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NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- November is Diabetes Awareness Month, and state health experts say they are working to educate individuals on ways to reverse pre-diabetes and prevent the onset of diabetes through healthy lifestyle changes, despite challenges brought about by the pandemic. Dr. Morgan McDonald, deputy commissioner of the Tennessee Department of Health, explained in pre-diabetes, a person's blood sugar levels are higher than normal, but have not spiked high enough to be diagnosed as Type 2 diabetes, and often shows no symptoms. She added healthy eating habits and increasing physical activity can help stave off the condition. "We've got good evidence that action taken early is helpful in preventing diabetes, both with lifestyle changes and sometimes with medications as well," McDonald emphasized. To find out if you're at risk for pre-diabetes, McDonald recommended taking a one-minute test online at cdc.gov/diabetes/takethetest. According to state data, more than 710,000 Tennesseans have been diagnosed with diabetes and nearly 10% reported being told they had pre-diabetes. Experts say the numbers are most likely underestimated. McDonald also pointed out the pandemic has increased risk factors for chronic conditions such as diabetes among Tennessee's kids. "Certainly kids have had less access to nutrition in many cases, and have been more sedentary," McDonald observed. "That has increased weight gain in our pediatric po[CENSORED]tion pretty significantly." She noted managing diabetes often requires regular doctor visits and testing, and recommended as COVID cases continue to plateau, now is the time to make preventive-care appointments. "We really want to use this month to highlight the importance of people across the state to get tested, to get caught up on their screenings, to get caught up on those doctor visits and those immunizations that they've missed, and to take the time to exercise and plan meals," McDonald advised. Research has found a link between diabetes and increased risk of severe COVID-19 infection. One study found more than 14% of patients who were hospitalized with COVID-19 and recovered also were newly diagnosed with Type 1 or Type 2 diabetes. https://www.publicnewsservice.org/2021-11-18/health/experts-lifestyle-changes-can-stem-onset-of-pre-diabetes-diabetes/a76585-1

A five-day-old baby girl, who was rescued from a drain where she was left to die in the Indian city of Mumbai, is recovering in a local hospital. Doctors at the Rajawadi hospital told the BBC that she was "doing fine" and her health was being monitored. Police said residents found the baby after a group of cats gathered at a spot along the road and began creating a ruckus - hissing, and purring loudly. Officials are investigating how she ended up in the drain. Police have not speculated on possible motives, but similar abandonments in the past have been blamed on India's preference for sons. Women are often discriminated against socially and girls are seen as a financial burden, particularly among poor communities. The country's gender ratio is one of the worst in the world. And although most unwanted female foetuses are aborted with help from illegal sex determination clinics, cases of baby girls being killed or abandoned after birth are not uncommon either. In the latest incident, the baby was rescued by a women-led police team from a suburban Mumbai neighbourhood on Sunday. When the police arrived, they found the infant lying inside the drain. They said the baby - dressed in a flimsy shirt and soaked in sewage water - was wailing in distress. Two officers then scooped her out, wrapped her in a cloth and took her to the hospital. "When we lifted the the baby out, she was freezing; her arms had turned blue. We asked for some warm water and cloth to clean the baby," police constable Sheetal Sonawane told the Times of India newspaper. Doctors at the Rajawadi hospital said the baby was "stable". Newborn found alive in shallow grave now thriving The Indian baby girl left to die "Doctors are constantly monitoring her health. We will keep her under observation for the next few days," Dr Vidya Thakur, the medical superintendent of the hospital, told BBC Marathi. The incident created a stir on social media. A photo shot by the Mumbai police at the scene showed officers cradling the newborn - wrapped in a white cloth - in their arms. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-59329454

Despite technology proving to be a life-saver for many small and medium-sized businesses during the pandemic, many business leaders are still hesitant to deploy new tech. They are unsure about the potential benefits, such as increased productivity, or time savings, they might get from their investments. A new report from cloud-based accounting software platform Xero, based on a survey of more than 1,000 small business owners in the UK, found just two in five small businesses were open to taking risks when making business decisions. Furthermore, half are reluctant to accept the risk of negative outcomes from tech-related decisions, while just three in ten said they would feel bad about having to postpone digital investment, such as new collaboration tools. https://www.techradar.com/news/smbs-anxious-about-post-pandemic-digital-investment

The Core i5 is the CPU that really matters for most gamers. It's cheaper than a Core i7 or Core i9, but it still offers the fundamentals of what makes those chips great for gaming. With the Core i5 12600K, the first Core i5 of the Alder Lake generation, that's no different, although that may be understating its abilities. That's because the Core i5 12600K is something even more impressive entirely: the equivalent of the top previous-gen chip in a package that's almost half the price. Yes, it only took one generation, and less than 12 months, for Intel to take its Core i9 performance and deliver it inside a Core i5 package. The Core i5 12600K really is shockingly good, and since it's not pushing to the very limit of what Alder Lake can deliver in a single die, it's a more power savvy design than the Core i9 12900K, which makes for a more well-rounded processor for mid- to high-end builds. The deeper you dive into the Core i5 12600K's performance, the more you start to realise it's the real star of the 12th Gen show. Or at least until the rest of the Alder Lake desktop chips show up sometime early next year. https://www.pcgamer.com/intel-alder-lake-core-i5-12600k-review-benchmarks-performance/

ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) — When looking at the makeup of American families today, it’s rare to see a home where a pet isn’t part of the family. According to the most recent data from the APPA National Pet Owners Survey, 67% of households—or around 85 million homes—own a pet. Of these households, dogs, and cats top the list of most po[CENSORED]r pets, with 63.4 million and 42.7 million households owning dogs and cats, respectively. Free pet adoptions at Columbia-Greene Humane Society through November In exploring the history of animal shelters and rescue organizations in the country, nothing proves as problematic as the lack of a centralized reporting system to collect data on these organizations. Most of the shelter statistics that are available and accepted today are estimates based on several period surveys, including the aforementioned APPA National Pet Owners Survey along with the AVMA U.S. Pet Ownership & Demographics Sourcebook. Without a nationally codified and streamlined process for collecting, organizing, and reporting on shelter data, there has been a grave lack of transparency around the country’s shelters. That makes it difficult not only to pinpoint accurate statistics regarding sheltered animals in America but also to understand the true state of animal welfare in the country, which is the first step to improving that welfare. William Mattar kicks off Rescue a Shelter Animal campaign, photo contest If you’ve been considering bringing home a furry companion, be sure to keep reading. Stacker compiled a list of dogs available for adoption in Albany on Petfinder, ranging in age, breed composition, temperament, and needs. It’s important to note that pet adoption is a huge responsibility and requires available savings for emergency and routine veterinary care, a day-to-day routine, and a game plan for coverage if the pup needs to be left at home during the day (like hiring a dog walker), and time and attention devoted to training your newest family member. Be sure to do due diligence on breed research to see what kind of dog will be the best fit for your lifestyle. Albany County kicks off annual Adopt-A-Family for the Holidays program https://www.news10.com/community/pet-connection-2/dogs-available-for-adoption-in-albany-according-to-petfinder/

A Milan-based team will enter the 2022 Dakar Rally with a purpose-built 964-generation Porsche 911 – a retro-looking car that follows in the tracks of the rugged, title-winning 953 and 959 models from the 1980s. The 911, created by brothers Agostino and Alberto Vassallo of Car&vintage, is based on a 1991 Porsche 964. It features a flat-six engine upgraded to cope with long-distance runs in high temperatures. Car&vintage says it has a power output of more than 300bhp. The car has been extensively modified to cope with the rigours of the gruelling event, including stengthening and lightening the chassis. The Porsche’s original 77-litre fuel tank has been discarded for two 80-litre fuel tanks. Inside, as well as a roll cage, there are two racing seats equipped with Sabelt five-point harnesses, a rally-spec hydraulic handbrake and two differential controllers that can be completely locked. The 911 is fitted with 35in BFGoodrich All-Terrain T/A KDR2 tyres, double-wishbone suspension all round and four adjustable Reiger shock absorbers. The car was inspired by the Porsche 953 that won the 1984 Dakar Rally, driven by René Metge and Dominique Lemoyne. Car&vintage's 964 features exterior paint inspired by graffiti and street art. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-news-historic/modified-porsche-964-race-2022-dakar-rally

The Follow me to be Healthy with Europe digital-first campaign - now in its final of three years - has been praised by food and lifestyle influencer, Mégane Arderighi, for its success raising awareness of healthy eating habits; · Launched by Freshfel Europe and Aprifel, and co-funded by the European Commission, the campaign aims to increase fruit and vegetable consumption in Europeans aged 18 to 30; · Collaborations with more than 20 influencers from 6 European countries, along with monthly challenges - encouraging young Europeans to share tips to easily integrate fruit and vegetables into their daily diets - has so far made more than 40 million impressions on social media. BRUSSELS, Nov. 17, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, the "Follow me to be Healthy with Europe" digital-first campaign – launched by Freshfel Europe and Aprifel – received praise from food and lifestyle influencer, Mégane Arderighi (Instagram handle: @megandcook). She has testified to the success of the three-year campaign and its aim to promote a healthy, balanced diet for young people in Europe. Running from July 2019 until the end of this year, and living online under the hashtag #400gChallenge, the aim of the campaign is to encourage young Europeans to increase their consumption of fruit and vegetables to a minimum of 400g a day, to improve and ultimately transform millennials' dietary habits. This is in line with recommendations from the World Health Organization (WHO) around the consumption of at least 400g of fruit and vegetables a day. Yet, results show fruit and vegetable consumption levels across most of the EU Member States remain well below this consumption target, with only 14% of the European po[CENSORED]tion meeting this recommendation. This low consumption is particularly noticeable among 18-30-year-olds – for this reason, the campaign focuses on this specific target group. With less than two months to go of the "Follow me to be Healthy with Europe" campaign, influencer Mégane Arderighi praises its progress, saying: "As someone who loves to cook with vegetables and inspire others to make dishes that are both tasty and nutritious, it's fantastic to see associations like Freshfel and Aprifel taking to social media to engage with our young people, informing them on how they can adopt healthier eating habits. With the end of this campaign drawing near, I hope others are motivated to continue raising awareness of the benefits of a healthy diet". https://finance.yahoo.com/news/healthy-europe-food-lifestyle-influencer-130000454.html

As world leaders met at the COP26 summit to debate how to tackle climate change, misleading claims and falsehoods about the climate spiralled on social media. Scientists say climate change denial is now more likely to focus on the causes and effects of warming, or how to tackle it, than to outright deny it exists. The 'd-words' v the planet We've looked at some of the most viral claims of the past year, and what the evidence really says. The claim: A 'Grand Solar Minimum' will halt global warming People have long claimed, incorrectly, that the past century's temperature changes are just part of the Earth's natural cycle, rather than the result of human behaviour. facebook post marked false which says: Exactly! Not global warming. It's all natural climate change not man made at all. That was to get the rich more money and it did. We are headed right back to where we started and just have to adapt. We have to learn from our experiences of these events. We have to be prepared not scared. I've learn so much this week from these two major snow storms we got and that brutal cold air. I learned that I'm not even prepared so now I must prepare because it's going to get worse and we can't rely on the government. Just ask Texas. We must adapt and be ready. The post links to an article about the Grand Solar Minimum In recent months, we've seen a new version of this argument. Thousands of posts on social media, reaching hundreds of thousands of people over the past year, claim a "Grand Solar Minimum" will lead to a natural fall in temperatures, without human intervention. But this is not what the evidence shows. A grand solar minimum is a real phenomenon when the Sun gives off less energy as part of its natural cycle. Studies suggest the Sun may well go through a weaker phase sometime this century, but that this would lead, at most, to a temporary 0.1 - 0.2C cooling of the planet. That's not nearly enough to offset human activity, which has already warmed the planet by about 1.2C over the past 200 years and will continue to rise, possibly topping 2.4C by the end of the century. A simple guide to climate change We know recent temperature rises weren't caused by the changes in the Sun's natural cycle because the layer of atmosphere nearest the earth is warming, while the layer of atmosphere closest to the Sun - the stratosphere - is cooling. Heat which would normally be released into the stratosphere is being trapped by greenhouse gases like carbon dioxide from people burning fuel. If temperature changes on Earth were being caused by the Sun, we would expect the whole atmosphere to warm (or cool) at the same time. The claim: Global warming is good Various posts circulating online claim global warming will make parts of the earth more habitable, and that cold kills more people than heat does. These arguments often cherry-pick favourable facts while ignoring any that contradict them. For example, it's true that some inhospitably cold parts of the world could become easier to live in for a time. But in these same places warming could also lead to extreme rainfall, affecting living conditions and the ability to grow crops, At the same time, other parts of the world would become uninhabitable as a result of temperature increases and rising sea levels, like the world's lowest-lying country, the Maldives. We face climate extinction, at-risk nations say There may be fewer cold-related deaths. According to a study published in the Lancet, between 2000 and 2019, more people died as a result of cold weather than hot. However, a rise in heat-related deaths is expected to cancel out any lives saved. The UN's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) says overall, "climate-related risks to health [and] livelihoods...are projected to increase with global warming of 1.5 degrees". Any small local benefits from fewer cold days are expected to be outweighed by the risks of more frequent spells of extreme heat. The claim: Climate change action will make people poorer A common claim made by those against efforts to tackle climate change is that fossil fuels have been essential to driving economic growth. So limiting their use, the argument goes, will inevitably stunt this growth and increase the cost of living, hurting the poorest. https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-59251912

NEW DELHI: OnePlus recently launched its OnePlus 9RT smartphone. The smartphone maker is now busy working on its next flagship smartphone. Likely to be called the OnePlus 10 Pro, the smartphone will succeed the OnePlus 9 Pro launched earlier this year. Expected to launch in the first half of 2022, a new leak about the smartphone has now surfaced online. According to the latest leak by @OnLeaks, the upcoming flagship smartphone from OnePlus is said to come with a 6.7-inch curved display. The smartphone is said to sport a punch-hole display, similar to its predecessor. The smartphone is also said to feature a triple rear camera setup. Same as the OnePlus 9 Pro, the OnePlus 10 Pro will come with a Hasselblad camera. OnePlus has a three-year partnership with Hasselblad. As part of this association, the smartphone maker will co-develop the camera on OnePlus smartphones with Hasselblad for three years. It is also said that the yet-to-launch smartphone is expected to come with a 5x optical zoom. The smartphone is also said to be slightly thinner as compared to the OnePlus 9 Pro. The smartphone is rumoured to come with 125W fast charging support. Another online report suggests that the company has started internal testing of the smartphone in China and Europe. It is expected that the company might launch the smartphone in January or early February. The base model of the smartphone is said to pack 8GB of RAM and 128GB internal storage, while the top variant is said to come with 12GB RAM and 256GB onboard storage. Apart from this, no other information about the smartphone is available right now. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/oneplus-10-pro-to-come-with-hasselblad-camera-expected-to-launch-in-january-2022/articleshow/87731506.cms

Snapchat has agreed a deal with Sony Music Entertainment to include its artists’ music in the app’s library for creators to use in their video creations. Snap now has tie-ups with three top music labels - Sony Music, Warner Music and Universal Music. After Snap redesigned its app to a less than positive reception in 2018, users flocked to Instagram and TikTok to share their short content. But Snap has seen something of a renaissance in recent years, with an improved design and a new focus on students and teenagers, which has resulted in Snapchat avoiding irrelevance. With music now being an option for snaps and only growing, this new deal will allow Snapchat users to unleash their creative potential through huge library of music, and also help artists to get more direct promotional benefit in the app. You can now add 3D Bitmoji avatar to your Snapchat profile - Here's how Snapchat launches new Creator Shows in India https://www.techradar.com/news/snapchat-deals-with-sony-music-to-add-to-snaps

If you're anything like me, a sworn racing wheel fanatic, you'll have been waiting for Forza Horizon 5's release to put pedal to the metal once again. Though, like me, you may have run into trouble getting your racing wheel to actually work in the game, and perhaps running into an error that caused incessant 'wheel disconnected' warnings. If that sounds like you, don't worry. There is a fix. One that not only works great in-game but also delivers force feedback, as it should. No part of the racing wheel experience is lost this way, either. I owe this fix to BenjaminPlays1080P on YouTube, who posted a detailed and succinct video on how to implement it. You can watch that above, and I recommend you do to run through all the steps in the correct order. Don't worry, though, the actual fix and setup only lasts around 10 minutes, if that.I've tried this fix out for myself on my home PC and it's working wonderfully, so if you can't wait for an official fix (this is a known bug) then I recommend you give this a try. https://www.pcgamer.com/forza-horizon-5-wheel-disconnect-fix-force-feedback-working/

Hong Kong (CNN)A series of loud bangs startle the sleeping corgi, driving it out of its bed. The door opens and two people dressed in full hazmat suits enter the living room, one carrying a crowbar and another a yellow plastic bag. "Did the leader say we need to settle it right here on the spot?" one of them can be heard asking. "Yes," the other replies, as he proceeds to move a table the corgi was hiding under, and strike the animal on the head with the crowbar. The dog whimpers and runs off camera to another room. The unsettling scene, captured by a security camera and shared online by the dog's owner, shows the last moments before the pet was killed in its home by Covid prevention workers in the Chinese city of Shangrao, in southeastern Jiangxi province, on Friday, while the corgi's owner was undergoing compulsory quarantine in a nearby hotel. The killing of the dog, which triggered a massive outcry on Chinese social media over the weekend, is the latest example of the extreme measures taken by local authorities in China in pursuit of zero-Covid. Local authorities in China are under tremendous pressure to curb infections, as a renewed Delta variant outbreak continues to spread across the country. So far, more than 1,300 cases have been reported in about two-thirds of provinces in the country. Amid the outpouring of shock and anger, the dog's death has sparked heated debate about animal rights, as well as no shortage of reflection on just how far unchecked government power can be expanded during the pandemic at the expense of individual rights. The residential community where the dog lived is under lockdown due to a handful of confirmed Covid-19 cases. All residents were required to enter into government quarantine on Friday, and were not allowed to bring their pets with them, the owner said on Weibo, China's Twitter-like platform. Survillance footage shows the corgi hit by a health worker with a crowbar. Survillance footage shows the corgi hit by a health worker with a crowbar. The owner, whose surname is Fu and has so far tested negative for the virus, said community workers had repeatedly reassured her before she left for quarantine on Friday morning that they would not take away or kill the dog during the building's disinfection. But by the afternoon, Covid prevention workers had barged into her apartment to hit the dog, according to the owner. "The dog tried to avoid the beating and fled into the bedroom, and therefore it wasn't recorded by surveillance camera, but (I) could hear faint wails. A few minutes later, they said they've dealt with it and would take it away, holding a yellow plastic bag in their hands," she wrote in a since-deleted post. "Even now I don't know whether my dog is alive or dead, and where it has been taken," she added. In a statement late on Saturday, the local government of Xinzhou district, where the complex is located, confirmed the dog was killed as part of the need to "thoroughly disinfect" homes in the community. But it admitted Covid prevention workers had "safely disposed" of the dog without communicating fully with the owner. The workers involved had been criticized and removed from their positions, it said, adding they had apologized to the owner and gained her understanding. On Weibo, however, the owner claimed she was pressured by local authorities and her employer to delete her posts. CNN has reached out to the owner, who was not named by the government, and the Jiangxi provincial government for comment. It's not the first time Chinese authorities have killed pets as part of their stringent Covid response. In September, three cats in the northeastern city of Harbin were killed after testing positive for the virus without consent from their owner, who was in hospital quarantine after contracting the virus. Not all local governments are as stringent when it comes to dealing with pets, however. In January, Shanghai authorities were widely praised for allowing residents to bring their pets into centralized quarantine with them. Animals in different countries have contracted Covid-19, including domestic pets, zoo animals and livestock, with humans the primary source of these infections. But although scientists say Covid-19 likely originated in animals before becoming widespread among humans, there is no evidence animals are playing a significant role in the spread of the virus to people, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. And in the latest incident, the dog was killed before it was even tested for Covid, according to the owner. "When they hadn't even confirmed whether the dog was negative or positive (for Covid), they barged into the owner's home and beat the dog to death. Is this the management level of the government?" a top comment on Weibo said. In its statement, the district government said residents had been asked not to lock their doors before they left for quarantine, and Covid prevention workers opened the owner's door by force under the witness of police officers. The move has sparked a fierce backlash from pet owners and sympathizers, while others see it as a necessary sacrifice for the "greater good" of society, arguing that human lives are more important than animals'. But for some, there is another crucial question to be asked: just how much more power has the government amassed in the name of Covid prevention, at the cost of individual rights and liberties? "From the earlier killing of the three cats to today's killing of the dog, it's getting worse and worse. The so-called debate around 'animal rights' is merely a camouflage -- the issue at heart here has always been the wanton infringement of individual (rights) by the endlessly expanding state power," a comment on Chinese social media site Douban said. https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/15/china/china-dog-killed-covid-mic-intl-hnk/index.html

This week, our writers have been dispelling Formula One myths, finding out if long-running manufacturers are scared by the progress of Chinese start-up brands, and whether there's demand for vegan interiors at the very top end of the price spectrum. Rumours that F1 teams swear in pit-to-car radio comms to make sure those messages aren’t broadcast to other teams turn out to be unfounded. Bernie Collins, head of race strategy at Aston Martin F1, said: “Team to team, nothing is filtered. So we’d still get that language and it wouldn’t prevent it [a radio message] going to another team.” Slow and steady wins the race – or does it? Nissan CEO Makoto Uchida thinks lengthy vehicle development times are giving Chinese start-ups the edge, because they react to the market far more quickly. “Do we do that as a Japanese enterprise? It’s not the same,” he admitted. “We do lots of testing and experimenting before we hit the road. They do have the speed to market, which we need to learn in the future.” https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/confidential/autocar-confidential-keeping-f1-clean-vegans-dont-drive-rolls-royce-and-more

Suffering became an integral part of Rajasekar’s life really early on. When he was just a toddler, he was diagnosed with a rare disease Spinal Muscular Atrophy (SMA) – Type 2. Throughout his childhood, Rajasekar was wheel-chair bound when his friends were running around and playing field sports. At age 12, his misery worsened as his spine began to curve. DONATE NOW Rajasekar’s ribs started growing unusually large and his hips and shoulders became uneven due to Scoliosis. He could no longer even stand up as his leg muscles had atrophied significantly. This meant Rajasekar became completely dependent on his mother for even the simplest daily tasks and needs such as eating, bathing and going to the washroom. It became difficult for him to even go to school as hurtful comments and stares began to take a toll on his mental health. But Rajasekar wanted to make his parents, who were uneducated, proud. He found inner strength and continued going to school with the help of his mother, who carried him to school every day. His grades kept getting better with time and he began topping his class. It was almost a miracle when Rajasekar completed Bachelors of Science with excellent grades. https://indianexpress.com/article/lifestyle/sponsored-lifestyle/rajasekar-has-suffered-for-28-years-a-₹5-crore-drug-will-end-his-suffering-forever-7625938/

Polish forces have used tear gas and water cannon against migrants trying to cross into the country from Belarus. Videos showed migrants throwing stones and other objects at the Polish forces guarding a fortified border crossing. For weeks, thousands of migrants, mostly from the Middle East, have been gathering at the Belarus border in an attempt to reach the European Union. Belarus has been accused of pushing migrants to the border to try to destabilise the EU, a charge it denies. EU-Belarus relations have been severely strained since long-term leader Alexander Lukashenko declared victory in a discredited presidential election last year and tried to silence dissent by cracking down on mass protests and arresting political opponents. The EU imposed sanctions on Belarus in the wake of the poll and, along with the US, will step them up following the border crisis. There have been more than 5,000 attempts by migrants to cross the border into Poland from Belarus so far this month, compared to just 88 in the whole of last year, the Polish border agency says. VOICES: The lives entangled in the Poland-Belarus crisis REALITY CHECK: What routes do migrants use to reach Minsk? BEHIND THE SCENES: How social media posts fuelled the Belarus crisis The migrants, including children, have been living in makeshift camps in freezing conditions just inside Belarus. In recent days, thousands have converged on a crossing at Kuznica, south of Grodno in north-west Belarus. On Monday, many of those migrants burst through a fence and gathered at a crossing on the Belarusian side of the border. They were blocked by Polish troops and a tense stand-off ensued. By Tuesday morning, Poland's defence ministry said its forces had responded to migrants attacking a border fence at Kuznica. "The migrants attacked our soldiers and officers with stones and are trying to destroy the fence and get to Poland. Our services used tear gas to quell the migrants' aggression," the ministry tweeted. https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-59302919

Google announced a feature for its health tracking platform, Google Fit, that uses a smartphone’s camera and flash to track heart and respiratory rate. Now, the company has started to roll out the feature to its newly launched smartphone Pixel 6. As the smartphone does not have dedicated sensors to measure heart rate, users can track it by placing finger on the rear camera. The phone guides users to place the finger in the right place and it also advises them to move to a place with better lighting. The app detects the change in the colour finger and provides readings.The observations can be saved on the Google Fit app as well. The feature was already available in Pixel 5 and Pixel 4a smartphones since March. In the previous versions, the app used flash on smartphones to get more accurate readings in low-light conditions. The feature has only been rolled out for some users with an “early access” tag while others have them without it. The feature can be found in the Vitals menu under Browse or at the bottom of the Home tab. As per a report on 9to5Google, the results on Pixel 6 are as accurate as on Pixel 5 and the Fitbit tracker. Google has specially mentioned on its blog that the tracking is not intended to diagnose, cure, mitigate, prevent or treat any disease or condition. Google Pixel 6 was launched by the company last month and it is the first smartphone that is powered by the company’s in-house Tensor chipset. The Pixel 6 comes with 8GB of RAM and storage capacity of 128GB and 256GB. When it comes to camera, the smartphone has dual camera set-up at the back with 50MP primary lens. On the front, there's an 8MP selfie shooter. The device runs on Android 12 out of the box. https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/gadgets-news/google-pixel-6-can-now-track-heart-and-respiratory-rate-using-camera/articleshow/87686502.cms

Amazon wants us all to stop talking to its Alexa voice assistant so much and get on with living our lives. Tom Taylor, senior vice president of Alexa, said “it may surprise you” that Amazon wants you to talk to Alexa less. “We believe that the future of consumer technology is ambient intelligence, which uses AI to weave together devices and intelligent services,” Taylor said at the Web Summit tech conference in Lisbon. “This isn’t just more connected devices. It’s about adding intelligence throughout the system to make the devices better.” The tech giants are all trying to improve their AI assistants so that they can anticipate what humans want and when they want it. “It’s there when you need it and recedes into the background when you don’t,” Taylor said in reference to a future version of Alexa. Indeed, he said this would be the “next big leap forward” for technology inside and outside the home. “Ultimately this means that you’ll reach for your phone a little bit less and you’re talking to Alexa less,” Taylor added. “It means you’re spending more time looking up at the world and the people in it.” Amazon has already introduced Alexa Routines, which enables people to program Echo and other Alexa-enabled devices to perform certain actions at certain times. For example, turning off the thermostat when everyone leaves the house, or turning on local news when the alarm goes off in the morning. These routines can also be triggered by sounds, such as a baby crying, and Amazon is introducing other triggers — including visual ones — according to Taylor. In September, Amazon introduced Ring custom event alerts that can be used to open a garage door when a package arrives, for example. “With this ambient intelligence all around you, increasingly you don’t have to ask Alexa to do these tasks around your house,” he said. Amazon expects there to be lots of different AI assistants in the future, performing different roles in different contexts. An increasing number of car companies and retailers will use Amazon’s tools to develop their own intelligent assistants, for example, according to Taylor. When Amazon introduced Alexa seven years ago, it was able to do just 13 relatively simple tasks like playing music. Today, there are more than 130,000 Alexa skills, Taylor said, adding that people interact with Alexa billions of times each week.

AMD disclosed 27 vulnerabilities in its Radeon graphics driver on Tuesday, 18 of which are of high severity. But not to worry, AMD has mitigated every single one of them in various recent driver versions, which should serve as good a reminder as any to update your graphics card's drivers regularly. The disclosure on the AMD security website is quite the haul of potential exploits or weaknesses affecting the AMD Graphics Driver for Windows 10. If left unpatched, these could lead to escalation of privileges, denial of service, information theft, or kernel access exploits. AMD rolled out mitigations back with driver version 20.7.1, and drivers past 21.4.1 will contain all the relevant bug fixes. We're on driver version 21.11.2 today, which puts any regularly updated PC far clear of these exploits. A large number of these released vulnerabilities were brought to AMD's attention by security researcher Ori Nimron. Eran Shimony of CyberArk Labs, a cybersecurity research company, uncovered one, and driverThru_BoB 9th found another.

A sick seal pup rescued from Jersey and brought to Guernsey alongside the morning newspaper delivery is slowly improving thanks to round the clock care. Aurore was just weeks old when he was rescued on 23 October and has needed tube feeding by the GSPCA ever since. The charity said there was still a long way to go before he could be released. People are being advised to stay away from any seal pups they spot. Aurore weighed less than half of the weight he should have when he was first taken in by the GSPCA. Staff believe he had been separated from his mother for some time. Steve Byrne, GSPCA manager, credited Aurore's survival to the work of the Jersey British Divers Marine Life Rescue team and JSPCA who rescued and transported him. The seal pup was taken to Guernsey by freight company Iris Freight CI alongside the morning papers. Mr Byrne said: "He is still in our intensive care area and has a long way to go but we are all doing what we can for him. "This time of year we see seal pups being born around the Channel Islands but it is extremely important to leave them alone and not approach as you can scare their mother away." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-jersey-59263357

It will never be as po[CENSORED]r as Formula 1, but the humble world of hillclimbing is home to some of the most – and, to be fair, least – powerful cars in the world and some of the closest competition. There aren’t many other echelons of motorsport where you can walk around the same paddock to find an OMS 28 and a Citroën 2CV, and this is one of the fundamental allures of hillclimbing for many. The breadth and depth of cars in any one event is impressive, and for enthusiasts, it’s often a joyous combination of bangers and flash. The essentials of hillclimbing are as simple as they come: to drive your car from the bottom of a hill to the top of it as quickly as possible. No wonder it’s one of the oldest forms of motorsport. There are just under 30 hillclimb venues in the UK, mostly privately owned venues, with Harewood in Yorkshire being the longest, at 0.86 miles. The most powerful cars can complete most hills in well under a minute. The hillclimb season across Britain runs from late spring to the end of summer, in theory capitalising on the best of the weather, but usually a round or two is spent huddling under an umbrella questioning your life choices. Hey, we did say the season took place in the British summer. Hillclimbing is like endurance racing, having multiple classes, but with less in the way of sleep deprivation and only one car on the track at a time – such is the nature of a ‘time trial’-style event. The classes are there to separate the different types of cars into fairer groups of competition. This is usually done based on engine size and modifications within each type of car; for example, a road-going 1.8-litre car will be in a separate class to a 1.1-litre equivalent. https://www.autocar.co.uk/car-news/motorsport-news-club-racing/starting-bottom-introduction-hillclimbing

KANSAS CITY, Mo. – After experiencing our first pandemic holiday season last year, consumers learned to be flexible and alter the way they shopped and entertained. This year, the holidays continue to be impacted by the pandemic with supply chain disruptions and delivery delays around the country. If you have not finalized your holiday plans, you can still take advantage of discounts for entertaining, gift shopping, delivery options, and special services like curbside pick-up. The key, however, is to start formulating a strategy now. I was able to speak with lifestyle expert, Trae Bodge, who shared a few tips to help us all get through shopping for the holidays. TOPEKA (KSNT)-- Many people saw snow flurries in Northeast Kansas Friday, getting people to bring out the winter coats and turn up the thermostat. But, winter weather doesn't always have to mean a higher energy bill. Evergy spokesperson Andrew Baker said that it can mean quite the opposite. He said there are many different things you can do around your home to lower the energy you consume on a daily basis. https://fox4kc.com/great-day-kc/make-holiday-shopping-even-easier-with-these-tips-from-a-lifestyle-expert/

The move ends months of speculation about whether she was planning to run in the polls. She had been widely expected to bid to succeed her father, who cannot stand for another term as president. Ms Duterte, who is mayor of the major city of Davao, led opinion polls all year as the top presidential candidate. She has joined a new political party (Lakas-CMD) headed by former President Gloria Arroyo, replacing another candidate who had withdrawn. Shortly after filing her candidacy, she was picked as the running mate for Ferdinand Marcos Jr, the son of the late Filipino dictator Ferdinand Marcos, who is running as president. In the Philippines, the president and vice-president are elected separately. Duterte: The 'strongman' of the Philippines Lives lived and lost along Manila's Pasig river 'My face was on a wanted poster' Other presidential candidates include po[CENSORED]r former boxing champion Manny Pacquiao, and the mayor of Manila. Mr Duterte, a controversial "strongman" figure, came to power in 2016 promising to reduce crime and fix the country's drug crisis. But critics say that during his five years in power, Mr Duterte has encouraged police to carry out thousands of extrajudicial killings of suspects in what he has called his "war on drugs". The International Criminal Court has called for a formal probe into the thousands of killings that happened during the deadly crackdown. Mr Duterte had initially said he would stand as vice-president, before changing his mind last month and announcing his retirement from politics. However, reports emerged on Saturday - quoting his communications secretary - that he would file to stand as vice-president himself ahead of a 15 November deadline. Duterte senior "will file his certificate of candidacy for the vice-presidency on Monday, that's what he said," presidential communications chief Martin Andanar told local broadcaster ABS-CBN. However, he said the outcome remains uncertain, adding: "I would like to believe that that is the plan for now. We don't know if this will be the same plan by tomorrow or by Monday." https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-59274204

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At long last, we can stop calling Skyrim 'nearly a decade old.' As of November 11, 2021, The Elder Scrolls 5 is officially in the double digits. Throughout the past 10 years, Skyrim has been the sandbox setting for some of our favorite gaming stories, and northern Tamriel still occasionally calls us back to grapple with dragons and vampires and excessive numbers of cheese wheels once again. The anniversary has gotten us reminiscing about those adventures—roleplaying as Hunter S. Tomcatson, proposing marriage with a bit of mammoth corpse, and launching all manner of creatures into the atmosphere with weird physics glitches. These are our funniest and fondest memories from a decade spent in Skyrim. Jody Macgregor, AU/Weekend Editor: After finishing Skyrim, I started over with a new character, a khajiit named Hunter S. Tomcatson. I banned myself from using fast travel and just walked from one end of the country to the other, noticing how much the scenery changes, from the autumnal Rift with its purple mountain flowers and orange leaves to The Reach where it's all fog, gray stone, and misery. Somewhere on the northern coastline I stumbled across a cluster of fires and wandered over to investigate. At the centre of one was a lumpy black object I slowly realized was a corpse. Nearby there was a grimoire containing the spell Fire Cloak. Somebody had a magical misfire, I guess. I'd already played for dozens of hours, but I'd never seen this little vignette before. For some reason that's the thing that sticks with me, although the one sidequest where you wake up with a hangover and have to piece together your activities from the night before is obviously the best.

The Victoria Humane Society is having to turn away unwanted animals due to a surge in pet surrenders. Executive director Penny Stone said the organization has even had to stop adding animals to their wait list, with more than 400 animals currently in their care. “It’s been nuts,” she said. “We are kind of the last stop for people who can’t find another place for their pets.” Stone said the surge, which started around a month ago, has also included a larger number of dogs requiring extra training before they can be put up for adoption. This means the society is having to keep animals in foster homes for longer than usual. For the fosters who care for surrendered animals, more animals requiring more training means far more volunteer hours need to be worked. As one of the more experienced fosters and one with a large rural property, Leanna Richardson is tasked with caring for dogs requiring the most training. She spends much of her day taking the five dogs under her care at any give time on car rides and into busy urban areas, to gently expose them to things they should have learned as a puppy. “We’ve never seen this many under-socialized dogs come in at once,” Richardson said. READ MORE: Victoria Humane Society’s new rescue vehicle allows for thousand more animals to be helped The pandemic appears to be at the heart of the issue, with many families adopting or buying pets in the early days of lockdowns and working from home. With everyday life slowly returning to normal, Stone said some pet owners are realizing pets no longer fit their lifestyle and they are looking to re-home them. While some increase in surrenders was expected, Stone said they were caught off guard by the increase in long-term pets being surrendered as well. “People are not able to cope any more because their mental health just isn’t the same,” she said. “You would think the animals would help, but they seem to be another stressor in some cases.” With the society’s mobile community spay and neutering program placed on hold during the pandemic, Stone said the society is simultaneously dealing with significant setbacks to its po[CENSORED]tion control efforts. “Two years of animals not being spayed and neutered and left to roam, it feels like we have gone back 10 years,” said Stone. “Now we are starting over again with massive amounts of animals in communities and now we have to get them out.” In order to deal with a surge Stone feels won’t be ending anytime soon, the society is working on getting a larger facility to serve as a staging area for animals waiting for a foster spot to open up. She said anyone considering adding a pet to their family should seriously consider the long-term commitment of pet ownership. https://www.saanichnews.com/news/unwanted-pets-flood-victoria-animal-welfare-group-as-society-returns-somewhat-to-normal/