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76ers' star Paul George sidelined the next 2 games with bone bruise in left kneeThe holidays are in full swing, and SM Supermalls is ready to whisk you away to a world of wonder, joy, and unforgettable memories. Whether you’re looking for a spectacular light show, majestic parades, or dazzling fireworks, SM has something for everyone to revel in this festive season. Check out these incredible activities and mark your calendars for a Christmas like no other! See dreams come to life at the SM Mall of Asia Night of Lights Until January 12, 2025 Prepare to be spellbound as the SM Mall of Asia Night of Lights transforms the iconic MOA Sky into an enchanting dreamscape. Step into a surreal wonderland filled with glowing illuminations and whimsical displays Wander among the Majestic Metallic Orbs of Enchantment ’s colossal spheres shimmering with an otherworldly glow, and lose yourself in the Cosmic Labyrinth ’s mesmerizing maze of hypnotic patterns and cosmic highlights. 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Key Dates: Make your plans and mark those calendars, gather your family and friends, and make this Christmas season the merriest at SM Supermalls! Celebrate the holidays where the fun, magic, and wonder never end! To know more about the Christmas events at SM,visit www.smsupermalls.com or follow @SMSupermalls on social media. Being business-savvy should be fun, attainable and A+. BMPlus is BusinessMirror's digital arm with practical tips & success stories for aspiring and thriving millennial entrepreneurs.Article content The enduring memory of Dylan Holloway’s time here was when the young winger went coast-to-coast after taking a short Leon Draisaitl pass, then blew past Quinn Hughes and inside Filip Hronek before tucking one past goalie Arturs Silovs to give the Oilers the 1-0 lead in the do-or-die Game 6 of round 2 against the Vancouver Canucks at Rogers Place in May. Brought the house down. Defenceman Philip Broberg’s playoff wasn’t as dazzling, but after sitting the first 15 playoff games for Vinny Desharnais, Broberg offered up a punctuation point in Game 4 against Dallas in round 3 and drifted a 55-footer past Jake Oettinger to give the Oilers a 3-0 game lead. It started a run of 10-straight appearances for Broberg, playing his off side with Darnell Nurse in the second pairing. Alas, the St. Louis Blues noticed, and both Holloway and Broberg will be in the Blues lineup Saturday, in the duo’s first trip back here after the Blues two-headed offer sheet in August wasn’t matched by the Oilers. Holloway, who has eight points, including four goals, on a five-game point streak, is wearing No. 81 on the left wing with Brayden Schenn and Jordan Kyrou— Colton Parayko has dibs on Holloways’ old 55 as an Oiler. Broberg, who played 26:51 in an overtime win in Calgary Tuesday, is No. 6 after he was 86 here, their busiest defenceman after Parayko, the St. Albert native who was just named to Canada’s 4 Nations Face-Off team. Heady stuff for both kids, after their time as Oilers. Broberg might have been Nurse’s partner again and Holloway was probably ticketed to be the third-line left wing, with Ryan Nugent-Hopkins and Jeff Skinner in the first and second spots this season. Now, both are getting much more opportunity in St. Louis. “Coming back here, it’s going to be emotional, a new experience for them like it is with every player who switches teams. I mean, if Gretzky can switch teams, anyone can switch teams in this league,” said Blues’ head coach Jim Montgomery. “What I like about both of these young men is they’re hockey players. They love working on their craft, getting better. During team meetings, you can see them nodding, they’re studying, they want to get better,” he said. “That’s what jumps out at me in my 10 days as new coach here.” His book on Broberg? “His physical gifts are very evident. His skating, but his stick, defensively and offensively ... he always seems to be in the way, in the right spot, so his hockey sense combined with physical gifts makes him a valuable 200-foot defenceman,” as he plays20:39 a game, with 12 points in 15 games after being out three weeks with a leg issue after a mishap with Leafs’ Mitch Marner. And Holloway? “He’s tenacious, wants to have an impact on the game. His ability to reload and get above pucks defensively allows us to swarm teams, and his ability to go the other way and drive plays wide ... he’s not afraid to go into hard scoring areas which is why he’s had success. His confidence has grown because he’s getting significantly more ice-time,” said Montgomery, pointing to Holloway’s eight goals and 16 points while averaging 15:31 per game. Broberg, who was drafted in 2019, said Friday he enjoyed his time in Edmonton — the players, support staff, fans. But not the whole ball of wax. “I got drafted here. I’m very thankful for my time here. It’s good to be back,” said Broberg, who nevertheless did ask for a trade last December, probably because he was chafing because he wasn’t getting much ice-time after being the first-round draft pick in 2019, often a seventh defenceman here where he played safe and was afraid to make mistakes, until the playoff cauldron. “Playing in he finals, lots at stake. Playing in Game 7 was a learning experience as well,” he said. When the offer sheet came from the Blues, it was eye-popping. “They’re so rare. Of course you’re surprised. It was a stressful week (between the offer sheet and the Oilers deciding to match or walk away). You just try to stay off your phone and the internet,” said Broberg, with the $4.6 million AAV for two years in St. Louis maybe three and half times what Oilers were offering in a new deal. It was too good to pass up. “Like I said, I enjoyed my time here but was ready for a new opportunity, a new chapter and here we are,” said Broberg, who has a steady spot on left side with righty Justin Faulk in St. Louis, whereas he was blocked by Mattias Ekholm, Nurse and Brett Kulak on left defence here. Holloway admits it was very tough to leave. “We went so far as a team, two shots away from winning the Stanley Cup. You get pretty tight with the team, the guys on the staff, such an incredible run we went on,” he said. “That said, I’ve had a great opportunity in St. Louis.” Would he have got that here this season? “I don’t know. I don’t have the crystal ball,” he said. What was the week like for him, not knowing if he was going to be with the Blues or the Oilers? “It was kind of dark from both sides that week. I was trying to make sense of it all and work out the logistics but at the end of the day, the decision was made. Happy with my situation in St. Louis,” said Holloway. “Any time you go to a new team you try and fit in as best you can, showcasing your skill set, finding a role. I was playing centre when Tommer (Robert Thomas) was hurt but mostly wing.” He doesn’t know if he’ll get booed or cheered Saturday. “I don’t know what the response will be. I have nothing but love for the fans here, it’s such a knowledgeable fan base. That was why it was so much fun here,” he said.
South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol is facing possible impeachment for sending heavily armed soldiers into Seoul's streets with a baffling declaration of martial law that reminded many of the country's past military-backed dictatorships. Lawmakers began impeachment proceedings against Yoon just hours after parliament unanimously voted to cancel martial law, forcing the president to lift his order about six hours after it began. Opposition parties are pushing for a vote on Saturday on the impeachment motion, which needs support from two-thirds of the National Assembly to advance to the Constitutional Court, which would decide whether to remove Yoon from office. Yoon appeared on TV hours ahead of the parliamentary vote on Saturday and apologised for causing public anxiety with his short-lived attempt to impose martial law earlier this week. The head of Yoon's governing party has expressed support for suspending the president's powers, making Yoon's impeachment more likely. Here's what to know about the situation: Will Yoon be impeached? Parliament was set to vote vote Saturday on Yoon's impeachment, calling his short-lived martial law declaration an "unconstitutional, illegal rebellion or coup". But with 192 seats in the 300-member National Assembly, they need support from some members of the president's conservative People Power Party to get the two-thirds majority required to pass the impeachment motion. In a striking reversal, PPP leader Han Dong-hun called on Friday for an immediate suspension of Yoon's official duties, increasing the chances of impeachment. Han said he had received intelligence that Yoon had ordered the country's defence counterintelligence commander to arrest key politicians on accusations of "anti-state activities" during the brief period of martial law. Yoon also faces rising popular pressure to step down. Thousands of protesters have marched in the streets of Seoul since Wednesday, and thousands of autoworkers and other members of the Korean Metal Workers' Union, one of the country's biggest umbrella labour groups, have started hourly strikes since Thursday. The motion to impeach Yoon can be put to a vote between Friday and Sunday. A new motion can be submitted later if the current one fails or expires. If Yoon is impeached, he would be suspended until the Constitutional Court decides whether to remove him from office. Prime Minister Han Duck-soo, who holds the No. 2 position in the government, would take over presidential responsibilities. The Constitutional Court currently has three vacancies due to retirements, and six votes are required to remove the president from office. The Democratic Party is expected to speed up the process of exercising its right to recommend two of the three new justices. What is martial law? South Korea's constitution gives the president the power to use the military to keep order in "wartime, war-like situations or other comparable national emergency states". Imposing martial law can include things like suspending civil rights such as the freedom of the press and assembly and temporarily limiting the powers of the courts and government agencies. The constitution also gives the National Assembly the power to lift the declaration with a majority vote. Lawmakers rushed to the building as soon as they heard of Yoon's declaration late Tuesday. Some climbed the walls to evade the military cordon so they could assemble a quorum. Their vote to lift the order was 190-0 including 18 members of Yoon's party. The impeachment motion alleges Yoon imposed martial law far beyond his legitimate powers and in a situation that did not meet the constitutional standard of a severe crisis. The constitution also doesn't allow a president to use the military to suspend parliament. The motion argues that suspending political party activities and deploying troops to seal the National Assembly amounted to rebellion. Yoon blamed an anti-state' plot but details are vague In Yoon's announcement late Tuesday, he vowed to eliminate "anti-state" forces he said were plotting rebellion and accused the main opposition parties of supporting the country's rival, North Korea. Yoon gave no direct evidence when he raised the spectre of North Korea as a destabilising force. Yoon has long maintained that a hard line against North Korea is the only way to stop it from following through on its nuclear threats against South Korea. Yoon has struggled to get his agenda through an opposition-dominated parliament while facing corruption scandals involving him and his wife. Yoon has been struggling politically There were quick claims that the martial law declaration was linked to Yoon's political struggles. He has had little success in getting his policies adopted by a parliament that has been controlled by the opposition since he took over in 2022. Conservatives have said the opposition moves are political revenge for investigations into Democratic Party leader Lee Jae-myung, who is seen as the favourite in the next presidential election in 2027. Just this month, Yoon denied wrongdoing in an influence-peddling scandal involving him and his wife. The claims have battered his approval ratings and fuelled attacks by his rivals. The scandal centres on claims that Yoon and first lady Kim Keon Hee exerted inappropriate influence on the PPP to pick a certain candidate to run for a parliamentary by-election in 2022 at the request of Myung Tae-kyun, an election broker and founder of a polling agency who conducted free opinion surveys for Yoon before he became president. Yoon has said he did nothing inappropriate. Martial law has a dark history in South Korea During the dictatorships that emerged as South Korea rebuilt from the 1950-53 Korean War, leaders occasionally proclaimed martial law that allowed them to station soldiers, tanks and armoured vehicles on streets or in public places to prevent anti-government demonstrations. Army Gen. Park Chung-hee led several thousand troops into Seoul in the early hours of May 16, 1961, in the country's first coup. He led South Korea for nearly 20 years and proclaimed martial law several times to stop protests and jail critics before he was assassinated by his spy chief in 1979. Less than two months after Park's death, Maj. Gen. Chun Doo-hwan led tanks and troops into Seoul in December 1979 in the country's second coup. The next year, he orchestrated a brutal military crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising in the southern city of Gwangju, killing at least 200 people. In the summer of 1987, massive street protests forced Chun's government to accept direct presidential elections. His army buddy Roh Tae-woo, who had joined Chun's 1979 coup, won the election held later in 1987 largely because of divided votes among liberal opposition candidates. (This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
Manuel Xyrakis thinks we should all go back to where we came from. Black Friday Sale Subscribe Now! Login or signup to continue reading All articles from our website The digital version of Today's Paper Breaking news alerts direct to your inbox All articles from the other regional websites in your area Continue Being from a migrant family, the co-owner of the family-run Ainslie IGA means it in the best possible way. But there were tears all around at the staff Christmas party, where he presented his longest-serving staff member with a thank-you gift: two plane tickets to Italy. The staff member in question, Dominic Mammoliti, has never returned to his home country since migrating here as a 13-year-old. But he and his wife will soon be taking a trip back to Calabria, in southern Italy, where their families are from. A man of few words, Mr Mammoliti said he felt "excited" to go home, but doesn't remember much from his childhood there. Ainslie IGA owner Manuel Xyrakis, left, has given his long-time staff member Dominic Mammoliti a trip back to Italy. Picture by Karleen Minney "I never had the need to go back," he said. His wife Cathy, meanwhile, has never even been on a plane, and may take some convincing. The couple have three children, two of whom have travelled to Italy. "They said it's great," he said. But for him, it was "a strange feeling" to suddenly have the option to visit again, and while he still speaks the Calabrian dialect, he has few memories of leaving Italy and arriving in Australia. "I have very few old memories. They're good, but I was young and I don't remember much," he said. "I'm not really excited, more nervous." Mr Xyrakis said he understood the complicated feelings. His own father, Nick, took more than two decades to return to Karpathos, Greece, after migrating here in 1948 at the age of 22. "I think there's nothing nicer than going back to where the family were, and seeing your roots," he said. "My dad hadn't been for 26 years, and he went back with a 19-year-old son, with me, and it was one of the best things. You know, you met your cousins. "Just to know the birthplace of your family, the heritage, regardless of where you're from. And I say that to a lot of my staff here, whether they're from India, from Nepal, wherever they're from, make sure your kids do know your heritage, your traditions, your customs and your language. "I think it's very important to always emphasise that you carry that through." He said when he and his staff realised Mr Mammoliti had never been back to Italy, it was a no-brainer that this would be the perfect way to recognise his 50 years of loyal service at the Ainslie IGA. "I remember when I hired him ... I would have been 18, 19," he said, of the then-16-year-old Dominic. "He could hardly speak a word of English, he was just fresh out of Italy, and the rest is history. He just went on from there. "He did a lot of different things. I remember going to his wedding. I remember kids' christenings - you're involved with knowing your staff, which I think is very important "And Dominic is such an organised person. "He's here Monday, Friday, from 6am to 3pm, but he's so super-organised. He knows what deals to buy. He knows what to order ... He's just so specific, so good, and he doesn't get involved with politics. He'll come in, he'll do his job, loved by everybody, and goes home." Mr Mammoliti said he hadn't yet decided where to travel in Italy, although he still had cousins in Calabria. They hadn't heard yet about his impending trip. "It's a bit early still," he said. But as Mr Xyrakis reminded him, it's never too late to go home. Share Facebook Twitter Whatsapp Email Copy Sally Pryor Features Editor As features editor at The Canberra Times, I love telling people things they didn't know - or even things they've always known - about the city we live in. As features editor at The Canberra Times, I love telling people things they didn't know - or even things they've always known - about the city we live in. More from Business After 50 years, nervous Dominic is finally heading home after heart-warming gift 44m ago Power workers' strike to hit Queanbeyan, Yass and Goulburn Getting TAFE right would be a boon for the country Small businesses need the right kind of incentives to succeed Move over Colesworth. There are some bigger rip-off artists in town The truth about our rising power billsCouple killed in hit & run on way to family dinner could have pushed daughter to safety as tragic new details emerge
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