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Vicksburg Daily News -
VICKSBURG, MS. – The Roof at 1311 will honor local musician, Donald ‘Butch’ Bowman Nasif, in a celebration of life at tonight’s bi-weekly jam. The jam, held every other Thursday from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., is a place for local musicians to come together to play as well as be inspired by each other. “Butch […]
2 days agoWorld LeaksComments Off on iPhone owners warned over iOS 18 text glitch that is causing app to crash – and the only fix has a devastating result
IPHONE owners must be wary of a new iOS 18 text glitch that results in significant data loss when users try to fix it.
The bug is triggered by a particular message sent from Apple Watch users and forces Apple’s Messages app to crash repeatedly.
If someone using iOS 18 on an iPhone replies to that watch face message via a thread, the glitch will be triggered[/caption]
A threaded message is one that is a direct reply a previous message, and is a good way to revisit something said earlier in a chat[/caption]
Apple Watch lets owners share their watch face with their contacts over Messages or Mail, directly from the wrist-bound device.
But if someone using iOS 18 on an iPhone replies to that watch face message via a thread, the glitch will be triggered.
A threaded message is one that is a direct reply a previous message, and is a good way to revisit something said earlier in a chat.
They are commonly used in group chats, and grew popular on WhatsApp before Apple introduced them to its Messages app.
Once the glitch is triggered, the Messages app will be essentially unusable for both the Apple Watch and iPhone user.
iPhone owners are not able to open other conversations in the app due to the platform repeatedly crashing.
The only way to ‘break the curse’, so to speak, is to delete the thread from each device.
This will requires deleting the conversation history from both devices, including attachments like photos, videos and voice notes.
It can devastating to lose all that data, but unfortunately, it is the only known fix.
And restoring the deleted thread through an iCloud backup of your messages will only reintroduce the crash-bug.
It’s important to note that the glitch is only present with iPhone operating on iOS 18.
Iterations of iOS 17 and the upcoming iOS 18.1 will not trigger the bug.
One of the upsides of waiting a few days or weeks to download a big system update is that the software that follows something like iOS 18 typically has all the bugs ironed out of it.
However, the iOS 18.1 update is not yet available, and is expected to roll out to iPhones in October.
iOS 18 supported devices
Not all iPhone models are getting iOS 18 – but these ones are:
2 days agoWorld LeaksComments Off on Incredible flying saucer jet boat created with an interior fit for aliens – and it glows like a UFO at night too
AN inventor has gone viral on YouTube after making his very on UFO-style jet boat.
The incredible creation even glows in the night like an ominous extraterrestrial visitor gliding across water.
Flying saucer jet boat goes at over 30mph[/caption]
slick sliding doors much like you would expect on a UFO[/caption]
At night it gives an eerie glow[/caption]
Genius craftsman Tran Long Ho, from Vietnam, come up with the wild idea.
Hour-long footage, which has already been watched more than 10million times on YouTube, shows the crafty creator build the unique boat from beginning to end, and takes it for a ride on the waters too.
As well as looking like a flying saucer commonly depicted in Hollywood movies, he’s added hexagonal shapes with neon lighting.
There are even slick sliding door panels.
On them, he’s inscribed a message reading: “The Universe is vast and life is endless.”
Inside, we see a number of controls but there’s only enough room for one.
Mr Ho started the building process with a simple flying saucer-shaped sand mould for the top section.
He creates a hard shell by adding a thin layer of concrete onto it.
Then he applies sheets of fibreglass and epoxy that form the eventual body of the jet boat, and repeats the process for the bottom half.
As the powerboat takes shape we also see him install solar panel segments and LED lights.
And of course, a grey lick of paint.
The contraption can reach speeds of 31 mph, according to Vietnamese news site Tuoi Tre News.
Commenters on YouTube have reacted in amazement at the video.
“Never in my life have I seen so much talent in one individual. You are a gift to all mankind,” one user wrote.
“If he can build something so sophisticated in his backyard, imagine what he can do with a fully equipped workshop,” another said.
A third added: “I am a retired engineer with 73 years. This video brought me back to when I was a young boy.”
Mr Ho has made quite the name for himself online as inventor.
Other videos on YouTube show him building a yacht and even restoring cars.
It’s not clear how much the flying saucer jet boat cost to make but on a different project he revealed he spent about £612.
Mr Ho inside the flying saucer[/caption]
Video watch by more than 10million on YouTube[/caption]
Only space for one person inside[/caption]
FAMOUS UFO INCIDENTS
The ‘Night of the UFOs’ is among many famous unexplained encounters with strange objects in the sky that have happened down the years.
Perhaps the most striking was a video known as the ‘Tic-Tac’ – which showed an unidentified object being pursued by fighter planes.
While flying off the coast of California 2004, two pilots from the USS Nimitz on a routine training mission spotted an object “shaped like a 40ft Tic Tac sweet”.
Then in 2005, a veteran pilot of an F/A – 18 fighter aircraft witnessed a raft of strange objects in the sky during a training exercise off the coast of Florida.
The two videos were sensationally released by the Pentagon in 2017.
Tragically the pursuit of UFOs has also claimed lives, notably that of US Air Force Captain Thomas Mantell.
He died after being sent to chase a mysterious object in his fighter aircraft in 1948.
Other encounters with the air force include a claim that UFOs disabled weapons at a nuclear base.
Captain Robert Salas said the bizarre incident unfolded in 1967 while he was the on-duty commander of a secret underground launch control facility at Montana’s Malmstrom Air Force Base.
US forces based in Britain also had an encounter with a strange glowing in the sky in Rendlesham Forest in Suffolk.
Two airmen, Staff Sgt Jim Penniston and Airman John Burroughs, claim they got so close to a triangular craft they actually touched it.
Earlier this year, US military documents were released showing how a warship was shadowed by two “ball of light” UFOs deepening the mystery around the case.
2 days agoWorld LeaksComments Off on Fears of BOMBS being snuck into everyday gadgets sparks global security alert as airlines ban pagers after Israeli blitz
ISRAEL’S pager blitz has sparked fears that bombs could be snuck into everyday gadgets.
Thousands were injured and dozens were killed by Mossad agents after they twice surprised terror group Hezbollah with hidden explosives.
One walkie-talkie exploded inside a house in Baalbek[/caption]
A man shopping Tuesday was hit by an exploding pager[/caption]
Flyers departing Beirut-Rafic Hariri International Airport are now prohibited from having pagers or walkie-talkies on them[/caption]
Lebanon’s Civil Aviation has now banned pagers and walkie-talkies from being taken on aircraft departing from Beirut.
That ban includes both carry-on and checked luggage and any found by security will be confiscated.
Ex-military intelligence officer Philip Ingram said there could be “panic around the world” with airports and planes now more vulnerable than before.
An Israel-style mass quantity attack would pose a major threat for airports screening tens of thousands of passengers a day.
Aviation expert Jeff Price said a terror group might struggle to use the same volume as a organised spy agency but, like Israel, they could use everyday items to hide explosives.
And authorities will now be looking shore up their systems and keep air travel safe.
Mr Ingram told The Sun: “Governments will be asking their airports and other places if their X-Ray machines and other scanning machines if they could pick up these things [explosives].
“It will have people thinking and thinking hard about wider security issues.”
He said only a percentage of devices were checked and they were looked at by human operators, who make mistakes.
Counter-intelligence spies will now be searching through sensitive supply chains to their countries to see if they would be vulnerable.
“As soon as you get a novel style of attack that has been successful in this stage, every government around the world will be sitting going: ‘right, let’s add another piece into our contingency to make sure we’re looking for this.”
Ingram said firms would also now be searching through their business partners and supply chains to check if it could be taken advantage of.
“I suspect it [being sabotaged] might put them out of business completely because no one’s going to use that shipping company if they can’t control and keep security over goods that are in transit.”
Walkie-talkies were used as explosives on Wednesday[/caption]
Price said safety measures can’t pick up every prohibited item that goes through security as it is a “numbers game”.
The aviation security expert said: “You put so many [bombs] into a system, and it just increases your chances of something getting through.
“Even with the best technology and the best detector personnel out there, you’ll put enough stuff through a lot of different areas and at one point in time something is is frankly bound to get through.”
Price said a tiny minority of people are able to sneak guns, knives, and even drugs through current screening methods.
“The problem is we don’t know how many we’re missing,” he said.
“The more we detect the more we can presume that there’s been misses in the past.
“We know that things get missed. There’s no 100 per cent detection.”
But he did back current checks being stringent enough to stop any coordinated attack as spies and cops would also be working to foil it.
Price said that even if someone was able to try and board a plane they would still have to make it past people on lookout and scanning machines.
And current security methods and and technology are now also being improved with AI technology, he said.
“We haven’t had a major aviation accident in a long time,” he said.
“It’s still considered the safest form of travel.”
Mossad was only able to carry out the attack after a long period of planning and preparing for the operation.
The speed of shipments increased recently after the group’s leadership pushed to stop members using cellphones and use pagers, which the Israelis could compromise.
Hezbollah is a “criminal organisation” and uses a number of fronts to buy and sell the weapons and resources the group needs.
These fronts are called “monkey firms” by the Israelis.
Mossad was able to penetrate Hezbollah’s supply chain, possibly with its own “monkeys”, and completely fool Hezbollah.
A senior Lebanese security source said the group had ordered 5,000 beepers made by Taiwan-based Gold Apollo, which were brought into the country in the spring.
But Gold Apollo told media in Taipei today the specific order was manufactured by BAC Consulting KFT in Budapest.
Gold Apollo boss Hsu Ching-kuang said BAC asked to manufacture their own pagers with the company’s trademark and they were paid from a mystery Middle Eastern bank account, NPR reports.
BAC Consulting chief executive Cristiana Bársony-Arcidiacono confirmed to media that her company worked with Gold Apollo.
But said, “I don’t make the pagers. I am just the intermediate.”
At some point during the manufacture, the devices were modified by Israel’s spy service with a small amount of explosive.
The AR-924 pager is described as being “rugged” and contains a rechargeable lithium battery with 85 days of battery life.
Their longevity would be important in Lebanon which has suffered major power outages.
Pagers also run on a different wireless network than mobile phones, making them more resilient in emergencies and harder for Israel to hack digitally.
The affected pagers were only delivered to Hezbollah recently.
Reports now claim Mossad set up shell companies to build the devices themselves.
But the New York Times reported BAC is an Israeli shell company, one of at least three used by spies to mask their identity.
BAC took on ordinary clients for whom they produced ordinary pagers.
Pagers sent to Hezbollah, however, contained the explosive PETN.
Rockets fired from southern Lebanon are intercepted by Israel’s Iron Dome[/caption]
A Lebanese Middle East Airlines plane parked at Beirut International Airport[/caption]
The coin enthusiast explained: “There is only one of these known to have survived from a trial run of several hundreds according to the Royal Mint.
“This means the 1954 is also extremely rare penny, the last one sold in 1991 for £23,100.
“It’s likely worth even more now with inflation accounted for.”
He added that there is also an “MS 63 version of the coin which could be worth up to £60,000″.
The post was flooded with nearly 500 comments, with millionaire hopefuls asking if the dates on their pennies were significant.
One asked: “I have a 1918 penny is it worth anything”.
The poster replied: “No”.
Another bragged: “i have this coin”.
But the TikToker wasn’t convinced, quipping: “Doubt it”.
These are not the only coins that could make their lucky owners a huge profit.
A 2p with a subtle wording mistake – “New Pence” instead of “Two Pence” – could be worth around £1000.
Meanwhile, 50p coins decorated with a cartoon high-jumper for the 2012 London Olympics have been selling for as much as £142 and £216.
Another coin designed for the Games – which was minted with horizontal lines mistakenly etched into it – can fetch an enormous £3000 at auction.
It’s also worth checking the £2 coins lurking in your loose change, as a specific cat design could mean they’re worth over 100 times they’re usual value.
2 days agoWorld LeaksComments Off on Domestic abuse charity worker attacked her ex-partner by slashing his arms with kitchen knife in campaign of violence
A DOMESTIC abuse charity worker attacked her partner by slashing his arms with a kitchen knife in a brutal assault.
Jayne Rudd, 32, stabbed Sam Leopold three times just weeks after he took out a restraining order on her.
Jayne Rudd slashed at her ex-boyfriend with a knife[/caption]
She has been jailed for three years[/caption]
The public schoolgirl – a former communications managed with the Olive Pathway domestic abusecharity – had waged a nightmare ordeal against her ex.
She received a suspended sentence last year following a horrific attack on the tree surgeon.
Despite this, the raging thug went to a friend’s house where Sam was staying yelling out his name.
She then knocked the door of its hinges before slashing at her ex with a kitchen knife.
Sam managed to flee to a neighbour’s home and call the police, who found her asleep on the sofa in a drunken stupor.
Rudd has now been jailed for three years and slapped with a new restraining order banning her from contacting her ex for life.
In a victim impact statement, Sam bravely told the court: “I became used to being assaulted by her which I knew wasn’t right but I was aware she had mental health issues.
“She is dangerous to be around and this latest incident is clear evidence of that.
“It doesn’t matter if she has a non-molestation order or a restraining order to protect me. She will always find a way back to me and that me me feel unsafe.
“Although a number of months have passed since this latest incident, it has affected my mental health and I am constantly on edge for when she is eventually released. I am constantly looking over my shoulder.
“I do not wish to see Miss Rudd ever again but I will never know if this is the last time she will contact me.”
How to get help
Men can call Men’s Advice Line on 0808 8010 327 (Monday to Friday 10am to 8pm), or visit the webchat at Men’s Advice Line (Wednesday 10am to 11.30am and 2.30pm to 4pm).
Manchester Crown Court heard how Rudd was previously been given 34 weeks in jail suspended for 18 months after she verbally abused Sam in a pub before punching him.
He tried to break of contact with his stalker ex but she bombarded him with 300 texts begging for forgiveness.
In September 2022, she was given a community order after mauling a police officer when she refused to leave a property.
Brendan O’Leary, defending, told the court Rudd has mental issues dating back to a childhood trauma.
Sentencing, the judge told her that she was “a highly intelligent woman but with a very troubled history”.
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The Federal Reserve has cut its benchmark interest rate from its 23-year high, with consequences for debt, savings, auto loans, mortgages and other forms of borrowing by consumers and businesses.
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