#great-lengths

#great-lengths

He has been hailed in France as the backpack hero, a young man who challenged the knife-wielding attacker who stabbed four young children and two adults in a playground in Annecy.Videos that circulated on social media before being removed as too distressing showed Henri d'Anselme, 24, chasing the man out of the park as parents screamed, and using his bag to try to disarm the knifeman before pursuing him.

A cigar smoked by Sir Winston Churchill nearly 80 years ago has been found in a glass jar and is set to be sold at auction.The wartime leader gave a half-smoked cigar to Hugh Stonehewer-Bird, consul general in Rabat, Morocco between 1943 and 1945, following a dinner party he hosted for the wartime British prime minister on August 29 1944.

Blockchain, so far, is one of the best security when it comes to cybersecurity.The criminals, however, can decipher it through a simple method, which is phishing.Through phishing, hackers can access other blockchain assets and seize them for themselves.The recent breach on Axie Infinity in March 2022 caused the company to lose at least US$ 600 million and proves that even the tightest security can be breached with only phishing.

The Kremlin has banned the spread of false information' or any criticism about the Russian army during the special military operation' in Ukraine.A Russian journalist was sentenced to six years in a penal colony after accusing the Russian air force of bombing a theatre in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol last year.

"Ultimately, the PTAB found that [the secondary] considerations made the difference between upholding patentability or finding otherwise.And the Federal Circuit remarked that the PTAB's factual findings on this score were entitled to deference, making them harder to overturn on appeal."This week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit (CAFC) issued two precedential decisions that provide additional guidance for those participating in inter partes review (IPR) proceedings.

The best rated books so far in May 2023 - Jessica Price SGC (Image: Pixabay) 'The Shards' by Bret Easton Ellis.The Shards, Ellis's hypnotic, prodigious and unsettling new novelhis first in 13 yearsis a time machine back to that early '80s milieu.A sensational new novel from the bestselling author of Less Than Zero and American Psycho that tracks a group of privileged Los Angeles high school friends as a serial killer strikes across the city.

Jerry Seinfeld is almost certainly the world's most famous Mets fan.He routinely visits the SNY booth, where he cracks jokes at the expense of Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, and old friend Keith Hernandez.He attended "Seinfeld Night" at Citi Field in 2019 and threw out the first pitch, challenging himself by throwing a sidearm strike from the rubber.

Royal enthusiasts often go to great lengths and travel long distances to make sure they get the best view of major ceremonial events at Buckingham Palace.But not many will have made a decision like 34-year-old Bartley Graham, who arrived at The Mall on Wednesday after discharging himself from hospital.

One of the UK's most wanted tax fugitives who was jailed for eight years has had her sentence more than doubled after failing to pay back the millions she stole.Former private school girl Sarah Panitzke, 48, now faces 17 years in prison and will still owe 2.4 million plus interest for her part in the massive VAT fraud.

Kate Mosse said Fay Weldon was one of the great writers of the late 20th century as she paid tribute to the late author who died at the age of 91.The Labyrinth author added Weldon, who wrote The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil and Praxis, had a radical message for women to have fun and be yourself.Weldon, a novelist, playwright and screenwriter, whose body of work includes more than 30 novels, is also credited as a writer on the period drama Upstairs, Downstairs.

Author Fay Weldon, known for works including The Life And Loves Of A She-Devil and Praxis, has died aged 91.The novelist, playwright and screenwriter's body of work includes more than 30 novels as well as short stories and plays written for television, radio and the stage.A family statement said: It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Fay Weldon (CBE), author, essayist and playwright.

Andrew Freddie Flintoff was rushed to hospital on Tuesday morning after being involved in an accident while working on Top Gear.The 45-year-old presenter and former professional cricketer was reportedly filming a car review at Dunsfold Park Aerodrome, home of the Top Gear Test Track, when the crash took place.

Production designer Sara K. White and cinematographer Drew Daniels discuss making the world of Episode 4 the most dangerous one for Dre.Courtesy of Prime Video Weird stuff can happen at Bonnaroo, but stumbling into a wellness group/cult situation led by Billie Eilish is pretty extraordinary.Episode 4 of Swarm, written by Ibra Ake, Stephen Glover, and Janine Nebers and directed by Ake, puts Dre (Dominique Fishback) in Eilish's path and simultaneously creates one of the most stable-seeming and dangerous-feeling locations that the murderous fan has encountered yet which is saying something for a character who bit the show's Beyonce stand-in an episode earlier.

I was standing outside Revolution Hall on a sunny September day.It was XOXO Fest 2019, the seventh installment of the festival.For me, four years of attending had a dramatic effect.I learned to ignore self doubt and see creators I looked up to not as gods, but as mere humans like me.I finally felt confident in my skin.

The British street artist Bansky unveiled his latest creation on Friday: a female gymnast depicted on a war-torn building in Ukraine.In an Instagram post, the anonymous artist posted three photos of the mural with the simple caption, Borodyanka, Ukraine.The mural is black and white and features a gymnast, who is dressed in a leotard, doing a handstand on rubble by the building.

A six-week abortion ban proposed by Florida Republicans earlier this month threatens to reverberate across the American south.Following the supreme court's decision in Dobbs v Jackson Women's Health Organization to overturn the federal right to abortion, Florida became a strategic refuge for women seeking to access reproductive healthcare from states that banned abortion places as varied as Louisiana, Mississippi, Tennessee, Alabama and Texas.

Perhaps in spite of themselves, the Lakers have put together a team with depth and talent that has helped at least keep them in the conversation for the play-in race through LeBron James' injury.Days after trying to go all-in on Kyrie Irving, the Lakers pulled off a series of trades that brought in a host of players and reshaped the team.

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails As extremist violence in West Africa's Sahel region spreads south toward coastal states, the United States military has launched its annual military training exercise aimed at helping armies contain the jihadi threat.

The nation's top military officer said on Tuesday that a U.S. fighter jet missed this week when it fired a missile at an object flying over Lake Huron, before the second missile was launched and hit it.General Mark Milley, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, said the wayward missile landed harmlessly in the water, but it raises troubling questions about the newfound American policy to fire at unidentified flying objects in US airspace.

Park Ji-Min stars as Freddie in Return to Seoul.Sony Classics Return to Seoul is a film that's easy to love: it has a killer soundtrack, a magnetic protagonist, and a gorgeous cinematic backdrop filled with rich colors and empty bottles of Soju.At its core, it tells a coming of age story one that challenges the confines of "childhood" and "adulthood" and contemplates the impermanence of who we are.

The Last of Us' HBO series went to great lengths to re-create a 2003 mall arcade for a recent episode.Two of the arcade enthusiasts hired on for that scene have detailed the triumphs and technical limitations they encountered, at length, in an arcade history forum thread.In the HBO adaptation of The Last of Us, a cordyceps outbreak overtakes the world in 2003, leaving things much as they were in the 2023 world through which Joel and Ellie struggle.

A Boston man was arrested Tuesday in connection with the armed robbery of a USPS letter carrier in Peabody.Anthony Diaz, 20, was charged with forcibly assaulting, resisting, opposing, impeding, intimidating, and interfering with a United States Postal Employee by use of a firearm, while they were engaged in the performance of their official duties.

Local "It is my hope that today's sentence brings accountability to the Mashpee Wampanoag community and closes the door on this dark chapter in their rich history."The former Chairman of the Mashpee Wampanoag Tribe and the owner of an architecture and design firm in Providence were sentenced Tuesday for bribery relating to the Tribe's plans to build a resort and casino in Taunton, according to U.S. Attorney Rachael Rollins' office
Cedric Cromwell, 57, of Attleboro, was sentenced to three years in prison and one year of supervised release.

Architecture studio Fabric has designed a cabin in the West Coast region of New Zealand that provides accommodation for vacationers and features framed views of the surrounding landscape.Nestled among the rainforest trees in the coastal village of Punakaiki, the Biv Punakaiki cabin has a cross-laminated timber (CLT) structure that is protected from airborne salt by corrosion-resistant aluminium exterior cladding.

A bad earnings season just might be good for stocks.Consider this scenario: Companies air their dirty laundry, analysts cut their 2023 outlooks and perhaps the S&P 500 Index takes another detour back toward 3,600.Suddenly, expectations aren't as hard to beat, and a foundation might be built for a new bull market.

This article is part of a limited editorial series, called The 2023 Notebook, and is designed to be a guide to marketing and media buying in the new year.Explore the series here.Over the past year, in-game advertising companies have hitched their cart to the metaverse.But as the cold of crypto winter seeps in, brands are becoming increasingly skeptical about the concept - and in-game advertising companies are starting to back away from it accordingly.

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Wales have been handed a significant boost ahead of their World Cup opener against the United States on Monday as midfielder Joe Allen has returned to training in Qatar.

Midfielder Joe Allen says he hopes to fit for Wales' opening World Cup game despite not playing since September because of a hamstring injury.Wales face the United States in Qatar on Monday, 21 November.Allen, 32, is a highly influential figure for Wales and is their biggest fitness concern as they prepare to play at their first World Cup since 1958.

Be honest; how many times, in the last week, have you told yourself that you want to "unsubscribe" from adulthood or that you're giving one star to adulthood?If you ask me, I've done that at least three times in the last week!Because let's be real; adulting is hard.Sandwiched between work and social obligations and responsibilities, drowning in an endless flood of bills, and not getting enough sleep, adulting is tormenting most of the time.

Cormac McCarthy has long presented himself as a man of simple appetites.When Richard B. Woodward caught up with him in 1992, for a rare profile that ran in The New York Times Magazine, McCarthy was living an austere life in a cottage behind a shopping center in El Paso and eating his meals off a hot plate or in diners.

Another stenciled painting, of a child defeating a Vladimir Putin-like character in a judo match, in Borodianka.Credit...Brendan Hoffman for The New York Times Another mural by Banksy, depicting a man in a bathtub, in Horenka, on the outskirts of Kyiv.Credit...Oleg Petrasyuk/EPA, via Shutterstock KYIV, Ukraine  Many Ukrainians saw messages of defiance and resilience in the seven artworks painted last month by Banksy, the British street artist, on war-ravaged buildings in and around Kyiv.

A man shot repeatedly in Newry may have been murdered as part of cross-border criminal gang drugs feud, police said.A PSNI superintendent described Thursday's killing in Co Down as brutal and senseless.The shooting happened in the residential Ardcarn Park area soon after 6pm.The 58-year-old victim died at the scene.

For months, an unknown green liquid seeped through the cracks of the kitchen ceiling in Francis Roberts's basement apartment.Music  sometimes exceeding 100 decibels, about as loud as a jackhammer  still blasts from an apartment upstairs at all hours of the day.Mr. Roberts, 77, who has lived in the Crown Heights building for more than 20 years, is certain that the noise and strange green substance are coming from the apartment of his new neighbor.

When I receive a gift I'm not expecting from someone who doesn't know me all that well, I sort of lose control.It starts with a prickling sensation in the back of my neck and follows with a reflexive, forced smile.My heart quickens, the hair rises on my arms, and I feel myself blush fully.Openly sweating, I open the thing.

Bill Treacher, who played Arthur Fowler in EastEnders, has died aged 92.The veteran actor was one of the BBC soap's original cast members and appeared from 1985 until 1996.He died late on Saturday night after suffering declining health for some time.A statement from his family said: The family of the actor Bill Treacher are sad to announce that Bill died late Saturday night, 5 November 2022.

Related: Gay teens confess their biggest struggles in high school Some of the Twitter users quoted below went to great lengths to pass for straight in high school.As covered in depth at LGBTQ Nation, it can take years for queer youth to feel comfortable opening that closet door, and the heteronormative high school experience certainly doesn't help.