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Korea Institute of Civil Engineering and Building Technology developed a smart monitoring system that applies digital sensing technology to maintain and manage small- and medium-sized aging bridges. In general, maintenance monitoring technology is applied to long-span bridges such as cable-stayed bridges and suspension bridges. This monitoring system consumes a lot of resources for design and installation, and the system configuration itself is complex, so there are limits to its application for maintenance of small- and medium-sized bridges. Currently, the most actively used bridge monitoring system is operated based on measurement and sensing. Due to the nature of the signal, the analog method is vulnerable to electrical noise, so there is a high possibility of data quality deterioration, and there are limitations in effectively processing various types of signals collected from sensors. Additionally, because analog sensors require 1:1 wiring between the sensor and the receiver, the configuration complexity and installation cost increase dramatically as the system grows. The digital sensing technique adopted by KICT to overcome the limitations and problems of analog sensors has a low possibility of data quality deterioration due to noise. It also has excellent data transmission speed and processing ability, making up for the shortcomings of analog sensing. In addition, by using the BUS communication serial connection method, multiple sensor data can be integrated and transmitted through a single wire. This method is widely used in various applications due to its simplicity and economic efficiency. Furthermore, it has the advantage of complementing and replacing analog sensing in terms of simplification of system configuration. In the case of Vietnam, which co-participated in the study, various transportation infrastructure, including bridges, are being built along with economic growth, but effective maintenance techniques are more required. Although overseas manpower and technology are being introduced to perform facility maintenance, only a few applications are being made to long-span bridges and due to a limited maintenance budget and lack of technology and professional manpower. Safety monitoring for general of small- and medium-sized bridges has not been implemented, so it is necessary to introduce efficient monitoring techniques suited to local conditions. The research team led by Dr. Dong-woo, Seo, at the Department of Structural Engineering Research of KICT, developed a monitoring system that can be efficiently applied to small- and medium-sized aging bridges through digital sensing techniques, and verified the performance of the system by demonstrating it on site with a research team at UTC in Vietnam. The measurement performance and local applicability of the based smart monitoring system were confirmed. In particular, the smart monitoring technique developed by KICT can accurately calculate the vertical displacement of the target bridge with simple sensor placement and coordinate input. This is provided to the user in real time through a GUI ( ), and simple operations are required to operate the system and produce results. As a result of local verification in Vietnam, the bridge vertical displacement and actual measured deflection results showed an accuracy of more than 95%. Dr. Seo said, "The biggest advantage of the developed digital smart monitoring technique is user-friendliness. Easy to use and economical monitoring technique through a simple system installment method using digital sensors and a GUI-based data analysis system."
The World Bank must be kiddingThe alarming rise in subway crime over the past five years has New Yorkers on edge . Assaults this year are up 56% over 2019, and after decades in which underground murders averaged one or, at most, two a year, we’ve had 10 so far in 2024 — double the number of killings seen in 2023. So it was great to hear on Monday that the City Council would hold a special hearing to address the problem of safety in the subways. Except: The hearing wasn’t about rampant crime, but about the one type of subway bodily harm that is entirely avoidable — because it’s entirely self-inflicted. “Subway surfing” is a fad where passengers, almost always adolescents, climb on top of subway cars on elevated lines and “surf” them, balancing atop trains that can hit speeds of 50 miles per hour. This obviously dangerous activity has killed six kids this year alone, with another seven badly injured. Subway surfing is clearly no joke. In early November, a girl fell off a 2 train in Harlem and lost an arm and a leg. Grisly images of her arm lying on top of a traffic signal ought to be enough warning for any would-be copycats that this game is a bad idea. In response, the MTA, the schools, the Department of Youth and Community Development and the NYPD have gone all-out with subway ads, a social media campaign and in-school messaging to spread the word . The police are using drones to identify subway surfers in real time, and have arrested 181 of these dotty daredevils so far this year. But leave it to the City Council to grandstand, groan and grouse about how New Yorkers have failed their youth. Public Advocate Jumaane Williams said he was “concerned about the increased arrests of young people,” and especially worried about the “increased use of surveillance technology, especially considering the NYPD’s concerning history of surveilling New Yorkers.” “I often ask myself, would I listen to me as a young person?” Williams pondered during his testimony. “I’m not sure I have the full answer to that.” He concluded his remarks with a predictable demand to “expand resources for youth, including mental-health treatment and safe, engaging after-school programs.” Council Member Althea Stevens continued this line of inquiry. “Why are young people doing this and not engaging our programs? Are our programs not engaging enough?” she fretted. “We have a responsibility to address the root causes . . . including lack of engagement in activities.” The leftist focus on “programs” and “activities” undergirds, of course, their real goal of increased social spending — the eternal progressive answer to every problem. New York City offers 900 after-school programs, all free or almost free, in addition to dozens of sports teams and clubs, and spends billions of dollars to maintain parks, playgrounds, pools and recreation centers, so kids have something better to do than play in traffic or teeter on trains. Nonetheless, we have failed in our “responsibility” to “engage” our youth. Subway surfing is a problem, and kids who do it should probably be introduced to the girl who lost two limbs falling off a train in order to scare them silly. But what’s really telling is that the City Council raced to schedule a hearing on this topic — which, frankly, there’s not much it can do about — while studiously ignoring the subway system’s rampant crime, a problem which falls within its power to address. At a public safety budget hearing in March 2024 — one of the few recent council hearings that has even touched on transit crime — Williams insisted that crime in the subway was caused by the presence of the police. Council Member Lincoln Restler lambasted the NYPD for “sweeping up” non-whites in “mass arrest” operations. And Bronx District Attorney Darcel Clark, without evidence, asserted that “the lack of resources for youth and mental health are driving violence, subway crime and retail theft.” The dirty truth about subway crime is that the city knows exactly how to go about reducing it, because we have done it before. Proactive policing would stop farebeaters who are caught entering the system — a proven method for finding and seizing illegal guns, or at least for convincing people to leave their guns at home. More cops on platforms and trains keep criminals out of the system. And vigorous application of Kendra’s Law would force seriously mentally ill derelicts living in the subway system to get the treatment they obviously need. It’s one thing to pound on the table and demand a solution to the problem of teens putting themselves in danger by clambering over moving trains. It’s something else entirely to deal with the gangbangers, maniacs and menaces who have been permitted to turn the subways of New York into their playrooms. Seth Barron’s next book “Weaponized” will be released in 2025.
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Originally published Nov. 21 on IdahoEdNews.org . The newly elected trustees for the North Idaho College board were met with a standing ovation Wednesday evening as they took their oaths of office. The group’s installation was described as the end of a difficult era by college President Nick Swayne, community members, and the trustees themselves. “Today, Nov. 20, 2024, one door closes and another one opens,” Swayne said. “Despite very challenging circumstances and costly distractions, my administration and I, including the faculty and staff who chose to stay with us over the last few years, were able to keep the college on track, improve enrollment, and nurture nationally ranked programs and some of the best academics for our students.” New trustees of the Couer d'Alene college, Rick Durbin, Eve Knudtsen and Mary Havercroft, affirmed their focus on resolving bad governance issues that led to the college’s accreditation being in limbo with the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities. Retaining accreditation was the group’s central campaign promise in opposition to a group of trustee candidates endorsed by the Kootenai County Republican Central Committee (KCRCC) — aligned with the prior board majority — which the new trustees argued caused the accreditation issues. Nearly 100 community members attended the meeting, repeatedly clapping and cheering throughout the meeting as the trustees were sworn in and began to address the issues laid out in the NWCCU’s recent campus visit report. The new trustees had a lengthy agenda for their first meeting, several trustees noted, however they covered the topics in an hour and a half, compared to the typical two-hour long meetings in recent years. THE RUNDOWN The two incumbent trustees, Brad Corkill and Tarie Zimmerman, were unanimously elected chair and vice chair, respectively. Havercroft was elected as secretary/treasurer. Corkill was absent from Wednesday’s meeting with a cold. Public comment was returned to the top of the meeting. A handful of community members spoke, most welcoming the new board. Pat Lippert, former philosophy professor at NIC, thanked the board for addressing votes of no confidence in prior iterations of the board on their agenda. “I am confident this signals a resolve to respond to this issue at last,” Lippert said. The new board is supportive of education and understands its importance, Lippert said. Charlie Ward, a freshman on NIC’s golf team, asked the board to address what will happen to student athletes' scholarships if changes are made to athletic programs. He is an international student and wanted clarification if current scholarship commitments will be honored. The board addressed the issue later in the meeting by unanimously authorizing Swayne to conduct a comprehensive review of athletic program sustainability, while ensuring commitments made to current students are fulfilled. A couple people expressed concerns over the board’s new direction, including Howard Kuhns. Kuhns brought up that after the previous board majority was elected the trustee meeting had to be shut down and noted that wasn’t happening Wednesday. “This meeting will go smoothly not because you are better trustees but because the supporters of the candidates who have lost have respect for the electoral process,” Kuhns said. “They are not here being disruptive.” He went on to pray for the trustees that the Holy Spirit would “move them to reject racism disguised as diversity, to reject socialism disguised as equity, and to reject the sexual perversion of the LGBTQ movement.” Kathleen Miller-Green, faculty assembly chair, said faculty were hopeful with the installation of the new board. “In many ways today marks a turning point, a new chapter for North Idaho College,” Miller-Green said. “We come together at a time of transition after years have tested our resilience, unity, and a commitment to the values that define us.” She went on to acknowledge the work ahead to heal rifts left by the strife of recent years. “I stand before you as a representative of our incredible faculty with confidence knowing that the arrival of this new board brings with it the opportunity for healing, collaboration and renewal,” Miller-Green said. The board addressed a handful of issues brought up in the recent campus visit evaluation report by the NWCCU: The next step for NIC in the accreditation process is for Swayne, Corkill, and a team of administrators to present to the NWCCU at their January meeting in Seattle. The college must return to good standing by April, a deadline set by the United States Department of Education.An Amsterdam district court on Tuesday sentenced five men to up to six months in prison for violence that erupted around a UEFA Europa League football match between the Dutch club Ajax and Israel’s Maccabi Tel Aviv in November. The riots, which caused an international outcry and accusations of deliberate antisemitic attacks, left five people in the hospital and 20 others with minor injuries. More than 60 people were detained. The court on Tuesday sentenced one man to 6 months in prison, another to 2 1/2 months and two to 1 month in jail. A fifth defendant received 100 hours of community service. A series of violent incidents took place between pro-Palestinian demonstrators and Israeli soccer fans around the soccer match. Some of the violence was condemned as antisemitic, with Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu offering to evacuate Maccabi supporters. The violence, which garnered headlines worldwide, damaged Amsterdam’s reputation as a beacon of tolerance and a haven for persecuted religions, including Jews. “It seems that the violence arose from strong pro-Palestine sentiments and dissatisfaction with the situation in Gaza, and related anger against the Israelis present,” the prosecutors’ office said in a statement at the conclusion of hearings two weeks ago. The five defendants, who are all Dutch residents and aged between 19 and 32, were accused of public violence, theft and assault. The November 8 game was allowed to go ahead after the Netherlands’ counterterror watchdog found there was no “concrete threat” to Israeli fans, and the match wasn’t considered a high risk. Even so, Amsterdam authorities banned a pro-Palestinian demonstration outside the Johan Cruyff Arena. According to an investigation, the day before the game the authorities reported several incidents, including Israeli fans tearing a Palestinian flag from an Amsterdam building and attacking a taxi. Six more suspects will have their trials at a later date, including three minors. Under Dutch rules, proceedings for juveniles are held behind closed doors. Police are continuing to investigate the violence and have released images of several suspects they want to identify.Nicholas Hoult got a surprise package after the film Nosferatu wrapped. The movie based off the 1922 film of the same name stars Nicholas as Thomas Hutter, Lily-Rose Depp as his wife Ellen Hutter, and Bill Skarsgard as Count Orlok, the titular vampire. It's a loose adaptation of Bram Stroker's Dracula, just with the names changed. During an interview promoting the film , Lily-Rose and Nicholas sat down with Elle and read each other questions. She asked him what he took from set, and the Man of Steel actor had an interesting answer. New Superman trailer teases multiple easter eggs for superfans - From Krypto to iconic villain Seven must see Christmas Netflix movies to watch this holiday season "I have Count Orlok’s prosthetic penis framed at home," he admitted, "There’s a scene where Bill Skarsgard is slurping my blood, and Robert Eggers [the director] asked afterward, ‘How was that for you?’ And I said, ‘I could feel his prosthetic penis on my leg.’ And then, as a wrap gift, Rob got it framed, and he sent it to my house.” The actor added that the gift got a bit damaged during transit and the frame broke. So he took it to a local frame shop where, at first, the worker didn't bat an eye. "He kind of didn’t even blink the first time," Nicholas described, "Then, when I went back to pick it up, I think he’d clocked like how weird it was that I was framing potentially this vampire penis, and he was like, ‘Is this some kind of collector’s piece?’ And I was like, ‘Hm, you could say that.'” The film, which hits theaters on Christmas, has also been promoted by Lily-Rose and Nicholas in other places. The two actors appeared on a recent episode of Jeopardy! to read clues relating to Cinematic Vampires. Fans of the game show were a bit tired of seeing movies promoted on the show as guest actors read a catagory's clues. "These upcoming movie ad categories are really tiring tbh," one fan wrote on X, formally known as Twitter. Another wrote: "And, per usual, the length of the clues means we don't finish DJ and this time left a lot of cash on the board! I like Hoult, but both he and Depp appeared to be really miserable about reading these clues aloud, like someone was torturing them and forcing them to do it under duress. No offense intended to the players, but this was a dud of a game." Click here to follow the Mirror US on Google News to stay up to date with all the latest news, sport and entertainment stories. DAILY NEWSLETTER: Sign up here to get the latest news and updates from the Mirror US straight to your inbox with our FREE newsletter.
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Dec 6 (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. India's central bank interest rate decision grabs the spotlight in Asia on Friday, as investors digest yet another record high for the Nasdaq and adjust positions ahead of the weekend. The U.S. employment report for November later in the day is released after Asia closes, so investors across the continent may be inclined to square positions as best they can in preparation for Monday. The main event in Asia on Friday is in India. The Reserve Bank of India is overwhelmingly expected to hold its key repo rate at 6.50%, after a sharp rise in inflation past the RBI's 6% tolerance ceiling in October prompted many economists to push back their forecasts for the first cut to early next year. With the rupee at record lows against the dollar, standing pat makes sense. But economists at Nomura , one of the five out of 67 houses in the Reuters poll predicting a rate cut, argue that weakening growth dynamics must be taken into account now. Although the rupee has never been weaker, benchmark bond yields are at their lowest in almost four years, Indian stocks are lagging many of their regional peers, and the economy is growing at its slowest pace in nearly two years. Maybe the RBI should start the easing cycle sooner rather than later? Investors go into the final trading session of the week against a relatively calm global backdrop, all things considered. Any market impact from the political ructions in South Korea and France appears to be fading and contained, and the dollar's dip on Thursday will be welcomed too. The dollar fell 0.5% on Thursday. It's probably too early to read anything too deeply into it, but that was its third down day in a row, a losing streak not seen since September. It will take more than that - perhaps a return to the September lows, around 5% below current levels - to really call into question the dollar's resilience, but could fatigue be setting in? Fatigue is something the U.S. economy doesn't seem to be showing any signs of yet. The Atlanta Fed on Thursday raised its GDPNow model estimate for Q4 growth to a remarkable 3.3%. As investors fret about growth in Europe, China and many other key economies around the world, America appears to be the exception that continues to prove the rule. This is a double-edged sword for Asia. On the one hand it's clearly good news as booming U.S. markets should lift all others. But if it lifts the dollar and Treasury yields, then global financial conditions tighten and capital is sucked towards the US. Indeed, net selling of Asian equities by foreigners in November was the highest since June 2022. Here are key developments that could provide more direction to markets on Friday: - India rate decision - Japan household spending (October) - South Korea current account (October) Sign up here. Reporting by Jamie McGeeverEditing by Deepa Babington Our Standards: The Thomson Reuters Trust Principles. , opens new tab Thomson Reuters Jamie McGeever has been a financial journalist since 1998, reporting from Brazil, Spain, New York, London, and now back in the U.S. again. Focus on economics, central banks, policymakers, and global markets - especially FX and fixed income. Follow me on Twitter: @ReutersJamieWEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (AP) — President-elect Donald Trump has invited Chinese President Xi Jinping and other world leaders to his inauguration next month — an unorthodox move that would fold U.S. allies and adversaries into a very American political tradition. Trump said Thursday during an appearance at the New York Stock Exchange , where he was ringing the opening bell to kick off trading for the day, that he’s been “thinking about inviting certain people to the inauguration” without referring to any specific individuals. “And some people said, ‘Wow, that’s a little risky, isn’t it?’” Trump said. “And I said, ‘Maybe it is. We’ll see. We’ll see what happens.’ But we like to take little chances.” His comments came soon after his incoming White House press secretary, Karoline Leavitt, confirmed during a Thursday morning appearance on “Fox & Friends” that Trump had invited Xi and other world leaders to attend his inauguration. No head of state has previously made an official visit to the U.S. for the inauguration, according to State Department historical records. The unprecedented invitations come at a moment when much of the world is bracing for what comes next when Trump and his “America First” worldview return to the White House. The president-elect has vowed to levy massive tariffs against the United States' chief economic competitor, China, as well as neighbors Canada and Mexico unless those countries do more to reduce illegal immigration and the flow of illegal drugs such as fentanyl into the United States. Trump's also pledged to move quickly to end Russia's nearly three-year war in Ukraine and press NATO allies who are spending less than 2% of their GDP on defense to step up or risk the United States not coming to their defense, as required by the transatlantic alliance's treaty, should they come under attack. “We’ve been talking and discussing with President Xi some things, and others, other world leaders, and I think we’re going to do very well all around,” Trump said. “We’ve been abused as a country. We’ve been badly abused from an economic standpoint, I think, and even militarily, you know, we put up all the money, they put up nothing, and then they abuse us on the economy. And we just can’t let that happen.” Xi is likely to see the invitation as too risky to accept, and the gesture from Trump may have little bearing on the increasingly competitive ties between the two nations as the White House changes hands, experts say. Danny Russel, vice president for international security and diplomacy at the Asia Society Policy Institute, said Xi would not allow himself to “be reduced to the status of a mere guest celebrating the triumph of a foreign leader — the U.S. president, no less.” Still, Leavitt saw it as a plus. “This is an example of President Trump creating an open dialogue with leaders of countries that are not just our allies, but our adversaries and our competitors, too,” she said on "Fox & Friends." “We saw this in his first term. He got a lot of criticism for it, but it led to peace around this world. He is willing to talk to anyone, and he will always put America’s interest first.” Asked at a Chinese Foreign Ministry briefing Thursday about Trump's invitation, spokesperson Mao Ning responded, “I have nothing to share at present.” Leavitt did not detail which leaders beyond Xi have been invited. But Trump's decision to invite Xi, in particular, squares with his belief that foreign policy — much like a business negotiation — should be carried out with carrots and sticks to get the United States' opponents to operate closer to his administration's preferred terms. Jim Bendat, a historian and author of “Democracy’s Big Day: The Inauguration of Our President,” said he was not aware of a previous U.S. inauguration attended by a foreign head of state. “It's not necessarily a bad thing to invite foreign leaders to attend,” Bendat said. “But it sure would make more sense to invite an ally before an adversary.” Edward Frantz, a presidential historian at the University of Indianapolis, said the invitation helps Trump burnish his “dealmaker and savvy businessman” brand. “I could see why he might like the optics," Frantz said. “But from the standpoint of American values, it seems shockingly cavalier." White House officials said it was up to Trump to decide whom he invites to the inauguration. “I would just say, without doubt, it's the single most consequential bilateral relationship that the United States has in the world,” White House national security spokesperson John Kirby said. “It is a relationship both fraught with peril and responsibility.” It's unclear which leaders, if any, might show. A top aide to Hungarian President Viktor Orban, one of Trump's most vocal supporters on the world stage, said Thursday that Orban isn't slated to attend the inauguration. “There is no such plan, at least for the time being," said Gergely Gulyás, Orban's chief of staff. The nationalist Hungarian leader is embraced by Trump but has faced isolation in Europe as he's sought to undermine the European Union's support for Ukraine, and routinely blocked, delayed or watered down the bloc’s efforts to provide weapons and funding and to sanction Moscow for its invasion. Orban recently met with Trump at Mar-a-Lago. Every country's chief of mission to the United States will also be invited, according to a Trump Inaugural Committee official who was not authorized to comment publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity. Such invitations to diplomats stationed in Washington has been customary during past inaugurations. Xi, during a meeting with President Joe Biden last month in Peru, urged the United States not to start a trade war. “Make the wise choice,” Xi cautioned. “Keep exploring the right way for two major countries to get along well with each other.” Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau has also pushed back on Trump's threats, warning that such tariffs would be perilous for the U.S. economy as well. Trudeau earlier this week said Americans “are beginning to wake up to the real reality that tariffs on everything from Canada would make life a lot more expensive” and said he will retaliate if Trump goes ahead with them. Trump responded by calling Canada a state and Trudeau the governor. In addition to the tariff dispute, U.S.-China relations are strained over other issues, including what U.S. officials see as Beijing's indirect support of Russia's war on Ukraine. The Biden administration says China has supported Russia with a surge in sales of dual-use components that help keep its military industrial base afloat. U.S. officials also have expressed frustration with Beijing for not doing more to rein in North Korea's support for the Russian war. China accounts for the vast majority of North Korea’s trade. North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has dispatched thousands of troops to Russia to help repel Ukrainian forces from the Kursk border region. The North Koreans also have provided Russia with artillery and other munitions, according to U.S. and South Korean intelligence officials. Trump’s Jan. 20 inauguration is set to take place a day after the U.S. deadline for ByteDance, the Chinese parent company of social media giant TikTok, to sell the social media app or face a ban in the United States. Associated Press writers Didi Tang in Washington and Balint Domotor in Budapest, Hungary, contributed to this report.Pakistan fully committed to fulfilling all international human rights obligations, Foreign Office's spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch says Pakistan’s Foreign Office’s (FO) spokesperson Mumtaz Zahra Baloch on Tuesday said recent verdicts by the military courts against civilians arrested in connection with May 9 riots were made “under a law enacted by the Parliament of Pakistan and in line with the judgment of the Supreme Court of Pakistan”. FO spokesperson’s statement came hours after the US Department of State showed concern over trial of civilians by the military courts in Pakistan. Last week, the military courts sentenced 25 civilians to prison terms ranging from two to 10 years for their involvement in violent attacks on military installations during nationwide riots in May 2023. The Inter-Services Public Relations (ISPR), military’s media wing, described the verdicts as “an important milestone in dispensation of justice”. However, the United States, the European Union (EU) , and the United Kingdom (UK) reacted to the trial of civilians by the military courts in Pakistan and asked Islamabad to respect the right to a fair trial and due process. “Pakistan is fully committed to fulfilling all its international human rights obligations,” Mumtaz Zahra Baloch said in Tuesday’s statement. “Pakistan’s legal system is consistent with international human rights law including provisions of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). It has remedies of judicial review by the superior courts and guarantees promotion and protection of human rights and fundamental freedoms. “Pakistan believes in constructive and productive dialogue to promote principles of democracy, human rights and the rule of law. We remain fully committed to implementing our commitments under the GSP Plus Scheme and core international human rights conventions,” she further said.Profound Medical Announces Proposed Public Offering of Common Shares
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Police say suspect in UnitedHealthcare CEO killing wasn't a client of the insurerInfielder Ehire Adrianza is retiring after 12 major league seasons. The 35-year-old, who was with the Los Angeles Angels early this year, announced his decision Tuesday on Instagram. Adrianza won a World Series title in 2021 with Atlanta and hit .237 with 22 homers and 151 RBIs for San Francisco (2013-16), Minnesota (2017-20), the Braves (2021-24), Washington (2022) and the Angels. He signed a minor league contract with the Angels in February, started the season at Triple-A Salt Lake and batted .192 with one homer and two RBIs in eight games from April 22 to May 8. He went on the injured list because of back spasms and was released on June 15. “I still find it hard to believe that I have had the honor of playing more than a decade in the major leagues,” he said. "I never imagined I would achieve so much, and it’s astonishing to reflect on this experience.”Luke Doty confirms it: He’ll be a Gamecock for one last season in 2025
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NoneIt’s the year-end travel season again. And just like us, our favourite celebrities are also preparing for their holidays. But the real question remains: How do they always look so picture-perfect in their trip photos? This time, CNA Lifestyle checks in with multi-hyphenate, Chen Yixin , on her travel outfit essentials so that we can take inspiration for our own holiday snaps too. But not everyone wants a winter-y holiday – some would very much prefer the sun, sand and sea, just like Chen. “Beach destinations are my absolute favourite!” shared the actress and entrepreneur. “I’m especially drawn to places like Bali – it’s close-by, the people are amazing, the food is fantastic and there’s this magical quality about the culture that always makes me feel at home.” The 24-year-old also cited her time spent on a liveaboard (a boat that serves as a floating hotel, often for scuba divers, bringing guests on a planned route) when visiting the Komodo Islands as one of the best experiences of her life. “The beauty of the islands and the adventure made it unforgettable.” Other beach destinations that Chen has on her bucket list include the Maldives and Bora Bora. “Both seem like the ultimate beach escapes and I’d love to experience their stunning waters and tranquil vibes,” shared the beach vacation enthusiast. And with Chen’s flexible work schedule, her trips are often spontaneous, which makes beach holidays ideal as well. THE BEACH IS HER FASHION RUNWAY Versatile pieces are key for Chen when it comes to beach trips as it allows her to mix and match to achieve different looks. And of course, it also means bringing along outfits from her very own beachwear label, Beike . A post shared by Chen Yixin 陈一心 (@chxnyixin) “I usually pack my favourite Beike items, especially in lighter colours like white, which complements my tanned skin.” When it comes to choosing what types of materials for her outfits, Chen prefers linen-cotton blends. “They’re the best of both worlds – linen for breathability and cotton for structure without too much wrinkling,” she shared. Chen’s go-tos include a sleeveless top, an oversized T-shirt that can “double up as pajamas”, a pair of loose, soft pants and denim shorts, as well as socks as her feet tend to get cold overnight. In addition, she also brings a hoodie jacket, especially for the flight as the plane can get unexpectedly chilly at times. Plus, the hood, said Chen, provides “added coziness”. To keep her looking good in photos and when she’s out and about, Chen packs along a cap to tame messy hair or when she has bedhead, a hair tie is also a must-have for convenience, and sunglasses to not only shield the eyes from the hot sun but also doubles up as “makeshift headband when needed”. That said, Chen’s mainstay beach vacation essentials for every trip include a set of bikini, tanning oil, sunblock, a beach towel and a hat. And of course, not forgetting a good pair of sandals for an easy transition from “sand to street”. BEAUTY MUST-HAVES A post shared by Chen Yixin 陈一心 (@chxnyixin) When it comes to her travel skincare essentials, Chen keeps it simple and fuss-free . A BALANCING ACT: CAPTURING MEMORIES IN PHOTOS AND BEING PRESENT Chen admitted that while she used to be a minimalist traveller, bringing only the essentials, she has started to pack more outfits for social media content and to showcase her fashion style. After all, scroll through Chen’s socials and you’ll see gorgeous photos and videos of the singer-actress-model, alluding to how dedicated to creating content she is, even when travelling. A post shared by Chen Yixin 陈一心 (@chxnyixin) This is something that Chen shared that she is still learning to strike a balance with. “Balancing the need to enjoy my trip while also creating content is something I’m working on – it’s a bit of a juggling act.” But who can blame her? After all, everyone wants beautiful photos to remember their holiday by. To ensure that she doesn’t feel like she’s constantly on-the-job while travelling, Chen advised doing the following: 1. Set boundaries for content creation Dedicate specific times during the day for taking photos or videos. Once that time is up, put your camera or phone away and fully immerse yourself in the experience. 2. Capture candid moments Instead of trying to stage the perfect holiday snapshot, Chen suggested focusing on quick, natural shots. “It saves time, feels more authentic and allows you to enjoy the flow of your trip without endless retakes.” 3. Prioritise what matters most Decide on the key moments or locations you absolutely want to document beforehand, and let everything else be a bonus. “This ensures that you don’t miss out on being present while still capturing meaningful memories,” added Chen. FINAL PACKING TIPS A post shared by Chen Yixin 陈一心 (@chxnyixin) If you’ve always procrastinated when it comes to packing for your holiday, take notes from quick packer Chen. “I can pack for a trip in an hour or two,” she enthused. And this is thanks to the prep work that she does prior to any trip. A checklist in Chen’s notes app on her phone helps her keep track of what’s needed. She also keeps things neat and tidy in her luggage with pre-packed pouches for her skincare and electronics as well as packing cubes for her clothes. Efficiency at its best, indeed.
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