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Madhushree Ghosh launched a supper club to help build community by sharing food — and ideas.N ear the Anzac Bridge, workers in hi-vis vests and aprons move among crates of stock, greeting regular customers with handshakes and waves. Families weave in and out of stores as pelicans try to sneak scraps of fish. Sydney Fish Market is experiencing its usual bustle for the Friday before Christmas – but this year will likely be the market’s last festive season in this location. Over the sound of the crowd, snippets of conversation about the move can be heard. “Are you excited?” “The last authentic fish market you will see.” “It should have been done 10 years ago!” “Won’t be the same.” Towards the end of next year, the fish market will be moving to a new site along Blackwattle Bay. It’s a huge departure for the venue, which has been at its existing site since 1966. While some patrons and workers are looking forward to a new space with more shops and a modern design, others are disappointed to say goodbye to the traditional market. Evolution of an ‘already iconic’ site Tony Tsiklas, the manager of Claudio’s Seafood in the market’s car park, has been working there for 38 years – he started as an 18-year-old doing deliveries. Over the years, Tsiklas has watched the market grow busier and busier. “From the old days, I remember it wasn’t crazy like this. We were busy, but not like now. Now ... it’s like a stampede.” Tsiklas wonders about the move – he’s not sure it will be easy. He’s worried about space to put containers, scales, windows, freezers and other facilities required to run the business. “I want to transition smoothly,” he says. “We don’t know what it is going to be like, [if] there is a limited space for containers on the other side.” Operating on the harbour close to the CBD as both an authentic fish market and a retail venue, the site is “already iconic”, says Gus Dannoun, the head of Sydney Fish Market’s quota and operations. “You will find it very hard to find that whole combination in the one location, in a fish market, anywhere else.” Dannoun started working in technology for the New South Wales Fish Marketing Authority in 1981, when the market was a “very trade-oriented business”. “You hardly saw any general public come on to the site.” Over time, the number of retailers grew from two to six, and more of the public came to buy their products. “We also started discovering the fish market started having tourist appeal,” Dannoun says. That “truly transformed the business”. “Some might say it happened organically ... by accident, but I think it is the fact that the site was evolving.” The next evolution of the market, he says, is moving into the new precinct. The new market, designed by architects 3XN, has been pitched as “Sydney’s most significant harbourside building since the Opera House” by the NSW government . The site will be both a “purpose-built authentic operating fish market” and a “major food and dining attraction”. ‘I’m actually pretty excited’ Patrons Carla and Craig Waghorn visit weekly to shop for their end-of-week seafood dinners. Craig says he will miss the original fish market. “I’m disappointed,” he says. “I just love the fact that it is actually smelly.” But Carla is looking forward to something more “cosmopolitan”. “I think it will present everything a little bit more nicely, so I’m actually pretty excited. I’m sure they will have other shops and restaurants over there as well.” She adds that she is excited to bring her parents to the new precinct when they visit from Italy. Bill Dawes thinks the move should have happened years ago. “It has gotten busier and busier and busier, and needs a makeover,” he says. Dawes was a chef for 25 years and spent five of those years at the fish market. As a student, he used to visit the market’s auction house. Now he visits as a shopper. “The wife’s always getting me to stop in the place. I’m off to the relos, the in-laws, for Christmas.” He is skipping the Christmas Eve and Day rush this year – when the market is famously open for a marathon 36 hours straight . Last year, he visited, had a look around, then “took off”. “It was too busy,” he says. “Christmas Day rush is go, go, go, even from a packer’s point of view. They are real fast, real quick, and if you know what you want, you’re going to get looked after very quickly. “You’ve got to know what you got, pre-plan what you want, hit them up for a quick fish special, get it, get out.” Dawes has been watching the new site’s development over the last year and a half. “I’m excited to see what is in store,” he says. “It looks big.” Despite Tsiklas’ reservations, he’s certain patrons will flock to the new site. “I’m sure a lot of people are going there. [Even] if they haven’t been before, they will come to have a look because there are a lot more stores in there.” And he is committed to carrying on Claudio’s at the new precinct. “Same name,” he says. “Same name, until I retire.”
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Athos Salomé, a self-proclaimed paranormal expert and fortune teller, has stirred global attention with his latest prediction: World War III is imminent. Referred to by his supporters as the "New Nostradamus," Salomé asserts that he predicted significant global occurrences, such as the coronavirus pandemic, Elon Musk's purchase of X (previously Twitter), and the passing of Queen Elizabeth II. His most recent warning, however, is much more serious, indicating that the worst is still ahead. Salomé’s forecasts stem from his conviction that global security is currently encountering its most significant dangers. He considers cyber warfare a major issue, cautioning that it has intensified to rank as one of the "greatest dangers to international safety." As technology progresses quickly, he stresses that upcoming conflicts might not just encompass military personnel but also machines, which he thinks could fundamentally change the essence of warfare. During an interview, Salomé expressed concern about the current conflict between Russia and Ukraine, highlighting the significant deployment of advanced weaponry such as drones and supersonic missiles. These contemporary technologies have already taken tens of thousands of lives. He referred to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov's remarks, claiming that Russia is ready to "defend itself by any means," indicating that advancements in military technology might intensify the ongoing conflict. Salomé emphasized the increasingly strained standoff reminiscent of the Cold War between the United States and China, pointing out rising worries about cyber espionage. Both countries have traded allegations of hacking and espionage, which Salomé thinks might lead to a disastrous cyberattack. An occurrence like this could incapacitate vital defense mechanisms and structures, resulting in a worldwide breakdown of military and communication systems. He contends that this might be the catalyst for a more extensive conflict. Another point of worry for Salomé is the South China Sea, which he anticipates will become the location of a "critical event." He asserts that an unidentified group might initiate a coordinated assault on space and maritime communication networks, which could interfere with the military activities of significant global powers. Such an act might result in chaos among superpowers, exacerbating global instability. Get Latest News Live on Times Now along with Breaking News and Top Headlines from World and around the world.TORONTO — Canada's main stock index edged higher in trading on Wednesday, helped by strength in the technology sector, while U.S. stock markets also rose. The S&P/TSX composite index was up 5.45 points at 25,641.18. The index took a “breather” Wednesday ahead of key labour market indicators set to be released both in Canada and the U.S. this week, said Angelo Kourkafas, senior investment strategist at Edward Jones. Statistics Canada will report the latest data from the national labour force survey on Friday, the same day the November jobs report is due in the U.S. “That's the last important data point for the Bank of Canada before they meet next week,” said Kourkafas. November was a strong month for equities, he said, so it isn't surprising that investors are digesting the gains while they await new data. He said it’s expected that Statistics Canada will report an acceleration of job gains after last month brought a “relatively weak reading,” with job gains at about half of what analysts were expecting. While Canada’s central bank is expected to cut its key interest rate a fifth straight time on Dec. 11, the size of the cut could depend on that jobs data, he said. “We're now looking at a rebound, but as the Bank of Canada deliberates between a quarter point cut versus half a percentage point cut, I think what we are going to see in terms of unemployment rate and the base of job gains is going to have a say into that,” said Kourkafas, adding that wage growth is another important metric to watch. “If we see steady job growth and slowing wages, that can potentially tilt the Bank of Canada towards a larger cut.” In New York, the Dow Jones industrial average was up 308.51 points at 45,014.04. The S&P 500 index was up 36.61 points at 6,086.49, while the Nasdaq composite was up 254.21 points at 19,735.12. U.S. markets were propelled by strength in the technology sector, said Kourkafas, highlighting strong results in quarterly earnings released this week by Salesforce Inc. and Marvell Technology Inc. “I think today's results highlight that there is still a long runway and still enthusiasm, excitement about artificial intelligence and kind of that multi-year adoption cycle,” he said. The Canadian dollar traded for 71.09 cents US compared with 71.14 cents US on Tuesday. The January crude oil contract was down US$1.40 at US$68.54 per barrel and the January natural gas contract was up less than a penny at US$3.04 per mmBTU. The February gold contract was up US$8.30 at US$2,676.20 an ounce and the March copper contract was down less than a penny at US$4.20 a pound. This report by The Canadian Press was first published Dec. 4, 2024. Companies in this story: (TSX:GSPTSE, TSX:CADUSD) Sammy Hudes, The Canadian Press
It took 7 months, but today I finished coding my 2024 .NETpad modernization project. I also found another bug in WPF Windows 7 theming support. Of course I did. So let's start there. A new bug When Microsoft released .NET 9 in November, I was surprised to discover that it included a few small but important updates. Key among them was the ability to switch the app theme on the fly, a basic feature that was missing from the Windows 11 theming capabilities Microsoft had previously made available to developers during the .NET 9 pre-release development period. Until that change, you could make an app that conformed to whatever theme the user chose in Windows 11 Settings, and it would change on the fly if the user changed that theme. But there was no way to manually select a theme. For example, if the system theme is set to Dark but you (or the user) want to use the app in Light mode. Most modern Windows 11 apps support this feature. So, too, does Notepad. And I was sure that it would come to WPF at some point. In fact, I was so sure that I wrote the UI code for this interface in XAML, but left it grayed out since there was no way to change it on the fly. Here's how it looks. As I wrote in Modernizing .NETpad: .NET 9 Arrives with a Few (More) Small Improvements for WPF (Premium), Microsoft implemented this capability using a new Application.ThemeMode property in the styling API. And it's quite easy to use: I spun up a quick sample project in Visual Studio and created a button that toggled between Light, Dark, and System themes (the latter of which will be either Light or Dark, depending on what the user configures). Couldn't be easier. But when I added this code to .NETpad and tried to change the app theme, it would crash with an unhandled exception. I have multiple versions of the app, each a little different, so I tried it in three of them. But I always had the same issue. Whenever I changed the theme on-the-fly, the app crashed. Fantastic. Because I was winding down this project, I decided to not worry about it: I would add this feature early in a clean, new version of the app and then, once I had it working, I'd build it out and keep checking on this toggle to see when (or whether) it started crashing so I could hopefully isolate the problem. I wrote about this a bit in Modernizing .NETpad: WTF, WPF (Premium), in which I also discussed another small but important addition to the Windows 11 theming support in WPF in .NET 9, the new accent color support for the default button in dialogs. That feature, at least, seems to work fine, and I've implemented it in all the recent versions of the app I've worked up. But then I got side-tracked a bit. Experimenting on the side, I started getting the long-awaited tab support (and related window title bar customization) working. And so I started to think about, and then implement, the code that would be necessary to transition .NETpad from supporting a single document to one th... With technology shaping our everyday lives, how could we not dig deeper? Thurrott Premium delivers an honest and thorough perspective about the technologies we use and rely on everyday. Discover deeper content as a Premium member. Paul Thurrott is an award-winning technology journalist and blogger with 30 years of industry experience and the author of 30 books. He is the owner of and the host of three tech podcasts: with Leo Laporte and Richard Campbell, , and with Brad Sams. He was formerly the senior technology analyst at Windows IT Pro and the creator of the SuperSite for Windows from 1999 to 2014 and the Major Domo of Thurrott.com while at BWW Media Group from 2015 to 2023. You can reach Paul via , or . Join the crowd where the love of tech is real - become a Thurrott Premium Member today! Sign up for our new free newsletter to get three time-saving tips each Friday
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UNITY TOWNSHIP, Pa. — Rescuers contemplated the safest way Wednesday to search for a woman who apparently fell into a Pennsylvania sinkhole while looking for her lost cat, saying a crumbling old coal mine beneath the surface complicated efforts and endangered workers. Crews worked through the night in the Unity Township community of Marguerite to find Elizabeth Pollard, 64. A state police spokesperson said early Wednesday they were reassessing their tactics to avoid putting the rescuers in danger. "The integrity of that mine is starting to become compromised," Trooper Steve Limani told reporters at the scene about 40 miles east of Pittsburgh. Rescue workers continue to search for Elizabeth Pollard, who is believed to have disappeared in a sinkhole while looking for her cat, Wednesday in Marguerite, Pa. Sinkholes occur in the area because of subsidence from coal mining activity. Rescuers used water to break down and remove clay and dirt from the mine, which has been closed since the 1950s, but that increased the risk "for potential other mine subsidence to take place," Limani said. "We're probably going to have to switch gears" and do a more complicated dig, he said. On Tuesday, crews lowered a pole camera with a sensitive listening device into the hole, but it detected nothing. Another camera lowered into the hole showed what could be a shoe about 30 feet below the surface, Limani said. Searchers also deployed drones and thermal imaging equipment to no avail. Marguerite Fire Chief Scot Graham, the incident commander, said access to the immediate area surrounding the hole was tightly controlled and monitored, with rescuers attached by harness. "We cannot judge as to what's going on underneath us. Again, you had a small hole on top but as soon as you stuck a camera down through to look, you had this big void," Graham said. "And it was all different depths. The process is long, is tedious. We have to make sure that we are keeping safety in the forefront as well as the rescue effort." Rescue workers search through the night in a sinkhole for Elizabeth Pollard, who disappeared while looking for her cat, Tuesday in Marguerite, Pa. Pleasant Unity Fire Chief John Bacha, the operations officer at the scene, said they were "hoping that there's a void that she could still be in." Pollard's family called police about 1 a.m. on Tuesday to say she had not been seen since going out Monday evening to search for Pepper, her cat. The temperature dropped well below freezing that night. In an interview with CBS News, Pollard's son, Axel Hayes, said he is experiencing a mix of emotions. "I'm upset that she hasn't been found yet, and I'm really just worried about whether she's still down there, where she is down there, or she went somewhere and found somewhere safer," Hayes said. "Right now, I just hope she's alive and well, that she's going to make it, that my niece still has a grandmother, that I still have a mother that I can talk to." The top of a sinkhole is seen Tuesday in the village of Marguerite, Pa., where rescuers searched for a woman who disappeared. Police said they found Pollard's car parked behind Monday's Union Restaurant in Marguerite, about 20 feet from the sinkhole. Hunters and restaurant workers in the area said they didn't notice the manhole-size opening in the hours before Pollard disappeared, leading rescuers to speculate that the sinkhole was new. "It almost feels like it opened up with her standing on top of it," Limani said. Searchers accessed the mine late Tuesday afternoon and dug a separate entrance out of concern that the ground around the sinkhole opening was not stable. Pollard lives in a small neighborhood across the street from where her car and granddaughter were located, Limani said. The young girl "nodded off in the car and woke up. Grandma never came back," Limani said. The child stayed in the car until two troopers rescued her. It's not clear what happened to Pepper. In an era of rapid technological advancement and environmental change, American agriculture is undergoing a revolution that reaches far beyond the farm gate. From the food on consumer plates to the economic health of rural communities, the transformation of U.S. farming practices is reshaping the nation's landscape in ways both visible and hidden. LandTrust explores how these changes impact everyone, whether they live in the heartland or the heart of the city. The image of the small family farm, while still a reality for many, is increasingly giving way to larger, more technologically advanced operations. According to the USDA, the number of farms in the U.S. has fallen from 6.8 million in 1935 to about 2 million today, with the average farm size growing from 155 acres to 444 acres. This shift has profound implications for rural communities and the food system as a whole. Despite these changes, diversity in farming practices is on the rise. A landmark study published in Science , involving data from over 2,000 farms across 11 countries, found that diversifying farmland simultaneously delivers environmental and social benefits. This challenges the longstanding idea that practices boosting biodiversity must come at a cost to yields and food security. The adoption of precision agriculture technologies is transforming how farmers manage their land and resources. GPS-guided tractors, drone surveillance, and AI-powered crop management systems are becoming commonplace on many farms. These technologies allow farmers to apply water, fertilizers, and pesticides with pinpoint accuracy, reducing waste and environmental impact while improving yields. However, the digital divide remains a challenge. More than 22% of rural communities lack reliable broadband internet access, hindering the widespread implementation of AI and other advanced technologies in agriculture. While technology offers new opportunities, farmers are also facing significant economic challenges. The USDA's 2024 farm income forecast projects a 4.4% decline in net farm income from 2023, following a sharp 19.5% drop from 2022 to 2023. This financial pressure is compounded by rising production costs and market volatility. Climate variability adds another layer of complexity. Extreme weather events, changing precipitation patterns, and shifting growing seasons are forcing farmers to adapt quickly. These factors could reduce agricultural productivity by up to 25% over the coming decades without significant adaptation measures. But adapting requires additional financial resources, further straining farm profitability. In the face of these challenges, many farmers are turning to diversification as a strategy for resilience and profitability. The Science study mentioned earlier found that farms integrating several diversification methods supported more biodiversity while seeing simultaneous increases in human well-being and food security. Agritourism is one popular diversification strategy. In 2022, 28,600 U.S. farms reported agritourism income, averaging gross revenue of $44,000 from these activities. Activities like farm tours, pick-your-own operations, and seasonal festivals not only provide additional income but also foster a deeper connection between consumers and agriculture. The changing face of agriculture is directly impacting consumers. The rise of farm-to-table and local food movements reflects a growing interest in where our food comes from and how it's produced. If every U.S. household spent just $10 per week on locally grown food, it would generate billions of dollars for local economies. However, the larger challenges in agriculture can also lead to price fluctuations at the grocery store. The USDA's Economic Research Service projects that food-at-home prices will increase between 1.2% and 2.2% in 2024. Looking ahead, several innovations are poised to reshape agriculture: The transformation of American agriculture affects everyone, from the food we eat to the health of our environment and rural communities. Consumers have the power to support sustainable and diverse farming practices through our purchasing decisions. As citizens, they can advocate for policies that support farmers in adopting innovative and sustainable practices. The challenges facing agriculture are complex, but they also present opportunities for innovation and positive change. By understanding and engaging with these issues, everyone can play a part in shaping a more resilient, sustainable, and equitable food system for the future. This story was produced by LandTrust and reviewed and distributed by Stacker. Get local news delivered to your inbox!
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