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Classy COG: TendulkarBefore the tour of the West Indies, an indian cricketer was asked whether it was the batsmen who lost matches for the team overseas by failing to put up enough runs. He was not amused, “When we lose a match, we all lose. It’s not like the batsmen,Classy COG: TendulkarBefore the tour of the West Indies, an indian cricketer was asked whether it was the batsmen who lost matches for the team overseas by failing to put up enough runs. He was not amused, “When we lose a match, we all lose. It’s not like the batsmen lose and the bowlers don’t. That’s stupid.” It is indeed. Trinidad has shown exactly how stupid.On Day 1 of the Test, Sachin Tendulkar equalled Sir Don Bradman’s record of 29 Test centuries with his steeliest hundred yet. His innings was analysed, the genuflections completed, the tributes paid. By Day 5, in the face of something more powerful, it quietly stepped into the record books. The lingering memory from the Queen’s Park Oval will always be the sight of the Indians after the last wicket fell.They raced around crazy-eyed, seemingly directionless. Then almost by magic, they gravitated towards each other, all the time shrieking wordlessly like kids being let out in the open after five days cooped up in a classroom. Tendulkar put it best, “Nobody has got a five-wicket haul and nobody has a big hundred from this game. Still we won. That’s what winning for a team is all about.”That’s the way it will always be. Tendulkar should know: he has spent 13 years on the team but was part of only the third away Test win of his career last week. He has played in three World Cups, the best being a semi-final spot. He is often lauded for his genius and increasingly now is damned by it; India fails often, it is said, because the great Tendulkar is not great enough and cannot haul them home when needed.That is not about to happen. Find someone else.Find three batsmen willing to forge partnerships and build respectable totals from rock bottom, if necessary. Find two bowlers willing to sweat, another who will not stagger. Find a wicketkeeper and supporting fielders who hold on to chances like a shipwrecked man does a log of wood. They have, Tendulkar included, been with the team for some time. In Trinidad, India found them all.The clash of talents and egos that is Tendulkar vs Lara is enjoyable. But remember Lara scored 688 runs in three Tests against Sri Lanka in the winter and still the West Indies lost 0-3. Tendulkar got a second-innings duck in Trinidad and still India won.If there’s anything that Trinidad should bring home it is this: Tendulkar is a cog in the wheel; a priceless, 24-carat cog, a diamond-studded, precision-crafted cog, sure. But a cog nevertheless. He cannot and should not be expected to be the force that pushes the wheels ahead. The wheel will move only when its other parts are in working order. advertisement
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Geneva: Roger Federer saved Europe from defeat in the Laver Cup after beating John Isner in a tight match 6-4, 7-6 (3) that takes the tournament down to the final singles match.Federer had to win a tense tie-break over world number 20 Isner to take the three points, smashing an ace on the final point to raise the roof in Geneva after the American had somehow shot wide with the court at his mercy. Team World lead 11-10 ahead of German Alexander Zverev’s clash Milos Raonic, a straight shootout for the tournament after Taylor Fritz had earlier put Team World to within one win of capturing their first Laver Cup with a 7-5, 6-7 (3/7), 10-5 win over Dominic Thiem.”I’m thrilled that I was able to give something back to the team,” said Federer.”Obviously to see Rafa on the sidelines after having to pull out with an injury, it’s great camaraderie I feel.”And still… @rogerfederer has not lost a #LaverCup singles match.The Swiss local def. John Isner 6-4 7-6(3) to take us into a decider.#TeamEurope pic.twitter.com/FCyhuoFQIC— Laver Cup (@LaverCup) September 22, 2019 Team World came into the day 7-5 down but were boosted by Rafael Nadal’s withdrawal with a hand injury.Fritz, himself a replacement for injured Nick Kyrgios, followed up on Isner and Jack Sock’s 5-7, 6-4, 10-8 defeat of Federer and Stefanos Tsitsipas with a surprise tie-break triumph over world number five Thiem.”That was such a big match for Team World to win, we really needed that,” said Fritz.”This has to be one of the biggest wins of my career. It means so much more when you’re playing for other people as well.”This year is the first time the tournament has been played since being added to the ATP Tour.Europe won the 2018 edition 13-8 in Chicago. John Isnerjohn mcenroeLaver Cupnick kyrgios First Published: September 22, 2019, 11:05 PM IST Get the best of News18 delivered to your inbox – subscribe to News18 Daybreak. Follow News18.com on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook, Telegram, TikTok and on YouTube, and stay in the know with what’s happening in the world around you – in real time.
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Los Angeles, Sep 25 (PTI) Oscar-winning director Damian Chazelle has got hitched to his longtime girlfriend Olivia Hamilton.According to Us Weekly, Chazelle, 33, and Hamilton tied the knot at Point Dume in Malibu on Saturday.The couple had got engaged in October last year.Hamilton had announced the news on Instagram where she posted a picture with the filmmaker sporting a sparkling, Monique Pean ring as Chazelle plants a kiss on her cheek.The director, best known for films such as “Whiplash” and “La La Land”, had referred to the actor as “the love of my life” while accepting the award for Best Director at the Critics Choice Awards in December 2016.”This is a film about love, I think, more than anything. So I have to thank the love of my life, Olivia Hamilton,” he had said of “La La Land” at the time.Hamilton, too, had appeared briefly in the multiple Oscar-winning film in a scene opposite Emma Stone as an annoyed cafe customer.Chazelle was previously married to Jasmine McGlade, an executive producer on “La La Land”. They parted ways in 2014.The director is currently awaiting the release of “First Man”, the biopic on Neil Armstrong which features Ryan Gosling and Claire Foy in the lead.The film had its world premiere at the Venice Film Festival in August. PTI RB RDS RB
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Liga M3 UKM skipper and trainee teacher Hafizuddin considering unpaid leave to turn professional Zulhilmi Zainal Last updated 2 years ago 22:25 10/8/17 FacebookTwitterRedditcopy Comments(0)
UKM FC Facebook Liga M3 UKM v Shahzan Muda UKM Having guided UKM to Malaysia Premier League promotion, team captain Hafizudin Sulaiman is willing to do what it takes in order to fulfill his dreams. BY ZULHILMI ZAINAL Follow on Twitter After helping his side defeat Shahzan Muda in their FAM Cup semi-final clash and win promotion to the 2018 Premier League, UKM FC captain Hafizudin Sulaiman told the press that he is considering turning professional next season.On Sunday, university club UKM defeated Shahzan Muda 1-0 (aggregate 1-0) in their second leg semi-final match at the UKM Mini Stadium, to book a spot in the final and secure promotion to Malaysia’s second tier. They will become the second university side to take part in the M-League, after UiTM FC.The Varsity Boys were made to endure a nervy start in the second leg which dragged into extra-time, but Faidzol Fazreen Shamsudin settled the tie with a headed goal in the 110th minute. Editors’ Picks Why Barcelona god Messi will never be worshipped in the same way in Argentina Lyon treble & England heartbreak: The full story behind Lucy Bronze’s dramatic 2019 Liverpool v Man City is now the league’s biggest rivalry and the bitterness is growing Megan Rapinoe: Born & brilliant in the U.S.A. Speaking to the press after the match, the 27-year old said that they could not play well at the beginning because they were too cautious in avoiding conceding an away goal.”Both sides played cautiously in the full 90 minutes, but for UKM it was because we did not want to let in an away goal.”We had to play safe and that meant our tactics did not work. It’s better for us to play defensively than to go on the attack.”And when we were down to 10 men in the extra-time (due to injury and lack of available substitution), I told my teammates to move as a unit. Praise Allah, we got the goal later,” explained Hafizudin.When asked about his future, the trainee teacher said that his sacrifice had been repaid by the promotion, and that he is thinking of taking some time off from his teaching, to play fulltime. According to an earlier report by StadiumAstro, Hafizudin, who is studying at the university to be a teacher, is currently undergoing student teaching at a school in Sekinchan, a town some 130 kilometers away from Bangi, where the university and the team are based, and has to commute almost everyday in order to attend training back at the UKM campus.”My nine-month sacrifice from the beginning of the season, having to commute for about two hours daily, has finally paid dividends. The promotion and final spots are what we’ve always wanted.”Playing at the higher level is what I’ve always dreamt of. I will definitely consider taking an unpaid leave from teaching, in order to fulfill that dream,” remarked Hafizudin.However, the skipper’s job in the third tier is not finished yet. Having booked a place in the final against the other semi-final and promotion winners Sime Darby, Hafizudin will want to lead UKM in capping the brilliant 2017 season with the FAM Cup title. UKM will host the first leg of the final on October 15, while Sime Darby will host the return fixture on October 22.
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Swansea City 1 Leicester City 2: Mahrez shines as Appleton enjoys winning start Rob Lancaster Last updated 2 years ago 23:57 10/21/17
Stu Forster/Getty Images Riyad Mahrez set up both Leicester City’s goals to help the visitors beat Swansea City for their first Premier League win since August 19. Riyad Mahrez shone as Leicester City responded to the midweek sacking of manager Craig Shakespeare with a first win in seven Premier League games as they triumphed 2-1 at Swansea City.Under the stewardship of Michael Appleton, who was placed in temporary charge following Shakepeare’s departure on Tuesday, the visitors picked up three points to move out of the relegation zone on Saturday.A rejuvenated Mahrez was directly involved in Leicester’s goals at the Liberty Stadium, sending in the cross that led to Federico Fernandez heading into his own net in the 25th minute for the opener. Article continues below Editors’ Picks Lyon treble & England heartbreak: The full story behind Lucy Bronze’s dramatic 2019 Liverpool v Man City is now the league’s biggest rivalry and the bitterness is growing Megan Rapinoe: Born & brilliant in the U.S.A. A Liverpool legend in the making: Behind Virgil van Dijk’s remarkable rise to world’s best player Shinji Okazaki doubled their lead with a close-range finish from Mahrez’s cushioned pass early in the second half, although Leicester’s two-goal advantage didn’t last for long.5 – Shinji Okazaki has scored five goals in his last nine PL games, as many as he managed in his previous 51 in the competition. Turnaround. pic.twitter.com/NxVhUNrAyR— OptaJoe (@OptaJoe) October 21, 2017Alfie Mawson’s volleyed finish on the turn in the 56th minute gave Swansea hope, but Paul Clement’s side could not find an equaliser and have now lost four of their five home league outings this season.Appleton – whose last match in full charge of a team was Oxford United’s 2-0 win over Shrewsbury Town in League One back in April – made just one change from the side Shakespeare picked for Monday’s 1-1 draw with West Brom, recalling Okazaki up front.The Japan international was at the heart of the visitors’ positive start too, his header from Marc Albrighton’s cross testing Lukasz Fabianski inside the opening minute.Swansea needed their goalkeeper to spare them again when the Leicester pair reversed roles, Okazaki this time with the delivery for his team-mate to unleash a first-time drive that, fortunately for Fabianski, was aimed straight at him.Jamie Vardy also sent in a long-range drive that needed tipping over before Swansea helped out their opponents by putting the ball beyond the Pole in the home goal.Having done well to keep Okazaki’s long ball in play on the left, Mahrez whipped over a cross that Fernandez nodded into his own net despite being under little pressure.The Algerian winger set up Leicester’s second four minutes after the restart when he broke beyond Swansea’s offside trap and teed up Okazaki, who just about bundled home.Conceding on the counter-attack was a sucker punch for Swansea, although they quickly recovered from the blow to halve the deficit.A scuffed corner from Renato Sanches posed little threat until Jordan Ayew flicked on at the front post, allowing Mawson to swivel and find the far corner of Kasper Schmeichel’s net.Swansea tried in vain to find an equaliser, substitute Wayne Routledge the closest to scoring with a low drive that only hit the side-netting.However, Leicester held firm through to the final whistle to secure a victory that ends a difficult week on a high.The final whistle blows as the Foxes see off the hosts 2-1 at Liberty Stadium! #SwaLei pic.twitter.com/XwGYkPcfMq— Leicester City (@LCFC) October 21, 2017 Key Opta stats:- Since the start of 2015-16, Swansea have scored 11 own-goals, more than twice as many as any other side.- Shinji Okazaki has scored five goals in his last nine Premier League games, as many as he managed in his previous 51 in the competition.- Mahrez has had a hand in five Premier League goals against Swansea (four goals, one assist); against no other side has the winger been involved in more goals in the competition (also five v West Brom).- Jordan Ayew has been directly involved in more Premier League goals than any other current Swansea player since his debut in the competition in February 2017 (seven – two goals, five assists). read more
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The 50-member team, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, including biomedical engineers, arrived in Jamaica on March 27 to perform cataract surgeries on more than 500 Jamaicans at KPH. The mission extends to April 27. Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the hospital, Dr. Natalie Whylie, said that while the mission is focused on performing surgeries, the training component exists to ensure that the work will continue after the team has left. The Bright Journey Medical Mission will be training staff of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) in new technology to ensure the sustainability of the work being undertaken by the team from China.The 50-member team, comprising ophthalmologists, nurses, and technical support staff, including biomedical engineers, arrived in Jamaica on March 27 to perform cataract surgeries on more than 500 Jamaicans at KPH. The mission extends to April 27.Senior Medical Officer (SMO) at the hospital, Dr. Natalie Whylie, said that while the mission is focused on performing surgeries, the training component exists to ensure that the work will continue after the team has left.“The technical team, nurses, doctors and technicians are working alongside our KPH team. There is that exchange of information and technical expertise so that at the end of this mission, the gift of the Chinese people to the Jamaican people will be sustainable,” she noted, while addressing a recent JIS Think Tank.“We are training trainers because the Opthalmology Department is an important site of postgraduate training. We are part of the Doctor of Medicine programme of the University Hospital of the West Indies, so as we work alongside our Chinese counterparts, we will, in turn, continue that training, and as a result, the gift of the mission will continue,” she added.The SMO said that the ophthalmology clinic, which is the largest at KPH, “is one of the jewels in our crown, attending to over 200 patients daily”.She noted that there is a designated operating theatre and a well-trained team that is responsible for delivering eye care to the Jamaican people.Dr. Whylie said that the KPH, which is an institution of training, is proud to be hosting the Bright Journey mission for the second time in four years.“We are actively involved in the training of different categories of health workers such as medical and nursing students, and pharmacy, physiotherapy and dietary (students),” she noted.“We are also involved in the training of postgraduate residents in all of the medical and surgical disciplines, including ophthalmology,” she added.The Bright Journey Medical Mission first visited Jamaica in 2015. It is part of a commitment that was made by Chinese President Xi Jinping to CARICOM leaders in 2013, to expand public health cooperation with Caribbean countries. The Bright Journey Medical Mission will be training staff of the Kingston Public Hospital (KPH) in new technology to ensure the sustainability of the work being undertaken by the team from China. Story Highlights
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EDMONTON — Alberta’s environment minister has cancelled public information sessions about proposed new parks in a region known as Bighorn Country, citing “bullying” and “abuse” which she says make it impossible to guarantee people’s safety.“I have heard stories of Albertans afraid to attend community events, Albertans berated in public, Albertans followed home, and Albertans feeling intimidated to not speak their mind or participate in this important discussion,” Shannon Phillips said in a news release Saturday.“I call on all of my elected colleagues to denounce the bullying and harassment being faced by Bighorn supporters,” she noted, referring to people who favour the government’s parks plan.The New Democrats in November announced eight new parks covering 4,000 square kilometres along the eastern edges of Banff and Jasper national parks.Fourteen public and invitation-only information sessions were scheduled in five communities between December and Jan. 31.But Phillips said Saturday that upcoming sessions for Drayton Valley, Red Deer, Sundre and Edmonton will be cancelled. She said the government will re-evaluate its engagement plans in order to ensure people in those communities “can participate safely.”Phillips said the government will schedule two telephone town hall sessions for residents of Drayton Valley and Red Deer and that the public engagement period will be extended to Feb. 15.“We will continue to engage with all Albertans in the weeks to come. We believe our proposal for Bighorn Country sets the stage to achieve the right balance of environmental, economic, Indigenous and social values and goals,” Phillips said.Jason Nixon, the United Conservative Party member for the Sundre area, issued a response condemning intimidation — but said he hasn’t personally seen any.“I have personally attended a number of public events regarding the Bighorn, and while attendees were very concerned with the proposal, they were also completely civil,” Nixon said in a statement.Nixon has said that many people remain uncertain about the plan’s impact on industry and land use, and suggested it could take another year to gather input. He said the government has been overly reliant on information from environmental groups and has only recently opened up the process.Nixon repeated on Saturday a previous accusation that the government is trying to ram the plan through before an expected spring election.“It is completely unacceptable for the NDP to arbitrarily cancel in-person consultation. Sadly, it’s increasingly clear that the NDP isn’t interested in listening to those who live and work in the region,” he said. More than three dozen retired biologists, however, have accused Nixon of spreading misinformation. They said in an open letter to Phillips and Premier Rachel Notley that they want the provincial government to stick with the plan to conserve the area.The plan for the new parks calls for a variety of permitted activities and offers $40 million over five years for campsites and other infrastructure. Off-highway vehicles, horse packing and hunting would continue, although with new restrictions. Grazing leases would continue and no existing trails would be closed.Rob Drinkwater, The Canadian Press
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APTN National NewsAn Aboriginal woman born and raised in Winnipeg is competing in the hit U.S. television program, The Biggest Loser.It’s a reality show where overweight individuals compete weekly hoping to shed the most pounds.Jackie Pierson grew up in Winnipeg but now resides in northern California.Pierson, 36, said she gained most of her weight after the death of her dad in 2004. She now weighs 291 pounds.APTN’s Shaneen Robinson has the story.
The amount of stress, both physical and emotional, that people face is so much more than what it used to be even a few years ago. Stress leads to a myriad of emotions. Some people express or talk about these emotions and thus let them out, many just bottle them up. These negative emotions, such as guilt, anger, jealousy, resentment, insecurity and fear, when not given expression, slowly weigh down on immunity, eventually making the person ill.You cannot leave the mind out of the equation of healing or losing weight and fat. It plays an important role because your thoughts have a direct impact on your cells and health. Let’s do a little exercise. I want you to be angry right now. You can’t, right? You have to have an angry thought to feel anger. Let’s try again. Try to be sad. Again, you can’t, right? You need a sad thought to feel sad. You need to experience an emotion or feeling. How do these feelings and emotions affect our cells? Let me explain with a question. When you feel happy, sad or angry, where do you feel the emotion? You feel it all over, and not just in your heart or mind. Billions of cells in your body vibrate with the emotion or feeling. So, all these cells could be vibrating with a positive or a negative emotion and, if it’s the latter, that you feel continuously or for long periods of time, it can lower your immunity and rob you of energy and health. Observe carefully how you feel in your body and mind the next time you have a negative thought and emotion.Your subconscious has great power. I always ask people to consider the following example. Most people have the memory of tasting a lemon stored in their subconscious. Imagine biting into a lemon. You will most likely start to salivate. Close your eyes and imagine the sourness and taste. You will salivate more. Just talking about this experience brings up a memory that is inactive in the subconscious to the conscious mind, where it is experienced again. Your subconscious mind has collected so many experiences, thoughts and memories from the time you were a child, and it takes just one word, person, situation, sight, picture or smell to bring it ‘back to life’ in our conscious mind, which then transforms into a feeling or an emotion. Therefore, if you bottle up sad and depressed thoughts or keep thinking about them, that’s how you will be and feel. If you keep thinking you can never lose weight and are no good, it’s unlikely that you will lose weight. But if you keep thinking you are healthy, that’s how you will feel. From the time you wake up until you sleep, you are exposed to newspapers, social media, TV shows, radio shows, gossip, etc. And everything you see or hear is absorbed by your mind. If you do not live mindfully, truly aware of your feelings, thoughts, emotions and actions, it can trigger irritability or anger later in the day. This is why you need to meditate, spend some time in silence, pray or visualize your happier self every single day. You manifest what you visualize. The next time you feel negative or angry, take some time out and sit comfortably with your eyes closed and go deeper into the space behind that negative feeling. For example, you may think a person has triggered the emotion. But go deeper still and you may find a deeper connection to that emotion and person, and that’s what you need to be aware of and work with. There used to be a time when a bad day was just a bad day. But now people tend to numb their feelings using alcohol, smoking, socializing, junk food or mindless TV watching. Instead of acknowledging our feelings, we cope by suppressing them, filling our emotional void with habits and lifestyles that work like a Band-Aid, never making us face the root cause. When it comes to weight gain or the inability to lose weight, the most common coping mechanism is to ‘eat oneself out of a problem’. Unfortunately, that never solves the problem and, in fact, makes it worse. Similarly, alcohol, drugs and tobacco tend to distract us from feeling our feelings. There is nothing wrong with indulging in them, but be aware and mindful, because they can sneakily become habits that in the long run don’t address the root cause and eventually depress you. Today, like diets and exercise, spirituality has also become a fad. People jump from chanting to meditation to other spiritual practices just to tick a box. It is not done mindfully and hence people still feel incomplete. They do not let the benefits of their practice slip into the rest of their day. For example, after their 30 minutes of breathing or pranayama, they forget that they should also practise deep breathing or be conscious of their breath during the day. Emotional detoxification is important throughout the day and you need to strive to live in the present moment or at least come back to the present moment when you get caught up in the chaos of the day. The root cause of at least 86 per cent of my breastcancer cases diagnosed over the last two years in India was found to be linked to patients’ emotional issues. At the time of detection of the cancer, the clients mentioned that they were experiencing chronic stress, or something emotional or tragic was going on in their lives. These worrying statistics reinforce the need for you to look within to understand who you are and find that spiritual space and balance that help you make better decisions. (Excerpted with permission from The Magic Weight Loss Pill; written by Luke Coutinho & Anushka Shetty; published by Penguin eBury Press. The excerpt here is a part of the chapter titled ‘ Preparing for the Magic Weight-loss Pill’.)
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Mr. Annan was opening a special high-level meeting of the Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC) with officials of the Bretton Woods institutions – the World Bank and International Monetary Fund (IMF) – as well as the UN Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD) and the World Trade Organization (WTO).Attending also were finance and development ministers and central bankers coming from the spring meeting of the World Bank and IMF held over the weekend in Washington, DC.As he wrote in his recent report, Mr. Annan said, “we will not enjoy development without security, we will not enjoy security without development, and we will not enjoy either without respect for human rights.”That is why I have proposed a comprehensive agenda, giving equal weight and attention to these three great purposes of the United Nations, all of which must be underpinned by the rule of law,” he said.He also called on rich countries to increase overseas development assistance (ODA) to 0.7 per cent of gross national product or income (GNP, GNI), “with front-loading through an international finance facility (IFF) or other mechanism” and with an active search for new sources of funds and new ways to ensure that the debt burden of developing countries is sustainable.”I am hoping that Member States will be galvanized, not only by the self-evident urgency of taking steps to deal with poverty, as well as terrorism and the spread of deadly weapons and, indeed, deadly disease, but also by a sense of the unique opportunity that this year presents. Both on the development side and on the security and institutional side, there is now a widespread sense of ‘if not now, when?'” Mr. Annan said.A series of meeting over the next few months provided a unique chance to make real changes in the international system to make the world freer, fairer and safer for all its inhabitants, he noted, referring to the General Assembly’s high-level dialogue on Finance for Development in June, followed by an ECOSOC high-level segment, the summit of the Group of Eight (G-8) most industrialized countries in July, the autumn meetings of the World Bank and the IMF in September, and the WTO ministerial meeting in December.The ECOSOC President, Ambassador Munir Akram of Pakistan, said today’s meeting should make a useful contribution to the September summit and it was fitting that the theme was “Coherence, coordination and cooperation in the context of the implementation of the Monterrey Consensus” of 2002.The President of UNCTAD’s Trade and Development Board, Mary Whelan of Ireland, said developing countries could earn up to an additional $3 billion annually from trade, but most of the money accruing from the concluding 2006 Doha Round of the WTO’s negotiations probably would go to countries that already had a competitive edge.New merchandise exports had come from South and Southeast Asia and parts of Central and South America, she said, but export trade alone could not reduce poverty without development linkages with the rest of the economy and investment was not enough to support sustainable economic growth.World Bank/IMF Development Committee Chair Trevor Manuel of South Africa, who is also his country’s Finance Minister, said the panel had concluded yesterday that the advance towards the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), designed to end or lessen a host of socio-economic ills, had progressed on many fronts in the developing countries, but many would not be met, especially by sub-Saharan African countries.Agreeing on the MDGs, Deputy IMF Managing Director Agustin Carstens said the main challenge was to continue strengthening the investment environment and to foster private sector-led growth.Meanwhile, the potential for a sharper than expected rise in long-term interest rates and increased currency exchange volatility called for vigilance, he added. read more
Italy arrests siblings accused of huge VIP hacking campaign ROME – Police have arrested a brother-and-sister team suspected of conducting an ambitious, years-long campaign of hacking that targeted thousands of accounts belonging to some of the leading political and business figures in Italy.The motive of the sprawling campaign, which carried Masonic overtones, remains a mystery. But those in the crosshairs included Matteo Renzi when he was Italian premier, European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi and much of the cream of Italy’s elite.“In the eight months we have been investigating, we haven’t registered any evidence of extortion activity, or attempts to (use hacked data) to obtain influence,” Roberto Di Legami, who directs the Italian national police division that specializes in combatting internet and other communications network crimes, told The Associated Press in a telephone interview Tuesday.Police said Tuesday that it was an assist from the FBI that helped cracked the “cyberespionage headquarters” and led to Monday’s arrests of Giulio Occhionero, 45, and his 49-year-old sister Francesca Maria Occhionero. They are being kept in isolation in two different jails in Rome, police said.The two live in the Italian capital, where they are reportedly well known in the world of high finance. They also have a legal residence in London, where at one point they registered a securities company, Di Legami said.Prosecutors’ requests for the arrest warrants alleged that the duo tried to hack into Renzi’s personal email twice in June, when he was still premier, and into Draghi’s email account once in June and again in July.A person familiar with the matter said there was no indication any European Central Bank account was successfully breached. The person spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the matter.Italian police were generous with praise for the FBI’s help. Di Legami said the FBI found the servers despite the suspect’s use of the online anonymity tool Tor to mask their electronic movements.The FBI did not return a message seeking comment on the nature of its assistance, confirming only that it had helped with the investigation through the U.S. Embassy in Rome.All but one of the servers the Occhioneros allegedly used in their scheme were located in the United States, Di Legami said. He added that, until the Americans hand the servers to Italian investigators, it will not be known if any of the hacking attempts succeeded and if so, what data might have been extracted from the targeted accounts.Police said investigators would be analyzing “an enormous mound of sequestered material” in the United States.The motive for the hacks was unclear, although lines of code in the software — including the English-language string “Pyramid Eye” — suggest a Masonic connection.Giulio Occhionero was a high-ranking member of a Masonic lodge, Di Legami said.An email sent to Giulio Occhionero’s personal address was not immediately returned; a LinkedIn message left with Francesca Maria’s account also was not returned.Other prominent Italians whose accounts allegedly were targeted include Fabrizio Saccomanni, a former Italian economy minister who also served as a top official of Italy’s central bank; a Catholic cardinal holding Vatican posts; Mario Monti, an economist who wrestled with Italy’s financial crisis as premier from 2011 to 2013; former top officials of the Italian tax police squad; and Italian politicians from across the political spectrum.Politicians expressed relief that a cyber-spy operation had been unmasked and demanded investigators get to the bottom of it.“Everything must be rapidly cleared up, avoiding news leaks,” Debora Serracchiani, a top official with Renzi’s Democratic Party, said. “Certainly, a criminal plan has been uncovered upon which many hypotheses can be made.”The alleged hacking operation came to light as Italian politics already are roiled over Renzi’s stepping down as premier last month after a referendum defeat and manoeuvring ahead of likely early elections that could come this year.Ignazio La Russa, a right-wing lawmaker who was among the cyber-spies’ targets, was quoted by the Italian news agency ANSA as saying that he did not feel anguished about information of his that may have been taken.“A member of Parliament must be transparent. If they asked me, I would have given them the info gratis,” La Russa said.La Russa added: “I’d be sorry however, if they spied on my private life, entering in the accounts of my wife or children.”Giulio Occhionero co-founded a boutique Roman investment firm named Westlands Securities SpA, according to his LinkedIn profile and a former employee of the company who didn’t want to be identified in connection with the investigation.Di Legami said investigators think the firm might have been set up largely as a cover for criminal activities, although they found evidence Westland Securities provided legitimate financial advising, including for construction at a southern Italian port, and also had some dealings in stocks and bonds.Giulio Occhionero was the main force in the duo, drawing on his background as an engineer — he has a degree in nuclear engineering — as well as formidable talent as a quantitative analyst, the police official said.Francesca Maria Occhionero, whose LinkedIn page shows she served as Westland Securities’ managing director, mainly helped with support logistics, Di Legami said.Di Legami said the investigators’ big break came when a security manager at a government office dealing with computer security received an email from a law office he didn’t recognize.Alarmed, the manager asked a security firm to trace the IP address. When the IP address didn’t match the one used by the law office, police investigators picked up the trail.Di Legami said the hackers used sophisticated and complex malware and were able to access their victims’ networks for long periods of time, remotely harvesting emails, communications and other documents from targeted computers.In all, the suspects allegedly obtained some 18,000 usernames and nearly 1,800 passwords.The suspects created numerous folders to divide up their targets. Among the more creatively named ones was a folder dubbed “Bros” that included persons who supposedly belong to a Masonic lodge and another folder dubbed POBU — for politicians and business — in which various individuals from high-level politics and business were listed.Investigators moved to have the suspects arrested because of the “concrete danger” they could flee abroad, police said.___Satter reported from Paris. David McHugh in Frankfurt, Germany, contributed to this report.___This story has been corrected to show the male suspect’s age is 45, not 44.___Online:Frances D’Emilio is on twitter at www.twitter.com/fdemilioRaphael Satter can be reached at http://raphaelsatter.com by Frances D’Emilio And Raphael Satter, The Associated Press Posted Jan 10, 2017 6:07 pm MDT Last Updated Jan 10, 2017 at 7:00 pm MDT AddThis Sharing ButtonsShare to TwitterTwitterShare to FacebookFacebookShare to RedditRedditShare to 電子郵件Email This undated image taken from video and made available by the Italian Police on Tuesday, Jan. 10, 2017, shows two police officers working at a computer station. Italian police say they have arrested two suspects, a brother-and-sister team, for trying to hack the personal email accounts of leading public figures, including reportedly those of former premier Matteo Renzi and European Central Bank chief Mario Draghi (Polizia di Stato HO via ANSA) read more
Forge Group subsidiary Abesque Engineering has received a Letter of Award for the Engineering, Procurement, Construction and Commissioning Assistance (EPC) contract for Lynas Corp’s LampsUp-WA project near Laverton in Western Australia. The LampsUp-WA project involves expansion of Lynas’ Mt Weld rare earths concentration plant to increase design throughput capacity from the current 120,000 t to 240,000 t/y. The contract value is approximately A$36 million, and Abesque’s scope of works under the contract involves the design, supply, installation and provision of commissioning assistance for the expanded processing facilities and associated infrastructure items for the project. Site construction works are planned to commence in February 2012.Abesque completed the design and construction of the current (Phase 1) Mt Weld concentrator in March this year, also under an EPC contract.
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TURKEY FORCED A Syrian passenger plane from Moscow to land in Ankara, reportedly suspecting it was carrying weapons, adding to tensions between the two neighbours and prompting a Russian demand for answers.Foreign Minister Ahmet Davutoglu said Turkey seized “objectionable cargo” from the the plane which it intercepted en route from Moscow to Damascus on Wednesday.Anatolia news agency quoted officials as saying they suspected the aircraft was carrying arms.“There is illegal cargo on the plane that should have been reported” in line with civil aviation regulations, Davutoglu was quoted as saying by Anatolia.“There are elements on board that can be considered objectionable,” he said, adding that Turkey would hold on to the cargo for further investigation but declining to elaborate on the contents.TensionsTensions have been running high between Ankara and Damascus since the eruption of the conflict in Syria and were inflamed after a series of shell strikes from Syria on Turkish soil, including one attack that left five civilians dead last week.Ankara scrambled two jets to force the Airbus A-320 plane to land in Ankara on suspicion that was carrying weapons and ammunition.The confiscated cargo was believed to be missile parts, NTV news channel reported, while state-run TRT speculated it could be communications equipment headed for Damascus.The plane was allowed to leave at 11.30 GMT, nine hours after it was intercepted, with all of its 35 passengers on board, Anatolia said.Seventeen of them were Russian nationals, including children, according to Russia’s Interfax news agency, citing a foreign ministry source.The Russian embassy in Ankara has already contacted the government, demanding an explanation on the circumstances of the forced landing, according to the Interfax source.But Davutoglu said “the incident would not affect Turkish-Russian relations at this point”.SearchesEarlier this month, Iraq stopped and searched a Syria-bound Iranian cargo plane but allowed it to continue as no prohibited items were found.And in June, Britain forced a Russian cargo vessel allegedly carrying attack helicopters and missiles for Syria to turn back.Following the forced landing, Ankara warned Turkish airline companies against using Syrian airspace to avoid a possible retaliation from Damascus, NTV said.The warning briefly interrupted Turkish air traffic, with Turkish planes changing routes to avoid Syrian skies.The Turkish army had warned earlier Wednesday of a stronger response if Syrian shells continued to land on Turkish soil, after parliament agreed to give the government a mandate to authorise cross-border operations where necessary.“We have retaliated (for Syrian shelling) and if it continues, we’ll respond more strongly,” the head of Turkey’s armed forces, General Necdet Ozel, said in Akcakale.Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan has also warned Damascus not to test the patience of the NATO member state and vowed Ankara would not tolerate such acts on its soil.Read: Turkish jets force Syrian plane to land over suspicious cargo>
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Boutique shopping in Dublin in the 1960s Source: Four Courts PressIN THE AFTERMATH of The Emergency, neutral Ireland’s experience of World War II, the country experienced a couple of decades’ worth of intense change, no more than the rest of the world.The 1950s and (particularly) the 1960s saw Ireland dragged kicking and screaming into a new, modern era.How the capital evolved in those 20 years is explored, in text and evocative images, in ‘Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s: Cars, Shops and Suburbs’ by UCD geographer and Associate Professor Joe Brady, the latest volume in the Making of Dublin City series. Traffic gridlock on Grafton Street Source: Four Courts Press Source: Four Courts Press Source: Four Courts PressThe evolution of the city has been an interest of Brady’s all his academic life. A native of Fairview on the city’s northside he says: “any good geographer is always interested in the landscape around them.”“The new book looks at what things were like in Dublin in two very contrasting decades,” he says. Sandymount Strand Source: Four Courts Press“The 50s were quite gloomy, but not for everybody. It’s true there was probably a lot of dull and fairly dark things happening in Ireland in the 50s, but for others life went on.”The book is just an attempt to get a flavour for what the city was like.In Brady’s own words, he does so by looking at the bigger picture, and smaller, more personal vignettes, “like the Bowl of Light on O’Connell Bridge”, which was placed there in 1953. The Bowl was the centrepiece of An Tóstal, an annual festival that ran throughout the 1950s. “The row over it went on for nearly 10 years,” laughs Brady. “The population was horrified when they saw it – this bowl with its rotating flames.”So you have a Trinity student who grabs the plastic flames and throws them into the Liffey, and then you have a whole load of cartoons of the Liffey flinging them back! The Bowl of Light was the centrepiece of the “An Tóstal” on O’Connell Bridge in 1953 @LouiseClissold #Dublin pic.twitter.com/vFYH59ROH0— Old DublinTown. com (@OldDublinTown) September 1, 2013 By Cianan Brennan Saturday 18 Mar 2017, 8:50 AM Bigger pictureBut the book also looks at how Dublin came to evolve into its current guise – that means infrastructure, retail therapy, and house-ownership.“The only real difference in the 1950s from the previous era was that car-ownership was on the increase,” says Brady. “And the growth in cars couldn’t be totally accommodated, but you could do so to a certain degree.” O’Donovan Rossa Bridge, with Christchurch in the background Source: Four Courts Press Merrion Square Park Source: Four Courts Press Traffic leading onto O’Connell Street Source: Four Courts PressThis leads to the 40 years of planning that went on up until a decade ago. The idea back then was to build urban motorways that cut right through the city. Fortunately, in the 1950s the money just wasn’t there.This saw Dublin engaging in much “soul-searching” as to what kind of city would be needed by a car-owning population.The other big movement in society, says Brady, was Dublin people’s discovery of the joys of suburban life, and the changing of the relationship between citizens and their city centre. Source: Four Courts Press Tallaght, 1960s Source: Four Courts Press“This is all a product of the 1960s,” he says. “The car is opening out areas that couldn’t previously be used. With that comes new methods of shopping, and suddenly you have alternatives to the city centre.”In the 40s there was only one Dublin city centre. Now there are many focuses for retail sales. So you’ve got shopping centres opening in Stillorgan and Cornelscourt in the late 1960s.So how would he describe the two decades he’s been scrutinising?“The 50s is slow and steady, the 60s is fast and energetic.”In the 60s people were starting to see a bit of money in their pocket. Everyone had rented before but now people are starting to think about owning their own home. They’re thinking about the car and the television, even foreign holidays. http://jrnl.ie/3293405 27,021 Views Mar 18th 2017, 8:50 AM
31 Comments Pictures: A new book explores how the 1950s and 1960s shaped the Dublin we know today 1950s saw the mass-introduction of cars in Dublin. The 1960s saw a people’s way of life change at a rate of knots. The GPO on O’Connell Street, prior to the fall of Nelson’s Pillar in 1966 Source: Four Courts Press“Not everyone was of course. But it was the people who changed things.”‘Dublin in the 1950s and 1960s: Cars, Shops and Suburbs’ is available now hereRead: Picture this: Looking back at Dublin’s old St Patrick’s Day ParadesRead: ‘This is Ireland’: Beautiful one-stop website really sells the country to the world Share Tweet Email9 Short URL Source: Old DublinTown. com/Twitter Tweet thisShare on FacebookEmail this article
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Kevin De Bruyne has backed Vincent Kompany to recover in time for Belgium ahead of the World Cup and he expects the skipper to play a big part in Russia, even if he misses the first few gamesThe Manchester City playmaker played for Belgium on Wednesday night as they cruised to a convincing 3-0 win over Egypt without Kompany, as he continues his recovery from the injury sustained last week.Despite doubt’s over the 32-year-old’s availability this summer, Roberto Martinez selected Kompany in his final 23-man squad for Belgium and De Bruyne backed the coach’s decision.“He will be fine,” he told Sky Sports.
Opinion: De Bruyne is the best crosser since Beckham Tomás Pavel Ibarra Meda – September 13, 2019 We never thought we would see anything remotely like it, but now we can say that De Bruyne is the best crosser since Beckham.Nobody…“Maybe not for the first few games. I don’t know how he’s going to react to the treatment or how quickly he will progress but hopefully, he will be ready as soon as possible.“We don’t have to take any risks because we should be able to get through the group with the team we have but obviously he if he is fit to play it’s going to really help us.”Belgium have one more friendly with Costa Rica on Monday, before their Group G opener against Panama on 18 June.
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Related Items: Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsAppThe government seems to be making a tremendous effort in fighting money-laundering in the Turks and Caicos Islands. In addition, to a recently held anti-money laundering training at Beaches Resort and Spa, the government is now hoping to pump funds into the area in an effort to minimize money-laundering activities in the TCI. At last Cabinet sitting, the country’s leaders advised the governor to approve monies amounting to more than $120,000 to improve the ability of the relevant authorities to detect money laundering, among beneficiaries of the fund are the Marine branch of the Royal Turks and Caicos Islands Police Force and the Financial Crimes Intelligence Unit. Facebook Twitter Google+LinkedInPinterestWhatsApp
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El Cajon Town Hall meeting with Mayor Bill Wels Posted: January 30, 2019 KUSI Newsroom, January 30, 2019 KUSI Newsroom 00:00 00:00 spaceplay / pause qunload | stop ffullscreenshift + ←→slower / faster ↑↓volume mmute ←→seek . seek to previous 12… 6 seek to 10%, 20% … 60% XColor SettingsAaAaAaAaTextBackgroundOpacity SettingsTextOpaqueSemi-TransparentBackgroundSemi-TransparentOpaqueTransparentFont SettingsSize||TypeSerif MonospaceSerifSans Serif MonospaceSans SerifCasualCursiveSmallCapsResetSave SettingsSAN DIEGO (KUSI) – El Cajon Mayor Bill Wells is scheduled to hold his first Town Hall meeting of the year to give residents a chance to weigh in on their concerns and ask questions.During the meeting Wells plans to answer questions about how the city is working to solve pressing issues, talk about projects and developments coming to El Cajon.Wells said he expects the city’s population of homeless individuals to be a hot topic of conversation at the meeting, set for 6 p.m., Wednesday, Jan. 30 at El Cajon Valley High School.For more information on the meeting click here. Categories: Good Morning San Diego, Local San Diego News, Politics Tags: El Cajon FacebookTwitter
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WILMINGTON, MA — Below are some recent announcements from the Wilmington Recreation Department:Seaside Adult Art ClassCelebrate summer winding down with a seaside themed art class! Decorate your home or give them away as unique gifts!In our “Seaside” program, adults will create 2 projects: a decorative sign and your choice of a mermaid, seahorse, shark or seashell collection. Under the guidance of our experienced instructor, you will use stencils, paint and sealants on a prepared piece of wood to create their own project that will remind you of summertime at the shore. This will be held on Wednesday, August 8 from 6:30 – 9:00 p.m. Cost is $55.To register, visit https://www.wilmingtonma.gov/recreation, call the Recreation Department, at 978-658-4270, or stop by Town Hall, Room 8, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.“Fall Into New York City” Overnight TripOn Thursday – Saturday, Sept. 6 – 8, the Wilmington Recreation Dept. will venture to the Big Apple for a great getaway. You will stay at the elegant Roosevelt Hotel in mid-town Manhattan. Once you’re settled, you are free to explore the city at your leisure. Take in a Broadway show, tour the 9/11 Museum, Ellis Island or any of the limitless options the “city that doesn’t sleep” has to offer. Included in this trip is roundtrip motor coach transportation, 2 nights’ hotel accommodations, tour escort, taxes and service charges. Attached is a copy of the trip flyer with more details. Please let us know if you have any questions!To register, visit https://www.wilmingtonma.gov/recreation, call the Recreation Department, at 978-658-4270, or stop by Town Hall, Room 8, Monday – Friday, 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.(NOTE: The above announcements are from the Wilmington Recreation Department.)Like Wilmington Apple on Facebook. Follow Wilmington Apple on Twitter. Follow Wilmington Apple on Instagram. Subscribe to Wilmington Apple’s daily email newsletter HERE. Got a comment, question, photo, press release, or news tip? Email wilmingtonapple@gmail.com.Share this:TwitterFacebookLike this:Like Loading… RelatedWILMINGTON REC REMINDERS: Day Trip To New York City On October 19In “Community”WILMINGTON REC REMINDERS: Registration Now Open For Upholstery Workshop This FallIn “Community”Wilmington Recreation Has Discounted Tickets To Canobie Lake Park’s ScreeemfestIn “Community”
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As the winter approaches, many animals are migrating south, but there’s one sly creature that scientists say in recent years has started to remain in the high Arctic in the winter. Red foxes have not only expanded their habitat into the far north, the charismatic, bushy tailed mammal is out-competing the native Arctic fox and causing problems at oil field dumpsters in Prudhoe Bay.Download Audio
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