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East Kimberley Campdraft champ inspires next generation of station workers to compete
East Kimberley Campdraft champ inspires next generation of station workers to compete
Champion campdrafter of the East Kimberley rodeo circuit Brooke Harwood is encouraging young people to explore campdrafting, a homegrown sport.
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When will we see below-freezing temperatures in Milwaukee? First frost, snow forecasts
When will we see below-freezing temperatures in Milwaukee? First frost, snow forecasts
As Milwaukee continues to experience unseasonably warm weather, it’s unlikely the city will see a snowy Thanksgiving.
In fact, parts of Wisconsin closed out October by logging record-warm temperatures. On Oct. 29, both Milwaukee and Madison saw temperatures tick above 80 degrees, tying high-temperature records set in 1937, according to the National Weather Service.
On average, Milwaukee has seen its first snowfall by early November, according to historical NWS data. But with temperatures hovering in the high 50s though the end of this week, chances of snow anytime before the end of the month are slim.
Here’s when we might see the first frost and first snow in Milwaukee.
A pedestrian makes their way through the cold rain and snow along North Milwaukee Street in Milwaukee on Thursday, April 4, 2024. Milwaukee and southern Wisconsin are entering the third consecutive day of widespread rain and snowfall. Dry weather is expected over the weekend, with partly sunny skies Friday and a sunny Saturday.
When will Milwaukee see its first frost?
If you’re looking for chilly fall weather, you’ll have to wait a little longer: 50-degree temperatures are expected to hold in the Milwaukee area for several more weeks, according to local NWS meteorologist Cameron Miller.
“As we go into later this month, we’ll have better chances of getting temperatures that are more conducive to first frost,” Miller said, citing data from the NWS Climate Prediction Center. “It looks like toward Thanksgiving is when we start to dip down into having highs in the low 40s and overnight lows in the 30s more often.”
According to Accuweather’s monthly forecast, Milwaukee might see its first frost during the last week of November. Frost develops when temperatures drop below 32 degrees Fahrenheit, such that water vapor in the air freezes and forms thin layers of ice crystals on outside surfaces, including snow.
On Nov. 27, Accuweather forecasts that Milwaukee temperatures will drop to a low of 27 degrees and a high of 43 degrees. The freezing weather will persist throughout the week, with lows of 27 and 24 degrees on Dec. 1 and 2, respectively. However, it is not forecasted to snow on any of these days, with weather conditions remaining mostly cloudy.
On Thanksgiving Day, temperatures will be a bit warmer, with partly sunny weather and a low of 30 degrees and high of 48 degrees.
When will it snow in Milwaukee?
Accuweather doesn’t forecast the first snowfall of the season until Dec. 19 and 20 in Milwaukee — though Miller noted these long-range forecasts are often unreliable, since they use historical averages of weather conditions and cannot account for daily, shifting weather patterns.
As a general benchmark, the average first trace of snowfall in Milwaukee has been on Nov. 2, according to NWS data. The average first inch of snowfall has occurred on Dec. 2.
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Are leaves still falling in Milwaukee?
Amid Milwaukee’s longer autumn, you may also have noticed your leaves falling later than previous years. Plants generally need cooler weather to start shutting down, so higher October temperatures can delay the falling leaves, according to Climate Central.
In Milwaukee, the deadline to rake your leaves out for city collection is Friday, Nov. 15. However, in recent years, the city has led the city to extend this deadline to late November and even December as fall has shifted later.
As of Nov. 11, the city has not extended the 2024 deadline, but you can find more information about leaf collection and check for updates here.
Average first frost in Milwaukee:
Here’s when Milwaukee has historically recorded its first frost, according to NWS:
Average first frost: Oct. 22.
Earliest first frost recorded: Sept. 20, 1966
Latest first frost recorded: Nov. 24, 1931
Average first snowfall in Milwaukee:
Here’s when Milwaukee has historically recorded its first trace of snowfall and first inch of snowfall, according to NWS:
Average first snowfall: trace snow on Nov. 2, and inch on Dec. 2
Earliest first snowfall recorded: trace snow on Sept. 23, 1942, and inch on Oct. 17, 1896
Latest first snowfall recorded: Dec. 5, 1999, and 1 inch on Jan, 20, 1889
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Claire Reid contributed to this report.
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Elon Musk is no Kissinger, but may help improve U.S.-China relations, experts say
Elon Musk is no Kissinger, but may help improve U.S.-China relations, experts say
Elon Musk embraces Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania on Oct. 5, 2024.
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Elon Musk’s relationship with Donald Trump has fueled expectations that he could soften the U.S. President-elect’s policy stance toward Beijing, but experts caution against putting too much stock into the Tesla CEO.
The billionaire was one of Trump’s top campaign donors and could reportedly get a cabinet or advisory role at the White House.
In the lead-up to the elections, their relationship had piqued Beijing’s interest due to Musk’s close ties to China, where his company, Tesla, runs a massive “gigafactory.”
“There has been widespread curiosity in China the past few months about whether Musk could be the new Kissinger, helping broker a deal between Washington and Beijing,” said Scott Kennedy, senior adviser and Trustee Chair in ******** Business & Economics at the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
“Whether this is an ingenious insight that will help keep relations from imploding or part of an unrealistic soothing scenario ******** want to tell themselves is hard to know at this point,” he added.
U.S. diplomat Henry Kissinger, who passed away last year, is credited with normalizing relations between the U.S. and China, beginning with his first visit to Beijing in July 1971.
Kissinger was deeply respected in China and continued to meet with its leaders as an unofficial diplomat in efforts to promote warmer relations between the two countries. Just months before Kissinger ***** in November 2023, he met with ******** President Xi Jinping in Beijing in July 2023.
Hopes that Musk could fill the ***** left by Kissinger have arisen as he increasingly engages with high-ranking officials in China, where he established Tesla as the country’s first wholly foreign-owned automaker in 2018.
The Tesla and SpaceX during his last visit in April met ******** Premier Li Qiang, who cited Tesla as an example of successful trade cooperation between Beijing and Washington, according to state media.
Wang Yiwei, director of the institute of international relations at Renmin University, told CNBC that Musk is seen as a business person who understands both China and the U.S.
This could see him help push for some flexibility with or even cancellation of the strict tariff hikes Trump has threatened to place on China-made products, Wang said. He hoped Musk’s work in manufacturing could enable a deal for ******** companies to build factories in the U.S.
Musk has voiced concerns over tensions between the two countries and had criticized the Joe Biden administration when it raised tariffs on ******** EVs to 100% earlier this year. The Biden administration has rolled out a raft of policies aimed at bringing manufacturers of high-end tech back to the U.S., many of which Trump is expected to uphold.
Businessman, not a diplomat
In order to make a real impact on U.S. policy, one businessman, even the richest in the world, will not be enough to improve relations the way Kissinger was once able, said Wang Huiyao, founder of the Beijing-based think tank Center for China and Globalization.
Instead, Wang said that a group of prominent business and thought leaders, including Elon Musk, Apple’s Tim Cook and Blackstone Group’s Stephen Schwarzman, can act as a “group of Kissingers.”
They may not reach the same impact as Kissinger, given the more complex *******, he said, though they could help stabilize relations.
Cook and Schwarzman also regularly visit leaders in China, where they are often highlighted by Beijing as examples of positive China-U.S. business and trade relations.
Dewardric McNeal, Longview Global managing director and senior policy analyst, told CNBC, “While it’s true that China has occasionally used influential Americans as unofficial channels, it’s a stretch to view Musk as a modern-day Kissinger.”
For these “informal intermediaries,” the primary obligation is to shareholders, not to national interests, he said, adding that active political involvement can lead to “conflicts of interest” and places the business leaders under intense scrutiny, if diplomacy fails.
During Trump’s first term, China had already attempted to establish “back channels” with prominent ********* businessmen, including entrepreneur and real estate developer Steve Wynn, in hopes of influencing policy, McNeal said.
Such efforts appeared to have had little effect on Trump’s approach to China and led to the Justice Department issuing a lawsuit that sought to register Wynn as a foreign agent over his alleged lobbying work on behalf of the ******** government.
This time around, Trump has announced his intention to impose a blanket tariff ranging from 10% to 20% on all imports, along with additional tariffs of 60% to 100% on products imported from China.
“Musk might open certain doors, but none that hard-nosed committed diplomacy won’t also open,” said McNeal, adding that pinning diplomatic hopes on such a figure, whose primary allegiance is to his own ventures, could be a miscalculation.
“Musk’s unpredictability and strong, sometimes controversial views don’t necessarily align with either country’s diplomatic or strategic interests.”
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Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds
Covid inquiry told Treasury blocked request for 10,000 NHS beds
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Boris Johnson’s government blocked a request to fund another 10,000 hospital beds at the height of the Covid pandemic, the chief executive of NHS England has said.
Amanda Pritchard told the *** Covid-19 Inquiry the decision, made by the Treasury in July 2020, had been “very disappointing”.
Extra beds and staff would have been used to cut waiting lists for planned care and “build resilience” going into a second winter wave of the pandemic, she said.
The government has said it cannot comment while the inquiry is in progress.
Health ministers from the time are expected to give evidence later this month, to the third section of the inquiry, looking at Covid’s impact on the NHS and healthcare systems across the ***.
Ms Pritchard served as NHS England’s chief operating officer from 2019 until she was promoted to chief executive, in August 2021.
In her evidence, she said a request had been made to the government, for 10,000 extra permanent, staffed hospital beds, in July 2020.
‘Very disappointing’
The demand had been based on modelling the spread of the virus, along with the need to deal with other pressures that coming winter and resume more planned, or elective, surgery and other treatments for non-Covid patients.
But the inquiry heard the Treasury and the prime minister’s private office had refused the request, saying they wanted more use made of temporary Nightingale hospitals along with the private sector.
And Ms Prichard had been told the decision would be looked at again as part of a wider spending review expected in the autumn of 2021.
She called the decision “very disappointing”, saying waiting lists for planned NHS treatment in England would be in “quite a different position” today had the extra funding been agreed.
“If we had had that capacity, we could certainly have treated thousands more patients… as well as being more resilient going into the second wave of the pandemic and into winter more generally,” Ms Prichard said.
In the summer of 2020, the NHS in England had a total permanent bed capacity to treat about 95,000 patients in acute hospitals.
That was increased by another 4,000 from winter 2023, under a recovery plan agreed by then Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
‘Completely overwhelming’
Later in her evidence, Ms Pritchard said the health service had faced a ******* of “extreme pressure” in the winter of 2020-21, as another wave of Covid spread across the country.
By that point, new treatments had been discovered, including the cheap steroid dexamethasone, and the first Covid vaccines were starting to be rolled out in small numbers.
But the level of community transmission at the time meant some intensive-care units were still being pushed “to the brink” and were “right on the edge” of running out of bed space.
Nationally, the health service had never had to “systematically limit” access to treatments because hospitals could not cope with demand, Ms Pritchard said.
“That does not mean, though, that it did not feel completely overwhelming to staff at this time in those places – and it does not mean that the kind of care that was being provided was anything like normal,” she added.
‘Field hospitals’
Ms Pritchard was also asked about the seven temporary Nightingale hospitals built quickly, in March and April 2020, across England to treat Covid patients.
Data seen by the inquiry shows the total cost to the taxpayer, including setting up and decommissioning, is now estimated at £358.5m.
The hospitals – in Birmingham, Bristol, Exeter, Harrogate, London, Manchester and Sunderland – treated 141 Covid patients in the first wave of the virus and 1,097 Covid and other patients in the second wave.
In total, £50.4m was spent on one site, Birmingham, which was never used by patients in the pandemic.
The site in Bristol also carried out 6,554 assessments for patients from the eye hospital in the city.
Ms Pritchard told the inquiry the programme had still been “useful”, as the sites had been envisaged as “military field hospitals” at the time.
“We thought we were doing it to avoid a northern Italy situation,” she said, referring to scenes in Lombardy, where intensive-care units had been overwhelmed.
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Republicans projected to retain US House majority
Republicans projected to retain US House majority
President-elect Donald Trump’s *********** Party will control both houses of Congress when he takes office in January, Decision Desk HQ projects, enabling him to push an agenda of slashing taxes and shrinking the federal government.
Republicans had already secured a US Senate majority of at least 52-46, Edison Research projected, and DDHQ projected they would hold at least 218 seats in the House of Representatives, with eight races yet to be called in Tuesday’s election.
During his first presidential term in 2017-21, Trump’s biggest achievement was sweeping tax cuts that are due to expire in 2025.
That legislation and Democratic President Joe Biden’s signature $US1 ($A1.5) trillion infrastructure law both came during periods when their parties controlled both chambers of Congress.
By contrast, during the past two years of divided government, Biden has had little success in passing legislation and Congress has struggled to perform its most basic function of providing the money needed to keep the government open.
The thin *********** House majority has been fractious, tossing out its first Speaker, Kevin McCarthy, and routinely bucking his successor Speaker Mike Johnson.
Trump’s grip on the party and particularly its raucous hardliners has been far firmer – as evidenced by his success earlier in 2024 ******** a bipartisan deal that would have sharply stepped up border security.
His power will also be backed by a Supreme Court with a 6-3 ************* majority that includes three justices he appointed.
More immediately, the Republicans’ victory is certain to influence the House’s post-election “lame duck” session.
The current Congress faces end-of-year deadlines for funding the government to avoid shutdowns at Christmas and extending Washington’s borrowing authority to avoid an historic debt default.
One possible scenario is passing temporary patches to give the incoming Trump administration a say on these two controversial items when it assumes power from the Biden administration on January 20.
The new Congress convenes on January 3.
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CFMEU members march through Sydney to protest forced administration
CFMEU members march through Sydney to protest forced administration
Hundreds of CFMEU workers have marched in an unauthorised rally to protest the forced administration of the controversial union.
The renegade workers marched in Sydney from Belmore Park to Parliament House with signs reading “our right to innocence until proven guilty is under threat”.
The federal government pushed the powerful construction division of the CFMEU into administration following allegations of ********* infiltration in the division, sparking furious rallies across the country.
NewsWire understands Tuesday’s march was unauthorised, with CFMEU leadership warning its members “not to attend” the rally in a Facebook post from the weekend.
Camera IconThe workers marched from Belmore Park to Parliament House in Sydney. NewsWire / Monique Harmer Credit: News Corp AustraliaCamera IconThe marchers are protesting the forced administration of the construction division of the CFMEU. NewsWire / Monique Harmer Credit: News Corp Australia
“We understand a rally is being planned for November 12 to protest the administration,” the post reads.
“This action is not authorised by the CFMEU.
“Please be aware that if you attend the unauthorised rally your employer may be able to take action against you, as the rally is an unprotected action.
“Do not let employers use your anger over Administration to disadvantage you.
“While we cannot stop you going to the rally our strong advice is not to attend.”
Camera IconThe government pushed the construction division into administration following allegations of ********* infiltration of the union. NewsWire / Monique Harmer Credit: News Corp AustraliaCamera IconThe construction division was placed into administration in August. NewsWire / Monique Harmer Credit: News Corp Australia
Labor and the Coalition voted in August to place the division into administration.
Victorian barrister Mark Irving KC has been appointed administrator and to date 11 senior union officials across the CFMEU’s NSW, Victoria and Tasmanian and Queensland branches have lost their jobs.
CFMEU national secretary Zach Smith has slammed the move and said allegations of criminality in the union had not been tested in court.
“Until allegations have been tested by the legal system, people and organisations are entitled to a fair process,” he said in August.
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Northern California man goes missing after Uber ride from Bay Area to Placer County
Northern California man goes missing after Uber ride from Bay Area to Placer County
(FOX40.COM) — The Place County Sheriff’s Office is asking for the public’s help to find an Auburn man who went missing after an Uber ride. • Video Above: What should you do if someone you love goes missing?
Spencer Pease, 23, reportedly took an Uber from Santa Rosa and was dropped off near Lincoln Way and Russell Road in Placer County on Sunday. Law enforcement said he has not been seen since the drop-off. Pease is described as being 5 foot 10 inches tall and 190 pounds with blonde hair and green eyes.
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iShares Bitcoin ETF now ******* than gold counterpart following rush into crypto on Trump win
iShares Bitcoin ETF now ******* than gold counterpart following rush into crypto on Trump win
Blackrock iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF (IBIT) signage at the Nasdaq MarketSite in New York on Jan. 11, 2024.
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The rapidly growing iShares Bitcoin Trust (IBIT) has now blown past one of the biggest funds in an old-school category of investing: gold.
According to FactSet, the bitcoin exchange-traded fund had roughly $34.3 billion in AUM as of Friday. That puts it above the iShares Gold Trust (IAU), which had just under $33 billion.
The asset numbers do not yet reflect the most recent crypto rally over the weekend, when bitcoin surged above $80,000. IBIT was up about 6% in morning trading Monday.
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The largest bitcoin ETF was rallying on Monday as the cryptocurrency hit record highs.
The milestone comes following the victory of President-elect Donald Trump. The *********** embraced crypto as part of his campaign, including speaking at the Bitcoin Conference in July.
IBIT has raked in about $1 billion of inflows over the past week, and $27 billion overall since its launch in January, according to FactSet. The rising price of bitcoin has pushed the total asset amount to more than $30 billion.
IBIT is still about $30 billion smaller than the biggest gold ETF on the market, SPDR Gold Shares (GLD).
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New arrests over ********* after Ajax-Maccabi match
New arrests over ********* after Ajax-Maccabi match
Dutch police have made five more arrests over the ********* which followed a match involving an ******** football team in Amsterdam on Thursday night.
The five men, all from the Netherlands and aged between 18 and 37, are suspected of “public ********* against persons” before and after the Maccabi Tel Aviv match against local team Ajax.
Prime Minister ***** Schoof said earlier on Monday that “antisemitic attacks against Israelis and Jews” were “nothing short of shocking and reprehensible”.
Unrest flared up again in the city on Monday evening when an empty tram was attacked. Some rioters reportedly shouted “Free Palestine”, according to local media.
On Thursday night, youths on scooters ******-crossed the Dutch capital in “hit-and-run” attacks on Maccabi supporters who were visiting for the Europa League match, authorities said.
Five people were treated in hospital and others suffered minor injuries.
The five new arrests come on top of 63 announced by the authorities since the *********. One of the five was released from custody but ******** a suspect.
Police also made several arrests after the new unrest in the city on Monday. No injuries were reported.
Dozens of youths dressed in ****** damaged cars in a western suburb, where the tram was attacked on ’40-’45 Square. Videos posted on social media show a tram being attacked with fireworks and its windows being shattered.
A ***** on the tram was quickly extinguished and riot officers cleared the square, making arrests, ******* broadcaster DW reports.
Schoof promised that the Netherlands would focus on bringing perpetrators of Thursday’s ********* to justice.
“The images and reports for Amsterdam and what we’ve seen this weekend of antisemitic attacks against Israelis and Jews are nothing short of shocking and reprehensible,” he told journalists.
He also commented on reports that Maccabi supporters had attacked a taxi and burnt a ************ flag in Amsterdam, as well as chanting anti-***** slogans.
“We are well aware of what happened earlier with Maccabi supporters but we think that’s of a different category and we condemn any ********* as well, but that is no excuse whatsoever for what happened later on that night in the attacks on Jews in Amsterdam,” he said.
Pro-************ protests planned in recent days had been banned, angering activists.
Some have argued that they should be free to voice their disapproval of *******’s actions in Gaza and the actions of the Maccabi supporters. Police chief Peter Holla has said there had been incidents “on both sides” during Thursday’s clashes.
The ********* was condemned by leaders across Europe, the US and *******. For many, it was especially shocking coming on the eve of commemorations marking Kristallnacht, the 1938 ***** pogroms against ******* Jews.
Three-quarters of ******* people in the Netherlands were murdered during the Holocaust in World War Two.
Reports of antisemitic incidents in Europe have risen since the start of the war in Gaza just over a year ago.
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Get Dark Souls Board Game For Only $51 And Roleplaying Sourcebook For $30
Get Dark Souls Board Game For Only $51 And Roleplaying Sourcebook For $30
Dark Souls: The Board Game – Painted World of Ariamis is on ***** for only $51 at Amazon. This is one of the best prices we’ve ever seen for one of the game’s core sets. It retails for $120 directly from Steamforged Games, so you’re saving over 50% by purchasing the cooperative miniatures game from Amazon at the moment. It’s only available in limited quantities, so Dark Souls fans shouldn’t wait too long to snag this deal. It’s not an official ****** Friday deal, but with retailers like Target and Walmart already hosting ****** Friday sales featuring board games, Amazon appears to be ramping up its selection of deals.
Bloodborne’s official board game adaptation is also on ***** at Amazon. It’s pricier at $80, but this deal is better than the one offered during Prime Big Deal Days last month.
Dark Souls: The Board Game – Painted World of Ariamis Core Set
$51 ($120)
Dark Souls: The Board Game – Painted World of Ariamis Core Set
To be clear, this isn’t the original Dark Souls board game core set–that one is frequently out of stock and almost always expensive–but it is one of the few sets that is fully playable as a standalone game or in combination with other sets. Painted World of Ariamis’ storyline revolves around the half-dragon from the original Dark Souls video game known as Crossbreed Priscilla.
The challenging campaign supports one to three players and offers a dynamic, replayable experience. Each campaign lasts roughly two hours. Steamforged recommends Painted World of Ariamis for players ages 14 and up.
In addition to playing the game, you can spend time painting the miniature figures included in the box. This core set comes with 18 minis: Crossbreed Priscilla, Heavy Knight, Deprived, Mercenary, Sorcerer, Phalanx (x5), Engorged Zombie (x2), Bonewheel Skeleton (x2), Crow ****** (x2), and Snow Rats (x2).
18 miniatures
Campaign Dashboard
Rulebook
15 Dice
169 Cards
3 Character Boards
3 Token Boards
4 Double-sided Game Tiles
2 Health Dials
Dark Souls: The Roleplaying Game
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Dark Souls: The Roleplaying Game
Meanwhile, the official tabletop adaptation of Dark Souls is available for only $30 at Amazon. This deal is for the game’s core sourcebook, which normally costs $50 and is the only book you need to start playing the Dungeons & Dragons-style spin on Dark Souls.
Dark Souls: The Roleplaying Game is based on Dungeons & Dragons 5e ruleset, which means it’s compatible with a wide array of 5e modules both in and outside of the Dark Souls universe. The 500-plus page core sourcebook teaches you how to play this tactical tabletop adventure that, like Steamforged’s board game adaptation, is designed to challenge Dark Souls fans.
Inside this well-designed hardcover book, you’ll find in-depth details on the 10 premade character classes, the custom magic system, and a wide array of differentiated abilities. The sourcebook contains a bestiary with a comprehensive overview of the creatures who inhabit the kingdom of Lothric (the setting of Dark Souls 3.
To add to your Dark Souls tabletop experience, check out the Tome of Strange Beings and Tome of Journeys sourcebooks, both of which are compatible with 5e modules as well. If you want all three sourcebooks, you should grab this $90 bundle instead, as it also comes with the Game Master’s Screen & Adventure Book for roughly the same price as the three books individually.
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*********** Baseball League: Perth Heat manager Andy Kyle says heartbreak of two championship losses fuels team
*********** Baseball League: Perth Heat manager Andy Kyle says heartbreak of two championship losses fuels team
As the dawn of a new ABL season approaches, Heat manager Andy Kyle has acknowledged the heartbreak of back-to-back championship series losses is still palpable.
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Buddy’s ****** Friday NBN deals usher in lower costs and faster speeds
Buddy’s ****** Friday NBN deals usher in lower costs and faster speeds
With the vast majority of ****** Friday sales primarily focused on big-ticket tech items, discounts on the best NBN plans can often go under the radar. But Buddy Telco, the budget-focused offshoot of Aussie Broadband, has just dropped some ****** Friday NBN deals that are guaranteed to get your tail wagging.
Buddy’s deals include refreshed introductory pricing across three of its four plans, with the cheapest plan now starting at AU$59 per month. Meanwhile, its fastest NBN 1000 plan has seen a huge increase in its typical evening speed figure, rising from 600Mbps to a staggering 875Mbps. The AU$99 per month charge ********, but it’s hard to complain too much. Already the outright cheapest provider in the country, we think this major speed boost makes it unequivocally the best NBN 1000 plan you can get.
Read on to find out more about Buddy’s ****** Friday NBN deals. All plans come with unlimited data and work on a no lock-in contract basis.
Buddy Telco NBN 25 plan
Buddy Telco NBN 50 plan
Buddy Telco NBN 100 plan
Buddy Telco NBN 1000 plan
Buddy’s ****** Friday NBN deals are running until Tuesday, 3 December, so you have less than a month to sign up and get connected to a new plan before Christmas.
Do note, that Buddy’s plans don’t come with a modem router supplied, so you will need to bring your own. But if you already have an NBN plan, you should also already have a router. Buddy also doesn’t have human customer support and instead relies on an AI chatbot to handle all queries. However, if you do have a particularly tricky-to-solve problem, then you can be passed on to a human to speak to.
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Three workers injured, one critically, in partial Western Mass. mill collapse
Three workers injured, one critically, in partial Western Mass. mill collapse
Three people are recovering after the roof of an abandoned mill caved in on Monday afternoon.
Russell Police say they received a report of people trapped and injured inside the Strathmore Mill #1 when part of the building collapsed.
Responding officers discovered that three workers were injured. Of those three workers, authorities say one of them sustained critical injuries.
That worker was transported to Baystate Medical Center. Their injuries, although serious, are not considered to be life-threatening.
It wasn’t immediately clear what sort of work was being done on the building at the time of the collapse.
The area of Woronoco Road near Mill #1 will remain closed until further notice. Unauthorized individuals who enter the area may be subject to arrest, according to police.
An investigation into the collapse ******** ongoing. An update is expected on Tuesday.
Massachusetts State Police, Russell ***** Department, and Hilltown Ambulance all responded to the scene.
The Strathmore Paper Mill was founded in the late 19th century and has been abandoned for years.
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Top tech fund manager at T. Rowe Price gives best postelection picks
Top tech fund manager at T. Rowe Price gives best postelection picks
A top technology fund manager is laying out his favorite names in the sector going forward. “It’s an exciting time where we’re seeing productivity really get enhanced, and perhaps this being a really big industrial economic productivity increaser,” Tony Wang, portfolio manager of T. Rowe Price’s science and technology equity strategy, told CNBC’s ” Squawk Box ” on Monday. For nearly two years since the debut of ChatGPT, companies have poured money into semiconductor and infrastructure names underpinning the buildout of artificial intelligence tools. Now, Wang believes the tide is shifting in favor of software companies and app developers launching and integrating AI products. APP YTD mountain Applovin shares this year Along with Nvidia, Wang views Marvell Technology as a key long-term AI play with a “strong future” given its custom chip products with hyperscalers such as Amazon . He also highlighted the company’s CEO as a strong “capital allocator.” While the ” Magnificent Seven ” stocks should continue to lead given their data access; large customer base; and capital to train, build and deploy AI models, Wang anticipates a new crop of beneficiaries emerging. This includes Palantir and Applovin . Wang highlighted Applovin’s digital advertising moat and strong ********** among the reasons he favors the stock. Applovin surged 77%, scoring its best week on record, following a strong earnings report . Shares are up more than 590% this year. “A lot of them had really quite big moves recently in the last earnings and I think that’s driven largely by their AI data flywheel,” he said of the picks. “Technology trends are often on an exponential adoption curve, and a lot of times the market … underestimates these tech transitions.”
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‘Any good?’ Lineker kicks off 25 years as MOTD host
‘Any good?’ Lineker kicks off 25 years as MOTD host
Broadcaster Gary Lineker is to step down as host of flagship football programme Match of the Day at the end of this season, BBC News understands.
It is expected to be announced officially on Tuesday by the BBC.
The former England footballer had been in negotiations with the BBC over a new contract in October.
He first presented Match of the Day on 7 August 1999.
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Roosters in Hunt for a half, as Ben considers options
Roosters in Hunt for a half, as Ben considers options
Trent Robinson has given the strongest indication yet that the Sydney Roosters could pursue Ben Hunt, revealing the club is open to signing another spine player.
Hunt has ramped up his search for a new home this week, after being officially released by St George Illawarra during the Pacific Championships.
The halfback is expected to attract the interest of up to five clubs, as he weighs up staying in Sydney or a potential return home to Queensland.
If he does remain in Sydney, the Roosters are likely to lead the list of contenders.
The Tri-colours already have ample salary-cap space for next season, after losing a combined 1279 games in experience at the end of 2024.
They are also set to start the season without halfback Sam Walker and ******* Brandon Smith, with the pair not due back from ACL ruptures until about May.
Hunt has played in both of those positions previously, and could also aid the Roosters in their transition to life after Luke Keary in the halves.
Asked directly whether Hunt was someone the Roosters were looking at, Robinson said there were “a couple of players” in the club’s sights.
“(The injuries) didn’t only affect the back end of this year, but it also affects the start of next year as well,” Robinson said at the Roosters’ announcement of electric-car manufacturer BYD as a new major sponsor.
“We’re really comfortable with some of the young guys coming through, but we are also looking at covering those positions if it’s right.
“We don’t feel like we’re in a rush, but if it’s right then we’ll look at options.”
Robinson had said in May that the Roosters would prefer an experienced half to continue guiding the newly resigned Walker in the short term.
That same principle would also likely apply to Sandon Smith, who will start 2025 in the halves and is viewed as Walker’s long-term partner.
The Tri-colours have since signed Chad Townsend, but it’s likely Hunt’s experience would still be appealing given his status as a State of Origin and Test representative.
The move would also fit Hunt’s criteria of wanting to go to a club where he can win his first premiership.
“He (Hunt) is an exceptional player and has done it for a long time,” Robinson said.
“People want a direct answer, but the thing is we’ve been clear about our squad for a while now.
“Ever since Luke (Keary) made his decision (to leave the NRL for the Super League), we were really clear and happy with where we were heading over the next couple of years.
“But if the opportunity arises to accommodate that No.7 and No.9 positions in different ways, then we will.
“But it has to be right for the next couple of years as well.”
Beyond the Roosters, Hunt has previously admitted he sees a romanticism in returning to the Broncos.
But that could present salary-cap challenges, with continued uncertainty around Ezra Mam.
The Dolphins have indicated their interest, while Gold Coast and Canterbury are considered the less likely options.
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Democrat George Whitesides ousts GOP Rep. Mike Garcia from Los Angeles House seat
Democrat George Whitesides ousts GOP Rep. Mike Garcia from Los Angeles House seat
George Whitesides has defeated three-term GOP Rep. Mike Garcia, flipping a long-coveted Los Angeles area House seat to the Democrats’ column.
Garcia — who conceded the race Monday — was a top target for multiple cycles, given the Democrats’ 10-point registration advantage in the district and his ************* votes in the House. But he had proven surprisingly durable in the blue-leaning seat, leaning on his fighter-jet pilot past to appeal to voters in a district dominated by aerospace.
This time, Democrats were able to successfully use Garcia’s record against him, particularly as they hammered him on his past support for a national ********* ban.
The party also fielded a stronger challenger to take on Garcia. Whitesides, the former CEO of ******* Galactic, delivered his own aerospace bona fides and a strong fundraising performance. He was aided by millions of dollars in spending from Democratic outside groups, a stark contrast from 2022 when they pulled out of the pricey Los Angeles media market in the closing weeks of the campaign.
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What Trump’s election victory means for global investors
What Trump’s election victory means for global investors
President-elect Donald Trump’s return to the White House has sent ripples through global financial markets, with many investors looking to recalibrate their portfolios for a dramatically different policy landscape ahead. The *********** sweep of the presidency and, potentially, both houses of Congress has triggered what analysts call the return of “Trump trades” — but with key differences to 2016 that could reshape the investment outlook. The immediate market reaction has been positive for U.S. assets , with small-cap stocks and sectors like banking and technology seeing solid gains. The Russell 2000 small-cap U.S. stock market index is up over 8% since election day, while the Nasdaq Composite is up around 6% and banks and financial institutions have rallied by more than 10%. Will the stock moves last? “The question down the line will be over the sustainability of the move, and that in turn will depend on bond yields’ behavior,” said Mislav Matejka, JPMorgan’s head of global and ********* equity strategy, in a research note. Unlike in 2016, when 10-year Treasury yields were generally around 2%, they now sit above 4%. This makes further rises in bond yields more challenging for equity markets to digest. Higher Treasury yields mean higher interest rates for corporate borrowers. Investors may also pull money from stocks to seek higher returns in Treasurys relative to the risk, which could push stock prices down. Trump’s tariffs Perhaps the biggest concern for investors globally is Trump’s campaign promise of aggressive new tariffs , including the potential for a universal 10% tariff on all imports and a 60% tariff on ******** goods. Economists at Nomura, one of Japan’s largest investment banks, expect these policies to be a key focus early in Trump’s second term, warning that “tariffs are likely to be inflationary and negative for growth” in the U.S. As a result, the bank’s chief economist, David Seif, has forecast just one U.S. rate cut by the Federal Reserve next year — the consequence of which is likely to be felt globally. Impact on Asia Capital Economics expects most ****** currencies to weaken by up to 5% against the dollar over the coming year, not least because of the expected higher interest environment in the U.S. High interest rates typically attract fund flows into the ******* States, depriving emerging market economies of cheaper borrowing and the growth that follows. The impact of this can be seen in the Indian rupee , which fell to all-time lows against the U.S. dollar following the U.S. election. Korea, Taiwan and some other countries are also at high risk of being impacted by changes in U.S. trade policy, according to Goldman Sachs, given the amount they export into the country. However, some ****** nations might benefit if higher tariffs on China prompt manufacturers to relocate. “Vietnam, with its low labor costs and strategic geographical location, has so far been the biggest beneficiary of worsening U.S.-China relations,” said Gareth Leather, senior Asia economist at Capital Economics, in a note. In the past, India has also benefited from tariffs and risks associated with the U.S.-China trade relationship. “Potential tariff or non-tariff barriers on ******** imports in the U.S. and India’s domestic manufacturing thrust with Make in India, could be positive for Indian [electronics manufacturing services] companies in areas like PCBs [electric circuits], semiconductors, mobile phones, cables and wires, among others,” said Macquarie Capital’s head of India research Aditya Suresh, citing cable and wire maker Polycab as an example of a stock that stands to benefit in this scenario. Europe Most analysts agree that U.S. trade tariffs are likely to hurt Europe, with some companies able to navigate the challenges better than others. “The ********* Union is highly exposed to U.S. tariffs because it is trade intensive, and the U.S. is the largest destination for EU exports,” Morningstar analysts said in a note to clients on Nov. 5. ********* automakers and pharmaceutical companies appear especially vulnerable. However, the impact varies by company depending on their U.S. manufacturing presence and the proportion of their global revenues derived from the U.S. “For companies with local production, the impact should be neutral to positive, while larger non-U.S. manufacturers will have to adapt or face margin headwinds if higher prices cannot be implemented,” said Swiss investment bank Vontobel’s senior equity analyst Mark Diethelm. In a note to clients, Diethelm suggested that Swiss building materials firm Holcim is likely to see a “positive impact” from the tariffs as many of its products are manufactured in the U.S. Others, such as electronics maker Logitech , could see a negative impact as it has a significant China-based manufacturing base. More broadly, investors should bear in mind that companies are likely to begin factoring in the impact of tariffs and move ahead of actual policy, according to Barclays. “Tariffs concern may continue to weigh on Europe this time around, but we note that any actual decision on tariffs is likely to require the new government and cabinet secretaries to be sworn in, which could be a process taking up to [six months], so this may not be an immediate risk,” said the bank’s chief ********* strategist Emmanuel Cau in a note to clients on Nov. 6. — CNBC’s Michael Bloom contributed reporting.
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New Zealand PM says sorry for ‘horrific’ care home ******
New Zealand PM says sorry for ‘horrific’ care home ******
New Zealand’s Prime Minister Christopher Luxon has formally apologised to victims of ****** in care homes, following an inquiry into one of the country’s biggest ****** scandals.
The historic apology, delivered in parliament, comes after a report found that 200,000 children and vulnerable adults had suffered ****** while in state and ******-based care between 1950 and 2019.
Many of them included people from the Māori and Pacific communities and those with mental or physical disabilities.
The government has since promised to reform the care system.
“I make this apology to all survivors on behalf of my own and previous governments,” said Luxon on Tuesday.
“It was horrific. It was heartbreaking. It was wrong. And it should never have happened,” he added. “For many of you it changed the course of your life, and for that, the government must take responsibility.”
The inquiry, which Luxon described as the largest and most complex public inquiry ever held in New Zealand, took six years to complete and included interviews with thousands of survivors of ****** in state and ******-based care institutions.
The ensuing report documented a wide range of abuses including ***** and sterilisation, and forced labour.
It found that ******-based institutions often had higher rates of ******* ****** than state care; and civil and ****** leaders fought to cover up ****** by moving abusers to other locations and denying culpability, with many victims dying before seeing justice.
The findings were seen as vindication for those who found themselves facing down powerful officialdom, the state, and religious institutions – and often struggling to be believed.
The inquiry made over 100 recommendations, including public apologies from New Zealand authorities and religious leaders, as well as legislation mandating suspected ****** to be reported.
Luxon said the government has either completed or is in the process of working on 28 of these recommendations, and will provide a full response next year.
He also announced a National Remembrance Day to be held on 12 November next year to mark the anniversary of Tuesday’s apology.
“It is on all of us to do all we can to ensure that ****** that should never have been accepted, no longer occurs,” he said.
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The Washington Post has an AI newsboy to answer all your questions
The Washington Post has an AI newsboy to answer all your questions
The Washington Post has unveiled a new AI chatbot called “Ask The Post AI,” which aims to answer user questions accurately by relying on the newspaper’s content. The new AI chatbot follows the Climate Answers chatbot, which the publication released earlier this year. Unlike the climate journalism-focused Climate Answers, Ask the Post culls its answers from anything published since 2016.
The AI uses algorithmic ranking to match answers to questions and ensure they are relevant. Like Climate Answers, the new AI chatbot enforces strict guardrails on how it responds. If there aren’t any articles it defines as worth citing, it won’t answer the question at all. That way, it avoids any compulsion by the AI to hallucinate or provide wrong answers. The AI will just say it can’t answer at all.
Interactive AI Journalism
“This is the next chapter in building habits for our next generation of users,” Washington Post chief technology officer Vineet Khosla explained in a blog post. “The changed search experience across the industry calls for us to meet the moment and meet audiences how, when and where they want to be served with an updated user experience.”
“Ask The Post AI” arrives as The Washington Post has seen an uptick in interest from readers on its post-2016 coverage. The heightened reader engagement combined with new AI tools might serve to draw in and keep new readers as well. Along with Climate Answers, The Washington Post has been testing several other AI tools, including AI-generated audio recordings of news articles and AI-written summaries of articles.
There’s an obvious appeal for streamlined information access that supplies reliable answers without long research in the archives. Similar tools will likely crop up at the intersection of AI and news media elsewhere. For instance, Meta and Reuters have partnered to supply Meta AI with information from Reuters articles.
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How will Victoria's tobacco licence scheme work?
How will Victoria's tobacco licence scheme work?
A fiery turf war over the lucrative tobacco and vape ****** market has prompted Victoria to set up a long-overdue licensing scheme.
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She heard knocking beneath the floor of her home for weeks. Police make a disturbing discovery
She heard knocking beneath the floor of her home for weeks. Police make a disturbing discovery
For weeks, an elderly woman complained to her family about the strange knocking sounds coming from beneath her El Sereno home late at night. On Thursday, police made a terrifying discovery.
The noises were no stray opossum or raccoon but a man — reportedly ****** and, authorities said, living in the crawl space underneath the woman’s home.
The noises “were usually late at night, so we just chalked it up to animals being in the house,” the woman’s son-in-law Ricardo Silva told NBC News.
But on Thursday, the sounds were much louder than usual, prompting the family of the 93-year-old woman to phone the police, he said.
The Los Angeles Police Department responded to a call at the 3600 block of Locke Avenue around 10:30 p.m. Thursday and discovered the man underneath the house, according to an LAPD spokesperson.
The man refused to emerge from his underground dwelling, and officers called in a SWAT team to assist with the arrest, the spokesperson said. An hours-long standoff ensued before the man was taken into custody on suspicion of trespassing, he said. Police remained on scene until 5 a.m., he said.
“He refused to leave,” Silva told NBC News. “He wasn’t scared of the [police] dogs, and the first two attempts at [tear] gas didn’t fish him out.”
Police identified the suspect as 27-year-old Isaac Betancourt, according to NBC News, which reported that he was without clothes when he was found.
Betancourt was arrested by the LAPD at 4:25 a.m. Friday and booked on a misdemeanor charge, according to the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department. He was released Saturday afternoon and scheduled to be arraigned Dec. 6.
Betancourt was previously arrested in July 2022, August and October of 2023 and this year in March and August, according to the LASD Inmate Information Center.
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Democrat George Whitesides ousts GOP Rep. Mike Garcia from Los Angeles House seat
Democrat George Whitesides ousts GOP Rep. Mike Garcia from Los Angeles House seat
George Whitesides has defeated three-term GOP Rep. Mike Garcia, flipping a long-coveted Los Angeles area House seat to the Democrats’ column.
Garcia — who conceded the race Monday — was a top target for multiple cycles, given the Democrats’ 10-point registration advantage in the district and his ************* votes in the House. But he had proven surprisingly durable in the blue-leaning seat, leaning on his fighter-jet pilot past to appeal to voters in a district dominated by aerospace.
This time, Democrats were able to successfully use Garcia’s record against him, particularly as they hammered him on his past support for a national ********* ban.
The party also fielded a stronger challenger to take on Garcia. Whitesides, the former CEO of ******* Galactic, delivered his own aerospace bona fides and a strong fundraising performance. He was aided by millions of dollars in spending from Democratic outside groups, a stark contrast from 2022 when they pulled out of the pricey Los Angeles media market in the closing weeks of the campaign.
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Ecosia, Qwant partner on search engine tech to counter Google’s power
Ecosia, Qwant partner on search engine tech to counter Google’s power
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LISBON, Portugal — Ecosia and Qwant, two search engines competing with Google, announced a partnership Tuesday to build a ********* search index and reduce their dependence on U.S. Big Tech firms.
The two internet search firms agreed a ****** venture, called the ********* Search Perspective or EUSP, with ownership split 50-50 between both firms. With a view to launch in France in early 2025, the venture aims to serve “improved” French and ******* language search results.
Ecosia is based in Berlin, while Qwant is headquartered in Paris. Qwant is a privacy-focused search engine that promises not to track users or resell their personal data. Ecosia’s search engine focuses on sustainability, pledging to plant one tree for every 50 searches on its platform.
Search infrastructure is what powers our access to the web, but it’s currently primarily controlled by Google, the dominant search engine with a more than 90% share of the global market. Even alternative search engines, such as Ecosia and Qwant, have to rely on existing tech from companies like Microsoft to deliver search results.
********** Kroll, CEO of Ecosia, told CNBC the project had been made possible, in part, by new tech-focused competition rules in the ********* Union. The Digital Markets Act, which came into force earlier this year, requires Big Tech firms it calls “gatekeepers” to offer fair and reasonable access to their platforms.
In Google’s case, the company is required under the DMA to share data that would be useful for training a search model.
Why build a ********* search index?
Currently, alternative search engines like Ecosia, Qwant and DuckDuckGo don’t develop their own back-end infrastructure. The new venture will see them build their own search index from scratch, however, amassing results from a mix of different search engines. Ecosia last year switched to a mix of Google and Bing search results.
Ecosia and Qwant say their new search index will be “privacy-first,” using technologies from Qwant that were redesigned in 2023. Both companies will use the search index themselves but the tech will also be made available to other independent search engines and tech firms.
The launch comes as alternative search providers like Ecosia and Qwant are being forced to grapple with higher prices from Microsoft to access its Bing Search API (application programming interface), a piece of software that lets developers access the tech giant’s backend search infrastructure.
“We are ********* companies and we need to build technology that makes sure no third-party decision — for instance, Microsoft’s decision to increase costs to access their search API — could jeopardize our business,” Olivier Abecassis, CEO of Qwant, told CNBC.
“It is nothing against the U.S. or U.S. companies. It is all about the sovereignty of our business and companies,” he added. Abecassis will also serve as CEO of the new venture, which hasn’t yet raised funding from external investors.
Europeans are “very dependent on the ******* States for our technology,” Kroll said in an interview last week ahead of the launch. The election of Donald Trump as U.S. president could escalate geopolitical tensions, he added — and this could be a problem for Europe’s reliance on U.S. technology.
He pointed to the disruption to ********* energy supplies after Russia cut off gas to Europe following its invasion of Ukraine, saying this should serve as a warning for what can happen when an entire continent becomes too dependent on a single country for a key resource.
AI ‘paradigm shift’ in search
Part of Ecosia and Qwant’s push to build a search engine from scratch will be to offer a “transparent and secure data pool” for new AI technologies, according to the companies.
Search providers may get “more restrictive” in future, given the shift toward generative AI, Ecosia’s Kroll told CNBC.
“They know they’re sitting on a very important resource for this paradigm shift,” he said. “Yes, you need large language models to have good chatbots. But you also need access to a good index.”
The rise of OpenAI’s ChatGPT has put pressure on incumbent search giant Google, as people increasingly turn to the viral chatbot to search for information.
Meanwhile, a slew of new search engines, such as Perplexity, have also entered the market, offering their own generative-AI-based alternatives to Google.
Google has fought back with its own generative AI search product, integrating its Gemini large language model into search results.
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