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Hindustan Times
26-05-2025
- Hindustan Times
Trip finally out of group chat? 6 smart hacks and 4 mistakes every Gen Z planning gateway with friends should know
Is the ZNMD/YJHD trip you and your friends have been romanticising finally out of the group chat? After months of back-and-forth planning over the destination, endless rants about convincing parents, and the classic 'who's in, who's out' drama, it's finally time to turn those late-night chats into real memories. Now that the wheels are in motion, it's time to be a smart Gen Z and make sure the trip is not just fun, but also affordable and fuss-free. ALSO READ: Always overpacking your travel itinerary? Here's how to plan according to your family size Dharamveer Singh Chouhan, CEO and Co-Founder of Zo World and Zo Trips, shared a detailed guide with us that covers everything, from smart travel hacks to mistakes you absolutely cannot afford to make on your trip. Here's the guide:
Miami Herald
07-03-2025
- Sport
- Miami Herald
Kelly: An ideal free agent plan to save the Miami Dolphins
The Miami Dolphins might have been rated the best franchise in the NFL by the players when it comes to everything that's not related to on-field performance, but even Stevie Wonder can see that Steve Ross' franchise has a culture problem. Coach Mike McDaniel's player empowerment approach blew up in his face last season, and since a leopard can't change its spots overnight don't expect McBuddy to instantly get tough on his players, whom he views as partners and shareholders of the team. What we should expect is an influx of newcomers, and hopefully they are players who don't just bark, but also bite. Disgruntled receiver Tyreek Hill said 'we need more dawgs' this offseason on one of his Twitch rants, and I happen to agree wholeheartedly with Hill, who was frustrated by Miami's disappointing 8-9 season last year. My free agency approach next week would focus on adding more dawgs. 1. Miami has already shaken down Terron Armstead and Bradley Chubb, creating roughly $25 million in cap space to use this offseason after tendering Kader Kohou, a restricted free agent. But I wouldn't stop there. I would give linebacker Jordyn Brooks a $6 million roster bonus, lowering his base salary to create another $5.7 million in cap space, and I'm borrowing from the bank of Tua Tagovailoa, reworking his contract to create another $15 million to $19 million in cap space. While that approach might have consequences for the future regarding how long Tagovailoa's on the books for (after the 2026 season), that's the next general manager and head coach's problem since a losing season virtually ensures everyone is fired based on Ross' status-quo-won't do mandate. 2. Speaking of Tagovailoa, last season should have taught everyone what happens to the Dolphins when there isn't a quality backup quarterback. Since Grier shouldn't be allowed to pick another quarterback for this franchise (yes, the trade for Josh Rosen in 2019 counts) I'm going the veteran route and sticking with players familiar with McDaniel's offense such as Jimmy Garoppolo (43-21 record as a starter in 11 seasons), Joshua Dobbs (backup for 49ers last season) and Trey Lance (selected second overall by 49ers in the 2021 NFL draft, but lost his starting job to Brock Purdy). Garoppolo and Dobbs both get the Mike White offer (two-year, $8 million, with $4 million guaranteed), and whoever accepts it first becomes Tagovailoa's backup. Teddy Bridgewater would be my break-in-case of emergency veteran quarterbacks. Shouldn't be too hard to convince him to come back up Tagovailoa for $2 million again. 3. Fixing the trenches should be Miami's top priority, and I'm starting with the defensive line. The Dolphins have lusted after recently released Commanders defensive tackle Jonathan Allen for years, since he entered the draft process. Even though Allen missed half of the 2024 season with a torn pectoral muscle he was impactful when on the field, especially against the run, and has delivered 42 sacks in eight seasons. I would offer this 30-year-old a three-year deal worth $36 million, with $22 million of it being guaranteed. If competition forces a bigger bid, I would go as high as $14 million a season, but no further. Re-signing Calais Campbell would also be high on my agenda, and I would try to entice the 17-year veteran with a one-year, incentive-laden deal that has a $5 million base. Campbell's chasing a ring, but guaranteed money should get his attention. His relationship with McDaniel and defensive coordinator Anthony Weaver might convince him to give Miami one more season, and I believe his presence, and that of Armstead, is critical to McDaniel's survival because those two are last season's alpha leaders. I would also advocate for the re-signing of Raekwon Davis, who was released by the Indianapolis Colts earlier this week, and the signing of Mario Edwards, a South Florida native who has started 45 games in his 10 NFL seasons. 4. Fixing the offensive line in free agency might be tricky because everything available is either going to be overpriced, aged or come with some baggage. The Dolphins don't believe in paying big money to an offensive guard, and haven't for decades, so don't expect a deal to be north of $10 million a season. It's more realistic that Miami will sign a second-tier free agent guard or two for the three-year, $21 million contract ($10.2 million) they gave center Aaron Brewer last season. San Francisco's Aaron Banks, Pittsburgh's James Daniels and Baltimore's Patrick Mekhari would be my top targets, but I wouldn't get into a bidding war for any of those guards. I'm not afraid to re-sign Isaiah Wynn and Robert Jones to one-year, $2 million deals, and then address the position in the draft with a pick in the first two rounds such as Texas' Kelvin Banks Jr., LSU's Will Campbell, Missouri's Armand Membou, Alabama's Tyler Booker, North Dakota State's Greg Zabel and Ohio State's Donovan Jackson, and with lower-tier free agent such as Laken Tomlinson. Some might be old, but old typically means cheaper. 5. It has been made abundantly clear that Jevon Holland will be playing elsewhere in 2025 for various reasons, but mainly his asking price. The Dolphins would rather get a possible compensatory pick for losing Holland than pay him $14 million-plus a season. That leaves Miami shopping for two safeties since Jordan Poyer's days as an NFL starter are in his past. 49ers safety Talanoa Hufanga would be my top choice at safety, but I can't help but think former Pro Bowler Justin Simmons still has some good years left in his legs despite being 31. Miami needs a veteran safety to show the youngsters the way, and re-signing Elijah Campbell, a core special teams contributor, would also be high on my to-do list. 6. Speaking of players to re-sign, Miami should make an effort to retain free agent inside linebacker Tyrel Dodson, and Anthony Walker Jr., but not make crazy offers. Walker deserves a slight bump up from the one-year, $1.2 millions contract he signed with Miami last offseason. The Dolphins should also extend one-year, $2 million offers to linebacker Duke Riley (core special teamer), Benito Jones (decent nose tackle, but not a legit NFL starter), Da'Shawn Hand (defensive lineman with upside), receiver D'Wayne Eskridge (speedy receiver with returner skills), cornerback Siran Neal (one of the NFL's best special teams gunners) and tailback Jeff Wilson Jr. (massively underutilized). I would also wait till the second week of free agency to bargain shop at cornerback, receiver (bring back Mack Hollins), inside linebacker, safety, guard and all over spots, signing up the best free agents that don't find work quickly.
Yahoo
13-02-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Trump Complains About Magnets in Unintelligible Rant
Donald Trump complained about a 'new theory' about magnets during a rant about Boeing, while answering questions that were not about magnets or Boeing at all. After swearing in Tulsi Gabbard Wednesday as his new director of national intelligence, the president embarked on a winding hour-long question-and-answer session with reporters, where he alleged that 'billions and billions of dollars' had been 'thrown away illegally.' Trump threw the blame around widely, alleging massive fraud at the Department of Education, until the weave found its way to Boeing, the airplane manufacturer that produces the Boeing 747 the president flies on. Trump spoke at length and to little effect about how he was 'not happy about that whole thing.' 'We signed a very strong contract, I signed a guaranteed maximum contract which they haven't seen in a long time. And they're saying they're getting hurt by it,' Trump ranted, saying that Boeing wanted 'more money.' 'But they have to produce the product and we expect them to produce the product. They have to produce the product, they agreed to build planes at a certain price,' Trump rambled. 'They're not used to that. They're used to having time and material contracts where whatever it costs time and material. No dates. No anything. And it ends up costing five times more.' Trump's comments about cheaping out on Boeing are particularly disturbing considering recent allegations that the company might have cut corners during the production of its 737 Max 9 planes. In any case, it seems that reflecting about things that end up being more expensive than you might expect sent Trump's brain careening into one of his old rants about magnets on boats. 'Take a look at the Gerald Ford, the aircraft carrier, the Ford. It was supposed to cost $3 billion. It ends up costing like $18 billion,' Trump said. 'And they make, of course, all electric catapults which don't work.' The USS Gerald R. Ford actually cost roughly $13 billion to make, and it's certainly not clear that its Electromagnetic Aircraft Launch System doesn't work. But the president wasn't done. 'And they have all magnetic elevators to lift up 25 planes at a time, 20 planes at a time. And instead of using hydraulic, like on tractors that can handle anything from hurricanes to lightning to anything, they use magnets,' Trump said. 'It's a new theory. Magnets are going to lift the planes up, and it doesn't work. And they had billions and billions of dollars of cost overruns,' he said. While the production of the ship was delayed and experienced cost overruns, it's not entirely clear why Trump has decided that the magnets on these ships don't work. But, he has talked incoherently about this technology before. In January 2024, Trump baselessly claimed that magnets stop working when placed in water, and therefore were a stupid thing to put on a boat. When weaving his way through his grievances, the president's mind has a tendency to repeat the hits, even the more inane ones. 'You look at the kind of waste, fraud, and abuse that this country is going through. And we have to straighten it out,' Trump concluded.
CBC
10-02-2025
- Entertainment
- CBC
Kanye West's X account goes dark after days of antisemitic, racist, misogynistic rants
WARNING: This story contains offensive language. Less than a week after musician Kanye West started blasting his 34 million social media followers with a series of antisemitic, misogynistic and racist posts, his X account appears to have been deactivated. West, who now goes by Ye, has seen his reputation plummet in recent years due to his antisemitic statements and controversial actions. He posted a final series of rants about musicians Taylor Swift and Kendrick Lamar during the Super Bowl on Sunday. He criticized Swift for singing along to Lamar's halftime show, writing that "Kendrick is being used by these white people and Jews and so am I." He also posted that Lamar should use his halftime platform to call for the release of rapper Sean "Diddy" Combs, who is being held in jail awaiting trial for sexual offences, including sex trafficking. By Sunday afternoon, X owner Elon Musk had unfollowed Ye and said his account was now classified "NSFW" (not safe for work). "Given what he has posted, his account is now classified as NSFW. You should not be seeing that anymore," Musk wrote in response to a follower who complained that Ye was posting "literal porn on the timeline." A few hours later, Ye said his goodbyes, and then his account went dark. "I'm logging out of Twitter. I appreciate Elon for allowing me to vent. It has been very cathartic to use the world as a sounding board," Ye wrote in his final post, according to multiple media outlets. Ye's former account now simply says, "this account does not exist." None of his past posts are visible. CBC News has reached out to X for comment on whether Ye was banned or deleted his account, but has not received a response. According to X's online help centre, account owners have the ability to deactivate their account at any time, that and when an account owner deactivates their account, "the page will be rendered as unavailable." The corresponding example image is identical to how Ye's account now appears. Previously locked out of Twitter for antisemitic comments Ye was previously locked out of Twitter (now known as X) and Instagram in 2022 for antisemitic posts. In 2023, X reactivated Ye's account. Ye has a long history of offensive and antisemitic comments, including repeated praise of Adolf Hitler and the Nazis. He also once suggested slavery was a choice and called the COVID-19 vaccine "the mark of the beast." In October 2022, he was criticized for wearing a "White Lives Matter" T-shirt at his Paris Fashion Week show and tweeted threats to Jewish people. Later that month, the Balenciaga fashion house cut ties with Ye and he lost the lucrative partnership with Adidas — which helped catapult him to billionaire status — over his remarks. In late 2023, Ye went on an antisemitic rant in Las Vegas while promoting his album Vultures. In the rant, he made insidious insinuations about Jewish influence and compared himself to Jesus Christ and Adolf Hitler. Adidas cuts ties with Kanye West over antisemitic comments 2 years ago Duration 2:04 Adidas has cut ties with Ye, the rapper formerly known as Kanye West, after he made antisemitic comments both online and in interviews. It's the latest in a string of blows for ye following his recent comments, including being dropped by his talent agency. Ye's behaviour was back in the public eye last week. First, for his appearance at the Grammys with his wife, model Bianca Censori, who walked the red carpet in a completely sheer dress, leaving her essentially naked, as Ye looked on. Then, for revealing in a podcast that he was diagnosed with autism, and suggesting it was to blame for some of his past behaviour. Starting last Thursday and ending Sunday, Ye posted a series of rants on X that repeatedly berated Jewish people, mentioned the Holocaust and praised Hitler, among other topics. Included among the many all-caps posts last Thursday and Friday, he wrote that he doesn't trust Jewish people, "I'm racist" and "I love Hitler. Now what, bitches." He also wrote that he was "never apologizing for my Jewish comments." Ye 'actively endangering Jews' On Friday, the American Jewish Committee released a statement condemning Ye for continuing to "purposefully use his platform to spew anti-Jewish hatred." "While some may dismiss his hateful rants, we cannot overlook the dangerous influence they can have on his millions of followers, particularly on social media, where a significant portion of today's antisemitism thrives," the AJC wrote. "Hate, left unchecked, only multiplies. At a time when antisemitism is skyrocketing to terrifying levels worldwide, Ye is actively endangering Jews." Friends actor David Schwimmer is among those who called on Musk to ban Ye from X. In an Instagram post Sunday, Schwimmer wrote, "we can't stop a deranged bigot from spewing hate filled, ignorant bile… but we CAN stop giving him a megaphone, Mr. Musk." "Kanye West has 32.7 million followers on your platform, X. That's twice as many people than the number of Jews in existence," Schwimmer wrote. On Friday, in response to a follower on X who posted about "Kanye's attention-seeking meltdown," calling it "deranged," Musk replied, "indeed."
