Tokyo 2020 logo satire pulled after furor
A media association has withdrawn its coronavirus-themed parody of the Tokyo 2020 Olympics logo after the local organizing committee called it offensive and a violation of copyright.The Foreign Correspondents’ Club Japan had published on its website and in-house magazine a design adding protrusions to the circular Olympics logo in imitation of a COVID-19 particle.”It’s very offensive … when you consider the people of the world who have suffered from the coronavirus,” the Tokyo 2020 Organizing Committee CEO Toshiro Muto told reporters on Thursday. He said it was an infringement of copyright but did not threaten legal action.The press club quickly removed the design and apologized.”We would like to express our sincere regrets to anyone who may have [been] offended on all sides of this issue and to anyone who lost someone, let me express the deepest condolences,” said club president Khaldon Azhari.The Olympics have been postponed until July next year due to the coronavirus, which has killed about 800 people and infected 17,000 in Japan, though now doubts are growing over that timetable due to the protracted pandemic.Azhari, speaking to media also on Thursday, said legal experts had advised the club would not have a strong case on the copyright issue and anyway did not consider it appropriate to enter a dispute during the pandemic. Topics :
Arsenal issue Alexandre Lacazette injury update ahead of Sheffield United clash Alexandre Lacazette has missed Arsenal’s last seven matches with an ankle injury (Picture: Getty)Arsenal will give Alexandre Lacazette every possible chance to prove his fitness ahead of Monday’s Premier League match against Sheffield United on Monday.The France international striker suffered an ankle injury in pre-season and managed just three appearances before the issue reoccurred during the north London derby against Tottenham.Lacazette has missed Arsenal’s last seven matches in all competitions but has used the current two-week international break to build up his fitness in time for the Premier League resumption.The former Lyon star was not risked in last Friday’s behind-closed-doors friendly against Reading – a game which featured the likes of Mesut Ozil, Kieran Tierney, Rob Holding and Hector Bellerin – but is understood to be close to making his first team return.AdvertisementAdvertisementADVERTISEMENTA statement on Arsenal’s website read: ‘Alex is progressing well and is back in full training. Decision on his participation for Monday’s match at Sheffield United will be made in the forthcoming days.’Reiss Nelson, meanwhile, will be unavailable until November at the earliest following the knee injury he picked up against Standard Liege, while several of Arsenal’s international contingent are not expected to report back for duty until tomorrow.Monday’s opponents, meanwhile, have made an impressive start to life back in the top flight, holding Chelsea to a 2-2 draw at Stamford Bridge and coming as close as anyone to halting Liverpool’s record breaking winning run.More: Arsenal FCArsenal flop Denis Suarez delivers verdict on Thomas Partey and Lucas Torreira movesThomas Partey debut? Ian Wright picks his Arsenal starting XI vs Manchester CityArsene Wenger explains why Mikel Arteta is ‘lucky’ to be managing Arsenal‘We’re competitive and we fancy our chances,’ United manager Chris Wilder told Sky Sports, sensing an upset. ‘We’re bullish as you can obviously imagine because that’s the approach that we take and how we were [in a 1-0 loss] against Liverpool. ‘The crowd have been absolutely amazing at home, because they know how important it is for them to be on the front foot and make it hostile, noisy.‘The last manager who came here [Jurgen Klopp] commented on it as well, which was a real pat on the back for the way our ground is set up and the atmosphere that’s inside it.‘We’ll need it Monday night and I’m sure that will happen. A night game at Bramall Lane under the lights, it’s something we’re really looking forward to and getting after the opposition, but understanding the quality they’ve got.’Should Lacazette start against Sheffield UnitedYes0%No0%Share your resultsShare your resultsTweet your resultsMORE: Mesut Ozil hits back at Arsenal legends who have criticised his fitness recordMORE: Martin Keown hails ‘proper striker’ Eddie Nketiah after Arsenal star’s hat-trick for England U21s against Austria Metro Sport ReporterThursday 17 Oct 2019 10:23 amShare this article via facebookShare this article via twitterShare this article via messengerShare this with Share this article via emailShare this article via flipboardCopy link4.2kShares Advertisement
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Chinese oil producer CNOOC Limited recorded an increase in its oil and gas sales revenues during the third quarter of 2017 helped by higher prices, despite lower domestic output. For the third quarter of the year, the company achieved a total net production of 116.2 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE), representing a decrease of 1.3% year over year (YoY).Production from offshore China decreased 2.4% YoY to 73.8 million BOE, mainly due to production decline of producing fields. Overseas production increased 0.7% YoY to 42.4 million BOE.For the third quarter of the year, the unaudited oil and gas sales revenue of the company reached approximately RMB 35.94 billion, representing an increase of 16.9% YoY, mainly due to the increase of average realized oil and gas prices.During the period, the company’s average realized oil price increased 20.4% YoY to $50.87 per barrel, mainly due to the increased international oil prices. The company’s average realized gas price was $6.05 per thousand cubic feet, representing an increase of 15.9% YoY, mainly due to the increasing percentage of sale volume of high-price in project offshore China and the rise of benchmark gas prices overseas.During the period, the company made five new discoveries and drilled nine successful appraisal wells. Successful appraisal of Wushi 16-1W is expected to promote the development of Wushi oilfield Phase II and build it into a mid-to-large size oilfield. In overseas, new progress of exploration in Stabroek block has been made, including the successful appraisal well Payara-2 and the new discovery well Turbot-1.To date, four out of five new projects planned for this year have started production. Weizhou 12-2 oil field Phase II is under installation and commissioning and expected to start production within the year.For the third quarter of the year, the company’s capital expenditure reached approximately RMB 11.78 billion, almost flat from the same period of last year.
NZ Herald 19 July 2012About 50 residential brothels in the central Auckland area have been raided in the past year after 95 complaints were made to the Auckland Council. Council resource consents manager David Oakhill said the complaints related mainly to breaches of district plan rules, such as brothels operating in residential areas. “A number of these complaints were found to be well-founded and we took appropriate action, either to close the operation or ask the operator to formalise the activity through resource consent,” said Mr Oakhill. He said police were called during six of the raids after the operators refused to let council officers on to their properties…. The Prostitutes Collective says the raids are turning more prostitutes to the streets.http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10820548
Media Release SayNopeToDope NZ 31 July 2020The SayNopeToDope Campaign is warning that legalisation of cannabis will make our roads more unsafe, and roadside drug testing will do little to mitigate these harms.“The rights of people to be safe on the road outweighs the right to get high. If a person has THC in their system, we don’t want them on the road endangering other drivers and families. The international research is clear on the harm that legalisation of cannabis will bring to our roads,” says SayNopeToDope campaign spokesperson Aaron Ironside.In Canada, a quarter of Canadians aged 18 to 34 have driven after consuming cannabis or been a passenger in a vehicle driven by someone under the influence of cannabis, in a new survey released in December (2019) by the Canadian Automobile Association (CAA). 86% of young Canadians said it is important to find alternative ways to get home when they drink alcohol, but only 70% of them believe it is important to do so after using cannabis.In a study done in New Zealand by six Australian health researchers, it found that habitual users of marijuana have about 10 times the risk of car crash injury or death compared to infrequent or non-users. Those users who crashed had smoked marijuana within three hours of their accidents.”A study in 2017 by the University of Waikato found that nearly half of Kiwi cannabis users don’t think twice about driving after smoking, and that while nearly three-quarters (73.6%) of drinkers had made a decision not to drive after drinking, only 57% of cannabis smokers had made the same call.And while many factors contribute to pedestrian fatalities, it turns out that US states that legalised marijuana for medical and/or recreational use saw a 16.4 percent surge in such deaths in the first six months of 2017 compared to the first six months of 2016, while nonlegal states saw a drop of 5.8 percent in pedestrian fatalities over the same time.Since recreational marijuana was legalised in Colorado, marijuana related traffic deaths increased 151%, more than doubling from 55 in 2013 to 138 people killed in 2017. The percent of traffic fatalities that involved drivers intoxicated with marijuana in Colorado rose by 86% between 2013 and 2017, with over one-fifth of all traffic fatalities involving a driver testing positive for marijuana by 2017.According to AAA, Washington State experienced a doubling in drugged-driving fatalities in the years following legalisation. The number of fatally injured drivers positive for marijuana in the state more than doubled following marijuana legalisation, reaching 17% in 2014. The latest AAA Foundation research (2020) found that between 2008 and 2012 – the five-year period before the drug was legal – an estimated 8.8% of Washington drivers involved in fatal crashes were positive for THC. That rate rose to 18% between 2013 and 2017. In Massachusetts, marijuana is the most common drug found in drivers involved in fatal Massachusetts crashes. Cannabis was found in 175 — 31% — of the 572 drivers involved in fatal crashes from 2013 to 2017, according to the Executive Office of Public Safety and Security.Nick Leggett who is the CEO of the Road Transport Forum recently wrote in transporttalk: “Already the number of people being killed by drug impaired drivers on New Zealand roads is higher than those killed by drivers above the legal alcohol limit. There have been years and years of media campaigns to stop people drinking and driving, but still they do it. So, what is planned to educate people on taking drugs and driving? Higher risk on the roads automatically means higher insurance premiums across the board – insurance is risk priced and you pay on probability… We don’t want New Zealand’s truck drivers, who are just going about their work delivering all New Zealanders the goods they need, to be the casualty of poorly thought out laws.” READ MORE https://saynopetodope.org.nz/driving-stoned/
WACO, Texas (July 15) – Four IMCA drivers won championships and three of them will receive pro-rated bonus points for their Texas Lone Star Series titles.The series ended with July 4 and 5 shows at Heart O’ Texas Speedway; the July 3 event at Cotton Bowl Speedway was rained out and will not be rescheduled.Josh McGaha’s two feature wins over the course of the Modified series gave him the tie-breaking edge over Keith White. Jason Batt topped point standings for the Wild Child Race Cars-sponsored series Stock Car series and Jake Upchurch paced points for the Southwest Racing Specialties-sponsored Southern SportMod Series. A minimum of eight events must be scheduled and held for full bonus points to be awarded and applied to national and regional standings. McGaha, Batt and Upchurch will each receive pro-rated bonus points (87.5 percent of the average car count up to 20) in addition to their shares of series point funds. Jeremy Oliver is champion of the Hobby Stock series. No bonus points will be awarded or point fund paid because that division had only seven events scheduled, six of which were actually held. All four drivers will receive championship jackets and plaques. McGaha, Batt and Oliver all become eligible to qualify for their respective races of champions at the upcoming IMCA Speedway Motors Super Nationals fueled by Casey’s. Top 10 Series Point Standings Modifieds – 1. Josh McGaha, Abilene, 254 (two feature wins); 2. Keith White, Little River Academy, 254 (no feature wins); 3. J.P. Dowell, Killeen, 212; 4. Chad Melton, Springtown, 194; 5. Joe Spillman, Marble Falls, 168; 6. Ben Ketteman, Pflugerville, 168; 7. Glen Hibbard, Euless, 156; 8. Dean Abbey, Waco, 149; 9. Mike McCarthy, Hutto, 142; 10. Justin Radcliff, China Spring, 137. Stock Cars – 1. Jason Batt, Harker Heights, 248; 2. Tristan Carman, Killeen, 203; 3. Gabe Tucker, Carbon, 185; 4. Billy Wade, San Angelo, 172; 5. Dennis Bissonnette, Stephenville, 168; 6. Kirk Martin, Weatherford, 163; 7. Damon Hammond, Burleson, 153; 8. Matt Guillaume, Haslet, 145; 9. Colby Deming, Hobbs, N.M., 122; 10. Jeff Bauser, Belton, 119.Southern SportMods – 1. Jake Upchurch, Grand Prairie, 240; 2. Jeffrey Abbey, Comanche, 201; 3. Justin Long, Haslet, 197; 4. Gabe Tucker, Carbon, 185; 5. Brad Shirley, Springtown, 158; 6. Justin Cass, Abilene, 154; 7. Mark Patterson, Abilene, 149; 8. Allen Montgomery, Fort Worth, 145; 9. David Goode Jr., Temple, 138; 10. Jarrett Roberts, Temple, 129. Hobby Stocks – 1. Jeremy Oliver, Chilton, 218; 2. April Phillips, Abilene, 166; 3. Jamie Herring, Killeen, 159; 4. Westin Abbey, Comanche, 153; 5. Brandon Geurin, Waco, 114; 6. Brock Beeter, Minot, N.D., 111; 7. Eric Stanton, Carlisle, Iowa, 110; 8. Mike Watkins, Hawley, 106; 9. Rodney Sparks, Hawley, 103; 10. Andy Roller, Waco, 101.
Arsenal midfielder Santi Cazorla has quashed speculation that he is heading for the exit door at the Emirates stadium. However, the 28-year-old, who is enjoying the final days of his extended summer holiday before joining up with his club for pre-season training, has reaffirmed his commitment to Arsene Wenger’s side. He told reporters: “There has been a lot of speculation about a move to Atletico Madrid but I’m very happy at Arsenal, I have a contract there and I start training on Monday. “Perhaps I will return to Spain one day, but right now it’s very unlikely.” Atletico’s most significant signings this summer have been Leo Baptistao, who joined for around 7m euros (£6m) from Rayo Vallecano, and David Villa, who arrived from Barcelona for an initial 2.1m euros (£1.8m). Although Cazorla stressed he was not about to link up with his Spain team-mate Villa at the Calderon, he said he was pleased for him. “I’m very happy for Villa, because he had a difficult year with Barcelona due to his injury [a broken leg he suffered in December 2011], but now he’s got another chance to shine again,” he said. And he declared to work extra hard this year for Arsenal so he can be guaranteed a place in Spain’s squad for next year’s World Cup in Brazil, after missing his country’s triumph in South Africa due to a back injury. He said: “I still have unfinished business in the World Cup after missing the last one because of my back. I really want to experience a World Cup, so I have to have a great year with Arsenal. I hope this year is even better than the last.” The Spain international has been linked with a return to his home country, with Atletico Madrid believed to be prepared to launch a bid for him. Atletico coach Diego Simeone has not denied that his side were interested in Cazorla, who joined the Gunners last summer from Malaga for £15million, commenting last week that “anything is possible” when asked about the midfielder. 
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However, Dyche is optimistic that the slack can be picked up elsewhere, despite a run of three successive 0-0 draws in the league. “The incentive is to continue what we are doing but turn the performance level into wins,” he explained. “I have been pleased with the performance level. I think the players have adapted well to the challenge. “It’s that cutting edge and clinical finish that changes a game and we need that to come and there is another chance to do that on Sunday. “I think the stats were 17 efforts on goal against Sunderland and nine on target, which shows we are heading in the right direction. You have to shoot to score and we are doing that.” With Ings and Vokes still some way off returning due to hamstring and knee problems, summer signings Lukas Jutkiewicz and Marvin Sordell will probably spearhead the Clarets’ attack once more in the midlands. Neither has opened their account since arriving at Turf Moor, but their boss believes the team is capable of scoring goals even without their two main marksmen. “It’s a great opportunity for others to come in and do well,” Dyche added. The Clarets have failed to score in any competition since Scott Arfield’s sumptuous opener against Chelsea in their first fixture back in the top flight, and they will head to The Hawthorns having not found the net in over 500 minutes. Their attacking efforts have been further hindered by England Under-21 international Danny Ings joining strike partner Sam Vokes in the treatment room, with Dyche now unable to call upon the pair whose combined 47 goals last season fired Burnley to promotion. “Jutkiewicz has been excellent in the way he has gone about it. He needs that goal, like any other striker, just really to get him going. “Marvin came in last week, (Ashley) Barnes is sitting waiting, George Boyd has got goals in him, we have got goals in Scott Arfield and we know we can score from other areas of the pitch. “We will continue what we are doing, creating chances and make sure one goes in because when one goes in it often changes quickly. Keeping three clean sheets in the Premier League is a difficult task. It’s building on that and making sure we win games. “We are very close but we have to turn that closeness into reality. We are hungry to get that first win because we think that will lead on from there.” From week to week Burnley had the most settled starting line-up in the entire Football League last season, yet they already have a number of injury concerns. Ings, Vokes and Matt Taylor, who has an Achilles problem, will all definitely miss out, while Kieran Trippier (groin), David Jones (thigh) and Dean Marney (hamstring) are nursing minor problems. Loanees Michael Keane and Nathaniel Chalobah, who have yet to appear since their deadline-day switches, are among those waiting in the wings. Sean Dyche remains confident Burnley’s goal drought will soon end as they bid to put a five-game goalless streak behind them at West Brom this Sunday. Press Association
In case you missed it, Broward County issued a emergency order late last week requiring people to wear face coverings while on their own property. Guests must do the same.Yes, you read that correctly.Last Friday, county officials issued emergency order 20-22.Section 4A of the document states that residents of single or multi-family homes must enforce mask mandates on their property at all times, including when they have guests over.The clause itself states:Section 4. Responsibility to Ensure Compliance with Applicable Orders. A. Residential Property Residents. All persons who reside on any residential property, whether single family or multi-family, and irrespective of whether they own or rent the property, must ensure that all persons on the residential property, including guests, comply with all applicable guidelines of any Broward County Emergency Order, including the facial covering requirements. Residents who fail to ensure compliance with all applicable Broward County Emergency Orders by such persons shall be subject to the penalties set forth in Section 8-56 of the Broward County Code of Ordinances, with each person present and in violation of an applicable Emergency Order constituting a separate violation.However, Fort Lauderdale resident Chris Nelson is having none of it.Nelson, who is behind the group “ReOpen South Florida,” plans to sue the county over the requirement, which he says is unconstitutional.“What this is saying is the property owner is responsible for telling everybody, any person on that property, including family plus guests, that they have to wear a mask,” Nelson said. “So basically, if I want to have anybody come over to my house, I have to ensure they wear a mask and if I don’t and my neighbor suspects I’m not and calls the cops, I’m subject to a legal fine for not making people in my own house wear a mask. This steps way over the line.”He staged a protest against the county’s beach closures on the 4th of July, and was arrested last week at a Broward County news conference.#Broward Mayor @HolnessD9 announces Administrative Order 20-22. Details of curfew, limited gatherings, facial coverings at gyms, restrictions on restaurants. Details https://t.co/ADjnhZInGP pic.twitter.com/s32jy1T19X— Broward County Commission (@browardinfo) July 17, 2020 Officials say Nelson was yelling that he felt the new curfew, face covering mandate, and other actions are an intrusion on citizens’ Fourth Amendment rights.Police ordered him to leave, claiming that he was causing a disturbance. Nelson refused to leave at first, but complied when the officer ordered him to place his hands behind his back.Residents who do not follow the mask mandate are “individually liable and subject to civil and criminal penalties” and “each person present in violation of Broward County Emergency Orders constitutes a separate violation subject to a $1,000 fine,” according to a Broward County FAQ page.Nelson goes on to say that Broward County’s order violates constitutional Fourth Amendment rights that protect people from unreasonable searches and seizures by the government. He adds that it also violates the right to privacy in peoples’ homes.“They have gone so overboard with violating the Fourth Amendment,” Nelson says. “The Constitution is still in play, even though people act like it’s not. How do they plan to enforce this without breaking the Fourth Amendment?”Rep. Anthony Sabatini plans to file the lawsuit against the county’s order this week and will represent Nelson’s cause.“I just think it’s a blatant violation of due process,” according to Sabatini. “People have a substantive right of association and reasonable expectation of privacy. This is a radical step in the wrong direction.”He believes the ordinance would allow a suspicious neighbor to call the police on anyone they suspect has more than 10 people inside their home without masks, and could give police probable cause to get a search warrant.“It’s such an invasion of privacy,” he says. “The classic case law in privacy is you have the legitimate expectation of privacy inside your own home.”The suit is the latest example of pushback against local governments’ efforts to stop or slow the spread of the coronavirus, as the state continues to report an increase in cases and deaths. Miami-Dade continues to lead the state in both categories, while Broward has the second-highest number of cases and Palm Beach County is second in terms of fatalities.
New Delhi: Managing class 12 CBSE exams and becoming the youngest IPL debutant at the same time can be a difficult task, but Royal Challengers Bangalore leg-spinner Prayas Ray Barman just did that. Having conceded 0/56 runs from his four overs, the Bengal teenager may not have passed the RCB test with flying colours but his only solace was the entire bowling unit failed as a whole against the assault of the Jonny Bairstow (114) and David Warner (100 not out) as Sunrisers Hyderabad posted 231 for 2 en route to a massive 118-run win. Just a couple of days ago, Prayas, who studies commerce at the Kalyani Public School in Kolkata and was to appear for his Economics paper, on Sunday hit the headlines by becoming the youngest IPL debutant at 16 years and 157 days. The previous youngest was Afghanistan spinner Mujeeb-ur-Rahman at 17 years and 11 days for Kings XI Punjab in IPL 2018.RCB next play Rajasthan Royals on April 2 and the very next day he will again be back in Kolkata for his Entrepreneurship exam on April 4.He will again join the team on the eve of the match against Kolkata Knight Riders on April 5. “It’s tough but he is managing it. He has the full support of the team,” Prayas’s father Dr Kaushik Ray Barman told PTI.”(Virat) Kohli, AB (de Villiers) and (coach Gary) Kirsten are obviously encouraging him at the nets. Obviously, they have seen some potential in him to pick him ahead of the experienced duo of (Pawan) Negi and Washington Sundar.” The call-up was completely unexpected for him as at first the team think-tank had decided to go for a seam-attack but skipper Kohli told Prayas of the debut just minutes before going for the toss, his father revealed. “We were shocked to see his name in the line-up in RCB’s every third match. But he was not nervous,” his dad said.”He told me ‘this was not my standard. I could have done better.’ I told him not to lose heart and keep his focus.This is just the beginning for him. First, he has to cement his place in Bengal then look beyond.”Prayas gave six runs in his maiden IPL over against the likes of Warner and Bairstow but things went haywire after that. The senior Ray Barman said Prayas had a finger bruise that affected him in Sunday’s match.”He was not nervous. He told me the first over was okay but his finger got a bruise in the second over with the seam of the ball and he started bowling over the pitch,” he said.”It was their (Sunrisers’) day. Two batsmen scoring hundreds is very rare in T20 cricket. It was an unforgettable day for all the RCB bowlers. None of them bowled well.” At home, congratulatory messages started pouring him after his name started flashing on TV and later began to trend on Twitter.”You are always lucky if you make full use of your first opportunity. All these congratulatory messages will mean only if he does well. He has to learn more, have to be more focused,” Ray Barman said. For all the Latest Sports News News, Indian Premier League News, Download News Nation Android and iOS Mobile Apps. highlights
Royal Challengers Bangalore lost third consecutive loss. Prayas played his first game against Sunrisers Hyderabad. Prayas will travel to Jaipur for the next game and will travel next day to Kolkata for an exam. 