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Tour de Suisse: Nico Denz wins stage 6
By Stephen Farrand published
Jakob Fuglsang takes the overall race lead at Moosalp
Nico Denz (Team DSM) is more of a rouleur than a climber but the German rider suffered up the 17.7km climb to the finish and then sprinted to the line to win the Queen stage of the Tour de Suisse atop the Mooslap.
After holding onto Fausto Masnada (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) on the long climb, Denz came from behind to beat Clement Champoussin (AG2R-Citroën) with a bike throw to the line.
Jose Herrada (Cofidis) was third and the USA’s Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) was fourth after all being in the break of the day. Masnada, arguably the best climber, was fifth.
Geraint Thomas (Ineos Grenadiers) brought home the overall contenders group 2:14 behind Denz, fighting for every second.
However, race leader Jakob Fuglsang (Israel-Premier Tech), who took the yellow jersey at the start of the day when overnight leader Aleksandr Vlasov tested positive for COVID-19, was right behind him.
The Dane kept the yellow jersey but Thomas is now only one second behind him before Saturday’s mountain stage to Malbun and Sunday’s 25.6km time trial around Vaduz.
Denz has been a professional rider since 2015 but this was his first WorldTour win and only the third victory of his career. He recently rode the Giro d’Italia, helping sprinter Alberto Dainese win a stage but today was his turn.
"Finally I'm where I wanted to be,” he said, slightly emotional. “Normally I'm not the guy winning, I do a lot of work in the shadows so this was very special for me today.
"I knew I had a fast finish but I almost thought I'd lost it, because I launched my sprint quite late, but it was enough and it's unbelievable,” Denz said, explaining how he zig-zagged his way to the line to pass Simmons, Herrada and then Champoussin on the line.
"A lot of thanks to the team car and staff who managed to keep me cool with water and ice the whole day, I think that was really the key.“On the last climb I just hung on, I was fighting to stay with Masnada, he almost cracked me, but he also obviously was on the limit."
How it unfolded
With COVID-19 cases exploding at the Tour de Suisse on Friday morning, only 93 riders started the stage, with a long list of riders out due to positive tests, close contacts or decisions by teams to quit the race. Jumbo-Visma headed home on Thursday after four cases and Alpecin-Fenix, Bahrain Victorious and UAE Team Emirates followed them today. With Aleksandr Vlasov (Bora-Hansgrohe) also testing positive, Fuglsang pulled on the leader’s yellow jersey and a face mask whenever not racing.
Despite the organisers admitting a decision on whether the race will continue will be made each morning, the riders at the start in Locarno were keen to race the 177.5km stage.
After a series of attacks and skirmishes and an opening hour at 51.4km/h, a move of 12 riders formed, all looking for the stage victory. In the attack were Fausto Masnada (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl), Quentin Pacher (Groupama-FDJ), Nelson Oliveira (Movistar), Jose Herrada (Cofidis), Clement Champoussin (AG2R-Citröen), Roland Thalmann (Switzerland), Dion Smith and Michael Matthews (BikeExchange-Jayco), Andrea Pasqualon (Intermarché-Wanty-Groupe Gobert), Brent Van Moer (Lotto-Soudal), Quinn Simmons (Trek-Segafredo) and Nico Denz (DSM).
With 120km to go the attack led the peloton by 4:00 as the mighty Nufenenpass reared into sight. The Nufenen is also the highest paved mountain pass (though not the highest road) in Switzerland, at 2,478 metres above sea level, so perhaps not surprisingly is 'the ceiling' of this year's Tour de Suisse.
The 21km of official climbing was constant but Masnada upped the pace in the final six kilometres and began to hurt some in the break. Smith was the first to be dropped, followed by Thalmann. The gap to the peloton was a significant 7:30, with Astana-Qazaqstan briefly taking over from Ineos Grenadiers and Israel-Premier Tech on the front.
Simmons made sure he was first to the high summit to score even more KOM points and virtually secure the red jersey as a career souvenir and launch pad to a spot in the Tour de France. The peloton was at 5:25.
The riders enjoyed the 40km descent back down the valley roads, making sure to eat and hydrate as the heat returned. Matthews made sure he won the two intermediate sprints in the valley to move into the lead of the points classification and the black jersey but it was a lot of hard work for his reward. After the first of the two Hors Categorie climbs, the Nufenen, leader Fuglsang still has three teammates from Israel-Premier Tech to support him for the second and last.
The showdown would come on the 18km final climb to the finish at Moosalp. Matthews was soon distanced when it began. Indeed, the attack was soon down to just four riders: Denz, Pacher, Simmons and Masnada. Pacher was soon dropped as Champoussin and Herrada fought to stay in contact. Simmons also lost contact with 11km to go but also fought on as Masnada tried to hurt Denz.
A stiff headwind made for a hard climb and stifled Masnada surges.The Italian tried several surges and attacks but Denz fought back and responded every time in a show of determination. The kilometres and the hairpins ticked down by Denz remained glued to Masnada who was growing frustrated and tired due to his efforts.
The two played games in the final kilometres and that allowed Champoussin and Herrada to get back on. Denz was just waiting for the sprint but body wanted to lead it out. Further stalling allowed Simmons to also get back on with 500m to go and the young American hit out early to try and surprise the others in the sprint.
He looked strong but the others were on his wheel and Champoussin swept past thinking he was about to win. But a determined Denz was not done yet and found a last kick to throw his bike at the line and win a sprint at an altitude of 2046m.
Ineos Grenadiers controlled and reduced the peloton even when Alexey Lutsenko (Astana-Qazaqstan) tried a solo attack in the final kilometre. Some strong riding by Dylan van Baarle and Thomas reduced the group to around 20 riders with Remco Evenepoel (QuickStep-AlphaVinyl) again distanced.
Thomas sprinted to the finish to try to gain a second on Fuglsang but the Dane was just behind him, as Masrtinez lost the wheel and so four seconds. The Thomas-Fuglsang battle for overall victory will be decided on Saturday’s mountain finish to Malbun or Sunday’s final time trial.
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Capital Directions Investment Advisors LLC raised its stake in shares of Alphabet Inc. (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Rating) by 15.2% in the fourth quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 190 shares of the information services provider’s stock after buying an additional 25 shares during the quarter. Capital Directions Investment Advisors LLC’s holdings in Alphabet were worth $550,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Hoese & Co LLP grew its holdings in Alphabet by 400.0% during the 4th quarter. Hoese & Co LLP now owns 10 shares of the information services provider’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 8 shares in the last quarter. Maryland Capital Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $29,000. Rather & Kittrell Inc. purchased a new position in Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $34,000. Paragon Capital Management Ltd bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $35,000. Finally, Schubert & Co bought a new stake in shares of Alphabet during the 4th quarter valued at about $43,000. 31.20% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
GOOG opened at $2,132.72 on Friday. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.06, a quick ratio of 2.85 and a current ratio of 2.87. Alphabet Inc. has a 52-week low of $2,044.16 and a 52-week high of $3,042.00. The stock has a market capitalization of $1.40 trillion, a PE ratio of 19.29, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.04 and a beta of 1.13. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $2,341.07 and its 200-day moving average price is $2,622.47.
Alphabet (NASDAQ:GOOG – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Tuesday, April 26th. The information services provider reported $24.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $25.70 by ($1.08). The business had revenue of $56.02 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $56.17 billion. Alphabet had a net margin of 27.57% and a return on equity of 30.18%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $26.29 earnings per share. Research analysts forecast that Alphabet Inc. will post 111.86 EPS for the current fiscal year.
In related news, CAO Amie Thuener O’toole sold 42 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Friday, April 1st. The stock was sold at an average price of $2,800.20, for a total value of $117,608.40. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, major shareholder 2016 Gp L.L.C. Gv sold 544,249 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Monday, April 11th. The stock was sold at an average price of $11.16, for a total value of $6,073,818.84. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Over the last ninety days, insiders sold 551,700 shares of company stock worth $25,637,428. 12.99% of the stock is owned by insiders.
A number of analysts have recently issued reports on the company. Canaccord Genuity Group dropped their price target on Alphabet from $3,500.00 to $3,300.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Wedbush reiterated an “outperform” rating on shares of Alphabet in a research report on Wednesday, April 20th. Raymond James dropped their price target on Alphabet from $3,630.00 to $3,180.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their target price on Alphabet from $3,450.00 to $3,200.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Finally, Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their target price on Alphabet from $3,150.00 to $2,900.00 in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th. Twenty-nine research analysts have rated the stock with a buy rating, According to MarketBeat.com, the company has an average rating of “Buy” and an average target price of $3,315.38.
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BENSALEM, Pa., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Law Offices of Howard G. Smith announces that investors with substantial losses have opportunity to lead the securities fraud class action lawsuit against Teladoc Health, Inc. ("Teladoc" or the "Company") (NYSE: TDOC).
Class Period: October 28, 2021 – April 27, 2022
Lead Plaintiff Deadline: August 5, 2022
Investors suffering losses on their Teladoc investments are encouraged to contact the Law Offices of Howard G. Smith to discuss their legal rights in this class action at 888-638-4847 or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com.
The complaint filed alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants failed to disclose to investors that: (1) increased competition, among other factors, was negatively impacting Teladoc's BetterHelp and chronic care businesses; (2) accordingly, the growth of those businesses was less sustainable than Defendants had led investors to believe; (3) as a result, Teladoc's revenue and adjusted EBITDA projections for FY 2022 were unrealistic; (4) as a result of all the foregoing, Teladoc would be forced to recognize a significant non-cash goodwill impairment charge; and (5) as a result, Defendants' positive statements about the Company's business, operations, and prospects were materially misleading and/or lacked a reasonable basis at all relevant times.
To be a member of the class action you need not take any action at this time; you may retain counsel of your choice or take no action and remain an absent member of the class action. If you wish to learn more about this class action, or if you have any questions concerning this announcement or your rights or interests with respect to the pending class action lawsuit, please contact Howard G. Smith, Esquire, of Law Offices of Howard G. Smith, 3070 Bristol Pike, Suite 112, Bensalem, Pennsylvania 19020, by telephone at (215) 638-4847, toll-free at (888) 638-4847, or by email to howardsmith@howardsmithlaw.com, or visit our website at www.howardsmithlaw.com.
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Coronation Street star Alex Bain has been snapped out and about with a foot brace after injuring his ankle at the end of May.
The actor, 20, plays Simon Barlow in the long-running soap, and has been spotted hanging out with friends wearing a foot brace after ending up in A&E at Blackburn Hospital with the injury.
He later returned to the hospital for a check-up, getting an x-ray done at the fracture clinic to see how his foot was doing.
The Corrie star's ankle seems to be healing well, and he was spotted chatting with friends and drinking a Starbucks coffee while standing on the pavement.
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The actor's foot is still in the brace as it continues to recover, but it seems to be healing well just a couple of weeks after the injury.
Alex previously posted a photo to Instagram showing himself at Blackburn Hospital's A&E department, as he wrote: "Not where I expected to end up tonight" followed with a laughing emoji.
He added: "Don't worry guys it's just my ankle!" followed by a smiling emoji.
He later provided another update on the social media platform, revealing he was actually jetting off on holiday to Frankfurt from Manchester airport.
Posting a selfie, he penned: "Time to see if I've still got my flight legs or something like that!"
Alex also revealed he was travelling through the airport in a wheelchair, quipping: "Got a fancy new set of wheels! Thank you to the helpful people at Manchester Airport!"
In early June, the Corrie star provided a further update once he returned to the country, as he had follow-up checks done at the hospital.
Sharing a photo of his ankle still in the boot, he wrote: "Update on the ankle: I'm at the fracture clinic having a check up and x-ray to see how it is doing!
He added: "I'll keep you all updated!"
Alex also thanked fans for their concern, and said that the hospital updates were not over yet.
Alex wrote: "Quick update again! I have to go back in four weeks time to have it checked again, however they're pleased with the progress so all is well with me!
"Should be healed soon enough guys! Thanks for all your love and support!"
Alex has not confirmed what the injury is, but the boot suggests he has broken a bone in his leg or foot. The Corrie star is also yet to reveal how he injured himself to begin with.
The young star, who is also a father of one, has been integral to several key plots on the cobbles over the past few months.
Most recently he came face to face with Jacob Hay, played by Jack James Ryan, who manipulated him into dealing drugs.
After convincing himself the teenager would return to his drug-dealing ways, Simon was shocked to discover Jacob coming clean over the struggles he had gone through after drug lord Harvey Gaskell - played by Will Mellor - was arrested.
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Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)’s traded shares stood at 3.04 million during the latest session, with the company’s beta value hitting 2.26. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $32.38, to imply a decrease of -3.24% or -$1.09 in intraday trading. The HAL share’s 52-week high remains $43.99, putting it -35.86% down since that peak but still an impressive 44.97% since price per share fell to its 52-week low of $17.82. The company has a valuation of $31.47B, with an average of 10.75 million shares in intraday trading volume over the past 10 days and average of 11.15 million shares over the past 3 months.
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) trade information
After registering a -3.24% downside in the latest session, Halliburton Company (HAL) has traded red over the past five days. The stock hit a weekly high of 38.98 this Thursday, 06/16/22, dropping -3.24% in its intraday price action. The 5-day price performance for the stock is -20.71%, and -11.64% over 30 days. With these gigs, the year-to-date price performance is 46.35%. Short interest in Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL) saw shorts transact 19.33 million shares and set a 1.76 days time to cover.
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Halliburton Company (HAL) estimates and forecasts
Looking at statistics comparing Halliburton Company share performance against respective industry, we note that the company has outperformed competitors. Halliburton Company (HAL) shares are 50.29% up over the last 6 months, with its year-to-date growth rate higher than industry average at 76.85% against 19.10%. Revenue is forecast to grow 69.20% this quarter before jumping 85.70% for the next one. The rating firms project that company’s revenue will grow 25.00% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue forecast for the current quarter as set by 17 analysts is $4.7 billion. Meanwhile, for the quarter ending Sep 2022, a total of 17 analyst(s) estimate revenue growth to $4.96 billion.
An assessment of the company’s 5-year growth patterns shows that annual earnings grew an estimated 17.50% for the past 5-year period. While 2022 is set for a 148.90% return in earnings, projections for the next 5 years are at 60.75% annually.
HAL Dividends
Halliburton Company has its next earnings report out on July 19. However, it is important to take into account that this dividend yield ratio is just an indicator to only serve the purpose of guidance. Investors interested to invest in the stock should ponder company’s other fundamental and operations related aspects too. Halliburton Company has a forward dividend ratio of 0.48, with the share yield ticking at 1.43% to continue the rising pattern observed over the past year. The company’s average dividend yield trailing the past 5-year period is 0.00%.
Halliburton Company (NYSE:HAL)’s Major holders
Halliburton Company insiders hold 0.29% of total outstanding shares, with institutional holders owning 83.42% of the shares at 83.67% float percentage. In total, 83.42% institutions holds shares in the company, led by Vanguard Group, Inc. (The). As of Mar 30, 2022, the company held over 99.71 million shares (or 11.05% of shares), all amounting to roughly $3.78 billion.
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Love Island star Ekin-Su is one of the most talked about contestants from this year's series – see what the star looked like before she entered the villa…
Love Island's Ekin-Su Cülcüloğlu has been one of the most talked about contestants on this year's show, and we think she certainly has the potential of getting all the way to the final!
MORE: Love Island fans are divided over Ekin-Su after most dramatic episode yet
The Essex-based star strutted into the villa and hasn't stopped giving it her all ever since (and we love her for it!) but did you know that the reality contestant had quite the glow-up, and even went by a different name in her pre-Love Island days? Here's all you need to know…
WATCH: Love Island's Ekin-Su and Jay hide from Davide
As viewers will now, Ekin-Su is an actress who divides her time between Essex and Turkey. But before finding fame on the ITV2 show, she previously studied performing arts at the University of Central Lancashire, where she went by the name, Susie Hayzel, according to the Sun.
In a stunning photo shared on her Facebook page, the star looks unrecognisable in a white bikini and with much darker hair. Ekin-Su has also been very open about the fact that she previously underwent surgery.
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Ekin-Su pictured in 2012
On an Instagram story shared before she joined the show, Ekin-Su revealed to her followers she had undergone a breast lift and dental work on her teeth. In another video, featured on her Instagram highlights, the star opened up about her breast surgery, explaining that she had made a swift recovery and described her experience as "better than amazing".
Ekin-Su caused quite a stir when she joined the show
Meanwhile, Love Island viewers have been somewhat divided by the actress' recent antics in the villa. In one bizarre moment, Ekin-Su could be seen crawling on the floor to make sure she wasn't seen by her partner, Davide, while she was chatting to Jay. Afterwards, Ekin-Su and Davide sat outside to have a conversation that quickly turned heated.
The actress is now getting closer to Jay
One was thankful for Ekin-Su bringing some action, tweeting: "I'm sorry but whoever found Ekin-Su deserves a big RAISE… She is pure TV GOLD #LoveIsland." A second echoed this, writing: "Safe to say I am OBSESSED with this season #LoveIsland."
However, a third wasn't impressed, tweeting: "If [the] roles were reversed and it was Davide doing this to Ekin-Su he would get soooo much hate. Proper gaslighting. #LoveIsland."
Love Island continues on Friday at 9pm on ITV2.
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Petition: Stop Germany From Killing “Excess” Laboratory Animals
Thousands of dogs, cats, primates and other animals are confined inside government labs for wasteful and cruel experimentation every year. Many of these animals die during the testing. Disturbingly, virtually all of the animals who manage to survive these experiments are killed, even when they are healthy enough to live happy...
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Human brain temperature is hotter, more variable than previously thought
New research gives new meaning to the term "hotheaded" -- your normal brain temperature is higher and varies much more than previously thought.
The findings could lead to future research into whether disruption of daily brain temperature rhythms might trigger dementia and other brain diseases, the study authors said.
The researchers conducted brain scans on 40 volunteers, aged 20 to 40, in the morning, afternoon and late evening of a single day and created the first 4D map of healthy human brain temperature.
The investigators found that the average brain temperature in healthy people is 38.5 degrees Celsius (approximately 101.3 degrees Fahrenheit). This compared with average under-the-tongue temperature of less than 37 degrees C (98.6 F), but that deeper brain regions often exceed 40 degrees C (104 F), particularly in women during the daytime.
Brain temperature was highest in the afternoon and lowest at night.
Brain temperature increased with age, most notably in deep brain regions. The brain's ability to cool down may weaken with age and further research is needed to determine whether that's associated with age-related brain disorders, according to the report published Sunday in the journal Brain.
The study overturns several previous assumptions, particularly the widely held belief that brain and body temperatures are the same.
The researchers also analyzed data from patients with traumatic brain injury and found a strong association between daily brain temperature cycles and survival. Those findings could help improve understanding, prognosis and treatment of brain injury.
The study was led by researchers at the Medical Research Council (MRC) Laboratory for Molecular Biology, in Cambridge, England.
"To me, the most surprising finding from our study is that the healthy human brain can reach temperatures that would be diagnosed as fever anywhere else in the body. Such high temperatures have been measured in people with brain injuries in the past, but had been assumed to result from the injury," said John O'Neill, group leader at the laboratory.
"We found that brain temperature drops at night before you go to sleep and rises during the day," he added in a news release from UK Research and Innovation. "There is good reason to believe this daily variation is associated with long-term brain health -- something we hope to investigate next."
According to study leader Nina Rzechorzek, an MRC clinician scientist fellow, the study "opens a door for future research into whether disruption of daily brain temperature rhythms can be used as an early biomarker for several chronic brain disorders, including dementia."
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For more on the brain, go to the U.S. National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke.
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THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Netherlands’ busiest airport is reining in flight departures over its busy summer period because shortages of security staff mean it cannot cope with the high demand as many families take to the skies for the first time since the coronavirus pandemic has eased.
The decision is likely to affect the vacation plans of thousands of travelers each day, the airport’s CEO said Thursday.
Amsterdam’s Schiphol Airport, one of Europe’s busiest, said in a statement that on average, from July 7 until the end of the month, there are about 13,500 seats per day above the capacity that the airport’s security staff can handle. A decision on August flights will be taken later.
The airport, which saw lengthy delays and flight cancellations during school vacations last month, did not say how many flights a day it would have to cancel, saying some of the seats have not yet been sold and passengers may be able to depart from different airports.
“It is, of course, frustrating,” CEO Dick Benschop told reporters. “Frustrating for the people concerned, families who have looked forward (to traveling); frustrating for airlines, the first real summer after COVID; frustrating for travel organizations and frustrating for us.”
Schiphol is not the only European airport struggling to cope with staff shortages and skyrocketing demand for flights after two pandemic-hit years.
Travelers in Britain suffered days of airport delays during the Easter school holidays, with British Airways and easyJet canceling hundreds of flights because of coronavirus-related staff absences. Hours-long lines built up at British airport check-in, security and baggage points.
Benschop said Schiphol had no choice but to act now.
“It is not responsible to go into the summer hoping for the best,” he said. “We are responsible for our passengers and staff and for their security and health.”
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ST. LOUIS – The finale of St. Louis-produced Fashion Anarchy will show Monday, June 20 at 7 p.m. CDT.
Fashion designer Dwight Carter created the show. He featured competing local designers.
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(The Hill) — Private spacecraft engineering company SpaceX, run by Elon Musk, fired employees on Thursday who took part in disseminating a letter that criticized its founder and CEO.
Employees reportedly told The New York Times that those behind the letter, which they posted in a company messaging channel and circulated online on Wednesday, were investigated and asked to leave SpaceX.
“The letter, solicitations and general process made employees feel uncomfortable, intimidated and bullied, and/or angry because the letter pressured them to sign onto something that did not reflect their views,” wrote the company’s president and COO Gwynne Shotwell in an email to employees obtained by the Times. “We have too much critical work to accomplish and no need for this kind of overreaching activism.”
The letter shared by now-former employees of SpaceX called Musk’s behavior “a frequent source of distraction and embarrassment,” especially blasting his recent comments online.
“As our CEO and most prominent spokesperson, Elon is seen as the face of SpaceX — every Tweet that Elon sends is a de facto public statement by the company. It is critical to make clear to our teams and to our potential talent pool that his messaging does not reflect our work, our mission, or our values,” read the letter, which was shared with The Verge.
Musk, who is in the midst of closing a $44 billion deal to buy Twitter, regularly breaks SpaceX’s “No Asshole” policy, employees said, calling on the company to “hold all leadership equally accountable” for its rules and “publicly address and condemn Elon’s harmful Twitter behavior.”
The letter also addressed recent allegations of sexual misconduct against Musk, citing SpaceX’s “Zero Tolerance” policy against sexual harassment.
A report published by Insider last month accused Musk of exposing himself to a SpaceX employee and soliciting her for sex, which he called “wild” and “utterly untrue.”
“The attacks against me should be viewed through a political lens — this is their standard (despicable) playbook — but nothing will deter me from fighting for a good future and your right to free speech,” said Musk at the time, referring to his promises to promote free speech on Twitter once he acquires ownership of the platform. | https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/national-news/spacex-fires-employees-who-blasted-musk-in-letter-report/ | 2022-06-17T16:46:32Z | https://www.ozarksfirst.com/local-news/national-news/spacex-fires-employees-who-blasted-musk-in-letter-report/ | false | 23 |
Model train store offers much more than just toys
In Pinellas Park, there's an age-old business that not only survived the pandemic but grew stronger because of it.
Like the real-life steel titans, their models are made to replicate, which doesn’t look like it’s going to change anytime soon.
HR Trains and Toys has been supplying model train owners with everything they need to make their railroad dreams come true for 45 years. They sell all types of model trains, all the fixings that make those sets come to life, and repair models for customers.
They're also in the business of making dreams come true for people of all ages.
"We facilitate people in a hobby that is probably one of the oldest hobbies around," Dennis Hoffman, owner, operator and train enthusiast said.
When I arrived to meet Hoffman, I thought I might actually be interviewing Santa Claus. He even showed me his holiday train that runs year-round and a puzzle with his likeness. I had forgotten how much people love to put trains around their Christmas trees and suddenly remembered that I had one.
My grandfather, George Apthorp, was a conductor on the Erie Lackawanna Conrail Railroad in upstate New York, and I just so happened to have an industrial rail yard right behind my house. On certain days I could go out the backdoor, walk down the hill to the tracks, and my grandfather would pick me up. He would let me ride with him a few hundred feet until I had to get off. I was only about four or five years old, but it's a memory that still sticks in my head.
He also had a big model train set in his basement. I remember going there and watching him play with his trains. He even gave my father a set that we still have in a box in their basement.
Enough about that for now.
Dennis was born into this hobby. His father was a model railroader and started the business with his wife back in the 1970s. Now Dennis and his mom run the shop trying to pass their love for this on to more generations.
"We get our kids in here with Thomas the Tank trains. Then they move on to some of the smaller models. We get the grandmas and grandpas that want to build train sets they had when they were kids. We also get the railroaders that have been doing it all their life," Dennis told me.
While the pandemic hurt so many businesses, HR Trains thrived because as he put it, "model railroading is a stay-at-home type of hobby."
It's the largest model train store in Florida. Having a shop that size with the number of products he takes in on a daily basis requires the right employees to make it run smoothly.
Dennis is the conductor here, but he admits he’s not the most knowledgeable person at the store, and that's when I met his engineer.
Working away in a workshop in the back of the store, I met Marco Camuzzi. On this day it was his birthday. He's 18 years old.
Marco started here as a customer and now for the past year has been Hoffman's right-hand man, repairing models for customers, stocking shelves, and helping customers pick out the right train.
Today he was repairing a train's electrical that shorted out after the owner accidentally installed the wrong component to make the smoke stack work. He was also supplying me with a history lesson.
Like Dennis, it's in his blood.
"My Uncle had model trains. He built a table. He built a table for my cousin. When he grew out of it, I got all the stuff. My grandmother’s father was a conductor for the railroad in Cuba," Marco Camuzzi said has repaired a customer's train.
Model railroading isn’t Marco’s only thing though. He’s been singing and playing the violin since he was eight and also does musical theatre.
"I'm the kid that wants to sing and act for a living but does model trains on the side," Marco said with a smile.
Even if he doesn't stick to model trains as a career choice, Dennis is grateful to have such an enthusiastic person helping guide the store for a new generation.
"He's a go-to person if you want to know something about European trains, digital, and American trains. He just knows everything," Dennis said.
He knows it so well that he successfully fixed the train he was working on while we were talking.
His excitement for this is contagious. So contagious that I went searching for my grandfather's railroad car and actually found it.
From the realism of these models to the technical skills they require to keep up, there's no denying they’re doing much more than just playing with trains at HR Trains and Toys.
"I just love it and when you love something as much as this you just learn as much as you can about it," Marco said.
You can visit H-R trains and toys on 49th Street North in Pinellas Park.
They're open six days a week but expand to seven days during the holiday season. You can also shop online.
The store is also preparing for a massive train show this October, which will include lessons, speakers, and the chance for kids to build and race their very own trains! | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2635099232011/model-train-store-offers-much-more-than-just-toys | 2022-06-17T16:51:09Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2635099232011/model-train-store-offers-much-more-than-just-toys | true | 7 |
"What he did was savage, what he did was monstrous. He is not a monster," says his stepfather, who added his family was "trying to get help for him for at least three years."
The family of Deundrea Holloway has spoken out following his arrest for allegedly decapitating pregnant ex-girlfriend Liese Dodd -- and they are pushing back against the Alton, Illinois police chief labeling the murder suspect "a monster."
Holloway was charged with two counts of first-degree murder, two counts of intentional homicide of an unborn child, one count of dismembering a human body, concealment of homicidal death and motor vehicle offenses after allegedly beheading Dodd, 22, who was 8-months pregnant at the time.
Speaking with the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, Holloway's stepfather Christopher J. Hawk said his stepson heard "three voices who speak to him" for years. "One is Ruth, and that one is bad," he said, "She tells him who he can and can't trust. She tells him bad things."
Holloway's mother Carla Hawk said the two had been "trying to get him help for years, but have been denied because the system says we can't force a person his age to get help." She added, "We never stopped fighting. What has happened to our son is horrific and could have been prevented if the system would have put him in a facility to get on medication and learn how to use coping skills properly and learn how to identify when something is triggering for him."
The two also said Holloway refused to take medication -- and said he threatened to kill his mother and sister a year ago, leading to her getting a temporary restraining order she ultimately didn't re-up.
Christopher also uploaded a 9-minute video to YouTube following Holloway's arrest, expressing his sympathy to the Dodd family while pushing back against Alton Police Chief Marcos Pulido calling Holloway "a freaking savage monster" in a since-deleted video shared to the department's Facebook page.
"I cannot imagine what you must be going through," he said to the Dodds in the clip. "I am sorry. I am a million times sorry."
"I'm not going to deny what happened was an extreme act of evil. It was, I don't know how else to explain it. I don't know if there is a word that describes it. Over here, we are ashamed," he continued. "His mom, his sister were all shocked. We knew he was capable of violence, but we never saw this. We've been trying to get help for him for at least three years. As far as longer-term mental care, we were always been told that we can't hold them unless they've done something. Now he is being held because he's done something.”
"Our system fails people with mental problems. People are kind of left on their own. It's a tragic situation," he continued.
Illinois Woman Decapitated by 'Monster' Ex-Boyfriend While Eight Months Pregnant, Police Say
View StoryAs he showed off older photos of Deundrea hung up around the house, Hawk said he was trying to prove "that the human does exist." He added, "He is not a monster. What he did was savage, what he did was monstrous. He is not a monster."
"The fact that he did an act of evil does not mean he's a monster. He's a human being and we need to start treating people like human beings," he continued, specifically calling out Pulido's statement.
He concluded, "I'm not arguing that D didn't do this. I know he did. We really need to take mental health seriously or we're never going to see an end to this thing."
Holloway was picked up about 45 minutes from Alton by the Gillespie Police Department after a call about a stolen bicycle. He was initially placed under arrest for theft, but refused to identify himself. When he was transferred to Macoupin County Jail, he was identified and linked to the murder. He's being held on a $2 million bond.
Dodd's mother, Heidi Noel, called her daughter "a bright light that cared for everyone" and someone who "had a big heart" and would "go out of her way to help people."
"She had attended college and was planning on going into the medical field," said Noel, who added that the whole family was "just excited and gathering the items you need to have a baby."
Of now planning her daughter's funeral, she said, "It's not something I wish on anybody." | https://toofab.com/2022/06/17/deundrea-holloway-stepfather-liese-dodd/ | 2022-06-17T16:53:56Z | https://toofab.com/2022/06/17/deundrea-holloway-stepfather-liese-dodd/ | true | 1 |
MADRID (AP) — Officials say some 9,000 hectares of wooded hill land in northwestern Spain have been burnt by a wildfire that forced the evacuation of more than 650 people from eight villages on Friday as much of Europe suffered an early heatwave.
Officials said the blaze in the Sierra de Culebra mountain range in the province of Zamora started Wednesday during a dry electric storm.
Elsewhere in Spain, smaller wildfires were also raging in central Toledo province and in the northeastern provinces of Zaragoza and Lleida.
Daniel Rovira, mayor of Lladurs town, described the Lleida fire that has burned some 2,000 hectares (5,000 acres) as “brutal.” He warned that it could spread over 50,000 hectares (124,000 acres) if it was not brought under control soon.
Most of Spain was at high risk of forest fire Friday as the country endured a sixth day of a unusually early heatwave. Temperatures of more than 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit) have been recorded in many cities and other areas throughout the week. Officials expect the torrid heat to begin to ease on Sunday. | https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2022/06/17/spain-villages-evacuated-as-wildfire-burns-9000-hectares.html | 2022-06-17T16:57:22Z | https://www.thestar.com/news/world/europe/2022/06/17/spain-villages-evacuated-as-wildfire-burns-9000-hectares.html | false | 11 |
As of today (June 17), Bedford recorded 24 cases, with a total of 65,153 people now diagnosed with the virus, according to the latest figures from Public Health EnglandCentral Bedfordshire recorded 84 cases, with a new total of 99,695, while Luton has 33, taking the total to 76,110.
There was one death in Bedford (645) – and no new deaths in Luton (711) and two in Central Bedfordshire (805).
Currently, 46 people are being treated for Covid at Bedfordshire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust.
Unfortunately, there is no further breakdown between the two hospitals – Bedford and Luton & Dunstable.
The figures come from the Government website | https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/health/coronavirus/update-bedford-records-one-covid-death-today-and-over-20-cases-3736397 | 2022-06-17T16:57:56Z | https://www.bedfordtoday.co.uk/health/coronavirus/update-bedford-records-one-covid-death-today-and-over-20-cases-3736397 | false | null |
The Lions drafted cornerback Jeff Okudah at No. 3 overall back in 2020. But after a disappointing first season ended in injury, Okudah suffered a torn Achilles in Detroit’s Week One loss to San Francisco last season.
Okudah returned to the field during the offseason program, with head coach Dan Campbell saying the team wasn’t worried about the cornerback’s ability to move. Instead, Campbell acknowledged how important it is for Okudah to continue growing mentally.
To that end, defensive passing game coordinator/defensive backs coach Aubrey Pleasant said this week that Okudah has been getting “small victories” in his recovery, spending plenty of time with Pleasant during practice.
“I really believe as a coach sometimes players can get lost in practice,” Pleasant said, via Dave Birkett of the Detroit Free Press. “They’re not really learning from other people’s mistakes and Jeff knows specifically that time is of the essence for him and he’s trying to take full advantage of that. And I’m very appreciative and proud for him in his development.”
Pleasant added that Okudah “is all the way locked in right now.”
Okudah appeared in nine games with six starts as a rookie in 2020. He recorded an interception, a pair of passes defensed, and four tackles for loss. | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/17/lions-feel-jeff-okudah-is-all-the-way-locked-in/ | 2022-06-17T16:58:09Z | https://profootballtalk.nbcsports.com/2022/06/17/lions-feel-jeff-okudah-is-all-the-way-locked-in/ | true | 2 |
NEW YORK (AP) — The New York Rangers have given Sammy Blais a one-year contract extension after the forward missed most of his first season with the team with a lower body injury.
General Chris Drury announced the agreement on Friday without releasing details.
Blais skated in 14 games, collecting four assists and posting a plus-3 rating. The 25-year-old ranked third on the Rangers with 37 hits and was tied for first in plus/minus before sidelined on Nov. 14.
The Canadian has 17 goals and 22 assists in 133 NHL games split between the Rangers and St. Louis Blues, with whom he won a Stanley Cup in 2019. New York sent forward Pavel Buchnevich to St. Louis in July for Blais and a second-round pick in this year’s draft.
Blais was selected by the Blues in the sixth round of the 2014 draft.
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More AP NHL: https://apnews.com/hub/nhl and https://twitter.com/AP_Sports | https://www.thehour.com/sports/article/New-York-Rangers-extend-the-contract-of-forward-17248732.php | 2022-06-17T17:00:25Z | https://www.thehour.com/sports/article/New-York-Rangers-extend-the-contract-of-forward-17248732.php | false | null |
•Between March 3 and April 1, production curtailment pushed the country’s total loss to 5.545 million barrels
•Political risks may worsen ahead of elections in early 2023, says Platts Analytics
Emmanuel Addeh
Nigeria’s crude oil output has plunged to new low in recent weeks hit by pipeline closures and maintenance at major fields, an S&P Global industry report has indicated.
A senior official from the country’s oil ministry told S&P Global Commodity Insights the fields that feeds two major exports grade — Bonny Light and Qua Iboe — were down on maintenance in May but output was “gradually returning”.
THISDAY recently reported how with over 3.65 million barrels of crude oil shut-in at the Bonny Terminal during the March/April productions circle, Nigeria’s total losses, month-on-month rose by over 300 per cent.
An analysis of the figures from the Nigerian National Petroleum Company (NNPC) indicated that the huge loss was due to a force majeure on the critical line which supplies a substantial part of the country’s export.
Overall, between March 3 and April 1, the production curtailment pushed the country’s total loss to 5.545 million barrels of crude for the month as opposed to 1.69 million barrels previously.
Force majeure refers to a clause in contracts that allows both parties to walk out of the contract when an extraordinary event or circumstance beyond the control of the parties happens.
At the time, the 1.69 million barrels’ losses, although huge, was seen as a major improvement on the January 2022 high of 7.5 million barrels lost to the phenomenon, a development that has negatively impacted the country’s capacity to export the commodity.
Nigeria has for over a year been unable to meet the production quota allocated to it by the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) due to losses to facilities’ breakdown, vandalism and outright sabotage as well as community issues.
The country’s upstream petroleum sector has also struggled in the last one year, due to deteriorating facilities occasioned by waning investment as well as oil theft.
Since this year, the NNPC has failed to remit its statutory funding of the Federation Account, a joint pool collectively operated by the federal, state and local governments despite the rising international prices of oil.
But Bonny which lost the highest amount of oil for the period, according to the THISDAY review, was followed by Odudu terminal which experienced a whopping 937,663 barrels leakage due to what the NNPC described as maintenance work.
But the challenge appeared to have worsened in May as the S&P reported quoted other industry sources as saying that the Nembe Creek and Trans Forcados pipelines had repeatedly come under sabotage, and flow through the lines had been sporadic in the past month.
“Africa’s largest oil producer has had to deal with a barrage of security, operational and technical problems at its key oil infrastructure since early 2021,” it stated.
Although OPEC is yet to release its production figures for May, S&P stated that crude and condensate production in May fell 14 per cent month on month to 1.279 million barrels per day, quoting data from the Nigerian Upstream Petroleum Regulatory Commission (NUPRC).
That was the lowest in more than three decades, according to estimates from S&P Global.
Nigeria has seen its crude and condensate production drop to almost half its production capacity of around 2.2 million bpd.
A majority of key oil fields, terminals and facilities have been experiencing teething problems and a recent resurgence in attacks on oil facilities have exacerbated the situation.
Rising pipeline sabotage and insecurity in the Niger Delta are also hampering the growth outlook for Africa’s largest oil producer.
In a recent note, Platts Analytics said it expected Nigerian crude supply to rise to 1.5 million bpd from the fourth quarter of 2022 from 1.4 million bpd in April.
“Political risks may worsen ahead of elections in early 2023,” Platts Analytics said.
“Production has averaged about 300,000 bpd below its OPEC+ quota since mid-2021 due to technical outages, theft and sabotage and force majeure,” it added.
The declining oil production comes at a difficult time for Nigeria, which is also fighting a wave of divestments from international oil companies.
The government has had lofty targets to boost exploration and production and increase oil reserves and output to 40 billion barrels and 3 million bpd, respectively, by the mid-2020s. Those targets have started to look unachievable. | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/06/14/sp-report-pipeline-closures-maintenance-drag-nigerias-oil-output-to-new-low/ | 2022-06-17T17:01:12Z | https://www.thisdaylive.com/index.php/2022/06/14/sp-report-pipeline-closures-maintenance-drag-nigerias-oil-output-to-new-low/ | true | 2 |
'Need new voices': Political group announces 2 more candidates for Langford council
Langford is among B.C.’s fastest growing cities and is known for greenlighting developments and having relatively affordable housing that attracts young families.
But not everyone’s happy with the direction the city is headed.
A new political organization called Langford Now held a press conference Thursday to announce two candidates running for Langford council in the upcoming fall election: Colby Harder and Mary Wagner.
The candidates are running on a platform of change for the city and its council, which has seen little turnover in the past three decades.
"We need to have fresh voices, we need new perspectives,” said 25-year-old Harder on Thursday.
Langford Now says more candidates will likely be introduced soon, including a possible one for mayor.
Langford Now members Colby Harder (left) and Mary Wagner (center) are pictured. (CTV News)
The group and its candidates decry the pace of development in the city and think there needs to be more public consultation before major projects begin.
The political group also says development work should be done in a more environmentally sensitive way, and that the city’s infrastructure hasn't adequately kept up with its population growth.
"We have seen a lack of amenities to go along with development," said Harder.
Harder has lived in Langford her whole life and Stew Young has been the mayor there the entire time, since before she was even born.
She notes the low voter turnout there — just 18 per cent in the last civic election — was the second lowest out of any municipality in B.C.
In that election, there were only seven choices for six council spots, and only one person running against Young for mayor.
"I believe that it means that we have to provide more choices," Harder said Thursday.
David Black, a professor at Royal Roads University, agrees that having more candidates is clearly a good thing for democracy and voter engagement.
"More candidates means more debate, means more choice," he said. "It certainly is going to help turnout."
'BRING IT ON'
Young has been mayor for 29 years and likes Langford just the way it is. He says development is good for jobs and the economy in the region.
"Do I think there’s anything wrong in Langford? Absolutely not," he said Thursday.
The longstanding mayor won’t confirm yet if he’s running again in the October 15 municipal election, but on Thursday he sounded like he was preparing to defend his record.
"Sounds like a man who isn't going to put up with these people who are saying such negative things about Langford," said Young.
"Bring it on, democracy is strong in Langford," he said when discussing the challengers to the status quo.
We’ll know in four months if Langford residents want a change to that status quo when they go to the polls.
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The European Union's executive arm recommended putting Ukraine on a path to membership Friday, a symbolic boost for a country fending off a Russian onslaught that is killing civilians, flattening cities and threatening its very survival. | https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/need-new-voices-political-group-announces-2-more-candidates-for-langford-council-1.5951595 | 2022-06-17T17:01:35Z | https://vancouverisland.ctvnews.ca/need-new-voices-political-group-announces-2-more-candidates-for-langford-council-1.5951595 | false | 1 |
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The defending Pacific League champion Burroughs girls’ volleyball team ended up getting placed in Division 4 after competing in Division 3 last year. The Bears had the highest score amongst teams that were placed in Division 4.
The section uses a mathematical formula that accounts for past performance and strength of schedule in putting together the divisions.
Burbank and Providence highs were placed in Division 5 for girls volleyball.
The CIF also released the playoff divisions for boys’ water polo.
Burbank High, which was the Southern Section Division 5 runner-up last year, will face much tougher competition if the Bulldogs reach the playoffs. They have been placed in Division 2.
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CIF Releases Fall Sports Playoff Division Placements
Burbank High gets placed in tough divisions in tennis and water polo. Burroughs should benefit from a division drop in girls volleyball. | https://myburbank.com/cif-releases-fall-sports-playoff-division-placements/ | 2022-06-17T17:02:17Z | https://myburbank.com/cif-releases-fall-sports-playoff-division-placements/ | false | 1 |
Mallinckrodt to Pay More Than $230 Million to Settle Lawsuit Alleging Underpayment of Medicaid Drug Rebates
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### | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/577280566/mallinckrodt-to-pay-more-than-230-million-to-settle-lawsuit-alleging-underpayment-of-medicaid-drug-rebates | 2022-06-17T17:03:31Z | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/577280566/mallinckrodt-to-pay-more-than-230-million-to-settle-lawsuit-alleging-underpayment-of-medicaid-drug-rebates | true | 1 |
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This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 17, 2022. | https://www.thestar.com/sports/auto-racing/2022/06/17/fia-directive-to-reduce-bouncing-receives-mixed-reviews-from-drivers.html | 2022-06-17T17:05:12Z | https://www.thestar.com/sports/auto-racing/2022/06/17/fia-directive-to-reduce-bouncing-receives-mixed-reviews-from-drivers.html | true | null |
Post Malone Announces ‘Twelve Carat Toothache’ Tour, Birth of Baby
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Post Malone has announced an extensive 33-city North American tour scheduled for this fall in support of his recently released fourth studio album Twelve Carat Toothache . Malone will be joined on the road by Roddy Ricch , who will serve as the special guest opener for all but seven of the scheduled tour dates.
The Twelve Carat tour will kick off on Sept. 10 with a show at the Chi Health Center in Omaha, Nebraska. From there, Malone will make stops in Chicago, Columbus, Toronto, Boston, Detroit, Newark, New York, Nashville, Atlanta, Houston, Denver, Portland, Vancouver, and more. The tour will wrap on Nov. 15 with a final show at the Cryto.com Arena in Los Angeles, California.
General sale for the Twelve Carat tour begins on Friday, June 17 at 10 a.m. local time via Live Nation.
Twelve Carat Toothache arrived in early June, boasting appearances from Doja Cat, The Kid LAROI, Fleet Foxes, Gunna, and The Weeknd. Malone and Ricch teamed up for the album single “ Cooped Up ” ahead of its release.
The Twelve Carat tour will mark Malone’s first since his run of shows in support of 2019’s Hollywood’s Bleeding was cut short due to the pandemic. In a Billboard profile earlier this year, he shared that taking Twelve Carat Toothache on the road was something that loomed over him.
“I love touring and I love meeting my fans and singing these songs with them, but at the same time, it’s such an ass-kicker. My back kills me, my neck kills me, my feet kill me,” Malone said. “There’s a lot to think about, and there’s a lot to focus on. You kind of have to have chameleon eyes and look every which way and keep track of what’s going on at all times. It’s the give-and-take — you give up so much and you receive it in love, and that’s what everything is about: feeling loved. That’s what everybody wants.”
The tour announcement also comes as Malone confirmed to TMZ and SiriusXM’s the Howard Stern Show that he welcomed his first child with his fiancée.
“I’m excited for this next chapter in my life, I’m the happiest I’ve ever been, and for since I could remember I was sad,” Malone told the outlet. “Time to take care of my body and my family and friends, and spread as much love as we can every day.”
Post Malone 2022 North American Tour Dates
Sept 10 – Omaha, NE @ CHI Health Center
Sept 11 – St. Paul, MN @ Xcel Energy Center
Sept 14 – Chicago, IL @ United Center
Sept 15 – Milwaukee, WI @ Fiserv Forum
Sept 17 – St. Louis, MO @ Enterprise Center
Sept 18 – Columbus, OH @ Nationwide Arena
Sept 20 – Toronto, ON @ Scotiabank Arena
Sept 23 – Boston, MA @ TD Garden
Sept 27 – Cleveland, OH @ Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse
Sept 28 – Pittsburgh, PA @ PPG Paints Arena
Oct 1 – Detroit, MI @ Little Caesars Arena
Oct 2 – Indianapolis, IN @ Gainbridge Fieldhouse
Oct 4 – Washington, DC @ Capital One Arena
Oct 6 – Philadelphia, PA @ Wells Fargo Center
Oct 7 – Newark, NJ @ Prudential Center
Oct 9 – Belmont Park, NY @ UBS Arena
Oct 12 – New York, NY @ Madison Square Garden
Oct 15 – Columbia, SC @ Colonial Life Arena
Oct 16 – Nashville, TN @ Bridgestone Arena
Oct 18 – Atlanta, GA @ State Farm Arena
Oct 21 – Dallas, TX @ American Airlines Center
Oct 22 – Austin, TX @ Moody Center
Oct 25 – Houston, TX @ Toyota Center
Oct 26 – Ft. Worth, TX @ Dickies Arena
Oct 28 – Tulsa, OK @ BOK Center
Oct 30 – Denver, CO @ Ball Arena
Nov 1 – Salt Lake City, UT @ Vivint Arena
Nov 3 – Portland, OR @ Moda Center
Nov 5 – Seattle, WA @ Climate Pledge Arena
Nov 6 – Vancouver, BC @ Rogers Arena
Nov 10 – Los Angeles, CA @ The Kia Forum
Nov 11 – Las Vegas, NV @ T-Mobile Arena
Nov 15 – Los Angeles, CA @ Crypto.com Arena | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2635110654820/post-malone-announces-twelve-carat-toothache-tour-birth-of-baby | 2022-06-17T17:06:50Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2635110654820/post-malone-announces-twelve-carat-toothache-tour-birth-of-baby | true | 2 |
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Is the Options Market Predicting a Spike in Wabash (WNC) Stock?
Investors in Wabash National Corporation WNC need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Jul 15, 2022 $7.50 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today.
What is Implied Volatility?
Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big move in one direction or the other. It could also mean there is an event coming up soon that may cause a big rally or a huge sell-off. However, implied volatility is only one piece of the puzzle when putting together an options trading strategy.
What do the Analysts Think?
Clearly, options traders are pricing in a big move for Wabash shares, but what is the fundamental picture for the company? Currently, Wabash is a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy) in the Automotive - Original Equipment industry that ranks in the Bottom 20% of our Zacks Industry Rank. Over the last 60 days, one analyst has increased the earnings estimates for the current quarter, while none have dropped their estimates. The net effect has taken our Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current quarter from 43 cents per share to 47 cents in that period.
Given the way analysts feel about Wabash right now, this huge implied volatility could mean there’s a trade developing. Oftentimes, options traders look for options with high levels of implied volatility to sell premium. This is a strategy many seasoned traders use because it captures decay. At expiration, the hope for these traders is that the underlying stock does not move as much as originally expected.
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Bisnis.com, JAKARTA - Nama penyanyi Joji sedang viral di media sosial karena lagu teranyarnya yang bertajuk Glimpse of Us.
Lagu tersebut bercerita soal kisah seorang pria yang masih dihantui oleh mantan kekasihnya meskipun sudah mendapatkan pasangan yang baru.
Dalam lagu tersebut Joji menggambarkan bahwa dirinya sama sekali belum bisa melupakan sang mantan, dan bahkan selalu mengingat dan terbayang mantannya itu saat bersama kekasihnya saat ini.
Viralnya lagu tersebut membuat banyak netizen geram karena merasa hal itu tidak adil bagi kekasihnya saat ini.
Berikut beberapa komentar warganet di twitter
Dari lagu Joji (glimpse of us) aku belajar. Don't use someone to forget someone.
Glimpse of us - Joji (use someone to forget someone) It's happen to me
"Jangan mencari orang baru kalo masa lalu mu saja belum sembuh."
Joji lu bikin gue OVT aja
Joji memaksaku utk menggalau
Lagunya joji ga related ma gua, tapi enak didenger gua suka buat galau tapi ga tau galau kenapaa
gd lagu joji dikehidupan gua, lo cuma bayangan yg udh lupain and g akan bisa msk ke dunia gua lg.
so many unemployed fuckboys will be playing glimpse of you while hanging out with women and im warning you: do NOT fall for it he is not deep and emotional be like joji and RUN
mas joji gue tandain lo ya udah bikin lagu model begini
Buat tahu apa sih makna lagu tersebut, berikut lirik lagu lengkapnya:
She'd take the world off my shoulders
If it was ever hard to move
She'd turn the rain to a rainbow
When I was living in the blue
Why then, if she is so perfect
Do I still wish that it was you?
Perfect don't mean that it's working
So what can I do? (do ooh)
When you're out of sight
In my mind
'Cause sometimes I look in her eyes
And that's where I find a glimpse of us
And I try to fall for her touch
But I'm thinking of the way it was
Said I'm fine and said I moved on
I'm only here passing time in her arms
Hoping I'll find
A glimpse of us
Tell me he savors your glory
Does he laugh the way I did?
Is this a part of your story?
One that I had never lived
Maybe one day you'll feel lonely
And in his eyes, you'll get a glimpse
Maybe you'll start slipping slowly
And find me again (again)
When you're out of sight
In my mind
'Cause sometimes I look in her eyes
And that's where I find a glimpse of us
And I try to fall for her touch
But I'm thinking of the way it was
Said I'm fine and said I moved on
I'm only here passing time in her arms
Hoping I'll find
A glimpse of us
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh-ooh
Ooh, ooh, ooh
'Cause sometimes I look in her eyes
And that's where I find a glimpse of us
And I try to fall for her touch
But I'm thinking of the way it was
Said I'm fine and said I moved on
I'm only here passing time in her arms
Hoping I'll find
A glimpse of us
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Babysitter facing charge after toddler nearly drowns in bathtub, police say
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Firefighters say a 1-year-old boy nearly drowned in a bathtub at an Arizona home Thursday night, and the child’s babysitter is in custody.
Arizona’s Family reports the toddler was found at a home in El Mirage, which is northwest of Phoenix.
Police said 49-year-old Cynthia Gaddy was bathing the child when she got distracted by something in the kitchen, so she left the baby alone in the bathtub.
Investigators said when she returned, she found the child unconscious. First responders resuscitated the child, who was airlifted to the hospital.
Police confirmed late Thursday night the babysitter is in custody for child neglect.
The babysitter was watching two other kids, ages 3 and 7, who are siblings of the 1-year-old, investigators said.
As of Friday morning, police said the young boy is in extremely critical condition.
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Musicians from the San Antonio Symphony picket the home of Kathleen Weir Vale, the organization’s chair. They staged the protest in late December.
The Symphony Society of San Antonio has dissolved the 83-year-old orchestra under its guidance and begun bankruptcy proceedings to liquidate its assets.
The nonprofit board made the revelation Thursday night via a
statement on its website and in an email blast, saying it can't move forward due to a nine-month-long strike by its musicians.
The Musicians of the San Antonio Symphony went on strike last September, saying the board's plan to slash pay and benefits and cut the orchestra's number of players
would essentially destroy the organization. Last month, the musicians
walked away from a federal mediation effort, citing the board's unwillingness to budge.
"The Musicians’ Union has made it clear there is no prospect of the resumption of negotiations, absent the Board agreeing to a budget that is millions of dollars in excess of what the Symphony can afford," the board's statement reads. "The absence of a labor contract has effectively forced the Symphony to shutter its operations."
Union spokeswoman Mary Ellen Goree
told Texas Public Radio she was unsurprised by the board's decision to fold the organization.
“I would certainly have preferred it if they had simply dissolved the board and left room for new leadership to come forward," she told TPR, "because there are people in San Antonio who are very much committed to keeping a professional orchestra on stage. The musicians did not have input into this decision, so our perspective was not invited and not welcome.”
In comments to TPR, Goree also said the board violated terms of a 2019 contract that spells out the process under which the orchestra may dissolve. That should have required the vote of the union and the symphony's musicians, Goree told the station, reading from the contract.
Although the board's online statement says the vote to dissolve was unanimous, Goree
told the Express-News none of the three musicians on the board were at the meeting to discuss the decision nor did they vote for it.
In comments to TPR, Sebastian Lang-Lessing, the symphony's former music director, blasted the board's move as a scorched-earth solution. The maestro has
led a behind-the-scenes effort to convince city and county leaders to help fund the organization and end the labor impasse.
“It's totally in contradiction with the mission of the San Antonio Symphony, and they need to be held accountable for that," said Lang-Lessing, whom the board fired from his position as Music Director Emeritus in April over his decision to conduct concerts by the striking musicians. "By just dissolving now and ... to blame to the musicians is a very arrogant move.”
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The wreckage of Watergate and Jan. 6 are a half-century apart yet rooted in the same ancient thirst for power at any cost.
Two presidents, wily and profane, tried an end run around democracy.
Mysteries from both affairs endure as the House inquiry into the Jan. 6, 2021, uprising at the Capitol intersects with this week’s Watergate 50th anniversary.
Is there a smoking gun to be found in Donald Trump’s deceptions? Or did we already see it when he summoned angry supporters to a “wild” time in Washington, called for them to “fight like hell” and mused that perhaps his vice president — one of the few “no” men in his compliant cabal — should be hanged like the insurrectionists demanded?
Trump had lost the election and sought to cling to power. But Nixon? A key question may be why he even bothered to go rogue.
Nixon was on a comfortable path to reelection when bumbling burglars tied to his campaign committee broke into Democratic Party headquarters at the Watergate office building 50 years ago Friday and got caught.
The chapter-upon-chapter exposure of his cover-up and efforts to obstruct justice drove him from office nearly two years later when he quit rather than face a likely conviction in an impeachment trial. Three Republican leaders from Congress went to the White House and helped convince him that he was doomed.
In contrast, Trump was desperate, having convincingly lost the 2020 election when he dispatched his own bumblers — lawyers, aides, hangers-on — as well as the violent mob at the Capitol on a quest to upend the results and keep him in office. Few in his party publicly urged him to accept defeat.
Watergate is the American presidential scandal by which all others are measured. It brought down a president. Yet Jan. 6 was the one that spilled blood.
Watergate had a powerful afterburn, leading to Republicans being tossed out of Congress by the dozens in 1974. This time, there is near unanimity that the party will make gains.
Michael Dobbs, author of “King Richard: Nixon and Watergate — An American Tragedy” from 2021, said the system worked in Watergate because Congress, the courts and the press did their job in establishing a chain of criminal activity that led Nixon to resign.
“The system was under stress then,” he said, “but is under much greater stress today.”
When the Senate Watergate committee conducted its landmark hearings starting in May 1973, inflation was heading toward 9% by year’s end, about where it is now. The stock market crashed. Then as now, people had pressing distractions.
But Americans were riveted by the spectacle of a president sinking slowly into disgrace. More than 70% told a Gallup poll they watched the televised hearings that spread over nearly three months of that summer.
The Jan. 6 hearings, to date, are less about investigators discovering new facts than about showing and telling what they’ve already found out in months of methodical work.
To Dobbs, evidence of Trump’s direct involvement in planning or inciting the riot with the intention of overturning the election would constitute a Nixonian smoking gun.
The challenge for the Jan. 6 inquiry and any prosecution that may follow is “the ambiguous nature of Trump’s statements from a legal point of view,” he said. “‘Fight like hell’ can be interpreted in different ways.”
In releasing previously recorded testimony from close associates of Trump, the panel has exposed the extent to which Trump’s circle knew his case about a stolen election was a sham. Even his daughter Ivanka Trump wasn’t buying it.
Trump’s attorney general, William Barr, testified that the president’s arguments were “detached from reality” if he really believes them.
Harsh words but to what effect?
Trump’s election denialism courses through the campaigns of far-right Republicans in the 2022 midterm election season, some prevailing in their primaries. The hearings will in no way be the last word on Trump’s lies.
“Trump is constitutionally unable to let criticism pass,” said Southern Methodist University political scholar Cal Jillson. “So expect a rising tide of recriminations, a lengthening enemies list and a program of retribution stretching out into the future.
“Other Republican leaders will ponder the damage this might do to the party,” he added, “but, as yet, there are no Howard Bakers on the horizon.”
Baker personified the politics of the time in Congress, partisan but not poisonous. He was the Rep. Liz Cheney of the day, but on his way up in the Republican Party, not an outcast from it like the endangered Wyoming congresswoman, who is fierce in her disdain for Trump and fellow Republicans who won’t cross him.
Baker expressed instinctive loyalty to Nixon at first — “I’m your friend,” he recalled telling him face to face when the hearings started. But as the top Republican on the Watergate panel, he listened, questioned, dug in over the hundreds of hours of hearings and saw the corruption.
His famous question — “What did the president know and when did he know it?” — was actually posed as a tentative defense of the president, because Baker expected the answer to be not much.
“I believed that it was a political ploy of the Democrats, that it would come to nothing,” Baker told The Associated Press in 1992. “But a few weeks into that, it began to dawn on me that there was more to it than I thought, and more to it than I liked.”
The persistence and gravity of his questioning made the mild-mannered Tennessee senator an unlikely heartthrob. Love letters poured into his office. A women’s magazine called him “studly.”
The Watergate committee of four Democrats and three Republicans was formed by a unanimous vote in the Senate, unheard of today on almost any issue of substance. It was charged with probing the Watergate affair and “all other illegal, improper, or unethical conduct” in the 1972 campaign.
The House Jan. 6 committee, in contrast, was formed on a 222-190 vote. The only two Republicans who voted for the committee, Cheney and retiring Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, were put on it.
Where Trump loudly proclaimed his grievances and provocations, Nixon sounded off in private, or what he thought was private. It was the White House taping system that Nixon had installed for posterity that damned him, when the Supreme Court forced him to turn over the tapes.
In a June 23, 1972, conversation six days after the burglary, Nixon’s chief of staff, H.R. Haldeman, is heard recommending to Nixon that the FBI be told to drop its investigation of the break-in before the bureau could trace the crime to the White House or Nixon himself.
“There’s some business here we don’t want you going any further on,” Haldeman suggested the FBI chief be told.
“Mm-hmm,” Nixon said. “Mm-hmm.”
“Alright, fine,” Nixon concluded. “Play it tough. That’s the way they play it, and that’s the way we’re going to play it.”
That was the smoking gun, a bullet flying for the purpose of obstructing justice.
A day after the break-in, the AP reported that one of the burglars was a paid security official of the Nixon campaign, the first tentative tie to the president and one that surprised police and prosecutors.
Bob Woodward and Carl Bernstein later confirmed the report for The Washington Post before going on to bulldoze everyone else with their blockbuster Watergate exclusives pinning the cover-up directly on the president.
The heroes of Watergate, Bernstein now says, were not primarily the journalists who exposed Nixon’s misdeeds or the Democrats who led the charge but “Republicans who had the courage to say this is not about ideology, this is about illegality.”
All these years later, it remains unknown who ordered the break-in. There is no evidence that Nixon did so directly, though there is no ambiguity over the fact he mounted a coverup and otherwise played dirty.
Nixon created the “paranoid culture” that spawned Watergate, Dobbs said. “The conspiracy took on a life of its own, driven forward by crazy operators like Gordon Liddy anticipating the president’s wishes.”
Fifty years from now, what will Americans say about Jan. 6?
Historian Michael Beschloss, in Twitter commentary about the hearings, said the answer depends on whether America by then is a democracy or autocracy. “If the latter, the nation’s authoritarian leaders might celebrate January 6 as one of great days in U.S. history,” as Trump has described it now.
He also asked a question that can never be definitively answered.
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New Orleans Pelicans to Host Entertainment Team Auditions
The New Orleans Pelicans have called for talent to join their Entertainment Team for next season. In their official statement, they seek “multi-talented entertainers to help create the # 1 fan experience in the NBA.” They have defined the specific talents sought in jazz, hip-hop, break, and tumbler dance genres.
Online applicants have until July 8th to register at the audition link found here. It is strongly suggested but not mandatory that applicants attend audition prep classes. Those classes will be held in the latter part of June with a special focus on Hip-Hop and Jazz dance. There is a $40 registration fee per class; the link to register can be found here.
There are requirements for all cast members regarding decorum, appearance, and application information, so those seeking to audition must ensure they read over each requirement carefully. The casting call schedule begins on July 9th at the Smoothie King Center for preliminary auditions and runs five straight days until July 14th, when final auditions are held.
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Major excitement for the Pelicans has taken hold of the city and surrounding areas from a fan perspective. The team is looking for cast members that “will engage and energize New Orleans Pelicans fans on game days and serve as aspirational ambassadors within the community. Throughout the year, they bring the spirit of the Pelicans to the greater New Orleans area through community engagement and corporate appearances.”
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Natural Habitat: Driving the Rolls-Royce Phantom Series II on the French Riviera
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The seaside resort town of Nice, France, is nestled amid hills that rise into the Ligurian Alps, which means the local roads are either going sharply up or sharply down, with narrow hairpin switchbacks. It was in Nice that Rolls-Royce chose to hand journalists the keys to the new Phantom II, an update of the eighth generation of the car introduced in 2017. It’s no sports car, but the Phantom—which seems to shrink while you’re driving it—was up to the alpine task.
All cars returned safely to base at the new and very luxurious Maybourne Riviera hotel—built right into the rock at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin. It replaced the supposedly hideous Hotel Grand Vista Palace, which some visitors to the French Riviera may remember for its huge illuminated “V.” Rolls has history here: Co-founder Sir Henry Royce built a villa, La Mimosa, in Nice and spent winters until his death in 1933. His engineers would get notes from him about the latest models after he cruised in them down the Promenade des Anglais.
Richard Carter, head of global communications for Rolls, describes the 2023 Phantom, which starts at US$475,000 (US$555,000 for the extended wheelbase), as being “an utterly unique pinnacle of the world’s luxury products. It’s pre-eminent, and there’s only room for one at the pinnacle. I think I’m safe in saying that, because it’s the standard by which others are judged. The Rolls-Royce of jewelry,’ and so on. Every year, 300 to 500 people are able to create the bespoke automobile of their dreams.”
For the event, and to emphasize how each Phantom is one-of-a-kind, Rolls created nine cars with different personalities:
• The Patriot (an extroverted car expressing national fervor with elaborate 3D, milled stainless-steel wheels and red carpets and door pockets)
• The Maverick (for people with big unconventional ideas and belief in self)
• The Founder (for younger, self-made entrepreneurs)
• The Iconoclast (for limit-pushers, similar to Black Badge with darkened trim and the first disc wheels the company has made in 40 years).
• The Sentimentalist (a no-holds-barred car to mark major life events); • The Prodigy (for “astonishingly young” world shakers)
• The Extrovert (in vivid purple two-tone paint that seemed to change color in different lights
• ; The Connoisseur (for patrons of the arts to display their treasures in an extended wheelbase)
• The Aristocrat (for owners who want everything just so—and probably have a chauffeur) • The Mondaine (for those with “refined, sophisticated tastes in architecture and décor”).
An astonishing 70% to 80% of Rolls-Royce cars ever made are still on the road. Older models, such as a 1970s Corniche convertible near the roads that gave it the name, cruised by as we headed out in The Founder. Entrepreneurs are a good target for the company, and spokeswoman Malika Abdullaeva said they constitute a large percentage of customers today.
The Founder, with a youthful image and a relatively subtle two-tone interior with red accents, would seem a good direction for the modern Rolls-Royce. The cars in general are very easy to drive. Select drive from the tiny stalk, and the car seems to do the rest. The ultra-comfortable ride was in sharp contrast to a later experience in a compact Uber on the same roads. Four-wheel steering and air suspension helps make getting around corners easier. Power from the twin-turbocharged, 6.75-liter BMW-derived V-12 engine was, of course, “adequate” (OK, 563 horsepower, with an eight-speed ZF gearbox), but the car doesn’t encourage ultra-fast driving. The mountain roads, with many roundabouts, led to a stop in Gourdon, a picturesque village complete with a castle.
Later experienced as a passenger—a natural state for many buyers—the Phantom Series II was at its optimum in terms of comfort. The carpet seems to be feet thick, the legroom vast, and controls for just about everything—including the radio volume—are at the fingertips. Occupants can lean back in the adjustable and climate-controlled seats and look at the celestial sky in the Starlight Headliner. The shooting stars are an optional extra. One of the Series II upgrades is laser-cut bezel starlights, echoing that roof, in the headlight surrounds.
From the back seat of a Phantom (by this point, The Prodigy), experiencing the passing scenery is optional. The outside world, in the form of extraneous noise or extremes of hot and cold, scarcely intrudes. This is a car that doesn’t break down; it simply “fails to proceed.”
On the Series II, the Pantheon grille is slightly more prominent, as is the Rolls badge and the updated Spirit of Ecstasy mascot. The changes are not major—Carter said that customers said of this model halfway through its product cycle, “Don’t mess with the Phantom.” The mechanics and interior are unchanged. But both the disc and 3D milled wheels (with triangular inserts) are available on the cars, as is darkened trim.
Felix Kilbertus, head of exterior design, led the introduction of the Series II. “People said ‘don’t change it, leave it as it is,’ but as designers we want to move forward,” he said. “We want to, as founder Henry Royce said, ‘take the best and make it better.’ And so that dictated the changes, [such as] the horizon line at the front of the car [aligning] with the new headlights, whose surrounds are now perforated to allow for 580 starlights.” The interior isn’t changed as part of the regular Series II, but Kilbertus explained that customers can also choose the rarefied Phantom Platino, which—as in Town Cars of old—uses leather seating for the front compartment (where the chauffeur sits) and cloth, including bamboo-derived fibers with a tufted appearance and Italian silken textiles, in the rear.
Buying a Phantom today requires a discreet wait. According to Gerry Spahn, the company’s North American spokesman, a car ordered today might be delivered in eight months, well into 2023. The first appearance of the new Phantom in the U.S. will be in California at The Quail: A Motorsports Gathering in August.
Kilbertus is also the exterior designer for the Spectre, the all-new and fully electric Rolls-Royce two-door coupe that will appear by the end of next year. Queried about the car, he said “it has no panels in common with the other cars. The body shape, the wheels, the lamps, are all different. We are finalizing it now, getting the balances right, testing and fine-tuning. We are putting the Spectre through two winter cycles.”
The electric car should be a seamless addition to the company’s lineup, since its hallmark is quiet operation. The company used to advertise, “At 60 miles per hour, the loudest noise in the new Rolls-Royce comes from the electric clock.”
Rolls hasn’t said a whole lot about the Spectre, other than to describe it as “a silent, menacing creation. Powerful and edgy, but in profile, smooth, sleek and elegant.” | https://www.barrons.com/articles/natural-habitat-driving-the-rolls-royce-phantom-series-ii-on-the-french-riviera-01655482916 | 2022-06-17T17:26:46Z | https://www.barrons.com/articles/natural-habitat-driving-the-rolls-royce-phantom-series-ii-on-the-french-riviera-01655482916 | true | 1 |
Dealing with death is a large part of a coroner’s job, but in Dougherty County, Coroner Michael Fowler is making efforts to reduce the number of death certificates he has to sign and the grieving families he has to inform of the loss of a loved one.
Fowler has produced an anti-suicide video and spoken against violence in the past, and he urgently pleaded with the public to wear masks and get vaccinated during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic.
And for the fifth year, he’s dug into his own pockets, and also received donations from other individuals and groups, to fund “Swim for Life,” a program that teaches children to swim.
It’s an effort to prevent drownings, and children 3 and up are eligible to participate in the program this summer.
“We have had no kids to drown since we started this,” Fowler said. “A lot of times kids can’t afford it. We raised money for all the kids to go to swimming lessons this week. Last time we had about 322 kids to sign up.”
The coroner enlisted three organizations to give swimming lessons, and he will present checks to each of them this week based on the number of children that registered.
“I kind of partnered with the Y, Boys & Girls Club and (Albany) Recreation Department,” he said. “They agreed to do it for $20 a kid. We’re encouraging the kids to learn to swim.
“That gives them something to do during the summer, too, instead of getting into trouble.”
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Mexican narcos’ fascination with exotic animals was on display this week after a spider monkey dressed up as a drug gang mascot was killed in a shootout, a 450-pound (200 kilogram) tiger wandered the streets in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, and a man died after trying to pet a captive tiger in a cartel-dominated area of western Michoacan state.
Like scenes out of a narco television series, exotic animals have been long been part of the Mexican criminal underworld.
Photos from the scene of a shootout Tuesday with police in which 11 drug gang members died, showed a small monkey — dressed in a tiny camouflage jacket and a tiny “bullet-proof” vest — sprawled across the body of a dead gunman who was apparently his owner.
Authorities in the State of Mexico confirmed the authenticity of the photos, and said it was unclear whether the monkey — which was also wearing a diaper — died in the hail of bullets that killed his owner.
“A primate was killed at the scene, which was presumably owned by a criminal who was also killed at the scene,” state prosecutors said in a statement, adding “An autopsy will be carried out on the animal by a veterinarian specialized in the species” and animal-trafficking charges would be considered against the suspects who survived the shootout.
Then on Wednesday, the Attorney General for Environmental Protection said it had seized a tiger in Tecuala, in the Pacific coast state of Nayarit, near the border with Sinaloa, which is home to the cartel of the same name.
The office said it acted “after receiving reports about a Bengal tiger that was wandering the streets of Tecuala,” and found that the animal was being illegally kept there.
Those reports were based on a video posted on social media earlier this week, showing a young woman shrieking as she came across the tiger on the street in a residential neighborhood. “Be quiet, it might come close,” a woman can be heard saying on the video.
Authorities said the tiger’s claws and fangs had been removed, and a man can be seen later in the video casually tossing a rope over the tiger’s neck and leading him away.
Perhaps the most tragic story came out of the western state of Michoacan, which has long been dominated by the Carteles Unidos gang and the Jalisco cartel.
On Sunday, authorities confirmed that a man was seriously wounded by a tiger in Periban, Michoacan, a town in the state’s avocado-growing region, where gangs have long extorted protection payments from the lucrative avocado trade.
In a video posted on social media, whose authenticity could not be confirmed, the man is seen calling the tiger to the side of a fenced enclosure. “Come on, come,” the man can be heard entreating.
The man stands outside the enclosure, apparently feeding the tiger with one hand, while he stretches his other arm through the chain-link fence to stroke the animal’s neck.
The man then shrieks in pain after the tiger quickly wheels and bites the extended arm and refuses to let go. Eventually the tiger mauled both the man’s arms.
Michoacan state law enforcement authorities confirmed that the man was taken to a hospital, where he died a few days later from his injuries.
Mexican law allows private citizens to keep exotic animals if they register them under strictly supervised conditions. But Security analyst David Saucedo said criminals sometimes go to the length of getting such permits.
Saucedo said drug traffickers often keep exotic animals as a symbol of status and power, imitating the Colombian drug lords of the 1980s and 90s.
“Mexican drug traffickers copied from the narcos of the Medellin cartel the custom of acquiring exotic animals and setting up private zoos,” said Saucedo. “According to the code of the drug trafficking aristocracy, having a private zoo was a prerequisite for being part of the circle of big-time drug traffickers.”
In some cases, the animals had a more sinister use.
“Some drug cartel capos, like Zetas leader Heriberto Lazcano, acquired exotic animals to torture or disappear their victims,” Saucedo said. “Several of his enemies were devoured by the tigers or the crocodiles that the Zetas kept in their pens or cages.”
Lazcano himself was killed in a shootout with Mexican military personnel in 2012.
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As you may have guessed from the name of my column, Grace Notes, I have a thing about grace. Grace is why I’m here. It’s why any of us are where we are. The most common definition of grace is “unmerited or unearned favor,” but that doesn’t really explain what difference it makes in a person’s life.
There’s something called common grace, which is God’s kindness to all people, regardless of their faith – warm sunshine and cool breezes, rain for crops, puppies licking your face.
There’s saving grace, as in “For by grace you have been saved through faith; and this is not of yourselves, it is the gift of God” (Ephesians 2:8).
Saving grace is the “Once I was lost but now I’m found, was blind but now I see” grace, the grace that takes a person from unbeliever to believer, enemy of God to his friend, outcast to member of his family.
Depending on your theological leanings, some believe in a “prevenient” grace that precedes saving grace. It’s like a courtship, God wooing those who are about to experience the moment of saving grace.
Similar to that is irresistible grace.
In her telling of her conversion, author Anne Lamott tells of being drunk and stoned, recovering from an abortion, when she felt the presence of Jesus and was appalled by it. She knew he was calling her to become a Christian and said out loud, “I would rather die.”
A week later, she opened the front door to her houseboat, cussed and said to the Lord, “I quit. All right. You can come in.” She had experienced the irresistible grace of God, leading her into his saving grace.
Sufficient grace helps Christians endure hardships, and sanctifying grace is the grace that, over time, makes a Christian more like Christ.
A day or so after I had experienced the irresistible, saving grace of God more than 44 years ago, I was talking to another Christian and said something about “finally getting my stuff together,” except I didn’t say “stuff.” Barely audible, this other person gasped and whispered to herself, “That’ll come in time.” I know absolutely that she said it to herself, but I heard it and thought, “Hmmm, Christians don’t cuss.”
After that, profanity just disappeared from my vocabulary without any real effort on my part. That was sanctifying grace. “He (God) who began a good work in you will carry it on to completion until the day of Christ Jesus” (Philippians 1:6) – sanctifying grace.
Last week my pastor used the term “observable grace,” saying that the grace of God in a person’s life should be visible to others, that over time, people around us should notice the work of grace that God is doing in our lives.
If you are still bitter, still proud and greedy, still wanting your own way, if you are still judgmental, still rude to restaurant servers, still filled with anger and violence, if you feel little or no conviction of sin, it might be an indication that you’ve yet to experience God’s saving grace.
Because sanctifying grace follows saving grace, and sanctifying grace is observable in true Christians.
Here’s the thing about grace: A person cannot manufacture it, buy, borrow or steal it, or fake it. It’s from God and God alone. However, we can ask for it.
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Dolly Parton Donates $1M for Pediatric Infectious Disease Research - Here's Why She Loves to Give
Music legend Dolly Parton, who's also well-known for her philanthropy, has donated $1 million for pediatric infectious disease research at Vanderbilt University Medical Center located in Nashville, Tennessee.
ABC News reports Parton's donation will support the fight against diseases such as COVID-19 as well as help researchers prevent and understand antibiotic resistance and diagnose and treat infections in children who are fighting cancer.
"I love children," Dolly said in a statement. "No child should ever have to suffer, and I'm willing to do my part to try and keep as many of them as I can as healthy and safe as possible."
Mark Denison, M.D., professor of pediatrics and the director of the division of pediatric infectious diseases told ABC the university was "deeply honored" by Parton's donation and that the gift would "accelerate" the work the institution has been doing for more than 40 years and "support new ideas."
She has also made major contributions to the Monroe Carell Jr. Children's Hospital at Vanderbilt Pediatric Cancer Program, according to the network.
Jeff Balser, M.D, Ph.D., president and CEO of Vanderbilt University Medical Center and dean of the Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, said Parton's various donations over the years have "already saved countless lives" and "{speak} volumes about her passion for people."
As CBN News reported, Parton also donated $1 million in 2020 to the medical center to help fund research for the Moderna vaccine to fight COVID-19.
Parton has also financially helped other causes over the years.
In October of 2021, the Dollywood Foundation raised $700,000 for flood victims in areas of middle Tennessee.
Last December, Parton's Imagination Library project announced that it donated more than 170 million books to children under five.
During an interview with People Magazine at the time, Parton acknowledged how gratifying it is to give to those in need.
"I'm kind of addicted to the feeling of giving," she said. "Knowing that I'm doing something good for someone else. It makes my heart feel good to know that I can do something for somebody else."
However, she's reluctant to accept too much attention for her good deeds.
"I don't want to be worshiped, because there's a scripture in my Bible that talks about idol worship," Parton pointed out. "And I see that happening all the time with movie stars and these celebrities. People literally worship them more than they worship God. And I just - I cringe at it sometimes."
Parton was named by People Magazine as one of 2021′s people of the year.
The singer went on to say that there's also a lot of "pressure" that comes with that honor, but she's happy to be able to set a "good example" for others.
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The boring company’s past might encrypt some controversies with its not a flamethrower release that set the world on fire. Users globally demanded Elon Musk a reply to what he was trying to achieve with his creation, and he tweeted, “The rumor that I’m secretly creating a zombie apocalypse to generate demand for flamethrowers is completely false.”
However, the company has reached a unanimous agreement to increase the system of its tunnels underneath downtown Las Vegas.
The expansion will also incorporate landmark stops like Stratosphere and Fremont Street, allowing customers to get on a Tesla and travel between different cities.
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The tunnel network called “the Vegas Loop” is reportedly set to span over 29 miles and will have 51 stops when completed. However, there are currently 1.7-mile tunnels underneath the Las Vegas Convention Center (LVCC), which are responsible for shortening the 25-minute walk through the convention center to a two-minute ride.
The system uses Model X and Y, both human-controlled, allowing vehicles to transport the passengers despite Musk claiming that it will use sleds to carry the cars through the tunnel.
However, the CES attendees who tried the tunnel underneath the LVCC this year and a large chunk weren’t too impressed as it was reportedly less congested than walking the convention center floors.
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Riders also claimed that they encountered traffic backups that can hold around 70 cars simultaneously. The system transported around 15000 to 17000 passengers each day.
However, the recent expansion edges the company closer to its motive of creating a transportation system that covers the two most famous destinations in Las Vegas. The company wrote on Twitter, “thanks to the entire team at the City of Last Vegas,” before adding, “Great discussion today, and TBC is excited to build a safe, convenient, and awesome transportation system in the City.”
Last October, the company approved digging underneath the Las Vegas strip to connect passengers with different casinos, hotels, and the McCarran International Airport. Work began earlier this year on the project.
As per Las Vegas Review-Journal, Steve Hill, the president and CEO of the Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority, the tunnel system will supposedly be ready to begin serving customers in 2023. He also suggests that the portions which connect LVCC and Resorts world will be operational by the end of 2022. | https://fossbytes.com/musks-boring-company-can-now-dig-more-tunnels/ | 2022-06-17T17:44:03Z | https://fossbytes.com/musks-boring-company-can-now-dig-more-tunnels/ | true | 1 |
RENO, Nev. , June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- aha!, powered by veteran ExpressJet Airlines, announces special half-price airfare for children with their Kids Fly 50% Off* program when booked this Father's Day weekend for travel June 20 – Sept. 30, 2022.
"The last thing that dad wants is six-to-ten hours of 'are we there yet?'," said Tim Sieber, head of ExpressJet's aha! business unit. "With the gift of affordable travel on a quick, nonstop flight, dad gets to enjoy the view out of the window instead of climbing prices at the gas pump."
Kids Fly 50% Off* launches ahead of the recently announced new aha! routes to Santa Rosa, Calif. service that begins on July 14, 2022 and Idaho Falls, Idaho service that begins on August 22, 2022. All aha! routes qualify for these special family-friendly fares. Kids must travel with an adult booked in the "Standard" fare class on the same itinerary.
For more information or to book a flight, visit www.flyaha.com or call the aha! contact center at 775-439-0888.
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*Based on availability. Bookings must be completed by June 20, 2022. Child must be designated as a 'CHILD' passenger at booking and must travel with at least one adult traveling on a standard 'Standard Fare'. Valid for children ages 2 - 15 years at the time of travel. Limit five (5) children per traveling adult per reservation. Not valid on previously purchased itineraries and not combinable with any other offers. Company reserves all rights including cancellation or modification of this promotion without prior notice.
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aha! is a leisure brand of ExpressJet Airlines. aha! seeks to provide travelers in smaller communities, many who have seen air service reduced over the past decade through airline mergers, with convenient, short, nonstop flights to high-quality destinations like the Reno-Lake Tahoe region. In addition to offering value-priced, nonstop flights, aha! will soon partner with resorts, casinos and attractions to "bundle" value-priced vacation packages. www.flyaha.com
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ExpressJet Airlines operates Embraer ERJ145 regional jet aircraft and has more than 40 years of experience as a regional airline. ExpressJet operates its leisure brand aha!, which provides travelers in smaller communities with convenient, short, nonstop flights to high-quality destinations like the Reno-Lake Tahoe region. The company is expanding its service with specialty charter flights and additional future routes. ExpressJet is majority owned by KAir Enterprises with United Airlines holding a minority interest. www.expressjet.com
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Couple indicted in connection with shooting death of man found after Jasper fire
JASPER, Texas (KTRE) - Two people who were arrested in connection with the death of a Lufkin man whose body was found in a burned home in Jasper have been indicted on murder charges.
An employee with the Jasper County District Clerk’s Office confirmed that Courtney Breanne Minter-McMullen and her boyfriend Paul James Taucer were indicted on first-degree murder charges on May 12.
Minter-McMullen and Taucer were arrested earlier this year in connection with the death of 57-year-old Rexie Roy McMullen Jr. Judge Mike Smith arraigned them and set their bond amounts at $1.5 million.
Minter-McMullen was arrested on March 22, and authorities filed a murder charge on Taucer at the county jail, where he was already incarcerated on a burglary of a building charge.
Jasper police also said Jeramy Wayne Nickens was charged with arson in connection with the fire at Rexie Mcmullen’s house.
Firefighters who responded to the structure fire in the 1300 block of East Milan Street back in February found the body of Rexie McMullen II after they extinguished the fire. Investigators believe the fire started on the home’s front porch.
Jasper Police Chief Gerald Hall said an autopsy revealed that McMullen had not been killed by the fire. He had been shot multiple times.
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Pebblebrook Hotel Trust found using ticker (PEB) have now 14 analysts covering the stock with the consensus suggesting a rating of ‘Hold’. The range between the high target price and low target price is between 33 and 23.5 calculating the mean target price we have 26.77. With the stocks previous close at 19.86 this would indicate that there is a potential upside of 34.8%. The 50 day moving average now sits at 22.93 while the 200 day moving average is 22.76. The market cap for the company is $2,379m. Find out more information at: https://www.pebblebrookhotels.com
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Why some counties are still struggling to vaccinate residents against COVID-19
Posted/updated on: June 17, 2022 at 10:06 am(NEW YORK) -- More than a year-and-a-half since the first COVID-19 vaccines were rolled out -- at a record pace and with the promise of ending the worst public health crisis in a century -- several U.S. counties still have incredibly low rates of vaccination.
Inoculation against COVID and the pandemic at large have long been controversial issues in the U.S., but consistent public health campaigns have helped chip away at vaccine hesitance.
Still, despite having readily available safe and effective vaccines as well as booster doses, as of Wednesday, 24 counties in the U.S. have fewer than 30% of their populations with at least one dose against COVID-19, according to data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Seven counties are under 25%.
This is far below the national average of 78% of all Americans with at least one dose and nearly 69% fully vaccinated.
Counties with the lowest vaccination rates are scattered across the South, Midwest and Great Plains with five in North Dakota and three each in Texas and Montana.
The overwhelming majority of these counties are rural, further illuminating the rural-urban divide that has existed in the U.S. since the earliest days of the COVID vaccination campaign. A March 2022 CDC report showed 59% of rural residents were vaccinated with at least one dose as of January 2022 compared to 75% of urban residents.
Experts told ABC News rural residents are more distrustful of government and tend to believe they don't need to be vaccinated due to living far apart from others. They also tend to vote Republican, which is correlated with lower vaccination rates.
“Most of these places in rural America have very small populations," Dr. Neil Seghal, an assistant professor of health policy and management at the University of Maryland School of Public Health, told ABC News.
“And when you have small populations in these places, the majority align demographically with each other. So if the majority align with people who are opposed to vaccinations either due to misperception of risk or for ideological reasons, you expect to see what we're seeing now,” he said.
A fraction of the average vaccine uptake in the US
In Powder River County, Montana -- with a population of about 1,600 that borders Wyoming to the south -- just 25.4% of residents have received at least one dose and 22.4% are fully vaccinated, CDC data shows.
Dr. Sean Hill, health officer for the county's public health department, told ABC News it has been frustrating to try and get residents to get vaccinated.
“We've had conversations with people that swear up and down that the vaccines were developed too quickly and that it was just the government's way of tracking you,” Hill said. “But you're not going to change people's opinion when they're the same ones that are carrying the brand new iPhone around that tracks you, everywhere you go.”
“The best you can do is educate the ones that are most vulnerable and hope that helps protect the people that the illness is going to devastate,” he added.
Montana Gov. Greg Gianforte, a Republican, has encouraged getting vaccinated but has vehemently opposed mandates.
COVID-19 rates in the state increased 44% between March 2020 and December 2021, with minors making up the largest group of infections, according to Montana’s Department of Public Health and Human Services.
At the same time frame, 45 counties saw an increase in infections, while 12 saw a decrease.
However, Montana currently has a better seven-day rolling average of new COVID-19 cases than the U.S. as a whole at 184.5 per 100,000 compared to 216.7 per 100,000, CDC data shows.
Other counties with low vaccination rates did not respond to ABC News' requests for comment.
Republican counties are less likely to be vaccinated
“You have religious [reasons], you have cultural [reasons], some of them are political [reasons],” Hill said. “Powder River County is traditionally a very Republican community.”
The overwhelming majority of the county voted for Donald Trump in the 2020 presidential election over Joe Biden.
In fact, all 24 counties with under 30% of their population having received at least one dose voted for Trump compared to Biden, in some cases by as much as 90%.
In December 2021, during “The History Tour” with Bill O’Reilly, the former president revealed that not only was he vaccinated, but he received a booster shot, which prompted boos from his supporters in Dallas. He’s also encouraged his supporters to get vaccinated against COVID-19.
“Rural communities tend to politically align with Trump, a factor that correlates with lower vaccination rates,” Dr. Italo Brown, an emergency medicine physician and a clinical instructor in social emergency medicine at Stanford Hospital, told ABC News.
Data has shown that Republicans are less likely to be vaccinated than Democrats.
According to the Kaiser Family Foundation COVID-19 Vaccine Monitor from May 2022, over half -- 56% -- of unvaccinated adults said they identify as Republican or lean Republican. Previous surveys from KFF have shown that reasons for not being vaccinated included believing the media exaggerates how serious the pandemic is and that getting vaccinated is a personal choice.
“When you look at these areas, they're often rural, they're often poor, they're often conservative areas,” Dr. Perry Halkitis, dean of Rutgers School of Public Health, told ABC News. ”They're often lodged in states where there's been less-than-ideal messaging around vaccinations and there is a guard up against trusting the vaccine.”
CDC data shows suburban and urban conservative areas have fared better with vaccination.
In Oklahoma County -- the most populous county in the state, in which Oklahoma City is located and which voted for Trump in 2020 -- 83.4% of residents have had at least one vaccine dose. And in El Paso County in Colorado, where Colorado Springs is located and also voted for Trump -- 75.1% of residents have had at least one dose.
A recent paper published in the journal Health Affairs this month, co-written by Seghal, looked at the association between COVID-19 mortality and the county-level partisan divide in the U.S.
The study found that in counties where 70% or more voted Republican in the 2020 presidential election, there were more than 70 additional deaths per 100,000 people compared to counties that vote Democratically.
“We see the impact of red Americans on COVID outcomes,” Seghal said. “Rural, sparser places are more entrenched ideologically dead In their beliefs against covert actions.”
Rural areas feel they are not at risk
Experts say another reason people in these counties may not haven’t gotten vaccinated is because they live so far apart from others that they don’t feel they are at risk.
“You take a county that's 3,300 square miles with a population of 1,600, that alone creates a population that's hesitant to accept anything,” Hill, the Powder River County, Montana public health official, said. “There's families in our community that live 50 miles, 75 miles from anybody else, so they don't necessarily see the benefit in the vaccine because they're never around anybody.”
Although studies have shown that the odds of indoor COVID-19 transmission are much higher than outdoor transmission, this doesn’t mean rural residents are not at risk.
“People who live in rural areas are going to go to the grocery store and they're going to go to, the pharmacy … and now all of these places are very high-risk,” Dr. Julia Raifman, an assistant professor of health law, policy and management at Boston University School of Public Health, told ABC News. “They’re crowded indoor settings where people are not wearing masks.”
She continued, “There's a very good chance that someone there has COVID-19 and if they are not vaccinated, there's a very high chance they could suffer a severe outcome, but the vaccine will protect them.”
Raifman added that if rural Americans suffer a severe case of COVID-19, it will likely be much harder for them to access care -- such as visiting a doctor or going to the hospital -- than someone in an urban area.
“We really want people to have some sense of urgency about protecting themselves,” she said. “It’s still quite a severe virus and people can die.”
How to increase vaccination rates in rural areas
Experts said that when people in rural areas get vaccinated against COVID-19, there’s often a stigma attached to their decision.
It’s why Hill said his 16-year-old daughter -- who attends a school in nearby Madison County, where the family lives -- did not tell anyone at her school she was vaccinated.
“Madison County is a very small community of ranchers and farmers … she just didn't feel like she was comfortable telling anybody she was vaccinated because there's a stigma in these communities, that you’re drinking the Kool Aid, that you're buying into the system, that sort of thing,” he said.
So how can leaders fight stigma and increase vaccination rates?
Hill said his department continues to publish case and death numbers in the weekly newspaper to make sure the virus doesn’t leave public view and to write articles in the paper about the importance of vaccination as well as advertise vaccines on social media.
Public health experts also said it’s important for local leaders in a community to reiterate the importance of vaccines to residents. They explained these residents are more likely to trust people they know giving them information about the vaccines than from a talking head.
“It works really, really well in areas where they're small clusters of people,” Halkitis said.
He added that if he tried to convince people in rural communities to get vaccinated, 'they would say, ‘The dean of the School of Public Health? Who’s that guy?’ They're going to listen to ‘Elaine’ who lives next door much more than listen to me.”
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Sadio Mane edges closer to Liverpool transfer exit as Bayern Munich chiefs travel for face-to-face talks
SADIO MANE'S move to Bayern Munich is edging ever-closer after chiefs from the German club reportedly flew to England for talks with Liverpool.
A delegation from the Bundesliga giants are claimed to have jetted into the country to thrash out a deal for the 30-year-old forward after having two bids rejected.
Mane is already thought to have agreed personal terms with Bayern Munich over a three-year contract, but a transfer fee is yet to be agreed with Liverpool.
Now though Bayern sporting director Hasan Salihamidzic is leading a party to try and seal the deal, according to The Times.
A meeting is understood to be taking place today, with Bayern preparing an offer closer to the Reds' valuation of the forward.
The Reds have already rebuffed two bids for Senegalese star Mane.
It's understood the FA Cup and League Cup winners are looking for £42.5million in order to part ways with the superstar forward.
Mane has just one-year left on his current Anfield deal, which has led to two lowball offers from the Bundesliga champions.
The Reds initially rejected a £25m proposal, before doing the same with a £30m bid that was made up of a £23.5m guaranteed fee and £6.5m in add-ons.
Now though key figures from both clubs are set to meet face-to-face in an attempt to finally reach an agreement.
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Mane has decided to pursue a new challenge after spending the last six years at Anfield.
He initially joined the Reds in a £34m deal from Southampton, and has won six trophies during his time in Merseyside.
Jurgen Klopp has already signed a replacement for the outgoing Mane in the form of £85m arrival Darwin Nunez. | https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18918118/sadio-mane-transfer-bayern-munich-liverpool-talks/ | 2022-06-17T17:54:54Z | https://www.thesun.co.uk/sport/18918118/sadio-mane-transfer-bayern-munich-liverpool-talks/ | true | 5 |
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Police search for owner of lost fanny pack
Published: Jun. 17, 2022 at 11:05 AM CDT|Updated: 2 hours ago
GARDEN CITY, Idaho (CNN) – Police in Idaho are hoping to return lost property that has been found to its rightful owner, but the owner may not want to claim it.
Garden City Police are looking for the person who owns a fanny pack that was filled with a variety of drugs, paraphernalia and other items that are most likely illegal.
Police posted photos of the fanny pack on social media saying the owner can give them a call or head to their headquarters to reclaim the property.
Copyright 2022 CNN Newsource. All rights reserved. | https://www.cbs7.com/2022/06/17/police-search-owner-lost-fanny-pack/ | 2022-06-17T17:56:21Z | https://www.cbs7.com/2022/06/17/police-search-owner-lost-fanny-pack/ | true | null |
Biden insists he is NOT meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman - he will just be at the same event as him - when asked if he will condemn his involvement in the killing of Jamal Khashoggi
- President Joe Biden insisted he will not be meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he's in Saudi Arabia next month
- He made the comment when he asked if he'd condemn the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi during his trip to Saudi Arabia next montjh
- 'I'm not going to meet with MBS. I'm going to an international meeting and he's going to be part of it,' Biden said
- Biden going to Saudi to talk oil production to meeting of GCC plus 3
- White House has said Biden will meet with the aging king and his leadership team, which the crown prince is a part of
- Saudis have said Biden and MBS will have a bilateral meeting
President Joe Biden insisted on Friday he will not be meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he's in Saudi Arabia next month.
He made the comment when he asked if he'd condemn the killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi.
Biden said he would handle the Khashoggi issue with the Saudis 'the same way I've been handling it.'
He then said he wouldn't be meeting with MBS, as the crown prince is known.
'I'm not going to meet with MBS. I'm going to an international meeting and he's going to be part of it,' Biden told reporters at the White House before he left to spend the weekend in Rehoboth Beach, Del.
Biden will be in Jeddah in mid-July to attend a meeting of the GCC plus 3 summit to talk oil production. While there he will meet with the aging Saudi King Salman bin Abdulaziz Al Saud.
The White House has noted that Salman's team, which includes his son and heir MBS, will simply be a part of that meeting. MBS will also be a part of the GCC plus 3 summit, which Saudi chairs.
But the kingdom said that MBS and Biden would be meeting unilaterally.
'The crown prince and President Biden will hold official talks that will focus on various areas of bilateral cooperation and joint efforts to address regional and global challenges,' the country said in a statement when Biden's trip was announced.
President Joe Biden insisted he will not be meeting Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman when he's in Saudi Arabia next month
Biden previously called the crown prince a 'pirah' after the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi (above)
But White House deputy spokesman John Kirby said Biden will meet with the King and the meeting with MBS will be a part of that.
'He's going to meet bilaterally with King Salman and King Salman's team and the crown prince is part of that team. I suspect he'll see the crown prince in the context of the meetings. He's grateful for the king's willingness to host the GCC plus three. He's looking forward to, again, a wide scope of discussions,' Kirby said on MSNBC's Morning Joe the day the Saudi trip was announced.
But the White House has been dodging questions on whether President Biden will bring up Khashoggi's murder when he sees MSB next month.
'We're not overlooking any content that happened before when the president took office,' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said earlier this week when asked about it.
'It's important to also emphasize that while we collaborate relationships, we are not looking to rupture relationships.'
She said human rights would be part of the conversation.
'Human rights issues, human rights conversation is something that the president brings up with many leaders and plans to do so,' she noted.
Earlier this month, the White House said Biden still felt MBS was a 'pariah' for what U.S. intelligence says was his role in the killing of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi, in Turkey in 2018.
During the 2020 presidential campaign, Biden referred to MBS as a 'pariah' in the aftermath of Khashoggi's killing.
The Washington Post journalist was murdered in Turkey in 2018. The CIA has concluded with 'high confidence' that bin Salman ordered the assassination.
Khashoggi's murder at the Saudi consulate in Istanbul tainted the crown prince's image as a reformist.
Human rights advocates also have encouraged Biden not to make the trip without bringing up Saudi's treatment of its citizens.
And Khashoggi's fiancee accused Biden of 'putting oil over principles' in meeting with MBS.
'Mr. President, I beseech you not to lose your moral authority or overlook this heinous crime,' Hatice Cengiz said in a videotaped message Wednesday. 'You must uphold your role to bring all the perpetrators of this brutal crime to justice.'
Biden will visit the kingdom on July 15 and 16 in order to repair the relations between the U.S. and the second largest holder of petroleum reserves in the world.
His trip will also include stops in Israel and the West Bank, the White House announced on Tuesday.
While in Saudi Arabia next month President Biden will meet with Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, the kingdom's de facto ruler, but the White House has downplayed it as a general meeting of Saudi leadership
'We're not overlooking any content that happened before when the president took office,' White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said when asked about journalist Jamal Khashoggi and Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman
The trip comes as gas prices in the United States continue to surge, a key domestic issue Biden hopes to tackle going into November's midterm election.
Over the weekend, the national average for a gallon of gas reached $5 for the first time in American history.
Saudi Arabia is the world's largest producer of oil, and as a key member of OPEC plays a large part in setting oil prices worldwide.
The White House announced the trip after Saudi Arabia this month helped nudge OPEC+ to ramp up oil production by 648,000 barrels per day in July and August.
At the time, the White House put out a statement thanking the kingdom, a move that was seen as a step toward trying to thaw the icy relations between Washington D.C. and Riyadh.
Biden also praised the kingdom for agreeing to extend a United Nations-mediated cease-fire in its seven-year war with Yemen. The president called the decison 'courageous.' | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10927835/Biden-insists-NOT-meeting-Saudi-Crown-Prince-Mohammed-bin-Salman.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-06-17T17:59:08Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-10927835/Biden-insists-NOT-meeting-Saudi-Crown-Prince-Mohammed-bin-Salman.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false | 3 |
Citation
Brown SJ, Zammit J, King S. Child Abuse Negl. 2022; 131: 105633.
Copyright
(Copyright © 2022, Elsevier Publishing)
DOI
10.1016/j.chiabu.2022.105633
PMID
35696832
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Despite increased institutional safeguards and regularly updated statutory guidance that stresses safeguarding is 'everybody's responsibility', children continue to be sexually abused in institutional contexts in England and Wales. There also remains a lack of contemporary knowledge about institutions' responses to concerns about [risk of] CSA. OBJECTIVE: Reviewing Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) discretionary-decision case files, as a detailed source of information about CSA in institutions occurring in the last 5 years, the aim of this paper was to understand what institutions knew about CSA and inappropriate behaviours that indicated children could be at risk of harm prior to formal disclosures to the DBS and how institutions did, or did not, respond to this knowledge. PARTICIPANTS AND SETTING: Cases involved 32 male and 11 female barred persons and 19 male and 51 female sexually abused children. METHOD: Thematic analysis was applied to 43 files where decisions were made by the DBS to add individuals to the Children's Barred list (which prevents them by law from working with children) between 2017 and 2020. RESULTS: In 79% of cases there was some level of awareness of concerns relating to inappropriate behaviour or CSA, through rumours and gossip, concerns about professionalism, and observed changes in the behaviour of subsequently barred individuals or victims. There was wide variation in the degree to which institutions responded. In a small number of cases action was taken promptly; however, this was not typical. CONCLUSIONS: Institutions and professionals failed in their duty of care by not taking any action at all, or responding slowly in ways that did not prevent CSA.
Language: en
Keywords
Child and youth serving organisations; Child sexual abuse; Institutional child abuse; Organisational child abuse; Qualitative case file analysis | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_719722_23 | 2022-06-17T18:00:37Z | https://www.safetylit.org/citations/index.php?fuseaction=citations.viewdetails&citationIds%5B%5D=citjournalarticle_719722_23 | false | 2 |
What Lake Tahoe locals call the "castle on the hill" is currently Nevada's most expensive home. It's available for $64 million. “It’s without a doubt one of a kind for the region. It’s an iconic property,” says Mike Dunn. Dunn, Kerry Donovan, Shari Chase, and Susan Lowe are listing the property for Chase International.
SALEM, Ore. (AP) — Six environmental groups sued officials of the Biden administration Tuesday, saying a Trump-era rule change that allowed logging of old-growth forests in the Pacific Northwest violates federal laws and was politically motivated. “Large and old trees have outsized ecological and social importance. They provide critical... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2635077228421/7-year-old-boy-dies-after-gunshots-fired-into-texas-home | 2022-06-17T18:01:07Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2635077228421/7-year-old-boy-dies-after-gunshots-fired-into-texas-home | false | null |
DAYTON, OH (WDTN) – The Humane Society of Greater Dayton has our pet of the week, Coco! If you are looking for a new companion, the Humane Society has plenty of furry friends you can adopt.
DAYTON, OH (WDTN) – The Humane Society of Greater Dayton has our pet of the week, Coco! If you are looking for a new companion, the Humane Society has plenty of furry friends you can adopt. | https://www.wdtn.com/living-dayton/the-humane-society-with-our-pet-of-the-week/ | 2022-06-17T18:04:29Z | https://www.wdtn.com/living-dayton/the-humane-society-with-our-pet-of-the-week/ | true | null |
Babysitter facing charge after toddler nearly drowns in bathtub, police say
EL MIRAGE, Ariz. (Arizona’s Family/Gray News) - Firefighters say a 1-year-old boy nearly drowned in a bathtub at an Arizona home Thursday night, and the child’s babysitter is in custody.
Arizona’s Family reports the toddler was found at a home in El Mirage, which is northwest of Phoenix.
Police said 49-year-old Cynthia Gaddy was bathing the child when she got distracted by something in the kitchen, so she left the baby alone in the bathtub.
Investigators said when she returned, she found the child unconscious. First responders resuscitated the child, who was airlifted to the hospital.
Police confirmed late Thursday night the babysitter is in custody for child neglect.
The babysitter was watching two other kids, ages 3 and 7, who are siblings of the 1-year-old, investigators said.
As of Friday morning, police said the young boy is in extremely critical condition.
Copyright 2022 Arizona’s Family via Gray Media Group, Inc. All rights reserved. | https://www.wsmv.com/2022/06/17/babysitter-facing-charge-after-toddler-nearly-drowns-bathtub-police-say/ | 2022-06-17T18:07:45Z | https://www.wsmv.com/2022/06/17/babysitter-facing-charge-after-toddler-nearly-drowns-bathtub-police-say/ | true | 11 |
Teen dies after struck by vehicle in Wolfforth
Published: Jun. 17, 2022 at 12:10 PM CDT|Updated: 17 minutes ago
WOLFFORTH, Texas (KCBD) - Wolfforth law enforcement responded to a crash involving a 2018 Toyota Prius and a pedestrian on the 700 block of Highway 62/82 on June 16 around 11:10 p.m.
Corey James Barry of Lubbock was crossing the highway when he was struck by the vehicle, according to the police. The 17-year-old was pronounced dead at the scene.
The driver of the vehicle suffered minor abrasions from broken glass, but was not taken to the hospital.
The police are still investigating the crash, according to the Wolfforth Police Department.
Copyright 2022 KCBD. All rights reserved. | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/06/17/teen-killed-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-wolfforth/ | 2022-06-17T18:07:52Z | https://www.kcbd.com/2022/06/17/teen-killed-after-being-struck-by-vehicle-wolfforth/ | true | null |
Invitation to Marimekko’s Capital Markets Day 2022
Marimekko Corporation, Press release, 17 June 2022 at 11.00 a.m.
Invitation to Marimekko’s Capital Markets Day 2022
Marimekko has the pleasure to invite investors, financial analysts and media to the company’s first-ever Capital Markets Day on Wednesday, 14 September 2022 from 13.00 until 16.30 EEST.
During the event, Marimekko’s President and CEO Tiina Alahuhta-Kasko together with other members of top management will elaborate on the direction of the company’s next strategy period, as well as provide more information on the review of Marimekko’s long-term financial targets.
The event will be held in English. Institutional investors, analysts and media are welcome to join the physical event at the Marimekko Headquarters in Helsinki, Finland (pending on the Covid-19 situation at the time). The Capital Markets Day can also be followed via a live webcast.
Institutional investors, financial analysts and media representatives may already register for the physical Capital Markets Day event at ir@marimekko.com. A detailed agenda of the Capital Markets Day as well as information on participating via the webcast will be available closer to the event date on the company website at https://company.marimekko.com/en/investors/. A recording and presentation materials of the Capital Markets Day will be available on the website after the event.
Further information:
Anna Tuominen, Communications Director
Tel. +358 40 584 6944
anna.tuominen@marimekko.com
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Marimekko is a Finnish lifestyle design company renowned for its original prints and colors. The company’s product portfolio includes high-quality clothing, bags and accessories as well as home décor items ranging from textiles to tableware. When Marimekko was founded in 1951, its unparalleled printed fabrics gave it a strong and unique identity. In 2021, the company's net sales were EUR 152 million and brand sales of the products worldwide amounted to EUR 376 million. Globally, there are roughly 150 Marimekko stores, and online store serves customers in 35 countries. The key markets are Northern Europe, the Asia-Pacific region and North America. The Group employs about 410 people. The company’s share is quoted on Nasdaq Helsinki Ltd. www.marimekko.com
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John Legend and Muni Long officially have a contender for song of the summer. The R&B power duo just dropped a sultry, jazz-inspired new duet titled “Honey,” marking the second single to be released from Legend’s upcoming eighth studio album.
Produced by Ryan Tedder, Steven Franks, Lindgren and Tommy Brown, “Honey” finds the “All of Me” singer and Long taking one verse apiece to riff about how addictively sweet their respective lovers are over groovy, slow jam guitar strums. “So many ways to explore,” sings Legend on the track. “Every day wanting more. All for a chase, for a taste I can’t ignore.”
“You’re sweeter than honey,” the vocalists continue. “Worth more than money, easy like Sunday.”
In celebration of the new song’s release, Legend took to TikTok to sing a slowed down, acoustic snippet of “Honey” — accompanying himself on the piano and wearing a bright orange bathrobe. “Late night #Honey,” he captioned the video (reposted to Instagram), adding several honey pot emojis. “New song feat @munilong is out now!”
He also tagged the official business account of his wife Chrissy Tiegen’s food company Cravings in the video — you know, just to remind everyone who he’s singing about in “Honey.”
“Honey” is the second song to be released off Legend’s not yet announced eighth studio album, according to Rolling Stone. It follows his May-released single “Dope,” which features J.I.D. and just recently got a dance party music video uploaded to YouTube Monday (June 13).
Listen to John Legend and Muni Long’s honey-sweet new single below. | https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/john-legend-muni-honey-1235089538/ | 2022-06-17T18:09:08Z | https://www.billboard.com/music/music-news/john-legend-muni-honey-1235089538/ | false | 2 |
Tom Tugendhat has thrown his hat into the ring to replace Boris Johnson, declaring that the Conservatives are not a party with “one pope and one leader”.
The high-profile backbencher said that he “won’t rule out” a tilt at becoming the next Prime Minister and politicians should have the “guts” to put themselves forward.
In an address to a gathering of Northern Tory MPs, he also called on Mr Johnson to forge ahead with tax cuts on energy bills to help Britons with the cost of living crisis.
Mr Tugendhat only took part in the question and answer session at the inaugural Northern Research Group conference after the Prime Minister pulled out to visit Kyiv.
Mr Johnson’s no-show prompted fury from restless Red Wall MPs.
A senior member of the Northern Research Group said: “The PM has burnt through colleagues’ goodwill. He is clearly scared of voters and holds his colleagues, and the North of England in contempt.”
Asked if he is considering running for leader, Mr Tugendhat said: “I wouldn’t rule it out because I think we should be ambitious for ourselves, for our communities and for our country.
“We should offer ourselves forward and then it’s up to colleagues and the country to choose. That’s literally the point of being in public service.”
He warned it is hard for movements to reinvent themselves “if you think your political party is a church with one true faith and one pope and one leader”.
“That’s not the Conservative way of running a political party,” he added.
Mr Tugendhat, who chairs the Commons foreign affairs committee, also used his speech to urge Mr Johnson to cut taxes on energy bills and businesses.
Asked by one company owner what the Government should do to help small firms, he replied “get out of the way” and “reduce taxes as much as possible”.
In response to another question on which tax cuts he would prefer, he said: “Looking at the way in which we charge tax on fuel is incredibly important.”
Mr Tugendhat is seen as one of the leading centrists within the party and, though he voted Remain, he has embraced Brexit and ruled out returning to the bloc’s single market.
Other Tory MPs attending the gathering at Doncaster Racecourse also called on Mr Johnson to cut taxes and scrap green levies to help families with rising bills.
Jake Berry, the chairman of the Northern Research Group, said that English regions should be given powers to lower taxes themselves, including stamp duty.
“We know the Treasury has opposed this in the past,” he said. “We say it’s time to stop talking about being the party of low tax. It’s time to be a government of low tax.”
Dehenna Davison, the MP for Bishop Auckland, said that reducing green levies and VAT on energy bills would be an “easy win” for the Prime Minister.
She also called on Number 10 to reduce the tax on fuel to 10 per cent, or even zero for up to a year, to help motorists struggling with £2 a litre at the pumps.
“The Treasury have had a massive windfall from this because of the rising price of fuel over the past few months,” she said. | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/17/tom-tugendhat-mps-should-have-guts-replace-boris-johnson/ | 2022-06-17T18:10:24Z | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/06/17/tom-tugendhat-mps-should-have-guts-replace-boris-johnson/ | false | 1 |
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Hard to think of a better way for Paul McCartney to celebrate his 80th birthday than by singing “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce Springsteen or being serenaded by some 60,000 well-wishers.
That’s right, the “cute Beatle” turns 80 on Saturday. It’s one of those cultural milestones that bring a sharp intake of breath — has it been THAT long? — along with an appreciation of what he still has to offer.
For it has been more than a half-century now since the Beatles broke up, a realization that hits you like that 1970s-era joke about young people saying, “Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?”
Like several other members of the “hope I die before I get old” generation, including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and former Beatles mate Ringo Starr, McCartney keeps working, keeps sharing his music from the stage. Another 1960s icon, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, is scheduled to play at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City on his 80th birthday Monday.
“He has a youthful exuberance that is ageless,” said Bob Spitz, a Beatles biographer. “There’s still some of that 21-year-old boy that shines through in all of his performances.”
It would be a cliché — and wrong — to suggest time hasn’t taken a toll. The fragility in his voice was evident while singing “Blackbird” on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, the final night of a brief U.S. tour. He struggled for the high notes in “Here Today,” his love letter to John Lennon, who was robbed of a long life by an assassin’s bullet.
The skill of a sympathetic band, along with the imagination and voices in the audience, patches over the rough spots.
“Yeah, yeah, right, I’ve got a birthday coming up,” McCartney said, scanning signs in the audience that reminded him. “I’m not trying to ignore it, but…”
The crowd offered a spontaneous “Happy Birthday” serenade, even before Jersey guy Jon Bon Jovi brought out a fistful of balloons during the encore to lead them in another verse.
That other Jersey guy, Springsteen, joined McCartney for the duet on “Glory Days” and a version of “I Wanna Be Your Man.” He later popped up to join the guitar duel from “Abbey Road.”
For most artists, the appearance of such local royalty would be a hard-to-top moment. Most artists can’t immediately whip out “Let it Be” and “Hey Jude” to follow it.
To mark the birthday, Stereogum magazine asked 80 artists to pick their favorite McCartney song, and the choices were remarkable in their breadth — from the pre-Beatles 1958 cut “In Spite of All the Danger” (which McCartney performed at MetLife) to his 2016 collaboration with Rihanna and Kanye West “FourFiveSeconds” (which he didn’t).
David Crosby and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys both chose “Eleanor Rigby.” Master showman Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips picked “Magical Mystery Tour.” Steve Earle selected “Every Night,” while Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott went against type with the gentle “Little Lamb Dragonfly.” Mac DeMarco picked the “Ram” epic, “The Back Seat of My Car.”
Many remarked upon the unfairness of having to pick just one.
Stereogum’s feature illustrated the varied entry points musicians of different generations have into a living, breathing catalog. For example, it revealed that a largely overlooked album like 1980’s “McCartney II” had a far greater impact on developing artists than its reception at the time would have foreshadowed.
On Friday, McCartney’s team announced that it was packaging “McCartney II” with his other DIY albums, “McCartney” of 1970 and 2020’s “McCartney III,” into a boxed set that will go on sale in August.
How vast is the songbook? McCartney performed 38 songs at MetLife, 20 of them Beatles songs, and even managed to miss an entire decade. Remember the 1990s?
With the help of Peter Jackson, who reimagined the “Get Back” sessions for last year’s television project, McCartney was able to perform a virtual “duet” with Lennon singing his part of “I’ve Got a Feeling” from the Apple rooftop concert. McCartney also paid tribute to George Harrison, who died in 2001, with a version of “Something” that began with Paul on a ukulele George gave him and built to a full band version.
Spitz recalled a Beatles-era film clip of Lennon telling an interviewer that he’d be flabbergasted if it lasted more than 10 years. McCartney stood next to him laughing.
Lennon was right about the Beatles as a unit, but not about the music. He couldn’t have imagined that in 2022, one adult standing in line to get into MetLife being overheard asking a companion: “Where are Mom and Dad?”
Advanced birthday be damned, the irrepressibly cheerful McCartney left with a promise when the last firework burst and he walked offstage.
“See you next time.”
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An investigation for investors in Novartis AG (NYSE:NVS) shares over potential securities laws violations by Novartis AG was announced.
San Diego, CA -- (SBWIRE) -- 06/17/2022 -- Novartis AG is under investigation concerning potential securities laws violations in connection with certain financial statements.
Investors who purchased shares of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS), have certain options and should contact the Shareholders Foundation at mail@shareholdersfoundation.com or call +1(858) 779 - 1554.
The investigation by a law firm focuses on whether certain statements by Novartis AG regarding its business, its prospects and its operations were materially false and misleading at the time they were made.
Switzerland based Novartis AG researches, develops, manufactures, and markets healthcare products worldwide.
On May 5, 2022, Novartis AG "announced a temporary, voluntary suspension of production at its radioligand therapy production sites in Ivrea, Italy and Millburn, New Jersey." The production halt was to "address potential quality issues identified in its manufacturing process."
Shares of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) declined from $88.50 per share on May 4, 2022, to $83.37 per share on May 9, 2022.
Then, on May 31, 2022, an article was published entitled "Documents show problems at Novartis facility where cancer drug production was halted." The article reported that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration had cited deficiencies at the Company's New Jersey facility following an inspection in late 2021, including a "concern that Novartis failed to notify customers about batches of Lutathera . . . that were distributed despite failing to meet quality specifications."
Shares of Novartis AG (NYSE: NVS) declined from $92.12 per share on May 24, 2022, to $80.16 per share during June 14, 2022.
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(The Hill) – Republican Rep. Greg Steube (R-Fla.) deleted a tweet Thursday that accused House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.) of allowing CNN, or as Steube put it the “Communist News Network,” to build a TV set in Statuary Hall. CNN had actually used a green screen displaying that section of the U.S. Capitol.
“In case you forgot the sham #January6thcommitteehearings are purely for TV ratings, Pelosi let The Communist News Network build a full TV set where Abraham Lincoln’s desk once stood,” Steube wrote.
Steube’s tweet attached a picture of CNN anchor Jake Tapper and others discussing the third publicly released hearing by the House committee investigating the Jan. 6 attack on the U.S. Capitol in front of the Statuary Hall green screen.
The hearing, televised during prime time Thursday evening, explored tensions between former President Trump and former Vice President Pence over Trump’s pressure campaign to get Pence to throw out the results of the 2020 election.
Trump and Pence experienced a rift when Pence resisted Trump’s urgings for the then-vice president to block the certification of electoral votes that elected President Joe Biden to his office, an action that lawyers told the Trump administration was unconstitutional.
Pence was the target of threats and insults during the Jan. 6 insurrection, when people marched on the Capitol chanting “hang Mike Pence.” The committee said he was “unwavering” in his resistance to Trump’s belligerent calls to abuse his position.
“We’re fortunate for Mr. Pence’s courage on January 6th,” said committee chairman Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-Miss.) in the hearing. “Our democracy came dangerously close to catastrophe.”
Trump and Pence have experienced further turbulence in their relationship since the end of the Trump administration, which came to head when both figures supported opposing candidates in the Georgia Republican gubernatorial primary.
Both men have also been rumored to be planning 2024 presidential runs, pitting them against one other to a new extent. | https://myfox8.com/news/gop-lawmaker-deletes-tweet-blasting-cnn-for-full-tv-set-inside-capitol-that-was-actually-a-green-screen/ | 2022-06-17T18:11:34Z | https://myfox8.com/news/gop-lawmaker-deletes-tweet-blasting-cnn-for-full-tv-set-inside-capitol-that-was-actually-a-green-screen/ | true | 45 |
PANAMA CITY (AP) — A Panamanian judge acquitted 39 people in a money laundering case Thursday, including lawyers Jurgen Mossack and Ramón Fonseca, who were key figures in the Panama Papers case.
Judge Baloísa Marquínez Morán ruled that the prosecution did not prove that the law firm Mossack Fonseca handled illicit funds from Brazil, or try to hide them.
Mossack and Fonseca had faced charges of creating accounts in multiple countries that were used by the Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht.
The two had been accused of money laundering for allegedly setting up offshore accounts for Odebrecht to move bribes.
Fonseca has claimed they were the victims of “scapegoating” to hide who accepted bribes from Odebrecht.
The Panama Papers included a collection of 11 million secret financial documents that illustrated how some of the world’s richest people hide their money.
The records were leaked in 2016, and the repercussions were far-ranging, prompting the resignation of the prime minister of Iceland and bringing scrutiny to the leaders of Argentina and Ukraine, Chinese politicians and Russian President Vladimir Putin.
U.S. federal prosecutors have alleged that the Mossack Fonseca firm conspired to circumvent American laws to maintain the wealth of its clients and conceal tax dollars owed to the IRS. They have alleged the scheme dated to 2000 and involved sham foundations and shell companies in Panama, Hong Kong and the British Virgin Islands.
Fonseca has said the firm, which closed in 2018, had no control over how its clients might use offshore vehicles created for them.
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News > Streaming Music Streamer WhoIsFelyce Wants to Create Connections Through Music Building audiences one note at a time By Brandon Sams Brandon Sams Tech News Reporter Texas State University Brandon Sams is an experienced perspective journalist and writer with a concentration in digital media through management, copy-editing, writing, and content production. lifewire's editorial guidelines Published on June 17, 2022 01:00PM EDT Fact checked by Jerri Ledford Fact checked by Jerri Ledford Western Kentucky University Gulf Coast Community College Jerri L. Ledford has been writing, editing, and fact-checking tech stories since 1994. Her work has appeared in Computerworld, PC Magazine, Information Today, and many others. lifewire's fact checking process Tweet Share Email Tweet Share Email Streaming Mobile Phones Internet & Security Computers & Tablets Smart Life Home Theater & Entertainment Software & Apps Social Media Streaming Gaming With her guitar in hand and impressive pop vocals to accentuate the requested songs, WhoIsFelyce will shortly be a question of the past. WhoIsFelyce Laetitia Baloula didn't know she'd become a musician performer to an audience of over 1,000 concurrent viewers on the world's largest live streaming platform. Yet, she welcomes the newfound freedom and joy she's discovered from relentlessly following her passions wherever they might lead her. As the performer, WhoIsFelyce—an entertainer, a musician, a singer, and livestreamer planning to take her music career to the next level with the aid of a growing community—she's been working toward this very moment. "I decided a while ago to never live in fear anymore. I've been dedicated to doing everything I've wanted to do without thinking too much about the drawbacks… it's been rewarding," Baloula said during a phone interview with Lifewire. Quick Facts Name: Laetitia Baloula Age: 29Located: Paris, FranceRandom Delight: Genre bender! A pop-soul singer at her heart, some of her favorite artists to interpret musically are Alicia Keys, Adele, and Amy Winehouse. Quote: "Why walk safely to death?" Carpe Diem Born in the urban flair of the City of Love, Baloula developed a deep adoration for music in a home where joyful tunes bounced off the walls. She found herself entranced by the world of American pop music. From the finesse of Madonna’s performance art to the intricate moves and sugary sweet vocals of Britney Spears, she was inspired. However, it was a desire and talent she kept bottled up. "I didn’t ever sing in front of anybody. It was kind of my little secret. I sang in front of my mom a few times, but other than that, no one ever knew I loved to sing,” she said. She distilled this interest and influence into other forms of performance. Namely, dancing and acting. Her desire to sing, however, would be locked away. The secret singer would go the traditional route: graduating from university with a degree in language before completing a master’s program in human resource management. Disappointment abound. After realizing the limitations of human resources as a career path, the young Baloula quickly became disenchanted with the field and set her eyes on something a bit more fulfilling. Music connects us. It's like a universal language, and I just want to connect everybody with my talents. “I hated it working in human resources. They weren’t prioritizing humans. We weren’t the resource,” she said, detailing her discontent with her career post-graduation. Eventually, she left the job to pursue music. She had short-lived stints in bands playing the guitar and bass until she would finally find herself as a solo act. Strumming to the Top Social media was never in the plan. Seen as a way to connect to audiences, it quickly became something more. Baloula found her way to Instagram initially before her fiance introduced her to the wonderful world of Twitch. With a former career in the e-sports industry, he was well-acquainted with Twitch and thought the soon-to-be streamer would be a perfect fit. "I didn't really know much about Twitch," she said. "When I logged on and saw all the video game streams, I was so confused. I thought, 'this isn't for me. I'm not sure what he was talking about.'" She persisted nevertheless and discovered the Twitch Music scene where she set up shop and immediately started her live stream journey. Little by little, audiences trickled in to watch her sing some classic pop hits. Here she had been allowed to hone her vocal talent via virtual audiences. WhoIsFelyce Nine months into a Twitch-dedicated schedule, it is a bit surreal; not the audiences she enraptures with soaring vocals and instrument-based talents, but the connections and financial aspects. It's hard for budding musicians, but Twitch makes it easier. "What seems surreal to me is all these people subscribing. I'm always like do you realize what you're doing? Because that's the main thing when you're a musician, people will follow you, but will they support you? That's another topic. So, seeing this support is surreal," she said. Baloula has made it to the front page of Twitch, performing to audiences and introducing them to her talents. Her small but dedicated community has fallen in love. She's hoping to go full-time and dedicate more of her energy to writing original music. While aspects of being a working musician are still scary, she's ready to take that leap into superstardom. "I am a normal girl who loves to sing," she laughs. "Music connects us. 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The president of the US House of Representatives, Nancy Pelosi, recently got confused when Carla Angola, a self-exiled far-right Venezuelan journalist currently based in the US, asked her why former Deputy Juan Guaidó was not invited to the 6th Summit of the Americas held last week in the city of Los Angeles, California.
“But the president that you recognize as the democratic leader in Venezuela is not here. What do you think about it, that Juan Guaidó is not here?” asked Angola, to which Pelosi replied “by whom?”
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Despite the fact that the journalist reiterated to the congresswoman who the question was about, Pelosi only limited herself to saying: “I want to talk about who was here. And who was here is the president of the United States.”
Nancy Pelosi doesn't remember Juan Guaido. pic.twitter.com/BbgMKQ4zy4
— Kawsachun News (@KawsachunNews) June 16, 2022
Guaidó, who claims to be the interim president of Venezuela, said on Tuesday that his exclusion from the failed summit was due to “blackmail, mainly from Mexico and Argentina,” whose presidents would have opposed his “direct participation.”
However, these claims had already been denied by the president of Mexico, Andrés Manuel López Obrador, after the Associated Press agency, citing an anonymous official as their source, claimed that the Mexican government had asked the US to exclude Guaidó from the summit.
“No, we don’t get involved. What we said was that they should invite all the countries, that was my approach, I don’t get involved in politicking,” López Obrador clarified. It is worth mentioning that the Mexican president had already decided not to attend the sixth edition of the Summit due to the refusal of the US government to invite Venezuela, Cuba and Nicaragua.
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Main Street designation official for Natchez on Tuesday
Published 12:32 pm Friday, June 17, 2022
NATCHEZ — On Tuesday at 3 p.m., the Mississippi Main Street Association will designate the city of Natchez as an official Mississippi Main Street community. The Main Street program in Natchez will be led by the Downtown Natchez Alliance.
“We are honored that Natchez is once again an official Designated Main Street Community,” said Dan Gibson, mayor of Natchez. “These are exciting times in Natchez! A thriving downtown is at the heart of my vision for the Natchez Renewal, and it’s happening. You can literally feel the energy as you walk our beautiful downtown streets and enjoy our shops, restaurants, galleries, and music venues.”
“I am committed to our city’s award-winning Downtown Master Plan and our partnership with Mississippi Main Street and the new Downtown Natchez Alliance,” Gibson said. “This means continued growth and rejuvenation of our historic downtown!”
The designation ceremony will be held on the steps of Natchez City Hall with a light reception to follow on the first floor of City Hall.
“The City of Natchez’s commitment to its people, history, and growth is evident by their decision to re-join the Mississippi Main Street Association,” said Thomas Gregory, MMSA Executive Director. “The MMSA team looks forward to working with the Downtown Natchez Alliance to implement their downtown plan for continued preservation and economic vitality.”
Speakers at the designation will include Dan Gibson, Mayor of Natchez; Thomas Gregory, MMSA Executive Director; Chesney Doyle, DNA Board President; and Diane Dupont, DNA Executive Director.
“We are so grateful to Mississippi Main Street for their expert guidance in the formation of the new Downtown Natchez Alliance,” said Doyle. “So many have worked so hard already. It has taken the engagement, vision, and steadfast support of our elected officials and public servants, other local organizations, our businesses, our downtown stakeholders, and our many volunteers to bring us to this pivotal moment for Downtown Natchez. Now, we are ready to roll up our sleeves and put plans into action. Onward and upward, together we go!” | https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/06/17/main-street-designation-official-for-natchez-on-tuesday/ | 2022-06-17T18:23:51Z | https://www.natchezdemocrat.com/2022/06/17/main-street-designation-official-for-natchez-on-tuesday/ | false | 2 |
EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Hard to think of a better way for Paul McCartney to celebrate his 80th birthday than by singing “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce Springsteen or being serenaded by some 60,000 well-wishers.
That’s right, the “cute Beatle” turns 80 on Saturday. It’s one of those cultural milestones that brings a sharp intake of breath — has it been THAT long? — along with an appreciation of what he still has to offer.
For it has been more than a half-century now since the Beatles broke up, a realization that hits you like that 1970s-era joke about young people saying, “Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?”
Like several other members of the “hope I die before I get old” generation, including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and former Beatles mate Ringo Starr, McCartney keeps working, keeps sharing his music from the stage. Another 1960s icon, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, is scheduled to play at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City on his 80th birthday Monday.
“He has a youthful exuberance that is ageless,” said Bob Spitz, a Beatles biographer. “There’s still some of that 21-year-old boy that shines through in all of his performances.”
It would be a cliché — and wrong — to suggest time hasn’t taken a toll. The fragility in his voice was evident while singing “Blackbird” on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, the final night of a brief U.S. tour. He struggled for the high notes in “Here Today,” his love letter to John Lennon, who was robbed of a long life by an assassin’s bullet.
The skill of a sympathetic band, along with the imagination and voices in the audience, patches over the rough spots.
“Yeah, yeah, right, I’ve got a birthday coming up,” McCartney said, scanning signs in the audience that reminded him. “I’m not trying to ignore it, but…”
The crowd offered a spontaneous “Happy Birthday” serenade, even before Jersey guy Jon Bon Jovi brought out a fistful of balloons during the encore to lead them in another verse.
That other Jersey guy, Springsteen, joined McCartney for the duet on “Glory Days” and a version of “I Wanna Be Your Man.” He later popped up to join the guitar duel from “Abbey Road.”
For most artists, the appearance of such local royalty would be a hard-to-top moment. Most artists can’t immediately whip out “Let it Be” and “Hey Jude” to follow it.
To mark the birthday, Stereogum magazine asked 80 artists to pick their favorite McCartney song, and the choices were remarkable in their breadth — from the pre-Beatles 1958 cut “In Spite of All the Danger” (which McCartney performed at MetLife) to his 2016 collaboration with Rihanna and Kanye West “FourFiveSeconds” (which he didn’t).
David Crosby and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys both chose “Eleanor Rigby.” Master showman Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips picked “Magical Mystery Tour.” Steve Earle selected “Every Night,” while Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott went against type with the gentle “Little Lamb Dragonfly.” Mac DeMarco picked the “Ram” epic, “The Back Seat of My Car.”
Many remarked upon the unfairness of having to pick just one.
Stereogum’s feature illustrated the varied entry points musicians of different generations have into a living, breathing catalog. For example, it revealed that a largely overlooked album like 1980’s “McCartney II” had a far greater impact on developing artists than its reception at the time would have foreshadowed.
On Friday, McCartney’s team announced that it was packaging “McCartney II” with his other DIY albums, “McCartney” of 1970 and 2020’s “McCartney III,” into a boxed set that will go on sale in August.
How vast is the songbook? McCartney performed 38 songs at MetLife, 20 of them Beatles songs, and even managed to miss an entire decade. Remember the 1990s?
With the help of Peter Jackson, who reimagined the “Get Back” sessions for last year’s television project, McCartney was able to perform a virtual “duet” with Lennon singing his part of “I’ve Got a Feeling” from the Apple rooftop concert. McCartney also paid tribute to George Harrison, who died in 2001, with a version of “Something” that began with Paul on a ukulele George gave him and built to a full band version.
Spitz recalled a Beatles-era film clip of Lennon telling an interviewer that he’d be flabbergasted if it lasted more than 10 years. McCartney stood next to him laughing.
Lennon was right about the Beatles as a unit, but not about the music. He couldn’t have imagined that in 2020, one adult standing in line to get into MetLife being overheard asking a companion: “Where are Mom and Dad?”
The irrepressibly cheerful McCartney left with a promise when the last firework burst and he walked offstage.
“See you next time.” | https://www.8newsnow.com/news/mccartney-celebrates-80th-birthday-with-springsteen-60000-well-wishers/ | 2022-06-17T18:25:01Z | https://www.8newsnow.com/news/mccartney-celebrates-80th-birthday-with-springsteen-60000-well-wishers/ | false | 56 |
Beryl Capital Management LLC raised its holdings in shares of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V (NYSE:KCGI – Get Rating) by 79.6% during the 4th quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 378,916 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 167,996 shares during the quarter. Beryl Capital Management LLC’s holdings in Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V were worth $3,725,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Several other institutional investors have also modified their holdings of the company. Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V during the 4th quarter valued at $430,000. Susquehanna International Group LLP increased its holdings in shares of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V by 362.7% in the 4th quarter. Susquehanna International Group LLP now owns 47,728 shares of the company’s stock worth $469,000 after buying an additional 37,413 shares during the last quarter. Eisler Capital UK Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V in the 4th quarter worth about $2,571,000. D. E. Shaw & Co. Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V in the 4th quarter worth about $7,332,000. Finally, Saba Capital Management L.P. increased its holdings in shares of Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V by 23.7% in the 4th quarter. Saba Capital Management L.P. now owns 989,691 shares of the company’s stock worth $9,729,000 after buying an additional 189,691 shares during the last quarter.
NYSE:KCGI traded down $0.01 during mid-day trading on Friday, hitting $9.89. 66,427 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 82,399. Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V has a 52 week low of $9.71 and a 52 week high of $10.38. The firm’s 50 day moving average is $9.91 and its two-hundred day moving average is $10.11.
Kensington Capital Acquisition Corp. V does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Westbury, New York.
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SpaceX COO and President Gwynn Shotwell says SpaceX wants to produce a rocket per day. She means one Starship per day. This was stated in her recent interview with the segment highlighted by What About it? about ten minutes in.
Currently SpaceX is making one Falcon 9 second stage a week and 9-11 first stages. (150 Merlin engines per year but they have a capability to make 300-400 Merlins per year. they are choosing a more moderate pace with no need to have so many boosters.
A Startship a day. This will mean 9 raptor engines per day for one starship per day and say 24 super heavy booster stages with 33 engines each per year. This is about 4000 raptor engines per year. About 30 times the current Merlin engine rate. They were making a factory for Raptor engines with a target capacity of 1000 per year. They will go to four times that level. They are making two launch facility and will probablu make 2000 engines per year near the Starbase launch facilities in Florida and Texas. SpaceX would want to produce engines and rockets near their planned Starbases.
SOURCES- What About It, Gwynn Shotwell
Written by Brian Wang, Nextbigfuture.com
Brian Wang is a Futurist Thought Leader and a popular Science blogger with 1 million readers per month. His blog Nextbigfuture.com is ranked #1 Science News Blog. It covers many disruptive technology and trends including Space, Robotics, Artificial Intelligence, Medicine, Anti-aging Biotechnology, and Nanotechnology.
Known for identifying cutting edge technologies, he is currently a Co-Founder of a startup and fundraiser for high potential early-stage companies. He is the Head of Research for Allocations for deep technology investments and an Angel Investor at Space Angels.
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WAUKEE, Iowa , June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blue Frog announced June 17 that it reached the elite tier of HubSpot's Solutions Partner Program. HubSpot, a leading CRM platform for scaling companies, works hand-in-hand with partner experts to grow their businesses through inbound software, services and support.
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Ten years ago, Diana Pliego was heading home from a church youth group event when her parents shared some surprising news.
Earlier that day, the Obama administration had announced a new program that would protect her and tens of thousands of other immigrants from deportation and allow them to work legally.
It was the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA, meant to help undocumented youth like Pliego who had been brought into the United States as children, often called Dreamers.
"I just remember having a lot of questions, like it sounded too good to be true," Pliego said this week. "But my parents were like, 'No, we have to talk to an attorney, we have to get your application in'."
So they did, and eventually, DACA felt like an answer to their prayers.
Now, on the 10-year anniversary of the policy being announced, some recipients reflect on the opportunities it has given them, but also on its limitations.
DACA was only supposed to be temporary
Pliego arrived in the country with her family from Mexico when she was 3 years old. When DACA was announced, she was getting ready to start college in South Carolina — a state that, at the time, prohibited undocumented people from attending public institutions.
Because of that, Pliego had chosen to attend Columbia College, a private college that accepted her despite her status. She got a full tuition scholarship, but it wasn't enough.
"My family of six was still barely making ends meet, and so just to pay [for] room and board was going to be a challenge," she said.
DACA allowed Pliego and her siblings to work, supporting the family and covering the costs of her education.
"Without it, I wouldn't have even made it to my second year of college, much less graduate," Pliego said.
She did graduate, and now works as a policy associate at the National Immigration Law Center.
But DACA was supposed to be a temporary solution — an executive order announced after Congress failed to pass a similar measure in the form of legislation.
This means many recipients remain without a path to a permanent stay in the U.S. And after former president Donald Trump tried to rescind the program in 2017, their status is even more uncertain.
What's more, DACA recipients are required to renew their status every two years, paying around $500 to retain their work permits and protection from deportation.
"The past 10 years I've kind of had to live my life in two year increments, not knowing if one day someone is going to take this away from me and I won't have any control over that decision," Pliego said.
This is why, for her, the 10-year anniversary is conflicting.
"It is actually in a way a big celebration of the movement that got us DACA and this really big victory that changed our lives for the better in so many ways," Pliego said. "But at the same time, it's conflicted feelings ... because it was never meant to be a permanent solution. It was temporary and it continues to be temporary."
Esder Chong, another DACA recipient who arrived in the U.S. with her family from South Korea, said the anniversary felt more frustrating than celebratory. It's a reminder that millions of people – DACA recipients and others – remain without a legal path to citizenship.
"I think about how it's already been 10 years with no federal legislative action to address the 10.5 million undocumented immigrants in the country and the fact that it was never intended to be a permanent fix to address our undocumented population," Chong said.
Chong does credit DACA with opening the educational and professional doors that got her to where she is now: the holder of two master's degrees, including one from Harvard, and an advocate for immigration rights.
Holding onto hope amid uncertainty
After the Trump administration tried to kill the program, the Supreme Court stepped in to revive it, prompting tens of thousands of Dreamers to rush to file their applications.
Then, last July, a federal judge in Texas ruled that DACA was illegal and blocked the Biden administration from granting any new applications, leaving the program effectively frozen in place.
More than 600,000 recipients like Pliego and Chong can renew their status while the administration appeals that ruling, but there are roughly another 80,000 Dreamers whose applications are on hold indefinitely.
There are also hundreds of thousands more who will never get a chance to apply for DACA because they don't fit into the narrow eligibility requirements laid out when the policy was created.
Despite the limits that DACA has garnered over the years, Pliego remains hopeful for legislative action that can lay out a path for a permanent stay.
"Even though it's an uphill battle, I do believe that if we continue to organize as a people, if we continue to be as resilient as we've been and organize and speak up, that eventually we will get ... the permanent solution that we have been calling for," she said.
Chong, for her part, is also conflicted about hope. She wants people to remember the undocumented population that is not even protected with DACA, a policy that she argues was exclusive to those "most marketable" in the undocumented population.
"I think when we talk about a permanent pathway to security and safety and belonging, I really want to turn our attention to those who are not in the conversation this week, which is like 90-something per cent of the undocumented population without DACA," she said.
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Kareena Kapoor has completed the ongoing schedule for her OTT debut, The Devotion of Suspect X. The actress shared a behind-the-scenes photo with her son, Taimur Ali Khan, who joined her on the last day of filming. When it came to saying no to the camera, she compared Taimur to his father, Saif Ali Khan.
Kareena is pictured posing for the camera with Taimur on her lap. His face, however, is covered by a cap. Kareena captioned the photo on Instagram, “Last day visitor on set…got his vibe on…ready for the summer holidays… No pictures Amma…ufff just like his father #DSX Last Day #Ready for Summer 2022 Bro #My TimTim….”
Karisma, Kareena's sister, reacted to the photo with a heart and raising hands emoji. Sujoy Ghosh is directing the film, which began production in Kalimpong, West Bengal. Kareena travelled to West Bengal with her younger son Jehangir Ali Khan and posted numerous behind-the-scenes photos on Instagram. She also posted photos with co-stars Jaideep Ahlawat and Vijay Varma.
In an interview during the Mumbai schedule, Jaideep stated, “The Devotion of Suspect X has a beautiful adaptation. We hope we are able to do justice to it. The second schedule is going on in Mumbai. Kareena ma'am, Vijay and I are trying to bring a good cinematic experience to you.” | https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/just-like-his-father-kareena-kapoor-posts-a-photo-with-taimur-54633.html | 2022-06-17T18:34:55Z | https://www.filmfare.com/news/bollywood/just-like-his-father-kareena-kapoor-posts-a-photo-with-taimur-54633.html | true | 1 |
The off-season, commonly called the second season is a time for players to develop their individual strength, quickness, and hand/eye coordination, and for teams to do a little bonding while developing as a squad.
Some sports have devolved into a year-round competition to the detriment of the athlete and the activity, but others use the off-season as it has been intended since the inception of high school athletics over a century ago.
Players from Wind River High School recently worked at team camps held in Spearfish, South Dakota at Black Hills State, and at Chadron State University in Chadron, Nebraska.
The Cougars will have a new head coach soon after Mykah Trujillo resigned from his coaching and teaching position at Wind River, to take a teaching position at Evanston.
A new head coach will be hired soon, but in between Rod Frederick and Kyle Hunter took 10 players to the two team camps.
The camp at Black Hills State featured 9-man teams from Wyoming and 8-man squads from South Dakota. Along with Wind River, Saratoga, Greybull, and Riverside played at Spearfish. There were a dozen total teams at the camp.
Cooper Frederick, Casey Befus, Calder Johnson, Tucker Jensen, Blake Snyder, Chris Burke, Carter, and Fowler, along with freshmen Blue Star John, Isiah Remacle, and Rhodi Brow attended the Black Hills camp. Wind River picked up a pair of players from Moorcroft and one from Thunder Basin at the camp.
The following week, Frederick took Cooper Frederick, Casey Befus, Calder Johnson, and Tucker Jensen to Chadron.
Wind River was the only Wyoming squad represented at the camp. There were 600 players and 31 teams in Chadron, and the Cougars joined with Mullen, Nebraska, an 8-man team for the camp.
“We joined the Mullen team, who brought eight players, one a freshman,” Frederick said. “
Two camps remain for several of the Wind River players.
A skills camp in Thermopolis begins next week with coaches from Chadron, Black Hills, and South Dakota Tech working as clinicians, with a final camp conducted by the Wyoming Cowboys later this summer.
“The kids were tired, seven days of camp will get you, but it was a great experience,” Frederick said. | https://county10.com/cougars-at-camp-in-black-hills-and-chadron/ | 2022-06-17T18:36:39Z | https://county10.com/cougars-at-camp-in-black-hills-and-chadron/ | true | 1 |
GENEVA (AP) — The organizer of the Eurovision Song Contest said Friday that it will start talks with the BBC on possibly holding next year’s event in the U.K. after concluding that it can’t be held in Ukraine. Kyiv said it disagreed with the decision and called for “additional negotiations.”
The event is traditionally staged by the previous year’s winner. Last month, Ukrainian band Kalush Orchestra won the 2022 contest, pushing Britain into the runner-up spot thanks to a surge of popular votes from viewers. The win buoyed Ukrainian spirits amid the Russian invasion.
Ukraine’s public broadcaster, UA:PBC, has staged the event twice before, in 2005 and 2017. The European Broadcasting Union said it had carried out “a full assessment and feasibility study” on the possibility of it doing so again.
It said the contest is one of the world’s most complex television productions and needs 12 months of preparation time.
The contest’s governing board “has with deep regret concluded that, given the current circumstances, the security and operational guarantees required for a broadcaster to host, organize and produce the Eurovision Song Contest” under the event’s rules cannot be fulfilled by the Ukrainian broadcaster, the EBU said in a statement.
It said it shares the broadcaster’s “sadness and disappointment that next year’s Contest cannot be held in Ukraine.”
“It is our full intention that Ukraine’s win will be reflected in next year’s shows,” the EBU said. “This will be a priority for us in our discussions with the eventual hosts.”
In a statement, Ukraine’s Culture Minister Oleksandr Tkachenko, UA:PBC’s supervisory board chairman and the country’s three Eurovision winners to date pushed back against the decision, arguing that holding the contest in Ukraine would send a “strong signal” of support.
“We will demand to change this decision, because we believe that we will be able to fulfill all the commitments we have made,” the statement said. “That is why we demand additional negotiations on hosting Eurovision 2023 in Ukraine.”
The BBC said in a statement that “clearly these aren’t a set of circumstances that anyone would want,” but that after the EBU decision “we will of course discuss the BBC hosting the Eurovision Song Contest.”
British Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s spokesman, Jamie Davies, said “Ukraine’s victory in the Eurovision Song Contest was richly deserved” and Britain had hoped to see next year’s event held in the winning country.
If that proved impossible, he said, “we would welcome the opportunity to work closely with Ukraine and the BBC to host it here in the U.K.”
He said Britain would ensure the event reflected “Ukraine’s rich culture, heritage and creativity.”
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The Cathay Cinema To Close After 83 Years, Restaurants & Shops Not Affected
The cinema at The Cathay is arguably one of the most iconic theatres in Singapore, not only due to its illustrious history but also its convenient location.
Sadly, after 83 years, the Cathay Cineplex along Handy Road will close for good after 26 Jun as part of the group’s “cost rationalisation process”.
Operations at other Cineplexes, however, will continue.
Closure of The Cathay Cineplex was a ‘business decision’
Media company mm2 Asia, which runs the Cathay Cineplexes chain in Singapore, announced the closure via a press release today (17 Jun).
In the statement, mm2 Asia’s group chief executive Mr Chang Long Jong said the move was a “business decision”.
As retail traffic demographics change over the years, the media company has had to evaluate the commercial viability of running two cinemas 1.5km apart along the Orchard shopping belt. The other outlet in question is likely Cineleisure Orchard.
mm2 Asia also took into consideration the existence of another multiplex just 300 metres away — probably The Golden Village outlet at Plaza Singapura.
Despite the cinema’s imminent closure, it’ll be “business as usual” for other Cathay outlets across the island.
The move will not affect other shops and restaurants in the building, according to The Straits Times.
Opened more than 80 years ago
According to NLB, The Cathay Cinema opened on 3 Oct 1939 some 83 years ago and was the first public space with air conditioning in Singapore.
Over the span of its existence, the cinema within the Cathay Building witnessed several historical milestones, including World War 2.
In 2003, the building was gazetted as a national monument. Thereafter, following a major redevelopment, it reopened with a new name, “The Cathay”.
The end of an era
The imminent closure of The Cathay cinema will surely come as sad news for frequent moviegoers in town.
If you’d like to patronise the theatre one last time before the closure, be sure to do it over the coming week or so.
What films do you remember watching there? Share your memories with us in the comments.
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(The Center Square) — A controversial Parents' Bill of Rights approved by the Senate earlier this month may not get a House vote before the end of the short legislative session, House Speaker Tim Moore said.
Moore, R-Cleveland, told The Carolina Journal after Wednesday's House session that he doesn't believe the lower chamber has enough votes to override a likely veto from Gov. Roy Cooper on House Bill 755, known as the Parents' Bill of Rights.
Republicans in the lower chamber would need three Democrats to vote for the measure to override a likely veto, and the support isn't there, Moore said.
HB 755 was substituted with the Parents' Bill of Rights in a Senate committee before lawmakers in the upper chamber approved the bill with a near party-line vote of 28-18 on June 1. The bill is designed to enhance public school transparency, outline the rights and responsibilities of parents and install guardrails on curriculum dealing with gender identity and sexual orientation.
Proponents contend the bill is critical to ensure parents are informed about what their kids are learning in school, while opponents claim the legislation discriminates against LGBTQ youth. All Senate Republicans and one Democrat, Sen. Ben Clark, D-Cumberland, backed the bill, while all other Democrats voted against it.
HB 755 would require schools to inform parents of their rights and responsibilities and provide a guide for student achievement. Schools would also be required to inform parents of changes in their child's physical or mental health, including requests for name or pronoun changes, as well as remedies for parents to address concerns over those issues.
The bill further prohibits school curriculums on gender identity and sexual orientation for kindergarten through third grade, though it would not preclude organic conversations about those issues.
The bill is supported by Moms for Liberty, North Carolina Values and many parents, including those of special needs students, who testified during a Senate Education Committee in late May. It was opposed by a representative from the public school activist group Save Our Schools, as well as the North Carolina Association of Education and LGBTQ activists.
Cooper has described the legislation as a "Republican political ploy" and likened the measure to the so-called "don't say gay" bill approved in Florida. He has urged lawmakers to "keep the 'Don't Say Gay' culture wars out of North Carolina classrooms."
HB 755 incorporates several aspects of a Parents' Bill of Rights proposed by the John Locke Foundation that stipulates parents have a right to: Direct their child's physical, mental, and emotional health; direct how and where their child is educated; transparency in school operations; a safe and nurturing school environment for their children; and resources and accountability of school districts, administrators and teachers.
A Civitas poll of North Carolina general election voters conducted in May found 57% support a Parents' Bill of Rights, while 24% opposed the idea.
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The Prime Minister had been due to be the star speaker at the first conference of the Northern Research Group of Tory MPs at Doncaster Racecourse today.
Around 30 MPs were in attendance, along with hundreds of Conservative supporters and local business executives in what had been billed as a chance for Mr Johnson to win back support after last week’s confidence vote.
Organisers had expected Mr Johnson to attend despite overnight reports that he would not be travelling to Yorkshire. There had also been speculation he would visit Wakefield before next week's by-election.
But just three hours before he was scheduled to speak, Northern Research Group chairman Jake Berry confirmed Mr Johnson would not be attending.
It was subsequently confirmed Mr Johnson had instead travelled to Kyiv to meet with President Volodymyr Zelensky. It was Mr Johnson’s second visit to Kyiv since Russian president Vladimir Putin began his offensive in February. Mr Johnson pledged training of up to 10,000 Ukrainian soldiers every 120 days.
Speaking before confirmation of the Ukraine visit, Mr Berry said: “When you have the Prime Minister of your country who is going to come and attend your conference, which is brilliant, and he’s a huge supporter and has been in touch to wish us all the best, occasionally things happen.
"He’s had to cancel the whole of his tour to the North of England today. It is an unfortunate thing but at the end of the day, he’s Prime Minister of our country and things come up.
“Are we disappointed? Absolutely yes, really disappointed but we do have to accept that sometimes Prime Ministers do have to do other things than come to conferences.”
Mr Johnson was replaced by Levelling Up Secretary Michael Gove who appeared via videolink but the situation caused major disappointment among many at the conference.
A senior Northern Research Group source said: “Boris agreed to come and speak to the biggest caucus of Conservatives in the party. This group, who represent his majority, and came through for him in the leadership vote.
“That goodwill is gone. His actions have shown a total contempt for colleagues, contempt for members and contempt for the North.”
One unnamed Conservative MP at the event told Sky News they had been told Mr Johnson “was on the train to Doncaster” on Friday morning. “This is the first test of outreach to his colleagues and he’s failed it”, they said.
But chief secretary to the Treasury Simon Clarke hit back at the criticism. He wrote on Twitter: “He is literally leading high level talks with the President of Ukraine, a nation still fighting for survival in large part thanks to the leadership Boris Johnson has shown. I think people seriously need to check their priorities.”
Mr Johnson's cancelled appearance resulted in a change of schedule which saw backbench MP Tom Tugendhat invited to appear on the main stage of the conference, having previously been on a panel earlier in the day.
Mr Tugendhat won applause after making a direct leadership pitch in which he told fellow Tory Parliamentarians and party supporters that there is a “huge opportunity for unity”.
Earlier this year the chairman of the Foreign Affairs Committee became the first to announce his intention to stand for leader should Mr Johnson be turfed out.
The former soldier, who has been a trenchant critic of Mr Johnson, was asked yesterday if he would “rule out” a future leadership bid following last week's confidence vote in Mr Johnson.
Mr Tugendhat said: “I won’t rule it out because I think we should be ambitious for ourselves, for our communities and our country. I think we should offer ourselves forward for service, I think that is exactly the reason we have so many fantastic councillors and MPs in this room because they have had the guts and credibility in themselves to make the argument they are leaders at a local and national level.
“You should offer yourself for service - that is literally the point of being in public service.”
Mr Tugendhat said next week’s by-elections in Wakefield and Tiverton and Honiton “are going to be difficult” for the Conservatives at the midterm point of Government.
“The reality is we have very, very good candidates. We have demonstrated time and again that we have an amazing team of local people who want to support and want to champion this message of liberty, this message of opportunity and this message of unity.
“Ultimately, they really don’t want to run one campaign and Tiverton and another campaign in Wakefield. They want to run a single campaign across the entire United Kingdom because what people who support the Conservative Party do, what people who stand for the Conservative party do is they champion the interests of the entire country. I think there’s a huge opportunity for unity. I don’t think there’s a major division in the party.”
He said party members around the country want a “restart” in a speech that was greeted with a round of applause by the audience in the room.
A Remainer in 2016, the former soldier has been a trenchant critic of Mr Johnson – a stance that would appear to have cost him any chance of ministerial preferment under the current leadership.
He recently sought to distance himself from a call by his fellow Remainer, Defence Committee chairman Tobias Ellwood, for the UK to rejoin the EU single market.
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TOPEKA, Kansas — A foster care program designed to support adoptive families may actually discourage adoption. Tina Miller knows this all too well.
Miller wanted to adopt foster child Aaron Carter, who was non-verbal and autistic. Foster parents are paid a daily rate to take care of foster children. For the Millers, that came out to around $3,800 a month, and despite that, they paid an additional $500 to $1,300 a month to look after Aaron. He could never be left alone.
“Had my husband and I not had a strong marriage and relationship, I could see easily how (Aaron) would cause somebody to get a divorce,” Miller said. “He was just so much.”
The Millers were only offered around $800 a month to adopt Aaron, less than a third of what they got for fostering the boy.
“We knew that there was just no way we could swing it,” Miller said.
They continued to foster Aaron until another family was interested in adopting him. Aaron died during a visit with that other family. The case is still being investigated.
The Millers’ case is unusual because families don’t often decline an adoption for financial reasons, foster care staff say.
But the Millers aren’t entirely unique. Money is important. And for some families, the subsidies they lose means the difference between whether they can afford to adopt a foster kid — especially a child with special, expensive and ongoing needs. Families who go ahead with adoptions of kids with higher needs can find themselves quickly overrun by financial problems. The Kansas Department for Children and Families wants to change the equation.
Paige Darnall adopted a child even though she received significantly less each month from the state. She said taking less money will make it harder to afford child care and could mean less time off for herself.
“We’re both working parents, so the day care expense was the big struggle,” she said. “There were times it has been difficult.”
Kansas caps its adoption subsidy — or monthly financial support to adoptive families — at $500 a month. Monthly support for foster families varies broadly depending on a child’s needs. Families with basic foster rates get around $700 a month while families with the highest need children get thousands of dollars a month.
Almost every foster family in Kansas is paid less to adopt than they are to foster a child. Families with higher needs children can request exceptions to get more financial support, yet multiple foster parents and parent support groups say not everyone knows that option exists.
“I thought that wasn’t particularly fair,” said Josh Kroll, adoption subsidy resource center coordinator at the North American Council on Adoptable Children. “If two sides are negotiating something and one side knows something is a possibility and doesn't share it with the other side, that seems like an inequitable position for negotiation.”
Kroll said Kansas’ system could be set up better and DCF is trying. The agency is reviewing its subsidy structure, said Melinda Kline, deputy director of permanency. Kline didn’t say what these changes might be and couldn’t say when they might happen.
Depending on the scale of adjustments, DCF could need legislative action. The Kansas Legislature adjourned its session last month and isn’t expected to return until January 2023. DCF is considering creating new exceptions for higher needs children to help families in the near future.
“We want families who select adoption to be able to support and care for and meet the needs of the child that they adopt,” Kline said.
Other states might offer similar pay to foster care rates or they might have a tiered system that shows parents how much they could get based on their child’s needs.
The Kansas adoption rate is around average when compared to other states. DCF says 8,769 adopted children receive a subsidy and the average monthly payment for April 2022 was $456.74. Subsidies range from $18.72 to $3,500 a month.
The adoption subsidy in California, Washington, D.C., and Alaska can all exceed $1,000. Wyoming, Missouri and Mississippi offer $400 a month or less. Utah’s rates max out at $211, according to the North American Council on Adoptable Children.
Minnesota recently changed its adoption subsidy structure. The new system has multiple tiers that determine what level of need a child has and reduces the need for negotiating a rate, something that Kansas does. Under Minnesota’s old system, families would be paid half as much to adopt a child as to foster that child. Kroll said that causes children to move to new families because there isn’t enough support.
He said the new system is “more consistent (and) it can be more equitable.”
Kroll said adoption subsidies are important because foster children have higher needs so parents might need more support.
“Many of the children have suffered abuse or neglect — that’s why they’ve entered into the foster care system,” he said. “They often have more needs even when they get adopted.”
Blaise Mesa reports on criminal justice and social services for the Kansas News Service in Topeka. You can follow him on Twitter @Blaise_Mesa or email him at blaise@kcur.org.
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WATERTOWN, Mass., June 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fluent BioSciences, a biotechnology company focused on making single-cell analysis simple and accessible to every researcher, and NanoCellect Biomedical, Inc., a leader in the development and manufacturing of innovative and affordable solutions for cell sorting, jointly announced a collaboration to improve resolution and efficiency of single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNA-seq) analysis of rare cell populations.
Single-cell researchers are increasingly requiring scalable, flexible and accessible workflow solutions, and the combination of cell sorting on the NanoCellect platform followed by scRNA-seq on a novel, instrument-free platform for scRNA-seq based on Pre-templated Instant Partitions (PIPseq™) from Fluent can be a highly efficient solution for a wide range of single cell applications across oncology, immunology and neuroscience.
"For single-cell sequencing to truly become mainstream researchers need benchtop solutions that fit their diverse experimental needs rather than compromising the science with complex, expensive, and inflexible platforms." stated Sepehr Kiani Ph.D., co-founder, and CEO of Fluent BioSciences. "I am very pleased that Fluent and NanoCellect are able to leverage and combine the unique advantages of our respective technologies to expand the use of single-cell RNA sequencing for rare cell populations."
"Reliable and reproducible sample preparation is critically important to the scRNAseq workflow" stated Jose Morachis, Ph.D., President and co-founder at NanoCellect. "NanoCellect's WOLF® and WOLF G2® Cell Sorters can function as a valuable step in the scRNA-seq workflow by isolating only cells of interest while removing dead cells and debris, thus improving scRNA-seq resolution of rare cell populations of interest and overall sequencing data quality."
Fluent's mission is to accelerate the understanding of single-cell biology through accessible, affordable, and scalable solutions for every researcher. Our breakthrough PIPseq™ technology enables extremely sensitive and unbiased preparation of proteins and nucleic acids for a broad range of applications.
For more information, visit https://www.fluentbio.com/
NanoCellect is committed to empowering every scientist to make discoveries one cell at a time, by ensuring high cell viability required to advance cell-based research. We develop and deliver microfluidic based solutions that are affordable, compact, and easy-to-use. Our expanding portfolio of instruments and consumables enable biomedical scientists to analyze and sort cells required for drug discovery, single cell-omics, cloning, antibody discovery, and basic research.
For more information, visit https://nanocellect.com/
Contacts: Ram Santhanam, rsanthanam@fluentbio.com; Jessie Matakis, jmatakis@fluentbio.com
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BARRY COUNTY, Mo. — The Missouri State Highway Patrol is investigating a deadly hit-and-run crash in Aurora.
Motorcyclist Patrick Anderson, 38, died in the crash on June 15 around 10 a.m. According to the MSHP, the crash happened on Farm Road 1180 near Jenkins in Barry County. The driver of struck did not yield and hit Anderson’s motorcycle.
The driver of the truck, which was a 2001 Chevy Silverado, abandoned his vehicle and fled the scene.
If you have any information on the crash you are asked to call MSHP. | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/local-news/mshp-investigating-deadly-hit-and-run-crash-in-barry-county/ | 2022-06-17T18:47:57Z | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/local-news/mshp-investigating-deadly-hit-and-run-crash-in-barry-county/ | false | null |
PIERRE | Two members of Gov. Kristi Noem’s administration are taking a leave of absence to work on her reelection campaign.
Communications Director Ian Fury and Director of Operations Ben Koisti will be moving to paid positions on Noem’s campaign beginning on June 24, Fury said in an email to state employees Friday.
“I wanted to update you all on some changes that are coming to the Governor’s communications team. Starting on June 24, I will be taking a leave of absence from state government through Veteran’s Day (Nov. 11). As you are doubtless aware, Governor Noem is in the midst of her reelection campaign, and I will be working on that end for the time being,” Fury wrote.
Fury indicated that he and Koisti plan to return to the administration if Noem is reelected. Fury clarified that although he and Koisti will be paid by the campaign, their leave from state government will be unpaid.
Department of Public Safety spokesman Tony Mangan will fill in for Fury during his absence.
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Another member of Noem's communications staff is also leaving. Jordan Overturf is moving back to Texas to be closer to family. His last day with the administration will be July 5.
Noem is being challenged in her reelection campaign by Rep. Jamie Smith, the Democratic nominee for governor from Sioux Falls who currently serves as House minority leader. | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/two-noem-staffers-will-move-to-campaign-reelection-work/article_5b3ad7f4-9041-5955-b911-57a1332a831e.html | 2022-06-17T18:47:58Z | https://rapidcityjournal.com/news/local/two-noem-staffers-will-move-to-campaign-reelection-work/article_5b3ad7f4-9041-5955-b911-57a1332a831e.html | false | 10 |
EA Sports Reportedly Sets Release Month For College Football Game
Last year, it was announced that EA Sports would bring back NCAA Football. On Friday, the college football world received an update on this iconic video game.
Extra Points with Matt Brown filed an Open Record Request regarding EA Sports' proposal to create a new college football video game. It turns out the company is targeting next July for its release month.
“EA’s aim is to release a stand-alone college football game in July of 2023, allowing for the two-year game development window necessary for collecting game assets and developing game play to meet the current market demands for a unique college football game while following NCAA guidelines," the proposal read, via Extra Points with Matt Brown.
The proposal also states that EA Sports' development for this NCAA Football game is in "full swing."
EA Sports stopped producing NCAA Football games after 2013. As you'd expect, fans are thrilled that it's making a comeback.
So far, nearly 120 universities, athletic conferences and bowl games have apparently "conceptually approved participation."
There's also optimism for a college football player video game group license. With NIL deals now allowed in the NCAA, there's a chance player participation could happen at some point in the future. | https://thespun.com/college-football/ea-sports-reportedly-sets-release-month-for-college-football-game | 2022-06-17T18:49:59Z | https://thespun.com/college-football/ea-sports-reportedly-sets-release-month-for-college-football-game | true | 1 |
Katie Boulter rated her week in Birmingham as a “huge step forward” after losing to former Wimbledon champion Simona Halep in the quarter-finals.
The British player claimed the best win of her career by ranking against Alison Riske in the first round and then knocked out former top-10 star Caroline Garcia, but second seed Halep showed her class in a 6-4 6-1 victory.
Boulter said: “I’m always probably my biggest critic so for the moment it will be difficult for me to say I’m feeling pretty good about today but, as my coach reminded me, I would have signed for this two weeks ago, three weeks ago, four weeks ago, so I cannot complain at all.
“I know I’m going to be very positive about this week. It’s a huge step forward for me. I’ve played some of my best tennis. I think I can be playing these weeks week in, week out, and that’s where I want to be.”
Boulter, who only returned from nearly three months out with a leg injury in Nottingham last week, matched her opponent impressively for the first eight games.
She then saved three break points at 4-4 only to double fault on the fourth, and Halep seized the opportunity to pull away from her opponent.
The Romanian is playing her first grass-court tournament since her stunning Wimbledon victory over Serena Williams in the 2019 final after injury ruled her out last year.
But it has not taken Halep long to find her feet again and her relentlessness from the baseline broke down the power game of Boulter, who lost five service games in a row.
Boulter, 25, has also been given wild cards for Eastbourne next week and Wimbledon the week after, while her performances here will see her ranking rise to 127.
Her sights are set much higher, if her body will cooperate, and Boulter said of Halep: “She’s clearly one of the best tennis players out there.
“So, for me to be able to stand out there and feel like I can compete and win the match – I really did feel if I brought a bit more game today, then it would have been closer and it would have been a tough match for both of us.
“To play someone of that calibre, it’s important for me to do that week in, week out because that’s when I’m going to get my results.
“Especially the grass where I can use opportunities with wild cards, that’s really important to me because it helps me skip a couple of levels and get back to where I want to be. But I’ve been edging closer each time I’ve been back from injury and hopefully now I can be here to stay.”
Also through to the semi-finals are sixth seed Sorana Cirstea and eighth seed Zhang Shuai, who will face each other.
Cirstea made it a very good day for Romania by coming from a set down to defeat Donna Vekic 5-7 6-3 6-4 before China’s Zhang saw off Dayana Yastremska 7-5 6-4.
At the Bett1 Open in Berlin, French Open runner-up Coco Gauff continued her fine form by defeating last year’s Wimbledon finalist Karolina Pliskova 7-5 6-4 to move to within one victory of a top-10 debut.
Gauff will next face top seed Ons Jabeur, who recovered from a set down to beat Aliaksandra Sasnovich 6-7 (3) 6-3 6-2.
Maria Sakkari eased to a 6-0 6-3 win over Daria Kasatkina to set up a semi-final clash with eighth seed Belinda Bencic, who was a 3-6 6-3 6-3 winner over Veronika Kudermetova.
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Russian media show images supposedly of two U.S. citizens captured in Ukraine
Russian media outlets on Friday broadcast images of what they said were two U.S. citizens captured while fighting for Ukraine, in what could be the first confirmation the duo had been taken prisoner. The Izvestia newspaper showed a video clip of what it said was a brief interview with Andy Huynh, 27, of Hartselle, Alabama.
Russian media outlets on Friday broadcast images of what they said were two U.S. citizens captured while fighting for Ukraine, in what could be the first confirmation the duo had been taken prisoner.
The Izvestia newspaper showed a video clip of what it said was a brief interview with Andy Huynh, 27, of Hartselle, Alabama. The RT channel posted an image of a man it identified as Alexander Drueke, 39, of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Family members said on Wednesday the two men had been missing in Ukraine for a week and said they feared they had been taken prisoner.
In a separate six-second video posted on the Telegram messaging app, a bearded man with an American accent speaks into a camera and says "My name is Alexander Drueke, I am against war". He repeated "I am against war" in Russian. In another two-second video, the man that Izvestia identified as Huynh said "I am against war" in Russian.
The Russian defense ministry did not immediately respond to a request for comment on the reports.
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Despite being a self-proclaimed beauty obsessive, I do genuinely try to keep my skin care and makeup minimal (though I’m pretty sure my partner would laugh at that assertion). Sure, I’m devoted to certain oils and my beloved light mask, but generally, I let my creams do the heavy lifting. I’d always been curious about the NuFace Trinity microcurrent device, but balked at the hefty $339 price tag. But when given the chance to test it out I jumped on the offer, and I regret to inform you that it’s absolutely worth it.
Given that I am officially old enough to be worried about my neck, this couldn’t have come at a better time. I have visions of jowls in my not-so-distant future. I also get really puffy from lack of sleep (or too much pet-nat) and am always looking for ways to sculpt and tone my face.
The NuFace Trinity device has gained near-cult status in recent years, with devotees swearing by its facial toning prowess. It’s an FDA-cleared microcurrent device that claims to gently stimulate the face and neck in an effort to tone, lift and contour facial muscles and reduce the look of fine lines and wrinkles. You can purchase various additional attachments, like a red light wrinkle reducer and lip and eye wand, but I’ve been using it on its own. It has five different intensity levels, so you can work your way up if you find it to be a bit too strong at first.
The device itself is not unlike a gua sha in that it provides facial and lymphatic massage that, as board-certified dermatologist Emily Wise noted in a previous post about gua sha efficacy, can stimulates blood flow and boost circulation. I’ve always found gua sha to be temporarily effective at reducing puffiness, so I was excited about the possible benefits that might arise from combining that exercise with microcurrent technology.
NuFace recommends using the Trinity device for five minutes a day, five days a week in tandem with their hyaluronic-acid rich priming gel activator , which helps to ensure that the microcurrent is conducted down to the facial muscle. I watched a few YouTube tutorials and found that not only did they help with figuring out proper technique, but they offered innovative tips as well, like making sure your face is wet when you put on the gel primer so that it lasts longer.
In the weeks that I’ve been using it, I’ve noticed that more is more, both in regards to the length of time used, the intensity level and the amount of gel required.
I find that I need to use A LOT of gel, even with a wet face. I plan to switch to an off-brand gel once I run out of the product that came with my NuFace device. If my face is too dry, the device starts to drag uncomfortably, and I sometimes feel the light thwack of an electrical current passing through my skin. Post-treatment, NuFace recommends letting the primer gel soak into your skin, but I prefer to wash it off since my face is very sensitive and acne-prone.
I use the device at intensity level five for about 10 minutes a day, instead of the recommended five, and have from day one. It may be the result of having a high pain tolerance or years of enduring laser and various skin care treatments, but I didn’t feel anything until I cranked it all the way up.
I’m only a few weeks in, but I am already completely devoted to my NuFace. Not only does the act of using it feel soothing and luxurious, but my skin is loving the combination of microcurrent and massage. Immediately post-use, my skin is glowy, taut and visibly less puffy. I’m especially impressed with how effectively it carves out my jawline and cheekbones, albeit temporarily. However, I have already noticed that cumulative use makes the effects last longer. Consistency is key! Is this going to give me — or anyone else for that matter — a facelift? Absolutely not. But it makes me look awake and fresh in the immediate hours after.
While I haven’t noticed much difference in my crow’s feet or forehead lines, I do think that my nasal-labial folds are looking smoother. I have an especially persistent, deep wrinkle on the left side of my lip that already looks less intense than it did just a few weeks ago.
You can use the NuFace at any time of day or night, but I find myself using it mostly in the evenings; it’s an easy activity to do while watching tv or relaxing. I only deviate from this routine if I want to look especially glowy and taut for a special event, in which case I’ll use it right before getting ready to hit the town.
I would absolutely recommend this device to anyone who is committed to regular usage. Any less and you probably wouldn’t see results to make the hefty financial investment worth it. Not only is it great for your skin and facial muscles, but it’s an easy way to take some time out of the day for self-care. It’s also a really fancy and luxurious gift to self, and who among us doesn’t deserve that?
Keep reading to check out a few glowing NuFace Trinity reviews as well as users’ tips and tricks. Pick one up for yourself or give a beauty-obsessed loved one the gift of a lifetime.
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Promising reviews from Amazon readers: “This absolutely works but it takes some time. I have had this product for about 5 months now and I waited until now to give the review because I wanted to give this time. I followed the directions closely and started out using it daily. It is a little time consuming so I would wait until the evening when I cleaned my face and then would do a “spa” treatment on my face. This became a routine for me. After a bit of time I reduced from using the product daily to a few times a week. I’ll admit I started to get lazy and forget to do my routine and wasn’t seeing the results I was expecting so I buckled down and started using this more regularly. THEN the results came. I have noticed lifting in my cheeks and around my mouth. This is a big deal for me as I just turned 50 and for the last 3 or 4 years, my mouth started turning into a frown when I wasn’t smiling. The face starts to sag at this age what can I say but there was a huge result around my mouth. So I am loving the results and hope that this continues to work. I can’t say it does the same for my neck. Perhaps the muscles are different here I don’t know but huge difference in my face.” — D. Harris
”LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this little gadget. I’ve been using it for about 2 weeks and definitely see a difference in my skin. The biggest difference is my eyes. They are open and lifted and are not laying on my eyelid. I can actually see my eye shadow. I have gotten botox in the past to lift my eyes (which I actually hate the frozen forehead thing). I think I found a better Botox and cheaper. I do it every morning before I shower and love the results. I use aloe vera as the gel primer that came with it gave me a rash. I think I’m allergic to it. The aloe is a good substitute and jumping in the shower when I’m done is a good way to wash it all off. If I had one complaint it would be the annoying beeping. I like to do it in bed or when watching TV and it’s annoying to anyone else in the room. It would be great if there was a way to turn it off.” — deborah b.
“This device has become a staple in my skin care routine. I really do love it, and I’ve found it to be a worthy investment. There are a few things one should be aware of before purchasing: I have seen advertisements saying that this device can make your face look as if you’ve had a face-lift. If this is the reason why you choose to purchase it, you will be sorely disappointed. The only way to achieve the look of having a face-lift is by actually getting one. This is a facial toning device. It ‘exercises’ the muscles in your face to give it a more toned and contoured look. Toned muscles can make the face appear more lifted, but not on an ‘I got a face-lift’ level. By using the device, along with a skincare regimen using products for aging skin, my skin feels tighter and more supple than it did before using the device.
“It is important to properly use the device in order to see results. I strongly recommend finding a tutorial video to follow. While using a tutorial as an initial guide, you can eventually customize your routine with placements that give you the best results. Using this device is a time commitment. In order to maximize results, you should commit to using the device EVERY DAY for the first 6 weeks, then every other day or at least 3 times per week going forward for maintenance.
“Many people take issue with the cost of the hydrating gel primer. It is possible to substitute it with aloe vera gel, but I really don’t like the way that feels on my face. There is something you can use in order to purchase the primer less often. That something is....water! Spritz some water on your face before applying the primer. This will help keep the primer moist so that the device can easily glide across your skin. There are many tutorials out there that will tell you to apply more primer once the primer you have on becomes dry. DO NOT DO THIS. It is not necessary and you will end up having to buy more primer sooner than you had hoped to. Instead, just spritz more water on your face. It will rehydrate the primer instantly. Simple as that.” — Kristen | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nuface-trinity-skincare-device_l_62aa3730e4b04a617357a0fd | 2022-06-17T18:59:52Z | https://www.huffpost.com/entry/nuface-trinity-skincare-device_l_62aa3730e4b04a617357a0fd | true | 2 |
Buffalo’s annual Juneteenth festival will have an increased presence of police staffing and private security, as well as the presence of violence interrupters, to oversee the event.
Police Commissioner Joseph Gramaglia made that announcement Friday during a news conference.
Juneteenth is a holiday celebrated on June 19 to commemorate the emancipation of enslaved people in the United States. Given the grief and fear that has gripped the region since the May 14 mass shooting at Tops Markets on Jefferson Avenue that killed 10 Black people, Gramaglia sought to reassure those planning to attend.
“Don’t let hate win, we will be there,” he said. “We will be there watching over, we will be there standing alongside you.”
After two years of pandemic-driven online programming, this year's festival is expected to have thousands of attendees and will be held in person from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. June 18 and 19 at Martin Luther King Jr. Park.
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If people notice alarming activity during the event, they’re encouraged to report it to any police nearby, Gramaglia said.
Gramaglia declined to share the exact numbers of the increased police presence.
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EAST RUTHERFORD, N.J. (AP) — Hard to think of a better way for Paul McCartney to celebrate his 80th birthday than by singing “Glory Days” onstage with Bruce Springsteen or being serenaded by some 60,000 well-wishers.
That’s right, the “cute Beatle” turns 80 on Saturday. It’s one of those cultural milestones that brings a sharp intake of breath — has it been THAT long? — along with an appreciation of what he still has to offer.
For it has been more than a half-century now since the Beatles broke up, a realization that hits you like that 1970s-era joke about young people saying, “Paul McCartney was in a band before Wings?”
Like several other members of the “hope I die before I get old” generation, including Bob Dylan, the Rolling Stones and former Beatles mate Ringo Starr, McCartney keeps working, keeps sharing his music from the stage. Another 1960s icon, Brian Wilson of the Beach Boys, is scheduled to play at the Starlight Theatre in Kansas City on his 80th birthday Monday.
“He has a youthful exuberance that is ageless,” said Bob Spitz, a Beatles biographer. “There’s still some of that 21-year-old boy that shines through in all of his performances.”
It would be a cliché — and wrong — to suggest time hasn’t taken a toll. The fragility in his voice was evident while singing “Blackbird” on Thursday night at MetLife Stadium, the final night of a brief U.S. tour. He struggled for the high notes in “Here Today,” his love letter to John Lennon, who was robbed of a long life by an assassin’s bullet.
The skill of a sympathetic band, along with the imagination and voices in the audience, patches over the rough spots.
“Yeah, yeah, right, I’ve got a birthday coming up,” McCartney said, scanning signs in the audience that reminded him. “I’m not trying to ignore it, but…”
The crowd offered a spontaneous “Happy Birthday” serenade, even before Jersey guy Jon Bon Jovi brought out a fistful of balloons during the encore to lead them in another verse.
That other Jersey guy, Springsteen, joined McCartney for the duet on “Glory Days” and a version of “I Wanna Be Your Man.” He later popped up to join the guitar duel from “Abbey Road.”
For most artists, the appearance of such local royalty would be a hard-to-top moment. Most artists can’t immediately whip out “Let it Be” and “Hey Jude” to follow it.
To mark the birthday, Stereogum magazine asked 80 artists to pick their favorite McCartney song, and the choices were remarkable in their breadth — from the pre-Beatles 1958 cut “In Spite of All the Danger” (which McCartney performed at MetLife) to his 2016 collaboration with Rihanna and Kanye West “FourFiveSeconds” (which he didn’t).
David Crosby and Dan Auerbach of the Black Keys both chose “Eleanor Rigby.” Master showman Wayne Coyne of the Flaming Lips picked “Magical Mystery Tour.” Steve Earle selected “Every Night,” while Def Leppard’s Joe Elliott went against type with the gentle “Little Lamb Dragonfly.” Mac DeMarco picked the “Ram” epic, “The Back Seat of My Car.”
Many remarked upon the unfairness of having to pick just one.
Stereogum’s feature illustrated the varied entry points musicians of different generations have into a living, breathing catalog. For example, it revealed that a largely overlooked album like 1980’s “McCartney II” had a far greater impact on developing artists than its reception at the time would have foreshadowed.
On Friday, McCartney’s team announced that it was packaging “McCartney II” with his other DIY albums, “McCartney” of 1970 and 2020’s “McCartney III,” into a boxed set that will go on sale in August.
How vast is the songbook? McCartney performed 38 songs at MetLife, 20 of them Beatles songs, and even managed to miss an entire decade. Remember the 1990s?
With the help of Peter Jackson, who reimagined the “Get Back” sessions for last year’s television project, McCartney was able to perform a virtual “duet” with Lennon singing his part of “I’ve Got a Feeling” from the Apple rooftop concert. McCartney also paid tribute to George Harrison, who died in 2001, with a version of “Something” that began with Paul on a ukulele George gave him and built to a full band version.
Spitz recalled a Beatles-era film clip of Lennon telling an interviewer that he’d be flabbergasted if it lasted more than 10 years. McCartney stood next to him laughing.
Lennon was right about the Beatles as a unit, but not about the music. He couldn’t have imagined that in 2020, one adult standing in line to get into MetLife being overheard asking a companion: “Where are Mom and Dad?”
The irrepressibly cheerful McCartney left with a promise when the last firework burst and he walked offstage.
“See you next time.” | https://www.myhighplains.com/entertainment-news/mccartney-celebrates-80th-birthday-with-springsteen-60000-well-wishers/ | 2022-06-17T19:03:33Z | https://www.myhighplains.com/entertainment-news/mccartney-celebrates-80th-birthday-with-springsteen-60000-well-wishers/ | false | 56 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
06-15-18-20-28
(six, fifteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $1,050,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Friday afternoon's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "LuckyDay Lotto Midday" game were:
06-15-18-20-28
(six, fifteen, eighteen, twenty, twenty-eight)
Estimated jackpot: $1,050,000 | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-LuckyDay-Lotto-Midday-17249171.php | 2022-06-17T19:05:39Z | https://www.lakecountystar.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-LuckyDay-Lotto-Midday-17249171.php | true | null |
Cybercriminals looking to gain access to a company’s endpoints and infrastructure can do that for the price of a Macbook, and sometimes even less, a new report has found.
Kaspersky analyzed some 200 posts on the dark web, advertising stolen data, or stolen access to companies of all shapes and sizes, and found that on average, crooks pay an average of $2,000 - $4,000 to access the systems (opens in new tab) of large corporations, which the researchers believe is a solid investment given the potential for major ROI.
After all, ransomware operators often demand payments in the millions.
Out of the 200 posts analyzed, most of the time crooks would advertise remote desktop access (75%), as it's not a virus, but provides access to a desktop or application that’s hosted remotely, and allows criminals to connect, access, and control various data in the same manner as employees physically present on the premises.
Purchasing access
Besides data stolen in attacks, crooks are also interested in data needed to mount such an attack. Once an attacker makes his way into the target infrastructure, they’re able to sell that access to third parties, such as ransomware operators.
While the average cost is anywhere between $2,000 and $4,000, the overall prices vary greatly, from a few hundred dollars, upwards, The potential victim’s revenue is the number one determinant for the cost of access, the researchers concluded.
"The cybercriminal community has evolved, not only from a technical point of view, but from the standpoint of their organisation," noted Sergey Shcherbel, security expert at Kaspersky.
"Today ransomware groups look more like real industries with services and products for sale. Gaining the visibility of sources across the dark web is essential for companies seeking to enrich their threat intelligence. Timely information about planned attacks, discussions around vulnerabilities, and successful data breaches will help to reduce the attack surface and lead appropriate actions."
Ransomware attacks have simply exploded last year. Recent figures from SonicWall recorded more than 600 million ransomware attacks took place across the world in 2021, representing an increase of 105% compared to the year before. Compared to 2019, the figures are even worse, showing a rise of 232%.
“Cyberattacks become more attractive and potentially more disastrous as dependence on information technology increases,” said SonicWall President and CEO Bill Conner.
“Securing information in a boundless world is a near-impossible and thankless job, especially as the boundaries of organizations are ever-expanding to limitless endpoints and networks.” | https://www.techradar.com/sg/news/you-can-buy-access-to-a-companys-data-on-the-dark-web-for-less-than-a-macbook | 2022-06-17T19:07:28Z | https://www.techradar.com/sg/news/you-can-buy-access-to-a-companys-data-on-the-dark-web-for-less-than-a-macbook | true | 6 |
Nighttime closures on westbound I-80 near West Branch begin Sunday
WEST BRANCH, Iowa (KWQC) - Work on the Interstate 80/Herbert Hoover Highway (exit 249) interchange project requires nighttime closures of both lanes of...
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HASKELL COUNTY, Kan. (KSNW) — At least 2,000 head of cattle died during the heat in southwest Kansas last weekend, an estimated $4 million loss.
According to the Kansas Department of Health and Environment (KDHE), extreme weather is to blame for the deaths.
“The combination of high temperatures, humidity and not a lot of wind made it difficult for the cows to stay cool,” Matt Lara, KDHE communications director, said.
The high temperature was 102 degrees in and around Garden City and Dodge City on Saturday and Sunday, according to KSN.
Dr. Miles Theurer, a veterinarian, works with 16 feed lots in Kansas, 10 of which were impacted by those extreme conditions.
Dr. Theurer says that in his six-year career in the feed yard industry, he has never seen conditions like this that led to what he calls the perfect storm.
“I hope I never have to see anything like it again,” Dr. Theurer said. “Being out there with the crews, it’s very demoralizing.”
At several feed lots in Haskell County, crews worked nonstop to provide extra water tanks and bedding for livestock, prioritizing pens in need of the most care.
“The sad part was that most of these cattle were nearing the end point of near harvest,” Dr. Theurer said.
“Our normal death losses, on a typical, you know, month basis, we would be in that one to one-and-a-half percent range … we’re well above those numbers,” Justin Waggoner, a beef cattle specialist with Kansas State University Extension, said.
J. Tarpoff, a beef veterinarian with Kansas State University Research and Extension, said cattle will often acclimate to hot temperatures, but factors like humidity, diet, and even the color of their hide, can drastically change their ability to handle the heat.
“Each animal within a group or pen is not affected the same way,” he said. “Animals with higher body condition scores, or with darker hides, or finisher steers and heifers that are getting ready to go to harvest are at higher risk of heat stress.”
Tarpoff said ranchers and feedlot operators can do things to help cattle survive the heat.
“This all has to do with heat load,” he said. “The internal temperature of cattle will peak two hours after the hottest point of the day. So our strategy for keeping cows cool needs to be built around knowing that.”
He said cattle also produce heat about four to six hours after eating.
“So if we feed animals within the wrong period of time, we can actually increase their heat load because the heat of digestion and the heat from the environment are building on top of each other,” Tarpoff said. “We want to keep that from happening.”
According to the Kansas Livestock Association, the effects of this devastating blow to feed lots will not be felt by consumers.
“This will not create any kind of supply chain issues. They’re going to continue to see plenty of beef in their meat case. This should not create a pricing issue,” Scarlett Hagins with the Kansas Livestock Association (KLA) said.
Despite the rarity of events of this scale, Dr. Theurer says staying proactive is key.
“This was something from a weather event that, I mean, hasn’t happened in the, in this area, [that] I know of, [in] the last 60 years, and so, that’s how we have to think about that as well in the future,” Dr. Theurer said. | https://www.ksnt.com/news/national/at-least-2000-cattle-die-after-extreme-heat-bakes-kansas/ | 2022-06-17T19:09:31Z | https://www.ksnt.com/news/national/at-least-2000-cattle-die-after-extreme-heat-bakes-kansas/ | false | 25 |
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