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Man Utd manager Ruben Amorim drops fresh hint over Marcus Rashford’s futureThis Christmas season, the Rotary Club of Prince Rupert will have fewer Christmas trees to sell to residents than previous years. The club brings trees from the Skeena Valley Christmas Tree Farm in Terrace, which is is in its last year of wholesale operations. Next year they will only have a “cut your own tree” program. For this Christmas, the farm will only be providing approximately 290 trees instead of the usual 350. “There are no other Christmas tree farms in northern B.C., and the closest ones are down in the Vancouver area, but the trees down there cost twice as much as they do up here, and the cost to get them up here is so much, it’s just not worth doing,” said Chris Bromley, chair of the Christmas Tree Committee for the Rotary Club. We’d have to be selling Christmas trees at $200 each.” Bromley has been a Rotarian for about 17 years. He was the club’s president in 2018-19 and has been chosen again for the 2025-26 term. He says all the money raised by the tree sales will go toward community events and projects. Bromley said Don Coburn, Skeena Valley Christmas Tree Farm’s owner, plans to semi-retire after this shipment. The province has six more Christmas tree farms, but Bromley found they are all located in the south, and one of them will only start selling trees in 2030. “I guess a lot of people will go to artificial trees, which is unfortunate. It was a good family-community occasion, you’d see people come along with their kids and their dogs trying to pick out trees and standing them up and looking at them. It’s a fun event, which will no longer happen, unfortunately,” said Bromley. The Rotary Club will unload fresh Christmas trees with the help of players from the Prince Rupert Minor Hockey League on Nov. 29 at the basketball court on McBride St. Bromley mentioned that Mayor Herb Pond will also participate in the activity, as this will be the last year it takes place in town. The sales will begin on Nov. 30 and last two weeks or until supplies run out. “A lot of people like real trees...It is quite an event. People enjoy it, whatever the weather, it doesn’t matter,” he said. He suggested people can also find some trees at Save On Foods. They usually stock about 75 during the holiday season, imported from the U.S. Some people may choose to cut their trees on Crown land, but it can be challenging. “You can’t just go off into the bush and cut one down and bring it home,” Bromley added. The activity requires a permit and appropriate gear, along with adhering to certain safety measures and restrictions.The meeting between the Union Election Commission and political parties that have been approved for registration was held yesterday at the meeting hall of the Union Election Commission office. Speaking at the event, UEC Chair U Ko Ko said the commission reviews the rights of political parties’ establishment and registration under the law, and there are 53 existing political parties, whereas one is under verification for establishment. Political parties are urged to organize party members and open offices satisfying the standards within the release date of notification of the commission at least 90 days in advance before the election day as per the stipulation of the Political Parties Registration Law. He also highlighted the need for the establishment of party offices, signages, and hoisting flags, informing relevant township election sub-commissions before inaugurating the signage, and he encouraged registered parties to be in unity for the sake of people and regions. He also underlined the commission’s preparations for holding a multiparty democratic general election by adding that the commission will allow 13 points of observation like the 2015 general election such as observing the election law, rules, procedures, orders and directives, publishing the ballots and scrutinizing and making decision processes for complaints, which were allowed only for studying not for observing in the 2020 general election. He then highlighted the launching of a website and mobile application on the findings of electoral fraud and unlawful acts in the 2020 multiparty democracy general election in five different languages Myanmar, English, Chinese, Russian and Japanese on 22 November, the commission’s efforts to hold honourable election and establish a dignified Hluttaw under the guidance of the Head of the State. He also stressed the need to be qualified MPs to ensure the dignified Hluttaw and to select and train the candidates by the political parties. Afterwards, attendees coordinated the discussion. The meeting was attended by UEC members, departmental officials from the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Ministry of Immigration and Population, the UEC Office and chairpersons, leaders and officials from 53 political parties. — MNA/KTZHNew York can be a magical place for museumgoers. It also can be overwhelming and overcrowded at times, especially at the biggest, most famous museums. Luckily, the city has scores of great museums to choose from: Everything from small and quirky, to elegant gems housed in historic mansions, to preserved Lower East Side tenement apartments and hands-on experiences that might surprise even longtime New Yorkers. “Going to the Museum of Modern Art or the Metropolitan Museum of Art or the American Museum of Natural History is fantastic. But they can be like a big super-sized coffee drink, while we’re more like a cup of espresso,” says Alex Kalman, director of two of the city’s tiniest museums, Mmuseumm1 and Mmuseumm2. One is built into an old elevator shaft in a downtown alleyway. At other small museums you’ll find a cozy, Viennese-style coffee shop; kosher Jewish comfort food; and edgy gift shops. You could view the chair that George Washington sat in before giving his inaugural address to Congress. Or you might make seltzer or solve math puzzles. Here’s some of what’s happening at NYC’s “other” museums: Neue Galerie 1048 5th Ave. This museum, housed in a 1914 Gilded Age mansion that was once home to society doyenne Mrs. Cornelius Vanderbilt III, focuses on art and design from Austria and Germany. Its Cafe Sabarsky is a destination of its own, with 1912 upholstery, period decor, and a grand piano in the corner used for cabaret, chamber and classical music performances. On view now is “Egon Schiele: Living Landscapes” and “Austrian Masterworks from the Neue Galerie.” The Museum at FIT 227 W 27th St. Tucked inside the Fashion Institute of Technology, behind the big sculpture in front, is the city’s only museum solely devoted to fashion. And it’s free. Opening in February is “Fashioning Wonder: A Cabinet of Curiosities,” exploring connections between cabinets of curiosities and fashion. The Jewish Museum 1109 5th Ave. at 92nd St. On view now are “Illit Azouley: Mere Things,” the first solo exhibit in a U.S. museum dedicated to the Berlin-based artist, and “Engaging with History: Works from the Collection.” Other displays include the “Tel Dan Stele,” a 9th century BCE stone monument fragment containing the earliest mention of the royal House of David outside of the Bible. The gift shop features an impressive array of specialty gifts, including works by artist Oded Halahmy. There’s a cafe with updated takes on traditional bagels, blintzes, herring and house-cured salmon. Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum 2 East 91st St. One of the city’s two Smithsonian museums, the Cooper Hewitt focuses on innovative design. Its gift shop rivals MoMA’s, and there’s a private garden and small restaurant. The museum is housed in the former home of industrial magnate Andrew Carnegie. Completed in 1902, the mansion was the first in the U.S. to have a structural steel frame, and one of the first in the city to have a passenger elevator and central heating. It is now LEED-certified and features other cutting-edge technologies. A major exhibit on now, “Making Home: Smithsonian Design Triennial,” explores design’s role in shaping concepts of home, physically and emotionally. It sprawls over the entire mansion and will be on view through Aug. 10. National Museum of the American Indian 1 Bowling Green The other Smithsonian in town, it’s at the lower end of Manhattan inside the Alexander Hamilton U.S. Customs House, now a city landmark. Admission is free, and current exhibitions include “Jeffrey Veregge: Of Gods and Heroes,” “Native New York” and “Infinity of Nations.” The gift shop features authentic Native American art, crafts, apparel and jewelry from a wide representation of groups, in addition to books by and about Native Americans. Tenement Museum 103 Orchard St. With something for all ages, the Tenement Museum is housed in two preserved tenement buildings, one from 1863 and the other from 1888. Each apartment is a kind of time capsule, telling the story of a different immigrant or migrant family who lived there. The museum also offers walking tours of the neighborhood. “What is most unique about the Tenement Museum is that it shines the spotlight on ‘ordinary people’ — working-class families who never imagined they’d one day be the subject of a museum,” says Tenement Museum President Annie Polland. The New York Historical 170 Central Park West A great way to learn more about the city’s history, including the fact that Washington was inaugurated here. A permanent gallery on the fourth floor features a detailed recreation of the White House Oval Office in Washington, D.C., where presidents have worked since 1909. The Meet the Presidents Gallery traces, through artwork and objects, the evolution of the presidency and executive branch. Also on view is the chair from Washington’s inauguration at Federal Hall, on Wall Street, the only presidential inauguration held in New York City. Other current exhibits include “Pets and the City,” “Fred W. McDarrah: Pride and Protest.” There’s a permanent “Gallery of Tiffany Lamps.” MoMath (National Museum of Mathematics) 225 Fifth Ave. A hands-on museum with all kinds of math-oriented puzzles and thought-inspiring curiosities, like a tricycle with square wheels that rides smoothly on a zigzagged surface. In an exhibit called “Human Tree,” visitors can make successively smaller images of themselves that combine to make a “fractal tree” that sways in response to their movements. Brooklyn Seltzer Museum 474 Hemlock St, Brooklyn An interactive museum and factory tour run in partnership with the city’s oldest seltzer works, a family business now in its fourth generation. The museum, inside Brooklyn Seltzer Boys’ active factory, is “dedicated to preserving and promoting the effervescent history of seltzer water,” and celebrates “the manufacturing of seltzer, the science of seltzer, and seltzer as a cultural force in New York City and the world beyond.” Not to mention, guests can spritz each other with seltzer. Be the first to know Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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Congress MP Rahul Gandhi grieved the loss of "a mentor and guide" late Thursday after confirmation of the death of former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh , 92. In an emotional message on X, Mr Gandhi, in Karnataka's Belagavi to attend a meeting of the Congress Working Committee, said, "Manmohan Singhji led India with immense wisdom and integrity. His humility and deep understanding of economics inspired the nation." "I have lost a mentor and guide. Millions of us who admired him will remember him with the utmost pride," Mr Gandhi said, "My heartfelt condolences to Mrs Kaur and the family." Manmohan Singh Ji led India with immense wisdom and integrity. His humility and deep understanding of economics inspired the nation. My heartfelt condolences to Mrs. Kaur and the family. I have lost a mentor and guide. Millions of us who admired him will remember him with the... pic.twitter.com/bYT5o1ZN2R — Rahul Gandhi (@RahulGandhi) December 26, 2024 Manmohan Singh, a two-time former Prime Minister and Union Finance Minister credited with leading the Indian economy through the globalisation and liberalisation process, was rushed to AIIMS after "a sudden loss of consciousness at home". He was declared dead at 9.51 pm. Mr Gandhi's sister, Priyanka Gandhi Vadra, also posted a heartfelt message. READ | "Few Inspired Respect...": PGV Leads Tributes To Manmohan Singh "Few people in politics inspire the kind of respect Sardar Manmohan Singhji did. His honesty will always be an inspiration for us, and he will forever stand tall among those who truly love this country... as someone who remained steadfast in his commitment despite being subjected to unfair and deeply personal attacks by his opponents," the Wayanad MP said. Few people in politics inspire the kind of respect that Sardar Manmohan Singh ji did. His honesty will always be an inspiration for us and he will forever stand tall among those who truly love this country as someone who remained steadfast in his commitment to serve the nation... pic.twitter.com/BXA6zHG2Fq — Priyanka Gandhi Vadra (@priyankagandhi) December 26, 2024 Meanwhile, Prime Minister Narendra Modi led the tributes from the government and senior members of the ruling Bharatiya Janata Party. Mr Modi said, "India mourns the loss of one of its most distinguished leaders, Dr Manmohan Singhji. Rising from humble origins, he rose to become a respected economist. He served in various government positions as well, including as Finance Minister, leaving a strong imprint on our economic policy over the years." Track Latest News Live on NDTV.com and get news updates from India and around the worldHow would you feel if .... 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The South Korean tech giant appointed Jun Young-hyun as co-CEO and head of the memory chip arm, while Han Jin-man will become the president and head of the company's foundry business. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday announced changes in the leadership of its memory and foundry chip divisions, as the company faces intense competition in the semiconductor space. The South Korean tech giant appointed Jun Young-hyun as co-CEO and head of the memory chip arm, while Han Jin-man will become the president and head of the company's foundry business. Shares of the tech giant fell 3%. The company's stock has been on a steady decline amid investors worries that it is falling behind competitors such as SK Hynix in building advanced chips. Last month, Jun, who has been overseeing the semiconductor division since May, issued a rare apology after the company posted disappointing third-quarter profit guidance. 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CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Detroit guard Cade Cunningham left Thursday night’s game in Charlotte in the final minute of regulation due to a left hip injury and did not play in overtime as the Pistons fell to the Hornets. Cunningham fell hard to the floor after getting fouled by Grant Williams with 48 seconds left in the game. He made both free throws to briefly give the Pistons the lead before leaving, and the Pistons lost 123-121. Pistons head coach J.B. Bickerstaff offered no update on Cunningham’s status after the game. Cunningham finished with 27 points and 10 assists for the Pistons, who lost their second straight game to a Hornets team that got a career-high 38 points from Brandon Miller and 35 from LaMelo Ball.