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Despite these difficulties, there is still hope among Manchester United fans that the club can turn things around and return to the summit of English and European football. The recent appointment of Ralf Rangnick as interim manager has been met with cautious optimism, with many hoping that his experience and tactical acumen can help stabilize the team and lay the groundwork for future success.Trump adviser suggests ‘Iron Dome’ over America amid drone sightingsSo, are you still planning to buy an MPV? It's a question worth pondering in light of the changing landscape of the MPV market.After being ejected from Sarnia City Council’s budget meeting for disruptive personal attacks against the mayor and fellow members, Councillor Bill Dennis says he will apologize to get back to work. “Was it right to get personal?” he asks in an interview with the Journal. “No, it’s never right. Believe me, I’ve been reminded about that by my mother and my wife for the last week or so.” During the November 26 virtual meeting, Councillor Dennis told Mayor Mike Bradley to “f– off,” calling him a “drunk,” a “cokehead,” a “damned crook,” and a “joke.” He called Councillor Adam Kilner a “joke as a pastor,” a “fruitcake,” and repeatedly said “kiss my a–.” Councillor Dennis’s outburst transpired when council members called for order when he became increasingly heated in delivering his opinions and was calling out Chief Administrative Officer (CAO) Chris Carter. In the November 26 meeting, the topic of fees for consultants had arisen and Councillor Dennis was objecting to the amount spent. CAO Chris Carter and other staff provided insights contrary to the councillor’s perceptions of the issue. They described how consultant allocations are for specialized project staff, specifically trained individuals, such as architects or structural engineers, that are not full-time city staff. Using these individuals as consultants rather than as permanent staff offsets increases to the long-term operating budget. Councillor Dennis referenced $3 million as the price tag for these consultants, but city staff demonstrated that those numbers were closer to $2.17 million 2024 and $1.6 million for 2025, the budget year in question. Councillor Dennis became upset at CAO Carter for allegedly failing to provide him with those numbers before the budget meeting, and disputed the 2024 numbers. He said, “It’s been very typical of you for the last six months. I’m an elected official. I asked for that information and you never gave it to me.” As an example of out-of-control spending on consultant fees, Councillor Dennis brought up a proposal from the previous council meeting (a motion, it should be noted, that did not pass by unanimous vote) that would have seen marketing consultants hired for approximately $35,000 to inform how much to charge for naming rights for the Progressive Auto Sales Arena. Mayor Bradley interrupted and asked Councillor Dennis if he had a motion. He responded “Cut it in half, cut the damn thing in half.” He continued, “These guys, the reason they go to consultants all the time is most of the senior staff isn’t from here, most of them don’t live here, they have no idea...” At this point, Councillors Anne Marie Gillis and Adam Kilner called for order, which agitated Councillor Dennis even more. He called them “sellouts.” Mayor Bradley ruled that his behaviour was unacceptable, at which point Councillor Dennis began to hurl invective. The meeting came to a halt and resumed a short time later with Councillor Dennis expelled. “It’s the first time in 36 years I’ve used the rules of order to expel a member,” says Mayor Mike Bradley speaking to the Journal. “This is conduct so beyond slanderous toward various individuals, including staff, including councillors, and this is not the first time.” The incident highlights the ongoing friction between Councillor Dennis and other council members, city staff, and members of the public, as concerns continue to be raised about his conduct in and out of meetings. Regarding Councillor Dennis’s conduct, Mayor Bradley tells us, “Everywhere I go, people say to me, ‘If I did that in the workplace, I’d be gone in 20 seconds.” At the same time, the Ontario government has just introduced legislation that will give municipalities tools to potentially remove councillors who violate the Code of Conduct. Councillor Dennis has three times been previously found to be in violation of Council’s Code of Conduct by the Integrity Commissioner. In a post on social media, Councillor Dennis identified himself as the subject of a workplace harassment complaint filed at city hall in the spring. This complaint is what led to council meetings returning to virtual format, as well as the directive to Councillor Dennis that all of his communication with city staff go through CAO Carter. “Protecting your employees in the workplace, it’s paramount,” says Mayor Bradley. Regarding CAO Carter, Councillor Dennis says, ”If I become mayor he’s fired. Day one, he’s fired. It’s the first act I’ll do. He knows that, so he’s doing everything in his power to make me look bad.” “When I’m questioning the CAO, I get all these idiots jumping in and saying ‘point of order, point of order,’” he says, referring to fellow council members. “That really bugs the hell out of me. I’m entitled to ask him questions, to bring my points up. Then, of course, they bait me. They don’t like me. I don’t like them and that’s fine. In October, Councillor Dennis filed a $200,000 lawsuit alleging that CAO Carter has been deliberately undermining him. The lawsuit also names the corporation of the City of Sarnia. “We’ve had to engage two different legal groups to respond to this,” says Mayor Bradley. “The amount of money taxpayers are spending defending two lawsuits. Tens and tens of thousands of dollars.” Communications Manager for the city, Steve Henschel, tells the Journal, “It would be inappropriate to provide any comment related to, or that could be perceived to be related to, any ongoing legal matter or Occupational Health and Safety investigation.” The Employee Code of Conduct for city staff states, “Employees shall treat all Members of Council with professionalism and courtesy, must not favour, nor be seen to favour, the interests of one Member over the interests of Council as a whole.” Regarding his conduct during the November 26 meeting, Councillor Dennis says it was unfortunate that he lost his cool, but says, “People are hung up on that, they should be hung up on the fact some of these clowns on Council are making decisions that are destroying our city.”lol646b 。

Sir Donald Bradman feared a second Kerry Packer breakaway venture in the 1980s and did not blame Australian cricketers for taking big money to play in apartheid South Africa. He was no fan of Paul Keating, admired Queen Elizabeth II, and took some of his greatest pleasure late in life from watching Shane Warne in action. These insights and many more are contained in a collection of more than 20 letters penned by Bradman to an English friend, the entertainer Peter Brough, and tucked away in the National Library of Australia. Sir Donald Bradman wrote letters late in life almost as prolifically as he’d made runs in his younger years. Credit: Fairfax Media Written between 1984 and 1998, the letters capture Bradman’s complicated relationship with fame and his often trenchant views on sport and politics at home and abroad. Peter Brough was an English entertainer, specialising in a ventriloquist act that was popular on radio during the 1950s in the UK. Bradman met Peter Brough through his father Arthur during tours of England in the 1930s, and the younger men struck up a friendship that continued through correspondence over many years. Peter Brough died in 1999, Bradman in 2001. The letters were donated to the NLA by Peter Brough’s family. ‘The cricket world has been in a ferment’ In the winter of 1985, Bradman held grave concerns for the future of the game amid the loss of 14 top Australian players to “rebel” tours of South Africa. There were parallel revelations that Kerry Packer was signing up players himself to protect his investment in the game in Australia. Former Australian captain Kim Hughes (left) at the Wanderers Ground in Johannesburg in 1985 while playing on a rebel tour of South Africa organised by Ali Bacher. Credit: AP There was no Packer breakaway: the terms he had agreed with Bradman in 1979 were too generous for that. And it was economic sanctions, rather than the sporting kind, that brought a swift end to apartheid in the late 1980s. Bradman was buoyed by South Africa’s readmission. ‘Keating is a disaster’ Bradman’s conservative political views are no secret, and an affection for the UK and its monarchy remained strong right through his life. In May 1986, he was a guest of Queen Elizabeth II for lunch on the royal yacht Britannia during a tour of Australia. There was admiration, too, for Britain’s long-serving prime minister Margaret Thatcher, who resigned from office in 1991 after more than a decade in charge. Bradman contrasted democracy in Britain and Australia with the recent assassination of India’s former prime minister, Rajiv Gandhi, in May of that year. The USSR collapsed later that same year, a moment Bradman marked with acclamation. A couple of years later, Paul Keating was re-elected as Australia’s prime minister, but in December 1993 the South Australian Labor government paid the price for the State Bank collapse. Paul Keating’s reign as prime minister was not enjoyed by Sir Donald Bradman. Credit: Fairfax The republic remained an issue for Bradman, especially when viewed through the lens of personal problems for so many members of the royal family in the 1990s. The price of fame In the 1980s and ’90s, Bradman’s profile rose as a much-venerated figure in Australia and around the world. While appreciative of so much love, Bradman also felt constrained by the attention, and the demands it placed on his time and letter writing. Gary Sweet as a defiant Bradman in Bodyline opposed to England paceman Harold Larwood and captain Douglas Jardine. Credit: Bodyline The TV miniseries Bodyline was broadcast in 1985, starring Gary Sweet as Bradman. The man himself gave a mixed review. The bicentenary of European settlement took Bradman and his wife Jessie to Sydney in early 1988, where a celebratory Test match was played. A few months later, Bradman confessed to seeking refuge away from the spotlight: “I prefer to be far away from crowds and publicity. My 80th birthday is coming up in August and I have already arranged to go away from Adelaide for a week to dodge all the fuss.” Attention ramped up further in 1996, when Bradman sat down with Ray Martin for a televised interview to raise funds for the Bradman Museum in Bowral. Around the same time, John Howard’s election as prime minister put an avowed “cricket tragic” in the lodge, who often cited Bradman as a hero. In 1998, Bradman confided further to Brough about the price of his fame. On Warne In the interview with Martin, Bradman spoke of how the best cricket anyone could possibly watch was that of an aggressive batsman versus an over-the-wrist leg-spinner. By May 1991, it had been nearly 30 years since the retirement of Richie Benaud, and Bradman despaired of seeing another wrist-spinner of top quality. “The great tragedy of modern cricket is the demise of the slow leg-spinner,” he wrote. “Primarily it seems to be due to the one-day games in which ‘economy’ is the only thing that matters. Shane Warne in full flight. Credit: Dallas Kilponen “You don’t have to get the other fellow out, you only have to stop him scoring runs, and of course young leg-spinners when learning their trade, are always a bit expensive.” Shane Warne was by that time making his start in first-class cricket, and made his debut for Australia in January 1992. In early 1993, Bradman had started to pay attention. That prediction proved prescient. England’s troubles in the late 1980s and early 1990s are another theme of Bradman’s letters, but in this case they are balanced by what he was seeing from Warne. “Poor old England is in a bad way – rather than sack [captain Graham] Gooch I think they should have sacked the selectors,” he wrote during the 1993 Ashes series. “There must be better players in the county ranks than some of those selected. “Still it must be lauded that our fellows have played well and I have been excited to see a young leg-spinner turning the ball more than anyone since [Chuck] Fleetwood-Smith. And he has been economical as well. Time we got away from the endless stream of fast bowlers.” Shane Warne set the 1993 Ashes series alight. Credit: Reuters Eighteen months later, Bradman was ready to afford Warne the highest possible praise, though he was still just 25 years old and had more than a decade of Test cricket ahead of him. “Shane Warne is bowling brilliantly and causing all sorts of trouble,” he wrote in November 1994. “Excepting [Bill] O’Reilly, Warne is the best slow leg-spinner we’ve produced, better even than [Clarrie] Grimmett and that is very high praise.” An eye for talent Bradman’s eye was always open for the admiration of great players, but it was his assessments of young, promising cricketers that stand out most. In the summer of 1985-86, he picked out arguably the two finest Australian cricketers to debut in an otherwise grim season: lithe left-armer Bruce Reid and a young all-rounder called Steve Waugh. He also supported the decision to install Tim Zoehrer as Australian wicketkeeper ahead of Wayne Phillips. Paceman Bruce Reid and all-rounder Steve Waugh caught Bradman’s eye. By November 1989, Australia’s cricket fortunes were on the upswing, and as a spectator at Adelaide Oval, Bradman saw a young Darren Lehmann hammer a double century in the Sheffield Shield. He also watched on television as Martin Crowe sculpted a century of his own in the Perth Test. In the winter of 1991, Bradman was discerning the first signs of decline for the great West Indian team, even though they had beaten Australia at home earlier in the year. He also rated the performance of Mark Taylor, while being awed by the strokeplay of a young Mark Waugh. “Though we lost the rubber in West Indies I don’t think the gods were on our side and I would back us to beat them next time,” Bradman wrote. “We now have a super left-hand opener in Taylor and Mark Waugh is all class, better than his brother Steve who did so well on our last tour of England.” The following year in Sri Lanka, Border broke a century drought that lasted four summers, raising a pithy reaction from Bradman. Ricky Ponting batting for Australia at 21. Credit: Vince Caligiuri In the spring of 1995, Bradman saw Ricky Ponting play a “beautiful innings” up close and tagged him a “future Test prospect”. The following summer, Bradman observed the decline of the once great West Indian team. There were more tough times that summer and afterwards for Taylor, in the midst of a long form slump that very nearly cost him the Australian captaincy. Bradman rated Taylor a better captain than Border, and was understanding of why he had been retained. A century in Birmingham saved Taylor’s tenure, and he went on the lead the team until January 1999. Running the game As time ticked by, Bradman felt himself growing more distant from the game and its administration. He resigned from his committee posts with the South Australian Cricket Association in 1986, lamenting the coarsening of international sport. This is not to say that Bradman did not retain strong opinions. During the 1980s, England took a fearful battering from the West Indies, and many English followers bemoaned a lack of oversight from umpires about short-pitched bowling. Brough was one of them, and got a succinct reply. Umpires were still a topic of discussion in 1992, particularly around the World Cup held that year in Australia and New Zealand. Bradman was staunchly in favour of each country retaining the right to have home umpires. News, results and expert analysis from the weekend of sport sent every Monday. Sign up for our Sport newsletter .The news sent shockwaves through the tech industry and financial markets worldwide. Investors scrambled to sell off their NVIDIA shares, fearing the potential repercussions of the investigation on the company's future. Analysts and experts expressed concerns over the impact of the probe on NVIDIA's business operations, partnerships, and global market standing.

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On Thursday, Kristaps Porzingis played his sixth game of the season for the Boston Celtics, who defeated the Detroit Pistons. The All-Star big man has slowly been returning to fitness after undergoing surgery during the offseason. Porzingis had his best game so far. He dropped 19 points, grabbed eight rebounds, dished out two assists, got one steal and recorded two blocks. On a night when Jayson Tatum was sidelined with injury, Porzingis reminded everyone why he's viewed as the Celtics' X-Factor. When speaking to the media during his postgame news conference, Porzingis noted how he isn't far from being back to his best. "I think a couple more games," Porzingis said. "A couple more games. Then I'll be where I need to be." Porzingis played in 57 regular-season games for the Celtics last season, winning 43 of them. He's a proven commodity when on the court with either Tatum or Jaylen Brown, if not both. Considering Boston has only played 112 possessions with a fully healthy starting five, and they still boast a 20-5 record to begin the season, the rest of the league must be dreading Porzingis' return to game fitness. If Boston has been this dominant while navigating injury issues, it will be nearly unstoppable once fully healthy. It's hard to see how opposing teams will manage their scoring, defense and cohesiveness while also challenging for a win. Porzingis' performance against the Pistons is the start of things to come. Sure, he's looked good in other outings, but this was the first time his movement felt crisp and calculated. It was the first time it felt like he was near the level we saw en route to a first-seeded finish in the Eastern Conference. And when he's playing at this level, he takes the Celtics to a different stratosphere. The real Porzingis is about to stand up, and when he does, the majority of the league will be watching with a nervous energy usually reserved for the shy kid at the school dance.Christmas is just one day away! The festival is a special time for Christians all across the globe as they celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ. Christmas is celebrated on December 25 every year. Christmas 2024 falls on Wednesday, December 25. For many, it is the most joyful time of the year, filled with family gatherings, delicious feasts, church services, and Christmas carols. Homes are beautifully decorated; streets are lit up, and Christmas trees shine bright with ornaments. It is a time of joy and spreading happiness. While December 25 is the main celebration, Christmas Eve has its own special traditions that are full of fun and excitement. Christmas Eve 2024 Wishes and HD Images: Share WhatsApp Messages, Wallpapers, Xmas Photos, Quotes and GIFs To Share Christmas Greetings in Advance. Christmas Eve 2024 falls on Tuesday, December 24. Around the world, different countries celebrate Christmas Eve in different ways. No matter how you choose to celebrate Christmas 2024, these Christmas Eve traditions are a must-try as they will add extra joy to the festivities. Here’s a roundup of some Christmas Eve traditions from across the globe. Christmas Eve Traditions • One popular Christmas Eve tradition in many countries, especially the Catholic countries, is attending the midnight Mass. 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It involves giving loved ones a book to read on Christmas Eve. Merry Christmas 2024 Wishes in 63 Different Languages: From ‘Feliz Navidad’ to ‘God Jul,’ Spread the Holiday Cheer With Xmas Greetings From Around the World. So, how do you plan to celebrate Christmas Eve? Whether you decide to attend a church service, enjoy a feast with family, or exchange gifts, we wish you a blessed, joyful, and peaceful Christmas Eve! (The above story first appeared on LatestLY on Dec 24, 2024 12:00 AM IST. For more news and updates on politics, world, sports, entertainment and lifestyle, log on to our website latestly.com ).

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