Soccer-Alderweireld not worried about Belgium place despite leaving Spurs
BRUSSELS (Reuters) – Belgium defender Toby Alderweireld does not fear for his place in the national team despite leaving Premier League team Tottenham Hotspur for club football in Qatar. “I will, of course, continue to do my very best to keep up my best level. Alderweireld joined Al Duhail in July for a reported 15 million euros ($17.71 million) 18 months after signing a contract extension at Spurs. Of course, it’s not a Premier League, but the level is better than expected,” added Alderweireld. Well, I could hardly refuse this adventure, also financially.”But Alderweireld said leaving Spurs had a lot to do with spending more time with his young family.
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August 31, 2021 17:26 UTC
Billboard campaign targets Rep. Bergman for spewing lies about widespread election fraud
We The PeopleBillboards targeting U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman were installed in northern Michigan. click to enlarge We The PeopleBillboards targeting U.S. Rep. Jack Bergman were installed in northern Michigan. We deserve the truth about January 6,” the billboard reads.Five of the billboards have already been installed. We will continue to fight racist voter suppression and hold the line for all to be able to vote and be heard. We will continue to stand up for each other, and to build solidarity across our district and with other ordinary Michiganders across the state.
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August 31, 2021 16:56 UTC
OnlyFans performer teninchlondon on ban reversal: "The trust is broken"
“I’ve always been into exhibitionism,” says Matt, a gay 26-year-old London resident and OnlyFans performer who goes by the handle @teninchlondon. OnlyFans’ announcement of the ban on sexually explicit content created a backlash, especially on Twitter from sex worker advocates and various content creators, who felt they were effectively being pushed off the platform. They’ve come out and said that they will never discriminate against sex workers. “That’s the best word to describe it, because people were risking putting sex workers in a potentially dangerous situation when other options could have been explored. Shutting the platform down completely for sex workers is not the answer, because it does force people back into potentially dangerous situations.
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August 31, 2021 16:30 UTC
It's been 100 days since journalist Danny Fenster was detained in Myanmar and he still hasn't been charged
click to enlarge Kelley O'NeillJournalist Danny Fenster's family holds photographs of him at their Huntington Woods home. Though he has not been officially tested for the virus, Fenster told his family he was experiencing COVID-19 symptoms. High-profile celebrities like U2's Bono and Rage Against the Machine's Tom Morello have also voiced their support for Fenster. "We will get Danny out because this family will not give up, and their openness to every idea, and their drive to get it done. "Fenster is one of more than 70 reporters detained in Myanmar.
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August 31, 2021 16:30 UTC
Voices Against Violence to hold annual race in Framingham to raise funds for survivors
FRAMINGHAM — Voices Against Violence, a domestic violence agency and rape crisis center, will host in-person and virtual editions of its 10th annual Purple Passion 5K Walk/Run fundraiser. "Since the very first Purple Passion 5K ten years ago, I have been proud to partner with Voices Against Violence to support this event," said Spilka, the state's Senate president, in a statement. Director Patricia Hohl said the agency is "so happy to once again be offering an in-person event," saying the energy of "that morning is always extraordinary." The first 200 registrants will receive a free Purple Passion T-shirt. Medals will be awarded to the top male and female in-person timed runners as well as the top male and female in-person runners in 14 age categories.
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August 31, 2021 16:18 UTC
Michigan GOP launches ballot drive to impose voting restrictions
Under the current law, voters who don’t have access to a photo ID can sign an affidavit attesting to their identity. "Michigan Republicans will try every trick in the book to confuse and intimidate voters,” Michigan Democratic Party Chair Lavora Barnes said in a statement. “They want fewer people to vote because they just discovered what we have always known, when people vote, Democrats win. That is what this ballot proposal is all about, creating barriers to voting so fewer people have access to the polls.”Barnes said the initiative would weaken a voter-approved constitutional amendment in 2018 that allowed no-excuse absentee voting and expanded other voting rights in Michigan. Now that we have all seen that we can have a say in our future, there’s no going back.”
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August 31, 2021 14:47 UTC
Data and AI platform Databricks raises $1.6 billion, valued at $38 billion
OAKLAND, Calif. (Reuters) – Databricks, a data analytics platform that uses artificial intelligence, said on Tuesday it raised $1.6 billion to expand its engineering team to keep its lead in the market, a funding round that valued it at $38 billion. The latest round was led by Morgan Stanley Investment Management’s investment arm Counterpoint Global. In February the company raised $1 billion in a funding round led by Franklin Templeton. San Francisco-based Databricks partners with the cloud services of Amazon.com Inc, Alphabet Inc, Microsoft Corp, and China’s Alibaba Group Holding Ltd, said Ghodsi. It offers a software platform in the cloud that companies can use to analyze data.
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August 31, 2021 13:52 UTC
Gov. Baker says state will be 'as helpful as we can be' for Afghan refugees
Matt MurphyState House News ServiceBOSTON — With the United States' military evacuation of Afghanistan complete and some immigrant advocacy groups calling on the state to make money available to support refugees, Gov. Charlie Baker said he has spoken to the federal government about being "as helpful as we can be, when we need to be." Baker has previously stated that Massachusetts would welcome refugees from Afghanistan, and he said Monday his administration has had initial conversations with the federal government. The organization, which offers myriad resettlement services, has accepted about 330 Afghan families since 2014, with a good number heading to Lowell. Johanny Rosario Pichardo, 25, one of the U.S. military members killed in last week's attack on the airport in Kabul.
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August 31, 2021 13:30 UTC
The NMRC has added four more stations to the list of stops for fast trains.
“Keeping in mind popular public demand, non-stoppage stations by rapid trains have been examined by the NMRC,” stated NMRC Managing Director Ritu Maheshwari. On weekdays, the NMRC runs “fast trains” from 8 a.m. to 11 a.m. and 5 p.m. to 8 p.m. Between Noida and Greater Noida, these trains skip 10 stations with low average attendance. On August 2, the NMRC added Noida Sector 81 to the list of fast train stoppages, while the status at the other nine stations remained unaltered. The NMRC launched a “fast train” service between Noida and Greater Noida on February 1 this year, with the goal of reducing travel time during peak hours.
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August 31, 2021 13:07 UTC
The top returning local high school boys cross country runners entering fall 2021
Fortunately for high school athletes – and your average runners – minimal changes or modifications came from COVID-19 concerns. With local high school cross country runners surely getting up to speed, here are three returning Daily News All-Stars for boys cross country that will set the pace this fall. Moriarty hopes to study engineering and continue to run cross country in college. Toby Sagar, Dover-SherbornThis senior burst onto the scene last fall as a junior and was named Tri-Valley League MVP. He showed tremendous improvement from his sophomore season to his junior season.”Sagar hopes to continue to run in college.
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August 31, 2021 11:26 UTC
Daily News All-Stars for baseball
“Not a flashy player at all,” Nokona baseball coach Dan Sullivan said. “He was in complete control and I think the moment was never too big for him.” Fischer will play baseball at Fairfield University. “We will miss him next year behind the plate.” Luccini will play baseball at UMass-Lowell. The center fielder and Tri-Valley League All-Star will play baseball at Salve Regina University. “So in that regard, we were very lucky to have Connor.” The Dual County League All-Star will play baseball at Holy Cross.
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August 31, 2021 10:30 UTC
Her Framingham position was going to be cut, so Dolores Hamilton took a job in Stow
Why did the Framingham City Council cut the HR director position? On June 1, the Framingham City Council voted to cut funding for Hamilton’s position by the end of the year. Earlier this summer, the City Council also voted to eliminate the salary of city Planning and Community Development Director Kevin Shea. Framingham Mayor vs City Council:Council leader says vote not a political move against Framingham mayorWhy did Stow hire Dolores Hamilton from Framingham? Before coming to Framingham, Hamilton served as director of human resources in Newton.
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August 31, 2021 09:56 UTC
Southborough celebrates businessman Michael Gulbankian's 91st birthday
She decided to turn to a local garden shop for help, Gulbankian Farms Garden Center and Florist Shop at 40 Mt. It wasn’t long before Michael Gulbankian was in her yard, replacing everything and setting her up with the plants and tools she needed to get her garden going. Jandrue was among a dozen or so people who attended Michael Gulbankian’s 91st drive-by birthday party at the store on Sunday. Michael Gulbankian’s wife, Alice, expanded its purview, starting the town’s first floral shop, according to the store’s website. He drove kids around for more than 50 years, his son Michael Gulbankian Jr., said, retiring only about a decade ago.
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August 31, 2021 09:11 UTC
What's Up Doc? I develop mosquito bite-like hives whenever I scratch or rub my skin
Dr. Jeff HershDaily News CorrespondentQ: My skin has always been sensitive, but lately it is worse, and now I develop mosquito bite-like hives wherever I scratch or rub. Urticaria is a rash of round(ish), swollen-looking, red, often itchy lesions that develop due to an allergy. In dermatographia, it is mechanical pressure (things such as scratching, rubbing, and/or other mechanical pressure) that causes the urticaria. These lesions develop over the area that had the mechanical pressure applied to it. The lesions of dermatographia typically develop 5 to 15 minutes after the abrasive mechanical stimuli, and usually resolve over 30 to 60 minutes.
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August 31, 2021 08:26 UTC
Murray’s victory hopes go down the toilet after Tsitsipas bathroom break
NEW YORK (Reuters) – Stefanos Tsitsipas used his bathroom break when nature called at the U.S. Open on Monday but opponent Andy Murray fumed about the lengthy disruption as his hopes of scoring an opening round upset went down the toilet. Murray said he had been warned by his team to be prepared for disruptions such as a bathroom break or medical timeout if his third-seeded opponent saw the match slipping away. Tsitsipas also had a medical timeout to receive treatment on his left foot after dropping the third set. After each break Murray grew more frustrated at officials for refusing to call the Greek on what he saw as stalling tactics. “Some suggestions are if you take a medical timeout or a break before, let’s say, my serve, that you forfeit the game.
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August 31, 2021 04:07 UTC