Noel Gallagher has tracks for potential Oasis album
Noel Gallagher has tracks for potential Oasis album
Noel Gallagher has recorded six potential new Oasis songs.
The 57-year-old rocker has been busy in the studio ahead of the group’s reunion tour in 2025 but with previous recording sessions for the group being notoriously volatile as a result of the tension between him and brother Liam Gallagher, the possibility of a row between the pair is being minimised as they would have to be in the same room to finish the tracks.
“Noel has been making new music for a few months and has around six tracks in the bag,” a source told The Sun on Sunday newspaper.
“Now Liam could always add his vocals remotely, to avoid any bust-ups between the two siblings.
“It’s of the utmost importance that they are as harmonious as possible ahead of their massive reunion.
“There is intense speculation in the record industry that Noel is to exploit the huge success of their reunion tour to finally invite Liam on his tunes.”
However, the outlet claimed the idea of the songs being recorded for Oasis has been “intensely denied” by Noel and Liam’s “people”, who insisted the brothers’ focus is on the tour.
However, Noel is keen for the band not to be seen as a “nostalgia act”.
“Noel knows the reunion is about the hits but he doesn’t want them to be purely a nostalgia act,” the source said.
“He has the tunes ready to go and if things continue to work well with Liam then it could be amazing.”
Liam recently declared he had been “blown away” by the music Noel has been writing for a potential Oasis record.
One fan asked on X: “What do you think of Noel’s new songs he’s written for Oasis?”
The 52-year-old singer replied: “Blown away.”
Liam claimed in September that he and Noel had recorded new songs ahead of the reunion.
A fan asked: “Is it true that Oasis will have a new album???”
Liam responded: “Yep it’s already finished.”
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NFL Week 10 top storylines: Russell Wilson vs. Commanders, Broncos-Chiefs, can Lions stay hot?
NFL Week 10 top storylines: Russell Wilson vs. Commanders, Broncos-Chiefs, can Lions stay hot?
Believe it or not, Week 10 of the NFL regular season already is upon us, and a sense of urgency has set in across the league with just nine weeks remaining before the playoffs.
The second head coach of the season received his walking papers last week. The Saints fired Dennis Allen on Monday and replaced him with interim Darren Rizzi as they grasp for solutions on how to end their league-worst seven-game losing streak. The trade deadline followed Tuesday, concluding with 25 teams engaging in 18 trades in hopes of fortifying their rosters for the homestretch.
Division races are beginning to take shape or tighten. A crucial AFC North showdown took place Thursday night, when Lamar Jackson and the Baltimore Ravens outdueled Joe Burrow’s Bengals 35-34 despite a historic night by Cincinnati wide receiver Ja’Marr Chase.
The action continues Sunday morning, when the New York Giants and Carolina Panthers face off in Munich, Germany. It continues with seven games at 1 p.m. ET, three more in the 4 p.m. ET window and a Sunday night matchup between the Detroit Lions and Houston Texans. Week 10 concludes Monday night with the Miami Dolphins visiting the Los Angeles Rams.
Here’s a look at five compelling storylines around the NFL this week. (Find the full schedule here.)
1. Familiar faces in new places after trade deadline
Eight players changed addresses Tuesday, the final day for teams to make trades. That brought the total player moves this season to 19. In recent weeks, we saw Davante Adams, Amari Cooper and DeAndre Hopkins make their debuts with their new teams. Now we’re about to see another cluster of players try to bolster their new teams’ chances of contending for division titles, playoff berths and Super Bowl runs.
In-season trades rarely dramatically change team fortunes, but there are some exceptions. Hopkins looks like a difference-maker in Kansas City, where he recorded two touchdown catches to help lift his new team over Tampa Bay last Monday. Who will make an instant impact this week? Cornerback Marshon Lattimore (hamstring) is out for the Washington Commanders and Lions pass rusher Za’Darius Smith may not play Sunday, but keep an eye on two new Steelers acquisitions, edge rusher Preston Smith and wide receiver Mike Williams.
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2. Steelers-Commanders: Meeting of unlikely division leaders
The Steelers and Commanders both reset at quarterback this offseason. The Steelers acquired veteran Russell Wilson hoping the nine-time Pro Bowl selection could help them win their first playoff game since the 2016 season. The Commanders, meanwhile, drafted Jayden Daniels second overall, praying he could rescue them from years of dysfunction and ineptitude.
Wilson’s Steelers tenure got off to a slow start thanks to a calf strain that sidelined him for five weeks while Justin Fields helped Pittsburgh to a 3-2 start. But now in the starting role, Wilson has looked like the difference-maker Mike Tomlin envisioned this offseason, going 2-0 and directing the offense to two of its best outings of the year.
Daniels, meanwhile, has shined as a passer and rusher for one of the most prolific offenses in the league and as a result is the favorite to win Rookie of the Year honors. Midway through the season, not only are these teams winning thanks largely to the sparks their new quarterbacks have provided, but they’re both leading their respective divisions. Pittsburgh (6-2) is first in the AFC North and Washington (7-2) leads the NFC East.
Both teams enter Sunday’s contest in Landover, Md., riding three-game win streaks but needing victories to hold off divisional foes (Baltimore for Pittsburgh, Philadelphia for Washington). The game is a reunion for Steelers coach Mike Tomlin and the Commanders’ Dan Quinn. In 1994, Tomlin played defensive back for William & Mary while Quinn served as the Tribe’s defensive line coach. The following season, they both landed jobs on Virginia Military Institute’s coaching staff. Now they’ll try to lead their teams to victory and maintain the momentum built during the first half of the season. (Steelers at Commanders, 1 p.m. ET Sunday.)
3. Broncos’ next tough test: Visiting the Chiefs
Sean Payton’s Broncos embarked on a surprising 5-3 start to the season despite playing a rookie quarterback and going through growing pains in other areas. Last week, however, they ran into a buzzsaw in Baltimore and got thumped 41-10. They are in a tight race with the Chargers (5-3) for second in the AFC West and remain hopeful they can end an eight-year playoff drought.
Their next task won’t be easy: Sunday, Denver travels to Kansas City to take on the 8-0 Chiefs, who are the NFL’s only undefeated team. Patrick Mahomes boasts a 12-1 record against the Broncos. His only loss to them came in Week 8 last season, when he threw two interceptions and no touchdowns and also lost a fumble in a 24-9 defeat in Denver.
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Can the Broncos make it two in a row? Cornerback Pat Surtain II said this week, “It’s a good opportunity for us to showcase what we’ve got,” and if anyone’s up to the challenge of stopping Mahomes, it’s Surtain, who is regarded as the top cornerback in the NFL.
Denver’s greatest concern, however, might be its own offense versus Kansas City’s defense. Rookie quarterback Bo Nix has delivered bright spots this season, but this week he must face the unit led by mastermind Steve Spagnuolo. Spags makes life difficult for most quarterbacks, but his defenses tend to feast on rookie quarterbacks in particular. Since 2019, Spagnuolo owns an 11-1 record against rookie quarterbacks, and his Chiefs have gone 5-0 at home against Denver during the same span. Spagnuolo will send all kinds of pressures, disguise coverages and plant seeds of doubt in Nix’s mind. How will Payton equip his rookie to deal with the challenge? (Broncos at Chiefs, 1 p.m. ET Sunday.)
Rookie Marvin Harrison Jr. has helped turn the Cardinals’ tide. (Matt Kartozian / Imagn Images)
4. Arizona Cardinals’ rise
Is it time to start viewing the Cardinals in a different light? Considered non-factors in the NFC West after a 1-3 start to the season, the Cardinals have since won four of their last five, including three straight, to improve to 5-4. Arizona is now atop the division standings as it hosts the New York Jets on Sunday.
An authoritative 41-10 victory over the Rams in Week 2 was the only early-season highlight for Arizona. But after a 42-14 loss to the Commanders, Jonathan Gannon’s team rebounded with a 24-23 win at San Francisco in Week 5. They lost to the Packers in Week 6, but back-to-back comeback victories over the Chargers and Dolphins preceded a convincing win over the Bears last week, and now the Cardinals find themselves as the only NFC West team with a winning record.
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There’s a lot to like about this team. Quarterback Kyler Murray is doing a good job of taking care of the football while distributing it to a diverse cast of weapons that include tight end Trey McBride and wide receivers Marvin Harrison Jr. and Michael Wilson. Harrison, a rookie, has shown flashes of dominance (his six-catch, 111-yard performance in Week 8 carried Arizona to victory over Miami). Running back James Conner ranks sixth in the NFL in rushing. Defensively, the Cardinals have displayed improvement and hope to receive a boost with their trade for Baron Browning.
While Arizona appears to be trending in the right direction, the Jets have endured a challenging season and lost five straight before last week’s win over Houston. Aaron Rodgers, Garrett Wilson and Adams lead the Jets offensively, but the unit has yet to live up to expectations. New York’s defense has surrendered 330-plus yards in three of its last four games under interim head coach/defensive coordinator Jeff Ulbrich, who replaced the fired Robert Saleh. The Jets’ biggest weakness is stopping the run, so a heavy dose of Conner and fellow backs Trey Benson and Emari Demercado with Murray sprinkled in could help pave the Cardinals’ way to success. (Jets at Cardinals, 4:25 p.m. ET Sunday.)
5. Detroit Lions: Ripe for an upset?
On one hand, the Lions — with a 7-1 record and riding a six-game win streak — are one of the hottest teams in the league. Much of the time, they look like the best team in the entire NFL. But could Dan Campbell’s imposing group be upset Sunday night at Houston?
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Jared Goff is leading the NFL with a completion percentage of 74.9 and in recent weeks has completed 100, 72, 88, 80 and 81.8 percent of his throws for 11 touchdowns and no interceptions. The Lions can win pretty. They can win ugly. Detroit’s defense is among the best in the red zone, allowing touchdowns only 43.48 percent of the time (fourth best) and only 37.5 percent in the last three games combined.
The Texans are coming off a bye, however, and although Las Vegas has them as 3 1/2-point home underdogs, DeMeco Ryans’ boys are 3-0 when boasting a rest advantage from a bye or mini-bye. Offensive production has dipped recently for the Lions (225 yards against Tennessee in Week 8 and 261 against Green Bay in Week 9). Meanwhile, Detroit’s defense has allowed at least 130 rushing yards in four of its last five contests. Texans quarterback C.J. Stroud will command plenty of attention, and not having his top two receivers will hamper his efforts. Running back Joe Mixon has five 100-yard performances in six outings this season, however, and could exploit Detroit’s weakness in this department and position his team for a strong outing. (Lions at Texans, 8:20 p.m. ET Sunday.)
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Open: This is “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 10, 2024
Open: This is “Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan,” Nov. 10, 2024
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******* strikes residential building near Damascus, Syrian state news agency says
******* strikes residential building near Damascus, Syrian state news agency says
(Reuters) – An ******** strike targeted a residential building in the Sayeda Zainab district south of the Syrian capital Damascus on Sunday, the Syrian state news agency said.
The ******* resulted in a “number of deaths and injuries”, the state news agency added, without providing a detailed breakdown.
There was no immediate comment from *******, which said last week that its air force had struck intelligence assets of the Iran-backed Lebanese group Hezbollah in the same area.
Sayeda Zainab, a stronghold of armed group Hezbollah and the site of a major Shi’ite shrine, has been the target in previous strikes.
******* has ramped up strikes in Syria since the Oct. 7 ******* by militant group ****** on ******* in 2023 and particularly since the escalation of the *******-Hezbollah conflict.
Syrian and Western intelligence sources say ******** attacks in Syria have ******* scores of Hezbollah and pro-Iranian militia fighters based around the eastern outskirts of Damascus and to the south of the city.
(Reporting by Suleiman Al-Khalidi, Kinda Makieh and Hatem Maher, Editing by Louise Heavens and Sharon Singleton)
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Helldivers 2 Player Officially Goes Crazy, Calls Patch Updates ‘Psy-Ops’
Helldivers 2 Player Officially Goes Crazy, Calls Patch Updates ‘Psy-Ops’
In the world of Helldivers 2, where paranoia is a way of life, players have learned to expect the unexpected. Arrowhead Game Studios has earned quite a reputation for keeping their community on their toes with surprise additions and mysterious updates that seem to materialize out of nowhere.
A throwback to Operation Enduring Peace. | Image Credit: Arrowhead Game Studios
But while most Helldivers take these surprises in stride, some veterans are starting to see patterns in the chaos. One particularly vigilant soldier of Super Earth recently took to Reddit with a warning that has the community both amused and slightly concerned.
Could they actually be onto something, or has the constant threat of automated annihilation finally taken its toll?
Helldivers 2 and the Case of the Mysterious Patches
When it comes to game updates, most developers like to trumpet their changes from the rooftops. But Arrowhead has always marched to the beat of a different drum, often sneaking in new features and threats without so much as a warning klaxon. And it is this approach that has led to some… interesting theories:
Notably, our paranoid friend didn’t even finish their post. Perhaps the Ministry of Truth’s efficiency division decided to step in? (Praise be to the Ministry, of course. We would never question their methods.)
The community’s reaction was swift and appropriately concerned:
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But while some players share the original poster’s paranoia, others see these surprise additions as part of what makes Helldivers 2 special:
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This sentiment seems to be shared by many in the community, who appreciate how this approach adds to the game’s immersion.
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After all, real threats don’t come with a warning label, and Super Earth’s enemies are nothing if not unpredictable. The element of surprise keeps veterans on their toes and new recruits properly paranoid—exactly as any democracy-loving Helldiver should be.
The Truth Is Out There (Maybe)
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Of course, the Ministry of Truth has some thoughts on all these wild theories:
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Some players have even developed their own (not entirely foolproof) methods for detecting these sneaky updates:
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Of course, these theories aren’t just idle speculation.
Arrowhead’s history of stealth updates has trained players to be vigilant, analyzing every patch note and file size like seasoned intelligence operatives. It’s become something of a meta-game within the community, with players racing to discover what new horrors might be lurking in the latest “minor stability fixes.”
Whether you believe the *********** theories or not, one thing’s for certain: Arrowhead‘s approach to content updates has created a uniquely immersive experience where players never quite know what they’ll encounter on their next drop. And isn’t that uncertainty what makes spreading managed democracy so exciting?
What do you think? Are these “stealth patches” really psychological warfare, or is it all just part of the fun? Share your theories below—just remember to run them by your local Truth Officer first!
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‘You would benefit from working at a company’ before starting your own
‘You would benefit from working at a company’ before starting your own
Howard Schultz knows about overcoming obstacles and finding success.
The 71-year-old billionaire is best known for his career growing Starbucks Coffee into the behemoth chain it is today.
What advice would Schultz would give to a budding entrepreneur?
In an interview with Fortune, Schultz said he discourages young people from striking out on their own and becoming founders too early.
“At 22, you would benefit from working for a company that can teach you and demonstrate to you how an organization works—as long as that company has values that are compatible with your own,” Schultz said. “There’s great benefit to being in an organization and seeing firsthand how a company actually operates, and what happens on the inside, before you do this yourself,” Schultz said.
Schultz stepped down from his on again, off again reign as Starbucks CEO last year as part of a planned transition.
Since then, Schultz has made an variety of investments in entrepreneurial pursuits including Oatly oat milk, True Food Kitchen, and most recently Cumulus Coffee, a nitro cold brew home brewing machine developed by Mesh Gelman, a former Starbucks senior leader.
Schultz joined Starbucks in 1981 as its director of retail operations and marketing. Inspired by a trip to Italy, he tried to convince his bosses to add espresso to the menu. Schultz’s idea was met with skepticism because the beverage wasn’t popular in America, and the machines were expensive and complicated.
Schultz left to develop his own espresso-focused line of coffeehouses called Il Giornale. Having successfully tested proof of concept, he returned to Starbucks as CEO in 1987.
It was a grand reentry. Schultz took the company public in 1992, raising $29 million on IPO day.
By the time he stepped down from the CEO role and moved into a global chief strategist and chairman position in 2000, he had opened 3,000 Starbucks stores, including in Asia and Europe.
Over the years, Schultz has returned as CEO twice more, once in 2008 during the financial crisis, and again—unretiring—in 2022. By the time he retired (for the first time) in 2017, Schultz had grown Starbucks from 11 Seattle-area stores to more than 35,000 locations across the globe.
“Starbucks, despite its size, scale and complexity, is still very entrepreneurial,” Schultz told Fortune. “Starbucks has entrepreneurial leadership at every level.”
Today, Schultz is the brand’s chairman emeritus, and he told Fortune there’s no chance he ever returns to the CEO seat. He emphasized he trusts new CEO Brian Niccol completely—and is always available to offer his successor advice or guidance.
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Everyone with a bold idea struggles with doubts and anxiety once in a while, Schultz said. “For a 22-year-old person pursuing something, it’s natural to have ***** and anxiety; the question is how to use that in a way that doesn’t become such a burden.”
The answer, to Schultz’s mind, is to surround yourself with people who have skills or experience surpassing your own—and who are willing to help.
But what about when the entrepreneurial dream just might be ***** in the water? When does a hopeful with a vision need to throw in the towel? It’s a very personal decision, Schultz says.
“Sometimes the difference between winning and losing is just will,” he said, though some practical questions are crucial: How much money is the business burning? How much debt are you in?
Even in dire straits, Schultz advocates for continuing to try. “There were many, many times in the early days of Starbucks where the challenges were beyond comprehension,” he said. “Sometimes you need a little luck.”
Similarly, the worst advice Schultz ever received back in his entrepreneurial heyday was to give up on Starbucks.
“I’m talking about 142 people turning me down when we were raising money in the mid-1980s,” he said. “They thought, we can’t raise the capital, things are not working out, [you should] realize it’s not going to happen.”
Suffice it to say, it happened. Starbucks is 125th on the Fortune 500, with a nearly $109 billion market cap. It’s one of the few food and beverage chains with a truly global presence.
His story of early rejection brings Schultz to his second piece of advice for young hopeful leaders: Don’t listen to the haters.
“More often than not, people are going to tell you that your entrepreneurial dream is too big and you should settle for something else—that the risks are too high,” he emphasized. “You don’t want to be 40 years old looking back at your 22-year-old self and saying, ‘I should have really believed in myself and the dream I had.’”
But with that, any young person should maintain a sense of reality about their situation and prospects.
Two weeks ago, Schultz had a full circle moment when went back to Italy to attend the opening of the first Starbucks in Venice.
“It was incredibly gratifying to see Starbucks succeed in the most difficult market in the world for coffee,” he said.
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My daily practices for a long, healthy life
My daily practices for a long, healthy life
Dr. Frank Lipman has over 35 years of experience in functional medicine and throughout his career, he has always considered researching longevity as an extension of his work.
Lipman is an author of seven books, including “The New Rules of Aging Well,” which he co-authored with Danielle Claro.
When it comes to longevity, “almost everything I recommend to my patients, I do myself,” Lipman tells CNBC Make It.
These are his daily practices for a long, healthy life.
This interview has been edited and condensed for clarity.
‘Almost everything I recommend to my patients, I do myself’
CNBC Make It: What are some of the things you do to keep your body healthy?
I exercise, that includes strength training a few times a week, aerobic and intermittent high-intensity intervals a few times a week.
I walk. I move as much as I can. I tend to go to sleep at the same time every night. I do some sort of meditation practice. try to do it daily.
What else do I do? And I take a sh-tload of supplements [including vitamin D and fish oil]. I do hormone replacement.
I do many things to optimize my health, [I’m] very proactive about my health. Almost everything I recommend to my patients, I do myself.
There is a lot conversation that focuses on brain health. Are there any things you do specifically to keep your brain healthy?
I’ve had my brain mapped. And at least five or six times a week, I [use] a red light helmet at home. I put that on for at least 15 minutes to treat whatever we found on brain mapping.
You can actually measure under active and over active areas in the brain and then target those areas with specific red light frequencies. So that’s what I do.
Apart from exercising, and trying to deal with my stress and sleep, I use a red light helmet.
Having really important connections in your life is something that we hear when we talk about longevity. What’s your social fitness like?
My social fitness is very good. I’m quite obsessed with spending as much time as I can with my grandson.
When he gets older, he’s probably not going to want to spend as much time, so I’m taking advantage. He’s soon to be five, but he’s still at an age where he wants to be around his grandparents.
We spend a lot of family time, and then we spend time with friends as well.
What are some of the foods you really aim to get into your diet, either every day or every week?
I tend to eat a low sugar, low carbohydrate, high protein diet. I’m a little bit obsessed with getting enough protein in my diet, so that’s my focus. That can be eggs, red meat, chicken, fish.
Then I eat a lot of green leafy vegetables, non-starchy vegetables. I love fruit, but I try not to eat too much of it. But I’ll eat berries.
So, I would say my diet is full of protein, fatty fish, non-starchy vegetables and berries. It’s a Mediterranean diet without any bread or pasta.
I usually do time-restricted eating, so I usually don’t eat for a 16-hour *******. I eat all of my food in an eight-hour *******.
What are you reading right now?
Lately, [I’ve been] digging deeper into rapamycin. That’s what I’ve been reading. Just exploring rapamycin.
A longevity expert’s 5 daily practices for a long, healthy life
Summing up Dr. Lipman’s longevity practices, here’s what he does to stay happy and healthy:
For his body: Exercise, a consistent sleep-wake time, meditation and supplementsFor brain health: Brain mapping and red light therapy, plus less stress and more sleepFor social fitness: Getting quality time with loved ones, especially his grandsonFor his daily diet: Protein and vegetables, specifically fatty fish, non-starchy vegetables and berriesFor his media diet: Reading up on rapamycin
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Salthouse heads to triathlon worlds after Melbourne win
Salthouse heads to triathlon worlds after Melbourne win
Ellie Salthouse’s quest for an elusive world triathlon championships podium has taken a step forward, with another win at the Ironman Melbourne 70.3 race.
Jarrod Osborne had the biggest win of his career in the men’s race on Sunday at suburban St Kilda, beating Olympian Jake Birtwhistle.
Salthouse, who also won the Melbourne 70.3 race two years ago, is preparing for the Ironman 70.3 worlds on December 14-15 in Taupo, New Zealand.
“I would love a podium, my best result at a world championship is eighth, so I’m definitely looking to better that – I know I can,” said the Queenslander, who has a solid resume of long-course results.
Salthouse won the 1.9km swim, 90km cycle and 21.1km run event in four hours three minutes 29 seconds.
She duelled for most of the run with Swede Anna Bergsten, dropping her with less than three kilometres left.
Bergsten finished 31 seconds later and *********** Radka Kahlefeldt was third in 4:06:31.
“It wasn’t quite the fast day that I wanted … but I’m always stoked with the win and I had a surprisingly great run – I wasn’t expecting to have some good run legs today,” Salthouse said.
“I’ve never run side-by-side with anyone for 19km, in my whole life, so that was thrilling and a little bit frustrating at times.
“But I managed to drop Anna with about 2.5km to go … the rubber band just snapped and I thought ‘thank ****’.”
South ******** Jamie Riddle, who raced at the Paris Olympics, led until midway through the men’s run, when he pulled out because of a leg injury.
Osborne then dropped Birtwhistle with about 5km left and the Canberra triathlete revelled in the perfect conditions, winning in a course-record 3:35:21.
Birtwhistle finished one minute 45 seconds back and Nick Free made it an all-*********** podium.
“It’s pretty amazing, I wasn’t expecting that at all. It’s just one of those days where everything comes together and it feels good,” Osborne said.
Osborne played AFL – he was in the Sydney reserves – before switching sports because of the COVID-19 disruptions.
He is preparing for the Asia-Pacific Ironman 70.3 championships on December 1 in Busselton, south of Perth.
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******** strike on Gaza home leaves bodies ‘torn apart’
******** strike on Gaza home leaves bodies ‘torn apart’
The Alloush family would have been getting ready for breakfast on Sunday morning when an ******** strike hit their home in northern Gaza, according to a distraught relative.
The blast blew dozens of Palestinians into pieces, Abdullah al-Najjar said from the scene of the ******* in Jabalia.
Many children were among them, according to rescuers.
At around six o’clock, “there was a very huge **********… When we arrived here, all the bodies were torn apart,” Najjar said.
“This is the loaf of bread that they wanted to eat for breakfast. What’s the benefit of a loaf of bread if there is no safety and peace?” he asked, holding up pieces of pita.
Many others had also been in the Alloush family home, which was being used as “a shelter for people during intensified ********”, Najjar told AFP.
“But they all *****.”
The civil defence agency in the Gaza Strip said “at least 25” people — 13 children among them — were ******* in the house, and more than 30 were injured.
It said another strike, on Gaza City’s Sabra district, ******* five people, and “a number of civilians are still under the rubble”.
At the Jabalia house, people searched through the debris, finding personal items including a child’s stuffed animal.
Five people carried a white-bearded elderly man on a wheelchair across the rubble beside the ******** of the house.
AFP footage showed Palestinians unloading bodies in bloodstained white shrouds from a van at a Jabalia *********, before praying and burying them.
– ‘Children, women’ –
Since October 6, *******’s military has engaged in a withering air and ground ******** on parts of northern Gaza including Jabalia, saying their aim is to stop ****** militants from regrouping.
Contacted about Sunday’s strike, *******’s military told AFP it hit a site “in the area of Jabalia in which terrorists were operating”.
“These terrorists posed a threat to IDF troops operating in the area. The details are under review,” it added.
But Najjar, a relative of many of the victims, denied they belonged “to any organisation” and said they were innocent.
Neighbour Mohammed al-Barsh charged that “children, women and innocents” are “targets for the ******** ******”.
A ****** statement condemned what it called the Jabalia “massacre”, saying the Alloush family home “was crowded with over 50 innocent civilians”.
It said most were women and children, including people “who had been forcibly displaced by the occupation (*******) from the Jabalia ******** camp”.
The Gaza war erupted when ****** attacked southern ******* on October 7, 2023, resulting in 1,206 deaths, mostly civilians, according to an AFP tally of ******** official figures.
*******’s retaliatory campaign has ******* 43,603 people in Gaza, a majority of them civilians, according to figures from the ******-run territory’s health ministry that the ******* Nations considers reliable.
– ‘Unprecedented’ ******** –
The UN Human Rights Office (OHCHR) on Friday condemned the number of civilians ******* in the war, saying women and children comprised nearly 70 percent of the thousands of fatalities it had been able to verify.
“Civilians in Gaza have borne the brunt of the attacks, including through the initial ‘complete siege’ of Gaza by ******** forces,” the OHCHR said.
“Conduct by ******** forces has caused unprecedented levels of killings, ******, injury, starvation, illness and ********.”
*******’s mission to the ******* Nations in Geneva “categorically” rejected the report, decrying “the inherent obsession of OHCHR with the demonisation of *******”.
The heads of UN agencies early this month described northern Gaza as “under siege” and denied “basic aid and life-saving supplies”.
*******’s main military backer the ******* States on October 15 warned it could withhold some of its billions of dollars in military assistance unless ******* improves aid delivery to Gaza within 30 days.
With that deadline fast approaching, there has been little sign of improvement. A UN-backed assessment on Saturday warned that famine is imminent in northern Gaza.
Fewer aid shipments are allowed in than at any time since October 2023, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) report.
An alert Saturday from the Famine Review Committee warned of “an imminent and substantial likelihood of famine occurring, due to the rapidly deteriorating situation in the Gaza Strip”.
*******’s military questioned the report’s credibility.
“To date, all assessments by the IPC have proven incorrect and inconsistent with the situation on the ground,” a statement said, denouncing “partial, biased data and superficial sources with vested interests”.
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****** keeps cool to beat raging Medvedev in ATP Finals
****** keeps cool to beat raging Medvedev in ATP Finals
Taylor ****** has made a strong start to the ATP Finals in Turin with a straight-sets victory over an ****** racquet-smashing Daniil Medvedev.
The *********, who reached the semi-finals on his debut two years ago, produced a level-headed display to claim a 6-4 6-3 victory in the tournament’s opening match on Sunday.
The same could not be said for Medvedev, who earned a warning for smashing his racquet after serving three straight double faults to end the opening set.
The Russian then lost his cool again after a mishit ****** lob landed on the baseline to seal the crucial break for 4-2 in the second set, throwing his racquet and swiping at a microphone to earn a point penalty.
Soon afterwards, the match was over, with fifth seed ****** determined to keep his focus no matter what was happening down the other end of the court.
“I definitely felt like at 5-3 he was going to reset and try as hard as he could to break me,” said the fifth seed ******.
“It’s very easy sometimes when someone’s doing that to relax and think they’re just going to be done.
“Then you drop your level. I just had to tell myself stay focused at 5-3, play a really good game because he was going to ****** for that game. Luckily I served a great game.”
It was a big win for ******, who led 21-15 in winners and had 14 unforced errors to Medvedev’s 22.
In September at the US Open, ****** became the first ********* man to reach a grand slam final in 15 years but he lost the championship match to world No.1 Jannik Sinner.
Later on Sunday, Sinner was set to play *********** debutant Alex de Minaur, who is making his debut at the finals, while ****** will get a rematch with Sinner later in the week.
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****** offers ******** countries Russia’s ‘total support’
****** offers ******** countries Russia’s ‘total support’
Russian President Vladimir ****** has offered what he called “total support” for *******, including in the struggle against terrorism and extremism.
The speech was read out at a summit in the ****** Sea resort of Sochi by Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov to his ******** counterparts.
Several ******** governments have cut ties with traditional Western allies and are looking to Moscow for help in tackling frequent attacks by jihadists.
During the summit, Burkina Faso’s Foreign Minister Karamoko Jean-Marie Traoré said Russia was a more suitable international partner than the former colonial power, France.
It is a view shared by several of France’s former colonies – and was reiterated by Mali’s Foreign Minister Abdoulaye Diop, who contrasted the Kremlin’s “sincere” partnership to the “neo-colonial” relationship of Western powers.
He said that as well as military co-operation, Mali was exploring other ****** projects in the energy, telecommunications, technology and mining sectors.
“Russian companies are working in all these areas with the Malian government and [private] partners in Mali to provide solutions to the challenges facing the Malian people. The two parties have agreed to step up the pace to ensure rapid results,” he said on the second and final day of the conference of ******** foreign ministers.
Wagner mercenary fighters – now rebranded under the ******* Corps banner by Russia’s defence ministry – were the preferred choice for the military leaders who ordered French and UN troops to leave.
Russia’s help, often in exchange for access to raw materials, also comes with a promise that there will be no meddling in a country’s internal affairs or lessons on how to run an election.
However, Russia’s military expeditions to Burkina Faso, Mali and ****** have helped protect the junta leaders there, but have ******* to make much progress in the ****** against Islamist militants.
Nonetheless, the Kremlin is trumpeting about these new-found friends, with foreign ministry spokeswoman Maria Zakharova saying the conference had dashed Western hopes for Russia’s isolation.
The conference taking place on Saturday and Sunday comes after two Russia-******* summits in 2019 and 2023 [AFP]
And Lavrov said Russia’s relations with ******* were strengthening “more and more” with progress “on all axes”.
******’s speech underlined this point.
“I would like to reiterate that our country will continue to provide total support to our ******** friends in different sectors: ensuring sustainable development, the struggle against terrorism and extremism, combating epidemics, food problems and the consequences of natural disasters,” it said.
Rwanda, whose Foreign Minister Olivier Nduhungirehe was also in Sochi, is one of several ******** countries which have already signed deals with Moscow to get help building a nuclear power plant.
He told the AFP news agency that hundreds of Rwandan students had graduated from Russian universities, including “those who specialise in nuclear science”.
“We hope to be able to train a certain number of scientific managers specialising in this field,” he added.
Five years ago, ****** promised to double trade with ******* – this has not happened.
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Student fees set to rise in *** but at what cost to graduates’ mental health?
Student fees set to rise in *** but at what cost to graduates’ mental health?
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After months of discussion and speculation about how British universities will fill budget deficits, the *** government confirmed that tuition fees will be increasing to £9,535 a year in England in 2025. The impact of this price rise on graduates’ mental health in the years to come should not be underestimated, as new research my colleagues and I conducted shows.
The ************* and ******** Democrat coalition government increased tuition fees for English and Welsh undergraduate students starting university from 2012 onwards from around £3,500 a year to around £9,000 a year. In 2015, research my colleagues and I published compared the mental health of those who started university the year before or after this fee increase.
We found only a small effect on mental health, with those paying the higher fees having worse mental health than those paying lower fees at only one of four time points. We concluded that the tuition fee increase had little immediate effect on the mental health of students at the time.
But what about graduates? We were looking at students in their first year at university. During this time, I would like to think that most students are getting stuck into their studies and the social aspects of university, and not worrying too much about student loan debts which are yet to build up, let alone repaid. So, we wondered, might the effect of this fee increase be found later on in life, given that when fees increased in 2012 it was predicted that most graduates would never fully repay their student loan.
You might not worry about your student loan when you are a fresher, but what about when you are working, repaying (or not) your loan as an additional tax every month, and considering whether you can afford to buy a house, get married or start a family? Then the student loan might really start to affect your mental health. So we sought to test this in a new study.
We asked 327 British graduates who had started in the years before or after the 2012 fee increase to complete measures of current mental health. The participants were on average 30 years old and graduated on average nine years ago.
Those who had paid higher tuition fees had more severe symptoms of depression, anxiety and stress than those who had paid lower tuition fees. They also had more severe suicidal thoughts. This difference appeared to be due to those paying higher fees nine years ago struggling more with finances day to day at age 30.
If you have unsecured debt such as credit cards, you are more than three times as likely to have a mental health problem. The *** parliament released a research briefing specifically about the link between consumer debt and mental health in October.
Not like other debt
But student loans are not like other debt. With other debt you can go bankrupt: not with tuition fees, which are pretty much impossible to have wiped. They are taken out of your payslip only above a certain income threshold. They are also subject to compound interest, which has been incredibly high in recent years.
Though interest rates were fixed at 6.3% in 2022, this still has increased the size of student debts considerably. Data released earlier this year from the student loan company showed that most graduates, nearly 1.8 million people, owe more than £50,000 in student debt, with some people having debts over £200,000.
In our sample paying £9,000 a year fees, nine years after graduation only 14% had paid off or reduced the size of their loan, 20% had not repaid anything, and the rest were making payments but the size was either increasing or staying the same. So at the age of 30, the vast majority had the same or worse levels of debt.
The latest fee increase will lead to even higher student loan debt levels, and most graduates (millions of people) will be trapped with these repayments for the full maximum of 30-40 years. Will this fee increase affect students’ mental health immediately? The research suggests not right away, but the further we increase tuition fees the more likely it appears we will harm the mental health of graduates for decades to come.
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Tropical Brazil recalls Acai with Guarana products on Salmonella fears
Tropical Brazil recalls Acai with Guarana products on Salmonella fears
A popular acai product sold at eateries and bars across NSW has been recalled over fears of Salmonella contamination.
Tropical Brazil issued a recall for its Acai with Guarana products this week, with the NSW Food Authority warning the microbial contamination poses health risks to consumers.
“Food products contaminated with Salmonella may cause illness if consumed,” the authority warns.
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“Consumers should not eat this product. Consumers should return the products to the place of purchase for a full refund.
“Any consumers concerned about their health should seek medical advice.”
Salmonella can be deadly, though most cases are mild.
The dangerous products are marked as Lot 302, with a best before date of August 1, 2026.
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Days are numbered for an abandoned Eastern WA ‘blast from the wild wild West’
Days are numbered for an abandoned Eastern WA ‘blast from the wild wild West’
An abandoned — but picturesque — gas station on a sleepy Interstate 82 exit between Prosser and Benton City has a date with a wrecking crew.
The old gas station, convenience store and other unused structures are along a particularly undeveloped stretch of freeway at 66201 W. Yakitat Road, off Exit 88 at Gibbon Road.
The collection of rundown buildings is juxtaposed against the Horse Heaven Hills, giving the impression of a spaghetti Western movie set.
But after years of neglect, the property is set for redevelopment by Ash DS LLC, a Tri-Cities business connected to gas stations and convenience stores in Sunnyside, Grandview, West Richland and Yakima.
An old gas station and convenience store between Prosser and Benton City have sat vacant for years.
The new Gibbons Market will replace the old gas station and convenience store with a modern new fueling station and convenience store, show Washington state and Benton County documents.
‘Wild, Wild West’
A real estate broker broker once described the property as ”a blast from the wild wild West.”
In reality, Benton County records indicate the collection of buildings, including residences and a Quonset hut serving as a fruit stand, was built in 1970.
It’s not clear when it went out of business. But its departure left motorists with little reason to get off the freeway at Exit 88.
The Gibbon Road exit is a lonely spot, serving chiefly as a convenient landmark to describe where accidents and wildfires have occurred in the area, Tri-City Herald archives show.
YouTube explorer Mike Carpenter toured the site in early 2023, filming as he made his way through empty buildings and occasional debris and graffiti.
A rabbit searches for safety in July 2018 after a rapidly moving brush ***** near the Gibbon Road interchange between Benton City and Prosser.
Each day, 24,000 vehicles speed by on the interstate.
Redevelopment promises to put it back on the radar for drivers.
Gibbons Market will feature a 3,500-square-foot store and gas station with spots for eight vehicles. A 30,000 gallon underground fuel tank will replace four ******* gas and diesel tanks currently on the site.
The fruit stand will reopen when the new Gibbons Market is ready for business. It will employ 20 and is expected to serve about 345 vehicles each day.
No environmental impact
The site is in unincorporated Benton County and will be served by an existing well and a septic system because of its remote location.
Brestebreur Bros. Construction of Grandview is the contractor. Benton County records indicate Ash DS paid $700,000 for the 13+ acre site in May 2023.
Ash DS is led by Resham Singh and Paramjit Tooray. The duo operate Chevron, Arco and other roadside convenience businesses, Washington business records show. They could not be reached by the Herald about their plans.
The old gas station, convenience store and other unused structures at 66201 W. Yakitat Road, off Exit 88 at Gibbon Road are slated for demolition.
Environmental documents indicate work could begin as early as next year.
Benton County anticipates the project won’t cause damage to the environment. Nov. 20 is the deadline to submit comments to the county at *****@*****.tld.
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India decline to go to Pakistan for Champions Trophy
India decline to go to Pakistan for Champions Trophy
Cricket chiefs have informed Pakistan officials that India have declined to play any Champions Trophy games in the country during the 2025 competition.
“We have received an e-mail from the ICC in which they have said that India will not be coming to Pakistan for the Champions Trophy,” a Pakistan Cricket Board spokesperson confirmed on Sunday.
Pakistan is scheduled to host the revived tournament, second only in importance in ODI cricket to the World Cup, between February 19 and March 9.
The PCB has forwarded the ICC’s e-mail to the government of Pakistan for further advice.
PCB chairman Mohsin Naqvi said last Friday that he was not prepared to accept a shared hosting model and added that “no discussion” of any such proposal has taken place.
Pakistan hosted last year’s Asia Cup, but all of India’s games were played in Sri Lanka under a hybrid hosting model for the tournament. Several months later, Pakistan travelled to India for the 50-over World Cup.
Political tensions between the countries have led to the India team avoiding travel to Pakistan since 2008 and the two have tended to only compete together in multi-nation tournaments, including World Cups. Pakistan also travelled to India in 2012 for a bilateral ODI series.
The PCB has spent millions of dollars on the upgrade of stadiums in Karachi, Lahore and Rawalpindi that are due to host 15 Champions Trophy games. Naqvi said that he hoped all three stadiums will be ready in the next two months.
Eight countries – Pakistan, India, Bangladesh, England, Australia, South *******, New Zealand and Afghanistan – are due to compete in the tournament, though the schedule is yet to be announced.
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Tens of thousands protest in Valencia over flood response
Tens of thousands protest in Valencia over flood response
Tens of thousands of people marched in Valencia on Saturday to voice their anger at the authorities’ handling of deadly floods.
Authorities said about 130,000 people turned out in the regional capital with thousands more protesting across other Spanish cities.
Some protesters shouted “Murderers! Murderers!” and some carried placards denouncing Carlos Mazon,Valencia’s regional president, as well as Pedro Sanchez, the Spanish prime minister.
Protesters held signs and shouted “Murderers” – BIEL ALINO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Valencia was the region worst affected by last month’s floods, which ******* at least 220 people and left towns and cities swamped with mud, the most serious in decades.
Residents are furious about the lack of warning, some pointing out that official alerts for the floods landed on people’s phones when cars were already being washed away.
There is anger too over what critics say was the slow response of the authorities in the aftermath of the deadly flash floods that affected around 80 towns and cities in the region.
Police and protesters faced off on Saturday in a tense atmosphere, with some clashes breaking out.
There have been protests across the country with thousands in attendance – Jose Miguel Fernandez/Anadolu/Getty
The rally started in the square in front of city hall before a march to the Valencia regional headquarters.
Some protesters had harsh words for regional president Mr Mazon, a 50-year-old lawyer who is a member of the Right-wing opposition Popular Party.
Mr Mazon was among the senior figures pelted with mud by ****** protesters last Sunday – along with King Felipe VI and Queen Letizia of Spain – as they visited the flood-hit region.
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Julian Garcia, a 75-year-old resident, told AFP: “Mazon’s management has been outrageous and he should resign.
“In the hours before, they should have warned people to be on the alert, not to take their children to school, not to take their cars to work,” he added.
But while the Valencia regional government was too slow to ask for help from Madrid, the central government also shared some of the blame, said Garcia.
As beleaguered residents waited for official help to arrive, many local people took matters into their own hands, turning out in large numbers to start the clean-up themselves.
Some of the marchers chanted what has become a popular refrain in recent weeks: “Solo el pueblo salva el pueblo!” (Only the people save the people).
Of the 220 deaths confirmed so far, 212 of them were ******* in the Valencia region. The clean-up operations in some villages – and the search for bodies of dozens of missing people – is still going on.
Ana de la Rosa, a 30-year-old archivist, blamed poor management and political in-fighting between the regional and national authorities.
“They got mixed up in political guerilla warfare when it wasn’t the time,” she said.
Ms De la Rosa argued that it was not enough for the key officials to resign: there was a case to be made that their mismanagement amounted to manslaughter, she said.
Protesters have called for the resignation of Valencia’s regional president Carlos Mazon – BIEL ALINO/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
Another demonstrator, 50-year-old Trini Orduna, said that both the regional and national authorities should take their share of the blame, describing the country’s political class as “shameful”.
Protesters also marched in other cities across Spain, including Madrid and Alicante, in the Valencia region.
The health board of the Valencia region has reported no outbreaks of infectious ********* or a major threat to public health.
Even so, regional health authorities have asked local councils to apply measures to control and prevent the proliferation of mosquitoes and other insects capable of spreading *********.
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**** of War Legend Cory Barlog Left the Sony Franchise Midway as He Was “Burned Out”
**** of War Legend Cory Barlog Left the Sony Franchise Midway as He Was “Burned Out”
Cory Barlog is a well-known name in the gaming industry, all thanks to his contribution to the **** of War series. Today, most gamers know him as the director of 2018’s **** of War, however, his **** of War journey started when he joined the development team of 2005’s **** of War as the lead animator.
Cory Barlog left Santa Monica during the production of **** of War 3 (Image via Santa Monica Studio)
2005’s **** of War was a massive success and Barlog was eager to continue the franchise. He decided to serve as the director and story writer of its sequel, **** of War 2, giving fans another exceptional **** of War game. Thanks to its success, Santa Monica Studio decided to create a third installment. However, Barlog left Santa Monica after the first eight months of its development. In 2019, he finally revealed why he left the franchise.
Cory Barlog Left The **** of War Franchise Because He Was Burned Out
In 2019, Cory Barlog appeared for an interview with GamesBeat to talk about his 2018 game, **** of War. During the conversation, Barlog talked about the time he left Santa Monica Studio during the production of **** of War 3,
I’d been going for years without a break and shipping these games. I was burned out. I wanted, creatively, to get a different experience. I’m not certain how well I knew this or not, but I felt like I didn’t know a lot that I needed to learn, and I wasn’t going to learn it if I was making the same game over and over again.
Barlog explained that the development of 2005’s **** of War was intense for him and a week to a week-and-a-half later he had to start writing and directing the second game. The same thing happened after the second game as he got a week’s break before he started writing and directing the third game.
The entire experience was quite hectic for Barlog, plus, he was interested in working on something else. Further in the interview, Barlog also revealed that Sony restricted him from exploring other projects. After his time at Santa Monica, Barlog also served as the cinematics director of 2013’s Tomb Raider.
Cory Barlog Returned To The **** of War Franchise In 2013
Cory Barlog’s first game after returning to Santa Monica was 2018’s **** of War (Image via Santa Monica Studio)
In an official post on PlayStation.Blog, Cory Barlog announced in 2013 that he has returned to Santa Monica Studio. In 2018, he gave **** of War fans a reboot of the series, once again proving why he is one of the best. For his work, he earned many prestigious awards, including awards for Best Game Direction and Game of the Year at The Game Awards 2018.
Even for 2022’s **** of War Ragnarök, Barlog served as the creative director and producer. Barlog got his much-deserved break from the **** of War series and it’s clear that the series needs his vision as his contribution has made **** of War one of the best video game series of all time.
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Engine ***** forces Hainan Airlines plane back to Rome
Engine ***** forces Hainan Airlines plane back to Rome
The right engine of a Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner operated by ******** carrier Hainan Airlines has caught ***** shortly after take-off from Rome’s Fiumicino airport, an Italian airport official and the coast guard say.
The plane, bound for the ******** city of Shenzhen with 249 passengers and 16 crew members, turned back and landed safely after dumping fuel over the sea.
The aircraft was apparently struck by a bird, the Italian coast guard said in a statement.
Bird strikes are common and can be a significant threat to aircraft safety.
There were no delays to air traffic at Fiumicino, the airport official said.
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Colombian Rock Art Shows Ancestors Traversing the Spiritual Realm, 12,500-Years-Ago
Colombian Rock Art Shows Ancestors Traversing the Spiritual Realm, 12,500-Years-Ago
Home to one of the most spectacular global rock art traditions, the Serrania de la Lindosa rock paintings in Colombia, as old as 12,500 years, contains tens and thousands of paintings, including humans and animals morphing into each other. International archaeologists there have been working with Indigenous elders, leaders, and ritual specialists, to interpret what their ancestors left behind.
Transcending the Metaphysical: Alternating Between Realms
What they’ve learnt transcends the meta-physical, and further cements the loss of Indigenous wisdom, knowledge, and tradition, that have suffered at the hands of colonialism. These accounts, along with material research, has pointed to the art transcending spiritual realms, transformation of bodies, and a continuum in which human and non-human worlds collide.
In fact, to imagine that it is some kind of a literal record of human engagement with the environment around is doing it great disservice. Published in the special issue of Advances in Rock Art Studies, archaeologists from the University of Exeter have been working in the region for the past six years, primarily through the ********* Research Council funded LASTJOURNEY project.
Archaeologists at the University of Exeter shown here at Serranía De La Lindosa, have been working in the region of for the past six years, primarily through the ********* Research Council-funded LASTJOURNEY project, which has investigated the demographic shift of peoples into South America. (University of Exeter)
Professor Jamie Hampson, lead author and archaeologist in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, for the University of Exeter, *** explained in a press release.
“Indigenous descendants of the original artists have recently explained to us that the rock art motifs here do not simply ‘reflect’ what the artists saw in the ‘real’ world. They also encode and manifest critical information about how animistic and perspectivistic Indigenous communities constructed, engaged with, and perpetuated their ritualized, socio-cultural worlds. As Ulderico, a Matapí ritual specialist, told us in front of one of the painted panels in September 2022, ‘you have to look at [the motifs] from the shamanic viewpoint’.”
Victor Caycedo at one of the rock art panel sites. (University of Exeter)
Extending over eight miles (12.87 kilometers), the paintings are found in rock shelters, on the sharp edge of the tepuis or limestone table-top mountains. Created with a red mineral pigment, ochre, the depictions include a wide range of fauna, many armed humans, and even wooden towers are depicted too, sometimes high atop the rock walls.
At the time of discovery and study a few months ago, archaeologists explained how these ancient ancestors had intimate knowledge of the various habitats in the region, as part of a broader ‘subsistence strategy’, including knowing exactly which animals to hunt, which plants to harvest when, and how.
Examples of animal taxa represented at Cerro Azul. (a) armadillo, (b) paca, (c) coati, (d) amphibian, (e) tapir/danta, (f) stingray, (g) feline, (h) turtle, (i) deer, (j) crocodile, (k) monkey, (l) porcupine, (m) possible horse, (n) serpent with head plume and legs, (o) lizard, (p) deer, bat, spider, aquatic birds, (q) possible sloth, (r) canid. (Hampson, A., et al. /Advances in Rock Art Studies)
What the Elders Know: Prophetic Warnings and Innate Knowledge
The animals inhabit and symbolize ‘liminal’ spaces, moving fluidly between earth, water, and sky, such as anacondas, jaguars, bats, and herons. The elders see these as significant in the context of shamanic transformation: one elder described jaguars as embodiments of shamanic wisdom, almost as if the animal itself becomes a shamanic avatar. They also cautioned about the need to preserve these images, warning that losing them could sever the connection between Indigenous people, their ancestors, and traditional practices, forever.
Scenes of therianthropic (combining the form of an animal with a man, often a deity) transformation particularly excited the elders; they repeatedly drew the attention of researchers to the images that incorporated ‘avian/human, sloth/human, lizard/human and snake/bird/human’ figures.
Tukano-speaker Ismael Sierra, pointing to paintings at a site called La Fuga in 2023, said:
“So here are the animals that are there, they exist in that mountain range that was formerly and still is, but it is in the spiritual world… These are men with two arms, they are giants that exist in that spiritual maloca (house)… there is an animal, a panther lion that has two heads, one head here and the other here, instead of a tail it has a head, they are from the spiritual world.”
This study is a first of its kind in many ways; for starters, it’s the first time that the views of Indigenous elders have been incorporated into research from this part of the Amazon. Having an ‘insider’ perspective enriches the study, helps understand specific motifs, and look at the framework of animistic cosmology, explained Dr. Hampson. Local communities have further been involved in material preservation through the introduction of a diploma program.
“I have worked with rock art and Indigenous groups on every continent—and never have we been fortunate enough to have such a direct fit between Indigenous testimony and specific rock art motifs,” he concluded.
Top image: One of the huge rock art panels at the Cerro Azul outcrop of the Serranía De La Lindosa, Colombia. Source: Jamie Hampson/University of Exeter
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City of Las Vegas recovering after unexpected, record-breaking snow
City of Las Vegas recovering after unexpected, record-breaking snow
LAS VEGAS, N.M. (KRQE) – Record-breaking snow hit areas across the state over the last few days, forcing road closures and keeping some residents of Las Vegas home.
It started with light snowflakes: “And then it started piling up more so it kind of shocked me. And to be stuck at home for the first time in a while not being able to get out was kind of crazy,” said Zachary Vigil, a Las Vegas resident.
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The storm started on Monday producing over 30 inches of snow blanketing parts of Las Vegas leading to hours-long power outages.
“We don’t typically see this powerful of a snowstorm come in this early in the season. So, roadways were not as equipped to deal with this amount of snowfall as it would be if we saw it late December, early January,” said Josh Redwine, KRQE News 13’s Meteorologist.
News 13’s Meteorologist Josh Redwine said Las Vegas averages about four inches of snow in all of November, meaning over the last few days, they saw nearly eight times the normal amount.
City Manager Tim Montgomery said the snow stopped early Thursday evening, allowing crews to manage the high volume of snowfall.
“We’ve made a lot of effort hauling snow out, but now with these conditions, we can resort to melting snow. So, what we’re doing currently is spreading windrows on warm pavement and with this temperature, we have hopes of getting a lot of snow melted this afternoon,” said Public Works Director Arnold Lopez with the City of Las Vegas.
For some residents the snow was a welcome sight, “It was a beautiful surprise for us, we loved it. We enjoyed staying home and just getting cozy. Of course, we have concerns for the community. So, we were all just doing our part as a wholesome town to just take care of each other.”
After facing fires and floods over the last couple of years, one resident speaks to the resilience of northern New Mexicans and how times of difficulty bring the community together.
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“We’re a very close-knit community, so we help each other out whenever hard times happen,” said Mario Lucero, a Las Vegas resident.
Sharing how neighbors helped in one family’s time of need, “Our truck got stuck in the snow when we were trying to get over here, so we had to get our neighbor to pull us out,” said Savannah Lucero, another Las Vegas resident.
Extreme weather this early has also pushed the city and residents to prepare for future storms.
“Actually, right now, I’m going to head to Harbor Freight and get some chains for my truck,” said Mario Lucero.
The city manager anticipates the city will be fully operational by Tuesday, following the observance of Veterans Day.
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Oakford ****** victim Jady Turner, 22, revealed as brother of young boy who ***** after falling from roof
Oakford ****** victim Jady Turner, 22, revealed as brother of young boy who ***** after falling from roof
An already grief-stricken family is mourning another loss after a ****** claimed a 22-year-old driver’s life just two years after his younger brother ***** when he fell from a roof.
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My 24-year-old step-daughter spends all my husband’s money
My 24-year-old step-daughter spends all my husband’s money
DEAR ABBY: I’m in my early 30s; my husband is 46. We have been married three years. He has a 24-year-old daughter, “Kiki.” Kiki has always been spoiled and catered to; she learned how to lie and manipulate during her childhood.
I have tried to help her because I believed his family when they said she’s trying to get it together. Kiki has a DUI, and she got evicted when her parents asked her to pay her own rent, rather than having them pay. They give her cars, but she wrecks them and then leaves them on the side of the road.
We have a 3-week-old baby and a mortgage. I don’t think his daughter should still be in our budget, but my husband can’t say no to giving her money. Kiki is a habitual liar and user. She can’t pay for gas because she buys weed and alcohol instead, confident that everyone else will pay when her utilities get shut off.
I don’t think it’s fair for us to pay her way. Is 24 young enough to still need this much help? My husband is very defensive about it. — USED IN NORTH CAROLINA
DEAR USED: Considering this troubled young woman’s history, your husband has made a big mistake by fostering her dependence on him. Independence is something she may have to learn in increments. Your husband should sit down with Kiki and explain that he loves her, but she must now find work to support herself, and that he will help — for a set ******* of time — as she adjusts to shouldering responsibility for herself.
If he is still paying her rent, there should be a firm cutoff point. No more cars, because she’s a danger on the road. She can use public transportation. And if there are any more problems because of her substance ******, all bets will be off. The time to draw the line is now.
DEAR ABBY: I am in an online group with neighbors, but I have not been able to get out and meet some newer members in person. One person signs their posts in a language I don’t recognize, and I was wondering if there is a polite way to ask them how to pronounce their name and what language it is. There doesn’t seem to be a way to broach the subject without seeming negative.
Also, when I hear people in my local store speak another language, I am curious because I am semi-fluent in three languages and interested in learning more, but again, what is a polite way to ask? — WONDERING IN VIRGINIA
DEAR WONDERING: If you have the slightest concern about asking your neighbors how to pronounce their name and what language it is, then don’t do it online. Ask another neighbor or wait until you can meet the person face-to-face.
When you are out and about and hear a language you don’t recognize, smile at the people, say that you speak three languages, like the way theirs sounds and ask what it is because you might like to learn it. If the question is asked in a friendly way, most people will answer in the same vein. (I did this at a supermarket recently. The answer was they came from Indonesia and were speaking Malay.)
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Winning try was ‘best feeling in the world’: Jorgensen
Winning try was ‘best feeling in the world’: Jorgensen
Max Jorgensen could have felt a bit like the forgotten Wallabies’ prodigy after Joseph-Aukuso Suaalii swanned across codes and into camp to be hailed as the golden boy.
Not any more, though.
Finishing off a scintillating, last-gasp move that earned the Wallabies just a second win in the last 12 matches at England’s Twickenham fortress, Jorgensen chose the day when Suaalii lived up to all the hype to also remind everyone back home why all the fuss used to be about him.
His maiden score on Saturday was a beauty. The 20-year-old streaked down the left edge after a slick, lightning final ******* to end a patient seven-phase build-up and, with the clock in the red, apply the final ******-thrust which he adorned with an extravagant ********-***** finish.
Why not? It sure did feel good.
“Oh, man, it’s amazing, it’s unbelievable … the best feeling in the world,” reckoned the flying Waratah, who was born in England while his Wallabies-capped dad Peter was playing for Northampton.
“The atmosphere was crazy – 85,000 people all singing, cheering ******* loud, so you can’t really hear the person inside of you talk. It was so cool to do that.
“Definitely a career highlight, but I’ve only started my career, so hopefully there’s many more like that.”
The try which sealed the epic 42-37 win came straight on the heels of England going 37-35 up in the 79th minute. Australia had one last chance; win the restart, which they effectively did with Suaalii badgering Maro Itoje into a knock-on, and then make one last ******* count.
“The talk was just, ‘boys, keep calm’, and they did well doing that, just building phases, and I got that ball in open space, had no one in front of me, and just gunned it to the line. I definitely knew I had the wheels … it was unreal,” said Jorgensen.
The reason the fuss had ***** down a bit about the gifted youngster was largely because of injury and illness woes.
His Test career, started with the contrasting matches against Argentina this year, was stalled after Jorgensen was hospitalised with a ****** bug.
Healthy and fit again, he’s thrilled to be part of a team with some youthful verve.
“It’s been unreal under Joe Schmidt. As you can see out there, we’re getting better week to week. He’s been amazing, loved him as our coach – and we can keep building. It’s going to be amazing next year,” he said.
“(Suaalii) was amazing. You can just see how athletic is he off those kick-offs, and just his off-load game and running game, mate, he’s built for this game.”
And how he and his teammates are enjoying sticking it to the critics, especially English pundits who’d been suggesting the Lions shouldn’t even be bothering touring Australia next year as defeat for the hosts was a foregone conclusion.
“It’s been a huge motivation,” said Jorgensen. “There’s a couple of people out there who doubted us, and to go out there, get the win and prove them wrong was unreal.”
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