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Most recently, at the Observatory North Park Theater in San Diego while performing, actor
Will Smith published the ongoing rumors attached to his name linking to a Sean "Diddy" Combs, especially one stating that there were " freak off" parties attached to said "Diddy" music kingpin. The rumors pick up speed because Diddy's legal woes have certainly been in the news cycle.
Currently, Diddy faces serious federal charges, from s*x trafficking to racketeering, and is in federal custody. Since the controversy has drawn much attention from public eyes, multiple memes and speculations began flying around and even some people mentioning Will Smith was involved in all these provocative events.
During his show, Will Smith addressed the issue by clearly telling his audience that he had no connections whatsoever with Sean Diddy Combs or any other activities the rumors were portraying. He was very keen on letting his fans know how frustrating it was seeing those online memes spread out really fast.
Smith humorously joked, saying, "I don't even like baby oil," a reference to supplies allegedly found during a raid at Diddy's properties. This was clearly a way of trying to defuse the situation with a joke and to further stress the absurdity of claims linking him to the scandal.
He further urged people to stop assuming about him, being very annoyed by the speculations and affirming once again that he had nothing to do with any of the alleged activities. Smith's comments were a direct response to the viral online memes that had been circulating, suggesting his involvement in Diddy's alleged parties.
Meanwhile, Sean "Diddy" Combs has outrightly denied all the accusations brought against him. According to him, charges are only part of a media circus; he is still innocent of the charges brought against him. Diddy's defense team is now preparing to face him in court because his trial begins in May next year.
One thing, however, is that many celebrities have been dragged into this controversy with Diddy: Smith being one of the celebrities drawn into the mix because of the viral nature of the rumors. After all, with Smith publicizing his denial, he has attempted to put an end to the matter and distance himself from any associations with the charges against Diddy.
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Fear was central to President Bashar al-Assad's control over Syria. For many Syrians, it didn't feel safe to express dissent anywhere. Even a whispered word against the government spoken at home was often enough for someone to disappear into a network of dozens of prisons where torture was routine. Since the fall of Assad's regime, many families have been searching, trying to find answers about their missing loved ones who vanished in places like this. NPR's Ruth Sherlock and Jawad Rizkallah visited one of these feared intelligence branches.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Non-English language spoken).
JAWAD RIZKALLAH, BYLINE: He's saying this is the dirtiest place in Syria.
RUTH SHERLOCK, BYLINE: Palm trees growing on either side to the entrance way, the torn picture of Bashar al-Assad - we go inside what used to be the Assad regime's state security complex. It's huge, and the rebels who now control it take us to prison branch 85.
RIZKALLAH: Here, nobody was allowed to come in.
SHERLOCK: This is a grim place. These are the solitary cells. No light - there's only a blacked out grate for air, leading to the outside world, but no window.
RIZKALLAH: Oh, look.
SHERLOCK: Oh, my gosh. Somebody's marked lines on the wall in rows to keep track of how many days they've been in here. One, two, three, four, eight weeks - someone was here for eight weeks in this cell, 1 meter wide by about 2 meters long. Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Non-English language spoken).
SHERLOCK: These intelligence branches were places of torture and terror in Syria. In branch 85, we're told, both Syrians and foreigners were held. There's even been claims that Austin Tice, the American journalist who disappeared in 2012, may have spent time here.
Hey, guys. There's English here. Somebody's turned these walls into a classroom - I see you, for you, listen to me, look at me, go away, miss you.
Last week, when opposition militias took Damascus from the regime, one of the first things they did was free the prisoners. Here, everything has been abandoned, left exactly as it was, including the art prisoners etched into the walls.
Somebody's drawn a beautiful picture of a house. It looks like a log cabin somewhere in mountains and a tree beside it and a forest in the background and a bridge over a river in the foreground. They've tried to make - there's a waterfall. They've tried to make this beautiful.
UNIDENTIFIED GUARD: (Non-English language spoken).
SHERLOCK: A guard breaks down in tears as he tells me if you're in prison and you don't know how to draw, you'll be driven to madness. He remembers how his cousin was jailed.
UNIDENTIFIED GUARD: (Non-English language spoken).
RIZKALLAH: And he told them everything that he went through there. And now when he's here and he's looking at everything, he's remembering everything his cousin told him.
SHERLOCK: The guard tells us that when they arrived, they found people dead.
RIZKALLAH: There were bodies, the corpses that were found here, and they took them to the hospital. And they're still in the morgue for people if they want to come check if their families are.
SHERLOCK: And there are so many thousands of families searching all across Syria, over 100,000 missing, a conservative estimate by rights groups. They come to places like this to search for threads of their loved ones' existence.
This is just one prison in a network of prisons that are all over the city. We know about the big ones - Sednaya, where thousands of people disappeared. But there's also these. Across the capitol, there's branch after branch, security branch after security branch after security branch.
The regime was meticulous in its brutality. Bureaucrats and intelligence officials kept detailed notes of every person detained, of every interrogation, of the torture applied and of every execution.
RIZKALLAH: Ruth.
SHERLOCK: Yeah?
RIZKALLAH: Come.
SHERLOCK: Coming, coming.
RIZKALLAH: The papers are still here. We still have papers.
SHERLOCK: These documents could provide families with the answers about what happened to their loved ones. They are valuable evidence of crimes, and the guards say we have to go and get permission to see them. We make our way outside.
Gosh, you just feel relief coming back out into the fresh air. You can't imagine what it must have been like to be held there, not knowing when you'd get out.
We walk away on a road that runs above the dungeon prison that holds so many secrets, many of which will be revealed, and many more will lie in darkness. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Damascus. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Each Monday throughout the 2024-25 NHL season, ESPN and NHL Network analyst Kevin Weekes will provide fans with a guide of games that will be nationally televised. Today, a look at games for the 10th week of the season.
Highlights include the Florida Panthers visiting the Edmonton Oilers in a Stanley Cup rematch on "Prime Monday Night Hockey," and the Toronto Maple Leafs playing the Dallas Stars in a game filled with players selected for the upcoming 4 Nations Face-off in February.
MONDAY, DECEMBER 16
Florida Panthers at Edmonton Oilers (8:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, PRIME, NHLN, SCRIPPS)
The Panthers and Oilers face off for the first time since Game 7 of the Stanley Cup Final last season, when the Panthers won the Cup for the first time in their history. Edmonton center Connor McDavid, who won the Conn Smythe Trophy as most valuable player of the Stanley Cup Playoffs, had 11 points in the series. The Oilers captain has 41 points (14 goals, 27 assists) in 27 games this season and is a big reason they've won five straight. Florida has lost two in a row, each via shutout.
WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 18
Philadelphia Flyers at Detroit Red Wings (7 p.m. ET; MAX, truTV, TNT)
Lucas Raymond leads the Red Wings with 31 points (12 goals, 19 assists) this season and will help them seek their second straight win and some revenge after the Flyers defeated them 4-1 on Thursday. The Flyers have lost four of six (2-3-1), but feature rookie of the year candidate Matvei Michkov, who leads first-year players with 27 points (11 goals, 16 assists) in 29 games.
Toronto Maple Leafs at Dallas Stars (7:30 p.m. ET; Victory+, SN, TVAS)
The game will feature eight players representing all four countries at the upcoming 4 Nations Face-Off, led by Maple Leafs forwards Auston Matthews (United States), Mitch Marner (Canada), and William Nylander (Sweden) and defenseman Jani Hakanpaa (Finland). For the Stars, goalie Jake Oettinger (United States) will compete against forward Roope Hintz, and defensemen Miro Heiskanen and Esa Lindell (each representing Finland). It also could see brothers Jason Robertson of the Stars and Nicholas Robertson of the Maple Leafs go head-to-head in the NHL for the fifth time.
Florida Panthers at Minnesota Wild (9:30 p.m. ET; FDSNNO, MAX, TNT)
This game could feature the top two active goalies in wins facing off, Sergei Bobrovsky of the Panthers (409 wins) and Marc-Andre Fleury of the Wild (567). The Panthers have shown no signs of a Stanley Cup hangover and are once again one of the top teams in the Eastern Conference. The Wild have been a surprise team this season and enter Monday tied with the Washington Capitals for second in the NHL standings, one point behind the Winnipeg Jets.
SATURDAY, DECEMBER 21
New York Islanders at Toronto Maple Leafs (7 p.m. ET; CBC, SN1, SNO, SNP, MSGSN2)
The Islanders are hoping to turn things around after getting back forward Mathew Barzal and defenseman Adam Pelech on Sunday and forward Anthony Duclair nearing a return. New York has won four in a row against Toronto, its longest active winning streak against a single opponent. Maple Leafs forward John Tavares, chosen by the Islanders with the No. 1 pick in the 2009 NHL Draft, is three assists shy of 600 for his NHL career.
Ottawa Senators at Vancouver Canucks (10 p.m. ET; CBC, SN, CITY, TVAS2)
Senators captain Brady Tkachuk and Canucks captain Quinn Hughes will be rivals in this game before teaming up for the United States at the 4 Nations Face-Off. They have represented their country together multiple times, winning gold at the 2017 IIHF U18 World Championship and bronze at the 2018 IIHF World Junior Championship. Heading into the week, Tkachuk has 32 points (15 goals, 17 assists) in 30 games and Hughes leads the Canucks with 34 points (seven goals, 27 assists) in 29 games.
OTHER NATIONALLY TELEVISED GAMES
TUESDAY
New York Islanders at Carolina Hurricanes (7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+)
THURSDAY
Los Angeles Kings at Philadelphia Flyers (7:30 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+)
FRIDAY
Toronto Maple Leafs at Buffalo Sabres (7 p.m. ET; HULU, ESPN+, SNO)
Carolina Hurricanes at Washington Capitals (7 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, MNMT, SN)
SATURDAY
Los Angeles Kings at Nashville Predators (1:30 p.m. ET; FDSNW, FDSNSO, NHLN, SNP, SNO, SNE, TVAS)
San Jose Sharks at Edmonton Oilers (4 p.m. ET; SN, NBCSCA)
Detroit Red Wings at Montreal Canadiens (7 p.m. ET; TVAS, CITY, SNE, NHLN, FDSNDETX)
Minnesota Wild at Winnipeg Jets (7 p.m. ET; SN360, SNW, FDSNNO, FDSNWIX)
SUNDAY
Carolina Hurricanes at New York Rangers (12:30 p.m. ET; FDSNSO, NHLN, MSG, SN, TVAS)
Seattle Kraken at Colorado Avalanche (8 p.m. ET; KHN, KONG, NHLN, ALT, SNP, SNO, SNE)
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Pakistan’s challenges to political stability and economic revival are enormous and not very dissimilar. The repeated use of protests as a tool by the PTI to achieve its political goals over the last couple of years has hardly helped the cause of the economy. The political tumult has compounded these economic challenges as the country is ranked amongst the politically most volatile economies globally, increasing the risk premium on investment here manifold.
Last year, TheGlobalEconomy.com placed Pakistan at 180 among 193 nations ranked on its political stability index. It doesn’t mean that the country’s economy had never faced the challenge of political instability, or it was ever ranked amongst politically more stable nations before. Far from it. Yet, the past few years stand out in the history of its political economy, with the nation of 240 million souls endeavouring to try to recover from a deep-rooted, multifaceted financial crisis amidst growing political unrest and renewed militant attacks in parts of the country.
The authorities insist that the PTI’s calls for public protests, which often compel the minority government led by Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif to restrict parts of the country as the only counter strategy to deal with the opposition’s agitational politics, have imposed significant costs on the economy and impeded recovery.
Given the political economy challenges, it does not come as a surprise to find the State Bank highlighting the adverse impact of political unrest and uncertainty on the recent economic recovery in one of its recent reports on the state of the economy. “The economy continues to grapple with structural bottlenecks in spite of some improvements in the macroeconomic indicators,” it said. “Political uncertainty exacerbates the situation through inconsistency in economic policies, weak governance and public administration. This underscores the need for policy reforms to ensure sustainable development over the medium- to long-term,” the central bank said.
Around those times, global credit agencies like Moody’s and Fitch had also been warning of politics trumping the economy’s revival and impairing the country’s ability to implement tough structural reforms. That the government carried on the reforms agenda that eventually delivered it a long-term 37-month Extended Fund Facility worth $7 billion from the International Monetary Fund in July shows that the flagging economy can be brought back from the abyss more swiftly provided all political actors come to an agreement to not derail the process for their short-sighted political ambitions.
The Nov 24 call by the jailed PTI chief Imran Khan for a final do-or-die protest in Islamabad to force the hand of the government to meet its demands like the release of the incarcerated party leaders including Imran Khan and fresh elections represented the continuation of his strategy to increase pressure on the government and the establishment through the use of destabilising means.
It has had an adverse impact on the country’s recovery effort regardless of the debate on the legitimacy of the protest. The PTI leadership described the party chief’s call for a long march on Islamabad as their legitimate democratic right, which it is.
On the other hand, the ruling PML-N accused the opposition PTI and its leadership of undermining the interests of the country and creating chaos to destabilise its government and reverse recent economic gains through violent protests and false social media propaganda as it locked down the federal capital and several cities across Punjab besides blocking national highways and motorways with freight containers and vehicles to keep the protesters from reaching Islamabad several days before the protest day.
Pakistan’s descent into a fresh round of political chaos and violence following the protestors’ march into the capital — even if it was relatively short-lived — is estimated by Finance Minister Muhammad Aurangzeb to have caused direct economic losses of around Rs190bn a day during the course of the agitation besides undermining the government’s efforts on the economic front to create a narrative of the state’s failure. Many would contest these loss estimates for being on the higher side, though.
But the fact that the businesses suffered significant tangible losses cannot be denied as trade activity in Islamabad and Rawalpindi came to a standstill, with the lockdown of other cities and highways in Punjab also leading to temporary fuel and food shortages besides causing a spike in inflation in the twin cities and elsewhere during the course of the agitation. A more adverse consequence of the disruptive agitational politics of the PTI to the businesses and the economy is the reputational loss for Pakistan as a safe haven for investment.
Therefore, no matter what the magnitude, the focus on direct losses to the economy must not be allowed to mislead anyone or lose sight of the long-term and overall growth and macroeconomic effects of recent political disruptions and vandalism as instability tends to perpetuate and persist for a longer time period than one can imagine.
At the risk of exaggeration, one is constrained to state that the impact that the current political disturbances would have on the economy has yet not begin to manifest.
Pakistan is trying to navigate a weak economy through one of its most difficult times amidst disruptive political disturbances, frightening away investors and making it difficult for businesses to operate effectively.
What has hindered Pakistan’s path to economic progress is its chronic political instability, distinguishing it from its peer countries such as China, India, Vietnam and Bangladesh. Indeed, Pakistan’s political system has been facing a crisis of legitimacy and credibility since its inception. No elections in the country have ever been without controversies. But this cannot be the reason enough to plunge the economy into a deeper crisis for political gains at the expense of common folks who have just weathered the hardest of all economic and financial crises seen by this country.
With growth slowing to a crawl in recent years as the economy is yet to fully overcome what is often referred to as the perpetual balance of payments troubles, agitational politics is the last thing we need right now. Research literature on Pakistan’s economic trajectory is fraught with findings that political stability can go a long way in transforming the economic future of this country in ways unimaginable.
For that to happen, the politicians from the ruling and opposition parties would have to rise above their selfish political interests to come together for joint efforts to fix the economy. Political disputes should be settled in the parliament and not be allowed to spill over into the sphere of the economy. The country should remain open to business.
Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, December 16th, 2024
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Five charts that explain why water bills are about to go up
This is a crucial week for the water industry.
Regulator Ofwat will on Thursday give its "final determination" on how much bills will rise over the next five years.
Before then, Britain's largest company Thames Water hopes to win court approval for a £3bn bridging loan to stop it running out of cash in the spring.
Together they amount to the greatest test of the water system, the only fully-privatised network in the world.
To understand how we got here, and what might happen next, it pays to go back to the beginning.
In 1989, 10 state-owned regional water and sewage companies in England and Wales were sold off by Margaret Thatcher's government, raising £7bn for the Treasury. The companies were sold debt-free but never intended to stay that way.
The rationale was that the private sector could raise the billions required to upgrade the Victorian sewage network, and fund it from customer bills, so the state didn't have to.
So borrowing was always part of the plan and, as of this year, the companies have accrued £70bn of net debt, at a ratio to equity (gearing) of around 85%.
In water the problem with debt is not the total, but whether the companies can afford to service it, and what they did with the money.
The answer to the first question varies by operator, but water companies have poured billions into infrastructure and other investments. Adjusted for inflation, investment has run at between £4bn and a record £9bn last year, a total of £210bn in today's prices, spending that has reduced leakage and improved water quality on some measures.
But it has not been enough to meet public expectation of basic services, of sewage control, or to the challenges of climate change and a growing population. To pick one example, the UK has not built a new reservoir since 1992.
At the same time, the companies' shareholders have extracted dividends of £83bn (as calculated from Ofwat figures by the University of Greenwich and adjusted for inflation).
But like debt, dividends are a deliberate feature of the privatised system. Investors in any industry need to make a return.
Water UK, the companies' trade body, says that since 2020, when the regulator began paying closer attention to payouts, dividends have averaged 2.7%.
The level of dividends and executive bonuses have become harder to defend with the emergence of the water industry's dirty secret; sewage outflows.
These occur when the pipes shared by sewage and rainwater become inundated and, as a failsafe, are deliberately discharged into waterways through storm overflows to prevent sewage backing up into homes and businesses.
For decades the full extent of their use was unknown, with industry, regulators and the public in the dark because of the absence of monitoring. That has changed in the last decade, with full monitoring of almost 15,000 overflows in England revealing more than 460,000 sewage outflows in 2023.
Public outrage has pushed the issue up the political agenda, increasing the pressure on companies.
The water industry can point to some success in improving water quality since privatisation, with a reduction in levels of phosphorus and ammonia and 85% of bathing water classified as "good" or "excellent" by the Environment Agency.
But none of those are in rivers, where wild swimming, and the public activism that comes with it, is a recent phenomenon. And as public expectations for water quality rise, so do costs.
The challenge for the industry is that the cost of addressing the mess - whether physical, financial or of their own making - has just got more expensive.
Water was once a haven for long-term investors who enjoyed reliable returns from monopoly providers of an essential resource. For many years, water enjoyed a "halo effect" with cheaper borrowing costs than other industries.
This chart shows yields for water industry bonds, effectively the interest rate on their debt, compared to an index of other UK corporate bonds. While borrowing costs for everyone increased following the global inflation spike in early 2022, water remained cheaper.
In July 2023, after the full scale of the crisis at Thames Water emerged, the lines crossed over and water debt became more expensive. Water now has a premium attached, growing to almost a full percentage point by the end of this year.
And it is not just Thames. Ratings agencies have downgrading several water companies, damaging confidence in the entire sector. All companies face higher costs for borrowing, from the publicly-listed Severn Trent, to distressed Thames, trying to secure terms on a £3bn bridging loan at an eye-watering 9.75%.
To meet these rising costs of capital water companies are now arguing that Ofwat should not only let them raise customer bills, but that investors need a greater return to commit money to the sector.
Luke Hickmore, investment director at abrdn, part of the Thames Water creditors' group, said: "Water companies are facing a significantly higher cost of funding at the same time as seeing a growing need for infrastructure investment to maintain water and sewage systems.
"Investors have placed a risk premium on the entire industry because of uncertainty over whether the regulatory framework can support this increased investment need, and this drop in confidence has accelerated since Ofwat's Draft Determination in July.
"Weaker companies with higher debt have suffered more, right at the time when many of them are looking for additional capital to meet the needs of customers and environment for the next five years and beyond.
"This financial strain and deteriorating investor support means higher cost of borrowing, which eventually feeds through to customer bills."
All of which means your water bill is about to go up, though how much depends on where you live, and unlike other privatised utilities you can't switch.
In July, Ofwat said bills could rise by an average of 21% to fund £88bn of spending, but the water companies are now asking for 40% to cover an investment of £107bn.
Wherever Ofwat draws its line this will be the most significant bill hike since privatisation. For decades the regulator and politicians were focused on affordability, leaving bills lower in real terms today than they were a decade ago.
But it is clearer than a chalk stream that this approach stored up trouble, and whether you blame poor management, corporate greed, slack regulation, political indifference, or the principle of privatisation itself, the industry faces a critical moment.
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In Kyiv, Man Detained For Damaging Flags, Photos Of Fallen Ukrainian Defenders
Date
12/15/2024 10:08:45 PM
(MENAFN- UkrinForm) Police detained a man who, on the night of December
15, damaged flags and photos of fallen defenders in Maidan Nezalezhnosti (Independence Square) in Kyiv.
According to Ukrinform, this was reported by Kyiv police on Telegram .
"Information about the incident was received this morning by the Shevchenkivskyi District Police Department. A local resident informed law enforcement that she discovered damaged flags and photos honoring fallen defenders in Maidan Nezalezhnosti," the statement reads.
As a result of operational measures, police identified the perpetrator as a 36-year-old native of Sumy region.
The man was detained by a police patrol unit.
The offender was in an agitated state, and after a medical examination, he was hospitalized in a specialized medical facility.
The matter is currently under review for legal qualification.
As reported earlier, in early December in Kyiv, a man was detained for attempting to set fire to police cars as an act of revenge.
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For weeks now, residents in New Jersey and across the Northeast have looked up to the night sky and seen drones, dozens of car-sized drones flying above critical infrastructure like reservoirs and military bases.
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UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: ...One low looks pretty close, right?
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: So I - this one's going to fly over us right now.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: You think so?
DETROW: That is footage captured by one New Jersey resident, U.S. Senator Andy Kim, who spent his Thursday night drone hunting with local police in a rural part of the state and posting about it on social media. Naturally, these mysterious drones have raised some questions. Where are they coming from? Who's flying them? Why? Federal officials say they don't have answers to those questions but say they see no evidence so far of a national security threat. Here's Secretary of Homeland Security Alejandro Mayorkas speaking on ABC earlier today.
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ALEJANDRO MAYORKAS: There's no question that people are seeing drones, and I want to assure the American public that we in the federal government have deployed additional resources, personnel, technology to assist the New Jersey state police in addressing the drone sightings.
DETROW: So in the era of see-something-say-something, the Feds seem to be assuring the public that there is nothing to see here. Local firefighters do say do not approach any drones that have crashed into the ground.
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For nearly two years, 33 straight games, the Carolina Panthers were underdogs, but this afternoon they were finally favorites against the Dallas Cowboys.
As 2.5 point dogs, the Cowboys came into this game decimated by injuries, but a good showing by Mike Zimmer and the defense proved to be enough in a 30-14 win over Carolina.
For a team that only has three wins, the Panthers sure have not played like it, at least the last few weeks. They went toe to toe with the Eagles last week and should have won the game if they made a catch late in that one.
Today, the Panthers looked good the first two drives of the game, getting an opening stop, and were driving until Marist Liufau forced a fumble by Young. Great way to start the first game by filling in for Overshown.
Gross Game
This football game took place just as I thought it would, a gross low scoring sloppy game. Although the Panthers have been playing better, they still have plenty of flaws, and the Cowboys are playing with nothing but backups.
It was scoreless after the first quarter of play, and stayed that way until Cooper Rush found CeeDee Lamb for a 14 yard touchdown on a back shoulder.
The drive was filled with Lamb who had over 60 yards on the scoring drive alone.
The Cowboys defense with the lead is just different, even with injuries, after the touchdown, the defense was able to force another turnover on a Bryce Young inspection.
Dallas settled for three by Brandon Aubrey when a false start killed the drive, they are still finding a way to hurt themselves, and it is so annoying.
Right when everything was setting up for Dallas to go up 17-0, Cooper Rush fumbled the football on 3rd and goal, and then the next play the Panthers scored on an 80 yard pass on a blown coverage.
Typical Cowboys game for ya right here, you can’t continue to make this type of stuff up.
Defense Dominates
Credit to the Cowboys defense, on the first play of the second half, a strip sack by Osa Odighizuwa gave Dallas the ball inside the 30-yard line.
After a steady dose of Rico Dowdle, Cooper Rush found Jalen Tolbert in the back of the end zone after breaking free from his defender, a ball that was throw pretty poorly was made great by Tolbert hauling it in.
Let me ask this though.
If not for the defense somehow finding its way against a team with three wins, the Panthers would have run away with this game. Two drives started inside the 50, which helps.
Congrats to the Dallas Cowboys winning a pointless game that will move them from pick 12 in the draft to outside of the top 15, like what is point? I understand you can’t tank in this league, but the only people happy with this win are those who hate Dak Prescott.
This team is a long way from going anywhere, but here we are again, folks are going to be so happy for a win over a 3 win football team who has been playing well, but they showed the true colors today.
The defense dominated this game, and they are the reason they won the game. Cooper Rush tried to do enough to give it away again, but when you get four turnovers and the ball inside the 50 three times, that is a great way to win the football game.
Cowboys will have a better test next week against Baker and the Bucs at home, and we will see if they can beat a good team at home, a place they have struggled in 2024.
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BUSINESS
He urged the adoption of 'compassionate capitalism,' combining the principles of capitalism with social responsibility
Infosys co-founder Narayana Murthy has once again defended his suggestion of a 70-hour workweek, urging young Indians to work harder to help India become a global leader. Speaking at the Indian Chamber of Commerce centenary launch in Kolkata, Murthy emphasised the need for high aspirations and hard work, especially since "800 million Indians get free ration," reflecting poverty in the country.
Highlighting his time at Infosys, he said, “We compared ourselves with the best global companies, and Indians still have a long way to go. If we don’t work hard, who will?”
Murthy shared his journey from being a socialist in the Nehru era to realising the importance of entrepreneurship after his experiences in Paris in the 1970s. “In the West, trains ran on time, and people were prosperous. I understood that the only way to fight poverty is to create jobs and wealth, which entrepreneurs do.”
He urged the adoption of "compassionate capitalism," combining the principles of capitalism with social responsibility. This, he believes, will help build better infrastructure and create opportunities for all.
He also praised Kolkata, calling it “the most cultured place in the entire country,” and recalled great personalities like Rabindranath Tagore, Satyajit Ray, and Subhash Chandra Bose.
He concluded by addressing India’s productivity challenges, citing a comment that a Chinese worker is 3.5 times more productive than an Indian. “It’s easy to remain complacent, but to earn global respect, we must perform. Performance leads to recognition, and recognition brings power,” he said, urging young Indians to dedicate themselves to hard work and progress.
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SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Two important food holidays are meeting up this year. December 25 is both Christmas and also the first night of Hanukkah.
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DETROW: Well, we did not want to miss the opportunity to explore the potential for a feast for all. And to help us imagine what to prepare, we have called on Sarah Lohman, who's a food historian and writer. Sarah has put together a menu for us, and my only regret here is that this is a remote interview and I cannot eat it all right now. So that being said, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, Sarah.
SARAH LOHMAN: Hi, Scott. Thank you.
DETROW: When you first realized the alignment here, what was your first thought?
LOHMAN: OK, first thought was, of course, fry everything.
DETROW: Yeah.
LOHMAN: I mean, maybe it's obvious, maybe it's my first thought, but I was like, let's fry things that have never been fried before. Let's make it the Iowa State Fair up in here.
DETROW: (Laughter).
LOHMAN: OK, so the fun part of this project for me was I got to reach out to my community. And I started talking to my friend Leah Koenig, who is the author of the recent cookbook "Portico," which is about Roman Jewish culture. And she pointed out to me that latke, the traditional Hanukkah fried potato pancake - they really aren't that old in terms of Judaism. The practice originates with German Jews in the late 18th century. So that's like a drop in the bucket of the multiple-thousand-year history. So that's when I said, OK, well, is there another direction we can go here?
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DETROW: So you have put together a menu. And before we go into it, tell me...
LOHMAN: Feast.
DETROW: A feast - important correction.
LOHMAN: (Laughter) I think.
DETROW: Tell me what you ended up organizing it around. What were the central thoughts? What were you trying to bring together?
LOHMAN: Well, I also happen to know a lot of people who are Christian or specifically Catholic and Jewish from populations around the world. And I think particularly in America, we can get sort of lost the idea of Christian as being a majority faith here, whereas in most of the world, it is a minority faith. And so I decided to put together a multicourse menu that looks at regions that have traditional, historical Christian and Jewish populations and look at where their food intersects and differentiates. I really believe that, like, cooking can be an act of learning; eating can be an act of education. And so I wanted to use this moment, this party, this feast, this festival to make space for the understanding of the long histories of these faiths throughout the world.
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DETROW: That being said, let's get going. Tell us what the first course is.
LOHMAN: OK, so for the first course, we're going to go to China, which does have a historical Jewish population. No one's quite sure when they came, but they came into the area around Kaifeng, which is in Henan, which - not Hunan, Henan, which is a northern Chinese province. And it's difficult to trace dishes from Jewish ancestry there. There's maybe only about 1,000 Kaifeng Jews today. But one we know of is a Kaifeng noodle-blanketed carp. And it's a whole fish that's wok fried, and it's served with a sauce made from vinegar, rice wine, ginger and scallions. And then you top it with crispy fried noodles.
But if you're not up for frying a whole fish, which not everybody is, I would recommend ordering in some Henanese cuisine. Soup dumplings, or xiaolongbao, are from the Henan area. But don't get the pork ones. Get ones made with lamb or chicken and vegetables, or you could also order in some hui mian (ph), which are wide wheat noodles. I should note in this whole menu, I decided to avoid pork, shellfish, and I didn't serve meat and dairy so that anyone can come to your house for this party of any religious background and be able to eat the food.
DETROW: All right, so walk me through the last main dish.
LOHMAN: OK, so last main dish, we're going to go to Ethiopia. And I think, you know, this might be - sound like a simple answer, but the national dish of Ethiopia is dora wat, which is a chicken stew, and it's dark meat chicken, slow cooked with hard boiled eggs, garlic ginger, onions, tomato, and you finish the top with a sprinkle of black cardamom. So I also love the connections, the spice connections and flavor connections made through these dishes. Now, dora wat is sort of the Coptic Christian name for it, but it's also known as sanbat wat in Ethiopian Jewish communities. And sanbat means Shabbat. So a lot of these two aren't necessarily Hanukkah dishes. Actually, the Ethiopian Jews didn't traditionally celebrate Hanukkah in Ethiopia. But now over 100,000 Ethiopian Jews have moved to Israel and another thousand are here in America too. So they've moved in the cultures that celebrate Hanukkah. And definitely, you should make it with injera, too.
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DETROW: So assuming there's any room left at all after all of these dishes so far, I know you've put a lot of thought into a very important holiday item, and that is desserts.
LOHMAN: Oh, my gosh, of course. I mean, but there is always room for dessert.
DETROW: (Laughter).
LOHMAN: So I've got two ideas here. One is cassola, which is from my original person who gave me this idea, Leah Koenig. It's a cheesecake that was created by Roman Jews, and it actually descends from this idea of pancake-making on Hanukkah. Hanukkah, you know, oil, things that are fried and things that are dairy are sort of traditional Hanukkah foods. Cassola was originally made on stove tops, like a really thick pancake. Now it's baked, and now it's actually crossed over that it's a favorite served by Roman Catholics on Christmas. So it's a ricotta cheesecake made with cinnamon, vanilla and raisins.
Now, for some people, having dairy after meat is OK, but for some people, it's not. So if you want to stick to a menu that's kosher friendly, I'd also recommend bolo menino. Bolo menino is named after the Christ child, and it's a cake made in Macao, which is governed somewhat by China, but not totally, so they have more religious freedom. And many people there are also Portuguese descendants, as well. So this is a cake made with crumbled cookies, coconut and pine nuts that is always served on Christmas in Macao.
DETROW: You know, I think a lot of people listening might be taking notes and thinking, I want to do this. And I think there might be a lot of people listening who are thinking, like, oh, my gosh, this sounds so overwhelming.
LOHMAN: (Laughter).
DETROW: What do you say to somebody who, like, loves the idea, but when it comes to, especially, like, a multicourse meal, just kind of gets intimidated?
LOHMAN: You know, there is always a potluck. There's always divvying this up. Or, you know, hey, if you love throwing a party like me, make the whole thing. But if not, just make the one dish that appeals to you. I think that food is always better with a story. And I love the idea of using this December 25 to reflect on these cultures throughout the world. And sometimes they're often difficult stories, too.
DETROW: Yeah. You know, we're talking about learning about different cultures, as this menus together. But, you know, I think for a lot of people, a holiday is also about kind of leaning into your heritage - right? - your family story - right? - in terms of food.
LOHMAN: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And I think that we can't forget that many of these cultures that I talked about today also exist within America. These communities are here. And I think for all of us during this holiday season, this is often a time where we connect to our own ancestry. I'm sure that there are people listening right now thinking about the recipes that they're going to make that have been passed down through their families and that really are labors of love that make this feel like a special and important time of year.
DETROW: Absolutely.
LOHMAN: It's religion, but it's celebration, it's family, it's ancestry, too.
DETROW: And all of this is kind of very American, right? Like, you've put together a meal that touches on a dozen different countries and cultures.
LOHMAN: Yeah, but they can all be found here, absolutely.
DETROW: Yeah.
LOHMAN: And to me, I think that that's the most powerful and beautiful thing about America, our diversity. We can be a little hard to govern sometime. We're an unruly lot. But just how many different people become American too, I think that's really the most wonderful thing about living here and celebrating the holidays here.
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DETROW: That is food historian Sarah Lohman. Her most recent book is just out in paper, "Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods." Thank you so much for taking up the challenge and crafting a Christmas Hanukkah feast for us.
LOHMAN: Oh, my gosh, my pleasure. Now the real challenge is I'm going to have to sit down and make all of this.
DETROW: I think there's no question now. Thank you.
LOHMAN: Thank you.
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Grammy winning-singer
Billie Eilish got hit by a necklace from the crowd during a concert in Arizona.
A video, which is doing the rounds online, showed Eilish grimacing and bracing herself as the flying object hit her on the face during the song "What Was I Made For?". Eilish continued singing without addressing the incident with the audience.
Her non-verbal response was captured in a second video, where she appeared upset but remained composed and continued her performance, reports aceshowbiz.com.
The incident has reignited conversations about concert audience etiquette and the responsibilities of fans. Eilish's response to the situation has been praised by many for her professionalism and ability to handle the unexpected interruption without losing her composure.
The incident highlights the importance of creating a safe and enjoyable atmosphere at concerts for both performers and attendees.
Actresses like Ava Max and
Bebe Rexha have also experienced similar incidents. Ava Max's eye was "scratched" by a fan who jumped onto the stage while Bebe Rexha fell to the floor after someone hurled a cell phone at her.
In other news, Eilish had earlier revealed that she began developing problems with her body image when she was just 10-years-old.
The singer was known for her penchant for baggy clothes and she explained she opted for the loose-fitting garments as a way to feel more "comfortable" after growing unhappy with her shape at a young age when she struggled to fit into clothes from her favourite brand, who famously only produce garments in one size.
She told Complex magazine: "What's really interesting is that when I was a little girl, I loved big dresses. All I wore was fairy dresses and skirts. I never wore pants or shorts when I was a little kid. But when I got to be about 11, I got obsessed with this brand called Brandy Melville. And they only sold clothes in one size."
"I was chubbier and I was obsessed with these clothes, but I'd buy a shirt and it wouldn't fit me. That's when my body problems started. I was around the age of 10 or 11. I got b**bs at like nine, and I was just developing really early. I wasn't slim. Also, I was in ballet, and that's this whole world of body problems. She said wearing baggy clothes was her style, reports femalefirst.co.uk.
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CHICAGO -- It would be understandable if Sam Reinhart felt lethargic entering this season.
The forward was coming off a short summer after he and the Florida Panthers won the first Stanley Cup championship in franchise history June 24. It was yet another short summer after Florida advanced to the Stanley Cup Final in 2023 as well, which provided a learning experience.
“It was my first real short summer (in 2023) and you’re kind of wondering if you’re ready, if you’re doing enough or too little,” Reinhart said. “I think going through it once gave me a little more confidence with this (past) summer and knowing how to handle things. So, I mean, I think there’s something to be said that you may feel better right away. It takes less time to get back into it.”
The 29-year-old got back into it right away and has stayed consistent with 39 points (19 goals, 20 assists) in 30 games, good enough to lead the Panthers and rank eighth in the NHL. He’ll look for more when the Panthers play the Edmonton Oilers in a rematch of this year’s Stanley Cup Final at Rogers Place in Edmonton on Monday (8:30 p.m. ET; TVAS, Prime, NHLN, SCRIPPS).
To start this season, Reinhart had 12 points (five goals, seven assists) through his first seven games. He then had a 13-game point streak from Oct. 24-Nov. 23, during which he had 19 points (11 goals, eight assists). Reinhart has not gone consecutive games without at least one point this season.
The No. 2 pick by the Buffalo Sabres at the 2014 NHL Draft, Reinhart has 577 points (274 goals, 303 assists) in 726 career games with the Sabres and Panthers. He set career highs last season in goals (57) and points (94).
“I don't know if anybody's shocked [that he's scoring], but he's just one of the smartest players, probably, in this league,” said Seattle Kraken defenseman Brandon Montour, who was Reinhart’s teammate in Buffalo (2019-20) and Florida from 2021-24. “He does everything at a high level, aggressively. Maybe he's not shooting the puck a ton for the amount of goals that he scores, but he's obviously so smart and puts himself in the right position.”
Reinhart’s work also earned him a place on Canada’s roster for the 4 Nations Face-Off on Dec. 4. The best-on-best tournament featuring teams consisting of NHL players from Finland, Sweden, Canada and the United States will be held Feb. 12-20 at Bell Centre in Montreal and at TD Garden in Boston.
Reinhart plays with confidence, something that’s been especially evident in his time in Florida.
“All he needs are one or two shots, and that’s the piece to his game that he’s developed and the confidence that comes from having a year like he had last year,” Panthers coach Paul Maurice said. “He's a shooter and it’s on and off his stick exactly where he wants it to go. So, what he does so very well is he manages himself on the ice. He gets out there and says, ‘I’ve got it tonight,’ and the nights he doesn’t, he’s still a really effective player for us.”
Oilers forward Jeff Skinner, who played with Reinhart in Buffalo, has been impressed with Reinhart’s output.
“He’s producing at an elite rate and is a good player on both sides of the puck,” he said. “When you get those numbers, if you’re going to score that many goals, you’re going to have to score from different situations.
“Great players find ways to get open. I think if you look at the best players from other teams, opponents focus on how to shut them down and they still find a way to get open, find space and get chances. Obviously, he’s been capitalizing on his chances.”
Reinhart has a calm demeanor. He was unfazed last season while playing through the end of the three-year contract he signed with the Panthers in August 2021. Asked about waiting for a new contract at 2024 NHL All-Star Media Day in Toronto on Feb. 1, Reinhart said he and the Panthers “were both comfortable with where we’re at.”
The wait didn’t stop him from setting career numbers, and he signed an eight-year contract with Florida on July 1.
“It’s something that’s probably new to me; I’ve never really had that long-term deal,” Reinhart said. “It doesn’t really change how I go about things and certainly not in this organization how we go about things. It’s more day to day, how can we build, how can we succeed on that day. That’s where we’re at.”
Reinhart continues to be one of the League’s top performers. He’s won the Cup, he has a long-term contract and he just keeps going about his business.
“He's honest, quiet, works extremely hard at his craft every day, extremely fit. He takes care of his game better than most, but he’s a great guy, a funny guy,” Montour said. “Obviously he had a terrific year last year, and he's a heck of a player in this league and continuing that, so it's nice to see. As a friend and obviously as a fan, I want him to do well.”
NHL.com staff writer Derek Van Diest and independent correspondent Darren Brown contributed to this report
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Pakistan’s energy sector is a pertinent example of a systemic issue that extends beyond mere implementation challenges. This sector grapples with persistent policy inconsistencies and ambiguities, an obsolete governance model influenced by vested interests, and unprofessional management. There is a notable lack of coordination along energy supply chains and among various energy subsectors — a failure to develop an integrated energy plan.
In Pakistan, the energy sector is not driven by market forces but by government decisions. Policymakers believe they know everything. They seek policy guidance only from donors or foreign consultants. Their assertions, or perhaps misconceptions, elude the intellectual rigour necessary to comprehend the intricate nature of this longstanding and profound chaos, which poses real and substantial threats to the sector’s and country’s development.
One recent example is shutting gas to captive power plants under a commitment with the International Monetary Fund. Aside from the enormous investments made by the industry over the years in captive power plants, these plants are a source of reliable supplies for the industry and keep the industry globally competitive. The industry depends on these plants for 60 per cent to 80pc of its energy demand. These captive power plants sometimes meet 100pc of the electricity demand.
Industrial grid defection is on the rise with the increase in solar captive plants. With the shutting of gas for captive power plants, there is less likelihood that large industries will switch to the grid. Rather, the industry will shift to alternate energy sources or move towards deindustrialisation, leading to massive unemployment.
Though a competitive trading model has been developed, its implementation remains stalled by policy inconsistencies
Over the years, rather than prioritising the maintenance and efficient utilisation of existing capacity, the emphasis has remained on new projects, resulting in costly excess capacity. Inadequate investments in downstream transmission and distribution infrastructure have significantly worsened these issues. Damaged networks, theft, little to zero modernisation, and insufficient energy accounting result in over 25pc electricity losses.
Poorly conceived projects like the ‘Super Six’ wind power plants, approved in 2019 under the influence of the International Finance Corporation, have strained the energy sector financially. Despite excess capacity and inadequate infrastructure for evacuating electricity from the wind corridor, these plants were allowed. Consequently, these wind projects and other plants in the wind corridor in Sindh qualify for the Net Project Missed Volume, adding to the financial burden on consumers.
Furthermore, though a Competitive Trading Bilateral Contract Market (CTBCM) model has been developed, its implementation hinges on establishing a justifiable wheeling cost. Introducing the CTBCM offers a promising future for the sector. However, when the wheeling charge tries to cover stranded costs or cross-subsidies, it will not be acceptable or viable for market participants.
Decision-makers must recognise that the industry is moving away from the grid due to uncompetitive tariffs, even without power wheeling. This shift places an additional burden of capacity payments on the remaining consumers. Furthermore, as industrial consumers exit the grid, utilities lose revenue, ie transmission and distribution (T&D) margins previously collected from these customers. Even if stranded costs are not allowed, utilities can recover this revenue by allowing power wheeling.
In the tariff determination for FY25, 49pc of capacity payments go to government-owned plants. Instead of renegotiating contracts with independent power projects (IPPs), the focus should be on these government plants to bring them for trading in the market. The emphasis on IPPs from 1995 and 2002 is unlikely to affect capacity payments significantly and may harm future investment in the country.
It was written earlier that these IPPs agreed during power purchasing agreement renegotiations in 2020-21 that once CTBCM is implemented, they will transition towards the market from the take-or-pay clause. Implementing CTBCM and bringing these plants to the market will reduce the burden of capacity payments.
For a long time, the pricing of energy, encompassing both gas and electricity, has been shaped significantly by sociopolitical objectives rather than grounded in economic fundamentals. Cross-subsidy has resulted in the redirection of resources from productive sectors like industry and commercial to non-productive sectors, such as the residential sector.
Furthermore, the argument that allowing power wheeling would harm the subsidised domestic sector may only be valid in the short term. A wheeling is just the initial step. Establishing a market trading platform and competition in the retail market would ultimately benefit all consumers.
Recently, a new (conditional) winter tariff package to boost grid electricity consumption is expected to have little impact in the three months. Likewise, decreasing buying rates from net-metering consumers will not bring back defected consumers (industry, residential, or any other). The only viable option left is to develop a competitive energy market where all consumers pay according to the service costs.
The writer is a Senior Research Economist at the Pakistan Institute of Development.
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Published in Dawn, The Business and Finance Weekly, December 16th, 2024
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SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Seeing a total solar eclipse along its path of totality is a rare, often once-in-a-lifetime event. It only lasts a few minutes, which is enough time to wow and awe observers but not nearly enough time for scientists who study the sun and its outer atmosphere called the corona. A new mission from the European Space Agency wants to solve this problem. Last week, a pair of satellites rocketed into orbit with a simple goal - to create more solar eclipses, ones that last hours instead of minutes. Here to tell us more about this and how it works is Damien Galano. He's the project manager for this mission, called Proba-3. Welcome.
DAMIEN GALANO: Thank you for having me.
DETROW: Let's just start with a question that I think anybody hearing that introduction is asking - how exactly does this work? How do two satellites create solar eclipses?
GALANO: So there are two satellite, and basically, we want to recreate the condition of a total solar eclipse. So the first spacecraft - we call it the Occulter spacecraft and - plays the role of the moon and to block out the light from the sun. And the other spacecraft - that we call the Coronagraph - will have to be positioned precisely in the shadow cast by the Occulter spacecraft at a distance of about 500 feet.
DETROW: So this is creating an eclipse for the second satellite. How much beyond that will this eclipse last and reach? I mean, somebody might be thinking, can I see this from Earth? I assume the answer is no, but I want to ask.
GALANO: No, no. This will be done when the spacecraft are at their maximum altitude at about 40,000 miles. And when they are far from the gravity of the Earth, that is a perturbation for us to be able to control precisely the spacecraft. And they will maintain this formation for about six hours.
DETROW: Six hours - and will this be a one-time experiment or will this be able to be recreated over and over with these two satellites?
GALANO: We expect to be able to recreate it every orbit. So the period of the orbit is 20 hours.
DETROW: Oh, wow.
GALANO: So every orbit, every 20 hours, we expect to be able to have a consecutive six hours of eclipse condition.
DETROW: I love this image of two satellites almost dancing with each other in this aligned orbit. Can you tell us why you want to do this, though? What are you looking for? What does a solar eclipse allow scientists to study?
GALANO: So the solar corona matters because it's intimately linked to the sun, the way the sun - our star - works and all the physics. We know that it's in the corona that originates the solar wind, so the constant flow of charged particles expanding from the sun. So observing the corona help the solar physicist to better model how the sun works and to better understand the activities inside this corona and how it can affect the Earth. That's through what we call the space weather.
DETROW: So the satellites launch, they're in orbit now. When are you expecting the first attempt at creating an eclipse?
GALANO: So we are performing at the moment the commissioning of the spacecraft. So little by little, we are activating the different equipment, the different functions on board. We expect if everything goes well that in March, we should be able to have the two spacecraft aligned to observe for the first time and take the first images of the corona with our system.
DETROW: That's Damien Galano, the project manager for the Proba-3 mission at the European Space Agency. Thanks so much, and good luck.
GALANO: Thank you, Scott. Bye-bye.
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It’s been a nightmare of a season for the Dallas Cowboys based on the injury front. It has affected the season in a great way, and is the main catalyst for the 5-8 record the Cowboys are taking into Carolina today.
Let’s take a look at just how bad the injuries have been. Name value is strong, but when you also look at it through the positional lens, it gets much worse. The following players have all missed time for the Cowboys this season, forcing practice squad players to step up and play starter’s roles:
- Dak Prescott (QB1)
- Tyler Guyton (LT1)
- Tyler Smith (LG1)
- Cooper Beebe (C1)
- Zack Martin (RG1)
- Brandin Cooks (WR2)
- Micah Parsons (DE1)
- DeMarcus Lawrence (DE2)
- Sam Williams (DE3)
- Marshawn Kneeland (DE4)
- Eric Kenricks (LB1)
- DeMarvion Overshown (LB2)
- Trevon Diggs (CB1)
- DaRon Bland (CB2)
- Caelen Carson (CB4)
That list has taken up my entire screen as I type it. Do you see now how adding their positions brings it more into perspective? QB1 not being here is the worst of them, and is usually the nail in the coffin for all teams. Every member of the offensive line except for RT Terence Steele has missed time.
The top four defensive ends have all missed time at once, which is what prompted the signings of Carl Lawson and the elevation of Tyrus Wheat from the practice squad. Their top two linebackers have missed time, and Overshown is on Injured Reserve. Three of their top four cornerbacks have also missed time. Which brings us to the topic of today’s article.
Trevon Diggs has been sent to Injured Reserve with season-ending knee surgery to be performed by team surgeon Dan Cooper. That’s yet another All-Pro that will miss the entire season for the Cowboys.
What Does This Mean For Trevon Diggs?
First of all, let me express how devastated I am for Trevon. He was just starting to get back into the groove and looking like the Diggs we knew before his knee injury. There have not yet been details released on the specifics of his knee injury, but we do know that it’s not his ACL, yet it is significant.
Diggs will again have to go through the intense rehabilitation of his knee that caused him to miss nearly the entirety of the 2023 season. He was injured in practice during week 3. A deflated Cowboys team then went into Arizona and suffered a shocking upset.
He has a long road ahead of him, but luckily, his brother Stefon Diggs will be going through the same rehabilitation for a knee injury of his own. They can be there for one another, and help each other through their battles.
What Does This Mean For the Cowboys?
Well, it sucks. For us fans, anyway. Our hopes of seeing Diggs and Bland wreak havoc on opposite sidelines of each other keep getting dashed by injuries. They have played several games together while Bland was in the slot, but not since he has emerged as one of the best boundary cornerbacks in the NFL.
The cornerback room is further depleted, and it will be interesting to see who starts on the boundary the rest of the season. Does DC Mike Zimmer already have someone in mind, or does he plan on using the final four games to switch players around and see what works best?
I’m banking on the first option because Zimmer (and most of the coaching staff) is on a one-year deal, and development for 2025 means nothing to him. Personally, I hope to see more of Israel Mukuamu. He showed us something in the 2022 playoffs when he was forced to step in, but disappeared in the past couple of seasons.
Whoever lines up opposite Bland, it likely won’t matter in a lost season.
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CRICKET
Josh Hazlewood claimed his first wicket of the day by dismissing Virat Kohli, who once again failed to deliver and was dismissed for just 3 runs.
Mitchell Starc and Josh Hazlewood bowled full deliveries early on, causing India's batters to fall quickly. Yashasvi Jaiswal was the first to go, nicking the first ball to the boundary and then falling off the second ball by hitting it straight to forward square-leg. Shubman Gill followed suit, falling to Starc's next over with a big drive, only to be caught by Mitchell Marsh at gully. Virat Kohli almost fell for a golden duck with a similar drive, eventually getting out to Hazlewood.
Mohammed Siraj dismissed Nathan Lyon in his first over of the day, leaving Australia with just one wicket remaining. Akash Deep then took the final wicket to end Australia's innings, despite a few rain delays.
Australia finished with a formidable total of 445 runs. Jasprit Bumrah took the first wicket of the day, his sixth of the innings, before being taken off the attack by Rohit Sharma. Alex Carey continued his aggressive batting, reaching a half-century in just 53 balls.
Following a subdued first day that was largely affected by rain, the Gabba Test match in the Border-Gavaskar Trophy truly came to life on the second day. Australia concluded day two with a score of 405/7, positioning themselves strongly at one of their preferred home grounds. Their impressive performance in Brisbane has raised significant concerns within the Indian camp.
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Former FBI informant will plead guilty to lying about phony bribery scheme involving the Bidens
WASHINGTON (AP) — A former FBI informant is set to plead guilty on Monday to lying about a phony bribery scheme involving President Joe Biden and his son Hunter that became central to the Republican impeachment inquiry in Congress.
Alexander Smirnov is expected to make the plea in Los Angeles to a felony charge in connection with the bogus story, along with a tax evasion charge stemming from a separate indictment accusing him of concealing millions of dollars of income, according to court papers.
Smirnov has been behind bars since his arrest in February on charges that he told his FBI handler that executives from the Ukrainian energy company Burisma had paid President Biden and Hunter Biden $5 million each around 2015.
Prosecutors and the defense have agreed to recommend a sentence of between four and six years in prison, according to the plea agreement.
Smirnov had been an informant for more than a decade when he made the explosive allegations about the Bidens in June 2020, after “expressing bias” about Joe Biden as a presidential candidate, prosecutors said.
But Smirnov had only routine business dealings with Burisma starting in 2017, according to court documents. An FBI field office investigated the allegations and recommended the case be closed in August 2020, according to charging documents.
No evidence has emerged that Joe Biden acted corruptly or accepted bribes in his current role or previous office as vice president.
While his identity wasn’t publicly known before the indictment, Smirnov’s claims played a major part in the Republican effort in Congress to investigate the president and his family, and helped spark a House impeachment inquiry into Biden. Before Smirnov's arrest, Republicans had demanded the FBI release the unredacted form documenting the unverified allegations, though they acknowledged they couldn’t confirm if they were true.
During a September 2023 conversation with investigators, Smirnov also claimed the Russians likely had recordings of Hunter Biden because a hotel in Ukraine’s capital where he had stayed was “wired” and under their control — information he said was passed along to him by four high-level Russian officials.
But Hunter Biden had never traveled to Ukraine, according to Smirnov's indictment.
Smirnov claimed to have contacts with Russian intelligence-affiliated officials, and told authorities after his arrest earlier this year that “officials associated with Russian intelligence were involved in passing a story” about Hunter Biden.
The case against Smirnov was brought by special counsel David Weiss, who also prosecuted Hunter Biden on gun and tax charges. Hunter Biden was supposed to be sentenced this month after being convicted at trial in the gun case and pleading guilty to federal charges in the tax case. But he was pardoned earlier this month by his father, who said he believed “raw politics has infected this process and it led to a miscarriage of justice.”
Alanna Durkin Richer, The Associated Press
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Some things are easier to learn when you're a kid, like an instrument or a sport. NPR's Avery Keatley visited a gymnastics class outside of Washington, D.C., to find out why it's important to keep learning new things, no matter your age.
AVERY KEATLEY, BYLINE: On a dark, rainy Tuesday night, the Barcroft Sports & Fitness Center in Arlington, Virginia, is brightly lit and absolutely buzzing. The gymnastics floor is mobbed with kids wearing bright leotards, taking turns on the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor. It is loud as the kids tumble across the floor and parents wait in the bleachers overlooking the gymnasium. But as the kids' classes begin winding down, a different group files in.
GAELEN WOOD: (Inaudible) forward rolls, so arms up.
ERIN WEISENBERGER: This is the worst one because it really hurts your head. When I was a kid, this didn't hurt, but it really gives me a headache doing it. I don't know why.
KEATLEY: That's 32-year-old Erin Weisenberger. She's warming up doing somersaults across the gymnastics floor along with the rest of her class. It's a group of nearly all women ranging in age from their late 20s to their early 40s, and they're all here trying something a little different.
WOOD: So we're going to learn something new today.
KEATLEY: They're part of an adult beginner gymnastics class. It's a bit of a rarity in the gymnastics world, where most classes are geared towards kids and teens.
WOOD: And if you're lefty, you're going to jump, land on your right foot, extend your left foot into your lunge.
KEATLEY: That's Coach Gaelen Wood. Tonight, they're learning how to power hurdle. It's a move that helps generate momentum for tumbling, and the footwork is a little complicated.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: So think about jumping off of two feet and just land on your right foot.
WEISENBERGER: Just land on my right foot. Just land on my right foot.
(LAUGHTER)
KEATLEY: While Erin tries to master the power hurdle, classmate Shateela Winters has a simpler goal in mind.
SHATEELA WINTERS: So my goal is to not injure myself. I have a bad back amongst other things. But if I could pick the dream thing that I had learned to do, if I could just do one back handspring, I'd be incredibly happy.
WOOD: Awesome.
KEATLEY: After warming up on the floor, the class files over to a trampoline that stretches almost halfway across the gym.
WOOD: All right, we're going to straddle jumps. So remember, either straddle jumps can go out to the side or straddle jumps can come up in front of you, OK?
KEATLEY: Gymnastics program supervisor Alex Asante-Dean says that for adult beginners, breaking out of their normal patterns of movement, like jumping really high in the air on a trampoline, can be uncomfortable.
ALEX ASANTE-DEAN: When we start, some of the things are really jarring 'cause you're moving your body in ways that hasn't been done before.
KEATLEY: And it's not just physical movements.
ASANTE-DEAN: When we get older and we have, you know, routines that we're used to, gets hard to break those habits.
KEATLEY: That's an observation backed up by research.
RACHEL WU: Adults might have a more fixed mindset in terms of thinking, if I'm not good at something now, I'm never going to be good at it.
KEATLEY: Rachel Wu is an associate professor of psychology at University of California, Riverside. She studies the way children learn and how those patterns might help adults learn too. She says that in some ways, learning is easier as an adult. Adults generally grasp concepts more quickly. They're less distracted, and they have better motor control than kids. But learning as an adult requires time, money and quality teachers, which can all be harder to find. She also says adults are often convinced they simply lack a talent for something.
WU: I've never been good at languages, or I've never been good at art, or I don't have a musical ear or something like that - that kind of, like, very fixed mindset. So you're either born with some talent or you're not.
KEATLEY: But continuing to learn as an adult has serious brain benefits.
WU: You will increase a lot of different types of cognitive abilities - your attention, memory. You have existing neurons that can be strengthened and existing pathways between neurons that can be strengthened as well.
KEATLEY: She says physical activities can be especially helpful in growing new neurons, which help the brain remain healthy and flexible later in life. Community can also play a big role in supporting adult learning.
WU: Learning new stuff is really hard, and if you're doing it with other people, it may be less depressing (laughter) in some ways because those people can help hold you accountable. You can see through how other people are struggling that you're not the only one struggling.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: There you go. Yes. Pull, pull, pull, pull, pull. Good.
KEATLEY: Back in the gym, the class is practicing on the uneven bars.
WEISENBERGER: The Olympians make it look so smooth and so easy and just like a walk in the park. But it is not (laughter).
KEATLEY: Erin Weisenberger says that even though class is challenging, she gets a lot out of it.
WEISENBERGER: Just proud of myself for trying something that I thought I would be really bad at.
KEATLEY: Coach Gaelen Wood says that for him, seeing adult students achieve something new is one of the best parts of the class.
WOOD: I love when people are nervous of something, and they finally take that step forward, and they're like, I can do this.
KEATLEY: As class winds down, one of those moments unfolds as Erin successfully pulls herself all the way over the uneven bar for the first time.
WEISENBERGER: I did it.
(LAUGHTER)
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: There you go. Yay.
KEATLEY: Avery Keatley, NPR News.
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Today’s game against the Carolina Panthers all but screams “Trap Game” for the Dallas Cowboys.
Especially now that the team is at 5-8 for the season and likely with no chance to make the playoffs. They have to win out and that just to finish above .500.
The loss of DeMarvion Overshown for the rest of this season and probably all of 2025, will take a toll on the team as well.
As for today’s game, there are two unlikely players who could be responsible for springing the trap.
A loss today would hammer in that final nail in the Cowboys’ 2024 season.
The first is running back Chuba Hubbard, who is having a solid season. The second is quarterback Bryce Young.
With Jonathan Brooks done again for the year with another ACL issue, Hubbard will be carrying the load for Carolina out of the backfield.
Young, meanwhile, is literally coming back from the dead, at least career wise. The first pick overall of the 2023 draft was benched after two games of this season.
Journeyman quarterback, and a former Cowboys signal-caller, Andy Dalton took over as Carolina’s starter.
The dreaded “Bust” label was brought out and being sewn over Young’s jersey.
But an injury suffered in an auto accident put Dalton on the shelf, restoring Young as the starter. The resurrected Young looks nothing like the player that got benched.
Young has seven touchdowns against four interceptions in the six games he has started since taking his job back. Carolina has won two of those six games after a 1-7 start.
They nearly upended the Eagles, on the road, last week. Young hit Xavier Legette with a perfect pass in the final minute, but Legette couldn’t keep control of the ball as he went to the ground.
Philadelphia escaped with a six-point win.
The Cowboys cannot take Young lightly. Plus, they’ll have to slow down Hubbard, and that’s no easy task.
Hubbard already has a career season-high 1,011 rushing yards and eight touchdowns in just 13 games.
He’s also added a touchdown on 35 receptions for 141 yards out of the backfield.
On offense, Dallas must feed Rico Dowdle. While the Panthers early on kept Saquon Barkley from running wild, they still allowed him to rush for 124 yards on 20 carries.
If Dowdle can match those numbers, that will open things up for Cooper Rush and the passing game.
Not So Fine In Carolina
While Dallas has a better record on the road this year, the Panthers have proven tough at home against the Cowboys.
Dallas is 11-5 overall against Carolina, and 6-3 when playing in Charlotte.
But, four of those wins were by a touchdown or less. The Cowboys did win the last game played at Carolina, a 33-10 rout last year, however.
Dallas will be looking for its third straight win overall in the series.
The Prediction
The Cowboys should win this game. That was my prediction back at the beginning of the season.
I’ll stand by it now.
Cowboys 19, Panthers 17.
For the record, I had Dallas losing to the Bengals last week in that post back in September and coming into this game at 5-8. They appear to be on track for that 8-9 record after all.
Those of you who jumped all into my chili about my season prediction back in September can form an apology line at your convenience.
Week 15 All-Time
Dallas is just 25-21 in games played in the 15th week. They are 13-12 when playing away from home.
The Cowboys didn’t play a 15th game in a regular season schedule until 1978, when the NFL expanded to 16 games.
But, they have lost their last two Week 15 contests, both on the road. They also lost their only Week 15 game against the Panthers, 23-13, at home on Dec. 8, 1997.
That was the second straight loss to Carolina, roughly 11 months after dropping the 1996 Wild Card game, 26-17, in Carolina.
The Panthers are the only NFC South team with a victory over the Cowboys in a Week 15 game. Dallas is a combined 6-0 against the other three teams in that division in Week 15.
WEEK 15 ALL-TIME VS. OPPONENTS
NFC EAST
- GIANTS (3-2)
- EAGLES (4-4)
- COMMANDERS (4-4)
NFC WEST
- CARDINALS (2-1)
- RAMS (2-1)
- 49ERS (1-0)
- SEAHAWKS (0-0)
NFC SOUTH
- FALCONS (1-0)
- PANTHERS (0-1)
- SAINTS (3-0)
- BUCCANEERS (2-0)
NFC NORTH
- BEARS (0-0)
- LIONS (0-0)
- PACKERS (0-1)
- VIKINGS (1-0)
AFC EAST
- BILLS (0-1)
- DOLPHINS (0-0)
- PATRIOTS (0-0)
- JETS (0-2)
AFC SOUTH
- TEXANS (0-0)
- COLTS (0-1)
- JAGUARS (0-1)
- TITANS (0-0)
AFC NORTH
- RAVENS (0-0)
- BENGALS (0-0)
- BROWNS (0-0)
- STEELERS (1-0)
AFC WEST
- BRONCOS (0-0)
- CHIEFS (0-1)
- RAIDERS (1-0)
- CHARGERS (0-0)
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EDUCATION
Srushti Deshmukh initially aimed to get into IIT, she studied Chemical Engineering at Lakshmi Narain College of Technology in Bhopal after not clearing the IIT entrance exam.
UPSC exams are one of the toughest exams in India and it is no small feat to crack it with numerous aspirants taking the exams each year. And, some people have tough spirits that they end up cracking every exam at every stage. Today we will talk about the inspiring success story of UPSC topper IAS Srushti Deshmukh of 2019 batch
Srushti Deshmukh hails from Bhopal. She completed her schooling at Carmel Convent School in BHEL, where she got a perfect 10 CGPA in Class 10 and got 94.3% in class 12. Although she initially aimed to get into IIT, she studied Chemical Engineering at Lakshmi Narain College of Technology in Bhopal after not clearing the IIT entrance exam.
On social media, Srushti provides guidance and motivation to UPSC candidates. She believes that with the right approach, the IAS exam is not as hard as it seems.
On her first UPSC exam attempt, Srushti achieved AIR 5. With over 2.4 million Instagram followers, she shares insights into her life and tips for success.
Srushti had strong support from her family. Her mother is a teacher, and her father is an engineer. They created a supportive environment that helped her succeed. In an interview, Srushti shared that reading newspapers daily and watching Rajya Sabha TV (RSTV) were key parts of her UPSC preparation. She also used online study materials effectively. Outside of her studies, Srushti enjoys music and practices yoga every day. She is married to Dr Nagarjun B Gowda, who is also an IAS officer.
Srushti Deshmukh Gowda is currently the CEO of Zila Panchayat in Burhanpur, Madhya Pradesh. She was appointed to this role on July 25, 2023.
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Tucked between the Texas State Capitol and the University of Texas campus is the Austin Saengerrunde Hall. German immigrants formed the social club in 1879 with the mission, quote, "to promote German heritage through song." And their tradition is still going strong today. Every year, the club hosts several concerts and festivals, including a Christmas concert. From Austin, reporter Patrick M. Davis brings us the sounds.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
PATRICK M DAVIS, BYLINE: It's a chilly Monday evening in early December in downtown Austin, Texas. The sound of a harp and violin float out of the open door of a 19th-century brick building.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
DAVIS: Austin Saengerrunde's Damenchor, or women's choir, is holding its final rehearsal for its annual Christmas concert.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
HOLLY DALRYMPLE: OK, so if we can hear from Sarah and Anna together at measure nine.
SARAH AND ANNA: (Singing in German).
DAVIS: That's Damenchor conductor Holly Dalrymple, directing the choir and musicians.
SARAH AND ANNA: (Singing in German).
DAVIS: While the Maennerchor, or men's choir, will sing at the concert, too, Damenchor President Danielle Plecash says the Christmas concert is the Damenchor's gift to Austin.
DANIELLE PLECASH: We have a few concerts throughout the year, but the Damenchor really take over, managing the Christmas concert. It's a free concert for the public that we put on. And it's just really fun. We spend a lot of time learning the Christmas songs.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: We're so happy you're here.
DAVIS: A few days later, the Austin Saengerrunde Hall was packed with an audience of over 300 people. After months of preparation, the night of the Christmas concert is here.
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DALRYMPLE: Good afternoon. We're so glad that you joined us this afternoon for our annual Christmas concert. We're going to jump right into some music. This is (speaking German).
AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR: (Singing in German).
DAVIS: The Damenchor and Maennerchor serenade the audience with rich, complex harmonies. Their setlist includes traditional German hymns and compositions by Handel and Brahms.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR: (Singing in German).
DAVIS: To end the concert, the enthusiastic crowd joins both choirs for a sing-along.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR AND MAENNERCHOR: (Singing in German).
UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Singing in German).
DALRYMPLE: We have a word that we use here that I think encapsulates everything we do, and it's (speaking German). But it means the act of being in community in a kind and warm, receiving place where everybody is a friend. Yes, we come together for the purpose of singing, but that's actually the secondary purpose. It's family and community first. It's a way of being.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR AND MAENNERCHOR: (Singing in German).
UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Singing in German).
DAVIS: For NPR News, I'm Patrick M. Davis in Austin, Texas.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
AUSTIN SAENGERRUNDE DAMENCHOR AND MAENNERCHOR: (Singing in German).
UNIDENTIFIED CROWD: (Singing in German). Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Will Smith clarified his stance amid circulating memes and speculation about his connection with Sean 'Diddy' Combs.
Actor and musician Will Smith has dismissed rumours linking him to Sean "Diddy Combs' alleged controversial gatherings. The King Richard star addressed the issue during a concert in San Diego on Friday, where he recently returned to performing music, as per The Hollywood Reporter.
In a video obtained by TMZ, Smith clarified his stance amid circulating memes and speculation. "The world we're in right now, it's really hard for y'all to like discern what's real and what's true, you know? And I've been seeing y'all memes and stuff," Smith said.
"Some of that stuff is funny. Some of it's funny, but I haven't addressed any of this publicly, but I just want to say this very clearly: I don't have shit to do with Puffy. So y'all can stop all those memes," the actor said according to the video obtained by TMZ. The actor explained that he typically ignores baseless rumors but decided to address these specific claims because "y'all memes was doing too much."
He added, "Listen, I do enough of my own shit. Don't be putting me in other people's bullshit. I ain't been nowhere near that man, ain't did none of that stupid shit. So, whenever y'all hear it, if somebody say that, it's a damn lie. I don't even like baby oil."
Smith's comments follow after rapper Jay-Z, whose real name is Sean Carter, was accused of allegedly raping a 13-year-old girl in 2000 alongside Sean "Diddy" Combs, according to Billboard. The allegations surfaced in a civil lawsuit filed earlier this month in New York federal court by attorney Tony Buzbee on behalf of an accuser Jane Doe. Jay-Z strongly denied the claims, labeling them a "blackmail attempt."
The lawsuit alleges that Combs and Carter drugged and assaulted the victim during an afterparty following the 2000 MTV Video Music Awards. The plaintiff claims she was forced to sign a non-disclosure agreement and given a drink that made her feel "woozy" and "lightheaded" before the assault occurred. The lawsuit is an updated version of an earlier case that initially named only Sean Combs.
It comes amid a series of accusations against Combs, including a federal indictment in September alleging he ran a criminal operation to fulfill his "sexual gratification."
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A person with long experience in the financial services sector, Marnie Baker, and a distinguished academic economist, Renée Fry-McKibbin, have been appointed to serve on the Reserve Bank's new monetary policy board:
Treasurer Jim Chalmers on Monday also announced four new faces for the bank's new governance board.
Under reforms passed just before parliament rose for the year, the bank's new structure will have two boards rather than the existing one. The change follows an extensive inquiry into the bank, and Chalmers says the new structure will represent“international best practice”.
Baker has more than three decades' experience in the financial services sector, focusing on retail banking and funds management. She recently served as CEO of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank and deputy chair of the Australian Banking Association.
Renée Fry-McKibbin is a distinguished professor of economics at the Australian National University's Centre for Applied Macroeconomic Analysis, and a fellow of the Academy of Social Sciences.
She served on the panel that reviewed the RBA's structure. Her husband, Warwick McKibbin, also a leading economist, previously served on the Reserve Bank's board, appointed by the Howard government.
The new members of the governance board are
Jennifer Westacott, formerly CEO of the Business Council of Australia, who presently is chancellor of Western Sydney University.
David Thodey, formerly Telstra CEO and currently the chair of Xero and the chancellor of the University of Sydney.
Danny Gilbert, co-founder and chair of the corporate law firm Gilbert+Tobin. His board experience includes at NAB, the Business Council of Australia and as chair of the National Museum of Australia. He is chair of the Cape York Partnership Group.
Swati Dave, an experienced non-executive director and senior banking executive with finance experience in domestic and international markets. She was managing director and CEO of Export Finance Australia from 2017 to 2022 and is chair of the advisory board to the Centre for Australia-India Relations.
Chalmers highlighted that he was“very proud” that women had the majority on both new boards.
All members of the existing board were able, if they wished, to move to the new monetary board.
Chalmers said following consultation with board members, Carolyn Hewson, Ian Harper, Iain Ross and Alison Watkins opted to move to the monetary policy board. Carol Schwartz and Elana Rubin agreed to serve on the governance board.
“These appointments will ensure continuity on both boards, consistent with the preference of the RBA Governor,” Chalmers said.
Terms of board members have been staggered“to ensure both boards have the right balance of experience and fresh perspectives,” he said.
Chalmers stressed his wide consultations on the appointments, including with shadow treasurer Angus Taylor as far back as July, when the names of Fry-McKibbin and Baker were mentioned to him.
The opposition refused to support the legislation for the restructure of the bank, forcing the government into a deal with the Greens.
Chalmers said the appointments had all been made on advice of a three-member panel including Treasury secretary, the Reserve Bank governor and a former secretary to the Treasury and department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet, Martin Parkinson.
“An open and transparent expression of interest process was run, and candidates were shortlisted by the panel. Candidates were shortlisted against a skills matrix, to ensure there was the right mix of skills and experience on both boards.
"This is the process that was set out in the RBA Review and the government has stuck to it,” Chalmers said.
The new boards start on March 1. The first time the monetary policy board will consider interest rates will be at the meeting on March 31 to April 1.
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Over 18,000 Bengalureans turned up to relive the magic of
Bryan Adams on Saturday night. Before the Canadian singer took the stage, Bengaluru band Best Kept Secret set the stage for the main act. As the opening chords echoed through the venue, a wave of nostalgia washed over the crowd, and when Bryan Adams took the stage, the crowd erupted. His vocals and iconic guitar riffs ignited a frenzy of singing and dancing. The nearly three-hour setlist, comprising 24 songs had Bengaluru transported back to a golden era of rock music.
I have done six tours in India and when I go back home and ask me what this country is like, I tell them I can’t describe it. It’s a country that needs to be experienced. Thank you to the amazing Bengaluru audience! You made this night unforgettable
Bryan Adams
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When you find success with a project, it can be daunting to try something new. But the comedian Ilana Glazer welcomes that kind of risk. Glazer co-created "Broad City" with Abbi Jacobson, and it was a huge hit. But the two decided to end the show two seasons before their contract ran out. Glazer told NPR's Rachel Martin that part of knowing what to do next is knowing when something should end. And that gamble to move on has paid off for Glazer. Earlier this year, Glazer cowrote and costarred in the movie "Babes." And this Friday, they have a new standup special coming out on Hulu called "Human Magic." Glazer spoke to Rachel Martin on Wild Card, the interview show where guests choose the questions they answer from a deck of cards. And a note, Glazer talks about sex and drug use in this conversation.
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RACHEL MARTIN: First three cards - one, two or three.
ILANA GLAZER: I'm going to go with three.
MARTIN: Three - what was your form of rebelling as a teenager?
GLAZER: Oh, my goodness. This - you cracked right in, Rachel Martin.
MARTIN: (Laughter) I did?
GLAZER: You cracked right in. You know why? - because...
MARTIN: (Inaudible) what?
GLAZER: I mean, this is just playing three strings on a guitar for me. This is a whole chord, which is that I didn't quite rebel very much as a child or a teenager. I was very good and was focused on, I guess, goodness and achieving, and my rebellion came - honestly, like, I was not secure in it until, like, the past few years, my rebelling, like, literally against my parents. L-O-L, I'm 37 years old.
MARTIN: Wow.
GLAZER: But of course, I had some rebellion. And I guess it finally came in the form of having sex and smoking weed (laughter) in my, like, senior year of high school. It was like...
MARTIN: I mean, that's pretty, you know, by-the-book, definitional...
GLAZER: Yeah, standard...
MARTIN: ...Of rebelling as a teenager. Yeah, yeah.
GLAZER: ...I would honestly say patriotic.
MARTIN: (Laugher).
GLAZER: So, you know, like, finally, it came - as well as myself. But it was a late - I'm a late bloomer. And then I feel like, really, becoming a parent, I'm like, oh, I don't care. You know what I mean? I don't care about being accepted. Like, as long as I'm focused on fulfilling my needs of myself and my family and my child, then the rest of it - you know, I can be unlikable or not fulfilling the, you know, supportive role or appearance of supportive role that I was hoping to fill before or actually filling, you know? I have found the limits of how limited parenting makes the rest of your life really helpful. It has forced me...
MARTIN: Yeah, yeah.
GLAZER: ...To draw lines that I never wanted to draw before. I wanted to be everything for everybody.
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: And it's, like, so important to my health and my kid's health, but also, like, who you put out into the world. It's really important for the - it's actually - serves the world at large to give it the healthiest kid I can. So it's been, like, such a helpful reorganization.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
MARTIN: OK, we got three more cards. We're going to keep going - one, two or three.
GLAZER: No. 1, please.
MARTIN: How comfortable are you with being alone?
GLAZER: I'm going to buck the binary with this answer and say...
MARTIN: Buck it, Ilana.
GLAZER: I'm going to say increasingly.
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: Ooh, is your mind blown by all my therapy, Rachel Martin?
(LAUGHTER)
GLAZER: But that is the accurate answer - increasingly. Hoo (ph), but it's tough. I really feed off people. I love people. I love intellectual intercourse. I love connecting and engaging. But I'm increasingly comfortable alone. And also, like, having such a high-needs, tiny individual needing me so often, it's, like, much more contrasted as a relief to be a little alone.
MARTIN: Yeah. Yeah. But I am someone who very - I, like, crave alone time.
GLAZER: Cool.
MARTIN: And so yeah, then - yeah, it's complicated.
GLAZER: Are you tall?
MARTIN: I don't know. Am I?
GLAZER: How tall are you?
MARTIN: Five - I mean, I think I'm 5'7". My husband insists that I'm 5'6" and three-quarters.
GLAZER: Oh, copy that. You know, I don't know if it's changed, but in the early 2000s in those toxic days, I was a teenager at that time. And the toxic messaging I got, for some reason, I know that modeling, you have to be 5'7". So it's like, you're model height, babe, OK?
MARTIN: Wait, how does it - is this just random interstitial, or does this...
GLAZER: I don't know. I just feel like - like, craving alone time and being, like, walking, like, so tall...
MARTIN: And being a model?
GLAZER: ...Being a model and, like, gliding through the streets of D.C.
MARTIN: Yeah, that's what I do.
GLAZER: Like, popping your collar and, like, not wanting the bottom half of your face to you seen - I'm just like, yeah, she likes to be alone. I'm, like, short, and I'm like, hey, everybody. Anybody want to hear a joke? You know, I don't know.
(LAUGHTER)
GLAZER: I just wanted to - I just want to picture it. I'm trying to picture it (ph).
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
MARTIN: One, two or three.
GLAZER: Three.
MARTIN: Are you good at knowing when something should end?
GLAZER: Yes.
MARTIN: Yeah?
GLAZER: Yeah. Yeah, I am.
MARTIN: Have you always been that way?
GLAZER: Yes. Yes, I have. "Broad City" - I was, like, a big - you know, we had signed our contract of seven seasons. And then, you know, we both came to it, and - Abbi and I. But - and it was - Comedy Central was like, huh? But I was like - you know, and we were, like, ambivalent and unsure. But, like, it just - I think that's - yeah, that's something I would say is elegant about me, knowing when things are at their end.
MARTIN: Yeah. That's a admirable quality because it's not the same for everybody, and especially if you have - if you've got something good going on, and there are people telling you it's good, just keep going.
GLAZER: Yeah.
MARTIN: It's good. And to be able to have something internally that tells you, nah, I think I'm going to stop now.
GLAZER: Yeah. And, like, being able to trust that I am generative beyond this moment, whether it's a creative project or anything, you know, but that I am secure, that I will keep generating new layers and, like, do without thinking. That was something that - the experience of pregnancy was so incredible. I'm such an overthinker and a planner. Creating a person without thinking about it was - I was like, I'm not even thinking about this, and my body knows what to do. And, like, you know, we get a scrape, and the skin grows back. And it's just like...
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: ...Just trusting in - I don't know. I was a drummer for many years. I miss it. And I love...
MARTIN: You were?
GLAZER: Yes, and I just loved percussion. For a time, I was like, I'm going to be an orchestra percussionist. Can you imagine me, like, on a timpani, like, (vocalizing)?
MARTIN: Yes.
GLAZER: And it's like, I think it's, like, a rhythm thing. You know what I mean?
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: It's like a larger scale rhythm thing of, like, this is over.
(SOUNDBITE OF MUSIC)
MARTIN: Ilana Glazer - you can see their new standup special out December 20 on Hulu. It's called "Human Magic." It is indeed magical, as are you, Ilana. Thank you so much for doing this.
GLAZER: Thank you, Rachel. This was such a pleasure. Thank you so much for having me.
DETROW: You can hear more of that conversation with Ilana Glazer by following the Wild Card podcast. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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At the 16:32 mark of the second period on Saturday, Jack Eichel checked Mattias Ekholm hard into the boards, sparking animosity among players and fans for the dirty hit that wasn't called.
“When you are a D-man, those are scary moments,” Darnell Nurse shared post-game Saturday about hte hit on his teammate. “I am sure [Jack Eichel] didn’t intend to push him like that, but I don’t know what they saw.”
“I don’t know what to say, I felt it was pretty self-explanatory,” Mattias Ekholm added. “The explanation I got was that [the ref] didn’t think the cross-check was that forceful. I kind of look at the whole picture… Obviously, I think it’s a penalty.”
Eichel does not have a history of major penalties as he received his first career game misconduct when he speared the Wild’s Kirill Kaprizov on Mar. 30 earlier this calendar year.
In Florida, the Panthers have been their usual consistent selves. Since the start of the 2023-24 season, they have posted a 70-35-8 regular season record including a Stanley Cup Finals victory last season over the Oilers. They also appeared in the Final during the 2022-23 season.
However, as of late, the Panthers have struggled, having failed to score a goal over the first two games of their Western Canada road trip and losing by a combined score of 7-0. The Panthers were shut out 3-0 by the Flames on Saturday night.
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Germany's Scholz faces a confidence vote. It's expected to lead to an election in February
BERLIN (AP) — Chancellor Olaf Scholz faces a confidence vote in the German parliament on Monday that he's expected to lose, paving the way for the European Union's most populous member and biggest economy to hold an early election in February.
Scholz's notoriously rancorous three-party government collapsed on Nov. 6 when the chancellor fired his finance minister in a long-running dispute over how to revitalize Germany’s stagnant economy, and the minister's pro-business party quit the coalition. That left the remaining two center-left partners without a majority in parliament.
Leaders of several major parties then agreed that a parliamentary election should be held on Feb. 23, seven months earlier than originally planned. Post-World War II Germany's constitution doesn't allow parliament's lower house, or Bundestag, to dissolve itself — so a confidence vote is needed to set in motion the early election.
What is likely to happen?
Scholz's Social Democrats hold 207 seats in the Bundestag and are expected to vote for the chancellor. Their remaining coalition partners, the environmentalist Greens, have 117 and plan to abstain. That should mean Scholz gets nowhere near the majority of 367 in the 733-seat chamber needed to win the confidence vote.
If Scholz loses, it will up to up to President Frank-Walter Steinmeier to decide whether to dissolve the Bundestag. Steinmeier, who said last month that “this country needs stable majorities and a government that is capable of acting,” has 21 days to make that decision. Once parliament is dissolved, the election must be held within 60 days.
In practice, the campaign is already well underway.
Who is in the race?
As he formally requested the confidence vote on Wednesday, Scholz said that voters will “decide in the election how we answer the big questions that we face.”
Those, he said, include whether Germany decides to “invest strongly in our future,” secure jobs and modernize its industry, keep pension levels stable and “come closer to a just peace in Ukraine without Germany being drawn into the war.” Germany has become Ukraine’s biggest military supplier in Europe, but Scholz also has refused to supply long-range Taurus cruise missiles over concerns of escalating the war with Russia.
Center-right challenger Friedrich Merz on Saturday predicted “one of the hardest election campaigns” in modern German history, as Scholz's Social Democrats “have their backs to the wall.” He said that it's crucial to make the economy more competitive, because “the competitiveness of our economy is the precondition for everything else.”
Polls show Scholz’s party trailing behind Merz's main opposition Union bloc. Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck, whose Greens are further back, is also bidding for the top job.
The far-right Alternative for Germany, which is polling strongly, has nominated Alice Weidel as its candidate for chancellor but has no chance of taking the job because other parties refuse to work with it.
Confidence votes are rare in Germany, a country of 83 million people that prizes stability. This is only the sixth time in its postwar history that a chancellor has called one.
The last was in 2005, when then-Chancellor Gerhard Schröder engineered an early election that was narrowly won by center-right challenger Angela Merkel.
Geir Moulson, The Associated Press
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Bruneian Military Personnel Return From UN Peacekeeping Mission
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12/15/2024 10:09:14 PM
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BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN, Dec 16 (NNN-ANN) – Twenty-nine Bruneian military personnel, returned from a United Nations (UN) peacekeeping mission on Saturday, according to Brunei's Ministry of Defence.
The troop comprises three officers and 26 other ranks, two of whom are female personnel, and they safely returned to Brunei Darussalam on Saturday afternoon, according to the Defence Ministry.
They have completed a 12-month deployment with the United Nations Interim Force in Lebanon (UNIFIL), according to local daily, Borneo Bulletin.
The Royal Brunei armed forces has continuously contributed to the UNIFIL peacekeeping mission since 2008, demonstrating its commitment to international peace and stability.– NNN-ANN
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The Royal Thai Consulate in Kolkata hosted a dinner reception at a city venue in Kolkata to commemorate the National Day of the Kingdom of Thailand and the birth anniversary of His Majesty King Bhumibol Adulyadej on December 4. This day is also celebrated as Thailand’s Father’s Day. “In the last 10 months of my presence in Kolkata, we have been fully committed to enhance India-Thailand ties with focus on the eastern states,” said Siriporn Tantipanyathep, the Consul General of Thailand in Kolkata, as she raised a toast with chief guest Nandini Chakravorty, state home secretary, West Bengal.
Our hearts fill with pride as we celebrate the legacy of His Majesty
– Siriporn Tantipanyathep, Consul General of Thailand in KolkataThis day is a celebration of Thailand’s history and culture, and is an opportunity to reflect on the enduring Indo-Thai ties
– Nandini Chakravorty (IAS), state home secretary, West BengalTable featuring Thai flavours
Besides a quiz on Thailand, the highlight of the evening was also the food. From Phak Phak Samrod, Pad Thai noodles, Massaman curry to sticky rice, papaya salad and more, the menu offered the guests the best of Thai food.
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This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.
In the summer of 2024, Caroline Davis and her partner were doing a DIY home project that required 1,500 pounds of gravel. So Davis headed to a home improvement store, and started filling up her Toyota Corolla with 50-pound bags.
"I'm loading, loading. And this older man comes over," she recalled. "And he says, 'Do you know that your car has a weight limit?'"
Davis did not know that. It had never even occurred to her that she could damage her car with a heavy load.
"That feels to me like something your dad would tell you," Davis said. Her dad had died of a heart attack in 2017, at the age of 57.
"So I'm doing DIY later in life," she said. "I didn't [learn] that from him."
Davis started to feel overwhelmed; how was she going to unload the gravel from her car and bring it back to the store? And then how would she transport all the gravel she needed back home for her project? That's when the man made an offer of unusual generosity.
"He says, 'I can load you up in my truck. Do you live nearby?' And I say, 'Yes,'" Davis said.
The man helped her unload all the gravel from her car, and then loaded it into his truck. They exchanged numbers, and she shared her address. When she pulled onto the highway, the kindness of what he had done began to hit her.
"I just start to cry in my car because I was so grateful for the goodness of strangers, of this person helping me," Davis said.
"The whole interaction just reminded me of my dad, of knowing that that's something that he would do."
When they arrived at her house, the man helped her unload all 1,500 pounds of gravel onto her driveway. She thanked him, again and again, and he insisted that she not worry about it.
Davis didn't want him to leave empty-handed. She tried to offer him money, then wine, but he wouldn't accept them. Then she thought of something he might like.
"I have a garden. And it's the end of the season. And I just say, 'Do you like cucumbers?'" Davis recalled.
"He's been pretty serious up until now," she said. "And his face just lights up and he says, 'I love cucumbers.'"
She offered him a tour of the garden; it turned out he, too, had been a gardener, before his work got in the way. Davis twisted a handful of big, prickly cucumbers off the vine, and gave them to the man. He seemed thrilled.
"He tucks them under his arm, and he just marches off back to his truck," she said. "And I watched him drive off, leaving behind my 1,500 pounds of gravel."
Today, inspired by her unsung hero, Davis tries to be on the lookout for others who might need a hand.
"I just am so grateful for people like that, who teach me the things I don't know I don't know."
My Unsung Hero is also a podcast — new episodes are released every Tuesday. To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org.
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INDIA
The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued cold wave warnings for Delhi and other northern states, including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir.
Delhi continued to experience chilly weather on Monday, with the temperature holding steady at 4.5 degrees Celsius. The city's minimum temperature had plummeted to 4.9 degrees Celsius on Sunday, a significant 3.1 degrees below the normal average. The maximum temperature recorded is 23 degrees Celsius against 23.2 degrees Celsius on Sunday. The India Meteorological Department (IMD) has issued cold wave warnings for Delhi and other northern states, including Punjab, Haryana, Uttar Pradesh, and Jammu & Kashmir.
The IMD has predicted a dense fog to envelop certain areas over the next three days, making it difficult for the residents to bear severe cold waves in the national capital. As the temperature plummets, the vulnerability of its homeless population without shelter surges. In response, night shelters are ramping up efforts to provide vital services and support to those in need.
For the unversed, A cold wave is officially declared in the plains when the minimum temperature dips to 4°C or lower, or when it drops by 4.5-6.4°C from the normal temperature.
Delhi’s air quality has also witnessed a sudden turn for the worse. The Air Quality Index slipped back into the ‘very poor’ category, recording 353 in West Delhi's Pusa. This comes after the city's air quality had briefly improved to ‘moderate’ levels at the start of December.
According to the Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB), the city's air quality had begun to deteriorate on Sunday evening with an AQI of 307. This marked a significant decline from just hours earlier, when the AQI stood at 294, still within the 'poor' category but at its higher end.
The board has classified air quality as ‘Satisfactory’ with AQI between 51-100, ‘Moderate’ with 101-200, ‘Poor’ with 201-300, ‘Very Poor’ with 301-400 and ‘Severe’ above 400. With the current AQI reading, Delhi's residents are advised to take necessary precautions to minimize their exposure to polluted air.
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SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
By many measures, California is a shining success story. On its own, it boasts the world's fifth-largest economy. It's one of the richest states in the U.S., with one of the country's highest per capita incomes. And California is also a place where Hollywood and Silicon Valley have set a standard for the U.S. and created a mythical, romantic version of the state that looms over pop culture. But in recent years, it is a story that has been told of one as a state in decline. And according to that narrative, the most populous state is overregulated and too expensive to live in, and so much so, according to some, that people are fleeing it in droves. But how true is that story? To answer, I am joined now by Tessa McLean, the California editor at the online publication SFGATE. She dug into this narrative - not just the current one, but previous times that everybody has been talking about California failing. Welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED.
TESSA MCLEAN: Thanks for having me.
DETROW: Let's just start with the now - how dire is it? Is the California dream over? Are we packing it up?
MCLEAN: (Laughter) No, the California dream is not quite over yet, though many would say it is dying. The population in the last three years has declined, but it's never declined more than 1%. Each year since 2021, it's declined by a smaller and smaller number, and in 2023, it only declined 0.09%, according to figures from the State Department of Finance. So growth is simply slowing. It has not fully declined.
DETROW: But this led you to take a broader look because, you know, I covered California politics for a couple of years, and I heard this at the time I was there, and it seems like such a constant. This state is too expensive. It's overregulated. It's killing itself, and people are leaving in droves. And yet, the population - big-picture - continues to go up, the economy continues to grow. Why did you want to take a look back at these previous moments of doom and gloom? What was interesting about it to you?
MCLEAN: I write a lot about the movement of Californians, whether that's leaving the state entirely for a different state like Texas or Montana or whether they're moving around within the state itself. So I really wanted to take a look at the population data and see how big any decline has been in recent years and find out if this was a new phenomenon or if this had in fact been happening for years.
DETROW: Yeah.
MCLEAN: And leading up to the most recent election, it felt like California was in the spotlight more than ever. Kamala Harris was born in the Bay Area. She started her career in California, and that fact was often used against her. Meanwhile, Donald Trump is boasting about how Elon Musk left California for Texas. And Governor Gavin Newsom is sparring with the governors of Texas and Florida, and these conversations are making the national news. I wanted to take a step back and examine America's obsession with California failing.
DETROW: To be clear, though, you're not saying that some of the real problems that are being flagged, like the high cost of living, the cost of housing, in particular, aren't real. It's just that they may be overblown in terms of leading people to flee the state in droves?
MCLEAN: Absolutely. California is an expensive place to live. There's no doubt about it. And that high housing costs and all the cost of living expenses that come along with that are a big reason - the main reason, mainly - why people leave. There's been a lot more migration within the state itself, especially since the pandemic. You know, people might be leaving large coastal metros like San Francisco or Los Angeles for places like the Inland Empire or Sacramento, more so than are leaving the state itself.
DETROW: Why do you think then there's such an impulse over the years - and you're talking about the dot-com bust, you're talking about earlier periods in the 20th century. Why do you think there's such an interest in declaring the death of California?
MCLEAN: California has always been a prosperous place. It's a place that people look to, to go find wealth and success. People have been migrating out to California, looking for the California dream since the Gold Rush. And so I think that idea of the California dream is really important for people, and it really draws people out there.
DETROW: Were there any interesting parallels that you picked up on when you compared these moments?
MCLEAN: Yeah. I mean, the parallels is that the reasons that people are leaving are almost always the same. It's high housing costs. It's traffic. It's overpopulated cities, people just being fed up with the politics of the state. Those reasons never really changed, whether it's 1989 or 2023.
DETROW: That's Tessa McLean, the California editor at SFGATE. Her piece, "America's Obsession With California Failing," is at sfgate.com. Thanks so much for talking to us.
MCLEAN: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Legendary Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain dies at 73
Zakir Hussain, one of the world's greatest tabla players, has died at the age of 73.
The Indian classical music icon died of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, a lung disease, at a hospital in San Francisco, his family said in a statement.
Hussain was a four-time Grammy award winner and has received the Padma Vibhushan, India's second-highest civilian award.
Through his performances, he transformed the tabla into a globally loved solo instrument that was the star of the show.
The tabla - a pair of drums used in north Indian classical music - was historically viewed as an accompaniment to the main performance.
As news of Hussain's death broke, tributes have begun pouring in.
Nayan Ghosh, who plays the sitar and tabla, called the news "devastating" and said that his association with Hussain went back 60 years to their childhood.
"He was a pathbreaker, a game-changer, an icon who put tabla and Indian music on the world map by transcending the boundaries of genre and inspiring generations of artistes," he told the BBC.
Born in Mumbai in 1951, Hussain began training under his father Ustad Allarakha Khan, a tabla maestro himself.
Hussain performed his first concert when he was just seven years old.
"In later years, his masterful dexterity and creative genius led to his becoming one of the most sought-after accompanists to the very best of Hindustani classical musicians and dancers," wrote Nasreen Munni Kabir in a biography of him published in 2018.
Reviewing his 2009 performance at New York's Carnegie Hall, the New York Times described him as "a fearsome technician but also a whimsical inventor".
"So he rarely seems overbearing, even when the blur of his fingers rival the beat of a hummingbird's wings," it said.
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DAMASCUS, Dec 16 (NNN-SANA) – Syria's Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) leader, Ahmad al-Shara, held a meeting with UN Special Envoy for Syria, Geir Pedersen, yesterday, in Damascus, to discuss the Political transition in the country, according to a statement released by local al-Watan online news outlet.
Al-Shara, also known as Abu Mohammed al-Julani, said that, UN Security Council resolution 2254, adopted in 2015, concerning Syria's political transition, now requires an update, to reflect the current realities in the country, urging a“fresh approach” that aligns with Syria's new leadership and evolving circumstances.
During the meeting, al-Shara underlined the importance of“swift and effective” cooperation to address Syrian citizens' needs, restore the country's territorial unity, and pave the way for reconstruction and economic development.
He also stressed the need for“careful, deliberate steps,” in rehabilitating state institutions, to ensure the forming of a“strong and efficient” governance system.
The HTS leader pledged to create a safe environment for the return of refugees, adding that, the measures are being implemented with“great caution” and supervised by specialised teams, so as to ensure optimal outcomes for the nation's future.
For his part, Pedersen said that, the UN is closely monitoring the rapidly evolving situation in the country, and is looking forward to the next steps towards a political transition, following the ouster of former Syrian President, Bashar al-Assad.
Speaking to reporters in Damascus earlier in the day, Pedersen emphasised the importance of Syrian state institutions, fully resuming their functions under secure conditions.
“We are working with all segments of the Syrian people ... and we want to see no acts of revenge. Instead, we must ensure that institutions return to work, backed by the necessary security measures,” he said.– NNN-SANA
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Kirill Kaprizov scored two goals for the second straight game, and Mats Zuccarello had two assists for Minnesota (20-7-4), which defeated the Philadelphia Flyers 4-1 on Saturday.
“I thought it was two teams that played hard,” Wild coach John Hynes said. “Both teams, I think, are tight checking, competitive on the puck. And yeah, it was two teams going off back-to-backs. There was not a lot of free ice for either team.”
Jesper Wallstedt made 24 saves in his season debut for Minnesota after Filip Gustavsson was a late scratch because of a lower-body injury.
Hynes did not have a further update on Gustavsson postgame but said he doesn’t “think it’s anything major.”
Kaprizov gave the Wild a 1-0 lead at 1:30 of the first period. Zuccarello forced a turnover by Zach Whitecloud along the boards and sent a backhand centering feed out to Kaprizov, who scored blocker side from in front.
"Yeah, just try and play our game,” Kaprizov “That's it."
Olofsson scored seven seconds into a power play to tie it 1-1 at 9:31. He used a screen from Mark Stone and shot blocker side from the top of the right circle.
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A note from Wild Card host Rachel Martin: I met Ilana Glazer exactly 10 years ago. Ilana and their co-star Abbi Jacobson were riding high on the success from their hilarious web series Broad City, which went on to become a hit TV show. I interviewed both of them, but I was just back from parental leave for my second kid and I have to tell you, I was so deeply exhausted at that moment.
What sticks with me from that interview to this day is Ilana's energy. Like capital "E" energy. They were just bursting at the seams with ideas and stories and potential. And I share this because the tired new mothers out there often feel sort of alone and separate from the well-rested, creatively fertile people.
So when I saw Ilana Glazer's new comedy special on Hulu, Human Magic, which is about the bonkers part of life that is early parenthood, part of me was selfishly glad that they have crossed the Rubicon and get how exhausting it all is. But then I watched Ilana's special and I saw the same "big E" energy, even though they're now the parent of a toddler, and I realized this person is just built this way.
From where I sit, it looks like Ilana Glazer's default setting is energy and enthusiasm, and I'm going to add joy to the mix because whenever I watch them perform, I come out happier than I was an hour or two before. Which is why I wanted them to join me for a game of Wild Card.
This Wild Card interview has been edited for length and clarity. Host Rachel Martin asks guests randomly-selected questions from a deck of cards. Tap play above to listen to the full podcast, or read an excerpt below.
Question 1: What was your form of rebelling as a teenager?
Ilana Glazer: I didn't quite rebel very much as a child or a teenager. I was very good and I was focused on achieving. And my rebellion came later. Honestly, I was not secure in rebelling against my parents until a few years ago. L-O-L. I'm 37 years old.
It was really in the process of becoming a parent that I was like, "No. I am separate from my parents."
But of course, I had some rebellion; it finally came in the form of having sex and smoking weed in my senior year of high school.
Rachel Martin: I mean, that's pretty by-the-book rebellion.
Glazer: Yeah, standard – I would honestly say patriotic. So finally it came, as well as myself.
And then I feel like, really, becoming a parent has helped me feel like "I don't care." Do you know what I mean? I don't care about being accepted. I care more about discovering who I am and what I need. I care about that more than crossing a line and being accepted back.
Martin: Wait, I need more on that. How does having a kid make you rebellious?
Glazer: Like, as long as I'm focused on fulfilling my needs and the needs of my family and child, then I can be unlikeable. I don't have to fill the supportive role I was hoping to fill before.
I have found the limits of parenting really helpful to the rest of my life. It has forced me to draw lines that I never wanted to draw before. I want to be everything for everybody. And it's so important to my health and my kid's health. And it actually serves the world at large to give it the healthiest kid I can. So it's been such a helpful reorganization.
Question 2: How comfortable are you with being alone?
Glazer: I'm going to buck the binary with this answer and I'm going to say "increasingly." Ooh — is your mind blown by all my therapy, Rachel Martin?
But that is the accurate answer — increasingly. But it's tough. I really feed off people. I love people. I love intellectual intercourse. I love connecting and engaging, but I'm increasingly comfortable alone. And also, having such a high-needs, tiny individual needing me so often — it's become more of a relief to be alone.
Martin: Yeah. Whereas before there may have been anxiety associated with that, and now it's just in such scarce supply.
Glazer: Yeah.
Martin: I am someone who craves alone time.
Glazer: Yeah. Are you tall?
I don't know. I think I'm 5'7". My husband insists that I'm 5'6" and 3/4.
Glazer: Oh, copy that. I don't know if it's changed, but in the early 2000s — I was a teenager at that time — the toxic messaging that I got was, for some reason I know, that modeling you have to be 5'7". So you're model height, babe.
Martin: [Laughs] Wait, is this just a random interstitial?
Glazer: I don't know — I just feel like craving alone time and being tall, like I'm imagining you gliding through the streets of D.C. and like popping your collar and not wanting the bottom half of your face to be seen. I'm like, "Yeah she likes to be alone." I'm like short and I'm like, [gremlin voice] "Hey everybody. Anybody want to hear a joke?" I don't know I just wanted to picture it.
Martin: I want you to always think of me that way. It's completely the opposite of how I am.
Question 3: Are you good at knowing when something should end?
Glazer: Yes, I am. With Broad City, we had signed our contract of seven seasons, and then we both came to the decision to end it after five — Abbi and I. Comedy Central was like, "Huh?" But yeah, that's something I would say is elegant about me — knowing when things are at their end.
Martin: That's an admirable quality because it's not the same for everybody. And especially if you got something good going on and there are people telling you, "It's good, just keep going," and to have something tell you that it's time to stop.
Glazer: Whew. Yeah. And like being able to trust that I am generative beyond this moment, whether it's a creative project or anything — that I am secure, that I will keep generating new layers and like, do without thinking. That was something that the experience of pregnancy was so incredible. I'm such an overthinker and a planner. Creating a person without thinking about it was, like, "I'm not even thinking about this and my body knows what to do." And when we get a scrape and, and the skin grows back. It's just trusting in my own humanity.
Martin: Is it just a gut feeling on ending things? You're just like, "I just feel we should stop?"
Glazer: Yeah. I was a drummer for many years. I miss it. I just loved percussion. For a time I was like, "I'm going to be an orchestra percussionist." Can you imagine me on a timpani, like "dun duh-duh dun duh." And I think it's like a rhythm thing. You know what I mean? It's a larger-scale rhythm thing of, "This is over," you know, and accepting the loss too.
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LMPD investigating after man shot near UofL's campus Saturday night
LMPD investigating after man shot near UofL's campus Saturday night
LMPD investigating after man shot near UofL's campus Saturday night
Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman who was found last week in Mexico, has dashed her family’s hopes of a reunion. Kobayashi, 31, whose disappearance sparked a police investigation before she was found to have voluntarily left the country, told relatives she did not want to return to her home state, according to her family. Her sister, Sydni, posted a statement on her Facebook saying that she and her mother have not physically seen Hannah, but have spoken on the phone with her.
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As the nationwide postal strike hit the four-week mark Friday, federal Labour Minister Steven MacKinnon announced he's sending the labour dispute between Canada Post and the Canadian Union of Postal Workers (CUPW) to the Canada Industrial Relations Board.Here's a brief recap of how things got to this point.What led to the strike?CUPW said the strike was necessary after Canada Post "refused to negotiate real solutions to the issues postal workers face every day."As the strike began, Canada Post w
Two security agents and two migrants were killed in a shooting in Loon-Plage near the northern city of Dunkirk, French media reported on Saturday, citing security sources. A 22-year-old man turned himself in to nearby authorities following the shooting, saying he had been the attacker and had also killed a fifth person in a nearby town earlier that day, according to French media. Authorities found three more weapons in the man's car, French media reported.
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GAZA, Dec 16 (NNN-WAFA) – At least 25 more Palestinians were murdered last night, in two Israeli airstrikes, targeting a school, sheltering displaced people, and a civil defence centre, in the Gaza Strip, according to Palestinian sources.
Marwan al-Hams, an official at Gaza-based health authorities, said that, about 21 Palestinians were murdered, in an Israeli airstrike on a school for displaced people, in Khan Younis, while dozens of others, mostly women and children, were injured.
A Xinhua photographer at the scene witnessed bloodied bodies of the dead and wounded, among the rubble of the top floor of the school, which belongs to The United Nations Relief and Works Agency for Palestine Refugees in the Near East (UNRWA).
As usual, there was no immediate comment from the bloodthirsty Israeli military, on the attack.
In central Gaza, four members of the civil defence, including a journalist, were murdered in an airstrike, targeting an emergency post, in the middle of the Nuseirat refugee camp, sources said.
Mahmoud Basal, spokesman for the civil defence in Gaza, accused the Israeli regime of committing a“heinous crime” against the civil defence teams.“The victims were carrying out their humanitarian and national duties when they were brutally murdered,” he said.– NNN-WAFA
The Palestinian Journalists Syndicate said in a press statement that among the dead was a journalist named Ahmed Al-Louh, who worked as a photographer for Qatar's Al Jazeera TV. However, the Israeli army accused him of being a military operative for the Islamic Jihad movement in Gaza.
In a statement issued later in the day, the Israeli army said its air force targeted a site in the Nuseirat camp used by“terrorists” to plan and carry out attacks against the Israeli Defense Forces.
Israel has been waging a large-scale offensive against Hamas in the Gaza Strip to retaliate against a Hamas rampage through the southern Israeli border on Oct. 7, 2023, during which about 1,200 people were killed and about 250 taken hostage.
The Palestinian death toll from ongoing Israeli attacks in the Gaza Strip has risen to 44,976, Gaza-based health authorities said in a statement on Sunday.
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OMAHA, Neb. — A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning.
Elsewhere, inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S., with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest states and severe weather warnings around Lake Tahoe.
The ice storm beginning Friday evening created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska on Friday and into Saturday and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road. In upstate New York, more than 33 inches (84 centimeters) was reported near Orchard Park, which is often a landing point for lake-effect snow.
On Saturday, a tornado touched down around 1:40 p.m. near a shopping mall in Scotts Valley, California, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of San Francisco. The tornado overturned cars and toppled trees and utility poles, the National Weather Service said. The Scotts Valley Police Department said several people were injured and taken to hospitals.
In San Francisco, some trees toppled onto cars and streets and damaged roofs. The damage was due to 80-mph (130-kph) straight-line winds, not a tornado, weather service meteorologist Dalton Behringer said Sunday.
Roger Gass, a meteorologist in the weather service's office in Monterey, California, said the warning of a possible tornado in San Francisco was a first for the city, noting an advanced alert did not go out before the last tornado struck nearly 20 years ago.
"I would guess there wasn't a clear signature on radar for a warning in 2005," said Gass, who was not there at the time.
The fast-moving storm prompted warnings for residents to take shelter, but few people have basements in the area.
Heavy snow fell at some Lake Tahoe ski resorts, and a 112-mph (181-kph) gust of wind was recorded at the Mammoth Mountain resort south of Yosemite National Park, according to the weather service's office in Reno, Nevada. Up to 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow was forecast for Sierra Nevada mountaintops.
The weekend Tahoe Live music festival at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in California went ahead as planned in spite of a snowstorm Saturday. Lil Wayne and Diplo were scheduled to perform Sunday, the festival's website said. The resort said it has received 3.5 feet (1 meter) of snow since Friday. An avalanche warning was in effect at least until Monday morning in the area.
Interstate 80 was closed along an 80-mile (130-kilometer) stretch from Applegate, California, to the Nevada line just west of Reno on Saturday. The California Highway Patrol reopened the road in the afternoon for passenger vehicles with chains or four-wheel drive and snow tires.
The severe weather in the Midwest resulted in at least one death. The Washington County Sheriff's office in Nebraska said a 57-year-old woman died after she lost control of her pickup on Highway 30 near Arlington and hit an oncoming truck. The other driver sustained minor injuries.
Businesses announced plans to open late Saturday as temperatures rose high enough in the afternoon to melt the ice in most places.
"Luckily some warmer air is moving in behind this to make it temporary," said Dave Cousins, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's office in Davenport, Iowa.
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Allu Arjun is setting box office on wildfire, not only in India, but also in North America, with his latest release Pushpa 2- The Rule. The film is directed by
Sukumar, and also stars
Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil and Jagapathi Babu in leading roles.
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The film in India has already become the third biggest hit of Indian Cinema, with the record collection of Rs 824.5 crore, and within touching distance of Rs 500 crore in Hindi market. The film is also doing brisk business in North America ( The United States of America and Canada market), and has made a smash entry in the Top 10 list of biggest hits of Indian Cinema in the circuit.
A couple of days ago, Pushpa 2 crossed the US $ 10 million mark, thus reaching the 10th spot displacing
Ranveer Singh and Alia Bhatt's Rocky Aur Rani Kii Prem Kahaani for the 10th position. But by Saturday evening, the film jumped two positions to displace Ranveer and
Deepika Padukone’s
Padmaavat from the eight position. Pushpa 2’s total collection currently stands at US $ 12.27 million, while Padmaavat’s total collection in the circuit was US $ 12.15 million. The 9th day collection of Pushpa 2 stands at US $ 652K .
Pushpa 2’s breakeven point has been pegged at US $ 15 million, and on a closer look, the journey for the film seems difficult. The film’s collection has been dropping at a fast pace, and more than Telugu, it is the Hindi version that has been driving the numbers. Also its is being murmured that the ticket prices for the Hindi version would be reduced in the coming days, to make sure more number of people would watch the film on the big screen. Now only time will tell if the film will be able to cross the US $ 15 million mark, and turn profitable for everyone involved or not.
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Michelle Pfeiffer Will Lead ‘Yellowstone’ Spin-off ‘The Madison’
The Yellowstone spin-off formerly known as 2024 has a new, trend-breaking title: The Madison. Although Yellowstone showrunner Taylor Sheridan has shown quite the penchant for numeric titles in prior spin-offs of his hit western drama (see: 1883, 1923, and the reportedly forthcoming 1944), the first contemporary offshoot to follow Yellowstone’s grand season 5 finale will take a different approach to its name—and its story. The Madison will reportedly follow not the flagship series’s Dutton family (or, anyway, not only the Dutton family) but, rather, a group of New York transplants. Here’s what little we know so far.
What will The Madison be about?
Per The Hollywood Reporter, The Madison’s official plot description is “a heartfelt study of grief and human connection following a New York City family in the Madison River valley of central Montana.”
Although this logline points to a cast of characters apart from the Duttons, the Dutton line could still make an appearance, given their continued presence in Montana. As the Yellowstone season 5 finale outlines, Beth Dutton (Kelly Reilly) and her husband, Rip Wheeler (Cole Hauser), now run a ranch in Dillon, Montana. They even have their own spin-off teed up with Paramount. Shall we take bets on a cross-over episode or two?
In November 2024, Yellowstone and The Madison director Christina Alexandra Voros told Variety that “the common ground” between the two shows “is the landscape. We are in Montana, but it is seen through a completely different lens, so it feels like another facet of this cut stone that has been polished. There are parallels in the scope of landscape and a human being’s place in that space, but it’s coming at it from a completely different point of view.”
Who will be in The Madison cast?
Reports first circulated in 2023 that actor Matthew McConaughey would lead The Madison (then titled 2024) following Kevin Costner’s contentious departure from Yellowstone. But that deal never came to light, and instead, actress Michelle Pfeiffer was eventually announced in 2024 as The Madison’s lead actress.
She will star alongside Matthew Fox, Patrick J. Adams, Beau Garrett, Ben Schnetzer, Amiah Miller, and Elle Chapman.
When will The Madison come out?
The Madison is currently filming in Texas, but Paramount has yet to announce a release date for the series.
This story will be updated.
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Travis Hunter’s dad’s emotional reaction to son’s Heisman speech will have you crying
Saturday’s Heisman Trophy moment belonged to Travis Hunter and all those who have supported him on his journey.
The two-way Colorado Buffaloes star will be forever etched into history and college football lore with his incredible season and historic Heisman as the first two-way player since Michigan’s Charles Woodson in 1997 to win it.
While his fiancée Leanna Lenee’s fit definitely was a shining moment, it couldn’t upstage this night. Even when those haters out there tried to bring down Lenee for an overblown controversy, it couldn’t ruin Hunter’s vibe.
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Even without his dad there, it didn’t change anything. Hunter addressed the noticeable absence of his dad, Travis Hunter Sr., and thanked him in a beautiful, tearful speech:
”And I want to say something to my father. He's not here to be able to make it, but I know you're watching on TV. Dad, I love you. All the stuff you went through, man look at your older son. I did it for you, man. All the times that you didn't get to see me. When the times you came to see my games, from not seeing probably two games in high school to seeing me on TV every weekend and come to see me, man. That means so much to me. I know you wanted to be here and you can't, but trust me, I got you. I'm bringing the trophy home. I love you.”
On Sunday, video of Hunter Sr., who chose not to be there for personal reasons, surfaced of his reaction to his son’s winning speech and it’s such a touching scene to see.
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That’s what it’s all about and what Hunter Jr. was referring to. The senior Hunter, who is 39, has been to many of his college games and does support him.
Hunter’s big moment on Saturday was also for his family that helped him become the man he is.
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KHAMGAON, India – Pork rinds. Dried squirrel. Spicy fish eggs. Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada is part anthology, part cookbook and part rebuke to readers, who may presume Indian food is largely vegetarian.
It tells of the culinary traditions of two groups of Dalits, known as Mang and Mahar. Dalits, broadly, occupy the lowest rungs of South Asia's ancient caste system and were once known as untouchables. They also form a sizable minority: around a fifth to a quarter of India's estimated 1.4 billion people.
Yet this is a rare book, perhaps the first published in English about Dalit culinary traditions by a person of Dalit caste.
There's a simple reason for that, says author Shahu Patole, a 62-year-old retired civil servant and a Dalit. "To upper-caste Hindus," Patole says, "we were not even humans. We were slaves." Dalit food, Patole says, was not considered worthy of being documented.
We spoke to Patole in his childhood home, in the hinterlands of the western Indian state of Maharashtra, on the fringes of Khamgaon village — because Dalits were once forced to build their homes away from upper-caste Hindus so they didn't pollute their spaces.
The first recipe: Blood
The book is not for the fainthearted.
The first recipe is simply titled, Blood. The method: boil blood – of any animal – until it's the color of dark chocolate and has the consistency of firm tofu. "Hot rakti tastes delicious when eaten immediately after cooking," Patole advises.
The next recipe advises readers to mash the cooked blood by hand to give it the texture of firm tofu, add spice and onions fried in animal fat. Garnish with coriander.
"How many people think about Indian food when they think about mashed blood?" asks Krishnendu Ray, professor of food studies at New York University. In a review, he described Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada "as arguably the most important cookbook to come out of South Asia."
The book, he says, "undermines this peculiar one dimensional understanding of Indian food [being] rich in spices, low in meat."
Ray says, "we know very little about Dalit cooking" because the idea of what Indians eat largely comes from upper-caste Hindus, including Brahmins, who sit at the apex of South Asia's caste hierarchy. Traditionally, they're largely vegetarian.
Ray says upper-caste Hindus dominate publishing houses that commission cookbooks and media houses that create cooking shows. In that context, Ray says the book is "dynamite that explodes the idea of Indian food from the bottom up."
Much has changed for Dalits since India won its independence more than seven decades ago. India's constitution was penned by a Dalit intellectual, known as Babasaheb Bhimrao Ambedkar CQ. He helped enshrine quotas for Dalits in government jobs, education and legislature, although critics argue those quotas are not fairly or fully allotted. Ambedkar was also from Maharashtra, where there's a long tradition of Dalit activism. It's no coincidence that Patole's book also comes from this place, says Farha Ternikar, professor of sociology at Lemoyne College in Syracuse, N.Y. "It's a result of the activism over the last few decades around trying to increase Dalit visibility, but also, Dalit culture."
Yet the Dalit community in India is among India's most marginalized and has long faced severe discrimination. They dominate industries involved in waste collection, disposing of corpses and carcasses. Even in his own village, Patole says, other residents still refuse to eat food prepared by Dalits.
Cooking like his grandmother
Food he warmly recalls his grandmother making for him, like a meat and offal stew he prepares for us on a steamy June day.
Patole heads to a market town to buy leafy greens, then trudges down a muddy road lined with butcher shops, each a hole-in-the-wall, run by Muslim men – the Indian minority dominates the butchery trade.
Patole has a favorite: a seemingly-indistinguishable closet-sized nook filled out by an enormous buffalo carcass hooked from a roof rafter, its skin hanging on a wall hook. A plastic partition offers little resistance to the buzzing flies. Patole requests rib cuts, liver, still hanging in the carcass and intestines.
The butcher hacks off the cuts, dices them on a block and pops them into a black plastic bag that hides the meat. Patole says that's partly so shoppers can conceal their caste identity – typically only lower-caste Hindus eat red meat. It is also good manners, because the sight of cut-up flesh can offend vegetarian Hindus.
It also sidesteps the danger posed by Hindu extremists.
Over the past decade, they've beaten and lynched Muslims and Dalits they suspect of carrying cow flesh – beef – an animal sacred to many Hindus. But Muslims, and Dalits, traditionally, have eaten beef.
"These shops were called 'beef hotels,'" he says, because they only sold one thing. The butcher nervously assures us he's only selling buffalo meat. Patole sighs. Buffalo doesn't taste as good as beef, he says.
Back in Patole's kitchen, he heats up a pot. He adds oil, apologizing that he couldn't source rendered animal fat, which his community traditionally used for cooking.
Patole throws in salt, turmeric, garlic and ginger. He says Dalits were traditionally too poor to use these spices. Now he buys them pre-mashed in a packet.
Patole's mother, Gunabai Patole, swishes the meat and organ cuts in water, washing off dust and grime.
The meat cuts sizzle as Patole browns them off. He speeds up the cooking time by transferring the mix into a pressure cooker. Within minutes, he presents us with a rich brown stew. Patole mops it up with a traditional flatbread made of millets that his mother freshly prepared on a griddle.
Why he wrote the book
Patole says his book was published nine years ago in his native language, Marathi, through friends he made in the publishing industry. "Few took note of it," he says of local Indian media. Then the global publishing house HarperCollins issued an English translation this summer. Still, Patole says, no other Indian publisher has approached him to make a version in any other local language, like Hindi.
But he says, his book isn't intended to educate upper-caste folk. It's to help fellow Dalits shake off "a sense of shame that they are eating something wrong."
Partly, he says, that's because the dominant Indian culture values vegetarianism as pure — and eating meat as lowly — a bias he angrily tackles in his book.
"Vegetarian groups consider themselves superior even today," he writes. He asks: How many vegetarians "sweat in the fields?" Indian vegetarians, he says, come from castes that do not do manual labor.
Patole's words can feel shocking to those in the West, where the conversation about eating meat revolves around ethics: the cruelty of animal slaughter and the environmental cost of raising animals for meat. In India, there is a different conversation, which revolves around status, caste and meat.
It's something Yashica Dutt, the author of Coming Out As Dalit, has thought about deeply. "You grow up eating a certain kind of animal, a certain type of meat or just meat in general, and you are associated with being lower caste or being impure."
Growing up, Dutt's family pretended they were upper-caste. Her mother didn't want Dutt to be raised with the stigma of being known as a Dalit of the Bhangi sub-caste, whose people were long compelled to remove excrement from latrine pits.
She says other Dalit sub-castes were expected to dispose animal carcasses, because corpses are seen as impure. Living in poverty, the same Dalits often stripped down and ate those deceased animals for sustenance. That stigma lingers, but more than that, Dutt says "because our entire being is considered impure – the food we eat is also considered impure."
So for many Dalits, their food evokes mixed feelings: comfort, but also shame. "Joy cannot be separated from the oppression that we experience," Dutt says. "It's always going to be congealed together."
Back in Patole's kitchen, he says he wants his book to raise questions for fellow Dalits: "Why were you forced to eat this sort of food in the first place?" he says, like dead animals, offal, mashed blood. But he also hopes they'll see their food traditions as a product of tenacity, survival. "You're alive today because your ancestors ate it then," he says of other Dalits. "Otherwise you'd not be here."
Patole says he's pleased to have written the book if only as a "middle finger" to upper-caste Hindus who find him, his caste and his food disgusting. "That's what we ate, still eat — and I will continue to do so."
Recipes from "Dalit Kitchens of Marathwada" by Shahu Patole
Translated by: Bhushan Korgaonkar
Wajadi (intestines)
Wajadi is not necessarily liked by everyone. Even amongst those who like it, some people prefer only the part that looks like a Turkish towel while others prefer the part that looks like a honeycomb. The preparation of wajadi depended on ingredients available in the household.
Ingredients
- Thoroughly washed and cleaned wajadi, chopped
- Salt
- Turmeric
- Ginger-garlic paste or in pieces, whatever is available (optional)
- Green coriander, chopped
Method
- Heat a pan or wok and put in the chopped wajadi. Wajadi has fat, so it does not need added fat or oil.
- Add salt and turmeric and mix. Add the ginger-garlic pieces or paste if desired.
- Cook, while stirring, for an hour and a half.
- Add as much hot water as desired and cook a little longer. For those who like it plain, the dish is ready.
- For a spicier version, add any other spices you like and cook a little longer.
- Garnish with coriander and serve.
Moholachi poli (honeycomb)
Large wild bees are extremely aggressive. Their hive is known as agyamohol. Agya means fiery and mohol means hive. No one would usually dare to touch these hives as the bee attacks are brutal and strings acutely agonizing. But people would eat the hives of smaller bees. There are two main types of smaller bees: lavangi (fiery like clove) and kagadi (thin like paper). Lavangi bees look slightly reddish. They make their hives in the open. These bees are aggressive too and sting the attackers. That's why people cover their faces and create smoke to chase off the bees before touching these hives. Kagadi bees are darker but otherwise look like lavangi bees. They are not as aggressive and so they build their hives in comparatively inaccessible locations. These bees fly away even with the smoke of regular bidis and cigarettes. There was a delicacy made from the hives of both these types of bees.
One can easily spot the three sections of the hive. A puffed-up pod attached to the branch or an external object, which stores honey, the next part below it contains eggs and larvae and the last part is work in progress. The bigger the pod, the more the honey. The first part is used for extracting honey, the second part is used as a delicacy and the third part would be given to dogs. It was said that the dogs went a bit bonkers after eating it.
Ingredients
- Honeycomb containing larvae and eggs (Editor's note: honeycomb is sold commercially in the U.S. but without the larvae and eggs)
- Oil or fat
- Onions, chopped
- Red chili powder
- Salt
Method
- Cut the honeycomb into small pieces
- Heat a little oil in a pan and fry onions till brown
- Add chili powder and salt, mix.
- Add the honeycomb pieces, saute a little. Cover and reduce heat to low.
- Let it cook for a while. Serve.
This honeycomb preparation tastes perfect with jowar bhakri. It is tasty and nutritious. It should be eaten hot as it is high in wax and protein. It gets stuck in the mouth if eaten cold, just like animal fat. This dish has a distinct "hot n' sweet" taste.
Chigur (flowers of tamarind)
Chigur or tamarind flowers were eaten, too. The tamarind tree blossoms copiously. There were usually a few trees in or near the village on common lands, which were accessible to everyone. Chigur goes well with red lentils. This sour dal tastes good.
Ingredients
- Oil
- Onions, chopped
- Red lentils
- Red chili powder or chopped green chilies
- Salt
- Chigur
Method
- Heat oil in a tava or pan
- When it is hot, add the chopped onion. Stir.
- Add the red lentils, red chili powder or green chilis and salt to taste.
- Add the chigur and saute it for a while. Sprinkle some water, cover and lower the heat. Let it cool.
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(MENAFN- IANS) Mumbai, Dec 16 (IANS) Legendary Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain's death has been finally confirmed by Jon Bleicher, the PR who represents his family.
The statement released by Jon reads "Zakir Hussain, one of the world's most transcendent musicians, passed away from idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis in San Francisco at the age of 73.
He is survived by his wife, Antonia Minnecola; his daughters, Anisa Qureshi (her husband, Taylor Phillips, and their daughter, Zara) and Isabella Qureshi; his brothers, Taufiq Qureshi and Fazal Qureshi; and his sister, Khurshid Aulia. He leaves behind an extraordinary legacy cherished by countless music lovers around the globe, with an influence that will resonate for generations to come.
The son of legendary tabla master Ustad Allah Rakha (Ravi Shankar's longtime accompanist), Zakir Hussain was widely regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation.
A child prodigy, he collaborated with virtually all of India's iconic performers, including Ravi Shankar, Ali Akbar Khan and Shivkumar Sharma.
His groundbreaking work with Western musicians such as Yo-Yo Ma, Charles Lloyd, Béla Fleck, Edgar Meyer, Mickey Hart, George Harrison and John McLaughlin brought Indian classical music to an international audience, cementing his status as a global cultural ambassador.
Moreover, his work raised his instrument to virtuoso status. Widely considered a chief architect of the contemporary world music movement, Zakir Hussain's contributions were uniquely transformative.
His unique mastery of rhythm allowed him to cross borders freely and create authentic connections between different genres of music.
He participated in many historic collaborations, including Shakti (which he founded with John McLaughlin and L. Shankar), Remember Shakti, Making Music, The Diga Rhythm Band, Planet Drum and Global Drum Project with Mickey Hart, Tabla Beat Science, and Sangam with Charles Lloyd and Eric Harland.
His performances and recordings include collaborations with artists as diverse as George Harrison, Yo-Yo Ma, Joe Henderson, Van Morrison, Airto Moreira, Pharoah Sanders, Billy Cobham, Alonzo King, Mark Morris, Rennie Harris and the Kodo drummers.
His extraordinary contributions to the music world were honoured in April 2009 with four widely heralded, sold-out concerts at Carnegie Hall's Artist Perspective series.
Zakir Hussain was a prolific composer, creating concertos, scoring for films and collaborating with dance companies such as Alonzo King's Lines Ballet and The Mark Morris Dance Group.
Over his illustrious career, he earned numerous accolades, including two Grammy Awards with Mickey Hart for Planet Drum, and three more this past March: one with John McLaughlin and the band Shakti, and two for his collaborations with Bela Fleck, Edgar Meyer and Rakesh Chaurasia.
Zakir Hussain is the first Indian to receive three Grammy Awards in one night.
Zakir Hussain's extraordinary global impact was recognised with the highest honours that can be given in the world of music.
His contributions "to the cultural and spiritual betterment of mankind," were acknowledged in 2022 with his awarding of the Kyoto Prize.
In India, he received the Padma Vibhushan, the Padma Bhushan and the Padma Shri.
He was also a recipient of the Sangeet Natak Akademi Award, India's most prestigious honour for performing artists, and later the Sangeet Natak Akademi Fellowship, a lifetime honour awarded to only 40 artists at a time.
In the US, Zakir Hussain was awarded the National Heritage Fellowship in 1999 by the National Endowment for the Arts, the nation's highest lifetime honour for traditional artists.
In 2017, he was honoured with SFJazz's Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his "unparalleled contribution to the world of music".
In 2022, he was awarded the Aga Khan Award for his "enduring contributions to the musical heritage of humanity, peerless musical mastery and sustained social impact".
His prolific work as a teacher, mentor and educator has left an indelible mark on countless musicians.
He inspired the next generation to go further and leave behind an unparalleled legacy as a cultural ambassador and one of the greatest musicians of all time.
Concluding the statement he wrote: "The family requests privacy at this time."
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Post the success of the Baahubali franchise,
Prabhas has been considered the biggest pan-India star, with films like Adipurush, Salaar: Part 1- Ceasefire, and Kalki 2898 AD setting box office records. However,
Allu Arjun has now emerged as a formidable contender for the top spot, thanks to the unprecedented success of his latest release, Pushpa 2 - The Rule.
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Allu Arjun Is Alpha Man Max: Rashmika Mandanna EXCLUSIVE On Pushpa 2’s Massive Success
Since its release, Pushpa 2 - The Rule has taken the box office by storm, smashing records and securing its place as the biggest hit of the year by overtaking Shraddha Kapoor and Rajkummar Rao’s Stree 2, which had collected nearly Rs 600 crore. But Pushpa 2 didn’t stop there—it has now gone on to become the third biggest hit in Indian cinema, surpassing
Ram Charan, NTR Jr., and SS Rajamouli’s RRR.
By the end of its 10th day in theaters, Pushpa 2 had minted an impressive Rs 824.5 crore, overtaking Ram Charan, NTR Jr and SS Rajamouli’s RRR, which had a lifetime collection of Rs 782 crore. This massive achievement marks a significant milestone for Allu Arjun, solidifying his position as one of India’s biggest superstars.
Pushpa 2’s box office journey has been nothing short of spectacular, by the end of its first week, the film had collected Rs 725 crore: highest for any film in the country. Of the total amount, the film had collected Rs 425 crore, that came from the Hindi version.The Hindi rights for the film were picked up by Anil Thadani for Rs 200 crore. On the 9th day, the film had collected only Rs 36.4 crore, but on 10th day, the film’s collection jumped to Rs 62.3 crore.
With this historic accomplishment, Pushpa 2 is now gearing up to challenge the top two positions held by Yash’s KGF: Chapter 2 and SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2: The Conclusion, starring Prabhas and Rana Daggubati.
Directed by Sukumar, Pushpa 2 stars Allu Arjun alongside
Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, and Jagapathi Babu in key roles. The makers have also announced the third installment in the franchise, titled Pushpa 3 - The Rampage, promising even bigger action and drama in the years to come.
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Fear was central to President Bashar al-Assad's control over Syria. For many Syrians, it didn't feel safe to express dissent anywhere. Even a whispered word against the government spoken at home was often enough for someone to disappear into a network of dozens of prisons where torture was routine. Since the fall of Assad's regime, many families have been searching, trying to find answers about their missing loved ones who vanished in places like this. NPR's Ruth Sherlock and Jawad Rizkallah visited one of these feared intelligence branches.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #1: (Non-English language spoken).
JAWAD RIZKALLAH, BYLINE: He's saying this is the dirtiest place in Syria.
RUTH SHERLOCK, BYLINE: Palm trees growing on either side to the entrance way, the torn picture of Bashar al-Assad - we go inside what used to be the Assad regime's state security complex. It's huge, and the rebels who now control it take us to prison branch 85.
RIZKALLAH: Here, nobody was allowed to come in.
SHERLOCK: This is a grim place. These are the solitary cells. No light - there's only a blacked out grate for air, leading to the outside world, but no window.
RIZKALLAH: Oh, look.
SHERLOCK: Oh, my gosh. Somebody's marked lines on the wall in rows to keep track of how many days they've been in here. One, two, three, four, eight weeks - someone was here for eight weeks in this cell, 1 meter wide by about 2 meters long. Yeah.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON #2: (Non-English language spoken).
SHERLOCK: These intelligence branches were places of torture and terror in Syria. In branch 85, we're told, both Syrians and foreigners were held. There's even been claims that Austin Tice, the American journalist who disappeared in 2012, may have spent time here.
Hey, guys. There's English here. Somebody's turned these walls into a classroom - I see you, for you, listen to me, look at me, go away, miss you.
Last week, when opposition militias took Damascus from the regime, one of the first things they did was free the prisoners. Here, everything has been abandoned, left exactly as it was, including the art prisoners etched into the walls.
Somebody's drawn a beautiful picture of a house. It looks like a log cabin somewhere in mountains and a tree beside it and a forest in the background and a bridge over a river in the foreground. They've tried to make - there's a waterfall. They've tried to make this beautiful.
UNIDENTIFIED GUARD: (Non-English language spoken).
SHERLOCK: A guard breaks down in tears as he tells me if you're in prison and you don't know how to draw, you'll be driven to madness. He remembers how his cousin was jailed.
UNIDENTIFIED GUARD: (Non-English language spoken).
RIZKALLAH: And he told them everything that he went through there. And now when he's here and he's looking at everything, he's remembering everything his cousin told him.
SHERLOCK: The guard tells us that when they arrived, they found people dead.
RIZKALLAH: There were bodies, the corpses that were found here, and they took them to the hospital. And they're still in the morgue for people if they want to come check if their families are.
SHERLOCK: And there are so many thousands of families searching all across Syria, over 100,000 missing, a conservative estimate by rights groups. They come to places like this to search for threads of their loved ones' existence.
This is just one prison in a network of prisons that are all over the city. We know about the big ones - Sednaya, where thousands of people disappeared. But there's also these. Across the capitol, there's branch after branch, security branch after security branch after security branch.
The regime was meticulous in its brutality. Bureaucrats and intelligence officials kept detailed notes of every person detained, of every interrogation, of the torture applied and of every execution.
RIZKALLAH: Ruth.
SHERLOCK: Yeah?
RIZKALLAH: Come.
SHERLOCK: Coming, coming.
RIZKALLAH: The papers are still here. We still have papers.
SHERLOCK: These documents could provide families with the answers about what happened to their loved ones. They are valuable evidence of crimes, and the guards say we have to go and get permission to see them. We make our way outside.
Gosh, you just feel relief coming back out into the fresh air. You can't imagine what it must have been like to be held there, not knowing when you'd get out.
We walk away on a road that runs above the dungeon prison that holds so many secrets, many of which will be revealed, and many more will lie in darkness. Ruth Sherlock, NPR News, Damascus. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Boston College Basketball Teams Record Home Wins, The Rundown: December 16, 2024
The Boston College basketball teams both recorded wins at Conte Forum on Sunday.
In the first game of the day, the women’s team earned its ninth win of the season after dominating Bryant 94-46. Forward Teya Sidberry led the way with 14 points and four Eagles hit double digits. In total, 12 players scored at least one point in the rout.
As for the men’s game, Boston College had a more difficult contest, but came out with a slight 73-69 win over Stonehill to record its seventh win of the season and snap a three-game losing streak. Center Chad Venning led the team with 13 points.
Next up for the two programs, the women’s team will host Central Connecticut State on Friday at noon ET and the men’s team will host SMU on Saturday at noon ET.
Today’s Schedule:
No games scheduled for Monday, Dec. 16.
Eagles Results:
- Women’s Basketball: Boston College 94, Bryant 46.
- Men’s Basketball: Boston College 73, Stonehill 69.
Countdown to Boston College baseball’s season opener:
60 days.
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- Former Illinois State defensive lineman Steven Curtis is transferring to Minnesota. The sophomore posted on social media earlier in the week that he had a planned visit to Boston College prior to his commitment. In 2024, Curtis tallied 46 total tackles, 5.5 tackles for loss, four sacks, eight quarterback hits, and two forced fumbles.
- The Boston College men’s hockey program has landed a commitment from ‘08 forward Timothy Kazda. The 16-year-old is currently playing for the Seacoast Performance Academy 16U AAA National team where he has appeared in 29 games and tallied 34 goals and 31 assists for 65 points. He will join the Eagles in the 2027-28 season.
- Merrimack offensive lineman transfer Amir Johnson has received an offer from Boston College. Johnson played in 11 games for the Warriors this year.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump announced Saturday that he's picked longtime foreign policy adviser Richard Grenell to serve as an envoy for special missions, tasking him with helping the incoming administration deal with some of the toughest foreign policy challenges.
Grenell served as ambassador to Germany during Trump's first administration, special presidential envoy for Serbia and Kosovo peace negotiations, and did a stint as acting director of national intelligence.
He was also a contender to serve as secretary of state, but Trump opted to nominate Florida Sen. Marco Rubio.
"Ric will work in some of the hottest spots around the World, including Venezuela and North Korea," Trump said in a posting on his social media platform, Truth Social, announcing the appointment.
Grenell during Trump's first term developed a reputation for employing a sometimes contentious approach to diplomacy that rankled allies and the foreign policy establishment in Washington. But his style was appreciated by the president-elect who sees value in blunt talk with allies.
Grenell remained close to Trump after he left office in 2021, serving at times as a key adviser on foreign policy.
He was in the room when Trump met with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in September. Grenell has advocated for a peace deal that would preserve Ukraine's territory while still allowing for "autonomous regions" where Russia could remain in control.
He's also advised against expanding NATO to include Ukraine, saying — as Trump has — that the alliance shouldn't grow until current members meet the alliance's defense spending targets. Members of the transatlantic alliance have committed for years to spending 2% of their GDP on defense, but several countries still fall short of the target.
He was an early supporter of Trump's 2024 campaign and held multiple events for the Republican nominee focused on economics and national security.
Speaking at the Republican National Convention, Grenell echoed Trump's mantra that "it's time to put America first" on the global stage and argued that China and Russia saw President Joe Biden's administration as weak.
Trump raised concerns among some allies during the 2024 campaign when he said he would not defend NATO members that failed to meet defense spending targets, and warned he would "encourage" Russia "to do whatever the hell they want" to alliance countries that he considered "delinquent."
Grenell has downplayed Trump's criticisms of NATO and said the only talk of leaving the alliance altogether "was really from the media."
"What we're saying is, don't come to the wedding without a gift," Grenell said.
Grenell was part of the Trump campaign's outreach to Arab American voters in Michigan, where the president-elect made gains with a traditionally Democratic constituency despite his history of banning immigration from several majority-Muslim countries. Grenell orchestrated pro-Trump events with Arab American voters, including a May meeting held in Troy, Michigan.
A U.S. spokesman at the United Nations during the George W. Bush administration, Grenell, like many other Republicans, has his own history of criticizing Trump before embracing him.
Once an adviser to GOP moderates like 2012 presidential nominee Mitt Romney and a supporter of gay marriage, Grenell, who is openly gay, deleted social media posts blasting Trump as "reckless" and "dangerous" once the former reality TV star became the Republican nominee in 2016.
Trump also announced Saturday that he's appointing Devin Nunes, the chief executive officer of the president-elect's Truth Social platform, to head a presidential advisory board that will keep tabs on the U.S. intelligence community.
Nunes will continue leading Trump Media & Technology Group. Trump is the company's largest shareholder.
The former California lawmaker chaired the House Intelligence Committee and was one of Trump's closest allies in Congress during the president-elect's first term.
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Allu Arjun’s Pushpa 2 - The Rule has set the box office ablaze, smashing records with unprecedented collections. The film has already dethroned
Shah Rukh Khan’s Jawan as the highest-grossing Hindi film in its first week, and is now waiting to break an 8 year old record.
Allu Arjun Is Alpha Man Max: Rashmika Mandanna EXCLUSIVE On Pushpa 2’s Massive Success
The Sukumar-directed blockbuster has amassed Rs 498 crore from its Hindi version alone, while its total collection at the end of the 10th day was Rs 824.5 crore. With its continued dominance, Pushpa 2 is now poised to break the long-standing Hindi box office record held by
Prabhas and SS Rajamouli’s Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion, which collected Rs 511 crore and was the first film from South India to cross the Rs 500 crore mark in Hindi.
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Pushpa 2 is now eyeing the top spot in Indian cinema’s all-time highest-grossing films, it has already reached the third spot displacing
Ram Charan and
NTR Jr’s RRR (Rs 782 crore). The top two spots are being held by Yash’s KGF 2 (Rs 860 crore), and Baahubali 2 - The Conclusion (Rs 1030 crore).
Starring Allu Arjun alongside
Rashmika Mandanna, Fahadh Faasil, and Jagapathi Babu, Pushpa 2 continues its record-breaking spree. The makers have already announced a third installment titled Pushpa 3 - The Rampage, promising even more action and drama.
Trade analysts believe that the next Hindi film capable of challenging Pushpa 2’s box office supremacy is Aditya Chopra and Ayan Mukerji’s War 2, featuring Hrithik Roshan, NTR Jr, and Kiara Advani. With its strong appeal across Hindi and South Indian markets, War 2 is expected to be a formidable contender in the near future.
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(MENAFN- EIN Presswire)
Transportation Management System Market
E-commerce growth and tech advancements in logistics are driving the rapid expansion of the global transportation management system market.
WILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, December 16, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- According to a recent report published by Allied
market Research, The global transportation mode market was valued at $5.46 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $11.36 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 9.6 % from 2020 to 2027.
As
technology progresses, transportation management systems are expected to become one of the most helpful transportation solutions in the supply chain management. Transportation management system (TMS) is a platform designed to streamline the transportation process, a subpart of the supply chain. It deals with monitoring, organizing, managing, and handling any matter related to the transportation of the products right from placing the order until the final delivery. The popularity of TMS platform is continuously growing. According to recent studies, almost 35% of the businesses are now using the platform for managing their transportation network. With increasing complexities of logistics and transportation, as the business grows, the need for transportation management systems can never be exaggerated.
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Technically, TMS enables better transactional and communication system to allow the users to leverage from vast real-time data, make easier decisions, and plan & strategize for optimal transportation solutions.
Transportation management systems equip the shipper with all necessary and advanced tools that play a vital role in monitoring, organizing, and managing the shipment process. The platform can be leveraged to handle several types of shipments all under a single dashboard allowing control from a centralized location. It resolves and mitigates all unnecessary stress and dubieties that might occur due to unknowingness.
In 2019, the global transportation management system market share was dominated by the solution segment, and is expected to maintain its dominance in the coming years as solutions help in optimizing the overall supply chain process, thereby resulting in higher profit margins and growth. Digital transformation in the transportation industry has proven to encourage competition to improve any company's ROI.
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Therefore, the introduction of digital from connected warehouses to new mileage delivery services ultimately increases the value and presence of TMS, transforming the old industry into an exciting place to drive change in community development. However, the services segment is expected to witness highest growth, owing to reduced time and costs associated with optimization of systems in the initial phase of deployment. Most cloud-based transportation management systems are sold as software-as-a-service (SaaS). This means that users subscribe to the technology on a monthly or annual basis instead of purchasing the technology outright. Not only is this more cost-effective, it also means that users are always on the most recent version of the software. In addition, advancement in technologies, such as IoT and cloud-based services, provides opportunities for market growth.
Some of the key companies mentioned within the report are Oracle Corporation, SAP, C.H. Robinson, Trimble, BlueJay solutions, MercuryGate International, Blue Yonder, Transplace, 3GTMS, and E2Open.
By solution type, the planning & execution segment dominated the market in 2019, and is expected to maintain its dominance in the coming years. Reduced costs for the business and the end customer and automation of business operations for faster & more accurate billing & documentation drive the market growth. Moreover, advancement in the adoption of cloud and IoT applications in planning and execution of TMS provides opportunities for market growth. Furthermore, nowadays, retailers are inclining toward omnichannel systems that incorporate brick-and-mortar, online, mobile, catalog, and other sales channels under one umbrella. That increases freight transportation, and TMS helps in increasing visibility to all shipments under one user control.
By industry vertical, the manufacturing segment held the largest share in 2019, accounting for nearly two-fifths of the global transportation management system market, due to growing significance of tracking and maintenance of goods and raw materials and cost-effective operations. However, the healthcare and pharmaceutical segment is expected to manifest the highest CAGR of 10.2% during the forecast period, as healthcare is emerging as a key industry, as traceability, visibility, and shipping controls contributing toward growth of the TMS market in pharmacy sector. Moreover, the lower expedited transportation costs supplemented the market growth.
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Asia-Pacific is expected to achieve rapid growth rate due to growing international trade, especially in emerging economies such as China and India. In addition, in the Asia-Pacific region, smartphone penetration is increasing with non-renewable revenue. These factors contribute to the development of e-commerce in these areas. Therefore, a proper transport management system is needed to cater to maximum number of customers. This gives huge opportunity to the TMS market and contributes to the development of e-commerce in these areas. Growing investments in railways and advancement of traditional freight infrastructure fare are expected to boost the market growth over the forecast period.
The current market estimation of 2027 is projected to be higher than pre-COVID-19 estimates. The COVID-19 outbreak has high impact on the growth of the market. COVID-19 has disrupted supply chains around the world. However, they have been a vital lifeline to support the response, keeping essential medical supplies, food, and other key necessities flowing where they are needed most. Moreover, the pandemic has tested the ingenuity, resilience, and flexibility of supply chain leaders globally as they have sought to maintain essential operations. The pandemic has also proved to be a real test of corporate values and purpose.
Consumers, investors, governments, and communities may ultimately judge companies on how they respond to this period of disruption. Business leaders must make rapid decisions and take immediate actions to sustain business operations to serve their customers, clients, and communities as well as protect and support their workers. The speed of the escalation requires continuous end-to-end assessment, optimization, and monitoring. Companies need to respond rapidly and confidently to shape and execute a short-term tactical plan that will mitigate human health risks and protect global supply chains' functioning.
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Key Findings Of The Study
1. By component, in 2019, the solution segment dominated the transportation management system awareness market. However, the services segment is expected to exhibit significant growth during the forecast period.
2. Depending on solution type, the planning and execution segment generated the highest revenue in 2019. However, the reporting and analytics segment is expected to witness highest growth rate in the future.
3. On the basis of deployment model, the on-premise segment accounted for the highest revenue in 2019; however, the hybrid segment is expected to witness highest growth rate during the forecast period.
4. On the basis of industry vertical, the manufacturing sector accounted for the highest revenue in 2019; however, the healthcare & pharmaceutical segment is expected to witness highest growth rate during the forecast period.
5. Region-wise, the transportation management system market was dominated by North America. However, Asia-Pacific is expected to witness significant growth in the coming years.
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The prospect of tariffs in the new Trump administration is dividing businesses around the country.
Some are scrambling to avoid the potential import taxes or preparing to pass the cost on to their customers. Others, however, are welcoming tariffs as a defense against foreign competition.
Here's a look at how three businesses are bracing for the tariffs.
The domestic manufacturer
Mark McClelland is in the pro-tariff camp.
If you've ever sat in the bleachers to watch a high school football game, you may have come in contact with McClelland's product. His company, Tower Extrusions, manufactures bleacher seats and thousands of other aluminum products.
"Think of a big Play-Doh machine," McClelland says of the manufacturing process. "We take a log of aluminum and push it through a die in the shape of some form."
McClelland's business, based in Olney, Texas, operates eleven aluminum presses, cranking out bleachers, window frames, car parts and more.
"It's kind of one of those old-line businesses that people don't really think about, but when you look around, our product is kind of everywhere," he says.
Starting around 2010, McClelland's company and others the industry began to face increased competition from China. They fought back and won anti-dumping tariffs on Chinese aluminum products, but the import threat soon metastasized.
"What used to be just a China problem now has spread," McClelland says, with surging imports from Vietnam, Turkey, India, and Mexico. "And of course Mexico is the one I really worry about, because there's a direct route to our market."
Foreign companies now supply about 35% of the extruded aluminum products in the U.S., McClelland adds, nearly double their share from five years ago.
"They're selling at prices we can't compete with," McClelland says. "It's going to shut down our industry if we don't do something."
President-elect Donald Trump has proposed adding a tax of 10% to 20% on all imports, and McClelland is counting on those sweeping tariffs to provide a more level playing field.
He acknowledges, however, that import taxes are a double-edged sword. His company has to pay more for the raw aluminum that goes into its products now because of tariffs that Trump imposed the last time he was in the White House.
"It drove up our raw material costs by 10%, whether we imported them or not," McClelland recalls. "Even if it was produced domestically, it raises your costs 10%."
The importer
Among those business owners who face higher costs is Bobby Djavaheri.
He worries that tariffs will raise the cost of his popular air fryers and other appliances, most of which are manufactured in China.
"I don't think the American consumer understands what's at stake here," says Djavaheri, whose company, Yedi Houseware Appliances, is based in Los Angeles.
If Trump makes good on his threat to impose a 60% tariff on imports from China, he estimates that "a $130 item will turn into something way above $200."
"Americans are directly being taxed with these tariffs, not the Chinese," Djavaheri says.
Some have suggested that Trump is merely using the threat of tariffs as a bargaining chip and that import taxes are unlikely to take full effect — but Djavaheri isn't counting on that.
"I take it very seriously," he says. "We're trying to ramp up our imports prior to the president-elect getting sworn in."
Other importers are also racing to stockpile products before any tariffs take effect.
"If companies have the wherewithal to pull this product forward, to build up inventory and get their cost basis down before the new tariffs are put in, they're trying it," says Gene Seroka, executive director at the Port of Los Angeles. The port is busier than usual this time of year, unloading hundreds of thousands of shipping containers from Asia each month.
One of Djavaheri's suppliers has also considered moving his factory from China to Mexico to avoid the steepest tariffs.
But that may not necessarily work. Last month, Trump proposed slapping a 25% tariff on imports from both Mexico and Canada, two of the United States' biggest trading partners.
The discounter
Peter Elitzer is another business owner worried about the impact of tariffs.
He says even a 10% tariff would be painful for the customers who shop at his discount clothing stores. Bargain-hunters who frequent Elitzer's Label Shopper stores on the East Coast and in the Midwest are already cautious about spending money.
"They're only buying when they need to have something," Elitzer says. "So it's cold and they need a sweatshirt or jacket, they'll come out and get it. If it's too cold in the spring and they don't need to buy T-shirts, they don't buy T-shirts."
That makes Elitzer wary about filling warehouses ahead of the potential tariffs with clothes that might not sell and run the risk of falling out of fashion. He'll take his chances on imports from India, Indonesia and Cambodia, knowing that if tariffs do come, he'll have to raise prices.
"There's no question in my mind this is not going to be good news for the consumer at all," Elitzer says. "Particularly if they're trying to get inflation under control. It's the worst possible time to do that."
Most of the clothing items in his stores sell for $19.99 or below — less than he was charging a decade ago.
"The overwhelming majority of Americans don't shop in the high-end department stores," he says. "They're shopping in Walmart and they're shopping in the Label Shoppers of the world. And they're looking for value."
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Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman who was found last week in Mexico, has dashed her family’s hopes of a reunion. Kobayashi, 31, whose disappearance sparked a police investigation before she was found to have voluntarily left the country, told relatives she did not want to return to her home state, according to her family. Her sister, Sydni, posted a statement on her Facebook saying that she and her mother have not physically seen Hannah, but have spoken on the phone with her.
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — Filipino death row inmate Mary Jane Fiesta Veloso knelt to pray when officers came to take her to an execution site in May 2015, just a few feet away from her isolation cell on an Indonesian prison island, where a 13-member firing squad was waiting.
A judge in Las Vegas sentenced a Texas man to 100 years in prison for his role in a two-state shooting rampage on Thanksgiving 2020 that included the killing of a man in Nevada and a shootout with authorities in Arizona. Christopher McDonnell, 32, pleaded guilty in October to more than 20 felonies including murder, attempted murder, murder conspiracy, weapon charges and being a felon illegally in possession of a firearm. Clark County District Judge Tierra Jones sentenced him on Friday to a minimum of 100 years in prison, KLAS-TV reported.
Nannie Doss confessed to killing four of her husbands, her mother, sister, two of her children, two of her grandsons, and a mother-in-law over a 27-year killing spree
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Karen Friedman Agnifilo, a prominent New York attorney and former Manhattan chief assistant district attorney, will represent Mangione
YOGYAKARTA, Indonesia (AP) — A Filipino woman who was on death row in Indonesia — and was nearly executed by firing squad in 2015 — was moved late Sunday to a female prison in Indonesia’s capital, from where she will be flown back to her home country.
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Have you seen this missing home?
The 2010 murder of Yara Gambirasio led investigators on a three-year investigation that included tens of thousands of DNA samples
The prosecution argued this week that the protester’s chants were selected to anger someone who was Jewish.
Canada Post says operations will resume on Tuesday, Dec. 17 after the Canada Industrial Relations Board ordered a return to work.
The remaining five Australians from the infamous “Bali Nine” drug gang are “relieved and happy” to be home after Canberra struck a deal with Jakarta to end their two decades of imprisonment.
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Relatives of a western Quebec man killed in a workplace accident in 2023 said they were devastated his boss did not appear in person as his flooring company pleaded guilty to workplace safety charges on Thursday. Southgate Carpets was fined $100,000 plus a 25 per cent victim surcharge over workplace safety violations leading to the death of Ron Hill, 62, who died doing demolition work for his employer on a weekend in September 2023. As proceedings were under the Occupational Health and Safety Ac
First Lady Jill Biden is going viral after a group of children wished her a “Happy Christmas” after she told them “Happy Holidays” during a White House toy drive on Friday. In a clip circulating on social media, Biden can be seen waving and greeting children at the Marine Corps Reserve Toys for Tots event while standing next to Lt. Gen. Leonard Anderson IV. “Hi, Happy Holidays,” Biden said in the video. “Happy Christmas,” a child can be heard shouting back in the background. “Happy Christmas, ye
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What is Louisville Getting in QB Miller Moss?
LOUISVILLE, Ky. - The Louisville football program's 2024 season might still have one more game left, but we already know who is likely going to be their starting quarterback for 2025.
On Saturday, the Cardinals picked up a commitment from former USC quarterback Miller Moss. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound signal caller spent the last four seasons out west with the Trojans, and is heading into his final year of collegiate eligibility.
Starting the first nine of the 2024 season, Moss put up some good numbers in his final season for Southern Cal, completing 64.4 percent of his passes for 2,555 yards and 18 touchdowns to nine interceptions. Riding then bench for his first three seasons as a Trojan, the Los Angeles, Calif. native has completed 65.6 percent of his throws for 3,469 yards and 18 touchdowns to nine interceptions in 21 appearances and 10 starts for his hometown team.
Of course, most Louisville fans know Moss from his breakout performance in the 2023 Holiday Bowl, where he absolutely torched the Cardinals' secondary. In what was his first start at the collegiate level, he threw for 372 yards and a bowl-record six touchdowns to only one interception.
Outside of those stat lines, what is Louisville getting in Moss? Let's break it all down:
One of the first things that stands out with Moss when watching his film from this season is his overall accuracy and touch when throwing the football, especially in the short to intermediate areas of the field. He has good anticipation for how his receivers' routes are going to unfold, and is very much the kind of quarterback that can "throw guys open."
On top of the fact that Moss has well above average accuracy, he's also not afraid to throw the ball in some tight windows. While this can be both a good and bad thing at times, when the timing works out, it's really hard to defend throws by Moss designed to move the chains. When it comes to helping keep offenses on schedule, he's also not afraid to simply dump the ball off to his check down, which is something that even Tyler Shough, for as good as he was this season for Louisville, didn't do a whole lot of.
Moss' poise on film (and from the couple USC games I actually watched in real time) certainly stands out as well. While he doesn't have a *ton* of starting experience, he certainly has the presence and overall awareness in the pocket that you expect from veteran quarterbacks. He does a very good job at navigating the pocket to avoid getting sacked, and can make throws while climbing and rolling out of the pocket.
Building off of his poise and demeanor, arguably Moss' best attribute is just his overall command of the offense and the natural on-field leadership capabilities. For instance, he helped lead two go-ahead drives in the final few minutes of their opener against LSU, and even in his final game with the Trojans at Washington, twice he helped put them in position to try and get a game-winning touchdown late in the fourth quarter.
Of course, the elephant in the room is that Moss was benched for the final three games of USC's season. While some of this was due to factors outside of his control (more on that in bit), there are a couple drawbacks/areas to work on with Moss' game.
For starters, while he's not a pipsqueak, at 6-foot-2 and 205 pounds, he's not quite the size you would want out of a pocket passer - which is very much what Moss is. He can use his legs to extend plays and get throws off, but he's not the kind of quarterback that will outright make plays with his legs. He can occasionally scramble for first downs, but that usually only when the defense completely takes the bait on read options.
When it comes to his actual arm strength, Moss is good but maybe not great in this department. He does have the capabilities to stretch the ball vertically, and is actually very good on fades and outside shoulder throws up the sidelines, but he doesn't have the snappiness that someone like Tyler Shough does. His windup is a tick longer than you'd like, and he does have to put a bit of an extra emphasis on planting his back foot to make deep shots. While he very much can hit passes of 20, 30 and 40-plus yards downfield, it's not with a simple flick of the wrist.
Moss actually does a solid job overall of reading coverages post snap, but that being said, he has been shown to be susceptible at times to either exotic coverages, or be baited by veteran linebackers and defensive backs. Combine this with his willingness to try and get ball into tight windows, while he is successful most of the time in doing so, it can also be a gamble depending on the coverage and personnel.
Additionally, his mechanics do have a slight tendency to break down when facing pressure. Either his arm slot will come in at a funky angle and produce a bit of a low throw, or he'll throw the ball with an base that is way more off balance than it needs to be.
Arguably the biggest criticism of Moss is the fact that he wasn't all-world this season despite playing in a Lincoln Riley system that has produced not one, not two, but three Heisman Trophy winners. That might have something to do with the fact that Baker Mayfield, Kyler Murray and Caleb Williams all have some sort of rushing capabilities, but still.
That being said, something to note is that USC's offensive line was flat out putrid this season. The Trojans' pass block grade on Pro Football Focus was just 54.5, which ranked 118th in the FBS and the seventh-worst in the power four. He was pressured a whopping 105 times in just nine games, being one of three power conference quarterbacks to be pressured over 100 times in less than ten games (Virginia Tech's Kyron Drones, Miss. State's Michael Van Buren).
With a line in 2025 that should be much better than was USC's was this season, Moss, in theory, should be a lot more comfortable and confident in this system. Especially considering that because of his pocket awareness, just 8.6 percent of his pressures turned into sacks. Of the 55 power conference quarterbacks with at least 300 drop backs, that mark was second only to K-State's Avery Johnson.
Is Moss a can't-miss quarterback transfer? While he is one of the better quarterbacks to hit the portal, there's certainly some things he can improve on. That being said, he demonstrates the leadership qualities and fearlessness that is oddly similar to Brohm in his own playing days, and possesses a variety of both mental and physical intangibles that you want in a quarterback - even if some of said intangibles aren't at an elite level - yet.
Bottom line: while Miller Moss does have a high floor, Jeff Brohm and his coaching staff will fully determine what his ceiling can be. Considering what Brohm was able to do for Jack Plummer and Tyler Shough, it's hard to envision a situation where Brohm and Co. don't unlock Moss' full potential as a prolific passer - or at least come close to it.
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SCOTT DETROW, HOST:
Two important food holidays are meeting up this year. December 25 is both Christmas and also the first night of Hanukkah.
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DETROW: Well, we did not want to miss the opportunity to explore the potential for a feast for all. And to help us imagine what to prepare, we have called on Sarah Lohman, who's a food historian and writer. Sarah has put together a menu for us, and my only regret here is that this is a remote interview and I cannot eat it all right now. So that being said, welcome to ALL THINGS CONSIDERED, Sarah.
SARAH LOHMAN: Hi, Scott. Thank you.
DETROW: When you first realized the alignment here, what was your first thought?
LOHMAN: OK, first thought was, of course, fry everything.
DETROW: Yeah.
LOHMAN: I mean, maybe it's obvious, maybe it's my first thought, but I was like, let's fry things that have never been fried before. Let's make it the Iowa State Fair up in here.
DETROW: (Laughter).
LOHMAN: OK, so the fun part of this project for me was I got to reach out to my community. And I started talking to my friend Leah Koenig, who is the author of the recent cookbook "Portico," which is about Roman Jewish culture. And she pointed out to me that latke, the traditional Hanukkah fried potato pancake - they really aren't that old in terms of Judaism. The practice originates with German Jews in the late 18th century. So that's like a drop in the bucket of the multiple-thousand-year history. So that's when I said, OK, well, is there another direction we can go here?
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DETROW: So you have put together a menu. And before we go into it, tell me...
LOHMAN: Feast.
DETROW: A feast - important correction.
LOHMAN: (Laughter) I think.
DETROW: Tell me what you ended up organizing it around. What were the central thoughts? What were you trying to bring together?
LOHMAN: Well, I also happen to know a lot of people who are Christian or specifically Catholic and Jewish from populations around the world. And I think particularly in America, we can get sort of lost the idea of Christian as being a majority faith here, whereas in most of the world, it is a minority faith. And so I decided to put together a multicourse menu that looks at regions that have traditional, historical Christian and Jewish populations and look at where their food intersects and differentiates. I really believe that, like, cooking can be an act of learning; eating can be an act of education. And so I wanted to use this moment, this party, this feast, this festival to make space for the understanding of the long histories of these faiths throughout the world.
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DETROW: That being said, let's get going. Tell us what the first course is.
LOHMAN: OK, so for the first course, we're going to go to China, which does have a historical Jewish population. No one's quite sure when they came, but they came into the area around Kaifeng, which is in Henan, which - not Hunan, Henan, which is a northern Chinese province. And it's difficult to trace dishes from Jewish ancestry there. There's maybe only about 1,000 Kaifeng Jews today. But one we know of is a Kaifeng noodle-blanketed carp. And it's a whole fish that's wok fried, and it's served with a sauce made from vinegar, rice wine, ginger and scallions. And then you top it with crispy fried noodles.
But if you're not up for frying a whole fish, which not everybody is, I would recommend ordering in some Henanese cuisine. Soup dumplings, or xiaolongbao, are from the Henan area. But don't get the pork ones. Get ones made with lamb or chicken and vegetables, or you could also order in some hui mian (ph), which are wide wheat noodles. I should note in this whole menu, I decided to avoid pork, shellfish, and I didn't serve meat and dairy so that anyone can come to your house for this party of any religious background and be able to eat the food.
DETROW: All right, so walk me through the last main dish.
LOHMAN: OK, so last main dish, we're going to go to Ethiopia. And I think, you know, this might be - sound like a simple answer, but the national dish of Ethiopia is dora wat, which is a chicken stew, and it's dark meat chicken, slow cooked with hard boiled eggs, garlic ginger, onions, tomato, and you finish the top with a sprinkle of black cardamom. So I also love the connections, the spice connections and flavor connections made through these dishes. Now, dora wat is sort of the Coptic Christian name for it, but it's also known as sanbat wat in Ethiopian Jewish communities. And sanbat means Shabbat. So a lot of these two aren't necessarily Hanukkah dishes. Actually, the Ethiopian Jews didn't traditionally celebrate Hanukkah in Ethiopia. But now over 100,000 Ethiopian Jews have moved to Israel and another thousand are here in America too. So they've moved in the cultures that celebrate Hanukkah. And definitely, you should make it with injera, too.
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DETROW: So assuming there's any room left at all after all of these dishes so far, I know you've put a lot of thought into a very important holiday item, and that is desserts.
LOHMAN: Oh, my gosh, of course. I mean, but there is always room for dessert.
DETROW: (Laughter).
LOHMAN: So I've got two ideas here. One is cassola, which is from my original person who gave me this idea, Leah Koenig. It's a cheesecake that was created by Roman Jews, and it actually descends from this idea of pancake-making on Hanukkah. Hanukkah, you know, oil, things that are fried and things that are dairy are sort of traditional Hanukkah foods. Cassola was originally made on stove tops, like a really thick pancake. Now it's baked, and now it's actually crossed over that it's a favorite served by Roman Catholics on Christmas. So it's a ricotta cheesecake made with cinnamon, vanilla and raisins.
Now, for some people, having dairy after meat is OK, but for some people, it's not. So if you want to stick to a menu that's kosher friendly, I'd also recommend bolo menino. Bolo menino is named after the Christ child, and it's a cake made in Macao, which is governed somewhat by China, but not totally, so they have more religious freedom. And many people there are also Portuguese descendants, as well. So this is a cake made with crumbled cookies, coconut and pine nuts that is always served on Christmas in Macao.
DETROW: You know, I think a lot of people listening might be taking notes and thinking, I want to do this. And I think there might be a lot of people listening who are thinking, like, oh, my gosh, this sounds so overwhelming.
LOHMAN: (Laughter).
DETROW: What do you say to somebody who, like, loves the idea, but when it comes to, especially, like, a multicourse meal, just kind of gets intimidated?
LOHMAN: You know, there is always a potluck. There's always divvying this up. Or, you know, hey, if you love throwing a party like me, make the whole thing. But if not, just make the one dish that appeals to you. I think that food is always better with a story. And I love the idea of using this December 25 to reflect on these cultures throughout the world. And sometimes they're often difficult stories, too.
DETROW: Yeah. You know, we're talking about learning about different cultures, as this menus together. But, you know, I think for a lot of people, a holiday is also about kind of leaning into your heritage - right? - your family story - right? - in terms of food.
LOHMAN: Yeah. Yeah, absolutely. And I think that we can't forget that many of these cultures that I talked about today also exist within America. These communities are here. And I think for all of us during this holiday season, this is often a time where we connect to our own ancestry. I'm sure that there are people listening right now thinking about the recipes that they're going to make that have been passed down through their families and that really are labors of love that make this feel like a special and important time of year.
DETROW: Absolutely.
LOHMAN: It's religion, but it's celebration, it's family, it's ancestry, too.
DETROW: And all of this is kind of very American, right? Like, you've put together a meal that touches on a dozen different countries and cultures.
LOHMAN: Yeah, but they can all be found here, absolutely.
DETROW: Yeah.
LOHMAN: And to me, I think that that's the most powerful and beautiful thing about America, our diversity. We can be a little hard to govern sometime. We're an unruly lot. But just how many different people become American too, I think that's really the most wonderful thing about living here and celebrating the holidays here.
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DETROW: That is food historian Sarah Lohman. Her most recent book is just out in paper, "Endangered Eating: America's Vanishing Foods." Thank you so much for taking up the challenge and crafting a Christmas Hanukkah feast for us.
LOHMAN: Oh, my gosh, my pleasure. Now the real challenge is I'm going to have to sit down and make all of this.
DETROW: I think there's no question now. Thank you.
LOHMAN: Thank you.
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The results will include the winning numbers for both Round 1 and Round 2. These numbers are based on the total arrows that hit the target during the games, held at the Polo Ground in Shillong.
The much-anticipated Shillong Teer Results for December 16, 2024 (Monday), will be announced soon. Participants can check the results for various games, including Shillong Morning Teer, Shillong Night Teer, Khanapara Teer, Juwai Teer, and Jowai Ladrymbai, on official websites such as meghalayateer.com, shillongteerresult.co.com, teerresults.com, and jowainightteer.in.
The results will include the winning numbers for both Round 1 and Round 2. These numbers are based on the total arrows that hit the target during the games, held at the Polo Ground in Shillong. The first round of games starts at 10:30 AM, drawing significant attention from participants eager to test their luck.
What is Shillong Teer?
Shillong Teer is a unique archery-based lottery game, regulated under the Meghalaya Amusement and Betting Tax Act. Organized by the Khasi Hills Archery Sports Association (KHASA), it allows participants to bet on numbers ranging from 0 to 99. The game has two rounds, and the winning numbers are determined by the last two digits of the total number of arrows hitting the target.
How to Check Shillong Teer Results?
To access the results for November 26, visit the official websites listed above. Look for the section labeled “Shillong Teer Result for November 26, 2024” to find the winning numbers. The results for all eight games will be updated shortly after the games conclude.
SHILLONG MORNING TEER COMMON NUMBERS
Direct Numbers: 78, 40, 12
House: 3, 5
Ending: 8, 9
JUWAI MORNING TEER COMMON NUMBERS
Direct Numbers: 08, 22, 89
House: 3, 7
Ending: 1, 3
SHILLONG TEER COMMON NUMBERS
Direct Numbers: 64, 87, 75
House: 1, 9
Ending: 4, 6
WINNING NUMBERS FOR DECEMBER 16
SHILLONG MORNING TEER
Shillong Morning Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 10:30 am
Shillong Morning Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 11:30 am
JUWAI MORNING TEER
Juwai Morning Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 10:35 am
Juwai Morning Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 11:35 am
JUWAI TEER RESULT
Juwai Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 1:45 pm
Juwai Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 2:25 pm
SHILLONG TEER RESULT
Shillong Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 3:44 pm
Shillong Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 4:37 pm
KHANAPARA TEER RESULT
Khanapara Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 4 pm
Khanapara Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 4:40 pm
JOWAI LADRYMBAI RESULT
Winning number for Jowai: Result at 4:35 pm
Winning number for Ladrymbai: Result at 4:40 pm
SHILLONG NIGHT TEER RESULT
Shillong Night Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 7:15 pm
Shillong Night Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 8 pm
JOWAI NIGHT TEER RESULT
Jowai Night Teer First Round Winning Number: Result at 8:15 pm
Jowai Night Teer Second Round Winning Number: Result at 9 pm.
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Allu Arjun, Rashmika Mandanna starrer 'Pushpa 2' is just creating history with its huge box office numbers which one hasn't really seen before. The film has just continued to set the cash registers ringing at the box office ever since it released and now on day 10, which was second Saturday, it has seen a huge growth of over 71 percent. This growth comes after
Allu Arjun was arrested by the police on Friday and released on Saturday morning.
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The premiere show of the movie which was held on December 4, saw a huge stampede at Sandhya theatre and that led to the death of a 39-year old woman and injured her son. The victim's husband filed an FIR, which made the police arrest Allu Arjun. But it looks like his arrest has not really affected the film's business. Infact, if anything, there's a huge jump in the business. On its day 10, which is second Saturday, the movie made Rs 62.3 crore, of which Rs 46 crore has come from the Hindi version and Rs 13 crore from the Telugu version.
On Friday, the total collection was only Rs 36.5 crore. So, this kind of growth is just unprecedented. The film's total collection now stands at Rs 824 crore in India according to Sacnilk, in all languages. What's shocking is that of this total collection Rs 498 crore has come from the Hindi version which is more than what the film did in Telugu and this was just unthinkable. The movie has crossed the lifetime collection of 'Jawan' in all languages and even 'RRR'.
It is expected that 'Pushpa 2' will set a new record - that of the first film post pandemic to do Rs 100 crore on its second weekend. It looks very much possible as it has already made around Rs 62 crore on Saturday itself and the Sunday numbers might be on the same lines. Infact, the film may cross even Rs 150 crore on the second weekend, if it does see more growth on Sunday. Before the pandemic, only 'Baahubali 2' and 'Dangal' had achieved a second weekend total of Rs 100 crore, according to Box Office India.
The Sunday numbers of the movie may just be more than Saturday, also due to the holiday and all the buzz around the movie. The Christmas release this year is Varun Dhawan's 'Baby John' which may pose as a competition to 'Pushpa 2' if it's really good and has a good word of mouth. Otherwise, it's more likely that the Allu Arjun starrer will continue to dominate.
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Global Solar Pump market projected to grow at a CAGR of 6.8% from 2020 to 2027
The China and India are the two topmost investment pockets for the global solar pumps attributed to the rapid expansion of agricultural activities and demand for power consumption.” - Allied Market ResearchWILMINGTON, DE, UNITED STATES, December 16, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- According to a new report published by Allied Market Research, The global solar pump market size was valued at $1.21 billion in 2019, and is projected to reach $2.05 billion by 2027, registering a CAGR of 6.8% from 2020 to 2027.
Solar pump market growth is driven by increase in agricultural activities coupled with rise in need for water extraction. Adoption of renewable electricity generation methods along with focus on carbon emission reduction further boost the market growth.
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Asia-Pacific and Europe collectively accounted for around 77.1% share in 2019, with the former constituting around 55.0% share.
Europe and North America are expected to witness considerable CAGRs of 8.5% and 7.3%, respectively, during the forecast period.
The key players involved in the global solar pump industry report are Vincent Solar Energy, TATA Power Solar Systems Ltd., Shakti pump, CRI Pump Pvt. Ltd., Oswal Pump Ltd., LORENTZ, The Lubi Group, Samking Pump Company, Greenmax Technology, and AQUA GROUP.
The agriculture segment was the highest contributor to the market, and is expected to grow at a CAGR of 7.2% during the forecast period. Countries in Asia-Pacific, such as India, are increasingly installing solar pump for water irrigation purpose. As solar energy is easily available, it is expected that the demand for solar pump, particularly for farming application, will increase notably.
The cumulative solar pump market share of these two segments was 37.5% in 2019, and is anticipated to reach 41.0% by 2027.
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The submersible and surface suction segments collectively accounted for around 83.3% market share in 2019, with the former constituting around 55.3% share. The floating and surface suction segments are expected to witness significant CAGRs of 8.7% and 7.3%, respectively, during the forecast period.
The AC pump segment was the highest contributor to the market expected to grow at a CAGR of 5.8% during the forecast period. This is attributed to the fact that AC pump are anti-corrosive and provide high wear resistance. Moreover, they reduce the operating costs due to their high pumping efficiency and longevity. In addition, they are highly reliable and offer notable results even under harsh conditions.
The DC pump segment is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 8.9% during the forecast period.
Solar water pump facilitates efficient use of electricity for increasing agricultural productivity. Around 40% of the worldwide populace is based on agriculture, as its primary supply of income, yet access to water remains an ongoing war for many.
Fee reductions in economies such as India, Japan, and Africa for solar water pumps has the ability to make modern-day irrigation available and fee-powerful for almost 500 million small-scale farmers international.
The major focus is on small-sized sun water pump (50–1,000W), as these are used by most of the consumers. Government of the emerging economies such as India, Japan, and Africa are accelerating development and commercialization of solar pump.
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The United States has made "direct contact" with the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a press conference in Aqaba, Jordan on Saturday.
"We've been in contact with HTS and with other parties," Blinken said, referring to the rebels who drove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in a lightning offensive earlier this month.
Blinken referred to those discussions as "direct contact." He did not elaborate on details of the talks, but did acknowledge that the U.S. has "impressed upon everyone we've been in contact with" the importance of helping to find the missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared near Damascus 12 years ago.
Blinken's comments mark the first time a U.S. official has acknowledged contact with HTS. The Islamist group was once affiliated with al-Qaida, and while it has sought to strike a more moderate tone in recent years, the U.S. still regards it as a terrorist organization — a designation given to the group in May 2018.
Blinken, who was in Jordan meeting with leaders about Syria's future, said the U.S. and its partners "agreed on a set of shared principles to guide our support for Syria and its people going forward."
The U.S. and its partners also agreed to several factors, Blinken said, including that the transition process in the Syrian government should be "Syrian-led and Syrian-owned," citizens should have access to humanitarian aid and that the country "should not be used as a base for terrorist groups or others."
"We know that what happens inside of Syria can have powerful consequences well beyond its borders, from mass displacement to terrorism. And we know that we can't underestimate the challenges of this moment and in the weeks and months ahead," he said. "Our message to the Syrian people is this: We want them to succeed and we're prepared to help them do so."
During an interview last week, the HTS leader, Ahmed al-Shara, formerly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohmmad al-Jolani, sought to allay concerns about Syria's future under HTS leadership.
He said fears by other countries "are unnecessary" and was hopeful that Syria "will be rebuilt."
"People are exhausted from war. So the country isn't ready for another one and it's not going to get into another one," he told Sky News. "The source of our fears was from the Iranian militias, Hezbollah and the regime which committed the massacres we are seeing today. So their removal is the solution for Syria. The current situation won't allow for a return to panic."
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The Kapoor family is celebrating the 100 magical years of
Raj Kapoor, one of Indian cinema's most iconic legends. In a touching memory, filmmaker
Boney Kapoor revealed that he was lovingly called "Cinderella" in Raj Kapoor’s household. Rishi and Neetu Kapoor gave him this nickname because, as Boney shared, "he usually used to step out of the house only around midnight."
In an interview with SCREEN, Boney Kapoor reminisced about living in the same Chembur neighborhood as the Kapoor family. He recalled how Raj Kapoor's car would often be parked, waiting for him to return from work, and how they would gather for dinner and long conversations that stretched into the early hours of the morning. The affectionate nickname "Cinderella," given by Rishi (known as Dabboo) and Neetu, highlighted the warmth and playful nature of their bond.
Boney Kapoor fondly recalled Raj Kapoor’s desire to honor his late wife, Sridevi, one of Indian cinema’s greatest actresses, with an award. He shared that the last event Raj Kapoor attended before his passing was the silver jubilee celebration of Mr. India. Boney had hoped Raj would present the award to him, but the legendary filmmaker insisted, saying, “I will give it to her." Boney also revealed that Raj Kapoor had expressed a wish for
Sridevi to star in a film titled Ghunghat Ke Pat Khol.
Boney described his bond with Raj Kapoor as deeply personal and transformative. Beyond their professional ties, Raj Kapoor recognized potential in Boney early on, telling him after Hum Paanch, “You will be responsible for the first branch of Kapoors." Boney regarded Raj as a mentor and guide, admiring his career and principles. He shared that Raj’s wisdom and encouragement inspired him to strive for even a fraction of the Barsaat star’s success. Their relationship went beyond cinema, with Boney cherishing private conversations and life lessons that, he said, “would never be disclosed."
His career stands as a testament to his passion for storytelling and his significant contributions to Indian cinema. As one of Bollywood’s most successful producers, he has delivered classics like Mr. India, No Entry, Wanted, and Mom. Renowned for his sharp instincts and knack for supporting both commercially and critically acclaimed projects, Boney has cemented his place as a defining figure in contemporary Indian cinema. His journey embodies the values instilled by mentors like Raj Kapoor—dedication, creativity, and an unwavering commitment to excellence.
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Seven tourists hospitalised in Fiji from suspected alcohol poisoning
By Alasdair Pal
WELLINGTON (Reuters) -Seven tourists including four Australians were hospitalised in a suspected case of alcohol poisoning at a resort in Fiji, the Australian and Fijian governments said on Monday.
The tourists became ill after drinking a cocktail at the Warwick Fiji resort on the south coast of Viti Levu island, Fiji's government said in a statement.
"This is an extremely isolated incident, affecting only these seven guests at a specific bar within the resort," the Fiji government said.
Last month six foreign tourists died after consuming contaminated alcohol in Laos.
Management at the resort said it had not substituted ingredients or altered the quality of drinks served to guests, the statement said.
"While we understand the concern, we want to emphasise that the tourism experience in Fiji is typically very safe, and we have acted immediately to try and discover the cause of what made these guests, at this resort, fall ill," Fiji's government said.
Mereisi Makutu, the front office manager at the resort, told Fiji's state broadcaster it was investigating the incident.
"Our main priority at the moment is to look after those guests that are in hospital at the moment," she told the Fijian Broadcasting Corporation in an interview.
Australia Treasurer Jim Chalmers told a news conference consular officials were helping those impacted along with their families, while Fiji's police were leading an investigation into the poisoning.
"We are thinking of the friends and family of the people who are affected. This is no doubt a very distressing time for them," he said.
The Australian government has updated its travel advice for Fiji to flag dangers of drink spiking, and warned Australians more generally about the risk of alcohol poisoning when travelling.
"If Australians are travelling, be very alert to the potential risks in this case around drink spiking and alcohol poisoning," Chalmers said.
(Reporting by Alasdair Pal in Wellington; Editing by Michael Perry)
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When you find success with a project, it can be daunting to try something new. But the comedian Ilana Glazer welcomes that kind of risk. Glazer co-created "Broad City" with Abbi Jacobson, and it was a huge hit. But the two decided to end the show two seasons before their contract ran out. Glazer told NPR's Rachel Martin that part of knowing what to do next is knowing when something should end. And that gamble to move on has paid off for Glazer. Earlier this year, Glazer cowrote and costarred in the movie "Babes." And this Friday, they have a new standup special coming out on Hulu called "Human Magic." Glazer spoke to Rachel Martin on Wild Card, the interview show where guests choose the questions they answer from a deck of cards. And a note, Glazer talks about sex and drug use in this conversation.
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RACHEL MARTIN: First three cards - one, two or three.
ILANA GLAZER: I'm going to go with three.
MARTIN: Three - what was your form of rebelling as a teenager?
GLAZER: Oh, my goodness. This - you cracked right in, Rachel Martin.
MARTIN: (Laughter) I did?
GLAZER: You cracked right in. You know why? - because...
MARTIN: (Inaudible) what?
GLAZER: I mean, this is just playing three strings on a guitar for me. This is a whole chord, which is that I didn't quite rebel very much as a child or a teenager. I was very good and was focused on, I guess, goodness and achieving, and my rebellion came - honestly, like, I was not secure in it until, like, the past few years, my rebelling, like, literally against my parents. L-O-L, I'm 37 years old.
MARTIN: Wow.
GLAZER: But of course, I had some rebellion. And I guess it finally came in the form of having sex and smoking weed (laughter) in my, like, senior year of high school. It was like...
MARTIN: I mean, that's pretty, you know, by-the-book, definitional...
GLAZER: Yeah, standard...
MARTIN: ...Of rebelling as a teenager. Yeah, yeah.
GLAZER: ...I would honestly say patriotic.
MARTIN: (Laugher).
GLAZER: So, you know, like, finally, it came - as well as myself. But it was a late - I'm a late bloomer. And then I feel like, really, becoming a parent, I'm like, oh, I don't care. You know what I mean? I don't care about being accepted. Like, as long as I'm focused on fulfilling my needs of myself and my family and my child, then the rest of it - you know, I can be unlikable or not fulfilling the, you know, supportive role or appearance of supportive role that I was hoping to fill before or actually filling, you know? I have found the limits of how limited parenting makes the rest of your life really helpful. It has forced me...
MARTIN: Yeah, yeah.
GLAZER: ...To draw lines that I never wanted to draw before. I wanted to be everything for everybody.
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: And it's, like, so important to my health and my kid's health, but also, like, who you put out into the world. It's really important for the - it's actually - serves the world at large to give it the healthiest kid I can. So it's been, like, such a helpful reorganization.
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MARTIN: OK, we got three more cards. We're going to keep going - one, two or three.
GLAZER: No. 1, please.
MARTIN: How comfortable are you with being alone?
GLAZER: I'm going to buck the binary with this answer and say...
MARTIN: Buck it, Ilana.
GLAZER: I'm going to say increasingly.
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: Ooh, is your mind blown by all my therapy, Rachel Martin?
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GLAZER: But that is the accurate answer - increasingly. Hoo (ph), but it's tough. I really feed off people. I love people. I love intellectual intercourse. I love connecting and engaging. But I'm increasingly comfortable alone. And also, like, having such a high-needs, tiny individual needing me so often, it's, like, much more contrasted as a relief to be a little alone.
MARTIN: Yeah. Yeah. But I am someone who very - I, like, crave alone time.
GLAZER: Cool.
MARTIN: And so yeah, then - yeah, it's complicated.
GLAZER: Are you tall?
MARTIN: I don't know. Am I?
GLAZER: How tall are you?
MARTIN: Five - I mean, I think I'm 5'7". My husband insists that I'm 5'6" and three-quarters.
GLAZER: Oh, copy that. You know, I don't know if it's changed, but in the early 2000s in those toxic days, I was a teenager at that time. And the toxic messaging I got, for some reason, I know that modeling, you have to be 5'7". So it's like, you're model height, babe, OK?
MARTIN: Wait, how does it - is this just random interstitial, or does this...
GLAZER: I don't know. I just feel like - like, craving alone time and being, like, walking, like, so tall...
MARTIN: And being a model?
GLAZER: ...Being a model and, like, gliding through the streets of D.C.
MARTIN: Yeah, that's what I do.
GLAZER: Like, popping your collar and, like, not wanting the bottom half of your face to you seen - I'm just like, yeah, she likes to be alone. I'm, like, short, and I'm like, hey, everybody. Anybody want to hear a joke? You know, I don't know.
(LAUGHTER)
GLAZER: I just wanted to - I just want to picture it. I'm trying to picture it (ph).
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MARTIN: One, two or three.
GLAZER: Three.
MARTIN: Are you good at knowing when something should end?
GLAZER: Yes.
MARTIN: Yeah?
GLAZER: Yeah. Yeah, I am.
MARTIN: Have you always been that way?
GLAZER: Yes. Yes, I have. "Broad City" - I was, like, a big - you know, we had signed our contract of seven seasons. And then, you know, we both came to it, and - Abbi and I. But - and it was - Comedy Central was like, huh? But I was like - you know, and we were, like, ambivalent and unsure. But, like, it just - I think that's - yeah, that's something I would say is elegant about me, knowing when things are at their end.
MARTIN: Yeah. That's a admirable quality because it's not the same for everybody, and especially if you have - if you've got something good going on, and there are people telling you it's good, just keep going.
GLAZER: Yeah.
MARTIN: It's good. And to be able to have something internally that tells you, nah, I think I'm going to stop now.
GLAZER: Yeah. And, like, being able to trust that I am generative beyond this moment, whether it's a creative project or anything, you know, but that I am secure, that I will keep generating new layers and, like, do without thinking. That was something that - the experience of pregnancy was so incredible. I'm such an overthinker and a planner. Creating a person without thinking about it was - I was like, I'm not even thinking about this, and my body knows what to do. And, like, you know, we get a scrape, and the skin grows back. And it's just like...
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: ...Just trusting in - I don't know. I was a drummer for many years. I miss it. And I love...
MARTIN: You were?
GLAZER: Yes, and I just loved percussion. For a time, I was like, I'm going to be an orchestra percussionist. Can you imagine me, like, on a timpani, like, (vocalizing)?
MARTIN: Yes.
GLAZER: And it's like, I think it's, like, a rhythm thing. You know what I mean?
MARTIN: Yeah.
GLAZER: It's like a larger scale rhythm thing of, like, this is over.
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MARTIN: Ilana Glazer - you can see their new standup special out December 20 on Hulu. It's called "Human Magic." It is indeed magical, as are you, Ilana. Thank you so much for doing this.
GLAZER: Thank you, Rachel. This was such a pleasure. Thank you so much for having me.
DETROW: You can hear more of that conversation with Ilana Glazer by following the Wild Card podcast. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.
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Haley Cavinder Continues to Dominate in win against Pitt; First Alert: December 16, 2024
The University of Miami women’s basketball team limited Pittsburgh (6-6, 0-1) to just 57 points on 34.5 percent shooting from the field and 27.3 percent from behind the arc, as they secured a six-point road victory over the Panthers to commence ACC play.
With the win, Miami improved to 9-1 overall this season, and the victory marked first year Head Coach Tricia Cullop’s first win in ACC competition.
Haley Cavinder and Jasmyne Roberts led the way offensively for the Hurricanes (9-1, 1-1) with tremendous performances. Haley Cavinder was sensational once again for Miami. The graduate student recorded a double-double, as she scored a game-high 22 points and corralled a team-high 11 rebounds. She also recorded five assists and tallied one steal.
Hanna Cavinder chipped in eight points, while also dishing out a game-high six assists. She also managed to pull down five rebounds.
Natalija Marshall added 11 points on 4-10 shooting from the field, including 3-6 from behind the arc. Marshall grabbed five rebounds and recorded one steal and one block.
As a team, Miami shot 40.7 percent from the field, 34.8 percent from behind the arc, and 75.0 percent at the free throw line, and the Canes recorded 16 assists on 24 made field goals.
[When being inducted into the University of Miami Ring of Honor] “Before I get started just let me say that the camaraderie here at Miami is unbelievable. During my highlight film (they played before the players took the podium) Bernie Kosar was ripping me because they showed a screen pass. Kosar said: "That's your highlight film? Is that the best you got?"
Hurricanes Schedule:
No games scheduled.
Hurricanes Results:
Women's Basketball: Miami 62, Pitt 56
Men's Basketball: Miami 94, Presbyterian 75
Miami Snaps its Seven Game Skid in a Blowout Victory Against Presbyterian
Did you notice?
Miami Hurricane Mia Vallée, who won 3 Meter Springboard US Diving National Championship.
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While nominating Karan Veer Singh, Vivian Dsena confidently declared, "Dosti, frenemy, let me make it clear…'
In the next episode of Bigg Boss 18, relationships are expected to change drastically during the nomination task. Vivian Dsena, following advice from his wife Nouran, makes a bold decision by nominating Karan Veer Mehra and Shilpa Shirodkar, marking the end of his friendship with Karan.
While nominating Karan, Vivian confidently declared, "Dosti, frenemy, let me make it clear… main tera dost nahi hu." He also mentioned that Shilpa was unclear in her gameplay, which led him to nominate her as well. His straightforward statement shocked many of the housemates, leaving Karan visibly taken aback.
Tomorrow Promo: Nomination Task - Girls to impress Avinash. And Vivian 2.O nominated Karan & Shilpa pic.twitter.com/uJLYEP446h
— #BiggBoss_Tak(@BiggBoss_Tak) December 15, 2024
The turning point came during the latest Weekend Ka Vaar episode when Vivian’s wife, Nouran, made a surprise appearance. In the segment, she openly criticised Vivian’s loyalty to Karan. “You having a soft spot for him really boils my blood. He’s been using you since the third week,” she said, making her feelings clear.
She went on to criticize Vivian for not being assertive enough. “Be vocal. Why aren’t you confronting those who are manipulating you? Whether it’s Shilpa or Karan… Karan has already said he doesn’t want to be your friend. You don’t always have to be a problem solver. Stand up for yourself,” she urged. Her emotional words left Vivian deep in thought, making him reflect on his actions.
Salman Khan gave Vivian Dsena a reality check, advising the Madhubala actor to focus on his own issues rather than interfering in others' matters. Additionally, Salman encouraged Chum Darang and Karan Veer Mehra to openly express their feelings for each other on national television. It seems like Salman is setting the stage for some love angles in the house, promising the audience an extra dose of entertainment.
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BEIJING, Dec. 16, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- On December 12th, 2024, the second Hithium Eco-Day, themed "The Freedom of Energy, The Revolution of Life," was held successfully in Beijing, China. Through this event, Hithium world premiered three innovative products: the ∞Power 6.25MWh 2h/4h full-scenarios high-capacity BESS, the first specialized sodium-ion battery for utility-scale energy storage—∞Cell N162Ah, and the installation-free home microgrid system—HeroES.
∞Power 6.25MWh 2h/4h: 4h full-scenarios high-capacity BESS, entering an era of full-scenarios customization
Hithium introduced the ∞Pack+ full-scenarios high-capacity energy storage platform, which features five key advantages: high-capacity, standardization, platformization, scenario-based, and maintainability. Based on this platform, Hithium launched the ∞Power 6.25MWh 2h/4h BESS. In the 2-hour BESS scenario, the battery cell is 587Ah, while in the 4-hour BESS scenario it is 1175Ah. Furthermore, both scenarios would work with Hithium BESS, which is tailored for desert applications.
Hithium redefines traditional energy storage by decoupling the system components including power, thermal management, control, fire safety, and output, shifting the integration from strong coupling to loose coupling. This innovative approach will unlock new possibilities for energy storage systems and foster a new industry ecosystem. The global delivery of ∞Power 6.25MWh 2h/4h BESS will begin in Q2 2025.
The First Specialized Sodium-ion Battery for Utility-scale Energy Storage — ∞Cell N162Ah, unveiling the era of sodium-ion batteries
Hithium believes that the sodium-ion battery industry has yet to identify large-scale scenarios and unveiled ∞Cell N162Ah, the world's first specialized sodium-ion battery for utility-scale energy storage. This product focuses on polyanionic cathode paired with hard carbon anode, incorporating advanced materials such as homogeneous high conductivity coatings, hard carbon anode and, weak bonding electrolyte formula. It achieves a cycle life of over 20,000 cycles and delivers superior performance in a wide temperature range, with high-rate capability, high round-trip efficiency, superior safety, and a state of health (SOH) of 70%. The ∞Cell N162Ah is now available for global sampling, with GWh mass production planned for Q4 2025.
The Installation-free Home Microgrid System - HeroES enables the freedom of smart and connected home energy
Hithium launched HeroES, its first installation-free home microgrid system. Comprising the smart storage module (Storage series) and the smart control module (SynergyBox), HeroES is tailored for home energy storage scenarios, featuring open-shelf good, intelligentization, and modularization features. The initial installation requires only 30 minutes—10 times faster than traditional systems—while reducing installation cost to 1/3.
Furthermore, HeroES is equipped with Hithium's original intelligent algorithm, which can achieve self-evolution in energy management and improve home energy efficiency by 10%. Additionally, HeroES has a robust home microgrid capability. Different specifications of intelligent storage modules can be combined wirelessly and scalable to achieve plug-and-play, re-opening and defining a new scenario of home energy storage which bring smart and linked home microgrids to billions of families. The global delivery of HeroES is set to begin in Q3 2025.
Hithium's three new product launches demonstrate its commitment to developing innovative technological products that will drive growth and open new possibilities for the energy storage industry, paving the way to a new world of energy freedom. In the future, Hithium will continue to spearhead innovation in energy storage technology, facilitate comprehensive customization of energy storage solutions, drive the advancement of the energy storage industry, and establish Hithium Eco-Day as a leading event for product technology launches and communication, with the goal of building a greener future in collaboration with industry leaders and partners.
About Hithium
Founded in 2019, Hithium is a leading manufacturer of top-quality stationary energy storage products for utility-scale as well as commercial and industrial applications. With four distinct R&D centers and multiple "intelligent" production facilities, Hithium's innovations include groundbreaking safety improvements to its lithium-ion batteries as well as increases in lifecycle. With decades of cumulative experience in the field among its founders and senior executives, Hithium leverages its specialization in BESS to deliver partners and customers unique advances in energy storage. The company is headquartered in Xiamen, China, with locations in Shenzhen, Chongqing, Munich, Dubai, New York, California and Dallas. To date, Hithium has shipped 40+ GWh of BESS products (cells, systems and others), ranking as the Tier 1 BESS supplier and the top 5 global market share.
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Amanda Holden previously joked about how she “measures her husband Chris’ love for her” – and it’s pretty grim…
Presenter Amanda is a firm favourite with TV viewers. From stints on BGT to hosting the The Royal Variety Performance – which is on Sunday (December 15) – Amanda has kept herself busy over the years.
Away from the TV shows and showbiz world though, Amanda is loved-up with her husband Chris Hughes. The pair got married in 2008, and share two daughters, Lexi and Hollie.
And according to Amanda, she once joked about how she gets Chris to “wash out her pooey pants” as a way of him showing his love to her.
Amanda Holden on how she ‘measures partner’s love’
In an interview with the Huffington Post from 2020, Amanda described herself as “the person who falls over in dog poo”. She added: “And I’m always the person who gets [bleep] on by a seagull.”
Thankfully my husband said he would do that.
The TV star then went on to let slip a rather grim confession. And it seems after all the years Amanda and Chris have been together, there’s nothing her hubby wouldn’t do for her…
She explained: “How I measure my partner’s love for me is ‘will he wash out my pooey pants?’ If they say no, that’s it, it’s not true love. Thankfully my husband said he would do that – and I think he probably has!” she added.
Amanda’s romance with Chris
After Amanda’s affair with Neil Morrissey and subsequent split from Les Dennis, the star found love in record producer Chris.
While engaged in 2006, Amanda gave birth to their first child, a daughter Alexa. The pair tied the knot two years later at Babington House in Somerset.
After wanting more kids, Amanda had a miscarriage in 2010, and their son Theo was sadly stillborn the following year. In 2012, Amanda and Chris welcomed their second daughter Hollie.
Watch Amanda on the Royal Variety Performance on Sunday (December 15) at 8:00pm on ITV1.
Read more: Amanda Holden hits out at husband for branding her ‘difficult’ and admits she is ‘insulted’
So what do you think of Amanda and Alan on the Royal Variety Performance? You can leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix and let us know.
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Asian markets mostly fell Monday after an unexpected slowdown in retail sales reinforced worries about China's economy, with the latest batch of weak data compounding the disappointment of Beijing's latest stimulus pledges.
The tepid start came on the year's last full week of trading, with the focus on key monetary policy decisions by the US federal Reserve and the bank of Japan.
Observers are also tracking developments in Seoul after South Korean lawmakers impeached President Yoon Suk Yeol at the weekend in the wake of his short-lived declaration of martial law this month.
Hong Kong and Shanghai slipped after figures showed that Chinese retail sales grew 3.0 percent last month, much slower than October and well off the five percent forecast.
The figures highlighted the work leaders had in store as they try to kickstart consumption and reignite the world's number two economy.
Officials unveiled new promises at the weekend to boost the battered property sector and tweak monitoring of equity markets.
That came after investors were left unimpressed last week with Beijing's pledge to introduce measures aimed at "lifting consumption vigorously" as part of a stimulus drive.
President Xi Jinping and other key players said at the annual Central Economic Work Conference they would implement a "moderately loose" monetary policy, increase social financing and reduce interest rates "at the right time".
Elsewhere in Asia, there were also losses in Sydney, Wellington, Manila and Jakarta, though Tokyo, Singapore and Taipei rose.
Seoul fluctuated after Saturday's impeachment of Yoon, with South Korea's Constitutional Court starting proceedings Monday to determine whether to uphold the vote.
While the martial law crisis shocked markets, observers said the economic impact would likely be limited, with some suggesting a stimulus package could be implemented in the new year.
The Fed is widely expected to cut interest rates again Wednesday but there are fears it will have to slow its pace of easing next year owing to sticky inflation and bets that president-elect Donald Trump's tax cuts and tariffs will reignite prices.
The gathering comes after figures last week showed the consumer price index ticked up and wholesale prices accelerated.
Investors are now pricing a more-than-75 percent chance the Fed holds rates steady in January, according to the CME FedWatch tool.
The Bank of Japan is due to deliver its own policy decision after that, with debate swirling on whether officials will announce a third hike of the year, having moved in March for the first time since 2007 as price pressures continue to build.
"The Bank of Japan will likely tighten monetary policy on Thursday," said economists at Moody's Analytics, pointing to a 25 basis-point lift.
"The central bank is worried that yen weakness might spur inflation, hurting real wages and consumer spending."
But Tony Sycamore, an analyst at the IG trading group, said expectations were for officials to hold rates at 0.25 percent.
However, he added that "the central bank's current inaction is unlikely to persist, with any rate hold expected to come with strong forward guidance signalling a potential January hike".
"Broadening underlying pricing pressures, such as service prices, continue to point towards a more persistent inflationary trend. This environment suggests conditions are ripe for another rate hike, reinforcing expectations for tighter policy down the line."
On currency markets, the dollar rose against the yen Monday.
- Key figures around 0230 GMT -
Tokyo - Nikkei 225: UP 0.2 percent at 39,533.55 (break)
Hong Kong - Hang Seng Index: DOWN 0.4 percent at 19,888.97
Shanghai - Composite: DOWN 0.1 percent at 3,388.34
Euro/dollar: UP at $1.0515 from $1.0504 on Friday
Pound/dollar: UP at $1.2634 from $1.2622
Dollar/yen: UP at 153.96 yen from 153.60 yen
Euro/pound: UP at 83.31 pence from 83.19 pence
West Texas Intermediate: DOWN 0.4 percent at $71.03 per barrel
Brent North Sea Crude: DOWN 0.3 percent at $74.30 per barrel
New York - Dow: DOWN 0.2 percent at 43,828.06 (close)
London - FTSE 100: DOWN 0.1 percent at 8,300.33 (close)
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Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73.
In a statement, his family said the cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
"His prolific work as a teacher, mentor and educator has left an indelible mark on countless musicians. He hoped to inspire the next generation to go further. He leaves behind an unparalleled legacy as a cultural ambassador and one of the greatest musicians of all time," his family added.
Hussain's career spanned over five decades, during which he was revered as both a national treasure in India and admired worldwide.
He defied genres and collaborated with an impressive range of musicians, including jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, bluegrass artists Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck, as well as rockstars George Harrison and Van Morrison. His versatility earned him the rare distinction of performing twice on NPR's Tiny Desk — once in 2010 and then in 2023.
"You know, you come from India and you say, 'OK, I'm representing a 3,000-year-old history,' so you think you're gonna teach the world about rhythms and drums and so on," he told NPR in 2015. "And then you arrive here. You suddenly realize that you know nothing. You're just one little dot in the painting that is the music of the universe."
Beyond his performances, Hussain was admired for his passion to teaching Indian drumming, further spreading appreciation for the art form.
Hussain often said that his musical journey began soon after he was born in Bombay. In the 2015 NPR interview, he recalled a tradition where a father whispers a prayer into his newborn son's ear. Instead, his father chose to sing him rhythms.
"My mother was very upset and said, 'Why are you doing this?' And he said, 'Because this is my prayer,'" Hussain said.
He told NPR that it was his father's dream for him to carry on the tradition of being an Indian classical musician. His father, Alla Rakha, was considered one of the world's greatest player's of tabla, a centuries-old Indian hand drum. His father taught Hussain how to play the tabla when he was 7 years old.
But his father also introduced Hussain to music from around the world, which is how Hussain fell in love with rock and Western music.
"I was the only kid on the block who was walking down the street with a boombox on my shoulder, playing as loud as I could 'Light My Fire,'" Hussain recalled.
In 1970, at 19, Hussain traveled to the U.S. where he spent the following years working with rockstars like George Harrison, Van Morrison and Mickey Hart, the drummer from The Grateful Dead. He also played with jazz musician John Handy.
In 1973, Hussain formed the Indian jazz fusion band Shakti with jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. With its melodic and rhythm instruments, the band helped American listeners appreciate sounds and instruments beyond Western music.
In 2024, Hussain became the first musician from India to receive three Grammy awards in the same year after Shakti won Best Global Music Album, and Hussain's collaboration with Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck featuring Rakesh Chaurasia won Best Global Music Performance and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.
Hussain told NPR in 2015 that throughout the course of his career, he has found similarities between rhythmists around the world — regardless of approach or style.
"We were all on the same wavelength, the same quest, looking for perfection, which we will never find. But that didn't matter because it's all about the journey — not the goal," he said.
NPR's Felix Contreras contributed reporting.
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A new video has surfaced online, offering fans an intimate glimpse into the home of Bollywood stars
Ranbir Kapoor and
Alia Bhatt. The couple, who currently reside in their Pali Hill apartment, are preparing to move into a new house soon. Meanwhile, this video provides a look at their massive kitchen, blending simplicity with personal touches.
The video, shared by the couple’s home chefs, reveals a thoughtfully designed kitchen that balances functionality and aesthetics. While the space is equipped with everyday appliances for practicality, it also reflects Ranbir and Alia’s personal style. One standout feature is a handmade artwork portraying the couple with their daughter, Raha Kapoor. Additionally, the fridge is adorned with magnets of animated animals, adding a playful and heartwarming touch.
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The chefs highlighted the kitchen's bright and airy ambiance, enhanced by a large window that floods the space with natural light. It also features centralized air conditioning and a stove hood for efficient cooking. The space exudes a sense of coziness, perfect for a family environment.
Fans are keeping a close eye on the construction of Ranbir and Alia’s new home, reportedly being built on the site of the Kapoor family’s iconic Krishna Raj bungalow in Pali Hill. Purchased by
Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor in the 1980s, the bungalow was recently demolished to make way for an eight-story high-rise.
Reports suggest that the new building will house separate floors for different members of the Kapoor family. Neetu Kapoor is expected to have her personal residence on one floor, while another floor will be dedicated to Ranbir, Alia, and Raha. However, the family has yet to confirm these details.
While fans eagerly await their move into the new house, this glimpse into Ranbir and Alia’s current home has only added to the excitement.
On the work front, Ranbir was last seen in Animal and Alia Bhatt in 'Jigra'.
Ranbir Kapoor's Special Gesture For PM Modi: Presents Him A Cherished Keepsake Of Raj Kapoor
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South Korea court begins Yoon's impeachment trial process
South Korea's constitutional court has begun trial proceedings for the impeachment of President Yoon Suk Yeol, who was suspended for declaring martial law and plunging his country into political turmoil.
MPs voted to impeach Yoon last Saturday, after his actions sparked widespread protests calling for him to step down.
The court now has six months to decide whether to remove Yoon or reinstate him.
Yoon's ruling People Power Party (PPP) has been grappling with the fallout ever since, with its leader announcing his resignation on Monday.
While public hearings for Yoon's impeachment trial could take months, the court is under pressure to decide quickly and bring an end to political uncertainty. Protesters have vowed to keep up their calls for Yoon's removal during court proceedings.
In the previous two instances a South Korean president faced impeachment, the court reversed one decision and upheld the other.
Observers say what will complicate Yoon's trial is the fact that the court only has six justices out of nine, as three had retired recently and have yet to be replaced.
If the court upholds impeachment in Yoon's case, the country must hold fresh presidential elections within 60 days. In the meantime, Prime Minister Han Duck-soo is serving as acting president.
It is unclear if Yoon will take the stand himself during the court hearings.
He ignored a summons to meet prosecutors in Seoul on Sunday, and is set to be ordered in again for questioning. If he fails to come forward this week, police may move to arrest him.
Yoon has defended his decision to impose martial law, and after his impeachment he once again said he would fight until the end.
Minutes after the constitutional court convened on Monday morning, PPP leader Han Dong-hoon announced his resignation.
"I sincerely apologise to all the people who are suffering from this emergency situation," Han said in a televised press conference.
Han has faced growing calls for his resignation particularly from the large pro-Yoon faction of his party, following the president's impeachment.
Han had initially tried to stage an orderly exit for Yoon. But after a defiant speech by Yoon, Han did an about-face and called for his impeachment, saying it was the only way to stop him.
On Saturday, 12 PPP lawmakers voted for impeachment, enabling the motion to pass. But most of the other PPP lawmakers voted against Yoon's impeachment.
All five Supreme Council members of the PPP said after the vote that they would resign - which would automatically dissolve the party leadership.
As the Supreme Council has been "destroyed", Han, it was now "impossible" to serve his duties as party chief.
"While it pains me to think of my heartbroken supporters, I don't regret it," Han said, in reference to his decision to call for Yoon's impeachment.
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NC State Football Looking to Flip Bobcats Commit Ke'Von Carter
On the lookout for linebacker depth next season and beyond, NC State football head coach Dave Doeren and his staff recently entered the fray for Wagner High School (Texas) standout Ke'Von Carter.
ALSO READ: NC State Legend Bill Cowher Forecasts UNC 'Pipeline to NFL'
The 6-foot-3, 210-pounder, a three-star in the 2025 cycle boasting a 6-foot-6 wingspan and budding abilities as a versatile defender, has been committed to the nearby Texas State Bobcats since June.
However, Carter garnered more attention this season while tallying 63 tackles, 11 for a loss, two sacks, 10 quarterback hurries, three pass deflections, two fumble recoveries, one forced fumble, and three blocked punts across his 11 senior outings. And his advertisement of the Wolfpack offer — the only new suitors he's reported since committing to Texas State — suggests he's at least open to the possibility of flipping his pledge.
Ke'Von Carter, who received the offer out of Raleigh after talking to NC State interim linebackers coach and recent five-year Wolfpack starter Isaiah Moore, currently ranks No. 1,108 overall, No. 118 among linebackers, and No. 172 in Texas on the 247Sports 2025 Composite.
Meanwhile, the 21-deep NC State football class, including 19 early signees but lacking any listed linebackers, checks in with a No. 42 composite ranking in the country. It stacks up at No. 9 among ACC hauls.
ALSO READ: ECU Linebacker Zakye Barker Reveals New NC State Offer
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This story is part of the My Unsung Hero series, from the Hidden Brain team. It features stories of people whose kindness left a lasting impression on someone else.
In the summer of 2024, Caroline Davis and her partner were doing a DIY home project that required 1,500 pounds of gravel. So Davis headed to a home improvement store, and started filling up her Toyota Corolla with 50-pound bags.
"I'm loading, loading. And this older man comes over," she recalled. "And he says, 'Do you know that your car has a weight limit?'"
Davis did not know that. It had never even occurred to her that she could damage her car with a heavy load.
"That feels to me like something your dad would tell you," Davis said. Her dad had died of a heart attack in 2017, at the age of 57.
"So I'm doing DIY later in life," she said. "I didn't [learn] that from him."
Davis started to feel overwhelmed; how was she going to unload the gravel from her car and bring it back to the store? And then how would she transport all the gravel she needed back home for her project? That's when the man made an offer of unusual generosity.
"He says, 'I can load you up in my truck. Do you live nearby?' And I say, 'Yes,'" Davis said.
The man helped her unload all the gravel from her car, and then loaded it into his truck. They exchanged numbers, and she shared her address. When she pulled onto the highway, the kindness of what he had done began to hit her.
"I just start to cry in my car because I was so grateful for the goodness of strangers, of this person helping me," Davis said.
"The whole interaction just reminded me of my dad, of knowing that that's something that he would do."
When they arrived at her house, the man helped her unload all 1,500 pounds of gravel onto her driveway. She thanked him, again and again, and he insisted that she not worry about it.
Davis didn't want him to leave empty-handed. She tried to offer him money, then wine, but he wouldn't accept them. Then she thought of something he might like.
"I have a garden. And it's the end of the season. And I just say, 'Do you like cucumbers?'" Davis recalled.
"He's been pretty serious up until now," she said. "And his face just lights up and he says, 'I love cucumbers.'"
She offered him a tour of the garden; it turned out he, too, had been a gardener, before his work got in the way. Davis twisted a handful of big, prickly cucumbers off the vine, and gave them to the man. He seemed thrilled.
"He tucks them under his arm, and he just marches off back to his truck," she said. "And I watched him drive off, leaving behind my 1,500 pounds of gravel."
Today, inspired by her unsung hero, Davis tries to be on the lookout for others who might need a hand.
"I just am so grateful for people like that, who teach me the things I don't know I don't know."
My Unsung Hero is also a podcast — new episodes are released every Tuesday. To share the story of your unsung hero with the Hidden Brain team, record a voice memo on your phone and send it to myunsunghero@hiddenbrain.org.
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VIRAL
Israel is also searching for the remains of IDF soldiers declared missing after the 1982 battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon
Following the fall of the Bashar al-Assad regime in Syria, Israel has launched a search for the secret grave of Eli Cohen, its legendary Mossad spy. According to The Jerusalem Post, which cited the Hezbollah-affiliated newspaper Al-Akhbar, Israel is reaching out to contacts inside Syria and internationally to locate Cohen’s burial site.
Eli Cohen was one of Mossad's most daring spies. Born in Egypt in 1924 to a Syrian Jewish family, Cohen posed as a wealthy businessman in Syria. Between 1961 and 1965, he provided Israel with critical intelligence, earning access to top military briefings and even being considered for the post of deputy defense minister.
In January 1965, Syrian counter-intelligence detected Cohen’s radio transmissions to Israel. He was captured, tried, and publicly hanged in Damascus in May 1965. Since then, Syria has refused to return his body to Israel, reportedly burying him in multiple locations to prevent its recovery.
This renewed search follows earlier reports in February 2021 that Russia, working with Syrian authorities, explored the Yarmouk refugee camp in Damascus to locate Cohen's remains. A month later, an item reportedly linked to Cohen was handed over to Israel, though its authenticity was disputed.
Israel is also searching for the remains of IDF soldiers declared missing after the 1982 battle of Sultan Yacoub in Lebanon.
Eli Cohen's mission remains one of Israel’s most remarkable intelligence operations. His story is remembered for its extraordinary bravery and his deep influence within Syria's power structure, making him a national hero in Israel.
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Key Market Trends Fueling Growth
Less-than-truckload (LTL) logistics companies and shippers are utilizing big data to gain a competitive edge in the industry. Big data analysis offers advantages in operational efficiency, customer experience, and new business models. In terms of operational efficiency, LTL companies can optimize resource utilization, delivery time, and geographical coverage through advanced real-time processing and predictive techniques. Customer experience is enhanced by analyzing millions of touchpoints to gain market intelligence and product feedback. By sharing data with supply chain partners, logistics networks can become more efficient, leading to the development of new services, discovery of new demand patterns, and improved demand forecasting accuracy. Real-time analytics and end-to-end supply chain visibility enable quick action on potential revenue losses and increased asset uptime. The integration of big data solutions will positively impact the growth of the global LTL market by increasing throughput, enabling resource optimization, and facilitating near real-time supply planning using IoT data feeds.
The Less-than-Truckload (LTL) market is experiencing significant trends in freight transportation. With increasing demand for oil, petrol, and diesel from truckers, oil marketing companies are playing a crucial role. LTL services offer scalability and affordability for shippers with small to medium-sized cargo. Trailer capacity is a key factor, with density-based pricing and operational efficiency driving competition among freight carriers. Economic conditions and industry sectors, such as retail, manufacturing, agriculture, fishing, forestry, construction, oil and gas, mining, and quarrying, influence LTL freight volume. Startups and specialized carriers are disrupting the market with flexible services. E-commerce and MSME sector growth fuel retail shipping demand. Freight pricing trends include volume-based pricing and fuel surcharges. Full Truckload carriers and ground shipping dominate, but air, rail, and specialized services cater to specific needs. Full Truckload carriers offer larger capacity, while LTL services provide flexibility for various industries. Road freight services remain a significant part of the logistics sector.
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Challenges
The Less-than-truckload (LTL) market is currently facing several challenges that are driving up costs and intensifying competition. Rising fuel prices, increasing demand, e-commerce growth, driver shortages, and tightening truckload capacity are all contributing factors. LTL carriers are investing heavily in their fleets, drivers, and facilities to stay competitive, but face risks associated with fuel pricing volatility. Last-mile delivery, which involves individual deliveries to numerous locations, adds significant labor and fuel costs. Intense competition among last-mile delivery providers, based on pricing and delivery time, further pressures profitability. Additionally, real-time tracking requirements for e-commerce deliveries necessitate costly geolocation technologies and infrastructure. These factors are leading LTL carriers to increase freight rates, which may constrain market growth during the forecast period.
The Less-than-Truckload (LTL) market faces several challenges. Truckers struggle with oil demand fluctuations, affecting petrol and diesel prices for freight transportation. Oil marketing companies' crude oil prices impact freight carriers' operational efficiency and affordability. Shippers require scalability and flexibility, especially for small and medium shipments in various industries like retail, manufacturing, agriculture, fishing, forestry, construction, oil and gas, mining, and quarrying. Startups and MSME sector rely on LTL services for density-based pricing. Economic conditions and freight pricing trends influence the logistics sector's road freight services, affecting full truckload carriers, specialized carriers, and e-commerce businesses. Freight transport volume, retail shipping, industrial shipping, ground shipping, air shipping, and rail shipping are all affected by these challenges. Fuel costs remain a significant concern for freight carriers, impacting their bottom line.
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Segment Overview
This less-than-truckload (ltl) market report extensively covers market segmentation by
Type
1.1 Long-haul carriers
1.2 Superregional carriers
1.3 Regional carriers
Capacity
2.1 Light LTL volume and Heavy LTL volume
Geography
3.1 APAC
3.2 North America
3.3 Europe
3.4 Middle East and Africa
3.5 South America
1.1
Long-haul carriers-
The global less-than-truckload (LTL) market's largest revenue contributor is the long-haul carrier segment. Long-haul LTL carriers, also known as national LTL carriers, transport shipments within 3 to 5 business days, covering an average distance of approximately 1,200 miles per haul. These carriers operate through a hub-and-spoke network and often have labor unions. The long-haul LTL carriers segment is projected to grow steadily due to economic conditions in the country. Long-haul LTL carriers offer value-added services, such as packing, unpacking, and door-to-door freight collection. Despite competition from other transportation modes, long-haul LTL carriers remain popular due to their efficiency and timely delivery. Businesses benefit from outsourcing their freight and transportation needs, as managing in-house transportation requires significant investment and expertise. The long-haul LTL carriers segment provides additional services, including project logistics, network planning, cargo insurance, value-chain optimization, and customs brokerage. The increase in industrial activities worldwide is expected to fuel the growth of the long-haul LTL carriers segment in the LTL market.
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Research Analysis
The Less-than-truckload (LTL) market plays a crucial role in transporting goods for various industries such as Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Construction, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Mining and Quarrying, and Retail. Freight volumes in the LTL market are driven by the demand for transporting smaller consignments, making it an essential mode of transport for MSMEs. E-commerce and the logistics sector have significantly contributed to the growth of the LTL market in recent years. Freight pricing trends in the LTL market are influenced by factors like fuel prices, trailer capacity utilization, and cargo density. Scalability and affordability are key benefits of LTL services, making them a popular choice for shippers with smaller freight volumes. Road freight services are the primary mode of transport in the LTL market, offering flexibility and efficient delivery solutions. The LTL market caters to various industries, including Crude oil, where it is used for transporting drilling equipment and other supplies. Freight carriers offer customized solutions to meet the unique needs of different industries, ensuring timely and efficient delivery of cargo. The market is expected to continue growing due to increasing demand for affordable and flexible freight transportation solutions.
Market Research Overview
The Less-than-truckload (LTL) market caters to the shipping needs of various industries such as Agriculture, Fishing, Forestry, Construction, Manufacturing, Oil and Gas, Mining and Quarrying, and others. Freight transport volume in the LTL market is driven by the demand for retail products, e-commerce, and MSME sector growth. Freight pricing trends are influenced by factors like fuel prices, operational efficiency, and economic conditions. LTL services offer scalability and affordability for small to medium shipments, making them popular among businesses. Road freight services dominate the LTL market due to their flexibility and wide reach. Logistics sector players provide LTL services for various industries, including retail and industrial shipping. Fuel prices, particularly for diesel and petrol, significantly impact LTL freight costs. Truckers and oil marketing companies play crucial roles in the LTL market, as they manage the supply of crude oil and the distribution of fuel to LTL carriers. Freight carriers offer LTL services for various industries, with full truckload carriers and specialized carriers catering to specific needs. Shippers look for trailer capacity and cargo density-based pricing to optimize their logistics costs. The LTL market is seeing innovation with the entry of startups offering volume LTL services and new pricing models like density-based pricing. Overall, the LTL market is essential for businesses seeking efficient and cost-effective freight transportation solutions.
Table of Contents:
1 Executive Summary
2 Market Landscape
3 Market Sizing
4 Historic Market Size
5 Five Forces Analysis
6 Market Segmentation
Type
Long-haul Carriers
Superregional Carriers
Regional Carriers
Capacity
Light LTL Volume And Heavy LTL Volume
Geography
APAC
North America
Europe
Middle East And Africa
South America
7 Customer Landscape
8 Geographic Landscape
9 Drivers, Challenges, and Trends
10 Company Landscape
11 Company Analysis
12 Appendix
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Bollywood actor
Tiger Shroff, who is known for adrenaline-rushing action sequences, has revealed that he does not like to fight.
Tiger took to Instagram, where he shared a behind-the-scenes of a film. The actor revealed it was a rehearsal, but did not share what film it was from. For the background score, Tiger chose Sabrina Carpenter's 'Espresso' for the video.
"Dont really like to fight...especially when its someone as fast or faster, so i try to visualize a song and make the choreo easy and fun to rem #bts #rehearsal (sic)," he wrote as the caption.
Tiger's mother Ayesha Shroff turned cheerleader for the actor hero in the comment section and wrote: "No one can do what you do!!! And that's a fact."
Tiger will next be seen in the fourth installment of the "Baaghi" franchise.The film also stars Sonam Bajwa and Harnaaz Sandhu, the winner of the Miss Universe 2021 beauty pageant, who is all set to make her debut in Hindi cinema.
It was on November 18, Tiger announced the fourth installment of his 'Baaghi' franchise, which will be directed by A. Harsha. The film is set to hit the screens on September 5, 2025.
An action thriller, 'Baaghi', was first released in 2016 and was directed by Sabbir Khan. A partial remake of the 2004 Telugu film 'Varsham' with a climax inspired by the 2011 Indonesian film 'The Raid: Redemption'. The film had Tiger, Shraddha Kapoor and Sudheer Babu.
The second installment, which was directed by Ahmed Khan, released in 2018. It was a remake of the Telugu film "Kshanam". The second installment had Tiger alongside
Disha Patani, Manoj Bajpayee, Darshan Kumar, Prateik Babbar, Randeep Hooda,
Deepak Dobriyal and Arravya Sharma.
"Baaghi 3" was again directed by Ahmed Khan, was partially inspired from Tamil film Vettai, stars Tiger Shroff,
Riteish Deshmukh and Shraddha Kapoor in lead roles. A Sajid Nadiadwala franchise, under Nadiadwala Grandson Entertainment banner, the film is set to release on September 5, 2025.
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South Korea's ruling party chief steps down after Yoon impeachment
STORY: :: December 16, 2024
:: Seoul, South Korea
:: South Korea's ruling party leader steps down,
has 'no regrets' calling for Yoon's impeachment
:: Han Dong-hoon, Leader, People Power Party
“I am stepping down from the position of leader of the People Power Party. With the resignation of the party’s Supreme Council members, the council has collapsed, making it impossible for me to continue fulfilling my duties as party leader in a normal manner.”
“It pains me deeply to think of our heartbroken supporters over Yoon’s impeachment. However, I have no regrets.”
Yoon was impeached in a second vote by South Korea's opposition-led parliament over his short-lived attempt to impose martial law, which shocked the nation.
Despite party backlash over his calls for President Yoon's impeachment, Han said he had no regret in doing so.
South Korea's Constitutional Court will begin on Monday reviewing Yoon’s impeachment over his December 3 martial law attempt. The court has up to six months to decide whether to remove Yoon from office or to reinstate him.
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Transfer Target Connor Cox Cancels NC State Football Visit to Tour UNC
Former two-year South Carolina tight end Connor Cox entered the transfer portal on Monday, announced an offer from Dave Doeren and the NC State football staff on Thursday, and scheduled a visit with the Wolfpack for this week.
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But the 6-foot-6, 251-pound sophomore, who still has three years of eligibility remaining, suddenly altered his calendar this weekend. And the new slate points to NC State's archrival as the frontrunner, perhaps related to the Tar Heels recently hiring six-time New England Patriots Super Bowl champion head coach Bill Belichick.
Late Sunday night, Rivals national recruiting director Adam Gorney reported that Cox "has canceled his NC State visit and will instead visit North Carolina." Gorney added that a decision is "coming soon."
Again, the signs suggest Belichick and the Tar Heels are now the program to beat.
Between his two campaigns with the Gamecocks, Cox saw action in only nine games and hauled in only one reception, albeit for a touchdown. As a three-star prospect at The Bolles School (Fla.), he finished his prep career at No. 717 overall, No. 33 among tight ends, and No. 11 in Florida on the 247Sports 2023 Composite.
Dave Doeren and his cohorts, who have lost 11 players from their 2024 roster to the portal, haven't locked up any transfer additions in this cycle just yet.
ALSO READ: NC State Legend Bill Cowher Forecasts Tar Heel 'Pipeline to NFL'
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The concept, first imagined decades ago, has gained fresh attention due to vacuum tube technology
A futuristic underwater tunnel connecting the UK and the US could revolutionise travel with trains reaching speeds of 3,000 mph. The idea of a "Transatlantic Tunnel," once a science fiction dream, may become a reality thanks to advances in technology. However, the price tag would be staggering—estimated at nearly £16 billion ($20 trillion), according to reports.
The concept, first imagined decades ago, has gained fresh attention due to vacuum tube technology. Billionaire Elon Musk, a vocal supporter of the idea, has long championed the potential of hyperloop systems. In 2013, he proposed using capsules moving through vacuum tunnels to eliminate air resistance, allowing for unprecedented speeds.
Currently, flights between London and New York take around eight hours. Conventional trains running underwater would not be fast enough to justify the immense costs of construction. With vacuum technology, however, trains could theoretically travel over 3,000 miles in just under an hour.
Trials of hyperloop systems are already underway in India and China, with plans to integrate them into existing rail networks. Reports suggest that the technology would be faster, more efficient, and environmentally friendlier than air travel.
Despite its potential, building such a tunnel would be a monumental task. Engineers have proposed various designs, including tunnels built on stilts, floating tubes anchored to the ocean floor, or tunnels buried beneath the seabed. Given that the Channel Tunnel between the UK and France took over six years to complete, a transatlantic version could take centuries.
While the vision of connecting London and New York in an hour remains far off, rapid developments in hyperloop technology show the idea may not be entirely out of reach.
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OMAHA, Neb. — A tornado near a mall in central California swept up cars, uprooted trees and sent several people to the hospital. In San Francisco, authorities issued the first-ever tornado warning.
Elsewhere, inclement weather plagued areas of the U.S., with dangerous conditions including heavy snow in upstate New York, a major ice storm in Midwest states and severe weather warnings around Lake Tahoe.
The ice storm beginning Friday evening created treacherous driving conditions across Iowa and eastern Nebraska on Friday and into Saturday and prompted temporary closures of Interstate 80 after numerous cars and trucks slid off the road. In upstate New York, more than 33 inches (84 centimeters) was reported near Orchard Park, which is often a landing point for lake-effect snow.
On Saturday, a tornado touched down around 1:40 p.m. near a shopping mall in Scotts Valley, California, about 70 miles (110 kilometers) south of San Francisco. The tornado overturned cars and toppled trees and utility poles, the National Weather Service said. The Scotts Valley Police Department said several people were injured and taken to hospitals.
In San Francisco, some trees toppled onto cars and streets and damaged roofs. The damage was due to 80-mph (130-kph) straight-line winds, not a tornado, weather service meteorologist Dalton Behringer said Sunday.
Roger Gass, a meteorologist in the weather service's office in Monterey, California, said the warning of a possible tornado in San Francisco was a first for the city, noting an advanced alert did not go out before the last tornado struck nearly 20 years ago.
"I would guess there wasn't a clear signature on radar for a warning in 2005," said Gass, who was not there at the time.
The fast-moving storm prompted warnings for residents to take shelter, but few people have basements in the area.
Heavy snow fell at some Lake Tahoe ski resorts, and a 112-mph (181-kph) gust of wind was recorded at the Mammoth Mountain resort south of Yosemite National Park, according to the weather service's office in Reno, Nevada. Up to 3 feet (91 centimeters) of snow was forecast for Sierra Nevada mountaintops.
The weekend Tahoe Live music festival at Palisades Tahoe ski resort in California went ahead as planned in spite of a snowstorm Saturday. Lil Wayne and Diplo were scheduled to perform Sunday, the festival's website said. The resort said it has received 3.5 feet (1 meter) of snow since Friday. An avalanche warning was in effect at least until Monday morning in the area.
Interstate 80 was closed along an 80-mile (130-kilometer) stretch from Applegate, California, to the Nevada line just west of Reno on Saturday. The California Highway Patrol reopened the road in the afternoon for passenger vehicles with chains or four-wheel drive and snow tires.
The severe weather in the Midwest resulted in at least one death. The Washington County Sheriff's office in Nebraska said a 57-year-old woman died after she lost control of her pickup on Highway 30 near Arlington and hit an oncoming truck. The other driver sustained minor injuries.
Businesses announced plans to open late Saturday as temperatures rose high enough in the afternoon to melt the ice in most places.
"Luckily some warmer air is moving in behind this to make it temporary," said Dave Cousins, a meteorologist with the National Weather Service's office in Davenport, Iowa.
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Shashi Ranjan, a seasoned actor and director, has always held a deep admiration for the legendary
Raj Kapoor, whose influence on Indian cinema is unmatched. Ranjan’s first encounter with the showman of Indian cinema, however, was a defining moment in his life. In conversation with ETimes, Ranjan fondly recalled the warmth and hospitality of the man who had already shaped much of his cinematic dreams.
Reminicising his first meeting with the icon, Ranjan shared, "When I first joined FTII, the very first film personality I met was Raj Kapoor. It was a tradition for him to invite the new batch of acting students, and just six to eight days after joining, we got a message that Raj Ji had invited us to dinner at the Blue Diamond hotel. We were all so excited because he had made Bobby, and we were starry-eyed. We dressed up and went to meet him in his suite. Raj Ji was one of the greatest hosts. There was a buffet with food and drinks, but none of us had the courage to drink in front of him. He was so warm and welcoming, and he looked at all of us, boys and girls, and said, "Anyone can become a
Rishi Kapoor or a
Dimple Kapadia. You all are good." That moment was truly historical for me. Coming from Haryana and joining film school, meeting Raj Kapoor for dinner felt like a dream come true."
Elaborating further, he added, "Over the years, Raj Kapoor has been a huge influence on me as a cinema lover, and I’m no exception. At FTII, we had the opportunity to watch his films like Jagte Raho, Awara, Shree 420, and more. He was revolutionary in his time and continued to be until his last film. His music was extraordinary, and his approach to his heroines was phenomenal. Directors like
Sanjay Leela Bhansali were influenced by the way Raj Kapoor introduced his heroines."
But perhaps what set Raj Kapoor apart was his ability to convey deep social messages through entertainment. "During the socialist era in India, films like Awara, Shree 420, Jagte Raho, and Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai addressed significant social issues. Bobby was a love story with a backdrop of class and caste conflict. The girl was a poor Christian, and the boy was a rich Hindu. He wrapped these deep messages in such a way that the audience never felt lectured; they were entertained while absorbing important themes. That’s what made Raj Kapoor so unique," Shashi explained.
Reflecting on Kapoor’s legacy, Ranjan said, "I believe it’s not about carrying on under the same banner, but about the work the Kapoor family members have done. The work of
Ranbir Kapoor and
Alia Bhatt is an extension of that legacy. They are two of the real superstars of the country, excelling both commercially and with their performances. It’s unfortunate they’re not producing films right now, but I’m confident that Ranbir will be involved in producing in the future. So, the legacy lives on through the work, and it continues to be of the highest quality. I’ve had the privilege of knowing Rishi Kapoor and Neetu Kapoor very well, and Ranbir and Alia are like my kids. I’ve been close to the family, and their passion for cinema shows in their work. However, the new generation isn’t always aware of the work that these greats have done."
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NEW YORK, Dec. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- The global
fast casual restaurants market size is estimated to grow by USD 302.5 billion from 2024 to 2028, according to Technavio. The market is estimated to grow at a CAGR of 15.2% during the forecast period.
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The global fast casual restaurants market is experiencing growth due to the increasing population of adults aged 25-49 years. This demographic prefers dining out for convenience, helping them maintain a work-life balance. Consumers seek menu flexibility and variety. Quick-service restaurant operators respond by offering multi-cuisine dishes, attracting customers and boosting sales. Vendors also provide promotional offers and discounts, enhancing customer experience and providing valuable customer feedback for future product development. These factors positively impact the eat-in service segment, contributing to market growth during the forecast period.
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Fast casual restaurants offer a unique dining experience, blending the convenience of fast food with the quality and variety of a sit-down restaurant. Menus feature a range of options including salads, sandwiches, wraps, and bowls, often with international flavors and culinary traditions. Alcoholic beverages may also be available. Seating areas provide a comfortable space to enjoy your meal, and many locations offer Wi-Fi and self-service kiosks for added convenience. Premium products, fresh food, and high-quality ingredients are key, with an emphasis on health consciousness and catering to the preferences of millennials and Generation Z. Food delivery services have also become increasingly popular, allowing customers to enjoy their favorite fast-casual meals from the comfort of their own homes. Fast-food outlets continue to evolve, offering organic food, locally sourced produce, and fine dining options like ethnic-inspired dishes and Panera Bread's artisan breads and pastries.
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Fast Casual Restaurants: A Thriving Market of Salads, Sandwiches, Wraps, Bowls, and More! The Fast Casual Restaurant market is a vibrant and ever-evolving segment of the Food Service Industry. This sector offers a diverse menu, including Salads, Sandwiches, Wraps, Bowls, and Alcoholic Beverages, catering to various dietary preferences and cultural palates. Fast Casual Restaurants provide a unique blend of Quick Service and Seating Areas, offering customers the convenience of Fast Food Outlets with the ambiance of a traditional Dine-In experience. Wi-Fi availability, Cloud Kitchens, Online Ordering, Delivery Services, and Customer Engagement tools add to the appeal. Franchise Opportunities, Scheduling Software, Digital Inventory Tracking, and Automated Purchasing Tools are essential elements of this market's infrastructure, ensuring efficient Inventory Management and high Customer Satisfaction. The Chicken segment, Dine-In segment, Takeaway segment, Franchised segment, and Standalone segment all contribute to the market's growth. Digital platforms, Plant-Based Offerings, and Sustainable Food Alternatives cater to the evolving preferences of health-conscious consumers, particularly Millennials and Generation Z. Fast-Food Locations, Self-Service, Premium Products, International Flavors, and Culinary Traditions continue to drive innovation in this sector. Organic, Natural, Clean-Labeled Foods, Burger or Sandwich, Pizza or Pasta, Dine-In, Takeaway, Standalone, Franchised, or Culinary Independence – the Fast Casual Restaurant market has something for everyone! However, the market faces challenges, such as Economic Recession, Coronavirus Outbreak, and the increasing dominance of Food Delivery Services. Adaptation to these changes through Online Ordering Systems, Mobile Apps, Self-Service Kiosks, and Door-to-door Delivery Services is crucial for survival and growth. Internet Penetration and Third-Party Aggregated Apps are transforming the way customers interact with Fast Casual Restaurants, making it essential for businesses to stay updated with the latest trends and technologies. In conclusion, the Fast Casual Restaurant market is a dynamic and exciting space, offering a wealth of opportunities for innovation, growth, and customer satisfaction. Whether you're a business owner, investor, or consumer, this sector is sure to provide an engaging and delicious experience!
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St. Vincent de Paul hosts 28th annual Santa Shop for families in need
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Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman who was found last week in Mexico, has dashed her family’s hopes of a reunion. Kobayashi, 31, whose disappearance sparked a police investigation before she was found to have voluntarily left the country, told relatives she did not want to return to her home state, according to her family. Her sister, Sydni, posted a statement on her Facebook saying that she and her mother have not physically seen Hannah, but have spoken on the phone with her.
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BREAKING: Anthony Davis' Injury Status In Grizzlies-Lakers Game
Anthony Davis went to the locker room during Sunday's game.
On Sunday evening, the Los Angeles Lakers are playing the Memphis Grizzlies at home.
During the second half, Anthony Davis went to the locker room with an injury.
The 2020 NBA Champion had 28 points, 13 rebounds, two assists, two steals and two blocks while shooting 11/18 from the field and 1/4 from the three-point range in 24 minutes of playing time.
Via Underdog NBA: "Status alert: Anthony Davis (shoulder) headed to locker room Sunday."
There has been no word from the Lakers on his status for the remainder of the night.
Via ESPN's Dave McMenamin: "Anthony Davis stayed in the game briefly before going back to the locker room to have his shoulder looked at. Waiting on word from the team about his availability the rest of the night.'
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VIRAL
In January 2011, Zakir Hussain performed with Sachin Tendulkar during a memorable event in Mumbai, where they showcased their musical talents together.
Tabla maestro Zakir Hussain died in a hospital in San Francisco, US, his family said on Monday. He was 73. Hussain died from complications arising out of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, the family said in a statement.
He had been in hospital for the past two weeks and was shifted to the intensive care unit (ICU) after his condition deteriorated. Hussain's sister Khurshid Aulia said he passed away "very peacefully".
"He passed away very peacefully after the ventilation machine was switched off. This was 4 pm San Francisco time," she told PTI.
In January 2011, Zakir Hussain performed with Sachin Tendulkar during a memorable event in Mumbai, where they showcased their musical talents together. This collaboration, often referred to as a "jugalbandi," featured Tendulkar playing the tabla alongside the renowned tabla maestro.
The performance garnered significant attention on social media, with fans praising their chemistry and musical synergy. A video of this performance was shared by Tendulkar, highlighting his confidence and skill on the instrument as he played alongside Hussain.
Sharing the stage with the Ustad & sharing beats that created a rhythm so unique. It's an experience I’ll hold close to my heart, always pic.twitter.com/V4VSsrKign
— Sachin Tendulkar (@sachin_rt) January 10, 2017
Regarded as the greatest tabla player of his generation, Hussain is survived by his wife Antonia Minnecola and their daughters -- Anisa Qureshi and Isabella Qureshi.
Born on March 9, 1951, he was the son of legendary tabla master Ustad Alla Rakha. The family said in its statement, "He leaves behind an extraordinary legacy cherished by countless music lovers around the globe, with an influence that will resonate for generations to come."
With PTI inputs
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The United States has made "direct contact" with the Syrian rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said during a press conference in Aqaba, Jordan on Saturday.
"We've been in contact with HTS and with other parties," Blinken said, referring to the rebels who drove Syrian President Bashar al-Assad from power in a lightning offensive earlier this month.
Blinken referred to those discussions as "direct contact." He did not elaborate on details of the talks, but did acknowledge that the U.S. has "impressed upon everyone we've been in contact with" the importance of helping to find the missing American journalist Austin Tice, who disappeared near Damascus 12 years ago.
Blinken's comments mark the first time a U.S. official has acknowledged contact with HTS. The Islamist group was once affiliated with al-Qaida, and while it has sought to strike a more moderate tone in recent years, the U.S. still regards it as a terrorist organization — a designation given to the group in May 2018.
Blinken, who was in Jordan meeting with leaders about Syria's future, said the U.S. and its partners "agreed on a set of shared principles to guide our support for Syria and its people going forward."
The U.S. and its partners also agreed to several factors, Blinken said, including that the transition process in the Syrian government should be "Syrian-led and Syrian-owned," citizens should have access to humanitarian aid and that the country "should not be used as a base for terrorist groups or others."
"We know that what happens inside of Syria can have powerful consequences well beyond its borders, from mass displacement to terrorism. And we know that we can't underestimate the challenges of this moment and in the weeks and months ahead," he said. "Our message to the Syrian people is this: We want them to succeed and we're prepared to help them do so."
During an interview last week, the HTS leader, Ahmed al-Shara, formerly known by his nom de guerre, Abu Mohmmad al-Jolani, sought to allay concerns about Syria's future under HTS leadership.
He said fears by other countries "are unnecessary" and was hopeful that Syria "will be rebuilt."
"People are exhausted from war. So the country isn't ready for another one and it's not going to get into another one," he told Sky News. "The source of our fears was from the Iranian militias, Hezbollah and the regime which committed the massacres we are seeing today. So their removal is the solution for Syria. The current situation won't allow for a return to panic."
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It's celebration time for the Kapoor and also Hindi cinema as it's 100 years of 'The Showman' Raj Kapoor. The Kapoor family have decided to celebrate the occasion in a grand way as many of Kapoor's films are re-releasing in cinemas. Ranbir also started this project of restoring films of his grandfather
Raj Kapoor along with NFDC, NFAI, his uncle Kunal Kapoor and the Film Heritage Foundation. He had said recently at IFFI Goa, "We have done 10 films so far and we have much more to do. I am really hopeful you guys will check out his work because there are so many people who haven’t seen his work."
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In an exclusive interview with
ETimes, Aditya Kapoor shared heartfelt memories and insights about the legendary Kapoor family. Having experienced the golden era of Indian cinema, Aditya spoke about his time as an assistant director at RK Studios and how he witnessed the creative genius of his uncles, Raj Kapoor and
Shashi Kapoor. He reflected on the Kapoor family's immense contribution to both cinema and theatre, offering a unique perspective on their enduring legacy in the industry.
Centenary celebration of Raj Kapoor: How does it feel?Wow, Raj Saab - A cinematic poet who redefined how people perceive social platforms and romance. A lot of today’s cinematic construction, whether in scripts, edits, or direction, owes its legacy to giants like him who dared to dream beyond the pale of darkness. In this, Mr. Raj Kapoor played a stellar part. I often wonder what kind of destiny he felt compelled to fulfill - this could even be the premise of a new movie! He began by portraying social themes, infused them with romance, and eventually presented intricate relationships between characters. Through his direction and nurturing, he revolutionized creativity in Indian cinema.
In his reflection on his time at RK Studios under
Randhir Kapoor and Raj Kapoor, Aditya Kapoor shared how Raj Saab's mentorship was unparalleled. He compared Raj Kapoor's unique platform to that of today's apprentices working with icons like Steven Spielberg, emphasizing the difference in the times. According to Aditya, Raj Kapoor had an exceptional eye for detail and sought beauty in the mundane, elevating the ordinary into something extraordinary. His dedication to storytelling, music, and cinematography left no room for shortcuts, showcasing his relentless commitment to perfection in every aspect of filmmaking.
Your memories of Raj Kapoor and his relationship with his brothers.As the eldest of three brothers and one sister, Raj Uncle was a complete family man. All auspicious occasions were celebrated at his table. Shashi Uncle and Dad loved him like a father figure. That experience helped the next generation to manage respect amongst all. I must say this. When we were shooting for Satyam Shivam Sundaram, where I was an assistant director, the way he would look at Shashi uncle, in say some romantic shots-i think he was thanking God within himself for sending such a handsome man down to earth and make him his brother. He would often say, "Shashi doesn’t need lights, he is the light himself." Such a compliment told us at that age; that it requires a tremendous amount of humility to see the wonder in others.
Raj Kapoor and his children took Indian cinema forward, Shashi Kapoor carried the torch for theatre, but Shammi Kapoor’s family largely stayed away.Well, yes I did stay away. And for years I would avoid meeting Raj Uncle or his son Randhir. (Because I felt that I ran away from the family fold) But I had my reasons for doing something else. Raj uncle had discovered all that was cinematically possible. What would I do new?
Ranbir Kapoor Says Kapoor Family Was Nervous Before Meeting PM Modi: 'Unhone Bohot Hi Friendly Nature...'
What set Raj Kapoor apart from the rest?Raj Saab started with a thought, just a simple thought and wove the existing social situation around it, put good actors and presented a fabulous movie. That set him apart. He believed in his thought and the guts of his determination. Take Mera Naam Joker, for instance. Who else would dare to tell the bittersweet life of a circus clown, a character hidden behind makeup? Heroes like to be seen. Raj Kapoor liked to be felt.
Commonalities between the Kapoor brothersThey had a theatre background and the same tuition from
Prithviraj Kapoor. They ate the same food and shared the same house. Still, when they matured their career. They were very handsome people, all with different styles. All very creative, and all understood the cinema thought and process. They all made a niche of their won and this is still celebrated today.
What do you have to say about the Kapoor legacy? Ranbir and Kunal have taken the initiative. Where do you see it going from here on?Its lovely to see life moving on. Generations must create their own destinies to be able to get their satisfaction of existence. I wish them all the very best.
On December 14, Mumbai lit up in celebration of Raj Kapoor’s centenary as Bollywood stars and the Kapoor family came together to honor the legendary actor-director, lovingly known as The Showman of Indian Cinema. The grand event paid homage to Raj Kapoor's monumental contribution to Indian cinema, blending heartfelt tributes with glitz and glamour.
The Kapoor family, including Randhir Kapoor, Karisma Kapoor, Kareena Kapoor Khan, Ranbir Kapoor, and Alia Bhatt, will unite to pay tribute to the late cinematic icon. Alongside them, Bollywood stalwarts such as Rekha, Jeetendra, Sanjay Leela Bhansali, Rajkumar Hirani, Karan Johar, Aamir Khan, Hrithik Roshan, Anil Kapoor, Vicky Kaushal, Kartik Aaryan, Sunny Deol, and Bobby Deol are expected to grace the occasion.
As part of the centenary festivities, a special initiative titled Raj Kapoor 100 – Celebrating the Centenary of the Greatest Showman will be launched by R.K. Films, the Film Heritage Foundation, and the NFDC-National Film Archive of India. The programme features curated screenings of ten iconic Raj Kapoor films across 40 cities and 135 cinemas.
Earlier, the Kapoor family had met PM Narendra Modi on the occasion. A video from the meeting, featuring Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Kareena Kapoor, Saif Ali Khan, and other family members, was shared online, where they spoke about their interaction with the Prime Minister.
In the video, Ranbir Kapoor admitted that while they were all quite nervous about meeting the PM, his warm and generous demeanor put them at ease. “We enjoyed speaking to him. We could ask him a lot of personal questions. He talked to us in a very friendly manner. Hum sab ki hawa tight thi, we were very nervous, but he made us feel very comfortable, and I really thank him,” he said.
A festival will be held from December 13 to December 15 Raj Kapoor's iconic movies will be shown. Ranbir further spoke about the reason why they're doing so. He said, "I remember the first time I met Alia (Bhatt), she asked me, ‘Who is Kishore Kumar?’ It’s just the circle of life. People are forgotten and then newer artiste come. So, I think it’s very important that we remember our roots. Not just Mr Raj Kapoor, there are so many filmmakers and artistes that we should constantly celebrate."
The selected films, including timeless classics such as Aag, Barsaat, Awaara, Shree 420, Jagte Raho, Jis Desh Mein Ganga Behti Hai, Sangam, Mera Naam Joker, Bobby, and Ram Teri Ganga Maili, will showcase the unparalleled legacy of Raj Kapoor, often revered as the "Greatest Showman" of Indian cinema. On the work front, Aditya Raj Kapoor was last seen in 'Mareyadiru Endendu'.
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- APAC travelers favor domestic trips, driven by affordability, convenience, and perceived safety
- Digital platforms play a critical role in travel planning, with travellers showing trust in their reliability and ease of use
- Motivations for travel vary widely, from urban escapes to nature and wellness retreats
SINGAPORE, Dec. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ --
Traveloka , Southeast Asia's leading travel platform, in partnership with YouGov, has released a study, "Travel Redefined: Understanding and Catering to the Diverse Needs of APAC Travelers".
Based on a survey of nearly 12,000 respondents across nine countries, the study highlights the evolving travel habits and preferences that are shaping the Asia-Pacific (APAC) tourism landscape, providing actionable insights to anticipate trends and create meaningful traveller experiences in 2025 and beyond.
"APAC is bursting with opportunities, but its diversity demands creativity and nuance. Understanding the unique needs of this diverse market is critical for travel providers seeking to thrive in this dynamic travel landscape. Success lies in weaving these insights into innovative strategies-bringing travelers closer to the experiences they seek," said Caesar Indra, President of Traveloka.
As APAC's travel landscape continues to evolve, Traveloka remains committed to empowering travellers and industry partners. By offering a comprehensive analysis of shifting behaviors, this white paper helps stakeholders uncover opportunities and navigate a fast-changing landscape.
"More than just a snapshot of current trends, this study serves as a roadmap for the future of travel in APAC," added Indra, "By leveraging these findings, our partners can stay ahead of the curve and lead with confidence."
The full study, including a detailed country-by-country analysis, is available here . Key findings include:
APAC travellers are far from homogeneous
In Singapore, 38% of travellers prioritize rest and recharge, favoring urban escapes. Meanwhile, 47% of Indonesians are drawn to adventure, with a preference for natural attractions like mountains and national parks. In Japan, wellness and culture take precedence, with 40% of travellers opting for spa retreats and historical sites.
Domestic travel takes the lead
70% of
travellers in markets like Thailand, Indonesia, and Japan choose to explore within their home countries. In Thailand and Indonesia, affordability and convenience are the primary drivers, while 65% of Japanese travellers prioritize safety as the key factor in their decision to stay local.
Price drives decision-making
Nearly half of the respondents in markets like Singapore (45%), Australia (48%), Japan (43%), Malaysia (46%), and Indonesia (46%) prioritize affordability when selecting accommodations. With the right incentives, APAC travellers are willing to explore new destinations they would not typically choose.
Rise of digital travel platforms
Digital platforms are increasingly central to travel planning in APAC, streamlining the booking process for accommodation, transportation, activities, and itinerary planning. In markets like Indonesia and Singapore, 53% of respondents rely on digital travel platforms for leisure trips. Platforms like Traveloka have risen to prominence by effectively meeting these needs. Moreover, 83% of travel platform users express moderate to high confidence in the security and reliability of digital platforms, underscoring the crucial role trust plays in driving digital adoption.
Sustainable travel gains ground
Sustainability is increasingly influencing travel choices in APAC. Interest is particularly strong in India, Thailand, Vietnam, and Indonesia, where over 80% of respondents express a preference for sustainable travel. However, barriers remain: 32% find sustainable options too expensive, while another 32% are unsure where to look for them.
About the study
Survey data was collected from 11,467 respondents using YouGov panels across nine APAC markets. The sample is statistically representative of each country's population. For more details, please refer to "Methodology" section here .
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What to stream: MrBeast jumps to TV, Little Big Town's holiday special and Squid Game: Unleashed
The griping Vatican-based thriller “Conclave” about picking a new pope and Stephanie Hsu starring in the dark comedy “Laid” as a woman whose former lovers keep unexpectedly dying are some of the new television, films, music and games headed to a device near you.
Also among the streaming offerings worth your time as selected by The Associated Press’ entertainment journalists: Dwayne Johnson stars as Santa’s bodyguard in the movie “Red One,” internet star MrBeast hosts his own reality competition show on Prime Video called “Beast Games” and Little Big Town host a Christmas special on NBC.
NEW MOVIES TO STREAM DEC. 16-22
– What goes on inside the Vatican before white smoke flows out of the Sistine Chapel? “Conclave” (streaming now on Peacock), about the election of a new pope, is a gripping thriller that imagines how the gathering of cardinals could go. The film, directed by Edward Berger and based on Robert Harris’ 2016 novel, stars Ralph Fiennes as the cardinal tasked with running the conclave. Nominated for six Golden Globes, “Conclave” is a major Oscar contender and one of the rare recent adult-oriented dramas to succeed at the box office. In her review, AP Film Writer Lindsey Bahr called it “a deliriously fun watch in the way that tense, smart thrillers with an ensemble of great actors can be.”
– It was easy to miss Clint Eastwood’s “Juror No. 2” in cinemas, but the 94-year-old’s latest arrives Friday, Dec. 20 on Max. And “Juror No. 2,” despite its small theatrical footprint, has been much praised by critics. In it, Nicholas Hoult plays a juror in a murder trial who’s struggling with a moral dilemma.
– A sled-full of new Christmas movies arrive every year, with hopes of establishing themselves as a new holiday classic. Of them, “Red One” (now streaming on Prime Video) is distinguished by being the biggest, most garishly wrapped one yet. In the $250 million movie, Dwayne Johnson stars as the bodyguard for a more militaristic Kris Kringle (J.K. Simmons), who teams up with a deadbeat hacker (Chris Evans) to rescue Santa after he’s kidnapped. In my review, I wrote that “there is ample time during ‘Red One’ to ponder who, exactly, put a Marvel-ized Santa on their wish list.”
– Mati Diop’s “Dahomey,” one of the year’s nonfiction highlights, is not to be missed. Diop, the French Senegalese director of “Atlantics,” documents the return of 26 art works seized by French troops during the 1890s from the African kingdom (now southern Benin). In the film, currently streaming on Mubi, Diop casts a wide and fantastic net in chronicling their voyage home, with a wide array of voices debating the ethics and meaning of reparations — including even those of the Dahomey treasures, themselves.
NEW MUSIC TO STREAM DEC. 16-22
— ’Twas the week before Christmas and all through the house, not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse. That is, until Monday, when “Little Big Town’s Christmas at the Opry” airs on NBC, available to stream on Peacock the following day! What says “happy holidays” more than some of country music’s modern greats bringing their twang from the famous Nashville stage to the family living room? A group of great guests, probably – and those include Dan + Shay, Kelsea Ballerini, Sheryl Crow, Kirk Franklin, Josh Groban, Kate Hudson and Orville Peck.
— AP Music Writer Maria Sherman
NEW SHOWS TO STREAM DEC. 16-22
— A new docuseries on Apple TV+ reveals the habits and behaviors of animals in the wild. Filmmakers spent three years tracking 77 unique species in 24 countries, and capturing everything from jumping spider courtship dances to a killifish in Trinidad breathing through its tail when out of the water. Hugh Bonneville narrates “The Secret Lives of Animals, " debuting Dec. Wednesday.
— Stephanie Hsu stars in a new dark comedy for Peacock as Ruby, a woman whose former lovers keep unexpectedly dying in mysterious, outrageous ways. Ruby and her best friend AJ (Zosia Mamet, doing her wry observational bit) dig into the past to make sense of what’s happening and save lives. The process prompts Ruby to learn hard truths about herself. “Laid” is based on an Australian series. There are also a number of fun guest stars including Finneas O’Connell, Chloe Fineman and Josh Segarra. “Laid” premieres Thursday on Peacock.
— Internet star MrBeast, (real name: Jimmy Donaldson) whose YouTube channel has more subscribers than any other — is now the host of his own reality competition show on Prime Video called “Beast Games.” Contestants wear tracksuits and compete in wild games for a $5 million prize. It’s like “Squid Game,” without the dying. “Beast Games” premieres Thursday on Prime Video.
NEW VIDEO GAMES TO PLAY
— Season 2 of “Squid Game” drops on Netflix the day after Christmas, but you and your family can get an early start if you’re already itching for a fight to the death. The streamer is inviting subscribers to download Squid Game: Unleashed, an online battle royale for up to 32 players. It includes familiar season 1 competitions like Glass Bridge and Red Light Green Light, as well as deadly new devices like buzzsaws, wrecking balls and lava pits. Last one to survive ... well, you don’t get any money but at least you don’t get squished. The contest begins Tuesday, Dec. 17, on iOS and Android.
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Klay Thompson Had Awesome Message on Warriors Fans in Return to Golden State
The Dallas Mavericks beat the Golden State Wariors 143–133 on Sunday night in a game that featured a record number of made three-pointers. While Luka Doncic went off for 45, Klay Thompson also had a pretty nice night in his second return to the Bay Area as a visiting player.
While he didn't get a special tribute like the first time, he still felt the love from the fans throughout the game.
"It still warms my heart to see all the number 11 jerseys," said Thompson. "It still makes me incredibly grateful for the time I did have here. Legendary stuff. But now it's time to do some legendary stuff in Dallas. And I truly believe in this team. We have all the ingredients to be really special."
Thompson continued to talk about the experience during a postgame press conference saying it was much easier to play at Golden State this time, especially without all the captain's hats in the crowd, which were handed out to fans for his first return.
Thompson finished with 29 points and hit seven threes. He is now 1-1 in Golden State as a visitor. The Mavericks still have one game remaining at Golden State on February 23rd.
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Indian tabla player Zakir Hussain — who united musicians from diverse cultures and by doing so, shaped modern world music — died on Sunday in San Francisco. He was 73.
In a statement, his family said the cause of death was idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
"His prolific work as a teacher, mentor and educator has left an indelible mark on countless musicians. He hoped to inspire the next generation to go further. He leaves behind an unparalleled legacy as a cultural ambassador and one of the greatest musicians of all time," his family added.
Hussain's career spanned over five decades, during which he was revered as both a national treasure in India and admired worldwide.
He defied genres and collaborated with an impressive range of musicians, including jazz saxophonist Charles Lloyd, bluegrass artists Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck, as well as rockstars George Harrison and Van Morrison. His versatility earned him the rare distinction of performing twice on NPR's Tiny Desk — once in 2010 and then in 2023.
"You know, you come from India and you say, 'OK, I'm representing a 3,000-year-old history,' so you think you're gonna teach the world about rhythms and drums and so on," he told NPR in 2015. "And then you arrive here. You suddenly realize that you know nothing. You're just one little dot in the painting that is the music of the universe."
Beyond his performances, Hussain was admired for his passion to teaching Indian drumming, further spreading appreciation for the art form.
Hussain often said that his musical journey began soon after he was born in Bombay. In the 2015 NPR interview, he recalled a tradition where a father whispers a prayer into his newborn son's ear. Instead, his father chose to sing him rhythms.
"My mother was very upset and said, 'Why are you doing this?' And he said, 'Because this is my prayer,'" Hussain said.
He told NPR that it was his father's dream for him to carry on the tradition of being an Indian classical musician. His father, Alla Rakha, was considered one of the world's greatest player's of tabla, a centuries-old Indian hand drum. His father taught Hussain how to play the tabla when he was 7 years old.
But his father also introduced Hussain to music from around the world, which is how Hussain fell in love with rock and Western music.
"I was the only kid on the block who was walking down the street with a boombox on my shoulder, playing as loud as I could 'Light My Fire,'" Hussain recalled.
In 1970, at 19, Hussain traveled to the U.S. where he spent the following years working with rockstars like George Harrison, Van Morrison and Mickey Hart, the drummer from The Grateful Dead. He also played with jazz musician John Handy.
In 1973, Hussain formed the Indian jazz fusion band Shakti with jazz guitarist John McLaughlin. With its melodic and rhythm instruments, the band helped American listeners appreciate sounds and instruments beyond Western music.
In 2024, Hussain became the first musician from India to receive three Grammy awards in the same year after Shakti won Best Global Music Album, and Hussain's collaboration with Edgar Meyer and Béla Fleck featuring Rakesh Chaurasia won Best Global Music Performance and Best Contemporary Instrumental Album.
Hussain told NPR in 2015 that throughout the course of his career, he has found similarities between rhythmists around the world — regardless of approach or style.
"We were all on the same wavelength, the same quest, looking for perfection, which we will never find. But that didn't matter because it's all about the journey — not the goal," he said.
NPR's Felix Contreras contributed reporting.
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The Kapoor family marked the 100th birth anniversary of legendary filmmaker and actor
Raj Kapoor with a grand celebration, and Alia Bhatt played the perfect host as the Kapoor family’s daughter-in-law.
On December 15, Alia shared a heartfelt video montage from the event, which showcased memorable moments from the star-studded evening.
Captioning the post, Alia wrote, “Time isn’t measured by days, but by memories. Coming together to celebrate the eternal showman, loved by audiences of all ages and countries – the unparalleled Raj Kapoor. #100YearsOfRajKapoor.”
The video featured Alia interacting with several distinguished guests, including legendary actress Rekha and actor Kartik Aaryan. Other prominent personalities present were
Kareena Kapoor Khan with Saif Ali Khan,
Karisma Kapoor, Alia’s father
Mahesh Bhatt, and many more industry stalwarts. The entire Kapoor clan, led by
Ranbir Kapoor, came together to honor the legacy of Raj Kapoor, making it a night to remember.
Watch the video here
The celebration is part of the ongoing festival, Raj Kapoor 100 – Celebrating the Centenary of the Greatest Showman, organized by RK Films in collaboration with the Film Heritage Foundation and NFDC-National Film Archive of India. The festival pays tribute to Raj Kapoor’s enduring contribution to Indian cinema by showcasing ten of his most iconic films. Screenings are being held in 40 cities across 135 cinemas, including PVR-Inox and Cinepolis theaters.
Tickets for these screenings have been priced at an affordable Rs 100, reflecting Raj Kapoor’s philosophy of inclusivity and his dream to make cinema accessible to everyone. Films like 'Awara', 'Shree 420', and 'Mera Naam Joker' are part of the curated selection, offering audiences a chance to relive the golden era of Indian cinema.
Alia Bhatt, who looked stunning in a traditional saree, co-hosted the evening alongside her husband, Ranbir Kapoor. The event was a beautiful blend of nostalgia, family unity, and cinematic excellence.
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JA Solar's Bycium+ Cell Achieves Record-Breaking 748.6Mv Open-Circuit Voltage Certified By ISFH
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BEIJING, Dec. 15, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- JA Solar's Bycium+ cell has achieved a significant breakthrough, having reached a new high in cell efficiency and set a new record with an open-circuit voltage of 748.6mV-the highest in the commercial TOPCon PV cell sector. Certified by the German Institute for Solar energy Research in Hamelin (ISFH), the new record demonstrates a passivation level on par with HJT PV cells and surpasses the BC cell's open-circuit voltage record. This milestone not only demonstrates the immense potential of TOPCon technology but also establishes a new benchmark for the development of crystalline silicon PV cells.
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JA Solar's Bycium+ Cell Achieves Record-Breaking 748.6mV Open-Circuit Voltage Certified by ISFH
The improvement of PV cell efficiency typically focuses on two areas: optical gain and electrical gain. Electrical gain is driven by reducing recombination losses and contact resistance. Open-circuit voltage is directly linked to recombination and is a key indicator of a cell's performance. Higher open-circuit voltage leads to better efficiency and affects the temperature coefficient of PV modules.
Passivation technology is key to improving open-circuit voltage and cell efficiency by reducing internal recombination losses and enabling more electrical energy to be extracted. JA Solar has continuously optimized the passivation structure of its TOPCon cells, minimizing surface, bulk, and metal recombination. By integrating innovations in metallization, new materials, and processes, JA Solar has achieved a record-breaking open-circuit voltage. This advancement pushes TOPCon technology closer to its theoretical efficiency limit and supports the future growth of the PV industry.
"This milestone with our Bycium+ cell is not just a testament to JA Solar's commitment to technological innovation, but also a contribution to advancing the PV industry as a whole," said Aiqing Yang, Executive President of JA Solar. "By setting a new benchmark for TOPCon cell open-circuit voltage, we aim to inspire broader progress across the industry, driving the development of high-performance, cost-effective PV solutions that accelerate the global transition to clean energy."
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Street Widows holiday healing event in Louisville
Street Widows holiday healing event in Louisville
Street Widows holiday healing event in Louisville
Jamie Foxx is recovering after an incident at a restaurant during his birthday dinner Friday left him with stitches.
"It turns out that they were not only employees — but also related..."
Hannah Kobayashi, the missing Hawaii woman who was found last week in Mexico, has dashed her family’s hopes of a reunion. Kobayashi, 31, whose disappearance sparked a police investigation before she was found to have voluntarily left the country, told relatives she did not want to return to her home state, according to her family. Her sister, Sydni, posted a statement on her Facebook saying that she and her mother have not physically seen Hannah, but have spoken on the phone with her.
The Duke of York's 'close confidant' is said to pose a risk to the UK
Amid the apparent unfolding failure of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s five-part documentary about polo, sources have told the Daily Mail that Netflix executives are “exhausted” from working with Markle, and her future at the streaming giant now rests on her “make or break” cookery show, which still has no premiere date. The Daily Beast has reported that the Sussexes—once heralded as Netflix’s golden duo who promised “content that informs but also gives hope” through a “truthful and relatable l
"People celebrating this — this is a sickness, honestly. ... Up next, the other big news out of New York: Daniel Penny. A lot of people think he's a hero."
“i would be genuinely embarrassed to admit this,” one person tweeted in response to Kylie’s comments.
"I feel like I had every right to sell tickets that I bought with my own money, especially after what she did," the man wrote on Reddit
Bakers at the warehouse are already preparing for the worst.
Elizabeth Hurley posed up a storm in a Roberto Cavalli dress, complete with daring cut-outs and a plunging neckline.
Video appears to show one of the tankers broken in half and sinking amid a heavy storm, with oil visible in the water.
A recent episode of the Starz drama took on one of the most-anticipated —and controversial — storylines from Diana Gabaldon's book series.
The following contains spoilers from the Dec. 13 series finale of CBS’ Blue Bloods, now streaming on Paramount+. TVLine readers have thus far given the Blue Bloods series finale a very impressive average grade of “A-.” But if there is one bone that some have to pick with the ending, it has to do with …
The King was hosting The King's Foundation's annual 'Crafts at Christmas' at Highgrove Gardens
It really has gone downhill since the $5 footlong went away.
With the clock winding down to the final episode of Paramount Network’s “Yellowstone,” series star Kelly Reilly took to Instagram Sunday to confirm that the Dec. 15 episode is in fact the finale to the mainline series. “Hi, I’m so deep into another role at the moment about another land worth fighting for in the …
The remaining five Australians from the infamous “Bali Nine” drug gang are “relieved and happy” to be home after Canberra struck a deal with Jakarta to end their two decades of imprisonment.
These people are the WORST.
She even rejected the idea of seating him "behind a pillar."
What started as a few purchases here and there in 2013 has since evolved into a growing annual tradition.David Robertson and his family began the inflatable minions setup on their property after the release of the animated comedy Despicable Me 2, which traces the exploits of Gru, played by Steve Carell, a villain who aims to become an internationally renowned master criminal. "Canadian Tire had a couple of little ones and then it grew from there," said Robertson. "They kind of multiplied like ra
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LeBron James Returned From Injury Absence With Two Predictably Ridiculous Plays
LeBron James has still got it.
After missing his first games of the season due to injury, James announced his return with aplomb on Sunday, immediately making two oh-so-LeBron plays against the Memphis Grizzlies.
Early in the first quarter, LeBron threw down a monster dunk, powering his way down the lane and daring someone to stop him. On the other side of the possession, James pulled out a vintage chase-down block to save two points.
Welcome back LBJ indeed.
It feels like this is classic LeBron. Any time the greater basketball world thinks that he might be losing a step, James does something on the floor that only he, and maybe four other players in NBA history would pull off. A fortnight away from turning 40, LeBron has still got it.
James and the Lakers carried a 64-46 lead into halftime. Doubt them at your own peril.
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The Kapoor family is celebrating the 100th birth anniversary of legendary filmmaker
Raj Kapoor with a grand film festival showcasing his 10 iconic movies. Amid the festivities,
Alia Bhatt took to Instagram to share an unseen picture with her mother,
Soni Razdan, and sister, Shaheen Bhatt, leaving fans delighted.
The actress captioned the photo, "Time to change our group picture @shaheenb @sonirazdan," and all three looked stunning in their elegant attire. Alia, in particular, stole the spotlight in a graceful white saree designed by Sabyasachi. The saree featured intricate multicoloured floral and leafy patterns, perfectly complemented by her minimalist aesthetic. She accessorized her look with a delicate pearl choker, soft dewy makeup, and cascading waves, embodying timeless elegance.
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Alia also shared a series of solo pictures of herself draped in the stunning saree, captioned with the classic line, “Mud mud ke na dekh,” from Raj Kapoor’s evergreen film Awara. Her graceful look received widespread admiration from fans and followers.
The RK Film Festival is a nostalgic celebration of Raj Kapoor's unparalleled contribution to Indian cinema. The event saw the Kapoor family come together in honor of the legendary showman. In addition to Alia, her husband
Ranbir Kapoor and other Kapoor family members, including Kareena Kapoor Khan, Saif Ali Khan,
Karisma Kapoor, Neetu Kapoor, and Riddhima Kapoor Sahni, were present at the event.
Raj Kapoor, often referred to as "The Showman of Bollywood," left an everlasting mark on Indian cinema with classics like Awara, Shree 420, and Mera Naam Joker and many more.
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VIDEO: Ustad Zakir Hussain Fills In As Ali Akbar Khan Replaces A Broken String On His Sarod
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(MENAFN- Live Mint) Ustad Zakir Hussain, the legendary Tabla maestro, has often been celebrated for his profound collaborations with many of India's most iconic musicians, including the esteemed Ustad Ali Akbar Khan. After reports of Zakir Hussain started doing the rounds, an old video emerged of the two maestros.
In the old video, a very young Ustad Zakir Hussian is seen filling in as the great Ali Akbar Khan replaces a broken string on his Sarod.
The chain of events happened so smoothly, that a listener of Indian classical music would not easily notice a break in the performance.
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Together, Ustad Zakir Hussain and Ali Akbar Khan created memorable performances that not only highlighted their individual virtuosity but also enriched the Indian classical music landscape. Their collaborations included live concerts and recordings that have become cherished by audiences worldwide.
Also Read | Watch | Shankar Mahadevan hails Ustad Zakir Hussain after Grammy win
Over the years, Zakir Hussain has been known to maintain a balance between traditional music and experimentation. Besides his father, Allah Rakha, the list of legends he has accompanied on stage over the last five decades reads like a who's who of Indian classical music - Pandit Ravi Shankar, sarod masters Ustad Ali Akbar Khan, and Ustad Amjad Ali Khan, santoor great Pt Shivkumar Sharma, flautist Pt Hariprasad Chaurasia, vocalists Pandit Jasraj, Kishori Amonkar and dozens of others both from Hindustani and Carnatic streams.
Ustad Zakir Hussain also accompanied Kathak legend Pt Birju Maharaj and thumri doyenne Shobha Gurtu.
Besides the sheer brilliance of his playing, Ustad Zakir Hussain's charisma and stage presence has ensured that he is the best-known of the living tabla maestros. Besides the traditional rhythmic patterns of the Punjab gharana which he represents, his stage performances are often punctuated with a display of spontaneous sense of humor.
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Thailand to host two regional meetings focused on Myanmar this week
BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thailand said on Monday it will host two regional meetings on Myanmar this week, with at least one to have representatives of the junta, as the Malaysian Prime Minister said efforts were being made to bring Myanmar back to the fore of ASEAN.
Thai foreign minister Maris Sangiampongsa will hold the separate consultations on Dec 19 and 20, after Thailand in October offered to host informal talks to find a way out of the crisis that has gripped Myanmar since a 2021 military coup.
Representatives from Myanmar will take part in Thursday's meeting, which Thai foreign ministry spokesman Nikorndej Balankura said would be an informal consultation on border security and transnational crime.
Representatives from China, India, Bangladesh, Laos and Thailand, which all share borders with Myanmar, will also attend.
On Friday, there will be a foreign minister-level meeting on Myanmar for "interested members" of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN), including discussing ASEAN's "Five Point Consensus" plan for peace in the country, Nikorndej said.
It is not clear if Myanmar will have any representatives at Friday's meeting, and if so at what level.
Since the coup, ASEAN has snubbed Myanmar's military leaders by only inviting non-political representatives from the country to regional meetings of leaders and foreign ministers.
Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, who will chair ASEAN in 2025, said on Monday that he was committed to implementing ASEAN's peace plan, which has made scant progress since its unveiling in April 2021 soon after the coup.
"We are taking measures through dialogues informally at different levels to ensure Myanmar participates, and bring back Myanmar to the fore of ASEAN," Anwar said at a joint press conference in Kuala Lumpur with Thai Prime Minister Paetongtarn Shinawatra, without elaborating further.
Indonesia has said its foreign minister will attend the Dec 20 meeting.
Chaos has prevailed in Myanmar since the 2021 military coup sparked a nationwide rebellion and a civil war that has ravaged the nation of 55 million.
At a summit in October, ASEAN called for "an immediate cessation" of violence and the creation of a "conducive environment for the delivery of humanitarian assistance and inclusive national dialogue" that is "Myanmar-owned and -led".
(Reporting by Panu Wongcha-um in BANGKOK and Ashley Tang in KUALA LUMPUR; Editing by John Mair)
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Detroit Pistons Fans Question Latest Roster Move
With a surprising roster move on Saturday, many Detroit Pistons fans expected the follow-up move to be something in the ballpark of a blockbuster deal.
Instead, the Pistons elevated a member of their NBA G League affiliate by signing Javante McCoy of the Motor City Cruise. It’s a familiar addition, considering the Pistons added McCoy for their 2024 preseason run.
In 11 games with the Cruise, McCoy averaged 15 points, four rebounds, and three assists. He’s attempted three shots from three per game, averaging 52 percent from deep.
McCoy is a former Boston University standout. He played five seasons at BU, appearing in 147 games. During his final season, McCoy averaged 17 points, three assists, and four rebounds. He shot 50 percent from the field and knocked down 43 percent of his threes.
As a rookie, McCoy played for the Los Angeles Lakers’ G League affiliate in South Bay. Last season, he played for the San Antonio Spurs’ affiliate in Austin.
Since McCoy joins the Pistons and gets them above the salary floor, they don’t have to make further deals at this time. The decision to part ways with the veteran center Paul Reed and replace his spot with a G League guard came off as a head-scratcher to some fans.
Pistons Fans React to the Addition
@DetroitBardy: WHO IS GOING TO PLAY CENTER
@GibbsForSix: The Lions just lost and now you trolling Im out
@RobbyCan81: So we have one healthy center whos 6’8
@daWakandanDude: What was the point of releasing Reed then lol????
@AdultnamedRob: We need another big but can't get mad at another 3pt threat
On Saturday, the Pistons parted ways with the veteran center Paul Reed. Over the 2024 offseason, Detroit claimed Reed after the Philadelphia 76ers waived him. Considering his full 2024-2025 salary wasn’t guaranteed until January, many expected the Pistons to keep Reed for depth purposes and potentially use his salary in a deal.
Instead, Reed parts ways with the organization early, which affects Detroit’s depth in the front court. While the lack of a blockbuster move for another player might frustrate fans now, there is still plenty of time for the Pistons to get a deal done before the February deadline.
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