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Friday, 19 October 2018
Sabarimala: The Indian god who bars women from his temple
The Sabarimala sanctuary in the south Indian province of Kerala this week opened its ways to ladies of any age out of the blue after a noteworthy Supreme Court administering. Anyway no ladies enthusiasts have yet entered as savage dissidents have obstructed their direction.
Two ladies - writer Kavitha Jagdal and social dissident Rehana Fathima - figured out how to achieve the primary sanctuary premises on Thursday. In excess of 100 policemen shielded them from stone-tossing nonconformists as they strolled the last 5km (3-mile) stretch to the sanctuary.
However, they needed to return after a remain off with enthusiasts meters from Sabarimala's sanctum.
The dissidents have likewise included numerous ladies - they have taken an interest in arouses, blocked streets and checked vehicles heading towards the sanctuary to check whether any ladies of a "discharging age" - regarded to be those matured somewhere in the range of 10 and 50 years - were endeavoring to enter.
The sanctuary draws in a great many lovers from the nation over consistently.
Two ladies - writer Kavitha Jagdal and social dissident Rehana Fathima - figured out how to achieve the primary sanctuary premises on Thursday. In excess of 100 policemen shielded them from stone-tossing nonconformists as they strolled the last 5km (3-mile) stretch to the sanctuary.
However, they needed to return after a remain off with enthusiasts meters from Sabarimala's sanctum.
The dissidents have likewise included numerous ladies - they have taken an interest in arouses, blocked streets and checked vehicles heading towards the sanctuary to check whether any ladies of a "discharging age" - regarded to be those matured somewhere in the range of 10 and 50 years - were endeavoring to enter.
The sanctuary draws in a great many lovers from the nation over consistently.
China's third quarter growth misses expectations at 6.5%
China has revealed its slowest quarterly development rate since the worldwide monetary emergency.
The development figure for the July to September quarter was 6.5% from a year sooner, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The outcome missed the mark concerning Reuters examiner figures of 6.6%.
Policymakers have moved to help the cooling economy lately.
China faces rising monetary difficulties including high obligation levels and a strengthening exchange fight with the US.
The effect of the exchange debate with the US is relied upon to weigh on development figures in the coming months.
How China is battling back in the exchange war
Friday's development figure was the slowest quarterly extension since the principal quarter of 2009 - the stature of the worldwide budgetary emergency.
The outcome was additionally a drop from the 6.7% rate in the earlier quarter, however stays in accordance with the administration's entire year focus of around 6.5%.
While China watchers prompt alert with Beijing's authentic GDP numbers, the information is viewed as a helpful marker on the nation's development direction.
The risks of giving an account of China's GDP
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A 'war on two fronts'
Investigation: Karishma Vaswani, Asia business reporter
As one China onlooker let me know amid an ongoing outing to Beijing, the nation was not hoping to battle an exchange war during a period that it was additionally attempting to oversee foundational hazards in the economy.
They don't have a considerable measure of choices on the table. The nation is saddled with exceptional levels of obligation so policymakers are hesitant to take measures to invigorate the economy the manner in which they did after 2008.
It implies that Beijing is battling a war on two fronts, without the majority of the rangers available to its. What's more, it's battling an inexorably unusual and unstable adversary, as a forceful US organization.
None of which looks good for China's financial standpoint.
The development figure for the July to September quarter was 6.5% from a year sooner, the National Bureau of Statistics said. The outcome missed the mark concerning Reuters examiner figures of 6.6%.
Policymakers have moved to help the cooling economy lately.
China faces rising monetary difficulties including high obligation levels and a strengthening exchange fight with the US.
The effect of the exchange debate with the US is relied upon to weigh on development figures in the coming months.
How China is battling back in the exchange war
Friday's development figure was the slowest quarterly extension since the principal quarter of 2009 - the stature of the worldwide budgetary emergency.
The outcome was additionally a drop from the 6.7% rate in the earlier quarter, however stays in accordance with the administration's entire year focus of around 6.5%.
While China watchers prompt alert with Beijing's authentic GDP numbers, the information is viewed as a helpful marker on the nation's development direction.
The risks of giving an account of China's GDP
Picture copyright Getty Images
A 'war on two fronts'
Investigation: Karishma Vaswani, Asia business reporter
As one China onlooker let me know amid an ongoing outing to Beijing, the nation was not hoping to battle an exchange war during a period that it was additionally attempting to oversee foundational hazards in the economy.
They don't have a considerable measure of choices on the table. The nation is saddled with exceptional levels of obligation so policymakers are hesitant to take measures to invigorate the economy the manner in which they did after 2008.
It implies that Beijing is battling a war on two fronts, without the majority of the rangers available to its. What's more, it's battling an inexorably unusual and unstable adversary, as a forceful US organization.
None of which looks good for China's financial standpoint.
South Carolina convicts
Detainees in penitentiaries crosswise over South Carolina have been blamed for coercing cash from US warriors in the wake of acting like young ladies on dating applications, sending bare photographs and afterward requesting installment.
Armed force specialists say they were terrified into paying subsequent to getting messages from somebody putting on a show to be the young lady's dad asserting she was underage.
Endless detainees have taken an interest in the plan since 2015, they include.
Google has been requested to share messages having a place with the supposed con artists.
How did the plan function?
A court order put together by armed force agents and acquired by the BBC said the detainees met troopers web based utilizing cell phone dating applications, specifically one called PlentyOfFish.
In the wake of conveying through instant messages, the troopers would get a spontaneous bare picture of a young lady, an analyst with the US Army Criminal Investigation Command depicted in the warrant submitted to the Charleston government court on 3 October.
That message would be trailed by another from the detainee, who might then put on a show to be the young lady's furious dad, and would request cash in return for not setting off to the police.
"Following a few hours to a few days of messaging, the subject will either send spontaneous naked pictures of a female to the person in question and additionally consent to exchange explicitly express pictures with the person in question," the warrant states.
"The 'father' at that point informs the injured individual that the female is younger than 18," it proceeds.
Armed force specialists say they were terrified into paying subsequent to getting messages from somebody putting on a show to be the young lady's dad asserting she was underage.
Endless detainees have taken an interest in the plan since 2015, they include.
Google has been requested to share messages having a place with the supposed con artists.
How did the plan function?
A court order put together by armed force agents and acquired by the BBC said the detainees met troopers web based utilizing cell phone dating applications, specifically one called PlentyOfFish.
In the wake of conveying through instant messages, the troopers would get a spontaneous bare picture of a young lady, an analyst with the US Army Criminal Investigation Command depicted in the warrant submitted to the Charleston government court on 3 October.
That message would be trailed by another from the detainee, who might then put on a show to be the young lady's furious dad, and would request cash in return for not setting off to the police.
"Following a few hours to a few days of messaging, the subject will either send spontaneous naked pictures of a female to the person in question and additionally consent to exchange explicitly express pictures with the person in question," the warrant states.
"The 'father' at that point informs the injured individual that the female is younger than 18," it proceeds.
4G telephone
A 5.3mm (0.2in) thick 4G telephone has been reported by Japan's greatest telecoms firm NTT Docomo.
The reduced gadget, which will be discharged in Japan one month from now, is intended to fit inside a card holder.
It is a piece of a pattern to offer purported friend cell phones to the individuals who officially claim bigger cell phones.
The telephone weighs 47g (1.6oz) and highlights an electronic-paper touchscreen, like digital books.
It will have constrained usefulness, with calls, writings and a net association yet no camera or office to work with portable applications.
The telephone - named Card Keitai KY-01L - will be made by gadgets firm Kyocera.
The "basic, simple to-convey" card telephone is seen by NTT Docomo as a valuable additional gadget for individuals who have just acquired expansive screen cell phones.
NTT Docomo depicts the portable as the "world's most slender" yet that case is probably going to be questioned by other telephone producers.
The Oppo R5 was 4.85mm thick when it was discharged in 2014, pursued that year by the Vivo X5 Max at 4.75mm.
Furthermore, in 2016, Motorola discharged the Moto Z which was just shy of 5.2mm thick.
The KY-01L will cost 32,000 yen ($280, £216).
Ben Wood, boss expert at research firm CCS Insight, stated: "This whirlwind of alleged friend telephones mirrors the craving of telephone producers to attempt and find new deals openings in an immersed market.
"A little sidekick telephone resembles an engaging thought on paper yet the gadgets have a tendency to be a bargain and besides customers need to pay for them far beyond their current cell phones and frequently requiring extra broadcast appointment expenses as well."
The reduced gadget, which will be discharged in Japan one month from now, is intended to fit inside a card holder.
It is a piece of a pattern to offer purported friend cell phones to the individuals who officially claim bigger cell phones.
The telephone weighs 47g (1.6oz) and highlights an electronic-paper touchscreen, like digital books.
It will have constrained usefulness, with calls, writings and a net association yet no camera or office to work with portable applications.
The telephone - named Card Keitai KY-01L - will be made by gadgets firm Kyocera.
The "basic, simple to-convey" card telephone is seen by NTT Docomo as a valuable additional gadget for individuals who have just acquired expansive screen cell phones.
NTT Docomo depicts the portable as the "world's most slender" yet that case is probably going to be questioned by other telephone producers.
The Oppo R5 was 4.85mm thick when it was discharged in 2014, pursued that year by the Vivo X5 Max at 4.75mm.
Furthermore, in 2016, Motorola discharged the Moto Z which was just shy of 5.2mm thick.
The KY-01L will cost 32,000 yen ($280, £216).
Ben Wood, boss expert at research firm CCS Insight, stated: "This whirlwind of alleged friend telephones mirrors the craving of telephone producers to attempt and find new deals openings in an immersed market.
"A little sidekick telephone resembles an engaging thought on paper yet the gadgets have a tendency to be a bargain and besides customers need to pay for them far beyond their current cell phones and frequently requiring extra broadcast appointment expenses as well."
Facebook knew about errors in the manner in which it gauged what number of individuals saw video on its site for a year longer than it has beforehand conceded, court reports have guaranteed.
Recently discharged papers that are a piece of a US legitimate activity against the informal community, guarantee that it thought about the issues in 2015.
Facebook depicted the argument against it as "without legitimacy".
It said proposals it had attempted to shroud the issue were "false".
In September 2016, Facebook conceded that it had overestimated how much video individuals had looked for the past two years.
"We educated our clients concerning the mistake when we found it - and refreshed our assistance focus to clarify the issue," it said in an announcement.
The blunder influenced a Facebook metric called "normal term of video saw", which should tell distributers for to what extent, by and large, individuals had viewed a video.
Be that as it may, the metric did exclude watchers who had looked for under three seconds in the tally.
Marking down the shorter perspectives - including individuals who had disregarded a video in their news channel - expanded the normal review times for every video.
It was additionally condemned for considering a video being seen following three seconds.
Video money
Presently, a bunch of little promoters are suing Facebook for uncalled for business direct and extortion.
As a major aspect of their case, they have seen a great many inside Facebook records and guarantee these demonstrate the organization thought about the issue in 2015.
The offended parties guarantee that a Facebook designing chief followed up on publicists' protests that dated back to mid 2015, saying there had been "no advancement on the errand for a year".
Facebook built up a "no PR" procedure to abstain from attracting thoughtfulness regarding the blunder, as per the court documenting.
Their case depends on the way that the numbers given by Facebook implied sponsors put more cash into its video advertisements than those on different stages.
Accordingly, Facebook stated: "This claim is without legitimacy and we've recorded a movement to reject these cases of extortion.
"Recommendations that we in any capacity attempted to conceal this issue from our accomplices are false."
Facebook presently has a committed measurements group and enables outsiders and specialists to survey its estimations routinely.
Recently discharged papers that are a piece of a US legitimate activity against the informal community, guarantee that it thought about the issues in 2015.
Facebook depicted the argument against it as "without legitimacy".
It said proposals it had attempted to shroud the issue were "false".
In September 2016, Facebook conceded that it had overestimated how much video individuals had looked for the past two years.
"We educated our clients concerning the mistake when we found it - and refreshed our assistance focus to clarify the issue," it said in an announcement.
The blunder influenced a Facebook metric called "normal term of video saw", which should tell distributers for to what extent, by and large, individuals had viewed a video.
Be that as it may, the metric did exclude watchers who had looked for under three seconds in the tally.
Marking down the shorter perspectives - including individuals who had disregarded a video in their news channel - expanded the normal review times for every video.
It was additionally condemned for considering a video being seen following three seconds.
Video money
Presently, a bunch of little promoters are suing Facebook for uncalled for business direct and extortion.
As a major aspect of their case, they have seen a great many inside Facebook records and guarantee these demonstrate the organization thought about the issue in 2015.
The offended parties guarantee that a Facebook designing chief followed up on publicists' protests that dated back to mid 2015, saying there had been "no advancement on the errand for a year".
Facebook built up a "no PR" procedure to abstain from attracting thoughtfulness regarding the blunder, as per the court documenting.
Their case depends on the way that the numbers given by Facebook implied sponsors put more cash into its video advertisements than those on different stages.
Accordingly, Facebook stated: "This claim is without legitimacy and we've recorded a movement to reject these cases of extortion.
"Recommendations that we in any capacity attempted to conceal this issue from our accomplices are false."
Facebook presently has a committed measurements group and enables outsiders and specialists to survey its estimations routinely.
YouTube superstars
A boxing session between YouTube superstars Logan Paul and KSI has horrified enthusiasts of the respectable craftsmanship yet left the two heroes chuckling the distance to the bank.
In excess of 15,000 fans jammed into Britain's Manchester Arena on Saturday to watch boxing beginners Paul and KSI — genuine name Olatunji Olajide — scramble into the ring for a six-round challenge.
A further 773,000 fans were accounted for to have paid $10 each to watch a stream on YouTube, numbers that make it likely Paul and KSI remain to win millions from a battle that finished in a "greater part draw" for KSI.
With a further 1.2 million fans evaluated to have watched the challenge on pilfered streams, a rematch between the two men, who have 37 million YouTube supporters between them, is an issue of when not if.
In excess of 15,000 fans jammed into Britain's Manchester Arena on Saturday to watch boxing beginners Paul and KSI — genuine name Olatunji Olajide — scramble into the ring for a six-round challenge.
A further 773,000 fans were accounted for to have paid $10 each to watch a stream on YouTube, numbers that make it likely Paul and KSI remain to win millions from a battle that finished in a "greater part draw" for KSI.
With a further 1.2 million fans evaluated to have watched the challenge on pilfered streams, a rematch between the two men, who have 37 million YouTube supporters between them, is an issue of when not if.
Keira Knightley
Keira Knightley says she has prohibited her three-year-old little girl from watching Disney films whose depiction of ladies she can't help contradicting.
Edie Knightley Righton isn't permitted to watch Cinderella or Little Mermaid.
Knightley disclosed to Ellen DeGeneres that 1950's Cinderella "holds up for a rich person to safeguard her. Don't! Safeguard yourself. Clearly!"
She said of Little Mermaid: "I mean, the tunes are extraordinary, yet don't surrender your voice for a man. Hi!"
The performer included: "And this is the one that I'm very irritated about in light of the fact that I extremely like the film. I adore The Little Mermaid! That one's somewhat precarious - yet I'm keeping to it."
Wreck-It Ralph 2: Disney princesses join over woman's rights
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Disney's new Princess Moana WON'T have an affection intrigue
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Picture inscription Keira Knightley played Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean establishment
Knightley, who featured in another Disney establishment, the Pirates of the Caribbean, said not all Disney films were banned from her home.
Discovering Dory, which was voiced by DeGeneres, "is a major top choice" and "Solidified is tremendous, Moana is absolutely fine."
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Gallant is at present advancing her very own Disney film, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, in which she plays the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Kristen Bell, who played Disney princess Anna in Frozen, has additionally swam into the discussion on Disney and women's liberation.
Picture subtitle Kristen Bell, who plays Frozen's Anna, has an issue with Snow White
She disclosed to Parenting Magazine that Snow White sends the wrong message about agree to kids.
She talked about her little girls Lincoln, five and Delta, three and stated: "Each time we close Snow White, I take a gander at my young ladies and ask, 'Wouldn't you say it's irregular that Snow White didn't ask the old witch for what reason she expected to eat the apple?
"'Or on the other hand where she got that apple?'"
She included: "Wouldn't you say that it's peculiar that the sovereign kisses Snow White without her authorization?'
"Since you can not kiss somebody in the event that they're resting!"
Edie Knightley Righton isn't permitted to watch Cinderella or Little Mermaid.
Knightley disclosed to Ellen DeGeneres that 1950's Cinderella "holds up for a rich person to safeguard her. Don't! Safeguard yourself. Clearly!"
She said of Little Mermaid: "I mean, the tunes are extraordinary, yet don't surrender your voice for a man. Hi!"
The performer included: "And this is the one that I'm very irritated about in light of the fact that I extremely like the film. I adore The Little Mermaid! That one's somewhat precarious - yet I'm keeping to it."
Wreck-It Ralph 2: Disney princesses join over woman's rights
What can current young ladies gain from Disney princesses?
Disney's new Princess Moana WON'T have an affection intrigue
Picture copyright Moviestore/REX/Shutterstock
Picture inscription Keira Knightley played Elizabeth Swann in the Pirates of the Caribbean establishment
Knightley, who featured in another Disney establishment, the Pirates of the Caribbean, said not all Disney films were banned from her home.
Discovering Dory, which was voiced by DeGeneres, "is a major top choice" and "Solidified is tremendous, Moana is absolutely fine."
Skip Youtube post by TheEllenShow
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End of Youtube post by TheEllenShow
Gallant is at present advancing her very own Disney film, The Nutcracker and the Four Realms, in which she plays the Sugar Plum Fairy.
Kristen Bell, who played Disney princess Anna in Frozen, has additionally swam into the discussion on Disney and women's liberation.
Picture subtitle Kristen Bell, who plays Frozen's Anna, has an issue with Snow White
She disclosed to Parenting Magazine that Snow White sends the wrong message about agree to kids.
She talked about her little girls Lincoln, five and Delta, three and stated: "Each time we close Snow White, I take a gander at my young ladies and ask, 'Wouldn't you say it's irregular that Snow White didn't ask the old witch for what reason she expected to eat the apple?
"'Or on the other hand where she got that apple?'"
She included: "Wouldn't you say that it's peculiar that the sovereign kisses Snow White without her authorization?'
"Since you can not kiss somebody in the event that they're resting!"
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