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20,000 Reclaim Bondi Beach with Defiant Spirit
“I stand here tonight to say, loud and clear, that darkness does not get the final word,” declared Rabbi Yehoram Ulman, director of Chabad-Lubavitch of Bondi. It was Sunday evening, the eighth and final light of Chanukah. Before him stood 20,000 people. They’d all come together on Bondi Beach, the same exact place where, just one week earlier, a brutal terror attack claimed the lives of 15 people and…
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Telluride ski patroller union votes to strike starting Dec. 27
Telluride ski patrollers on Tuesday night voted to go on strike starting Dec. 27 after months of failed negotiations with resort owner Telluride Ski and Golf Co. “Nobody on patrol wants this to happen. Nobody,” said Andy Dennis, a patroller and interim safety director for the union, who participated in negotiation sessions with representatives of resort owner Chuck Horning. “We…
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Decentralized Identity in 2025 and the Next Phase of Privacy
For years, Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin has advocated for privacy in the crypto space. Buterin argues that onboarding users alone is not enough, cautioning that widespread use of “walled gardens” would undermine the core purpose of decentralized systems. “The goal is not to onboard people to Ethereum. The goal is to onboard people to openness and self-sovereignty,” he recently wrote on…
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Activists vandalise school Christmas setup, damage shop decorations
Representative Image Nalbari: Activists of a fringe outfit vandalised Christmas celebrations in a school and damaged festival items at shops in Nalbari district of Assam, police said. A police official said some members of the fringe outfit staged a protest against the celebration of Christmas in Nalbari town. “The activists entered the St Mary’s School of Panigaon village and vandalised…
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Five Unconventional Christmas Movies For The Holiday Season
‘Tis the season for Christmas movies with the big holiday coming up, but sometimes you need choices that break the traditional mold. While films such as Home Alone, National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation, and A Christmas Story are standards of the season, other films offer something a bit different yet still evoke the Christmas spirit. If you’re planning on a Christmas…
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How extremist settlers coordinate organized violence to expel Palestinians
DEIR DIBWAN, WEST BANK, Dec 24 (Reuters) — The Jewish settlement outpost of Or Meir is small. A handful of prefabricated white shelters, it sits at the end of a short dirt track on a hill leading up from Route 60, a major road that dissects the West Bank. Over time, similar modest dwellings have turned into sprawling Israeli housing…
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Expert Tips for Healthy Joints
7 min read If you have a habit of trash-talking your “bad knees,” “weak ankles,” or “bum hip,” let’s stop that narrative. Yes, pain and injuries are frustrating, but you can easily improve your joint health and feel confident about these potentially finicky parts of your athletic body. The truth is, people have more control over their joint health than…
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US shift to pay-based H-1B visa selection system raises legal, economic concerns: Nasscom
New Delhi: The US move to replace the H-1B visa lottery with a ‘wage-weighted’ selection mechanism is a significant departure from a long-standing neutral system, and raises important legal, economic, and operational concerns, Indian IT industry body Nasscom said on Wednesday. The comment assumes significance as the Trump administration is replacing the random lottery system that selected visa beneficiaries with…
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When communities are grieving, Dan Beazley arrives bearing a 10-foot cross. Here’s his story
When tragedy strikes a community – whether it’s a natural disaster, a large-scale accident or a horrific act of violence – all kinds of people might mobilize in response, such as law enforcement and investigators, relief workers and members of the news media. Now, they’re often joined by another person: a Michigan man with a 10-foot cross that he trucks…
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Fresh ‘manty’ and cheap figs: a post-Soviet supermarket becomes a must-visit spot in NYC | New York
When I first stepped into the Tashkent Supermarket in Brighton Beach, I could barely get around. The store was bustling, packed with the familiar unsmiling faces of post-Soviet people eager to get their hands on foods like manty – intricately shaped dumplings filled with minced beef, onion and, depending on where you’re from, pumpkin for the subtle sweetness. Or chak-chak,…
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