Furthermore, a more detailed definition of sexual harassment can enhance the penalties imposed on offenders. In many cases, the consequences for engaging in such misconduct may not adequately reflect the seriousness of the behavior. By clearly delineating the types of conduct that constitute sexual harassment, organizations and authorities can establish appropriate penalties that serve as a deterrent to potential offenders. This includes not only disciplinary actions within the organization but also legal consequences that hold perpetrators accountable for their actions. By increasing the severity of punishments for sexual harassment, we can create a stronger deterrent to prevent such behavior in the future.With his presidency ending in a few weeks, Joe Biden’s legacy is only getting messier. For many Democrats, he’s the man to blame for returning Donald Trump to the White House. If only Biden hadn’t selfishly run for reelection, the story goes, Kamala Harris would have had time to mount a better campaign — or maybe the party could have had a proper primary contest to find somebody, anybody, stronger than Biden or Harris. The trouble with that theory is that Democrats haven’t won a presidential election without Biden on the ticket since 1996. Perhaps Barack Obama didn’t really need Biden as his running mate in 2008 and 2012; yet he needed someone for the No. 2 slot, and he evidently thought Biden the best thing available. Democrats at the time should have pondered what that said about their talent pool. If they’d done so, they might have avoided the mistake that really set them up to lose this year — a mistake named Kamala Harris. Elite Democrats knew perfectly well Biden was already showing his age, then 77, when he won the 2020 nomination, but at the height of COVID lockdowns, his lack of cogency and energy wouldn’t be noticed on the campaign trail — because there wouldn’t be a campaign trail. If Biden was the best the party could field at the ticket’s top, though, what was left below him? By making Biden his veep, Obama had missed the chance to elevate a leader from his own generation. And Hillary Clinton, hell-bent on having the White House for herself, sucked all the air out of the 2016 primaries, leaving only enough oxygen for Bernie Sanders to challenge her from the left — which the then-75-year-old Vermont democratic socialist did surprisingly well. Senior Democrats in effect prevented the next generation of leadership from being born — perhaps a fitting thing for a party so fiercely dedicated to abortion. What they had in lieu of fresh presidential material was identity politics. So, fully aware Biden wasn’t fit to be a two-term president, Democrats accepted Harris as his running mate. Her qualification as Biden’s heir apparent wasn’t that she was popular with voters: On the contrary, she never made it to the first primary in her bid for the 2020 nomination, so pathetic were her polls. Nor did Harris represent, like Sanders, an ideological force within the party; her opportunism was already transparent long before she turned repudiating her own words and past policies into the hallmark of her ’24 campaign. What argued for making her Biden’s running mate was simply her race and sex. After all, the central message of Clinton’s campaign four years earlier had been that a woman deserved to be president. How could a party that ran on that not put any woman on its ticket next time? Yet it was also the year of George Floyd, and the party of Black Lives Matter couldn’t afford not to take color into consideration as well. Harris wasn’t popular, she wasn’t principled, but she was ambitious — and she ticked the right boxes. Yet when a party selects candidates this way, it can’t be surprised that it loses, especially after Clinton had already proved identity politics wouldn’t beat Trump. Elite Democrats may blame Biden now, but the truth is they knew all about his condition and still preferred to have him run again rather than risk the party’s fortunes on Harris. There was no one else: The choice was Biden or Harris, and until his debate meltdown — and for some time afterward, in fact — Democratic insiders saw Biden as obviously the stronger candidate. The party sealed its fate in 2020 when it elevated Harris for reasons having nothing to do with electability. Yet Democrats put their philosophy to the test: If race and gender preferences are needed in higher education and corporate America to right the wrongs of racism and sexism, isn’t it all the more important those wrongs be righted with preferences at the highest level, that of presidential politics? But trying to do that landed Democrats with a substitute for Biden who couldn’t win, even with the media branding her opponent an outright fascist. Harris’ campaign has revealed its internal polling never showed her ahead. Biden, Harris, Clinton and Obama led Democrats to a dead end. To escape, the party will have to rethink its identity politics — but given Trump’s gains with black men and Latinos , Democrats may fear any retreat from affirmative action will unravel their already fraying coalition. By rejecting Harris and electing Trump, however, the nation’s voters — of both sexes and all colors — sent Democrats a clear message. 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Heed Rody’s advice to exit politics, Sara urgedThe Gunners took two points out of Liverpool’s lead at the summit of the Premier League after Jurrien Timber and William Saliba struck in the second half – both from corners – to condemn Amorim to his first defeat as United boss. The hosts’ second-half strikes took their goals-from-corners tally to 22 since the start of last season – a statistic that is unmatched by any other team in the division. Asked if Arsenal are one of the best teams he has come up against on corners, Amorim replied: “If you follow the Premier League for a long time you can see that. “They are also big players and you see every occasion when (Gabriel) Martinelli and (Bukayo) Saka have one-on-ones, a lot of times they go outside and they cross, and they know that if the cross goes well, they can score, and if it is a corner they can score, too, so we have to be better on that. “You have seen in all Arsenal games that every team have had problems with that (corners). And the difference today was the set-pieces. “You see a goal and then the momentum changed, and it is really hard for us to take the full control of the game after that.” Timber leaned into Rasmus Hojlund at the front post before diverting Declan Rice’s set-piece into the back of Andre Onana’s net after 54 minutes to send Arsenal into the lead. Thomas Partey’s header from Saka’s corner then deflected in off Saliba’s shoulder with 17 minutes left. Arteta and the club’s set-piece guru Nicolas Jover embraced on the touchline as Amorim was left with his head in his hands. The Arsenal supporters cheered raucously every time they won a corner – landing 13 in all without reply. However, Arteta moved to play down the significance of Arsenal’s set-piece threat. “We need that, but we want to be very dangerous and very effective from every angle and every phase of play,” said Arteta. “Today we could have scored from open play like we did against West Ham and Sporting. Last year we scored the most goals in the history of this football club. Arsenal have won four consecutive Premier League matches against Man Utd for the first time ever! 💫 pic.twitter.com/biv1kvsJEP — Premier League (@premierleague) December 4, 2024 “Not because of only set-pieces, but because of a lot of things that we have. We want to create individual and magic moments, too.” Arsenal’s win against United – the first time they have recorded four victories in a row against the Red Devils in the league – was their fourth in succession since the international break. They will head to Fulham on Sunday bidding to keep the momentum going. Arteta continued: “The will to win is there. We try our best to do that. We won four in a row, but it doesn’t matter. We have to go to Fulham now, try to be better than them and try win the game. “It’s every three days that we play. It’s a crazy schedule. We’re going to need everybody and to mentally be very strong.”
As tensions escalated, one worker, whose identity has not been disclosed, made a heart-wrenching decision. In a moment of despair, he climbed to the top of the building and threatened to jump if his demands were not met. Despite efforts by onlookers and authorities to intervene and talk him down, the situation took a tragic turn as the worker succumbed to his desperation and leaped from the height.The woman who accused Conor McGregor of rape and won over £200,000 in a civil claim for damages was forced to relocate after her home was broken into by a group of masked men. The intruders stabbed her boyfriend while their baby slept in the next room. Nikita Hand, the accuser, won her case against the sportsman at the High Court in Dublin on Friday. Former UFC champion McGregor had been accused of "brutally raping and battering" Hand at a hotel in south Dublin in December 2018. McGregor denied the allegations in court. After just over six hours of deliberation, the jury returned their verdict that McGregor, 36, had assaulted Ms Hand. Hand, also known as Nikita Ni Laimhin, lost her case against another man, James Lawrence, whom she accused of assaulting her by allegedly having sex without her consent at the same hotel. McGregor, accompanied by his family, including his partner Dee Devlin, parents, sister and brother-in-law, shook his head after the jury announced that Hand had won her case against him. At the beginning of the trial, the terrifying story of the break-in emerged, in the context of a claim she wanted to make, for the cost of moving away from Drimnagh in Dublin. With no jury present, her counsel, John Gordon, told Judge Alexander Owens that the incident had happened on June 14 this year - although there was no suggestion that McGregor had anything to do with the break-in. "The plaintiff's home was invaded by a group of men wearing balaclavas," stated Gordon. "They broke into the plaintiff's bedroom, and were driven out by the plaintiff's partner, who suffered a stab wound in the process. Her daughter was in the next room, sleeping." He added: "We are not laying that at the feet of the defendants, or saying they have anything to do with that. We do make the claim that it was not an untargeted attack, [it] arose from supporters of the first named defendant [Mr McGregor]. Judge Owens queried: "You are not making the claim or going to tender evidence that Mr McGregor had anything to do with it?" To which Mr Gordon responded: "No, judge, it is an item of special damage. It relates to her state of anxiety and her claim that she had to move from the Drimnagh area, as she now has done." The court heard she had sought relocation costs of €750k. In response, McGregor's barrister, Remy Farrell said it appeared as though Ms Hand was introducing a claim "which is nothing to do with us. "It is extraordinary that there would be an attempt to smuggle something like that into the case... to increase the special damages,' he said, and complained that it would be "an invitation to the jury to speculate. Judge Owens ruled: 'I consider this to be completely and utterly irrelevant and shouldn't be referred to. The Garda press office confirmed a house break-in at the time, but did not link it to McGregor. A Garda spokeswoman stated: "Gardaí received report of an incident of aggravated burglary that occurred at a premises in Drimnagh, Dublin 12 at approximately 2.20am this morning, Friday, June 14. One man in his 30s has been conveyed to St James's Hospital for treatment of non-life-threatening injuries sustained as a result of this incident." McGregor remained silent as he exited the courtroom but later announced on social media his intention to challenge the court's ruling. "I will be appealing today's decision," he declared. "I am with my family now, focused on my future. Thank you to all my support worldwide." Following the verdict, Ms Hand was visibly emotional and embraced by her partner. Outside the court, she expressed her desire that her experience would inspire other sexual assault survivors to persist in their quest for justice. "To all the victims of sexual assault, I hope my story is a reminder you have a voice and to keep on fighting for justice," she said. "But now that justice has been served I can now try and move on and look forward to the future with my family, friends and daughter." McGregor, who had previously claimed in court that his encounter with Ms Hand was consensual, reaffirmed his commitment to appeal the verdict. "I will be appealing today's decision," he confirmed on social media. "The judge's instruction and the modest award given was for assault, not for aggravated or exemplary damages. I am disappointed that the jury did not hear all the evidence that the DPP reviewed. I am with my family now, focused on my future." The trial, which commenced on November 5, had previously been told of the events leading up to the assault.
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Noor Zamam wins Squash Championship 2024The recent years have witnessed significant progress in key areas of China's economy. From the digitalization of traditional industries to the promotion of green and sustainable practices, China is embracing the challenges of the future with confidence and determination. The rise of new industries such as e-commerce, fintech, and artificial intelligence is reshaping the economic landscape and providing new avenues for growth and innovation.
With nearly all of the votes counted, left-leaning Mr Milanovic won 49% while his main challenger Dragan Primorac, a candidate of the ruling conservative HDZ party, trailed far behind with 19%. Pre-election polls had predicted that the two would face off in the second round on January 12, as none of the eight presidential election contenders were projected to get more than 50% of the vote. Mr Milanovic thanked his supporters but warned that “this was just a first run”. “Let’s not be triumphant, let’s be realistic, firmly on the ground,” he said. “We must fight all over again. It’s not over till it’s over.” Mr Milanovic, the most popular politician in Croatia, has served as prime minister in the past. Populist in style, the 58-year-old has been a fierce critic of current Prime Minister Andrej Plenkovic and continuous sparring between the two has been a recent hallmark of Croatia’s political scene. Mr Plenkovic has sought to portray the vote as one about Croatia’s future in the EU and Nato. He has labelled Mr Milanovic “pro-Russian” and a threat to Croatia’s international standing. “The difference between him (Mr Primorac) and Milanovic is quite simple: Milanovic is leading us East, Primorac is leading us West,” he said. Though the presidency is largely ceremonial in Croatia, an elected president holds political authority and acts as the supreme commander of the military. Mr Milanovic has criticised the Nato and European Union support for Ukraine and has often insisted that Croatia should not take sides. He has said Croatia should stay away from global disputes, thought it is a member of both Nato and the EU. Mr Milanovic has also blocked Croatia’s participation in a Nato-led training mission for Ukraine, declaring that “no Croatian soldier will take part in somebody else’s war”. His main rival in the election, Mr Primorac, has stated that “Croatia’s place is in the West, not the East”. However, his bid for the presidency has been marred by a high-level corruption case that landed Croatia’s health minister in jail last month and which featured prominently in pre-election debates. Trailing a distant third in the pre-election polls is Marija Selak Raspudic, a conservative independent candidate. She has focused her election campaign on the economic troubles of ordinary citizens, corruption and issues such as population decline in the country of some 3.8 million. Sunday’s presidential election is Croatia’s third vote this year, following a snap parliamentary election in April and the European Parliament balloting in June.In conclusion, the recent surge of A-shares and the rise of consumer giants signify a new era of growth and prosperity in the Chinese market. With strong economic fundamentals, supportive government policies, and a favorable exchange rate environment, the consumer sector is poised to lead the way in driving the next phase of economic development in China. Investors who recognize the potential of this supercharged trend stand to benefit from the opportunities presented by the bullish market sentiment and the flourishing consumer giants in the A-share market.
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NEID Earth Twin Survey Delivers On Its Goal to Push the Limits of Exoplanet DiscoveryNicola Hodson, from Widnes, leads the tech giant in the UK and Ireland The ‘woollyback’ UK boss of tech giant IBM says we shouldn’t be scared of AI – and says Liverpool could become a world technology leader. Widnes native Dr Nicola Hodson, a former Liverpool Harriers runner who got her PhD at the University of Liverpool , is now one of Britain’s tech leaders. As UK & Ireland CEO at IBM, she was back in Liverpool this week for the city region’s first ever AI Summit which saw world leaders in the field debate AI and its future at an event in Boxpark in the Baltic Triangle. Nicola, the event’s keynote speaker, told the crowd that she was originally from Widnes – and smiled: “To all the Scousers in the room, I am officially a woollyback.” Later she spoke to the ECHO about her life and career, and explained why she thought people should embrace AI rather than fearing it. While AI has had a lot of media hype, Nicola says the technology is starting to have a real world impact. She said: “Actually we think it's gone from hype into reality and we've got lots of customers who have got production use cases out there now delivering real business benefits. “One simple example – we worked with University Hospitals, Coventry and Warwickshire. the Health Trust. Like every other trust, they have long outpatients waitlist. And one of the challenges with that is no-shows. “So we did a piece of process mining and AI on the outpatients waitlist – scanning all the letters, understanding them in super quick time. It took 18 hours... and it would have taken humans four years to do. So a massive time saving. “But the big saving is that they've been able to now have 700 more doctor hours a week, which is massive. And if you think about scaling that across the NHS, then, you know, suddenly you've got a 5% to 6% productivity gain on a fairly simple AI use case.” With that hype comes a fear that AI will take jobs. Nicola says she understands the fear, but says people should look again at what has happened in the past. She said: “In every wave of technology, there's been a fear that it's going to take jobs and it so far hasn't. “People said ‘the Internet is going to take all the jobs’ – but what happens is some jobs do disappear, but not many. Most jobs change because they adapt to use the new technology. “And then there are a whole plethora of new jobs – an AI prompt engineer, for example, you wouldn't have known what that was a couple of years ago. So there's potential for growth in jobs and high quality jobs. “And I think if people are fearful, it's worth just remembering that when the Internet came, there was the hype cycle. There was some nervousness, but actually it's changed all our lives for the better.” Why you should try AI for yourself But if people are fearful about technology, Nicola said, they should try it for themselves to see what it can do. “The very best thing you can do is just get on and play with it. Try it out. Get over the fear factor. Just try some simple case use cases. “I'll give an example. One of my sons is at university. He came home with research papers that were really, really difficult. And he said, 'I've been through these and on this one, I just don't even understand what it's actually saying'. So do you think AI will help me? I said, I've no idea. Let's try it.” After trying a couple of standard large language model (LLM) AI systems, they tracked down a science-focused LLM instead. Nicola said: “We put the paper through it and lo and behold, what he got was the short paragraph summarizing the paper in layman's terms with a bit of science. And then when he read the paragraph, he got it, and then he could go and do his homework. “It's not doing the work for him, but it's just getting him over that first step. I didn't know what was possible in that scenario either. So go on and play. It's all there.” Get ready for the jobs of the future Her other suggestion is that people should learn AI skills themselves so they are ready for the AI-powered jobs of the future. She said: “Tech companies like us offer free training so you can skill yourself up. When I'm interviewing people and they've gone out and got skills for themselves, they have a massive head start, right? They're enterprising. They want to learn. They come in and fire on all cylinders. “So we have something called IBM SkillsBuild. We're trying to train 13 million people globally in digital technology. We are looking to train 2 million in AI by the end of 2026. It’s all free. And other tech companies have similar programs. So that's the way I think about fear and overcoming it. “ Nicola went to school in Widnes and then Liverpool — and even ran for Liverpool Harriers. She did her first degree and then her PhD at the University of Liverpool before moving into the nuclear industry with BNFL. Her career took her to companies including consulting giant Ernst & Young (now EY) and Siemens. She joined Microsoft in 2008, spending 14 years there, before joining IBM in 2023. IBM employs several thousand in the UK. It has a key research base at Daresbury in Halton and also has bases at locations including Manchester, London, Hursley near Winchester, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin. Its key business areas include AI and hybrid cloud computing – while it is also carrying out cutting-edge research into quantum computing. Nicola said Liverpool was well-placed to become an AI superpower. She said: “The growth is incredible. The Liverpool City region is supplied with some great tertiary education in all different forms. There's already expertise here. You've got the life sciences hub, you've got excellence in creative design, you've got excellence in engineering, you've got obviously excellence in medical sciences and biomed. So lots of great kernels. “And of course, the city's always been known for its enterprise since way back when. There’s pioneering new tech, and you've got great industry around here.” And Nicola said the AI Summit was a great effort to get things started. She said: “The perfect combo is to get academia, small businesses and ad large businesses working together. And the fact that we've got the city region providing that coordination point bodes really, really well.”
3 US Army soldiers arrested on human smuggling charges along the border with MexicoThe government has its five missions. But the deeper cause of Britain’s malaise is the unhealthy and unhappy nature of the modern eceonomyThis incident has raised important questions about the ethics of wildlife photography and the need for greater respect for animal welfare. While technology has enabled us to capture stunning images of wildlife up close, it is crucial that we do so in a way that minimizes harm and disturbance to the animals themselves.
Rapid City’s sales tax report through September shows the sales tax collections for the first nine months of 2024 total more than $64.9 million, a 3.04% increase over the $63 million reported in sales tax collections for the first three quarters of 2023. The total of sales tax receipts collected in September set a record for receipts received in the ninth month of the year. More than $7.64 million was collected in September, surpassing the previous mark of $7.48 million in sales tax receipts collected in September 2023. The tourism sales tax collected in September totaled $545,061, slightly lower than the $559,732 collected in September 2023. For the first three quarters of this year — through nine months — more than $4.6 million has been received in total sales tax collections, a 3.01% increase over the first nine months of 2023. General fund city sales tax receipts collected in September totaled $3.55 million, higher than the $3.46 million collected in September 2023. The nine-month total for this category of receipts stands at more than $30.14 million, a 3.10% increase over the $29.24 million collected in the classification for the first nine months of 2023. General Fund sales tax collections are trending nearly $350,000 lower than budgeted by the city. “Overall collections are running higher each month when compared to the same month a year ago but slightly lower than what we anticipated and budgeted for the year,” said Finance Director Daniel Ainslie. “Where we stand for the year will depend on the final quarter of collections. The last quarter of the year always brings enthusiasm and hopeful expectations as this period includes great community and regional events around the holidays, and we are hoping for nice weather to bring many people to town.”Ola Electric's Chairman and Managing Director Bhavish Aggarwal on Saturday (November 23) said that he is working on something very exciting and an announcement is coming this week. Working on something very exciting! Announcement in the coming week!????????⚡ pic.twitter.com/JnOh2zTNxo — Bhavish Aggarwal (@bhash) November 23, 2024 This follows Aggarwal's earlier statements about Ola Electric's ambitious plans for manufacturing lithium-ion cells domestically. Speaking to CNBC-TV18 in July, he revealed that the company is gearing up to integrate its indigenously developed cells into its electric vehicles (EVs) by early next year. He suggested that integrating their own cells would make EVs more affordable. "So far, we have not even brought our own cells into the picture, which will be a core anchor to improve the cost of our EVs," Aggarwal said. "We have been investing in cells because we believe the future of EVs in India hinges on developing core technology domestically. We need to build the lithium cell in India for the electric industry," he added. Ola Electric’s Gigafactory, under the leadership of battery manufacturing veteran Hyun Shik Park, plays a crucial role in this initiative. Park, who previously spent over 36 years with South Korea's LG, is overseeing mass production of cells at the facility. Notably, Park received the highest compensation package in the company last fiscal year, underscoring the strategic importance of the Gigafactory.Bell Potter names the best ASX shares to buy in December
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Evotec: Some Recovery Has Come, But Much More Is ExpectedAs Yang Niu Hua left the courtroom, her head held high, her eyes filled with a quiet strength, she became a symbol of courage and resilience. Her unwavering faith in the face of tragedy, her determination to seek justice for her son, and her unyielding spirit in the pursuit of truth, had touched the hearts of many.