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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
01-04-08-10-13
(one, four, eight, ten, thirteen)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Cash 5" game were:
01-04-08-10-13
(one, four, eight, ten, thirteen)
Estimated jackpot: $25,000 | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Cash-5-game-17492911.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:16 | en | 0.912174 |
HBO just dropped the full trailer for The White Lotus Season 2, and it’s full of all the rich debauchery and intrigue that fans of the originally limited series have come to expect. Along with the return of Emmy winner Jennifer Coolidge, Season 2 features a fully stacked cast that includes Aubrey Plaza, The Sopranos‘ Michael Imperioli, and F. Murray Abraham as they take part in a decadent vacation in Sicily packed with sexual intrigue. (Read: Rich people having rich people affairs because they’re bored with being rich.)
As for what to expect in the new season, creator Mike White is keeping the plot closely under wraps, but he has sprinkled out a few details. Via Vulture:
In season two, White has pulled back from writing about the power dynamics between guests and employees; here in Sicily, he was drawn to the myths of masculinity and femininity and to one of his recurring fascinations: the particularities of jealousy, especially of the sexual kind. White loves the types of feelings that involve wishing you were someone else or somewhere else. He chooses to describe this season as “a bedroom farce with teeth.”
Judging by the trailer, Season 2 is definitely loaded with jealous lovers and jilted spouses. In fact, Plaza recently revealed that shooting the series was “really intense” thanks to White knowing her on a “way more intimate level than most people know me.”
“I relate to this character more than any character I’ve ever played,” Plaza told Entertainment Weekly. “It’s really, really close to home. It felt very naked. It was pretty devastating and hard.”
The White Lotus Season 2 premieres October 30 on HBO Max. | https://uproxx.com/tv/the-white-lotus-season-2-trailer-aubrey-plaza-jennifer-coolidge/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:18 | en | 0.973602 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
0-4-2-9, FIREBALL: 5
(zero, four, two, nine; FIREBALL: five)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Night" game were:
0-4-2-9, FIREBALL: 5
(zero, four, two, nine; FIREBALL: five) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Daily-4-Night-game-17492915.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:22 | en | 0.831602 |
Deep in the bowels of The Hollywood Reporter‘s sprawling profile of The Rings of Power showrunners Patrick McKay and J.D. Payne lies a curious tidbit about how all the majors were promising comically large checks to the Tolkien Estate if they could be the ones to bring further Lord of the Rings projects to life. HBO Max wanted to take everyone back to Middle-Earth, McKay and Payne spoke Elvish during their pitch on behalf of Amazon, and Netflix allegedly offered the most money and the most frightening vision.
As the feature, written by James Hibberd, states:
Netflix pitched doing several shows, such as a Gandalf series and an Aragorn drama. “They took the Marvel approach,” said one insider to the talks, “and that completely freaked out the estate.”
Thus, if that insider has it right, this is one of those rare moments where the biggest number didn’t win the day. It’s also one of those moments where attempting to create an expanded universe was actually balked at. Regardless of where you come down on Amazon’s concept of taking us all back in time long before Frodo got the ring, it’s difficult to imagine a Netflix version that wasn’t algorithmed into the ground. It’s hard to judge too harshly without knowing more, but those two concepts feel wholly uninspired.
On the other hand, no one had the courage to pitch a Tom Bombadil series, and we’re all worse off for it.
(via The Hollywood Reporter) | https://uproxx.com/tv/tolkien-estate-lord-of-the-rings-marvel-netflix/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:24 | en | 0.960197 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-6-0
(six, six, zero)
¶ Top Prize $500
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 3 Evening" game were:
6-6-0
(six, six, zero)
¶ Top Prize $500 | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Evening-game-17492926.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:28 | en | 0.923903 |
As Trevor Noah gets ready to retire his seat as host of The Daily Show, he might want to think about a career in marketing. On Wednesday night, he offered up an idea for a new revenue stream to the powers-that-be at HBO — and he might just be onto something.
On Sunday night, fans settled in for the latest episode of House of the Dragon, only to be left in the dark — literally. Though the show has an estimated budget of $20 million per episode, very little of that apparently went to any sort of lighting package, as the show was rendered almost completely in black, leaving viewers to wonder what the hell was happening on the screen. Or, as Noah put it: “People watching House of the Dragon are complaining that they can’t watch House of the Dragon.”
When fans began tweeting at the HBO Max support account, one viewer — who wanted the network to “issue a written apology for literally a whole episode of black screen of #HouseOfTheDragon” — received a response in which the network explained that the impossible-to-see episode was “an intentional creative decision,” which really didn’t make things any better.
Hi Stephen! We appreciate you reaching out about a night scene in House of the Dragon: Episode 7 appearing dark on your screen. The dimmed lighting of this scene was an intentional creative decision. Thanks! ^LL
— HBOMaxHelp (@HBOMaxHelp) October 3, 2022
Noah, too, was confused by the response:
Look, I’m not Steven Spielberg or Barry Jenkins. Alright, I haven’t directed anything. But in my opinion, if your ‘intentional creative decision’ is that people can’t see the TV show that you’re making, then you’re making a podcast. Alright? That’s not TV. I can’t see it!
This isn’t the first time HBO has dealt with this complaint; in 2019, Game of Thrones fans were rightly pissed off when they couldn’t actually see what was happening during the long-awaited Battle of Winterfell. But Noah thinks it’s becoming a problem with TV shows in general. “Everything on TV is so dark!,” he complained. “You can’t see anything. I don’t know why. Are they trying to make it grittier? Are they trying to make it feel like a movie? Or maybe they figure if they make it dark enough then we can’t complain about the cast not being diverse. You’re like, ‘I think that’s another white person?! I guess I’m going to let it slide.’”
But he did have an idea that HBO might want to run with:
Right now, HBO is facing a lot of backlash. But I think if they’re smart about this, this could be a good business opportunity for them. They should just add a higher price tier. Yeah, think about it. They should say ‘HBO Max is $9.99 a month. OR $14.99 a month if you want to be able to see what the f**k is happening.’
You can watch the full clip above, beginning around the 6:30 mark. | https://uproxx.com/tv/trevor-noah-house-of-the-dragon-too-dark/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:30 | en | 0.966436 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
7-3-8, FIREBALL: 3
(seven, three, eight; FIREBALL: three)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
7-3-8, FIREBALL: 3
(seven, three, eight; FIREBALL: three) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17492913.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:34 | en | 0.902145 |
Did I hear someone someone say they weren’t excited for Sam Richardson as the voice of Shaggy? Because it wasn’t me.
Velma hails from executive producer Mindy Kaling, who will voice the lead character in the adult animated series. It was also announced today that Richardson (Detroiters), Glenn Howerton (It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia), and Constance Wu (Fresh Off the Boat) will voice Shaggy, Fred, and Daphne, respectively.
Glenn Howerton, Sam Richardson, and Constance Wu will star with Kaling in the adult animated series, which traces the origin story of Velma Dinkley (voiced by Kaling), the underappreciated brains of Mystery Inc. The four appeared onstage together Thursday at New York Comic Con.
But that’s not at all. The cast of Velma (which should not be confused with the other Scooby-Doo-related project on HBO Max that is making the worst people in the world all riled up for making “LESBIAN VELMA FINALLY CANON,” something that everyone has known for, oh, 40 years) also includes Jane Lynch, Wanda Sykes, Russell Peters, Melissa Fumero, Stephen Root, Gary Cole, Ken Leung, Cherry Jones, “Weird Al” Yankovic, Fortune Feimster, Yvonne Orji, Sarayu Blue, Nicole Byer, Ming-Na Wen, Shay Mitchell, Debby Ryan, Kulap Vilaysak, and living legend Frank Welker, the original voice of Fred. Hopefully he approves of Howerton as the new Fred, because otherwise…
(Via the Hollywood Reporter) | https://uproxx.com/tv/velma-sam-richardson-glenn-howerton-constance-wu/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:36 | en | 0.924936 |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
6-8-7
(six, eight, seven)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 3" game were:
6-8-7
(six, eight, seven) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-game-17492921.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:40 | en | 0.907898 |
Making good on a campaign promise, President Joe Biden has announced that he will be pardoning all federal charges for simple marijuana possession, and he’s urging governors across the country to do the same. Biden announced the sweeping move on Twitter where he also announced his intentions to no longer consider weed the same schedule of drug as heroin.
“As I’ve said before, no one should be in jail just for using or possessing marijuana,” Biden said on Thursday. “Today, I’m taking steps to end our failed approach.”
The president, who has been on a hot streak following a recent trip to Florida, laid out his plan for rectifying America’s erroneous treatment of marijuana offenders:
First: I’m pardoning all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession. There are thousands of people who were previously convicted of simple possession who may be denied employment, housing, or educational opportunities as a result. My pardon will remove this burden.
Second: I’m calling on governors to pardon simple state marijuana possession offenses. Just as no one should be in a federal prison solely for possessing marijuana, no one should be in a local jail or state prison for that reason, either.
Third: We classify marijuana at the same level as heroin – and more serious than fentanyl. It makes no sense. I’m asking @SecBecerra and the Attorney General to initiate the process of reviewing how marijuana is scheduled under federal law.
Biden ended his remarks by noting the racial disparity in how marijuana crimes were prosecuted, which will end on his watch. “Sending people to jail for possessing marijuana has upended too many lives – for conduct that is legal in many states,” Biden said. “That’s before you address the clear racial disparities around prosecution and conviction. Today, we begin to right these wrongs.”
Following the announcement, Twitter exploded with reactions to the sweeping pardon, which not for nothing, backed up the president’s claim that “Nobody f*cks with a Biden.”
You can see reactions to Biden’s pardon for marijuana possession below:
Big move here on marijuana: Biden takes steps to decriminalize pot at federal level, indicating he will pardon all prior federal offenses of simple marijuana possession
— Manu Raju (@mkraju) October 6, 2022
Decriminalizing marijuana possession is long overdue, and dates back to a Nixon era effort to marginalize communities by misclassifying cannabis in the first place. Bravo @POTUS for a big step forward here. https://t.co/TUHB4Jgvta
— Ben LaBolt (@BenLaBolt) October 6, 2022
Wow, I genuinely thought Biden would be pig-headed about marijuana until the bitter end. This is so great, and so badly needed. https://t.co/oyftfBJA8y
— Amanda Marcotte (@AmandaMarcotte) October 6, 2022
Dark Brandon is pardoning everyone who was federally convicted for simple possession of marijuana, while the GOP wants to charge survivors of rape with murder for accessing adequate healthcare. Please tell me again who’s extreme.
— 𝐁𝐞𝐤𝐬 (@antifaoperative) October 6, 2022
Now that Biden has pardoned all marijuana convictions on a federal level, the onus is on Republican state governors and legislatures where it is still illegal.
If you want marijuana forgiveness, the Republican Party is your enemy.
— Stacy Cay (LA 10/7-8) (@stacycay) October 6, 2022
President Joe Biden just pardoned literally *EVERYONE* convicted of a federal marijuana possession crime and urged governors to do the same with state offenses.
This is a BFD. pic.twitter.com/mMCm3yE1S5
— Ashton Pittman (@ashtonpittman) October 6, 2022
Holy shit this news about marijuana conviction pardons and reclassification is incredible.
I’ve said it before but I’ll say it again, President Biden is the most progressive President of the modern era. LFG!
— Robert Garcia (@RobertGarcia) October 6, 2022
Countless peoples' lives have been upended by regressive marijuana policy. By pardoning those convicted of federal simple possession charges and moving to reclassify marijuana, President Biden is taking a smart approach to modernizing our marijuana policy. https://t.co/HIC8nIIvYf
— MoveOn (@MoveOn) October 6, 2022
It makes no sense for someone to sit in prison for using or possessing marijuana when it has been legalized by many states.
The pardon power can be a powerful tool to reform the criminal justice system. This is a very powerful example of that. https://t.co/LmLU4UNKkS
— Renato Mariotti (@renato_mariotti) October 6, 2022
Biden just changed thousands of lives through the pardon of ALL people convicted of Federal Marijuana charges.
Absolutely amazing job by our President.
— Jayden D’Onofrio (@jaydendonofrio) October 6, 2022
This is why I've preached patience. Joe Biden went from "what has he done for young people" to delivering a transformational climate change law, student loan forgiveness, and now marijuana pardons/reforms, all in the course of the last 3 months.
Presidential terms are 4 years.
— What Biden Has Done (@What46HasDone) October 6, 2022
Of course, this monumental decision now begs a very important question:
are we going to get federally legalized marijuana in time for avatar 2
— Dave Itzkoff (@ditzkoff) October 6, 2022 | https://uproxx.com/viral/biden-marijuana-pardon-federal-state/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:43 | en | 0.934216 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
8-7-5-2
(eight, seven, five, two)
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Pick 4 Evening" game were:
8-7-5-2
(eight, seven, five, two) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-Evening-game-17492916.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:47 | en | 0.916524 |
Elon Musk found himself getting dragged on a global scale when he offered unsolicited advice on how to broker peace between Russia and Ukraine. The proposal was so bad and capitulatory to Russia that a Ukrainian ambassador literally told Musk to “f*ck off,” and now, Lindsey Graham has entered the fray.
The South Carolina is usually on the receiving end of a social media roast, but this time around, Graham called out Musk for suggesting that Ukraine cede territory to Russia to stop the country from going to “full war mobilization.”
“With all due respect to Elon Musk – and I do respect him – I would suggest he needs to understand the facts of the Russian invasion of Ukraine,” Graham tweeted. “Suggesting we end the Russian invasion by simply giving Russia parts of Ukraine – after all the suffering – is dumb. It is also an affront to the bravery of the Ukrainians fighting to defend their homeland.”
Suggesting we end the Russian invasion by simply giving Russia parts of Ukraine – after all the suffering – is dumb.
It is also an affront to the bravery of the Ukrainians fighting to defend their homeland.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 5, 2022
Graham went on to school Musk by citing the 1994 Budapest Memorandum, which involved Ukraine giving up its nuclear arsenal in exchange for “assurances their territorial integrity would be protected.” Graham argues that it is incumbent upon Russia not Ukraine to honor that agreement:
It was an agreement signed by Russia that included protecting Crimea and the Donbas as part of Ukraine. If you want peace in Ukraine — which we ALL do — simply demand Russian honor the boundaries they agreed to in 1994 and withdraw their forces. To do otherwise is to legitimize a bait and switch by Russia and a signal to other bad actors to take what you want – by force!
Graham ended his lecture by highlighting the Tesla CEO’s willingness to give Vladimir Putin exactly what he wants. “If Elon Musk and others want the world to continue to be in chaos, then by all means capitulate to Putin and reward his aggression,” Graham said.
To do otherwise is to legitimize a bait and switch by Russia and a signal to other bad actors to take what you want – by force!
If Elon Musk and others want the world to continue to be in chaos, then by all means capitulate to Putin and reward his aggression.
— Lindsey Graham (@LindseyGrahamSC) October 5, 2022 | https://uproxx.com/viral/elon-musk-russia-ukraine-lindsey-graham/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:49 | en | 0.969743 |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
6-5-5-8
(six, five, five, eight)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
6-5-5-8
(six, five, five, eight) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-4-game-17492917.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:53 | en | 0.936703 |
Joe Biden was in Florida on Wednesday to meet with state officials and personally assess the damage left by Hurricane Ian. But another storm seemed to be raging in the state in the form of the president himself. At least that’s the way it seemed when a hot mic caught Joe announcing that “No one f*cks with a Biden.”
As Mediaite reports, it’s not exactly clear to whom — if anyone — the comment was being directed at individually. But given that the line was uttered to Fort Myers Beach Mayor Ray Murphy following a joint presser in which Biden and possible soon-to-be-opponent Ron DeSantis praised one another for their response to the needs of Floridians in the wake of the storm, it’s hard to rule out either DeSantis or Ian itself as the intended recipient of that promise/threat.
Biden says on hot mic: "No one fucks with a Biden…" pic.twitter.com/Oo814Z8JY1
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) October 5, 2022
Prior to their meeting, there had been a lot of speculation on social media about how Biden and DeSantis might greet each other, given their deeply opposing political views — not to mention the fact that DeSantis recently trafficked dozens of migrants. Some people anticipated a fist bump, but a firm handshake ended up winning the day.
Ultimately, both Biden and DeSantis played nice, with each man lauding the other for their hard work and support in helping Floridians recover from the devastating storm, which took the lives of more than 100 people.
“We are cutting through the bureaucracy,” DeSantis said of the massive relief effort currently underway in Florida. “We are cutting through the red tape. And that’s from local government, state government all the way up to the president, so we appreciate the team effort.”
Biden, for his part, said that what DeSantis has done so far “is pretty remarkable.”
(Via Mediaite) | https://uproxx.com/viral/joe-biden-hot-mic/ | 2022-10-07T05:09:55 | en | 0.971546 |
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
2-6-2-3-9
(two, six, two, three, nine)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 5" game were:
2-6-2-3-9
(two, six, two, three, nine) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-5-game-17492918.php | 2022-10-07T05:09:59 | en | 0.910297 |
Rootin’ tootin’ Lauren Boebert might not have a guaranteed path to reelection in her Colorado district. This pressure arrives not too long after the Rifle Republican lawmaker dealt with a lot of drama regarding her husband allegedly freaking their neighbors out and when her Shooter’s Grill restaurant lost its lease and had to close its doors. That joint grew infamous for Boebert’s encouragement of servers to carry guns on their person while doling out burgers, so it’s tied to her public image, but so is her combative nature, which recently reared its head in a congressional primary debate.
As ex-federal prosecutor Ron Filipkowski posted on Twitter, the below clip shows how Boebert kicked off that mid-September event (where she was challenged by Democratic opponent Adam Frisch) by growing contentious with the moderator.
Lauren Boebert opens up her debate tonight by attacking the moderator. pic.twitter.com/ovtdwvJ657
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 11, 2022
Rolling Stone reported that the crowd booed Boebert as well. She reportedly spent plenty of time attacking House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, and in an odd twist, Boebert declared that the biggest weakness is D.C. “is that there’s not enough of me.”
Lauren Boebert tonight during debate: “Here’s the deal, in Washington, DC, the problem is there’s not enough of me.” pic.twitter.com/r4w5pcd0H4
— Ron Filipkowski 🇺🇦 (@RonFilipkowski) September 11, 2022
As stated above, D.C. might have had enough of Boebert if her constituents lean the way that a new poll suggests. Axios reveals that the “little known” Frisch is right behind her and has effectively achieved a statistical tie with his opponent:
Boebert received support from 47% of likely voters, while Democrat Adam Frisch landed at 45% — making the race a statistical tie within the ±4.4 percentage point margin of error.
The survey, taken Sept. 29–Oct. 2 by Keating Research, a Democratic firm and one of the most accurate pollsters in Colorado, represents a 5-point swing toward Frisch. In July, Boebert held a 49%-42% advantage.
From there, Axios notes that Boebert’s district generally leans red, but unaffiliated voters (in general) tend to shy away from her right-wing, gun-loving, Christian-nationalist stances. Those midterms land on November 8, so we won’t have to wait long to find out who pulls off this close competition.
(Via Axios) | https://uproxx.com/viral/lauren-boebert-reelection-poll-debate/ | 2022-10-07T05:10:01 | en | 0.951556 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Indiana Lottery's "Quick Draw Evening" game were:
04-05-07-19-23-24-30-32-39-41-42-44-45-48-51-54-59-65-70-77, BE: 65
(four, five, seven, nineteen, twenty-three, twenty-four, thirty, thirty-two, thirty-nine, forty-one, forty-two, forty-four, forty-five, forty-eight, fifty-one, fifty-four, fifty-nine, sixty-five, seventy, seventy-seven; BE: sixty-five) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Quick-Draw-Evening-game-17492919.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:05 | en | 0.854201 |
It’s safe to say that Vladimir Putin’s game plan (if he ever had one) in Ukraine has fallen to pieces. He dramatically (in a case of true political theater) signed signed annexation papers for chunks of Ukraine that contain villages, which were the only locations where Russia’s shambles of an army could gain a foothold because the cities (especially Kyiv) are so fortified by Ukraine. While Putin signed these papers, Ukraine was taking much of this territory back. President Zelensky’s forces made significant advances, especially over the past week, in an Eastern stronghold and throughout Southern territory.
Meanwhile, Russia’s army is now full of essentially untrained draftees and private mercenaries who are apparently accidentally shooting Putin’s soldiers. It’s nuts, and Wall Street Journal has a grimly amusing update: a big reason for Ukraine’s sudden burst in firepower is that the Russians have been fleeing from the battlefield and just leaving their sh*t behind. So, Ukraine now suddenly has more tanks and cannons and other “warehouses of supplies,” and they didn’t even have to fund this newfound artillery. Here’s more:
Captured and abandoned Russian tanks, howitzers and fighting vehicles — quickly scrubbed of their Z tactical markers and repainted with Ukrainian crosses — are being turned against their former owners as Ukraine’s military advances in the eastern part of the country.
Ukraine’s rapid breakthrough in the Kharkiv region a month ago ended up putting hundreds of pieces of Russian armor into Kyiv’s hands, military officials say, as the Russian army left behind its heavy weapons and warehouses of supplies in a disorganized retreat.
Good for Ukraine. That’s especially the case since the WSJ adds that Zelensky’s troops were actually running short on bullets until recently, when they were able to push out Russians to such a degree that Putin’s boys (who have been disguising themselves and getting the hell out of there) essentially handed it all over. As of now, Ukraine has been able to take back 4000 square miles of territory near that aforementioned eastern stronghold, and given that Russia’s army is really off their game now (due to Putin’s enormous draft), one can expect Zelensky’s advances to continue.
(Via Wall Street Journal) | https://uproxx.com/viral/putin-fail-russian-army-ukraine-firepower/ | 2022-10-07T05:10:07 | en | 0.972201 |
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
11-18-21-33-35
(eleven, eighteen, twenty-one, thirty-three, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $45,000
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the New Mexico Lottery's "Roadrunner Cash" game were:
11-18-21-33-35
(eleven, eighteen, twenty-one, thirty-three, thirty-five)
Estimated jackpot: $45,000 | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Roadrunner-Cash-game-17492925.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:11 | en | 0.849175 |
Florida Governor Ron DeSantis can’t be thrilled with the way that his week’s been going. First, he trotted out to survey Hurricane Ian damage, and god only knows what he was thinking while getting dressed (for what was obviously a photo op) because the public dragged him for wearing pristine white boots that looked like they came out of Nancy Sinatra’s costume closet. This distraction (and interruption from actual rescue work) does nothing to help DeSantis (who’s running for reelection and will probably win against Dem. Rep. Charlie Crist) in his obvious quest to eventually run for president. And now, he’s looking humiliated while residents of his own state flocked to Joe Biden and DeSantis slunk by like a pouty emo in the wrong outfit.
DeSantis couldn’t have been thrilled (and right-wing conspiracy theorists would probably agree) for a few reasons: (1) He was in close proximity to the so-called Dark Brandon; (2) A photo captured him looking extremely irritated while Florida residents looked as though they were fawning over Biden. This second aspect proved to be especially telling, given that a Very Florida Man (with a Cracker/Endangered Species t-shirt and everything) was involved and looked thrilled to be talking to the Democratic president.
Pulitzer Prize-winning Associated Press photographer Evan Vucci captured the goods.
Yes, Joe Biden simply showed up to do what presidents do, and this happened.
Ron DeSantis does not look like a happy camper. pic.twitter.com/mwnoJlxvHX
— Jon Cooper (@joncoopertweets) October 5, 2022
Soon enough, some “Hello darkness my old friend” remarks surfaced, along with mention that “Florida man has ghosted him for Dark Brandon.” This went down on DeSantis’ home turf, which couldn’t have been fun for him.
I can’t get over how amazing this photo of Biden and DeSantis is. pic.twitter.com/S1NWkDxVeP
— Harry Sisson (@harryjsisson) October 6, 2022
Sad trombone for DeSantis because folks only wanted to hang out with Dark Brandon, of course. 😆😂🤣 pic.twitter.com/768l2CD4Ip
— BrooklynDad_Defiant!☮️ (@mmpadellan) October 6, 2022
Chad Dark Brandon: *holding frame*
Beta-cuck DeSantis: “Hello darkness my old friend”. pic.twitter.com/ZguZKsokRw
— Moonlight Child (Metamorphosis Arc 🦋 ) (@mnlghtchld0) October 6, 2022
Ron DeSantis’ face on realizing that Florida man has ghosted him for Dark Brandon…😂🤣😂 https://t.co/hPRyNbMNIF
— Hadley Sheley (@HadleySheley) October 6, 2022
I’m as glad as anyone that this pic is humiliating Ron DeSantis. That being said, we gonna just ignore the “CRAKER, endangered species” T-shirt? WTF is wrong with Floridians? pic.twitter.com/IOSRvt5hXT
— FakeJoeBiden (@fake_biden) October 6, 2022
That wasn’t all, though. Soon enough memes, including Chad vs. Virgin, surfaced.
Ron DeSantis should, I am not joking, fire his press office for allowing him to step directly into this hilarious Chad vs Virgin meme living tableau. pic.twitter.com/G6rnsX2nfV
— DIE Coordinator for "The Bart, The" Foundation (@kisstheblade_) October 6, 2022
the virgin ron pic.twitter.com/K8GS4NDUYM
— kilgore trout, death to putiner (@KT_So_It_Goes) October 6, 2022
Ron DeSantis only functions when at a podium or on Fox News. pic.twitter.com/fIJvZF9kXX
— Richard Hine (@richardhine) October 6, 2022
I am begging everyone to use this meme as a meme format so much that it becomes impossible for desantis to run for President pic.twitter.com/ddBU73ikaa
— memes (@OrganizerMemes) October 6, 2022
Dark Brandon is making Ron Desantis look horrible, and he's not even trying. He's just doing what he loves, meeting with the people.
Meanwhile, Desantis is used to being surrounded by yes men & having controlled Fox news pressers. pic.twitter.com/6BbjrbHE56— Real Republican (@JohnBar00589422) October 6, 2022
WHEN YOU KNOW THAT YOU’RE A LOSER: After spending every waking minute trashing President Biden;
After having voted years ago, to deny ALL other States, disaster help;
Whiny, loser, Gov. Ron DeSantis, had to ask Biden for help.
Vote 4 @CharlieCrist 4 real representation.
👇🏼 pic.twitter.com/vbGdsx0d4P— Samia Ali Salama ✍️ (@SamiaAliSalama) October 6, 2022
Is it time to head to Martha’s Vineyard, DeSantis? Too soon. | https://uproxx.com/viral/ron-desantis-photo-pouting-biden/ | 2022-10-07T05:10:13 | en | 0.921803 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Two Step" game were:
12-18-19-24, Bonus: 24
(twelve, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four; Bonus: twenty-four)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Two Step" game were:
12-18-19-24, Bonus: 24
(twelve, eighteen, nineteen, twenty-four; Bonus: twenty-four) | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Two-Step-game-17492912.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:18 | en | 0.882596 |
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LA COLOMA, Cuba (AP) — Soldiers fix roofs and raise power poles under a blazing sun, while teachers salvage wet school books and residents cook over wood fires in La Coloma, a fishing and industrial town on Cuba’s coast that took the brunt of Hurricane Ian.
Ten days after the storm left still unquantified devastation across western Cuba, and knocked out the power grid nationwide, many Cubans are still without electricity, water or basic goods. The destruction from Ian has piled onto the hardship of people who had already been suffering through scarcity and shortages in recent years.
“The ceiling was damaged, the mattress got wet,” said homemaker Yaneysi Polier, who looked scared as she stirred a pot with pressed ham and lard cooking over coals on the floor of the patio of her house. Her still-wet mattress was in the sun drying.
“The refrigerator was found in the mud by our neighbor’s house. We set up something to sleep on. The water was up to our chests,” she said.
Only 15% of western Pinar del Río province has electricity and no one has their power back in La Coloma, a town of some 7,000 people 125 miles (200 kilometers) southwest of Havana.
Repeated blackouts on Cuba’s already fragile electric grid were among the causes of the island’s largest social protests in decades in July 2021. Thousands of people, weary of power failures and shortages of goods exacerbated by the pandemic and U.S. sanctions, turned out in cities across the island to vent their anger and some also lashed out at the government. Hundreds were arrested and prosecuted, prompting harsh criticism of the administration of President Miguel Diaz-Canel.
The recent arrival of Ian caused three deaths and in Pinar del Rio province damaged 63,000 homes, thousands of which were destroyed. Cuba had a deficit of about 800,000 houses even before the hurricane struck.
La Coloma is home to the state Industrial Fishing Combine, which processes 40% of the lobster caught on the island, most of which is exported. It also processes bonito and snapper fish, and residents say it was high season when Ian struck. Twelve fishing boats were damaged, some sunk.
Maribel Rodríguez is staying in an emergency shelter in a primary school along with her pregnant daughter-in-law, who is about to give birth. She said they will name the baby Ian.
“This hurricane took everything from me,” Rodríguez said. “My house was not good, but it had many things of value — a refrigerator, a television, living room furniture, beds and kitchenware — and I had earned those with my sacrifice. This is very painful.”
Both Rodríguez and her son work in the fishing plant complex and they worry about it shutting down in the middle of lobster season.
“Here, the only place to work is the combine and I have been there for many years. You have to make a living,” she said.
Ian hit Cuba with winds of more than 125 mph (200 kph) on Sept. 27. It not only affected Pinar de Rio, but also the provinces of Artemisa, Mayabeque and Havana More than 30,000 people were evacuated ahead of the hurricane’s arrival.
Besides the damage to houses, the power infrastructure and industry, the Ministry of Agriculture estimated that Ian damaged 8,583 hectares (21,210 acres) of crops in the three provinces, especially bananas, cassava, sweet potatoes, corn, rice and tomatoes.
Cuba’s gross domestic product fell 11% in 2020 amid the pandemic and only rose 2% in 2021. Tourism has not recovered from the COVID-19 travel paralysis and U.S. sanctions pressing for political change in the island continue to squeeze its economy. Authorities expect the damage from Ian to further batter the economy.
Along with La Coloma, one of the hardest hit municipalities was nearby San Luis, a region that produces some of the best tobacco in the world.
Tobacco grower Hiroshi Robaina, looking at his devastated drying houses and seedbeds, thinks that this year he will have to plant his fields with beans.
“I doubt very much there can be any tobacco production this year because there is no infrastructure,” he said. “The damage to the nurseries was monstrous.”
Robaina, whose plantation is so important it has its own brand, said, “A miracle has to happen.”
He said at least 100 small tobacco farmers suffered losses of 100% and called for the government to subsidize reconstruction. Pinar del Río contributes 80% of the tobacco that Cuba produces.
“Tobacco, although it is not something that is going to save the Cuban economy, is an export item,” said Ricardo Torres, a Cuban economist and researcher at the Center for Latin American Studies at American University in Washington. “In Cuba, with what little there is, what is lost is very bad news.”
“This is a country that at this time does not have resources,” Torres said.
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Andrea Rodríguez on Twitter: www.twitter.com/ARodriguezAP | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/10-days-later-Cubans-still-recovering-from-17492935.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:24 | en | 0.975344 |
AP Week in Pictures: Latin America and Caribbean
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1of 17 A rescuer tie a dead whale to tow away, near Puerto Madryn, Argentina, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. Argentine scientists are determining the reason for at least 13 whales dying in the area in the past few days. Maxi Jonas/AP Show More Show Less
2of 17 Blooming flowers cover the Atacama desert near Copiapo, Chile, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. The phenomenon typically only happens every five to seven years when rare heavy rains cause flowers to bloom. Matias Basualdo/AP Show More Show Less 3of 17
4of 17 A teacher dries out books at a school that was heavily damaged by Hurricane Ian in La Coloma, in the province of Pinar del Rio, Cuba, Wednesday, Oct. 5, 2022. Ramon Espinosa/AP Show More Show Less
5of 17 A dog looks out to the sea on a beach in La Guaira, Venezuela, at sunrise Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Ariana Cubillos/AP Show More Show Less 6of 17
7of 17 A woman cries holding her child as she waits for news of her loved one held inside Latacunga jail after a deadly riot in Latacunga, Ecuador, Tuesday, Oct. 4, 2022. A clash between inmates armed with guns and knives inside the prison has left at least 15 people dead and 20 injured. Dolores Ochoa/AP Show More Show Less
8of 17 A demonstrator hols a sign that reads in Spanish "Good cop = dead cop" during a march in remembrance of the Tlatelolco student massacre, in Mexico City, Sunday, Oct. 2, 2021. On October 2, 1968, in the Tlatelolco section of Mexico City, the Mexican Armed Forces opened fire on a group of unarmed civilians in the Plaza de las Tres Culturas who were protesting the upcoming 1968 Summer Olympics. Marco Ugarte/AP Show More Show Less 9of 17
10of 17 Brazil's former President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva, who is running for president, shakes hands with a supporter as he campaigns a day ahead of the country's general election, in Sao Paulo, Brazil, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Victor R. Caivano/AP Show More Show Less
11of 17 A couple embraces during a cold and windy night on Copacabana Beach in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, late Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. Brazil's general elections are scheduled for Oct. 2. Matias Delacroix/AP Show More Show Less 12of 17
13of 17 Patrick of Brazil's Sao Paulo, right, remonstrates with goalkeeper Wellington Ramirez of Ecuador's Independiente del Valle during a Copa Sudamericana final soccer match at the Mario Alberto Kempes stadium in Cordoba, Argentina, Saturday, Oct. 1, 2022. Nicolas Aguilera/AP Show More Show Less
14of 17 A protester carries a piece of wood simulating a weapon during a protest demanding the resignation of Prime Minister Ariel Henry, in the Petion-Ville area of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. Odelyn Joseph/AP Show More Show Less 15of 17
16of 17 An amateur bullfighter is cornered by a bull during the Our Lady of the Rosary festival in the Andean village of Huarina, Bolivia, Monday, Oct. 3, 2022. A group of amateur bullfighters performed a parody of the Spanish bullfight, but without sacrificing the bulls. Juan Karita/AP Show More Show Less 17of 17
Sept. 30 - Oct. 6, 2022
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images made or published by Associated Press photographers in Latin America and the Caribbean. It was curated by AP photo editor Tomas Stargardter in Mexico City. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/AP-Week-in-Pictures-Latin-America-and-Caribbean-17492945.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:30 | en | 0.914924 |
AP Week in Pictures: North America
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SEPTEMBER 30 - OCTOBER 6, 2022
This photo gallery highlights some of the most compelling images from North America made or published by The Associated Press in the past week.
The selection was curated by AP photo editor Patrick Sison in New York.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The graphic surveillance video shows a man on a sidewalk suddenly punching someone in the head, knocking them to the ground.
With muted screams and gunshots in the background, the video stitches together other surveillance clips of shootings and punching on streets and subway trains as a voiceover says, “You’re looking at actual violent crimes caught on camera in Kathy Hochul’s New York.”
That’s not exactly true.
The ad from Rep. Lee Zeldin, the Republican challenging New York Gov. Kathy Hochul in next month's election, included video of an assault in California. Some of the footage depicted crimes that took place before Hochul took office last year. While acknowledging a mistake, Zeldin's campaign defended the ad and said the message was clear: violent crime is out of control.
That's a theme GOP candidates across the U.S. are sounding in the final month of the critical midterm elections. The issue of crime is dominating advertising in some of the most competitive Senate races, including those in Wisconsin, Pennsylvania and Nevada, along with scores of House and governors campaigns such as the one in New York.
The rhetoric is sometimes alarmist or of questionable veracity, closely echoing the language of former President Donald Trump, who honed a late-stage argument during the 2020 campaign that Democratic-led cities were out of control. That didn't help Trump avoid defeat, but experts say Democrats would be wrong to ignore the potency of the attacks.
“When violence is going up, people are concerned, and that’s when we tend to see it gain some traction as a political issue,” said Lisa L. Miller, professor of political science at Rutgers University, who focuses on crime as a political issue in countries across the world.
The FBI released annual data this week that found violent crime rates didn't increase substantially last year, though they remained above pre-pandemic levels. The report presents an incomplete picture, in part because it doesn't include some of the nation's largest police departments.
More broadly, rates of violent crime and killings have increased around the U.S. since the pandemic, in some places spiking after hitting historic lows. Non-violent crime decreased during the pandemic, but the murder rate grew nearly 30% in 2020, rising in cities and rural areas alike, according to an analysis of crime data by The Brennan Center for Justice. The rate of assaults went up 10%, the analysis found.
The rise defies easy explanation. Experts have pointed to a number of potential causes from worries about the economy and historically high inflation rates to intense stress and the pandemic that has killed more than 1 million people in the U.S.
There is a history of candidates relying on racist tropes when warning of rising crime rates. During the 1988 presidential campaign, supporters of George H.W. Bush released the so-called Willie Horton ad that has become one of the most prominent examples of race-baiting in politics.
In this year's elections, Republicans often blame crime on criminal justice reforms adopted after George Floyd’s killing by Minneapolis police, including changes to bail laws that critics had long contended disproportionately impacted communities of color, along with accusations that Democrats have not been sufficiently supportive of law enforcement.
Some GOP candidates are trying to make their case in communities of color. Zeldin, for instance, has delivered his anti-crime message while speaking at buildings and bodegas in diverse New York City neighborhoods.
In Pennsylvania, the Republican nominee for Senate, heart surgeon-turned-TV talk show host Dr. Mehmet Oz, has toured the state holding “safe streets” forums in Black communities.
Asked by a reporter about his focus on crime, Oz pointed to a conversation he had with Black Republican ward leaders in Philadelphia that turned from economic issues to struggling Black-owned businesses.
“The African Americans in the group said, ‘Well, the deep problem is ... people don’t feel safe," Oz said in an interview.
Malcolm Kenyatta, a Democratic state lawmaker from Philadelphia, said Oz is using crime victims to get votes but rejects steps like limiting the availability of firearms that would reduce gun violence.
“Oz does not live in a community that is struggling with this kind of crime and nobody, nobody believes that he actually cares and would actively advance policy solutions that would help deal with this problem,” Kenyatta said.
Despite the GOP messaging, it's not clear that crime is a top priority for voters.
In an AP-NORC poll conducted in June that allowed U.S. adults to name up to five issues they consider most important for the government to be working on in the next year, 11% named crime or violence, unchanged since December and well below the percentage naming many of the other top issues for Americans. A September Fox News poll asking people to name one issue motivating them to vote this year found just 1% named crime, even as most said they were very concerned about crime when asked directly.
Still, Democrats are responding to Republican efforts to portray them as soft on crime.
Hochul in recent days announced the endorsement of several law enforcement unions and released her own ad with a public safety message titled, “Focused on it,” to remind voters that she toughened the state’s gun laws.
During a debate last week in Colorado, Democratic Gov. Jared Polis responded to his Republican opponent Heidi Ganahl, who has repeatedly portrayed him as soft on crime, by suggesting her plan to cut taxes would “defund the police” by cutting prison and police budgets.
Ganahl denied that, calling herself a “law-and-order girl,” and blamed Polis for rising crime rates.
In Oregon, the Republican candidate for governor is making crime a top issue in a three-person race, where an independent candidate who is a former Democratic state lawmaker could take enough votes from the Democratic nominee to help the GOP win the top office in a blue state.
Democrat Tina Kotek has joined her opponents in pledging to increase police funding but has also backed tougher gun laws as part of a plan to tackle crime.
That approach is one embraced by gun control group Everytown for Gun Safety Victory Fund, which is spending $2.4 million combined on ads in Wisconsin and Georgia to convince voters that Republicans who don’t support tougher gun laws are actually the ones “soft” on crime.
“We can reset this narrative and neutralize the GOP’s, what I would call, artificial advantage on the issue,” said Charlie Kelly, a senior political advisor to Everytown.
In some states, candidates are raising alarm about crime rates that remain relatively low or have even fallen.
Connecticut Gov. Ned Lamont, a Democrat, said in a recent debate as he runs for reelection that the state’s crime is “going down despite some of the fearmongering you hear.”
State data shows violent crime rates in Connecticut dropped 9% in 2021 from 2020, which Lamont pointed out in a recent debate with his Republican challenger, Bob Stefanowski, who has made “out of control” crime a central plank of his campaign.
When asked how he can keep making the argument that crime is on the rise when the numbers tell a different story, Stefanowski said people are afraid of rising crime, but he denied stoking those fears.
“If we weren’t highlighting this, we wouldn’t be doing our job. I can tell you when we’re out there, people are afraid. I’m not trying to make them afraid,” he said. “They’re coming to me afraid and saying, ‘What are you going to do about it?’”
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Bedayn reported from Denver, Colorado. Associated Press writers Sara Burnett in Chicago, Gabe Stern in Reno, Nevada, Marc Levy in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, and Susan Haigh in Hartford, Connecticut, contributed to this report. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/GOP-steps-up-crime-message-in-midterm-s-final-17492962.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:43 | en | 0.971711 |
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Lethbridge 3 Saskatoon 1
Wednesday's results
Regina 3 Brandon 1
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 0
Moose Jaw 3 Saskatoon 1
Kelowna 3 Victoria 0
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Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Prince George at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
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Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Edmonton at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Sunday's games
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 4 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 5:05 p.m.
Monday's games
Brandon at Calgary, 1 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Edmonton at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Seattle, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17492902.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:49 | en | 0.889544 |
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Tuesday's results
Lethbridge 3 Saskatoon 1
Wednesday's results
Regina 3 Brandon 1
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 0
Moose Jaw 3 Saskatoon 1
Kelowna 3 Victoria 0
Friday's results
Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Prince George at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Edmonton at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Sunday's games
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 4 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 5:05 p.m.
Monday's games
Brandon at Calgary, 1 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Edmonton at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Seattle, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17492930.php | 2022-10-07T05:10:55 | en | 0.88931 |
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Tuesday's results
Lethbridge 3 Saskatoon 1
Wednesday's results
Regina 3 Brandon 1
Prince Albert 3 Lethbridge 0
Moose Jaw 3 Saskatoon 1
Kelowna 3 Victoria 0
Friday's results
Saskatoon at Brandon, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Swift Current, 7 p.m.
Winnipeg at Regina, 7 p.m.
Lethbridge at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Edmonton at Spokane, 7:05 p.m.
Seattle at Kelowna, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Everett, 7:05 p.m.
Prince George at Vancouver, 7:30 p.m.
Saturday's games
Swift Current at Regina, 7 p.m.
Calgary at Red Deer, 7 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Portland, 6 p.m.
Winnipeg at Moose Jaw, 7 p.m.
Prince Albert at Lethbridge, 7 p.m.
Prince George at Everett, 6:05 p.m.
Edmonton at Tri-City, 6:05 p.m.
Victoria at Kamloops, 7 p.m.
Seattle at Vancouver, 7 p.m.
Sunday's games
Moose Jaw at Saskatoon, 4 p.m.
Portland at Spokane, 5:05 p.m.
Monday's games
Brandon at Calgary, 1 p.m.
Tuesday's games
Edmonton at Portland, 7 p.m.
Kelowna at Victoria, 7:05 p.m.
Medicine Hat at Seattle, 7:05 p.m. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/HKO-WHL-Standings-17492949.php | 2022-10-07T05:11:01 | en | 0.88931 |
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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) — Gov. J.B. Pritzker and his Republican challenger Darren Bailey used an hourlong debate Thursday finding different ways to call each other “liar” with Election Day fewer than five weeks away.
The Democratic incumbent and the southern Illinois state senator disagreed over the other's handling of or position on the state budget, regulating assault-style weapons, abortion and crime — particularly the justice system overhaul Pritzker signed last year known as the SAFE-T Act.
To Pritzker, the upstart Republican and relative legislative newcomer is a “hypocrite” on the issues for which he attacks the governor.
According to Bailey, Pritzker's handling of crime, property taxes and education is “crushing” the state, “all because J.B. Pritzker is hell-bent on becoming the most radical leftist governor in America. ... This man is dangerous.”
Pritzker, elected in 2018 amid the aftermath of a budget stalemate that left the state billions of dollars in debt, boasted before an audience at Illinois State University in Normal of the way he paid down debt and balanced the budget for four years. Bailey claimed that Pritzker did so with federal relief money for the COVID-19 pandemic and by not paying the full amount necessary to fund employee pension systems.
Bailey contended he would cut taxes with a “reprioritization of spending” and zero-based budgeting. Pritzker said his management of the budget has proven successful and with billions of debt paid down, his continued leadership could mean lower taxes in the future.
Pritzker said he would not repeat his 2020 attempt to change the constitutionally required flat income tax to force wealthier residents to pay more, contending that his management of finances has produced budget surpluses the last two years.
Pritzker is heavily favored in the race, and has outraised Bailey dramatically. The 57-year-old billionaire equity investor and philanthropist had $60 million in the bank on June 30 and has contributed $20 million of his own money since. Bailey had just under $2 million on hand last summer and raised $360,000 since.
Noting his fundraising for Democrats nationally and a trip last spring to New Hampshire, Bailey dramatically pulled from his vest pocket a paper he said is a pledge he has signed to serve a full four-year term and not duck out to run for president. Pritzker ignored Bailey’s invitation to join in signing, but said he planned to finish a second term and supports the re-election of President Joe Biden.
Bailey, 56, a farmer from the southern Illinois town of Xenia, 96 miles (154 kilometers) east of St. Louis, has attacked Pritzker over crime in the state. Like many Republicans seeking election this fall, he has also taken aim at the Pritzker-approved SAFE-T Act, a criminal justice system overhaul approved in early 2021 that attempts to thwart excessive force by police, sets new standards for policing — including expanding the use of body cameras — and ends the use of cash bail for criminal suspects.
That means a “revolving door” for jails statewide, Bailey said while Pritzker interjected, “Lies. More lies. He's not telling the truth.”
“The criminal justice system that Darren Bailey and Republicans are standing up for is one that allows murderers and rapists and domestic abusers to buy their way out of jail,” Pritzker said. Among other critics, an Illinois Supreme Court panel has recommended bail reform, noting the economic damage done to someone who can't afford to pay.
Pritzker also called Thursday for a federal ban on assault-style weapons like the type used in the July 4th mass shooting in Highland Park, saying “No one should have that kind of firepower.” However, he defended not having a statewide assault-style weapons ban in place because the General Assembly has set up a task force to study the issue. Pritzker's defense came after he criticized Bailey for suggesting the study of another issue — free community colleges — with other state leaders.
After the the Supreme Court overturned the Roe v. Wade opinion legalizing abortion, Pritzker promised legislative action to strengthen abortion access in Illinois, which already allows virtually unfettered access to abortion up to the point of fetal viability, with abortion allowed after viability when the mother's health or life is in jeopardy.
Thursday, Pritzker said he didn't support changes to allow abortion beyond viability — about 24 to 26 weeks.
“The law that we have in place now ... is what we should keep in place,” Pritzker said.
The Democrat has promoted Bailey's opposition to abortion rights in numerous political ads, but Bailey reiterated Thursday he wouldn't press the issue because it's unlikely to win a Democratic Legislature's approval.
“My focus is going to be crime, taxes and education,” Bailey said. “ ... J.B. Pritzker wants to fear monger and put all of this nonsense out there (about abortion) that can’t be changed anyway. And it needs to stop. We need to focus on uniting this state.”
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Follow Political Writer John O’Connor on Twitter at https://twitter.com/apoconnor. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Pritzker-Bailey-accuse-each-other-of-lies-in-17492905.php | 2022-10-07T05:11:07 | en | 0.965058 |
Today in History
Today is Friday, Oct. 7, the 280th day of 2022. There are 85 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlight in History:
On Oct. 7, 1991, University of Oklahoma law professor Anita Hill publicly accused Supreme Court nominee Clarence Thomas of making sexually inappropriate comments when she worked for him; Thomas denied Hill’s allegations and would go on to win Senate confirmation.
On this date:
In 1765, the Stamp Act Congress convened in New York to draw up colonial grievances against England.
In 1916, in the most lopsided victory in college football history, Georgia Tech defeated Cumberland University 222-0 in Atlanta.
In 1949, the Republic of East Germany was formed.
In 1982, the Andrew Lloyd Webber-Tim Rice musical “Cats” opened on Broadway. (The show closed Sept. 10, 2000, after a record 7,485 performances.)
In 1985, Palestinian gunmen hijacked the Italian cruise ship Achille Lauro (ah-KEE’-leh LOW’-roh) in the Mediterranean. (The hijackers shot and killed Leon Klinghoffer, a Jewish-American tourist in a wheelchair, and pushed him overboard, before surrendering on Oct. 9.)
In 1989, Hungary’s Communist Party renounced Marxism in favor of democratic socialism during a party congress in Budapest.
In 1992, trade representatives of the United States, Canada and Mexico initialed the North American Free Trade Agreement during a ceremony in San Antonio, Texas, in the presence of President George H.W. Bush, Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney (muhl-ROO’-nee) and Mexican President Carlos Salinas de Gortari.
In 1996, Fox News Channel made its debut.
In 1998, Matthew Shepard, a gay college student, was beaten and left tied to a wooden fencepost outside of Laramie, Wyoming; he died five days later. (Russell Henderson and Aaron McKinney are serving life sentences for Shepard’s murder.)
In 2001, the war in Afghanistan started as the United States and Britain launched air attacks against military targets and Osama bin Laden’s training camps in the wake of the September 11 attacks.
In 2003, California voters recalled Gov. Gray Davis and elected Arnold Schwarzenegger their new governor.
In 2020, President Donald Trump returned to the Oval Office for the first time since he was diagnosed with COVID-19; he credited an experimental drug treatment with helping his recovery. Debating from behind plexiglass shields, Vice President Mike Pence and Democrat Kamala Harris zeroed in on Trump’s handling of the coronavirus pandemic, with Harris labeling it “the greatest failure of any presidential administration” while Pence defended the overall response.
Ten years ago: Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez won re-election for the third time. (Chavez died in March 2013 at age 58 after a two-year battle with cancer; he was succeeded by Vice President Nicolas Maduro.)
Five years ago: Country music star Jason Aldean, who had been on stage at an outdoor concert in Las Vegas less than a week earlier when a gunman opened fire on the crowd, paid tribute to the victims and to the late Tom Petty by opening “Saturday Night Live” with Petty’s song, “I Won’t Back Down.” Protesters rallied across Russia in a challenge to President Vladimir Putin on his 65th birthday; heeding calls from opposition leader Alexei Navalny to pressure authorities into letting him enter the presidential race.
One year ago: Abortions quickly resumed in at least six Texas clinics after a federal judge halted the most restrictive abortion law in the nation. (A federal appeals court would allow the law to go back into effect the following day.) The Senate dodged a U.S. debt disaster, voting to extend the government’s borrowing authority into December and temporarily avert an unprecedented federal default. (The House would approve the extension days later.) Google said it would crack down on digital ads promoting false claims about climate change, in hopes of limiting revenue for climate change deniers and stopping the spread of misinformation.
Today’s Birthdays: Author Thomas Keneally is 87. Comedian and talk-show host Joy Behar is 80. Former National Security Council aide Lt. Col. Oliver North (ret.) is 79. Rock musician Kevin Godley (10cc) is 77. Actor Jill Larson is 75. Country singer Kieran Kane is 73. Singer John Mellencamp is 71. Rock musician Ricky Phillips is 71. Russian President Vladimir Putin is 70. Actor Mary Badham (Film: “To Kill a Mockingbird”) is 70. Rock musician Tico Torres (Bon Jovi) is 69. Actor Christopher Norris is 67. Cellist Yo-Yo Ma is 67. Gospel singer Michael W. Smith is 65. Olympic gold medal ice dancer Jayne Torvill is 65. Actor Dylan Baker is 64. Actor Judy Landers is 64. Recording executive and TV personality Simon Cowell is 63. Actor Paula Newsome is 61. Country singer Dale Watson is 60. Pop singer Ann Curless (Expose) is 59. R&B singer Toni Braxton is 55. Rock singer-musician Thom Yorke (Radiohead) is 54. Rock musician-dancer Leeroy Thornhill is 53. Actor Nicole Ari Parker is 52. Actor Allison Munn is 48. Rock singer-musician Damian Kulash (KOO’-lahsh) is 47. Singer Taylor Hicks is 46. Actor Omar Miller is 44. Neo-soul singer Nathaniel Rateliff (Nathaniel Rateliff & the Night Sweats) is 44. Actor Shawn Ashmore is 43. Actor Jake McLaughlin is 40. Electronic musician Flying Lotus (AKA Steve Ellison) is 39. MLB player Evan Longoria is 37. Actor Holland Roden is 36. Actor Amber Stevens is 36. MLB outfielder Mookie Betts is 30. Actor Lulu Wilson is 17. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/Today-in-History-October-7-Fox-News-Channel-s-17466817.php | 2022-10-07T05:11:14 | en | 0.933209 |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The piping-hot U.S. job market may be cooling off, if only slightly.
But what business managers, policymakers, investors and economists want to know is this: How cool would be cool enough for the inflation fighters at the Federal Reserve to begin to ease their aggressive interest rate hikes?
The government’s jobs report for September, coming Friday morning, is expected to show that employers added 250,000 jobs last month, according to a survey of economists by the data firm FactSet. That would be the lowest monthly gain since December 2020 and would mark a drop from an average of 438,000 from January through August. Yet by any historical standard, it would still amount to a healthy total.
Forecasters also expect the unemployment rate to stay at an extraordinarily low 3.7%.
The Fed is engaged in an epic battle to rein in inflation, which was running at a 40-year high in June and has eased only slightly since. The Fed has raised its benchmark interest rate five times this year. It is aiming to slow economic growth enough to reduce annual price increases back toward its 2% target.
It has a long way to go. In August, one key measure of year-over-year inflation, the consumer price index, amounted to 8.3%.
Fed Chair Jerome Powell has warned bluntly that the inflation fight would “bring some pain," notably in the form of layoffs and higher unemployment. Some economists remain hopeful that despite the persistent inflation pressures, the Fed will still manage to achieve a so-called soft landing: Slowing growth enough to tame inflation, without going so far as to tip the economy into recession.
It’s a tricky task. And the Fed is trying to accomplish it at a perilous time. The global economy, weakened by food shortages and surging energy prices resulting from Russia's war against Ukraine, may be on the brink of recession. Kristalina Georgieva, managing director of the International Monetary Fund, warned Thursday that the IMF is downgrading its estimates for world economic growth by $4 trillion through 2026 and that “things are more likely to get worse before it gets better.’’
Public anger over high prices and fear over the prospect of recession also carry political consequences as President Joe Biden’s Democratic Party struggles to maintain control over Congress in November’s midterm elections.
Meantime, the Fed is closely monitoring the job market. Many employers have failed over the past couple of years to fill all the jobs they need, and they’ve bid up wages to try to attract or keep workers. Those higher wages are feeding inflation as companies raise prices to offset their higher labor costs.
Powell and his colleagues on the Fed’s policymaking committee want to see signs that the abundance of available jobs — there are now 1.7 openings for every unemployed American — will steadily decline. Many economists viewed the pace of hiring in August, when employers added 315,000 jobs, as a Goldilocks achievement: Warm but not so warm as to alarm the Fed and force it to jack up borrowing rates even more aggressively.
Some encouraging news came this week, when the Labor Department reported that job openings fell by 1.1 million in August to 10.1 million, the fewest since June 2021.
Nick Bunker, head of economic research at the Indeed Hiring Lab, suggested that among the items on “the soft landing flight checklist’’ is “a decline in job openings without a spike in the unemployment rate, and that’s what we’ve seen the last few months."
On the other hand, by the standard of history, openings remain extraordinarily high: In records dating to 2000, they had never topped 10 million in a month until last year.
“There are still 10.1 million jobs open,’’ noted Michelle Reisdorf, who oversees operations for the human resources consulting firm Robert Half in Illinois and Indiana. “Candidates still have options. It’s not like they have one job to look at.’’
Economist Daniel Zhou of the jobs website Glassdoor argued that a single-minded focus on the job market might be overdone. Regardless of what happens with jobs and wages, Zhou suggested, the Fed's policymakers won’t likely relent on their rate-hike campaign until they see proof that they’re actually hitting their target.
“They want to see inflation slowing down," he said. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/US-hiring-likely-slowed-last-month-which-may-be-17492929.php | 2022-10-07T05:11:20 | en | 0.965591 |
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BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (AP) — At least one person died while police clashed with soccer fans trying to push into an Argentine league match Thursday night, and the referee stopped the game as clouds of tear gas spread inside the stadium.
Authorities and witnesses said fans of the home team, Gimnasia y Esgrima, struggled to enter an already full stadium, and police fired rubber bullets and tear gas trying to get the crowd to retreat.
The incident came less than a week after the use of tear gas outside a soccer match in Indonesia set off a crush that left 131 people dead.
Nine minutes into Thursday night's match between Gimnasia and Boca Juniors, referee Hernán Mastrángelo suspended play. The league said on Twitter that he acted because of the lack of security.
Players retreated to their changing rooms, and many spectators flooded onto the field trying to escape the tear gas.
“Unfortunately there is one person dead. He died of a heart problem,” Sergio Berni, security minister of the province, told Todo Noticias.
Berni gave no details about the circumstances in which that person died.
Only Gimnasia fans were in Juan Carmelo Zerillo stadium in La Plata, since Buenos Aires province banned supporters of visiting teams from games in 2013 amid frequent outbreaks of violence
The Argentine Football Association said in a tweet that it "expresses its commitment to continue working to eradicate this kind of episode that tarnish the football party.”
No new date was announced for resuming the game.
Some fans claimed there had been overselling of tickets amid excitement over the match between two teams fighting for the league title, saying people likely became anger when they could not get into the stadium.
In its security protocols, FIFA advises against the use of tear gas in or around stadiums in order to avoid risky situations such as in La Plata or in the Indonesian city of Malanga last Saturday, when many of the dead were crushed to death during the stampede of fans.
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Associated Press writer Débora Rey contributed to this report. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/sports/article/1-dead-as-police-fans-clash-outside-Argentine-17492922.php | 2022-10-07T05:11:26 | en | 0.966749 |
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DENVER (AP) — Stephon Gilmore batted away Russell Wilson’s pass to Courtland Sutton in the end zone on fourth-and-1 from the 5 to give the Indianapolis Colts a 12-9 overtime victory over the Denver Broncos on Thursday night.
“That’s the definition of a big-time player making big plays in the moment," Colts coach Frank Reich said of Gilmore, who also intercepted Wilson’s pass in the fourth quarter to help set up Chase McLauglin’s tying field goal.
“Isn’t it awesome you can have a game like that and still win," Reich said.
McLauglin connected from 47 yards 4:10 into overtime to give the Colts (2-2-1) the lead in the first game in NFL history that pitted quarterbacks with at least four Pro Bowl appearances each yet featured zero touchdowns.
The Broncos (2-3) decided against a tying chip-shot field goal by Brandon McManus or even a first-down play on fourth-and-less-and-a-yard from the 5, and Wilson lined up in the shotgun next to running back Melvin Gordon, then threw incomplete over the middle.
“We wanted to win the game,” Broncos coach Nathaniel Hackett said. “We hadn't moved the ball very well the whole night and I though we had a spectacular drive to get all the way down there.”
Wide open and uncovered — but unseen by Wilson — was KJ Hamler, who tore off his helmet and slammed it to the ground after Wilson's final pass was batted away, sending the Broncos and their awful offense to their second loss in four days.
“There's going to be a bunch of what-ifs,” Broncos guard Dalton Risner said. “You know what, if we score that touchdown, everyone thinks it's the best call in the world.”
Matt Ryan grinded out the victory despite throwing two interceptions into the hands of safety Caden Sterns, fumbling for the 10th time this season and getting sacked six times, giving him 21 so far.
Although there were a half dozen fumbles in the game, none were recovered by the defense.
McLaughlin sent it to overtime with a 31-yarder with 5 seconds left in regulation after Gilmore intercepted Wilson's pass to Jerry Jeudy in the end zone on third-and-4 from the 13.
That kick capped the Colts' longest drive of the night, 68 yards in 10 plays.
The Colts won the overtime coin toss and Ryan drove them into field-goal range again.
Many fans were wondering if this game would be one of revenge — Phillip Lindsay returning to his hometown to beat the Broncos — or redemption — Gordon atoning for his big fumble Sunday that was returned 68 yards for a touchdown by the Raiders.
It turned out to be neither.
Lindsay ran for 40 yards on 11 carries ad Gordon had 54 yards on 15 carries, but he was flipped by safety Rodney McLoyd Jr. at the 6 on his way to the end zone when it appeared he had an open path to the winning touchdown.
Sterns picked off two of Ryan's passes, the second one leading to a 45-yard field goal and a 9-6 lead with 3:19 left in the third quarter. But the boobirds were out again at Empower Field after Andrew Beck dropped a touchdown pass two plays after Sterns’ second interception.
The prime-time game was a streaming snooze-fest pitting veteran quarterbacks struggling with their new teams, both of whom were missing their best running back and several key defenders.
It looked like neither team practiced much during the week because neither team did as they worked in new running backs and replaced key defenders on a short work week.
And as is common on Thursday nights, there was a rash of injuries with the most serious to Indy’s Kwity Payne (leg) and Denver’s Garett Bolles (right knee), both of whom were carted oft.
The only scoring before halftime came on field goals of 33 and 44 yards by McManus and a 52-yarder by McLaughlin with 12 seconds left before the break.
McLaughlin’s 51-yarder tied it in the third quarter, and Grover Stewart preserved the tie by blocking McManus’ attempt from 34 yards after Courtland Sutton’s 51-yard catch in which he wrested the ball from teammate Montrell Washington.
With reigning NFL champion Jonathan Taylor (ankle, toe) out for Indy and the Broncos lamenting the loss of Javonte Williams to a shredded right knee, the grind-it-out nature of the game was entirely expected.
The Colts came in averaging 14.3 points a game, the lowest in Ryan’s 16-year career, and the Broncos entered the night avearging 16.5 points, the worst in Wilson’s 11-year career.
Nyheim Hines got the start for Indy, but he went out with a head injury after his third snap when D.J. Jones knocked him down and Hines’ helmet bounced on the ground. He wobbled as he tried to leave the field on his own and had to be guided to the sideline, where he was evaluated for a concussion.
INJURIES
Paye was injured on Rodney Thomas II’s 35-yard interception return. When Hines wobbled after getting to his feet, the medical personnel rushed onto the field and helped him to the sideline, taking no chances of a repeat of what happened to Tua Tagovailoa and Cameron Brate last week. Starting C Ryan Kelly (hip) and WR Austin Dulin (foot) also got hurt.
The Broncos lost two starting defenders to knee injuries just before halftime, ILB Josey Jewell and CB Ronald Darby. Wilson was evaluated for a head injury after his interception but was cleared and didn’t miss any snaps. DE Dre’Mont Jones also was evaluated for a concussion in the fourth quarter. LB Baron Browning injured a wrist in the fourth quarter before Bolles was carted off with a leg injury.
UP NEXT
The Colts host the Jacksonville Jaguars on Sunday, Oct. 16, and the Broncos visit the Los Angeles Chargers on Monday night, Oct. 17.
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LIVINGSTON, Texas — An AMBER Alert has been issued for a 2-week-old baby who is reportedly with her non-custodial mother. The newborn was last seen Thursday in Livingston.
Sonni Meilike was last seen wearing a pink shirt and diaper at 2:41 p.m. Thursday on Floydene Street, which is near U.S. Highway 190 at 2457.
According to investigators, she was taken by her mother, 31-year-old Sylvia Norman, who officials said is a non-custodial parent.
Norman was last seen wearing a white shirt with blue shorts and white leggings underneath. Officials said she has tattoos on her back and left arm.
Officials described Norman as being around 5-feet-1-inch tall, weighing around 115 pounds.
If you have any information on their whereabouts, contact the Polk County Sheriff's Office at 936-327-6810. | https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/local/amber-alert-livingston/285-41e8217f-662d-4740-b625-c72381711879 | 2022-10-07T05:11:40 | en | 0.985211 |
Japan's Toyota finds wheel, airbag fixes for recalled EVs
Japan's top automaker Toyota said Thursday that it has identified how to fix its 2023 model year bZ4X crossover electric vehicles after recalling 2,700 of them in June out of concern wheel bolts might become loose, risking a crash.
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The fix will enable Toyota Motor Corp. to resume making and selling the EVs, a key model in the company's effort to strengthen its electric lineup. Toyota officials said they hoped the fix would help restore the company's reputation for quality.
The maker of the Prius hybrid and Lexus luxury models has scored great success with its hybrids and fuel cells, but it has at times been seen as a straggler in electric vehicles. The "bZ" in the model's name stands for a "beyond zero" series, referring to its being free of emissions.
Toyota said new bolt parts needed to fix the problem with the bZ4X will become available for all global customers by November. The company said hub bolts and wheels of all vehicles in the recall will be replaced at no cost to customers.
Since issuing the global safety recall, Toyota has been investigating the cause of the problem. It said that if the hub bolts attaching the wheels to the cars became loose, the wheels might loosen and cause a crash. The company showed a diagram illustrating that an extra part could be added to the bolt to secure it in place.
Among the vehicles subject to the latest recall, about 2,200 were destined for Europe, 270 for North America, 112 for Japan, and 60 for the rest of Asia, according to Toyota. They were produced between March and June.
No crashes have been reported, according to a statement on the transport ministry's website.
Toyota also announced a fix for a strap on the curtain-shield airbag in the same vehicles under recall. The faulty strap could injure the driver when the airbag deploys, the automaker said. | https://www.wxii12.com/article/japans-toyota-finds-wheel-airbag-fixes-recalled-evs/41551369 | 2022-10-07T05:11:40 | en | 0.96447 |
The rupee depreciated 16 paise to an all-time low of 82.33 against the US dollar in early trade on Friday as a firm American currency and risk-averse sentiment among investors weighed on the local unit.
Moreover, a negative trend in domestic equities and elevated crude oil prices sapped investor appetite, forex traders said.
At the interbank foreign exchange, the rupee opened at 82.19 against the greenback, then fell to 82.33, registering a fall of 16 paise over its previous close.
On Thursday, the Indian currency for the first time closed below the 82 level against the greenback. It plunged 55 paise to close at a record low of 82.17 against the US currency.
“An uptick in crude prices has caused concerns around the trade deficit to resurface. US rates staying higher for longer is not helping the capital account,” IFA Global Research Academy said in a note.
Moreover, the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) seems to have become conservative in spending reserves, it said, adding that these factors are causing the rupee to adjust.
The dollar index, which gauges the greenback’s strength against a basket of six currencies, was trading 0.14 per cent down at 112.10.
Global oil benchmark Brent crude futures fell 0.10 per cent to USD 94.33 per barrel.
On the domestic equity market front, the 30-share BSE Sensex was trading 111.83 points or 0.19 per cent lower at 58,110.27, while the broader NSE Nifty fell 38.00 points or 0.22 per cent to 17,293.80.
Foreign institutional investors were net buyers in the capital market on Thursday as they purchased shares worth Rs 279.01 crore, as per exchange data. | https://indianexpress.com/article/business/market/indian-rupee-record-low-vs-us-dollar-today-october-7-usdinr-currency-exchange-8194633/ | 2022-10-07T05:11:42 | en | 0.933946 |
LOS ANGELES — Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the "Goddess of Love” and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Thursday. She was 72.
Tenuta died Thursday afternoon at home in Los Angeles, with her family around her, publicist Roger Neal told The Associated Press. The cause of death was ovarian cancer.
“She was a very funny, amazing performer," Neal said, and it was always a “happy time to be around her."
Tenuta had claimed her birthdate as Nov. 7, 1965, but she was born in 1949, Neal said. “She was old school so she would never tell her real age, but now that she’s gone we can tell her real age,” he added.
Her heart-shaped face, topped by bouffant hair with a flower accent, conveyed an impression of sweet innocence that was quickly shattered by her loud, gravelly delivery and acidic humor, expletives included. The accordion she made part of her act was “an instrument of love and submission,” as she fondly called it.
She was among a generation of performers who drove the popularity of live comedy in clubs nationwide including the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Laff Stop in Houston and Caroline’s in New York City. A typically male-dominated field found room for women, including Tenuta.
“Devastated to hear of the passing of my dear, dear friend, the lovely Miss Judy Tenuta. I can’t believe she’s gone,” tweeted Weird Al Yankovic, who worked with her on his 1990s TV series and a 2006 music video. “Earth has truly lost a goddess.”
Michael McKean, of “Spinal Tap" fame, tweeted, “One of a kind. Damn.”
Tenuta gained national attention in 1987 with “On Location: Women of the Night,” a HBO special in which she starred with Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone and Rita Rudner.
In 1988′s “American Comedy Awards” TV special, Tenuta was named best female comedy club performer opposite male winner Jerry Seinfeld. Other honorees that year for their club or screen work included Robin Williams, Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler.
“I would trade it in a minute, if I could just be a wife and mother,” wisecracked the gold lamé-wrapped, gum-chewing Tenuta, who accepted her award from Carlin.
She was a frequent guest on late-night talk shows and game shows and with radio shock jock Howard Stern. Her acting and voiceover credits were eclectic, including appearances on “The Weird Al Show" and “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.” She appeared onstage in "The Vagina Monologues” in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Tenuta was a two-time Grammy nominee, getting back-to-back nominations in 1995 and 1996 for best spoken word comedy album for “Attention Butt Pirates and Lesbetarians” and “In Goddess We Trust.”
She was a supporter of LGBTQ rights, took part in pride festivals and counted members of the queer community as enthusiastic fans. On her website, she said that as an ordained minister of Judyism she was “available for same sex marriages!”
Tenuta grew up in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, attending Catholic schools that included one she dubbed “St. Obnoxious and Bondage.” She said she was the “isolated, petite flower” — Petite Flower becoming one of her stage nicknames — in a Catholic family that included six brothers.
After graduating college, she worked at odd jobs that included wrapping meat and taking inventory at an outlet for Catholic religious attire.
“I got fired because they caught me trying the stuff on,” Tenuta said a 1989 interview with The Associated Press. “So the boss came in, and I guess he got kind of upset. And I said, ‘Well, I have to see if they look good, pig. I’m trying to make improvements for these broads.”’
Tenuta went on to join the Chicago comedy troupe Second City before starting her solo standup career. Despite her outlandish clothes and bizarre stage appearance, Tenuta said most people caught on immediately to her act, which included the self-centered “Judyism” religion.
“In my religion, I’m the only one that gets to complain. The really nice thing about my religion is you can forget all about your problems and think about mine for a while,” she told AP. | https://www.12newsnow.com/article/news/nation-world/comedian-judy-tenuta-dead-at-72/507-38e1b702-6787-4110-828b-c0eb9629fb45 | 2022-10-07T05:11:46 | en | 0.984585 |
Market Today, Sensex, Nifty Share Prices Updates: The frontline equity indices on the BSE and National Stock Exchange (NSE) opened lower on Friday and slipped over 0.4 per cent in the early trade weighed by banking stocks amid weak global cues.
At 9:36 am, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 245.94 points (0.42 per cent) at 57,976.16 and the Nifty 50 was trading at 17,258.20, down 73.60 points (0.42 per cent).
On the Sensex pack, Tata Steel, ICICI Bank, IndusInd Bank, Mahindra & Mahindra (M&M), State Bank of India (SBI), HDFC Bank and ITC were the top laggards.
Commenting on the market outlook, V K Vijayakumar, Chief Investment Strategist at Geojit Financial Services said, “An important data which can influence markets globally is the US jobs data expected tonight. Paradoxically, good jobs numbers will be negative for markets since the Fed will have to continue with its hawkish stance if the economy continues to be strong. On the other hand if the jobs data is weak the Fed might infer that the economy is slowing down and, therefore, may go slow on tightening. This would be good for equity markets. So, investors may wait and watch these developments. The fact that FIIs have stopped selling and have turned buyers, though in small quantities, is positive for markets. For FIIs now stocks are available only at high prices. So they will be careful while selling.”
He further noted that financials, autos and capital goods are likely to do well even in a weak market. IT Q2 results may surprise on the upside.
Asian shares followed Wall Street lower Friday ahead of US jobs data investors hope will persuade the Federal Reserve to ease off plans for more interest rate hikes. Tokyo and Hong Kong, the region’s biggest markets, retreated. Chinese markets were closed for a holiday. Oil prices were little-changed.
Wall Street’s benchmark S&P 500 index fell 1 per cent on Thursday after a private sector report said US employers hired slightly more workers than forecast in September. That gives ammunition to Fed officials who say more rate hikes are needed to cool the economy and rein in inflation that is at a four-decade high.
Investors were watching for Friday’s release of US government data that are expected to show fewer people were hired compared with previous months. They hope that will help persuade the Fed five rate hikes this year are working and it can scale down plans for more.
The Nikkei 225 in Tokyo sank 0.6 per cent to 27,149.75 and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng tumbled 1 per cent to 17,823.29. The Kospi in Seoul gained 0.2 per cent to 2,241.87 while Sydney’s S&P ASX 200 shed 0.6 per cent to 6,777.00. New Zealand lost 0.2 per cent while Singapore and Bangkok advanced. | https://indianexpress.com/article/business/market/stock-market-today-october-7-shares-bse-sensex-nse-nifty-rupee-global-cues-8194637/ | 2022-10-07T05:11:48 | en | 0.948907 |
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BEAUMONT, Texas — Republican Jacorion Randle and Democrat Christian Manuel Hayes will face off for the Texas House District 22 seat in the midterm elections.
The midterm elections take place on November 8, 2022.
The seat has been held by representative Joe Deshotel for more than 20 years. Now that he's retiring, his seat is up for grabs in the newly restructured district 22.
"It went from 65% Democrat to 59% Democrat in the course of a month after redistricting happened," Randle said.
The new redistricting maps added Port Neches and Groves to the 22nd district, but Hayes says they're still in the majority.
"This is still a minority protected district. This is still heavily a district that is Democratic, heavily Democratic leaning," Hayes said.
Hayes has spent the last decade working as the chief of staff for Joe Deshotel.
"He really gave me a motivational push and really let me know that I had the understanding the wherewithal, the relationships and that I needed to give back to my community in a way that it had given back to me," he said.
As representative, Hayes wants to focus on bringing jobs to the area.
"We are losing people in our rural areas, and we have to make sure that we are expanding our job industry so that people are not feeling as though they have to leave or that they have to move in order to have a more successful life," he said.
Jobs, along with flood mitigation and education, are at the top of Hayes' campaign.
Meanwhile Randle says education, flood mitigation, health care and infrastructure are his top priorities.
"We need way more funding to fix our roads and to fix our highways and looking in Port Arthur the roads are just terrible. Nobody's doing anything about it. I mean, we have a state representative for 20 plus years," Randle said.
Randle believes his biggest challenge is convincing voters to try something new.
"I think change is the hardest thing in our community," Randle said. "It's about persuading them to vote for something new for something fresh."
Texas requires registration by the 30th day before Election Day.
The deadline to register to vote to cast a ballot in the 2022 Midterm Election is Tuesday, October 11, 2022.
In Texas you can register to vote in the county you live in to be able to vote in all local, state and federal elections.
Contact your county's voter registrar for more.
Wondering if you are already registered to vote? You can visit the Secretary of State website to find out.
You are eligible to register to vote if:
- You are a United States citizen;
- You are a resident of the county where you submit the application;
- You are at least 17 years and 10 months old on the date your voter registration application is submitted, and you are 18 years of age on Election Day.
- You are not a convicted felon (you may be eligible to vote if you have completed your sentence, probation, and parole); and
- You have not been declared by a court exercising probate jurisdiction to be either totally mentally incapacitated or partially mentally incapacitated without the right to vote.
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The Chandigarh Administration has withdrawn its plea that challenged a Central Administrative Tribunal (CAT) order that had put a stay on taking back the additional charge of Chandigarh College of Architecture principal given to Dr Sangeeta Bagga.
The appeal of the Chandigarh Administration had come up for hearing before the high court Bench of Justice GS Sandhawalia and Justice Jagmohan Bansal.
The administration had submitted before the HC that the CAT had stayed UT’s order (dated July 19) through which additional charge granted to Bagga was withdrawn. The administration said that the CAT’s order was against the settled legal principle and had moved court for quashing the impugned order dated July 22 on grounds of being “erroneous, illegal and unsustainable in the eyes of law”.
The UT Administration added Bagga was facing a high-level inquiry, with serious allegations made by an independent and statutory Body —the Council of Architecture. It made it imperative to have a neutral person to substitute her as the principal. She could not be allowed to remain at the helm of affairs at the college as she could interfere, tamper and prejudice the inquiry proceedings.
Rohit Seth, counsel for Sangeeta Bagga, pointed out that the matter is now stated to be listed for October 12 at CAT. The HC thus dismissed the petition of UT Administration.
The CAT had earlier issued a notice to the Chandigarh Administration, along with the stay order, on Professor Bagga’s application filed through her counsel. A professor in the College of Architecture, Bagga, had also sought directions to allow her to continue as the principal till regular appointment, being the senior most professor with PhD and fully qualified and eligible to hold the post. Directions were also sought to fill the principal’s post on a permanent basis in a time-bound manner.
Appearing on Bagga’s behalf, Seth had contended that his client was given the additional charge on September 21, 2017, being senior most faculty member. He contended that vague and frivolous complaints were made against her in the past by parties with vested interests. | https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/chandigarh-administration-withdraws-its-hc-plea-against-cat-order-8194608/ | 2022-10-07T05:11:54 | en | 0.984858 |
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BEAUMONT, Texas — Week 7 of the high school football season got an early start for our area with a pair of games being played in Beaumont.
In 21-6A West Brook welcomed Humble to Beaumont ISD Memorial Stadium for homecoming.
After a scoreless first quarter, the Bruins and Wildcats traded blows with Humble taking a 17-13 into halftime following a filed goal as time expired.
The Wildcats came out firing in the second half with 21 unanswered points to build a commanding 38-13 lead in front of the West Brook faithful.
Chuck Langston's team battled until the end cutting the lead down to three in the final seconds before failing to recover an onside kick.
With the loss West Brook drops to (0-6, 0-3) while Humble improves to (3-3, 1-2).
The Bruins will travel to top ranked North Shore next Friday to face the Mustangs. Humble will return to Turner Stadium to face crosstown rival Atascocita Thursday.
Legacy Christian 64 Faith West 19
Across town the Legacy Christian Warriors snapped their two game losing streak with a convincing 64-19 win over Faith West in TAPPS 6-Man DII-5 play.
The victory moves LCA above the .500 mark for the season at (4-2) and also gives the Warriors a (1-2) district record. They'll travel to Bryan next week to face Allen Academy.
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A crowd of women, elderly and children waiting at the alighting points; jammed stretches as the entire IT Park route to the Sukhna Lake was closed to commuters bringing the traffic at the Madhya Marg road to a halt; normal bus service hit — the much talked-about air show not just got fervour of a national festival here in Chandigarh but also inconvenienced people.
Taking a day off from work, people not just from the City Beautiful but also other neighbouring states turned out in huge numbers to witness the air show at the Sukhna Lake. Families in groups, couples, children as young as three years old — all turned up to wait at the alighting points to board the CTU buses to be part of the show.
At the same time, the show caused heavy traffic inconvenience during the day. The entire route had been closed for the commuters and diversions caused heavy traffic chaos on city roads, leaving work of many people affected.
The alternative route from Panchkula to Chandigarh — the IT park one — that leads to the Sector 26 light point near St Kabir School and then the Raj Bhawan was all closed for the general public except the buses meant to ferry visitors. This route is the one which many commuters prefer instead of the main Madhya Marg but during noon hours, they had to face inconvenience and had to sit in long jams.
This route usually takes sufficient volume of traffic from the Madhya Marg or the main arterial roads on normal days. Even those coming from Chandigarh to Panchkula, including those who work at Haryana government offices, had to face a tough time as they had to come via Madhya Marg which saw heavy traffic than usual.
Not just this, an ambulance was stuck at Sector 26 light point and the situation was such that the attendants had to get down to walk to the policemen at a distance requesting them to ease the congestion as they had a patient. It was then that the police tried easing out the congestion so as to make way for the ambulance.
Normal CTU bus service hit
It was a day many visitors looked forward to but at the same time there was another side to it — that of inconvenience. As 358 CTU buses that ply in the Tricity were all pressed into service to bring visitors to the air show, the normal CTU service left many commuters inconvenienced.
Many government schoolchildren who take CTU buses to reach their schools got the bus service during morning before 10.30 am but were looking for alternative conveyance as the buses did not ply after that. The CTU buses were to be in service of air show visitors from 10.30 am to 8 pm.
“I have to take an auto-rickshaw because my bus didn’t come and I got to know that the bus service is affected today because of the air show. And due to no bus service, the other public transport drivers are charging slightly more,” said Akanksha, a student of Class 9 of a government school.
Few children were seen standing near their bus stops during the afternoon hours unaware of the fact that the CTU bus service won’t be there now.
Chanderwati, a resident of Manimajra who had to visit PGI to show her ailing mother, was waiting for a CTU bus at the Manimajra bus stop but did not know that the bus service won’t ply. She said, “People here are now telling me that bus service won’t be there today. I will see if I can take an auto.”
People take the day off to witness show
Lawyer couple — Paarth Gupta and Neha Gupta — were seen patiently waiting in the queue to sit on the CTU bus. They are residents of Sector 5.
“Only the day before we booked our slot. In fact, we used to see from the roof of our house when the practice would go on and that is what excited us to come to see the show. Both my husband and I have postponed our work commitments to see the show,” Neha said.
Adheesh Malhotra, a resident of Panchkula who works at a firm, said that he had specially informed his office about his absence from the work due to the air show.
“It is a great opportunity for all of us to witness the Indian Air Force display their skills and their equipment and it’s going to be very nice. I have specially taken a day off from work,” he added.
Ajay Kumar, who works as an accounts officer, came with his family of four to see the air show. A resident of Kishangarh, he said, “In fact, my senior is also coming to see this show. He was kind enough to allow me off for today.”
At alighting points, children with dreams to fly high
At the alighting point near IT Park, the air show had inspired the children to an extent that aspirations to become a fighter pilot drove them there to witness the show.
Garima, a 16-year-old who wants to prepare for the CDS, came from Kishangarh with her entire family, including her 75-year-old grandfather to see the air show.
“In fact, for the last few days we had been seeing fighter jets in the skies rehearsing and we found it really enthralling. So we all were looking forward to this air show. The moment, the app opened for we people, we immediately booked our slots,” Garima said.
Four-year-old Ayaan was there with his parents to board the CTU bus that was to ferry them to the lake. At 12 noon right under the sunny sky, he patiently waited to witness the flying skills of the aviators. His mother is a teacher at a private school who had taken a day off from work, especially for the show.
For some it was ‘technical’
Officials were deployed at the CTU buses to check entries through the QR code. Only after that, they were allowing people to board the buses. The respective buses marked as AL 1, AL2, AL3…were making rounds to the lake and then back to their point from where the visitors have to be picked up. Everyone was given the time slot to alight between 12 and 1.
Some people had to face inconvenience as few of them brought their families thinking the pass issued to the individual was valid for the entire family. A resident was seen pleading with the officials to allow his wife and son as well to enter. However, the officials did not allow.
The police manning the parking lots from where the people had to board the bus was not allowing anyone not possessing the entry pass to enter the parking lot.
A disabled faces inconvenience
A physically disabled person faced inconvenience as he was not allowed to get to the air show venue in his four-wheeler as he was not having parking sticker. He was stopped at a naka near Sukhna Lake. A DSP rank officer was present at the spot. | https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/chandigarh/thrilling-air-show-gives-wings-to-many-dreams-8194600/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:00 | en | 0.989939 |
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Friday said that the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) and Enforcement Directorate (ED) has conducted 500 raids and more than 300 officers have been working 24×7 to find evidence against Deputy CM Manish Sisodia for the last three months. “They cannot find anything because he has done nothing wrong,” said the CM.
The reaction came after the ED carried out multiple searches at various locations in Delhi, Punjab and Hyderabad in connection with the now-scrapped Delhi Liquor Policy 2021-22.
500 से ज़्यादा रेड, 3 महीनों से CBI/ED के 300 से ज़्यादा अधिकारी 24 घंटे लगे हुए हैं- एक मनीष सिसोदिया के ख़िलाफ़ सबूत ढूँढने के लिए। कुछ नहीं मिल रहा। क्योंकि कुछ किया ही नहीं
अपनी गंदी राजनीति के लिए इतने अधिकारियों का समय बर्बाद किया जा रहा है। ऐसे देश कैसे तरक़्क़ी करेगा? https://t.co/VN3AMc6TUd
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 7, 2022
“More than 500 raids, for the 3 months more than 300 ED/CBI officers are working 24 hours to find evidence against Manish Sisodia. They could find nothing because nothing was done. Time of many officers is being wasted for their dirty politics. How will the country progress like this?” Kejriwal tweeted.
Deputy CM Manish Sisodia is among the 15 accused mentioned in the FIR filed against alleged corruption in the formulation and implementation of the Delhi Liquor Policy 2021-22.
In July, raids were also conducted at Sisodia’s Mathura Road residence by the CBI. Besides, his bank locker was also raided and people in his village were also questioned by the investigating agencies to find out if he had bought any land.
Recently, AAP communication in-charge Vijay Nair was also arrested in connection with the liquor policy case.
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The Enforcement Directorate (ED) is conducting searches at 35 locations across Delhi, Chandigarh and Hyderabad on Friday in connection with its money laundering probe into the Delhi government’s liquor policy.
The raids, sources said, are being conducted on premises associated with vendors, distributors and alleged middlemen involved in the liquor business in the national capital under the now-scrapped liquor policy.
The development comes days after the ED arrested Sameer Mahendru of Indospirit for his alleged role in irregularities associated with the Delhi liquor policy. The ED has earlier conducted two major searches in which 75 locations were searched. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) has earlier arrested Vijay Nair, current communications in-charge of the Aam Aadmi Party, in connection with the case.
The ED registered a case of money laundering in the matter in the first week of September based on a CBI FIR against Delhi Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia and 14 others.
The CBI FIR had stated: “Praveen Kumar Rai, Director, MHA…has conveyed directions of competent authority for enquiry into the matter of irregularities in framing and implementation of the excise policy of GNCTD of Delhi for the year 2021-22 by Central Bureau of Investigation. He has also forwarded a letter of L-G Vinai Kumar Saxena alleging irregularities in framing and implementation of the excise policy. The OM is enclosed herewith, which discloses that Manish Sisodia, Deputy CM; Arava Gopi Krishna, then Commissioner (Excise); Anand Tiwari, then Deputy Commissioner (Excise); and Pankaj Bhatnagar, Assistant Commissioner (Excise) were instrumental in recommending and taking decisions pertaining to excise policy for the year 2021-22 without approval of competent authority with an intention to extend undue favours to the licencees post tender.”
500 से ज़्यादा रेड, 3 महीनों से CBI/ED के 300 से ज़्यादा अधिकारी 24 घंटे लगे हुए हैं- एक मनीष सिसोदिया के ख़िलाफ़ सबूत ढूँढने के लिए। कुछ नहीं मिल रहा। क्योंकि कुछ किया ही नहीं
अपनी गंदी राजनीति के लिए इतने अधिकारियों का समय बर्बाद किया जा रहा है। ऐसे देश कैसे तरक़्क़ी करेगा? https://t.co/VN3AMc6TUd
— Arvind Kejriwal (@ArvindKejriwal) October 7, 2022
“Apart from the above, reliable sources have revealed that Vijay Nair, former CEO of Only Much Louder, an entertainment and event management company; Manoj Rai, ex-employee of Pernod Ricard; Amandeep Dhal, owner of Brindco Spirits; and Sameer Mahendru, owner of Indospirit, are actively involved in irregularities in framing and implementation of excise policy,” the CBI said in its FIR.
“Source further revealed that some of the L-1 licence holders are issuing credit notes to retail vendors with an ab-initio intention to divert the funds as undue pecuniary advantage to public servants. In furtherance to this, they are showing false entries in their books of accounts to keep their record straight,” the FIR said.
“Source further revealed that Amit Arora, director of Buddy Retail Pvt Limited, Gurgaon; Dinesh Arora and Arjun Pandey are close associates of Manish Sisodia and are actively involved in managing and diverting the undue pecuniary advantage collected from liquor licensees to accused public servants. Source further revealed that Sameer Mahendru, MD, Indospirit, has transferred an amount of one crore to the account of Radha Industries. Radha Industries is being managed by Dinesh Arora. Source further revealed that Arun Ramchandra Pillai used to collect undue pecuniary advantage from Sameer Mahendru for onward transmission to accused public servant through Vijay Nair,” it added.
The FIR also said that Arjun Pandey collected about Rs 2 to 4 crore from Mahendru on behalf of Nair.
“Source has further informed that Mahadev Liquors, a proprietorship firm, was granted L-1 licence. Sunny Marwah is the authorised signatory of the firm. He is also director in companies/firms being managed by family of late Ponty Chadha. Source has informed that Sunny Marwah is in close contact with accused public servants and has been regularly giving undue pecuniary advantage to them,” the CBI’s FIR alleged. | https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/delhi/delhi-excise-policy-ed-conducts-raids-35-locations-8194649/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:12 | en | 0.922605 |
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Telangana Chief Minister K. Chandrasekhar Rao, whose 22-year-old Telangana Rashtra Samithi (TRS) has been rechristened as Bharat Rashtra Samithi (BRS), announced to hold a Dalit Conclave soon in Hyderabad “with Dalit brothers from all over the country”, a statement from his office said.
The Chief Minister announced the passing of a unanimous resolution for the party’s name change at their general body meeting Wednesday. Apart from Janata Dal (Secular) leader HD Kumaraswamy and his 20 MLAs, Tamil Nadu MP and Viduthalai Chiruthaigal Katchi (VCK) chief Thirumavalavan were present on the occasion. Rao, also known as KCR, said former Uttar Pradesh chief minister Akhilesh Yadav and Bihar Deputy Chief Minister Tejashwi Yadav were to attend Wednesday’s meeting but were dissuaded given their situations.
One of the key points during KCR’s address was his pet scheme ‘Dalit Bandhu’, which offers one-time financial aid of Rs 10 lakh to the Dalit families without any collateral.
The VCK chief met KCR again Thursday at the latter’s official residence Pragathi Bhavan and commended him on the pro-Dalit schemes that he believed would be implemented nationwide.
“The MP appreciated the Telangana government for introducing numerous schemes for Dalit empowerment and no state is implementing such a huge number of programmes in the country,” the statement said.
During Wednesday’s address, KCR had said that it was “just an internal meeting” to change the name of the party.
“They (Akhilesh and Tejaswi) will be invited to the launching function of the party. Leaders of many parties across the country are coming forward to move with us,” he said. KCR said that discussions were held with the economists and experts from various fields, adding their advice was taken while forming the BRS.
“As the CM of Telangana, I will travel all over the country. No one should have any doubts about this. Radiant India needs to be made. India will grow better than America If the resources in the country are used at optimum level. We still have a good time. We will expand across the country,” he said. KCR said Maharashtra will be the first state to start the activities of the BRS. “The national party’s affiliated farmer association will be started from Maharashtra first,” he said.
Hinting at the direction the BRS is set to take, KCR said: “We will move ahead through Dalit movement, peasant movement and tribal movement by taking these issues as the main agenda. We will remove many socio-political disorders in the country.” | https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/hyderabad/bharat-rashtra-samithi-to-convene-dalit-conclave-in-hyderabad-kcr-8194708/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:18 | en | 0.975758 |
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As many as 13 pilgrims were injured after the pick-up truck they were travelling turned on its side in Pune’s Shindawane Ghat area on Thursday afternoon. According to officials, the truck had 22 pilgrims returning from Jejuri temple in Pune.
Officials at Loni Kalbhor police station said the accident took place around 4.30 pm on a slope in Shindawane Ghat area located around 40 kilometres from Pune city. The primary probe suggests that the driver lost control of the vehicle there, Senior Inspector Dattatrat Chavan, in-charge of Loni Kalbhor police station, said.
“13 of the passengers who were travelling in the carriage area of the pickup truck sustained injuries. All the injured persons are receiving treatment at a local hospital. None of their injuries is serious in nature.” added Chavan. | https://indianexpress.com/article/cities/pune/pune-13-pilgrims-injured-as-pick-up-truck-turns-on-its-side-8194621/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:24 | en | 0.986291 |
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MHT CET 2022: The State Common Entrance Test Cell, Maharashtra will today release the provisional allotment list for MHT CET 2022. Candidates can find the list at the official MHT CET website — cetcell.mahacet.org.
Candidates have to participate in the counselling process to be considered for admission based on MHT CET 2022 result.
This year, the MHT CET 2022 exam for PCM group was conducted between August 5 and August 11, and the PCB group exams were successfully held from August 12 till August 20 in an online mode as a Computer Based Test (CBT).
MHT CET 2022: How to check provisional allotment list
Step 1: Visit the official MHT CET website — cetcell.mahacet.org.
Step 2: Click on the link for provisional allotment list available on the home page.
Step 3: Key in your application number and date of birth to log in, if needed.
Step 4: The list will be available on the screen.
Step 5: Download and save the list for future reference.
This year, in the PCM group, this year, a total 13 students have scored 100 percentile and 14 candidates have earned the perfect score in the PCB group.
A total of 605944 (282070 in PCM and 323874 in PCB group) candidates registered for the MHT CET exam, which was much higher than last year’s number of registrations (517132). Out of 605944, 467379 (231264 in PCM and 236115 in PCB group) candidates appeared for the exams this year. | https://indianexpress.com/article/education/ht-cet-2022-provisional-allotment-list-released-steps-to-check-cetcell-mahacet-org-8193749/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:30 | en | 0.923218 |
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KCET 2022: The Karnataka Examinations Authority (KEA) today (October 7) will soon start the Karnataka Common Entrance Test (KCET 2022) web option entry in an online process. Candidates will now have to visit the official website — kea.kar.nic.in — to complete the KCET 2022 web option entry round 1.
Candidates who have qualified under KCET results are eligible for the counselling and seat allotment process have time till October 11 to complete their web option entry process.
After this, the KCET mock allotment 2022 will take place on October 13. After that, the provision to change option for round 1 will be open till October 15 and the KCET seat allotment round 1 will be displayed on October 17.
It is advised that candidates should choose as many as possible to ensure they have increased chances of admission into KCET participating institutes. The final allotment lists will be prepared on the basis of the rank secured in the CET exam, candidate’s category, seat availability and choices locked by the students.
Candidates should download and save their provisional KCET allotment letter as they will be asked to carry it with them for admission confirmation when they reach their allotted institute. According to the official schedule, the last date of reporting at college is October 22 by 5:30 pm.
This year, the KCET exam was conducted on June 16, 17 and 18. A total of 2,16,559 candidates had applied out of which 2,10,829 candidates appeared for the test. | https://indianexpress.com/article/education/kcet-2022-web-option-entry-begins-at-at-kea-kar-nic-in-check-key-dates-8193917/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:36 | en | 0.951212 |
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The National Council of Educational Research and Training (NCERT) today announced that the National Talent Search Examination (NTSE) has been stalled till further orders.
According to the official notice by the NCERT, NTSE was approved only till March 31, 2021, and since it has not been approved after that, the scheme has been stalled till further notice.
“The National Talent Search Scheme is a central sector scheme fully funded by Ministry of Education (MOE) Government of India (Gol). NCERT is an implementing agency for NTS scheme. The Scheme was approved till 31st March, 2021. The further implementation of the scheme in its present form has not been approved and has been stalled till further orders.. This is for the information of all concerned,” the official notice reads.
Recently, the NTSE 2021 was conducted on October 24, 2021 at 68 exam centres all over the country and the final result was released on the official NCERT website — ncert.nic.in — on February 18. Provision result and OMR sheet were released by the Council on February 9, 2022 through the official NCERT website.
NTSE is a scholarship programme fully funded by Ministry of Education (MOE) Government of India (Gol) and hosted by the NCERT. The scholarship exam is conducted annually in two stages — stage 1 (state level) and stage 2 (national level). While the first stage is conducted by states, the second stage is hosted by NCERT. | https://indianexpress.com/article/education/ncert-cancels-national-talent-search-examination-ntse-over-approval-issues-ncert-nic-in-8194612/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:43 | en | 0.973865 |
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Earlier this week, Shah Rukh Khan’s children — Aryan and Suhana — attended a special screening for the new Amazon Prime Video movie Maja Ma, starring Madhuri Dixit. Several photos and videos of the star-kids were shared online, but one video, which apparently showed Aryan walking past actor Ananya Panday, caught the attention of fans.
Ananya and Suhana are childhood friends, and Ananya has often spoken about how close she is with Suhana and her family. In fact, in a recent appearance on Koffee with Karan, Ananya admitted that she had a crush on Aryan while growing up.
The video in question shows Aryan walking right past Ananya, who appeared to be waiting for somebody. “I think he doesn’t like social interaction,” one fan commented on a post carrying the video. “Wo ghar par hi mil lete hai unhe bahar ja kar b bat krne ki kya need hai yaar (They can meet at home, why would they hang out with each other at an event)?” another person noted.
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A separate video showed Aryan walking past Ananya again. This time, he strolled in from behind her. “Agr Ananya se baat kr leta toh sabhi bolte dono ke beech kuch chl rha hai (If they were spotted together, people would’ve said something is going on between them),” one fan commented on this video.
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Ananya appeared on Koffee with Karan alongside her Liger co-star Vijay Deverakonda. While Karan dropped numerous hints over the course of the season about Ananya and Vijay having had a thing for each other, he asked her if she ever had a crush on Aryan. “Yeah, he is cute. I had a crush on Aryan,” she said. Karan asked a follow-up question: “Why did it not materialise?” Ananya said, “Ask him.” She admitted that if they actually dated, ‘it would be like a movie’.
Ananya made her debut with Student of the Year 2, and has appeared in Gehraiyaan and Liger this year. Aryan is reportedly gearing up to make his debut as a writer in the film industry, while Suhana will make her acting debut in Zoya Akhtar’s The Archies. | https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/bollywood/aryan-khan-ignore-ananya-panday-videos-8194693/ | 2022-10-07T05:12:49 | en | 0.973702 |
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Actor Sunil Lahri, who played Lakshman in Ramanand Sagar’s television adaptation of the Ramayana, has commented on the recently released teaser for Adipurush. The film is a CGI-heavy updation of the mythological epic. Its teaser has drawn severe criticism for poor visuals and inauthentic character designs.
Unlike most others, including his Ramayan co-star Dipika Chikhlia, Sunil Lahri said that audiences must wait to watch the full film, or at least the trailer, before passing judgement. He also said that many cultures from around the world have their own representations of Hindu gods.
He told DNA, “After watching the teaser, at present, my views are neutral. It’s neither entirely positive, nor it’s totally negative. They have just introduced the characters and their personalities. So till now, they haven’t conveyed anything that really irked me. I think ki zabadasti ki controversy create ki ja rahi hai… to popularise the film.”
He did, however, admit that he found all the characters’ looks to be ‘ajeeb (strange)’. But he admitted that unlike historical figures, there’s no frame of reference to design these ‘idols’, who can be differentiated in images mostly through their ornaments and weapons, and not by their faces. “We all have an image set in our minds, and we have grown up watching a particular reference to Lord Ram all these years. So, they have tried to break the conventional image of Raavan. This is an individual take of a creative person, and as an artist, everyone has a right to present their interpretation of a story,” he said.
After a surprisingly level-headed take on the controversy, which is only increasing with every passing day, Suni Lahri added, “Itna main zaroor kehna chahuga makers aur audiences ko, ki ‘nonsense will not be tolerated anymore in this country.’ Humari jo bhavnaye hai, humare jo dharam se related hai, jinki hum pooja karte hai, aaradhyan maante hai. Unke prati koi bhi negativity ki, toh ab desh bardasht nahi karega. Unhone phele bhi dikha diya, aage bhi yehi hoga. Yeh us zaamane ka Bharat nahi raha, ab united ho gaye hai log, and I think this unity is positive and beneficial for the country (I will say this, the audience isn’t going to tolerate nonsense in this country anymore, not against our faith, or the gods we pray to. The audience has already shown what it is capable of, and it will do so again. This is the new India, people are united now).”
Previously, Dipika Chikhlia had a stronger opinion on the teaser. She told AajTak, “I don’t associate Ramayan with VFX, that’s my personal take on this.”
In addition to the criticism that the film has attracted on creative grounds, several politicians have also called for boycotts citing an inaccurate and inauthentic portrayal of gods. Director Om Raut told indianexpress.com that he was ‘disheartened’ by the response to the teaser, ‘but not surprised’. He added, “The film is made for a larger medium—the big screen. You can cut it down to some extent but can’t bring it down to a mobile phone.”
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Rashmika Mandanna, who is making her Hindi film debut with Vikas Bahl’s Goodbye, recently spoke about how her parents had a very different perception about the film industry and how she had to draw a line between her family and work life. The Pushpa actor shared that her parents had to learn it the “hard way” that they have no control over how Rashmika’s career was shaping up.
In a chat with Bollywood Bubble, Rashmika shared, “There was a point where my mom thought that industry was something which we had control over. Whatever we want to do, we can do in the industry and she had to learn it the hard way that that wasn’t right. No matter what your family does, you’re an actor, you’re an artist, you’re the face so that will come on you.”
Rashmika shared that after a few struggles in trying to balance it all she figured out that since her parents were not from the film industry, they should not involve themselves in her work affairs. “Now we have figured that you are not from the industry so don’t involve yourself in the industry because you can’t take so much. You are from Coorg, we don’t have so much of a broad mind. You guys live your life, this is your life, don’t let this go. You live a comfortable happy life. Let me do my thing because I am an artist. This is my life, my journey,” she said.
Rashmika said that she had to work her way towards making her parents understand that they could not control her life. “Let me make my own choices, don’t try to control my life because the world is not the way you think it is. It’s so much bigger, so much harder. So I had to give that lesson being a daughter, and being an artist.” The Sita Ramam actor said that her family lives in a small community in Coorg and have largely lived a sheltered life so they were not prepared for the harsh reality of showbusiness. She added, “It was a journey and a lesson for all of us.”
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Brad Pitt’s lawyer said Thursday that he will continue to respond in court to allegations from ex-wife Angelina Jolie that he abused her and choked one of their children on a flight in 2016, saying he has taken responsibility for his actual actions but not aspects of her story that are not true.
“Brad has owned everything he’s responsible for from day one — unlike the other side — but he’s not going to own anything he didn’t do,” Pitt’s lawyer, Anne Kiley, said in a statement. “He has been on the receiving end of every type of personal attack and misrepresentation.”
The statement came in response to a public court filing from Jolie on Tuesday that said he grabbed her by the head and shook her, then choked one of their six children and struck another when they tried to defend her. The filing came in a legal fight over a French winery the two co-owned.
Kiley’s did not specify which parts of Jolie’s account Pitt denies, and which he takes responsibility for, and representatives had no further comment when asked.
The FBI and the Los Angeles County Department of Children and Family Services investigated the allegations, but decided to take no action against Pitt. They were also aired in testimony at the couple’s divorce trial, after which a judge found Jolie and Pitt should have 50-50 custody, though that result was nullified when the judge was disqualified by an appeals court.
“Thankfully, the various public authorities the other side has tried to use against him over the past six years have made their own independent decisions,” Kiley’s statement said. “Brad will continue to respond in court as he has consistently done.”
Jolie representatives had no immediate on-the-record comment.
Neither Pitt nor Jolie has spoken publicly about what happened on the flight, though she has publicly advocated for strengthening domestic laws and has revisited the abuse allegations through legal moves such as Tuesday’s cross-complaint to a lawsuit Pitt filed over the home and winery in France, which they were leaving for Los Angeles on a private flight when the incidents occurred.
“Pitt lunged at his own child and Jolie grabbed him from behind to stop him. To get Jolie off his back, Pitt threw himself backwards into the airplane’s seats injuring Jolie’s back and elbow,” Jolie’s court filing said. “The children rushed in and all bravely tried to protect each other. Before it was over, Pitt choked one of the children and struck another in the face.”
The FBI investigation began in the days that followed, and a report that included many of the same details as Jolie’s latest court filing was made public in heavily redacted form earlier this year.
The FBI said at the time that it had reviewed the circumstances and would not investigate further, and federal prosecutors said they opted not to pursue criminal charges.
The 58-year-old Oscar-winning actor Pitt and the 47-year-old Oscar-winning actor and director Jolie were among Hollywood’s most prominent couples for 12 years.
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Director Mani Ratnam’s period epic Ponniyin Selvan: I has delivered the best performance ever for a Tamil film in its first week, according to trade analyst Ramesh Bala. This means that the film has outperformed the likes of Vikram and Bigil. The film has crossed several significant milestones already, including passing the Rs 300 crore mark at the global box office. By doing so, PS: I has joined a short list of Tamil films to have made more than Rs 300.
It is only the fifth Tamil film ever to cross this milestone. The other movies on this list include 2.0, Kabali, Enthiran and Vikram. Three of those films star Rajinikanth, while Vikram featured Kamal Haasan in the lead role. PS: I also boasts a stellar star cast that includes Karthi, Vikram, Aishwarya Rai Bachchan, Jayam Ravi, Trisha, and others.
#PS1 – All-Time No.1 First Week Grosser in TN.. 🔥
— Ramesh Bala (@rameshlaus) October 7, 2022
The film is estimated to have made around Rs 11.5 crore across India on Thursday, according to Sacnilk. In Tamil Nadu, the overall collections stand at over Rs 130 crore, with occupancy on day seven at over 46%. So far, its six-day worldwide collection breakdown is: Day 1 – Rs 78.29 cr, Day 2 – Rs 60.16 cr, Day 3 – Rs 64.42 cr, Day 4 – Rs 25.37 cr, Day 5 – Rs 30.21 cr, Day 6 – Rs 29.40 cr.
The film is also performing exceedingly well overseas, with more than $4.6 million in the US, over $1.7 million in its opening weekend in the UAE. It is also the first Tamil film ever to make more than £1 million in the UK.
PS: I is based on the epic five-part novel by Kalki. The film has received positive reviews. The Indian Express’ Kirubhakar Purushotaman wrote that Mani Ratnam retains the book’s flavour ‘and neither intellectualises it nor dumbs it down’ | https://indianexpress.com/article/entertainment/tamil/ponniyin-selvan-i-box-office-collection-day-7-mani-ratnam-top-first-week-grosser-in-tamil-nadu-8194560/ | 2022-10-07T05:13:13 | en | 0.960248 |
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Prime Minister Narendra Modi has asked IAS officers to adopt out of the box thinking and a holistic approach in their work, while noting that the focus of governance has shifted outside Delhi to all regions of the country.
Addressing officers of the 2020 batch in the concluding session of the Assistant Secretary Programme, 2022, Modi said on Thursday that they have the opportunity to serve the country during the ‘Amrit Kaal’ and help realise the ‘Panch Pran’.
They have a key role in ensuring that the target of a developed India is achieved in the ‘Amrit Kaal’, he said.
The prime minister has termed the period in the run up to the 100th anniversary of India’s Independence in 2047 as ‘Amrit Kaal’ and had spelt out ‘Panch Pran’ (five pledges) for the duration, including making India a developed country.
In his address, Modi discussed the importance of innovation and how it has become a collective effort and part of work culture in the country, according to a statement.
He noted that the number of startups in the country has witnessed a significant jump in the last few years, and that it has been made possible due to several ministries working as a team through a “whole of government” approach.
Asserting that the focus of the governance has shifted outside Delhi, he gave examples of several important schemes being launched from places outside the national capital.
He suggested that officers develop an understanding of the local culture of the area of work and strengthen their connection with local people at the ground level.
The prime minister asked them to focus on “One District One Product” and explore the opportunities of exporting products of their district.
He also asked the officers to prepare their action plan for the aspirational districts programme.
Speaking about MGNREGA, Modi highlighted the requirement of implementing the scheme in a more effective manner. He also underlined about the significance of people’s participation and said that this approach can play a key role in tackling malnutrition.
Highlighting the success of the Jan Dhan Yojana, he talked about the importance of digital economy and exhorted the officers to try to connect people across villages with digital economy and UPI.
Underscoring the importance of service to the nation, he stressed on the significance of performing one’s duties, adding that the mindset of ‘Rajpath’ has now changed to the sentiments of ‘Kartavya Path’, a reference to the change in the name of a key avenue in the Central Vista.
The statement said eight presentations were made by these assistant secretaries to the prime minister, including on the tool for improved monitoring of nutrition campaign, enabling multi-lingual voice based digital access through ‘Bhashini’ and corporate data management among others. | https://indianexpress.com/article/india/governance-focus-shifted-delhi-adopt-holistic-approach-pm-modi-ias-officers-8194762/ | 2022-10-07T05:13:19 | en | 0.96923 |
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Friday, Oct 07, 2022
The government has written to Chief Justice of India Uday Umesh Lalit to name his successor, sources said on Friday.
The letter was sent this morning, they said.
As part of the procedure, the law minister writes to the CJI to name his or her successor. Justice Lalit retires as the CJI on November 8.
Justice D Y Chandrachud is the senior-most judge after the CJI.
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The Centre has set up a tribunal comprising Delhi High Court judge Dinesh Kumar Sharma to adjudicate whether sufficient grounds were available for declaring the Popular Front of India (PFI) and eight associate groups as unlawful.
The Union home ministry issued a notification on Thursday announcing the formation of the tribunal.
“The Central Government hereby constitutes an Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Tribunal consisting of Justice Dinesh Kumar Sharma, High Court of Delhi, for the purpose of adjudicating whether or not there is sufficient cause for declaring the Popular Front of India and its associates or affiliates or fronts including Rehab India Foundation (RIF), Campus Front of India (CFI), All India Imams Council (AIIC), National Confederation of Human Rights Organization (NCHRO), National Women’s Front, Junior Front, Empower India Foundation and Rehab Foundation, Kerala as unlawful association,” the notification said.
Earlier, the Department of Justice in the Ministry of Law had sent a communication conveying that Justice Sharma will head the tribunal.
Once an organisation is banned under the UAPA, a tribunal is set up by the government to adjudicate whether there is sufficient ground for the decision.
According to the procedure, the home ministry requests the law ministry to name a sitting judge of high court as presiding officer of the tribunal.
The law minister then requests the chief justice of the high court concerned to recommend a judge to head the tribunal.
The PFI and its associates were banned by the government for five years under the UAPA on September 28, accusing them of having “links” with global terror groups like the ISIS.
Ban on these organisations followed a number of actions against them including seizure of properties, freezing of bank accounts and complete prohibition of normal activities.
The PFI was accused of multiple cases of violent protests in different parts of the country against the Citizenship Amendment Act (CAA), alleged forced conversions, radicalisation of Muslim youths, money laundering and maintaining links with banned groups.
It was also accused of cold-blooded killings of persons associated with organisations espousing the other faiths, collection of explosives to target prominent people and places, support to Islamic State, and destruction of public property. | https://indianexpress.com/article/india/tribunal-adjudicate-pfi-ban-justified-not-8194599/ | 2022-10-07T05:13:31 | en | 0.943124 |
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Being a parent comes with numerous responsibilities, which can often result in self-care taking a backseat. But not for Gul Panag. The actor, who swears by living an active and healthy life, and has turned her workouts into a bonding time with her son, Nihal. So, it was not surprising to see Gul and Nihal acing Chakrasana —also known as Wheel Pose — in her recent Instagram post, making a case for fitness can also be fun.
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“They do as you do. Not as you say.🤦🏻♀️,” Gul captioned the adorable post, which had two pictures of Nihal and her enjoying their fitness-cum-mother-son due time!
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If you too wish to perform Chakrasana, follow the below mentioned steps:
How to perform Chakrasana
* Lie flat on your back with your feet hip-width apart.
* Bend the knees with your feet placed on the ground close to your body.
* Bring your palms under your shoulders such that the fingers point towards the shoulders and the elbows are shoulder-width apart.
* Inhale and press your palms on the floor. Lift your shoulders and elbow, and your hips. Your feet should be pressed to the floor.
* Lift your body and roll your spine to resemble a semi-circular arch.
* Straighten your arms and legs as much as possible. Hold the position for a few seconds before returning to the starting position.
Recently, the actor also opened up about her daily workout routine. “Starting the week with a run. It helps me seize the day. And the week, psychologically,” she said in a detailed caption along with a mirror selfie.
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“I’m slowly working back, to restoring fitness by following my time-tested formula of balancing strength, endurance, and flexibility. In the course of the week, I do 2-3 days of strength (mix of traditional, plyometric, and HIIT), three days of running, and a day of yoga. On some days, I end up doing strength and endurance. On other days, I end up doing strength and flexibility. And other days I end up doing endurance and flexibility. Some days only endurance. Or strength or flexibility,” she added.
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Doctors at Fortis Hospital Vasant Kunj successfully treated a 40-year-old road accident victim from Iraq with cross-leg flap surgery – an over a century old surgical technique – as the newer and more sophisticated ones were not feasible due to the patient’s precarious condition.
The patient, who had undergone three unsuccessful surgeries in Iraq over eight months, was admitted with acute dislocation of the left knee joint and a severely infected, pus-oozing leg. A team of doctors led by Dr Dhananjay Gupta, Director, Orthopaedics & Joint Replacement Surgery and Dr Rashmi Taneja, Director, Plastic & Reconstructive Surgery, thoroughly evaluated the patient. Investigations revealed that the patient’s affected leg had no intact blood vessel due to multiple injuries, which is necessary for reconstructive surgeries currently in vogue. The doctors then decided to perform the cross-leg flap surgery, a technique first described in medical literature in 1854.
What is cross-leg flap surgery?
Typically, a flap surgery involves lifting tissue from a donor site and placing it on the recipient site with an intact blood supply. It was considered the gold standard for the reconstruction of soft tissue defects of the lower limb during its heydays. However, the technique fell into disuse with the advent of the highly sophisticated microvascular techniques, which enable doctors to join or repair damaged blood vessels or nerves.
Sharing more details, Dr Gupta said, “After much deliberation, we decided to adopt a complex, multi-step approach. Though the treatment spanned over five weeks, the outcome is satisfactory. At present, the patient’s leg is well covered with soft tissue and there is no evidence of infection. The patient has been asked to start walking and he is currently undergoing physio rehabilitation. We hope that once the fracture heals over a period of three months, he will be able to take his full weight on that leg. We have also planned for additional procedures in the future, which may be required.”
Dr Taneja said, “This case was challenging because the patient had severe infection and poor bone quality. He was hypertensive and diabetic too. The patient’s two legs had to overlap each other, and he had to be kept in that position for three weeks. So, placing it in a manner where there’s no pressure between the two feet and making sure that there is no bending of the flap while it is taking up the new circulation was challenging and required planning and of course cooperation of the patient. We initially thought of doing a microvascular free flap reconstruction, which involves taking muscle and skin along with the blood vessels from either the back or the abdomen but had to abandon the idea as there was no intact blood vessel in the patient’s leg.”
Why is it still considered a safe bet?
According to the US-based National Library of Medicine, “Cross-leg flaps remain a useful and highly reliable tool for the reconstruction of difficult wounds of the lower limb. It offers the possibility of salvaging limbs that are otherwise non-reconstructable. Cross-extremity flaps function as a nutrient flap for the distal limb even though the pedicle has been divided. It is a backup procedure in an urgent situation and supplies a large quantity of skin. Advantages of cross-leg flap include ease of dissection, versatility, shorter operating time, minimal donor site morbidity, and replacement of like tissue with little or no need for secondary revision. With its simplicity, reliability, absence of functional deficit, and good-quality coverage with only moderate aesthetic disadvantage, cross-leg flap finds a definite place in reconstructive trauma surgery. Therefore, we recommend its use for injuries unsuitable for local tissue transfer, when real microvascular expertise is not available or operating room time is restricted.” | https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/health-specials/doctors-cross-leg-flap-surgery-iraqi-road-accident-victim-fortis-8194707/ | 2022-10-07T05:13:44 | en | 0.965557 |
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Regular application of sunscreen is absolutely essential to protect the skin from the harmful ultraviolet rays that not just hasten the process of ageing but also put you at risk of skin cancer. However, for many, applying sunscreen can be a nightmare as it may lead to blisters, rashes, and redness, among other skin concerns.
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If you are experiencing these symptoms, too, chances are that you are allergic to sunscreen. “Sunscreen allergies are quite common, but how do you find out if you are allergic?” dermatologist Dr Geetika Mittal Gupta wrote, sharing what you should be looking out for upon applying sunscreen. Take a look.
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Here are some common symptoms of sunscreen allergy:
*Hives
*Puss-filled blisters
*Redness
*Itchiness
How can you prevent a sunscreen allergy?
To prevent your skin from experiencing these harsh symptoms of a sunscreen allergy, here are some tips suggested by the dermatologist.
*Do a patch test on your arm for at least 8 hours to see how the sunscreen feels on the skin.
*Opt for fragrance and dye-free sunscreens. Avoid PABA and benzophenone-2 and 3.
*Use only mineral sunscreen.
*Consult your doctor to pick the perfect sunscreen based on your skin type and allergies.
Dr Gupta advised against using DIY sunscreens as “they can cause further irritation and skin complications and provide minimum protection from the sun”.
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A medium-intensity IED exploded outside the residence of former MLA Khwairakpam Loken Singh in Imphal West district, partially damaging the gate, along with a street lamp next to it and a portion of the road, the police said.
Soon after the explosion on Thursday evening in Kwakeithel Takhellambam Leikai area, teams of Manipur Police and bomb experts arrived at the scene and conducted an inquiry.
No arrest has been made in connection with the incident thus far.
Local people claimed that the IED went off shortly after Singh was seen entering his residence.
Singh, who had unsuccessfully contested assembly elections earlier this year from Sagolband seat on a JD(U) ticket, told reporters that he had no enmity with anybody and demanded an immediate probe into the matter.
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Demanding reinstatement, agitating contractual teachers of state-run schools in Meghalaya, who lost their jobs two years ago, clashed with the police when they were stopped from trying to enter the secretariat in Shillong.
Over 800 contractual teachers were terminated two years back after they failed to clear the Meghalaya Teachers Eligibility Test (MTET), and have been protesting since under the banner of the Meghalaya Government Lower Primary Contractual Teachers’ Association (MGLPCTA).
The teachers on Thursday were holding demonstrations outside the main gate of the secretariat, demanding that they be given their jobs back, when the situation escalated, official sources said.
Police allegedly lathi-charged some of the protesters and hurled tear gas shells as they tried to enter the state secretariat building. The protesters were accompanied by their family members, including children, during the fracas. Among the agitators were many pregnant women.
The police action drew severe criticism from different social organisations, with the Khasi Students’ Union (KSU) seeking action against those responsible for issuing such an order.
Chief Secretary DP Wahlang wanted to meet the protesters but they turned down the offer, an official said.
MGLPCTA leader Birbor Riangtem said they have met Chief Minister Conrad K Sangma seven times to discuss their issue but to no avail.
“He even chased us away from his room. Therefore, we don’t want to meet the government as they will only fool us. Sangma had assured us that he would examine our demand but there has been no positive outcome even after two years,” he said.
Riangtem said they are not willing to meet the chief secretary as he had “also fooled us with his words”.
“Our clear message to the government is that if they want us to call off this agitation, they should come up with an order to reinstate our services,” he added.
Riangtem, who was injured in the melee, was accompanied by his two sons.
“My children want to go to school, but I have no job for two years, how will I provide education to them? That is why my family has come here to support me,” he said.
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Anastasia Piliavsky’s article entitled ‘Dear Indian Friends’ (IE, October 5) soliciting the support of the Indian people for Ukraine against Russian intervention is full of falsehoods and oversimplifications. She ignores the fact that the NATO dismemberment of Yugoslavia and the creation of Kosovo in 1999 demonstrated the weakness of international law and the UN. The big powers could get by within an international order that is essentially anarchic and where might is right. It was a humiliating experience for the Russian Federation as there was no Security Council resolution endorsing an action with a trumped-up charge of genocide. A relatively weak Russia realised that the US-led Western Alliance would treat it more as a defeated country than as an equal.
The Westernisation project that Boris Yeltsin and a young Vladimir Putin endorsed had a drastic course correction, the cornerstone of which was a reassertion of Russian greatness exemplified by Yeltsin’s angry remark that Russia was not Haiti. The initial euphoria of the Russians also evaporated and the nation moved towards adopting the Primakov doctrine that accepted Russia’s relative weakness, preparing itself with a long term-plan for resurrecting intricate alliance formation and taking cognisance of two invaluable assets that Russia enjoyed: Its huge nuclear arsenal and its veto power in the Security Council. The present unipolar world being inherently unstable, destabilising and aggressive, the emergence and consolidation of a multipolar world would be more just, peaceful and stable.
The suspicion of NATO being an aggressive organisation was strengthened by the former’s foray into the non-Western world. Its expansion up to the Russian border in phases, the regime changes attempted in Georgia and Ukraine and an open proclamation that both these countries would be made NATO members riled Russia. They led to the promulgation of the Russian red line with Moscow stating it would not tolerate any further NATO expansion.
Piliavsky is silent on the critical elements of this evolution. The EU expansion and the West’s encouragement and direct involvement in the pro-democracy movement in Ukraine, which began with the Orange Revolution in 2004 culminated in the illegal removal of a democratically-elected pro-Russian government. Putin considered the overthrow of a legitimate regime as crossing the red line. He immediately took control of Crimea which he thought — justifiably — would become a NATO naval base. This was the beginning of the Russian determination to create a buffer between NATO and Russia with Ukraine being neutral.
The Clinton administration’s policy of the eastward expansion of NATO, contrary to the firm commitment of the Bush administration, emboldened the George H W Bush Administration to attempt further consolidation of the Western Alliance. Alexander Grushko, Russia’s deputy foreign minister commented that “Georgia’s and Ukraine’s membership in the alliance is a huge strategic mistake which would have the worst serious consequences for Pan-European security.” Putin minced no words when stating that this would represent a “direct threat” to Russia.
Astonishingly, the US and its European allies ignored these Russian moves. Croatia and Albania became NATO members in 2009. Even the EU expansion continued.
Piliavsky forgets that Ukraine, being a huge landmass, is of great strategic importance to Russia and contrary to Western propaganda, any Russian leader would have done what Putin did on February 4. John J Mearsheimer comments, “Great powers are always sensitive to potential threats near their home territory.” The Monroe Doctrine and the Cuban missile crisis are good examples of such intolerance on the part of the US. The Russian reaction was predicted by George Kennan in 1998 when he said that NATO expansion was a “tragic mistake” and prophesied that “the Russians will gradually react quite adversely and will gradually reset their policies.”
Piliavsky conceals the fact that Ukraine, one of the poorest nations of Europe, is also one of the most corrupt nations in the world. Far from being a shining example of democracy, many nefarious acts are regularly performed here. There is a strong undercurrent of lingering fascistic instincts in an influential segment of the population which provides substantial support to populist and anti-Russian sentiments in Eastern Ukraine. The Ukrainian government did not implement the Minsk Agreement (2015), which envisaged a reasonable power-sharing arrangement which would include Russians and the Russian language as it is spoken by 30 per cent of the population. In 2019, the Ukrainian legislature, instead of taking steps towards resolution, reiterated its desire to be part of NATO.
It has often been said that whoever controls oil controls the world. This is vindicated by the fact that the US even approached highly sanctioned nations like Iran and Venezuela for oil to offset the sanctioning of Russia. Paradoxically, Germany and a few others in Europe refuse to sanction Russian oil and the rising prices of gas and petrol would largely offset the shrinking Russian economy to 7 per cent, much less than many advanced economies suffered during the Covid-19 pandemic.
Piliavsky’s article does not mention the fact that for the Russians, it is hard to swallow the genocide in Donztsk — 14,000 people were killed in the last eight years. This act is comparable to events that happened in Georgia 14 years ago. Georgia is not part of the bandwagon of sanctions against Russia. The Western double standards stand exposed by the earlier allegation of genocide in Yugoslavia and the creation of Kosovo. Neither action had UN sanction.
NATO in the Cold War days adhered to the First Strike Doctrine because of the imbalance in the conventional forces between the Warsaw Pact countries and NATO. But in the post-Cold War phase, when there were no such threats, the emergence of an offensive NATO beyond the shores of Europe in Afghanistan, Iraq, Libya and Syria led to security considerations for Russia. If this elementary demand was accepted, the war would have become avoidable.
Both Germany and France tried their best to avert the war but lacked the courage to veto the US project,. The long-term loss of Germany from sanctions would be severe as after years of distrust, Angela Merkel brought about a healthy trading relationship which benefited both and was crucial for Germany’s growth and central role in the EU. With a higher cost of inputs and increased defence expenditure, the German growth rate would suffer. In contrast, Russia’s loss would be minimal as both gas and wheat is likely to be diverted to an ever-growing Asian market.
Finland and Sweden may join NATO but it would not alter the balance of power in Europe. The overuse of sanctions and especially its use against Russia since 2014 has led to a self-reliant Russian economy that is 80 per cent self-sufficient in consumer goods and impressive technological advancements in the gas and oil sectors. It has also greatly benefited from Chinese cooperation enabling it to offset the impact of sanctions.
Significantly, the entire continents of Africa and South America have no role in the conflict. The close allies of the US, Saudi Arabia and UAE along with two major economies of South America, Mexico and Brazil, and South Africa along with India and China did not support the General Assembly resolution of the collective West and abstained from voting. Together they constitute 85 per cent of the world’s population. Piliavsky overlooks the destabilising and inherently conflictual aspect of a unipolar world. The expectation is that a post-Ukrainian war world would see a return to a firmly established multipolar world which would provide for a stable world order.
The writer retired as Professor of Political Science, Delhi University | https://indianexpress.com/article/opinion/columns/why-russia-isnt-the-villain-of-the-war-8194630/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:08 | en | 0.963292 |
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Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif on Thursday alleged that Imran Khan wanted Pakistan to face a similar situation like Sri Lanka and said the decisions of the previous government led by the cricketer-turned-politician was responsible for the current economic crisis.
In August, Pakistan took a sigh of relief as the International Monetary Fund (IMF) approved the revival of its Extended Fund Facility programme after which the cash-strapped country will receive the 7th and 8th tranche of USD 1.17 billion.
However, Sharif said the country was paying the price for the confusion created by the erstwhile regime headed by Khan.
“They made agreements with the IMF on their own and later ripped apart the conditions,” Sharif said while addressing a press conference on Thursday, adding: “The-then finance minister [Shaukat Tarin] created confusion.” Pakistan and the IMF had signed the USD 6 billion deal in July 2019 but the programme was derailed in January 2020 and restored briefly in March last year before again going off the track in June.
The present government which got power in April this year after toppling Khan’s government began an effort to revive the programme.
The global lender also approved to increase the loan size to around USD 7 billion and extend it till June 2023.
“Khan wanted Pakistan to face a similar situation like Sri Lanka,” Sharif alleged.
Sri Lanka is facing the worst economic crisis since independence in 1948, which has led to an acute shortage of essential items like food, medicine, cooking gas and fuel across the country.
The unprecedented protests led to the ouster of the powerful Rajapaksa family from power.
In September, the IMF came to the rescue of the bankrupt island nation, by providing a loan of about USD 2.9 billion over four years under a preliminary agreement.
Meanwhile, the cataclysmic floods that have displaced 33 million and killed over 1,700 has put further pressure on Pakistan’s sluggish economy.
The country’s teetering economy is facing a balance of payments crisis, a ballooning current account deficit, and inflation hitting an all-time high of 27 per cent.
Last month, the US unveiled a roll-over agreement to suspend payments of USD 132 million of Pakistan’s debt.
In August, New York-based rating agency S&P Global revised Pakistan’s long-term ratings from ‘stable’ to ‘negative’ given the spiralling inflation and tighter global financial conditions. | https://indianexpress.com/article/pakistan/imran-khan-pakistan-situation-sri-lanka-alleges-pak-pm-sharif-8194704/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:14 | en | 0.961666 |
Thanks for sticking it out with me through Nibali Week! I know I couldn’t stand to let this moment pass without going back over this amazing career, and I hope a few of you are similarly obsessed with such things. He really is (soon to be, was) one of the greatest entertainers we have seen in the sport of cycling since the new millennium.
The final race I want to call attention to as part of telling Nibali’s story was his victory in the 2016 Giro d’Italia. It was his last grand tour title, at age 31, after which Father Time and improving, younger competition made his struggles more profound. But before we can be done writing the story of his career, we have to take on the subject of suffering.
Nibali’s recent interview at Cycling News talked briefly about this race, and separately about his learning how to suffer as a young rider working in the Fassa Bortolo and Liquigas systems. In contrast to guys like Tadej Pogačar, Remco Evenepoel, Egan Bernal and the rest of the current crop of incredible young shooting stars, Nibali did not become an overnight success. Yes, he had early success and showed character by placing high in time trials at a young age, but it took years in the pro ranks before he was even told to race for himself in a grand tour. That ability to suffer was always there — hence the ITT results — but years of service drove that point home to where he was mentally tougher than most. Talent and toughness can be a little bit in conflict with each other, though in saying that I am not casting aspersions on the young guys named above. No, there are plenty of other super talented guys who never learned how to truly suffer and don’t warrant a mention in an article like this.
But anyway, Nibali certainly did learn to suffer, to fully commit himself, early and often, in part because his talent was such that he couldn’t win big races on that basis alone. As time went on, he learned the art of knowing when to go deepest, the art of patience and reading a race. So when things came to a head, if Nibali had the form, he was going to be there.
The Giro Win That Fell From Heaven
His final grand tour victory in 2016, best remembered for Dutch guys and snowbanks, was pure Nibali. Following his historic Tour victory in 2014, Nibali naturally went back to France to defend his title the next year but slumped out of competition in the first week before finding his footing again and attacking to a stage victory and some redemption by the race’s end, taking fourth place. The next year he returned to the Tour, as a rider of his stature does, but not before hedging his bets and racing the Giro first. He again started very slowly... after trying some longer crank arms, Nibali started to mysteriously lose time and by the end of the second time trial, an uphill race to Alpi di Siusi, he was nearly three minutes behind a suddenly red-hot Steven Kruijswijk.
But the major mountains were still in play, and Nibali didn’t panic. He switched back to shorter crank arms and perhaps for additional reasons he started going well again. On his worst day Nibali was a full 1.43 out of second place, and 4.43 overall, but when Kruijswijk disastrously bounced himself off a snowbank atop the Colle del Agnello and out of competition, the Shark went on the hunt.
And then...
Nibali got away with Chaves, eventually dropping him for the stage win and clawing back 53 seconds. Knowing he had the better legs, Nibali patiently waited the next day for the final climb of the Giro and rode Chaves off his wheel and into second place overall, for good. It was a stunning reversal, flipping two podium places and a 4:43 deficit in just two days, the last two consequential stages of the Giro. After a dominant Giro win three years earlier where he paraded around the country in Pink, this time Nibali raced in the maglia rosa for just a lone stage — the final one.
But aside from blind luck, it was the Shark at his finest, knowing when to press his advantage and not a moment too soon or late. If he had lost hope after stage 18, he didn’t show it. Veteran grinders don’t give up easily, if at all. Even the previous year’s Tour, forgettable as maillot jaune defenses go, featured Nibali on the attack, winning at La Toussuire, and surging up to fourth place. By then, Nibali had mastered the art of getting all he could out of a three week race, and if someone left the door open to him like they did at the 2016 Giro, he was going to walk through it.
Il Nuovo Campionissimo
Quick question... what is the best race on Italian soil that Vincenzo Nibali has never won?
The answer is actually pretty easy, it’s Strade Bianche. But if you had to name a second choice, you might have to do some digging. Here is an approximate ranking of Italian professional races and whether he has won them.
- Giro d’Italia — check
- Milano Sanremo — check
- Il Lombardia — check
- Italian national road race — check
- Strade Bianche — nope
- Tirreno-Adriatico — check
- Giro del Trentino (a/k/a Tour of the Alps) — check
From there you have some short stage races — Coppi e Bartali, Giro di Sicilia — and a slew of one day events — Trofeo Laigueglia, Giro dell’Emilia, Coppa Agostini, Coppa Sabatini, Coppa Bernocchi, Milano-Torino, Gran Piemonte, etc. — where Nibali has enjoyed several wins. Somewhere in there lies the answer to what is the second-best race in Italy that Nibali never won, but it’s not a very exciting answer.
Why he never won Strade Bianche is a bit of a mystery. He raced it seven times, not much considering its 15 editions, all during Nibali’s career. In the same time he has raced Milano Sanremo 13 times, Lombardia 14 times, and LBL 15 times. He’s also done Tirreno-Adriatico 13 times. Since 2009, he has raced quite earnestly in Italy every year in the month of March ... but on only half of those occasions did he bother to stop by the Tuscan classic. This might seem remarkable given that it ends with a climb to the Campo in Siena, seemingly a good race for him, and didn’t he spend his junior years trekking up to Tuscany every weekend? We know further that Nibali raced on the White Roads in the Giro d’Italia on two occasions, 2010 and 2021, though being before and after his peak years, it is no surprise that he achieved just an OK result each time. Still... it’s an instinctive race with challenging technical aspects and lots of climbing. How does this not just scream “NIBALI”?
The answer, I think, lies in timing and in competition. Re: the latter, Pogačar is the only pure climber to have won the race, and he’s obviously much more than a climber. It’s a race more for classics guys. Also it comes at a time when the cobbled classics riders are approaching their peak form, a month before Flanders, while Nibali and the Ardennes climbers and/or Giro d’Italia combatants are building form but undoubtedly two or more weeks behind the cobbled warriors, meaning he’s never come into the race in anything like his top condition. The beginning of March is just too soon for the LBL or Giro guys. So yeah, maybe, given the terrain, he could teach those classics types a lesson about his home-away-from-home roads. But it would come at a cost to several of his other most important goals. I don’t blame Nibali if he never decided to make this tradeoff, which appears to be the case.
That is quite a roundabout way of getting to my main point, which is that he is maybe the most important Italian cyclist in my lifetime? He is one of only three riders who were active since I was born in... let’s just call it the Johnson Administration... to win the Tour de France, along with Marco Pantani and Felice Gimondi. Pantani is a cross-off — even if you want to close your eyes and take his Tour and Giro wins at face value, he has no record to speak of in the Classics. Gimondi is a close call, and I might give the nod to The Phoenix based on his win in Paris-Roubaix, plus MSR, Lombardia and the three grand tours. That is one hell of a record! But the 1960s were drastically different times.
A quick all-time ranking of Italian cyclists:
- Fausto Coppi
- Alfredo Binda
- Gino Bartali
- Felice Gimondi
- Costante Girardengo
- Vincenzo Nibali
- Gastone Nencini
- Fiorenzo Magni
- Francesco Moser
- Giuseppe Saronni
Boy, I hadn’t been thinking about Saronni during these posts. So I should mention, he is a winner of both MSR and the Giro d’Italia, the latter on two occasions, albeit not against very strong competition in either case. He is one win behind Moser all time (141 total victories), way ahead of Nibali’s 52, and in a pretty decent variety as well. But he only started the Tour once and the Vuelta four times, and never finished any of them.
Anyway, at the conclusion of Nibali Week, one thing you can say with certainty is that he has been the most important Italian rider since the Age of Merckx, and he has been just about the most important rider of any nationality in the 21st century. He won a lot of the sport’s most prestigious trophies. He helped change the way champions see themselves and chase milestones, bringing us back to a time when the best riders are at most of the best races. He himself has been tremendously entertaining, a living monument to all of the different ways a cyclist should apply himself in pursuit of victory, including several ways that are quite often overlooked. No doubt he is a modern, sophisticated athlete in many ways, but I’ll always remember him as a throwback to past eras when the Giants of the Road won glory in glorious ways. He did all of this with great dignity (most of the time... we all have our moments). He did this, as far as we can tell, as honestly as anyone from his era. And in the process, he brought his quiet, mysterious region of the Mediterranean into the cycling spotlight like never before.
Bravo, bravissimo Vincenzo! Thank you for bringing so much excitement back to cycling! | https://www.podiumcafe.com/2022/10/6/23391838/nibali-week-wrapup-il-nuovo-campionissimo | 2022-10-07T05:14:15 | en | 0.976028 |
With an eye on the OBC voters that play a key role in the polls in Uttar Pradesh and Bihar, the UP-based Suheldev Bharatiya Samaj Party (SBSP)’s president Om Prakash Rajbhar has been leading a month-long “Savdhan rath yatra” across the two states.
Rajbhar’s yatra, which was kicked off from Lucknow on September 26, will conclude on October 27, the SBSP’s 20th foundation day, with a rally at Gandhi Maidan in Patna.
Interestingly, Rajbhar’s yatra has been targeting the Samajwadi Party (SP), Bahujan Samaj Party (BSP), Janata Dal (U), Rashtriya Janata Dal (RJD) and Congress — all of whom are the opponents of the BJP.
While the JD(U) is looking to expand its footprint in UP for the 2024 Lok Sabha elections by joining hands with the SP and its smaller allies like Apna Dal (Kamerawadi), the SBSP’s aggressive yatra may hurt them in certain pockets of eastern UP and Bihar while giving advantage to the BJP. “SBSP in this yatra is trying to make OBCs cautious about these parties who show concerns for the rights of these communities only when they are in the Opposition but forget about their concerns and promises when they are in power,” said SBSP spokesperson Arun Rajbhar.
The SBSP had contested the 2022 UP Assembly elections in alliance with the SP, with the party winning six of the 19 seats it had fought and Om Prakash Rajbhar winning his election from Zahoorabad. However, after the polls Rajbhar had started criticising SP president Akhilesh Yadav, even as SBSP MLAs indulged in cross-voting in support of the BJP-led NDA’s nominee Droupadi Murmu in the presidential election. Subsequently, the two allies parted ways.
The SBSP had contested the 2017 UP Assembly polls in alliance with the BJP and had won four seats. Rajbhar was inducted into the Yogi Adityanath cabinet but he resigned and broke up with the saffron party a couple of years later over “OBC issues”.
Referring to Rajbhar’s ongoing yatra, the SBSP leaders claim that it would pass through all 75 districts of UP and 38 districts of Bihar. The SBSP has constituted state teams to take out yatra through different regions of both the states. In Bihar, state party chief Uday Narayan Rajbhar is doing it. Om Prakash Rajbhar will address a rally in Bihar’s Katihar district on October 14.
On the Yatra’s objectives, the SBSP spokesman said, “In Bihar, RJD was earlier demanding caste census when it was in the Opposition. JD(U) too was advocating for caste-based census when it was with BJP. But after JD(U) quit NDA and formed government with RJD, both JD(U) and RJD have become silent on the issue. We are making OBC and all other deprived sections cautious about such parties in Bihar. Issue will be raised at a grand rally in Patna on October 27.”
In UP, Arun said, the SP and the BSP were maintaining silence on the SBSP’s demand for implementation of recommendation of the OBC Social Justice Committee. In its recommendations, the committee, constituted in 2018, had favoured the division of backward castes in three categories, “pichda (backward), ati picchda (extremely backward) and sarvadhik picchda (most backward)”.
The SBSP has been going soft on the BJP in the course of the yatra. When asked that the party’s campaign against the SP, BSP, JD(U), RJD and Congress may help the BJP in the 2024 Lok Sabha elections, Arun said, “The interests of the society is top-most priority for us.” He said that when the SBSP chief had met CM Adityanath on September 20 to press for the inclusion of “Bhar and Rajbhar” communities in the Scheduled Tribes (STs) category, the CM had give him a “positive assurance”. He also said that Rajbhar has also decided to call on the President, Prime Minister and Union Home Minister to raise this issue.
“We are not targeting the BJP because BJP (government) is concerned about our issues like inclusion of Bhar and Rajbhar communities in STs, examination of recommendations of the Social Justice Committee and assessment of representation of OBCs in government departments,” Arun said.
A Social Justice Committee set up by the then Chief Minister Rajnath Singh in 2001 had estimated the OBCs to be 43.13% of UP’s population. Among OBCs, the report estimated Yadavs to be 19.4%, Kurmis 7.46%, Kachhi-Kushwaha-Shakya-Maurya-Saini-Mali 6.69%, Lodhs 4.9%, Jats 3.6%, Kewat (Nishad) 4.33%, Shepherd-Pal-Baghel 4.43%, Kahar-Kashyap 3.31%, and Bhar-Rajbhar 2.44%. | https://indianexpress.com/article/political-pulse/in-overtures-to-bjp-om-prakash-rajbhars-yatra-queers-pitch-up-bihar-rivals-8194763/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:20 | en | 0.974437 |
Five-time chess world champion Viswanathan Anand defeated Shakhriyar Mamedyarov in Round 4 of the European Club Cup and is back in the top 10.
Reigning world champion Magnus Carlsen, too, scored a second win in a row, taking down India’s P Harikrishna.
Anand’s two draws so far had seen him drop out of the Top 10 spot in the rating list, but a comfortable win over Shakhriyar Mamedyarov helped him to move to World no 9.
“The main stroke of luck was that this morning while preparing I noticed Rxa2, so I decided to enter it and make a few moves. I didn’t go very far, because it seemed to me it wasn’t the main line… and then he plays it! So what might be normally a big surprise actually just bounced off harmlessly,” said Anand after win.
The legendary Grandmaster admitted that he was shocked when Mamedyarov offered him a draw.
“He offered me a draw with Nc4, on the 30th move, which shocked me a little bit, because of all the positions to offer a draw. I understand we just made move 30, but then suddenly I thought have I missed something and I was going around. I decided, well, I can’t stop here, I’ll try f5,” he said.
In the other matches, 16-year-old Indian prodigy Gukesh fell to defeat against Ukrainian GM Sergey Fedorchuk. Vidit Gujrati registered his 4th win in a row as he defeated Aryan Tari. | https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/chess/european-club-cup-vishwanathan-anand-and-magnus-carlsen-register-wins-8194657/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:22 | en | 0.978492 |
Team India wicketkeeper-batter Sanju Samson, whose late onslaught almost took India to win, admitted that he fell short by two shots as they lost the match by nine runs in the rain-truncated first ODI of the three-match series in Lucknow on Thursday.
“At the end of the game, I fell short by two shots,” Sanju Samson told reporters.
A valiant unbeaten 8⃣6⃣* from @IamSanjuSamson nearly got #TeamIndia over the line as he is our Top Performer from the second innings 👌
A look at his batting summary 👇 #INDvSA
Scorecard ▶️ https://t.co/d65WZUCu2U pic.twitter.com/Xc8D6lqRby
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 6, 2022
Sanju, who made 86 not out off 63 balls, said spending time in the middle helped him to take the game deep.
“I like spending time on the wicket. And once you are wearing the Indian jersey, it becomes more special. We play to win but we missed by two shots. Overall, I am happy with my contribution,” he said.
Chasing 250 for victory in the 40-overs-a-side contest, India needed 30 runs from the final over from left-arm spinner Tabraiz Shamsi. Samson went on to smash three fours and a six, but India could only muster 20 runs.
FIFTY for @IamSanjuSamson 👏👏
The right-handed batter has kept the run chase alive with his clean striking! #TeamIndia need 59 off the final four overs.
Don't miss the LIVE coverage of the #INDvSA match on @starsportsindia pic.twitter.com/298jDemOit
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 6, 2022
“Plan was to target on Tabraiz Shamsi, who was not bowling well. I knew that he will bowl one over in the last. I was backing myself to get 24 runs in the final over. I was confident of hitting four sixes in the last over,” he said.
Chasing a stiff target, India endured a disastrous start to their chase, losing both Shubman Gill (3) and skipper Shikhar Dhawan (4) cheaply to be reduced to 8 for two inside six overs.
Ishan Kishan and debutant Ruturaj Gaikwad then tried to stabilise the innings with a 48-run partnership for the third wicket before the latter was stumped by Quinton de Kock off the bowling of Tabraiz Shamsi as India slumped to 48 for 3 in 16.4 overs.
SIX! 💪 💪@IamSanjuSamson dances down the ground & tonks a MAXIMUM! 👌 👌 #TeamIndia
Follow the match ▶️ https://t.co/d65WZUUDh2
Don’t miss the LIVE coverage of the #INDvSA match on @StarSportsIndia. pic.twitter.com/ijqKGXRVFk
— BCCI (@BCCI) October 6, 2022
“It was difficult to score with the new ball. If you see South Africa’s innings, the pitch eased down after the 15-20 over, and then Miller and Klassen batted really well. Even for us, including me, Iyer and Shardul, we batted well because the pitch got better after 20 overs. Batting conditions were not easy,” said Sanju.
Opting to bowl, India had reduced South Africa to 110 for 4 in 22.4 overs but David Miller and Heinrich Klaasen powered the visitors to 249 for 4. The Indian bowlers conceded 54 runs in the last five overs.
Sanju defended India’s bowlers and said that nowadays, scoring fifty runs in the last five overs is not a difficult task and that too when someone like David Miller is batting.
“We have some areas to improve, but we also look at the batter we’re bowling at. If you are bowling against someone like David Miller, who is the best finisher in the world at the moment, and it is a daunting task,” he said.
“In today’s cricket, scoring 50 runs in the five overs is not difficult,” he added.
When being asked about the amount of support he has been receiving from the fans, the 27-year-old says he considers himself ‘fortunate.’
“Very fortunate. There are so many superstars in Indian cricket, and you are loved by the fans as well. It is a good motivation. It also increases the expectation, and my preparation has also gone a notch up,” he said.
“Abhi practice session 2 ghante se chaar ghante ho gaya hai (I have doubled by practice session from two hours to four),” he said.
India and South Africa will now clash in the second ODI in Ranchi on Sunday. | https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/cricket/india-versus-south-africa-i-fell-short-by-two-shots-says-sanju-samson-8194602/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:28 | en | 0.967332 |
The match between Gimnasia and Boca Juniors was suspended due to police repression outside the stadium. At least one person died while police clashed with the fans trying to enter the already full stadium, and police fired rubber bullets and tear gas trying to get the crowd to retreat.
The match between Gimnasia and Boca Juniors was suspended due to police repression outside the stadium.
Tear gas entered the stadium and the players cannot breathe well.pic.twitter.com/Ow0l9rcyfP— Argentine Football League (@ArgiesFootball) October 7, 2022
The Tear gas entered the stadium, and the players could not breathe well. The referee stopped the game in the ninth minute as clouds of tear gas spread inside the stadium.
The incident came less than a week after the use of tear gas outside a soccer match in Indonesia set off a stampede that left 131 people dead.
Boca Juniors' defender Marcos Rojo throws bottles of water to fans to combat the effect of tear gas.pic.twitter.com/OCMjLuX7B8
— Argentine Football League (@ArgiesFootball) October 7, 2022
Players retreated to their changing rooms, and many spectators flooded onto the field trying to escape the tear gas.
La @afa repudia enérgicamente los hechos de público conocimiento acontecidos hoy en las inmediaciones del estadio de @gimnasiaoficial y expresa su compromiso de continuar trabajando para erradicar esta clase de episodios que empañan la fiesta del fútbol. pic.twitter.com/K7WfAZog7Z
— AFA (@afa) October 7, 2022
The Argentine Football Association posted a a statement on its Twitter account condemning the incident and violence: “The AFA strongly repudiates the events that took place today in the vicinity of Gimnasia stadium and expresses its commitment to continue working to eradicate this kind of incidents that tarnishes the spirit of football.”
In its security protocols, FIFA advises against the use of tear gas in or around stadiums in order to avoid risky situations such as in La Plata or in the Indonesian city of Malanga last Saturday, when many of the dead were crushed to death during the stampede of fans.
No new date was announced for resuming the game. | https://indianexpress.com/article/sports/football/watch-gimnasia-la-plata-vs-boca-juniors-match-suspended-due-to-tear-gas-8194729/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:34 | en | 0.905172 |
The ‘Made by Google’ event saw the launch of new Pixel 7 and Pixel 7 Pro phones along with the Google Pixel Watch and the tablet. The Google Pixel Watch has a starting price of $349 or Rs 28,700+ on conversion for the Bluetooth only version. The LTE variant will cost $399 in the US or Rs 32,800+ on conversion.
Google has not announced the price for the Indian market or whether the Pixel Watch will be sold here at all. But there’s no doubt that the first Google smartwatch has generated a lot of interest. Here’s a quick look at the features.
The Pixel Watch comes with a circular design in three colour options: Champagne gold, Matte Black case and Polished silver case. Google says the watch is built with 80% recycled stainless steel and the Active Band uses “Fluoroelastomer with soft-touch coating”. Fluoroelastomer is synthetic rubber. The Active band comes in Obsidian, Charcoal, Chalk and Hazel colour options. The watch’s display has a diameter of 41mm, a height of 12.3mm and it weighs 36 grams without the band.
Google also showcased other band options during the launch event, including a woven band, a two-tone leather band and a stretch band. All of these bands are being sold separately on the Google Store in the US.
The watch has a side button and a haptic crown. It also comes with a built-in microphone and built-in speaker. The Pixel Watch is powered by a Samsung Exynos 9110 SoC and runs WearOS 3.5. It comes with 2GB SDRAM and 32GB storage.
Connectivity options include Bluetooth 5.0, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n 2.4GHz and NFC support. It also supports GPS, GLONASS, BeiDou and Galileo. The Watch is compatible with Android 8.0 or newer, so this will not work with an iPhone.
The watch’s display comes with custom 3D Corning Gorilla Glass, and this is an AMOLED display with 320 ppi and up to 1000 nits. This is an Always-on display. The watch has a 294 mAh battery with Google promising a day’s worth of battery life. The charging speed is 50 per cent in 30 minutes, and about 80 minutes to get a full charge. Google is providing a USB-C magnetic charging cable in the box.
Sensors on the watch include a compass, Altimeter, Blood oxygen sensor, Multipurpose electrical sensor, Optical heart rate sensor, Accelerometer, Gyroscope and Ambient light sensor.
The watch also comes with Fitbit health and fitness features, ECG capabilities, Google Maps, Wallet, Emergency SOS, and International emergency calling. Google also plans to add fall detection to the watch later this winter. Google is also giving buyers six months free access to Fitbit Premium and three months of free YouTube premium. The watch has 5ATM water rating which means it can be taken for a swim, though only in shallow waters. Google makes it clear the watch is not waterproof. | https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/google-pixel-watch-launched-price-specifications-features-sale-8194659/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:40 | en | 0.911781 |
A judge has delayed a looming trial between Twitter and Elon Musk, giving the Tesla CEO more time to close his $44 billion deal to buy the company after months spent fighting to get out of it. Musk had asked to halt the upcoming Delaware court trial, where the Tesla billionaire was expected to fare poorly against Twitter’s lawsuit to force him to complete his April merger agreement.
Musk revived the takeover offer on Monday but said he needed time to get the financing in order. Chancellor Kathaleen St. Jude McCormick, head of the Delaware Chancery Court, said Thursday that Musk and Twitter now have until October 28 to close the deal. A trial originally set for October 17 will happen in November if they don’t, she said.
Twitter had asked McCormick earlier Thursday to proceed with the trial, saying the billionaire refuses to accept the “contractual obligations” of his April agreement to buy the social media company and take it private.
Twitter disputed Musk’s claim that the San Francisco-based company is refusing to accept his renewed bid. Musk told Twitter earlier this week he’s ready to buy the company once again after trying to back out of the deal over the summer, accusing it of refusing to give him information about “spam bot” accounts on the service.
Twitter described Musk’s move to delay the trial as “an invitation to further mischief and delay” after his arguments for terminating the agreement haven’t had merit.But after the judge’s ruling, Twitter reiterated in a statement that it was ready to close the deal on the share price agreed upon in April: “We look forward to closing the transaction at $54.20 by October 28th,” referring to the price Musk originally offered for each Twitter share.
Brooklyn Law School professor Andrew Jennings said Twitter wants to be certain that the deal will get done and not allow “wiggle room for Musk to walk away again.”
Musk attorneys argued that Twitter was disagreeing with the trial delay “based on the theoretical possibility” of Musk not coming up with the financing, which they called “baseless speculation.”
They said Musk’s financial backers “have indicated that they are prepared to honor their commitments” and are working to close the deal by Oct. 28.
Musk attorney Alex Spiro said in a statement Thursday that “Twitter offered Mr. Musk billions off the transaction price” but Musk “refused because Twitter attempted to put certain self-serving conditions on the deal.” He didn’t elaborate on what those conditions were.
Twitter hasn’t described the talks beyond what its attorneys have said in court.Twitter’s shares fell $1.91, or 3.7%, to close at $49.39 on Thursday. It was the stock’s second day of declines following a surge of more than 22% on Tuesday after Musk made his renewed offer to buy the company. | https://indianexpress.com/article/technology/tech-news-technology/judge-delays-twitter-trial-gives-musk-time-to-seal-buyout-8194697/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:46 | en | 0.977715 |
They say what happens in Vegas, stays in Vegas. But even then, some events are just too bizarre to stay within the confines of the world’ s favourite Sin City. Like when a camel walked up to an eatery, presumably to get a piping hot order of french fries.
The video of the animal walking straight to the drive-thru along with its handler and patiently waiting for food to be delivered has gone viral. The video shared by Now This on Twitter shows the staff at the restaurant laughing out loud after spotting the unusual customer. The camel is seen peeking into the restaurant putting its head inside the window. The animal handler also cannot control his smile as he gets a box of french fries from the counter. Holding the camel by its leash, the man walks forward casually.
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‘Sir, this is an In-N-Out Burger’ — An animal handler and his camel were filmed going through a fast food drive-through on foot in Las Vegas. According to Storyful, the camel is a 12-year-old named Fergie who ‘loves french fries.’ pic.twitter.com/FE1gBQSAfu
— NowThis (@nowthisnews) October 7, 2022
“‘Sir, this is an In-N-Out Burger’ — An animal handler and his camel were filmed going through a fast food drive-through on foot in Las Vegas. According to Storyful, the camel is a 12-year-old named Fergie who ‘loves french fries’,” read the caption of the video.
The animal handler was quoted as saying by ABC that the camel is a rescue from Colorado that now lives in a sanctuary in the Las Vegas area and loves to eat french fries. The camel’s visit to the restaurant In-N-Out Burger triggered funny reactions online. A user commented, “even camels know In-N-Out is the best in the world.” Another user wrote, “Dude, I just wanted a double-double.”
Fergie, the camel’s visits to multiple places have been documented on the Instagram account of Animal Rescue, Jeffrys_farm. The camel was spotted infront of Bass Pro Shops in one of the posts. | https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/camel-walks-into-a-restaurants-drive-thru-to-order-french-fries-8194559/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:52 | en | 0.966023 |
What does that moment feel like when you find out that you’ve won a Nobel Prize? While most of us won’t have a first-hand experience, a video of Danish chemist, Morten Meldal is going viral as he finds out that he has won the 2022 Nobel Prize in Chemistry and is applauded by his colleagues and students.
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The heartwarming video has gone viral and netizens cannot stop gushing over his wide grin. The clip shared by Goodnewsmovement on Instagram shows Meldal coming out of a room and receiving a round of applause from his colleagues and students. Many cheer him out loud saying, “wooo” and a cheerful Meldal also raises his hands in excitement. The sparkle of joy in his eyes and his coworkers’ excitement are delightful to watch. The clip also shows a huge crowd surrounding Meldal and honouring him.
“The surreal moment you realize you’ve won a Nobel Prize and everyone is celebrating you,” read the text insert in the video.
Congratulations poured in the comments section. A user commented, “Seeing his colleagues and students being so supportive and so proud of him is the best thing.” Another user wrote, “He seem so humble too. Congratulations sir well deserve.” A third user commented, “What a lovely moment , the ultimate acknowledgment for a scientist, for years of work and tireless pursuit for new frontiers , congratulations.”
Along with other scientists Carolyn Bertozzi and Barry Sharpless, Meldal were declared as Nobel Prize winners of this year in Chemistry on Wednesday. They have been recognised for discovering reactions that let molecules snap together to create new compounds and that offer insight into cell biology. They are regarded as pioneers of Lego-like click-chemistry. Meldal described click chemistry as a way to build complex structures and link them as if they were pieces of Lego, the plastic construction toy. The field of click chemistry and bioorthogonal chemistry has been developed to improve the targeting of cancer pharmaceuticals now being tested in clinical trials. | https://indianexpress.com/article/trending/trending-globally/danish-chemist-morten-meldal-realises-he-won-nobel-prize-8194692/ | 2022-10-07T05:14:59 | en | 0.968732 |
The US has urged its citizens to reconsider travel to Pakistan, especially its restive provinces, due to terrorism and sectarian violence.
In a travel advisory issued on Thursday, the US State Department urged its citizens not to travel to Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KPK) provinces, including the former Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA), due to terrorism and kidnapping.
“Reconsider travel to Pakistan due to terrorism and sectarian violence. Some areas have increased risk,” it said, putting the advisory to Level 3.
Level 3 travel warning is issued when a long-term or serious situation puts travellers and visitors at risk, and non-essential travel to the destination should be avoided.
The advisory also recommended Americans not to travel in the immediate vicinity of the Line of Control (LoC) due to terrorism and the potential for armed conflict.
Noting that terrorist groups continue plotting attacks in Pakistan, it said a local history of terrorism and ongoing ideological aspirations of violence by extremist elements have led to indiscriminate attacks on civilian as well as local military and police targets.
“Terrorists may attack with little or no warning, targeting transportation hubs, markets, shopping malls, military installations, airports, universities, tourist locations, schools, hospitals, places of worship, and government facilities. Terrorists have targeted US diplomats and diplomatic facilities in the past,” the advisory said.
Terrorist attacks continue to happen across Pakistan, with most occurring in Balochistan and KPK, including the former FATA. Large-scale terrorist attacks have resulted in numerous casualties, it said. | https://indianexpress.com/article/world/us-travel-advisory-pakistan-terrorism-sectarian-violence-8194605/ | 2022-10-07T05:15:05 | en | 0.962795 |
PHILADELPHIA (WPVI) -- The Philadelphia Phillies are playing in the postseason for the first time in 11 years, and the start of their playoff run will air on 6abc.
You can watch Game 1 of the Wild Card round between the Phillies and the St. Louis Cardinals today at 2:07 p.m. right here on 6abc.
Game 2 is set to begin at 8:37 p.m. on Saturday. It is scheduled to be on ESPN 2.
If there is a Game 3, it will start at 8:37 p.m. on Sunday. It is scheduled to air on ESPN.
The full schedule is available at MLB.com/Postseason
According to StubHub, this game is the most in-demand Wild Card series on StubHub. Saturday's game is the highest selling with a 40% greater demand than Friday's.
Wherever fans will be watching, they have had faith the Phillies will be home on October 14.
"They'll beat St. Louis in two games," said Patti Donofrio of Lafayette Hill.
If the Phillies advance and travel to Atlanta, experts recommend purchasing airfare as soon as possible to get the best deal.
MLB PLAYOFFS SET
The postseason, expanded from 10 teams last year to 12 this season, begins today with a newly created wild-card round. All four series are best two of three - three days in a row, no breaks, with the higher seed hosting every game.
In the National League, it's Padres-Mets and Phillies-Cardinals. In the American League, it's Mariners-Blue Jays and Rays-Guardians.
At Citi Field, the New York figures to throw aces Scherzer and deGrom at San Diego, featuring big-hitting Machado and Soto. The Mets' bid to win the NL East ended when they were eliminated by the defending World Series champion Atlanta Braves, so New York wound up as the top NL wild-card team.
"We have to go on the road and play against a tough team and beat some of the best pitchers in the game," Machado said. "It is about going out there and enjoying the moment."
At Busch Stadium, soon-to-be retired St. Louis stars Yadier Molina and Pujols host Harper and Philadelphia. The Cardinals won the NL Central, but as the No. 3 seed don't get the benefit of an early bye.
A two-time champion with the Cardinals, the 42-year-old Pujols has looked like a 24-year-old version of himself down the stretch, topping 700 career home runs and passing Babe Ruth for second place on the all-time RBIs list.
A two-time MVP, Harper makes his first playoff appearance since 2017 with Washington. He missed two months in the middle of the season because of a broken thumb, but is ready to swing away for the Phillies.
In Cleveland, Ramírez leads a young team that includes rookie sparkplug Steven Kwan and hard-throwing closer Emmanuel Clase as the AL Central champs host Tampa Bay.
This will be Cleveland's first postseason appearance as the Guardians. The team hasn't won the World Series since 1948. Randy Arozarena, already established as a playoff star, will try to boost the Rays to the first championship in franchise history.
The Guardians went 4-2 against the Rays this year, winning two of three last week at Progressive Field. All three games in the series were decided by one run, with two going to extra innings.
"It will be a good environment," Tampa Bay second baseman Taylor Walls. "It's a good thing that we just went there. ... I know the guys are amped up. We're ready to be there."
In Toronto, Vladimir Guerrero Jr. and the top AL wild-card Blue Jays take on Seattle and its rookie sensation, Rodríguez. The series also matches Robbie Ray, who won the Cy Young Award with Toronto last year, against his former team.
All four matchups are scheduled to end Sunday. The best-of-five Division Series in both leagues begin Oct. 11.
Judge, fresh off hitting his 62nd home run to set the AL record, and the Yankees will host the Tampa Bay-Cleveland winner in Game 1. Justin Verlander and the Houston Astros start at home against the Seattle-Toronto winner.
In the NL, Freddie Freeman, Betts and the Los Angeles Dodgers, who have set a franchise record for wins, host the Mets-San Diego winner in the opener. Ronald Acuña Jr., injured last fall when the Braves won the World Series, will start at home against the St. Louis-Philadelphia winner. | https://6abc.com/philadelphia-phillies-playoffs-mlb-st-louis-cardinals-how-to-watch-live/12301882/ | 2022-10-07T05:15:13 | en | 0.966947 |
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines' southside could be seeing improvements as the city council is exploring an urban renewal plan in the area of Southeast 14th Street.
It's important to note this project would differ from the construction currently taking place on the streets of Southeast 14th. It would focus on rundown, vacant buildings along the busy highway.
City council member Joe Gatto believes many of these buildings are long overdue for improvements.
"We've got some empty storefronts, we've got some blighted buildings, that will have an extra cost to redevelop," Gatto said. "And so part of that is kind of the same tools we used to do in the East Village, in the Market District, in downtown and Ingersoll, that we're going to be able to do the same thing for the Southeast 14th corridor."
Gatto hopes to have more business and housing take the place of these unattended buildings.
"We need storefronts that are amenities, like we used to have on the south side, whether that be different restaurants, whether that be coffee shops and storefronts that will be beneficial to the folks that we have here in our side of town," Gatto said. "Southsiders support southside businesses."
Southeast 14th is one of Des Moines' busiest areas, as it has over 3,000 cars a day. Gatto said this is a challenge, as it's difficult to see new storefronts as you pass by.
The road is owned by the state, so this project will be a collaborative mission. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/local/des-moines-southside-southeast-14th-street-revitalization/524-9021810b-5637-4bd7-980e-362965c4bada | 2022-10-07T05:16:03 | en | 0.977473 |
LOS ANGELES — Judy Tenuta, a brash standup who cheekily styled herself as the "Goddess of Love” and toured with George Carlin as she built her career in the 1980s golden age of comedy, died Thursday. She was 72.
Tenuta died Thursday afternoon at home in Los Angeles, with her family around her, publicist Roger Neal told The Associated Press. The cause of death was ovarian cancer.
“She was a very funny, amazing performer," Neal said, and it was always a “happy time to be around her."
Tenuta had claimed her birthdate as Nov. 7, 1965, but she was born in 1949, Neal said. “She was old school so she would never tell her real age, but now that she’s gone we can tell her real age,” he added.
Her heart-shaped face, topped by bouffant hair with a flower accent, conveyed an impression of sweet innocence that was quickly shattered by her loud, gravelly delivery and acidic humor, expletives included. The accordion she made part of her act was “an instrument of love and submission,” as she fondly called it.
She was among a generation of performers who drove the popularity of live comedy in clubs nationwide including the Comedy Store in Los Angeles, Laff Stop in Houston and Caroline’s in New York City. A typically male-dominated field found room for women, including Tenuta.
“Devastated to hear of the passing of my dear, dear friend, the lovely Miss Judy Tenuta. I can’t believe she’s gone,” tweeted Weird Al Yankovic, who worked with her on his 1990s TV series and a 2006 music video. “Earth has truly lost a goddess.”
Michael McKean, of “Spinal Tap" fame, tweeted, “One of a kind. Damn.”
Tenuta gained national attention in 1987 with “On Location: Women of the Night,” a HBO special in which she starred with Ellen DeGeneres, Paula Poundstone and Rita Rudner.
In 1988′s “American Comedy Awards” TV special, Tenuta was named best female comedy club performer opposite male winner Jerry Seinfeld. Other honorees that year for their club or screen work included Robin Williams, Lily Tomlin and Bette Midler.
“I would trade it in a minute, if I could just be a wife and mother,” wisecracked the gold lamé-wrapped, gum-chewing Tenuta, who accepted her award from Carlin.
She was a frequent guest on late-night talk shows and game shows and with radio shock jock Howard Stern. Her acting and voiceover credits were eclectic, including appearances on “The Weird Al Show" and “Space Ghost Coast to Coast.” She appeared onstage in "The Vagina Monologues” in Los Angeles and Chicago.
Tenuta was a two-time Grammy nominee, getting back-to-back nominations in 1995 and 1996 for best spoken word comedy album for “Attention Butt Pirates and Lesbetarians” and “In Goddess We Trust.”
She was a supporter of LGBTQ rights, took part in pride festivals and counted members of the queer community as enthusiastic fans. On her website, she said that as an ordained minister of Judyism she was “available for same sex marriages!”
Tenuta grew up in the Chicago suburb of Maywood, attending Catholic schools that included one she dubbed “St. Obnoxious and Bondage.” She said she was the “isolated, petite flower” — Petite Flower becoming one of her stage nicknames — in a Catholic family that included six brothers.
After graduating college, she worked at odd jobs that included wrapping meat and taking inventory at an outlet for Catholic religious attire.
“I got fired because they caught me trying the stuff on,” Tenuta said a 1989 interview with The Associated Press. “So the boss came in, and I guess he got kind of upset. And I said, ‘Well, I have to see if they look good, pig. I’m trying to make improvements for these broads.”’
Tenuta went on to join the Chicago comedy troupe Second City before starting her solo standup career. Despite her outlandish clothes and bizarre stage appearance, Tenuta said most people caught on immediately to her act, which included the self-centered “Judyism” religion.
“In my religion, I’m the only one that gets to complain. The really nice thing about my religion is you can forget all about your problems and think about mine for a while,” she told AP. | https://www.weareiowa.com/article/news/nation-world/comedian-judy-tenuta-dead-at-72/507-38e1b702-6787-4110-828b-c0eb9629fb45 | 2022-10-07T05:16:09 | en | 0.984585 |
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