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Acer Liquid Jade review: Price and competition When Acer announced the Liquid Jade it said the phone would cost a maximum of £229. It made its target of £199 which is the official price placing it at the bottom end of the mid-range. For us, £150 and below is classed as budget. This puts it in a tricky position and there are some decent budget smartphones around from Motorola and Nokia plus there are some outstanding mid-range devices available for a little bit more than the Liquid Jade – the Honor 6 at £249 springs to mind....

National champion and India’s No.2, Soumyajit Ghosh, the country’s top-ranked player G. Sathiyan and Sanil Shankar Shetty will also participate in the tournament. In the women’s section, national champion Mouma Das will lead the challenge for the country where she will be accompanied by Manika Batra and K. Shamini. Ghosh and Shetty will be playing in men’s doubles while Mouma will pair up with Ghosh for the mixed doubles event....

Achraf’s two-year loan deal at Dortmund from LaLiga giants Madrid is coming to an end and the Morocco international’s future has made headlines following his exploits in the Bundesliga. The 21-year-old full-back, who emerged from Madrid’s youth team in 2017, has been linked to the likes of Bayern Munich, Paris Saint-Germain, Juventus and Chelsea. Serie A side Inter have reportedly emerged as serious admirers of Achraf, however, his agent poured cold water over the speculation....

The coach is like that jewel maker who slogs selflessly for bringing the best out of the stone to make it a real possession. With the passing away of Ramakant Achrekar, one of the most revered coaches India has ever seen, the cricket has lost its one of the biggest contributors of the game. For many, he was the coach of the Little Master, Vinod Kambli, Ajit Agarkar, Pravin Amre and so many similar legends....

In an article titled Dear Joe Biden: are you kidding me? published in The Guardian, Brockovich argued that McCabe helped skirt regulations against PFOA, a perfluorinated toxic chemical which has been used by DuPont since the 1950s to make its famous nonstick coating, Teflon. Citing an article by The Intercept, Brockovich said that McCabe helped the company dodge regulations against the chemical, which has been linked to illnesses, including kidney and testicular cancer, ulcerative colitis, thyroid disease, pregnancy-induced hypertension and high cholesterol....

Ablation can be done on an outpatient basis. For more delicate ablations—like a cardiac ablation—your healthcare provider may want to keep you overnight for observation. This article looks at some common types of ablation and how they work. It takes a step-by-step approach on what you can expect, including potential complications. Before an Ablation Before the ablation procedure, your healthcare provider will run a number of tests. These are used to view the affected part of the body and identify areas that need to be repaired or removed....

Why is the teen birth rate increasing again despite the $1.5 billion spent on abstinence-only sex education since 1996? And what should be done about the rise? To find out, NEWSWEEK’s Karen Springen spoke with Heather Boonstra, senior public policy associate at the New York City-based Guttmacher Institute, the nation’s leading reproductive-health think tank. Excerpts: NEWSWEEK: Why do you think the teen birth rate is increasing again? Heather Boonstra: We don’t know entirely....

“He has an immense desire to stay here at the club. I hope he shows that with his performances,” Galliani said of the Liverpool forward, who joined Milan on a season-long loan deal last August. “…I told him that based on what he has shown until now, he doesn’t deserve to stay.” The Italian player, who has scored only three goals in 17 games but was sidelined through injury for about three months late last year, still appears likely to be heading back to Liverpool after his loan spell ends in June....

Officers with the Ramsey County Medical Examiner’s office in St. Paul analyzed blood samples from the family to find the cause of death. The tests revealed a deadly level of carbon monoxide, authorities said. The victims were found Saturday night in a home in south Moorhead by relatives who checked the house after not hearing from them. Police are still trying to figure out a time frame for the deaths but said the three children who live there did not attend school Friday....

Point spreads and totals were available in Las Vegas on Saturday morning. Check The Linemakers on Sporting News’ odds page for updated Las Vegas lines. AccuScore best bet No. 1: Mavericks at Rockets, Saturday, 9:35 p.m. ET, ESPN There’s nearly a 62 percent chance the total combined score in the Mavericks-Rockets matchup stays UNDER 213, providing great value for bettors. Supporting trend: All four meetings between these teams this season stayed UNDER the total....

A jury trial for Oathkeepers accused of conspiracy in carrying out the insurrection from nearly a year ago is scheduled to begin this April. It’s set to involve those who have been in pretrial detention since their arrests at the beginning of 2021. While a judge raised concerns about the length of their pretrial incarceration, few have been released. “For better or worse, that length of pretrial detention doesn’t shock me,” Benjamin Glassman, a former United States Attorney, told Newsweek....

The first of the two laptops is the Acer Predator Triton 500 SE. Built into this 19.9mm thick laptop isn’t just an Nvidia GeForce RTX 3080 GPU, but also an 11th-gen Intel Core H mobile CPU of the buyer’s choosing. The laptop will also allow for up to 64GB of 3,200MHz DDR4 RAM. The Predator Triton 500 SE also lets buyers choose from three different display panels, though they’re each 16 inches....

When the latest FIFA rankings update was released on Monday, Malaysia dropped four spots from 166 in the previous month to 170 in October. Given the way the national team has gone, any drop in rankings isn’t particularly fresh news but it’s impact on the possibility of a Malaysian team participating in the Asian Champions League (ACL) for the first time is massive. Malaysia are currently ranked sixth in the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) club competition ranking in the East Zone....

Kate Ruane, a senior legislative counsel at the ACLU said in a statement that the decision to suspend Trump from social media could set a precedent for big tech companies to silence less privileged voices. “For months, President Trump has been using social media platforms to seed doubt about the results of the election and to undermine the will of voters. We understand the desire to permanently suspend him now, but it should concern everyone when companies like Facebook and Twitter wield the unchecked power to remove people from platforms that have become indispensable for the speech of billions – especially when political realities make those decisions easier,” the statement read....

The data was shared by Daniel Alegre, Activision Blizzard’s Chief Operating Officer, who paired it with a letter outlining goals, failures, and progress. The data itself contained a sector-by-sector breakdown of Activision, Blizzard, King, and AB Corporate’s demographics with both women and under-represented ethnic groups (or UEGs). RELATED: California Judge Denies DFEH Intervention in $18 Million Activision-EEOC Settlement The data showed 24% of ABK’s employees were women; roughly the same average percentage of other companies in the game industry....

On Tuesday, Activision Blizzard CEO Bobby Kotick issued a letter to all employees. The letter comes in response to an alleged walkout that was scheduled to take place on Wednesday, July 28. “We believe that our values as employees are not being accurately reflected in the words and actions of our leadership,” the organizers said in a statement. Kotick started off the letter by thanking employees who came forward with their stories and said that the company’s initial responses were “tone-deaf....

So clearly not afraid to make a few enemies, Kotick spoke at the Bank of America Merrill Lynch’s Media, Communications & Entertainment Conference about another future business opportunity - movies. Anyone who has played through StarCraft 2, or any Blizzard game, knows what a high standard the cinematics set. The small movie moments feature stunning visuals, talented voice acting, and well-directed action. Some people might even be willing to pay just to watch those by themselves!...

Don’t believe this misdirection. The DOJ and FBI under Attorney General Merrick Garland thought they could pull off an assault on president Trump first suggested by Hillary Clinton campaign lawyer Marc Elias: claim he concealed a classified document and charge him with mishandling it under federal law. Title 18 of U.S. Code 2071 states that: Mind you, this is the same FBI that played “Russia collusion!” on repeat, attempting to disqualify Trump from running in 2016....