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Actu Foot relayed, via AlbicelesteTalk, a text presented as Lionel Messi's last speech to the Argentine people. The player said he believed the time had come to retire from the national team, after 20 years of fighting for the jersey, and that distancing himself from the selection would hurt him greatly. In this speech, Messi thanked his teammates and the supporters, to whom he attributed an essential part of Argentina's successes. He recalled that the team had won the World Cup, the Copa América, and the Finalissima, and mentioned the dream fulfilled in 2022 of becoming world champions. He also called on Argentinians to continue supporting the national team during difficult times and said he would remain alongside the current players and those who would succeed them. He concluded by expressing his gratitude, pride, and peace. #Messi #Argentine #Football (translated)

Éloïse Coulombe wrote that her campaign had ended the day before and expressed pride in her team and the work accomplished on the ground. She thanked the residents of Charlesbourg for their trust and said she would continue to meet with them as a member of parliament. She congratulated the other candidates in Charlesbourg—Gabriel Coulombe, Marie-Josée Morency, Georges Goma, and Seynabou Top—and described the campaign as friendly and respectful, focused on ideas, substance, and debates. Coulombe also expressed pride in her conservative colleagues and congratulated elected officials from other parties, adding that she hoped to work with them in the interest of Quebecers. #Élections2023 #Charlesbourg #PolitiqueQuébécoise (translated)

Dividend King wrote that Google made more than 20 times the profits of TotalEnergies in the second quarter of 2026 and, alone, nearly twice those of all the companies in the CAC 40. He added that he followed American news daily without seeing any media or American political leader calling for the nationalization of Google or a taxation of its "windfall profits" or "super dividends." He presented this as one of the many reasons why a significant portion of his wealth was invested in the United States. #Google #Bénéfices #CAC40 (translated)

Eric Duhaime expressed his gratitude after the election, stating that his movement started almost from nothing in 2021 and was driven by the conviction and determination of its members. He indicated that 900,000 Quebecers had placed their trust in him, representing 21% of the votes, and that the conservatives would form, for the first time in nearly a century, an officially recognized parliamentary group in the National Assembly of Quebec. He thanked the candidates and volunteers for their commitment, as well as the voters, who, according to him, had given them the balance of power. Duhaime said that this trust honored them and that they would work every day to prove themselves worthy of it. He described the result as a historic victory built collectively. #Reconnaissance #VictoireHistorique #Engagement (translated)

In light of this, and considering all the identified risks, my responsibility is to ensure everyone's safety. I have therefore decided to prohibit this demonstration. The police prefect of Paris, Patrice Faure, announces on Tuesday, October 6, the prohibition of a demonstration "against the genocide in Gaza and for the respect of the ceasefire" planned for the following day in Paris, the day of the commemorations of the Hamas terrorist attack against Israel carried out on October 7, 2023. #Paris #ManifestationInterdite #SécuritéPublique (translated)

A readable text, a subtitled video, a described image: five principles and concrete actions to make digital resources accessible. Digital accessibility in the service of the quality of learning Delphine Ducarme. Foreword: Yves Deville (p. 3). Louvain Learning Lab (LLL), UCLouvain (Belgium), "The Keys of LLL" collection Audio Capsules on Health Practices 🎙️🎥 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aCKvkJIZAxE An illustrated Key from UCLouvain, written for higher education, with glossary, annotated examples and a ready-to-use mini-feedback survey. Analysis of Health Practices and link to source ℹ️➕ https://www.pratiquesensante.com/blog/pratiques-15/l-accessibilite-numerique-au-service-de-la-qualite-de-l-apprentissage-6236 The document presents itself as a set of concrete guidelines to improve the digital accessibility of teachings (p. 2). It proposes five principles with precise implementations (p. 10), a glossary of key concepts (p. 11), annotated examples for texts, videos and audios, images and Moodle (p. 12-17), as well as suggestions for checking resources and gathering feedback from students (p. 18-19). It is written for higher education; its use for prevention, training, or information resources involves transposition (analysis Health Practices). #️⃣ #pratiquesensante #DigitalAccessibility #UniversalDesign #Inclusion #Disability #AccessibleResources #OpenEducation #Pedagogy #pratiquesensante #AccessibilitéNumérique #ConceptionUniverselle #Inclusion #Handicap #SupportsAccessibles #ÉducationOuverte #Pédagogie (translated)

The author indicated that he held a new meeting that very morning with all the attorneys general regarding the violence and damage caused during the high school protests. He described the criminal response as firm but measured, citing 14 provisional arrests, four of which concerned minors, as well as a figure of 80%. https://t.co/x466698IAh #Justice #Manifestations #Violences #FR (translated)

Gauthier Baudin reported that after the poor start to the season of RCT in Top 14, Pierre Mignoni had resigned from his position as rugby director. According to the club's statement quoted by Baudin, Mignoni believed that a change was necessary after mobilizing the resources at his disposal, in order to revive the team and allow it to regain its performance. Baudin added that Franck Azéma had taken charge of RC Toulon until the end of the season. #RCToulon #Top14 #Rugby (translated)

Mark Carney congratulated Paul Plamondon on his electoral victory and called him the designated prime minister. He said he wanted to work with him to support Quebec businesses and workers affected by tariffs, create better jobs, combat homelessness, and build more housing in the province. Carney also thanked Christine Fréchette for her commitment to Quebec and Canada. He stated that they had accomplished many things together, from Churchill Falls to one of the most significant infrastructure investments in Quebec's history, and wished her good luck for the future. #Québec #Élections #Politique (translated)

The Keeper of the Seals, Gérald Darmanin, will again meet on Tuesday morning with all the Attorney Generals, following a first meeting last week during which he requested a strengthening of the judicial response to violence, the Chancellery reported. #Lycéens #Manifestation #ViolencesUrbaines (translated)

According to Actu Foot, Zinedine Zidane stated on TF1 that his group was working seriously and getting along well together. He said he was very happy with the fifteen days spent with them and added that everyone had bought in, including the outgoing players, who were pleased with the goals scored by the newcomers. Zidane also felt that the upcoming break would be frustrating for him, while the players would continue their activities at the club. #Zidane #Football #Équipe (translated)

Jérôme Coupez stated that he spoke up due to false information and its consequences. He indicated that threats against players, their families, or teams were taken seriously and reported to the relevant authorities, and that he wished to avoid escalation and protect the players. He claimed that his team had not sought to leak the situation and wanted to resolve it privately. According to him, no negotiations or agreements with other teams had taken place before the end of the Worlds, out of respect for the players, teams, and ongoing contracts. He also clarified that his team did not receive commissions on transfers or buyout clauses. Regarding image rights, Coupez explained that players could have individual sponsors, provided they did not use their team's visual identity. They could also participate in collective activations with their team's partners. He added that teams retained certain categories of sponsors and that his team worked with them to coordinate partnerships. He specified that his team did not own the players' rights but helped them find sponsors. Finally, Coupez asserted that he had the elements to support these statements and indicated that he would communicate further if necessary in due course. #Transparence #Esports #ProtectionDesJoueurs (translated)

CIVICO 33 — “ORTA NOVA SOUND LAB”: FROM CAPITANATA TO “BROADWAYWORLD”, THE “COMMUNITY BAND” PROJECT CONQUERS NEW YORK SOURCE: https://www.civico93.it/orta-nova-sound-laab-dalla-capitanata-a-broadwayworld-il-progetto-banda-di-comunita-conquista-new-york/ The social laboratory promoted by ANBG and the Ministry of Culture has landed on the world’s largest theatre network, thanks to the article co-authored by Chris Rabinowitz and the Orta Nova-born author Luciano Magaldi Sardella. There is a brass thread linking Piazza Mario Frasca to Broadway. It is called “Orta Nova Sound Lab” — the Community and Social Regeneration Band through Music — the project officially presented on 21 September last at the C-Lab MAO FM 19.77 of brothers Luca and Erminio Ferrandina, which is enjoying unprecedented media coverage for a band-cultural initiative born in the Province of Foggia. Its journalistic success was sealed on 28 September last by its arrival on BroadwayWorld, the world’s most authoritative portal dedicated to theatre and live performance, based in New York with over 1.5 million global monthly visits. A result that was by no means a foregone conclusion, which projects a story from the Apulian periphery into the international cultural news circuit. The article, entitled Orta Nova Sound Lab Launches Youth Community Band in Southern Italy, is jointly by-lined by New York editor Chris Rabinowitz, journalist for the American publication, and his Italian co-author Luciano Magaldi Sardella, an international author originally from Orta Nova, engineer, academic journalist, and researcher active between Italy and abroad. The dual Italo-American by-line symbolises how a “local good practice” can become global news when it is recounted with expertise and rootedness. The Project: The Band as Social Regeneration “Orta Nova Sound Lab” is promoted by the Associazione Nazionale Bande da Giro (ANBG), chaired by Benedetto Grillo, and was admitted for funding under the public call of the Ministry of Culture pursuant to Director General Decree of 7 April 2026, reg. no. 149, aimed at the “Strengthening of research activities and dissemination of musical practices in peripheries and in areas of high social vulnerability”. It is realized with the support of the Comune di Orta Nova and with the collaboration of a solid civic network: A.P.S. MAO FM 19.77, the Istituto di Istruzione Superiore “A. Olivetti”, the Istituto Comprensivo “Sandro Pertini”, the Music Art association, and the C.I.S.A. of Foggia. As BroadwayWorld itself emphasised, this is the first initiative in Italy to reinterpret the distinctive tradition of touring bands (bande da giro) and youth orchestras within a ministerial call dedicated to urban peripheries and social vulnerability. A model that dialogues explicitly with the spirit of the so-called “Caivano Decree” (Law Decree 123/2023) for combating youth distress, educational poverty, and juvenile crime. The idea, in its disarming simplicity, was summarised by the project director for ANBG, Antonella Spagnoletti: “The band is aggregation! The band is cohesion. Bringing these youngsters together, educating them, and enabling them to live in a manner different from the social-media world is among the primary objectives of our association.” A concept reiterated by the Mayor of Orta Nova, Eng. Domenico Di Vito: “This is an important project that can certainly make a difference compared with the past, because all the ingredients are there to network the entire cultural and social world that exists in Orta Nova and that must be valorised. The administration’s commitment is to ensure sustainability, structure, and continuity over time.” Taking part in the launch press conference, moderated by journalist Giuseppe Di Bisceglie, in addition to President Grillo, Director Spagnoletti, and Mayor Di Vito, were Regional Councillor Grazia Maria Starace, Councillor for relations with the third sector Sebastiano Battista, Councillor for Culture Vittoria Mastrogiacomo, and educational professor Alfredo Coppola, contact person for the Olivetti Institute. Why the Story Went International The “Orta Nova Sound Lab” band project demonstrates that when a project has anti-mafia roots, pedagogical value, and a credible institutional network, the press responds. From local and national titles such as Cassa Armonica, Ansa Puglia, TGNorba, Corriere della Sera Bari, RaiNews TGR Puglia, La Gazzetta del Mezzogiorno, Amica9TV, Brindisi In, Blasting News Italia, TRM Network, Secolo XIX, FoggiaToday, PlayNews24, Stato Quotidiano, and many others, which thoroughly documented the conference, the coverage reached “Broadway World”, which read the Orta Nova experience as a “social laboratory” capable of answering the mafia with music. This change of scale derives from joint work and also from the liaison work carried out by Luciano Magaldi Sardella, who, together with New York editor Chris Rabinowitz, succeeded in translating for an Anglophone audience the profound meaning of a town band which, in Apulia, is not folklore, but a civil garrison, a concrete alternative to the screen and to social disintegration. In a South often narrated only for its emergencies, Orta Nova chooses to be recounted for its capacity to generate community. And this time, the news has travelled around the world, starting from a piazza in the Daunia. The Calendar The pathway, which is entirely free of charge, provides instrumental workshops for wind and percussion, ensemble music lessons, and collective rehearsals with qualified teachers and conductors, open to aspiring musicians, families, schools, and citizens. The programme that has attracted the attention of the national and now international press is structured as follows: October 2026: parade of marching bands through the streets and public spaces of Orta Nova, to recover the historic value of the band as a popular and identity-based expression. November–December 2026: high-profile concert season with the Gran Concerto Bandistico di Conversano and the Gran Concerto Bandistico “Biagio Abbate” Città di Bisceglie, an artistic training ground for young pupils. Inclusion Focus: a special evening dedicated to women in music with the Orchestra Note di Puglia, an ensemble composed entirely of professional women musicians, to reinforce the values of equal opportunities. January 2027: first official concert of the newborn Community Band of Orta Nova, a foundational act and public restitution of the work accomplished. (translated)

Workers' Information reported that several sites of the University of Paris Cité in Paris were blocked. The media added that a person present on site estimated that it was the first time since May '68 that all the Parisian sites of the university were blocked. https://t.co/la2hcRJ4ml #UniversitéParis #Bloquage #Paris (translated)