USD mounts comeback to defeat upset-minded Tarleton State in FCS playoffsAs the nurses parted the five-eighth's short curls to fit the receptors, he thought about the impact of what he was about to do. Login or signup to continue reading In a little more than six minutes, and without ever saying a word, an image of how his brain deals with information would be taken and analysed. It would be some of the first scans of its kind taken in the region and would inform doctors about the effect of concussion in more detail than the Hunter has ever before had access to. At that moment, it might have been difficult for the players to conceive of a moment when they were hurt. They were young, at peak fitness, and at the height of their powers. But as the device - looking somewhat like a swimming cap with nodes attached - was fitted to Jayden Fox's head, he was thinking about his future. "It's keeping yourself safe," the Hunter Wildfire's five-eighth said. "Protecting your future. Footy isn't everything, I guess, and you have to protect yourself." The technology - a version of which was notably used to diagnose Knights star Kalyn Ponga after he suffered a string of concussions during the 2023 season - has made its way to the Hunter via neurologist Chris Levi, who consulted on Ponga's treatment and now co-owns a company, CXDX Connected Diagnostics, which aims to distribute the technology - called the NeuroCatch platform - in Australia. Lake Macquarie Private's emergency department is the first place in Australia to use it. It scans the low-voltage energy produced when the brain is at work and cross-references the data against another scan when a player suffers a suspected concussion. At the weekend, the Wildfires signed on en-mass for a baseline scan that would be used to diagnose concussions if the worst should happen on the field during the season. "When your brain works, it creates low voltage electricity. And that low voltage electricity can be detected through the scalp with the little electrodes in the headpiece," Professor Levi said on Saturday as he oversaw the team going through the testing at No. 2 Sportsground. "When you think about certain tasks, you produce certain waves." "What we see when someone has a concussion is that the waveform changes." Professor Levi said the technology - not only applicable to sports recovery but also to dementia patients and other brain function diagnoses - unveiled a radically new and precise understanding of how an individual player's brain responds to tasks, changing in the event of a concussion, and how long it took to recover. "There are all types of concussions in terms of mild, moderate and severe and at the moment, the guidelines are a one-size-fits-all approach," Professor Levi said. "This allows us to do precision medicine, personalising treatment to the player." The data would inform the severity and longevity of concussion events, he said, and with an immediacy that local players have not had access to before. The Wildfires operations manager, Rich Ley, said that more than the medical advancement for his players, the testing offered a sense of comfort and reassurance that the club was not just looking out for the players' health during their careers but well after. "The players have families and careers outside of here that they have to care for as well," he said. "We're doing the right thing here." Beau McKenzie, the Wildfires flanker, had suffered a few knocks in his career, and he said he felt unable to understand anything. Another player, as he waited for his turn in the testing room, remembered coming to with someone standing over him after his concussion last year. "A lot of the time, you're a bit out of it," he said. "Someone is standing over you, checking on you, and depending on what it is, you feel a bit dazed. It can be as bad as slurring your words." The benefit of the local tech, Lake Macquarie Private emergency department director Mark Lee said, was its immediacy. A nurse could fit the device and take the reading and, in less than 10 minutes, had a report that could inform them of the next steps of diagnosis. "That is why it's so exciting," he said. Simon McCarthy is a journalist with the Newcastle Herald and its sister publications in the Hunter region of New South Wales (NSW). He has contributed stories, photography, video and other multimedia to the pages of the Herald and its Saturday magazine, Weekender, since 2017. In 2020, he co-created the Toohey's News podcast, which he produced for four years with sports writer Barry Toohey until the show's indefinite hiatus. Since early 2023, he has served as the paper's Topics columnist and, more recently, returned to reporting with an interest in deep-dive stories that illustrate the issues shaping daily life in Newcastle and the region.McCarthy has reported for Australian Community Media (ACM) since 2013, first as a general news and sports writer for the Glen Innes Examiner and later as a group journalist and producer for the publisher's New England regional titles. He joined the Newcastle Herald newsroom as a digital producer in 2017 before returning to reporting in early 2023.He had previously worked for the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth.McCarthy was born in the New England region of NSW, where he grew up, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Cross University in 2012. He covers general news, culture and community issues, with a focus on the Herald Weekender.He is a member of the Media Entertainment and Arts Alliance (MEAA) and adheres to its codes of ethics for journalists.Contact: simon.mccarthy@newcastleherald.com.au Simon McCarthy is a journalist with the Newcastle Herald and its sister publications in the Hunter region of New South Wales (NSW). He has contributed stories, photography, video and other multimedia to the pages of the Herald and its Saturday magazine, Weekender, since 2017. In 2020, he co-created the Toohey's News podcast, which he produced for four years with sports writer Barry Toohey until the show's indefinite hiatus. Since early 2023, he has served as the paper's Topics columnist and, more recently, returned to reporting with an interest in deep-dive stories that illustrate the issues shaping daily life in Newcastle and the region.McCarthy has reported for Australian Community Media (ACM) since 2013, first as a general news and sports writer for the Glen Innes Examiner and later as a group journalist and producer for the publisher's New England regional titles. He joined the Newcastle Herald newsroom as a digital producer in 2017 before returning to reporting in early 2023.He had previously worked for the Northern Daily Leader in Tamworth.McCarthy was born in the New England region of NSW, where he grew up, and graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Southern Cross University in 2012. 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Researchers at the University of Cambridge are close to recreating the movements of the world’s ... [+] first land animals. Over 390 million years ago, the ancestors of modern land animals said, “Feet before fins,” and took their first steps on earth. Today, a research team at the University of Cambridge is developing “paleo-inspired” robots that could retrace one of the most momentous events in the history of the living world. These robots will be inspired by the body structures and movement styles of ancient fish from the Late Devonian period—when their evolution began—as well as present day “walking fish” like mudskippers, according to an October 2024 review published in Science Robotics . With a more detailed study, the researchers hope to gain a better understanding of how early vertebrates might have taken their first steps onto solid ground. The ultimate objective is to understand how this pivotal shift from swimming to walking paved the way for the diverse land-dwelling species we see today, including ourselves. Deconstructing The Mechanics Of Evolution In Motion While the research sets some ambitious goals, it’s the latest in a series of groundbreaking robotics projects by the University of Cambridge’s Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory (BIRL). From developing a robot that builds its own tools with hot glue to optimizing potato farming with AI-powered automation, BIRL has been pushing the boundaries of what robots can achieve. Now, the team led by Professor Fumiya Iida is aspiring to dig deeper than ever before into one of life’s greatest evolutionary marvels: the first steps taken from water to land. The paleo-robots created by the lab’s team are no ordinary machines. Built using cutting-edge materials and robotics technologies, each robot is engineered to closely resemble the anatomy and biomechanics of early fish species. These robots are equipped to simulate movements and environmental interactions that ancient species may have experienced as they moved from aquatic to terrestrial habitats. Gmail Takeover Hack Attack—Google Warns You Have Just 7 Days To Act FBI Warns Smartphone Users—Hang Up And Create A Secret Word Now Today’s NYT Mini Crossword Clues And Answers For Saturday, December 7th By observing how the robots respond to various surfaces, the team can gather valuable data on locomotion mechanics. Researchers are particularly interested in how early fish might have altered their fin structures to develop a movement more suited for land. “We want to know things like how much energy different walking patterns would have required, or which movements were most efficient,” said Dr Michael Ishida, the lead author of the project at the University of Cambridge. Through these robots, the team at BIRL can observe such dynamics directly, studying how changes in fin positioning and body weight distribution could have influenced the evolution of limb-based walking. The focus on how paleo-robots move through different environments also addresses questions about the ecological obstacles that ancient species faced. BIRL’s approach allows its researchers to assess in real-time the environmental adaptations that might have been necessary for ancient fish to move out of the water and begin life on land. A Foray Beyond Fossils: Harnessing The Power Of Advanced Robotics The use of paleo-robots marks a bold departure from traditional methods of studying evolutionary biology. For decades, scientists have relied on fossil records and, more recently, computer simulations to make inferences about the mechanics of early vertebrate locomotion. Fossils provide critical information about the anatomy of ancient creatures but they’re mainly limited to the static snapshots of skeletal structure. Computer simulations add another layer, allowing researchers to simulate movements based on fossil structures. However, even these simulations would be restricted to the information gleaned from the fossils themselves. The paleo-robots from BIRL could bridge this gap with a dynamic, hands-on alternative. While fossils and simulations offer snapshots, paleo-robots would be able to present a full-length documentary, allowing researchers to “watch” how these creatures might have walked. Having physical models to study would give the researchers real-time data on movement dynamics. They could tweak and test anatomical configurations in ways that fossils or simulations alone simply cannot. Through these physical robots, the team at BIRL could easily fine-tune variables such as body weight distribution, fin angle and ground resistance, creating an interactive model that yields tangible insights. Employing Biorobotics For A Better Future Thanks to the efforts of researchers like those at BIRL, bioengineering and biorobotics are bringing the future—and the promise of a better world—closer to our lives today. While bioengineering efforts are close to bringing animals like the Tasmanian tiger or the woolly mammoth back from the dead, biorobotics experiments are aimed at tackling future challenges on earth and beyond. Today, biorobotics thrives as an area of pioneering innovation, promising game-changing applications across space exploration, resource management and sustainable engineering. For example, Resilient Bio-inspired Modular Robotic Miners , or the ROBOMINERS project, is an EU-funded endeavor under the Horizon 2020 program. The project is aimed at developing bio-inspired modular robotic miners to transform the way we access valuable underground mineral deposits. Conventional mining methods often overlook smaller or hard-to-reach deposits due to high extraction costs and limited feasibility. ROBOMINERS is designed to change this paradigm, focusing on “non-economical” mineral deposits that would otherwise remain untouched. Breaking the conventional mold, researchers at Princeton and North Carolina State University are rethinking how robots can move with a hyper-flexible origami robot, according to a December 2023 study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences . A product of soft robotics—where designs are inspired by nature—this robot is made up of a series of folding cylinders that allow it to move much like the caterpillar that inspires its form. With this, researchers hope to build robots that can adopt better to their surroundings and deliver more efficient results as they go. When it comes to swarm robotics, “All for one and one for all,” seems to be the strategy of choice. At least that’s what the researchers from European Molecular Biology Laboratory, Centre for Genomic Regulation and Bristol Robotics Laboratory did to unite hundreds of swarm robots and form bio-inspired shapes. With over 300 robots working together, the team programmed each of them with qualities of self-organization and self-repair to ensure they maintained their form and interacted efficiently with their neighbors. With the results published in Science Robotics , the team hopes this swarm behavior can be scaled further and adopted for real-world applications like aiding recovery efforts after natural disasters. As biorobotics continues to evolve, the projects at the University of Cambridge’s Bio-Inspired Robotics Laboratory and elsewhere demonstrate the transformative potential of this field. The promise of biorobotics lies in its ability to take cues from nature to solve contemporary issues, blending evolutionary wisdom with technological precision. These projects not only highlight how much we can learn from the biological world but also set a new standard for what robotics can achieve in fields as varied as environmental conservation, sustainable resource management and space exploration. Understanding how ancient fish evolved to walk on land reminds us how movement, behavior and adaptation shape every species—including our own pets. 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Gilbert Flores/Variety via Getty Dominique Brown, an influencer known as a Disney theme park enthusiast and collector, died after reportedly experiencing an allergic reaction at a holiday food event hosted by BoxLunch on Thursday, Dec. 5. She was 34. At the event at Vibiana in Los Angeles, Brown reportedly consumed something after event staff told her that it did not contain an ingredient she was allergic to, according to reports on and . One person claiming to know her on wrote that Brown “instantly felt bad” and asked to be taken to a hospital. “She was my mom’s best friend of 10 years. She asked if there was peanuts in the food and everyone told her no. When she instantly felt bad she asked someone to take her to the hospital,” X user @hideyagrannies wrote. A PEOPLE reporter at the event witnessed Brown receiving CPR. Brown’s brother Patrick Ramos reacted to her death in a comment posted on , thanking her fans for their support. “Hi everyone, this is @pramos313 – Dominique’s brother,” Ramos commented on Friday, Dec. 6. “I wanted to take a moment to say thank you to her social media fam for showing her so much love and light. Disney did bring her joy, but it was unparalleled that she found a community who loved her and Disney as much as she did. I will miss my sister and best friend and that infectious smile she always had. Thank you, truly, from the bottom of my heart. ❤️🥺.” BoxLunch did not immediately respond to PEOPLE’s request for comment. According to Brown’s Instagram account (her screenname is ), Brown was a resident of Long Beach, Calif., and a Disney enthusiast who was fond of theme parks and collectibles. On Nov. 27, she posted a photo of herself attending a screening. She is also known for co-creating with Mia Von after noticing a lack of representation in the Disney-influencer space. Their mission was to create a welcoming community for women of color who love the brand’s films and theme parks. “Thank you Dominique for bringing the Black Girl Disney community together. You are such a light, that anyone can feel through the screen or in person,” a follower commented on her last Instagram post. Another commented, “I’ve just been sitting here thinking of what to say because I can’t process that you aren’t here. Thank you for creating and holding space for all of Black Disney girls. I hope you know you that you are so deeply loved and will be profoundly missed. Love you so so much.” Read the original article on

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FARGO, N.D. (AP) — Cam Miller threw three touchdown passes, ran for another and second-seeded North Dakota State blew past a 14-point deficit to beat 15th-seeded Abilene Christian 51-31 on Saturday in the second round of the FCS playoffs. The Bison (11-2), in the FCS playoffs for a 15th straight season and winner of nine FCS titles, will host seventh-seeded Mercer in the quarterfinals. Abilene Christian (9-5) took a 17-3 lead on a 13-yard TD pass from Maverick McIvor to J.J. Henry, a 90-yard run by Sam Hicks and a Ritse Vaes 29-yard field goal early in the second quarter. The Bison then took over, starting with Jackson Williams' 100-yard kickoff return to start a run of 31 consecutive points, 17 coming in the second quarter for a 20-17 halftime lead. The scoring streak ended when Nehemiah Martinez’s 53-yard return helped set up Hicks’ 3-yard score to get the Wildcats within 34-24. But the Bison matched that TD on their ensuing drive on Miller’s 36-yard connection with Bryce Lance to cap their 21-point third quarter. Again, the Wildcats got within 10 early in the fourth quarter on Rovaughn Banks Jr.’s 2-yard TD run. But NDSU’s Marcus Gulley returned an interception 37 yards to the ACU 9 and the Crosa kicked a field goal and Logan Kopp followed with a 31-yard pick-6. Miller was 20 of 29 for 274 yards passing. McIvor threw for 153 yards, a touchdown and two interceptions. Hicks ran for 153 yards on 16 carries. ACU, champion of the United Athletic Conference, was in its first FCS playoffs since joining the classification in 2013, and beat Northern Arizona in its first-round game. Crosa has made his 262nd career PAT to pass NDSU's Cam Pederson (2015-18) and set an FCS record. AP college football: https://apnews.com/hub/ap-top-25-college-football-poll and https://apnews.com/hub/college-football . Sign up for the AP’s college football newsletter: https://apnews.com/cfbtop25 Copyright 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistributed without permission.Van Nistelrooy returned to Old Trafford as Erik ten Hag’s assistant in the summer and had a four-game interim spell in charge following his compatriot’s sacking in October. He left the club in the wake of Ruben Amorim’s appointment but was only out of work for two weeks after being appointed Leicester’s new manager on a deal until 2027. The 48-year-old had a glittering playing career with United and was disappointed his return had to end so soon. “The moment I took over the interim job what I said was I’m here to help United and to stay to help United, and I meant it,” he said. “So I was disappointed, yeah, very much so, and it hurt I had to leave. “The only job I would take as an assistant was at United because of the bond that I have with the people in the club and the fans. “But in the end I got my head around it because I also understand the new manager. I’m in football long enough, and I’ve managed myself, that you can think of a situation, me being there, I understand. “I spoke to Ruben about it, fair enough to him, the conversation was grateful, man to man, person to person, manager to manager, and that helped a lot to move on and straightaway get into talks with new possibilities which of course lifted my spirits.” The Dutchman takes on a difficult job at the King Power Stadium as he is tasked with keeping Leicester in the Premier League. He inherits an influential dressing room, which has seen a number of managers come and go over the last few years. Van Nistelrooy revealed he has done his due diligence and also let the players know as well. “It’s the only way you can work. It’s mutual respect. I also mentioned to the players yesterday that I looked at the squad and started to make phone calls about players, because in football everyone knows everyone,” he said. “With two or three phone calls you hear stories about 20 players and for me it was important that you hear there are good characters there. That’s important, that there are good people there. “I look at the players how they play. I obviously don’t know them but I got general information and the individuals that they are a good bunch of people. That was important for me to get in.”

It would require Shyam Benegal’s brilliance and accuracy to encapsulate concisely the art and craftsmanship, the skills and craft of Benegal, the master of parallel cinema. He disliked the expression ‘middle cinema’. This is probably a grammatical sensitivity that characterised the art world of Benegal. He ideologically found himself at war with the mainstream interpretation of glamour, gloss and grotesque, all in the name of cinema. Arguably, he wasn’t the first. However, unlike a Bimal Roy or Satyen Bose, he strove to place his path very distinctly differently. His cinema initially or even substantially was unapologetically political, politics not even like, Mein Azaad Hoon or Jaane Bhi Do Yaaro. His politics were seemingly Marxian and thus perhaps seeped in economics more than politics. As a postgraduate in economics, he understood the verticals of economics in a feudal backdrop in the 60’s and 70’s. We must note that Benegal is a product of Nehruvian India. It must necessarily be acknowledged that Benegal’s cinema, like a Sourav Ganguly team, was about individual brilliance matched with the understanding that teamwork is imperative. He has worked of course with the likes of Shabana Azmi, Smita Patil, Supriya Pathak, Surekha Sikri, Farida Jalal, Leela Naidu, Anita Kanwar, Vanisri from the south Naseeruddin Shah, Om Puri, Anant Nag, Kulbhushan Kharbanda, Amrish Puri, Amol Palekar to name some. Vanraj Bhatia was to him what probably Shanker-Jaikishan was to Raj Kapoor or S.D. Burman to Navketan. Except Well Done Abba, which had Shantanu Moitra, and A.R. Rehman, invariably the simplicity of Vanraj Bhatia became the signature of Benegal. Govind Nihlani was his go-to cinematographer. The other master craftsman who worked with him was Ashok Mehta (Susman). Cinema many perceive as the grandeur on screen. It is actually glanular on paper. His scripting team included Vijay Tendulkar, Satyadev Dube, Shamma Zaidi, Khalid Mohammad, Girish Karnad, Ismat Chugtai, Kaifi Azmi and Ruskin Bond. Essentially the sensitivity of Benegal reflected in the quality of his team, their nuanced understanding of what good cinema is about.Creativity Showcase at Cecil College’s Fall Student Exhibition and Open House

Sportradar to Participate in the Morgan Stanley Consumer & Retail ConferenceRuud van Nistelrooy admits he was “hurt” at having to leave Manchester United last month. Van Nistelrooy returned to Old Trafford as Erik ten Hag’s assistant in the summer and had a four-game interim spell in charge following his compatriot’s sacking in October. He left the club in the wake of Ruben Amorim’s appointment but was only out of work for two weeks after being appointed Leicester’s new manager on a deal until 2027. The 48-year-old had a glittering playing career with United and was disappointed his return had to end so soon. “The moment I took over the interim job what I said was I’m here to help United and to stay to help United, and I meant it,” he said. “So I was disappointed, yeah, very much so, and it hurt I had to leave. “The only job I would take as an assistant was at United because of the bond that I have with the people in the club and the fans. “But in the end I got my head around it because I also understand the new manager. I’m in football long enough, and I’ve managed myself, that you can think of a situation, me being there, I understand. “I spoke to Ruben about it, fair enough to him, the conversation was grateful, man to man, person to person, manager to manager, and that helped a lot to move on and straightaway get into talks with new possibilities which of course lifted my spirits.” The Dutchman takes on a difficult job at the King Power Stadium as he is tasked with keeping Leicester in the Premier League. He inherits an influential dressing room, which has seen a number of managers come and go over the last few years. Ruud's here for his first press conference as our Manager 😃 pic.twitter.com/A4Juixvorb — Leicester City (@LCFC) December 2, 2024 Van Nistelrooy revealed he has done his due diligence and also let the players know as well. “It’s the only way you can work. It’s mutual respect. I also mentioned to the players yesterday that I looked at the squad and started to make phone calls about players, because in football everyone knows everyone,” he said. “With two or three phone calls you hear stories about 20 players and for me it was important that you hear there are good characters there. That’s important, that there are good people there. “I look at the players how they play. I obviously don’t know them but I got general information and the individuals that they are a good bunch of people. That was important for me to get in.”

Taylor Swift is sparking more rumors that another Eras Tour movie is on the way. The 34-year-old singer is currently in the middle of her final weekend of shows and she had a full film crew following her during night one of the Vancouver stop. Taylor performed the first of her final three shows on Friday (December 6) at BC Place in Canada. Fans on social media have noted how the show had extra film crews, including cameramen on stage throughout the night, a flyover camera, and additional tracks on the floor to allow cameras to seamlessly hover around the stage. While some are wondering if Taylor will be making a second concert film with the updated 2024 set list, including the Tortured Poets Department songs, others think that she is preparing a documentary about the tour. We have recapped everything that’s coming up for Taylor in her career and personal life after the tour ends.Our community members are treated to special offers, promotions and adverts from us and our partners. You can check out at any time. More info In a tragic turn of events, Russian actress Kamilla Belyatskaya described a picturesque beach as the "best thing I've seen in my life" in an eerie final post before being swept away by the ocean on the tourist island of Koh Sumui in Thailand. At just 24 years old, she had shared footage of herself perched on a pink foam yoga mat, enjoying the coastal views. However, she later became overpowered by the crashing waves and was seen struggling against the ocean's pull in a heartrending video clip. Her body was sadly discovered this past weekend, located two-thirds of a mile from where the devastating waves overtook her. Hailing from Novosibirsk, Russia, Kamilla was visiting the renowned location with her boyfriend and had expressed her affection for this special spot to her social media followers, dubbing Koh Sumui "home" and "the best place on earth". Her enthusiasm was palpable when she previously posted about a particularly enchanting rocky beach, sharing: "I love Samui so much. But this place, this rocky beach is the best thing I've ever seen in my life. Thank you, universe, for me being here right now. I'm very happy. I'm happy!" The young starlet had retrieved the pink mat from the boot of her car to take in the island’s sweeping vistas. Later, amidst treacherous conditions at sea, the same mat was spotted adrift. Despite rescue teams battling the ferocious seas and reaching the scene merely 15 minutes after she disappeared into the water, they were unable to save the ill-fated tourist. A witness recounted the distressing incident, saying: "We were there at that moment. It was about 1.40 pm." "A terrible tragedy," they added. "She sat on the rock for a long time. At some point, I turned away, and a second later I saw that the girl had been carried away by a wave. Her boyfriend was sitting much higher than she was. As soon as that happened, we ran to the Thais to call for help. I hoped that the girl would swim out... as soon as she was washed away she managed to swim out, screaming with the last of her strength and trying to stay on her back." Sadly, despite rescue teams reaching the scene in just 15 minutes, they couldn't save the ill-fated tourist. Her grief-stricken boyfriend and witnesses provided statements to local authorities detailing the calamity. Chaiyaporn Subprasert, head of Samui Rescue Centre, noted that warning protocols were indeed in place along the beaches. "During monsoon season, we constantly warn tourists, especially in high-risk areas like Chaweng and Lamai beaches, where red flags indicate no swimming. While the incident's location is not a swimming area but rather a viewpoint for scenery, the victim may have been caught off guard by the unexpected wave surge."

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Six more activists, including two Canadian citizens, based overseas are wanted on bounties set at 1 million Hong Kong dollars, Hong Kong police announced on Tuesday. The six activists are wanted for national security offenses, including secession, subversion, and collusion with foreign forces. The Hong Kong government's continued crackdown on political dissent following the 2019 anti-government, pro-democracy protests have included jailing outspoken activists while others fled abroad. Dad makes friend dig own grave and kill himself after raping his daughter, six Terry Bradshaw given FOX NFL retirement view after Michael Strahan interruption This fresh round of warrants is part of the Hong Kong government's ongoing efforts to target and silence vocal critics based overseas, critics say. Those arrested include Tony Chung, the former leader of the now-defunct pro-independence group Studentlocalism. Activists like Carmen Lau from the UK, a former district councilor and current activist with the Hong Kong Democracy Council, and Chloe Cheung, an activist with the Committee for Freedom in Hong Kong, have had warrants issued against them. Previously, the government had issued two warrants and bounties for well-known activists like Ted Hui and Nathan Law, both former lawmakers. With Tuesday's arrest warrants, the total number of wanted activists climbs to 19. "The Hong Kong government's latest round of arrest warrants and bounties against six Hong Kong activists is a cowardly act of intimidation that aims to silence Hong Kong people," Maya Wang, associate China director at Human Rights Watch, told The Associated Press. The six arrest warrants live in the UK and Canada and the group includes two Canadian citizens, Wang said. "We call on the U.K. and Canadian governments to act immediately to push back against the Hong Kong government's attempts to threaten Hong Kongers living in their countries," she said. Others on the list include Chung Kim-wah, a former senior member of the independent polling organization Hong Kong Public Opinion Research Institute, Joseph Tay, co-founder of Canada-based NGO HongKonger Station, and YouTuber Victor Ho. On Tuesday, the government also issued orders to cancel the passports of seven "absconders," which includes former lawmakers Hui and Dennis Kwok. They are wanted under Hong Kong's domestic national security law, Article 23. This law prohibits these "absconders" from dealing with funds in Hong Kong as well as activities related to joint ventures and property, AP reported.