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The Titanic of the Great Lakes [Interesting]
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The Titanic of the Great Lakes [Interesting]

Skip to content Do you have adblock enabled? Try Ads-Free Fark It's Not News, It's Fark How To FarkLog In | Sign Up » Forgot password? Turn on javascript (or enable it for Fark) for a better user experience. If you can read this, either the style sheet didn't load or you have an older browser that doesn't support style sheets. Try clearing your browser cache and refreshing the page. Discussion Entertainment The Titanic of the Great Lakes (freep.com) More: Interesting 196 clicks;posted toMain »on 02 Nov 2025 at 11:45 AM(14 minutes ago) | Favorite | Watch | share: Copy Link 12 Comments Enable JavaScript for Fark in order to vote for entries. Log in (at the top of the page) to enable voting. View Voting Results:SmartestandFunniest vudukungfu (3) Funniest 3 hours ago What caused it? I think the song describes it. 🎶 They took a big boat and set her afloat 🎶 🎶 Said "Boys, we'll cross the big water 🎶 🎶 Load it up to the top with them rusty, red rocks 🎶 🎶 And, boys, she'll float like an otter" 🎶 (2) Funniest 3 hours ago vudukungfu: What caused it? I think the song describes it. 🎶 They took a big boat and set her afloat 🎶 🎶 Said "Boys, we'll cross the big water 🎶 🎶 Load it up to the top with them rusty, red rocks 🎶 🎶 And, boys, she'll float like an otter" 🎶 Dammit, I can hear that in Gordon Lightfoot's voice vudukungfu (1) Funniest 3 hours ago OldRod: vudukungfu: What caused it? I think the song describes it. 🎶 They took a big boat and set her afloat 🎶 🎶 Said "Boys, we'll cross the big water 🎶 🎶 Load it up to the top with them rusty, red rocks 🎶 🎶 And, boys, she'll float like an otter" 🎶 Dammit, I can hear that in Gordon Lightfoot's voice Oh there's more Martian_Astronomer (5) Funniest 3 hours ago Jake Havechek (0) Funniest 42 minutes ago The Rectum of Edmund Fitzgerald grimlock1972 (0) Funniest 10 minutes ago very poor comparison Subby. The two ship types are very different, the Titanic was far larger. the causes of the sinkings were quite different. The only thing they really have in common is how well known each is. fatassbastard (0) Funniest 9 minutes ago GITCHEE GOOMEE fatassbastard (0) Funniest 8 minutes ago grimlock1972: very poor comparison Subby. The two ship types are very different, the Titanic was far larger. the causes of the sinkings were quite different. The only thing they really have in common is how well known each is. 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Bill Maher and Noor Alfallah leave Halloween party together — a year after claiming they’re ‘just friends’
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Bill Maher and Noor Alfallah leave Halloween party together — a year after claiming they’re ‘just friends’

Bill Maher and Noor Alfallah were seen hanging out once again after they dispelled dating rumors last year. Photos obtained by Page Six captured the pair as they were leaving Vas J. Morgan and Michael Braun’s star-studded annual Halloween party at Chateau Marmont in Los Angeles Friday. Maher, 69, and Alfallah, 31, were seen having a laugh while seated next to each other in the backseat of a car. Alfallah — who shares 2-year-old son, Roman, with actor Al Pacino, 85 — was dressed festively in a lace-up corset and short black skirt. She accessorized her outfit with a pair of black tights, boots, and a black lacy choker. Maher, meanwhile, appeared to be dressed in a red tunic ornately decorated with gold embellishments and black trousers. He paired the ensemble with a red tie. The sighting comes over a year after Alfallah shut down rumors that she and the political talk show host were dating, telling paparazzi at the time that Maher is simply a friend after they were seen sneaking out of the Chateau Marmont together. “Bill’s my friend, just my friend,” Alfallah told a TMZ paparazzo in LA last October. “He’s great, though, but we’re just friends.” She also clarified the nature of her relationship with Pacino, as she told the outlet that the “Godfather” star is her “best friend.” Alfallah revealed that her co-parenting relationship with the actor had been “amazing.” Prior to her relationship with Pacino, Alfallah was previously linked to The Rolling Stones frontman Mick Jagger, 82. She has also been romantically tied to billionaire philanthropist Nicolas Berggruen, now 64, and “Hostel” director Eli Roth, 53. In 2019, she was rumored to have dated Clint Eastwood, now 95. However, she insisted at the time that the actor was just a close family friend.

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Jessica Simpson details the dark side of alcohol that nearly derailed her dreams
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Jessica Simpson details the dark side of alcohol that nearly derailed her dreams

Jessica Simpson is reflecting on eight years of sobriety. On Saturday, the 45-year-old pop star took to social media to celebrate the milestone while sharing the dark side of alcoholism that nearly "blocked" her from chasing her dreams. "8 years ago today I made the choice to confront, to confess and to let go of the self sabotaging parts of my life that I was choosing," she wrote on Instagram, alongside a selfie. "Making that decision allowed me to fully live in the pursuit of Gods purpose for my life." JESSICA SIMPSON SUGGESTS ‘MISTAKES’ WERE MADE BY ESTRANGED HUSBAND IN CANDID COMMENTS ABOUT DIVORCE "Alcohol silenced my intuition, blocked my dreams and chased my circulating fears of complacency," she continued. "Today I am clear. Today I am driven by faith. Both fear and faith are something that we feel and may not see. I’m so happy I chose faith over fear. It was not in the fight that I found my strength, it was in the surrender." APP USERS CLICK HERE TO VIEW POST View this post on Instagram A post shared by Jessica Simpson (@jessicasimpson) In an interview with The Cut earlier this year, Simpson opened up about the positive impact her sobriety has had on her personal and professional life, and shares why she was "a little afraid" of herself while drinking alcohol. "Around 2016, '17, I was writing out here in Los Angeles with some of the biggest hitmakers. I have songs from those times that I never released because they just didn't feel like me," she said. "Every time I would write, I was a little afraid of myself. It was almost too much, especially because I was drinking at the time." "But once I gave up the alcohol, the fears just diminished. They went away. And it was so much easier for me to access myself artistically," she continued. LIKE WHAT YOU’RE READING? CLICK HERE FOR MORE ENTERTAINMENT NEWS "I overthought it when I drank," she added. "Making this record wasn't about having a hit. It was just about having a vibe. There's really not a lot of that in Los Angeles right now. It's formulaic. I wanted to break that mold for myself personally. I don't care if anything's a hit. I'm not with a record label. I don't expect it to even be on the radio." Simpson has been open about her journey of self-discovery — especially since her split from ex-husband Eric Johnson. Simpson revealed she had separated from Johnson after 10 years of marriage in January. At the time, she shared that the couple "have been living separately" but did not reveal any details on the timeline of her split from Johnson. "Eric and I have been living separately navigating a painful situation in our marriage," Simpson said in a statement to People magazine. "Our children come first, and we are focusing on what is best for them. We are grateful for all of the love and support that has been coming our way, and appreciate privacy right now as we work through this as a family." CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD THE FOX NEWS APP In 2023, Simpson took to social media to celebrate her six-year sobriety anniversary. The original post featured a photo of Simpson taken on Nov. 1, 2017, the day she decided to get sober — she's said that her last time drinking was on Halloween night of that year. "This person in the early morning of Nov 1, 2017 is an unrecognizable version of myself. I had so much self-discovery to unlock and explore," Simpson captioned the original post. "I knew in this very moment I would allow myself to take back my light, show victory over my internal battle of self-respect, and brave this world with piercing clarity," she continued. "Personally, to do this I needed to stop drinking alcohol because it kept my mind and heart circling in the same direction and quite honestly I was exhausted." "I wanted to feel the pain so I could carry it like a badge of honor," she continued. "I wanted to live as a leader does and break cycles to advance forward- never looking back with regret and remorse over any choice I have made and would make for the rest of my time here within this beautiful world." CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR THE ENTERTAINMENT NEWSLETTER "There is so much stigma around the word alcoholism or the label of an alcoholic. The real work that needed to be done in my life was to actually accept failure, pain, brokenness, and self sabotage," she added. "The drinking wasn’t the issue. I was. I didn’t love myself. I didn’t respect my own power. Today I do."

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Aronyak upsets GM Bartel; Ganguly, Sadhwani advance
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Aronyak upsets GM Bartel; Ganguly, Sadhwani advance

Panaji, Nov 2 (PTI) The experienced GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly, Raunak Sadhwani and Karthik Venkatraman scored comfortable victories to advance to the second round of the FIDE World Cup 2025 here on Sunday. IM Aronyak Ghosh defeated GM Mateusz Bartel of Poland. The 42-year-old Ganguly, playing with black pieces, knew that Ahmad Ahmadzada had to take risks to draw level after losing the opening game and the Indian took control of the match by attacking from his opponent’s king side and forced him to resign after just 28 moves. He will face French GM Maxime Vachier-Lagrave of France. Karthik, who had drawn his opening game against GM Roberto Garia Pantoja on Saturday, forced his opponent to resign after 39 moves to set up a second round clash against compatriot GM Aravindh Chithambaram VR. Also advancing to the next round was Sadhwani. The 19-year-old from Nagpur had managed to draw the opening game against FM Daniel Barrish of South Africa despite making errors. On Sunday, he made no mistakes to clinch a win with black pieces in 39 moves. While Ganguly, Sadhwani and Karthik won, 19-year-old Pranesh did not take any unnecessary risk against Kazakhstan’s Satbek Akhmedinov and split the point after 36 moves in a rook-pawn end game. The FIDE World Cup 2025 is played as a single-elimination knock-out tournament with 206 players from 82 countries vying for the coveted Viswanathan Anand Cup, named after the Indian legend. Meanwhile, GM Aronyak, who lost the first game with black pieces against Bartel, came up with a solid middle game to take the upper hand and then made the advantage count to win the game in 41 moves to keep his campaign alive. Four other Indian players, Raja Rithvik R, Diptayan Ghosh, Lalit Babu MR and Narayanan SL will now be taking the rapid route to make it to the next round after they drew their respective games. Rithvik was held to a draw by Kazakhstan’s Kazybek Nogerbek in 30 moves in the second game on Sunday while Diptayan Ghosh, playing white, could not find a way past China’s GM Peng Xiongjian after 39 moves. Meanwhile, wild card entrant Divya Deshmukh’s campaign came to an end in the first round after she went down 0:2 against Greek GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis. Having lost the opening game with white pieces, the 19-year-old women’s world cup champion needed a win to stay alive on Sunday. She tried her best to get past the format of Stamatis but ultimately had to accept defeat in a marathon 73-move game with her opponent’s additional pawn in the endgame making the difference. Indian results (Game 2-Round 1)GM Pranav V bt Ala Eddine Boulrens (Alg) 2:0GM Raunak Sadhwani bt FM Daniel Barrish (RSA) 1.5:0.5GM Karthik Venkataraman bt GM Roberto Garcia Pantoja (Cub) 1.5:0.5GM Diptayan Ghosh drew with GM Peng Xiongjian (CHN) 1:1GM Surya Shekhar Ganguly bt GM Ahmad Ahmadzada (AZE) 2:0GM Iniyan Pa bt GM Dylan Berdayes (Cub) 1.5:0.5GM Raja Rithvik R drew with Kazybek Nogerbek (Kaz) 1:1GM Lalit Babu MR drew with GM Max Warmerdam (Ned) 1:1GM Narayanan SL drew with IM Steven Rojas (Per) 1:1IM Himal Gusain lost to GM Andy Woodward (USA) bt 0:2IM Harshavardhan GB lost to GM Mustafa Yilmaz (Tur) 0.5:1.5IM Neelash Saha lost to GM Georg Meier (Uru) 0.5:1.5GM Leon Luke Mendonca lost to IM Shixu B Wang (Chn) 0.5:1.5GM Divya Deshmukh lost to GM Stamatis Kourkoulos-Arditis (Gre) 0:2. PTI AT KHS

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National populists surge around the world — spelling doom for the global elite
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National populists surge around the world — spelling doom for the global elite

Democrats are flummoxed that President Donald Trump can keep winning when they find his views so despicable. Recent elections from around the world, though, provide the answer: People want conservative populism. Argentine President Javier Milei’s recent unexpected win in his country’s congressional midterms is just one example. His Liberty Advances alliance swept to victory in most of Argentina’s 26 states, crushing the Peronist opposition by 9 percentage points. Milei’s allies did this the Trumpian way, by winning the blue-collar former Peronist strongholds around Buenos Aires and in rural “flyover country”. And they did it despite relatively poor economic news: While Milei’s radical reforms did bring inflation down dramatically and usher in an economic recovery, progress had stalled. The Argentine peso has been in freefall, prompting a $40 billion bailout from Trump shortly before the vote. Most experts thought voters would signal their impatience with Milei’s reforms by giving the Peronists a win. Instead, they rewarded his boldness. In recent months conservative populists have won elections in Poland and Czechia, too. Poland’s June presidential contest was instructive: Historian and political neophyte Karol Nawrocki started the campaign in a poor position, but he won against the odds by unfailingly striking Trumpian themes on nationalism and culture. In Czechia, October’s parliamentary elections shifted national policy rightward, with a new alliance of conservative populist parties taking the majority in the Chamber of Deputies. Britain’s Nigel Farage and his Reform Party now leads all national polls, having swept May’s local elections, with the once-dominant Tories languishing at 20% approval. Even apparent conservative defeats hold good news for populists. Japan’s ruling Liberal Democratic Party — the main conservative force despite its name — lost its majority in the House of Councillors election this summer, mainly because some of its backers turned instead to two openly populist parties that promised to “Make Japan Great Again”. In response, the LDP dumped its colorless prime minister and replaced him with Sanae Takaichi, the nation’s first female leader, a noted hawk and nationalist who strikes similar themes to the populist Sanseito and Conservative parties. And while PVV, The Netherlands’ premier populist party led by Geert Wilders, lost ground in last week’s elections, most of its losses went to other nationalist parties. It’s not hard to see why conservative populists are winning worldwide. The globalist elite has failed to bring the peace, prosperity and cultural harmony it promised, and voters are increasingly turning to parties and leaders who can deliver the goods. Outsiders and upstart movements, like Trump and MAGA here in the United States, are untainted by complicity in the cross-partisan consensus that has governed for decades. This infuriates leftists around the globe — because they want more of the policies that have failed. Like ideologues everywhere, they explain away their lack of success by saying their ideas haven’t been fully implemented or properly managed. More migration must make up for falling birth rates. Ever-increasing globalization will bring prosperity. The Green New Deal’s sustainable growth will more than make up for lost jobs outsourced to the underdeveloped world. Social progressivism hasn’t been pushed enough, in their view — and redoubts of conservative values, not offensive wokeness or trans-ideology, are why social cohesion has slipped. Such sentiments are gaining strength on the left in response to the right’s populist surge. Britain’s Green Party has pulled even with the ruling center-left Labour Party in recent polls, and in Germany and Norway extreme leftist forces are also on the rise. Zohran Mamdani’s likely victory in New York City’s mayoral race is simply the American reflection of these global trends. The younger, socially progressive voters who form Mamdani’s base blame billionaires rather than untrammeled immigration, and conservative Christians rather than woke ideologues, for the nation’s ills. But they are every bit as angry, and every bit as opposed to their party’s old guard, as are MAGA Republicans — and their energy is driving the Democrats. The confluence of these trends will likely play out well for Team Trump. Americans in the middle may prefer neither side, but on a host of matters they are closer to the conservative populists than to progressive ones. In the mayoral election, they can cast a vote for Andrew Cuomo — but in a presidential election, they probably won’t have a middle-ground option. Forced to choose, they would likely prefer Vice President JD Vance to Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez in a 2028 battle of populist titans. Old elites and ultra-progressives may not like it, but the trend is clear: Conservative populism is growing in strength, not shrinking, around the world. Henry Olsen, a political analyst and commentator, is a senior fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center.

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Joining APC In Bayelsa’s Interest – Diri
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Joining APC In Bayelsa’s Interest – Diri

Ahead of his formal reception into the All Progressives Congress (APC) on Monday, November 3, Bayelsa State Governor, Senator Douye Diri, has explained that his decision to leave the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) was taken in the best interest of the state. Speaking on Sunday during the 14th Bayelsa Thanksgiving Day celebration at the Ecumenical Centre in Igbogene, Yenagoa, Diri said that although some people might not understand his choice now, time would reveal that it was made for the greater good of Bayelsa. “Somebody had to take the decision (to leave the PDP), and I took it on behalf of the state. I took it in the best interest of Bayelsa. Some of you might not understand now, but later it will be clear to all,” he said. The governor, who spoke publicly for the first time since his resignation from the PDP on October 15, 2025, emphasized that politics should be about development and unity rather than division. “The gathering here is a testimony of the unity in the state. Politics is for development and not to kill your brother,” Diri stated, expressing gratitude to God for the peace, security, and ongoing development projects in Bayelsa. Delta State Governor, Sheriff Oborevwori, represented by his Senior Policy Adviser, Rt. Hon. Funkekeme Solomon, commended the unity among Bayelsans, stressing that it was key to sustaining progress in the state. Also speaking, Minister of State for Petroleum (Oil), Senator Heineken Lokpobiri, lauded Diri as a unifier and described his defection as timely, noting that Bayelsa could no longer afford to remain in opposition when key national decisions were being made. Similarly, Managing Director of the Niger Delta Development Commission (NDDC), Dr. Samuel Ogbuku, described the governor as “a godsend to the state,” praising his developmental strides and praying for divine wisdom to guide him further. Delivering the sermon titled “Reasons Why We Should Thank God,” General Overseer of The Redeemed Evangelical Mission (TREM), Bishop Mike Okonkwo, urged Bayelsans to remain thankful, assuring them of God’s continued presence and blessings. Other dignitaries at the event included the governor’s wives, Dr. Gloria Diri and Justice Patience Ama-Diri; Deputy Governor, Senator Lawrence Ewhrudjakpo; wife of the Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hajia Fatima Tajudeen-Abbas; Senators Benson Agadaga and Sunday Katung; Speaker of the Bayelsa House of Assembly, Rt. Hon. Abraham Ingobere; Chief Judge of the state, Justice Matilda Ayemieye; and former Governor of old Rivers State, King Alfred Diete-Spiff. Also present were the wife of the late former Governor Diepreye Alamieyeseigha, Mrs. Margaret Alamieyeseigha; former Deputy Governor, Peremobowei Ebebi; 2019 Bayelsa APC governorship candidate, Chief David Lyon; Managing Director of the Niger Delta River Basin Development Authority, Chief Ebitimi Amgbare; Apostle David Zilly-Aggrey; traditional rulers, industry leaders, and top government officials.

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Ex-Imo deputy gov, Madumere, loses father
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Ex-Imo deputy gov, Madumere, loses father

The former Deputy Governor of Imo State, Prince Ezeakonobi Madumere, has lost his father, HRH Eze Henry Anoruo Madumere. The late monarch, who until his death was the traditional ruler of Ezi Mbieri Autonomous Community in Mbaitoli Local Government Area of Imo State, passed away at the age of 93. The official announcement of his passing was made on Sunday in a statement issued by his first son, Prince Chijioke Madumere, and made available to newsmen. According to him, the monarch’s reign was characterised by the fear of God, peace, wisdom, and fatherly guidance to his subjects. He also urged the community to keep the Madumere royal family in their prayers during this period of mourning. Following the official declaration of the king’s passing, the interim leadership of the community, led by the President-General, Emmanuel Ihentuge, in conjunction with the Royal Cabinet members and the Eze-in-Council, announced a period of mourning across Ezi Mbieri. During this period, all major community activities, celebrations, pending elections, and social gatherings are to be suspended until after the burial rites of the late monarch. It was further stated that the Eze-in-Council will continue to operate in its advisory capacity, while Chief Vincent Oparaji, the Palace Secretary, has been appointed to serve as the Regent of the community. Similarly, Mrs. Ebere Nwaneri has been reappointed as Acting Women Leader, and Comrade Uche Agoha as Acting Youth Leader—both to serve until the conclusion of the burial rites. He also disclosed that a burial committee will be constituted to plan and coordinate the funeral arrangements for the departed royal father, Eze Henry Anoruo Madumere. Prince Ezeakonobi Madumere described his late father as a God-fearing and compassionate man who deeply loved humanity. He prayed for divine wisdom, strength, and courage for the royal family and the entire kingdom to bear the irreparable loss. Madumere assured that the date for the burial ceremony of the departed monarch would be announced in due course. He said, “May the soul of HRH Eze Henry Anoruo Madumere, JP, find eternal rest in the bosom of the Lord, and may his legacy of peace, humility, and service to God and mankind continue to guide the people of Ezi Mbieri towards a sustainable future.” NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

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Southern Kaduna to honour ex-CDS, Gen Musa with highest award 
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Southern Kaduna to honour ex-CDS, Gen Musa with highest award 

As part of activities to welcome back home their illustrious son after a fulfilled professional career, the Southern Kaduna Leadership Council (SKLC) is set to honour the former Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa (rtd), with the highest honour in the land, the Grand Commander of the Southern Kaduna (GCSK). The Grand Reception which is scheduled for Saturday 22nd November, 2025 will take place in Kafanchan Township Stadium, the Commercial headquarters of the Southern Kaduna zone. At its 19th Council Meeting held at the Throneroom Trust Ministry, Kafanchan at the weekend, SKLC Chairman, Elder Ishaya Dary Akau (OON), announced that General Musa will be decorated with its highest honour of the Grand Commander of Southern Kaduna. He said this was because he represented the zone, Kaduna State and Nigeria at large. According to him, the retired General is a worthy ambassador in his military career and the most outstanding Chief of Defence Staff the country had produced. Meanwhile, SKLC also inaugurated the Executive Chairman, Kaduna State Internal Revenue Service (KADIRS), Comrade Jerry Adams, as the Chairman of Finance Committee of the Southern Kaduna (Cultural) Festival (SKFEST), with Hon. Larai Sylvia Ishaku, Executive Chairman, Jaba Local Government Area, to serve as secretary. Other members of the committee include Hon. Wilson Iliya Yangye, Deputy Controller, Universal Insurance; Mr Kabir Kasim, Corporate Affairs Manager, North, Ngeria Breweries, PLC; Hon. Christopher Haruna, former Chairman, Zango Kataf Local Government Area, and Mr Danjuma Kai, among others. ALSO READ TOP STORIES FROM NIGERIAN TRIBUNE

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JI slams hefty e-challan fines as ‘robbery’ of Karachiites
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JI slams hefty e-challan fines as ‘robbery’ of Karachiites

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) Pakistan Ameer Hafiz Naeemur Rehman on Sunday lambasted the Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) regime over deteriorating infrastructure, broken roads, and what he called the “robbery” of Karachi citizens through electronic-challan fines. “The feudal mindset that has looted and ruined Karachi, it will no longer work — the time has come to say goodbye to this system,” the JI chief said. Discussing public transport, Hafiz Naeem said Karachi needed 15,000 buses, yet the Sindh government had introduced only a few hundred, deceiving the public. “Due to the lack of proper transport, the entire city runs on motorbikes and rickshaws, and women, students, and elderly citizens suffer daily. Meanwhile, e-challans are being used to extort thousands of rupees from citizens,” he said. He made these remarks at a ceremony organised by TMC North Nazimabad at Park Barah Dari (Block A), where he inaugurated new and upcoming development projects, and at another event in New Karachi, where he inaugurated a newly constructed road from Power House Chowrangi to New Karachi No. 3. Hafiz Naeem also unveiled plaques for future development projects in North Nazimabad and inaugurated roads named after famous naat poet Ejaz Rahmani. The JI chief’s statement comes days after Muttahida Qaumi Movement-Pakistan’s (MQM-P) submitted an adjournment motion of public importance in the Sindh Assembly against the enforcement of e-challans (e-tickets) on Karachi’s citizens without providing basic facilities and infrastructure. In his motion, MQM MNA Adil Askari stated that the Sindh government has implemented the e-challan system without ensuring basic traffic management and road safety measures, which he termed as unjust, premature, and harmful. He said that broken roads across the city and province were causing daily hardships and accidents for citizens. “There is no proper transport system in place, and commuters have no viable options for public transportation,” he added. The lawmaker pointed out that the non-functional traffic signal system, absence of road markings, zebra crossings, and traffic signboards had made it impossible for both drivers and pedestrians to follow traffic rules. In his address, Hafiz Naeem also said the performance of the nine town chairmen, belonging to the JI, was far better than that of the “occupying mayor.” He accused the provincial government of exploiting Karachi’s institutions and resources for personal gains, saying the city had been treated as an opportunity of income rather than a place to serve. “We do not accept the Form-47 government or the occupied mayorship. Karachi’s development projects are launched but never completed,” he said, adding that major infrastructure like University Road under the Red Line project, Karimabad underpass, and the remaining parts of the Green Line project remain unfinished.

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The young hoopsters and violent mobsters who first stained basketball with scourge of gambling
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The young hoopsters and violent mobsters who first stained basketball with scourge of gambling

Sherman White, 6-foot-8, 210-pound first-team All-American superstar for coach Clair Bee’s renowned LIU powerhouse five, was the nation’s leading scorer in 1951, 77 points shy from becoming the all-time marksman in NCAA history. He could finish, go to the hoop, sky, hit the boards hard. He was the forerunner to Elgin, Connie Hawkins, Dr. J. He led his 28-0 Jersey high school to a state championship and was a poor student with a questionable attitude. He was a child, prone to errors in judgment. Recently married, White’s future, though, was glowing. He had much to celebrate: Freshly off being named the Sporting News Player of the Year, he was a surefire first-round selection and about to be the third-overall pick in the NBA draft by the New York Knicks. In late February, however, on a cold, windy city night, following the Blackbirds’ 80-53 destruction of a strong Duquesne team in the 49th Street Garden, his life fell apart. After the contest, Sherm and his bride stopped at Nedick’s, the hot dog emporium adjacent to the Garden, to grab some franks on toasted buns before heading on the subway back to Brooklyn. His teammates, like White, were all part of a secretive but unified group of point-shaving wayward naive kids who had some concerns. They had double-crossed the bad guys, the mob guys, made a decision to win big rather than keep the game close by not turning the ball over, blowing layups, committing stupid fouls, as they had done repeatedly throughout the season. Not coincidentally, a peeved Salvatore Sollazzo bumped into Sherm, who had pocketed at least $10,000 throughout the season. Sollazzo, a squat, pock-faced, Genovese crime family associate, had masterminded a nationwide scam, getting seven teams and 35 players to participate in his mission to shave points, award the gambling thieves the all-important edge of insider information, thereby enrich themselves. Sollazzo and his two henchmen were, to put it mildly, upset. He himself lost $30,000, and that did not include his crime syndicate bosses, who he would regularly tip off about all his new ingenious fixes. As he escorted White to his parked limo and ushered him inside, after giving his newlywed a fifty “to buy as many franks as she wanted,” he asked simply, “What the f–k did you do?” Before any reply, Salvatore, who had a pathological nature, added, “You doubled-crossed me. You’re a dead man.” Seated between the two associates, Sherman then felt a gun in each ear, was driven to the West Side docks, threatened more and more with a painful death and then walked the planks of the waterfront piers, his escorts at his side. Ordered to his knees, Sherman begged, pleaded, cried to stay alive. He was hysterical. He offered quite graciously to return the $5,500 he had left to his executioners. He was a child, a dupe, he didn’t understand who he was in business with: a man with so few boundaries, he would often use his gorgeous brunette wife to perform sexual favors to targeted college boys. The media would label him “a jeweler turned gambler.” What they meant to say was he was a “fence” and a pimp, with no conscience. The wife was bait, Sollazzo was the ship’s captain. White continued to beg, defecating in his pants. For a moment, Sollazzo morphed into Groucho Marx. He took a deep breath while his two imbecile mobster friends sniffed too, and pronounced: “Sauerkraut.” He then told the first-team, All-American, the Haggerty player of the year, Bee’s greatest player ever, “Don’t ever f–k me again.” He walked to the parked limo, leaving an emotionally spent, bewildered youngster to wallow in the cesspool he agreed to swim in. Two days later, White’s nightmares got even worse; he was arrested by NYPD detectives, upon the orders of a reserved and ambitious Manhattan DA, Frank Hogan. White was sentenced to one year, went to Rikers for eight months. The City College champs, the Kentucky University champions, the NYU kids, the remaining LIU kids, all the others, depending upon the depths of their corruption, fate, luck, juries, rat or not, received a wide variety of humiliating penalties and permanent reputations with lifelong reputations and humiliations of “dumpers,” “fixers,” “crooks,” “outcasts.” Sollazzo was convicted for his rigging schemes, sentenced to eight to 16 years in prison, serving 12. He reappeared, however, in the form of a taller, younger, better-looking, infinitely more erudite Ivy League All-American and 6-foot-7 former NBA player, Jack Molinas. They did, however, have something in common. Both were degenerate gamblers, liars, con men, hustlers. Molinas, brought up in Brooklyn, where his father owned a bar in Coney Island, was reported to possess an IQ of 175. He had a love for numbers, so he took the exam to attend the prestigious Stuyvesant High School in Manhattan for “smart kids.” He was a fierce rebounder, shot hook shots from the deep corners, loved convertibles, women and shortcuts. He was first-team All-Ivy League, and to this day still holds the rebounding records at Columbia. He was selected in the first round of the NBA draft by the Fort Wayne Pistons in 1953. The following season, he was picked for the All-Star game, but was thrown out of the league before the festivities, permanently, for guess what? Gambling. He ended up getting a law degree. Molinas found new partners: the Genovese Crime Family. His day-to-day contact: Vincent Gigante. By 1959, Molinas was in full swing. He was creating a military-industrial complex of nationwide point shavers. And it was here, at home, his master plan of grooming the younger great ones in order to ensure his system had legs and sustainability would stand out. Now, there were to be two opposing forces: one led by Hogan, the other Molinas. Mano a Mano, two Columbia graduates, an Ivy League playoff. Molinas had his eyes, ears, charm focused on “the best,” schoolboy NYC legends Connie Hawkins, Roger Brown, Doug Moe and Tony Jackson, all from Brooklyn, all certain pros, if one was to add any “decent” center to this starting five they’d win the NBA title. Instead, they were “accused,” their head shots splashed all over the countless NYC tabloids, J’Accuse, and were to be banned for life. Separated from their love for the crimes of being young, poor, susceptible, naive, sheltered, kind of stupid teenagers, who happened to be tall and gifted at one thing — playing ball. Molinas would befriend them for a few years. He’d pick ’em up at home in his red Cadillac convertible, drive his boys to Manhattan Beach Park, where many of the city’s most celebrated collegians and pros would play on its famed “first court.” The 10-deep crowd would ooh and ahh. He would introduce them to sexy white girls, drive them to Nathan’s for post-game hot dogs and fries, allow them “to keep the change,” give them a few here and there, I mean “they got expenses, you know,” as the bard Paul Simon would write, and in return, because their upcoming freshmen year was in purgatory of no point spreads, ask for “introductions” to other kids with game. “Nobody,” Hawkins said to me, “had ever told me I was ever good at anything other than basketball.” He was a sap, but didn’t know it. Hogan went to work. He had dozens of investigators and newspaper pals. He would begin to call college kids from around the country, demand they get to One Police Plaza in lower Manhattan, keep them in town sometimes for as long as a week, walking door-to-door, one cop, one DA, one detective after another to get to “the truth.” Or a version of it. Hawkins came back, never once playing in a college game. No lawyer, five days of interrogation. Brown, too. Moe, a year older, a stud player, admitted he met with gamblers at a Jersey diner at the urging of his UNC roommate and teammate, Lou Brown, turned down their offers, but didn’t rat out his friend at the time. He was expelled and banned from playing in the NBA. ”I was expelled, so was Roger,” Hawkins said. “No lawyer, no arrests, no mug shot, no fingerprints, no charges, no jail time, no trial, no more friend. Nobody would even play ball with me in the park. I’d sit home and cry all day. I got an ulcer.” A new professional league opened its doors, the ABL, in the early ’60s, thinking it could compete with the NBA. It was a land of opportunity for the disgraced and banned, for Black players due to the continued quota systems, to owners unafraid of risks, such as Pittsburgh-based lawyer David Litman and his genius wife, Roz, ironically from Erasmus Hall in Brooklyn. Hawkins became the league’s MVP. More importantly, Roz, who would later head the local ACLU and argue twice in front of the Supreme Court, befriended Connie. She took his case, fighting the ban by the NBA, and for seven tireless years battled the league and their outside super-heavyweight counsel from Proskauer Rose in New York. A young associate, David Stern, was brought in, and pushed for a righteous settlement. He smelled injustice when he saw it. Litman beat all the big boys by a TKO. Hawkins went on to a Hall of Fame career with the Phoenix Suns and Lakers. Brown went to the Indiana Pacers of the ABA, leading them to three championships in four years. Moe, his knees shot, nevertheless dominated foes in the same league, before becoming one of the most innovative head coaches in NBA history. There were financial settlements awarded to Hawkins and Brown. Who can measure the costs of seven years, heartache, exclusion? The recent “gambling scandal”? I know a few things: More and more and more young kids are sitting in their rooms, betting day and night on props, entering rehab in their late teens. Parents aren’t educated. Congressional hearings are political B.S. grandstanding, celebrity endorsements for FanDuel and DraftKings should not be allowed, nor should any sports team owner, players, executive be allowed to have any financial interest in any gaming entity including casinos. Parents are not educated, did I say that already? And having warning labels on social media, packaging, TV spots, billboards is anti-common sense. And I know, if there is one leader in the nation that is more calm, judicious, smart, thorough, proven, decisive and firm than Adam Silver, stand up. The guy should be president, not a mere commissioner. He will lead the charge. Oh, did I say it’s time for parents to open the bedroom doors of their children, shut off their phones, tell them how great and loved they are? Gotta start now. Dan Klores is a Peabody Award-winning filmmaker and playwright, and is currently developing a miniseries on Jack Molinas.

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BLACKPINK's "DEADLINE" Tour Success in Jakarta: Rose's Viral Moments Steal the Show
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BLACKPINK's "DEADLINE" Tour Success in Jakarta: Rose's Viral Moments Steal the Show

TEMPO.CO, Jakarta - The BLACKPINK DEADLINE world tour was a resounding success at the Gelora Bung Karno (GBK) Main Stadium in Jakarta on Saturday and Sunday, November 1–2, 2025. Thousands of BLINKs, the term for BLACKPINK fans, filled the stadium from the afternoon, armed with lightsticks and dressed in the group's signature black and pink attire. The audience's feverish anticipation was palpable, with chants of BLACKPINK songs echoing throughout the venue before the show even began.Enthusiasm Undimmed by RainThe concert kicked off with thunderous cheers welcoming Jennie, Jisoo, Lisa, and Rose to the stage. Hit songs like "DDU-DU DDU-DU," "Pink Venom," and "How You Like That" immediately ignited the audience's spirit.Despite being showered by rain, the downpour did not dampen the BLINKs' enthusiasm. VIP audience members donned transparent raincoats, determined to enjoy their idols' performances without leaving their seats. This moment of shared experience in the rain served as powerful evidence of the strong bond between BLACKPINK and their Indonesian fans.Rose Charms with "Apa Kabare"One of the most viral moments on the first day occurred during Rose 's introduction. After her standard greeting, she spontaneously said, "Apa kabare!", a Javanese phrase meaning "How are you?"The unexpected local greeting was immediately met with joyful cheers and laughter from the entire stadium. Rose's gesture showcased her warmth and respect for Indonesia's local culture, significantly enhancing the familiar connection between the idol and her audience.Backstage Fried Rice and Rose's Spontaneous FunAnother amusing moment came during a song break when the screen showed Rose enjoying fried rice on a cart as she was transported from the backstage area toward the stage. For long-time fans, this was particularly endearing, as Rose is known for her love of food and frequently trying the local cuisine in the countries she visits. This simple yet spontaneous act further cemented her affectionate relationship with Indonesian BLINKs.A Touching Moment with a Young FanPerhaps the most touching highlight was when a staff member invited a young child from the audience onto the stage. The child was wearing a shirt that read "Number One Girl," the title of Rose's solo album and official merchandise.Rose was visibly moved, holding the child's hand to sing together in front of thousands of spectators. This intimate moment became one of the most memorable and heartwarming parts of the concert's first day.Celebrity SightingsThe audience wasn't just filled with general fans; several Indonesian celebrities were present on the first day, including Nagita Slavina, Enzy Storia, Beby Stabina, Ayu Ting Ting, and Arsy Hermansyah. Arsy even captured public attention after her face appeared on the concert's dance screen while she was dancing to a BLACKPINK song. The attendance of these prominent figures further underscores BLACKPINK's significant influence and widespread appeal in Indonesia.With their extraordinary stage energy, warm member interactions, and unexpected entertaining moments, BLACKPINK successfully concluded the first day of the "DEADLINE" concert, leaving fans with sweet memories. The second day, held on November 2, 2025, was eagerly anticipated by many fans eager to relive the grandeur, closeness, and euphoria of this global girl group.KINAR LAIMAURAEditor’s Choice: Indonesia's Tourism Agenda in November 2025: 14 Festivals and ConcertsClick here to get the latest news updates from Tempo on Google News

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Trinamool links migrant worker’s death to SIR; Opposition accuses party of stoking panic
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Trinamool links migrant worker’s death to SIR; Opposition accuses party of stoking panic

The Trinamool Congress leadership in West Bengal on Sunday linked the death of a migrant worker from Jamalpur in Purba Bardhaman to anxiety sparked by the Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls, while Opposition parties accused the Trinamool of creating panic among voters. In a social media post drawing attention to the death, the party wrote: “another precious life lost to @BJP4India’s politics of fear and hatred”. The migrant, Bimal Satra, who had been working in Tamil Nadu, died a few days ago and his body was brought to his residence in Jamalpur on Saturday evening. Trinamool leaders, including the district president, visited the family. The party’s post said, “And now, Bimal Santra, a migrant worker from Nabagram village of Jamalpur, Purba Bardhaman, who died of fear sparked by SIR. This is the human cost of an exercise designed to terrorise and displace. SIR is an instrument of intimidation, driving our people to despair, forcing them to question their citizenship and their right to belong. @BJP4India , your hands are stained with blood.” The son of the deceased, Bapi Santra, told reporters that his father had gone to Tamil Nadu after losing work and was admitted to hospital after his condition deteriorated. “My father was under severe stress over his name in the voter list. He was hospitalised due to this. We contacted our MLA, who helped us a lot in this crisis,” he said. While the son said his father died in hospital, Rabindranath Chatterjee, Trinamool’s district president and Katwa MLA, said the migrant worker died by suicide after consuming poison. The Trinamool has highlighted several recent deaths and attributed them to distress caused by SIR. These include the deaths of Pradeep Kar of Panihati and 95-year-old Khitish Majumder of Kotwali in Paschim Medinipur. Trinamool general secretary Abhishek Banerjee recently visited Pradeep Kar’s family and has called for protests demanding justice. On November 4, party chairperson Mamata Banerjee and Mr. Banerjee are scheduled to lead protests in Kolkata against SIR. The Bharatiya Janata Party, Congress and the CPI(M) have accused the Trinamool of fomenting fear. BJP leader Keya Ghosh said that while every death was unfortunate, the Trinamool was indulging in “vulture politics” over the incidents. Ms. Ghosh noted that Pradeep Kar had missing fingers and said his name appeared on the voter lists of 2002 and 2025. She cautioned the public against what she described as attempts by the Trinamool to politicise deaths and even to seize bodies to link them to SIR. Congress spokesperson Soumya Aich Roy similarly accused Mamata Banerjee and Trinamool leaders of spreading panic over the revision exercise. Separately, a local Trinamool trade-union leader in Bamangachi, Tapas Dasgupta, was recorded urging supporters to raise the spectre of “detention camps” among women. “If your name is removed from the voter list, you will be sent to a detention camp. We have to go to every house in the region and instill this fear in the female members of the family. We have to go into people’s kitchens and raise the issue of voter list in the conversation,” he was heard saying.

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Genocide: Trump’s Remark On Nigeria Sparks Debate Online
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Genocide: Trump’s Remark On Nigeria Sparks Debate Online

Nigerian voices responded swiftly, sparking a debate across social media, with citizens turning the focus inward on the country’s governance challenges. While some Nigerians agreed with the “disgraced country” label, viewing it as an indictment of decades of corruption and poor leadership, others questioned the American President for such a comment. Here are the comments that have trailed President Trump’s remark about the alleged Christian genocide in Nigeria across social media. Charles tweeting as #ceonigeria_ on X wrote on Sunday, “Now a disgraced country, that’s what you get when hunger becomes identity and poverty becomes culture… that’s what you get when corruption wears agbada and calls itself governance.” Johnson, identified as #jephandrew1 on X, wrote, “You can’t feed your people. You can’t protect them as a nation. You can’t provide basic amenities. You can only borrow and waste. You can’t manage your resources. You beg for aid. Ain’t you a disgraced country?” An anonymous user posting as #BuggHive wrote, “A country where literal Boko Haram terrorists get rehabilitated, but civilians are sentenced to death for blasphemy and self-defence. It is, in fact, a disgraced country.” Adefunke Momodu tweeting as #adefunkemomo said on X, “Those words should sting every single one of us. This is the price of our leaders’ inaction. They turned the Giant of Africa into a nation defined by terror and political games. The slumber party is over. This is the wake-up call. The world is watching.” Coy Emerald, posting as #CoyEmerald1, tagged Trump, saying, “Your Excellency, with due respect, I hope future remarks reflect the true spirit of Nigeria. Calling my country ‘disgraced’ overlooks the courage, innovation & resilience of millions of Nigerians making global impact and many thriving in the U.S!” “How Nigeria went from being called ‘The Giant of Africa’ to now being referred to as ‘that now disgraced country’ isn’t so far-fetched. It is one of the consequences of bad leadership, opposition suppression, and election rigging,” #bros_aik wrote. Some other Nigerians, however, rejected the description as an unacceptable foreign insult on national sovereignty. Charles tweeting as #lordcharles01 wrote on X, “Trump calling Nigeria that ‘now disgraced country’ is an insult I won’t accept. We can insult ourselves internally, but we won’t allow outsiders to insult us that way. We’re the giant of Africa, please.” Nigerian socialite and celebrity barman, Pascal Okechukwu, popularly known as Cubana Chief Priest, also wrote, “Hearing my country, Nigeria, called a ‘disgraced country, ‘ breaks my heart. I don’t wish or pray for the U.S. to invade Nigeria, but I’m glad they spoke up for Christians. I hope this will make the Nigerian government sit up and finally put an end to the insecurity tearing the country apart.” An anonymous user, #Harmless12345, wrote, “Donald Trump called Nigeria a DISGRACED COUNTRY! Who’ll pay for this international disgrace and insult?” “I don’t think there’s any line in that message that hurt me more than this one. Shame hold me,” #UnkleAyo commented. On Facebook, Petra Akinti Onyegbule wrote, “A leader refers to another sovereign nation as a ‘disgraced country’. Is that how diplomacy now works? It’s alarming to see Nigerians cheering on this madness, forgetting that the fire we stoke today might consume us all tomorrow.”

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Theaster Gates And Chicago: City Of Dreams
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Theaster Gates And Chicago: City Of Dreams

Theaster Gates, 'We Will Save Ourselves,' 2024, installed at University of Chicago. Steel, winches, rubber, oil based enamel. Chadd Scott What would cities look like if artists had a role in creating them? Designing them. Building them. Revitalizing them. Not using artists to produce a monument or mural after the planning and big decisions have been made by engineers and politicians; incorporating artists’ unique perspectives and talents from the start. At every step along the way. Chicago’s Theaster Gates (b. 1973) has been demonstrating the power and possibility of artists as city-builders for almost 20 years, using a South Side neighborhood in his hometown as the prototype. In this under-resourced community, he’s purchased and rehabilitated a handful of historic buildings into art and community spaces. Places for learning. For connecting. To be proud of. Inspirational. A proof of concept for how the vision of artists can make and remake cities in more exciting, sustainable, and equitable ways. Gates’ latest demonstration of an artist’s potential for civic planning comes at GRAY Chicago gallery (2044 West Carroll Avenue) during the exhibition “Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City” through December 20, 2025. The presentation takes it’s name from Chicagoan Marvin Tate’s (b. 1959) song “City Promenade.” His lilting, delicate, amusing, waltz-y ballad makes an appeal for coming back to the city–Chicago specifically, but any city more broadly–“the place where you belong,” “the place where you were born.” Developed in conjunction with his exhibition, “Unto Thee,” through February 22, 2026, at the Smart Museum of Art at the University of Chicago, roughly two miles, but a world away, from Gates’ South Side efforts, “Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City” offers a reflection on Gate’s life as a craftsman, urban planner, and teacher. Gates has been a professor in the Visual Arts department at the University, one of the world’s most admired, since 2012. Theaster Gates And Marvin Tate Installation view of "Theaster Gates: OH, YOU’VE GOT TO COME BACK TO THE CITY" at GRAY Chicago. Image courtesy of GRAY Chicago/New York. © Theaster Gates Theaster Gates met Marvin Tate at a long-standing Chicago poetry event known as Lit-X, Literary Explosion. Both were regulars. That was more than 25-years ago now, but Gates remembers it fondly. “Below Flash Taco in Wicker Park,” Gates told Forbes.com. “We would go there and I would always hear Marvin do these amazing poems. I wanted to continue to acknowledge how genius Marvin has been through the decades and celebrate him and the poignancy of that ‘City Promenade’ song.” The two became well enough acquainted that Gates even joined Tate’s band/performance troupe, D-Settlement, as a singer and performer. Tate performed at the exhibition’s opening. “It's not a romantic invitation alone,” Gates said of “City Promenade.” “It's a complex web of the city as a place of danger, city as a place of excitement, and then the city as a place of future potential.” “The city as a place of future potential” encompasses Gates’ multi-media practice of painting, ceramics, neighborhood revitalization, performance, archive collection, and sculpture as well as any description. He creates artwork and assemblages engaging with space and land development, drawing on an interest and training in urban planning and preservation; redeeming spaces left behind. Gates has said “I traffic in unwanted things.” “I recognize beautiful things where they live, and sometimes they live in unexpected places, and they live in a condition where somebody's trying to get rid of it or throw it out, which is a lot like our city under siege right now,” He explained. “We don't know what to do with this stone, therefore it has no value. It's not that the stone doesn't have value, it's that we lack the imagination and technical ability to know what to do with the stone.” Gates knows what to do with the stone. The artist has incorporated dozens of beautiful, old, unwanted marble column pieces sourced from a demolished building in Wisconsin to serve as plinths for ceramics in the GRAY exhibition. Gates possesses a vast repository of architectural salvage and assorted cool things rescued from landfill that he repurposes into art objects. “When we build, we build with no concern about the future,” Gates said. “You tear a building down, it's like, what are we going to do with all this, all the remains? I'm willing to process the things that are left over. I'm willing to process the remains because I know there's integrity and strength and years of additional life within these things, but it requires a slightly more sophisticated tool in order to figure out how to get the best out it.” That “slightly more sophisticated tool” is the mind of an artist. In a disposable society drowning in plastic waste and discarded fast fashion and old tires and demolition debris and once-useful items no longer wanted, artists like Gates should not only be drafted into the service of designing and redesigning cities, but consumer products as well. Gates even has a reuse for old roofing material. His father was a Chicago roofer. Roofing panels and the tar covering them have long been a source of inspiration and artistic medium. “Oh, You’ve Got to Come Back to the City” continues that practice–with a twist. Painting on roofing shingles with tar, Gates was presented the challenge of how to hang 300-pound artworks on a wall like paintings? “I had to figure out the necessary infrastructure, the apparatus that takes it from being potentially useful to sexy,” Gates said. Sexy like a painting. “The problem of roofing allowed me to create a new solution of its hanging. It took me a few years to figure out.” Theaster Gates, 'Advertisement,' 2025. © Theaster Gates GRAY Chicago/New York Gates figured it out by innovating a design of beams and hooks that anchor his artworks to the wall, supporting their weight, while also hanging them like traditional paintings. Sexy and functional. Gates “sophisticated tool” at work. “Art making, solutions finding, that's how I think about this exhibition,” Gates said. “It's a combination of imagining the city, not as derelict, not as a place of has been, but a place of is and will be, and the things of the city that we've forgotten about or we think aren't important, with re-skilling, we could find ourselves realizing that we're in one of the most magical places in the world and it's just waiting to be made that.” Not everyone wants to see that. City Of Dreams; City Of Nightmares BROADVIEW, ILLINOIS - SEPTEMBER 27: Federal law enforcement agents attack demonstrators protesting outside of an immigrant processing center with a barrage of tear gas and pepper balls on September 27, 2025 in Broadview, Illinois. The demonstrators were protesting a recent surge in ICE apprehensions in the Chicago area, part of a push by the Trump administration dubbed Operation Midway Blitz. (Photo by Scott Olson/Getty Images) Getty Images Tate’s “City Promenade” gives another compelling reason for coming back to the city: Chicago as “the city of dreams.” Tate and Gates see Chicago, their city, as a city of dreams. Potentially. They are not deluded into thinking it’s perfect, but they believe in it and its people. This sits in stark contrast with a White House that views Chicago as a city of nightmares and takes action daily to make sure that warped vision comes true. “Our resilience makes us a target,” Gates said. “Our belief in self-determination, our self-drive. It is a complicated city run by a mayor of color, representing a high constituency of people of color, and it makes total sense that we would come under siege; I have every confidence that the city will be as resilient as we need to be to weather this.” The Trump regime is punishing Chicago by withholding previously approved federal funding. It has threatened to arrest the mayor. It has invaded Chicago with a mercenary force of heavily armed, masked, ununiformed goons set loose upon its neighborhoods to break up families, snatch people off the street without any justification beyond skin color, and disappear them from a suburban black site where neither the media nor elected officials are allowed to inspect conditions in violation of the law. Using Chicago as an example for how a vengeful and violent federal government can and will make cities pay for their progressive perspectives. “The song is dealing with the irony and the complexity of what it means to leave and what it means to try to invite people back, and in this moment when the city is essentially on fire, that if a person steps out of their home, or even inside their home, they could be removed and forcibly deported to their home country, that intensity of the politics of the city feels really strong,” Gates said. Consider Gates’ exhibition and Tate’s song your invitation. A personal invitation. An invitation to come back to–or for the first time–Chicago. The city of dreams. Chicago has given the world Charles White and Joan Mitchell. The Art Institute and the Field Museum. Sweetness and Air Jordan. The Second City and skyscrapers. Having given so much, the city of dreams now needs you. Chicago is under attack. No less beautiful despite being brutalized under the direction of fascists. It needs you protesting in Broadview. It needs you visiting and sharing pictures and stories of good times and museums and architecture and deep-dish pizza and hot dogs. Oh, you’ve got to come back to the city! The Hotel Of Dreams The ornate, hand-painted ceiling inside The Palmer House, a Hilton Hotel, lobby in Chicago. Chadd Scott Along with its steakhouses, gin palaces, and pizza taverns, Chicago’s hotels are unsurpassed in the world. They have been so for over 100 years. The Palmer House hotel pastry chef invented the brownie in 1893. Bertha Honoré Palmer, who received the original hotel as a wedding present from her entrepreneur husband, was hosting a ladies’ outing during the Chicago World’s Fair. She needed box lunches for attendees. The box lunch needed dessert. Something portable that could be eaten by hand without melting, but still delicious. The brownie, so named because it was chocolate and the color was brown. The Palmer House recipe remains the same. They ship all over the world. Try dunking one in the restaurant’s famous Brownie Manhattan cocktail mixed with a bespoke whiskey unavailable anywhere else. A person really shouldn’t need any more reason to visit. The Palmer House not only invented the brownie, it was the first hotel to offer private bathrooms in all guest rooms. The first hotel with room service. The first with electric lighting throughout. The first to be fully fireproof. Lesson learned. Today’s Palmer House isn’t the original–that one burned to the ground 13 days after opening in the Great Chicago fire. The Palmer House hosted the “greatest banquet in history.” Mark Twain went on for hours. His gallon-plus silver beer stein is on display in the lobby. The soaring lobby with the fantastically painted ceiling. Like a European palace. Find the gold peacock door. Pop your head into the Empire Room, now used for events, once an entertainment venue where Liberace was discovered. The lamps on either side are Louis Comfort Tiffany, the largest decorative art pieces he ever created. Even if staying overnight is out of reach, stop in to ogle the lobby. Enjoy a cocktail. Take the history tour. The Palmer’s were quite the art collectors as well. Their vision was as important as their money. When the couple was buying Monet and Renoir and Degas in the 1890s, the paintings didn’t cost millions of dollars; people weren’t even sure they were good. In 1922, the Art Institute of Chicago acquired much of the Palmer’s art collection, especially rich in Impressionist masterpieces, paintings forming the backbone of the museum’s world-class collection. See the artworks two blocks away. The Palmer House has adeptly been called “the hotel next to everything.” The Symphony Orchestra is a block away. As is the Center for Native Futures. Alexander Calder’s Flamingo (1973) two. Millennium Park and the Bean, three. The lakefront, on its other side. Willis (formerly Sears) Tower, five blocks. Union Station across the Chicago River from it. Located inside The Loop, all of Chicago’s top tourist sites are easily reachable from the Palmer House by Chicago Transit Authority “L” trains and a few blocks walk. Take Metra to the Field Museum and adjacent attractions. Chicago is America’s greatest train city–maybe the world’s–embrace it. Stations for all lines and Metra are no more than three blocks from the hotel. 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Rivers Contributory Health Programme Begins Free Healthcare For Pensioners
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Rivers Contributory Health Programme Begins Free Healthcare For Pensioners

The Rivers State Contributory Health Protection Programme (RIVCHPP) has announced the commencement of free healthcare services for all pensioners under the Rivers State Civil Service, beginning in November 2025. The Executive Secretary of RIVCHPP, Dr. Vetty Agala, disclosed this during the agency’s management meeting, noting that the initiative has received approval from the State Commissioner for Health and Governor Siminalayi Fubara. According to her, pensioners who previously completed registration forms during the enrolment exercise have been automatically included in the state’s health insurance scheme, with their Pension ID cards serving as access passes to healthcare services. Dr. Agala added that individual messages would be sent to successfully enrolled pensioners, notifying them of the designated healthcare facilities where they can access free services whenever needed. She assured that the services covered under the programme are entirely free of charge, adding that the agency is addressing minor discrepancies in some pensioners’ registration details to ensure full inclusion. In a related development, RIVCHPP recently met with the Rivers State branch of the Nigeria Union of Pensioners (NUP) during its State Executive Council meeting to further enlighten retirees on the benefits of the health insurance programme and guide them on how to access the services.

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Chandrababu Naidu to meet industry captains in London on Monday
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Chandrababu Naidu to meet industry captains in London on Monday

Chief Minister N. Chandrababu Naidu, who is on a personal visit to London, will meet several industrialists on Monday (November 3) and invite them to the CII Partnership Summit - 2025 being held in Visakhapatnam on November 14 and 15. He is scheduled to meet Chris Fitzgerald, group director (International Affairs) of Octopus Energy, Ashok Hinduja, chairperson, Hinduja Group of Companies (India), Prakash Hinduja, chairperson, Hinduja Group (Europe) and Shom Hinduja, founder of Hinduja Renewable. Besides, the CM will call on Nikki Grady-Smith, group chief transformation officer, Rolls Royce, and Sailesh Hiranandani, chairman, SRAM and MRAM. He will also meet Sampathkumar Mallaya, chairman of Samko Holdings Limited, and its CEO Vaidyanathan and director Ashwini Sampath Kumar. Later, the CM will participate in a CII Roundtable, and in the evening, meet Vikram Doraiswami, Indian High Commissioner. On November 4, Mr. Naidu will address the Golden Peacock Awards Nite as the chief guest and travel to Langley, Buckinghamshire. He will land in Hyderabad on November 6.

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