Uruguay beat Italy, 1-0, on Tuesday, advancing to the knockout stage.
But star striker Luis Suarez's World Cup could be over.
Suarez,
maybe the best player in Europe last season, appeared to bite Italy
defender Giorgio Chiellini in the 80th minute -- one minute before
Uruguay defender Diego Godin headed in the match-winner.
Here are a few looks. (GIF via @FlyByKnite)
And
there is a still photo of Giorgio Chiellini showing his shoulder to the
officials (and everyone else) in attempt to convince of Suarez's bite.
Unfortunately,
this isn't the first biting incident for Luis Suarez -- it's his third.
He was suspended for seven matches in 2010 for biting PSV's Otman
Bakkal on the shoulder, and was banned for 10 matches in 2013 for biting
Chelsea's Branislav Ivanovic.
Suarez was not disciplined during the match on Tuesday, but a suspension could still be coming.
The most popular manuscript ever to apper
at auction, Bob Dylan's original hand written lyrics for the 1965 epic
"Like A Rolling Stones", shown at Sotheby's on June 20, 2014 in New York
City. Slaven Vlasic—Getty Images
Step aside, Sgt. Pepper
Bob Dylan’s hand-scrawled lyrics for “Like a Rolling Stone” sold at a Sotheby’s auction
on Tuesday for $2 million, breaking the previous record of $1.2 million
for John Lennon’s lyrics to The Beatles’ “Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts
Club Band.”
The hand-written notes include a near-final draft of the lyrics, a
few scattered doodles of animals in the margins, and most evocatively,
several rhymes that never made the final cut. “Dry vermouth, you’ll tell
the truth,” reads one discarded phrase, and one familiar phrase “like a
complete unknown” is connected by a line to the name “Al Capone.”
Dylan wrote the lyrics across four pages of hotel stationary in
mid-June, 1965, during a stay at the Hotel Roger Smith Hotel in
Washington D.C., according to Sotheby’s. He later recorded the song when
he was 24 years old.
The manuscript was sold as part of a dedicated pop music sale at Sotheby’s.
Will going out and having some casual sex make you feel better,
scientifically speaking? Some researchers have suggested that engaging
in casual sex can lead people to experience “less enjoyment and
nurturance than romantic sex, frequent regret, unwanted emotional
attachment, substance use, and social stigma,” and that women in particular
are vulnerable to the fallout. But others have found that casual sex
can breed “satisfaction, confidence, self-knowledge, or social and
academic engagement” among its participants.
A new study published in the journal Social Psychological & Personality Science
suggests that the potential positive and negative outcomes of casual
sex are not mutually exclusive: If you’re the type of person who enjoys
engaging in casual sex, then hooking up can boost your self-esteem and
life satisfaction. But if you’re not that kind of person, then it won’t.
The study, led by NYU psychology professor Zhana Vrangalova,
recruited 371 undergraduates at a northeastern U.S. university, asked
them to complete a survey to determine their “sociosexual orientation,”
then surveyed them about their sexual behavior, feelings about the sex
they’d had, and general well-being over a period of nine months.
The
“sociosexual orientation” survey was meant to determine each person’s
baseline “tendency toward or away from casual sex” by quizzing them on
past behavior (‘‘With how many different partners have you had sexual
intercourse on one and only one occasion?’’), current levels of desire
(‘‘In everyday life, how often do you have spontaneous fantasies about
having sex with someone you have just met?’’), and cultural attitudes
toward sex (‘‘Sex without love is OK”). Researchers found that those
students who identified themselves as more sexually permissive were more
likely to engage in casual sex over the next few months than people who
rated lower on the sociosexual scale.
And among those sexually
permissive students, those who successfully engaged in casual sex
reported higher rates of self-esteem and lower rates of depression and
anxiety than those who failed to seal the deal.
The release of these findings has elicited some ‘‘Kumbaya” moments
among commentators. ‘‘New research suggests that not all casual sex is
bad,” Pacific Standard's Ryan Jacobs announced. Jesse Singal at New York magazine concluded the same,
noting that research on the fallout of casual sex until this study has
been draped “in a lot of puritanical pseudoscience, much of it with a decidedly sexist tinge.” (See: the work of Mark Regnerus and Jeremy Uecker, who have claimed
that rates of depression among young women climb as their sexual
partners accumulate.) So even if this new study’s findings appear
obvious—people who like having casual sex will derive benefits from
having casual sex—they at least move the needle past the assumption that
casual sex has any “one-size-fits-all positive or negative impact” on
every person. As Jezebel concluded: “Whatever floats your boat.”
But whose boats are being floated here, exactly? Vrangalova told Pacific Standard
that people who rate high on the sociosexual scale are generally
“extroverted” and “impulsive” men who are more likely to be attractive,
“physically strong,” and “more sexist, manipulative, coercive and
narcissistic” than their peers. The people on college campuses who are
the most likely to engage in casual sex—and to reap its benefits—are
also dudes who are high in social status and low in character. For
college students like them, ‘‘not all casual sex is bad.’’ But is that
actually good news for anyone else?
It may be that attractive, manipulative, narcissistic, and sexist men
are simply naturally inclined to enjoy no-strings-attached sex. Or it
might be that only these men have acquired the status necessary to not
suffer any social consequences for doing so. Pacific Standard’s takeaway
from the study is “Casual Sex Is Actually Excellent for You, If You
Love Casual Sex,” and all the other coverage I’ve read this week takes a
similarly celebratory tone. But before we all cheer for these results,
maybe we should look at who on campus really gets to love casual sex,
and who’s still left out of the party.
Aizawl, Jun 24 : Reports of people dying after eating poisonous mushrooms in
rural areas of Mizoram has prompted the state forest department to issue
an advisory on Monday listing the expected symptoms.
At least four
persons have died and several others have been hospitalised after eating
poisonous mushrooms in the last month alone, the latest victim being a
10-year-old boy.
Monday’s advisory said poisonous mushrooms lead to kidney,
respiratory and gastric problems. It said consumption of the mushrooms
could be fatal and urged people to consult doctors in case of symptoms.
Aizawl, Jun 24 : The sixth phase of repatriation of Bru people, lodged in six relief camps in neighbouring North Tripura commenced from June 17 last, will be discontinued for the time being, Mizoram home minister R Lalzirliana said today.
The state government would hold consultations with Union Home Ministry and Tripura before resumption of the repatriation process, Lalzirliana told reporters.
The last phase of repatriation was not very successful due to sustained opposition and physical obstruction from anti-repatriation elements in the relief camps.
Altogether, 886 Brus belonging to 173 families returned to Mizoram during the five-day repatriation last week while the state government planned to repatriate 659 families during the period.
Mizoram-Tripura border Mamit-based Bru Coordination Committee chairman Elvis Chorkhy said that those who were willing to return to Mizoram were threatened and obstructed by some people resulting in many of them unable or too afraid to be repatriated.
Joint NGO leaders at relief camps and Bru leaders like A Sawibunga, president of Mizoram Bru Displaced People's Forum (MBDPF), however, claimed that the Bru people, did not want to return to Mizoram unless their demands were met.
The MBDPF has been demanding, among other things that the rehabilitation and resettlement package should be increased from Rs 85,000 to Rs 1.5 lakh per family and that the free ration to be provided to the repatriated families should be extended from one year to two years.
Giving a fillip to Prime Minister Narendra Modi
government’s thrust to boost connectivity with neighbouring South Asian
countries, India is set to launch a weekly cross-border bus service
between Imphal in Manipur and Mandalay in central Myanmar.
The service is likely to start from October and would cover a
distance of 579 kilometres between Imphal and Mandalay in about 14
hours. Though the fare is yet to be finalised, government officials said
it would be kept below `2,000. Also to facilitate travellers,
visa-on-arrival would be offered on both sides.
Presently there is no direct road link between India and Myanmar.
From Delhi, one has to first fly to Bangkok and then to either Rangoon
or Nay Pyi Taw to reach Myanmar.
“The project which was in a limbo for about two years got a impetus
after the new government took over. Apart from strengthening bilateral
ties between the two countries, it will also boost economic activity in
the region” said a road ministry official.
Depending on the response, the weekly bus service would be scaled up
and at a later stage will be extended to allow movement freight traffic
as well.
“A team of senior officials from road transport and external affairs
ministries visited Nay Pyi Taw early this month to finalize the
agreement for the proposed bus service,” said an official.
Modi’s predecessor Manmohan Singh was also keen to sign the agreement
for launching the bus service during his visit to Myanmar in 2012 but
it did not fructify as the memorandum of understanding could not be
finalised on time.
The Indian government is also assisting Myanmar to upgrade a 70 km
stretch of road which becomes non motorable during the rainy season,
according to an official.
People
from the Tiwa community catching fish during the “Community Fishing”
and Tiwa women exchanging their commodities by barter system, as part of
the ‘Jonbeel Mela’ at Jonbeel lake. Image by Abdul Sajid. Copyright
Demotix.
The centuries old Jonbeel mela,
a community fair in the North-east Indian State of Assam, has a unique
ritual.
Around 10,000 indigenous people from tribes like Karbi, Khasi,
Tiwa, and Jayantia of the northeast come down from the hills to Jonbeel
wetlands with their produces or catch and interchange with the local
people in a barter system.
Usha Dewani
at the India Water Portal informs that the annual three-day festival is
being celebrated since the 15th century. Around 100,000 people visit
the market each year.
By M. Srinivas
Youngstes from Manipur performing at a thehme park near Vijayawada. - PHOTOs: V. RAJU
16-member team from Manipur perform to help recoup their families from financial woes
They perform with rings and ropes in parks. Their feats
with fire and wheel amuse all. But, their daredevilry is not only for
drawing applause from audience, but also it is the only mean to earn
their livelihood.
Sixteen members of a team from
Manipur perform 15 varieties of stunts and acrobatics at a theme park in
the city to amuse visitors. “I like stunts. But, performing here is not
a choice but a compulsion. I stopped pursuing higher education owing to
financial problems in the family. But, no regrets! At least, I am now
able to support my 65-year-old ailing father (who is recovering from a
leg injury),” he said. “Sometimes, we feel bad as we miss our friends
and relatives at our home town. But, we do not have any other option,”
he adds.
Like Mr. Kennedy, 15 other youngsters,
including eight girls from Manipur, came to the city and perform stunts
and acrobatics to help their families. “After my three bothers separated
from the family, it became difficult to cope with the increasing
financial woes. I decided to migrate from home town to earn more and
that is why I am here,” explains Mr. Kennedy, who completed Intermediate
education. He is now managing to send Rs.10,000 per month to his
parents out of the Rs.15,000 he gets as salary.
For
the past three years, the team has been performing different stunts like
ring and rope jump, fire and wheel acts, ring dance and etc. The show
lasts for an hour with various stunts of five minute duration each. “The
show is an added attraction for the visitors,” says M. Joel Sanjay, who
coordinates the show.
