yb818 NoneClick celebrates significant growth milestones while introducing a new initiative to support and empower photojournalists in sharing authentic, impactful stories through the platform. SAN FRANCISCO , Dec. 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Click , a groundbreaking mobile app that fights misinformation by making it simple to capture and publish authenticated content, powered by the Nodle Network , has recently launched the Click Photojournalism Fellowship, to empower photojournalists to join Click's mission to build a more truthful future. Joining the fellowship will give photojournalists exposure of their work via the Click app and Nodle Network and allow each photojournalist to share their stories and their photos. Additionally, Click has just reached two growth milestones in its first year of operation, passing 50,000 users and over 1,000 new photos authenticated by Click daily. These follow Click's public beta launch in March. The Click camera app is currently available for download on both iOS or Android , and all content captured with Click can be accessed through the app and on Click's website at clickapp.com . The first two photojournalists to join the Click Fellowship are: "We're thrilled to collaborate with photojournalists, empowering them to share their authentic stories through Click. In an era where digital content authenticity is crucial, we're leveraging blockchain to support journalists in building transparency and trust. The Click Photojournalism Fellowship sets a new standard for credibility in journalistic content on social media," says Micha Benoliel , CEO and co-founder of Intergalactic Labs, the team behind Click and Nodle. Click aims to grow the fellowship to over 20 photojournalists in early 2025 and is currently seeking more photojournalist partners. Photojournalists who join the program will share their recent work via Click's blog (both Click and non-Click photos), that represent their photojournalistic perspective, share their journalist story and be promoted across the Click and Nodle communities. Journalists will also provide feedback on the Click app periodically via scheduled sessions with Click's team. To apply and join the fellowship, photojournalists can fill out this short application and share samples of their work. About Click: Click is a new mobile app empowering everyone to easily create authentic media content. Click is on a mission to combat misinformation and bring truthful photos and videos aka "Deep Reals" to everyone via immutable digital proofs of authenticity. With Click, you can confirm content is real and happened at a specific location, time and via a specific mobile device and camera. This is all made possible by ContentSign , Click's proprietary technology which proves the integrity of data from its moment of capture on-chain. Click is built on ZKsync , the leading Ethereum Layer 2 blockchain and is powered by the Nodle DePIN. Click supports the Coalition for Content Provenance and Authenticity (C2PA) and is a member of the Adobe-led Content Authenticity Initiative (CAI). Download Click on iOS or Android and visit us at clickapp.com to learn more and see recent press coverage. View original content to download multimedia: https://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/click-camera-app-announces-new-photojournalism-fellowship-as-app-reaches-50-000-users-signing-1-000-authenticated-photos-daily-302329583.html SOURCE Nodle

An online debate over foreign workers in tech shows tensions in Trump's political coalitionMoncton is proposing a 6.2 cent tax rate cut for most of the city next year while boosting spending on police, firefighters and transit. "The City of Moncton's financial position remains strong," Jacques Doucet, Moncton's general manager of finance services, said as council began going through the the 521-page draft budget Tuesday. "But it doesn't mean we don't have challenges. Everything is about prioritization and we can only invest so many dollars in so many areas." The document covers the city's $223.8 million operating budget, a utilities budget of $46.2 million, and a $62.6 million capital budget. Moncton council began deliberating its 2025 budget on Tuesday. (Shane Magee/CBC) Doucet said the goal of the tax rate cut is to limit the increase to property tax bills for residents driven by assessment values set by the province. Staff proposed a tax rate of $1.3614 per $100 of assessed value for most of the city, down 4.34 per cent from 2024. While the tax rate would be lower, overall a property tax bill would still increase by 5.23 per cent because of higher assessments. The budget shows a home valued at $350,000 would see its tax bill rise by $260 to $5,241. Increase for amalgamated areas While much of the city would see a lower tax rate, areas formerly part of the Moncton local service district amalgamated in 2023 would see a tax rate increase of five cents. That would bring the rate to $1.0158. The tax rate and various budget figures could change before final approval. Coun. Bryan Butler has moved a motion that would reduce the increase to 2.5 cents. That motion will be considered Thursday. The proposed budget includes a number of additions, including: A $9.5 million increase in the policing budget, which includes 17 more RCMP officers. Four more firefighters. Expanding Codiac Transpo bus service at a cost of $435,042. New or replacing buses, including one to test switching to electric buses. $500,000 to plan a new aquatics facility and $5 million to build it. $8 million in 2025 and $17 million in 2026 for downtown facilities such as "a new market, convention centre, or riverfront amenities." The budget calls for 38 more full-time equivalent staff positions, bringing the city to just under 800 full-time positions. Of those, 18 are related to increased Codiac Transpo bus service. Sixteen fall under protective services, which include firefighters, community safety officers and municipal support staff for the RCMP. Proposed Moncton budget includes more money for police, fire, aims to reduce hit to taxpayers Moncton plans to clear snow from more sidewalks around schools Council heard that Codiac Transpo has recorded a nearly 40 per cent increase in ridership this year, resulting in some buses being full. The budget includes money to expand the bus depot as the transit fleet expands. The budget also calls for a $765,000 increase in the city's grant to Ability Transit, a transportation service for physically disabled people. Gregg Houser, the city's deputy treasurer, said the service has a two-week waiting period to book rides and currently isn't able to serve everyone. He said it has about 1,000 clients and is looking to serve 1,300. The budget says an average household will pay $1,128 in water and wastewater fees next year, an increase of 1.17 per cent. Moncton council tells staff to draft budget with eye to tax-rate cut Earlier this year, council approved a budget strategy that called for limiting how much additional revenue the city would collect as a result of higher property assessments. Doucet said 85 per cent of properties in the city are covered by the province's spike protection mechanism, which limits yearly assessment increases on those properties to 10 per cent. To counteract that, the budget was planned to only collect just over five per cent, effectively resulting in a tax rate cut. But Doucet noted the rising assessments are mainly on residential properties and that some commercial properties have reduced assessments. That means those commercial properties would see a greater benefit from the tax rate cut. He said the city is advocating the province reform the property tax system to allow different tax rates for different classes of properties. "If we had more flexibility, we don't necessarily want to tax their commercial properties more, but we could do a better distribution of the fiscal burden," Doucet said. Need for fiscal reform in focus at municipal forum with political leaders The city projects its debt will rise from $85 million at the end of 2024 to $134.8 million for the general fund next year, mainly due to the completion of the $57.3-million police station. Even with that increase, the city's debt radio for the general fund is expected to remain below 10 per cent. The provincially set limit is 20 per cent. Budget deliberations continue Wednesday with discussion of the policing and fire department budgets.BERKELEY, Calif. (AP) — Andrej Stojakovic converted 11 of 15 from the free throw line and scored 20 points as California held off a late rally to post an 83-77 win over Sacramento State in the Cal Classic tournament on Sunday. Cal came into its tournament without three starters, Jovan Blacksher Jr., DJ Campbell and BJ Omot and the Golden Bears earned back-to-back wins over Air Force and the Hornets. Stojakovic scored a career-high 21 points and freshman guard Jeremiah Wilkinson stepped up with career-best 23 points against the Falcons. Against Sacramento State, Wilkinson came off the bench to score 16 points. Sacramento State took an early 12-7 lead after Emil Skytta hit a pair of free throws five minutes into the game, but Wilkinson hit back-to-back buckets and Stojakovic drew a foul on a three-point attempt and hit all three foul shots to take a 14-12 lead and the Bears pulled away to take a 40-33 lead at intermission. Julian Vaughns knocked down a trey three minutes into the second half to pull Sacramento State even at 43 and his free throw put the Hornets in front. Ryan Petraitis and Wilkinson hit back-to-back 3-pointers to put Cal up 51-47 and the Bears never trailed the rest of the way. Petraitis finished with 13 points, five assists and three steals for Cal (5-1). Joshua Ola-Joseph and Mady Sissoko each added 10 points. Jacob Holt scored 25 points with eight rebounds, two assists and a steal to lead Sacramento State (1-4). Vaughns scored 18 points and EJ Neal added 16. The game was just the third meeting between schools separated by roughly 80 miles, and first since 1992. 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“ They are blocking food. Essential needs. Medicine. They are using food as a pressure tactics. A freezing winter is coming. It is going to be tough. Thousands have vanished. Refugee camps are bombed. Universities have been fully destroyed. There were 34 hospitals in Gaza. All destroyed.” Dr Abed Elrazeg Abu Jazer, Chargé d’Affaires at the Embassy of the State of Palestine in Delhi, is a seasoned Indian hand. He has done his PhD from Jamia Millia Islamia Central University in Delhi in political science. His subject was: ‘India and the question of Palestine — 1980-93’. He has worked as a professional journalist since 1995 and has been a media advisor to the Palestinian Authority. He was posted to India as a senior diplomat in 2014. “I miss journalism,” he says, wistfully. In conversation with Amit Sengupta, Editor, timesheadline.in, and a seasoned journalist, who has been writing on Gaza since last October . Yesterday, the Security Council passed a resolution seeking ceasefire in Gaza. This is maybe the fourth or fifth time they have done it. As many as 14 countries have supported it, including France and Britain; but, yet again, America has vetoed the resolution: 14-1. They said the resolution does not have a reference to the hostages. However, the final resolution does have a reference to the hostages. What is your opinion on this? This is not our first experience with the Americans. It has happened so many times in the history of the occupation, and our freedom struggle. You know, they always use the veto against our rights and aspirations. Almost the entire world, including India, has called for a ceasefire, but, no, the US will not allow a ceasefire and always backs Israel to the hilt. Through these decisions, they are going against the collective global voice against the genocide currently happening in Gaza, the world’s biggest open-air prison. Basically that means that nothing has improved on the ground. America has given a green signal to the Israeli aggression — politically and militarily. They simply don’t seem to care for all the other voices in the world. Both Joe Biden and Kamala Harris have said that the people of Gaza are suffering. Harris has used this rhetoric many times. But they have done nothing on the ground. Instead, they have pumped bombs, weapons, and billions into Israel which has been used to kill the people of Gaza. This is not a political speech. There are figures and media reports. American reports. Statements from the Pentagon and the State Department in Washington. The New York Times , Washington Post, Wall Street Journal , and others, have all published the facts and figures. They published these stories with all of the details about the continuous supply of military equipment to Israel, the big bombs, including bombs that were being used and tested for the first time. On our people. On civilians. There is continuous military support. These are reports coming from America. This is the type of leadership in the rich countries. Your wife and children were trapped in Rafah at the border with Egypt for a very long time, even while the killings continued relentlessly. All communication systems were dismantled. Thankfully, they are now in India. In recent times, Israel has started evacuating refugee camps, like the Jabalia camp at the Israeli border, which is the largest refugee camp with more than 100,000 displaced people. They have been bombing shelters, hospitals, and schools. Almost 250,000 people were reportedly forced to move from Northern Gaza at gunpoint. There is no food. Aid has been stopped by the Israeli military. Many young boys and men have been taken in vehicles to unknown destinations. This is a one-sided war. A strategic war. It is not war. It is a genocide. It is not between two soldiers or two armies. Here, there is one strong country with a strong army, backed by the biggest military power in the world, and some Western countries. Gaza has 2.5 million unarmed people. Yes, most of them are refugees; they live in refugee camps. The majority of the people are extremely poor. They get basic food with UN support — wheat or sugar. Now, bombs are targeting them in tents. People are living on the beach, in tattered tents, in the open. In big houses, more than 100 people are taking shelter. One bomb destroys all of them. Civilians. Israel knows about them, uses its technology for surveillance, and then they bomb them. So this is the target and this is their war. You can see videos that are evidence. Almost 90 percent of Gaza is fully destroyed. I am from Rafah in the south. It’s on the border with Egypt. Almost 90 percent of Rafah has been totally destroyed. Including my house. My brothers and father’s house as well — we are neighbours. Their homes too have been destroyed. We have lost everything. My father is 90 — now he is a displaced refugee. Many others are like him now. Some people have lost everyone in their families. Thousands of children have turned orphans, including seriously wounded children. Consider their trauma. They are blocking food. Essential needs. They are using food as pressure tactics. Jordon, Emirates, other countries are sending food. But they are blocking it — using food against the people. It’s extremely difficult for the survivors. Now, a freezing winter is coming. It is going to be really tough. Thousands of people have vanished. There are other types of suffering. No schools. Universities have been fully destroyed. There were 34 hospitals in Gaza. All destroyed. There was the Abu Yusuf hospital in Rafah, one of the main hospitals. This is the latest hospital they have bombed. Fully destroyed. Apparently, there are only three hospitals, damaged or otherwise, which are still there. Scores of doctors and nurses (and patients) have been killed. Even doctors have been arrested and taken to unknown destinations. There are epidemics and diseases. How are the people coping with it? Health care has been severely hit. Minimal primary health care is available. They are not allowing medicine or medical aid from outside. They are not allowing doctors, specialists, or volunteers to enter Gaza. Surgeries are urgently required for many patients. But where are the doctors? Nobody can enter Gaza. It’s totally controlled by them. Even the international media is not coming. Only Israeli media is coming with their soldiers. They are the spokespersons of the Israeli government. They publish the Israeli agenda. For example, we have lost 188 journalists since October 7, 2023. Many of them were killed in targeted assassinations. Local civilians are now working as journalists. They too are being targeted. There is no internet or connectivity. Nobody’s coming from outside to report. No big channels like CNN or NBC or the New York Times, Washington Post, etc. They are targeting journalists because they don’t want ground reports to reach the world. They want to wipe out the truth from the world’s consciousness. Hence, you will not see, for instance, stories about human beings trapped or buried under the rubble. Or similar stories. If there is a ceasefire, and journalists can enter, you will see that thousands of buried or forgotten stories will emerge from the ravaged landscape of Gaza. That is also why they don’t want a ceasefire. Several men and young boys have been picked up recently and taken to unknown places by the Israeli army. And how many Palestinian children and women and others are in prison in Israel? They have arrested several people from the north and the south of Gaza, and also from the West Bank. They have built new prisons. The prisoners are treated with cruelty. This is their policy. They catch the people for no rhyme or reason, and they take them to the prisons. They punish them. It’s very bad. They torture them. And this has been going on much before this one-sided war started last October. They treat the 2.5 million people like prisoners in a gated society. They control everything. Nobody can travel without their permission. Nobody can go out of Gaza. There is no education, no employment, no food security. The economic condition is abysmal. They are not only killing the people physically, it’s a daily and endless mental torture. Everyday existence is hell. What is happening in the West Bank? In the West Bank, large areas have been forcibly taken over by Israeli settlers. Most of them are armed, patronised by their, government, and have full impunity to do whatever they want with the locals. They have taken over our homes and houses. A lot of people have been killed in the West Bank too in recent times. Plus, there are other types of war. There are assassinations. Raids. Arrests. Special operations. There are military invasions. They enter Ramallah and other towns. There are 80 checkpoints. They have divided the land according to their security and other needs. You can’t go from one point to another without their permission. If you travel, a 30-minute journey will take more than three hours. They can arrest anyone at any time. Stop anyone anytime. You can’t cross the King Hussein border with Jordan without their permission. They refuse to refund our tax, agreed as per the Paris Agreement. They make it economically unfeasible to run the administration and cater to civil society needs. With a meagre budget, it becomes extremely difficult for the Palestinian Authority in West Bank to operate. People get 60 or 70 percent of their salaries only. They control the banks. It is like they have actually annexed the West Bank, and now Gaza. This is the original Israeli dream. Western media reports have stuck to a figure of 43,000 people dead, and around 17,000 children dead. This figure remains unchanged despite the daily killings in Gaza since weeks now. Plus, those who are buried under the rubble. Unofficial sources say the toll could be many times more. I think the number is much higher than these media reports. I presume the ministry of health also thinks the same. No one knows the number of people buried under the rubble across Gaza. Among the dead, the number of children and women are many times high. Indeed, they particularly target women and children, especially mothers. They want to eliminate the children en masse because they are the future of Palestine. They kill mothers and young women because they will bring children to this world. That is why the number of women who have been murdered by Israeli army is very, very high. They know everything. They use technology to spy on women. They scan everything. Drones can come in at home, anytime. If I am a peaceful and quiet citizen, and sitting quietly at home, they can come and kill me. They know that there is a civilian family, perhaps one hundred of them are living in the four floors of a building. They know. Like a game in a play station, they play this game of death. They especially choose to kill the mothers because they will give birth to children. Entire families have been wiped out. That is why they kill children in the hospital. Nurses and doctors have been murdered. Even new-born children die because of lack of medical facilities. They need special care. Hence, all medical aid is cut of the little ones. This is the government policy of the Isreali government in Tel Aviv. (Courtesy: www.timesheadline.in ) —–