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During yesterday's Gamescom Opening Night Live show, we were lucky enough to get a Doom Eternal DLC release date for the upcoming Ancient Gods Part One expansion. However, due to the "Part One" bit of that title and the fact that the devs have already told us that the game's season pass includes both DLCs, you might be wondering when we're getting our demon-slaying hands on part two of Doom Eternal's Ancient Gods DLC.
"They're both part of the Year One Pass," executive producer Marty Stratton told us in a recent interview. "So, you can suppose that they're both within a year of launch." As Doom Eternal launched back in March of this year, it seems a fair bet we'll get the second DLC between now and March 2021.
The development process hasn't been without its challenges, though, and the current situation that the world finds itself in hasn't helped. "COVID-19 has definitely taken its toll on all of the things that we can do," Stratton continues. "We've actually had to move some things around, we've pushed Invasion, which we intended to have done, out a bit. We also haven't released as much on the Battle Mode front as we'd hoped to because we've been focusing on the DLC."
Despite the added strain on the team, Stratton assures us that they're "expectation is to get them both out in that year-one timeframe". So, it looks like all you Doom fans won't have to wait too long for the second part of the upcoming DLC.
In the meantime, though, you get yourself pumped for Ancient Gods Part One DLC by watching the trailer here:
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Cuomo tries to 'redefine' sexual harassment as he pushes back against accusers: 'That's you feeling uncomfortable'
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New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo has been accused of trying to "mansplain" and redefine harassment in his latest defense against multiple sexual misconduct allegations against him.
Asked on Thursday at a press conference about the allegations – which are currently being investigated – Cuomo said if he made anyone "uncomfortable," that is "not harassment."
"I never said anything that I believe is inappropriate. You can leave this press conference today and say, 'Oh, the governor harassed me.' I would say I never said anything that I believed was inappropriate," he said. "I never meant to make you feel that way. You may hear it that way, you may interpret it that way. And I respect that, and I apologize to you if I said something that you think is offensive."
The governor was then challenged and asked if his definition of harassment was "legally correct" as the "harasser's intention doesn't matter."
"Harassment is not making someone feel uncomfortable," Cuomo said, doubling down. "That is not harassment. If I just made you feel uncomfortable, that is not harassment. That's you feeling uncomfortable."
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Numerous politicians have called on Cuomo to resign amidst his many controversies, primarily accusations from multiple women that he harassed them, including former aide Lindsay Boylan, who first detailed her alleged encounters with the governor last year.
Boylan was one of many to take issue with Cuomo's defiant press conference, accusing him of trying to redefine harassment.
"His national microphone makes his message far more damaging than just to the people he has directly abused. It is damaging if we accept it. The governor should be removed," she tweeted.
.@NYGovCuomo is using the power of his office to abuse and to validate abuse.
His national microphone makes his message far more damaging than just to the people he has directly abused. It is damaging if we accept it. The governor should be removed. https://t.co/NKDiZq93le pic.twitter.com/PL3iEfujqF
— Lindsey Boylan (@LindseyBoylan) May 13, 2021
The reporter who asked Cuomo the question on harassment, Rebecca C. Lewis, also took issue with the governor's stance.
"He told me, a young female reporter pressing him, that I could leave the press conference and say he harassed me, but that doesn't make it true, then said the below quote to me. Yikes," she wrote on Twitter.
He told me, a young female reporter pressing him, that I could leave the press conference and say he harassed me, but that doesn't make it true, then said the below quote to me. Yikes https://t.co/kLLoMRA7uS
— Rebecca C. Lewis (@_rebeccaclewis) May 13, 2021
Others accused Cuomo of trying to "mansplain" away his actions and digging even deeper into his hole of political chaos.
Wherein Gov. Cuomo mansplains what sexual harassment really is. I guess women have just been "uncomfortable" this whole time…https://t.co/RSxNFZBTlq
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On top of the sexual harassment accusations swirling around him, Cuomo is facing multiple other investigations, including one digging into accusations he manipulated Covid-19 death data out of New York nursing homes – long an allegation lobbed by his critics – and whether he misused state resources when writing his book on his leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic for which he reportedly got paid $4 million.
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Dave Umahi, governor of Ebonyi state, has tested positive for coronavirus.
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The governor broke the news in a statement he personally signed on Saturday.
The statement said the result of the test conducted by the Nigeria Centre for Disease Control (NCDC) came back positive.
Some aides of Umahi also tested positive.
The governor has directed Kelechi Igwe, his deputy, to take over the frontline coordination of the state's fight against the pandemic.
Umahi, who said he is not showing any symptom at the moment, appealed to the people of Ebonyi to take the NCDC protocols more seriously.
He said, for now, he would work from home and conduct all meetings virtually.
According to the NCDC, Ebonyi has recorded at least 438 cases of the virus, as of Friday evening.
Also, about 357 persons have been successfully treated and discharged while three have died.
After sending his samples for test, Umahi had said his deputy would coordinate the fight against COVID-19 if his result came back positive.
"If I test positive, my deputy will carry on with the fight as a frontline worker, but we will be extremely careful and use zoom to do our jobs. No retreat, no surrender! We will fight this COVID-19 matter to the end," he had told cabinet members in Abakaliki, the state capital.
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Thanksgiving and Christmas!! I love these holidays and I love cooking, so I really enjoy staying home and having others come over!
Hmmm.....just 1 personal item, that's tough but it would have to be soap! I need to stay clean & smelling good....LOL!
This is tough because I don't think anyone has the right to take another's life, but if you are killing evil people that are out there hurting others, then I may just look the other way! OMG...can't believe I said that but he isn't killing innocent people so he may be doing the world a favor.
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Sarcodon Blue on January 1, 2023 at 3:07 am
We live in a post industrial revolution world and we are exposed to so many chemicals and polutants even in the womb. These fads don't get down to the core issue a lot of the lots of the problems and many things can be done to get our body in balance and we might have to do a lot of things over a long period of time. We are all different so there isn't a one size protocol although there are general steps that have to be taken like helping the liver and other detox pathways. Yes we do have to do more to detox as we often live in polluted cities and ours foods get cross contaminated.
Rachel on January 1, 2023 at 3:09 am
I like how critical people are being of wellness trends because the fact is most young people are pretty healthy and don't need them. But please don't let the pendulum swing too far in the other direction because some of us actually do have diagnosed chronic conditions and part of our regime to avoid flare ups is drinking "exotic" herb teas and avoiding common delicious foods. I know lots of people on the internet like to take constructive criticism to the extreme so just remember y'all don't know everyone's story.
Kyllee the kiwi🎗💛 on January 1, 2023 at 3:12 am
Back a few months ago I was going through what I think was depression and panic attacks almost every day so I thought to get better I had to become "that girl" in the long run it made me so much worse. It destroyed my confidence and self esteem. This trend is genuinely harmful I like to do yoga and work out but not at 5 in the morning with my healthy beautiful breakfast and perfect body.
Adam Leckius on January 1, 2023 at 3:12 am
Omg.. I'm so glad I'm not a woman lol, this all seems unbearably stressful (okay there are male counterparts but they're easy to ignore)
There are foods that are not good for you and should only be eaten occasionally. It isn't a moral judgement on people's characters at least it shouldn't be. Who cares what someone's else who doesn't know it care about you thinks? There are foods that are nutritious that we need to eat every day.
mckamy on January 1, 2023 at 3:13 am
I'm so tired of seeing these wellness videos on my Instagram and I've tried really hard to change the algorithm but it keeps recommending me 'what I eat in a day' videos or 'that girl' content
Mathilde G on January 1, 2023 at 3:15 am
Social media's view of health is very one-dimensional. There is way more to health than pilates and green smoothies.
I also think we've become very disconnected from a sense of community in this society and that is also making us sick and unhappy.
Rachael Grig on January 1, 2023 at 3:16 am
It's good and important to take care of yourself but with all of this, "that girl" is honestly too much. like do you know how EXPENSIVE all that stuff is?? not all of us are billionaires. I feel like It really just makes some people feel like cr@p when they are not as "Healthy and put together" as these influencers, But no hate to any of them its just my opinion.
Lana Del X'O on January 1, 2023 at 3:17 am
When I started weight loss journey back in 2018, my mom refused to give me money for gym (i was in college, so no money of myself) she said to loose weight with the food you have at home and go running in the park nearby. I kid you not this whole "wellness" wasn't an aesthetic back then (I suppose) and I lost 20 kgs in 2 years with literally eating normal home made food and self exercise. These "aesthetic" products are just money market. Plus no hate, but these incense sticks and crystals and maalas are used since ages in india and was always mocked and suddenly every one started using this (its great m, but it should not be just used as aesthetic purposes)
Shweta Paswan on January 1, 2023 at 3:18 am
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Eliza Andreadaki on January 1, 2023 at 3:18 am
I am someone who practices modern magick/witchcraft (no, not satanism or the like…) And about crystals: sure they have their own properties but to receive you shall also give. Buying them and placing them isn't enough. You need to charge them with energy, you need to bond with them, carry some (tiny ones ofc) around depending on what you wish to bring into your life that day etc. I could go on for a while. Ofc, not everyone believes in the practice of witchcryand that's okay. It's not a religion exactly unless you work with deities. You can be atheist and practice witchcraft or you could be Christian (like myself) and practice witchcraft. It's just a practice between you and nature, a relationship of give and take that helps you alter your own reality through the help of nature. That said, most of the wellness videos take elements from witchcraft out of context and add insane claims about those elements (like crystals) and feed into the pseudoscience. Using crystals you can attract health and protection BUT the crystals can't be your sole remedy. You're still meant to go to a doctor and take care of yourself using medicine prescribed to you. Stuff like this is honestly a huge stain in the practice because people exploit it to sell items, undermining its true purpose and intention. The only thing I wanted to add to all things you said. It's basically that we all make half – assed efforts and think we can just buy our success instead of putting in the work and time. That's not true. Not with crystals, not with exercise programs, not with diets, not with equipment, not anything. It's about how you will USE those that SUIT YOU as a person to improve your life.
meg a on January 1, 2023 at 3:20 am
In my opinion, the way how this type of videos are perceived is more about the people watching, the content creator might just want to share their way of living their lives, not necessarily a bad thing and it's not like their intentions are to make people feel bad about themselves for not living the way they do, this is just like the "that girl" phenomenon. But then again everyone has a different ways to perceive things and different ways of living
Ivy Martínez on January 1, 2023 at 3:20 am
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Neida Cabrera Garcia on January 1, 2023 at 3:22 am
Two years ago I started working out and eating healthy, it did make me feel awesome because I felt so proud about how much discipline I put into my daily life. It almost makes me feel
Jealous that a lot of girls are jumping into this trend without really caring about it. I worked hard for my self and I find it unfair that now it's something so easy to achieve because everyone wants to have it.
'Wellness' is just a capitalist trend. It's just to make other people think we have our 💩 together
ArtsyAdara on January 1, 2023 at 3:22 am
that girl videos arent bad, its just girls making videos about basically some yummy food or workout, they dont say anything, its just you who thinks OMg bla bla bla
WrinkleinTime42 on January 1, 2023 at 3:24 am
So much about "self care" that we don't think enough about community care … yeah caring about yourself matters, but it's weird how egotistical these movements have become.
What happened to caring for others and others caring for you? I am all for finding ways to care for ourselves !! But it's sad that this individualism makes it feel like we can't rely on others or be there for others in our efforts to be healthy. Capitalism sure loves isolating us in our our ego bubbles 🥴
M Kerimova on January 1, 2023 at 3:28 am
Stop stopping for sirens girl it's not funny !!!
简澜 on January 1, 2023 at 3:29 am
I am not that obsessed, yet I think eating regularly on time is still important, it gives a regular time for liver to rest. And our dietary has become not so healthy that we could balance ourselves, because there is too much sugar in everything (that's not our fault, that's government's responsibility), so I eat less trying to limit the sugar, as I could eat a pot of food in one meal which is bit devastating to my body.
g 1 on January 1, 2023 at 3:30 am
the world is too much focused on physical, external 'wellness' and 'health' and it's completely forgetting the heart and mind's health
Eva Leilani on January 1, 2023 at 3:31 am
Toxic to my wallet, that is. 😭
Francini Retana on January 1, 2023 at 3:31 am
The crystal industry has to be the most lucrative industry💀 like you mean to tell me this pretty rock will heal me from generational trauma? Or when a crystal is targeted as "really rare!" And yet miraculously there's enough of those crystals to go around to everyone who desires one for a cheap price. Idk it just seems exploitive to me but that's just my opinion
celine on January 1, 2023 at 3:32 am
get yourself a mic!
RAMESHWARAM PRODUCTIONS on January 1, 2023 at 3:33 am
I don't know if it's just me or zoe really resembles itzy's yeji 💟💟💟
guess who on January 1, 2023 at 3:33 am
I think there is something to be said about Oriental philosophies and traditional medicinal practices. I found Ayurveda to be very inspirational in viewing health as something attainable for everyone, looking for ways to find balance keeping in mind our natural tendencies. Some people tend to be thinner and their mind is all over the place, so they should seek out ways to ground themselves, do relaxing forms of physical activity (like yoga) and eat sweet and salty things, while others have a tendency to be more round and soft and lethargic, so they need endurance, steady-paced training, and others benefit more from intense but short workouts to align with their body's nature. I loved this approach. But have not spent A DIME. I researched on my own. Saw lectures on YouTube about this topic, and took those guidelines in consideration when planning my physical activity and balancing my mind and body depending on what I need. As a Westerner, I do not expect nor intend to live by Ayurvedic teachings because I know fully well anything outside of Sri Lanka will be a mere imitation of a way of life very different from my own. The ingredients and foods they suggest have nothing in common with what is readily accessible around me, and do not make much sense because the context is so different. I think it's a good idea to be curious about other forms of wellness and keeping healthy, but everything must be considered thinking critically of what that actually entails in our own personal contexts. Being aware of consumerism, marketing strategies, and everything wrong in this sick late capitalist world we live in is key to not contract any more illness. Capitalism does not want us well, because then the wellness industry would not make a profit. Plain and simple.
Katerina Sushko on January 1, 2023 at 3:36 am
In reality wellness doesn't have to cost that much and involve people signing up to endless wellness coaching programs and drinking kombucha daily lol
P.s. I was blown away when I tried kombucha for the first time and realized that's what my Russian-Ukranian grandma forced me to drink as a kid 😅 but we didn't have a fancy marketing for it.
Wabi Sabi on January 1, 2023 at 3:38 am
Thanks for using my music in your videos!
Elvi Wombat on January 1, 2023 at 3:38 am
I love your videos but do you realize that some of the tiktok videos you put in your video are satire? Genuinenly asking wether or not that is intentional.
Paige Guy on January 1, 2023 at 3:39 am
Loving your videos! Pausing every time there's a siren or your fridge makes a noise is kind of annoying tho 😂 takes away from the video a bit, or maybe that's just my adhd talking 🤪
muskan manwani on January 1, 2023 at 3:40 am
Thank you for talking about how yoga is being perceived by the west. In india we have a very different meaning behind yoga it is our pride like the number zero and we are made to do it every week at school with very different connotations to it here
Sharon Marie on January 1, 2023 at 3:40 am
In my opinion from years of experience and observations with such topic
I would say that healthy diet is important but not to deprive yourself or over indulge
I would say exercise is important but not to over do it
If you have an issue with your appearance than that is something internal needing to be worked out
I believe it all begins with a healthy mind set which I understand more than ever how hard that can be when surrounded by such toxic people
It's okay and great to be positive but not to the point to where it is toxic and we ignore our problems
It's okay to want to be healthy and fit but when we compare ourselves to other people we can begin to feel worse
Sometimes we just need a break from social media to enjoy our lives and stop comparing because I too have done this and it only made me worse
There is a good side to health and wellness with so many benefits and there is a toxic side that people fall into
Love the video though and hiw you explained things😊
Omaya Amma on January 1, 2023 at 3:40 am
I like your videos and tank you Soo much 🤗😊
Marco on January 1, 2023 at 3:41 am
You don't need to be perfect or have a 100% healthy lifestyle, however, some of the people making fun of healthy habits on tik tok really show that they know nothing about exercise and nutrition (or ethics or anything in general). For example, it really is a lot better to cook with olive oil, and to choose plant milk and the veggie burger over the cow milk and meat burger.
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makemebetch on January 1, 2023 at 3:44 am
The intro is everything 🔥
Iasmin Araujo on January 1, 2023 at 3:46 am
I love it how there are always at least 26 fires whenever she's filming
EliseZhang on January 1, 2023 at 3:48 am
I really like how Zoe, unlike many people, doesn't class things into absolutely 'good' or 'bad'.
Sarah Gardner on January 1, 2023 at 3:49 am
5:37 "Eating a piece of cake every once in a while shouldn't make you feel terrible."
It does for me. I'm gluten and dairy intolerant.
the hoodedfang on January 1, 2023 at 3:51 am
My God I just realized your subscriber amount says 666 😱
kapokikko dragneel on January 1, 2023 at 3:52 am
My wellness practice is literally taking a bath. I've always taken a bath once a week and when I was in high school during exams, the bath became my safe space.
I'd be stressed out, feel bad about myself for a whole week. But on sunday evening, I had my bath time. The exams on monday were always the most stressful ones, so I'd be so stressed out the whole weekend learning for the exam, but my bath time… Was me time. Yea, I stay there for 2 hours… Which might be strange to some people, but when I am feeling overwhelmed, when I am feeling bad and emotional, those 2 hours do so much for me.
I literally hide there for my responsibilities and things going wrong. (when things get really bad I can literally hide there for 4 hours… And at that point it is because I don't want to go out and have to deal with all that stuff again. Deal with my own failure essentially)
It's not about being physically clean, but you come out of there feeling so much better. So I can understand that for some people, that time is their yoga time, or their skincare routine, or making healthy food. It's something we need to justify doing by saying it's for hygene or for our physical wellness, but it's actually just to bring some peace to our head.
Going back to basics, just relax, don't worry about the overly complex emotions you feel, or the world that seems to be falling apart.
Just take an extra bath this week and things will be fine 🙂
I've also noticed that the worse I feel about myself, the more I feel like a failure, I put more time into my looks. I take a lot of time to do my hair, to get a nice outfit ready, to do some makeup. And I think that that's also because the more time I groom myself, the less time I have to worry about failing at everything else. Yes, I'm an absolute mess, I'm completely messing up this amazing opportunity that I have…. But at least I can feel confident about my looks. I don't have a pretty face, but have you seen my hair?Yea, I cut it myself and styled it myself. And my outfit… I look fucking bomb. And it's completely my doing. I get to feel proud of that.
Nelson Sanabria on January 1, 2023 at 3:52 am
may on January 1, 2023 at 3:54 am
I LOVE your videos !!!!!
Khar Casse on January 1, 2023 at 3:55 am
Here goes nothing-》I am not attacking anybody but these overly wellness and self-care, wake up at 5am everyday, drink lemon water in the morning, buy expensive skincare and cute workout clothes videos are so annoying and boring I feel like people are so focused on themselves and want to make everything esthetically pleasing that it gets boring and just seems fake in general. Life is about balance you cannot spend the entirety of your life making nice drink and waking up at 5:00am with a lot of energy to go to the gym. LIFE it's not a straight line it's a mixed of feeling excessively good, bad and being in the middle most of the time and unless people get that they will still pretend to be happy on a 5seconds video but spend there whole life fake achieving happiness and health. Okay bye I don't know why I am writing a whole essay about this. One last argument do you guys notice that all these people are self-centered I am the most happy and healthy when I am around people I love and you never just see videos about people calling that self-care. We need to be less focused on trying to be happy and let's just be, I am sure happiness and the rest are going to come and probably leave as it please them
Lauren Easton on January 1, 2023 at 3:56 am
the green crystal at the beginning that was being described as one that "catapults" you into change was malachite and uh, it's not as big and scary as she made it sound. it doesn't force change upon you and throw you into change it's better described as revealing what change serves you best and allowing you to act on those changes, it's made out to be much scarier than it is, there's no reason to be afraid of malachite unless you aren't looking for change then it might not be the sparkly rock for you lol
Shawtumn Mouseau on January 1, 2023 at 3:59 am
There will always be sirens in the background in most, if not, all of your videos. Wonder what's going on out there
MKat on January 1, 2023 at 3:59 am
Editing tip 1 (from professional) (technically)
People will always, mostly tolerate shit visuals, like 280p
But a lot of people won't watch if ur audio isn't really great…
What's insane is that the audio for ad is great, but the video it's mid?
Anyway, good video either way
Richard Wright on January 1, 2023 at 4:00 am
Yes, wellness culture is extremely toxic – especially all the online courses I keep getting offered called curated courses on wellness to improve my work-life balance
Mehar Brar on January 1, 2023 at 4:01 am
me an Indian national yoga player : approves
christea on January 1, 2023 at 4:06 am
zoe! i think it would be great if you have an extra mic for voice recording since the sound could be a bit echoey sometimes and distracting but nonetheless i like ur content, much love! xo
Isfin Annaire on January 1, 2023 at 4:06 am
Due to chronic illness I, amongst other things, have to deal with chronic fatigue, so wellness means somehting a little different to me that I can't necessarily market on social media. To me it often means trying to get enough sleep, communicating with friends when I'm not up to a plan we made and sometimes even reaching for a microwave meal during stressfull times because it's bette to eat something rather than nothing when I don't have the energy to cook a homemade meal.


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World Cup 2014: Liverpool team-mate's high praise for youngster Raheem Sterling
Glen Johnson thinks the winger could be England's secret weapon while Jordan Henderson believes he could be the best in the world
Neil Jones
England's Raheem Sterling during a training session in Miami, USA.
Glen Johnson believes the pace and attacking ability at Roy Hodgson's disposal makes this England side unlike any other Italy will have faced before.
The countries meet for the 25th occasion this weekend in their Group D opener at the Arena Amazonia in Manaus, having first met in 1933.
Italy were the opponents in England's last match at a major international tournament, when they bowed out on penalties after a 0-0 draw at Euro 2012.
LFC boys in Brazil
Johnson is one of the six that started in Kiev available this weekend and warned the Azzurri their new attacking capabilities makes them a completely different proposition to two years ago.
"I think we had a good team when we played Italy last time, but now we have more players who can hurt them attacking-wise," the Liverpool right-back said.
"We have a bit more pace in the squad as well so hopefully we will get further on.
"I don't think Italy will have met an England team like this before. The team we had before was a good side but maybe it was slightly defensive.
"If we can defend well now and use some of the pace and ability we have going forward we can cause problems."
Johnson and his team-mates arrived in Brazil yesterday morning, having travelled overnight following their 0-0 draw with Honduras in Miami.
It was a match Liverpool team-mate Raheem Sterling missed following his harsh red card against Ecuador on Wednesday, although manager Roy Hodgson insists his absence would not impact his chances of starting against Italy.
Asked if the winger could be England's secret weapon, Johnson said: "Hopefully he can. That would ideal if people don't know what he is capable of and people underestimate him a bit.
"That would definitely work in our favour. Hopefully it can work in our favour. Hopefully people will underestimate him and then he can prove them wrong.
"I think he has looked good all year. He is a young kid who is willing to learn about the game and he should just get better."
The other notable absentee in Saturday's ill-tempered, storm-interrupted draw with Honduras was Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain.
The Arsenal midfielder will be given the maximum amount of time to get over a medial ligament injury sustained against Ecuador, with the players rallying around him as his rehabilitation continues.
"We have to get our head round what type of injury it is," Johnson said. "There are a few question marks around how bad it is and how quickly he can recover.
"He is well in with the squad, well in with the lads and we try and keep him as happy as possible.
"He is just as involved as he was apart from the training sessions. Personally he will be gutted and we are gutted for him because you don't want to be picking up injuries now.
"I am sure he will be mentally strong and we will be by his side. He was great the other night and you don't want to lose any player especially with the quality he has got."
Jordan Henderson: Raheem Sterling can be a real star
Raheem Sterling has the potential to become one of the best players in the world, according to England and Liverpool team-mate Jordan Henderson.
The winger has long been dubbed a wonderkid, with the Reds bringing him from QPR as a 15-year-old for an initial fee of £600,000 that could rise to a reported £5m.
Four years later it is looking an excellent piece of business, with Sterling this season stepping up to the fore with both club and country.
The 19-year-old was nominated for the PFA Young Player of the Year award for his Liverpool performances and could be handed a starting berth in England's Group D opener against Italy on Saturday.
"Raheem is a fantastic player," Henderson said. "I think you've seen that in the Premier League and even when he's played for England.
"I think he's outstanding, he has no fear. For such a young boy he's got great awareness and his knowledge of the game is really good.
"I think he can be a big plus for us in this World Cup.
"He can go as good as he wants to go. He's got a good head on shoulders, got good people around him, so he's just got to keep working hard.
"I am sure he will go right to the very top. He'll be a top, top player."
Liverpool's Raheem Sterling is tipped to go all the way to the top, according to team-mates.
There is a six-strong Liverpool contingent among the Three Lions squad that landed in Brazil yesterday, including captain Steven Gerrard.
His presence is helping the younger players to settle in and has boosted Henderson's chances of starting the opening game in Manaus.
The pair have shone alongside one another in Liverpool's midfield, meaning Henderson could next weekend make his first competitive appearance for England since the Euro 2012 exit to Italy.
"I think everybody has settled in really well," Henderson said.
"There's a lot of young lads that have come through together and know each other well.
"I think the more experienced lads have really welcomed everybody in and it's a very close group.
"Obviously I've played with Steven for a number of years now and I've sort of got a good relationship with him.
"We are just trying to bring that with England as best we can, but everybody is gelling well and we're gelling well as a team."


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A Postcode Should Not Shape A Person's Destiny - OpEd, HuffPost
Posted by Andrew Leigh Mp 48sc on August 09, 2017
A Postcode Should Not Shape A Person's Destiny
HuffPost, 9 August 2017
The late historian John Hirst once told me that if you took a time machine back to the 1800s, the streets of Sydney would remind you more of Charles Dickens' London than modern-day Australia. Landless labourers slept rough on the streets, while affluent landowners wore top hats and were saluted by police officers.
Australia wasn't just more unequal, it was more static. The child of a labourer expected to be a labourer. The son of a lawyer looked to follow in his father's footsteps. Going back centuries, surnames like Baker, Smith and Cook are a reminder of how little mobility there used to be among our European ancestors. Your surname was your job, and your parents' job, and their parents' job.
As Australia became more equal in the post-war decades, we probably became more mobile. Finishing school and attending university no longer depended on having rich parents. We became a society based more on merit than the luck of birth. In the 1950s and 1960s, economic growth boosted middle incomes more than top incomes – and spread opportunity through society.
But over the past generation, we have seen the opposite trend. Since the mid-1970s, real wages have grown by 72 percent for the top tenth of workers, but by just 23 percent for the bottom tenth. If child care workers and cleaners had received the same wage gains as financiers and solicitors, they would be around $16,000 a year better off.
Rising inequality has direct costs. An economy that benefits only the fortunate few isn't just unfair – it's likely to be unhappy and unstable too. But inequality also risks harming social mobility; making it harder for a bright child from modest circumstances to make it to the middle class.
This pattern, dubbed 'The Great Gatsby Curve' by economist Alan Krueger, shows up across countries. The most equal nations – such as Denmark and Norway – are also extremely mobile. The most unequal countries – such as Chile and Peru – are scarily immobile. Children are far more likely to move from rags to riches in nations that have a smaller gap between rich and poor. The same pattern shows up across cities in the United States: equality and mobility go together.
One of the reasons that inequality will be the defining mission for the next Labor Government is that we value a society in which a child's postcode does not shape her destiny. Our policies around needs-based school funding, protecting Medicare and defending penalty rates will create a more equal society. Bill Shorten and Chris Bowen led the debate on closing tax loopholes in superannuation in 2015 and negative gearing in 2016 because we can't justify a two-class tax system. Our announcements on multinational taxation and tax havens are grounded in basic Aussie egalitarianism.
Labor's views on fairness are reflected in who we think should bear the burden of reining in Australia's rising government debt – now above half a trillion dollars in gross terms. Under a Turnbull Government, taxes will go up for people earning between $21,000 and $87,000. Under a Shorten Government, those people will not cop a tax rise. Instead the top 2 percent will be asked to pay tax at the same rates that existed until the end of June this year. After a generation of rising inequality, why should the top end pay less and middle Australia pay more?
Australia's home ownership rate is now at a six-decade low. Over the past generation, the share of young Australians owning their home has fallen, while the share who are renting has risen. As major city house prices push the seven-figure mark, we increasingly risk becoming a nation where the only way of buying a home is to get help from your parents. Again, economic inequality reinforces intergenerational stasis. Labor's changes to negative gearing will not affect existing investors, but after they come into effect, the benefits of negative gearing will only be available for those purchasing newly built homes. And by halving the capital gains tax discount, we will limit a tax concession whose benefits accrue disproportionately to the most affluent Australians.
And then there's our approach to discretionary trusts, which are overwhelmingly held by the most affluent households. Taxing discretionary trust distributions to mature-aged beneficiaries at 30 percent is a similar approach to what John Howard did as Treasurer in 1980, when he stopped the rort of distributing tax-free trust income to toddlers. Charitable trusts, deceased estates and people who work in or run a small business and receive a salary won't be affected. But high-income professionals who are splitting their income with their adult children and parents will have to go back to just one tax-free threshold – just like the rest of the workforce.
When inequality rises, it's like the rungs of the ladder of life get further apart. That makes it harder for a child to climb out of poverty. We become less of a meritocracy, and more of a feudal society. To oppose equality is to oppose mobility. It's not the Labor way, and it's not the Australian way. That's why we have to make Australia more equal again.
Andrew Leigh is the Shadow Assistant Treasurer, and author of Battlers and Billionaires: The Story of Inequality in Australia.


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Data shows the impact of Covid-19 on gambling behaviour Published Date: 27/07/2021
The Gambling Commission has published further data showing how the evolving Covid-19 lockdown measures have impacted online gambling behaviour in Great Britain.
The operator data reflects the period between March 2020 and May 2021, inclusive, and covers both online and, where relevant, some offline gambling operator data, noting that land-based premises have only recently been able to open since closing in December.
The latest online operator data for May 2021 shows:
Activity in the online market decreased in May with active accounts and gross gambling yield (GGY) both decreasing 14% and 5% respectively, while total bets remained at a similar level.
Slots GGY increased to £211m during the period from April to May. The number of spins increased 2% and active players decreased 5%.
The number of online slots sessions lasting longer than an hour decreased by 1% (to just below 2.6m). The average session length increased to 20.7 minutes, with nearly 9% of all sessions lasting more than one hour.
The commission said: "We recognise that the country is now entering a different phase as we continue to ease out of lockdown. We continue to expect extra vigilance from operators as consumers are impacted in different ways by the circumstances. Many people will still feel vulnerable as a result of the length of the pandemic period and further uncertainty about their personal or financial circumstances.
"It is likely many have picked up new gambling routines and habits during lockdown that may be hard to change as things return to normal, even as normal spending on other things resumes. This could be challenging for some and important for operators to identify through their monitoring."


Living a lie takes its toll. Small habits of duplicity build over time, and we women—because of our orientation toward pleasing others—are particularly susceptible. You accept an invitation to a dinner party, when you really want to stay home and read a book. You volunteer to organise the school fundraiser, because the teacher asks you and you love your child. But now you have no time to exercise, and when irritation and resentment surface, you feed them with another cup of coffee, glare at your computer screen, and forget about the sweet violets growing along mountain paths you never have time to follow.
It probably started a long time ago. Girls want to please. You were a dutiful daughter, a diligent student, a gracious and accommodating girlfriend. Hardwired to respond to the needs of others, your own needs got marginalised. It is likely they never even became clear to you in the first place. Your choices—in matters big as well as small—centred around service to social mechanisms often antithetical to your highest truth. Though boys can get caught up in these patterns too, girls are particularly vulnerable. We become so accustomed to playing roles that we deceive ourselves into believing that's what we are. We violate our soul by continually ignoring its cry for nourishment.
Is it any wonder that depression is so common in women? Depression is a symptom that the soul is out of joint. Our truth wants expression, and its neglect manifests as disease. Sleep problems, eating disorders, constant fatigue, negative thought patterns—all these disturbances indicate a profound disconnect between soul and the world it feels compelled to inhabit.
Yet cosmic harmony—which ancient Indian rishis called Rita—binds everything. Rita governs seasons and tides. Sun and Moon rise and set according to Rita. Everything that moves or breathes or vibrates has purpose under Rita. That purpose is its dharma, the expression of its truth. In the natural world it's easy to see. A plum tree produces plums, not oranges, because that's its dharma.
Human life presents challenge, because each soul travels a unique path towards enlightenment, the ultimate dharma for all. But it's individual dharma that shapes your soul's particular journey. Jyotish sheds light upon the truth your soul craves to express. It illuminates the mystery of Rita. Jyotish draws on inspired intuition too. You also can hone that skill, giving voice to your soul.
When an urge to act—around anything—arises, press "Pause" and listen. Remain still. Wait until your heart shouts, Yes! If instead you hear ambivalence or resistance, the urge originates from surface impulse or outside pressure, not heart, so let it pass. Don't act on it. Train your actions to flow only from heart. Harmonious living means living always from the heart. You'll know you're evolving spiritually when your body and mind synchronise into a perfectly-tuned instrument, the momentum of cosmic harmony suffusing them with profound contentment and singing joyfully melodies Rita has composed just for you.
You bring up a great point here, Aideen, a whole other dimension of resistance. In the article, I wrote about the duplicity games we can play with ourselves, saying "yes" to something when we'd really like to say "no", and vice versa, basically not tuning into our truth. But sometimes the real "Yes" that our heart wants to sing out is hidden behind a barrier of fear, as you indicate. Eradicating fear can be a real challenge. First step is analysing if there is any rational basis for it. (Fearless toddlers want to run into the street. Not a good idea.) But lots of the time our fears are about something else . . . self-doubt, failure, making a fool of oneself. (Why does public speaking strike terror for so many?) As you recall, the 5th klesha of the Yoga Sutras is abhinivesha, translated usually as "fear of death" or "clinging to life". Though that is an accurate enough translation, it has another nuance in the context of the kleshas. The kleshas describe the process by which ordinary mind or ego-identity is formed, out of avidya, or spiritual blindness. Kleshas are the root of the "vrittis", those incessant "thought waves of the mind" (fear being a theme of many vrittis). Abhinivesha is thus fear of losing ego identity, fear of anything that threatens our carefully constructed "me" identity. All fears, including fear of death, can be a form of this.
So what to do? Wonderful that you have started regular mediation. Dipping into that pool of stillness daily brings much equanimity to the flow of life. Even when things are not clear, as you say, it is all OK still. That is a healthy sign, because the more things feel OK, the more they become clear! Another way to work with fear is head on. Cultivate courage. Sometimes it is helpful to break it down into small bites. (Muster the courage to speak before 50 people, next time 100, then 500). Do the scary thing, even though you might be trembling. Afterwards it feels great, and builds courage for the next challenge. Physical challenges can help this too. Body and mind are connected. So strong yoga asana, or sports, or mountain climbing, whatever you feel called to, can help. Mastering physical challenge builds courage that can transfer into other areas of life. I used to talk about that when teaching handstands, especially to women, who are generally weaker in the upper body when they first start yoga (like I was too), and afraid to stand on their hands. A girl who was struggling to kick up asked me,"Do you mean I could pop into the loo at work for a few handstands, and then I'd be able to speak up in the meeting?" I told her it could certainly help. That girl was soon holding beautiful handstands!
Thank you so much for sharing this, Aideen, as well as your kind words about my blog and teaching. I won't stop writing articles, but that spam attack was a real trial! It helps me so much to keep going with this work when I know that someone out there is benefiting. You are dear to me. All former and present students are dear to me. The time we shared together in yoga is so precious. It is with me always, and with you too. Om shanti.


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As factory equipment reaches end-of-life, manufacturing organizations face a crisis. A shortage of spare parts, lagging performance, and software obsolescence put them in a tenuous position. They risk production interruptions due to equipment failure and costly downtime.
But it's not just about the risks.
There are big opportunities in upgrading machines that drive today's factories. For example, the move toward IT and OT convergence—the cornerstone of Industry 4.0—requires a more open and connected software-driven infrastructure.
And gaining advantages with new technologies such as computer vision, edge AI, and machine learning depend on high compute platforms and upgraded software environments.
Open, flexible, and high-performance industrial PCs provide manufacturers with options unavailable before: new platforms that empower continuous innovation—enabling businesses to adapt more quickly, stay ahead of global market changes, and increase competitiveness.
But how do you get there with minimal impact on daily operations? There's no single right answer. Your path will depend on application requirements, and there are three routes:
Keep your current software and OS environment
Keep your current software and run something new side by side
Deploy a full-blown upgrade of hardware, software, and drivers
We'll look at all three of these options and why, regardless of the approach, building on top of a virtualized platform provides benefits now and into the future (Figure 1).
Figure 1. There are three IoT software platform options when upgrading hardware.
Keeping Your IoT Software Platform
The common case for many applications may also be the path of least resistance—a hardware upgrade that requires few or no changes to the existing software environment.
One company is making this option a reality. "You can upgrade to new hardware and still keep your old software environment," said Jerry Chang, PM Senior Director at DFI. "This is a smaller effort, where factories can just migrate the old system to a new machine. So in many ways it's the best of both worlds."
The manufacturer gains more reliability and better performance without having to sacrifice a lot of time and effort to rewrite software. And with an IPC packed with processing power, there's room to add more capabilities.
The common case for many applications may also be the path of least resistance—a hardware upgrade that requires few or no changes to the existing software environment. @dfi_embedded
Moving an IoT Software Platform to New Hardware
A global supplier of display panel technology partnered with DFI Inc. to seamlessly refresh IPCs in its factories around the world.
For example, one of its factories was experiencing a sharp spike in quality issues related to its aging controllers. Due to the high number of fine-tuned test profiles, the best path forward was to continue using its old XP-based inspection tool software. DFI provided the latest IPC hardware and a virtual machine environment that enabled the manufacturer to keep its existing software set up for a seamless migration.
Chang compared the process to upgrading a 10-year-old PC notebook that's become too slow and unreliable. "Here's a similar situation. You want to play your favorite game, but it's not supported in Windows 10. You can buy the latest and greatest notebook, and with VM technology, you can easily migrate your whole system. When you boot up, you will see the same UI. You log in the same, your wallpaper is the same, everything is the same, except for faster performance."
To support its needs, the panel manufacturer deployed the DFI RM641-SD, an Intel® verified, "ready to run" next-generation IPC. With pre-installed virtualization software, it was customized to run Windows XP and application binaries associated with the AU Optronics legacy system (Figure 2).
Figure 2. The RM641-SD uses 6th Gen Intel® Core™ processors in a rack-mount form factor.
But migrating old software to new hardware requires an "apples-to-apples" upgrade. "If there were five USBs, three cameras, and two LAN ports, we need a system with exactly the same configuration," said Chang. "So for this use case we designed a board that fits the spec, and ported the customer's software image."
When Smart Factories Call for New Software
Some factories are seeing the benefits of consolidating the functions of multiple controllers onto one powerful platform—enabling operational efficiencies and innovation through software. This is a scenario where the panel manufacturer might run both Windows XP and Windows 10-based testing from a single machine—supporting different jobs on different OS environments.
Old and new software would run side by side—maintaining their existing software, I/O, and applications while deploying latest-generation hardware and new software.
But what happens when factory operations call for technology upgrades unsupported by XP? OT engineers face a greater development effort in rewriting applications, drivers, and supporting legacy I/O for Windows 10. The payoff is an IPC set up for the latest and greatest IIoT technologies and more possibilities for continuous innovation.
This was true in the factories where the panel manufacturer builds 4K and 8K LCD panels, which use a very high-resolution camera to do inspections. The system uses video decoding technology not supported by Windows XP—prompting a migration to a Windows 10 environment.
"These are cases where the customer is looking at a whole new controller top to bottom," said Chang. "They need the machine performance and they need the software. So that's a complete development project, versus a simple hardware migration."
Plus they're set up for the diverse range of AI and machine learning applications being deployed in smart factories. XP is not a friendly option here, where platforms such as Azure IoT Edge and Toolkits like Intel® OpenVINO™ primarily work only with Windows 10.
Beyond Embedded Systems
The panel manufacturer found working with DFI to be a real timesaver. The ability to build flexible, virtualized environments on top of customized IPCs streamlined system upgrades. And services such as porting the software, fine-tuning drivers, and even on-site support assured a smooth transition.
Not only did the manufacturer solve the high-maintenance and malfunction problems of old factory controllers, it extended the life span of equipment and increased productivity. What's more, the company is set up to innovate more quickly, improve competitiveness, and adapt to global changes.
Georganne Benesch is the Associate Content Director for insight.tech. Before this she was an independent writer, authoring blogs, web content, solution guides, white papers and more. Prior to her freelance career Georganne held product management and marketing positions at companies such as Cisco, Proxim and Netopia. She earned a B.A. at University of California at Santa Cruz.
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He said some Bullecourt residents had already been campaigning against the wind farm proposal for at least a year on behalf of the soldiers' families.
"They're not against wind farms, and neither am I, they just didn't want them on this specific battlefield," he added.


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Oil marketers on Friday in Abuja called on the Federal Government to assist them in making foreign exchange available for the importation of petroluem products.
The marketers, under the umbrella of the Depot and Petroleum Products Marketers Association of Nigeria (DPPMAN), made the plea during a meeting with the Minister of Finance held at the headquarters of the ministry.
The meeting, chaired by the minister, was attended by Chief Executive Officers of 46 major oil companies in the country. It was held to discuss salient issues affecting the downstream sector of the petroleum industry.
The Chairman of DAPPMAN, Mr Dapo Abiodun, told the minister that members of the association were currently having a tough time converting some of the Naira payments made by the government to dollars.
He said their inability to convert these payments from the Federal Government from Naira to dollar was making it difficult for them to meet their obligations to their foreign partners.
He said while the oil marketers would continue to do their best in importing petroleum products into the country, the unavailability of foreign exchange might make it challenging to achieve such objective.
The Federal Government had paid the oil marketers N48.2 billion minus Value Added Tax as the arrears of outstanding 2015 subsidy claims.
The amount, according to the Federal Ministry of Finance, is to enable them to import petroleum products and meet up their other financial needs. Abiodun said except the Central Bank of Nigeria provided foreign exchange to oil marketers, the payment made by the government for fuel imports would continue to sit in their Naira accounts.
"We want to thank you for the recent payment of about N42 billion but we want to emphasise the fact that this Naira payment will continue to sit in our banks."
"We look forward to dialoguing with you as to how you can help us expedite the sourcing of foreign exchange to liquidate our exposures to our foreign bankers that we have line of credit with.
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"We do not want to come back to you to ask for foreign exchange differentials which issue we still have pending from previous transactions," he said.
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Reaper (A Dark Assassins Novel Book Two)
Valerie Ullmer
A wolf-shifter and his powerful human.
Reaper had expected it to be an easy assignment. Break into a biotech facility with minimum security and rescue a group of immortals who were subject to deadly experiments and eliminate those who might try to fight back. But the moment he walked into the glass prison and spotted a human woman being held with the immortals, his mission changed.
She became his mission.
Before Reaper had a chance to explain that he was there to help her, she blinded him and the rest of his team and slipped away. Although she had escaped him, a protectiveness that he'd never felt washed over him, and he became determined to find her.
Ara has always depended on herself, but there was something about the shifter that made her want to trust him. She recognized him as someone who was capable of protecting her as well as understanding her secrets without turning her away, but before she could allow herself to trust him, she ran.
But with no resources and running out of ideas about how to protect herself, will she be able to lower her defenses and allow the shifter to help her?
All of his muscles locked down as he scanned her, making sure that she hadn't been hurt. When he found her injury-free, he blew a sigh of relief.
Comparing the last memory he had of her, he took note that she had lost even more weight from her time on the run. Her body, clothed in scrubs that were similar to the pair she wore close to a month before, hung loosely on her curvy frame.
Before he could rein it in, a low growl of disapproval slipped past his lips. Either too tired or determined to get into the house, she missed the noise.
He kept his gaze on her as she ran up the porch and hesitated a moment, before she waved a hand in front of the door. When the door unlocked, she pushed her way in and closed it behind her. He heard the distinct click of the lock sliding back into place.
Although he wanted to rush after her, scoop her up, and take her home while she would be too tired to launch him down the block, instinct told him to wait. If he found her, then someone else could've as well.
Less than five minutes after she entered the house, a figure emerged from the woods several yards from where he stood. Without disguising his movements, the man ran up to the porch and jiggled the doorknob. His amateur actions covered the noise of Reaper's advance.
As Reaper stood feet away from eliminating the new threat, a male voice erupted through the man's earpiece, making the asshole jump. Reaper paused and listened to the angry voice.
"Have you got her yet?"
Instead of answering, the stupid git removed the offending object from his ear and stomped on it. "I'm going to kill that bitch when I get a hold of her."
Reaper waited until the man went back to his futile attempt at picking the lock before he unsheathed a knife from his thigh. Not giving his target time to make any more progress on the lock, he stepped forward and wrapped a hand around the man's mouth and nose, silencing his shout of surprise. Rage filled Reaper at how close this man had gotten to her. So with precise movements, he drove the knife into the man's chest to the hilt and twisted. The man was dead within a matter of seconds.
He hid the body on the side of the porch. The bushes would prevent anyone from the street happening upon him. After the woman was secured in his home, he would call for a cleanup crew to make the body disappear.
Reaper hadn't been surprised that they caught up to her, and he knew that this one man's incompetence didn't mean that whoever chased her would make the same mistake twice. He had to rush before the man in the earpiece realized that his colleague lay dead.
Stepping up to the door, he placed his hands, several inches apart, and pressed until the locks gave way. He slid inside without a sound before shutting the door. Taking a deep breath to get a trace on where she might have gone, he was surprised because it seemed as the entire house smelled of her. Light and sweet.
He darted from room to room. They were running out of time before they were discovered. Desperation clawed at his chest as he found each one empty. At the top of the stairs, he paused when a faint cry reached him. Unsure of where the sound came from, he wandered farther down the hall, hoping that the sound would repeat.
Mumbles and whines of pain came through the door farthest away from the master bedroom. As he opened the door, the floor beneath him started to shake, which intensified the closer he moved into the room. Not knowing what had caused the house to move, his need to protect her ramped up.
His eyes snapped to the woman who lay curled in the corner of a tiny mattress, whimpering. After a minute, he realized that the louder her whines, the more the house shook. Sprinting toward the wall she had burrowed against, he scooped her up into his arms and tried to soothe her with unintelligible words that streamed from his mouth. He pressed her tighter to his chest when his words failed to reach her, and wondered how he could get her to calm down.
Valerie writes paranormal and contemporary romances with strong alpha males and brilliant, beautiful heroines. She lives in Denver, Colorado with her wonderfully supportive husband and their funny and wise black lab. She's addicted to coffee, crime shows, and reading and writing character driven romances.
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Great excerpt. Book sounds fantastic.
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