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A father’s love is so precious to his children.
One way I know this apart from having a late and dear friend of a loving father in my life, which I daily count my blessings for, we have the ultimate father God in heaven. Ultimate in as much as he always speaks to us in very many different ways when we pray to him. He gives us too the most precious thing that he possesses, and that is Jesus Christ, his son and our saviour.
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God loves you and he wishes to talk to you through the spirit. We are privileged to bathe in the light of our Gospel’s restoration, which the young Joseph Smith encountered some 200 years ago, and it’s true, we receive new revelations daily as we pray to our heavenly father like Joseph did, and for that small mercy we are truly grateful….
When we pray to our heavenly father with sincerity, our rewards are tremendous, the restoration light that fills our souls is all the proof we need that our heavenly father does infact love us, and everything definitely becomes ‘alright’ walking along that straight and restored covenant pathway, and to make Jesus smile we just need to share the good news of the restored gospel of Jesus Christ to God’s children which we are so eager to do.
One way to prepare ourselves to do the great commission is to read Joseph Smith’s First Vision and receive that fantastic light also.
The Pearl of Great Price 1:17
upon me.
17 It no sooner appeared than I found myself delivered from the enemy which held me bound. When the light rested upon me I saw two Personages, whose brightness and glory defy all description, standing above me in the air. One of them spake unto me, calling me by name and said, pointing to the other—This is My Beloved Son. Hear Him!
we all have an important role to play in sharing the message of the Restoration of Jesus Christ, so let’s prepare ourselves to do do brethren and sisters, each and everyone of us is vitaly important in sharing God’s message and saving his children, blessings.
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What actually did Jesus Christ go through during his crucifixion ?
Judas betrays Jesus with a kiss…..
He was betrayed by Judas Iscariot for thirty pieces of silver (Matt 26:14-16 KJV), and an interesting thing here is what 1 Timothy wrote…For the love of money is the root of all evil…..Grasping that great moral teaching about the evils of money and how it can corrupt the best of us, sowing that seed of greed in believers. It wasn’t long after this betrayal when the Sanhedrin came for him. Betrayed by the man who Jesus kissed on the cheek at the last supper, and another moral here is how people so close to Jesus can be a traitor deep down inside. This umbrellas into all believers in God , when weaknesses creep into our souls, sometimes knowingly, a lot of the time unknowingly.
Denied Jesus wasn’t just denied by most, he was denied by his most closest of friends.
Peter looks away as he denies Christ….
Peter denied Jesus when the woman accused him of being with Jesus, and Peter showed his denial by saying…woman I know him not…Wow! denying an innocent man in the hour of need really does make me feel like a traitor, and because of my denials I realise I need repentance more than ever now, to rid me of my shame, to rid believers of their shame. But to continually deny someone innocent and pure and good like Christ is, it’s no wonder that Peter cried bitterly when Jesus looked upon Peter, and yet Peter still denied him. What can I and my fellow believers learn form Peter’s behaviour, only that without repentance and that chance to say we’re sorry to the lord, no amount of tears that we shed could ever repair our damaged souls.
Accused So Jesus during his trial before crucifixion was accused of very many things by the chief priests of the Jews, and every time Jesus held his peace and said nothing.
Jesus falsely accused by his own people.
To be accused and ridiculed in front of the Roman authority, and yet Jesus didn’t say a word to defend himself. Every accusation was a lie, every charge was fabricated through evil, and still Jesus took every last word that they threw at him during his prosecution, and yet no reply back in defence. The truth was, no matter what Jesus would have said he knew that nothing was going to save him from crucifixion, and still those lies fell upon the ears of Pilate. Jesus Christ without doubt at this point where Mark 15:3 reads …and the chief priests accused him of many things: but he answered nothing….was certainly preparing himself as the sacrificial lamb, getting ready for the slaughter, where he was about to save mankind, even his accusers if they later would have the gall to repent and say sorry to heavenly father, and how absolutely ironic that scenario is, to be saved, to have the chance of entering into heaven, even the prosecution would have to repent, how many prosecutors did only god knows, the rest wont make it though as Jesus Christ is the only way to heaven from the Christian believers perspective…
Rejected (Luke 9:22) All believers know that Jesus Christ is the son of God, however, Peter was told to keep this fact to himself, for a while anyway. Why? well Jesus knew that between the time he was in the Garden of Gethsemane to the time of his crucifixion, he must….suffer many things….and be rejected….by his own people, knowing that shortly after his death he would be resurrected to be with our father God in heaven.
Jesus was also rejected earlier on in his ministry by his own people…….
If Peter told anybody between that time period just mentioned, somebody might have killed Jesus there and then and that definitely would have destroyed God’s plan of his son being the perfect once and for all sacrificial lamb, the final offering to God for the sins of the world. Peter, however, when he denied Christ was more to do with his fear of being killed himself, and not following Jesus’ command to ‘be quiet’ until his glory had come! To me as a disciple of Christ, I love the fact that Jesus now rests in peace, and is so very alive in my heart, like when he ministered on this planet in the Holy Land some two thousand years ago. We are in his peace as well, and what joy that brings too us.
Bound (Mark 15:1) When the high priests , elders and scribes decided to take Jesus to the governor, who was the Roman Pontius Pilate, to be tried, they didn’t just take Jesus along with them so he could move freely, but bound him then took him like he was a convicted villain. They paraded him to Pilate for all to see, like Jesus was some kind of dangerous being, capable of hurting people, like Barabbas, who was as we know a convicted thief and murderer and was set free by the people in place of Jesus Christ who hung on the cross instead. When believers in Christ see this treatment that he underwent, and knowing that he was totally innocent of any charges his accusers threw at him, I think that they may as well have bound an infant and taken a small child too be judged because at the end of the day Jesus Christ was as innocent as a little baby. This was the injustice and humiliation that the king of kings and lord of lords had to endure as his time for crucifixion and his resurrection drew ever nearer.
Scourged (John 19:1) The leaders of the Jews wanted Jesus crucified, and Pilate could not find any fault in him. He had Jesus scourged and dressed up in mocking attire in a bid to satisfy the blood thirsty mob, however, the Jewish leaders wanted Jesus crucified all the more. As Pilate sat looking at the crowd and looking at Jesus, he gave the order to lead him away to be crucified. It was nearly all over for Jesus, or in other words, very close to his entry into his father’s glory. As Jesus began to carry that rugged cross up Calvary, the pain that he suffered in order to save us believers was immense , where the nails would be soon driven into his already whipped and beaten body. Finally finishing with a spear through his side to speed up his death because of the Jews Passover getting close to starting on that day, and Jesus’ blood dripped on the wood of the cross and floor, as the final sacrificial lamb hung there dying and bleeding for the sins of the world. My personal tears can only sooth Jesus’ wounds just a little , and this is why he let’s me now stand in his shadow, because of those tears. Learning about Jesus Christ, and why not start at his crucifixation……
Mocked (Matt 27:29) ….Hail the King of the Jews….rang from the mouths of the Roman soldiers, under the orders of their governor, Pontius Pilate. The blood at this point was pouring down his face from the crown of thorns which they pressed on his head. After further humiliation and spitting at him, striking him on his head with the makeshift sceptre made of reed, they re-clothed him in his own clothes then lead him off to be crucified. This was certainly no dignified execution if there does exist such a thing, this was an act of total human degradation and inhumanity conceivable. The physical as well as mental anguish which our lord and saviour was undertaking too me was unimaginable. This was an act of murder at its most vilest, and yet at this point Jesus as he always had compassion upon his taunters and mockers and murderers. His body whipped and battered and bleeding, and yet not overdone where he couldn’t carry his own cross, so the mocking could continue even upon his final breath hanging on a cross…..
Reviled (Matt 27:39) where Jesus was terribly criticised in a very abusive and angrily insulting manner. So, as people walked past Jesus as he hung on the cross they reviled him in such a cruel way. Some of them laughing at him and telling him to come down from the cross if he was the son of god. Even the two thieves who hung on crosses either side of Jesus reviled him, heaping insults at him, as he was getting closer to meeting his maker and father in heaven. Contempt and anger spewing from their mouths, all directed out our innocent lamb Jesus Christ, and gall mixed with some pain deadener offered to Jesus , which he refused when he finally asked for water , very very close to the point of death and the start of glory. The sky became darker and darker the closer Jesus was nearing the end, and the only thing Christ felt towards the world was compassion and forgiveness.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oXrOG02NMB0&feature=youtu.be
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you are invited …….
The world would be a dark place without peace ,happiness or safety without being able to repent. It’s the way I erase my past mistakes, in a personal way, and without that ‘repentance’ get out clause in my life, I know I would be very unhappy. I hope that you have a good ‘repentance’ system in your life as well. It surprises me when people can’t repent for some reason, and yet feel they are OK with God!
Jesus’ atonement pardons believers from wrongdoings and repentance is the key in freeing oneself, and the most beautiful thing is you actually free ‘yourself’, where you don’t need anyone else to release you like in prison and unlocking that cell, and outer door where you walk to your freedom. Believers have their own key of freedom when they know and do repent of their sins. That preciousness of freedom and god’s children have the agency and personal choice too use their key of freedom any time they want too, anytime they repent.
As Satan tempts believers and if we consent to this , which happens alot, imprisons us, then through sincere repentance, we can get away from him and live a free and beautiful life….
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https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/9070960/skint-dad-gold-nugget-beach-daughters/
‘DADDY, IS THIS GOLD?’
Experts say the 20-ounce lump is genuineBy Nicola Stow14th May 2019, 11:52 amUpdated: 14th May 2019, 7:17 pm
A SKINT dad found a lump of gold worth £20,000 while walking with his family and their dog called Lucky.
He was walking on the outskirts of Bendigo, Australia, when his daughter stumbled across the nugget and asked: “Dad, is this gold?”
The dad-of-two, who wants to remain anonymous, told the Bendigo Advertiser: “I actually walked right past it but my daughter pretty much kicked it as she was walking.
“She then goes, ‘Dad, is this gold?’. I said, ‘I think it might be’.’’
He headed to the supermarket to weigh the gold and it came in at 20 ounces.
He said: “We couldn’t find anywhere to properly weigh it.
Play VideoGiant gold nugget weighing 90kg and worth a whopping £2million found in Australia
“We ended up taking it to the IGA and weighing it up there at the supermarket. They weren’t too happy that we were weighing it at the deli there.”
And the gold couldn’t have come at a better time for the cash-strapped family.
The dad added: “We’ve come on some tough times so it’s really good because we’ve been struggling financially. It couldn’t be better timing really.”
The conservative firebrand whom the Trump administration installed as a No. 2 at the FBI announced Monday that he is resigning from the bureau. Andrew Bailey, the former Missouri attorney general who has supported debunked claims that the 2020 election was stolen, told bureau employees in an email that he was leaving to spend more time with this family, according to three people familiar with the personnel move who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a matter they were not authorized to speak about. Subscribe to The Post Most newsletter for the most important and interesting stories from The Washington Post. Bailey, who was hired for the leadership role about a year ago, confirmed his departure in a social media post. “With great pride in what we have accomplished, I am announcing that I am stepping down to return to my family in Missouri,” Bailey wrote on social media. “I am confident Director Patel will continue to reform the FBI, combat violent crime, defend the homeland, ensure strong organizational accountability, and restore public trust in this institution of excellence.” The departure marks a dramatic turn for Bailey, a loyalist of President Donald Trump who had been floated as a candidate early in the administration to run the FBI or Justice Department. It is also the latest shake-up at the federal law enforcement agency under FBI Director Kash Patel. Bailey was hired to serve as the co-deputy director alongside Dan Bongino, a conservative podcast host and former Secret Service officer. Neither Bongino nor Bailey had FBI experience, which made them highly unusual picks for a position that typically goes to a veteran of the bureau. The position does not require Senate confirmation and is tasked with running the day-to-day operations of the FBI. Earlier this year, Bongino quit amid frustrations about the demands of the position, The Washington Post previously reported. He was replaced with Christopher Raia, a career FBI official. During Bailey’s tenure, the department has seen an unprecedented wave of dismissals and transfers of experienced FBI agents. Last week, for example, the top two agents running the counterterrorism division in the Washington field office were transferred because of their work investigating threats against Katie Miller – a conservative podcaster who is the wife of top Trump aide Stephen Miller – according to three people familiar with the matter. The officials were transferred because top officials felt work on the probe was moving too slowly, said the people, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss a personnel matter. Bailey resigned from his position as Missouri attorney general last September to assume the role as FBI co-deputy director. He is a military veteran who as Missouri’s chief legal officer mounted high-profile legal fights aligned with Trump’s agenda. He sued Starbucks over its diversity, equity and inclusion policies; fought transgender care policies; and waged legal battles against “sanctuary city” policies. Among the most notable parts of Bailey’s short FBI tenure was his presence on the scene as the FBI executed search warrants in January to seize 2020 ballots and other election material from Fulton County, Georgia. It is rare for an FBI deputy director to personally oversee such a routine development in an investigation, but Bailey’s presence was also notable given the political tensions surrounding the probe and Trump’s repeated insistence, without evidence, that the 2020 election was stolen. The FBI has said it is investigating whether what it has described in court filings as “deficiencies” in the 2020 vote tabulation in Fulton County, home to Atlanta, were the result of intentional wrongdoing that could constitute a crime. Related ContentThis article originally appeared on Washington Post at https://www.yahoo.com/news/politics/articles/andrew-bailey-no-2-fbi-161002023.html
SpaceX (SPCX) put Starship into Earth orbit for the first time on Monday and deployed all 26 Starlink V3 satellites on board, despite an engine going out during ascent, a SpaceX representative said during the company’s live broadcast.”Payload deploy complete. All 26 @Starlink V3 satellites are in orbit,” SpaceX posted on X at 9:54 a.m. ET, about half an hour after the ship began releasing them.Ship 41 lost one of its six Raptor engines during ascent but finished its ascent burn and coasted on what SpaceX called a “passively safe suborbital trajectory” while engineers checked the ship’s systems. At 9:11 a.m. ET, the company gave the “Go for orbit!” call.SpaceX stock fell 2.2% on Monday, falling in sympathy with the broader tech trade.Starship then fired a single Raptor engine for its orbital insertion burn. SpaceX said the burn put the ship “in orbit of Earth for the first time.” The company had said it was targeting an orbit of about 275 kilometers. Super Heavy Booster 21 successfully separated from Starship and splashed down in the Gulf of Mexico.Every previous Starship flight stopped short of orbit, flying suborbital paths that ended in splashdowns or, on several tests, the loss of the vehicle.Starship’s payload included 26 Starlink V3 satellites, built to fly on Starship because they are too large for Falcon 9, which is SpaceX’s workhorse rocket. SpaceX has said each V3 satellite will carry more than 1 terabit per second of downlink capacity, well above the V2 Mini satellites now in service. Starship releases them in sequence through a door in the side of the ship.Starship has begun deploying its payload of 26 @Starlink V3 satellites. This deployment sequence will take ~30 minutes pic.twitter.com/ycIdAx5Lbe— SpaceX (@SpaceX) September 28, 2026 Monday’s deployment marks the first time Starship has delivered an operational payload to orbit.Starlink is SpaceX’s largest business, and a working Starship is central to how the company plans to expand the network’s capacity and reduce the cost of launching each satellite into orbit.Monday’s flight also comes as SpaceX is now a public company, putting the rocket program under investor scrutiny. Shortly before launch, SpaceX posted that it is “building the infrastructure of the future, from supercomputers to Terafab to Gigasat to a new Starbase in Louisiana.”Recently, SpaceX’s AI compute business has helped push the stock higher, after it dipped below $100 shortly after its IPO. Pras Subramanian is Lead Transportation Reporter for Yahoo Finance. You can follow him on X and on Instagram.Click here for the latest technology news that will impact the stock market.Read the latest financial and business news from Yahoo FinanceThis article originally appeared on Yahoo Finance at https://finance.yahoo.com/markets/stocks/article/spacex-starship-test-reaches-earth-orbit-26-starlink-satellites-deployed-141955092.html
A New York state prosecutor has reopened a criminal investigation into an alleged gang rape at a Cornell University fraternity in 2024 after a civil lawsuit filed last week by the alleged victim drew national attention.In a lengthy statement released on Monday, Tompkins County District Attorney Matthew Van Houten announced that he had started pursuing criminal charges against seven fraternity members and would present the case to a grand jury. He also sought to explain why he initially decided not to prosecute them.According to Van Houten, the woman identified in the civil lawsuit as “Jane Doe” did not say that she was “drugged against her will or gang raped” in her 2024 sworn statement to police.“On the contrary, Jane Doe’s statement described her participation in drug use and sexual conduct as voluntary, conscious, and consensual,” Van Houten said. “My office obviously did not and could not have based our November 2024 decision on the allegations in a civil lawsuit that would not be filed until nearly two years later.”Cornell University issued a statement saying it supports the district attorney’s decision to reopen the case while pushing back against claims that the school did not thoroughly punish those involved in the alleged assault following its own Title IX investigation.“Any suggestion that the university did not impose consequential punishments for those involved is false,” the university said. “A continuation of the false narrative that there were minimal consequences in this case is irresponsible, will make survivors feel less safe and supported, and will perpetuate the underreporting of sexual assault.”What does the lawsuit allege?The Chi Phi fraternity house at Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., is seen on Sept. 28.AP Photo/Heather AinsworthOn Sept. 14, Jane Doe filed a civil lawsuit against Cornell University and seven members of the Chi Phi fraternity, alleging that she was the victim of a “gang rape” at the fraternity house when she was incapable of consent — and that the school failed to protect her from “sexual predators” on its campus.The defendants named in the lawsuit include Cornell, the seven fraternity members, the Chi Pi fraternity, the woman’s own sorority, Delta Delta Delta, and an off-campus bar that allegedly served her alcohol.She is seeking unspecified compensatory and punitive damages resulting from “sustained psychological injuries, severe emotional distress, along with pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life.”According to her lawsuit, Jane Doe was a 20-year-old student at the school in October 2024 when she went to visit a friend at the fraternity house on Cornell’s Ithaca, N.Y., campus while intoxicated. Shortly after arriving, Jane Doe alleged that she was pressured by two fraternity brothers into snorting what they said was ketamine before sexually assaulting her. One of the men then allegedly sent a message to the fraternity’s Snapchat group chat suggesting that she was available for sex. According to the complaint, multiple other members of the fraternity showed up, and she was raped for hours.During the alleged assault, the fraternity members “began pouring lines of Ketamine all over her body and snorting them,” according to the complaint.“At around 5:45 AM, this assault concluded and Plaintiff lost consciousness,” the lawsuit stated.About three weeks later, on Nov. 8, 2024, Jane Doe reported the incident to the university’s police department.What was Cornell’s response?A student walks past a Cornell University sign in Ithaca, N.Y., on Sept. 28.AP Photo/Heather AinsworthAccording to the lawsuit, the accused fraternity members were temporarily suspended while Cornell conducted a months-long Title IX investigation that included at least 12 hearings. According to the suit, the accused fraternity members were “afforded the opportunity to mitigate their conduct by submitting essays to Cornell.”Two of the seven accused fraternity members were ultimately expelled, while the others received lesser sanctions, according to the complaint. Jane Doe dropped out of school.Last week, Cornell issued a statement saying it is “aware of a lawsuit concerning the deeply disturbing allegations of sexual assault involving members of the student community that occurred in 2024.”The school said it concluded its Title IX investigation but would not disclose individual sanctions, citing federal privacy laws.“The Cornell Office of Civil Rights and the Office of Student Conduct and Community Standards investigated and adjudicated the allegations consistent with university policies. The Xi chapter of Chi Phi fraternity remains barred from our campus,” the statement said: “Federal privacy law prohibits Cornell from disclosing specific information regarding individual students and we therefore are unable to make a public statement on any other disciplinary response. Violations of university policies could lead to sanctions up to and including suspension or expulsion. We will respond in detail through the legal process.”The university also pointed out that it launched a task force on campus sexual assault in the wake of the incident and issued a report in March with recommendations for “an environment that fosters sexual health and safety.” “Several of the recommendations have already been implemented, while others are in development with oversight by a university implementation committee,” Cornell said.Reactions to the allegationsFlorence Pugh attends an event for Netflix’s “East of Eden” in New York City on Sept. 27.Jason Mendez via Getty ImagesThe lawsuit and its harrowing allegations prompted reactions from several celebrities, including Florence Pugh, who posted a lengthy response on Instagram calling for men to speak out against sexual violence.“This is really the moment where we need our men to be as horrified and as sickened as us,” Pugh wrote. “You need to be leading conversations about how we change the allowance and complicity of this behaviour as much as we are. How can you expect us to trust that it’s ‘not all men’ when in moments like this, many of you stay quiet?”Toby Morton, a former South Park writer, launched a website, TheCornell7.org, dedicated to holding the school and the accused fraternity members accountable.“Accountability is coming,” Morton wrote on Instagram.Van Houten, the district attorney, said that “over the past two weeks, many people have called my office, left voicemails, and sent emails about this case.”“Some people have understandably sought answers,” he said. “Others have simply insulted and sometimes threatened my office and my staff.”This article originally appeared on Yahoo News at https://www.yahoo.com/news/us/article/prosecutor-reopens-criminal-investigation-into-cornell-gang-rape-allegations-183826467.html
A residential building was hit in the eastern city of Kharkiv (SERGEY BOBOK)Russian drones struck Ukraine’s National Academy of Sciences in the historic heart of Kyiv on Monday, in the latest deadly daytime attack on the Ukrainian capital.Kyiv has increasingly faced Russian drones and missiles as Europe’s worst conflict since World War II grinds through its fifth year.The capital again came under fire after an air force alert warning of approaching drones.Video footage shared online appeared to show a high-speed drone smashing into the National Academy of Sciences at a sharp angle, exploding and sending acrid smoke into the blue sky above.People were seen leaning out of windows as bright orange flames engulfed part of the building.Ukraine’s former national security and defence council secretary Volodymyr Gorbulin told state broadcaster Suspilne that he was at work at the academy at the time and was slightly wounded.But he said his assistant, who was near the building, was killed.The National Academy of Sciences is close to the German embassy, a cathedral, the national opera and government buildings.Kyiv cultural sites, government buildings and schools have all been targeted before, according to Ukrainian authorities. The academy called the attack “Russian terror” and “barbarity”, targeting “peaceful people who were simply at their workplaces… Ukrainian science, education and culture”.President Volodymyr Zelensky said a separate strike in the capital hit a medical facility.Elsewhere, Russian strikes killed four and wounded at least 19 at a business centre in the central city of Dnipro while authorities reported an unspecified number of fatalities in a strike on a residential area in eastern Kharkiv.Prime Minister Sergiy Koretsky said Russian forces damaged an ice cream factory in the Zhytomyr region west of Kyiv, and residential buildings in Sumy, in the north, Rivne, in the northwest, and southern Odesa.Thirty civilians were wounded, three of them seriously, in strikes on Zaporizhzhia, southeastern Ukraine, the regional military administration said.A Russian jet-powered drone struck a Ukrainian village near the Polish border earlier Monday, damaging a border checkpoint, a regional Ukrainian official said.- Winter fears -Russia has been deploying newer jet-powered drones that move faster and are harder to intercept than the traditional models, which are based on Iranian Shahed drones.Zelensky last week renewed his appeal to Ukraine’s Western allies to step up their military support, including for US-made Patriot interceptors capable of downing powerful ballistic missiles.His request comes as Ukrainians consider their options with winter approaching, after Russian attacks last year on energy infrastructure cut power and heating as temperatures plunged to as low as -20C.In an interview with Ukrainian television broadcast on Sunday night, Koretsky stopped short of saying that all residents in cities should leave before winter sets in, calling that an “extreme step”.But he suggested that vulnerable people should relocate, to avoid overloading the hard-pressed emergency services as they deal with the aftermath of the relentless Russian strikes.”If a person lives, for example, on the 16th floor and for instance the power gets cut, why at that moment, when the state emergency service specialists need to focus on dealing with the consequences, should we be… handling people who need extra attention?” he told TSN television.”For such people, it’s worth finding an alternative place to stay for the winter period.”Meanwhile, European defence ministers discussed whether the European Union needed its own NATO-style emergency mechanism to bolster coordination against “hybrid attacks” by Russia.European governments say Moscow is stepping up its campaign of sabotage and interference against Ukraine’s supporters, as Kremlin troops struggle to make headway on the frontlines.Ukraine will postpone some spending commitments, including reconstruction work, because of delays in receiving aid from its foreign backers, Ukraine’s prime minister said Monday.burs/ach This article originally appeared on AFP at https://www.yahoo.com/news/world/articles/russia-pummels-kyiv-latest-deadly-133512181.html
The valuation on Nvidia (NVDA) is too appetizing for CEO Jensen Huang to ignore any longer. The king of AI chips revealed a stunning new $150 billion stock buyback plan on Monday — the largest share repurchase authorization increase in history. It brings the company’s total buyback authorization to $235 billion. “NVIDIA’s growth is being driven by a once-in-a-generation platform shift to AI and accelerated computing,” Huang said in a statement. “Our cash generation gives us the capacity to invest in the technologies that advance this transformation and return capital to shareholders. This authorization reflects our confidence in the long-term opportunity ahead.”Read more: Nvidia launches AI safety platform after Jensen Huang calls Anthropic, OpenAI warnings ‘odd’Huang likely sees a great moment to buy back Nvidia shares on the cheap, ahead of further acceleration in AI development.Nvidia’s forward price-to-earnings (P/E) multiple has declined steadily since August 2024, when artificial intelligence began to take hold, unleashing a boom in the company’s stock price and earnings growth. The decline has only accelerated this year despite a series of strong quarters.The forward P/E ratio for Nvidia currently stands at 24 times, not too far removed from the S&P 500’s (^GSPC) 20-times multiple, despite the company being one of the fastest-growing companies in corporate America.Huang sees the disconnect.Brian Sozzi is Yahoo Finance’s Executive Editor, host of the Sozzi Unleashed morning show, the ‘Power Players With Brian Sozzi’ podcast and a member of Yahoo Finance’s editorial leadership team. Follow Sozzi on X @BrianSozzi, Instagram, and LinkedIn. Tips on stories? Email brian.sozzi@yahoofinance.com.Click here for in-depth analysis of the latest stock market news and events moving stock pricesRead the latest financial and business news from Yahoo FinanceThis article originally appeared on Yahoo Finance at https://finance.yahoo.com/technology/article/nvidia-announces-jaw-dropping-150-billion-stock-buyback-largest-single-authorization-in-history-121342628.html
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Turkish comedian Deniz Göktaş also faces a travel ban but has been released due to time served.
Australia is increasingly concerned about China’s military might – but Beijing is also its biggest trade partner.
It comes after the woman filed a civil lawsuit alleging she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house in 2024.
South African President Cyril Ramaphosa says the murders are a “stain on our national conscience”.
Parastoo Ahmadi was convicted of “offending public decency” after singing while wearing a sleeveless dress during a livestreamed concert.
Stephen Says,
Hello friends, what attracts me to solar energy is the fact that you can have your ideal home anywhere in the world, as long as there is sunshine, ie absolutely everywhere! I’ve been recently reading people’s opinions regarding solar energy, and it’s pros and cons. Some tips were to get a consultant in to help you choose the best solar options, worth their weight in gold. There is what is known as a ‘smart solar box’ which can even charge up on cloudy days and provide you with 20 hours of electricity to power small appliances in your home.
Fortum Say,
Solar power is the key to a clean energy future. Every day, the sun gives off far more energy than we need to power everything on earth. That’s why we’re investing heavily in solar plants and why we are now offering solar kits to our customers in Finland, Norway and Sweden.
Solar panels produce electricity by transforming the continuous flow of energy from the sun to electricity.
No harmful emissions are released into the air when electricity is produced by solar panels.
The photovoltaic process that transforms sunlight into electricity doesn’t require any fuel and has no variable costs.
The sun provides more than enough energy to meet the whole world’s energy needs, and unlike fossil fuels, it won’t run out anytime soon. As a renewable energy source, the only limitation of solar power is our ability to turn it into electricity in an efficient and cost-effective way.
No greenhouse gas emissions are released into the atmosphere when you use solar panels to create electricity. And because the sun provides more energy than we’ll ever need, electricity from solar power is a very important energy source in the move to clean energy production.
After solar panels have been installed, operational costs are quite low compared to other forms of power generation. Fuel isn’t required, and this means that solar power can create large amounts of electricity without the uncertainty and expense of securing a fuel supply.
As a renewable CO2-free power source, the environmental impact of solar power is significantly smaller than other power generation methods. The impact is mainly related to the production and supply of the special materials and metals that are required to produce solar panels. The location and the water used to clean the solar panels also affect the environment. We are working hard to find alternative ways to clean our solar panels.
Stephen’s Solar Energy Conclusion.
So, in conclusion to Solar Energy, it will probably be a life saver. After all when there’s no energy left on this planet, the sun will always be shining for at least a few more billions of years, and that energy may one day have to be utilized, even helping to rebuild the damage that has been done by us (humans) to carry on our existence!!!
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https://www.nspcc.org.uk/what-we-do/childrens-stories-about-abuse/margarets-story/
I’ve been recently reading stories that ultimately have affected children in an ‘abusive’ way, where I’ve obtained this information from the NSPCC. The domestic violence issues or even crisis has gone on for years behind ‘closed doors’, and it’s a fact that the woman and her children are the victims in a lot of cases. The NSPCC can provide ‘safe houses’ but when the ‘bread winner’ in the relationship is the male, being a brave woman and taking those first tentative steps of reporting a ‘domestic violence’ incident to the police, and then leaving a nice home to live in basic relief conditions like a ‘safe house’ can in a lot of situations be almost impossible, and so the abuse continues, whether emotional, spiritual, physical or mental or a combination of these really begin to take their toll worryingly on the children over the years, after all, the children are the innocent victims here right!
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Our policy team in England respond to government consultations and write briefings to influence the development of policies and laws that affect children and young people. Below are the most recent government consultations we’ve responded to.PDF / 331 KBNSPCC response to the consultation on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglectOur submission in response to the consultation on reporting and acting on child abuse and neglect in October 2016.PDF / 454 KBNSPCC and Rees Centre response to the Education Select Committee inquiry on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After ChildrenOur joint submission with Rees Centre in response to the Education Select Committee inquiry on the Mental Health and Wellbeing of Looked-After Children October 2015PDF / 263 KBNSPCC response to child safety online: age verification for pornographyPaper submitted in response to a call for age verification for pornography to help keep children safer online.PDF / 237 KBNSPCC young people’s response to child safety online: age verification for pornographyYoung people’s paper submitted in response to a call for age verification for pornography to help keep children safer online.PDF / 352 KBNSPCC submission to the Women and Equalities Select Committee Inquiry on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence in SchoolsOur submission in response to the Women and Equalities Select Committee Inquiry on Sexual Harassment and Sexual Violence in Schools.PDF / 584 KBNSPCC response to Law Commission consultation paper no.214: data sharing between public bodiesOur submission in response to the Law Commission consultation paper no.214: data sharing between public bodies in December 2013.PreviousNext
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“I was 16 when a friend introduced me to her church youth group. The first time I went, I met the youth leader, Adam. As I got more involved in the group, transport started to become an issue for me and Adam offered to give me lifts.
“Quite early on, Adam and I began texting. When he suggested we hang out outside of the group I didn’t think anything of it. I thought it was probably common for youth workers to want to spend time with young people.
“I didn’t have a lot of friends so I felt like I’d made a close friend in Adam. He was paying me attention and I enjoyed his company, it felt like he was really looking out for me.
“Then, Adam started to encourage me to hang out with him at his house. He started telling me that we had a special friendship.
“I felt helpless to tell anybody about what was happening.”
Lee
“It was gradual and quite innocent to start with, but I began to feel increasingly uncomfortable. Adam started sitting closer to me on the sofa, trailing his finger over mine – things I thought were strange but not big enough to react to at the time.
“Over time, Adam started to give me extended hugs and kiss my face. He’d tell me I was his best mate and what we had was special. He said it was normal to do these things, even biblical; reading me passages from the Bible.
“As things continued I told him I wasn’t comfortable with what he was doing. He didn’t listen and instead ramped things up by kissing me on the lips. The kissing on the lips then became more regular and I felt helpless to tell anybody about what was happening.
“I was so confused but knew what he was doing was wrong. I wanted it to stop but part of me was afraid to speak out because I didn’t want to get him into trouble.”
Lee
“When I told Adam I wasn’t gay – that I liked girls and wanted him to stop – he’d turn things around by telling me I must want this, because I’d instigated it. He’d threaten to take me off the preaching rota or stop giving me lifts. He made me feel as if I’d be ostracised from the group if I put a stop to things and told me constantly that I wasn’t to tell anyone.
“Things escalated when he made us masturbate in the same room as each other. When we weren’t together, he’d text me telling me he thought about me while he was masturbating. He continued to pressure me, saying we were going to spend our lives together and that he wanted us to have sex.
“The way the law stands currently, Adam can’t be legally prosecuted for what happened. This is because I was 16 at the time and he wasn’t viewed to be in a position of trust.”
Lee
“I was so confused but knew what he was doing was wrong. I wanted it to stop but part of me was afraid to speak out because I didn’t want to get him into trouble. Being unable to talk to anybody about what was happening was making me feel really depressed.
“A year and a half later, I moved away from the area to practice youth work in London. Because I was no longer in the situation I felt able to share what had happened with my new manager. Adam was removed from his post and isn’t involved in the youth group any more and I was fortunate enough to receive counselling, which has really helped me move on from what happened.
“The way the law stands currently, Adam can’t be legally prosecuted for what happened. This is because I was 16 at the time and he wasn’t viewed to be in a position of trust.
“I’d encourage other victims of grooming and sexual abuse to talk to someone, however bad it seems or however trapped you feel. Someone will be able to help you.”
Names have been changed to protect identities. Any photographs are posed by models.
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“My life when I was younger wasn’t very happy. I knew from a young age that my dad was taking drugs because I’d learnt about them at school. I remember one day, when I was about 8 or 9 years old my dad’s mate came round and I saw the drugs laid out in the kitchen and I realised what they were and what they were doing.
“Living with dad wasn’t very nice. He used to get angry if he didn’t have any drugs and would shout at me. He would shout at me in the mornings because he’d overslept and we’d be late for school. I’d have to get my uniform washed and clean for school because if I left it for him to do, he’d put it in the washing machine and then forget to take it out so I wouldn’t have anything clean to wear. I was doing my own washing and ironing at primary school. Then I’d walk to school by myself. I often had to make my own dinner, because Dad would be asleep on the sofa or couldn’t do it. I’d have ravioli from a can.
“His mates would be at our flat all the time and they would make a noise at night when I was trying to sleep. If they came in the daytime they’d bring sweets for me to try and keep me out of the way. I’d be sent to my room or made to sit in the living room by myself. They used to be in the kitchen doing the drugs.
“When I lived with my dad I felt like nothing. I felt like he didn’t care about me all he cared about was the drugs.”
Kimberley*
“I had met Gemma* when I was 4 years old. She was our landlady and also worked in the shop next door. I started going into the shop to talk to Gemma instead of going home because I didn’t like to be at home with my dad.
“I would visit Gemma every day after school. I wouldn’t tell her too much about what was going on at home, but I’d tell her little things. If things were really bad with my dad I’d tell her about it and I’d sometimes stay overnight at her house. She always made time for me, it was normally when I was going to bed and she’d sit at the end of my bed and we’d talk through whatever I was worried about.
“I remember one night, my dad was asleep on the sofa and I couldn’t wake him up. The flat was dark and I was scared so I rang Gemma who came and picked me up and left a note for my dad to tell him where I’d gone.
“With Gemma’s support and help I told my school about what life was like living with my dad and I was given a social worker. The social worker helped a bit, but the biggest help was NSPCC. Anna* and Ray* from the NSPCC Blackpool Service Centre came to visit my house to speak to me and Dad and told me about a local group called Family Environment: Drug Using Parents (FEDUP). They said that I could go and speak to other young people who were going through something similar to me and could have 1-2-1 chats with Anna at school. Ray said he’d come to my dad’s house and talk to him about how his drug use was affecting me.
“I enjoyed the FEDUP group. We did fun things like making towers out of marshmallows and dried spaghetti. I could talk to Anna about how I was feeling and I trusted her. I was in a session with Anna when I told her I didn’t want to go home and live with my dad anymore.
“After that day, I never went back to my dad’s flat again. I saw him once after I’d left him to go and live with Gemma. We went on a day out which was nice, but he got angry when I told him I couldn’t see him again a few days later because I was busy. He swore at me and stormed off. He still wasn’t nice to be around. Now that I’m at high school, I sometimes see him in the street. He tries to say hello but I don’t like it.
“I really like living with Gemma. I’ve been to Spain with Gemma and her family. I’ve lived with her for over 2 years now.
“I have a proper family who take me out and take me on holiday. ”
Kimberley*
“Being in the FEDUP group really helped me to speak out. They helped me to understand that if something doesn’t feel right then I should speak out and tell someone. To anyone living with a mum or dad who’s using drugs and making them unhappy, I’d say tell someone who you can trust and get help. It doesn’t have to be this way.”
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In this hi tech day and age, where computers rule the world, and as quickly as children can click a button on a computer and enter into ‘online grooming’ at the hands of ‘dodgy adults’, that click can turn into one of a cry for help with the NSPCC. This is a ‘get out’ clause for abused children, and abuse comes in so many ways. The point is safeguard officials can view each case on its individual merits, and the most sensitive of cases can be approached in a likewise manner. Can the child fight back in our modern world and get NSPCC support, or do they just keel over and continue getting abuse in so many different ways and forms! It’s not so obvious as battered and bruised kiddies, or sexually abused children, it’s psychological manipulation, emotional blackmail, spiritual threatening, to name but a few from adult perpetrators. The time has come for pressure to be put back on these people TOO STOP It! Below are some easy ways to get in touch with the NSPCC. All the best. Stephen.
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