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The sun set in late July on a summer of shocking revelations about the Jan. 6 Capitol attack and nearly three months later, America is poised to learn more about the riot and the efforts that led to it. Members of the House Committee investigating the attack are scheduled to resume testimony Thursday after pausing the initial round of hearings in late July. The first hearing captivated its audience with revelatory information about former President Donald Trump's involvement in the lead up to the attack. And tensions ran high during the summer's eighth and final hearing, held during prime-time on July 21, where the committee laid out Trump's choice not to act during the 187 minutes between his speech at the Ellipse and his video telling supporters to go home. In between, committee members heard testimony about the pressure put on officials felt to challenge election results, the lawmakers and extremist organizations involved and how Trump and some of his closest advisors responded on that day. Here's what we've learned so far in eight congressional hearings on the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol attack. A 'sprawling, multistep conspiracy' During the first Jan. 6 committee hearing, Rep. Liz Cheney, R-Wyo., laid out a roadmap for the hearings to come. Members of the congressional committee investigating the Jan. 6 Capitol attack argued the attack was "not a spontaneous riot," but the result of a broader conspiracy. "Donald Trump oversaw and coordinated a sophisticated seven-part plan to overturn the presidential election and prevent the transfer of presidential power," Cheney said during the first hearing. Trump's own advisers and family members didn't believe in his efforts to overturn the election. The rift caused by that became apparent during the Jan. 6 attack, when the former president ignored pleas by his top aides and staff to call off the rioters, according to committee members. Trump knew he lost the election Trump launched a disinformation campaign about the results of the 2020 election, despite knowing he lost the race, and financially benefitted from it, the committee argued in the second hearing. In the second hearing, the Jan. 6 committee revealed evidence that proved Trump knew he lost the 2020 election but continued a disinformation campaign about the results regardless. Cheney said that the former president "knew before the election" that mail ballots – crucial in battleground states Pennsylvania, Michigan and Wisconsin – would favor Biden. Testimony from Trump allies, like former Attorney General Bill Barr, revealed that Trump's advisers told him that his election fraud claims were baseless, and that he ignored them. "All the early claims that I understood were completely bogus and silly and usually based on complete misinformation," Barr said in a videotaped deposition. Committee members argued that Trump raised $250 million from campaign donors to continue fighting the results of the 2020 election, despite knowing his claims were false. But that money didn't go toward supporting litigation. Pressuring Pence Trump and his allies initiated a pressure campaign against former Vice President Mike Pence in hopes that he would assist them in overturning election results in several states, the committee argued in the third hearing. Evidence revealed in the third Jan. 6 hearing showed a concerted effort by Trump and his allies to use slates of fake electors in battleground states to overturn the 2020 election. The plan, based on a debunked legal theory, relied on key states to find Trump-supporting electors and on Pence to toss out the real electors. Trump was informed that the "scheme" was unconstitutional before Jan. 6 and went through with it anyways, testimony to the committee revealed. Greg Jacob, a lawyer and former chief legal counsel for Pence, said "it is unambiguous that the vice president does not have the authority to reject electors." Retired conservative Judge Michael Luttig, who advised Pence on his actions, told the committee that "there was no basis in the Constitution or laws of the United States at all with the theory espoused by Mr. Eastman. At all. None." Pence relayed that to Trump “many times” and “very consistently,” Marc Short, Pence's chief of staff, said in a videotaped deposition. The committee showed evidence in the seventh Jan. 6 hearing that revealed Trump incited his supporters against Pence. Trump instructed a speechwriter to "REINSERT THE MIKE PENCE LINES" in an email, sent after the former president called Pence a "wimp" for refusing to comply with the electors scheme. While ransacking the Capitol, rioters sought out Pence. Source

The tadpole titan affectionately known as "Goliath" died in 2019, according to a tweet written on May 26, 2020 by herpetologist Earyn McGee; she introduced Twitter to Goliath in 2018, when this article was originally published. Scientists with the Southwestern Research Station in Arizona preserved the tadpole and are studying it to better understand its unusual size and morphology, according to the tweet. An enormous tadpole found in the wild is bigger than a can of Coke — and it's still growing. Biologists discovered the sizable swimmer in a shallow pond in southeastern Arizona; they were removing invasive American bullfrogs (Lithobates catesbeianus) with the Southwestern Research Station (SWRS), a year-round field station run by the Science Department at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. As a volunteer probed a mostly drained pond, she stumbled upon an oversize bullfrog tadpole — the wriggly amphibian was so big that the volunteer initially thought it was a fish, herpetologist Earyn McGee, a doctoral candidate at the University of Arizona and a scientist at SWRS, wrote in a blog post on July 23. McGee tweeted photos of Goliath on June 13, generating more than 13,000 likes and drawing dozens of curious commenters. She explained that Goliath was definitely much larger than the average American bullfrog tadpole, suggesting that his unusual size was likely due to "some sort of hormone imbalance." Researchers at SWRS suspect that this imbalance will likely prevent poor Goliath from ever metamorphosing into a frog, and they are currently investigating what may have caused his unusual condition, McGee wrote. McGee told Live Science in an email that prior studies describe tadpoles that are similarly massive, but Goliath was the biggest tadpole that she had ever seen in person. And for a growing tadpole, bigger isn't necessarily better, McGee added. "The drawbacks of Goliath's size is that his respiratory and circulatory system may not continue to support his body size as he continues to grow," she said. On the other hand, a really big bullfrog tadpole would be able to grab more food than smaller tadpoles, which could work out in a giant's favor if food supplies in a small pond are low, McGee explained. American bullfrogs are the biggest of the North American frogs. They grow to lengths of 8 inches (20 centimeters) or longer, and weigh as much as 1 pound (0.5 kilograms), while tadpoles typically grow to be about 6 inches (15 cm) long, according to the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS). The frogs are native to central and eastern states, but were introduced in the southwest in the 1900s because of the widespread po[CENSORED]rity of frog legs as food, and can now be found in all lower 48 states, according to the FWS. Researchers at SWRS brought Goliath back to the station and placed him in a tank for closer examination. To provide a sense of the tadpole's substantial size, one of McGee's photos positioned Goliath next to a banana, and another photo compared him to a can of Coke. His exact measurements — along with data about his growth rate, feeding habits and behavior — are being collected by scientists for a peer-reviewed study, McGee wrote in a tweet. Source

The Aventador is hardly a car for shrinking violets, so it’s no surprise that Lamborghini has opted to turn this special based on the same architecture up to 11 – and that’s on a scale that goes to 5. The Sián FKP 37 sits on the same floorpan and is powered by the same glorious naturally aspirated engine, but it gets bespoke bodywork and pioneering technology in the form of a supercapacitor hybrid system. Despite a €2.5 million (£2.2m) pre-tax price tag, the entire 63-car run of coupé has already been sold, as have the 19 roadsters that will follow it. The 48V electric element may win attention, but the 6.5-litre V12 remains the headline act. This is basically the same engine that powers the mighty Aventador SVJ but with a slight boost in output, taking peak power to a claimed 774bhp at 8500rpm – the highest yet for a road-going Lamborghini. The supercapacitor plays only a supporting role to this, but it’s an important one. It can add up to 33bhp at up to 81mph through an electric motor integrated into the gearbox. Unlike its plug-in hybrid rival, the Ferrari SF90 Stradale, the Sián can’t run under electric power alone, but its supercapacitor is much more powerful than a conventional battery would be. Lamborghini says that the bulkhead-mounted power pack and motor collectively add just 34kg of weight, with the system’s 600A peak flow rates allowing it to add instant effort. We’re told the Sián’s in-gear times are up to 10% quicker than those of the Aventador SVJ. An equally important role is using electric-motor torque to fill some of the gaps in the automated single-clutch transmission’s changes. The design of the Sián’s is jaw-slackening, looking like a virtual rendering come to life. The combination of width and wedginess pays obvious homage to Marcello Gandini’s Countach of 1974, as do details such as the louvred engine cover. The front features Y-shaped daytime running lights inspired by those of the 2017 Terzo Millennio concept. The rear is dominated by the huge rear track and size of the vast, 335-profile P-Zero tyres, these overhanging the aerodynamic elements positioned above them and flanking an enormous diffuser (a powered rear wing hides away at lower speeds). Six hexagonal tailight elements seem to hang, surrounded by space, and above them the rear deck incorporates active cooling flaps that open automatically. Lamborghini’s plans for a drive in one of the more scenic parts of Italy were stymied by pandemic-related restrictions, so my drive came in the considerably less exotic environment of Bedfordshire’s Millbrook Proving Ground on a rainy afternoon. Not that the Sián needs a glamourous background to feel special. Its cabin shares most of the Aventador’s architecture but has plusher materials and a new, portrait-orientated central touchscreen. It also shares its lesser sister’s shortage of head room, with the limited space allowed by the fixed buckets beneath the Alcantara headlining making me glad not to be wearing a helmet. Starting the engine turns the Sián immediately angry. This isn’t one of those new-age hybrid supercars that’s capable of silent running, rather one that lives the celebrate 
the savagery of its rev-happy V12. The Sián starts rolling less snappily than the Aventador does, 
its electric motor helping smooth 
out clutch engagement, but once it’s moving, the cabin is always noisy 
and filled with buzzy vibrations. Performance is predictably huge. Slight electrical help can be detected in higher gears and at lower revs, but giving the V12 its head removes any sense of the motor assisting. The Sián sounds magnificent: louder and rowdier than even the Aventador SVJ, but with an exhaust note that truly harmonises within the last few hundred revs before the cut-off, and with a fusillade of pops and bangs on the overrun. Being limited to 130mph in the wet on Millbrook’s two-mile bowl felt cruelly slow. Yet when asked to deal with multiple laps of the tight, cresty Hill Route (a not-quite simulacrum of the real world), the Sián felt much less at home. Its combination of huge width and poor visibility would make a much bigger road feel narrow, and although the Sián proved itself to have copious grip, there was little chance to push hard in the sodden conditions. There was even the very un-hypercar sensation of understeer in the slower corners, where the challenge of turning the Sián’s mass was most obvious, even with the help of standard rear-wheel steering. Millbrook’s few opportunities for higher speeds suited the Sián far better, with its light steering delivering increased feedback as loads increased. And the chassis proving impressively disciplined over the Hill Route’s many crests, regardless of the dynamic mode chosen. Even the one that infamously claimed James Bond’s Aston Martin DBS in Casino Royale didn’t faze it. Dynamically, the Sián feels like a rawer car than the Aventador, but (on the admittedly limited basis of this first impression) not a better one, certainly when compared with the impressively focused SVJ. Yet that’s not really the point of what is effectively a motor show concept brought to life – and as a visceral experience, almost nothing else gets close. The Sián’s price is ridiculous, its styling outrageous is and its underpinnings are pensionable by supercar standards – yet its appeal is unarguable. Source

Rohit Gurunath Sharma aka Rohit Sharma is an Indian Professional Cricket Player and currently serves as the Vice-captain of the National Team alongside Captain Virat Kohli for limited over matches. Rohit Sharma has been playing cricket since the Age of 12 when he joined his first Cricket Camp. The journey ahead has just been a dream come true for any cricketer who wished to represent the country. Rohit Sharma also met his Wife throughout his career and has a daughter Samaira with whom he shares a lot of Photos. Rohit Sharma celebrated his 33rd Birthday this year but his career is at its peak. He is also said to be one of the best skilled and talented batsmen India has got. And his statistics speak for themselves. Childhood of Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma every year celebrates his Birthday on 30th April. Born into a not very well to do family in Nagpur, Maharashtra. Because of the very weak of his parents’ financial situation he had to live with his grandparents throughout his childhood. Rohit Sharma only visited his parents on Birthdays and special occasions. He started with his cricketing skills in 1999 when he joined a camp by borrowing money from his uncle. Rohit Sharma met his first coach there, who saw the talent in a 12-year-old and asked him to change his school. To get better support in the field of cricket and managed him to get a scholarship and helped him from there moving forward. At the Age of 18, Rohit Sharma found his way to the List A team and at that time batted at number 8 and helped to win his first match and remaining not out. He had debuted his career alongside his now national teammates Jadeja and Pujara. He then got an opportunity to play first-class cricket as a player in the India A vs New Zealand in 2006. Throughout his domestic career of Ranjhi Trophy and First Class Format, he played for Mumbai. And also began with making records in the domestic tournaments as well. Rohit Sharma scored 309 not out, the highest score in his career against the team of Gujrat. International Breakthrough of Rohit Sharma Rohit Sharma has played all formats of cricket for the Indian team and has to lead them to many victories single-handedly. He got his breakthrough in 2013 after waiting for a long time and has never looked back after that. Test Career Rohit Sharma got his first test cap in 2013 at the Age of 26. When he got a spot in the playing xi of the Indian Team in the farewell series of the God of Cricket Sachin Tendulkar. And left with an impactful performance of scoring 177 in the first test match. Followed by 111 in the second. But again he was left out of the squad for quite a long time. But got a spot in the team for the Australian Tour of 2018-19. Where he scored decent runs but could complete the tour as he had to return to India. Where Rohit Sharma’s Wife was giving birth to their first Baby Girl. To date, Rohit Sharma has played a total of 34 matches in the Test International and has given decent performances and scored 2141 runs with an avg. of above 40. With a top score of 212 against South Africa while batting at the second position. One Day International Career Rohit Sharma’s International Debut came with his debut in the ODIs at the age of 20. Where he played against Ireland in Belfast. But since back in the days he batted lower down the order, he did not get a chance to bat in his debut match. But, in his second series as the Common Wealth Bank Series, he scored a total of 235 runs and two half-centuries. Which officially began his career as a batsman for the national team. But, his career saw a downfall after that. Since he was not able to perform, he was dropped out of the team and his spots kept on shuffling with Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli. But his 309 runs in Ranjhi Trophy brought him back in the team. And he started his performance with a maiden century. He has been out of form afterward, but MS Dhoni kept on showing faith in him. Following which Rohit Sharma started opening the innings for India alongside Shikhar Dhawan in the 2013 Champions Trophy. And this change proved to be successful as India won the tournament defeating the host England in the finals. Following the change in the order in Rohit Sharma’s batting position, he started scoring runs for his team. And also scored the highest number of runs in one match 264 of 173 deliveries. Making a world record against Sri Lanka in Kolkata, on 13th November 2014. World Cup Edition Following his World Class performance, Rohit Sharma also made his ICC Cricket World Cup debut Appearance in 2015. Where he scored 330 runs with one century. But India could only make it to the semi-finals stage. His second appearance in the World Cup 2019 came with him scoring 5 centuries in a single World Cup Edition and equalized the record of Sachin Tendulkar. His World Cup ended with a total of 648 runs and also won the Golden Bat award for the most number of runs. ODI Statistics To date, as Rohit Sharma turns 33 according to his Birthday he has played a total of 224 matches for the national team. And has scored 9115 runs and counting as he still continues to play and score run for the team. His batting average is 50 runs and has scored 29 centuries with two double centuries of 264 and 208 runs. And 43 half-centuries for the nation. T20 International Career Rohit Sharma’s T20 career began back in 2007, in the T20 World Cup. And his runs proved to be match-winning as well as tournament winning for the Indian Team lead by then captain MS Dhoni (Click Here to read more about him). During the knockout, he made 50 runs off 40 deliveries which lead India to face Pakistan in the finals. And played a match-winning knock of 30 runs of 16 deliveries and remained not out. And India picked up the T20 World Cup Trophy. Rohit Sharma’s T20 career has just risen from that time. He has scored 2773 runs to date in his journey of 108 matches for the Indian National Team with an average of 32 runs. And has scored the highest of 118 runs with 4 centuries and 21 half-centuries. Indian Premier League Career Sharma has also had a very successful ongoing career in the Indian Premier League (IPL). In 2008, he started his career as a player in Deccan Chargers. But was sold to Mumbai Indian in the auction of 2011 and has been a part of the team for the last decade. His success started in the team when Rohit was appointed as the captain of the team in 2013. And his team Mumbai Indians has won the tournament four times under his leadership. Sharma’s career in IPL has been successful for him as a player as well. He has scored 5000+ runs in the tournament with one century to his name. And is third in the race of highest run-scorer behind Suresh Raina and Virat Kohli. Personal Life Rohit Sharma shares a very intimate life with his family and Wife. Rohit Sharma met his now Wife Ritika Sajdeh in a sports event as she was a sports manager back then and had the player on her list. Their first meeting turned into a very strong friendship. After some time their friendship became deeper and Rohit Sharma proposed to her for marriage. And later at the Age of 28 in 2015, Rohit Sharma married her. In 2018, Rohit Sharma and Ritika Sajdeh gave birth to their Daughter Samaira Sharma. He was on national duty when his wife gave birth to their daughter. And he came back to be his newborn. Rohit Sharma a year later celebrated her first Birthday in the Maldives and shared a lot of Photos together. Rohit Sharma Towards the Society Rohit Sharma along with his Wife have together worked towards giving back to the environment and the society in the form of animal welfare, children’s welfare, and health. In 2015 he became a part of the People for Ethical Treatment of Animals (PETA). He worked on various campaigns with them. His first campaign was the sterilization campaign for the homeless cats and dogs in India. Because he saw the homeless crisis for the strays. Whose only solution was to keep their po[CENSORED]tion in control by sterilization. His second campaign was against the illegal poaching that happened in Africa and was a part of saving the last White Rhinoceros. In 2017 he also made merchandise of his Jersey Number 45, selling clothes and mobile covers. And all the earnings from the merchandise went into the welfare of the animals. Later, Rohit Sharma was announced as the WWF Rhino ambassador. Which was the follow-up campaign he wanted to do after he met the last surviving White Male Rhinoceros. And also shared his views on he finds this campaign to be so important. And when the Last White Rhinoceros breathed his last, he also made a post on his social media. Source

Russia's brutal retaliation for the bombing of its bridge to Crimea appears to have bolstered the West's determination and urgency to help Ukraine. The U.S. and other NATO members pledged their immediate and long-lasting support Wednesday for Ukraine, which over the previous two days was showered with Russian missiles and drone attacks that killed dozens of civilians, destroyed residential buildings and damaged about one-third of the country's energy infrastructure. "The international community remains united and focused and committed to doing everything that we can to help Ukraine protect its interests and defend its sovereign territory,” U.S. Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said after a meeting with allies at NATO headquarters in Brussels. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy on Tuesday asked for air defense systems to help protect civilians, and he did not have to wait. Ukraine just received its first IRIS-T air defense system from Germany and four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) from the U.S., Ukraine Foreign Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Wednesday. The deliveries were expedited after this week's barrage, a retaliatory attack for a truck bomb that damaged a crucial, Russian-built bridge in Crimea on Saturday. Ukraine has not taken responsibility for the blast. The U.S. also announced plans to send Ukraine eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS); two are expected to be delivered soon. In addition, the Netherlands said it would deliver $14.5 million worth of air defense missiles, and France said it would also contribute to Ukraine's air defense. “The more audacious and cruel Russian terror becomes, the more obvious it is to the world that helping Ukraine to protect the sky is one of the most important humanitarian tasks for Europe of our time,” Zelenskyy said. Other developments: ►The U.N. General Assembly voted 143-5 with 35 abstentions Wednesday to condemn Russia’s “attempted illegal annexation” of four Ukrainian provinces and demand that the Kremlin reverse its actions right away. The vote is symbolic, not legally binding. ►Ukraine’s prime minister, Denys Shmyhal, said Russia intends to use “cold as its weapon” in the upcoming winter and urged citizens to prepare by stocking on warm clothes, candles, flashlights and batteries. ►A Russian attack on a market in the Donetsk city of Avdiivka killed seven people and wounded eight Wednesday, Ukrainian authorities said. ►Russian President Vladimir Putin met Wednesday with Turkish leader Recep Tayyip Erdoğan in Kazakhstan on the sidelines of a regional summit, Kremlin spokesman Dmitriy Peskov said. Erdoğan has offered to host talks between Russia and the West. Ukraine's counteroffensive slows down Ukraine has retaken five more villages in the southern Kherson province, the Southern Operational Command said Wednesday. However, officials and military analysts pointed out the counteroffensive that reclaimed more than a thousand square miles of occupied territory in the east and south has lost steam. After the battlefield losses, Russian forces regrouped and bolstered their front lines, halting the Ukrainians' progress. Serhiy Haidai, regional administrator of Luhansk in the east, said the Russians have also been setting mines in the first section of the front line. Eight arrested -- five of them Russian -- in Crimean bridge bombing Five Russians are among eight suspects detained in connection with the explosion that has gnarled rail and vehicle traffic on the $3.6 billion Crimea bridge, Russia's domestic intelligence service said Wednesday. Ukraine’s military intelligence agency was behind the attack Saturday on the 12-mile bridge, Europe's longest, the FSB said in a statement. Ukraine authorities have lauded the incident but have not formally accepted responsibility for the blast, which Russia says killed three people. "At the moment, five citizens of Russia, three citizens of Ukraine and Armenia, who participated in the preparation of the crime, have been detained as part of a criminal case," the FSB said, adding that several other suspects were involved in the plan. The FSB said the explosives were shipped out of the Ukrainian city of Odesa in August, and three Ukrainians, two Georgians and an Armenian national were behind the plan to arrange the delivery from Bulgaria through Georgia into Russia. A Ukrainian citizen and the five detained Russians had prepared documents for a nonexistent Crimean firm to receive the explosives, the agency said. The investigation was continuing. No indication Putin is preparing to use nuclear weapons, Pentagon says The Pentagon has not seen indications that Russian President Vladimir Putin is preparing to use nuclear weapons as his forces falter in Ukraine, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin said Wednesday. Austin made his remarks in a briefing to reporters in Brussels, where NATO allies met to discuss supplying military aid to Ukraine. “Nuclear saber rattling is reckless and irresponsible,” Austin said. “We don’t expect to see and hear that kind of behavior from a major nuclear power. And so that’s very dangerous.” Army Gen. Mark Milley, the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said that Ukraine’s top needs for the war include air defense systems, cannon artillery, rocket artillery, tanks and infantry fighting vehicles. Milley blasted the recent Russian missile strikes on Ukrainian cities, calling the “indiscriminate and deliberate attacks” a “war crime.” -- Tom Vanden Brook Ukraine receives artillery, air defense systems from US, Germany The U.S. and its allies are taking quick steps to respond to Ukraine's request for air defense systems that may prevent major damage from missile strikes such as the ones Russia launched Monday and Tuesday. Ukraine received its first IRIS-T air defense system from Germany and four more High Mobility Artillery Rocket Systems (HIMARS) from the U.S., Ukraine Foreign Minister Oleksii Reznikov said Wednesday. The deliveries were expedited after this week's Russian barrage across much of Ukraine, a retaliatory attack for a truck bomb that damaged a crucial, Russian-built bridge in Crimea on Saturday. “The more audacious and cruel Russian terror becomes, the more obvious it is to the world that helping Ukraine to protect the sky is one of the most important humanitarian tasks for Europe of our time,” Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy said. The U.S. also announced plans to send Ukraine eight National Advanced Surface-to-Air Missile Systems (NASAMS); two are expected to be delivered soon. In addition, the Netherlands said it would deliver $14.5 million worth of air defense missiles, and France said it would also contribute to Ukraine's air defense. "A new era of air defense has begun," Reznikov tweeted. "There is a moral imperative to protect the sky over in order to save our people." Shelling again causes dangerous blackout at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant For the second time in five days, Europe's second-largest nuclear power plant was knocked off the grid by shelling, once again risking a radiation emergency. The Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant lost its electric supply Wednesday when a Russian missile damaged a substation north of it, the facility's operator said. Even though the plant's six reactors are inactive, they need to be cooled for long stretches to prevent overheating. Energoatom said the external power source was repaired after about eight hours and that the plant’s emergency diesel generators -- which rely on uncertain fuel deliveries in the war zone -- provided backup power in the meantime, but pointed out a similarly hazardous interruption could happen at any time. Experts have raised alarm about the danger of continued fighting near the plant, which has been occupied by Russian forces since early in the war but is operated by Ukrainian employees. Repeated power outages over brief stretches only increase the risks, analysts say. The International Atomic Energy Agency has repeatedly called for the establishment of a protection zone around the facility -- IAEA Director General Rafael Grossi made his case to Putin directly Tuesday -- but so far hostilities in the plant's periphery have not ceased. Biden: No progress in effort to free Brittney Griner from Russian prison U.S. officials have made no progress toward freeing WNBA basketball star Brittney Griner from a Moscow prison, President Joe Biden said Wednesday. Asked by reporters if there was any movement in the Griner case, Biden replied, "Not with Putin." In an interview Tuesday with CNN, Biden said he had "no intention" of meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin at the G20 summit next month in Indonesia – but that he would consider a conversation if Putin said he wanted to talk about Griner. Griner, who plays basketball in Russia during the WNBA offseason, was arrested at Sheremetyevo Airport outside Moscow in February on drug charges. Griner admitted having vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage, but testified she had inadvertently packed them and had no criminal intent. She was sentenced to nine years in prison; her appeal hearing is set for Oct. 25. Putin blames US for pipeline blasts, says Russia ready to resume gas flow Putin said Wednesday that Russia is ready to restart the flow of gas to Europe over the single remaining link of the Nord Stream gas pipelines – and again blamed the U.S. for blasts that crippled the system. German government spokeswoman Christiane Hoffmann rejected the proposal, saying Russia has been an unreliable gas supplier since the war began. European authorities are investigating the explosions that ripped through both links of the Nord Stream 1 pipeline and one of the two links of the Nord Stream 2 pipeline. U.S. officials have dismissed Putin's claim that the U.S. wanted to disrupt the flow to encourage Europe to import more expensive liquefied natural gas. Experts discuss Putin's threat to use nukes in Ukraine What does Putin’s threat to use nuclear weapons mean for the security of millions of people in Ukraine and around the world, including the United States, which Russian nuclear-tipped missiles can certainly reach? USA TODAY spoke with former top intelligence officer Rolf Mowatt-Larssen, a former CIA official and a host of other nuclear security experts and analysts for answers. All of them agreed with President Joe Biden’s assessment that the current situation is fraught with potential danger, including the possibility an increasingly cornered Putin decides to deploy one of the smaller nuclear weapons in his massive arsenal. "It’s just pure international racketeering," Kremlin Spokesman Dmitry Peskov said Wednesday. The G-7 statement released after Tuesday's virtual meeting called for "ensuring Ukraine’s recovery and reconstruction, including exploring avenues to do so with funds from Russia." After the invasion began in February, the West imposed sanctions against the Bank of Russia. In addition to freezing Russia’s gold and foreign exchange reserves, all transactions related to the management of reserves and assets of the Bank of Russia, as well as transactions with any legal entity, fell under the ban. https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/world/2022/10/12/ukraine-russia-invasion-live-updates/10474721002/

Nick Movie: Liger Time: 21|07|2022 Netflix / Amazon / HBO?: - Duration of the movie: / Trailer:

Live Performance Title: Bantai's Tapori Style Rap Becomes The "Hit Rap" On IGT Signer Name: Bilal Shaik (Emiway) Live Performance Location: / Official YouTube Link: Your Opinion About the Track (Music Video): 10/10

Musician Name: R. D. Burman Birthday / Location: Maharashtra, India / 27|06|1939 Main instrument: Tabla Musician Picture : Musician Awards & Nominations: Best Music Director Award Best Performance: Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko Other Information: /

Artist: R. D. Burman Real Name: R. D. Burman Birth Date /Place: Maharashtra, India / 27|06|1939 Age: He aged 54 at 4 January 1992 Social status (Single / Married): Married Artist Picture: Musical Genres: Rock Awards: Best music director Award Top 3 Songs (Names): Chura Liya Hai Tumne Jo Dil Ko Other Information: Burman was born to the Hindi film composer and singer, Sachin Dev Burman, and his lyricist wife Meera Dev Burman (née Dasgupta), in Calcutta. Initially, he was nicknamed Tublu by his maternal grandmother, although he later became known by the nickname Pancham. According to some stories, he was nicknamed Pancham because, as a child, whenever he cried, it sounded in the fifth note (Pa), G scale, of music notation; in Hindustani Classical Music, Pancham is the name of the fifth scale degree: (IAST: Ṣaḍja, Ṛṣabha, Gandhāra, Madhyama, Pañcama, Dhaivata, Niṣāda). Another theory says that the baby was nicknamed Pancham because he could cry in five different notes. Yet another version is that when the veteran Indian actor Ashok Kumar saw a newborn Rahul uttering the syllable Pa repeatedly, he nicknamed the boy Pancham

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WASHINGTON — The White House said Tuesday that President Joe Biden wants to see resignations from all three members of the Los Angeles City Council who took part in a racist conversation that was captured in a leaked audio recording. "He believes that they all should resign," White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said. "The language that was used and tolerated during that conversation was unacceptable and it was appalling." Biden's position follows resignation calls from top California Democrats, including Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti and Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., a mayoral candidate vying to replace Garcetti. Ron Herrera, the president of Los Angeles County Federation of Labor, resigned from his position Tuesday. But L.A. City Council President Nury Martinez, at the center of the controversy, has stopped short of resigning from her seat, instead taking a leave of absence and stepping down as council president. The two other participants, L.A. council members Kevin De Len and Gil Cedillo, also remain in their council seats. "The president is glad to see that one of the participants in that conversation has resigned. But they all should," Jean-Pierre said. In the recording, Martinez can be heard making racist statements about the Black child of a white council member, Mike Bonin, including that he “handled his young Black son as though he were an accessory." She described the son in Spanish as “like a monkey" and said the boy's parents are "raising him like a little white kid." "I was like, this kid needs a beatdown," Martinez said. "Let me take him around the corner and then I'll bring him back." The conversation took place during an October 2021 meeting at the union's offices over the city's redistricting process. More:GOP Sen. Tommy Tuberville promotes racist narrative about Black people, crime at Trump rally Although everyone in the recording is a Democrat, Jean-Pierre sought to make a distinction with Republicans on how the parties respond to racism within their own ranks. "When a Democrat says something racist or anti-Semitic, we really hold Democrats accountable. When a MAGA Republican says something racist or anti-Semitic, they're embraced by cheering crowds and become celebrated and sought-after endorsements." Jean-Pierre pointed to comments Saturday from Sen. Tommy Tuberville, R-Ala., at a rally hosted by President Donald Trump in which the senator said Democrats back reparations for descendants of slavery because "they think the people who do crime are owed that." Biden is scheduled to visit Los Angeles on Wednesday to attend a Democratic fundraiser and deliver remarks on the infrastructure spending law passed last year. The trip was planned before the L.A. City Council controversy erupted. Source

Football-size goldfish are taking over a Minnesota lake after being dumped by their owners. Officials at Burnsville, a city roughly 15 miles (24 kilometers) south of Minneapolis, issued a warning urging residents to stop releasing their pet fish after recovering multiple foot-long aquatic invaders from the waters of the city's Lake Keller. "Please don't release your pet goldfish into ponds and lakes!" city officials said in a statement on Twitter. "They grow bigger than you think and contribute to poor water quality by mucking up the bottom sediments and uprooting plants. Released goldfish are known to grow to several times their domesticated size and have been wreaking havoc on the ecological webs that native species depend upon to survive. But when released into the wild the teensy fish can balloon to monstrous scales; in 2013 one super-size goldfish captured in Lake Tahoe measured nearly 1.5 feet (46 cm) long and weighed over 4 pounds (2 kilograms) And despite their propensity to die while in captivity, the fish are as tough as they come in the wild — capable of living 25 years and surviving for up to five months without any oxygen. (The fish evolved to live in ponds that freeze over in the winter, so their bodies will instead convert carbohydrates into alcohol during this period, which they release through their gills). When these traits are coupled with rapid reproductive rates, goldfish are quickly able to dominate new habitats at the cost of native species. Officials in Minnesota's nearby Carver County removed about 50,000 goldfish from local waters in November 2020, according to the Washington Post. The county has signed an $88,000 contract with a consulting firm to figure out how to better manage the rogue shoals. "A few goldfish might seem to some like a harmless addition to the local water body — but they're not," according to a statement from the Minnesota Department of Natural Resources. "Goldfish are in the minnow family and can work their way through city stormwater ponds and into lakes and streams downstream with big impacts, by rapidly reproducing, surviving harsh winters, and feeding in and stirring up the bottom like their close relatives, the common carp." Minnesota isn't the only part of North America suffering from goldfish invasions. Alberta, Canada is also facing similar problems, and officials near Spokane, Washington, have committed $150,000 to rehabilitating a nearby lake, KHQ news reported. Source

“Simplified to the point of crudity, it seems almost needlessly ugly, but it is full of original ideas planned to cut weight and cost and increase production,” we reported. Its steel box-frame chassis bore on each side two suspension arms linked by tension rods to a central cylinder containing a spring; and had a very thin steel body welded to it (with a canvas roof), home at the front to air-cooled 375cc flat-twin with a three-speed gearbox; and the four ‘seats’ inside cushions held to frames by rubber bands. Top speed was just 37mph, but economy was a superb 50-60mpg. It cost a mere £213 (£5970 today) – £71 less than even Renault’s 4CV. Quelle surprise that the French went mad for it, making it the first car to sell a million and a cultural icon. It lasted right up until 1990, with some nine million produced. Amid the severe austerity of the 2CV and its rivals from various other French firms, Ford France’s new V8 Vedette was “comparatively a breath of sanity, an example of how modern quantity production can reach to the best standards”. In addition to its fast little 600cc saloon, Panhard presented “a startling streamlined four-seater body of aircraft inspiration on the same chassis”. Peugeot’s 203, meanwhile, was “deservedly one of the big attractions of the salon”, not least as it moved past chassis construction in favour of a monocoque. This was something also adopted by Rovin for its latest two-door economy car. Mathis, having been refused permission to produce its miniature, even after converting it into a four-wheeler, presented a fascinating new prototype; Wimille progressed in its efforts to bring a sporty option to the class; and new firm Brandt brought a bizarre little thing with its doors front and rear. At the other end of the spectrum, there was lots of stunningly elegant coachwork to be admired, sitting on Alfa Romeo, Bentley, Delahaye, Ferrari, Lancia and Talbot chassis. Saoutchik’s gold-plated coupé interior might have strayed into insulting territory, mind you... Austin of Longbridge and Morris of Cowley had been fierce rivals since the formative days of the British car industry, so it was a shock when they agreed “a constant interchange of information on production methods, costs, purchases, design, research, patents and all other items likely to result in manufacturing economies”. The tensions between bosses Lord Nuffield and Leonard Lord initially proved too difficult, the deal called off in 1949, but they must have resolved their differences, as in 1952 they agreed to merge into the BMC. A new V8 roadster for Britain Sydney Allard began motor racing in 1929 and soon was building his own specials; and immediately post-war, he set up a firm in his name to build sports cars using Ford parts, these being easy to source and maintain. The J was a racer, the K a roadster and the L a four-seat open tourer, each having the Pilot’s steel chassis and 3.6-litre V8. The K impressed our testers by how it raced to 60mph in a quick 13.6sec and on to 86mph; climbed hills swiftly and easily; and handled the old-fashioned way, not presenting a steep learning curve. Source