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Smart contracts, or computer programs that automatically execute certain agreed-upon actions when agreed-upon conditions are met, are considered safer for online transactions than traditional contracts, but they are not error-proof. Researchers from the Penn State College of Information Sciences and Technology (IST), as part of a multi-institution effort, developed an end-to-end model-based framework in place of traditional programming code to make smart contracts easier to develop, easier to verify and, ultimately, safer to use. They published their proposal in IEEE Transactions on Dependable and Security Computing. "As with most software, the code used to program smart contracts is prone to error and vulnerabilities," said Aron Laszka, assistant professor in the College of IST and lead researcher on the project. "Our project focused on the significant technical challenges involved with verifying whether that code does what it was intended to do, especially when interacting with other smart contracts." Smart contracts are stored on blockchain platforms, similar to those used to store virtual currency like Bitcoin. According to Laszka, the blockchain platform is intended to make smart contracts—which often handle assets of considerable value—more secure from tampering. But while the platform guarantees the smart contract will execute correctly, it does not verify that the code of the contract is correct. When the predetermined conditions of a smart contract are met, a specific action is executed on a blockchain and updated so the transaction cannot be changed. But when the smart contract does not behave as expected, determining the problem can be challenging, according to the researchers. "It's challenging to verify smart contracts that were manually written using programming language," he said. "Software bugs may not be detected until after the smart contract has been deployed, at which point it can be exploited." Laszka offered the example of an online auction. The requirements written into the auction code make it so that once the auction has closed, no further bids can be placed. When deployed, however, the auction allows the highest bidder to be replaced after closing. Post-deployment verification tools may determine that the instruction—the programming language—is wrong, but they do not precisely indicate where the problem lies or what programmers need to do fix it. Laszka pointed to security breaches over recent years—attackers maliciously extracting assets from smart contracts or destroying the contracts entirely—as evidence that developers need more efficient verification tools to ensure that a smart contract will fulfill its requirements. "Across academia and industry, there are a lot of verification tools for programming language and machine code, and there are companies that can be hired to perform contract audits," Laszka said. "But the feedback provided by these tools and services can be low-level and not necessarily useful." According to Laszka, incidents such as security breaches often exploit the interaction among multiple smart contracts, but prior research on smart contract verification, vulnerability discovery and secure development typically considers only individual contracts in isolation. "To address this gap, we introduced a framework, which we call VeriSolid, for the formal verification of contracts using an abstract-state machine-based model that executes the contract exactly as prescribed," Laszka said. "This approach enables developers to think about and verify the behavior of a set of interacting contracts at a high level of abstraction." According to the researchers, this change begins at the development stage. A high-level abstract model would enable developers to express in a simple, user-friendly manner how the contract should work. "We believe it's easier for humans to work with abstract concepts than with lines of programming language code," Laszka said. "If verification tools within the model find that something is wrong, we can provide feedback at this higher level of abstraction to identify the problem." In the case of the online auction, the model's verification feedback would lead developers directly to the problem: the highest bidder changed because the bidding functionality is still available after the auction has closed. "With our proposed model, the smart contract can be verified before deployment," Laszka said. "Further, the tools can actually generate source code from the model to be deployed on the blockchain as if the developer had written it manually in programming language." The researchers used VeriSolid to generate Solidity code—a programming language for implementing smart contracts on blockchain platforms. "This code is functionally and behaviorally equivalent to verified models, enabling the creation of correct-by-design smart contracts," Laszka said. "Additionally, we introduced a graphical notation, called deployment diagrams, for specifying possible interactions between contract types." This positioned the researchers to present a framework for the automated verification, generation and deployment of contracts that conform to a deployment diagram. "The high-level model form allows developers to specify desired properties—for both standalone and interacting smart contracts—in a way they are unable to do with low-level programming language," Laszka said. "In addition, we synchronize verification and deployment as a common framework, allowing a contract to be published on a blockchain network once verified." Source.

Last week, SK hynix was embroiled in what has been dubbed the Ghost RAM controversy. Today, further TechInsights investigations, highlighted by Bloomberg, have found that the chips are actually “years-old.” SK hynix now seems to be in the clear concerning U.S. regulations on supplying tech to China. A teardown last week found many new Chinese-made components in the recently launched Huawei P60 Pro smartphone, but there were also various SK hynix branded RAM and NAND chips. If these were supplied after U.S. sanctions on Huawei had been imposed and enacted, SK hynix could have found itself in hot water over breaching agreed restrictions. The Huawei P60 Pro was a remarkable device in that it launched with the Kirin 9000S system-on-chip, built on SMIC's 2nd gen 7mn process. The phone was described in China as a triumph of Chinese industrial ingenuity. The impression was that U.S. sanctions made Chinese homegrown technology stronger and more advanced. After some eager teardowns, it was discovered that quantities of South Korean ICs were also behind the design, specifically SK hynix Ram and NAND. Bloomberg's report on the latest findings notes that SK hynix strongly denies doing business with Huawei post-sanctions. Multiple investigations are going on into how Huawei acquired these chips. However, the U.S. government and SK hynix can now be guided by TechInsights discovering that Huawei has been using old stock. This information raises questions about how much old RAM and NAND stock Huawei has or can obtain to satisfy the market for its Mate 60 Pro. The Korea Herald also published updated statements from SK hynix execs on this hot topic. They don't offer any new information but show the components maker is sticking by its original assertions. "We have had absolutely no business (with Huawei)," reiterated SK hynix Vice Chairman Park Jung-ho to reporters. "We are investigating the circumstances... and we need to check more closely what kind of DRAM is being used in that phone." According to official statements from SK hynix, the firm is "strictly abiding by the US government's export restrictions." It claims to have stopped supplying chips to Huawei in the fall of 2020. Source.

Just like I've said in your Journalist request, you just started your activity and I'm gonna be honest getting the rank with just 4 posts or 5 isn't good... Still, you were a member and I'd tell you welcome back on Sunday. As i said in your Journalist request, i suggest that the request remains opened till Sunday, if you did good in the next 2 days, Welcome! Let's see our team's opinions.

I'm gonna say PRO since we need Journalists. But I'm not gonna lie you have just started your activity and u cannot receive Journalist rank after 4 posts! Nevertheless, you could become a journalist in the next 2 days. I suggest that the request remains open till Sunday, if you did good with your activity, you are most welcomed in our team!

Hello blackfire, i hope you're having a great day. In regards of your request i would like to suggest to postpone it for 10 / 8 days. As you see, you're currently not in any project which is kinda bad, i've seen your activity you posted today, and before that you posted on April 6th... I suggest you to aim getting in some projects first, u could be active at both journalist and vgr project for the next 2/3 days, request for both ranks first, get accepted and i'm sure you're gonna get accepted, then this request would have a higher chance to get accepted. Regards man. Wishing you good luck !

Well, i won't speak about the fact that u joined the community on Sunday or the fact that you only have 4 posts... Imma just speak about that even u copied my whole request, u did great when u changed the name and the country, otherwise it would be a little obvious i guess Contra, matter of fact, extra contra!

Musician Name: Warren Griffin III Birthday / Location: November 10, 1970 (age 52 years), Long Beach, California, United States Main instrument: Hip hop, gangsta rap, G-funk Musician Picture: Musician Awards & Nominations: 6 Awards and nominations Best Performance: - Other Information: Warren Griffin III (born November 10, 1970) is an American rapper, DJ, and producer known for his role in West Coast rap's 1990s ascent.[1] Along with Snoop Dogg and Nate Dogg, he formed the hip-hop trio 213, named for Long Beach's area code. A pioneer of G-funk, he attained mainstream success with the 1994 single "Regulate", a duet with Nate Dogg. The younger stepbrother of rapper Dr. Dre, he introduced him to Snoop Dogg, whom Dre later signed. His debut album, Regulate... G Funk Era, debuted at #2 on the US Billboard 200 chart, selling 176,000 in its opening week. The album later went on the sell over 3 million copies in the US and was certified 3x multi-platinum. The single "Regulate" spent 18 weeks in the Top 40 of the Billboard Hot 100, with three weeks at No. 2, while "This D.J.", reached No. 9. Both songs earned Grammy nominations. Three songs from his second album, Take a Look Over Your Shoulder, reached the Top 40,[2] as did his 1998 duet with Nate Dogg, "Nobody Does It Better". Both Take a Look Over Your Shoulder and his next album, I Want It All, were certified gold, the last of his albums to attain certification. His 2001 comeback attempt, The Return of the Regulator, failed to reach his earlier heights despite a star-studded collaborator list, and he was criticized for undermining from his strengths by trying to exceed them.[clarification needed] His next two albums, 2005's In the Mid-Nite Hour and then 2009's The G Files, released independently, were self-produced. In the 2010s, he experienced a resurgence in po[CENSORED]rity amid the digital age. In 2015, he released Regulate... G Funk Era, Part II, an EP featuring archived recordings of Nate Dogg, who died in 2011. In 2017, "Regulate", platinum since 1994, went 2x multi-platinum, propelled by digital downloads.

I like a good Star Destroyer or X-Wing as much as the next guy, and while there've been great renditions of them in Starfield's ship builder—some which we've highlighted already—I'm endlessly curious about which obscure rust buckets people love enough to recreate. After all, Star Wars is basically famous for this sort of random investment. There's an entire meme about "Glup Shitto", a completely fake character spawned to poke fun at fans' tendency to go wild over obscure background cameos. It's a side effect of a massive universe, both core and extended (canon be damned). Each of the ships I'm about to share with you has taught me something new about a galaxy far, far away. Did you know Darth Maul's ship has a name? It's called the Scimitar, and it's been rendered here by Reddit user aasteranian. Otherwise known as the Sith Infiltrator, this thing served the Sith who gave us the double-bladed lightsaber. Show due deference. The Razor Crest, recreated by AlanaSP, is a bounty hunter's vessel of choice, and should look familiar to any who've watched The Mandolorian. Bethesda hasn't answered my many and repeat emails as to where I can find Baby Yoda in Starfield—and my friends keep telling me some nonsense about Starfield and Star Wars being separate universes, but someone has to try, damnit. The Knights of the Old Republic remake, which is totally probably happening maybe—is far away. Until that bright future finally comes, user Scary_Xenomorph has done a bang-up job recreating the Ebon Hawk. DaMightyMilkMan's all-time favourite ship doesn't even belong to a named character. It's the Consular-Class Cruiser, a ship built to ferry Jedi and diplomats across the galaxy. Given the amount of interstellar destruction you wreck over the course of a Starfield playthrough, I'm not sure that diplomat fantasy will play out—though that's somewhat fitting, since these things were eventually fitted with turbolaser cannons and used as military ships. War corrupts all. Tragically, despite there being calls for it, I can't seem to find a build for the Moldy Crow yet. When I expressed my surprise at this rustbucket's existence, PC Gamer's Robin Valentine responded with: "Kids today, they haven't even played Dark Forces", which is a dent to my nerd cred. I've long been infected with a fascination for the extended universe after playing Star Wars: The Old Republic a ton when it first came out, and I'm personally happy to be picking up more info for my own mental shipyard. Now I can tell all my friends that the Consular-Class Cruisers could seat up to 16 passengers. I'll be the life of the party. Source.

Vivo V29 was launched last month in certain global markets. The phone, alongside the Vivo V29 Pro, is now expected to make its way to India soon. A new report now suggests that the Vivo V29 and Vivo V29 Pro will bring India-specific features. On its global listing, the Vivo V29 is confirmed to support NavIC connectivity in India. Other specifications of the Indian variant of the model are tipped to be similar to that of its global counterpart. The report also hints at the likely launch timeline of the Vivo V29 series in India. According to a report by 91Mobiles, the Vivo V29 5G and the Vivo V29 Pro 5G are expected to witness an India launch at the end of September. The report adds that the phones will launch in the country in an exclusive Majestic Red colour option. The phones are said to be offered in additional India-inspired colourways. Vivo V29 Pro is said to be made exclusively for India. The dual nano SIM-supported Vivo V29 5G launched globally with a Qualcomm Snapdragon 778G SoC and with Android 13-based Funtouch OS 13 on board. It comes with a 6.78-inch AMOLED display with a resolution of 2,800 x 1,260 pixels and a refresh rate of 120Hz. Offered in 8GB + 128GB, 8GB + 256GB, and 12GB + 256GB storage options globally, the Vivo V29 5G is available in Himalayan Blue, Majestic Red, Purple Fairy, and Space Black colour variants. For optics, the Vivo V29 5G carries a 50-megapixel primary rear sensor with optical image stabilisation (OIS), an 8-megapixel ultra-wide angle sensor, and a 2-megapixel monochrome camera. The front camera is equipped with a 50-megapixel sensor with autofocus. Vivo V29 5G packs a 4,600mAh battery with 80W fast charging support. For security, it has an in-display fingerprint sensor. It also supports 5G, 4G, Bluetooth, GPS, Beidou, GLONASS, NavIC and USB Type-C connectivity. Weighing around 186 grams, the handset measures 164.18mm x 74.37mm x 7.46mm in size. Source.

Apple's iOS 17 operating system is expected to drop any day. The software update comes with several new features, including a tool for daily mood and emotion logging—a technique known to emotion researchers as "experience sampling." Although there are caveats, certain mental health studies have shown that regularly recording one's feelings can be useful. However, given the vast amount of health data Apple already harvests from customers, why does it also want to record their subjective feelings? And how helpful might this be for users? How it works With the latest software update, Apple's in-built Health app will allow iPhone, iPad and Apple Watch users to record how they feel on a sliding scale from "very unpleasant" to "very pleasant." Users will then select from a list of adjectives to label their feelings and indicate which factors—including health, fitness, relationships, work, money and current events—have most influenced how they feel. The goal is to give users daily and weekly summaries of their feelings, alongside data on factors that may have influenced them. Apple claims this will help users "build emotional awareness and resilience." Why does Apple care about our feelings? Apple already collected copious amounts of health data prior to this update. The iPhone is equipped with an accelerometer, gyroscope, light meter, microphone, camera and GPS, while the Apple Watch can also record skin temperature and heart rate. Why does Apple now want users to log how they feel as well? Driven by a range of potential applications—from fraud detection to enhanced customer experience and personalized marketing—the emotion detection and recognition industry is projected to be worth US$56 billion (A$86.9 billion) by 2024. And Apple is one of numerous technology companies that have invested in trying to detect people's emotions from sensor recordings. However, scientists are divided over whether emotions can be inferred from such bodily signals. Research reviews suggest neither facial expressions nor physiological responses can be used to reliably infer what emotions someone is experiencing. By adding self-report to its methodological toolkit, Apple may be recognizing that subjective experience is essential to understanding human emotion and, it seems, abandoning the goal of inferring emotions solely from "objective" data. The science behind experience sampling Apple's new feature allows users to record their feelings "right now" (labeled emotions) or "overall today" (designated moods). Is this a valid distinction? Although scientific consensus remains elusive, emotions are typically defined as being about something: I am angry at my boss because she rejected my proposal. On the other hand, moods are not consciously tied to specific events: I'm feeling grumpy, but I don't know why. Apple's two reporting methods don't neatly distinguish emotions from moods, even though they rely on different cognitive processes that can produce divergent estimates of people's feelings. If the new feature allowed users to independently select both the time frame (momentary or daily) and type of feeling (directed emotion or diffuse mood) being experienced, this could help make users more aware of biases in how they remember feelings. It may even help people identify the often obscure causes of their moods. Apple's feeling slider asks people how pleasant or unpleasant they feel. This captures the primary dimension of feeling, known as valence, but neglects other essential dimensions. Moreover, scientists debate whether pleasantness and unpleasantness are opposite sides of a continuum, as the feature assumes, or whether they can co-occur as mixed emotions. Measuring pleasant and unpleasant feelings separately would allow users to report mixed feelings, which are common in everyday life. Some research also suggests knowing how pleasant and unpleasant someone is feeling can be used to infer the second fundamental dimension of their feelings, namely their level of arousal—such as how "tense" or "calm" they are. After they have rated the valence of the feelings, Apple's feature asks users to label their feelings using a list of adjectives such as "grateful," "worried," "happy" or "discouraged." Do these options capture the breadth of human feelings? The number of unique emotion categories—or whether discrete emotion categories exist at all—is a topic of ongoing scientific debate. Yet, Apple's initial list of feeling categories provides pretty decent coverage of this space. What are the benefits? Apple's claim that mood and emotion tracking may improve users' well-being is not unfounded. Research has shown monitoring and labeling feelings enhances people's ability to differentiate between emotions, and helps them cope with distress. Both of these are key ingredients for healthy psychological functioning. Beyond that, emerging research suggests that patterns of moment-to-moment fluctuations in people's everyday feelings may be useful in predicting who is at risk of developing depression or other mental illnesses. Apple's history of research collaboration offers hope that tracking people's feelings on a massive scale may lead to scientific breakthroughs in our understanding, treatment and prevention of common mental health disorders. What are the risks? At the same time, Apple is asking users to hand over yet more of their personal data—so we can't overlook the potential pitfalls of the new feature. Apple assures users the Health app is "designed for privacy and security" with a range of safeguards, including data encryption and user control over data sharing. It guarantees health data "may not be used for advertising, marketing, or sold to data brokers." This may sound encouraging, but Apple's data privacy record is far from perfect. The company was recently fined by French authorities for using customers' data for targeted advertising without consent. Detailed data on users' self-reported moods and emotions could also potentially be used for advertising products and services. The potential for misuse and commodification of sensitive mental health data is real, suggesting a need for stricter regulation over how companies collect, store and use customers' data. Before you dive into using Apple's new mood and emotion-tracking feature, we'd urge you to consider whether the risks outweigh the potential benefits for you. Source.

Apple's iPhone 15 Pro and iPhone 15 Pro Max are getting the first widely available 3-nanometer chip, the A17 Pro. The A17 Pro boasts 19 billion transistors and a 6-core CPU, with two high-performance cores (which Apple calls the "fastest mobile CPU"), up to 10% faster than predecessors, and four high-efficiency cores. The 16-core neural engine can process up to 35 trillion operations per second, and Apple is boasting about more speed here, too. There are also dedicated engines for ProRes, an AV1 decoder, and the Pro display engine. There's a new GPU with a custom shader architecture, which Apple says is the biggest shift to the company's GPUs, ever. It has six cores and is up to 20% faster than its predecessor. The GPU allows for mesh shading, hardware-accelerated ray tracing, and more. The ray tracing is four times faster than the software-based option on the A16 Bionic. The GPU and neural engine can also work together for upscaling. Apple is pushing the GPU as a big boon for mobile gaming, highlighting developers that showed off improved graphics using the chip. Resident Evil Village and the Resident Evil 4 remake, games that were available on console and PC, are going to come to the iPhone 15 Pro and Pro Max due to the power of the chip. Apple also showed off The Division: Resurgence and Gensin Impact. Ubisoft will bring Assassin's Creed Mirage to the iPhone in 2024 - it had previously been announced for consoles and PC. There's also a USB 3 controller on the A17 Pro, enabling up to 10 Gbps. This suggests that it will be faster than the USB Type-C port, replacing the Lightning jack, on the non-pro models. Apple is suggesting that users can use USB 3 over the USB C port to move pro-grade video to a Mac quickly or to record directly to external storage. It will also support 4K60 ProRes. The A17 Pro also features a second-generation ultra-wideband chip for better precision in Find My or to share locations with other people. The 6.1-inch iPhone 15 Pro and 6.7-inch Pro Max will each use grade 5 titanium, replacing stainless steel, which Apple says will make these phones lighter than their predecessors. The phone features the thinnest borders ever on iPhone, reducing dimensions while maintaining the screen size. On Pro models, Apple is replacing the mute switch with a customizable action button, which will allow you to launch apps, activate the camera, utilize shortcuts, or keep muting the phone if that's your preference. The iPhone Pro introduces a brand new 48MP main camera with a f/1.78 aperture. It can now shoot in 48MP HEIF at 24 mm, 28 mm, and 35 mm focal lengths. There’s also a new 12MP 3x telephoto lens on iPhone 15 Pro, while the large size of the iPhone Pro Max allows for a 5x zoom (120 mm focal length, f/2.8 aperture). The sensor used in the telephoto lens is twice as large as the one found in the iPhone 14 Pro. The iPhone 15 Pro Max also features all-new three-axis optical image stabilization with 10,000 micro adjustments per second (the iPhone 15 Pro has two-axis image stabilization). There is also a new 12MP ultra-wide camera (13 mm focal length, f/2.2 aperture) with improved night mode. Another feature announced is that the ultrawide and and main cameras can be used together to shoot 3D video to use on Apple Vision Pro. However, this feature won’t launch with the iPhone 15 Pro and will instead be available later this year in an iOS 17 update. The IPhone 15 Pro will start at $999 for a 128GB model, the same price as last year. The iPhone 15 Pro Max will begin at $1,199 with 256GB model, the same price as last year for that capacity, but eschewing the cheaper 128GB option. Pre-orders begin on Friday, and the phones will be available on Sept. 22. iPhone 15 and 15 Plus Get A16 Bionic The iPhone 15 and iPhone 15 Plus mirrors the design of the iPhone 14 that came before it. It's available with either a 6.1-inch and 6.7-inch display and comes in pink, yellow, green, blue or black. Those displays now feature the Dynamic Island, which was first introduced on the iPhone 14 Pro. The iPhone 15 features an all-new camera system, adding a new 48MP main camera with a 26mm focal length, and f/1.6 aperture. For this, Apple is sticking with the A16 Bionic from the iPhone 14 Pro, including two high-performance cores, 4 efficiency cores, and a 5-core GPU. A new second-generation ultra-wideband chip allows the iPhone 15 to connect to other devices using the same chip from further distances. The new iPhones are the first to use USB Type-C for data and charging (though MagSafe and Qi 2 are still options). USB-C will also come to AirPods Pro Gen 2, and you'll be able to charge AirPods or Apple Watch over USB from your iPhone. Apple will also make a USB-C version of EarPods. The iPhone 15 will start at $799, while the iPhone 15 Plus will begin at $899. Apple Watch Series 9 and Apple Watch Ultra 2 Get S9 SiP Apple also introduced its S9 SiP (system-in-package), with 5.6 billion transistors, and a 30% faster GPU over the S8, to power the new Apple Watch Series 9 and Ultra 2. It also features a four-core neural engine. The chip allows more Siri requests to be handled directly on the Watch. Despite the new chip, Apple is still promising 18 hours of battery life on the Series 9, which has been the same for years. The neural cores are being used to power a new "double tap" gesture that lets you tap your thumb and second finger together to press an app's main button if your other hand is occupied. The S9 also features a second-gen ultra-wideband chip for precision finding, also enabled in the iPhone 15. The Apple Watch Series 9 starts at $399, while the Ultra 2 begins at $799. They are available for pre-order today and will be available on Sept. 22. Source.

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Eugene “Buzzy” Peltola Jr., the husband of Democratic Rep. Mary Peltola, has died in a plane crash in Alaska, according to a statement from the congresswoman’s office. “He was one of those people that was obnoxiously good at everything. He had a delightful sense of humor that lightened the darkest moments. He was definitely the cook in the family. And family was most important to him. He was completely devoted to his parents, kids, siblings, extended family, and friends - and he simply adored Mary. We are heartbroken for the family’s loss,” the statement, which was shared to Peltola’s X account Wednesday morning, said. The statement asked for privacy for the Peltola family and said the congresswoman will be heading home to Alaska. Eugene Peltola was the regional director of the Alaska Bureau of Indian Affairs for several years before retiring in 2022. Members of Congress quickly offered their condolences. Republican Sen. Lisa Murkowski, who also represents Alaska, said in a post on X that she was “shocked, saddened and truly beyond words to express my grief at the loss of Gene Peltola Jr. Anyone who met Buzzy felt his warmth, generosity and charm. It was easy to see why so many Alaskans called him a friend, and how he was so loved by his family.” “My heart goes out to Mary and her family during this profoundly difficult loss. Mary has been an exceptional colleague, and it’s clear her husband Buzzy touched so many lives with his warmth and kindness,” Democratic Rep. Judy Chu of California tweeted. Source.

BERLIN — A rhinoceros attacked a married couple working as zookeepers in Austria on Tuesday, killing the woman and seriously injuring the man as he attempted to save her, authorities said. The attack happened at the Hellbrunn Zoo in the western Austrian city of Salzburg. Zoo director Sabine Grebner told reporters that the 33-year-old woman, a German citizen from Bavaria, was assigned that day to put insect repellent on the rhino’s body because they are very sensitive to insect bites. The 30-year-old female rhino, Jeti, attacked the keeper though it was not clear why, Austria’s APA news agency cited Grebner as saying. Salzburg police said the woman “succumbed to her injuries at the scene of the accident.” Attempts to resuscitate her were not successful. The other zookeeper, a 34-year-old Austrian citizen who was feeding other animals at the time, was also attacked and injured when he tried to chase the rhino away from his wife. The woman suffered severe chest trauma while her husband had a fractured leg and was taken to a hospital, APA reported. The names of the two zookeepers were not released in line with Austrian privacy rules. The man, a trained animal keeper, has worked at the zoo since 2008, and his wife, a certified animal keeper, since 2014. Previously, she was employed in Munich, the zoo director said. The zoo director said she was known to be “very careful and thoughtful with the animals, and she had an extremely good sense” when dealing with them. Grebner said the exact circumstances of how the attack occurred had yet to be determined. “Maybe there was some kind of irritation,” she said. “We are deeply upset and shocked.” All safety regulations will be reevaluated, she said, adding that there had been no previous incidents at the rhino enclosure, which was set up nearly 30 years ago. Grebner said Jeti weighs 1.8 tons and has been at the zoo since 2009. She said the rhino was cooperative and had never been boisterous. She took on the role of an aunt to the young animals and gave birth to a cub herself in 2015. Salzburg Zoo has four rhinos — three females and one bull, APA reported. “The animals are very cooperative and have been at Salzburg Zoo for a very long time,” the zoo director said. She said all of the rhinos respond to handling, come from outside into the rhino house when they are called by their names, and veterinarians can take their blood without anesthesia, APA reported. Police are investigating the attack, the news agency said. The zoo will remain closed on Tuesday and Wednesday. Source.

Looking in the rearview mirror doesn't reveal much about where things are headed. In the case of the 2024 Mercedes-Benz CLE Coupe, that trap is easy to fall into if you dwell on the outgoing C- and E-class coupes when attempting to make sense of the car that's slated to replace both. The new one doesn't seem to split any sort of difference, until you realize that the C- and E-class sedans that spawned those predecessor coupes are irrelevant. Both date to 2017. Since then, the C-class was redesigned and enlarged for 2022, entering its fifth generation. A new coupe was not part of the deal, so the two-door carried on with fourth-gen mechanicals. Meanwhile, the old E-class sedan persisted until a redesigned 2024 E-class was recently announced. Again, no coupe for you. With those developments in mind, the emergence of the 2024 CLE explains much about the shuffling going on behind the scenes. More C Than E The CLE shares its 112.8-inch wheelbase with the new C-class sedan. It's an inch longer than the outgoing C-class coupe, but well short of the gargantuan 116.6-inch wheelbase of the upcoming E-class. The CLE's overall length of 191.0 inches falls roughly halfway between the two, while its 73.2-inch width hews a bit closer to the E-class. In short, the CLE's dimensions make it a credible tweener, but it rides on the shorter C-class's wheelbase, which makes more sense for a coupe. Fans of the pillarless E-class coupe will be saddened to learn that the CLE has a door pillar like the C-class coupe. But this doesn't harsh the vibe, as its flanks are smooth and flowing, with subtle fender creases that further elongate the shape. In fact, the "cab backward" description of the fifth-gen C-class sedan is even more apparent here, as the CLE's extra body length makes the hood look considerably longer. All told, there's a hint of AMG GT coupe in the proportions, even though the CLE shares nothing with that high-performance two-seater. Instead, the underpinnings consist of the same sort of multilink front and rear suspension layouts as the C-class. This gave the CLE poise and balance on a sinuous drive route along the coastal roads of northern Spain. Unfortunately, the C-class similarities don't end there, as it also displayed the same driving-simulator steering and brake feel that we bemoaned during our C300 road test. There's accuracy and predictability in abundance, but the driver feedback loop isn't adequately developed. We'd like to say the suspension filtered out the rough stuff and took the edge off when the 20-inch Continental tires encountered unpleasant pavement, but we can't. It absolutely accomplished that, but the cars we tested had a Europe-spec calibration with adaptive dampers and rear-wheel steering that we won't see. CLE300 base models in the United States will get passive dampers, while the CLE450 will come with position-sensitive passive dampers as part of a sport suspension setup. Theoretically, these should ride smoother than that sounds when you're driving straight because they will develop less damping when the shocks are near mid-stroke. Time will tell. Two Engines, One Transmission, 4Matic Only Under the hood, the base CLE300 has the same uprated turbocharged 2.0-liter four-cylinder first seen in the 2022 C300. It makes 255 horsepower and 295 pound-feet of torque, the latter representing a 22-lb-ft increase over the old C300. Step up to the CLE450 and you get a turbocharged 3.0-liter inline-six that makes a cool 375 horsepower and 369 pound-feet. Both engines feature an integrated starter-generator (ISG) that allows the 48-volt hybrid system to add as much as 23 horses and 151 pound-feet at opportune moments. The ISG doesn't bolster either engine's total output, but it does paper over turbo lag and make start-stop episodes virtually unnoticeable. Neither engine sounds particularly enthralling, but the 450's inline-six motivates the car without hesitation. Mercedes hasn't disclosed the CLE's curb weight or estimated acceleration times, but our test of a 2022 C300 provides a clue. We expect the CLE300's 60-mph time to be no more than a tenth of a second off the 4044-pound C300's 5.3-second effort. As for the CLE450, we reckon it'll be a second quicker. Both varieties will top out at 130 mph, according to Mercedes. Downstream, there are no choices to make. Each mill comes paired with Benz's nine-speed automatic transmission, and power flows from that into a standard 4Matic all-wheel-drive system. Rear-wheel-drive models have been on the coupe menu in the past, but Mercedes isn't ready to say if they'll return. They also won't confirm or deny any subsequent AMG-branded models, but that seems inevitable. One look at AMG's current C-sedan offerings is all it takes to imagine where that's headed. A Familiar Interior Inside, the CLE is impressive in terms of design, materials, and the initial impression of the dual-screen layout. It's a huge case of déjà vu, in fact, because the cockpit looks nearly indistinguishable from the 2022 C300 we tested. That car impressed us with its interior craftsmanship, and so does the CLE. But that utter similarity also leads to the same familiar consternation, as there are no switches or knobs in evidence. The central touchscreen is the go-to place for all manner of adjustments, from climate control to drive settings to you name it. Also, the numerous buttons on the steering wheel are all look-alike touch-sensitive zones. The result is pure lunacy, to the point where we once asked the passenger to change the drive mode so we could keep our eyes on the road in the thick of driving. How's that for voice control? Admittedly, there's more capability in this new third-generation MBUX system than one could master in a day's drive. There are personalization templates, automated AI-powered routines, and a sound and massage "revitalization" utility that pops up if some algorithm thinks you might be tired. Still, the fact that many basic control adjustments are far from self-evident tells you something. But, hey, when parked, it'll let you do TikTok things or play 2009's Angry Birds, so it's all good, right? The CLE's interior is spatially superior to the old C-class coupe, with more front and rear passenger volume. The biggest gains are a nearly one-inch gain in front legroom and shoulder room and over two inches of added rear legroom. Trunk volume is up too, but the extra back-seat space and luggage capacity still don't make this a long-distance proposition for four. Mercedes won't announce pricing information until closer to the car's early-2024 release date, but our extrapolations suggest the 2024 CLE300 might start around $60,000, while the CLE450 could go for about $75,000. Is blending two coupes into one the right move? It would seem so, as the coupe market continues to shrink while the E-class sedan itself grows larger. But we're not quite convinced that the CLE coupe has the right combination of ingredients. Ultimately, our take will depend on how well U.S.-spec models perform on familiar soil. Source.

It is just past 9pm on a cool summer evening at the foot of a steep hiking path in the French Alps. A place to savour the tranquillity of nature, inhale the fresh mountain air and marvel at a sky dotted with more stars than you could even begin to count. Not tonight. House music is pumping, the air is thick with red flare smoke and a man who may well have auditioned for Nightmare on Elm Street is revving a chainsaw to within an inch of its life. Eyes bulging, face glistening with sweat and a maniacal grin across his face as petrol leaks to the ground and fumes fill the nostrils, he is among the thousands of people lining the track at Notre Dame de la Gorge just outside the small town of Les Contamines-Montjoie. Hundreds rattle cow bells like toddlers with a new toy. Others rely simply on the power of applause. Everyone is roaring encouragement. Fortunately, Monsieur Chainsaw has had the good grace to leave the blade at home. Through this tunnel of noise strides a grinning Courtney Dauwalter, the greatest female ultra-runner in the world and 20 miles into the biggest, most famous and wildest trail race on the planet. Welcome to Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc, a race so epic it has been described as the World Cup, Tour de France and Super Bowl of running. None of those does it justice. UTMB covers 106 miles, starting and finishing in Chamonix and passing through three countries - France, Italy and Switzerland - as it circumnavigates Mont Blanc, the highest mountain in Europe. The distance is only half the story. Runners must tackle 10,000m of elevation gain - comfortably more than the height of Everest - cope with temperatures ranging from below zero to 30C, and handle any conditions thrown at them by mountains which are normally the preserve of skiers. Helicopter search-and-rescue insurance is compulsory. The race follows a po[CENSORED]r hiking route that usually takes 10 days. The elite runners at UTMB charge round in under 20 hours. Mere mortals have two days to 'complete the loop'. Earlier this month, 2,689 athletes from 81 countries set off on one of the toughest challenges of their lives. More than a third didn't manage it, and many of those who did were a physical and mental wreck by the time they staggered over one of the most iconic finish lines in sport. Jez Bragg, the only male British winner of UTMB - in 2010, describes it as "the perfect journey - I love it to bits". Four-time winner and trail-running legend Francois d'Haene says: "What is magical is the winner and the finisher can have the same feeling - 'wow, we made it'." There are so many aspects of UTMB that are special in their own right. Let's start with the scenery. Chamonix, nestled in a slim valley and flanked by towering peaks and awesome glaciers that rise steeply from the end of people's back gardens, is breathtakingly dramatic. And it only gets better during the race, with stunning views of the snow-capped dome of Mont Blanc. "The beauty is insane," says Bragg. "There's nowhere else like it." Then there's the scale. The second most prestigious 100-mile trail race in the world, Western States in California, caps entry at fewer than 400 runners, a fraction of UTMB. Over the course of a week in Chamonix, 10,000 people take part in a series of races that culminate in UTMB, with the help of 2,500 volunteers from all over France and beyond. The atmosphere is the stuff of legend. Crowds five deep line the streets of Chamonix; the riotous scenes from Notre Dame de la Gorge are repeated in countless other villages; and fans camp out at even the most remote parts of the UTMB course in the middle of the night to cheer on what amount to little more than moving headlamps. Britain's Tom Evans, who finished third in 2022 and is among the favourites this year, describes it as "completely bonkers". The quality of the field is also beyond compare. "It's the most competitive race of the whole year and they're all in the shape of their life," according to American Dylan Bowman, who finished seventh in 2017 and now hosts the Freetrail podcast. "It definitely is the one to win," says Evans, despite his stunning triumph at Western States in June. Katie Schide, women's UTMB champion in 2022, says simply: "You don't use UTMB as a training race." Throw in the fact this year is the 20th anniversary of the event, mixed with huge dollops of drama courtesy of the organisers' slick promotional and marketing machine, and it is clear why Bowman says UTMB is "orders of magnitude bigger than anything else" in trail running. Trail running is essentially running anywhere off-road, but typically involves hills (UTMB's hills tend to be bigger than most). It is one of the fastest growing sports in the world and Chamonix, which hosted the Winter Olympics in 1924, is widely acknowledged as its summer home - at least in Europe. There is no better example of that than the UTMB start line. All the runners cram into the Place de l'Eglise in front of the town hall, not an inch of road visible amid a swarm of bright running kit and twitching muscles. Shops shut before the Friday 6pm start, timed so the leading runners finish during the busiest part of Saturday afternoon. Spectators and photographers reserve their spots hours in advance. Some clamber on statues for a better view. If you can see beyond a mass of outstretched arms and mobile phones, you're one of the lucky ones. Vangelis' Conquest of Paradise, the operatic soundtrack to a Ridley Scott movie, bounces off the walls in the narrow street, ratcheting the tension to fever pitch before the starting gun fires. "The atmosphere is like nothing I've ever experienced - in any sporting event," says Bragg. "It's a unique hype, excitement and anxiety - extremes of emotions - even before you've left Chamonix. The crowd are trying to transfer their energy to the runners, and the runners are living in fear of what lies ahead." The elites, who share the same start line as the amateurs but are allowed a spot at the front, sprint off at a speed more suitable for a 10km race than 170km, to avoid being stuck in a bottleneck as the road narrows. "You hear stories of people falling," says Schide. "So the first 800m you're not thinking of pacing - you're thinking 'get out and find space'. You're just trying not to trip up on anything." Schide is not racing UTMB this year - she finished second in a 34-mile race in Chamonix earlier in the week - and fellow American Dauwalter is the clear favourite in the women's field. UTMB champion in 2019 and 2021, Dauwalter is chasing the unprecedented Triple Crown of 100-milers in 2023, having won Western States and Hardrock, in Colorado, this summer. Only a handful of top runners have even attempted three of the most brutal ultra-marathons in the running calendar in the space of 10 weeks. Completing them is almost unbelievable, winning them borderline ludicrous. "It would be one of the biggest achievements in the history of the sport, and something that will never be repeated," says Bowman. "Courtney is a once-in-a-generation athlete." Dauwalter, 38, has transcended the niche world of ultra-running, her carefree attitude, perma-smile - especially when racing - and baggy shorts as much a part of her appeal as her phenomenal athletic accomplishments. She holds the female record at Western States, Hardrock and UTMB; she has not been beaten by a woman in any race since 2019; she routinely finishes in the top 10 regardless of gender; and she once won a 240-mile race outright. As a guest on Joe Rogan's podcast and a cover star in the New York Times sports section, she is on the verge of household-name status in the US. Schide is candid enough to admit Dauwalter is in a league of her own. "We're not even close to competing," she says. "Courtney doesn't race anyone - she just runs and kills us all." Evans says: "In order for me to win, I need to be at 100%. Courtney needs to be at 75%. The other girls are amazing, but she is an absolute specimen." The phenomenon that UTMB has become is a far cry from the low-key affair that was organised from a living room in 2003. Repeatedly pestered by a friend into creating a race around Mont Blanc, husband and wife Michel and Catherine Poletti eventually gave in. Their daughter Isabelle built a website. Teenage son David was among the volunteers. Michel's sisters and Isabelle's father-in-law served as the medical team. The Polettis expected 300 runners. In the end, 722 signed up. "That was emotional, the first start," says Michel, who also ran the race. "At 4am in the morning, there was no crowd." Armed with a mobile phone, two radios and a laptop under a gazebo, Catherine and a handful of volunteers were race HQ. A mere 67 runners completed the circuit, less than a 10% finish rate in miserable conditions. Michel ran part of the race with American Krissy Moehl, who was on her honeymoon - a wedding present from the sports shoe company she worked for. At the same time her new husband, Brandon Sybrowsky, was being welcomed over the finish line by Catherine as the joint second-place finisher. "This was their honeymoon - me with Brandon and Michel with Krissy," remembers Catherine. "It could be a movie," chuckles Michel. Moehl, who was the first female finisher, says: "The French loved it. They went to town on the romantic couple." Thanks to Michel's organising prowess and Catherine's business savvy, UTMB grew exponentially. In 2006, when the race sold out in three weeks, the Polettis began adding events of varying distances to cope with demand. UTMB tickets were snapped up in nine minutes in 2008, a qualification process was introduced in 2009 and a lottery system the following year. Catherine says as many as 9,000 people apply for a UTMB race bib each year. Michel reckons that, without the current system whereby hopefuls must collect 'running stones' by completing qualifying events, "it could be 100,000". "It has changed so much," says Dawa Sherpa, winner of the men's race in 2003 despite never having run more than 70 miles. "But that first race is like yesterday in my mind." Moehl, now 45 and a running coach, triumphed again in 2009. "UTMB has a special place in my running career. But it's only in hindsight. I didn't know it then," she says. The winner's prize in 2003 was no more than a wooden trophy. Bragg, now 42, remembers scooping some sports vouchers in 2010 before returning to his job as a chartered surveyor. Did life change in any way? "Not at all. You're back in the lift on Tuesday morning, making small talk on the way into the office. I could never be bothered trying to explain to people because 90% just wouldn't get it." Although this year's winners will each collect 10,000 euros (£8,600), victory is worth much more in terms of sponsorship and profile. "It makes it easier to explain to a sponsor that's not totally inside the sport," says 31-year-old Schide. "You can just say, 'Hi, I'm Katie, I won UTMB', and not, 'Hi, I'm Katie, I was second at this race in Italy'. "I live in a tiny village in France and it doesn't change my life at all. It's not like people are stopping us in the street." By the time Dauwalter is dodging chainsaws at Notre Dame de la Gorge she is at the head of the women's field by a few seconds. She stretches that lead to 18 minutes in Courmayeur in Italy, the midway point of the race after 53 miles and one of the crucial aid stations. For many runners this will be a first opportunity to get help from their support crew - only one person is allowed to help at a handful of checkpoints throughout the race. Tactics vary. The majority of competitors refuel and rest, but Dauwalter, arriving at 3:40am after almost 10 hours on the go, is in and out within two minutes - and that includes brushing her teeth. Jim Walmsley, the leader of the men's race, passed through this aid station - essentially a sports hall with picnic tables - more than an hour ago, only seconds ahead of fellow American Zach Miller. Quietly spoken and somewhat awkward in front of the camera, Walmsley has been described as an alpha male on the trail, dominating races from the front. Already an ultra-running legend at the age of 33, his CV is bursting with major victories, including three - and a course record - at Western States. He also holds the 50-mile world record of four hours 50 minutes. Before any of those achievements, Walmsley was perhaps best known as the man who led the 2016 Western States for 93 miles before taking a wrong turn, ending up on a highway and finishing 20th. His faux pas was immortalised in the film 'Found on 49'. UTMB continues to elude him, though. He was fifth in 2017, did not finish in 2018 and 2021, and last year led for two-thirds of the race before fading to fifth. This year, with Spaniard Kilian Jornet - widely acknowledged as the greatest trail runner of all time and a four-time UTMB champion - absent through injury, could be Walmsley's best chance. Such is his obsession with winning UTMB that last summer he and his wife Jess moved from Arizona to Areches, a small village close to the race route. He lives down the road from close friend and training partner D'Haene, who won the most recent of his four titles in 2021. "I really hope Jim can win it. For him it would be so nice," says D'Haene. "But maybe he will never win UTMB. It's not the most important thing. Maybe in 10 years it's more important what he has experienced here in the mountains." No-one seems to know before the race what shape Walmsley is in. He tore ankle ligaments in May, missed the Mountain and Trail Running World Championships in June and has been suspiciously silent on Strava in the weeks leading up to UTMB. Chamonix and trail running are as inextricably linked as cheese and wine in France. Every other shop in the town centre sells sports gear. The streets are full of bulging quads and granite calves that would make England footballer Jack Grealish jealous. And there can't be many places in the world where the hotel chef wears running kit while on duty, all the quicker to get on the trails once the breakfast shift finishes. "The people are genuine enthusiasts - they get it. There's an Alpine spirit and so much respect for the competitors," says Bragg, who won UTMB despite the altitude limitations of living in Warwick at the time. This comes at a price. Runners who are anonymous at home will be mobbed in Chamonix. "For 10 days in the calendar year you become an A-list celebrity," says 31-year-old Evans, who left triathlete wife Sophie Coldwell in charge of their four chickens, two dogs and tortoise during his pre-race training camp in the Alps. As a Frenchman living in the area, even the affable D'Haene says: "You can get tired if you have 200 selfies a day and cannot walk one metre." Schide agrees. "We are all people who spend a lot of time alone, then we're suddenly in these really intense situations with a ton of people around. "It can be exhausting. The first time I did UTMB in 2019, I didn't do a good job of managing my energy, and when I got to the start line I was thinking, 'I just want this to be over'. You don't want to feel like that at the start of a 100-miler." Coping with the extra attention and pressure is one part of a UTMB puzzle that can take many of the top runners years to solve, if at all. Winners require a "way bigger toolbox" than at most races, according to Evans, who spent eight years in the Army and ran his first ultra in 2017 after a drunken bet with friends in the pub. "It's very important that you have everything," says D'Haene. "You have to cope with the mountains, the night, hiking. You have to run fast on the flat, you have to be OK on technical terrain, in steep descents, runnable descents." Completing a 100-mile race of any nature requires a rather special relationship with pain - physical and mental. Dauwalter, a science teacher before turning professional in 2017, uses races as an opportunity to chisel at her "pain cave". "For me it's normal," says 37-year-old D'Haene, who has done so many UTMB loops in training that he has lost count. "Of course it's difficult. Of course you get tired. You are destroyed. But even if it's horrible pain, I love it. People pay to do that. People wait for three years to do that. They choose it. Why complain?" Evans' race ends amid some pain in Courmayeur. Part of a lead pack with Walmsley and Miller for much of the first 50 miles, he drifts off the pace and ends up spending 10 hours in an Italian hospital. "UTMB… see you next year," he writes on Instagram a few days later. Miller makes his move in the next phase of the race, overtaking a struggling Walmsley as they head for Switzerland. Like Walmsley, UTMB is the itch Miller wants to scratch: he has three top-10s since 2016 without finishing higher than fifth. Sporting his trademark moustache and a trucker's cap on back to front, even when racing, the 29-year-old is one of the most distinctive and po[CENSORED]r figures in the sport. He spent five years as a caretaker in a hiking cabin in the Colorado mountains and now travels around the US in a converted Breaking Bad-style bus, turning up at races to give out free doughnuts and ice lollies. There are reports that Miller was picking up litter during this year's UTMB, and only a few hours after the race he is walking round Chamonix buying cheese with his girlfriend. His tactics are endearingly gung-ho, running hard from the off and hoping to cling on. "The fans really love the aggressive style, but all the coaches and sponsors are like, 'maybe you should start conservatively'. I'm kind of stuck with it now," he grins. When Miller reaches Champex-Lac, 79 miles into the race, he has a 12-minute buffer over Walmsley, who is even briefly passed by Frenchman Germain Grangier, the eventual third-place finisher. Dauwalter, stopping briefly to embrace her husband and parents by the roadside, is on course to break her own UTMB record and is so far in front of the women's field that only a seismic collapse can stop her. All these precious moments are captured on camera. Indeed, coverage of the race is almost as astounding as the athletic performances. UTMB is streamed live in a choice of seven languages thanks to a mixture of drones, helicopters and, most impressively, runners and e-bikers who somehow manage to film the leading protagonists while keeping pace with them. Runners will often come into view at aid stations surrounded by a moving gaggle of videographers. Body language is scrutinised by eagle-eyed commentators. Dozens of zoom lens are trained on athletes as they do something as exciting as eat a banana or change a T-shirt. In 2019, viewers got a close-up view of Dauwalter vomiting live on TV. There's definitely a market for it. UTMB had 52 million video views on its official website and social media channels during the week of racing this year. Some 436 journalists were accredited and almost 2,000 articles published, double the 2022 figure. Lizzy Hawker's mother had no such luxury in 2005. She rang the tourist information office in Chamonix the day after UTMB to discover her daughter had won the race - the first of a record five victories for one of Britain's all-time great runners. Yet the growth of UTMB is not to everyone's taste. At its heart, trail running is a simple sport rooted in community. The top runners, largely untouched by layers of management, remain approachable and willing to share their love of the trails. In how many other sports can you high-five the best in the world as they go about the business? The Polettis have dedicated their lives to UTMB and genuinely love what they do. Michel, who was born in Chamonix and convinced Catherine to move there after they met at university in Grenoble, has completed the race seven times, most recently last year at the age of 67. He will make it 25 miles into this year's loop before being timed out. Isabelle has taken over from Catherine as race director, while David runs an app which provides live updates from all corners of the course. Catherine is on the finish line to welcome the winner of every race. However, UTMB is now part-owned by the behemoth that is Ironman Group and has been criticised for decisions such as introducing a qualifying process that incentivises people to sign up for - and spend money on - more races. A UTMB entry alone costs 355 euros (£300), and that's before you consider travelling to and staying in one of the most expensive resorts in Europe. "It's too big now. It smells of money," says 53-year-old Dawa, who was born in Nepal but has worked as a bricklayer in Geneva for 25 years. "A lot of people are protective about the grassroots," says 37-year-old Bowman, who started racing ultras in 2009. "UTMB in Chamonix is unapologetically about the spectacle, the brands and the commerce around it. There's a tension, for sure." Schide, one of the minority of runners who is fully professional, says: "We're asking for more prize money, more support, more doping control. At the same time we don't want money in the sport. It's a huge point of contention." UTMB's green credentials have also been criticised. Damian Hall, one of Britain's leading trail runners, fifth-place finisher in 2018 and vocal climate activist, is among those who have boycotted the race while it is sponsored by a car manufacturer. Michel Poletti acknowledges that UTMB has a "huge responsibility" to limit the impact on the environment and is "fighting to find a solution", but says: "Our carbon footprint all week is the same as one day of the Tour de France." Dauwalter has just stopped to hug an inflatable pizza. Moments later she will be pursued by a topless man riding a blow-up dinosaur and carrying a loudspeaker. Fancy dress appears to be mandatory at Col de la Forclaz, where at times Dauwalter has to force her way through a crowd of delirious supporters blocking the path. "My ears were ringing," she says later. "To all of the insane fans out on course today, thank you so much. That was one of the coolest things I've ever experienced." Walmsley, the adopted Frenchman, also feels the love. "This year more than any other, the 'Allez Jim' was off the charts. It definitely felt like a home race." With his "stomach and legs back in the game" after "falling apart", Walmsley turns a 12-minute deficit to Miller into a healthy lead in the process of crossing the Swiss-French border. That cushion is never threatened and he can afford to enjoy the descent into Chamonix. There he is roared through town by many of the same fans who sent the runners on their way the previous day, leaning precariously over the barriers for the final mile to try to get a glimpse of the first American man to win UTMB. A wobbly legged Walmsley, a tired smile spreading across his face, crosses the finish line in 19 hours 37 minutes amid a cacophony of cheers, applause, music and a pumped-up race announcer. His UTMB mission complete, he collapses into the arms of his wife. The tears soon follow. Miller arrives 21 minutes later to a stupendous roar, sprinting down the finishing chute in trademark fashion and pointing at Walmsley as a mark of respect as he crosses the line. He too breaks the hallowed 20-hour mark. There are not many events in which athletes are offered a chair for their post-race interview. But UTMB is not like most events. Asked how he feels after claiming arguably the greatest win of his career, Walmsley replies: "Terrible. I've felt terrible for a while." The following day, riding his bike around Chamonix between various media commitments, he expands on that. "There's joy, relief, a lot of things coming together. It's a special moment of a lot of hard work organising my life to accomplish this goal. "I get to join the strong US women's contingent. They've done it again and again here and I'm just happy to stand on their shoulders." One of those women will cross the line herself almost four hours later. Dauwalter labours through the final third of the race, barely able to pick up her feet at times and the smile long since replaced by a vacant stare. But, in her own words, she wills herself to the finish. Her entrance on to Place de l'Eglise brings by far the loudest cheer of the day - the crowd know they are witnessing one of the greatest of all time make history. UTMB's Instagram reel of that moment has been watched 1.1 million times. "This was totally crazy and really, really difficult - but worth it," says a visibly drained Dauwalter, moments before being taken to the medical tent for treatment. The next day she admits she is still "destroyed". "My legs are sad and throbbing and my brain is unwilling to do difficult things," she says. "I had run out of energy and I was deep in my pain cave. No matter how hard I was chiselling at it, it wasn't translating to power." It begs the obvious question: why put yourself through such physical and mental punishment? "My motivation for the sport is never about a finish place or finish time," says Dauwalter. "What are we capable of? What can humans do? I want to test that as much as possible. "Our brains and our bodies are incredible, and when we sync them up and put them towards one cause, it's pretty cool what we can find out about ourselves. "This is the thing that fires me up. My hope is that all people can find the thing that fires them up in the same way." Every single one of the 1,757 finishers at UTMB has their own motivation. Every single one is cheered home, day or night. Every single one has a story to tell. There is China's Fu-Zhao Xiang, the fourth-placed female whose boyfriend proposes on the finish line. And Claude Sevin, jogging the final stretch to become this year's oldest finisher at 70. Or fellow Frenchman Philippe Tran, his contorted body in spasm and leaning to the left, staggering in with his family propping him up. After 106 savage miles and two nights in the mountains, he is the final finisher in 48hrs 16mins. For him, Dauwalter's words surely ring true: "Any time we're given the opportunity to try something difficult or crazy, we should absolutely take it." Source.

With all my respect, bring someone who's experienced and could see if i really do some 'cheats'. I said once and imma say it again n again, i do not use any sort of scripts or sgs or whatever, beside i use steam cs i don't even know if it's possible to use such things in it

If you are sick of eating your regular tomatoes, cherry tomatoes might be a good option to switch to. According to Dr Ushakiran Sisodia, registered dietician and clinical nutritionist at Nanavati Max Super Speciality Hospital, Mumbai, enjoying cherry tomatoes during the monsoon is a good idea, provided they are sourced from a reliable place and are thoroughly washed to remove any dirt or contaminants, keeping in mind the heightened risk of waterborne diseases during this period. They are a great choice for hydration with a water content of approximately 94.5 per cent, she added. “Moreover, they are a rich reservoir of vitamins and minerals, offering nutrients such as Vitamin C, Vitamin A, Vitamin K, Folate, and Potassium, which play crucial roles in maintaining various bodily functions,” Dr Sisodia said. Let’s take a look at the health benefits of cherry tomatoes. Nutritional profile of cherry tomatoes According to Dr Sisodia, this is what a 100-gram serving of cherry tomatoes contains: Calories: Approximately 18 kcal Water content: About 94.5 per cent Protein: Around 0.9 g Carbohydrates: Nearly 3.9 g Fibre: 1.2 g Fat: 0.2 g Vitamin C: 13.7 mg Vitamin A: 833 mg Potassium: 237 mg Health benefits of cherry tomatoes Rich in antioxidants: Cherry tomatoes are rich in lycopene, a powerful antioxidant that aids in protecting the cells from damage, fostering overall well-being. Promotes heart health: They are a good source of potassium, which helps in controlling blood pressure, thereby promoting heart health. Aids digestion: Their high dietary fibre content supports healthy digestion. Supports eye and skin health: They are rich in vitamins A and C, which are known for enhancing skin and eye health, respectively. Improves immune system: They are also noteworthy for their Vitamin C content that bolsters the immune system. Good for weight management: Plus, being low in calories and high in water content, they make a favourable choice for those focusing on weight management. Can diabetics eat cherry tomatoes? Individuals with diabetes can consider including cherry tomatoes in their diet. They have a low glycemic index, which signifies that they influence blood sugar levels to a minimal extent, explained Dr Sisodia. “However, I would strongly recommend consulting with a nutritionist to receive personalised dietary advice, which would align with their individual health goals and medical history,” she added. Is it beneficial for pregnant women? Cherry tomatoes can be a nutritious addition to the diet of pregnant women. “They are rich in folate, a nutrient known to prevent neural tube defects in newborns. Besides, the high content of Vitamin C found in cherry tomatoes supports the immune system, which can sometimes be compromised during pregnancy, making it a beneficial choice during this critical period,” Dr Sisodia said. However, it is best to consult with your gynaecologist before adding any new food to your diet. Things to keep in mind Whilst incorporating cherry tomatoes into your diet, it would be prudent to be aware of a few aspects, according to Dr Sisodia. Allergies: Certain individuals may exhibit allergic reactions to tomatoes, showcasing symptoms such as itching, swelling, and redness. Overconsumption: Though cherry tomatoes have a low sugar content, if you are monitoring your sugar intake strictly, it would be wise to consume them in moderate quantities. Myths and facts Contrary to po[CENSORED]r belief, cherry tomatoes are not high in sugar; they contain a small amount of natural sugars but are not categorised as a high-sugar food, Dr Sisodia said. Another po[CENSORED]r myth is that they can cause kidney stones, which is not entirely accurate. “While they do contain oxalates, consuming them in moderate quantities is unlikely to cause kidney stones,” Dr Sisodia added. Source.

Three people who police want to speak to over the death of 10-year-old Sara Sharif are returning to the UK from Pakistan. Sara's father, Urfan Sharif, his wife Beinash Batool and brother Faisal Malik, are expected to land later. Surrey Police said they wanted to speak to the trio, who were living with Sara before her death and left the UK the day before her body was found. Post-mortem tests found Sara sustained "multiple and extensive injuries". Sara's father, his wife and his brother are booked on a flight landing at London Gatwick tonight, having changed in Dubai. They had flown to Dubai on a plane from an airport at Sialkot, in the Punjab province, early Wednesday morning. It has not yet been confirmed that they boarded the flight in Dubai. Police in Pakistan said the three travelled of their own free will. Sara's five siblings - aged between one and 13 - who travelled with the three adults to Pakistan remain in a government care facility in the country. Sara's body was found at her home in Woking on 10 August. She had been living at the property with her father Mr Sharif, stepmother Ms Batool, uncle Mr Malik and her siblings. The three adults travelled from the UK to Pakistan on 9 August. An international search was launched via Interpol for the trio, with police in Pakistan trying to locate them on behalf of detectives in Surrey. Mr Sharif and Ms Batool released a video statement last week in which Ms Batool said they had gone into hiding in Pakistan over fears police in the country would "torture or kill" them. They also claimed members of their family had been harassed, and that they were willing to co-operate with the UK authorities. Mr Sharif did not speak in the video, while Ms Batool read from a notebook. It was their first public comments since Sara's death. In response, Jhelum police chief Mehmood Bajwa told the BBC the allegations of harassment and torture of family members were false. He said if the family had any fears from the police they could go to court to seek protection. Source.

¤ Your Name: -Sn!PeR- ¤ Accused Admin: KilledBy_xBale (smth like that) ¤ Time And Date: just now ¤ Reason Of The Report: i got banned cuz my guy right here accusing me of using some type of bhop or ducking or whatever. anyway, to explain it more, i have a little bind since 2013 or idk, "bind mwheelup = +duck", when u move that mouse wheel up u duck (just like when u click CTRL), by keep doing it AND with 2 jumps or more everytime i reach the ground my jumps refreshes and i get 2 more and i keep doing that... since my fps is kinda high i look too fast. ¤ Proof: the server gets me nth in the console

I'm not part of the staff, neither as a player i don't play in streetzm currently... but i'd like to say that the competition in Classic mod is really high, yet, we don't have any classic servers in our community unlike zombie mods... It's really good to have one classic server, but u gotta keep in mind that in classic u can't have players staying afk most of the time as we do in zombie mods... in general, as u said it's gonna be really hard to get players and you gonna spend some real money on it! For respawn, we used to have respawn server and it was doing really well, beside u kinda can stay afk unlike classic (personal opinion). as a conclusion, I'd like to say that it goes like that: Zombie, Respawn then Classic. and if u really would like to change the mod i suggest respawn. My apologize if i got into your business guys, but anyway i spoke as a cs1.6 player :v Have a wonderful day, regards

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