slotbet88 European data centers are having to delay carbon reduction goals and rethink sustainability plansImagine being told you can’t play your favorite game just because of what you’re wearing. Sounds weird, right? That’s exactly what happened to Magnus Carlsen, one of the world’s best chess players, at a big tournament in New York. Here’s the story: Magnus showed up wearing jeans, which weren’t allowed. The chess organization, FIDE, has a rule that players must wear “dress pants.” When they told him to change, Magnus decided to quit the tournament instead! He’s a five-time champion, so you’d think they’d let it slide. But FIDE stuck to the rules, even making another top player, Ian Nepomniachtchi, change his shoes earlier in the competition. Now, Magnus might not be too upset about this. People say he has other plans and didn’t really mind leaving the tournament. But still, breaking a rule and acting like it’s okay just because you’re famous isn’t exactly fair. Rules are rules, and FIDE has the right to enforce them for everyone equally. That said, let’s talk about dress codes. Are they really necessary? Think about it: does wearing jeans instead of dress pants make chess any less serious? Probably not. Other sports have faced similar issues. In 2005, the NBA tried forcing basketball players to wear suits for team events. They thought it would make the players look more professional, but fans didn’t like it. Fun fact: sneakers, like Nike’s Air Jordans, are a huge part of basketball culture, making billions of dollars every year! Even outside sports, dress codes can be silly. One big Indian company once forced all its male employees to wear ties, but they eventually dropped the rule because too many people were quitting! Wearing something uncomfortable just for appearances doesn’t make much sense, does it? In the end, while Magnus should have followed the rules, maybe it’s time for FIDE and other organizations to rethink these dress codes. After all, what you wear doesn’t change how talented or serious you are about what you do. Comfort and fairness should matter more than outdated ideas about “looking professional.”

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing highlighted that corruption can not only hinder the achievement of national development goals but also harm the rule of law, peace and stability. Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said so in his speech marking the International Anti-Corruption Day ceremony at the Myanmar International Convention Centre I in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday morning. Speaking on the occasion, the Senior General pointed out that corruption can not only hinder the achievement of national development goals but also harm the rule of law, peace and stability. He noted that corruption is rooted in government bodies and the private sector, as well as non-profit charity organizations in developed and developing countries worldwide. The Senior General disclosed that the government strives to combat corruption with goodwill for the State by implementing the missions and visions to decline corruption, shape a corruption-free society and protect the public interest. He unveiled that the Ministry of Education and the Ministry of Science and Technology jointly organize edutainment programmes and youth discussions at basic education schools and universities to promote the youths’ righteousness and integrity. According to the Anti-Corruption Law, he stressed that action will be taken against offenders in corruption cases and their property based on corruption will be confiscated under the law. The Senior General underscored that as corruption is a global problem harming the rule of law and democracy worldwide, justice disappears in society, causing harm to the nation and the general public. In accord with the motto of the Anti-Corruption Commission “Eliminating Corruption, Prosperous Nation”, the Senior General urged the entire people to cooperate with the government in operating anti-corruption measures to ensure the prosperity of society as well as the entire nation. The Senior General unveiled the signboard of the opening ceremony to mark International Anti-Corruption Day and presented prizes to winners in the poster, video and article contests to mark the significant day. Commission Chair U Sis Aye reported to the Senior General on the work progress of the commission and its plans. The Senior General and dignitaries watched a video clip on International Anti-Corruption Day and viewed round documentary photos in combatting corrupted measures. Also present at the ceremony were SAC Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo, council members, union-level dignitaries, union ministers, the Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief, the commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command, deputy ministers and officials of Anti-Corruption Commission. — MNA/TTA

The AP Top 25 men’s college basketball poll is back every week throughout the season! Get the poll delivered straight to your inbox with AP Top 25 Poll Alerts. Sign up here . HOUSTON (AP) — Addison Patterson’s 25 points helped Northwestern State defeat Houston Christian 64-57 on Saturday night. Patterson also added five rebounds and three steals for the Demons (5-5, 2-0 Southland Conference). Jon Sanders shot 5 of 9 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 5 from the line to add 17 points. Willie Williams shot 5 of 6 from the field to finish with 10 points, while adding 11 rebounds. Bryson Dawkins finished with 13 points for the Huskies (3-7, 1-1). D’Aundre Samuels added nine points for Houston Christian. Julian Mackey also had nine points. ___ The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

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Patterson also added five rebounds and three steals for the Demons (5-5, 2-0 Southland Conference). Jon Sanders shot 5 of 9 from the field, including 2 for 4 from 3-point range, and went 5 for 5 from the line to add 17 points. Willie Williams shot 5 of 6 from the field to finish with 10 points, while adding 11 rebounds. Bryson Dawkins finished with 13 points for the Huskies (3-7, 1-1). D'Aundre Samuels added nine points for Houston Christian. Julian Mackey also had nine points. The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar .

EAST LANSING, Mich. (AP) — Jaddan Simmons scored 18 points, Julia Ayrault added 17 points and 12 rebounds, and No. 24 Michigan State blew past DePaul 89-61 on Sunday, improving to 9-0 for the first time in program history. Emma Shumate scored 12 points and Jocelyn Tate had 10 points for the Spartans. Grace VanSlooten had four of MSU’s 14 blocks. Michigan State had 24 assists on 31 baskets. The Spartans outshot the Blue Demons 47%-22% in the first half and led 42-25 at halftime. The lead peaked at 32 when Kennedy Blair converted a three-point play for an 89-57 lead with 2 minutes remaining in the game. Jorie Allen had 15 points, 11 rebounds and seven assists for DePaul (3-7). Grace Carstensen also scored 15 and Taylor Johnson-Matthews added 10 points. Michigan State finished at 51% from the field and DePaul shot 29%. MSU leads the overall series 5-0. Last season, the Spartans defeated the Blue Demons in Chicago, 102-64. Jill Pizzotti continues to serve as DePaul’s interim coach while longtime coach Doug Bruno is on medical leave. ___ Get poll alerts and updates on the AP Top 25 throughout the season. Sign up . AP women’s college basketball: and

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While history has softened the harsh view of Jimmy Carter’s presidency, there is one part of his legacy that looks worse as the years pass. Carter, , called to boycott the 1980 Olympics because of the Soviet Union’s invasion of Afghanistan, and the pressure he exerted on the U.S. Olympic Committee to comply, was wrong and naïve. It accomplished nothing other than to further entrench the antagonism between the United States and the Soviet Union, and inserted politics where it didn’t belong. Worse, it punished hundreds of athletes, robbing them of the moment and opportunity for which they had trained and sacrificed. Not just American athletes, either. Other countries joined the United States in boycotting the Summer Games in Moscow, including Canada and Japan, and the Soviet Union and much of the Eastern bloc retaliated four years later in Los Angeles. Carter, raised the possibility of a boycott in January 1980, a month after the Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan, hoping the embarrassment of the world staying home from the Summer Games would convince the communist powerhouse to leave Afghanistan. After the Soviets ignored a February deadline, Carter officially announced the boycott March 21, 1980. But it is the USOC, not the White House, that sends teams to the Olympics. In an April speech to USOC leaders, Vice President Walter Mondale painted the boycott as a moral imperative, saying "no less than the future security of the civilized world" was at stake in Afghanistan. He likened the Soviet invasion to Hitler’s Nazi Germany, and said the United States could not make the same mistake it had in 1936, when Jesse Owens led an American team to the Berlin Games. "As Joseph Goebbels boasted on the eve of the Olympics, the Reich expected the Games 'to turn the trick and create a friendly world attitude toward Nazi political, economic, and racial aims.' It worked," Mondale told the USOC. "... Neither Jesse’s achievements in Berlin nor any words spoken at the Games prevented the Reich from exploiting the Olympics toward their own brutal ends." A few hours after Mondale’s speech, the USOC agreed to Carter’s demand and said it would not send a team to Moscow. While athletes were hailed as patriots and praised for their sacrifice, that was little consolation for the harsh reality of Olympic sports. With the Games held once every four years, most athletes get only one shot when they’re in their prime. Four years earlier and they’re probably too young. Four years later and they’re probably too old. The boycott meant hundreds of athletes missed out on the opportunity to be recognized by the entire world as the best in the sports to which they’d devoted their entire lives. Given this was still in the days before professionals could compete in the Olympics, those athletes who would have won medals lost out on post-Games economic opportunities, including lucrative speaking engagements for which they’d still be in demand long after their days as an athlete had ended. Take Bill Rodgers, arguably one of the greatest distance runners ever. Rodgers was 40th in the marathon at the 1976 Olympics in Montreal. But beginning with the New York Marathon later that year, he won 15 of his next 19 races at the 26.2-mile distance, including Boston in 1978, 1979 and 1980. He set an American record at Boston in 1979, and Track & Field News ranked him No. 1 in the marathon for a third time that year. Had the United States gone to Moscow, he would have been a favorite to join Frank Shorter (1972), John Hayes (1908) and Thomas Hicks (1904) as the only U.S. men to win the Olympic marathon, a feat that would have made him a commercial superstar. But the United States didn’t go to Moscow. And by the time the Los Angeles Games arrived, Rodgers’ career was in decline. He finished eighth at the 1984 Olympic trials and didn’t even make the U.S. team for L.A. "We're simply a tool, an implement," Rodgers told the Washington Post at the time. "No one cares at all, until we can be used for their purposes. Then they can use it." At least Rodgers could still call himself an Olympian, having competed in Montreal. But there were other athletes for whom Moscow was their only chance. They remain in a weird sort of athletic purgatory, Olympians without an Olympics. "I feel like a doctor who knows the specialty, but I don't have that M.D.," wrestler Lee Kemp, who would have been the heavy favorite for gold at 74 kilograms in Moscow after winning the world title in 1978 and 1979, told the New Orleans Times-Picayune in 2010. Kemp retired after finishing second at the 1984 Olympic trials. Had the boycott accomplished what Carter hoped, maybe athletes could have taken some comfort in knowing their sacrifice had brought about change. But many of the United States’ closest allies – Britain and France among them – refused to join the boycott. The politics Carter hoped to keep out of the Olympics are now endemic to the Games. And not until February 1989, almost a decade later, would the Soviet Union leave Afghanistan. "There was not one positive," Kemp told the Times-Picayune. "Not one." Forty-four years later, it’s even more apparent Carter made the wrong decision.

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