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[allAfrica] Cape Town -- "We are gathering to celebrate African innovators who are developing innovations that heal our planet, create local jobs, and safeguard our communities."

[Nile Post] Pneumonia remains one of the leading causes of death among children under five in Uganda, despite being largely preventable.

[This Day] Kenya's Ruth Chepngetich took almost two minutes off the world record at the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, winning the World Athletics Platinum Label road race in 2:09:56 on Sunday (13).

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenyan athletes lining up for Sunday evening's Chicago Marathon are looking to earn success in dedication to the late World Record Holder Kevin Kiptum, who died early this year in a road accident in Iten.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Ruth Chepngetich became the first woman to ever run a marathon in under two hours and 10 minutes, as she broke the world record in a time of 2:09:56 on her way to winning the Chicago Marathon on Sunday.

[Nile Post] As an Olympic gold medalist, Cheptegei's initiative aims to promote athletics in Uganda while supporting important social and environmental causes.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Benson Kipruto has been nominated for World Athletics Out of Stadium Male Athlete of the Year award.

[The Herald] Triathlon Zimbabwe national coach Pamela Fulton believes the Junior Schools Series which got underway on Sunday at Mount Pleasant pool could be a game changer in the country's efforts to increase the sport's participation.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- World record holder for the women's marathon, Ruth Chepng'etich, and her compatriot for the women's 10km, Agnes Ngetich have been nominated for World Athletics' Out of Stadium Female Athlete of the Year award.

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- The Embassy of France in Liberia is proud to sponsor the Liberia Marathon, reaffirming its commitment to promoting sports and community development in the country.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Sheila Chepkirui held off a stiff challenge from fellow countrywoman, Hellen Obiri, to win the New York Marathon on Sunday -- her first-ever World Marathon Majors triumph.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Kenya's Evans Chebet and Albert Korir claimed two of the three podium places at the New York Marathon in a thrilling men's race on Sunday.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Stakeholders in Kenyan athletics have heightened the war against gender-based violence (GBV) with the establishment of a hotline to assist those in distress.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- World record holder for the women's marathon, Ruth Chepng'etich, is the only Kenyan in the final list of nominees for the World Athletics athletes of the year awards.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Athletics Kenya (AK) director of youth development Barnaba Korir has bemoaned the increasing mistrust certain athletes have towards the federation.

[The Herald] Blessing Waison and Phillipa Dube were yesterday crowned champions for this year's First Mutual Marathon at Old Georgians Sports Club.

[Leadership] Former President Goodluck Jonathan has urged President Donald Trump to promote the cause for global peace, stability and progress.

[Africa CDC] With antimicrobial resistance (AMR) now a leading threat to public health in Africa--causing more fatalities than HIV, TB, and malaria combined--a new surveillance guidance released in October aims to tackle the growing threat of AMR on the continent.

[allAfrica] This election didn't make Kamala Harris America's first female president, but what her campaign achieved reaches far beyond the vote count. As the former president of Liberia and the first woman elected to lead an African nation, I know what it means to take on a challenge where the odds feel stacked against you.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Four-time Boston Marathon champion Catherine Ndereba has urged male athletes going through gender based violence (GBV) and other challenges to speak out.

[The Herald] the partnership between the National Athletics Association of Zimbabwe (NAAZ) and Netherlands-based athletes' manager Charles Paanakker will open doors for local athletes, according to the head of national event coaches team for middle and long-distance runners, Benson Chauke believes.

[The Conversation Africa] We're increasingly aware of how misinformation can influence elections. About 73% of Americans report seeing misleading election news, and about half struggle to discern what is true or false.

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Researchers have developed a nanoscale sensor that detects lung cancer simply by analyzing the levels of a chemical called isoprene in your breath. The team believes its breakthrough could unlock a non-invasive, low-cost method to catch the disease early, and potentially save a lot of lives.

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From washing urinals to tidying up the beach, we can already see a future where our robot servants help keep our world a little cleaner. Now, a robotic arm has mastered the surprisingly complex task of sink washing, showing off its ability to learn.

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For almost all sports, training involves some combination of speed, strength, balance, coordination and/or force. That's where the CatchPad comes in, as it's designed to help athletes hone those skills wherever they want, without a human coach.

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This was filmed by Nathan Hopkinson, an 11 year old boy who traveled with his camera for his Belize Vacation and edited this movie himself. Good work Nathan and thks for the video.

As such Bhagwat knows that Modi has fulfilled the Hindutva agenda in the best possible way.

“Lord” George Sanger was about as close to an A-list celebrity as one could be in Victorian Britain. He traveled the country bringing his beloved circus from town to town, astounding everyone from lowly laborers to royalty. Clever, cheeky, and possessing a natural talent for showmanship, Sanger has often drawn comparisons to P.T. Barnum. However, […]

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After having run wonderfully well for nearly its entire duration with us, the Ather 450X Gen 3 is unfortunately returning to its maker on the back of a flatbed, having thrown up a rather unusual glitch at the end of its tenure. As described in our previous report, the scooter downloads and installs updates overnight, but only completes the process the next time you turn the scooter on. Having returned from 10 days outside the country, I turned the Ather’s key on to be greeted with a message about the scooter completing an update. However, after remaining on this screen for about 5 minutes, the scooter then delivered a message saying that the update could not be completed, following which the TFT display showed the regular home screen.

When trying to put the scooter into a forward riding mode, it refused to cooperate. The process to start riding involves simultaneously pressing a brake lever and the starter button. But even after doing this, the scooter remains in Park mode, and keeps flashing a message saying “Press Brake + Start”. Neither a hard reset nor a full shutdown and restart has been able to rectify this issue. And an attempt to reinstall the latest update was thwarted by the fact that the Ather Connect subscription for our scooter has expired, removing many of the TFT screen’s features, including OTA updates. Speaking to the company, we are told that the glitch has been caused by the fact that the Ather Connect subscription has expired.

Ultimately, this experience serves as a prudent reminder. All the smart and connected tech that’s being showered on e-scooters these days certainly brings in a great deal of convenience and security. But at the same time, it also brings with it increased complexity, and the potential for software errors and glitches like this to present themselves. In extreme cases, these can prove to be a serious safety issue, as we’ve seen with the Ola S1 Pro – going backwards while being in a forward riding mode and vice versa. And in less severe (but still quite upsetting) cases like on the Ather, they can leave you and your vehicle stranded, even though its battery is full of juice.

For the most part, the 450X’s software package has proven to be one of the more robust and bug-free systems around, but clearly, even the best in the business is not entirely free from flaws. Software glitch aside, the 450X has proven to be an excellent companion on daily commutes. Its combination of zippy performance, extremely accurate range predictions and a slick user experience have been an absolute delight. Many of these highlights are also present on the more recent and more affordable 450S, but that scooter removes some of the excess complexity by sporting a simpler LCD screen in place of the TFT. It will be joining our long-term fleet soon, so stay tuned for a detailed account of how that scooter fares in the long run.

With the festive season upon us, it’s time to give the humble bathroom a makeover. Try out trendy fixtures and moisture-resistant paint

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Kerala’s much-loved cookbook author, Annamma Mathew, more popularly known as Mrs K M Mathew’s culinary legacy comes alive in a new book

Take the ‘Death Stairs’ if You Dare  The New York Times

1. Fantasy football rankings Week 11: Sleepers, projections, starts, Russell Wilson, Calvin Ridley and more - The Athletic  The New York Times
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The depth and detail in this paper (8 page PDF) are daunting, but the gist, as summarized in this post, is straightforward: provided only with observations of a human cleaning (" using a so-called instrumented tool, which is a standard tool equipped with additional sensors") the front of an ordinary sink, a robot arm learn to clean entire sinks with varying surface topology. "The model implicitly learned the correct
tool orientation and position w.r.t. the freeform 3D surface." Michael Franco speculates, "a fleet of robots could learn the basic moves from each other through what's known as 'federated learning' and then they could apply those moves to their individual, specified tasks."

What difference would it make to be able to unlock ocean data at scale? How would deploying hundreds of marine sensing platforms improve marine weather predictability and accuracy? A company named Sofar is answering some of those questions these days due to their capacity to use real-time data to improve ... [continued]

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This year, the U.S. has faced extreme weather, including record heatwaves and intense hurricanes, like Idalia, causing widespread disruptions and power outages. In August 2024, Hurricane Idalia alone left over 2.4 million homes and businesses without power​. As these natural disasters become more frequent, the vulnerability of traditional electricity grids ... [continued]

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PHP is highly in demand and rightly so. It’s the most widely used programming language for web development. Most of the successful websites are built using PHP, and there is no doubt that PHP is attracting many new programmers towards the server-side scripting language. If you are one of the enthusiast learners keen to pick …

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Fr. Stephen looks at the virtue of humility and its place in the life of Orthodox Christianity, suggesting that it is our only path towards union with God.