Badminton player, 17, dies of cardiac arrest after collapsing during game

An "outstanding" 17-year-old Chinese badminton player died of cardiac arrest after collapsing on court during a tournament in Indonesia, officials said on Monday (Jul 1). Zhang Zhijie was suddenly taken ill during a match late Sunday against Japan's Kazuma Kawano at the Asia Junior Championships in Yogyakarta. The score was 11-11 in the first game when Zhang fell to the floor between points. The teenager received treatment at the venue and was rushed to hospital by ambulance, but passed away later that night after repeated efforts to resuscitate him failed. "Medical conclusions ... indicated that the victim experienced sudden cardiac arrest," Broto Happy, spokesman for the Badminton Association of Indonesia (PBSI), told a press conference in Yogyakarta. Zhang's parents were heading to the city to retrieve his body, he said. The spokesman defended the actions of medical staff and local organisers after footage showed what appeared to be a hesitant response to the teenager falling face down on the court. 

Millions of train passengers in uk hit by higher fares from today as operators axe popular super off-peak

The new fare structure, introduced by companies in the south in a bid to simplify pricing, abandons cheaper tickets and sets new evening peak hours.

It means higher prices will apply between 4 and 7pm, Monday to Friday for passengers travelling between Zones 1 and 9.

The rail operators affected by the change in fares will include c2c, Chiltern, Southeastern, London Northwestern Railway and South Western Railway.

Some Thameslink services which call at stations run by Southeastern will also be affected.

New changes explained

In preparation for the rollout of pay-as-you-go contactless ticketing, 53 stations in London and the southeast have made changes to their ticketing structure. 

To keep the price as similar as possible, companies have made various changes which affect the price of train fares and tickets.

In simple terms, this means: 

Single tickets now cost around half of a Return ticket  

Evening peak times will apply 16:00 to 19:00, Monday to Friday, from or via a London station for journeys where pay as you go with contactless will be available

No more Super Off-Peak tickets available on these routes, however the price of Off-Peak tickets have been reduced to reflect this

The rail operators affected include c2c, Chiltern, Southeastern, London Northwestern Railway and South Western Railway. Some Thameslink services which call at stations run by Southeastern will also be affected 

The new changes also include the roll out of single-leg pricing, which means a single fare will always be half the cost of a return. At present many return fares only cost marginally more than singles. 

Many passengers will be caught out by the changes, London TravelWatch said, although the watchdog welcomed the simplification with additional concern about new evening peak times.

Commuters who board the first off-peak train into London but return between those hours 4-7pm will no longer be able to travel on an off-peak day return ticket. 

Off-peak day travelcards, which include bus and Tube travel, will continue to be valid after 9.30am.

National Rail advice states: 'Depending on the day and time of your journey, it may be better value to buy two single tickets rather than a return ticket. 

'For example, if you make a peak journey in one direction and an off-peak journey in the other, then an anytime single plus an off-peak single will be cheaper than an anytime day return.'

The axing of super off-peak tickets, which affects some weekday tickets and all weekend ones, will also hit families travelling into the capital on Saturdays and Sundays. 

Rapper Oladipupo Olabode Oladimenji aka Oladips has d!ed.

Sad! Rapper Oladips d!es

Rapper Oladipupo Olabode Oladimenji aka Oladips has d!ed. The singer's d£ath was announced by his management in a statement released on his IG page this morning November 15.

The singer has been ill for a while. Yesterday, a video of him being rushed to the hospital was shared online.

In the statement released, the management pointed that he had been battling with some issues for more than two years. The statement mention that he d!ed on Thursday, November 14 at exactly 10.14pm. His cause of death is yet unknown.

He was 28 years old.

May his soul rest in peace, Amen.

17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in west London

A 17-year-old boy was stabbed to death in west London as two groups clashed on a street in scenes of "utter mayhem", witnesses said.

Police were called at about 12.15am on Wednesday to reports of a fight in progress in Burket Close, Southall.

A Metropolitan Police spokesman said officers and London Ambulance Service attended and found a 17-year-old male suffering injuries.

They said despite the best efforts of the emergency services he was pronounced dead at the scene.

His next of kin have been informed. Four males have been arrested on suspicion of murder. Police have yet to release their ages.

A witness described how the teenager was savagely beaten and stabbed after two groups clashed in the street.

The local, who did not want to be named, intervened at one stage to try and stop the violence telling the group “you are going to kill him.”

He told the Standard: Some guys turned up in a car and they started fighting with people on the street. There was screaming and fighting. Someone shouted ‘they attacked my family’. The fighting was outside a house on Burket Close it was utter mayhem.

Ways you can Preserve Security When Running a Remote Business

 

Security Tips While Working Remotely

Since the pandemic hit the globe, working from home has become more widespread. And while the pandemic is fading, experts predict that working remotely will stay prevalent across numerous sectors. Additionally, while working from home has proven to have many benefits for both employees and organizations, it has exposed them to cybersecurity risks.

Therefore, it is essential to give serious deliberation to cybersecurity. By following these tips, you can prevent or mitigate most of the remote working cybersecurity threats.

Virtualization

Even though it is a concept that is almost fifty years old, virtualization has significantly advanced and can satisfy multifaceted apps that are being developed. Fifty percent of servers run on virtual machines and it is predicted that by 2024, an estimated seventy percent of computers will run on VMs. So, while virtualization is becoming prevalent, the main concern is how to maintain safe levels of integrity and security.

Technological Innovations and Advancements in Gambling

 

Technological innovation is a great economic driver that changes the dynamics of the gambling sector. For instance, mobile game developers are shifting towards mobile-exclusive games to meet the growing demand from mobile users across the world. The gambling industry has also developed in the past decade, with consumer experience remaining the epicenter of most developers. Thanks to rapid technological advancements, here are the main technological changes and their impact on the gambling industry:

Tips for Making Money on Your Phone

 

You’re looking for a way to earn extra cash, and you want to do it without a lot of effort because you work plenty hard already. In other words, you should think about trying to make money on your phone.

If that’s a goal, you should be able to score. There are a slew of phone apps and websites that can help people earn extra money. Still, if you're exclusively looking for strategies to earn money on your phone, preferably without leaving the comfort of your couch, you can do that. Here are some ideas to keep in mind.

Ukraine's armed forces have lost up to 13,000 soldiers since Russian invasion

 

Ukraine's armed forces have lost up to 13,000 soldiers so far in the war against Russia, presidential adviser Mykhailo Podolyak has said.His comments are believed to be the first estimate of dead since late August, when the head of the armed forces said nearly 9,000 military personnel had been killed.

"We have official figures from the general staff, we have official figures from the top command, and they amount to (between) 10,000 and 12,500 to 13,000 killed," Mr Podolyak told the Kanal 24 channel.

"We are open in talking about the number of dead," he added, saying more soldiers had been wounded than had die

World Cup last 16 fixtures

Saturday, December 3

Netherlands v USA (1500 GMT)

Argentina v Australia (1900 GMT)

Sunday, December 4

France v Poland (1500 GMT)

England v Senegal (1900 GMT)

Szczesny reveals he ‘lost a bet’ to Messi over controversial decision in Poland vs Argentina

 

SAD Coolio, ‘Gangsta’s Paradise’ rapper, dies at 59

 

Rapper Coolio, known for hits including "Fantastic Voyage" and "Gangsta’s Paradise," has died at age 59, his manager confirmed Wednesday evening.

Coolio, whose real name was Artis Leon Ivey Jr., had a music career that spanned more than three decades.

"As far as what I know now is that he was at a friend’s house and was in his bathroom and had a heart attack," said his manager, Jarez Posey.

King Charles III Won’t be Coronated Until 2023

 

King Charles III assumed the role of king of the United Kingdom upon the death of Queen Elizabeth on Sept. 8, 2022. Although he has since taken on her day-to-day tasks as monarch, an official coronation ceremony will be months away. Why won’t King Charles III be coronated until 2023?

There is no suspension of power when a monarch dies

Under the British constitution, a sovereign succeeds to the throne when their predecessor dies. There is no suspension of power according to Reuters.

The new monarch is proclaimed king or queen by a unique body called the Accession Council. This council includes Privy Council, several hundred selected royal advisers, including cabinet members. Bishops of the Church of England who sit in the House of Lords, called Bishops Spiritual and Temporal, and high commissioners from Commonwealth nations are also part of the council.

According to the royal famly’s official website, there is a strict protocol that must be followed ahead of an official coronation.

Can crypto make the world a better place?

 

The crypto world has never shied away from making big promises, but as the industry matures and its audience widens, now’s a good time to take a step back and look at how the space is delivering on its vision.

How venture capitalists should be incentivizing the creation of more publicly beneficial blockchain infrastructure, and what still needs to be built.

Whether technology is enough to solve some of the societal problems blockchain developers and advocates are frequently passionate about.

While mainstream business may still be a ways off from adopting virtual currencies to the same degree that it has embraced traditional fiat currency, there are still some ways in which the cryptocurrency space has impacted (or may impact in the days to come) the world at large. Here are a few of those benefits, according to Nasdaq.

TikTok breaks records as top grossing app

These new findings, in a report published today by Sensor Tower, see TikTok again becoming the highest-grossing app in the world even as the overall market is seeing a slight decline. However, the report does combine TikTok revenue with its Chinese version, known as Douyin — so it’s technically the revenue generated by the two apps offering the same feature set of short-form, vertical videos — not one.

TikTok’s global app along with Douyin on iOS together retained the position as the top-grossing non-game app across the App Store and Google Play combined, with approximately $914.4 million in consumer spending in the quarter.

 Consumers reduced their mobile app spending in the third quarter of 2022 by roughly 5%, but the social video app TikTok just delivered another record-breaking quarter on this front. For the fourth straight quarter in a row, TikTok continued its streak as the app that has generated the most revenue in a quarter.

Tompolo Must be Unveiled and Institutionally Recognized - Rita-Lori Ogbebor

The bunkering in the Niger Delta is not done by natives - Rita Lori Ogb...

Itsekiri Leader, Rita Lori Ogbebor, speaks on the marginalization of the oil production state and the rise in oil theft in Nigeria. 

The bunkering in the Niger Delta is not done by natives - Rita Lori Ogbebor

Kirk Franklin’s Son, Kerrion, Arrested In Connection To Murder Of Missing Woman

  

Kerrion Franklin, the estranged son of Kirk Franklin and reality star on Bad Boys: Los Angeles, has reportedly been arrested and is being held without bond. According to court documents from Beverly Hills Police, Kerrion was arrested around 7:30 a.m. PT on Sunday, April 10. He was allegedly driving a car belonging to a woman who was reported missing and is presumed to be dead. A gun was also discovered in the automobile, but the 33-year-old insists the firearm isn’t his and that he has no connection to the woman in question.

Larry Reid of Larry Reid Live—an Atlanta-based entertainment news talk show—reported that Kerrion was “wrongfully detained” and was initially stopped by local authorities because of his taillight. However, it appeared the arrest stemmed from charges filed in Texas, but Kerrion feels the charges were piled on after officers claimed he resisted arrest.

Kerrion spoke to Reid from jail. “I’m just keeping my mind positive. I really do aim to live a righteous lifestyle, all of this is unnecessary. I just want you guys to keep me in your prayers,” said Kerrion according to Reid.

Hot 97 Announces Summer Jam 2022 Lineup

 

 

New York City radio station Hot 97 announced the lineup for its annual Summer Jam concert which will include many of the hottest stars in Hip-Hop. This year’s edition of the show will take place on June 12 at Met Life Stadium in New Jersey and will be headlined by Brooklyn rapper Fivio Foreign, who will take over the concert’s Main Stage with a handful of surprise guests.

In addition to Fivio, the Summer Jam Main stage will also include performances by DreamDoll, Shenseea, Benny The Butcher, Burna Boy, Roddy Rich, Pusha T, City Girls, Young Thug, Gunna, Lil Baby, and Lil Durk. Hot 97 will also honor the legacy of the late DJ Kay Slay with a special musical tribute in his memory.

Rapper Baby Cino Shot And Killed Minutes After Release From Prison

 

Miami rapper Baby Cino was shot and killed less than an hour after being released from prison, according to reports. The 20-year-old born Timothy Starks was released from the Turner Guilford Knight Correctional Center in Miami-Dade County last Wednesday (March 16) after posting bond. He is said to have been picked up from the prison in a red Nissan vehicle, which was sprayed with gunfire while turning onto the Palmetto Expressway.

Oscars 2022 Everything you need to know

 

Best Picture

BELFAST

Laura Berwick, Kenneth Branagh, Becca Kovacik and Tamar Thomas, Producers

CODA - WINNER!

Philippe Rousselet, Fabrice Gianfermi and Patrick Wachsberger, Producers

DON'T LOOK UP

Adam McKay and Kevin Messick, Producers

DRIVE MY CAR

Teruhisa Yamamoto, Producer

DUNE

Mary Parent, Denis Villeneuve and Cale Boyter, Producers

KING RICHARD

Tim White, Trevor White and Will Smith, Producers

LICORICE PIZZA

Sara Murphy, Adam Somner and Paul Thomas Anderson, Producers

NIGHTMARE ALLEY

Guillermo del Toro, J. Miles Dale and Bradley Cooper, Producers

THE POWER OF THE DOG

Jane Campion, Tanya Seghatchian, Emile Sherman, Iain Canning and Roger Frappier, Producers

WEST SIDE STORY

Steven Spielberg and Kristie Macosko Krieger, Producers

Actor in a Leading Role

Javier Bardem in BEING THE RICARDOS

Benedict Cumberbatch in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Andrew Garfield in TICK, TICK...BOOM!

Will Smith in KING RICHARD - WINNER!

Denzel Washington in THE TRAGEDY OF MACBETH

Actor in a Supporting Role

Ciarán Hinds in BELFAST

Troy Kotsur in CODA - WINNER!

Jesse Plemons in THE POWER OF THE DOG

J.K. Simmons in BEING THE RICARDOS

Kodi Smit-McPhee in THE POWER OF THE DOG

Hip Hop Most Anticipated Hip Hop Albums of 2022 (CENIPLUG Review Listen / Download )

 

2021 was loaded year in Hip Hop; we seen new albums from Tyler The Creator, Polo G, Migos, Griselda, Isaiah Rashad, J. Cole Drake and Kanye West just to name a few. As 2022 kicks off, we look to hearing from some artists whom we haven’t heard from in a while as well as some artists who we look forward to keep the consistent releases coming.

‘Tinder Swindler’ Con Artist ‘Simon Leviev’ Banned From Dating App

  

The con man investigated in Netflix’s new documentary “The Tinder Swindler” has been banned from the dating app. Shimon Hayut allegedly met women on Tinder before swindling them for millions of dollars after catfishing them into believing his name was “Simon Leviev” and that he was the son of Israeli diamond tycoon Lev Leviev.

“We have conducted internal investigations and can confirm Simon Leviev is no longer active on Tinder under any of his known aliases,” Tinder said in a statement to Variety on Friday.

When the doc was released on Wednesday on Netflix, it reported that Hayut was still active on Tinder.

While Tinder has now banned him, he still has an account on Instagram with more than 200,000 followers. In an Instagram story posted on Friday, Hayut said he was preparing to tell his version of the story. However, when Variety went to his Instagram page on Friday afternoon, a notice reads that it is “no longer available.”

🙏Join the Prayer Challenge by Christiana Igbokwe

 

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Understanding the Dynamix of the modern ‘Underground Rap’ Culture

 

 

Have you ever had a moment where you’re trying to describe an artist, and you call them an “underground rapper,” only for the conversation to turn into a debate about what “underground” actually means in 2021?

Some people may call Westside Gunn “underground” because of Griselda’s gritty, lyrical style, but he’s not exactly under the radar. He’s a former Shady Records signee who’s sat front row at Paris Fashion Week and boasts close relationships with superstars like Jay-Z, Drake, Kanye West, and Tyler, the Creator. 

Jay Electonica’s music is considered to be in the lineage of underground cult heroes like Killah Priest and Dead Prez—but he just did a whole album with Jay-Z. MCs like R.A.P. Ferreira, Earl Sweatshirt, and Billy Woods create abstract, left-of-center work that would have found a natural home at a label like Rawkus Records in the ’90s, but the internet’s direct-to-consumer model now allows them to access millions of potential listeners in a way underground artists at indie labels have long had a hard time doing. 

At one point, the underground rap community was an easily recognizable scene of acts and labels that couldn’t get the same distribution for their CDs that major label acts could. But the internet revolutionized music distribution at the click of a button. The digital evolution allowed artists to operate with a direct-to-consumer model, eliminating many of the corporate barriers that kept certain acts obscure. And now artists who make music that’s unabashedly crafted for mass appeal are utilizing the same stratagem as avant-garde artists who don’t even put hooks on their songs. And they’re all a TikTok trend away from a platinum single. Are they all “underground” in the same way? It’s difficult to explain exactly what the phrase means today. 

Renowned A&R and executive Dante Ross thinks “underground rap means everything that’s not mainstream and has a somewhat determined ceiling.” Legendary indie rapper Slug says “the concept of underground rap is an identity thing [for] the advocate, the fan, all of us, to give us a sense of belonging.” Drew “Dru Ha” Friedman, co-founder of underground mainstay Duck Down Records, once saw the ‘90s underground scene as music where “you could just tell it wasn’t going to be mainstream.” Industry veteran Jonathan Tanners says underground rap was once “a cultural signifier of a code of conduct,” and believes now that the method of “how [music] reaches people has changed more so than some of the ideologies.” 

Rising Charlotte rapper Mavi feels that the idea of underground rap is a more “descriptive than prescriptive” notion, and a “judgment made on the mix or the reach or style” of music. Griselda signee Rome Streetz calls the underground “the purest form of hip-hop, because it doesn’t really have any of those industry politics with it.” But Spotify’s Carl Chery is unsure if there’s even such a thing as underground rap in 2021. “Because when I think about the original definition and all the raps that made up underground rap in the ‘90s and the 2000s, the structure doesn’t exist now,” he explains. 

t wasn’t always like that. In the ’90s, the underground rap scene was a network of artists, indie labels, DIY venues, zines, and college radio stations that operated below what Ross deemed the “ceiling” of mass distribution. 

AFCON EXIT : Iwobi didn't deserve a red card. Ndidi got mashed but the referee didn't call a foul - Austin Eguavoen speaks after Super Eagles Afcon defeat by Tunisia

 

Super Eagles coach, Austin Eguavoen has spoken about Nigeria's loss to Tunisia in the 2021 Africa Cup of Nations round of 16 which took place on Sunday January 22.

Recall that Alex Iwobi was shown a red card in the 64th minutes, after the referee upgraded his yellow card to a red one following a VAR Review for a bad attack.

Eguavoen in a post match conference, said that Iwobi didn't deserve to be sent out of the match since he was a first time offender. He also said the attack wasn't intentional so shouldn't have amounted to a red card.

The interim coach added that Wilfred Ndidi was mashed right in front of the referee but he didn't call a foul even though Ndidi complained.

Eguavoen also congratulated Tunisia for qualifying for the quater finals adding that the Super Eagles did their best even though they were knocked out by The Eagles of Carthage.