text: Ram Pothineni is an Indian film actor who is known for his works in Telugu cinema. He is a nephew of the film producer Sravanthi Ravi Kishore. Pothineni made his film debut in 2006 with the masala flick Devadasu, which became a blockbuster at the box office. He won a Filmfare Award for Best Male Debut - South for his performance in the film. Following this, Pothineni rose to prominence with leading roles in critical and commercial successes such as Ready (2008), Maska (2009), Kandireega (2011), Pandaga Chesko (2015), Nenu Sailaja (2016), and Hello Guru Prema Kosame (2018).

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Systems Approaches to Enhance Peanut Production under Resource Limitation
The goals of UF 157 were to improve peanut productivity and production by increasing yield, reducing losses due to pests, weeds and diseases, and reducing labor inputs. Emphasis on technology transfer, and later, seed multiplication, was a strong point. Mechanical aids to speed up harvesting and processing will lead to reduced losses, improved quality and reduced risk of aflatoxin contamination. Outcomes will benefit resource-poor farmers in improving production efficiency, reduction of input costs and have beneficial effects on the environment.
In Burkina Faso and Ghana, systems approaches to enhance peanut production include use of new herbicides and fungicides, optimizing use of hand-weeding relative to herbicides use, and using enhanced spraying equipment. Multi-location peanut cultivar trials under Peanut CRSP sponsorship show that because production was of higher value, fungicide use results in 70% pod yield increases and improves labor productivity, even without herbicide use. Research in the 2010 and 2011 seasons showed yields of improved cultivars about double that of the standard, short-season check cultivars. Also during these years, continued fungicide and fungicide trials showed herbicide and fungicide benefits. Results from two locations each in Ghana and Burkina Faso continued to show the clear advantage of the improved lines (near double in yields, 15 days longer to maturity, and greater leaf-spot resistance). There is long enough growing season for the longer maturing material, but farmers will have to accept the longer maturity against shorter season varieties. Two of the lines have been released in Ghana as named cultivars “NkateSari and Gusie Balan”. Four herbicides were tested at two locations in Ghana in 2012, and two of them (pendimethalin and basagran) provided near acceptable weed control without hand weeding. Herbicide and fungicide trials in Burkina Faso are providing promising results. The results of the research will form the basis for cropping system models to apply the information across wide regions in the countries.
Dr. Ken Boote
Institut de l'Environnement et de Recherches Agricoles
- Dr. Zagre Bertin
Savanna Agricultural Research Institute
- Dr. Jessee B. B. Naab
University of Florida
- Dr. John Erickson
- Dr. Jim W. Jones
University of Ouagadougou
- Dr. Philippe Sankara
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System Approaches to Enhance Peanut Production under Resource Limitation

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The Victorian Nursery Book - Antony Miall; Peter Miall;J. M. Dent & Sons, 1980, Hardback in Dust Wrapper.
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In this delightful collection of pictures and writings from the period, by turns poignant, amusing and nostalgic, Antony and Peter Miall have recreated the sheltered and genteel atmosphere which permeated the life of the middle class Victorian child. They explore every facet of this very special, child-centred existence preparations for the new baby, life in the nursery and schoolroom, the trappings of the nursery itself and the industry that supplied them, the vital role of the nanny and governess and all the hazards, the trials and the pleasures, of growing up in that far-off and privileged world.

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A non-governmental organisation, Lift Above Poverty Organisation, on Wednesday said it had trained 58 community health workers and volunteers on cancer screening.
It also said that the training, which was facilitated by experts from the Nigerian Medical Association, Society for Family Health and Planned Parenthood Federation of Nigeria, was aimed at reducing cancer-related deaths among Nigerians.
The Executive Director of the organisation, Sabina Idowu-Osehobo, disclosed this at the LAPO Community Committee for Cancer Control project mid-term review meeting with community-based organisations in Benin.
Idowu-Osehobo stated that the project was one of the organisation’s measures towards improving the lives of the poor and disadvantaged in the country.
She explained, “LAPO believes that poverty is further reinforced by ill-health, with cancer and other chronic ailments linked to the increasing level of household poverty in Nigeria.
“Tackling the problem would indirectly address other related challenges, like children dropping out of school, household social insecurity and poverty.”
According to her, 761,327 community members were reached through the health initiative in the first one year, against its target of 640,079.
Idowu-Osehobo added, “Our major challenge is the lack of basic cancer screening facilities in primary health centres and the high cost of pre-malignant surgery.
“However, we have been able to address the challenge of ignorance and late detection of cancer among beneficiaries in target communities with the LAPO-C4 project.”

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Connecticut River Watershed Council to hold annual river cleanup
MIDDLETOWN -- The Connecticut River Watershed Council is asking hikers, fishermen, hunters, and anyone else who spends any time in the woods to alert it to spoiled scenery due to litter.
Low river levels due to a hot, dry summer have revealed large amounts of trash and debris in and along rivers, revealing discarded cans and plastic bottles, fast food containers or other trash spoiling an otherwise beautiful natural place, the council said.
Anyone who has a trash tip should contact CRWC at firstname.lastname@example.org or by calling (860) 704-0057. Registration is also open for the 2012 Source to Sea Cleanup. All ages and abilities are welcome. Individuals can work solo, start a group or join an existing group by visiting www.ctriver.org.
The conservation group is asking all watershed residents to report trash sites in need of cleaning up by logging onto www.ctriver.org.
The 16th annual Source to Sea Cleanup is on on Saturday, Sept. 29, where you can join thousands of other volunteers across New England combating trash problems in their towns.
Businesses can get involved by starting a volunteer cleanup group, by donating cleanup supplies such as gloves and trash bags, or by becoming a sponsor.
"Source to Sea Cleanup volunteers have worked hard to combat litter and illegally dumped trash," said Jacqueline Talbot, CT River Steward and organizer of the cleanup. "In the past 15 years, our volunteers have pulled over 707 tons of trash from the Connecticut River and its tributaries."
But the trash keeps showing up, she said.
"Removing it helps keep precious water resources clean and our natural spaces safe for families and wildlife," Talbot said. "It is a big watershed, so we rely on people to let us know about the problem spots."
The group will work with local residents and agencies to get to as many as possible, Talbot concluded.
Last year's call for site suggestions yielded many sites in need of cleanup, such as a tip received in 2010 about a massive tire dump in Hadley, Mass.
Based on this information, CRWC worked with state officials to remove the tires.
Lead sponsors for CRWC's 2012 Cleanup are NRG Middletown Power and TransCanada.
The Connecticut River Watershed Council has been a nonprofit advocate for the 11,000 square-mile watershed of the Connecticut River since 1952 and is proud to celebrate 60 years of hard work for the river this year, Talbot said.

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Structural functionalism, or in many contexts simply functionalism, is a broad perspective in sociology and anthropology which sets out to interpret society as a structure with interrelated parts. Functionalism addresses society as a whole in terms of the function of its constituent elements; namely norms, customs, traditions and institutions. A common analogy, popularized by Herbert Spencer, presents these parts of society as "organs" that work toward the proper functioning of the "body" as a whole. In the most basic terms, it simply emphasises "the effort to impute, as rigorously as possible,"
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This 1968 Chevrolet Camaro Z28—one of just 7,199 produced that year—ranks as an iconic muscle car for its era. In the late 1960s, the Sports Car Club of America invented the Trans Am racing series. The Trans Am circuit featured V-8-powered American pony cars competing on sports-car road courses throughout the U.S., with engine sizes limited to a maximum size of 305 CI. To compete in the series, the manufacturers had to meet a homologation rule of producing a minimum quota of cars of equal specification for sale to the public. Chevrolet responded with the Camaro Z28, which was introduced for the 1967 model year. The 302 CI engine received a factory rating of 290 HP, although it has been reported from several reliable sources that it produced far more power than the stated rating. The option code for the 302 CI engine was Z28. Hence, the engine code became the moniker of the car. If the Z28 option box was checked on the order sheet, a buyer had to choose a long list of mandatory options, including but not limited to the following: 4-speed manual transmission, Positraction rear end, power front disc brakes, quick steering, special instrumentation and heavy-duty suspension package. The Z28 became legendary in Trans Am by winning the series titles in both 1968 and 1969. The machine also gained equal respect on the street scene, where the car that could corner and brake like a thoroughbred sports car could also accelerate like a muscle car. With such well-rounded capabilities, the Z28 drew a loyal cadre of followers and was second only to the Corvette in the Chevrolet performance-status pecking order.


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A decade of slow but steady progress on improving parity between the sexes came to a halt in 2017, with the global gender gap widening for the first time since the World Economic Forum’s Global Gender Gap Report was first published in 2006.
The findings in this year’s report, published today, show that, overall, 68% of the global gender gap has been closed. This is a slight deterioration on 2016 and 2015, when the gap was 68.3% and 68.1%, respectively. Behind the decline is a widening of the gender gap across all four of the report’s pillars: Educational Attainment, Health and Survival, Economic Opportunity and Political Empowerment. These latter two areas are of particular concern because they already carry the largest gaps and, until this year, were registering the fastest progress.
At the current rate of progress, the global gender gap will take 100 years to close, compared to 83 last year. The workplace gender gap will now not be closed for 217 years, the report estimates. But with various studies linking gender parity to better economic performance, a number of countries are bucking the dismal global trend: over one-half of all 144 countries measured this year have seen their score improve in the past 12 months.
“We are moving from the era of capitalism into the era of talentism. Competitiveness on a national and on a business level will be decided more than ever before by the innovative capacity of a country or a company. Those will succeed best, who understand to integrate women as an important force into their talent pool,” said Klaus Schwab, Founder and Executive Chairman, World Economic Forum.
The Global Gender Gap Index 2017
At the top of the Global Gender Gap Index is Iceland. Having closed nearly 88% of its gap, it has been the world’s most gender-equal country for nine years. The gap between Iceland and the second-placed country, Norway, actually widens as both Norway and third-placed Finland saw their gaps widen this year. The top five is completed by Rwanda (4) and Sweden (5). The next two countries in the Index, Nicaragua (6) and Slovenia (7), also achieve symbolic milestones this year closing 80% of their gaps for the first time. Ireland (8), New Zealand (9) and Philippines (10) make up the top 10.
Among the G20 group of countries, France (11) is ranked highest on gender parity, followed by Germany (12), the United Kingdom (15), Canada (16), South Africa (19) and Argentina (34). The US drops four places to 49 while, at the lower end of the group, no fewer than six countries rank at or above 100. These are China (100), India (108), Japan (114), Republic of Korea (118), Turkey (131) and Saudi Arabia (138).
Looking at the individual pillars of the Index, the report finds that in 2017 that 27 countries have now closed the gender gap in Educational Attainment; three more countries than last year. A total of 34 countries – four less than last year – have closed their Health and Survival gender gaps. Only six countries have closed the gap in both of these pillars. In Economic Participation and Opportunity, no country has fully closed the gender gap but 13 countries (two more than last year) have closed more than 80% of their gap. Political Empowerment has the widest gender gap with only Iceland having closed more than 70% of the gap. Four countries have crossed the 50% threshold and 34 countries have closed less than 10% of the gap (five less than last year). Weighted by population, 95 countries rank below the Political Empowerment sub-index world average (0.227) this year.
“In 2017 we should not be seeing progress towards gender parity shift into reverse. Gender equality is both a moral and economic imperative. Some countries understand this and they are now seeing dividends from the proactive measures they have taken to address their gender gaps,” said Saadia Zahidi, Head of Education, Gender and Work, World Economic Forum.
Western Europe remains the highest-performing region in the Index with an average remaining gender gap of 25%. The region is home to four of the global top five countries in the Index – Iceland (1), Norway (2), Finland (3) and Sweden (5) – highlighting the continued progress of the Nordic countries in closing their overall gender gaps. At the bottom ranks of the region are Greece (78), Italy (82), Cyprus (92) and Malta (93). Out of the 20 countries in the region covered by the Index this year, nine have improved their overall score since last year, while 11 have seen it decrease.
North America has a remaining gender gap of 28%, the smallest after Western Europe. Both Canada (16) and the United States (49) have closed more than 70% of their overall gender gap.
Eastern Europe and Central Asia has closed on average 71% of its gender gap. Three countries from the region rank in the global top 20: Slovenia (7), Bulgaria (18) and Latvia (20). The bottom ranks are made up of Armenia (97), Azerbaijan (98) and Hungary (103). Out of the 26 countries from the region covered by the Index this year, 18 countries have increased their overall score compared to last year, while eight have decreased their overall scores.
The Latin America and Caribbean region has an average remaining gender gap of 30%. The region is home to two of the top 10 fastest-improving countries in the world since 2006: Nicaragua (6) and Bolivia (17). Brazil is one of five countries to have fully closed their educational attainment gender gap, despite ranking 90 overall. The lowest-performing countries in the region are Paraguay (96) and Guatemala (110). Of the 24 countries covered by the Index in the region this year, 18 have improved their overall score compared to last year, while six have regressed.
The East Asia and Pacific region has closed on average 68% of its gender gap. With New Zealand (9) and the Philippines (10), the region is home to two of the global top 10 performers. However the region’s larger economies perform less well: with China ranking 100 and Japan and the Republic of Korea ranking 114 and 118, respectively, it is clear that their remains much economic upside from making a more pronounced effort towards gender parity.
Sub-Saharan Africa displays a wider range of gender gap outcomes than any other region, with three countries; Rwanda (4), Namibia (13) and South Africa (19) in the global top 20, as well as many of the lowest-ranked countries in the Index, such as Mali (139) and Chad (141). Of the 30 countries from the region covered by the Index this year, 13 countries have increased their overall score compared to last year, while 17 have seen it decrease.
South Asia has an average remaining gender gap of 34%. Bangladesh (47) is the only country in the region to feature in the top 100, with India ranking 108 and Pakistan 143. Of the seven countries from the region included in the Index this year, three countries have increased their overall score compared to last year, while four have seen it decrease.
The Middle East and North Africa is the lowest-ranked region in the Index with an average remaining gender gap of 40%. In addition to Israel (44), the region’s best-performing countries are Tunisia (117), the United Arab Emirates (120) and Bahrain (126). The region is home to four of the world’s five lowest-ranking countries on Political Empowerment – Kuwait (129), Lebanon (137), Qatar (130) and Yemen (144). However out of the 17 countries covered by the Index in the region this year, 11 countries have improved their overall score compared to last year.
Time to Parity
At this rate of progress, it will take another century to close the overall global gender gap, compared to 83 years last year. The most challenging gender gaps remain in the economic and health spheres. At the current rate of change, it will take another 217 years to close the economic gender gap. This represents a reversal of progress and is the lowest-value measured by the Index since 2008. The Forum’s Closing the Gender Gap project aims to accelerate the pace of change on gender parity through global dialogue and a national public-private collaboration model currently active in three countries with further expansion planned for 2018.
Progress across the health gender gap remains undefined. Formally the smallest gap, progress has oscillated with a general downward trend. Today, the gap is larger than it stood in 2006, in part due to specific issues in select countries, in particular China and India. Although it exhibits the most progress, the political gender gap is the widest and could take another 99 years to close. On the other hand, with current trends, the education gender gap could be closed within the next 13 years.
All regions record a narrower gender gap than they did 11 years ago, despite stalled progress at the global level. At today’s rates of progress, the overall global gender gap can be closed in 61 years in Western Europe, 62 years in South Asia, 79 years in Latin America and the Caribbean, 102 years in Sub-Saharan Africa, 128 years in Eastern Europe and Central Asia, 157 years in the Middle East and North Africa, 161 years in East Asia and the Pacific, and 168 years in North America.
The Economic Case for Parity
Various studies have suggested that improving gender parity may result in significant economic dividends, which vary depending on the situation of different economies and the specific challenges they are facing. Notable recent estimates suggest that economic gender parity could add an additional $250 billion to the GDP of the United Kingdom, $1,750 billion to that of the United States, $550 billion to Japan’s, $320 billion to France’s and $310 billion to the GDP of Germany.
Other recent estimates suggest that China could see a $2.5 trillion GDP increase from gender parity and that the world as a whole could increase global GDP by $5.3 trillion by 2025 if it closed the gender gap in economic participation by 25% over the same period. Given associated government revenue shares in GDP, the latter achievement would also unlock an additional $1.4 trillion in global tax revenue, most of it ($940 billion) in emerging economies, suggesting the potential self-financing effects of additional public investment into closing global gender gaps.
The economic case for parity also exists at the industry and enterprise-level and a key avenue for further progress entails addressing the current imbalances by sector. In research with LinkedIn, the report finds that men are under-represented in education, and health and welfare, while women are under-represented in engineering, manufacturing and construction, and information, communication and technology. Such segmentation by gender means that each sector loses out on the potential benefits of greater gender diversity: greater innovation, creativity and returns. However these gaps are not only a pipeline problem, i.e. regardless of the levels of women going into professions, across the board men hold more leadership positions. Consequently, it will not be enough to focus on correcting imbalances in education and training; change is also needed within companies.
The Global Gender Gap Index ranks 144 countries on the gap between women and men on health, education, economic and political indicators. It aims to understand whether countries are distributing their resources and opportunities equitably between women and men, irrespective of their overall income levels. The report measures the size of the gender inequality gap in four areas:
- Economic participation and opportunity – salaries, participation and leadership
- Education – access to basic and higher levels of education
- Political empowerment – representation in decision-making structures
- Health and survival – life expectancy and sex ratio
Index scores can be interpreted as the percentage of the gap that has been closed between women and men, and allow countries to compare their current performance relative to their past performance. In addition, the rankings allow for comparisons between countries. A total of 13 out of the 14 variables used to create the Index are from publicly available hard data indicators from international organizations, such as the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme and the World Health Organization, and one comes from a perception survey conducted by the World Economic Forum. Last year’s edition introduced an updated threshold for estimating gender parity in earned income. This year’s edition removes this income level cap completely and also updates its primary reference source for the sex ratio at birth indicator.
System Initiative on Education, Gender and Work
The World Economic Forum’s System Initiative on Shaping the Future of Education, Gender and Work aims to enable people to fulfil their full potential by developing and deploying their talent, thereby contributing to more prosperous economies and societies.
Across its three modules the System Initiative offers: knowledge tools such as the Global Gender Gap Report, the Global Human Capital Report, the Future of Jobs Report; dialogue series such as Creating the Care Economy and Reskilling the Adult Workforce and; public-private collaboration such as Closing the Skills Gap, Preparing for the Future of Work and Closing the Gender Gap. The System Initiative is led by a globally renowned Stewards group composed of the most relevant individuals and organizations from around the world, including chief executive officers, ministers, academics and heads of international organizations.
Age No Bar: A Paradigm Shift in the Girl Child’s Marriageable Age in India
India is a country known to have diverse culture, languages, social norms, ethical values, traditional customs, belief system, religions and their personal laws. With personal laws governing succession, adoption, divorce etc, one of the most important aspects governed by the personal laws is Marriage. Indian society has a deep-rooted belief of marriages being the most sacred bond between two people. Every religion of the country gives utmost importance to this sacred bond. Since this bond is of such great importance to the Indian society and to the people of the country, the legal system and the personal laws have made efforts to legalise the sacred bond. There are conditions and requirements laid down for the marriage to be solemnized and get a legal sanction. One such important condition is “age”. According to most of the personal laws and The Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006 the legal age for a man should not be less than 21 years of age and a woman 18 years of age. Recently the government introduced The Prohibition of Child Marriage (Amendment) Bill, 2021 to raise the age of marriage for women from 18 years to 21 years
Introduction of this bill shall prove to be a ray of hope for people struggling to curb the evil of child marriage in our country. One cannot claim progress unless women progress on all fronts including their physical, mental and reproductive health. The Constitution guarantees gender equality as part of the fundamental rights and also guarantees prohibition of discrimination on the grounds of sex. This bill would bring women equal to the men as far as the legal age of marriage in concerned. Under the National Family Health Survery-5, it is stated 7% of the girls aged between 15 and 18 years were found to be pregnant and nearly 23% of the girls in the age group of 20 to 24 were married below the age of 18 years. There are researches to point that from 2015 to 2020, 20 lakhs child marriages have been stopped.
In my opinion, increasing the age of women from 18 years to 21 should not be seen solely as an equal opportunity for them to choose their life partners at the same age as that of men, but this is a step taken by the government to eradicate child marriages that still find way in to our society. It should be seen as an effort to bring down maternal mortality rate and infant mortality rate. It shall also try and curb the teenage pregnancies, which are extremely harmful for women’s overall health as well as the infants born out of it. We also have to take into consideration that a large part of our society still lack basic education and awareness about these laws and the advantages attached to it. We as educated citizens of the country should take extra efforts in making people aware and to make them understand about the disadvantages associated with child marriage and the overall consequences their children would face in the future. We should appreciate the efforts taken by the government to tackle gender inequality and gender discrimination adequate measures taken to secure health, welfare and empowerment of our women and girls and to ensure status and opportunity for them at par with men.
*The Views Expressed are Strictly Personal
Post Pandemic – What’s Next
Setting aside the omicron hysterics leading to marshal law lockdowns, the absurdity of a last chance vaccine or risk a long winter of death; or the charade of standing in a ridiculously long line of humanoids seeking a covid test after being fully vaccinated; the more contagious omicron variant with much milder symptoms, akin to the common cold, looks more and more like a natural vaccine being wind swept across the world. If we are at the beginning of the end of the pandemic as the mountain of positive cases peak and immunity engulfs the herd of humanity, what is the next step for governments, businesses, health officials, and the people of earth?
We have entered our third calendar year with the pandemic, and one must wonder how society will move forward and under what guise and endgame. First, there are many questions on the more immediate future for the everyday person, and secondly, what is the impact of the actions taken by government, big pharma, and healthcare officials throughout pandemic, and lastly, will there be any accountability for the actions taken, whether mandating experimental medicine and the potential long-term implications to one’s physical and mental health, societal lockdowns and the economy, children’s learning and coping, and civil liberties removed.
Close to home, what will happen to our jobs and will those who refused the injections be allowed to return to the workplace that terminated their employment? How will schools and colleges catch students up after all the disruptions? How emotionally and mentally stable will we be? What of broken marriages and abusive situations, bankruptcies, deaths from missed surgeries and acute care, drug overdoses and suicides. Will people refrain from shopping in-person, attending church, or traveling? Will families heal their rifts over the vaccines and find a way to move forward?
On a more macro level, it was not long ago that we were told one shot was safe and effective. During an April 2021 MSNBC interview, Rochelle Walensky, the Director of the CDC, unequivocally claimed vaccinated people do not carry the virus. President Joe Biden, during a CNN Townhall in July 2021, was emphatic that you cannot get COVID-19 if you are vaccinated. Now, the vaccinated are being told not to attend restaurants or large gatherings with a tsunami of breakthrough cases, and you are required to go for a third shot and then a fourth new and improved injection currently being formulated. Explicitly, any expert telling you to get vaccinated or take the booster to prevent you from getting COVID or spreading the virus is not being truthful and potentially creating further damage.
The ineffectiveness of the vaccines to prevent COVID is clear; however, no one really knows how safe the experimental medicine will be with forgoing normal clinical research over five years of testing prior to the FDA’s regular approval process. This vaccine may have provided a level of support to make your symptoms better, but it never immunized the subject. Unfortunately, there is preliminary research coming to light that the vaccinated are now more likely to get COVID than the unvaccinated. One might even argue the longevity of the pandemic and viral mutations is now a pandemic of the vaccinated.
It was not long ago that some front-line healthcare workers were saving lives, and then were told they had to take the injection or lose their job. Now, many vaccinated healthcare workers are being infected with COVID-19 and being told they can remain at work or isolate for only five few days; yet the unvaccinated nurses who have not been infected could easily wear a n95 mask and be reinstated to provide care.
Sadly, many businesses and corporations abetted the enslavement of their employees by forcing them to choose between an experimental medicine or lose their job and ability to provide for their family’s survival. A gun was held at their head to take a vaccine that is not effective and perhaps unsafe, and they lost their basic freedom to determine one’s own health and medical treatment. These decisions need to be revisited in the future with ensuing tribunals and inquiries.
In the much bigger picture, a large segment of society has lost touch with reality and descended into a time warp of delusion through the relentless fearmongering fastened with the censorship and intimidation ploys to obey the rules or be labeled an anti-vaxxer conspirator. If science cannot be questioned, it is no longer science. It’s propaganda.
The policies nurtured by the national healthcare agencies and their cohorts on the daily news networks may have created the greatest mental illness ever witnessed where the long-term psychiatric effects evolved into a mass panic of irrationality.
“Mass Formation Psychosis” is a term gaining prominence after Belgian psychologist and statistician Dr. Mattias Desment proffered a theory for what he concludes as a global behavioural phenomenon derived from the coronavirus pandemic. Desment states several things are required to exist if you want a large-scale phenomenon to emerge. First, there needs to be a large population socially isolated that lack social bonds and who experience a lack of sense-making in life. Then it must be coupled with a lot of free-floating anxiety and psychological discontent without people being able to connect it to something – then society is highly at risk for the emergence of the mass phenomenon.
These findings can account for the form of mass hypnosis or a madness that dismisses scientific principles and adopts the government’s noble lies and dominant narrative concerning the safety and effectiveness of the genetic vaccines. What one observes is about 30% of the population is brainwashed and indoctrinated by the bombardment of daily misrepresentations and attack anyone who shares alternative information that contradicts the propaganda they have embraced to the point where families, friends, and workplace networks have been torn apart. The 40% of the population in the middle simply follow along with any alternative information being censored and deemed as anti-vaxxers not following the science or some right-wing conspiracy. The remaining 30% continue to question the narratives and in some cases fight against it.
We can compare the current “Mass Formation Psychosis” to the highly educated German population between the two world wars when they became decoupled into a free-floating anxiety and a sense that things have gone awry. Their attention was then focused by a leader or a series of events onto one small point where they literally went mad. A good percentage of the population got behind the hatred of Jews while a large swath of the nation simply went along, and a smaller percentage of dissenters were exposed and systematically removed. The famous French philosopher, Voltaire warned us of our civil liberties being lost when he said, “Those who can make you believe in absurdities can make you commit atrocities.”
Parents are being further coerced by the irrational fear of death being obfuscated through the news media to line up your child up for a potential life altering injection that has not come close to being assessed for long health implications. Even when data points to a very low fatality rate among children measuring .002% and young adults at .01%, the FDA throws mud at the wall with announcing a third shot in adolescents 12-15 years old five months after their previous injection.
We are on the cusp of an immense dedication to counselling for mental health and perhaps medical malpractice class action suits at a tremendous cost for many years to come. Imagine your child never seeing their teacher’s face all year as she pronounced words or smiled with encouragement. Imagine some students alone all day in a room on the internet and never socially interacting. Imagine the cost of a child breathing cotton fibers in the mask all day. The unleashed cruelty against our kids is a crime and will have lifelong consequences.
In a trending microcosm across many jurisdictions, the CEO for OneAmerica, Scott Davison, a $100 billion insurance company located in Indianapolis since 1877, said during a news conference on December 30th, that the death rate is up a stunning 40% among working-age people 18-64; and that the data is consistent across every player in the industry and the highest ever seen in the history of the business. Davison shared just how bad it really is when he said a one-in-200-year catastrophe would be a 10% increase in deaths of this age group so 40% is just unheard of. Most of the claims for death being filed are not classified as COVID-19 deaths.
During the same conference, Indiana’s chief medical officer said the number of hospitalizations in the state is now higher than before the COVID-19 vaccine was introduced a year ago – a weekly count ending Nov. 8th had 195 reported COVID related deaths where most of these were elderly compared to 1,350 people from other causes. The president of the Indiana Hospital Association added that hospitals across the state are being flooded with patients experiencing many different conditions and noted the average person’s health is now declining. The president confirmed the extraordinarily high death rate, and it was noted that the vast majority of ICU beds were occupied by people with other conditions than COVID-19.
What is responsible for the stunning 40% in deaths? Could it be one’s health condition in decline over the stress of the COVID mandates and lockdowns, or perhaps delayed medical care? Could there be effects from the vaccine? The Governor of Indiana and the various state level experts did not have a clear answer; however, they were clear that the high number of deaths and hospitalizations followed a year after the vaccine rollout.
Dr. Robert Malone, an internationally recognized scientist/physician and original inventor of mRNA vaccination as a technology and the mRNA platform delivery technologies, including holding numerous patents in these fields with over 100 scientific publications and 12,000 citations, places him in the “outstanding” impact factor. The proven 30-year vaccinologist and inventor of the mRNA technology has recently become known for questioning the safety and bioethics of how the COVID-19 genetic vaccines were developed and forced upon the world.
Malone discovered many short-cuts, database issues, lies told in the developments of the Spike protein-based genetic vaccines; while advocating for drug repurposing and the rights of physicians, and finally the unethical mandates for administering experimental vaccines to adults and children by authoritarian governments being manipulated by large corporations (big pharma, big media, big tech) to such an extent that they no longer represent what is in the best interest of humanity. This once acclaimed doctor has been attacked, censored, and suspended permanently from Twitter for dissenting from reciting the government’s narrative.
Governments, the CDC, FDA, and leading healthcare officials will not willingly relinquish their grip on power and will continue to weaponization of the pandemic and prolong the totalitarian measures to silence scientific opposition and silence political dissention. How much longer will the unvaccinated be the scapegoat for the extended pandemic? Will the unvaccinated ever be allowed back into society to work without this vaccination? Will we ever accept ‘natural immunity’ that provides up to 27 times the immunity against the virus than the vaccine? Will we push injections into young children who are not at risk of death but may be at greater risk from the vaccine? For now, the answer from the top is clear. President Biden on January 4th maintained that COVID-19 to be a pandemic of the unvaccinated.
One might hope that answers and culpability will take place once society looks back and realizes that the vaccines and mandates caused more damage across all spectrums of society, however it is unlikely anyone will be held accountable. One must consider whether the oppressive pandemic pendulum has swung too far never to swing back where our freedoms are peacefully reinstated. We must keep in mind that the mandates and lockdowns, Big Tech censorship, news media collaboration, and the fear-laden ‘Mass Formation Psychosis’ leading us down a path to a China-like Neo-Marxist society removes any notion that our civil liberties and democracy is preordained. We the people have a choice over collective self-annihilation.
There is room for all actors in education, as long as we have the same vision for change
I started my education in a non-state pre-primary and primary school before enrolling in a state secondary school in Sierra Leone, continued through on scholarships to world class non-state universities in the United States and then to a multinational company as a research scientist in Kenya. I am now channelling all I learned during this mix of private and public education and life choices into the combined roles I have in the Sierra Leonean government on education and innovation.
As a Cabinet Minister, I have the responsibility for overseeing such a mix of state and non-state actors working with me on educating the children of our country. While some people seem to pretend that non-state actors do not or should not play a role in education today, the fact of the matter is that they do already and will continue to do so tomorrow. In Sierra Leone, for example, 60% of all schools are owned by religious missions, and 15% are owned by the private sector. The new 2021/2 Global Education Monitoring Report on non-state actors in education just released on this subject shows clearly that there is no part of education that non-state actors are not involved in. If non-state actors somehow disappeared tomorrow, the education of no fewer than 350 million children would fall to the responsibility of the state.
You can try, but it’s also extremely difficult these days to make clear distinctions between public and private. If most statistics on this matter tend to look at management and ownership, the new report shows how intertwined the two are in financing. Governments financially support non-state schools in 171 out of 204 countries: these include private schools in 115 countries, faith-based schools in 120 countries; and non-governmental organization and community schools in 81 countries. This makes the arguments that stake positions on clear dichotomies between either private-or-public increasingly irrelevant.
In this context, our role is to make sure that we design our governance and regulations in a way that ensures that all these actors pull in the same direction. This means strong oversight on the core values we committed to as part of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development, notably equity and quality. Yet, the GEM Report’s PEER website shows that countries’ regulations are least likely to focus on quality or equity: 67% regulate fee setting, 55% prevent selective student admission procedures in non-state schools, 27% ban profit making and only 7% have quotas supporting access of disadvantaged groups.
Along with setting explicit rules and regulations that clearly outline our vision to all actors, I agree with the report when it says that collaboration is key to making sure that we deliver on this agenda. This means creating spaces and setting the conditions for a variety of actors to interact. There is much to be gained from putting all parties’ expertise to good use. One of the first things that we did when I left the private sector to come to this office, for instance, was to put together a new curriculum framework relevant to the 21st century. We built teacher training modules based on real needs. This report calls for all countries to pick up on such practices. Skills development systems that feed on contributions from governments, employers and the workers themselves are far more likely to keep pace with labour market needs.
Anyone in government knows that public education is not easily reformed. But with the fast and furious changes in the world, education systems need to keep up. More than that, they have a lot to gain if they do so. Partnerships with the private sector can help bring resources and expertise and encourage initiatives at a pace governments may be unlikely to achieve on their own. We recently issued tablets to administrators to help them track grades, enrolment, attendance and budgets. We have a fully digitized school census data going right back to 2015 that we now interrogate to track those left behind. All these enhance our ability to make impact at scale within the public sector.
But I also welcome the warning sounded in the new GEM Report for governments as they navigate these partnerships. What strategic interests are our partners putting first? Does their support align with government priorities, does it avoid duplication or distraction, and will it be flexible to our evolving needs? The questions the report asks are important for all of us to consider. ‘Who is choosing?’, we are asked. Sometimes it might not be clear. ‘Who is losing?’, it asks again. Why is it always the same groups?
It shouldn’t matter to an education minister where children are educated. Governments must show they care equally for all children’s education no matter the choices made and to apply the same quality standards, monitoring and accountability mechanisms across all providers. In Sierra Leone, the government pays exam fees for all children including those in private schools, for instance. We also provide training and assistance on emergency responses across all schools, and endeavour to increase our support on teacher training in private schools in the future. We are all party to making sure that our education system works for all. Whether you are in the private or public sector, I encourage you to read the 2021/2 GEM Report recommendations to be sure you are not left behind on the vision it has for change.
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Sufi and rap fuse together in an upcoming music video
Urdu band, Alif pays tribute to the Kashmiri language in a new video that combines Sufi music with Rap
With Kashmir as the backdrop and Sufism as its soul, it’s not easy to ignore the pain and melancholia that surrounds the music of Alif, a local Urdu band with roots in Pune, Mumbai and the valley of Kashmir. To that add the angst that’s typical of Rap, and you get a potent mix of lyrical, thoughtful and contemporary sounds.
A still from the video, Like A Sufi
All set to release a new video and track, Like A Sufi, on World Music Day that falls today, Alif is here to bring Kashmir to the forefront (minus the violence that has become synonymous with the valley). The video is part of a series of collaborations that the band will be launching with artistes from across Indian and genres, as part of Sufi 101 launched by the online content platform, 101India.com.
“There’s so much more to the valley of Kashmir than the negative publicity that makes news. Through these videos we want to show the world, the beauty of it,” shares Mohammad Muneem Nazir, the band’s lead vocalist and also the writer of the song. The other band members include Alex Coutinho (drums), Hardik Vaghela (keyboard), Savio Sebastian (lead guitar) and Amit Gadgil (bass).
The singer informs that the song’s title, Like A Sufi, encompasses the soul of the song as the band members and Hip-hop artiste MC Kash, travel through the valley capturing its beauty both in words and in visuals. “Sufi means being lost in finding the truth. And that’s what the song does; it builds a personal connection to anyone listening to it.”
Sung in Kashmiri or Kosur language spoken primarily in the valley of Kashmir and Chenab regions of Jammu and Kashmir, Nazir informs that the song is also an attempt towards saving this dying language. But doesn’t that become a problem in communicating with a pan-Indian audience? Nazir replies: “No one in my band is familiar with Kashmiri, but they all connect with it, because they understand the expression.”
The band will be releasing a second video next week, titled Jhelamas, a Rock ballad of sort, which has also been shot in Kashmir, says Cyrus Oshidar, MD and Chief Creative Officer, 101India.com — a two-year-old start-up comprising mostly of ex-MTV staff. “The idea is to connect India with stories. And we are working with Alif to tell stories of Sufism from Kashmir, in a
contemporary form,” he adds.
Nazir, says that he wrote the Jhelumas in 15 minutes, and it’s a very special song to him. “It’s an ode to Kashmiri women with the river Jhelum as a witness to their resilience and never-give-up attitude, and the history of Kashmir,” says the 32-year-old singer.
So, what’s next after this? “We are exploring options for more collaborations like this, with artistes from other genres. We are also working on our self-titled album which is expected to release in a month’s time,” signs-off Nazir.
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Organizers say a film screening Wednesday on the campus of the University of Arkansas at Little Rock could be the start of an initiative to empower women in the state through educational opportunities.
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The Rise of Lofi Music in the Streaming Era
The introduction of streaming services has revolutionized the way we consume music. Among the most fascinating developments is the popularity of lofi music, a genre that combines elements of jazz, hip hop, and ambient music to create a soothing and atmospheric listening experience. The low-fidelity sound, characterized by its imperfections and mellow tones, has become a staple for those seeking a peaceful backdrop to their daily activities.
Lofi music has found a particularly welcoming home on platforms like YouTube and Spotify, where curated playlists and live streams run 24/7, attracting millions of listeners. These platforms have made it easier than ever for lofi producers to reach a global audience, bypassing traditional barriers to entry in the music industry.
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So, what makes lofi music so appealing for streaming audiences? At its core, lofi music provides a sense of nostalgia and comfort. The subtle vinyl crackles, soft piano melodies, and laid-back drum patterns evoke a feeling of warmth and familiarity. This genre is often associated with the concept of “chill,” offering an escape from the hustle and bustle of everyday life.
Furthermore, lofi music often lacks the attention-grabbing elements of more mainstream music, which makes it perfect for background listening. It allows people to focus, relax, or even fall asleep, without the distraction of catchy hooks or high-energy beats.
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Detach: letting go
There’s a theory that being tenacious means achievement and, with that achievement, comes abundance. That if I hang on to an idea, a hope, a dream … someone. Long enough. Hard enough. And never quit, never let go, but keep hoping. It might come true. That my one desire could manifest.
But at what cost to my inner peace?
I realized I had it all wrong. Fate is unexpected. It knocks you off your feet and landslides you without warning. An earthquake. Little or big. It still moves the earth with you standing in the center. You don’t see it coming and you’re not meant to. It’s a freight train gone off the tracks, heading straight for you. People enter our lives when they are supposed to and leave when they are no longer of service to our greater good. And that’s the cycle. Maybe you reconnect with that person again one day. Maybe not. Fate knows, but you don’t. You're not meant to know. I’m my worst enemy with fate. I try to create my destiny. Change my stars. Tell the universe what I want and what I need it to do for me. Because I believe I know what is best for my greater good. But I’m usually wrong. Mostly wrong. Always wrong. The definition of fate: the development of events beyond one’s control, by a supernatural power.
I can’t compete with that.
It’s the unanticipated moments when someone knocks on my door. The soft but powerful rapping of the unexpected. That’s fate. It comes to me. I didn’t have to go searching for it like I believed I did. That fortuitous visitor waiting outside of your home — that’s your divine plan. The decision you’re supposed to follow. Or not. Free will is at play here too.
But that’s another topic.
By trying to create a situation out of longing or needing, I close the door on my truth without even realizing I’ve punished my future to failure. It’s a cycle. A pattern. My self-made false fate. So, I’m learning to let go. To detach. To know when someone isn’t servicing my greater good. Even when my heart desires them. To understand that I’m not listening to my intuition, the divine feminine. She’s inside me. She’s in all of us. She whispers, sends signs. Angel numbers across the screen on your phone. A song from a memory randomly popping up on your playlist. Your birth date printed out on a grocery receipt. You might think nothing of it. But it’s happening for a reason. She’s trying to tell you to quiet your thoughts, silence the outside chatter, and just feel. Breathe. The most instinct habit for a person to perform is to breathe and yet we must remind ourselves to take that breath. Inhale, then exhale. Breathe.
It’s not fate if I try to create destiny out of desire.
With the detaching comes the sweet security of letting go. Trusting the unknown to happen. Faith. I’ve never had much of that. Patience. I’ve had none of that. But now I have both. I’ve learned to let go, detach, breathe. Inhale then exhale. Repeat.
I am in the dark about what my next chapter will be. But I accept the unknown and I welcome the faith, patience and trust that comes with my breathing.
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In his opening statement, CEO Greg Poux-Guillaume explained how ongoing efforts to strengthen the company paid off in 2023 – and continue to gather pace.
“Our volumes stabilised – despite continuing volatility in some of our markets – while our profits rebounded on resilient pricing and the first effects of raw material deflation,” he says. “This allowed us to absorb persistent global inflation and unfavourable currency effects to beat the targets we’d set ourselves at the beginning of the year.
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On this day in 1997, in South Africa, four apartheid-era police officers, appearing before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, admitted to the 1977 killing of Bantu Stephen Biko, a leader of the grassroots anti-apartheid campaign known as the Black Consciousness Movement.
In 1969, Biko, a medical student, founded an organisation for South Africa’s Black students to combat the minority government’s racist apartheid policies and promote Black identity. In 1972, he helped organise the Black People’s Convention, and in the next year, he was banned from politics by the Afrikaner government. Four years later, in September 1977, he was arrested for subversion. While in police custody in Port Elizabeth, Biko was brutally beaten and then driven 700 miles to Pretoria, where he was thrown into a cell. On 12 September 1977, he died naked and shackled on the filthy floor of a police hospital. News of the political killing, denied by the country’s white minority government, led to international protests and a U.N.-imposed arms embargo.
In 1995, after the peaceful transfer to majority rule in South Africa, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission was established to examine decades of apartheid policy and to address the widespread call for justice for those who abused their authority under the system. However, as a condition of the transfer of power, the outgoing white minority government requested that the commission be obligated to grant amnesty to people making full confessions of politically motivated crimes during apartheid. Nobel Peace Prize laureate Desmond Tutu was appointed to head the commission.
In early 1997, four former police officers, including Police Colonel Gideon Nieuwoudt, appeared before the commission and admitted to killing Steve Biko two decades earlier. The commission agreed to hear their request for political amnesty but, in 1999, refused to grant amnesty because the men failed to establish a political motive for the brutal killing.
Peter Gabriel wrote the song “Biko” in 1980 as a result of Steve Biko’s passing.
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– The Nifty markets will consolidations initially.
– There will be fall initially, with supply-side domination. BFSI, PSU, Larg Caps etc., selling heavily.
– Even entertainment, Luxury service sector will see sharp fall. Telcom will see some demand.
– This trend will continue for most of the trading sessions.
– Around 14:30 PM, Diary and Retail segment will see some pickup.
– Towards the closing bell, the markets will be in Red.
– Most of the sectors will turn out to be bare in the market today.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) -- As Election Day nears, races for local offices in many parts of Wisconsin aren't drawing much attention. That's because there aren't many candidates.
Wisconsin Public Radio reports that a survey sponsored by the League of Wisconsin Municipalities and conducted by the Wisconsin Taxpayer Association found that declining civic engagement is widespread.
League Executive Director Jerry Deschane says about half of cities and villages surveyed said it was an issue, and about two-thirds of communities with fewer than 10,000 people had little or no competition in local races.
Deschane says local governments need to adapt to the changing work and family demands of those who serve. And he says officials need to do a better job of asking people to serve, and explaining why it's important.


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Anish Giri is half a point behind Magnus Carlsen going into the final round of the Tata Steel Masters after overcoming Wesley So's 111 moves and well over 7 hours of resistance. Jan Gustafsson analyses that game that ended the Filipino’s 54-game unbeaten streak. Elsewhere there were scares for Magnus Carlsen and Maxime Vachier-Lagrave, but all games were drawn except for another grim attritional battle which saw Ivan Saric beat Radek Wojtaszek in 71 moves. China’s Wei Yi leads the Challengers by a point after a spectacular mating attack.
Tata Steel Masters Round 12 results
With 13 rounds the Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee has become a unique marathon for elite-level chess players, and in the latter stages fatigue can begin to make itself felt. It looked, for much of Round 12, as if we might get all games drawn for the first time in the event, especially since Baadur Jobava and Loek van Wely seemed to decide they’d suffered enough and took a tame 20-move draw by repetition.
Radjabov-Hou Yifan was perhaps the day’s only other absolutely uneventful encounter, with both players having tournaments that correspond roughly to their ratings.
Ivanchuk-Caruana saw Caruana repeat the Grünfeld Defence that had seemed to get him into trouble in the 2014 London Chess Classic against Kramnik until he bailed out with a spectacular drawing combination. Vassily deviated on move 15… but ran into a different spectacular combination. It soon became clear why Ivanchuk spent 45 minutes contemplating the move 18.Bc4!?
18…Nxd4! 19.Bc7! Rd7 20.exd4 Rxd4 21.Nxg6! Re4+! 22.Kf1 Bxa1 23.Bd5! Bf5! 24.Bxe4 Bxe4 25. Nxe7+ Kf8 26.Rxa1 Bd3+! 27.Kg1 Kxe7 and the ending was a clear draw. The scary thing is that both players must have seen more or less all of that in advance. If you find it tougher to follow you might like to play through the game in our broadcast system, where you can try out different moves to see why they (usually) don’t work.
The most spectacular draw was between Maxime Vachier-Lagrave and Levon Aronian. That also followed a game where Kramnik had been on top in London, Giri-Kramnik from the last round, but Aronian deviated with 10…Bd6 rather than 10…Be4 on move 10. That got Maxime thinking, and a dozen moves later Aronian’s queen and knights were gobbling up the white queenside. Was the Armenian about to win his second game in Wijk aan Zee? Well, it confused Stockfish on the live broadcast, but the answer was no. Maxime had just enough firepower on the kingside to force perpetual check, whatever move order Levon chose.
Here, in the final position, White is a rook down, but the drawing mechanism of Nf6+ and Nxh5+ saves the day.
Maxime admitted it had been a close-run thing:
That brings us to the crucial games. Magnus Carlsen had the black pieces against Ding Liren, who would catch the World Champion with a win.
At first, though, it seemed Magnus was in control when he
unleashed an opening surprise with 8…Ba6!?.
Shortly afterwards, though, onlookers began to express scepticism:
Sure enough, Magnus also later admitted he’d had “a
suspicious position”, with the big moment perhaps coming on move 16:
When analysing the position after 16.f3! Yasser Seirawan commented, “I feel like a local news reporter at the scene of an accident!” The bold 16…g5 seems to fail to 17.fxe4 gxf4 18.e5! while after the game Carlsen showed Ding Liren a move he’d missed: 16…Bxb5 17.Nxb5 a6 18.Nc7 b5 and now 19.Nxe6!
Instead after 16.a3?! Carlsen was able to steer towards safer waters, though he was still the one who had to prove the draw. He gave a brief interview after the game, where he admitted his opponent, “was just playing good moves”:
Ding Liren also talked about his game and tournament, and noted that the success of the Chinese players was partly down to the way they train and live together in Beijing:
Long after all the draws there were still two games going on… and on. The first to finish completed a miserable couple of days for Radek Wojtaszek. Up to move 27 he followed a very odd game played by Maxime Vachier-Lagrave against Teimour Radjabov in the Tashkent Grand Prix. Maxime had offered a queen exchange at that point and fallen into what at least computers felt was a bad position. Radek, meanwhile, followed the computer suggestion, but it only led to an agonising queen + minor piece ending (or middlegame, if you prefer). As late as move 66 the computer claims he could have held:
66…Qd6! was apparently the move, not 66…Qe4+? which just chased the white king where it wanted to go. Saric won on move 71, meaning Wojtaszek has now lost to both Jobava and Saric, just as he did in the 2014 B Group in Wijk aan Zee, and has dropped to -2 after a start that featured wins over Magnus Carlsen and Fabiano Caruana.
And so, last but by absolutely no means least, the day’s truly epic struggle: Anish Giri-Wesley So. Jan Gustafsson was delighted he’d chosen to comment on the game…
But it was the one which was crucial for the tournament standings:
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That leaves us with four players capable of matching Magnus Carlsen’s score after tomorrow’s final round:
On paper Carlsen – Saric looks like just what Magnus needs, though Saric knows what it feels like to beat the World Champion after taking apart Carlsen’s opening experiment in last year’s Olympiad. Anish Giri is best-placed to take advantage of another slip-up, even if he does have the black pieces. His opponent, Wojtaszek, has now lost four games in six, and Giri has the added incentive of a win taking him above 2800.
China’s 15-year-old Wei Yi is a win away from becoming the youngest player ever to reach 2700, and his games just keep getting better and better.
Today his opponent may “only” have been 2352-rated Anne Haast, but his mating attack was a thing of beauty:
Yasser Seirawan and Jan Smeets went through the game on the live broadcast:
That took Wei Yi to 10/12, with only David Navara still in touching distance on 9/12. You feel a little sorry for Sam Shankland, whose unbeaten +4 leaves him adrift at 8/12. It’s hard to know what to say about Jan Timman, though, since for the second day in a row he had a baffling end to his game. After an entertaining encounter with Valentina Gunina he appears to have resigned after the Russian Women's Champion played 40…Nxg3:
Curiously, though, he’s not getting mated and, according to the computer, is simply much better. After his decision today, though, he dropped to clear last on 3/12.
In the final round things might not be so straightforward for Wei Yi since he faces Salem Saleh, who has won his last three games.
So it all comes down to Sunday's last round of this year's Tata Steel Tournament in Wijk aan Zee. Games start 90 minutes earlier than usual at 12:00 and you can of course follow live commentary on all the action here on chess24! You can also watch every game in the Masters and Challengers using our free mobile apps:
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Yemen peace talks will begin in Geneva on May 28: UN
UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon says peace talks aimed at ending the crisis in Yemen will begin in the Swiss city of Geneva on May 28.
Talking to reporters on Wednesday following a UN Security Council (UNSC) meeting in New York, Ban expressed hope that the UN-sponsored talks would “restore momentum towards a Yemeni-led political transition process” through an “inclusive, negotiated political settlement.”
The UN chief also called on all parties to take part in the talks “without pre-conditions.”
UNSC President Raimonda Murmokaite also said that the body under his watch emphasizes that “UN-brokered inclusive political dialogue must be a Yemeni-led process.”
“The members of the Security Council reaffirmed their call on all Yemeni parties to attend these talks and engage without preconditions and in good faith, including by resolving their differences through dialog and consultations, rejecting acts of violence to achieve political goals, and refraining from provocation,” Murmokaite said.
Khaled Alyemany, the UN ambassador appointed under the administration of fugitive former President Abd Rabbuh Mansour Hadi said a high-level delegation will be sent to the talks by Hadi.
In a televised speech on Wednesday, the leader of Yemen’s Ansarullah movement, Abdul-Malik al-Houthi, said talks are the “only solution” to the conflict in his country.
He also condemned the “brutal and barbarous aggression” by Saudi Arabia against Yemen and called it a crime targeting the infrastructures of the country.
The Ansarullah movement had, however, slammed the recent talks on Yemen held in Saudi Arabia, saying it would only engage in dialog in Yemen or in a neutral country. The group said the negotiations, whose last session was held on Tuesday, did not represent the Yemeni population.
In a Monday statement, the Ansarullah movement insisted that Iran must participate in the UN-sponsored talks in Switzerland.
The developments come as Saudi Arabia counties its military aggression against Yemen.
The Saudi military campaign started on March 26 without a UN mandate in a bid to restore power to Hadi, a close ally of Riyadh.
Over 1,800 people have been killed and 7,330 injured in the conflict in Yemen since March 19, according to the UN.


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The researchers identified a new locus, ADAMTS7 (a gene already implicated in arthritis), which increased the risk of developing CAD. In the heart-attack comparison, the authors found a new association at the ABO blood group locus. They found that the same gene that codes for the enzyme behind people being blood group O offered protection against heart attacks.
The Lancet - Identification of ADAMTS7 as a novel locus for coronary atherosclerosis and association of ABO with myocardial infarction in the presence of coronary atherosclerosis: two genome-wide association studies
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text: Archbishop William D. Borders, who retired in 1989 as the 13th archbishop of Baltimore, died on April 19. He was 96. • The legislative action arm of the Family Research Council announced on April 19 that it would raise $500,000 to target 20 Democratic incumbents who voted for health care reform. • Bishop Paul Meng Qinglu, 47, became bishop of Hohhot in north central China on April 18, the first bishop ordained on the mainland since December 2007. • Rio de Janeiro’s towering Christ the Redeemer statue, undergoing restoration, was spray-painted with graffiti by vandals, marring the world-famous monument in an act Rio’s mayor called a “crime against the nation.”• Caritas agencies in China are racing to assist survivors of the earthquake that hit Yushu County in Qinghai Province on April 7, killing more than 2,000 people and injuring more than 12,000. • The Carter Center reported that while Sudan’s elections on April 17 were imperfect, they represent a key benchmark in the Comprehensive Peace Agreement and contribute to increased political and civic participation in Sudan.

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In classic thinking, companies are in business to turn a profit and return value to shareholders. But today’s employees are seeking more than just a paycheck in return for supporting their employers’ profitability trajectory: they are seeking purpose-driven work.
How important is purpose to employees and the businesses for which they work? A State of the American Workplace found that four in 10 employees are disengaged at work, which can lead to poor workplace culture, high turnover, and negative productivity. The results of a Northwestern University study found that organizations that are perceived as purpose-driven affect employees’ sense of meaningfulness at work. And a KPMG research study showed that 58 percent of companies with a clearly articulated and understood purpose experienced growth of 10+ percent growth as compared to their competitors.
In this podcast, Matt Campbell, managing director in KPMG’s People & Change practice sat down to discuss:


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Pineapple upside downcake (off of Vegweb.com)Prep: 10 min Cook: 30 min Servings: 8by Johanna Coursey4 recipes>
I will not kid you this cake is sweet! And for me that would have to be pretty sweet. but, my oldest son said I dont like this cake I love it! what does that say. Its good. I dont remember what a store bought version of this cake tastes like so i cant honestly tell you if its the same.
- 1 1/2 cups flour
- 1 cup sugar
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1/2 teaspoon salt
- 1 (20 ounce) can pineapple chunks in unsweetened pineapple juice
- 1/3 cup oil
- 1 tablespoon white vinegar
- 1/4 cup unpacked brown sugar
- 1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. In a bowl, combine flour, sugar, baking soda, and salt. Pour juice off can of pineapple into 1 cup measuring cup-it should be about 3/4 cup juice. Add water to make 1 cup. In a separate bowl, combine the pineapple juice, oil, and vinegar.
- 2. Dump pineapple chunks into the bottom of a 12" spring form pan (you could use an 8" x 8" or other sized spring form, just adjust cooking time). Sprinkle with brown sugar.
- 3. Quickly mix wet ingredients into dry, stirring quickly to combine ingredients well and get out the big lumps. Pour into pan on top of the pineapple/brown sugar mix.
- 4. Bake for 25 to 35 minutes, or until golden on top and a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. (Baking time will depend on pan size) Let cool and loosen sides of cake from pan. Remove side ring and place serving plate on top. Flip cake over onto serving plate and remove pan bottom.
- Eat. Yumm.
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A suicide bomber in the Pakistani city of Rawalpindi has rammed his motorcycle into a bus carrying military personnel, killing at least 6 people and wounding at least 25 others. VOA Correspondent Meredith Buel has details from Islamabad.
Pakistani security officials say the suicide bomber targeted a minibus carrying military personnel on a road running through a bazaar near the offices of the army's National Logistics Cell.
The explosion blew off the top of the bus, which was carrying medical and security employees. Several other vehicles were badly damaged.
Police and soldiers cordoned off the area and erected a screen around the site.
In recent months there have been several suicide bombings in Rawalpindi, a city where the army has its headquarters, about 12 kilometers from the capital, Islamabad.
Last December, opposition leader Benazir Bhutto was killed and about 20 others died in a gun and bomb attack in Rawalpindi. Prior to that, suicide bombings against employees of Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence agency and an army checkpoint killed dozens of people.
There were no immediate claims of responsibility for the attacks, but the government has blamed Taliban and al-Qaida-linked militants, who pose a growing security threat across Pakistan.
Violence has intensified in recent months, with the army battling militants near the border with Afghanistan and suicide bombings sowing fear in towns and cities.
The attacks are raising concerns about security as Pakistan prepares for parliamentary elections, currently scheduled for February 18.
Rawalpindi is in Punjab province and a top security official in Punjab is warning authorities have received information that a number of suicide bombers have entered the area and more attacks are expected soon.
Speaking to Dawn Television, Khusro Pervaiz Khan said there are several targets, including senior politicians.
"One is high profile political leaders is one of the targets in southern Punjab and then in Lahore again they will be targeting the security forces, including the police," said Khan.
Punjab is home to about half of Pakistan's population of 160 million people and voters there elect about 50 percent of the members of the lower house of parliament.
Pakistani analysts say the political party that wins in Punjab will likely win the election.


A FRIENDLY badminton match was held recently between the badminton teams of Yayasan Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah (YSHHB) and the Department of Co-Curriculum Education at the Ministry of Education at the Sports School badminton court in Berakas. The friendly match was hosted by the Department of Co-Curriculum Education and the team was led by the Director of Co-Curriculum Education, Pg Suhaimi bin Pg Hj Bakar and the Acting Deputy Director of Co-Curriculum Education, Roslin bin Suhailee. The match was aimed at strengthening the close relations between the two teams and promoting closer ties through sport. Photo left shows souvenirs being exchanged between the two teams while photo right shows both teams in a group photo.
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Pharmaceutical giant Roche unveiled more of its strategy to gain control of San Diego-based Illumina’s board of directors in the latest salvo in its $5.7 billion hostile takeover bid.
As expected, Roche will nominate its own candidates for the four open seats on Illumina’s board of directors. The seats are up grabs this year because the current directors’ terms are expiring.
Moreover, the Swiss behemoth will ask Illumina shareholders to approve a proposal to expand the board from nine members to 11 members. Roche will nominate its own candidates for the new seats as well.
If shareholders approve the expansion proposal and elect all Roche-nominated directors, Roche would gain majority control of Illumina’s board, paving the way for the takeover.
“Although we are taking this step, our strong preference remains to engage in a constructive dialogue with Illumina to jointly develop an optimal strategy for maximizing value for Illumina shareholders and our combined business,” said Severin Schwan, chief executive of Roche Group, in a statement. “Despite our repeated attempts, Illumina has been unwilling to participate in substantive discussions regarding a negotiated transaction.”
Illumina Chief Executive Jay Flatley said the company’s board is reviewing Roche's offer and will issue a formal response in about a week.
“We continue to advise our stockholders to take no action at this time,” he said in a statement.
Flatley called Roche’s proposal “board packing.” He said Illumina current board is highly qualified and includes eight independent directors – meaning they are not affiliated with the company other than sitting on its board. The ninth board member is Flatley.
Roche announced its hostile takeover bid for Illumina on Jan. 27. The buyout will get Roche into the potentially huge gene mapping market.
It took 13 years and $3 billion to map the human genome, with work completed about a decade ago. Today, Illumina and its competitors make machines that can map a single human genome in about day for a cost around $5,000.
Roche is already in the gene mapping business but uses a different technology than Illumina, which has about $900 million in annual sales. Roche believes it can expand Illumina’s customer base internationally to boost revenue in the near future. Much of the San Diego company’s sales are generated in the U.S. today.
Illumina has not yet scheduled its annual shareholder meeting. Last year, it was held in May. The company has adopted a poison pill to block the hostile takeover. But it can be amended or repealed by the Illumina's board at any time
Roche’s offer for Illumina amounts to $44.50 a share. Investors and analysts think the bid price will go higher. Illumina’s shares ended Tuesday up 90 cents at $51.86 on the Nasdaq.