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Amazon founder Jeff Bezos and Lauren Sanchez are not having a $600 million wedding in Aspen, US, this weekend. Late last week, some reports claimed that billionaire Bezos will marry his fiance Lauren Sanchez next Saturday in an extravagant $600 million wedding in Aspen, Colorado. An upset Bezos has strongly denied the extravagant plans. Amazon's former CEO was so angry with the report that he took to social media platform X, formerly Twitter, to clarify. And what makes this clarification serious is the fact that Bezos is not a regular on Twitter. "Furthermore, this whole thing is completely false — none of this is happening. The old adage “don’t believe everything you read” is even more true today than it ever has been. Now lies can get ALL the way around the world before the truth can get its pants on. So be careful out there folks and don’t be gullible. Will be interesting to see if all the outlets that “covered” and re-reported on this issue a correction when it comes and goes and doesn’t happen," Bezos wrote. Elon Musk's 'comforting' reply Tesla and SpaceX CEO Elon Musk, who is widely known to share a frosty relationship with Bezos, replied to Bezos' angry post. "That said, I hope you do hold an epic wedding. It’s nice to know that epic events are happening somewhere in the world, even if one is not present. A world where there are amazing events somewhere is better than a world where they are happening nowhere," wrote Musk in a post seemingly aimed at comforting Bezos. No wedding dates confirmed The Daily Mail was the first to report the $600 million wedding plan quoting a “well-placed source.” The report was then picked up by the New York Post. Billionaire Bill Ackman then quote-tweeted a now-deleted post from New York Post writing, “This is not credible. Unless you are buying each of your guests a house, you can’t spend this much money.” Ackman's tweet was what Jeff Bezos quoted in his reply. Incidentally, Bezos, 60, and his fiance, 54, have so far remained mum on their wedding plans and have not yet publicly confirmed their wedding date.
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Papua New Guinea is riding Australia’s wake in legislating for social media. The nation’s Ministry for ICT this week announced that it has finalized its Social Media Policy Concept Note, which would prohibit underage users from accessing “certain social media platforms.” A notice on LinkedIn posted by government lead Steven Matainaho says that “with the concerning rise in fraud, illegal goods distribution, human trafficking, disinformation, and cyber harassment, it’s clear that hard action is necessary” to “protect our children from harmful content.” The draft law would also require “mandatory digital ID (SevisPass) for adults,” meaning adult users accessing age-restricted content will need a verified digital ID for – but again, only “on certain platforms.” The ambiguity around which platforms could be covered by the suggests that Papua New Guinea is having the same conversations as Australia about the status of sites like YouTube. The law would also require social media companies operating in the country to register there. The first draft is set to be introduced in January 2025, followed by “broad consultations” before proposing formal legislation. “Social media is not just a platform,” Matainaho writes. “It’s where many illegal and frequently converge. Should we continue allowing full access for our children and vulnerable populations to such places? It’s time to build a safer online community for all Papua New Guineans.” The prompted a flurry of comments, indicating fault lines in the argument that also mirror the between advocates for online protection and those for online freedom. Stances range from “don’t play the role of the parents” to “I have kids and this is great news. I also know that Australia has also done a similar approach for their kids. Excellent direction by the PNG government.” The stakes around social media are higher in Papua New Guinea than many other places, in that it has been linked to incidents of violence. According to D.C. nonprofit the United States Institute of Peace, local show a “notable proliferation of horrible images, videos and viral narratives surrounding sorcery accusation related violence ( ), along with justifications for employing violence against those who are accused.” | | | | | |None
Chicago (4-7) at Detroit (10-1) Thursday, 12:30 p.m. EST, CBS BetMGM NFL odds: Lions by 10 1/2. Against the spread: Bears 6-4-1; Lions 9-2. Series record: Bears lead 105-78-5. Last meeting: Bears beat Lions 28-13 in Chicago on Dec. 10, 2023. Last week: Vikings beat Bears 30-27; Lions beat Colts 24-6. Bears offense: overall (26), rush (22), pass (29), scoring (T-22). Bears defense: overall (17), rush (20), pass (13), scoring (8). Lions offense: overall (2), rush (4), pass (6), scoring (1). Lions defense: overall (17), rush (20), pass (13), scoring (8). Turnover differential: Bears plus-9; Lions plus-9. QB Caleb Williams. The No. 1 overall pick from the NFL draft in Detroit has looked more comfortable the past two games with Thomas Brown as offensive coordinator. Williams was regressing in the weeks leading up to Shane Waldron’s firing. He threw for 340 yards and two TDs last week in his fourth straight turnover-free game and fifth in a row without an interception. Story continues below video RB David Montgomery. He has run for a TD in each of the past three games and has rushed for 11 scores this season. In 25 games with the Lions, he has 24 rushing TDs. In 60 games with the Chicago Bears from 2019 to 2022, he ran for 26 scores and had 4,849 yards from scrimmage. Montgomery was slowed by a shoulder injury last week, but is expected to play. Detroit's running game against Chicago's defense. The Lions have a rushing TD in an NFL-record 25 straight games. Montgomery and Jahmyr Gibbs are the first RBs on a team to have at least 10 TDs on the ground in consecutive years. The Bears are ranked 20th against the run, a relative weakness that may be pivotal in Detroit. Bears G Ryan Bates (concussion) and DB Elijah Hicks (ankle) were ruled out after both players missed last week’s game. ... Lions PR/WR Kalif Raymond (foot) was put on injured reserve Wednesday, when the team ruled out CB Carlton Davis (knee/thumb) and OT Taylor Decker (knee) against Chicago. ... Montgomery (shoulder) and WR Amon-Ra St. Brown (knee) were full participants in practice Wednesday, but both were listed as questionable. Chicago ended a three-game losing streak in the series last year. ... The Lions started their tradition of playing on Thanksgiving on Nov. 29, 1934, with a 19-16 loss to the Bears. ... Chicago has beaten Detroit three straight times on Thanksgiving, sending Lions fans home unhappy in 2021, 2019 and 2018. ... The Bears will play the Lions on the holiday for the 20th time, trailing only Green Bay's 22 appearances in Detroit on Thanksgiving. Chicago has dropped five straight for the first time since losing the last 10 games of the 2022 season. ... The Bears have lost three games on the final play during their skid. They lost on a Hail Mary at Washington in Week 8, had a game-ending FG blocked by Green Bay and watched as Minnesota’s Parker Romo made a 29-yard FG last week. ... The Bears are 5-18 in one-possession games under coach Matt Eberflus, including a 2-5 mark this year. ... Eberflus, in his third season, is 14-31 overall and 1-3 against Detroit. ... WR DJ Moore caught seven passes for a season-high 106 yards and a TD against Minnesota. That gave him 14 receptions for 168 yards the past two games after being limited to 13 catches for 104 yards over the previous four games. ... Cairo Santos has had three FGs blocked this season, including one in each of the past two games. The three blocked FG are the most for Chicago in a single season since it also had three blocked in 2012. ... The Bears will host Detroit in Week 16. ... Buffalo and Pittsburgh are the two teams in the NFL with a better turnover differential than Detroit and Chicago. ... Detroit has lost seven straight games, including three times to Chicago, and 16 of its past 20 games on Thanksgiving and the Bears have won four in a row on the holiday. ... The Lions lead the NFC with a 10-1 mark and are tied with Kansas City for the NFL's best mark. ... Detroit has won 10 of its first 11 games for the first time since 1934 and has a chance to be 11-1 for the first time in franchise history. ... The Lions can clinch a spot in the playoffs with numerous scenarios including a win over Chicago along with losses by San Francisco, Arizona, Seattle and Tampa Bay. Montgomery may be a little more motivated, going against his former team. He has been held without a rushing TD in just two games this season. The Bears are week against the run and Montgomery is as strong as any back in the league. AP NFL: https://apnews.com/hub/NFL
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Arkansas WR Andrew Armstrong declares for NFL draft, skipping bowlJohn L. McKnight, a professor of speech and urban affairs at Northwestern University, was an expert on community organizing and a keen researcher whose work focused on helping neighborhoods understand how to make use of local resources, capacities and relationships. McKnight co-founded the nonprofit Asset-Based Community Development Institute, now based at DePaul University. The organization works to put into practice the theory that sustainable community development comes from community assets, including local residents and associations, together with the backing of local institutions. “One of John’s great gifts was his ability to bring his innate curiosity and wonder to any conversation and thus open up possibilities for all present to think something fresh and new,” said Karen Lehman, an Asset-Based Community Development Institute faculty member. “He asked excellent questions that always pointed the way to reflections that deepened the humanity of those he was in conversation with and those affected by what we were talking about.” McKnight, 92, died of natural causes at his Evanston home on Nov. 2, said his wife of 28 years, Marsha Barnett. An Ohio native, John Lee McKnight earned a bachelor’s degree in speech from Northwestern in 1953. A Reserve Officers’ Training Corps scholar at Northwestern, McKnight was a vocal opponent of segregation and quotas restricting the numbers of Black and Jewish students. After college, McKnight was with the Navy in Asia for three years. Upon his return, he worked for several activist organizations, including as a human relations officer for the Chicago Commission on Human Relations. In 1960, he was named executive director of the Illinois division of the American Civil Liberties Union, working as a community organizer. In 1963, McKnight took a job with the federal government as chief of the equal employment opportunity office of the Army’s materiel command’s Midwest region. Two years later, he was named a field investigator for the newly formed, federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission. A short time later, he was named director of the Illinois advisory committee for the United States Commission on Civil Rights. In 1969, Northwestern hired McKnight to form the Center for Urban Affairs, which was a collection of interdisciplinary faculty doing research aimed at producing urban change and developing progressive urban policy. McKnight was made a tenured professor of communication studies at Northwestern, despite the fact that he only had a bachelor’s degree. McKnight also served as associate director of the Center for Urban Affairs working alongside educator and researcher John “Jody” Kretzmann. The two spent four years researching community-building initiatives in hundreds of neighborhoods around the U.S., and that culminated in the publication of their 1993 book, “Building Communities Inside Out: A Path Toward Finding and Mobilizing a Community’s Assets.” “Focusing on the assets of lower-income communities does not imply that (lower-income) communities do not need additional resources from the outside,” they wrote. “The assets within lower-income communities, in other words, are absolutely necessary but usually not sufficient to meet the huge development challenges ahead. (And) the discussion of asset-based community development is intended to affirm, and to build upon the remarkable work already going on in neighborhoods across the country.” Firm believers in local residents and local associations’ abilities to be empowered to strengthen and sustain their communities, McKnight and Kretzmann co-founded the Asset-Based Community Development Institute at Northwestern in 1995. “John was best at taking a complex idea and demystifying it using a mixture of storytelling and everyday language,” said Cormac Russell, a faculty member at the Asset-Based Community Development Institute. “John never appealed to traditional power because his intention was always to foreground community power and background the role of institutions.” Mike Green, a former Asset-Based Community Development Institute faculty member, lauded McKnight’s abilities to convey his ideas, calling McKnight “a very gifted communicator in writing and even more so in speech.” “John could touch people’s hearts, reminding people what it means that human beings are human,” Green said. “He would often say, ‘People will only learn what they already know.’ John helped people remember their wisdom and their basic goodness.” The Asset-Based Community Development Institute moved from Northwestern to DePaul University in 2016. McKnight also wrote “The Careless Society: Community and Its Counterfeits,” which was published in 1996 and championed communities’ internal efforts to solve problems and heal themselves while taking aim at professional social services. He co-authored “The Abundant Community: Awakening the Power of Families and Neighborhoods” with Peter Block in 2010, and he teamed up with Block and noted theologian Walter Brueggemann to write the 2016 book “An Other Kingdom: Departing the Consumer Culture.” After retiring from Northwestern about a decade ago, McKnight remained involved with the Asset-Based Community Development Institute. He also continued writing, his wife said. A first marriage ended in divorce. In addition to his wife, McKnight is survived by a son, Jonathon; four stepsons, Marc Barnett, Stuart Barnett, Eric Barnett and Scot Barnett; and seven grandchildren. A celebration of life service will be preceded by an organ recital that will take place at 10 a.m. Dec. 14 at St. Luke’s Episcopal Church, 939 Hinman Ave., Evanston. The celebration of life service will immediately follow, at The Woman’s Club of Evanston, 1702 Chicago Ave., Evanston. Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.FSIB recommends Binod Kumar for post of Indian Bank MD & CEO
