
The government signed a $750-million contract with Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada to administer the claims late last year.
Procurement Minister Jean-Yves Duclos had previously announced a $15-million agreement with the company to lay the groundwork in September.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Jan. 31, 2023.
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'He thought it was the flu,' says widow of man who died of strep A
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NEW YORK -- When the story of a legendary Hollywood feud between two stars, Joan Crawford and Bette Davis, proved popular, FX decided to make a limited series about another dispute.
"Feud: Capote versus the Swans" is a story set right in New York City, in the 1960's when stories by writer Truman Capote caused a sensation after they were published in Esquire magazine.
The tales were labeled as fiction, but several rich and powerful people recognized themselves in those pages, and they were not amused.
The series was introduced at the Museum of Modern Art last week, and members of the cast told me the late writer would have "loved" the glamorous premiere of this FX show.
Truman Capote craved attention, wanted to become famous, and would've adored the fact that more than 40 years after his death, he is still being remembered in "Feud: Capote versus the Swans":
The feud takes place in the lost world of Manhattan 60 years ago.
At the center stands a famous writer, Truman Capote, and the rich ladies he calls "Swans":
"We tell him everything: even the awful things we've all done to each other," they said in the trailer for the series.
All of them would come to regret telling him so much after they he published stories about them and their misadventures.
"When things like that are put into ink forever, I don't think you can recover from that," said Diane Lane, "Slim Keith."
Lane plays one of the swans and Chloe Sevigny, another.
"The swans at least we're depicting were a bit trapped in a way," said Sevigny, who plays "CZ Guest."
They were trapped because, despite their wealth, their opportunities were limited.
"They needed love. They needed recognition," said Naomi Watts, "Babe Paley."
Their husbands had tuned them out and they found comfort in their relationship with the gay writer.
"This exchange felt really pure and new and fresh, and so after giving herself wholly to him, the betrayal just cut too deeply," Watts said.
"It's a story of broken promises, failed potential. It's about alcoholism. It's about genius," said Tom Hollander, "Truman Capote."
It's a story about a genius consumed by alcohol and ambition and what happens when powerful people get angry.
"So it's just universal, and it'll be here for the rest of time, and there's also a lot of humor. There's a lot of heartbreak," said Calista Flockhart, "Lee Radzwill."
There are a lot of reasons to watch the second season of Ryan Murphy's "Feud". The first two episodes are on FX Wednesday night and will stream on Hulu the following day. Both are owned by the same parent company as ABC 7.
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https://abc13.com/capote-vs-the-swans-feud-fx-hulu/14374862/
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Darwin Nunez, how's your luck?! Misfiring Liverpool striker sets incredible Premier League record as he rattles the woodwork FOUR TIMES against ChelseaRitabrata BanerjeeGettyDarwin NunezLiverpoolLiverpool vs ChelseaPremier LeagueLiverpool forward Darwin Nunez set an unwanted Premier League record against Chelsea on Wednesday.Article continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowArticle continues belowNunez sets Premier League recordHit the woodwork four times against ChelseaMissed a penalty in the first half
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https://www.goal.com/en-ae/lists/darwin-nunez-liverpool-premier-league-record-rattles-woodwork-four-times-chelsea/blt32a8dcd958a2745b
| 2024-01-31T23:19:57Z
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Kiley McDaniel’s top 100 prospect list has dropped, and the Texas Rangers have three players in the top 100.
Wyatt Langford is the highest ranked Ranger, at #4. McDaniel had Langford as the top ranked player in the 2023 draft before the Rangers took him, and of course, Langford did nothing to hurt his stock after signing. McDaniel takes a step back to marvel a bit at what Langford accomplished in 2023, starting his season in February, making it to the College World Series, then after a few weeks off dominating in pro ball through September.
Evan Carter is the next Ranger, checking in at #6, between Dylan Crews and Paul Skenes, the two 2023 college draftees who went off the board ahead of Langford.
Finally there is Sebastian Walcott, who is #44 on McDaniel’s list. That seems aggressive to me, but McDaniel invokes Junior Caminero in talking about Walcott, and says that “the hyped exploded” once Walcott came stateside because everyone in baseball “is always in search of the next big thing.”
There’s a lot of upside with Walcott, who McDaniel says could be top 10 this summer, and a lot of risk as well — reading the write-up on Walcott reminds me of Jules talking about pilots in Pulp Fiction. Some of the guys with his profile become Fernando Tatis Jr., and some become nothing.
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https://www.lonestarball.com/2024/1/31/24056826/mcdaniel-top-100-prospect-list-has-three-rangers
| 2024-01-31T23:19:58Z
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New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
Copyright 2024 NPR
New reports show a big academic recovery after schools reopened. But not for all students. Stanford professor Sean Reardon tells NPR's Mary Louise Kelly how the pandemic worsened education inequality.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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https://www.wrvo.org/2024-01-31/u-s-students-are-starting-to-catch-up-in-school-unless-theyre-from-a-poor-area
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By David M. Greenwald
Executive Editor
Columbus, OH – Last week the Ohio Legislature overrode Governor Mike DeWine’s veto of HB 68 which, among other things, would ban gender-affirming medical care for transgender minors.
On Monday, the ACLU of Ohio announced it would file a lawsuit to halt the law before it takes effect on April 23, 2024.
“We are preparing litigation to defend transgender youth and their constitutional right to receive medically necessary healthcare,” said Freda Levenson, Legal Director at the ACLU of Ohio..
“Ohio’s law is an unconscionable attack on transgender youth and their families. Gender affirming healthcare is safe, effective, and necessary. We are prepared to go to court and defend the rights and dignity of transgender youth with every tool available,” added Chase Strangio, Deputy Director for Transgender Justice at the ACLU.
Hormone therapy to treat gender dysphoria in youth is evidence-based, medically necessary, and backed by major medical associations across the nation, including the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics.
The ACLU believes that to deny this care “lacks any basis in medical science and would have disastrous consequences for the health and well-being of Ohio youth with gender dysphoria.”
Levenson said, “The use of gender-affirming hormone therapy to treat transgender minors is supported by every major medical association in our country.”
Levenson added, “Transgender youth, together with their doctors and parents, should have access to evidence-based medical care just like anyone else. Families should be able to make these private, personal decisions based on the advice of their physicians, and free from interference by politicians. HB 68 is not only cruel; it violates the Ohio Constitution and must be challenged.”
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https://www.davisvanguard.org/2024/01/aclu-to-challenger-anti-trans-law-in-ohio/
| 2024-01-31T23:19:51Z
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