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ESCONDIDO, CA -- The stars of "Mufasa: The Lion King": Aaron Pierre, Kelvin Harrison Jr. and Tiffany Boone opened up to On The Red Carpet about playing the three lead lions in the upcoming Disney adventure. Pierre voices the title character, Mufasa, the father of Simba who was first introduced in the original 'Lion King' movie in 1994. Harrison Jr. plays his adoptive brother Taka who fans know better as the villain, Scar. And Boone plays Sarabi, a female lion who attracts the attention of the two males, putting their brotherly bond to the test. The new film opening in theaters December 20, isn't the first time Pierre and Harrison Jr. have worked together. The pair also portrayed Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Malcolm X in Nat Geo's "Genius: MLK/X." Harrison Jr. jokingly calls Pierre his "big brother" because they're "months apart." But! Pierre quickly clarified their birthdays are only a month apart. Boone revealed to On The Red Carpet what if feels like to see her character on screen as an animal singing, "Strange. Yes, when I finally saw it or even when we would see some of the sketches come to life it was like 'this is really, really strange' especially how intense the technology is. It's so life-like." Speaking of "intense," Pierre opened up about starring in a highly anticipated film hitting theaters before the holidays, "I'm very nervous but you know I'm really hopeful that people will connect with this and it resonates with people whether they choose to see it on their own or with their loved ones, I just hope people leave feeling inspired and feeling joyous!" Boone shared similar sentiments about voicing Sarabi. "It's an amazing opportunity to be in this cast of actors, to be working with (Lin-Manuel Miranda), to be working with (director) Barry (Jenkins). It's one of those moments where you have to pinch yourself and be like, 'oh, ok you are in this amazing opportunity, what are you gonna do with it and hopefully be present in it." Pierre says he's pinching himself too. "I still can't quite believe that this is a reality," He said. "So, I'm still pinching myself and I'm happy to be pinching myself with other people who are pinching themselves about this movie." "Mufasa: The Lion King" will be in theaters on December 20. The Walt Disney Company is the parent company of this ABC station.
The depth of community feeling over high-powered, dangerously ridden e-bikes was evident at a forum held at Cronulla on Saturday. or signup to continue reading More than 160 people packed Thornton Hall at St Aloysius Primary School for the two-hour meeting, organised by Cook MP Simon Kennedy. The event had to be moved to a larger venue than originally planned because of the large number of people who registered to attend. Speakers from the community told of seeing people knocked over by e-bikes, lasting injuries to a three-year-old boy who was hit, their own near-misses, up to four kids on a bike, the apprehension of older residents waking on footpaths where they had once felt safe, the disrespect of young riders, and parents seemingly unaware of their potential liability in the event of an accident. Police and the council were accused of lack of action and it was claimed parents were giving children "weapons", or "lethal weapons", with one speaker noting, "There will be a hell of a lot more of them after Christmas." The meeting heard that Transport for NSW had made a clear ruling that e-bikes equipped with a power rating above 500 Watts, "even if limited by software, switch, or other means", do not meet requirements to be ridden as pedal cycles on paths and roads. A high school teacher said schools were condoning use of illegal e-bikes by housing them for students during the day. "Police should go in, test every bike and take every one of them that doesn't comply," she said. "If we knew that kids were coming to school with weapons in their bags, you can guarantee police would come in and confiscate them." Another speaker received thunderous applause when he said, "I've had enough of it, I think everyone in this room has had enough of it, it's time for action". "If I rode a dirt bike through Cronulla mall, I would be in big trouble, but these guys can ride a silent dirt bike through the mall and get off Scott-free." An older man said, "They come up behind you are 20km/h and fly by you on the footpath which is just a metre wide. It is the parents who need to teach their kids to ring the bloody bell". Mr Kennedy said it was an issue "that needs the entire community to step up, and that includes federal, state and local governments, parents and schools". He said police had been more pro-active since Superintendent Don Faulds took over as Sutherland Shire Police Commander in July. "Action is starting," he said. "I have seen police in the mall multiple times and at Caringbah station. I appreciate it's not as fast as we would like, but Sutherland Shire is leading the way. It's a tough job police have." Mr Kennedy said, "Some of the Catholic schools have started educating parents about what is a legal e-bike". "If it goes over 25km/h or is over 500W, it is not an e-bike, it is a moped [requiring registration and the rider needing to be licensed]," he said. Inspector Dave Parker, from Sutherland Shire Local Area Command, said police made an educational visit to Cronulla mall on Thursday last week with a pop-up stall, and involving youth liaison officers and council officers. He also said, on October 31, an enforcement operation was conducted across the region, in which 115 bicycle offences, 84 of them involving unregistered vehicles ("a good percentage would be e-bikes"), and 53 registration offences were dealt with by police. Inspector Parker said only people of licence age (16 or over) could be issued with offence tickets. "Enforcement is being taken, but when we get into the juveniles, if they are not of licence age, we can't be issuing traffic tickets for licensing offences when they aren't old enough to hold a licence," he said. "We will be continuing pop-up events and other educational events around Sutherland Shire in conjunction with the council." Inspector Parker said plain clothes police would be utilised. "The last thing we want is for a police car with lights and siren tearing off some off after some kid on an e-bike," he said. Inspector Parker said police had the power to impound e-bikes after certain offences, "but then we also get into the storage issue - they have lithium batteries." Cronulla MP Mark Speakman said the Legislative Council inquiry into e-bikes finished taking evidence at the end of October and was expected to provide a report by early in the New Year after which the government had six months to respond. "I think the message that comes through loudly and clearly this morning is that, while we look at age limits, speed limits, registration and licensing and carrying IDs, reducing the wattage from 500 to 250, there is a need for action right now when it comes to enforcement, signage, import control and education," he said. Mayor Jack Boyd said council rangers did not have the power to issue fines or even ask for ID. He said the council would be erecting larger signs, particularly on the Esplanade, stating e-bikes and other bikes were not permitted. Former councillor Leanne Farmer suggested that, as well as using existing laws in enforcement, a social media education campaign should be conducted using "people that adolescents listen to", such as Nicho Hynes and Blakey Johnston. St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering politics, urban affairs, council, development and general community news.Email: mtrembath@theleader.com.au St George and Sutherland Shire Leader reporter covering politics, urban affairs, council, development and general community news.Email: mtrembath@theleader.com.au
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Citizens Coalition for Change Statement on 2025 budget statement The recent national budget proposal exposes the Zanu-PF government's obnoxious penchant to compulsorily expropriate people's money to the last cent to fund the honchos lavish lifestyle. As Citizens Coalition for Change (CCC) we are of the conviction that the fundamental error in the budget statement was failure to understand what makes a nation succeed. Our success must move from a government that is just a tax collector to one that enables economic growth and create jobs. Our people are suffering idleness. A CCC government will implement the following budget policies: 1. Ensure job creation by funding youth and women innovation funnels and entrepreneurial development 2. Cut off middlemen often called "buyers" in the mineral value chain by enhancing capacity of the Minerals Marketing Authority to Zimbabwe and Fidelity Printers. This will prevent pilferage and haemorrhage of precious minerals for the benefit of the select few. 3. Empower communities through revenue share of mineral wealth through community ownership schemes run by trusts. 4. Drive innovation, partnerships and good governance to have part of mineral wealth exploited fully by exclusive mining by Zimbabwe Mining Development Fund. 5. Fund rural value addition in agriculture, organise communities and offer export incentives. Develop and deploy rural industrial hubs and access to market schemes. 6. Have robust fiscal regime that curtail non-value adding imports whilst growing local capacity. 7. Invest in science and technology including innovation hubs that go beyond the familiar of copying and pasting already existing ideas. 8. Re-invent the idea of growth points as centres of economic success stories and as places to live and thrive for the youth. 9. Increase tax collection by simplifying the tax code and offer tax breaks for Small Micro and medium enterprises. 10. Reform, fund and refine technical college training to enable massive export of labour on a government to government agreement. 11. Negotiate taxations agreement that enable additional tax benefit from the Zimbabwe trained diaspora benefitting foreign governments. 12. Simplify license, permits and tax payments to simplify the cost of doing business so as to attract investment and prevent underground economy. As CCC we believe in the importance of health for all. Taxes should not be used to punish citizens and corporates. A CCC government will do the following: 1. Establish a lean collecting agent for lifestyle taxes including but not limited to sugar tax, airtime and data tax, tobacco and cigarette surtax, and other health related tax collections 2. Ensure a 100% free tax regime for health service firms and PAYE exemption of health service workers. 3. Initiate a council that encompass Aids, TB, Cancer, Diabetes and Hypertension instead of just one that cares for HIV and AIDS.The education budget allocation greatness is that it exceeds the Maputo Declaration albeit that 16% of nothing is nothing. A one size fits all model causes inordinate tax burdens. As a CCC government we shall cover 100% of rural schools' budget, 70% for high- density schools, 50% of low-densityschools and 0% of private schools. Presenting a budget on the mantra of "Building Resilience for Sustained Economic Transformation" is a loud sounding nothing when in the statement the anchor remains agriculture and mining. A CCC government will drive economic diversification as a strategic imperative. Further we shall ensure the entire Zimbabwe is a special economic zone for 5 years to attract and retain investment then create jobs. The country's economy is largely formal. Introducing corporate tax as a panacea solves nothing in our view. A CCC government will drive a program to simplify the tax code including licensing and permit codes. We shall liaise with professional bodies to further simplify reporting standards of small enterprises. This will enable easy and cost-effectivecompliance. A decentralised area-based Zimra booth is a simple idea but effective. Capturing the formal into informal shall be done with massive reduction of tax heads and tax amounts. As a CCC government our intention is to collapse ministries with insignificant allocations and or make them departments. Allocations should be alive to value creation ministries more. We shall discard incremental budgets and implement value and activity-based budgeting. It is sad that civil servants welfare was largely ignored in this budget. As CCC government we shall benchmark salaries to regional standards with a first-year premium of a higher cost of living in the country. The budget is based on a ZiG conversion that is sub optimal and false. It's a lie. As CCC government in our first year of office we shall base our budget on US dollar, discard the ZiG and then deploy a mono currency in the second year. The diaspora rights particularly the right to vote could increase diaspora remittances and promotion of import substitution to help the balance of payments and the current account. The budget is anti-people, anti-business and anti-Zimbabwe. It must be rejected. Willias Madzimure Party Spokesperson Citizens Coalition for ChangeThe village is home to a plethora of independent businesses and is loved by those who live there Merseyside is home to countless villages steeped in history, but few offer as much unique character as Churchtown. The village, which is historically within the confined of Lancashire and is home to red rose stickers showing the historic pride of Lancashire DNA running through the area. Found in north Southport , the village is quaint with a romantic blend of past and present. Despite it clearly being in the 21st century, you could easily be mistaken for thinking you had time travelled as you look around at the thatched roofs and 150-year-old stockings. Adjacent to the wall of St Cuthbert's Church nestled in the corner of the village, stocks dating from 1741 can be found behind a padlocked gate. Written on a plaque that had been gifted to the people of Churchtown by North Meols Civic Society, it explains the stocks were last used on June 3 1861 when John Rimmer was sentenced to six hours for drunkenness. Nowadays, it's a clear representation of history we shouldn't forget in a hurry, preserved for residents in 2024 to learn, marvel and wonder about the history of their village. Speaking about type of shops and businesses in the area, Jill Skelton of Vintage Home told LancsLive last month : "It's nice, there's lots of independent shops and it's sort of kept it's charm really, from what it used to be. It's not like a high street really, there's not big chains." Vintage Homes has been a resident on Botanic Road in Churchtown for the last three years and has made itself at home. Selling antiques and vintage items, the shop has made a name for itself in the area. The village is home to two 18th century listed pubs, the Hesketh Arms and the Bold Arms, with the former recently undergoing £600,000 renovation in a sign of the how successful the tightknit area is. The character of the village is not only cherished by those who live in the area but also protected. Its history is closely connected to the church as well Meols Hall and is believed to the one of the twelve resting places of St Cuthbert, Bishop of Lindisfarne, whose remains were removed in the ninth century by monks fleeing the Danish invasion. Meols Hall also dates back to 1200s. Now used as a wedding and events venue, the estate has passed through generations of the Hesketh family and overseas many of the thatched cottages in the village. But in a bid to protect the historic charm that Churchtown brings to Southport, a conservation order was introduced in November 1973 before being extended in May 2009 by Sefton Council meaning there are special planning procedures in place to limit unnecessary changes in the area. Adding thoughts about the village itself and businesses nearby, Jill said: "It suits all the quaint shops and things like that. There's a little handmade chocolate shop and a deli and little gift shops, things like that. You do notice tourists here, they tend to go through the Botanic Gardens and through the village." Another key part of the area is Botanic Gardens, an expansive green space used by people across Southport and surrounding locations. The gardens opened in the 1870s, with the Victorian gardens being home to colourful floral displays. Home to a winding lake with a variety of routes to walk, it is ever popular with people living locally. But before getting to the gardens, you have the joy of walking past the variety, and at times slightly odd, businesses on Botanic Road. One of these is Penny's House, a dog café run by canine enthusiast Ceri Burns. Inside the café, Ceri offers a menu curated especially for dogs, as well as one for humans too. The independent business opened in April under the name, but had been a dog café for seven years prior. Named after Ceri's dog Penny, the pet lover offers parties in their function room upstairs, as well as plenty of place for the dogs to relax, unwind and enjoy a well-earned treat or two. "It's a normal café, but we serve dogs just like humans," Ceri explains with a huge satisfactory smile on her face. Charlotte Ashton works in the café too and is a local of Churchtown. "It's a nice little community village around here," she explained. Another thriving business which has made itself at home in the village is Remedy. The booming cafe is regulalry full and is adored by people in Southport as the local chain has made its mark on the town. Susannah Porter, who quit her job to start the venture when she was 25, told the ECHO in 2022: "I ended up working in marketing and then education but I always felt as though I would get to this point at some point. When I was 45 I left education and opened up a business. It was a massive leap of faith." She added: "You're worried you might regret it or that you're making a mistake but I have never regretted it. I love working in hospitality, it's my passion really. I should have always done it." The village is booming and looks to have an extensive future ahead of it, as well as behind it.
What Awo will forever be remembered for —GowonWorld War 3 Anytime Now As Putin Could Unleash Nuclear Weapons | Who Are Russia's Allies & EnemiesChandigarh, Nov 30 (PTI) Inaugurating the 8th Military Literature Festival here, Punjab Governor Gulab Chand Kataria on Saturday called literature the most potent weapon to inspire youngsters towards defence services. Addressing the gathering at the Lake Sports Complex near Sukhna Lake here, Kataria said the valour shown by the sons and daughters of Punjab in different wars serves as a perennial source of motivation for the entire nation. Also Read | Arvind Kejriwal Attacked During Padyatra in Delhi: Security Scare During AAP Leader’s Rally, Man Detained for Throwing Liquid on Former CM in Malviya Nagar (Watch Videos). "The festival not only celebrates India's glorious military heritage, but also underscores the role of military literature in enhancing knowledge and fostering patriotism among citizens," the governor said. Highlighting the increasing participation of women in the armed forces, Kataria said it marked a progressive step towards gender equality and inclusivity in the forces. Also Read | Road Accident: 5 Killed, 15 Injured As Bus Plunges Into 150-Feet-Deep Gorge Near West Bengal-Sikkim Border. He also lauded the efforts of the organisers of the Military Literature Festival (MLF) in encouraging and preparing young boys and girls to join the military, thus contributing significantly to national security and defence. India's strides towards self-reliance in defence under the vision of 'Aatmanirbhar Bharat' was another focal point of the governor's address. "India is not only manufacturing state-of-the-art weapons and military equipment, but is also emerging as a key exporter of defence technology to other nations," he said. This, the governor said, reflects India's growing stature as a global power in military innovation, he added. Recalling India's historic achievements under the leadership of A P J Abdul Kalam during the Pokhran nuclear tests, the governor said, "Pokhran was a turning point that showcased India's capability and resolve to the world. It was a moment of national pride that established our nation as a formidable nuclear power. The youth should draw inspiration from such milestones in India's military history." This year's MLF's theme -- 'Wars Under the Nuclear Umbrella' -- aligns with the discussions on contemporary global challenges and India's preparedness for future conflicts. Various panel discussions are lined up on topics like the war in Ukraine, regional instability, and advancements in defence technology, among others. In his address, the governor reiterated the importance of military literature as a tool to inspire future generations. He also urged the organisers to expand the festival's reach to villages across the state, ensuring that stories of bravery, sacrifice, and patriotism resonate in every corner of Punjab. Proposing an annual magazine to preserve and disseminate the event's rich content to schools and colleges, Kataria emphasised the need for retired military officers to engage with the students and share their experiences to inspire them to join the armed forces. "Your life stories, struggles, and achievements can ignite a sense of duty and patriotism in the youth, shaping them as future defenders of our nation," he said. The two-day event also features a grand military equipment exhibition organised by the Western Command, showcasing India's defence capabilities. (This is an unedited and auto-generated story from Syndicated News feed, LatestLY Staff may not have modified or edited the content body)
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