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Portland has long celebrated its Pride festival in late June-frequently overlapping with Father's Day to the delight and / or consternation of many daddy lovers.According to Oregonian archives, the tradition goes at least as far back as the first city-recognized Gay Pride Day, on June 25, 1977.(And a Gay Pride Fair in the South Park Blocks on June 28, 1975!)
Pride Northwest announced Tuesday that it's ready for a change.

T he Football Association (FA) has condemned the actions of a fan at Wembley who wore a jersey referencing the Hillsborough disaster.The Metropolitan Police Events Twitter account retweeted a picture on Saturday of a man wearing a Manchester United shirt that had the number 97 on the back and the words Not Enough.

A man has been arrested at Wembley after a picture emerged of a football fan wearing a jersey with what appeared to be a reference to the Hillsborough disaster printed on the back.The Metropolitan Police Events Twitter account retweeted a picture of a man wearing a Manchester United shirt that had the number 97 on the back and the words Not Enough.

Social media companies must prevent online abuse against women and girls or face jail time and fines, under a proposed change to a government bill.Firms that did not remove abusive content and ban repeat offenders face fines up to 10% of global turnover.Tech bosses could be jailed for up to two years for persistent breaches.

Social media platforms would be required to follow regulatory guidelines protecting women and girls from online abuse under an amendment to the online safety bill tabled this week.The proposed change would require Ofcom, the communications watchdog, to issue a code of practice on preventing violence against women and girls that social media platforms would have to follow when implementing their duties under the bill.

Courses being run for teachers on how to tackle Andrew Tate's views are selling out, with schools trying to prevent teenage boys from following what is being viewed as his toxic masculinity.An expert who runs workshops challenging the beliefs that Tate promotes said schools that aren't proactively tackling misogyny are laying foundations for rape culture.

A man has been arrested at Wembley after a picture emerged of a football fan wearing a jersey with what appeared to be a reference to the Hillsborough disaster printed on the back.The Metropolitan Police Events Twitter account retweeted a picture of a man wearing a Manchester United shirt that had the number 97 on the back and the words Not Enough.

"The UPC will become a success story, since there are simply no good reasons not to engage with the Court."The Unified Patent Court (UPC) is now a reality.The Court opens its doors tomorrow, June 1, 2023.In the past four articles, we have aimed to dispel myths about some of the key aspects of the UPC.

Internationally trained engineers no longer require Canadian work experience to be licensed in Ontario.Ontario Labour Minister Monte McNaughton says the province's regulator for professional engineers has dropped the requirement, which he calls a "game changer" for qualified immigrant engineers that will help fill roughly 7,000 vacant positions.

US Senators Michael Bennet (D-CO) and Peter Welch (D-VT) proposed legislation on Thursday to create a federal agency to oversee social media platforms and the development and use of AI systems.Under the Digital Platform Commission Act [PDF], a Federal Digital Platform Commission would coordinate with existing agencies to conduct investigations, protect folks, uphold existing antitrust laws, and even levy fines.

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 Better protections are needed for responsible renters who own pets, according to animal welfare charities.Dogs Trust said it has been receiving a record number of inquiries from people forced to rehome their pets, as they struggle with rising living costs.

New York-based Catalyst, a company mobilizing customer data for enterprise growth, today announced it has received strategic funding from Databricks Ventures, the venture capital arm of Databricks.While the amount infused remains undisclosed, the move marks Databricks' first investment in the growing customer intelligence category.

The Federal Housing Finance Agency (FHFA) Office of the Inspector General (OIG) released on Thursday its 25th semi-annual report to Congress, which compiles information about the work the office has done to ensure the agency's actions align with its mandated mission and highlights results in its investigative reports, including indictments, arrests and criminal fines including restitution and civil forfeiture.

A Tory MP has accused online giant Amazon of facilitating the sale of counterfeit postage stamps from China.Craig Mackinlay told the Commons the stamps are virtually perfect, except for the barcode and that he believes the sale of such products could be in contravention of the Forgery and Counterfeiting Act 1981.

Get the free Morning Headlines email for news from our reporters across the world Sign up to our free Morning Headlines email Young adults could be entitled to a free sum of 1,900 if they access money amassed in unclaimed child trust funds (CFTs).The National Audit Office (NAO) has warned that people are losing track of long-term tax free savings accounts set up under a Labour government for children born between 1 September 2002 and 2 January 2011, with more than a quarter of CFTs remaining untouched for a year or more after their owners turned 18. Parents of the 6.3 million children born during the period were sent a 250 voucher shortly after their child was born, to open a fund.

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 Hundreds of millions of pounds in child trust funds (CTFs) to help young people financially in early adulthood has not yet been claimed, according to a spending watchdog.

Justice Secretary Dominic Raab has offered to meet Hillsborough families amid criticism of the Government for failing to respond to a report on their experiences.In a letter, seen by the PA news agency, Mr Raab told families of the 97 victims of the Hillsborough disaster the Government would be establishing an Independent Public Advocate (IPA) to support those affected by major disasters.

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 The majority of people detained after crossing the Channel to the UK in recent years have been referred as potential victims of modern slavery.Almost all of those who came under the National Referral Mechanism (NRM) while awaiting their return from the UK were subsequently released from detention, the Home Office said.

It was Mother's Day, and the Washington Nationals had 5 2/3 innings to play for Saturday's suspended fiasco plus their regularly scheduled Sunday game, and CJ Abrams knocked in all four runs finishing a triple shy of a cycle on this day.He took the team's RBI lead and put himself on an 85 ribeye pace for the season.

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It's kind of weird that Google knows Duet AI and SGE need to prompt you on how to prompt it.A few weeks ago, my spouse and I made a bet.I said there was no way ChatGPT could believably mimic my writing style for a smartwatch review.I'd already asked the bot to do that months ago, and the results were laughable.

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Google recently demonstrated how its Duet AI features might soon be able to analyze your work and suggest ways to continue or improve it.If this reminds you of Clippy, then you're not alone.The words "it looks like you're writing a letter, would you like some help with that?" didn't appear at any point during Google's recent demo of its AI office suite tools.

Online publisher Medium says it's happy for users to post articles written with the help of AI writing tools like ChatGPT - as long as their use of the technology is disclosed.The blogging platform turned publisher, which lets anyone create their own blog while selling membership access for some exclusive pieces, is the latest organization to establish ground rules for AI-generated text.

A man from Sidcup has been charged after damage was caused to London ULEZ cameras.A man from Sidcup has been charged after damage was caused to London ULEZ cameras.Joseph Nicolls has been charged with criminal damage, malicious communications, handling stolen goods and aiding or abetting the destruction of, or damage to, property valued over 5,000, the Metropolitan Police said.

It comes amid opposition to the clean-air scheme expansion set to take effect in August.Det Supt Daniel Smith, whose officers are leading the investigation, said: "We have been proactively targeting those we suspect of causing or seeking to cause damage."We are carrying out a thorough investigation and this includes gathering CCTV, speaking to potential witnesses and following up active leads.

Birmingham airport was the worst in the UK for flight delays for a second year in a row, an investigation has found.Departures from the West Midlands airport were half an hour behind schedule on average in 2022, according to analysis of Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) data by the PA news agency.That was more than twice as long as the previous year, when it was also ranked last for punctuality.

Thomas Tuchel has made it clear that, in addition to a top-class striker, he wants to try to sign a number 6 midfielder for Bayern Munich this summer, even though Joshua Kimmich already deputizes in that role.In theory, a solid defensive midfield signing would give Kimmich a lot more freedom in an attacking, box-to-box sense, but it would further pack the midfield depth chart since there's already Kimmich, Leon Goretzka, Jamal Musiala, Konrad Laimer coming in this summer from RB Leipzig, and Ryan Gravenberch unless he moves elsewhere else in the next window.

As the UK's Online Safety Bill moves through negotiations in the House of Lords, EFF, Open Rights Group, Wikimedia UK, and Index on Censorship have submitted a briefing urging the Lords to uphold the right to private messaging, and protect against prior restraint of lawful speech.Clause 110 of the bill requires websites and apps to proactively prevent harmful content from appearing on messaging services.

T-Mobile has experienced another data breach, reporting that personal information belonging to hundreds of account holders was exposed in an attack between late February and March 2023.The company disclosed in notification letters issued to impacted customers on April 28th that a hacker managed to access information such as full names, dates of birth, addresses, contact information, government IDs, social security numbers, and T-Mobile account pins.

Hackers have reportedly been breaking into AT&T-provided email addresses, and using this access to steal large quantities of cryptocurrency, TechCrunch reports.While it's not clear how many people have been impacted, one alleged victim claims to have lost $134,000 from a Coinbase account associated with a compromised email address.

Private communication is a basic, universal right.In the online world, the best tool we have to defend this right is end-to-end encryption.End-to-end encryption ensures that governments, tech companies, social media platforms, and other groups cannot view or access our private messages, the pictures we share with family and friends, or our bank account details.

Personal data on up to 10 million people who shopped online at sporting goods and fashion retailer JD Sports has been accessed and potentially stolen by cyber criminals in a cyber incident of a currently unknown nature.The incident, disclosed today (30 January), is understood to affect individuals who shopped online between November 2018 and October 2020 at six of the organisation's brands, JD, Size?, Millets, Blacks, Scotts and MilletSport.

Passengers flying from Birmingham airport experienced the longest delays in the UK last year, official figures show.Flight departures from Birmingham were on average half an hour behind schedule in 2022, marginally worse than Manchester, in a year marked by chaos for travellers.Average lateness more than doubled from 2021, when Birmingham was also ranked worst for delays, as the end of travel restrictions led to an influx of returning customers in understaffed airports.

Image source, PA Media Sadiq Khan has written to the home secretary calling for "radical reform" to the police dismissal process.London's mayor said the crimes of the jailed ex-Met Police officers David Carrick and Wayne Couzens showed the system was "not fit for purpose".Officers who commit a "serious offence" or who fail police vetting should be automatically fired, he has suggested.

M ichael Gove has accused a London council of persistently failing its tenants after a girl was left in a damp-infested property.The Housing Secretary wrote to Lambeth Council's senior leadership on Friday after five severe maladministration complaints across three cases were published by the Housing Ombudsman in February.

It is not often that New York City prosecutors abandon legal arguments or strategies in midstream, especially when they seem to be on the cusp of victory.But on Thursday, they did just that.The city's five district attorneys, in an abrupt about-face, released a joint statement to oppose changing a law that governs the way that case material is shared with defense lawyers.

One of the hardest aspects of community management is the negative energy that can be directed your way when a member is unhappy.It's common to grow weary and frustrated with the unwelcome behavior of many users, and it can feel like there is nothing you can do about it.Luckily, there are proven tools and approaches that allowed you to proactively create a constructive environment.

Healthy relationships take work.Whether personal or professional, they require one key ingredient above all others: psychological safety.Without psychological safety, it's impossible to have trust, two-way communication, and productive collaborations.There's no motivating my team to make progress on stretch goals without it, nor for my teen to improve his GPA.

The Chicago Department of Public Health announced on Friday it has begun monitoring for the polio virus in wastewater.No cases of polio have been identified in Chicago or Illinois, but the department said it's proactively testing the water from plants in the city and surrounding suburbs with several partnering agencies including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.

Extensive bridge rehabilitation work will temporarily reduce traffic lanes on the western end of the Indiana Toll Road this spring, the road's management company has announced.ITR Concession Company LLC manages the 157-mile Indiana Toll Road, designated as Interstate 90 through northern Indiana.The work is scheduled to begin Monday, March 6, on six bridges around the Westpoint Toll Plaza at the Illinois/Indiana state line, and is expected to continue until May 20.

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If you're confident in your data quality, then changes to user privacy and targeting may not seem as daunting.You're still able to harness the data you need to maximize your ad reach.By combining contextual advertising with audience insights, advertisers can use that data to connect with targets and maintain a connection with existing customers.

Fifa has dropped plans for Saudi Arabia to sponsor the 2023 Women's World Cup, says Fifa president Gianni Infantino.It follows from co-hosts Australia and New Zealand, players and sponsors about the proposed deal.Infantino said talks had taken place with Visit Saudi, the gulf country's tourism arm, about sponsoring the tournament.

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Close* Joined ESPN in 2011 * Covered two Olympics, a pair of Rugby World Cups and two British & Irish Lions tours * Previously rugby editor, and became senior writer in 2018



The Women's World Cup is getting $150 million in prize money, a 300% increase over 2019, but still nearly three times less than the $440m the men got in Qatar 2022.

Matthias Giraud isn't in it for the rush.This might come as a surprise from someone who's dedicated much of his life to merging two of the world's most extreme athletic pursuits: big-mountain skiing and BASE jumping.Giraud has pioneered the field by climbing some of the world's toughest mountains, only to ski off their peaks and float down into the valley below by parachute.

Married men and women are more likely to be overweight than single people even though they're also more likely to monitor their diets and eat healthier food.How is this possible?Research indicates that partnered people wind up with love handles because people love them.Happy relationships lead to weight gain because meals are shared and partners feel secure.

A team of cyber security leaders and influencers have joined together to launch an open framework to help security teams improve their understanding of threats to their software supply chains, and evaluate and get to grips with them.The Open Software Supply Chain Attack Reference, or OSC&R, is a MITRE ATT&CK-like framework created with input from the likes of Check Point, Fortinet, GitLab, Google, Microsoft, OWASP, and others, led by Ox Security, an Israel-based supply chain security specialist.

The NIST compliance framework consists of 5 core functions: identify, protect, detect, respond and recover.In my previous column, I mapped threat intelligence capabilities to the NIST core function of Identify.In this column, I will continue the discussion by mapping threat intelligence to the additional functions of Protect, Detect and Respond.

By Linda Jingfang Cai In today's talent market, uncertainty reigns.Some sectors have seen massive reductions while others have more open roles than they do candidates.Across the board, there's a rapid evolution of skills, with the pandemic accelerating digital transformation and with the rise of remote work fundamentally changing how we collaborate.

Action must be taken against pornography to help end the epidemic of male violence against women and girls, according to a cross-party group of MPs.A substantial proportion of mainstream pornography features physically aggressive behaviour by men against women, says a report by the group.The MPs say there is extensive evidence that consuming pornography fuels sexual violence and influences viewers' behaviour, or sexual scripts, as well as perpetuating racist stereotypes.

One of the world's most prestigious machine learning conferences has banned authors from using AI tools like ChatGPT to write scientific papers, triggering a debate about the role of AI-generated text in academia.The International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) announced the policy earlier this week, stating, "Papers that include text generated from a large-scale language model (LLM) such as ChatGPT are prohibited unless the produced text is presented as a part of the paper's experimental analysis."

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Rezilion has updated its open source MI-X vulnerability discovery tool to include mitigation and remediation recommendations.In addition, the tool can now produce machine-readable output in either a JSON or CSV format.Finally, the company added Windows support for Heartbleed and SpookySSL vulnerabilities in Windows environments.

Lindell Angell befriended a man before attacking him and stealing his 145,000 Patek Phillipe watch (Image: Metropolitan Police) A man who stole a 145,000 watch in a "brutal robbery" that left the victim unconscious has been jailed.Lindell Angell, 32, of Amhurst Road, Hackney, had planned to steal a victim's Patek Phillipe watch, valued at approximately 145,000 on Friday, January 21, 2022.

Senate Democrats returned on Monday after a long recess - and after the Justice Department found additional classified documents during a 13-hour search of Biden's home in Wilmington, Del.The discovery of those documents, on top of classified materials found in November and December, has created a political headache after Democrats sought to hammer Trump for his handling of classified material.

A south London council has been criticised after firefighters found fire risk failings at a 20-storey tower block.Firefighters found multiple failings of fire safety regulations at Ward Point tower in Kennington's Ethelred Estate last month and served Lambeth Council with an enforcement notice ordering them to be fixed by May.

Hold George Santos' feet to the fire, even if he's one of your own.That was the message Democratic Congress Members Dan Goldman (Manhattan, Brooklyn) and Ritchie Torres (Bronx) sent to the House Republican leadership Sunday as they demanded they cooperate with several investigations into their admitted résumé fabricating colleague representing northeast Queens and northern Nassau County.

By proactively monitoring your application, you can resolve issues before they affect your customers.Using New Relic with Pulumi, you can quickly create alerts that you share with your teams, ensuring that you are proactively monitoring your stack.In this post, you'll learn the basics of the following:


What is Pulumi
Pulumi versus Terraform


Then you can jump into a hands-on tutorial where you create alerts using Pulumi and New Relic.

Subscribe to our daily newsletter and have the latest stories from Mission Local delivered directly to your inbox.Fifth-grade teacher Adriana Álvarez dipped the test strip into the yellowish water last Friday, and showed the results to her students.They gasped.Now the Buena Vista Horace Mann K-8 teacher and students knew for certain: The water leaking from their classroom's ceiling contained high levels of lead.

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We're excited to announce a new monthly livestream!Each stream we start with a run down of the latest news in Microsoft Cloud, VS Code and Python tech ecosystem; then we deep dive into special segments with an esteemed guest.In the first episode on 13th January 2023, brought to you by the Microsoft Developer Community team, your host Dawn Wages will chat with Pamela Fox Microsoft Cloud Advocate about Devcontainers, Codespaces and VS Code extensions available to make action and query your databases.

What is proactive thinking according to you?Many people say proactive thinking is when you prepare yourself for future situations in advance.To me, proactive thinking is when you anticipate problems from the future and be ready with a set of solutions that you can use.However, according to experts, proactive thinking refers to one's ability to predict a part of the future and plan well in advance for it.

T argeting the 1,000 most dangerous predatory men in London to stop them committing crimes against women and children will be the big prize for the Met this year, Sir Mark Rowley said as he vowed to bring more rapists and sex offenders to justice.The Met Commissioner said he wanted to use the best science available to identify and then pursue the men to achieve the proactive protection of women and children from sex attacks, harassment and other forms of abuse.

Family and friends can play a key role in spotting signs of dementia when meeting loved ones over the Christmas period, an NHS expert has said.Forgetting names of relatives or putting the oven on for the Christmas turkey, as well as confusion in another environment could all be signs of the disease.

Perhaps no phrase was more ubiquitous or misunderstood in 2022 than "quiet quitting."While the idea of employees mailing it in en masse had many HR departments squirming, the reality of the trend is more nuanced.Quiet quitting isn't about the downfall of ambition.It's a symptom of the pandemic's emotional whiplash and the inevitable blowback of burnout.