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El XIII Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión tuvo lugar el 6 de abril de 1968 en el Royal Albert Hall de Londres, Reino Unido, organizado por la BBC, tras la victoria de Sandie Shaw, con su canción Puppet on a String. La presentadora fue Katie Boyle y Massiel, que representaba a España, ganó el concurso con la canción La, la, la, obteniendo 29 puntos. El segundo puesto fue para el representante británico, Cliff Richard, que con la canción Congratulations quedó a un punto de España. Isabelle Aubret, representante de Francia (que ya había ganado el certamen en 1962 con la canción "Premier Amour" que obtuvo 26 puntos),  quedó tercera con la canción "La source" (la fuente) que obtuvo 20 puntos.

En un principio, España iba a enviar como representante a Joan Manuel Serrat para que cantara el tema "La, la, la", pero TVE le retiró del certamen, ya que se negó a cantar en español, y hacerlo en catalán. Posteriormente pensaron en enviar al Dúo Dinámico (Ramón Arcusa y Manuel de la Calva) para sustituir a Serrat, ya que eran los autores de la canción "La, la, la" pero finalmente TVE decidió enviar a Massiel, que se encontraba de gira en México y tan solo tuvo 10 días para prepararse antes del certamen.

Por Yugoslavia se presentó un grupo, Dubrovački Trubaduri, con disfraces de juglares medievales. Era un grupo formado originalmente por seis personas. Sin embargo, el reglamento en aquella época solo permitía concursar a solistas y dúos, por lo que oficialmente acudieron cinco a Londres, dos de ellos intérpretes oficiales, Luci Kapurso y Hamo Hajdarhodžić, y los otros tres como coro.

Reino Unido hizo repetir la votación del último jurado (Yugoslavia) porque dio 11 puntos en vez de 10, que son los puntos que el país votante tiene que repartir, puesto que el jurado de cada país estaba formado por diez personas, las cuales debían dar un punto a su canción favorita. Aun así, España seguía siendo la ganadora, ya que los yugoslavos no votaron ni a Richard ni a Massiel.

Esta edición del festival fue retransmitida por primera vez en color para Alemania Occidental, Francia, Noruega, los Países Bajos, el Reino Unido, Suecia y Suiza, a pesar de que muy pocos espectadores tenían en su casa un televisor en color. Además de los países participantes en el festival, algunos países de Europa del Este, Sudamérica y Túnez lo retransmitieron.

Participantes
Los meses anteriores al festival se realizaron los procesos de selección de participantes. De 17 países participantes, 10 organizaron una final nacional y 7 eligieron a su representante internamente.

Entre los representantes más conocidos se encontraban Wencke Myhre, cantante noruega que intentó representar varias veces a su país y al final fue elegida para representar a Alemania Occidental; Isabelle Aubret, ganadora del festival de 1962; Sergio Endrigo, ganador del Festival de Sanremo de aquel año; Karel Gott, cantante checoslovaco que representaba a Austria; y Cliff Richard, máximo favorito para ganar este festival según gran parte de la prensa europea y que alcanzaría una importante proyección internacional. Una aún no muy conocida Massiel, aunque ya tenía dos éxitos en México y participaciones en otros festivales europeos, se consolidó en España y América Latina tras su victoria en Eurovisión.

En la siguiente tabla se resumen los representantes de cada país y el método por el cual fueron elegidos:

Resultados

La votación del Festival de Eurovisión de 1968 fue una de las más ajustadas que se recuerdan, habiendo una carrera muy reñida entre España y Reino Unido:
Aunque España comenzó liderando la clasificación, durante la primera parte de las votaciones fue Francia la que encabezó el ranking. A mitad de las votaciones, el Reino Unido terminó alcanzando a Francia e incluso llegó a obtener una ventaja considerable sobre las candidaturas francesa y española. Sin embargo, cuando quedaban dos países por votar y el Reino Unido le llevaba 4 puntos de ventaja a España, Alemania Occidental otorgó 2 puntos más a la candidatura británica y 6 puntos a la española, colocándose esta última en primera posición. Yugoslavia, que era el último país en votar, al no dar ningún punto ni a España ni a Reino Unido, terminó facilitando la primera victoria de España en el Festival de Eurovisión.

Por primera vez desde 1961, todos los países participantes obtuvieron al menos un punto.

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    Participantes
    Portugal
    –

    2

    3

    5
    Países Bajos

    –

    1

    1
    Bélgica
    1

    –

    1
    1
    3
    1

    1

    8
    Austria

    –

    2

    2
    Luxemburgo

    1

    1
    –

    1

    1

    1

    5
    Suiza

    –

    2
    2
    Mónaco

    2

    1

    –

    3

    1

    1

    8
    Suecia
    1
    1

    –
    1

    2
    6
    4

    15
    Finlandia

    –

    1

    1
    Francia

    3
    6
    2
    3
    3

    1

    –
    2

    20
    Italia
    1

    2

    –

    2

    2
    7
    Reino Unido
    1
    2
    2

    1
    4
    5
    3
    2
    4
    1
    –

    1

    2

    28
    Noruega

    1

    –

    1

    2
    Irlanda
    1
    1
    1
    4
    1

    4

    –

    6
    18
    España
    4

    2
    1

    4

    3
    4
    3

    1
    1
    –
    6

    29
    Alemania occidental

    1
    1

    2

    5

    2
    –

    11
    Yugoslavia
    1

    1
    1
    1

    3
    1

    –
    8
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Polémicas

La posibilidad de un fraude

La victoria de la cantante española en el Festival ha sido objeto de forma retrospectiva de acusaciones acerca de una posible compra de votos por parte del régimen franquista. Estas informaciones se basan en que TVE compró series y películas de televisión y promocionó a cantantes de diversos países europeos, en especial de Bulgaria y Checoslovaquia (aunque estos, en realidad, no participaron ni votaron en el Festival. Bulgaria no participó en el Festival de Eurovisión hasta el año 2005 y Checoslovaquia jamás participó como tal).

El origen de estas especulaciones fueron unas declaraciones del periodista español, y habitual presentador para la cadena de televisión pública de estos festivales, José María Íñigo que se hicieron públicas en el documental Yo viví el mayo español de 1968, emitido por la cadena privada de televisión La Sexta. Sin embargo, dichos comentarios, según sus palabras y las de la cantante Massiel, habrían sido «pervertidos, sensacionalizados y desenfocados» por la cadena con la intención de promocionar el programa y satisfacer a intereses propios de la televisión privada (en clara referencia a la promoción del Chiki-Chiki interpretado por Rodolfo Chikilicuatre, aupado a Eurovisión por un programa de la misma cadena).

Todas las noticias hechas públicas en los medios de comunicación, incluyendo al espacio que las noticias del canal inglés Channel 4 dedicó al asunto, se realizaron antes de la emisión del documental en el que se basaban estas acusaciones, posteriormente se comprobó, centrando las palabras en el contexto, que en ningún momento José María Íñigo insinuó nada parecido a un fraude, «si comparamos unas cosas y otras vemos que hay más pruebas que demuestran que no ha habido ningún fraude que las meras teoriuchas de que pudo ocurrir algo raro» aclaró después de la polémica.

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Referencias

Enlaces externos

 Eurovisión 1968 en la web oficial del festival
 Eurovisión 1968 en eurovision-spain.com
 Letra de todos los temas participantes (original y traducción al español)

Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión 1968
Reino Unido en 1968
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Buying was made more tricky for AW18 due to the snow. We were booked to fly out of Bristol to Paris on the Friday evening after work, but the forecast of 'The Beast from the East' was for heavy snow and so after a few frantic calls to the airline Kels and I brought our trip forward two days. For those of you that know me well you'll appreciate the fact that I like to prepare and plan every little detail - so this last minute dash flying around with only an hour to pack a bag, print off boarding passes, lock up the shop (no staff to cover as such short notice!) and fine a hotel was not ideal.
However once in Paris we had a night cap and a giggle, and started buying for AW18 the following morning. We have been coming to Paris now for ten years and so it feels like an extension of home. We had two or three parties to attend, including the opening of Chloe Stora's first store. Chloe Stora is a new label for us, and so we were delighted to go down to the Left Bank on the opening night and have a glass of champagne to toast their success.
We love to go to Paris to view collections that dont show in the UK - this means that Coco Blue has a curated selection of labels that are a little off the beaten track and hopefully will surprise customers. We have now finished our buying for AW18 and can't wait for it all to arrive - new labels include Sibin Linnenberg, a fantastic collection from Denmark of knitwear which is wearable yet stylish, and Dea Kudibal, another Scandi brand but this time washable silk blouses for that desk to evening look. We also picked up a new Italian handbag label to sit alongside Campomaggi. Roll on July when all our goodies will start to arrive!


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The list cited Lady's Gaga's 'Judas' and Ariana Grande's 'God is a woman', alongside songs 'Heresy' by Nine Inch Nails and 'Take me to the Church' by Hozier. Lady Gaga and Ariana Grande have both held concerts in Singapore.
K Shanmugam, Singapore's home affairs minister, said in a Facebook post on Tuesday that he gave the list as an illustration of things people may find offensive.
Earlier, Pop superstar and Oscar nominee Lady Gaga has split with her fiance, her second broken relationship in three years.
A representative for the 32-year-old Gaga on Tuesday confirmed celebrity media reports that the "Shallow" singer and Christian Carino, who is also her talent agent, had ended their engagement, but gave no details.


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Laurin Heinrich is the new Porsche Junior for the 2022 season. In a selection process in Aragon (Spain), the 20-year-old from Germany's Würzburg region beat 11 candidates from the worldwide Porsche Carrera Cups.
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The talented youngster receives a sponsorship package from Porsche Motorsport that includes 225,000 Euros towards the upcoming Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup season. At the wheel of the 911 GT3 Cup, Heinrich claimed the rookie classification title and also won a race in the international series last season. The passionate sim racer is a textbook example of Porsche Motorsport's successful junior development initiative: in 2019, the young German won the Porsche Sports Cup, clinched the rookie title in the Carrera Cup Deutschland the following year and went on to contest a successful 2021 season in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup.
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At this year's shootout in Spain, 12 candidates got the chance to showcase their skills in changeable weather conditions. In addition to pure speed, the selection criteria included mental and physical fitness, a technical understanding and an ability to work alongside race engineers and to interact with media. "Our selection process of the young drivers from the Porsche Carrera Cups around the world has shown time and again just how valuable the driver training is. The benchmark at the event in Aragon was extremely high," says Thomas Laudenbach, Vice President Porsche Motorsport. "We're delighted to offer Laurin Heinrich our support and assistance as the new Porsche Junior over the coming season. The concept of the Porsche Motorsport pyramid has proven itself over decades and in many cases has helped talented youngsters climb the career ladder to become works drivers. We want to continue this."
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"I wasn't at all familiar with the Dutch racetrack, and this year was the first driving the new 911 GT3 Cup – but it worked. I think I'm a quick learner and I avoid making the same mistake twice. Plus, I usually stay pretty relaxed and calm," says Heinrich. The tough lessons from 2017 and 2018 made an impact: after the big successes in his father's Formula Four squad, he took a mandatory break for a year. "It became very clear to me than nothing should be taken for granted, and it added fuel my fighting spirit." This attitude was one of the key factors in Heinrich's successful bid to become the 2022 Porsche Junior. "I was blown away when I got the call from Porsche to tell me the good news – it's a dream come true! At that moment I felt immense joy and relief because I hadn't slept well for several nights."
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Heinrich often familiarises himself with track layouts and refines his skill in the racing car in his simulator at home. "I always drive a Porsche in the simulator," he reveals. "Unlike other models, the 911 feels like a real racing car in the virtual world – many of my colleagues who drive for other manufacturers agree." Because he has set himself high goals for real racing, esports will take a back seat early next year. "I learned a lot in the Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup and the Carrera Cup in 2021. That helped me to develop into more of a rounded racing driver. There is only one goal for me: I want to win the 2022 Porsche Mobil 1 Supercup. As a Porsche Junior, I can't have any other motto!" A display case in his father's car dealership is packed with cups and trophies. "The shelves are already sagging under the weight, but I'm sure we'll find room for more," he grins.
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A study on the costs of indigent defense in Bexar County is much needed.
Bexar County is notoriously cheap on indigent defense. But even so, it spends millions of dollars on this mandate with almost no accountability. Perhaps a forthcoming study of the system will change these dynamics.
Consider a few numbers. The first is $6. That's how much Bexar County spends on indigent defense, per capita. This is according to the Texas Indigent Defense Commission. On average, the rate in the Lone Star State, hardly a bastion for public defense spending, is $9 per capita.
But here's the next number to consider: $10.7 million. That's about how much Bexar County spent on private court-appointed attorneys to represent the indigent in juvenile, felony and misdemeanor cases in fiscal 2018.
Yet, these funds are spent with almost no oversight of the private court-appointed attorneys who handle these cases. There is no formal caseload monitoring. No tracking of outcomes. No assurances defendants have been seen in a timely manner. No evaluation of how often judges make appointments from their benches rather than from "the wheel," which randomly selects attorneys.
And in the case of misdemeanors, Bexar County relies on a flat fee structure that incentivizes as little work as possible by the appointed attorneys. Put 10 hours of work into a case or meet a client for 20 minutes at jail court, and the fee is going to be the same.
To bring clarity to these issues and others, Bexar County has commissioned a formal study of its indigent defense system. Thanks to a matching grant from the Texas Indigent Defense Commission, the county has contracted with Texas A&M University's Public Policy Research Institute on this endeavor.
Researchers will analyze three years of data, interview defendants and attorneys, and compare Bexar County with its peers. The results should guide policies to better ensure fair defense for all. It could lead to changes in pay structure or even an increase in compensation for attorneys coupled with proper oversight.
But will it? Time will tell. As welcome as this formal study is, it all depends on whether Bexar's elected judges and county commissioners welcome its results.


IFRA Nigeria - HU BI POLITICHAN FO NAIJA?
HU BI POLITICHAN FO NAIJA?
The above lines are excerpts from a poem written in Naija langwej by Salamatu Sule; a budding Naija poet. Published in If Yu Hie Se A De Prizin; antoloji of puem-dem fo Naija, edited by Eriata Oribhabor (2012),'' it speaks of politics as a honey-pot that attracts so ''many things'' to itself. Aptly titled: Politiks de laik honi fo Naija, the poem is about politicians in Nigeria who see politics as a ''hereditary enterprise'' where a call to service is largely regarded as an opportunity to strategically position one's children and relatives that must ''take over'' after one must have stepped down from office/power. For example, if yours truly is appointed into any position of leadership, my family members must be introduced somhau, somhau into different positions of authority as a way of preparing them for the tasks ahead and provide a back-up in kes of inkesiti. Such family relations, who may not necessarily work under me, will be engaged either by hook or crook and posted to different ministries/organisations. Lopsided as this unwritten ''arrangement'' may be, it has been the norm for many years in Nigeria. Against this background, a handful of families/circles of privileged few ''run things'' in the name of democracy.
In my study of erroneous impressions of politics in political science, the general ''misconception of politics'' is popular and sad. If you ask the average Nigerian what politics stands for, you are mostly likely going to hear something like, ''It's a game or na gem''; usually said sarcastically to mean a winner takes all. As a result, most politicians will do anything to grab and hold on to power; be it by election or appointment. Consequently, in every political discuss, words like ''FIX'' ''FIX IT'' 'VOTE CAPTURE'' 'CONQUER'' ''DEMOLISH'' ''NO VACANCY'' etc are commonly used. Wetin bi politiks? What is politics? Hu bi politichan? Who is a politician?
As we keep 'fixing' and 'capturing' votes and power for selfish reasons in Nigeria, our dear country is transfixed with loads of recurring/unsettled wahalas in midst of plenty, increasing youth unemployment, the hope of our so-called youths being leaders of tomorrow dims, old men and women dance naked on the streets in the name of politics, news of corruption doesn't sound news any more, etc.
Once upon a time, politicians taunted year 2010 as one of Eldorado when all our basic needs would have been met. The year came and passed. Prior that year, we used to hear of water for all, electricity for all, housing for all etc. But today, we are being told that year 20:2020 is now the ''magic year'' when living will have a true meaning in Nigeria. But whenever I come acrossmai-ruwa pipul (water hawkers) and young girls that vend newspapers on the streets of Abuja, I feel really unhappy because the mind-set of most of our so-called politicians about politics and service still equal; my ''turn'' to eat. I am pained. Mai bele no swit mi at ol.
Why shouldn't state governors partner with foreign investors to build industries to help reduce the spate of unemployment in their respective states? Why can't states own their own power plants and generate their own electricity? Why should a parent who is supposed to directly take the responsibility for the upkeep of his child/children hide under the ''Almajir system'' not minding how his children roam the streets in other places unknown to him? Why should the resources of government be squandered in frivolous ventures for selfish reasons by politicians while majority are languishing? If water is a necessity of life, what hope for water for all by year 20:2020 when young boys who are supposed to be gainfully employed sell water and even engage far younger hands invited from the villages to come and learn the rudiments of the trade? If water is provided in areas where mai-ruwa pipul dem sell water daily to eke a living, what alternatives would they fall back to?
Should a blessed people be made to go through so many untold hardships? How do you feel whenever you come across droves of languished-looking people hawk different items under the heat of sun? Politics is not the outsmarting of a people via the use of big big grama. It is not the ability to tell lies about unexecuted projects at the expense of the people. It is not the elimination of an opponent at all cost to gain selfish advantage. It is equity, trust, accountability and the creation of the good life for a people while provisioning for the future.


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| Study links hunger, autoimmune diseases
Dan Weiner
Study links hunger, autoimmune diseases
Dan Weiner 3:49 am, Apr 09, 2013
Yale researchers have helped uncover the cellular mechanism that explains how changes in our diet may have led to increasing rates of autoimmune diseases like multiple sclerosis.
Using genetically modified mice, the researchers showed that altering hypothalamic neurons to simulate satiety increased inflammation of body tissue. The finding helps explain how immune system-triggered inflammation often occurs after eating and carries implications for developing new treatments for autoimmune disorders, said senior author and comparative medicine professor Tamas Horvath of the Yale School of Medicine. The paper was published online on March 25 in the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.
"This is a fantastic paper because it shows really for the first time a real mechanistic connection between hunger-promoting neurons and peripheral adaptive immunity," said Louisiana State immunobiology professor Vishwa Dixit, who was not involved in the study.
The researchers explored the link between appetite and immune response through AgRP neurons, which are found in the hypothalamus and promote appetite. When Horvath and the team simulated a state of satiety by chronically suppressing the neurons, they observed an increased immune response indicated by increased T cell activation. Horvath called the mechanism a "double-edged sword," as acute inflammation is a key defense against various pathogens, but chronic inflammation can lead to autoimmune diseases.
The increased availability of energy-rich foods nationwide has correlated with growing prevalence of autoimmune diseases, Dixit said.
"What that is doing is tipping the balance of the base of inflammation towards more of a pro-inflammatory state," he said. "That is thought to be responsible in part for several chronic diseases that stem from inflammation, ranging from Alzheimer's diseases to diabetes."
Horvath said he hopes to conduct studies in humans and non-human primates to show whether promoting hunger can suppress autoimmune diseases. By controlling food intake and the level of hunger subjects reach during the daily cycle, he said he should be able to modulate immune inflammatory responses.
But treatment in humans is still a distant prospect, said Yale neurology professor David Hafler, who was not affiliated with the study. The paper did not explore a mechanism that connects the knockout of the AgRP neuron to the increased immune response, which will be a key step in developing treatments for autoimmune diseases that exploit the pathway that Horvath explored. Furthermore, studies using model organisms like mice always require more inquiry before the mechanisms can be translated to human clinical applications, he said.
Hafler said this paper adds to a growing literature that implicates the whole metabolic system in the functioning of the immune system. In March, Hafler was the senior author of a paper published in the journal Nature showing that table salt can exacerbate symptoms of autoimmune diseases.
According to the National Institutes of Health, five to eight percent of Americans suffer from autoimmune diseases.


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The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism, launched on 16 October 2020, the third anniversary of her death, will reward outstanding journalism reflecting EU values.
"The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize will recognise the essential role that journalists play in preserving our democracies and serve as a reminder to citizens of the importance of a free press. This Prize is designed to help journalists in the vital and often dangerous work they do and show that the European Parliament supports investigative journalists," said Parliament Vice-President Heidi Hautala.
Starting from October 2021, the European Parliament started awarding "The Daphne Caruana Galizia Prize for Journalism" on a yearly basis. The Prize will distinguishes outstanding journalism work based on the principles and values of the European Union. It will be awarded for pieces on topics of interest linked to European values resulting from in-depth journalism undertaken by professional journalists or teams of journalists. The date of the award ceremony will be around the 16th of October, as a symbolic reminder of the date when Daphne Caruana Galizia was assassinated.
Learn more about the Prize rules
Prize money of €20,000
The €20,000 annual prize will be awarded as of October 2021 to journalists or teams of journalists based in the European Union. The winning article will be chosen by an independent jury.
Watch our Facebook live interview about the Daphne Caruana Galizia Journalism Prize.
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PORTLAND, Ore. — It was the match you'd expect when the top-ranked team in the world faces one a that's yet to come into their own internationally, but even by those standards, it was an impressive performance from the United States. After an initial feeling out period reminiscent of an undercard's first rounds, the States woke up, putting a 5-0 pasting on Ireland at Jeld-Wen field.
More readily Alex Morgan woke up. With goals in the 24th, 34th, and 44th minute, 2012's leading scorer staked the team to a 3-0 halftime. A perfunctory 45 final minutes featuring two goals from Sydney LeRoux, given the U.S. a decisive victory in front of 10,092.
Morgan's goals pushed her to 27 on the year, the third-highest single-season total in national team history.
Leroux's double give her 12 goals off the bench, a new record.
1. When will the Sermanni effect be felt?
The U.S.'s new permanent coach doesn't take over until January, but Tom Sermanni's new team is aware: A new boss is coming in, and with that comes a new need to earn a place in the team.
For Becky Sauerbrunn, who was making her first start at left back for the national team, a new position provides a possible route into the starting lineup. Although her movements often looked like a player moving from a more comfortable, central position, the former midfielder looked as viable any option Sermanni has at his disposal.
But none of Sermanni's style was evident tonight. There was no increase in play out of the back. The link up play through midfield was less tactical than physical. The United States were using their talents to overcome inferior opposition, an formula that's worked thus far.
2. Is the defense improving?
It was impossible to tell. Ireland is ranked 34th in the world and didn't threaten to qualify for Euro 2013. They've won one match all year. This wasn't the team to test the U.S.'s defense.
As with the defense, Ireland wasn't the team to test Lauren Cheney and Carli Lloyd. Most of the U.S. build up was through the wings, with the central midfielders's chances to make an impact on late runs into the box.
Cheney played a crucial part in two of the goals, while Lloyd had little to do against an Ireland team that spent the match on their back foot.
4. Is Heath really a wide player?
Tonight she was. Before Morgan went on her scoring rampage, Tobin Heath was the States' best player, creating a number of opportunities lined up against the opposition's right back.
While most of her best efforts still suggested she's more of a central playmaker than left winger, her defensive awareness supporting Sauerbrunn suggested she has important to offer whomever emerges as the team's starting left back.
Taking turns with right wing Megan Rapinoe running into the space above Cheney and Lloyd, Heath provided a viable picture of her future as a starting left wing, and although Heather O'Reilly offered a counterpoint with a pinpoint cross for one of LeRoux's goals, it's hard to see Heath returning to a substitute's role while playing at this level.
5. Is Portland ready for the new big time?
There were a number of reasons for Portland to produce a small crowd. A late weekend night start in cold weather against a vastly inferior opponent was hard to sell, especially with an entry-level ticket price of $38. But the Portland faith produced a five-digit crowd, something you'd think replicable with when the prices drop and the team bares the city's name.
In the end, it's only Ireland, and it's still two-and-a-half years away from the team's next major competition, But for a team that traditionally come out slow in the first of these two match set games, it was an impressive performance, even if relatively so.


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Turkey fires on cargo ship carrying hundreds of Syrian refugees
Turkish coastguards found more than 300 refugees, mostly Syrians, when they seized a cargo ship they had opened fired on for failing to obey an order to stop off Turkey's western coast, the regional governor said on Friday.
Refugee trafficking in the seas around Turkey is a major problem. Turkey itself has kept its borders open to refugees since the start of Syria's civil war four years ago, and around 2 million people have fled across the frontier.
Police arrested three crew and found the 337 immigrants after seizing the 59-meter-long vessel late on Thursday as it passed through the Dardanelles strait.
The passengers were taken to a nearby sports hall for questioning and health checks, the local governor's office said.
Canakkale Governor Ahmet Cinar told reporters the coastguards were only able to stop the ship by opening fire on the engine room and locking the rudder.
Nobody was injured during the operation and the ship was docked at the Gelibolu port, Turkish media said.
11 dead as migrant boat sinks off Turkey coast
Turkey: Nine die in migrant boat mishap
7 migrants die as boat capsizes in Turkey
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Thank you for attending the 20th New Yorker Festival. See you next year!
The New Yorker Festival
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Sun, Oct. 13 | 11 a.m. | 90 minutes
American Identity
In life and on the page. With Daniel Alarcón, Min Jin Lee, Téa Obreht, and Ocean Vuong. Moderated by Cressida Leyshon.
Photograph by Bill Bachmann / Alamy
Daniel Alarcón's short stories and long-form journalism have appeared in many publications, including The New Yorker, the Times Magazine, El País, Harper's, and Granta. His reporting on the notorious Peruvian prison Lurigancho was a finalist for a National Magazine Award, and he is the co-founder of the Spanish-language news podcast "Radio Ambulante." For his fiction, Alarcón has received a Whiting Award and a Guggenheim Fellowship; his books include the story collection "The King Is Always Above the People" and the novels "Lost City Radio" and "At Night We Walk in Circles."
Min Jin Lee is a novelist, short-story writer, and essayist. Her novel "Pachinko" was short-listed for the National Book Award for fiction, appeared on more than seventy-five lists of the best books of 2017, and was included on President Barack Obama's recommended-reading list. She is also the author of the critically lauded best-selling novel "Free Food for Millionaires." Lee currently serves as Amherst College's writer-in-residence, a PEN America trustee, and a director of the Authors Guild.
Téa Obreht is the author of the best-selling novel "The Tiger's Wife," which won the 2011 Orange Prize for fiction and was a National Book Award finalist, and of "Inland," which was released this August to high praise. Her short fiction has appeared in The New Yorker (which named her one of its "20 Under 40" writers), Harper's, and other publications, and has been anthologized in The Best American Short Stories and The Best American Nonrequired Reading. She currently teaches writing at Hunter College.
Ocean Vuong is a poet, essayist, and novelist. Following the chapbooks "Burnings" and "No," he published his first full-length poetry collection, "Night Sky with Exit Wounds," in 2016. In the words of the New Yorker contributor Daniel Wenger, "reading Vuong is like watching a fish move: he manages the varied currents of English with muscled intuition." Vuong's work has received the Poetry Foundation's Ruth Lilly and Dorothy Sargent Rosenberg Fellowship, a Whiting Award, and the T. S. Eliot Prize. Vuong's début novel, "On Earth We're Briefly Gorgeous," was published this June.
Cressida Leyshon is the deputy fiction editor at The New Yorker.
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CBS' Zoo debuted on Tuesday night to 8.1 million total viewers and a 1.2 demo rating, making it the summer's most watched and No. 2-rated new scripted series.
For comparison's sake, Extant last summer premiered to 9.6 mil and a 1.6, while Under the Dome opened Season 3 last Thursday with 6.3 mil/1.3.
FOX | Coverage of the FIFA Woman's World Cup drew 9 mil and a 3.3 during primetime's 8 o'clock hour.
NBC | America's Got Talent (10.6/2.4) slipped two tenths opposite America's actual talent show on Fox, while I Can Do That (5.3 mil/1.5) rose 10 percent and a tenth with its finale.
ABC | Extreme Weight Loss was steady with 2.4 mil/0.7.


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26cm minomet M 17 byl těžký minomet používaný rakousko-uherskou armádou v první světové válce. Byl vyráběn ve třech rakousko-uherských podnicích: Škoda Plzeň, Böhler a Hungarian Gun Factory. Pro přepravu se dal rozložit na čtyři díly. První dodávky pro armádu byly zahájeny v březnu roku 1918.

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As our month long focus on Intergenerational continues with The Academy, this week's Moment of Mission begins a four week series of interviews with Pastor Patti LeFever Morlock.
Called in the NALC to serve as an intentional interim, Pastor Patti shares the journey of the previous congregation she served. Daring to embrace the tool of cross+generational ministry and diving deep into the Word of God, intergenerational Sunday School became a catalyst for the Spirit to breathe new life into the church. Not an easy journey as you will hear – but we pray that this congregation's journey of transformation through the Word of God will be an inspiration to you.


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Power production over consumption
THE production of electricity in Slovakia totalled 29 terawatt hours (TWh) in 2009 exceeding consumption by 3 TWh. The drop is ascribed to the economic crisis, which damped production in Slovakia last year, according to the latest issue of a newsletter issued by the Slovak-German Trade and Industry Chamber.
Thus, the consumption was below expectations when the actual production was above the estimate. In August 2009, the Slovak Economy Ministry estimated that Slovakia would lack over 3 TWh of electricity in 2009, as cited by the SITA newswire. The ministry estimated the production at 25.5 TWh, while the country's energy consumption was estimated at 28.7 TWh.
The biggest influence on power generation in Slovakia has been the decommissioning of the second unit of the V1 nuclear power plant in Jaslovské Bohunice at the end of 2008.
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In Harry Potter, the veil is an arch with a tattered, black curtain that represents a barrier between life and death. It is found in the Department of Mysteries, a secretive branch of the [Ministry of Magic](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_Magic##Department_of_Mysteries) which focuses on advanced magical research. In the books, it's never explained what it is, or how it works.

![A depiction of the veil from the film 'Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix'.](/images/2014/deathly-veil.jpg)

I recently [wrote about the veil](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/54280/3567) on the Science Fiction & Fantasy Stack Exchange. I tried to use as much canon information as I could find, but there really isn't much on the topic.

The questioner wanted to know more about what the Unspeakables might learn from the veil. JK Rowling has [said in interview](http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm):

> The Department of Mysteries is all about studying. They study the mind, the universe, death…

The topic has never been addressed in more detail, but I have some educated guesses. Rather than clutter up the thread with my speculation, I'm posting it here and I'll link to it in the thread.

This is my take on what the Unspeakables might try to learn from the veil.

*This post will contain spoilers for the Harry Potter books. Don't read beyond this point if you don't want to be spoiled.*

## The permanence of death

In the Harry Potter series, it's taken as fact that death is permanent and irreversible. For example, in this passage from *Goblet of Fire*:

> "Which means," said Dumbledore slowly, his eyes upon Harry's face, "that some form of Cedric must have reappeared."

> Harry nodded again.

> "Diggory came back to life?" said Sirius sharply.

> "No spell can reawaken the dead," said Dumbledore heavily. "All that would have happened is a kind of reverse echo. A shadow of the living Cedric would have emerged from the wand."

In Dumbledore's notes on *Babbity Rabbity and her Cackling Stump*,[^bb] this fact is repeated:

> As the eminent wizarding philosopher Bertrand de Pensées-Profondes writes in his celebrated work *A Study into the Possibility of Reversing the Actual and Metaphysical Effects of Natural Death, with Particular Regard to the Reintegration of Essence and Matter*: 'Give it up. It's never going to happen.'

I think the Unspeakables would want to examine this assumption, and find out whether it really is impossible to bring somebody back from the dead. Are magical folk unable to reverse death because it's genuinely impossible, or because they haven't found the answer yet?

If the former, then you'd want to ask "Why?". In proving that it really is a one-way process, you'd probably learn a lot about the nature of death itself. If the latter, then you'd want to find out how to reverse death, and what the consequences might be for somebody who tried.

One crude experiment is to [tie something to a rope, and pass it through the veil](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/21725/3567). You probably wouldn't start with a living person, but what about an inanimate object? What happens to a rock that passes through the veil? What about a partially-animate object, like a magical portait? And finally, a living person? All of these are potential ways to learn more about the veil, and the nature of death.

[^bb]: In 2008, JKR released a copy of *The Tales of Beedle the Bard*, based on the book of the same name in *Deathly Hallows*. It's supposed to be Dumbledore's copy, as bequeathed to Hermione, so it includes some of his notes, and other comments from JKR.

## Communicating with the dead

If you discover that resurrection is impossible (or so difficult as to be impractical), then you might want to try talking to them instead. This is a particularly popular idea in Muggle as well as magical culture.

When we first encounter the veil in *Order of the Phoenix*, both Harry and Luna can hear voices "beyond" the veil.

> "Can't anyone else hear it?" Harry demanded, for the whispering and murmuring was becoming louder; without really meaning to put it there, he found his foot was on the dais.

> "I can hear them too," breathed Luna, joining them around the side of the archway and gazing at the swaying veil. "There are people in there!"

> "What do you mean, 'in there'?" demanded Hermione, jumping down from the bottom step and sounding much angrier than the occasion warranted, "there isn't any 'in there', it's just an archway, there's no room for anybody to be there. Harry, stop it, come away—"

Notice that the different characters hear different things. In a [2008 interview with Melissa Anelli](http://web.archive.org/web/20081112084720/http://harryahistory.com/2008/09/more-about-that-veil.html), JK Rowling elaborated on the differences:

> When they surround that veil [in Order of the Phoenix], I was trying to show that depending on their degree of skepticism or belief about what lay beyond – because Luna, of course, is a very spiritual character. Luna believes firmly in an afterlife. She's very clear on that. And she feels them speaking or hears them speaking much more clearly than Harry does. This is the idea of faith.

> Harry thinks he can hear them; he's drawn on. But Harry's had a life that has been so imbued with death that he now has an uncharacteristically strong curiosity about the afterlife, especially for a boy of 15, as he is in Phoenix.

> Ron's just scared, as I think Ron would be – he just knows this is something he doesn't want to dabble with.

> Hermione, hyper-rational Hermione – 'can't hear anything, get away from the Veil.' So if you walk through the veil, you're dead. You're dead.

You could explore these differences further (as long as you took appropriate precautions to avoid people walking straight through). They do a [similar thing in the Love Chamber](http://scifi.stackexchange.com/q/30766/3567): exploring the effect it has on different people.

If you could find a particularly spiritual person like Luna, then you could listen to and interpret the whispers. (Being on the run from a pack of Death Eaters, Harry and co. don't have time to stop and listen.) Maybe that opens a route of communication.

The Resurrection Stone and the Priori Incantatem effect in *Goblet of Fire* both provide evidence that this sort of magic is possible. If the Unspeakables could witness either of these first hand, then they could study them and try to replicate the effect.

If they can't witness them directly, then the veil seems like a natural starting point for alternative investigations.

## The afterlife

Another aspect of death in the series is the idea of an "afterlife". Ghosts are the most obvious example of this, but there are other hints throughout the books. The Unspeakables would want to know what form this "afterlife" takes, and how it fits into the universe as a whole.

Part of this can be learnt from interviewing the dead, but it would be preferable to study it directly. Since the veil is a barrier between life and death, this would make it a focal point of study, as the Unspeakables try to learn what goes on "behind it". A crude experiment would be to reach forward and just pull it back with your hand, but I imagine that wouldn't end well. You can imagine a whole class of spells being developed for seeing through the veil.

You could also ask whether it's possible for a living person to visit the afterlife, without actually being dead. The veil might give you a starting point for trying.

As well as an afterlife, we see a "limbo" state in the books. In Chapter 35 of *Deathly Hallows*, Harry and Dumbledore have a conversation in limbo, which appears to Harry in the form of King's Cross Station. This was confirmed as limbo in a [2007 interview with JK Rowling](http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html):

> In the chapter of *King's Cross*, are they behind the veil or in some world between the real world and the veil?

> **JKR:** You can make up your own mind on this, but I think that Harry entered a kind of limbo between life and death.

The same phrase was used in a [question on her old website](http://web.archive.org/web/20090315040206/http://www.jkrowling.com/textonly/en/faq_view.cfm?id=121).

What makes this interaction particularly unusual is that Harry seems to have a choice about where he goes next:

> "I've got to go back, haven't I?"

> "That is up to you."

> "I've got a choice?"

> "Oh yes." Dumbledore smiled at him. "We are in King's Cross, you say? I think that if you decided not to go back, you would be able to… let's say… board a train."

> "And where would it take me?"

> "On," said Dumbledore simply.

> Silence again.

He's just been struck with Avada Kedavra, the killing curse, so by rights he should be dead. Yet here we have an instance where death can be reversed, and doing so is the individual's choice.

This sort of event would be incredibly difficult, probably impossible, to reproduce. But I imagine the Unspeakables try to replicate them, and study their effects. Does the veil take you to the afterlife via limbo, or do you die immediately?

## Closing thoughts

All of the questions I've posed above can be found in real-world academia. We know of at least [six other rooms](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ministry_of_magic##Department_of_Mysteries) in the Department of Mysteries, each corresponding to different mysteries of life.

If you want to know what the Unspeakables get up to elsewhere, then I'd suggest looking at the major problems of science and philosophy.


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Tameside is bidding to build a 'village' for pensioners in Haughton Green, Denton.
Worth £6.7m, the scheme would include 32 apartments and 16 bungalows on three neighbouring sites, complete with communal facilities such as a healthy eating cafe and greenhouse.
It would also have an on-site care team to deal with medical problems including early onset dementia.
The Department of Health has a £40m budget to build schemes such as this across the country.
John Hazelhurst, planning and commissioning manager at the Primary Care Trust, said: "This is a scheme to help, largely, older people in the community and avoid people having to go into care homes when they don't need to.
"Sheltered housing schemes have a warden or sometimes not even that. This is different in that there would be a team of care workers on site."
Mr Hazelhurst compared the village to schemes such as Hurst Meadow in Ashton, Fairfield Court, Droylsden, and Melbourne Court in Stalybridge.
Only south Tameside - Denton and Hyde - does not have a similar development, despite having the largest number of pensioners in the borough.
He added: "What would be new would be the bungalows, which would be serviced by the care team but residents would be able to lead separate, independent lives.
"We would envisage people in the flats as being more dependent but they would still have a self-contained flat with their own front door.
"It's all about helping people to remain independent. We have put in a strong bid and we're keeping our fingers crossed."
If the bid goes through, the village would be completed by 2009/10.
A decision is expected by spring next year.


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Doesn't the frame look pretty? This is what happens when you plane wood that came from a pallet. It's almost iridescent. I will be selling these in person at Vintage Market Days (see the post). (Affiliate links may be included throughout this post).
Welcome to my very first Silhouette Cameo project! My sweet husband bought this little gadget a year ago for my birthday and I've been dying to try it. Now that I got my feet wet, I'm diving head first into this new adventure of crafting.
This could be dangerous, people! While I love using it, I'm an old dog in a lot of ways and not super quick on the uptake when learning a new skill that requires precision (like when I tried using a sewing machine). Thankfully there are so many great tutorials online, like these on Youtube. I learn best by seeing videos of a multi-step process before I tackle it myself.
Once I get a handle on this machine I can't wait to share more projects. The primary reason I wanted a Silhouette was to create my own stencil designs and to create heat transfers onto pillows. But my mind has been blown as to how much more a Silhouette can do. If any of these projects appeal to you, I highly suggest you buy a Silhouette (or put it on your wish list). But be patient and give yourself a day to learn it.
Set Your Page Size: type your size in the boxes as shown.
Cutting Mat: Set to "None" for this project.
Now I'm going to be very non-technical here and just say…experiment! You really can't mess up thanks to the "undo" button found under Edit -> Undo. By clicking "undo" any mistake I made instantly disappeared. Other than that, designing is really simple. I clicked the text box and started typing. Then I played around with the lettering until I liked it. I clicked "undo" if I did something I didn't like. I took a video of me tinkering a bit with some notes on what I was clicking until I got it just right which I'll share in an updated post. Tinkering is what brought me this far.
When you want to resize your entire text, triple click and it will highlight green.
Right clicking and "welding" my words made them look more cohesive – but I waited until the design was finished.
Now it starts gettin' real and it may get confusing.
Here is a must watch video of a girl that explains this next step. I love that she's completely honest about it…but while watching her, I could relate to her struggle. Mark seemed completely clear on this. Me? Not so much.
Create a usable stencil by weeding the excess pieces using a Silhouette hook.
Once finished weeding, place the legible side of the design face up, adhesive side on the bottom.
Apply transfer paper adhesive on top of your design (yes, you're covering up your pretty design). I was so confused at this point so I rewatched the video.
The transfer paper will be what holds your little "pieces" in place on your wood.
Then, remove the top transfer paper, making sure the little pieces remain in place.
These are the questions that ran through my mind as I was using my new "toy".
Why use Silhouette Adhesive Back Stencil Material?
To keep a tighter adhesion to the wood. For this project, the end result is a hand painted appearance, and the font is very intricate, some parts (like the center of the "o" are unattached). Those little floating "o's" are what makes this more complex. In fact, there are a lot of little "floating" stencils that are unattached like a traditional stencil. That's why we use transfer paper on top to lock those in place.
What is the point of the transfer paper on top of the stencil?
The transfer also helps to lock all of the floating "o's" in place once your stencil is placed on the wood. The transfer paper holds the design down while you peel the underside adhesive off of your stencil. If you rewatch this video (you may need to do this several times) you'll start to understand what I mean.
Why didn't I use a pouncer for the lettering?
The lettering on this particular stencil was very thin and fine. Bleeding under the stencil would have been more likely with a pouncer because I would have had to press harder to the paint to show up on the wood. I suggest spray paint for smaller, finer cuts and less bleed – but it's a judgement call on your part in the end.
Before, without the frame. I liked it, but it was exposed plywood on the sides and looked unfinished.
My goal is to provide you with the videos to make it easier to understand. But as of right now, I'm just happy to have triumphed. Once I find the words to simplify this…I will write a new post or video to explain it all.
Are you a Silhouette user? I feel like this is a whole new world for me, and I'm pretty excited to share what I've learned.
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Thanks for sharing. I like to learn new things except I don't like to get confused! I look forward to seeing what you make. I could have quotes all over my house.
Thanks for the honest review. I have a Silhouette also & like you was very confused about how to use it. I will say that the more you use the easier it gets😉 I haven't tried to make a stencil yet but am in the process of making one for fall. Thanks for your tips & the links.
Oh my goodness, I had no idea … what I thought I was going to find on this post was something you made with a cameo, silhouette, painted on something!!! 😂 This machine is amazing, not sure if I'd have the time to do all that!! Every day I learn something new lol!! Thanks for your great Blog, and for sharing all your super ideas!!
Great post! Pinning so I don't lose it. I have post it notes all over my Silhouette Cameo because it is headache inducing every time I try. I don't know why it is so hard to get the hang of it, but for me it has been really hard. When it works, it works great, but I have wasted a lot of material getting there. Hopefully with your tips it will go much smoother!
Fantastic post! I love what you created here, and hope I will be able to create this. Yours looks amazing. Thanks for sharing.


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Weber M. 1902. Siboga-Expeditie. Uitkomsten op zoologisch, botanisch, ocenographisch en geologisch gebied verzameld in nederlandsch Oost-Indië, 1899-1900, ... Introduction et description de l'expédition. Siboga Exped. No. 1 (livr. 3). 1-159.
Johnson G. D. & Rosenblatt R. H. 1988. Mechanisms of light organ occlusion in flashlight fishes, family Anomalopidae (Teleostei: Beryciformes), and the evolution of the group. Zool. J. Linn. Soc. v. 94 (no. 1). 65-96.
Baldwin, C. C., G. D. Johnson & J. R. Paxton. 1997. Protoblepharon rosenblatti, a new genus and species of flashlight fish (Beryciformes: Anomalopidae) from the tropical South Pacific, with comments on anomalopid phylogeny. Proc. Biol. Soc. Wash. v. 110 (3): 373-383.


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Virat embodies the desire to win we wanted to see in our sportsmen: Mahindra
short by Sakshita Khosla / 10:20 pm on 15 Jan 2022,Saturday
After Virat Kohli stepped down as Indian cricket team's Test captain, businessman Anand Mahindra said, "He's been at the centre of controversies and this decision may evoke varied responses." Mahindra added, "To me, Virat embodies the fierce, unapologetic, unrelenting competitiveness and desire to win that we've always wanted to see in our sportspersons. May the Force be with him."
After Telangana, Maharashtra minister tweets 'We invite you' to Tesla CEO Musk
short by Apaar Sharma / 12:52 pm on 16 Jan 2022,Sunday
Maharashtra minister Jayant Patil has tweeted to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, "We will provide you all the necessary help from Maharashtra for you to get established in India." He added, "We invite you to establish your manufacturing plant in Maharashtra." This comes after Telangana's Industry and Commerce Minister KT Rama Rao offered help to Musk "to set shop in India/Telangana".
short by Apaar Sharma / 12:52 pm on 16 Jan
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AB Fashion portal faces data breach, over 5 mn email addresses leaked online
short by Sakshita Khosla / 03:15 pm on 16 Jan 2022,Sunday
Over 5.4 million email addresses and other customer and employee information from Aditya Birla Fashion and Retail Limited database have reportedly been made public in a massive data breach on its portal. Around 700 GB of data has reportedly been released online by 'ShinyHunters' hacker group. ABFRL spokesperson confirmed the incident, saying the company has reset passwords of all customers.
Telangana Minister tweets to Musk, says will help Tesla work through challenges in India
short by Kiran Khatri / 08:52 am on 15 Jan 2022,Saturday
Telangana's Industry and Commerce Minister KT Rama Rao tweeted to Tesla CEO Elon Musk, "Will be happy to partner Tesla in working through challenges to set shop in India/Telangana." This comes after Musk said he's facing "challenges with...(Indian) government" for Tesla's launch. "Our state is a champion in sustainability initiatives and a top notch business destination," Rao said.
HCL Technologies to hire 20,000-22,000 fresher graduates in FY22
short by Hiral Goyal / 11:19 pm on 14 Jan 2022,Friday
HCL Technologies on Friday said it expects to hire 20,000 to 22,000 fresher graduates in FY22 and has already onboarded 17,500 freshers as of January 10, 2022. HCL's Chief Human Resources Officer Apparao VV said the company plans to double its fresher hiring in FY23. Its attrition rate rose to 19.8% in October-December period from 15.7% in the previous quarter.
Hero MotoCorp to invest up to ₹420 crore in Ather Energy
Hero MotoCorp's board has approved an investment of up to ₹420 core in Bengaluru-based electric vehicle startup Ather Energy. The company said it currently holds a 34.8% stake in Ather on a fully diluted basis and its shareholding will increase after the investment. Founded in 2013 by Tarun Mehta and Swapnil Jain, Ather counts Hero MotoCorp as an early investor.
Mahindra says Tamil is energy efficient language, 'poda dei' was 1st phrase he learnt
short by Kiran Khatri / 04:39 pm on 15 Jan 2022,Saturday
Businessman Anand Mahindra tweeted that one Tamil phrase, "poda dei", is enough to sum up a person's frustration, as opposed to two full English sentences. Mahindra, who did his schooling in Tamil Nadu, said, "This Tamil phrase is the one I learned first, used the most often...and have used consistently...throughout my life." He described Tamil as an "energy-efficient language".
Thieves raid Amazon & FedEx train cargo, leave empty packages on LA tracks
Photos showing piles of empty packages, including those from retailers like Amazon and FedEx, on rail tracks in US' Los Angeles County have gone viral amid a rise in cargo theft. The thieves wait until trains are immobilised, break locks and leave behind empty boxes, reports said. Rail operator Union Pacific said thefts have risen 160% year-on-year in LA county.
read more at AP
56-year-old CEO of Atlanta's public transportation service dies by suicide
short by Pragya Swastik / 02:38 pm on 16 Jan 2022,Sunday
Jeffrey A Parker, the CEO and General Manager of the Metropolitan Atlanta Rapid Transit Authority (MARTA), died by suicide after reportedly stepping in front of a train at a station. The 56-year-old had more than 35 years of experience in both the private and public sectors of the transportation industry. MARTA's Board of Directors called Parker's death "shocking".
GSK rejected Unilever's $68.4 billion offer for its consumer goods unit: Report
Pharmaceutical group GlaxoSmithKline rejected an unsolicited takeover offer from Unilever for its consumer goods business worth roughly 50 billion pounds ($68.4 billion), The Sunday Times reported. The offer was reportedly made in late 2021. GSK's board and Pfizer, which owns a minority stake in the unit, rejected the offer on the basis that it was too low, the report said.
Roundhill Investments to relinquish 'META' stock ticker in the US
short by Aishwarya Awasthi / 11:50 am on 15 Jan 2022,Saturday
US-based Roundhill Investments, which uses 'META' for its Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF, has announced that it will relinquish the ticker symbol on January 31. Earlier, Facebook-parent Meta, which still trades under the ticker FB, had said it would change its ticker to 'MVRS'. However, days before the planned switch, Meta delayed changing the symbol without an explanation.
Policybazaar parent PB Fintech acquires Visit Internet Services for ₹22.41 cr
Policybazaar parent PB Fintech announced that it has acquired technology services provider Visit Internet Services for ₹22.41 crore, through its subsidiary Docprime Technologies. This is PB Fintech's second acquisition since it got listed in November 2021 and is expected to be completed by early February 2022. The company acquired MyLoanCare for ₹40.41 crore in December 2021.
Tesla asked law firm to fire lawyer who worked on Musk probe: WSJ
short by Hiral Goyal / 03:11 pm on 16 Jan 2022,Sunday
Tesla threatened law firm Cooley LLP to fire one of its attorneys or risk losing its business, the WSJ reported. The lawyer had previously worked at the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). He had interviewed Tesla's CEO Elon Musk during the agency's probe into Musk's 2018 tweet claiming he had obtained funding to take Tesla private, the report said.
Block Amazon deal to acquire 100% stake in Cloudtail: CAIT to CCI
The Confederation of All India Traders (CAIT) has filed a petition before the Competition Commission of India (CCI) seeking to block Amazon's deal to acquire 100% shareholding in Cloudtail. "The petition provides evidence to show Cloudtail charges less fees/commission and is a preferential seller," CAIT said. Cloudtail is a joint venture between Amazon and NR Narayana Murthy's Catamaran Ventures.
PM Modi to address WEF Davos virtual summit on January 17
short by Saurabh Sinha / 10:52 pm on 14 Jan 2022,Friday
Prime Minister Narendra Modi will address the World Economic Forum's (WEF) 'Davos Agenda 2022' virtual summit on January 17. Themed 'The State of the World', the week-long event will see world leaders speak on critical collective challenges. UN chief Antonio Guterres, Japan's PM Fumio Kishida, Australian PM Scott Morrison and Israeli PM Naftali Bennett among others will also participate.
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Unilever confirms interest in GSK unit, says 'No certainty of any agreement'
Unilever has confirmed that it had approached GlaxoSmithKline about acquiring its consumer goods business. The statement followed The Sunday Times' report saying Unilever had offered to buy GlaxoSmithKline's unit for roughly 50 billion pounds ($68.4 billion) last year, but the offer was rejected for being too low. "There can be no certainty that any agreement will be reached," Unilever said.
Rakesh Jhunjhunwala raises stake in Titan to 4.02% in Dec quarter
Billionaire investor Rakesh Jhunjhunwala bought more shares of Titan Company in the quarter ended December 2021, increasing his stake in the company to 4.02% from 3.8% in the previous quarter. Meanwhile, Jhunjhunwala's wife Rekha's shareholding in Titan remained unchanged at 1.07%. The value of Jhunjhunwalas' stake in the Tata Group company stood at ₹11,738.10 crore as of Friday's closing price.
read more at The Financial Express
HDFC Bank's net profit rises 18.1% y-o-y to ₹10,342 crore in Q3
HDFC Bank's standalone net profit jumped 18.1% year-on-year to ₹10,342 crore in the quarter ended December 2021. The bank's net revenues, including net interest income (NII) and other income, increased by 12% to ₹26,627 crore, as against ₹23,760.8 crore in the year-ago period. Its NII grew by 13% to ₹18,443.5 crore as compared to ₹16,317.6 crore a year ago.
Telcos seek ITC refund of ₹35,000 cr, GST waiver on licence fee in Budget
Telecom operators are seeking a refund of around ₹35,000 crore in input tax credit (ITC), reduced levies and GST waiver on licence fees and spectrum usage in the upcoming Budget. In its pre-Budget recommendations, telecom industry body Cellular Operators Association of India (COAI) also asked the government to suspend universal service obligation fund (USOF) to reduce burden on service providers.
RIL, M&M submit bid for India's $2.4 billion battery scheme: Report
Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries (RIL), Mahindra & Mahindra and Hyundai Global Motors are reportedly among companies that have submitted bids under India's $2.4 billion battery scheme. Ola Electric, Larsen & Toubro and Exide have also submitted bids, Reuters reported citing sources. Indian government launched this incentive program last year to boost local manufacturing of batteries.
NARCL Chairman to assist RBL Bank in finding full-time MD and CEO
RBL Bank said it has inducted NARCL Chairman Pradip Shah as an external expert to assist its search panel in finding a full-time MD and CEO. In December, the private lender had named Rajeev Ahuja as its interim MD and CEO after RBL Bank's board approved former MD and CEO Vishwavir Ahuja's request to "proceed on leave with immediate effect".
India's exports rise 39% to record $37.8 bn in Dec, imports surge too
India's merchandise exports in December 2021 surged by 39% on an annual basis to $37.81 billion, the highest-ever monthly figure recorded. The trade deficit marginally reduced to $21.68 billion when compared to November, Commerce Ministry data showed on Friday. Imports in December 2021 also increased 38.55% to $59.48 billion on account of an increase in petroleum and crude oil imports.
'Pharma Bro' Shkreli barred from drug industry for life, ordered to pay $64 mn
A US court has barred Vyera Pharmaceuticals Founder Martin Shkreli from the pharmaceutical industry for life. Nicknamed "Pharma Bro", Shkreli had hiked the price of the life-saving drug Daraprim, used to treat a parasitic infection called toxoplasmosis, by over 5,000% overnight in 2015. The court has also ordered him to pay $64.6 million in profits he earned from the scheme.
GE suspends COVID-19 vaccine or test requirement after US Court's ruling
General Electric (GE) suspended its COVID-19 vaccine or test requirement policy for employees on Friday after the US Supreme Court's ruling. The court called the Joe Biden administration's requirements a ''blunt instrument'' that ''draws no distinctions based on industry or risk of exposure to COVID-19.'' GE is the first major company to halt its policy after the Supreme Court's ruling.