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, Isaac Newton's third law of motion famously states that for every action, there is an equal and opposite reaction: If you push an object, for example, the object pushes back against you with equal force. It turns out this isn't just a law of physics. It's a law of politics. President-elect Donald Trump's Cabinet picks thus far have run the gamut from traditional and well-established (Sen. Marco Rubio for Secretary of State, Rep. Mike Waltz for National Security Adviser, Chris Wright for Secretary of Energy, Brendan Carr for FCC Chairman) to the more audacious and controversial (former Rep. Matt Gaetz for Attorney General, former Rep. Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence, Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for Health and Human Services Secretary). What they all have in common is that they represent a precise reaction to the excesses and evils of the Obama-Biden bureaucracy that has, for over a decade and half, plagued American politics. Take, as the most obvious example, Gaetz. Gaetz is charismatic and brilliant; he has been both aggressive and effective on the House Judiciary Committee. He is also, as has been widely reported, thoroughly disliked in the House of Representatives. He has been generally perceived as a destructive force, an egotist focused more on media coverage than on the functioning of... Outside Contributor
MIKEL ARTETA says he will send a scan of Bukayo Saka’s injury to anyone claiming the winger was fit for England duty. Three Lions skipper Harry Kane questioned the commitment of some players after Saka and eight others withdrew from the latest squad. 2 Mikel Arteta has hit back at critics of Bukayo Saka after he withdrew from England duty with injury Credit: Getty 2 Saka scored in Arsenal's 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest on Saturday Credit: Getty Saka scored for Arsenal on Saturday after recovering from his thigh injury. Boss Arteta said: “We can send them the MRI scan, it’s very simple.” Saka scored one and made one in the 3-0 win over Nottingham Forest. Arteta added: “The communication was very clear between the medical staff of Arsenal and the national team. READ MORE IN FOOTBALL VA VA VOOM Thierry Henry poses with rarely-seen partner Andrea at GQ Men of the Year Awards “He needed time to heal. He has done one training session.” Saka and club-mate Declan Rice were named in Lee Carsley’s original 26-man squad for the Nations League games against Greece and the Republic of Ireland. Both had come off in the 1-1 draw at Chelsea. Arsenal sent Saka for a scan and the results were shared with England’s medical team who said the player should remain with the Gunners for treatment. Most read in Football SCOTT PROPERTY Celtic legend Scott Brown splashes out £2million on luxury pad with pool DOWN AND OUT Rangers boss Philippe Clement admits he has 'no credit left in the bank' HEARTS 1 CELTIC 4 Idah scores with third touch just after replacing scorers Kuhn and Kyogo NOT READY SPFL club call out league bosses on 'preparation time' as Storm Bert delays game FOOTBALL FREE BETS AND SIGN UP DEALS Rice pulled out as he was playing with a broken toe. Cole Palmer and Levi Colwill also withdrew, as did Manchester City’s Jack Grealish and Phil Foden, plus Everton’s Jarrad Branthwaite — those five all played for their clubs yesterday. Moment Jude Bellingham gives Arsenal transfer hope after fan asks him to join Gunners Southampton’s Aaron Ramsdale (finger) and Trent Alexander-Arnold (thigh) of Liverpool also called off Three Lions duty. Kane, who was himself carrying a knock, did not hide his disappointment. He had said: “England comes before anything. It comes before club.” Palmer, 22, played 90 minutes before and after the international break. But his Blues boss Enzo Maresca denies Chelsea are pressuring him to put club before country. He snapped: “Absolutely not. I’m not thinking about Harry Kane, or what he’s saying.”
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I like my big-screen Santas like my Christmas cookies: old-fashioned. Simple. Sugar-dusted, with very few decorations. My guy says “Ho, ho, ho” and cares deeply about everyone, regardless of race, religion or creed. This is probably my most conservative cultural opinion: Make Santa jolly again. Nice kids get dolls and baseball gloves. Naughty kids get coal in their stockings. That’s fair. But in director Jake Kasdan’s recent holiday spectacle “Red One,” Oscar winner J.K. Simmons’ Santa Claus reminded me of Jeff Bezos — a jacked, tech-obsessed captain of industry overseeing a vast product delivery empire. In this bloated action-comedy, which opened last weekend and kicks off the start of what I like to call bad Christmas movie season, Santa is kidnapped by evil forces, and it’s up to his head of security, played by a straight-faced Dwayne “The Rock” Johnson, and a rakish Chris Evans as a bad boy turned accidental hero to save him. The movie is a loud, muddled CGI mess barely held together by Johnson and Evans’ odd-couple chemistry. Simmons does allow for some tenderness: His Santa can see the best in people, and there are a few moments in this overcooked Amazon/MGM goose that are almost touching. But, mostly, the movie is nothing but chaotic fight scenes between the Rock and muscle-bound snowmen with carrot noses. The movie made me miss, as I have more frequently in recent years, the Santa I grew up with. But he’s nowhere to be seen right now, at least at the multiplex. In a few weeks, a new comedy called “Dear Santa” drops, starring Jack Black as Satan, the Prince of Darkness, who receives a Christmas letter from a boy with a critical typo. The first Santa I saw this year was in the indie horror hit “Terrifier 3,” which features a murderous clown dressed in a blood-splattered Santa suit and beard. I know things change, but does Christmas have to? Really? Recently, the trend seems to be to spice up Santa — as if he’s too dull, too bland. Not manly enough. David Harbour starred as a grouchy Santa forced to fight mercenaries one Christmas Eve, “Die Hard”-style, in 2022’s “A Violent Night.” Netflix’s two “The Christmas Chronicles” movies feature the charming action-movie legend Kurt Russell as a dashing, youthful Santa. In the midst of all of this, I fear we are missing out on the most important lesson Santa has to teach us. And there’s no time we need to hear it more than the present. Above all else, Santa is a symbol of positive masculinity, a paternal do-gooder concerned with the happiness of others. He’s selfless and self-deprecating, corny and utterly lacking in irony. Santa Claus exemplifies endangered masculine virtues that are too easily dismissed — for different reasons — by both ends of the political spectrum. Sure, to some progressives, Santa is a glass of warm patriarchy, another straight white man in charge of a powerful institution (Big Toy). Santa is kind, but the culture wars aren’t won with kindness. In my experience, conservative men see gentleness as a weakness. But even the most macho were once knee-high and sat on Santa’s lap. Even those bros know, deep down, that Santa is the one true alpha male. A cuddly, joyful, forgiving alpha male. Santa Claus is an important cultural figure in America not just because millions of children dream about him yearly. He’s a lens through which we can examine and affirm our attitudes toward right and wrong — what is “naughty” or “nice.” I know life is complicated — there’s a lot of gray area — but I want to be “nice,” and Santa inspires us to be just that. I think that is an admirable virtue. That’s partly why the push for cinematic Santas to be buff, badass or reinvented feels so very wrong. Where are those Santas, to paraphrase 19th-century poet Clement Clarke Moore, with twinkling eyes and dimples, cheeks like roses, and a nose like a cherry — those hardworking, pear-shaped cherubs with a bushy white beard that can bend space and time? One iconic Santa movie that stands out to me above the rest is 1947’s “Miracle on 34th Street” starring English actor Edmund Gwenn, who won a best supporting actor Oscar for his role as a department store Santa who may be the real thing. He’s the platonic ideal of Santa: mischievous and openhearted. But after that, the pickings are slim. I did have a soft spot for Tim Allen’s irreverent “The Santa Clause,” which casts the sitcom star as a schlubby dad who accidentally kills Santa and then has to become the new Santa. I also like Ed Asner as a down-to-earth Santa in Will Ferrell’s 2003 comedy “Elf.” In 2007’s “Fred Claus,” Paul Giamatti is a tightly wound Santa who has to endure his troublemaking brother, played by Vince Vaughn. It’s a bro comedy that I admit to enjoying, even if it’s another example of a Santa movie that doesn’t, deep down, respect Santa. The ultimate subversion of St. Nick came in 2003 with “Bad Santa,” a vulgar comedy about an alcoholic mall Santa played by Billy Bob Thornton. It is beyond crass, even by today’s standards. I have to confess, I kind of love its rude, transgressive spirit — but I did not know it would open a sort of Pandora’s box. “Who is Santa?” has become an existential pop culture question, and Hollywood can’t settle on a straight answer. Ripped tech titan? Action hero? Tired old man? I know other cultures have a Christmas folk hero — Father Christmas in England and Père Noël in France, for example — but the Santa Claus of pop culture is uniquely American. Nineteenth-century cartoonist Thomas Nast designed the modern Santa for Harper’s Weekly. He was a festive wizard wearing a holly wreath like a crown and smoking a long pipe. The character evolved from there, incorporating aspects of Nordic Yuletide myths and Christian saints. In the 1930s, Coca-Cola executives co-opted Santa for a marketing campaign meant to sell soft drinks during the winter, a campaign that still endures. He may live in the North Pole, but Santa has become a sort of unofficial Founding Father in America’s imagination. Sure, St. Nick is a nondenominational religious figure who listens to our greedy prayers. As a kid, I’d sit on his lap at the mall and rattle off a long list of action figures and video games I had to have. Santa is a consumerist, after all. At his core, it is a fundamental Christian message wrapped in a pagan character designed to appeal to a multicultural society: Santa’s one commandment is to be nice, which is a slightly more succinct variation of the golden rule. This sentiment is absent in our political and cultural discourse right now. We are, at this moment, not nice. We are a naughty people who delight in making each other miserable, especially on social media. It’s too bad he doesn’t really exist, or we’d all get a lump of coal in our stockings this year.Upheaval. Chaos, confusion. Radical change. The “New World Order.” The “new normal? However we frame it, we are in turbulent times — and are headed for more of the same. Do we need to adjust to it? Or do we make the changes needed to maintain our course, our democratic republic, our ethics and morals? Wherever we turn, we can simply not afford to ignore the red flags and warning signs we read about and see everywhere every day. So many of us care deeply about humanity and being humane. We work toward the preservation of our environment and world. We strive to put into daily actions values such as equality, equity, respect, truth, honesty, and DEIB. Above all, it is my feeling that we have no choice but to remain steadfast in the work we do to create hope and peace. Now is not the time to give up and let negativity fester. Whatever the reasons, the ethnocultural and sociopolitical needles seem to have backslid to what feels like the 1950s. Those of us on the side of positivity must continue to pursue our vision of building a safer and saner society. Our energy and “never-quit” attitude are needed now more than ever. “The fight” is on — a battle, as President Joe Biden has said, for the soul of our country. It is an ongoing struggle to maintain the core and roots of our democracy. These next years will severely test our personal and collective resiliency. It’s been said that the measure of any relationship or life event is not when things are sailing smoothly. Rather, it is when there is conflict, confusion and chaos that we get to know who we are and who our neighbors are. Four score or so years ago, Eleanor Roosevelt said, “You gain strength, courage, and confidence by every experience in which you really stop to look fear in the face. You must do the thing you think you cannot do ... and do one thing every day that scares you.” Acting boldly in the face of fear takes courage. It is of paramount importance that we find this courage while acknowledging and acting on our fears, whatever they are. Beyond the vote count of a month ago, now is the time to stand up (once again) and be counted — using our voices, our collective sense of goodness for all. My hope is that we will continue to develop tactics and strategies to regain kindness. We know that the journey of life is a long and winding road. No matter how embittered one may feel, we cannot step off that road. To the contrary, we must continue to strengthen and reinforce it. No matter what our politicians and leaders say or do, I will continue to serve my communities through my volunteer work, training and consulting on the local and larger levels. Article continues after... Cross|Word Flipart Typeshift SpellTower Really Bad Chess Rather than capitulate to food insecurity in one of the poorest counties of our commonwealth, I will continue to cook for and serve on the board of The Stone Soup Café. Rather than give into the wanton and random acts of violence that occur daily on our neighborhood streets, I will continue to conduct trainings and workshops and support the work of Training Active Bystanders. I imagine many of us have similar examples of facing the challenges we experience to better the life circumstances of others. One of the biggest challenges of progressive organizations is that they seem to have to compete with similarly minded groups simply to survive in tough financial times in an era of political strife and turmoil. This “divide and conquer” mentality keeps these groups distant and separate from one another. Since one of the larger goals of human rights organizations is to support those with fewer opportunities, we should acknowledge that those doing this work are headed in a similar direction. As has been said innumerable times by others, “We’re all in this together.” One key word to emerge from all of this is critical: collaboration. To “co-labor” is to work peaceably and respectfully with others for the betterment of all. This is not only the road map to survival, but the path toward enabling those who struggle to thrive. The myths of the “survival of the fittest,” “to each their own,” and “the rugged individual” are no longer helpful — if indeed they ever were. Enter John Donne’s oft-quoted words: “No one (man) is an island.” Research and life experience have shown us that we are better and stronger together than apart. I believe we are at our best and strongest when we can hold the big picture of things. No one wants to have our world rocked by the inevitability and certainty of change. Change is an inherent and inherited condition of all humanity. Learning to move forward in the face of it is about grace, love, and unyielding hope. I urge that we do our best to maintain ourselves, using our skills of emotional regulation, social and emotional intelligence, and the perspective of “I = We” in pursuing healthy and healing visions of a future that is anything but knowable. We need each other to create meaningful community. Steadiness and a sense of calm will be one of the many balms that propel us forward into this future. Engaging in active collaboration and listening are high among the skill sets that we’ll need to rebuild a safer and saner society. Daniel Cantor Yalowitz writes a regular column in the Recorder. A developmental and intercultural psychologist, he has facilitated change in many organizations and communities around the world. His two most recent books are “Journeying with Your Archetypes” and “Reflections on the Nature of Friendship.” Reach out to him at danielcyalowitz@gmail.com.
5 Of The Best Non-Samsung Android Phones You Can BuyChhatrapati Sambhajinagar: In a caste-driven election, an OBC wave propelled BJP-led Mahayuti to victory in 40 of 46 assembly seats in Marathwada. It was a stunning reversal of fortunes for the ruling alliance less than six months after losing seven of the eight seats in Lok Sabha elections. Mahayuti's dominance is reflected in its clean sweep of Jalna — the epicentre of Maratha quota agitation — plus thumping victories in other hotbeds like Beed and Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar. A large section of OBC voters believed that Manoj Jarange's Maratha agitation was fuelled by NCP (SP) chief Sharad Pawar, and that their quota would be affected if MVA succeeded. This fear led to consolidation of OBC votes in favour of Mahayuti. Maharashtra Jharkhand Maharashtra Alliance View i Party View Seats: 288 Results Majority: 145 BJP+ 229 MVA 47 OTH 12 Results : 288 / 288 BJP+ WON Jharkhand Alliance View i Party View Seats: 81 Results Majority: 41 INDIA 56 NDA 24 OTH 1 Results : 81 / 81 INDIA WON Source: PValue MVA could win only five seats — Rahul Patil of Shiv Sena (UBT) in Parbhani, Pravin Swami of UBT in Umarga, Kailas Patil of UBT in Osmanabad, Sandeep Kshirsagar NCP (SP) in Beed and Amit Deshmukh of Congress in Latur city. In Chhatrapati Sambhajinagar (Aurangabad City and Rural), Mahayuti won all nine seats. In the six assembly seats in rural parts, three-time MLA Prashant Bamb won Gangapur and minister Abdul Sattar won Sillod in closely fought battles. Sena's Sanjana Jadhav won in Kannad, while sitting MLA Sena's Bornare Ramesh Nanasaheb won from Vaijapur. Anuradha Chavan of BJP won from Phulambri, whereas Sena's Vilas Bhumare won from Paithan. Social activist Vishnu Dhobale said quota agitations by OBCs and Marathas continued to stir Marathwada for over a year. "Even if several demands from these agitations were not within the framework of Constitution, it influenced many. The crowd and chaos impacted the election," he said. Ladki Bahin scheme also won over voters, as many beneficiaries received money in their accounts for the first time ever, he said, pointing out that the BJP-led alliance's campaign was aimed at keeping Hindu votes intact but ignored real issues in Marathwada.Chance of direct attack by Russia ‘remote’, says UK armed forces chief
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Hamish & Andy’s Remembering Project returns for a new season on LiSTNR for 12 episodes. For season six, Hamish Blake and Andy Lee listen further back to their archive of more than 2,500 shows and, for the very first time, revisit and re-listen to their original demo tape, with both having very mixed feelings about hearing it. In the season’s first episode, the pair listen back to two incredible moments from their radio days. One is the first time that Jack Post (aka ‘Cackling Jack’) appears on the show, and unsurprisingly, he is accused of weaselling! Plus, they revisit the blooper, which they both agree is one of their favourite radio moments of all time! This season also ‘remembers’ Blake and Lee’s epic adventure of taking a convertible car through a car wash, the birth of ‘Napkin Ninja’, Blake’s psychic dreaming ability and their final performance as a band. In some more poignant moments, Blake gets sentimental as they listen back to voicemails from his late Grandma Moosie, and the boys remember what a pivotal part of the radio show she played for many years. Reflecting on the new season, Lee said: “This season is a rollercoaster of laughs and emotions. We were especially hesitant to listen to our first-ever demo tape because we honestly couldn’t remember how it would sound. It definitely made us question how we ever thought we could make a career out of radio!” [Read more] The month of November has seen major announcements from Spotify in the podcasting space. In mid-November Spotify founder and CEO Daniel Ek spoke at the Spotify campus in Los Angeles about initiatives for uninterrupted video podcasts, audience-driven payments, and the new Spotify for Creators platform. “We can provide an experience for your audience that is superior to any platform. And by giving you, the creators, another path to monetisation beyond ads, we’re freeing you up to spend more time doing what you love: creating,” said Ek. Creators are taking notice of the changes. Why? Spotify is one of the largest platforms in the world for creators, with more than 640 million users and more than 250 million subscribers. Video consumption is rapidly growing on Spotify. To find out a little more about the changes on the platform, Mediaweek spoke with Prithi Dey, podcast lead AUNZ at Spotify. Dey explained the platform is no stranger to video content. “We’re seeing a lot of engagement with video content on Spotify. We’ve had video podcasts since 2019.” “For audio-only podcasters, they are being an opportunity to grow via Spotify.” There’s good reason to consider adding video to audio-only content. More than 250 million users have watched a video podcast on Spotify, and nearly two-thirds of podcast listeners say they prefer podcasts with video. There are now more than 300,000 video podcast shows on Spotify Dey: “Our focus is really trying to give creators from all different backgrounds the opportunity to grow their audience, monetise their content and give them the tools they need to be able to engage with their audiences.” With no option for audio creators to offer subscriptions to podcasts on Spotify, their monetisation options were restricted. Now with the ability to share Spotify subscription revenue with creators, it provides a new revenue stream. [Read more] In this episode, we peel back the layers to reveal ‘The Person Behind the Profile’ with Joanne Painter , Group Managing Director and Co-Founder of Icon Agency. Joanne’s journey is all about resilience, personal growth, and leadership. She opens up about battling impostor syndrome and reflects back on her early career in journalism and public relations, sharing how she often doubted her abilities despite her many accomplishments. Her honesty about these experiences is refreshingly real and offers comfort to anyone who’s felt the same way or still struggles with this. Joanne also dives into the evolving challenges and opportunities for women in leadership. She talks about navigating double standards and how embracing authenticity has helped her thrive. Her insights on emotional intelligence (EQ) are especially relevant today, as she highlights how EQ is becoming a must-have skill in the workplace—particularly in our post-COVID reality. On a lighter note, Joanne answers some fun rapid-fire questions, giving us a peek into her personal life—from her love for chickens to her passion for politics. These moments bring out her personality and add a warm, human touch to her professional journey. “I think that sense of imposter syndrome and inadequacy was a thread that really underpinned the early years of my career,” she said. “It’s absolutely fine not to be good at everything. I’m going to hire people who can fill my weaknesses.” [Listen to the new episode here] By Venessa Hunt, ARN Director of Commercial Strategy & Growth In a world overflowing with visuals—endless social feeds and screens in every room—audio advertising has a unique magic. It’s the whisper in your ear that conjures an image only you can see, your imagination sparking as it fills in the details. And research shows us that this really matters when it comes to advertising effectiveness. Unlike its counterparts, audio advertising invites you to imagine. It’s an invitation to be part of the story, and in some instances even craft the story. Put your ear pods in, press play and close your eyes. Audio advertising doesn’t just communicate – it lets the audience live the message. It’s like a movie playing behind closed eyes, where every listener becomes the director. Whether it’s a sip of a cold drink, the engine of a roaring car, or the echo of laughter in a coffee shop, audio paints a personal picture that only your mind can create. This doesn’t mean that visuals aren’t important, but it does mean that if we appreciate the power of imagination, primed with audio, only then can we truly get the best from our visual mediums, and make them work even harder for us. [Read more]Turkish-Australian celebrity chef Somer Sivrioglu has been sentenced to more than five years in prison over a collapsed wall in front of his Istanbul restaurant, Efendy, that killed one person and injured another. Sivrioglu, who also co-owns restaurants Anason at Barangaroo and hatted Maydanoz in the CBD, is a household name in his native country after being chosen as a host for MasterChef Turkey in 2018. At a hearing at the Istanbul 32nd High Criminal Court, Sivrioglu and two others were sentenced for “causing death and injury by negligence”. The case relates to the collapse of the wall in May 2022. The deceased is believed to have been a former diplomat from Jordan. “The indictment explained that, despite being in a position to foresee the death or injury of individuals due to the collapse of the garden wall, the defendants continued to use the wall without carrying out licensing, maintenance, renovation, repair, or reinforcement procedures,” Turkish news website Haberler reported . Speaking to the Herald from Turkey, Sivrioglu explained he was a new tenant at the time of the incident, was not the owner of the building and had no way of knowing the condition of the wall. “It isn’t the wall of the restaurant, it’s the retaining wall of the property,” he says. “It [collapsed] during service, we didn’t realise [at the time].” The chef has a number of legal options to explore. “This has been going on for over two years,” he says, confirming he will appeal. While upset at the loss of life and injury, Sivrioglu – who now lives most of the year in Turkey – posted many messages of support on social media following the latest court date. Born and raised in Istanbul, Sivrioglu completed an MBA at the University of Technology Sydney following his move to Australia. After opening the award-winning Efendy restaurant in Balmain in 2007 (it closed in 2021 after the sale of the building), the popular restaurateur, his business partners and senior team launched Anason, Baharat and Maydanoz. Last month, Sivrioglu’s team announced they would add a 280-seat seafood restaurant next year at the redeveloped Sydney Fish Market. “Nothing has changed, it’s going ahead,” he said.
Prep football | Arcata heads to NCS title gameThe overthrow of the Assad regime in Syria risks creating a haven for terrorists that could lead to a new form of Islamic State, the UK’s terror watchdog has warned. Jonathan Hall KC, the independent reviewer of terrorism legislation, said he was “as worried as I was with Libya, Iraq and Afghanistan” after the fast-moving developments that resulted in the rebel group Hayat Tahrir al-Sham (HTS) seizing the capital, Damascus. He said he feared that the developments could lead to the release from prisons and detention camps in northeast Syria of jihadist fighters who could “form the kernel of a new Islamic State” or “rush to join HTS and firm up their extremist objectives ”. Sir Keir Starmer said the UK welcomed the fall ofTrump aims to deport all undocumented immigrants in the U.S.
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