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Days after a five-year-old student of a government school got locked in a classroom, the head teacher of the school was suspended and action initiated against five other faculty members, officials said on Saturday.
The student, Aditya, was locked in the classroom on Thursday. He was later rescued by his family members, who had to break down the classroom door.
Authorities ordered a probe into the incident on Friday after a video of the incident went viral on social media.
"Head teacher of Primary School, Sukhpura, Urmila Devi has been suspended for negligence in performing her duty," Basic Education Officer, Ballia, Maniram Singh said.
"A stay on salary hike has been recommended as punishment for five other teachers -- Afroz Ara, Priyanka Yadav, Shanti Gond, Mira Devi, and Surendra Nath -- of the school," he said.
According to education department sources, Aditya had fallen asleep inside the classroom. The school staff did not notice him and locked the classroom. | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uttar-pradesh-news-student-5-locked-in-uttar-pradesh-school-teacher-suspended-3142623 | 2022-07-09T14:20:37Z | https://www.ndtv.com/india-news/uttar-pradesh-news-student-5-locked-in-uttar-pradesh-school-teacher-suspended-3142623 | true | 3 |
'It's just unfortunate': Former India pacer questions Arshdeep Singh's exclusion for last T20Is vs England
After warming the the benches in first two series against South Africa and Ireland, Arshdeep Singh made his opportunity when he was handed the cap against England. He checked the runs, as he bamboozled the batsmen with his variations. The left-arm pacer finished with impressive figures of 2/18 from 3.1 overs. However, Arshdeep is not part of the squad for the last two T20Is against the Three Lions.
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KEY HIGHLIGHTS
- Arshdeep Singh made his debut for India against England in the first T20I
- He finished with impressive figures of 2/18 from 3.1 overs.
- Arshdeep isn't part of the final two T20Is against England.
After a disappointing loss in the rescheduled fifth Test Match, India began their T20I series against England in a pretty dominating fashion. They won the first T20I by a convincing 50 runs, handing captain Rohit Sharma his 13th consecutive win in the format as skipper, thus setting a record. One of the most impressive performers from the match was debutant Arshdeep Singh.
After warming the the benches in first two series against South Africa and Ireland, Arshdeep Singh made his opportunity when he was handed the cap against England. He checked the runs, as he bamboozled the batsmen with his variations. The left-arm pacer finished with impressive figures of 2/18 from 3.1 overs. However, Arshdeep is not part of the squad for the last two T20Is against the Three Lions.
Former India pacer Ajit Agarkar was all praise for Arshdeep Singh after his impressive debut, especially his superlative spell with the new ball. "We have been so accustomed to seeing him bowl with a slightly older ball in the IPL. We haven't seen enough of this. If he can do that with the new ball and get it to move at that pace and we all know what he can do at the death. It was a great day for him even if he hadn't got those two wickets. Those two wickets in front of his name will make him feel better," Agarkar said.
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Ajit Agarkar also felt that India will miss out on his left-arm bowling in the final two T20Is and is surprised that he will not be part of the squad. "It's just unfortunate he is not part of the two games because that sort of performance, going forward, with left-arm bowling as well as he did today and if he can build on that, he would certainly be an asset for the Indian team. So I am a bit surprised that he is not there but he has had a fantastic game," he added.
Arshdeep Singh will return for the ODI series against England starting on July 12th at the Oval.
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Ukrainian Army Recruits Begin UK Military Training
The first batch of up to 10,000 inexperienced Ukrainian military recruits set to train in Britain over the coming months have started drills, the Ministry of Defence (MoD) said Saturday.
The new British-led programme involves 1,050 UK service personnel training the Ukrainian volunteers, who have little to no military experience, at MoD sites across England for several weeks.
The crash course is based on Britain’s basic soldier training, covering weapons handling, battlefield first aid, fieldcraft, patrol tactics and the laws around armed conflict.
It follows the UK’s Operation Orbital — prompted by Russia’s 2014 invasion of Crimea and eastern Ukraine — which gave 22,000 Ukrainians military training between 2015 and 2022.
“This ambitious new training programme is the next phase in the UK’s support to the Armed Forces of Ukraine in their fight against Russian aggression,” Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said in a statement, after visiting the latest recruits this week.
“Using the world-class expertise of the British Army we will help Ukraine to rebuild its forces and scale-up its resistance as they defend their country’s sovereignty and their right to choose their own future.”
Ukraine continues to wage fierce resistance after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered the latest offensive against his western neighbour in February.
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Dramatic visuals from outside Sri Lankan President Gotabaya Rajapakse's residence on Saturday showed a sea of demonstrators storming into the compound, tearing down security cordons placed by police, taking a dip in the swimming pool and romping through his kitchen and home.
At least 30 people, including two policemen, were injured in clashes between security personnel and protesters -- some of them holding Sri Lankan flags and helmets -- who had gathered in large numbers in central Colombo's high-security Fort area, demanding President Rajapaksa's resignation.
Rajapaksa, who was facing calls for resignation since March, was using the President's House as his residence and office since protesters came to occupy the entrance to his office early April.
According to sources, the President had been moved out of his residence on Friday, in anticipation of Saturday's protests. His whereabouts was unknown as protesters have now occupied both his office and official residence.
Protesters who climbed the walls of the President's House are now occupying it without damaging any property or indulging in acts of violence.
Video footage from inside the building showed hundreds of protesters packing into rooms and corridors, while hundreds also milled around the grounds outside.
WATCH: Thousands anti-government protesters storm into Rajapaksa's official residence
Videos shared on social media showed the angry protesters inside the president's house shouting slogans and drinking.
Some video clips showed scores of people taking a dip in the presidential palace pool.
Footage on social media also showed protesters gathered in the palace's kitchen cooking, laughing and eating food.
Earlier, the police fired tear gas at two access roads to the President's House -- Chatham Street and Lotus Road, but the defiant protesters continued unabated.
WATCH: Protesters gather outside Lankan Presidential Secretariat
The protesters also clashed with the railway authorities at provincial towns of Galle, Kandy, and Matara as the demonstrators forced authorities to operate trains to Colombo.
Large contingents of police, special task force, and the Army had been deployed around the area.
The organisers of the movement ‘Whole country to Colombo' said people were walking from the suburbs to join the protesters at Colombo Fort.
Protesters said they will not relent until Rajapaksa quits the presidency.
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NEW YORK, July 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Building Materials market will register an incremental spend of about USD 83.75 Billion, growing at a CAGR of 5.52% during the five-year forecast period. A targeted strategic approach to Building Materials sourcing can unlock several opportunities for buyers. This report also offers market impact and new opportunities created due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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April 3, 1930 – June 16, 2022
Valerie Kerber Nichols, 92, of Corvallis, died June 16, 2022 at her home in Corvallis with her family at her side.
Valerie was born in Portland, Oregon on April 3, 1930, the daughter of Wilmer and Olga (Peter) Kerber. She was raised in Portland, attending Franklin High School.
After attending Oregon State College majoring in Home Economics, she married Richard (Dick) Nichols on September 15, 1951. The couple then moved to the east coast for several years before returning to Corvallis, Oregon in the late 1950's.
She was known for her intellect and artistry, which she applied in multiple different areas to bless many. She was very active with Alpha Delta Pi Sorority, holding a number of alumni positions over the years. Valerie led the Alpha Delta Pi Annual Antique Show for many years and had a deep appreciation for things of old, but importantly, the story behind all things. Valerie was particularly well known in the community for her family recipe, homemade vanilla. Being an ardent student of history, she held a passion for genealogy. She charted an extensive family lineage, including pioneer ancestors that established the Applegate Trail.
Valerie invested most in her children, from being a Den Mother to Cub Scouts to a Brownie and Girl Scout leader. Her artistic expressions were boundless and was realized in many forms – from craft projects to tole painting, macrame, floral arranging to seasonal decoration of her home.
Her love for Jesus lives on! Her colors were purple, for royalty as a daughter of The Most High King, and yellow for the roses she held on her wedding day to Dick.
She is survived by her sons Kevin (Seattle) and Lanson (Olathe, Kansas), and daughter Heather Grimm (Corvallis), 13 beloved grandchildren (Taylor, Delacy, Bryan, Josephine, Sophia, Benjamin, Samuel, Keegan, Daniel, Seth, Kip, Tiger and Noelle), and 13 great grandchildren.
She is preceded in death by her husband, Dick Nichols, and son, Lindsey Nichols.
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SAN DIEGO, July 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Shareholder rights law firm Johnson Fistel, LLP announces that a class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of investors of Yext, Inc. ("Yext" or the "Company") (NYSE: YEXT). The class action is on behalf of shareholders who purchased Yext securities between March 4, 2021 and March 8, 2022, both dates inclusive (the “Class Period). Investors are hereby notified that they have until August 16, 2022 to move the Court to serve as lead plaintiff in this action.
What actions may I take at this time? If you suffered a loss and are interested in learning more about being a lead plaintiff, please contact Jim Baker (jimb@johnsonfistel.com) by email or phone at 619-814-4471. If emailing, please include a phone number.
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The complaint alleges that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants made materially false and misleading statements regarding the Company's business, operations, and prospects. Specifically, Defendants made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (i) Yext's revenue and earnings were significantly deteriorating because of, inter alia, poor sales execution, and performance, as well as COVID-19-related disruptions; (ii) accordingly, Yext was unlikely to meet consensus estimates for its full-year ("FY") fiscal 2022 financial results and fiscal 2023 outlook; and (iii) as a result, the Company's public statements were materially false and misleading at all relevant times.
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Shares of Travelers Cos. Inc. TRV sank 0.37% to $169.00 Friday, on what proved to be an all-around dismal trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX falling 0.08% to 3,899.38 and Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA falling 0.15% to 31,338.15. This was the stock's second consecutive day of losses. Travelers Cos. Inc. closed $18.98 short of its 52-week high ($187.98), which the company achieved on March 28th.
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Galle, Sri Lanka, Jul 9 (AP) A record 152-run stand for the second wicket between captain Dimuth Karunaratne and Kusal Mendis helped Sri Lanka fight back in the second test against Australia as the hosts finished day two on 184 for two on Saturday, trailing by 180 runs.
After a batting collapse and 10-wicket loss in the first test, Sri Lanka needed to show resolve on a track notorious for spin domination.
Karunaratne and Mendis laid the foundation for a competitive total after opener Pathum Nissanka (6) departed cheaply having been spectacularly caught by Cameron Green at gully off Mitchell Starc.
The sweep shot had proved to be Sri Lanka's downfall in the first test and on Saturday sweeps were few as the two batsmen banked on their strengths.
Karunaratne drove the spinners well and was often on the front foot during his knock of 86 that produced 10 boundaries. He reached his 30th test fifty by stepping out to leg-spinner Mitchell Swepson and smashing him for the mid-wicket boundary.
The partnership was broken when the left-hander attempted to play Swepson across and was plumb in front. The 152-run stand is a record for Sri Lanka for the second wicket against Australia improving on the 143-run partnership between Kumar Sangakkara and Marvan Atapattu in 2007 in Hobart.
Mendis was more comfortable against pace pulling and flicking with confidence as he reached his 14th test half-century. He was unbeaten on 84 having faced 152 deliveries and hit nine fours. Angelo Mathews was not out on 6. He had to withdraw from the first test after testing positive for COVID-19.
Steve Smith and Marnus Labuschagne had hit hundreds in Australia's first innings to help them to 364 all out. The overnight pair of Smith and Alex Carey added 77 runs for the sixth wicket but there was not much resistance from rest of the batters.
Australia resumed from 298 for five and Sri Lanka's spinners did well to claim the last five wickets for 66 runs as left-arm spinner Prabath Jayasuriya claimed six for 118. He became the sixth Sri Lankan to take five wickets or more in an innings on debut.
Jayasuriya was a late a replacement in the Sri Lankan side after it was forced to bring in additions with several players testing positive for COVID-19.
Smith finished unbeaten on 145 having batted for more than six hours in which he faced 272 deliveries and hit 16 fours. He had posted his 28th test hundred on day one and was rarely troubled by the spinners.
Australia has retained the Warne-Murali Trophy following its big win in the first test. If they wrap up the series 2-0, the Australians will further consolidate their position as the world's No. 1 team. AP
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TOKYO (AP) — The assassination of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe in broad daylight Friday shocked a world that has come to associate Japan with relatively low crime and strict gun control.
Japan’s longest-serving prime minister, Abe was shot in the back while campaigning in the city of Nara for parliamentary candidates. He died at a hospital, two days before the election.
The suspect apparently circumvented the nation’s ultra-tight gun regulations by building his own weapon. Police said the 15-inch (40-centimeter) device was obviously homemade, and one expert compared it to a muzzle-loading gun. Authorities confiscated similar weapons when they raided the suspect’s nearby one-room apartment.
The motive of the man, who was taken into custody at the scene, remained unclear.
Fatal gun violence is virtually unheard of in Japan, and most Japanese go through life without ever handling, or even seeing, a real gun. Stabbings are more common in killings.
Major universities have rifle clubs, and Japanese police are armed, but gun ownership rights have been a distant issue for decades. Even police rarely resort to firing their pistols.
With a population of 125 million, the country had just 10 gun-related criminal cases last year, resulting in a single death and four injuries, according to police. Eight of those cases were gang-related.
The densely populated capital of Tokyo had zero gun incidents, injuries or deaths during that same year, although 61 guns were seized there.
“Japanese people are in a state of shock,” said Shiro Kawamoto, professor at the College of Risk Management at Nihon University in Tokyo.
“This serves as a wake-up call that gun violence can happen in Japan, and security to protect Japanese politicians must be re-examined,” Kawamoto said. “To assume this kind of attack will never happen would be a big mistake.”
Abe’s security team may face serious questions. But because such attacks are extraordinary in Japan, relatively light security is the norm, even for former prime ministers.
In remarks in Washington, U.S. President Joe Biden described the “profound impact” of the shooting “on the psyche of the Japanese people.”
“This is a different culture — they’re not used to” gun violence “as unfortunately we are. Here in the United States, we know how deep the wounds of gun violence go from communities that are affected. And this assassination is a tragedy that all the people of Japan are feeling.”
Japan’s last high-profile shooting occurred in 2019, when a former gang member was shot at a karaoke venue in Tokyo.
Under Japanese law, possession of firearms is illegal without a special license. Importing them is also illegal. The same rules apply to some kinds of knives and certain other weapons, like crossbows.
People who wish to own firearms must go through a stringent background check, including clearance by a doctor, and declare information about family members. They must also pass tests to show they know how to use guns correctly. Those who pass and purchase a weapon must also buy a special locking system for it at the same time.
Passing those hurdles will allow a license holder to shoot at clay targets. Hunting requires an additional license.
The weapon used in the attack on Abe was probably a “craft-made” firearm, according to N.R. Jenzen-Jones, the director of Armament Research Services, a specialist arms investigations firm.
He compared the weapon to a musket in which the gunpowder is loaded separately from the bullet.
“Firearms legislation in Japan is very restrictive, so I think what we’re seeing here, with what’s probably a muzzle-loading weapon, is not just an attempt to circumvent the control of firearms, but also the strict control of ammunition in Japan,” he said.
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Associated Press writers Jon Gambrell in Lviv, Ukraine, and Aamer Madhani in Washington contributed to this report.
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Looks like Kanye West is about to get into the automobile game and we ain’t talking about collecting classic cars.
According to Yahoo Money, Yeezy is making the leap from the fashion industry to the car manufacturing business as he’s creating a “Donda Foam Vehicle” and has hired sneaker designer Steven Smith as the head of “Donda Industrial Design” to help get the project off the ground. Sneaker designer creating luxury automobiles? Might end up putting air bubbles on the tires or something. FOX News does say that the “vehicle features a cab-forward design and a slab-sided passenger compartment with an extra-long wheelbase and oversize “tweels”.
What’s a “tweel”? Well, it’s an “airless tires and wheel combination that uses flexible spokes instead of an air-filled chamber and can continue to work when punctured.” Sounds like some military ish.
A concept design was released to show the silhouette of what may come of Donda Industrial Design and it seems like something that you might see rolling around Gotham City when the Bat Signal shines in the sky.
Will it come in a “Bred” colorway though? Y’all know those be the most popular out in these streets.
Though it’s called a “Foam Vehicle” we can’t possibly imagine it’ll be made of foam as it’ll make it that much easier to break into. Then again it just might have some kind of foam interior or exterior as Kanye has been rubbing elbows with the likes of Elon Musk and it’s a real possibility that he’ll be lending his talents to Yeezus to make his automobile dreams into a reality.
Wouldn’t be surprised if this turns out to be a Republican Presidential ticket come 2024.
You have to wonder if Kanye makes these as limited as some of his Yeezy Boosts if heads will run out and try to get one before they sell out.
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After elimination in the Copa Sudamericana for Deportivo Táchira-VEN, Peixe fired coach Fabián Bustos
This year, Santos will go to their third coach of the season. After Fábio Carille, Fabián Bustos also left the team after one elimination. Last Wednesday (6), Peixe was disqualified by Deportivo Táchira on penalties after a 1-1 draw at Vila Belmiro. The team won only one of the last 13 times it entered the field and changed the technical command.
For Bustos’ place, one of the names aired was Cuca. His last job at Santos was in 2020, when he led the team to the Libertadores final, losing to Palmeiras in the decision. Cuca has been unemployed since leaving Atlético Mineiro earlier this year. This week, his name was also aired on another South American giant: Boca Juniors. The Argentine team was eliminated by Corinthians in La Bombonera, by Libertadores.
To UOL Esporte, the coach revealed his future. “I received an appointment, but I’m not going. I will fulfill the promise to the family and I will only work again in 2023”, he informed. In addition to Santos and Boca, the former Atlético coach received proposals from Athletico, Internacional, Fluminense, by Galo himself, in addition to teams from abroad in the last two months, he declined all invitations.
“There was a lot of stuff, but I’m not going. We’ll see for next year”, he added. With Cuca’s refusal, Boca Juniors looks for other names like Ricardo Gareca, Martín Palermo, Sebastián Beccacece, Jorge Almirón and Eduardo Domínguez to be the new coach of the six-time champion team of the Copa Libertadores. Sebastian Battaglia was fired after losing to Corinthians.
With the departure of Bustos, assistant Marcelo Fernandes will be on the sidelines to face Atlético Goianiense, for the Brazilian Championship. At the moment, Peixe has 19 points in tenth position, two above the relegation zone. Atlético-GO is the sixteenth with 17. The match is scheduled for this Sunday (10), in Vila Belmiro, at 18:00. | https://thegoaspotlight.com/2022/07/09/santos-target-coach-cuca-reveals-decision-about-going-to-south-american-giant/ | 2022-07-09T14:44:44Z | https://thegoaspotlight.com/2022/07/09/santos-target-coach-cuca-reveals-decision-about-going-to-south-american-giant/ | true | 2 |
Neal Communities announces grand opening of Tide Marsh
Neal Communities, Southwest Florida’s premier private homebuilder, is celebrating the grand opening of its Tide Marsh neighborhood in Fort Myers. This small boutique community offers a coastal and island architectural theme and features 63 homesites.
The homebuilder started offering pre-sales in late April and has sold already over 10 homes. Many of Neal Communities’ best-selling, designer-decorated plans are already in-progress with all-in pricing starting in the mid $500s.The gated community offers both one-story and two-story floor plans from Neal Communities’ Cruise and Celebration series. The homes range from 1,531 to 3,014 square feet. Two models are available for tours.
There is no community development district (CDD), which means no added district fees to live in this tranquil gated community.
Tide Marsh is situated close to Estero Bay Preserve State Park and features a quiet setting for homeowners off Winkler Road. With its location west of I-75 and U.S. 41, the community offers easy access to downtown Fort Myers, Fort Myers Beach and a range of retailers, restaurants and medical providers.
“We are thrilled to announce the grand opening of Tide Marsh,” said Tim Oak, who is president of the south region of Neal Communities. “Tide Marsh is close to golf courses, parks and preserves ideal for hiking and wildlife watching. It’s also just a short drive to the world renown beaches on Sanibel Island and the beautiful Fort Myers Beach.”
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What does Kelly Ripa eat in a day?
TALK show host Kelly Ripa has revealed her daily eating habits and the regimen she follows to keep her slim figure in check.
Kelly says she generally keeps it healthy with the exception of birthdays and holidays when she lets herself indulge in small treats.
What does Kelly Ripa eat?
Kelly Ripa, 51, opened up to Harper’s Bazaar magazine about her daily eating routine.
Kelly revealed that she eats a very clean diet to keep herself on track.
For breakfast, Kelly likes to start her day by mixing a microgreen powder with a glass of water to “alkaline the digestive system.”
After drinking that, she makes herself a large cup of coffee and blends it with ghee, or clarified butter.
As she drinks the coffee she takes personalized multi-vitamins by Persona which contain probiotics, ginger, and other supplements.
For dinner, she has usually a smaller version of the microgreen salad, and then she pairs it with either mixed grilled greens or whatever is in season in terms of vegetables.
Additionally, she sometimes adds plant protein mixed in such as grilled or fried tofu, and sometimes tahini.
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What snacks does she eat?
Kelly keeps her snacks healthy and says she has handfuls of nuts such as raw cashews, almonds, or pistachios.
However, the talk show host says she never eats more than a handful of them but has several handfuls a day.
In terms of cheat meals, Kelly steers away from them so she does not gear off course from her daily meal plans.
“I try not to have that many cheat meals because cheat meals lead to a cheat lifestyle,” she said.
Adding: “At my age, I find that it takes too much effort to get ready, so I just stay ready, if that makes any sense.”
Does she indulge in anything?
Kelly said she does indulge in chocolate-covered almonds or chocolate-covered cashew, feeling as though there is something healthy in there.
The star also makes a chocolate chia pudding from time to time.
Before bed, she drinks turmeric tea and takes her nighttime Persona supplements mixed in with CBD oil.
What did Kelly say about her husband’s penis size?
Kelly bragged about her husband Mark Consuelos' penis size after her fans were shocked over his "package."
She shared some of her favorite family Halloween costumes from previous years on Instagram and among pictures of her and her kids, there was one of Mark wearing a cop outfit that accentuated certain parts of his body.
Fans quickly took to the comment section to congratulate the mother of three on getting a husband who was well-endowed.
Seeing the number of comments talking about his body, the Riverdale star took to the comments as well.
He wrote: "Full disclosure, I believe that's definitely a shadow that's causing that bulging effect. Pretty sure."
His wife quickly commented back and said: "Ummm, baby, are you seeing shadows?"
Kelly's daughter Lola has also threatened to post naked photos of herself if her mom posts one, following in the footsteps of Gwyneth Paltrow on her 50th birthday.
Lola brands the "thirst-trap" photos of her parents as "ridiculous" on social media.
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ProVise Management Group LLC reduced its holdings in shares of Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF (NYSEARCA:DFUS – Get Rating) by 11.7% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 126,666 shares of the company’s stock after selling 16,863 shares during the quarter. ProVise Management Group LLC owned about 0.10% of Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF worth $6,209,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other hedge funds have also made changes to their positions in the stock. Kestra Advisory Services LLC lifted its stake in shares of Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 8.9% during the 1st quarter. Kestra Advisory Services LLC now owns 301,583 shares of the company’s stock valued at $14,784,000 after buying an additional 24,585 shares in the last quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. lifted its stake in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 2.6% in the 1st quarter. Stratos Wealth Partners LTD. now owns 54,977 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,695,000 after purchasing an additional 1,369 shares in the last quarter. Cerity Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $2,313,000. Mission Wealth Management LP lifted its stake in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF by 16.5% in the 1st quarter. Mission Wealth Management LP now owns 88,449 shares of the company’s stock worth $4,336,000 after purchasing an additional 12,536 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Kovitz Investment Group Partners LLC purchased a new stake in Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF in the 1st quarter worth approximately $433,000.
Shares of NYSEARCA:DFUS opened at $42.02 on Friday. The company’s fifty day moving average price is $42.67 and its 200-day moving average price is $46.42. Dimensional U.S. Equity ETF has a one year low of $39.32 and a one year high of $52.22.
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All Blacks have to be better at dealing with setbacks - Foster
July 9 (Reuters) - All Blacks coach Ian Foster said his side had to be better at dealing with setbacks after losing to Ireland on home soil for the first time on Saturday.
Two yellow cards and the dismissal of prop Angus Ta'avao with Ireland leading 10-0 after little more than half an hour in Dunedin left New Zealand shorthanded as they chased the game.
"It's hard... but we've just got to be better than that," Foster told reporters.
"You get test matches where things don't happen, you don't get the rub of the green. But we were our own worst enemy in that second half. We've got to be better.
"We've just got to trust ourselves and trust what we do, and ultimately back your own skill level. That's something we've got to go away and work hard on."
Foster will come under renewed pressure after New Zealand's third loss in their last four tests going back to their tour of Europe last November.
"We've had a couple of starts that were substandard, which we're going to have to improve on," he added.
"Trying to play catch-up with 14 men is never easy against a really well organised defensive team.
"But, you know, there was probably an unacceptable amount of errors, in terms of the handling stuff. A lot of that was due to pressure and trying to force things and trying to create space against what Ireland were doing."
Foster said he was not going to be "grizzling" about the refereeing or the cards and said he hoped Saturday's experience would benefit some of the younger players heading into the series decider in Wellington next week.
"I think it's a bit of an eye-opener, particularly for a few newer players," he said.
"To feel that sort of tension and pressure and trying to force things when you're a man down." (Reporting by Nick Mulvenney in Sydney; Editing by Clare Fallon) | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10997893/All-Blacks-better-dealing-setbacks--Foster.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-09T15:06:36Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/reuters/article-10997893/All-Blacks-better-dealing-setbacks--Foster.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | true | 1 |
Forget the Sexiest Man Alive title. Paul Rudd's the Kindest Man Alive.
The Ant-Man star earned the distinction after he befriended a 12-year-old boy from Colorado named Brody, whose story in TODAY Parents struck a chord with the actor after he found out that nobody wanted to sign his yearbook. Brody's mother, Cassandra Ridder, told the outlet that the boy was brought to tears when only two teachers wrote a message on the yearbook and two other students only signed their names. Cassandra said the rest of the class refused to sign it.
So, she took to social media and shared that her heart broke after she saw that Brody had written a note to himself in the yearbook that read, "I hope you make some more friends." Brody signed his own name to it. As for why his 6th grade classmates refused to sign the yearbook, Cassandra has a theory.
"He's super intellectual and the kids in his age group have trouble relating to him," she explained. She also noted that Brody gets teased because "his ears stick out" and he's "extremely thin." She added that "he cries to me pretty much every day."
After posting the story on the school's Facebook page, a throng of students at the same school, ranging from 8th grade to 11th grade, decided to take action and sign his yearbook. Some of those students also shared their phone numbers with Brody, who would later describe that day as the best day of his life.
Not long after the story was published, Rudd came across the story, and he stepped up, too. Cassandra told TODAY that Rudd had a FaceTime call with Brody last week. She said that, at first, Brody had no idea who he was FaceTiming with.
"Then Paul was like, 'You probably know me as Ant-Man. And Brody goes, 'Oh my gosh! This is so cool,'" Cassandra said.
Following that FaceTime call, Rudd sent Brody a care package that included a note that read, "It was great talking to you the other day. It's important to remember that even when life is tough that things get better." Rudd added, "There are so many people that love you. And think you're the coolest kid there is. Me being one of them!"
Rudd also sent along an Ant-Man helmet and signed it, "For my good friend Brody when he takes over the world."
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Green Oak Day This Saturday
July 9, 2022
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Community members are being invited to spend the day exploring Green Oak Township services this Saturday.
Green Oak Day is returning and will run from 10am to 3pm.
Attendees are invited to take a tour of the Township Hall off Silver Lake Road, the main Fire Station 81 on Whitmore Lake Road, and the Police Station, also on Whitmore Lake Road.
Various events are planned at each including activities and games for kids, a food truck, bounce house and more.
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Weak protection for vanishing whale violates law, judge says
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government hasn’t done enough to protect a rare species of whale from lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear, and new rules are needed to protect the species from extinction, a judge has ruled.
The government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled on Friday. The whales number less than 340 in the world and have been declining rapidly in population in recent years.
Boasberg’s ruling was a victory for conservation groups that have long sought to save the whale and a new challenge for lobster fishermen who have fought back against tightening restrictions on where and how they can fish. Boasberg ruled that the court’s findings “do not dictate that it must immediately shutter the American lobster fishery,” but instead said the parties must propose potential remedies to the threat faced by whales.
The ruling “may seem a severe result for the lobster industry” and the government, but no one “operates free from the strict requirements imposed by the MMPA and ESA,” Boasberg wrote.
Environmental groups celebrated the ruling, while some members of the fishing industry took a more measured approach.
The ruling came after a group of environmental organizations sued the federal government with a complaint that it wasn’t doing enough to save whales from lobster gear. Boasberg’s ruling validates that claim, said Kristen Monsell, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups that sued.
“Lobster gear is a deadly threat to right whales, and the courts are telling the federal government to quit stalling and start taking real action. The Biden administration has to work much harder to help the industry prevent these agonizing, deadly entanglements,” Monsell said.
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association, the largest fishing trade group on the East Coast, said in a statement that it was still reviewing the ruling. The association also pointed to a section of Boasberg’s ruling that said the National Marine Fisheries Service “may find that other measures exist to reduce lethal take, or that projected take is in fact lower than originally estimated.” That renders the ruling “a mixed bag,” the association said.
“We are heartened that the court recognizes the great importance of Maine’s lobstering heritage and appreciates the potential and unnecessary harm that could be imposed on the men and women who work so hard to make our industry thrive,” said Patrice McCarron, executive director of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association.
The right whales give birth off Florida and Georgia and come north to the waters off New England and Canada to feed. They’re also imperiled by lethal collisions with ships, and federal authorities are expected to soon release new guidelines to help protect them from that threat.
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Minute by minute the Sprint for the Austrian Grand Prix
Checo Pérez with the need to climb positions to seek the podium on Sunday; Ferrari on the hunt for Verstappen
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weekend of Grand Prix in Austriathe second with the Sprint qualifying format, which consists of a 24-lap race, just over 100 kilometers, or 30 minutes, whichever comes first. Max Verstappen starts from pole.
The result of this thorough competition determines the starting grid for the Grand Prix. In Emilia Romagna the previous appointment with said format, I did not change the pole or the second position, however, the order was altered and one of the great beneficiaries was precisely Czech Perez.
that afternoon in Imola Czech Perez He started seventh and finished third. From that position he was able to build his career that left him in second place, after enduring the attack of charles leclerc. Now the Mexican driver will have to repeat that performance and come back from 13th position in the red bull ringwhich, unlike Imola, lends itself more to overtaking – there are three DRS zones.
The red bull ring It is a 4,318-meter circuit with ten curves -seven of them to the right- on which ‘Mad Max’ began to lay the foundations last year, by winning the two races it hosted, one of them, the Styrian Grand Prixthe region in which Spielberg is located-, a title that in the end would end up being complicated and would not decide in his favor until the last lap of the last race.
The track -the fifth shortest in the championship- has one of the fastest laps, barely 70 seconds; and on Sunday it is expected that a total of 71 turns will be given, to complete a route of 306.4 kilometers.
Pirelli has brought the softest of its range for this weekend in Spielberg: C3, C4, and C5, the latter being the softest compound. The idea of Sprint It is to do a race to the bottom, without pit stops to change tires and with barely enough fuel to finish. What to put: red (soft) or yellow (medium)? We’ll see what each team and driver decide. With the red you are fast, but with the yellow you make sure you go to the end with a good tire. | https://codelist.biz/2022/07/09/minute-by-minute-the-sprint-for-the-austrian-grand-prix/ | 2022-07-09T15:20:29Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/07/09/minute-by-minute-the-sprint-for-the-austrian-grand-prix/ | true | 1 |
Ratification results for BC Superstore and Distribution Centre members
SURREY, British Columbia, July 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voting on whether to accept a new agreement or strike has concluded for nearly 10,000 retail grocery and warehouse members of the United Food and Commercial Workers (UFCW) Local 247.
The membership has ratified and accepted the latest offer from Loblaw by 58 percent.
“We recognize this was a difficult decision for many members, and I would like to thank all members who participated in the process,” said Dan Goodman, President of UFCW Local 247. “Thousands of members in the province have engaged with their union. We will continue to listen and support our members as we build even greater solidarity among BC’s retail and warehouse workers.”
“Our stewards and activists were prepared for any outcome,” said UFCW Local 247 Secretary-Treasurer, Charles Pratt. “Our members have made their voices heard through a democratic vote on this final agreement.”
“Our members were told that their Union would support their decision no matter what the outcome of this vote would be,” added Goodman. “That support will continue and will increase as we implement and enforce their new collective agreement with Loblaw.”
The United Food and Commercial Workers Local 247 represents BC workers in the food production, warehousing, and retail industries across British Columbia, and is also part of UFCW Canada, with 250,000 members across the country.
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HELSINKI – Estonia's governing center-right Reform Party of Prime Minister Kaja Kallas has reached a tentative deal to form a coalition government with two other parties, ending a month-long political stalemate in the Baltic nation.
Kallas, prime minister of the European Union and NATO nation since January 2021, kicked out the left-leaning Center Party from the two-party coalition on June 3 following disputes over spending and welfare policies amid increasing household costs due to high inflation.
The politically liberal Reform Party that runs on a conservative fiscal policy platform said late Friday it has struck a coalition deal with the opposition Social Democrats and the small conservative Fatherland ("Isamaa") party.
The three parties together muster a comfortable 56-seat majority at the 101-seat Riigikogu legislature. Through the arrangement, which is to be finalized in the next few days, Kallas, who is Estonia’s first female prime minister, avoids governing a one-party minority government.
According to Postimees, Estonia’s leading newspaper, the 44-year-old Kallas will head the new government that is expected to be appointed by President Alar Karis by mid-July. Kallas, however, needs to first formally step down before being reappointed, the newspaper said.
The new government will be short-lived as Estonia is scheduled to hold a general election in March.
Karis said the new Cabinet has no time to rest given Estonia’s economic woes and the consequences of neighboring Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
“Estonia will have new ministers who must quickly start work to lead our people through inflation and what lies ahead in the autumn and winter in regard to energy prices,” Karis said, adding that all of Europe was facing a security crisis due to Moscow’s war on Ukraine.
Estonia’s inflation rate is now the highest in the 19-nation eurozone, with annual inflation hitting 22% in June, according to Eurostat, the EU statistics agency. High energy prices are one of the main causes of inflation in the Baltic nation of 1.3 million people. | https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/world/2022/07/09/estonian-pm-reaches-coalition-deal-for-majority-government/ | 2022-07-09T15:27:26Z | https://www.clickondetroit.com/news/world/2022/07/09/estonian-pm-reaches-coalition-deal-for-majority-government/ | false | 21 |
After a break of almost a week, the national capital is likely to get moderate rain/thundershowers on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
It was a cloudy sky since morning on Saturday and the heat was bearable, definitely better than Thursday and Friday when Delhi-NCR faced high temperatures aggravated by increased humidity. However, there was not even ‘trace’ rainfall anywhere in Delhi even when thunderstorms were observed in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan.
The maximum temperature at Safdarjung – city’s base station – was 35.1 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was 30.5 degrees Celsius. Three stations – Palam, Jafarpur and Najafgarh – recorded a maximum temperature of 36.7 degrees Celsius, the highest amongst Delhi stations, while Mayur Vihar registered 31.9 degrees Celsius, the lowest.
The IMD has predicted a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The IMD has been receiving flak regularly for not getting forecasts for Delhi correct. Earlier this week, after a record breaking entry ahead of its scheduled date, the monsoon went missing from the national capital. There was light to moderate rainfall last Sunday and a bare drizzle on Monday.
The IMD forecast for Monday had predicted moderate rain for Tuesday and heavy rain for Wednesday, but neither happened. Instead, on Tuesday, IMD shifted the rainfall day to Thursday. But there was no rain then too. | https://www.thestatesman.com/weather/delhi-likely-get-moderate-rain-thundershowers-sunday-imd-1503088743.html | 2022-07-09T15:29:19Z | https://www.thestatesman.com/weather/delhi-likely-get-moderate-rain-thundershowers-sunday-imd-1503088743.html | false | 4 |
Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc. reduced its stake in shares of Applied Materials, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMAT – Get Rating) by 2.3% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 4,340,202 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock after selling 104,036 shares during the quarter. Sumitomo Mitsui Trust Holdings Inc.’s holdings in Applied Materials were worth $572,039,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the company. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. lifted its holdings in Applied Materials by 10.1% during the 4th quarter. Farmers & Merchants Investments Inc. now owns 742 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $117,000 after buying an additional 68 shares during the period. Hanseatic Management Services Inc. lifted its holdings in Applied Materials by 2.1% during the 4th quarter. Hanseatic Management Services Inc. now owns 3,778 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $595,000 after buying an additional 77 shares during the period. CX Institutional lifted its holdings in Applied Materials by 4.2% during the 4th quarter. CX Institutional now owns 2,027 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $319,000 after buying an additional 81 shares during the period. Cavalier Investments LLC lifted its holdings in Applied Materials by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. Cavalier Investments LLC now owns 11,424 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock worth $1,798,000 after buying an additional 81 shares during the period. Finally, Ellevest Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Applied Materials by 3.0% in the 4th quarter. Ellevest Inc. now owns 2,775 shares of the manufacturing equipment provider’s stock valued at $437,000 after purchasing an additional 82 shares during the period. Institutional investors own 77.90% of the company’s stock.
AMAT has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Susquehanna Bancshares dropped their price objective on Applied Materials to $115.00 in a research note on Friday, May 20th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. dropped their price objective on Applied Materials from $174.00 to $158.00 in a research note on Friday, May 20th. B. Riley dropped their price objective on Applied Materials from $145.00 to $140.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Monday, May 16th. UBS Group dropped their price objective on Applied Materials from $120.00 to $100.00 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, June 28th. Finally, StockNews.com downgraded Applied Materials from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Tuesday. Nine equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seventeen have given a buy rating to the stock. According to MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $151.27.
Applied Materials stock traded up $0.44 during midday trading on Friday, reaching $91.19. The stock had a trading volume of 4,890,828 shares, compared to its average volume of 8,246,263. Applied Materials, Inc. has a 12 month low of $82.67 and a 12 month high of $167.06. The firm’s 50-day moving average price is $104.00 and its 200 day moving average price is $124.38. The firm has a market capitalization of $79.33 billion, a PE ratio of 12.16, a P/E/G ratio of 1.46 and a beta of 1.50. The company has a quick ratio of 1.54, a current ratio of 2.29 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.47.
Applied Materials (NASDAQ:AMAT – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Thursday, May 19th. The manufacturing equipment provider reported $1.85 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.90 by ($0.05). The company had revenue of $6.25 billion for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.35 billion. Applied Materials had a net margin of 27.20% and a return on equity of 57.17%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 11.9% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the firm earned $1.63 EPS. Equities research analysts expect that Applied Materials, Inc. will post 7.49 EPS for the current year.
The business also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 15th. Shareholders of record on Thursday, August 25th will be issued a dividend of $0.26 per share. This represents a $1.04 dividend on an annualized basis and a yield of 1.14%. The ex-dividend date is Wednesday, August 24th. Applied Materials’s payout ratio is presently 13.87%.
Applied Materials announced that its board has authorized a share repurchase plan on Friday, March 11th that authorizes the company to buyback $6.00 billion in shares. This buyback authorization authorizes the manufacturing equipment provider to reacquire up to 5.5% of its shares through open market purchases. Shares buyback plans are usually an indication that the company’s board believes its stock is undervalued.
Applied Materials Profile (Get Rating)
Applied Materials, Inc provides manufacturing equipment, services, and software to the semiconductor, display, and related industries. It operates through three segments: Semiconductor Systems, Applied Global Services, and Display and Adjacent Markets. The Semiconductor Systems segment develops, manufactures, and sells various manufacturing equipment that is used to fabricate semiconductor chips or integrated circuits.
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By PATRICK WHITTLE
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) — The federal government hasn’t done enough to protect a rare species of whale from lethal entanglement in lobster fishing gear, and new rules are needed to protect the species from extinction, a judge has ruled.
The government has violated both the Endangered Species Act and the Marine Mammal Protection Act by failing to protect the North Atlantic right whale, U.S. District Judge James Boasberg ruled on Friday. The whales number less than 340 in the world and have been declining rapidly in population in recent years.
Boasberg’s ruling was a victory for conservation groups that have long sought to save the whale and a new challenge for lobster fishermen who have fought back against tightening restrictions on where and how they can fish. Boasberg ruled that the court’s findings “do not dictate that it must immediately shutter the American lobster fishery,” but instead said the parties must propose potential remedies to the threat faced by whales.
The ruling “may seem a severe result for the lobster industry” and the government, but no one “operates free from the strict requirements imposed by the MMPA and ESA,” Boasberg wrote.
Environmental groups celebrated the ruling, while some members of the fishing industry took a more measured approach.
The ruling came after a group of environmental organizations sued the federal government with a complaint that it wasn’t doing enough to save whales from lobster gear. Boasberg’s ruling validates that claim, said Kristen Monsell, an attorney for the Center for Biological Diversity, one of the groups that sued.
“Lobster gear is a deadly threat to right whales, and the courts are telling the federal government to quit stalling and start taking real action. The Biden administration has to work much harder to help the industry prevent these agonizing, deadly entanglements,” Monsell said.
The Maine Lobstermen’s Association, the largest fishing trade group on the East Coast, said in a statement that it was still reviewing the ruling. The association also pointed to a section of Boasberg’s ruling that said the National Marine Fisheries Service “may find that other measures exist to reduce lethal take, or that projected take is in fact lower than originally estimated.” That renders the ruling “a mixed bag,” the association said.
“We are heartened that the court recognizes the great importance of Maine’s lobstering heritage and appreciates the potential and unnecessary harm that could be imposed on the men and women who work so hard to make our industry thrive,” said Patrice McCarron, executive director of the Maine Lobstermen’s Association.
The right whales give birth off Florida and Georgia and come north to the waters off New England and Canada to feed. They’re also imperiled by lethal collisions with ships, and federal authorities are .
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City receives 201 mm rainfall in a month
By Lokmat English Desk | Published: July 9, 2022 08:40 PM2022-07-09T20:40:09+5:302022-07-09T20:40:09+5:30
Citizens waiting for heavy rains, 51.2 mm rainfall recorded on June 24 Aurangabad, July 9: The monsoon started a ...
Citizens waiting for heavy rains, 51.2 mm rainfall recorded on June 24
Aurangabad, July 9:
The monsoon started a month ago, but the city still has to wait for heavy rainfall. The city is experiencing only sparse to moderate rainfall during the day. The Chikalthana observatory has so far recorded 201.6 mm rainfall between June 9 to July 9.
Heavy rains accompanied with strong winds and thunderstorms blowing at a speed of 18 kmph lashed the city on the evening of June 9. Since then, the city has only experienced light showers in some parts and moderate rains in other areas.
The city has been witnessing active rains for the last few days. Dark clouds cover the sky. However, it rains for a few minutes and then disappears. The city also witnessed heavy clouds in the sky on Saturday. The MGM observatory recorded 1.1 mm rainfall till 5.30 pm.
The Chikalthana observatory has so far recorded 201.6 mm rainfall. The average rainfall recorded in the month of June this year is low as compared to last year, said meteorological assistant Sunil Nikalje.
Days with heavy rainfall
The city recorded heavy rainfall on June 13, 22, 24, 27, 30 and July 3. The highest rainfall of 51.2 mm was recorded on June 24 by the Chikalthana observatory.
Rainfall is below average
Except Aurangabad, Jalna, Beed, Osmanabad, Bhusawal and Buldhana districts, the rest of Maharashtra has received good rainfall. We get rain clouds from across the Western Ghats that are formed in the Arabian Sea and Vidarbha and East Marathwada get rainfall from the clouds formed in the Bay of Bengal.
Currently, the Indian Ocean Dipole Index (IOD) index is in deficit and there are indications that it will remain as such for the next few months. If IOD is in deficit, then the total rainfall in our area is less. Overall, the rainfall this year is expected to be below average, Shrinivas Aundhkar, director, MGM APJ Abdul Kalam Astrospace and Science Centre.
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Rishabh Pant opening batsman in T20: Team India surprised everyone by opening with Rishabh Pant in the Edgbaston T20I.
England and India are up against each other in the 2nd T20I of the 3-match T20I series at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham. England won the toss and opted to bowl first, where India made four changes to their playing eleven.
At the time of the announcement, it was looking like Virat Kohli will open the innings with Rohit Sharma, but there was a surprise opener in Rishabh Pant. Pant could not play a huge knock, but he made his intentions clear in 15-ball 26 runs knock. He was allotted the role to smash the bowlers, and he did the same.
Pant has opened for India in the junior divisions, whereas he also has opened for Delhi in the domestic circuit. Rohit played the punt of opening with Rishabh Pant against West Indies earlier this year in an ODI match.
Rishabh Pant opening batsman in T20
Rishabh Pant is yet to score a T20I century, but he has smashed a couple of hundreds in T20 cricket. In 2018, Rishabh Pant scored the 2nd fastest century in the history of T20 cricket, where he completed his century in just 32 balls (just behind Chris Gayle). Pant smashed 116 runs in 38 balls at a strike-rate of 305.26, courtesy of 12 sixes and 8 boundaries.
Rishabh Pant. 32-ball century against Himachal Pradesh. https://t.co/rhcSbRAoXR
— Subhayan Chakraborty (@CricSubhayan) January 13, 2021
Pant achieved this milestone while playing for Delhi in the Syed Mushtaq Ali Trophy against Himachal Pradesh. Himachal Pradesh scored 144 runs in the first innings and Delhi achieved the target by ten wickets. Pant and Gautam Gambhir opened the innings for Delhi and Gambhir watched the innings from another end.
Pant scored his maiden IPL century as well, where he smashed 128 runs in just 63 balls, playing for Delhi against Sunrisers Hyderabad. He smashed 128 runs in just 63 balls at a strike-rate of 2013.17, courtesy of 15 boundaries and 7 sixes. Delhi managed to score 187 runs, but they lost the match by nine wickets in the end. | https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-news-rishabh-pant-opening-batsman-in-t20-rishabh-pant-fastest-century-in-t20s-full-list/ | 2022-07-09T15:44:10Z | https://thesportsrush.com/cricket-news-rishabh-pant-opening-batsman-in-t20-rishabh-pant-fastest-century-in-t20s-full-list/ | false | 1 |
Dean (Patrick O’Connor) has recently had his world turned upside down by getting framed for wealthy gambler PK’s (Ryan Johnson) murder.
After Cash (Nicholas Cartwright) and Rose (Kirsty Marillier) found a blood-stained wrench linked to him, Dean figured out that Nathan (Ryan Panizza) was the only person who hated PK enough to kill him – and with the guy missing, he decides to make some calls to the River Boys and take matters into his own hands.
While Dean and Ziggy (Sophie Dillman) are out in Salt, Dean is getting constant calls from fellow River Boy Nugget. Ziggy wants to know who is hassling him, but he keeps her out of it and silences the calls.
Eventually, Dean can’t wait any longer and answers the call, asking for the latest development on Nathan. Ziggy watches on with concern – what is Dean planning?
When they get home, Ziggy presses Dean for details about his secretive phone call, but he refuses to provide any details.
Worried about history repeating itself, Ziggy storms out on Dean and says she can’t go through this again. However, Dean feels he has to continue what he started in order to protect himself from being wrongly charged for murder.
In the morning, Ziggy finds a note on the table which reads ‘I love you. Please don’t worry’ – which, of course, has the opposite effect.
She calls him, but Dean is tight-lipped about where he is. He hangs up and walks into an abandoned shack, where Nathan is waiting for him, tied to a chair. Dean tells Nathan it’s time to start talking…
Later that day, Cash shows up at the Farm House looking for Dean.
They have a warrant for his arrest, as the blood on the wrench matched PK’s. Ziggy calls Dean and begs him to come home, forcing him to admit his whereabouts but remain steadfast – he’s not coming back until he gets answers from Nathan.
When he does eventually come home, though, he walks into Ziggy packing her bags…
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Maharashtra rains: Communication lost with 128 villages, CM Shinde directs officials for safe evacuation
2 min read . 07:13 PM IST- On Friday and Saturday, heavy rains lashed Gadchiroli district, Hingoli and Nanded districts in the Marathwada region.
As many as 130 villages in three Maharashtra districts were affected by the floods triggered by heavy rains in the state for the last couple of days. At least 200 people were evacuated from the region but no casualties were reported.
As many as 130 villages in three Maharashtra districts were affected by the floods triggered by heavy rains in the state for the last couple of days. At least 200 people were evacuated from the region but no casualties were reported.
On Friday and Saturday, heavy rains lashed Gadchiroli district, Hingoli and Nanded districts in the Marathwada region. Residents have been evacuated two villages in the Hingoli district and of Hadgaon village which is located downstream of the Asana river. In Gadchiroli district, communication with 128 villages is lost due to heavy rains.
On Friday and Saturday, heavy rains lashed Gadchiroli district, Hingoli and Nanded districts in the Marathwada region. Residents have been evacuated two villages in the Hingoli district and of Hadgaon village which is located downstream of the Asana river. In Gadchiroli district, communication with 128 villages is lost due to heavy rains.
A Hingoli district official told PTI that a heavy downpour led to the rise in the water level of the Asana river on Friday night. "The low-lying areas in Kurunda and Kinhola villages in Vasmat tehsil were badly affected," he said. At least 200 people have been moved to safety so far but some of them went back to their houses after the river water receded.
A Hingoli district official told PTI that a heavy downpour led to the rise in the water level of the Asana river on Friday night. "The low-lying areas in Kurunda and Kinhola villages in Vasmat tehsil were badly affected," he said. At least 200 people have been moved to safety so far but some of them went back to their houses after the river water receded.
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed the district collector of Hingoli to evacuate the residents and provide them other forms of relief. "You should ensure the safe evacuation of the villagers and shift them to temporary shelters. Make provision for food and drinking water for them."
Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde directed the district collector of Hingoli to evacuate the residents and provide them other forms of relief. "You should ensure the safe evacuation of the villagers and shift them to temporary shelters. Make provision for food and drinking water for them."
In the 24 hours ending 8 AM on Friday, the Hingoli district had recorded 230.70 mm rainfall, which is 26.84 per cent of its annual average rainfall, the district authorities said in a statement.
In the 24 hours ending 8 AM on Friday, the Hingoli district had recorded 230.70 mm rainfall, which is 26.84 per cent of its annual average rainfall, the district authorities said in a statement.
In the Konkan region, Parshuram ghat near Chiplun city on the Mumbai-Goa Highway is shut for traffic fearing landslides, the department said. In the coastal Ratnagiri district, Jagbudi and Kodwali rivers are flowing above the warning level and district authorities have appealed to people to take necessary precautions. Etapalli to Bhamaragad state highway in the Gachiroli district was also shut for traffic due to floods, the bulletin said. "At least 120 people have been shifted to safer places in the Gadchiroli district," it said.
In the Konkan region, Parshuram ghat near Chiplun city on the Mumbai-Goa Highway is shut for traffic fearing landslides, the department said. In the coastal Ratnagiri district, Jagbudi and Kodwali rivers are flowing above the warning level and district authorities have appealed to people to take necessary precautions. Etapalli to Bhamaragad state highway in the Gachiroli district was also shut for traffic due to floods, the bulletin said. "At least 120 people have been shifted to safer places in the Gadchiroli district," it said.
"We have made all the necessary arrangements (for accommodating people) in the Zilla Parishad school. Tankers of clean drinking water are being made available from Vasmat. Food is also prepared for the flood-affected people," said Hingoli district collector Jitendra Papalkar.
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Updated July 9, 2022 at 11:04 AM ET
WASHINGTON — U.S. Border Patrol agents on horseback engaged in "unnecessary use of force" against non-threatening Haitian immigrants but didn't whip any with their reins "intentionally or otherwise," according to a federal investigation of chaotic scenes along the Texas-Mexico border last fall that sparked widespread condemnation.
In a 511-page report released Friday, Customs and Border Protection blamed a "lack of command control and communication" for mounted agents using their horses to forcibly block and move migrants during an influx of Haitians arriving last September at the U.S. border outside Del Rio, Texas.
"We're gonna learn from this incident and we'll find a way to do better," CBP Commissioner Chris Magnus said during a news conference announcing the report. "Not everyone's going to like all the findings but the investigation was comprehensive and fair."
Video and photos of the incident made it appear agents were whipping Haitians, which caused outrage among advocacy groups and civil rights leaders. The Biden administration promised a full investigation after many in the president's own party objected that such tactics with racial overtones were the kinds of policies the U.S. was supposed to be moving away from after years of hardline immigration tactics under President Donald Trump.
A former police chief, Magnus took over the nation's largest law enforcement agency in December and is being watched closely for shepherding the ongoing investigation. Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas said in a statement Friday that "the organizational failures of policy, procedures, and training that the investigation identified were a disservice to the agents and the public they serve."
Last fall, Biden called images of what occurred "horrible" and "outrageous."
"I promise you, those people will pay," the president said then. "There is an investigation underway right now and there will be consequences."
Asked if the politically charged environment marred the investigation, Magnus said "it was inevitable, certainly not surprising, that there was going to be a reaction to that from the community, from those in the media from elected officials, from different advocacy groups."
But he said he instructed investigators "that all of these things were to be put aside, to be disregarded."
"I was counting on them to do a fair, through, comprehensive investigation with no attention to this outside influence," Magnus said.
By September 19, 2021, around 15,000 Haitian migrants had crossed from Mexico into the United States and were concentrated in an encampment underneath the international bridge.
Magnus said the investigation began the day after the incident and included testimony from more than 30 people, among them witnesses and journalists. Investigators said they were unable to locate Haitian migrants involved to get their accounts — but used statements and court documents that some provided as part of lawsuits they filed against U.S. authorities.
Magnus said four Border Patrol personnel have been recommended for disciplinary action for their conduct, though he declined to discuss exactly what each had done to warrant possible punishment, or elaborate on what sanctions they could face. That comes after prosecutors in April declined to pursue criminal charges, he said.
Disciplinary actions are separate from Friday's findings and won't be announced until later. All four CBP officials have been on administrative duty since the investigation began, according to senior agency officials who briefed reporters before Friday's report was released.
Mark Morgan, a former acting CBP commissioner under Trump, dismissed the entire investigation as politically motivated since no Haitians were actually whipped.
"From the start, these agents have been smeared, lied about, and vilified by nearly everyone on the left," Morgan said in a statement.
Federal investigators said no migrant was struck with a whip, forced to return to Mexico or denied entry into the U.S. during the approximately 15 minutes that they were forcibly blocked and moved by mounted agents. One agent yelled inappropriate comments about a migrant's national origin including, "You use your women" while also narrowly missing crashing his horse into a child walking nearby while pursuing a migrant.
Agents acted with the permission of their supervisor, who was unable to get guidance from higher up the Border Patrol chain of command, the report said. Communication occurred on a radio channel that wasn't recorded, further complicating investigation into the incident.
The use of force drove migrants back into the Rio Grande, despite their having been well within U.S. territory and not presenting threats — which was counter to CBP's mission, the report found.
It also said the incident began after authorities from a state agency also working in the area at the time, the Texas Department of Public Safety, requested help from federal authorities.
That conclusion follows Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott this week authorizing state forces to apprehend migrants and return them to the U.S.-Mexico border — raising questions about his state's enforcement powers as top GOP leaders have slammed the Biden administration for failing to curb the rising number of crossings.
Magnus said Friday that his agency has "a shared interest with Texas" in "maintaining a safe, orderly, humane immigration process," and that federal officials "stand ready to work with Texas to achieve these goals."
"But the challenge is, when any state, such as Texas, takes unilateral action, that just makes it harder for us to do this," he added.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — It would have been something never quite before seen in America — a defeated president, Donald Trump, standing at the Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, with a mob of supporters, some armed, contesting the election outcome.
Trump intended to go there that day. His allies had been planning for the moment, envisioning the president delivering a speech outside the building or even entering the House chamber amid objections to Congress certifying the 2020 election results for Democrat Joe Biden.
“He’s going to look powerful,” mused Trump lawyer Rudy Giuliani to a young White House aide four days earlier.
But White House lawyers thought it was a “terrible” idea. Counsel Pat Cipollone warned that Trump could be charged with “every crime imaginable” if he joined mob on Capitol Hill trying to interfere with the certification.
In the end, Trump never made it to the Capitol on Jan. 6. His security refused to take him as rioters, some with weapons, laid siege to the building.
Furious, and stuck at the White House, Trump watched the insurrection on television.
The Jan. 6 hearings are providing dramatic new insight about Trump's intentions as he told loyalists he would join them on a march down Pennsylvania Avenue to “fight like hell” for his presidency. This account is drawn largely from the testimony of former White House aide Cassidy Hutchinson. Her recollections from her close proximity to the president and his inner circle suggest Trump’s demands were not the brash desires of an impulsive commander in chief but part of his last-ditch plan for stopping Biden’s victory.
Trump and his allies quickly disputed Hutchinson's account, and the former president conducted his own interview days later disparaging her with derisive commentary and nicknames.
This coming week, the committee is set to focus on Trump’s own actions and those of the extremist Oath Keepers and Proud Boys in allegedly leading the Capitol attack.
A look at what's known about Trump’s plans to join the mob on Jan. 6:
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JAN. 2
It was a Saturday night. Giuliani had been meeting at the White House with Trump's chief of staff, Mark Meadows, and others.
The White House and Meadows had placed some 18 calls that day to Brad Raffensperger, Georgia's secretary of state, before Trump finally got the elections official on the phone.
Trump had been disputing the election results in Georgia, which he narrowly lost. He was demanding that Raffensperger “find 11,780 votes,” exactly enough to tip the balance from Biden's victory. The engineer-turned-civil servant declined.
As Giuliani left the White House that night, he walked out with Meadows' young aide, Hutchinson, a senior adviser.
“Cass, are you excited for the 6th?” Giuliani asked, as Hutchinson recalled in testimony before the Jan. 6 committee. “It’s going to be a great day.”
Hutchinson had heard discussions about Jan. 6 and the rally being planned outside the White House as Congress was set to certify the election results. She also had heard, when Giuliani was around, mentions of the Oath Keepers and Proud Boys, two extremist groups.
She looked at Giuliani and asked him to explain.
“We’re going to the Capitol,” Giuliani told her. “It’s going to be great. The president’s going to be there. He’s going to look powerful.”
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JAN. 3
On Sunday, Cipollone privately raised concerns to Hutchinson about the president's planned trip to the Capitol.
Cipollone told her there were “serious legal concerns” if Trump went ahead as Congress was certifying the election. He urged her to relay the concerns to her boss, Meadows.
“We need to make sure that this doesn’t happen,” Cipollone said, according to Hutchinson's testimony. “This would be a legally a terrible idea for us. We’re — we have serious legal concerns if we go up to the Capitol that day.”
That Sunday was a busy day at the White House.
The leaders of Trump's Justice Department were threatening to resign if the president replaced the acting attorney general, Jeffrey Rosen, with a lower-ranked civil division head, Jeffrey Clark, to pursue the electoral challenge.
And that same day, the U.S. Capitol Police issued a special event assessment, noting that the Proud Boys and other groups planned to be in Washington on Jan. 6.
The police assessment indicated that "unlike previous post-election protests, the targets of the pro-Trump supporters are not necessarily the counter-protesters... but rather Congress itself is the target on the 6th.”
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JAN. 5
On Tuesday, the eve of Jan. 6, according to Hutchinson, Trump asked Meadows to be in touch with two of the president's associates — Roger Stone and Michael Flynn.
Stone attended rallies for Trump in Washington and was photographed with multiple members of the Oath Keepers who were allegedly serving as his security detail, according to the committee. Both Stone and Flynn invoked their Fifth Amendment rights rather than testify before the committee.
The big “Stop the Steal” rally was planned for the morning of Jan. 6 near the White House. Meadows spoke with both Stone and Flynn that evening, Hutchinson said. Stone has disputed her account.
Meadows also sought to join Giuliani and others who had set up a “war room” at the Willard Hotel close to the White House, she testified.
“I had made it clear to Mr. Meadows that I didn’t believe it was a smart idea for him to go to the Willard Hotel that night,” she said.
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JAN. 6: THE RALLY
The morning of the rally on Wednesday, Jan. 6, Cipollone pleaded once again with Hutchinson to ensure Trump did not head to the Capitol.
“Please,” he said, “make sure we don’t go up to the Capitol, Cassidy,” she recalled. “We’re going to get charged with every crime imaginable if we make that movement happen.”
Hutchinson’s desk at the White House was just down the hall from the Oval Office, which was in one corner, and her boss Meadows’ office in the other. But that day she was with the president backstage as he surveyed the crowd of supporters outside the White House.
Trump was furious.
The crowd was not as full as Trump wanted it. Supporters lingered outside the security screening, unwilling to have their weapons confiscated by the Secret Service to join the main rally area.
Trump ordered his security to get rid of the metal detectors, known as magnetometers, insisting the armed supporters were no threat to him.
The police radios crackled with information; a man in the trees with a rifle or another with a handgun at his waist; three men with an AR-15 walking at 14th Street and Independence Avenue.
Trump has disputed Hutchinson's account. “I didn't want guns,” he said in an interview with Newsmax that aired two days after the hearing.
But Hutchinson had recounted to the committee what she heard.
“They’re not here to hurt me," Trump told his staff, Hutchinson recalled. "Let them in. Let my people in. They can march to the Capitol after the rally's over. .... Take the effing mags away. Then they can march to the Capitol.”
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JAN. 6: THE SPEECH
The president took the stage at the “Stop the Steal” rally complaining about the election outcome and the need to stop Biden from becoming president.
“We’re going to walk down, and I’ll be there with you," Trump said to the thousand of supporters at the grassy Ellipse.
"We’re going to walk down to the Capitol,” Trump said. “You'll never take back our country with weakness; you have to show strength.”
Many people had already started peeling off toward the Capitol, and Trump encouraged the crowd to go.
“I know that everyone here will soon be marching over to the Capitol building to peacefully and patriotically make your voices heard,” he said. “Let’s walk down Pennsylvania Avenue.”
A White House security log, revealed by the Jan. 6 committee, shows the scramble that was underway for Trump to go to the Capitol as well.
“MilAide has confirmed that he wants to walk,” said one entry on the National Security Council chat.
“They are begging him to reconsider,” reads another.
The next entry was a discussion of the “current route” for Trump's motorcade to take 15th Street, to F Street, to 6th Street, to Pennsylvania Avenue to the Capitol.
“So this is happening,” reads another entry.
Hutchinson was still in the tent behind the rally stage when she got a phone call from House Republican leader Kevin McCarthy of California.
McCarthy sounded rushed, frustrated and angry, she said. “You told me this whole week you aren’t coming up here. Why would you lie to me?” he asked Hutchinson, a former House aide.
“I’m not lying. I wasn’t lying to you, sir,” she replied. And McCarthy said, “Well, he just said it on stage, Cassidy. Figure it out. Don’t come up here.”
The mob was breaking past the security fencing around the Capitol.
“Capitol Police are reporting multiple breaches,” the security log reads. “Capitol is now calling for all available to respond.”
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JAN. 6: BEHIND THE WHEEL
Trump climbed into the presidential SUV determined to be taken to the Capitol, Hutchinson recalled.
The Secret Service now disputes her account, as does Trump. But Hutchinson testified under oath that she was told later by Anthony Ornato, the deputy chief of staff for White House operations, that Trump was irate.
“The president said something to the effect of, ‘I’m the effing president, take me up to the Capitol now,’” she recalled.
When the driver, Bobby Engel, responded, "Sir, we have to go back to the West Wing” Trump grabbed at the steering wheel, and lunged at the driver's “clavicles,” she said.
Trump never made it to the Capitol. His motorcade headed back to the White House.
In the Newsmax interview, Trump dismissed the idea that he tried to “commandeer" the car to go to the Capitol as “totally false.” He marveled at the “incredible size” of the crowd — one of the biggest, he said, he has ever attracted. But he did not dispute wanting to go to the Capitol that day.
“I wanted to go so badly,” he said during an April interview with the Washington Post.
At the hearing, the security log made clear just how close Trump came to creating that unseen image — a defeated president standing with the mob as an armed insurrection was laying siege to the Capitol.
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Salford Red Devils head coach Paul Rowley has boldly claimed Brodie Croft is the best half-back in Super League. The Aussie schemer, 24, is enjoying an outstanding debut season at the AJ Bell Stadium following his winter arrival from Brisbane Broncos.
He has formed a potent partnership with Marc Sneyd and the pair helped to orchestrate Sunday’s stunning 32-24 comeback win at big-spending Warrington Wolves. Rowley reckons Salford are the lowest spenders in the competition and is delighted with the spine of his team following the close-season arrival of full-back Ryan Brierley, Sneyd and Croft.
Rowley, who replaced the axed Richard Marshall at the end of last term, said: “I think we’ve all developed as coaches – myself, Kurt Haggerty, all the players and in particular a spine that was brand new. Brodie Croft is turning into one of the best halves – if not the best – in the Super League.
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“If you look at the stats, he’s in the top five for everything – runs, engagements, try assists and while there are some fantastic halves, personally I wouldn’t swap Brodie for anybody. He’s just a young man who has come from two massive clubs in Melbourne and Brisbane but his leadership qualities have just grown and grown throughout.
“He leads with his actions and from that doing that people look to him for inspiration from his words now as well. He’s a really good character and I’m not going to say we’re lucky to have him because he’s enjoyed being at our club and we enjoy having him. Sneydy has been phenomenal too, as has Ryan Brierley, so that’s a good starting point right there.
“We’ve got a good spine which leads us around well and we definitely all believe in the same process. But I wouldn’t say it’s just clicked all of a sudden. I would say we’ve learnt about our troops and they have learnt about us. Together we have come up with something suitable for us whilst being in our DNA and our philosophy as coaches as well.
“But we definitely all believe in the same process and that’s massive for any team. We’re lucky as stuff to have the players that we’ve got.”
Rowley also reserved special praise for two-try hero Jack Ormondroyd, whose dramatic late double put Warrington to the word. The 30-year-old son of former Bradford City, Aston Villa and Leicester City striker Ian Ormondroyd made his name at Featherstone Rovers but struggled to establish himself after joining Leeds Rhinos.
He appears to have made himself at home at Salford and Rowley said: “Jack’s second stint against Warrington was outstanding. At 30, he’s at a good age for a prop and he’s been around for a while.
“He started this season slowly and missed quite a bit of the Christmas period with Covid, so he wasn’t on the front foot starting off. But it’s like anything else, it’s not where you start, it’s where you finish.
“I think Jack will be the first to say that was his most memorable game because he got a couple of mince pies for his hard work. It’s always nice to see forwards scoring tries and I take particular pleasure from it, being an ex-forward myself. Jack’s a great character and has some fantastic leadership skills as well.”
Salford face a reunion with old boss Ian Watson as they take on fourth-placed Huddersfield Giants on Sunday at Magic Weekend. The in-form Red Devils lie seventh – two points behind faltering Hull FC – and Rowley added: “It’s crazy. There are a bunch of teams not knowing whether to look up or look down.
“I guess we’re one of them and we won’t start talking outwardly about dreams of making the top six. I think we’ve just got to be that team which every week, for us to get that win, seventeen players need to be at their best.”
While Warrington boss Daryl Powell admitted his side are underachieving, Salford are punching above their weight. Rowley, whose side thumped Wakefield 74-10 seven days earlier, added: “I would say Warrington spend about 40% more than us – comfortably.
“I think we’re the lowest spenders in Super League. I don’t know that for a fact, but I know what the average wage is in Super League and I know we’re below it. If we had a lot of money we’d have brought in fresh troops and reinforcements but I was really emotional after Sunday’s game because I know how much these players want it. They deserve nothing but great things.”
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New Delhi, July 9: After a break of almost a week, the national capital is likely to get moderate rain/thundershowers on Sunday, the India Meteorological Department (IMD) said on Saturday.
It was a cloudy sky since morning on Saturday and the heat was bearable, definitely better than Thursday and Friday when Delhi-NCR faced high temperatures aggravated by increased humidity. However, there was not even 'trace' rainfall anywhere in Delhi even when thunderstorms were observed in Himachal Pradesh, Punjab, west Uttar Pradesh, Uttarakhand, and Rajasthan. Mumbai Rains: 'Moderate Rain With Occasional Gusty Winds Likely in City and Suburbs', Says IMD
The maximum temperature at Safdarjung - city's base station - was 35.1 degrees Celsius while the minimum temperature was 30.5 degrees Celsius. Three stations - Palam, Jafarpur and Najafgarh - recorded a maximum temperature of 36.7 degrees Celsius, the highest amongst Delhi stations, while Mayur Vihar registered 31.9 degrees Celsius, the lowest.
The IMD has predicted a generally cloudy sky with moderate rain/thundershowers. The maximum and minimum temperatures are likely to be around 33 and 26 degrees Celsius, respectively.
The IMD has been receiving flak regularly for not getting forecasts for Delhi correct. Earlier this week, after a record breaking entry ahead of its scheduled date, the monsoon went missing from the national capital. There was light to moderate rainfall last Sunday and a bare drizzle on Monday.
The IMD forecast for Monday had predicted moderate rain for Tuesday and heavy rain for Wednesday, but neither happened. Instead, on Tuesday, IMD shifted the rainfall day to Thursday. But there was no rain then too.
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- Warning: There are major spoilers ahead for season three of Prime Video's "The Boys."
- Season three concluded with an epic, action-packed finale that set up season four.
- Keep reading to see how the season advanced the plots involving Homelander, Butcher, and more.
Butcher learned that he has approximately 12 months to live.
This season, Butcher leveled the playing field against the supes by injecting himself with temporary compound V, an untested drug from Vought that gives the user powers for 24 hours. Butcher reasoned that it would help achieve their goal of eliminating Homelander once and for all.
And while V24 did give him laser eyes and super strength that allowed him to murder a supe named Gunpowder in seconds, his repeated use had consequences.
In addition to vomiting and bleeding from his ear, the use of V24 can lead to seizures, atrophy of the cortex, hyper-accelerated malignant tumors, and more side effects.
After fainting in the finale, a doctor told Butcher that attempting further treatment would significantly affect his way of life without necessarily extending the time he has left. Butcher was told that he had maybe 12 months left to live, 18 if they were being optimistic.
Butcher was also forced to confront his own childhood trauma this season. In episode seven, the supe named Mindstorm trapped Butcher in an endless nightmare.
In the nightmare, he relived his most painful memories that involved his father, Sam, physically and verbally abusing him and his younger brother Lenny. This constant torment combined with Butcher's abandonment led Lenny to take his own life.
The endless nightmare also showed that Butcher's own coldness and tendency to be violent stem from how his father raised him. In rewatching his past play out in front of him, Butcher realized that he was leading Hughie, who reminds him of Lenny, down a similar path of darkness.
Hughie came to terms with his toxic masculinity and learned what real strength is.
Hughie grappled with his own perceived notions of power because of his relationship with Annie January/Starlight, a supe who's objectively stronger than he is.
Although he told Annie on their first date that he didn't mind her being stronger than him, that anger eventually came out and he got frustrated by being the one who always needs saving.
Tired of feeling like the weakest link among the Boys and in his relationship with Annie, he became addicted to V24 and the strength and confidence that it gave him.
It wasn't until the finale that Hughie acknowledged the error of his ways.
He explained to Annie that after his mom left him and his dad when he was a child, he thought that his father was weak because he never fought back for her (or anything). Instead, he seemed complacent and passive.
Hughie came to the realization that his dad wasn't a loser, he was showing strength. He was there for his son, taking care of him and trying to keep a roof over their heads after his mom abandoned them.
During the finale's big fight scene, Hughie found himself facing a dilemma as the team was losing: take V24 and use the power to teleport to the scene to help or stay in Vought's control room and use his tech smarts to assist.
He chose the latter, by turning up all the lights in the room so that Annie could absorb the energy and channel it into her powers.
Soldier Boy was put back on ice.
When the Boys went to Russia in search of a weapon powerful enough to kill Homelander, they discovered Soldier Boy in a cryo chamber.
As it turned out, he wasn't killed in Nicaragua in 1984. Instead, the Russians captured him and he was subjected to various, painful experiments and dangerous levels of radiation.
Soldier Boy's impenetrable skin and ability to emit powerful blasts made him an asset to Butcher, and the duo made an agreement: Soldier Boy would kill Homelander and the Boys would help him track down the members of his old team named Payback.
The deal put Butcher and Hughie at odds with Annie and the Boys, who were against the idea of helping Soldier Boy murder his old teammates.
When Soldier Boy headed to Vought Tower in search of Black Noir, the last remaining member of Payback that suffered the most abuse from him, a major battle ensued.
After Ryan (the son of Homelander and Butcher's late wife, Becca) attacked Soldier Boy for harming Homelander, he retaliated. Soldier Boy going after Ryan led Butcher to become angry because he vowed to Becca that he'd keep Ryan safe.
Soldier Boy almost overpowered everyone he was fighting against, but Queen Maeve made the ultimate sacrifice by jumping through the window with him to prevent everyone from being wiped out by his blast.
He was last seen sedated and put back in a chamber, overseen by Grace Mallory.
Queen Maeve left The Seven and fled town.
This season, Queen Maeve helped out Butcher and the Boys in their quest to take down Homelander. She trained for months for a potential showdown against Homelander and stole v24 from Vought.
The public believes that Queen Maeve died while stopping Soldier Boy in the finale, but she actually survived. Because of her exposure to Soldier Boy's blast, the compound V in her system was zapped and she's now powerless.
Maeve also lost an eye, which was gouged out by Homelander during their one-on-one fight at Vought Tower.
She was last seen telling Annie that her slow road to recovery involved leaving town with Elena and relocating to some place where Homelander can't find her, like a farm.
Annie ditched The Seven to officially join the Boys.
This move was a long time coming since Annie had been going rogue to help the Boys since season one.
In season three, Annie got promoted to co-captain of The Seven alongside Homelander. But as Homelander became more unhinged, she found herself constantly in danger.
Hughie's use of v24 put the couple at odds this season, but he came around and empowered her by turning up the lights in the Vought newsroom. As a result, Annie tapped into a new power: being able to fly.
At the end of the finale, Annie threw out her Starlight costume at the Boys HQ, telling Hughie: "I don't need it. I don't. The suit never gave me any power and Vought sure as shit didn't. It's always just been me."
Homelander learned that he's biologically related to Soldier Boy.
Homelander isn't actually Soldier Boy's son, but he was created by Vought scientist Dr. Jonah Vogelbaum in spring 1981 by using the supe's DNA.
But similar to other people Homelander has tried to get close to in his life, Soldier Boy rejected him. In the finale, Soldier Boy scoffed at Homelander for being weak and starved for attention.
Soldier Boy called him a disappointment and would have murdered him if Ryan hadn't interjected.
Homelander spiraled downward this season, becoming more unstable. But he saw a surprising uptick in his popularity when he went off-script during his televised birthday special. During the event, he went on a rant about how people have tried to control and puppeteer him his whole life. He said that he was done being persecuted for his strength, and began to show the public his true colors.
Following the big battle at Vought Tower, Ryan willingly chose Homelander over Butcher.
In the last scene of the finale, Homelander stopped by a rally and introduced the world to his super-powered son. After a Starlight supporter threw a can that hit Ryan, Homelander lost his temper and murdered the protestor.
The moment was met with applause from Homelander's supporters, setting a frightening precedent for season four.
Black Noir was killed by Homelander.
Season three finally revealed the origin story of The Seven's most enigmatic member.
Prior to joining the aforementioned supe group, Black Noir was part of Payback.
When the opportunity arose to make a deal with Stan Edgar and take down Soldier Boy, his abuser, Black Noir took it. Black Noir always knew Soldier Boy might come back someday to get revenge — except Soldier Boy was too late.
In the finale, Homelander killed Noir by ripping his intestines out from his chest using his hand.
Homelander murdered Noir, the Seven member he trusted the most, because he knew Homelander had a father alive out there and didn't tell him.
A-Train got a heart transplant.
A-Train can't run as fast as he used to because of his weakened heart, so he tried to rebrand this season as a "proud Black man." This involved a new supe suit that honored his culture and pitches about video games inspired by his heritage.
When A-Train's brother, Nathan, told him about a supe named Blue Hawk who was targeting Black communities in Trenton, NJ he decided to be proactive.
A-Train got Blue Hawk to visit a community center, where he gave an insincere apology for over-patrolling.
As people shouted "Black lives matter," Blue Hawk voiced his support of blue lives and supes. Then he began flinging the people and calling them stupid. Nathan got caught in the fight and was injured, unable to walk again.
A-Train confronted Blue Hawk for paralyzing his brother in episode six. Then used his super speed to drag Blue Hawk on the road, killing him.
A-Train using his powers resulted in him experiencing a heart attack. When he woke up, he was told that he got a heart transplant from Blue Hawk and would be able to run properly again.
The Deep got back into The Seven, but doesn't really have a purpose.
After getting pulled into the Church of the Collective last season, Deep returned to share his story with the world. He wrote a book (or rather, a ghostwriter did) called "Deeper" about how he and his wife Cassandra escaped the cult. He also got a profile in the New Yorker and was hailed as the next Leah Remini.
In trying to rehabilitate his image, Cassandra became controlling and overbearing, by writing The Deep's speeches for him and texting him about what to say during team meetings. Unsatisfied by his marriage, The Deep turned to octopi for oral sex.
The Deep also made a comeback and rejoined The Seven, after being forced to eat his octopus friend Timothy. He was mostly tasked with carrying out various tasks for Homelander, including murdering presumptive VP candidate Lamar Bishop.
He also became the new head of crime analytics and fired a majority of the staff because of past tweets that were critical of Homelander
By the end of the season, The Deep was left alone watching Cassandra on TV talking about her new biography "In 2 Deep: My Journey 2 Freedom."
While consuming junk food, he watched as Cassandra told her interviewer, "You don't know the real Kevin. And you wouldn't like him if you did."
Mother's Milk opened up to his daughter Janine about their family's dark history.
Much of Mother's Milk journey in season three involved his family's history with Soldier Boy.
Similar to his dad, MM has dedicated his life to getting justice. But he's also been careful to keep that side of his life, and cycle of violence, away from Janine. This was made more difficult in season three by the presence of Todd, Janine's stepfather who supports supes and believes Homelander is making the world a better place.
MM used to idolize Soldier Boy, until the supe showed up in Harlem one day and flung a Benz through their brownstone, killing MM's grandfather. MM developed OCD after the incident and he lived in fear that if he didn't check the burner three times, Soldier Boy would come back and kill his family.
When Soldier Boy returned, so did MM's tics and compulsions. He was able to have the satisfaction of confronting Soldier Boy in the finale.
Then, MM sat down with Janine and told her the truth about their family history and the role the supe played in it. In response, Janine told him that he's her hero.
Frenchie finally got the courage to assert himself and stand up to Butcher.
Season three revealed more of Frenchie's backstory by way of Nina, a ruthless drug trafficker that he used to work for. She compared Frenchie to a rabid dog who's loyal to the person holding the chain, whether it's his dad, Nina, or Butcher.
But Kimiko helped him realize that his past doesn't define him. The same way he saw something in her worth redeeming, she views Frenchie the same way.
In the finale, Frenchie told Butcher that he was done with his cruelty and deserved respect (plus vacation days and a dental plan).
Kimiko got in touch with her humanity and came to embrace her powers.
Season three explored Kimiko's love for music and her desire to be a normal person, not a killer. When she got hit by Soldier Boy in episode four, she was actually delighted to not have her powers.
Kimiko and Frenchie's relationship also evolved. After kissing him in the hospital in episode five, Kimiko realized it was weird because they're more than that. She considers him to be family now.
By episode seven, Kimiko decided that she wanted her powers back and asked Annie to get her compound V from Vought.
Kimko explained that she previously hated compound V and her powers because she didn't choose it. But now it was her choice and she wanted to use her powers for good, to fight and be able to protect the people she loves.
So, she took compound V and killed the guards at the Vought lab while Frenchie concocted a gas that would sedate Soldier Boy in the finale.
Victoria Neuman became Dakota Bob's new VP pick.
In the season three premiere, Hughie learned that Victoria, his boss at the Federal Bureau of Superhuman Affairs, is the head-popping supe.
This season, she quietly formed an alliance with Homelander. She helped him get information on Ryan's location and in exchange, he got The Deep to kill Lamar Bishop for her. This allowed her to swoop in to fill the position and get one step closer to acquiring even more power in the White House if elected.
Her agenda is unclear, but Butcher and the Boys will pose a threat.
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Penn Borough man accused by troopers of assaulting woman over cellphone photo
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Ex-president of Mexico Luis Echeverria dies at 100
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Former Mexican President Luis Echeverria, blamed for massacres in Mexico half a century ago, has died at the age of 100, current President Andrés Manuel López Obrador confirmed Saturday.
In his Twitter account, López Obrador sent condolences to Echeverria’s family and friends “in the name of the government of Mexico,” but did not express any personal sadness about the death. López Obrador did not provide a cause of death for Echeverria, who governed Mexico from 1970 to 1976.
Echeverria had been hospitalized for pulmonary problems in 2018.
In 2005, a judge ruled Echeverria could not be tried on genocide charges stemming from a 1971 student massacre depicted in the Oscar-winning movie “Roma.”
The judge ruled that Echeverria may have been responsible for homicide, but could not be tried because the statute of limitations for that crime expired in 1985.
In 1971, students set out from a teacher’s college just west of the city center for one of the first large-scale protests since hundreds of demonstrators were killed in a far larger massacre in 1968. They didn’t get more than a few blocks before they were set upon by plainclothes thugs.
The main female characters in “Roma” are depicted as incidental witnesses to the slaughter when they go to buy baby furniture at a store near the scene. Unwittingly they run across the protagonist’s sometime boyfriend, who is depicted as participating in the repression.
“Roma” won the Oscar for best foreign language film.
Echeverria had battled respiratory and neurological difficulties in recent years.
In 2004, he became the first former Mexican head of state formally accused of criminal wrongdoing. Prosecutors linked Echeverria to the country’s so-called “dirty war” in which hundreds of leftist activists and members of fringe guerrilla groups were imprisoned, killed, or simply disappeared without a trace.
A motion filed by special prosecutor Ignacio Carrillo asked a judge to issue an arrest warrant against Echeverria on genocide charges in the two student massacres: first for the 1968 killings at the Tlatelolco plaza, when Echeverria was interior secretary.
On Oct. 2 1968, a few weeks before the Summer Olympics in Mexico City, government sharpshooters opened fire on student protesters and army troops in the Tlatelolco plaza, leading soldiers to open fire. Estimates of the dead have ranged from 25 to more than 300. Echeverria had denied any participation in the attacks.
According to military reports, at least 360 government snipers were placed on buildings surrounding the protesters.
In March 2009, a federal court in Mexico upheld a lower court’s ruling that Echeverria did not have to face genocide charges for his alleged involvement in the 1968 student massacre, and ordered his absolute freedom.
Born on Jan. 17, 1922, in Mexico City, Echeverria received a law degree from Mexico’s Autonomous National University in 1945.
Shortly afterward, he began his political career with the then-ruling Institutional Revolutionary Party, or PRI. He later held posts in the navy and Education Department, advanced to chief administrative officer of the PRI and organized the presidential campaign of Adolfo Lopez Mateos, who served as Mexico’s leader from 1958-64.
In 1964, under then-President Gustavo Diaz Ordaz, Echeverria was rewarded with the position of interior secretary, overseeing domestic security. He held that position in 1968, when the government cracked down on student pro-democracy protests, apparently worried they would embarrass Mexico as the host of the Olympics that year.
Echeverria left the interior post in November 1969, when he became the PRI’s presidential candidate.
He won that race, and was sworn in on Dec. 1, 1970, supporting the regimes of Cuba’s Fidel Castro and leftist Salvador Allende in Chile.
After Allende was assassinated in 1973 during a bloody coup led by Gen. Augusto Pinochet, Echeverria opened Mexico’s borders to Chileans fleeing Pinochet’s dictatorship.
Echeverria traveled the world promoting himself as a leader and friend of leftist governments. But within Mexico, he was developing a reputation for cracking down on dissent and guerrilla groups.
Mexican prosecutors allege that Echeverria ordered an elite force of plain-clothes state fighters known as the “Halcones,” or “Falcons,” to attack suspected government enemies. It was that group that participated in the beating or shooting deaths of 12 people during the student demonstration on June 10, 1971.
Despite decades of calls by activists and opposition politicians for justice, Echeverria never spent a day in jail, though he was briefly declared under a form of house arrest. | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/09/ex-president-of-mexico-luis-echeverria-dies-at-100/ | 2022-07-09T16:29:35Z | https://ktvz.com/news/ap-national-news/2022/07/09/ex-president-of-mexico-luis-echeverria-dies-at-100/ | true | 12 |
(NEXSTAR) – You may turn to the latest official COVID-19 case count to get a sense of just how bad things are in your state or county. But that number is almost certainly inaccurate, epidemiologists say.
Since the beginning of the pandemic, cases have always been underreported. First there weren’t enough tests available. Then there’s the fact that many people with asymptomatic or mild cases never take a test. Now, with the prevalence of at-home testing, many are catching the virus and not reporting it.
“With the home testing, we’ve lost our ability to track based on reported cases,” said Dr. George Rutherford, an epidemiologist at the University of California, San Francisco.
Epidemiologists agree there’s an undercounting going on. But just how underreported are cases? We’re left to do some guesswork there, too.
Rutherford pointed to a study of leftover hospital blood that suggested official COVID case counts may be missing as many as half of real cases.
Epidemiologist and Harvard Medical professor John Brownstein told Bloomberg he thought the COVID case count “could be three times bigger” than what the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention is reporting.
Another study out of New York found the true case count could be as much as 31 times higher than what’s reported. (The study is not yet peer reviewed.)
Even in 2020, before home testing for the virus, we were undercounting COVID-19 cases, studies of people’s antibodies in the U.S., Germany and the Netherlands found.
“But, you know, on the other hand, it doesn’t matter,” said Rutherford. “Because we know that the hospitalizations, while they’re going up, are relatively low and the ICUs are relatively not full. There were three patients at San Francisco General the other day.”
While we’ve lost the ability to accurately track the number of new cases, hospitals are still tracking COVID-19 admissions. The CDC reports a seven-day average of around 4,300 new COVID admissions, up 1% week-over-week. Meanwhile, COVID-related deaths were down 10% week-over-week, the CDC reported.
“This is the third largest surge we’ve had without a doubt, but it’s also the mildest, as well,” Rutherford said. He attributed the lower hospitalization rates to vaccinations and booster shots, combined with natural immunity and a variant that’s less severe.
While tracking the exact number of COVID-19 cases per day might not matter, the virus is still hugely important, Rutherford emphasized.
“Remember, you don’t want to get this. This is not something that’s a casual nothing deal because of the risk of long COVID. And that’s a real risk.” | https://www.wbtw.com/health/coronavirus/this-surges-covid-cases-are-severely-undercounted-epidemiologists-say-but-does-it-matter/ | 2022-07-09T16:44:22Z | https://www.wbtw.com/health/coronavirus/this-surges-covid-cases-are-severely-undercounted-epidemiologists-say-but-does-it-matter/ | true | 13 |
'I’m Disappointed' - Greg Norman Reacts To 150th Open Snub
Speaking to Australian Golf Digest, Norman revealed he was disappointed with the R&A's actions
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Following a release from the R&A, which stated: "We can confirm that we contacted Greg Norman to advise him that we decided not to invite him to attend on this occasion," Greg Norman has now responded in a report by Australian Golf Digest (opens in new tab).
Speaking on Saturday evening, the two-time Claret Jug winner explained that: “I’m disappointed. I would have thought the R&A would have stayed above it all given their position in world golf. (It’s) petty, as all I have done is promote and grow the game of golf globally, on and off the golf course, for more than four decades.”
Back at the tail-end of April, Norman had revealed his intentions to feature at St Andrews. However, the R&A stated not once, but twice, that it's not changing its stance on "any additional exemptions."
Previously, the LIV Golf CEO believed that he could "still get in" to the tournament despite the exemption age cut-off for past champions being set at 60. On the 24th April, The R&A shut down that chance, with a statement saying: “The entry terms and conditions for The Open stipulate that a champion must be aged 60 or under or have won the championship in the previous 10 years to be exempt from qualifying. That remains the case for The 150th Open and we have no plans for any additional exemptions.”
Phil Mickelson has informed the R&A that he does not wish to attend either the celebration of champions four-hole challenge on Monday or the following evening’s champions’ dinner. The six-time Major winner is still in the field for the 150th Open Championship though, which gets underway on Thursday.
Matt studied Sports Journalism at Southampton Solent University, graduating in 2019. Now a freelance writer for Golf Monthly and the PGA, he covers all aspects of the game, from Tour news to equipment testing and buyers’ guides. Taking up the game at the age of six, Matt currently holds a handicap of 3 and despite not having a hole in one…yet, he has had two albatrosses. His favourite player is Rory McIlroy, despite nearly being struck by his second shot at the 17th during the 2015 BMW PGA Championship.
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Report: Mickelson Pulls Out Of Champions Event And Dinner At 150th Open
It's been reported by The Guardian that Mickelson told the R&A he wouldn't be featuring at the celebration of champions or the champions’ dinner event
By Matt Cradock • Published
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R&A Explains Why Greg Norman Is Not Invited To 150th Open
The R&A released a statement that read: 'We contacted Greg Norman to advise him that we decided not to invite him to attend on this occasion'
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LAHORE: In a surprise move on Saturday two PML-N ministers – Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq and Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique tendered resignation from their respective offices, citing personal reasons.
In a written resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Shehbaz, Sardar Ayaz Sadiq said that he held the portfolio of Federal Minister for Economic Affairs in the Centre in addition to assisting the prime minister on political as well parliamentary affairs. He wrote: “I am unable to carry out both the responsibilities. Therefore, I tender resignation as Federal Minister for Economic Affairs. However, I will available round the clock to work for the betterment of the party.”
Also, Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz Saturday approved the resignation of Punjab Health Minister Khawaja Salman Rafique. Kh Salman Rafiq has tendered his resignation to Punjab CM over personal reasons.
It is to be noted that Kh Salman Rafique is the second ministerial-level resignation of coalition government at the federal and provincial level, after PML-N Federal Minister for Economic Affairs Sardar Ayaz Sadiq also tendered his resignation to Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif over personal reasons.
Both the ministers are from Lahore.
Kh Salman Rafiq’s elder brother, Kh Saad Rafiq is also a Federal Minister for Railways and Aviation
However, sources privy to the development claimed that both the ministers have resigned from their ministries to take part in the upcoming by-elections to 20 seats of Punjab Assembly scheduled to be held on July 17. The sources claimed that both the ministers resigned following a well-thought out plan devised by the PML-N leadership to win the by-elections at all costs. “The critical situation on the ground, especially in Lahore forced the PML-N leadership to change their strategy for a victory in the by-polls,” they added. | https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/07/09/two-pml-n-stalwarts-ayaz-sadiq-kh-salman-rafique-resign/ | 2022-07-09T16:44:48Z | https://www.pakistantoday.com.pk/2022/07/09/two-pml-n-stalwarts-ayaz-sadiq-kh-salman-rafique-resign/ | true | 1 |
NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Ten months after Hurricane Ida damaged a museum celebrating New Orleans’ African American parading culture, the Backstreet Cultural Museum is reopening.
A parade is planned Saturday afternoon from the original building to the new museum site just blocks away in the city’s Treme neighborhood, The Times-Picayune/The New Orleans Advocate reported.
The museum will now occupy a smaller location at a former bar, and not all items can be shown at once, said Dominique Dilling-Francis, president of the museum’s board and the founder’s daughter. She plans to rotate exhibits every few months.
Hurricane Ida left holes in the roof and water inside the original building, a former funeral home, after the storm crashed ashore in August 2021. A powerful Category 4 hurricane at landfall, Ida hit on the same date Hurricane Katrina had ravaged parts of Louisiana and Mississippi 16 years earlier.
Artifacts at the museum include regalia given by Mardi Gras Indians — African Americans who create new elaborately plumed and beaded costumes every year. There is also memorabilia from baby dolls — groups of women who parade and dance in bonnets, garters, and short, ruffled dresses. And there are black sweatsuits painted with white skeletons from the Skull and Bones Gang, which wakes up the neighborhood early on Fat Tuesday with a message that everyone dies and should first have a loving, productive life.
The museum also has photos, films and papers related to such neighborhood traditions and is a place where maskers and merrymakers gather on Mardi Gras. Its founder, Sylvester “Hawk” Francis, created it in 1999 after decades photographing and filming the neighborhood culture.
Although benefactors paid to have a tarp put on the roof at the first site, it became clear that mold and humidity would eventually ruin the collection even with window air conditioning units cooling the place.
Dilling-Francis and volunteers dried and boxed everything for storage. She said she hopes that donors won’t be disappointed that their work cannot be on permanent display.
Dilling-Francis said individual donations and a grant from the New Orleans Tourism and Cultural Fund helped the museum reopen, but she declined to say how much was given.
Starting this weekend, the new museum will be open 10 a.m. to 4 p.m., Tuesdays through Saturdays.
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More than three weeks after traveling out of Nigeria to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the Presidential Candidate of the opposition People’s Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, has travelled to the United Kingdom (UK).
With crisis in the PDP, most stakeholders in the party are said to be worried that Atiku, who they believed should be at the forefront of meetings with aggrieved leaders of the party like the Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike; Benue State Governor, Samuel Ortom and others, has been out of the country since June.
Some are said to have started making reference to how the former Vice President left Nigeria for Dubai immediately after the 2019 general elections.
It should be recalled that Atiku, jetted out of the country in April 2021 and remained in the UAE and spent over seven months before returning to the country.
Yesterday, sources disclosed to Vanguard that the former Vice President, who has been in Dubai for more than three weeks, has moved to UK for his Master’s Degree convocation.
The PDP presidential candidate had in November 2021, passed his Masters in International Relations degree program at Anglia Ruskin University, Cambridge, UK.
Anglia Ruskin University (ARU) will hold its graduation ceremonies in Chelmsford, Cambridge and Peterborough from Monday, 11 July until Friday, 29 July.
Some leaders of the PDP who preferred anonymity told our reporter that it will be unexplainable if Atiku did not return to Nigeria early next week for the Osun State governorship election.
“He was not in Ekiti, won’t he be in Osun too? How are we going to explain his absence? Or is it that he does not understand the importance of the Ekiti and Osun elections? May be he is feeling that after winning the primary, he has automatically won the main election,” a PDP leader who is from Plateau State lamented.
A lot of concerned party faithful are also said to be wondering how Atiku will be away in a time like this, which is the last Sallah celebration before the 2023 general elections.
A former member of the party’s National Working Committee said he was getting worried that even “during Sallah celebration, our presidential candidate, a Muslim, is not here to celebrate with our people. This is not too good because there is no other Eid-el-Kabir festival before the election in February, next year.
The former NWC member himself and many of his colleagues are worried because “if this level of disenchantment by the former Vice President is allowed to grow beyond this level, it will be difficult to handle.”
He lamented that the attitude and language of people around Atiku are not at complimentary, adding that they appeared to be acting like they have won election already.
“Well meaning stakeholders of the party should wade in party should wade in now so that we won’t have a repeat of 2015 and 2019,” he concluded. | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/atiku-travels-to-uk-as-continued-stay-abroad-worries-pdp-leaders-stakeholders/ | 2022-07-09T16:48:13Z | https://www.vanguardngr.com/2022/07/atiku-travels-to-uk-as-continued-stay-abroad-worries-pdp-leaders-stakeholders/ | true | 1 |
Shoes Worn by Stephen Curry in NBA Finals Releasing Soon
Stephen Curry did it again in the 2022 NBA Finals. At 34 years old, the All-NBA point guard led the Golden State Warriors to their fourth title in eight years. Even better, Curry won his first NBA Finals MVP award. Now fans finally get a chance to purchase the shoes that Curry wore during his historic run.
Much like the Nike Kobe 'Protro' line, this is an updated version of a classic hoop shoe. Curry started the NBA Finals in the Curry Flow 9, before using the world's largest stage to introduce the Curry 4 FloTro.
Yesterday, Under Armour announced the upcoming release of the Curry 4 FloTro. According to the company's press release, this is the "first in a series of reimagined models set to debut this year, the Curry 4 FloTro pays homage to the shoe that propelled Stephen in some of his most historic performances."
The technology incorporated in Curry's shoes is truly cutting edge. Under Armour eliminated the rubber outsole entirely. Instead, it uses UA’s signature Flow technology, developed in partnership with Dow. The result is a responsive, grippy, and supportive singular-foam compound that is the highest-performance ground-contact cushioning technology ever produced by the brand.
The entire shoe is built on the UA Flow foam platform, designed to mimic the geometry and visual of the original tooling with enhanced performance. According to the company, the addition of UA's IntelliKnit heel collar "also makes it easy to slip on and off, providing unmatched breathability and offering just the right amount of stretch and support to lock you down when you need it or flex when you don't."
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The Curry 4 FloTro is launching on July 22 in two colorways - pink and black. Two weeks later, on August 5, the lilac and gray colorways will drop. Fans and hoopers alike can purchase a pair on currybrand.com.
According to Under Armour, new FloTro colorways launching later this year will pay tribute to original themes while providing a twist or alternative blocking to freshen the design. Stay locked into FanNation Kicks for breaking news, updates, and interviews.
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MILWAUKEE (AP) — The Milwaukee Brewers placed a ceremonial jersey in their dugout Friday to honor an 8-year-old fan of the team who was wounded during the July Fourth mass shooting in a Chicago suburb.
Cooper Roberts took bullets in the chest during the shooting at a parade in Highland Park, Illinois, that left seven dead. His family said his spine was severed and he is paralyzed from the waist down. The Brewers hung a jersey in their dugout with the name Roberts and Christian Yelich’s jersey number, 22.
Cooper’s family said Friday that he had regained consciousness for the first time since the shooting. They said doctors don’t believe he suffered any brain damage.
“The strength to go through something like that is unimaginable,” Brewers manager Craig Counsell said before the team’s game Friday night against the Pittsburgh Pirates. “We’re doing such a small thing, but hopefully it can maybe make one part of the day for them a little bit better.”
The Brewers said in a statement that “we are working on other initiatives to connect players with Cooper and his family, but the priority for now is to focus on their recovery.”
“We’re happy he’s a Brewer fan and want to recognize that and let their family know we’re thinking about them,” Counsell said.
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Families vow to keep fighting for truth 50 years after Springhill shootings
Five people were killed in shootings involving the British Army in the west Belfast neighbourhood in July 1972.
Families of five people shot dead in Belfast 50 years ago have vowed never to give up their quest for truth.
Relatives bereaved by shootings involving the Army in Springhill in July 1972 marched through the area on Saturday to mark the 50th anniversary of their loved ones’ deaths.
The victims included a Catholic priest and three teenagers.
At a wreath laying ceremony following the march, the brother of a 13-year-old girl killed in the shootings criticised the UK Government’s contentious draft legislation that would introduce a form of amnesty for perpetrators of Troubles crimes.
The Bill tabled by the Government would also end inquests and civil proceedings related to the conflict.
A fresh inquest into the Springhill killings is currently anticipated to be heard next year.
Harry Gargan’s sister Margaret, 13, was one of the five Springhill victims.
The other four were cleric Father Noel Fitzpatrick, 40, John Dougal, 17, Patrick Butler, 39 and David McCafferty, 15.
Mr Gargan told the 50th anniversary commemoration the planned legislation was “unlawful and disgraceful”.
“It is really being implemented to cover the past played by previous British establishments, both Tory and Labour, in our horrific conflict,” he said.
“This Bill will inflict unending trauma and grief on victims’ families.
“50 years or 100 years – our families are never giving up.”
Also addressing Saturday’s event was Sinn Fein north Belfast MP John Finucane.
“Make no mistake about what this legislation is at its heart – it is a continuation of their (the British) policy to thwart, frustrate and deny families the ability to hold them to account,” he said.
“It is a fundamental attack on the rule of law and an unprecedented and blatant attempt to retain total control of the legacy process.
“These actions are unilateral, deliberately cruel and show that the British government care not for the lives of our loved ones, nor do they care about the rule of law, truth or justice.
“And that they couch this legislation in the language of reconciliation is truly shameful.”
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Exchange Traded Concepts LLC boosted its stake in shares of PayPal Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:PYPL – Get Rating) by 17.5% during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 31,391 shares of the credit services provider’s stock after purchasing an additional 4,669 shares during the period. Exchange Traded Concepts LLC’s holdings in PayPal were worth $3,630,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds have also bought and sold shares of the business. State Street Corp grew its holdings in PayPal by 2.8% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 46,489,371 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $8,766,966,000 after acquiring an additional 1,257,110 shares during the last quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC grew its stake in shares of PayPal by 1.6% during the 4th quarter. Geode Capital Management LLC now owns 19,184,985 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $3,608,177,000 after acquiring an additional 304,806 shares in the last quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC grew its stake in shares of PayPal by 20.6% in the fourth quarter. Fisher Asset Management LLC now owns 14,468,988 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $2,728,562,000 after buying an additional 2,476,199 shares in the last quarter. Fundsmith LLP grew its stake in shares of PayPal by 5.9% in the fourth quarter. Fundsmith LLP now owns 13,019,452 shares of the credit services provider’s stock valued at $2,455,208,000 after buying an additional 730,632 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Alliancebernstein L.P. boosted its position in PayPal by 14.7% during the fourth quarter. Alliancebernstein L.P. now owns 10,280,330 shares of the credit services provider’s stock worth $1,938,665,000 after purchasing an additional 1,315,555 shares during the period. 75.90% of the stock is owned by institutional investors.
PYPL has been the subject of a number of research reports. DA Davidson dropped their target price on PayPal from $166.00 to $144.00 in a report on Tuesday, April 26th. Barclays reduced their target price on PayPal from $200.00 to $125.00 in a report on Monday, May 2nd. Piper Sandler lowered their target price on PayPal from $140.00 to $93.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Wednesday. Susquehanna Bancshares reduced their price objective on PayPal from $125.00 to $115.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 28th. Finally, Cowen cut their target price on PayPal from $174.00 to $104.00 in a research note on Thursday, April 28th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, thirteen have issued a hold rating and thirty have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, PayPal has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $152.44.
PayPal (NASDAQ:PYPL – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 27th. The credit services provider reported $0.54 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.58 by ($0.04). The business had revenue of $6.48 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $6.41 billion. PayPal had a net margin of 13.87% and a return on equity of 17.90%. During the same period in the previous year, the business earned $0.91 EPS. Sell-side analysts anticipate that PayPal Holdings, Inc. will post 2.67 earnings per share for the current year.
In other PayPal news, EVP Peggy Alford sold 14,767 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 6th. The stock was sold at an average price of $85.32, for a total transaction of $1,259,920.44. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 39,891 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,403,500.12. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, Director Enrique Lores purchased 1,100 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction on Wednesday, May 4th. The shares were bought at an average cost of $88.13 per share, with a total value of $96,943.00. Following the acquisition, the director now directly owns 5,235 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $461,360.55. The disclosure for this purchase can be found here. Insiders own 0.13% of the company’s stock.
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PayPal Holdings, Inc operates a technology platform that enables digital payments on behalf of merchants and consumers worldwide. It provides payment solutions under the PayPal, PayPal Credit, Braintree, Venmo, Xoom, Zettle, Hyperwallet, Honey, and Paidy names. The company's payments platform allows consumers to send and receive payments in approximately 200 markets and in approximately 100 currencies, withdraw funds to their bank accounts in 56 currencies, and hold balances in their PayPal accounts in 25 currencies.
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Amber Heard believes Johnny Depp is not entitled to $15 million in damages
The legal team of Amber Heard stated that her ex-husband’s reputation Johnny Depp was not ruined by his opinion piece published in Washington Postbut because of the 2016 restraining order he obtained against him.
Thus, in the motion filed by the Aquaman star after losing the libel case against The Rum Diary star, Heard mentioned that Depp doesn’t have “entitled” to the $15 million in damages awarded by the court.
“Mr. Depp testified that the damage to his reputation was when Ms. Heard obtained the DVTRO [orden de restricción temporal por violencia doméstica] on May 27, 2016, for which he cannot be compensated” reads the motion, obtained by Radar.
The documents further say that Depp acknowledged during the explosive trial that the restraining order and the media attention it brought caused him to lose “everything”.
“Mr. Depp admitted that these articles were not due to Ms. Heard’s op-ed (they couldn’t have been), but that ‘it all started with Mr. Heard going to…going straight to court to get a TRO’. “, Heard’s attorney said.
The 36-year-old actor’s legal team also noted that Depp said the DVTRO “was the kind of [el] start of the ball rolling downhill and gaining momentum. | https://d1softballnews.com/amber-heard-believes-johnny-depp-is-not-entitled-to-15-million-in-damages/ | 2022-07-09T17:01:24Z | https://d1softballnews.com/amber-heard-believes-johnny-depp-is-not-entitled-to-15-million-in-damages/ | true | 2 |
Aaron Lewis Vows to ‘Run My F–king Mouth Until The Day I Die’ About American Politics
Aaron Lewis has been quite vocal about his politics at shows in recent years, and as he revealed during a show this past week in Columbus, Ohio, that's not something that's going to stop. While playing The Bluestone in Columbus on July 2, Lewis once again railed against the...
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The Women's March organization is rallying on the streets of the nation's capital Saturday to "fight for abortion rights" as nearly two dozen states move to ban the procedure following Roe v. Wade’s official repeal two weeks ago.
Protesters started to gather in Franklin Square Saturday morning before heading to the White House in the afternoon.
The rally aims to pressure President Joe Biden and his administration to declare a national public health emergency on the issue and take executive action to protect abortion rights, according to The Women’s March.
The demonstration comes a day after Biden signed an executive order directing the Department of Health and Human Services to boost access to abortion pills and protect access to emergency medical care and family planning services, including various types of contraception, the White House said in a release.
The order also seeks to protect patients’ privacy and access to accurate information as well as promote the safety and security of patients, providers and clinics, the White House said.
An emergency declaration from Biden can unlock additional funds and resources to help local governments meet the demand for reproductive health services, according to the Women's March. It can also open the door for the federal government to leverage additional resources to curb the negative impact of abortion bans in certain states.
On Friday, Louisiana joined 9 others states, most of them in the South, that have outlawed abortions.
So far, Ohio, Tennessee, South Carolina and Florida have restricted access to abortions, but have not banned the procedure. Eight states have pending abortion bans that could go into effect later in the year.
Lawmakers in Pennsylvania, one of the 21 states where abortion is still legal, took the first step to amend the state constitution Friday, giving voters the choice to declare whether abortion should be a considered a constitutional right as early as next year.
Against this background, abortion rights advocates in Washington, D.C. have stepped up their efforts to press the Biden administration on abortion rights.
Instead of a mass march similar to the one organized in May following the leaked Supreme Court draft opinion overturning Roe, organizers of The Women’s March have described Saturday's demonstrations as a “targeted civil disobedience,” even hosting trainings for attendees ahead of the event in response to the increased likelihood of arrests. | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/womens-march-rallies-dc-pressure-biden-abortion-rights-rcna37444 | 2022-07-09T17:12:39Z | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/womens-march-rallies-dc-pressure-biden-abortion-rights-rcna37444 | true | 1 |
COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — El presidente del Parlamento de Sri Lanka dice que el presidente Gotabaya Rajapaksa ha aceptado dimitir el miércoles.
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Grant Shapps has become the second serving Government minister to announce a bid to lead the Conservative Party and become the next Prime Minister. The Transport Secretary said he wanted to end “tactical government by an often distracted centre”.
Attorney General Suella Braverman previously declared her intention to launch a leadership campaign on what turned out to be the eve of Boris Johnson’s resignation. In addition to Mr Shapps and Ms Braverman, former Chancellor Rishi Sunak, ex-minister Kemi Badenoch and senior Tory Tom Tugendhat have launched their own bids, with further announcements anticipated over the coming days.
Earlier, Defence Secretary Ben Wallace said that after “careful consideration” and discussion with colleagues and family, he would not stand to be party leader and the next prime minister. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss is widely expected to stand, while other potential frontrunners include trade minister Penny Mordaunt, Chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, and former health secretaries Sajid Javid and Jeremy Hunt.
Mr Shapps is launching his campaign in the Sunday Times. He said he wanted to rebuild the economy so it is the biggest in Europe by 2050, and address the cost-of-living crisis.
He also said he believes in the spirit of levelling up, but the state should “get out of the way” in some areas. Mr Shapps said: “I do think we have lost sight of what we should be about as a Conservative government.
“We should trust people and allow them to spend their money as they wish. We must map a clear path to lower taxes, not just expressing good intentions.
“Covid witnessed a necessary and extraordinary expansion of state spending and a quite unprecedented level of state interference in people’s private lives. As Conservatives, we should tolerate the unnecessary continuation of neither.”
A suggestion, reported on Saturday, that Mr Johnson intends to stand down as Prime Minister on Monday in order to run again for Tory leader was labelled "completely untrue" by his spokesperson. Tory MP Mark Francois has said he believes at least 12 people will put their names forward.
Elections to the executive of the Conservatives' powerful backbench 1922 Committee will take place on Monday. The new body will then draw up a timetable for the leadership election. | https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/transport-secretary-grant-shapps-launches-24446511 | 2022-07-09T17:20:14Z | https://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/uk-news/transport-secretary-grant-shapps-launches-24446511 | true | 2 |
Thousands march in Bucharest LGBTQ pride parade
An estimated 10,000 people joined the march on Saturday, dancing and waving rainbow flags. Socially conservative Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001, decades later than other parts of the European Union, but bars marriage and civil partnerships for same sex couples.
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Thousands of Romanians joined an LGBTQ pride march in Bucharest on Saturday ahead of planned legislation that could potentially endanger future parades and fuel discrimination. Parliament's lower house is expected to start discussing a bill already approved by the Senate which bans so-called gay propaganda in schools, mirroring measures seen in Hungary and Russia.
LGBTQ rights groups have warned the bill discriminates against the minority and could lead to the censorship of movies and news about the LGBT community, as well as restrictions on marches and public events. An estimated 10,000 people joined the march on Saturday, dancing and waving rainbow flags.
Socially conservative Romania decriminalised homosexuality in 2001, decades later than other parts of the European Union, but bars marriage and civil partnerships for same sex couples. A blanket ban on gender identity studies in 2020 was ultimately struck down.
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LG reviews Amarnath rescue operations
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Jammu and Kashmir Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha chaired a high level meeting on Saturday to review the ongoing rescue and relief operation at Amarnath cave shrine in the aftermath of the cloudburst incident on Friday that left 15 persons dead and scores of others injured or missing.
The meeting, attended by top officials from the Army, police, Air Force and civil administration, observed two-minute silence to pay tribute to devotees who lost their lives in the unfortunate incident yesterday.
Lt Gen AS Aujla, GoC 15 Corps and Sh Dilbag Singh, DGP briefed the Lt Governor about the ongoing rescue efforts at the holy cave. GoC said all the agencies involved in the rescue and relief operation are working in excellent coordination and they are well equipped to clear the debris, an official spokesman said.
The Lt Governor said the effort should be made to clear the debris within shortest period of time. The DGP said majority of the injured have already been discharged and few others being treated at base hospital and Srinagar are likely to be discharged within 24 hours.
Sinha said teams from Army, CAPFs, NDRF and SDRF are on the ground and doing commendable job.
"I request Yatris to stay put in camps. Administration is providing all facilities for their comfortable stay. We are trying our best to restore the Yatra at the earliest," he said.
He also directed the senior officials, Deputy Commissioners and Camp directors to ensure best possible facilities are provided to the pilgrims staying at camps.
Earlier, Sinha visited SKIMS to enquire about the health of injured pilgrims. He also went to PCR Srinagar where he was briefed about the status of sending the mortal remains of deceased pilgrims to their respective hometowns.
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In the most recent purchasing and selling session, Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP)’s share price increased by 1.79 percent to ratify at $2.28. A sum of 858882 shares traded at recent session and its average exchanging volume remained at 1.52M shares. The 52-week price high and low points are important variables to concentrate on when assessing the current and prospective worth of a stock. Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP) shares are taking a pay cut of -40.46% from the high point of 52 weeks and flying high of 7.58% from the low figure of 52 weeks.
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Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP) shares reached a high of $2.28 and dropped to a low of $2.22 until finishing in the latest session at $2.27. Traders and investors may also choose to study the ATR or Average True Range when concentrating on technical inventory assessment. Currently at 0.10 is the 14-day ATR for Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP). The highest level of 52-weeks price has $3.83 and $2.12 for 52 weeks lowest level. After the recent changes in the price, the firm price to earnings ratio of 17.27 and price to earnings growth ratio of 0.72. The liquidity ratios which the firm has won as a quick ratio of 1.40, a current ratio of 1.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 1.63.
Having a look at past record, we’re going to look at various forwards or backwards shifting developments regarding UGP. The firm’s shares fell -2.98 percent in the past five business days and shrunk -16.18 percent in the past thirty business days. In the previous quarter, the stock fell -19.96 percent at some point. The company’s performance is now negative at -11.17% from the beginning of the calendar year.
According to WSJ, Ultrapar Participacoes S.A. (UGP) obtained an estimated Overweight proposal from the 12 brokerage firms currently keeping a deep eye on the stock performance as compares to its rivals. 0 equity research analysts rated the shares with a selling strategy, 8 gave a hold approach, 4 gave a purchase tip, 0 gave the firm a overweight advice and 0 put the stock under the underweight category. The average price goal of one year between several banks and credit unions that last year discussed the stock is $3.35.
CEA Industries Inc. (CEAD) shares on Friday’s trading session, dropped -2.33 percent to see the stock exchange hands at $1.26 per unit. Lets a quick look at company’s past reported and future predictions of growth using the EPS Growth. EPS growth is a percentage change in standardized earnings per share over the trailing-twelve-month period to the current year-end. The company posted a value of -$2.24 as earning-per-share over the last full year. The current EPS Growth rate for the company during the year is -108.60%.
The last trading period has seen CEA Industries Inc. (CEAD) move -90.67% and 32.63% from the stock’s 52-week high and 52-week low prices respectively. The daily trading volume for CEA Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:CEAD) over the last session is 0.21 million shares. CEAD has attracted considerable attention from traders and investors, a scenario that has seen its volume drop -87.34% compared to the previous one.
Investors focus on the profitability proportions of the company that how the company performs at profitability side. Return on equity ratio or ROE is a significant indicator for prospective investors as they would like to see just how effectively a business is using their cash to produce net earnings. As a return on equity, CEA Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:CEAD) produces -188.40%. Because it would be easy and highly flexible, ROI measurement is among the most popular investment ratios. Executives could use it to evaluate the levels of performance on acquisitions of capital equipment whereas investors can determine that how the stock investment is better. The ROI entry for CEAD’s scenario is at 38.90%. Another main metric of a profitability ratio is the return on assets ratio or ROA that analyses how effectively a business can handle its assets to generate earnings over a duration of time. CEA Industries Inc. (CEAD) generated -45.80% ROA for the trading twelve-month.
Volatility is just a proportion of the anticipated day by day value extend—the range where an informal investor works. Greater instability implies more noteworthy benefit or misfortune. After an ongoing check, CEA Industries Inc. (CEAD) stock is found to be 6.95% volatile for the week, while 18.37% volatility is recorded for the month. The outstanding shares have been calculated 4.62M. Based on a recent bid, its distance from 20 days simple moving average is 3.83%, and its distance from 50 days simple moving average is -2.33% while it has a distance of -71.70% from the 200 days simple moving average.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is a well-known specialized pointer made by Larry Williams to help recognize overbought and oversold circumstances. CEA Industries Inc. (NASDAQ:CEAD)’s Williams Percent Range or Williams %R at the time of writing to be seated at 72.88% for 9-Day. It is also calculated for different time spans. Currently for this organization, Williams %R is stood at 83.67% for 14-Day, 82.41% for 20-Day, 79.87% for 50-Day and to be seated 84.95% for 100-Day. Relative Strength Index, or RSI(14), which is a technical analysis gauge, also used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100 for overbought and oversold. In the case of CEA Industries Inc., the RSI reading has hit 50.09 for 14-Day. | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/07/09/ultrapar-participacoes-s-a-ugp-and-cea-industries-inc-cead-is-performing-in-a-tough-environment/ | 2022-07-09T17:27:06Z | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/07/09/ultrapar-participacoes-s-a-ugp-and-cea-industries-inc-cead-is-performing-in-a-tough-environment/ | true | 19813 |
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Family defends man killed while apparently attacking Harlem bodega worker: ‘He’s not a monster’
The family of a man who was stabbed to death after attacking a worker at a Harlem bodega insist he is “not a monster”.
Austin Simon, 35, was killed after an argument with Jose Alba that began over a bag of chips turned violent.
The stabbing on 1 July was caught on the the Bluemoon Convenient Store’s surveillance cameras and Mr Alba, 61, has been charged with second-degree murder.
Mr Alba’s family say he acted in self-defence and his arrest has sparked outrage from the public and New York City Mayor Eric Adams who called him a “hard-working, innocent New Yorker”.
Mr Simon’s ex-wife told the New York Daily News that footage of the incident, which has gone viral, was misleading.
“Everyone is judging him on a clip of video,” the former wife, who wanted to be known only by her first name Tiana, told the Daily News.
“He’s not the monster that they’re trying to make him seem like.”
She added that Mr Austin was a devoted family man and father to his nine children.
According to a criminal charging document, Mr Simon’s girlfriend and her young daughter entered the Harlem bodega where Mr Alba has worked for decades at 11pm on 1 July.
The girlfriend, who has not been publicly named, wanted to buy a bag of chips for her daughter but she didn’t have enough money to pay for them, said police.
The footage shows the girlfriend run out of the store to get her boyfriend. Mr Simon is seen entering the space behind the counter where Mr Alba is serving customers.
He confronts Mr Alba and violently shoves the 62-year-old against the shelves.
Mr Alba falls back and lands in a chair by the wall.
Mr Simon continues to square up in the shop worker’s face shouting at him the person in front of the counter.
He then grabs Mr Alba by the back of his shirt and pulls him up out of his chair out of the counter area.
At that point, the bodega worker grabs a knife from some shelves and begins to stab Mr Simon.
Mr Simon’s girlfriend also produced a knife and stabbed Mr Alba in the arm, police said.
Mr Simon was rushed to hospital where he died from his injuries.
Mr Alba was arrested on the scene and was charged with second-degree murder and criminal possession of a weapon.
He posted bond on Thursday after his bail was decreased from $250,000 to $50,000.
Mr Adams weighed in this week to back Mr Alba, saying that he saw a “New Yorker doing his job” on the video.
Mr Austin’s wife told The Daily News she disagreed, and that Mr Alba had unnecessarily escalated the confrontation by pulling a knife.
“He stabbed him multiple times. That was overkill.” | https://news.yahoo.com/family-defends-man-killed-while-165753466.html | 2022-07-09T17:31:50Z | https://news.yahoo.com/family-defends-man-killed-while-165753466.html | false | 2 |
Oprah Winfrey paid tribute to her father Vernon as she shared the sad news of his death at age 88 following a battle with cancer.
The legendary talk show host took to Instagram to let her fans know that her dad had passed away, thanking her followers for their prayers and well-wishes.
She expressed her sadness over seeing her dad take his last breath, but said that she felt “peace” enter the room as he passed.
She wrote: “Vernon Winfrey 1933-2022
“Less than a week ago we honored my father in his own backyard. My friend and gospel singer Wintley Phipps saluted him with song. He FELT the love and reveled in it until he could no longer speak. Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath. We could feel Peace enter the room at his passing.
“That Peace still abides. All is well. Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts”
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Oprah’s fans and famous followers took to the comment section of her post to share their sorrow.
“Deepest condolences,” one posted.
While another wrote: “We are forever grateful to the man who raised you! Sending you love”
And a third wrote: “Sending prayers and love to you & family”
Remembering Vernon
Vernon died on Friday night in East Nashville, Tennessee.
Just last week, Oprah had visited her dad and hosted a celebration for him in his backyard, which she shared footage from in her Instagram tribute.
She had surprised him by organising an appreciation day all about him on July 4.
Vernon was a former city councilman and local businessman and the event gave the community a chance to thank him for his service.
TMZ reports she said at the time: “My father is ill, so we wanted to be able to have all of his friends come and celebrate him while he’s able to receive the joy. So that’s what we’re doing.”
Vernon owned and operated his own barber shop – Winfrey Barber & Beauty Shop – for more than 50 years and he was a beloved figure in his community, with one of his employees saying he was the kind of man who’d give you the shirt off his back.
Vernon’s taste of fame
Oprah was always a big supporter of her dad, and even once visited his barber shop as part of a segment for her daily talk show.
Oprah also sadly lost her mother Vernita back in 2018, she was 83. | https://www.realitytitbit.com/celebrity-news/breaking-oprah-winfrey-shares-heartache-as-dad-vernon-dies-at-88 | 2022-07-09T17:33:09Z | https://www.realitytitbit.com/celebrity-news/breaking-oprah-winfrey-shares-heartache-as-dad-vernon-dies-at-88 | true | 1 |
NEW YORK — When Melissa Martinez applied to have her student loan debt forgiven more than a decade ago, the U.S. Department of Education told her she was ineligible.
Martinez, a professor, tried again this past year and managed to erase the last $6,000 she owed for her doctorate. She wasn’t alone — according to new federal figures, more than 145,000 borrowers have had the remainder of their federal student loan debt canceled through a program for people who work for schools, governments or nonprofits.
Hundreds of thousands more have completed the paperwork for the Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, and officials say many more likely qualify. An Oct. 31 deadline to apply under the less stringent rules is fast approaching.
There’s a broader conversation underway in America about how to handle student loan debt. An estimated 43 million Americans carry student loans worth $1.6 trillion, according to federal figures. Federal student loan payments were paused during the coronavirus pandemic and will remain so until at least Aug. 31. President Joe Biden is expected to make some sort of announcement about student loan relief before then.
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Nearly all of the cancellations through the Public Service Loan Forgiveness Program have come since last October, when the government temporarily relaxed the complex requirements. Before that, the program had rejected more than 90% of applicants, the Department of Education said in 2019.
A spokesperson for the Education Department said Wednesday that most borrowers who were denied then were deemed ineligible because they didn’t meet employer eligibility requirements, their employment dates didn’t align with the dates of their student loans, or they didn’t have the required direct loans.
“I thought maybe it would work now,” said Martinez, who graduated from the University of Texas, Austin in 2010 with a doctorate in educational administration.
Martinez said the money will go towards lowering credit card debt and building savings to have on hand for emergencies and unexpected expenses.
“Knowing that it’s forgiven lifts some of the worry or stress off my shoulders,” she said.
Even though the deadline is in October, Martinez advises people who may qualify for the loan forgiveness to apply as soon as possible. She found the process difficult to navigate, even with the relaxed rules. It took her five months to complete the paperwork and another three months to hear back from the program.
“I remember calling and staying on the line for an hour waiting,” she said. Martinez also initially had her proof of employment denied, though it was approved when she re-sent the documents.
The Public Service Loan Forgiveness program, launched in 2007 to steer more graduates to public service, cancels the remainder of a borrower’s federal student loan debt after they make 10 years of monthly payments while doing public interest work, or 120 monthly payments over any time span while doing public interest work.
Teachers, librarians, nurses, public interest lawyers, military members and other public workers all qualify, along with people who work for non-profits.
So far, the forgiveness totals almost $8.1 billion in federal loans, but that amount is just a fraction of the debt that could qualify. The average amount of debt forgiven through the program is $64,968.
Under the reformed rules, loan servicers count payments that had previously been deemed unacceptable, such as when borrowers mistakenly or unwittingly signed up for non-qualifying plans.
Borrowers who are currently jobless or not working in public service may still qualify for forgiveness, according to the Department of Education. And the months during the pandemic since March 2020 in which payments on federal loans have been paused count as credits towards the total number of payments required for the program.
The Biden administration on Wednesday proposed new rules for the program that are expected to take effect by July 2023. They would give borrowers more leeway if they’re late on payments or don’t pay in full.
Under the original rules, borrowers must make payments in full within 15 days of the due date to get credit toward their 120 monthly payments. The proposal would relax that, allowing borrowers to make progress even if they’re late or make the payment in multiple installments.
The waiver that expires Oct. 31 was mostly meant to make up for widespread confusion about which types of loans and payment plans are eligible under the program. Some borrowers had made years of payments only to find out they weren’t in an eligible plan or loan program.
Associated Press Writer Collin Binkley contributed to this report. | https://journaltimes.com/news/local/work-at-a-school-or-nonprofit-you-could-erase-student-loans/article_6e9b4a46-ff09-11ec-a533-b7d55e4cf5ec.html | 2022-07-09T17:34:23Z | https://journaltimes.com/news/local/work-at-a-school-or-nonprofit-you-could-erase-student-loans/article_6e9b4a46-ff09-11ec-a533-b7d55e4cf5ec.html | true | 1 |
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Westlife fans are once against descending on the Aviva Stadium as the band play there for the second night in a row.
Over 90,000 fans will have attended the gigs over this weekend, with tickets purchased from 27 different countries around the world, including Canada, China and New Zealand.
Fans are once again being advised to give themselves plenty of time to reach the venue, taking increased traffic in the area into consideration.
Concert-goers are asked to use public transport where possible, with Gardaí operating a traffic management plan near the Aviva.
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You guys were incredible! It felt SO good to be back home performing for you all and we can’t wait to do it all over again tonight!! Who’s ready?? pic.twitter.com/2djHk9TWkP— Westlife (@westlifemusic) July 9, 2022
Organisers are also advising fans to check the entry route stated on their ticket and to follow the route accordingly.
Under 16's must also be accompanied by a guardian at all times.
The Aviva is a cashless venue, with all food and drink vendors only accepting card payments.
Gates will open at 6pm, with warm-up acts Soulé and the Sugababes going on stage and 6.30pm and 7.30pm respectively.
Westlife are then due to take to the stage at 8.30pm. | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40914479.html | 2022-07-09T17:37:05Z | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40914479.html | false | 3 |
Jaipur, Jul 9 (PTI) Stressing that organised and coordinated cyber attacks have profound national security implications, Union Home Minister Amit Shah Saturday directed the formation of a committee headed by home secretary to evolve a strategy to tackle the menace, officials said.
Shah issued the direction during the meeting of the Northern Zonal Council held in Jaipur where attendees -- including chief ministers and lieutenant governors -- expressed concern over cyber crime and emphasised the need to make an effective strategy to deal with it.
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The council comprises Haryana, Himachal Pradesh, Jammu and Kashmir, Punjab, Rajasthan, National Capital Territory of Delhi and Union Territory of Chandigarh.
The regional councils provide a forum for discussion in a structured manner on issues affecting one or more states or issues between the Centre and the states.
The home minister said zonal councils are important forum for achieving amicable settlement of interstate issues and enhancing regional cooperation between states.
Shah said organised and coordinated cyber attacks have a profound impact on national security, public system and economic activities, and there was a need for all to work together to ensure security of national cyberspace and overall civil security.
He called for a strict action against cyber criminals in various hotspots of through better coordination among central and state security agencies.
"The Northern Zonal Council discussed the growing threat of cybercrime and held a discussion on strategies for its prevention. The Home Minister stressed upon the states and Union Territories to conduct awareness campaigns on cyber-vigilance through various mediums," an official release said.
Rajasthan Chief Minister Ashok Gehlot raised the issue of granting national project status to the state's ambitious East Rajasthan Canal Project (ERCP).
Shah advised the central and state government agencies to use common software developed by the union ministry of home affairs, work together to identify the issues of concern and trace the offenders and take strict action against them.
"In this context, it was decided that a committee under the chairmanship of the Union Home Secretary with all the concerned departments and state governments would prepare a strategy to tackle the growing menace of cyber crime," the release said.
Shah also stressed on the need to train police officers, public prosecutors, telcom companies and their PoS agents with new technology and advanced skills. He called for the maximum use of IT tools to detect cyber crimes and take systematic measures to prevent their recurrence.
The sharing of river water among member states was also discussed in the meeting with Punjab and Haryana raising the Sutlej Yamuna Link canal issue. Shah asked the states concerned to take an amicable approach and find a time-bound solution.
There are five zonal councils in the country which were set up in 1957 under Section 15-22 of the States Reorganisation Act, 1956.
"All the stakeholders should come together to establish a strong cooperative mechanism for development. The regional councils were created for this purpose," Shah said.
He said that more than 75 percent of the issues in the council have been resolved through consensus in three years of his experience.
"A very good process has started and we all should continue with it, we are moving towards achieving 100 per cent results on issues of national consensus," he said.
A total of 47 issues were discussed in the 30th meeting of the council out of these four were identified as important topics of national level.
"Out of these 47 issues, 35 issues were resolved. This shows the resolve of the Government led by Narendra Modi and its commitment towards all-round development of the country with the spirit of federalism," the release said.
"It has been the emphasis of Prime Minister Narendra Modi that the meetings of the zonal councils should be regular, result-oriented and successful in finding solutions to the pending issues" the release added.
Other issues discussed in the meeting included improving banking services in rural areas, monitoring cases of rape and sexual offenses against women and children, setting up fast-track courts for such cases and implementing the Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT).
The meeting was attended by the chief ministers of Rajasthan (Ashok Gehlot), Haryana (Manohar Lal Khattar), and Himachal Pradesh (Jai Ram Thakur); the Lt Governors of Delhi (Vinai Kumar Saxena), and Ladakh (Radha Krishna Mathur); and Administrator of Chandigarh Banwarilal Purohit.
Delhi's Deputy Chief Minister Manish Sisodia Punjab Finance Minister Harpal Singh Cheema and senior ministers of the member states also attended the meeting.
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Maharashtra's Chief Minister Eknath Shinde along with his Deputy Chief minister Devendra Fadnavis met Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Saturday. This marks Shinde's first meeting with Prime Minister Modi after the new government assumed office in the state.
The meeting was held at Prime Minister's Lok Kalyan Marg residence and sought his "blessings and guidance" for the development of Maharashtra.
"The Chief Minister of Maharashtra Shri Eknath Shinde and the Deputy Chief Minister Shri Devendra Fadnavis called on Prime Minister Narendra Modi," the Prime Minister's Office said on Twitter.
Earlier in the day, when the press conference took place, the Chief Minister of Maharashtra said that he would try and understand the prime minister's vision for the development of the state and strive to take Maharashtra to newer heights.
Shinde said several projects such as the Samruddhi Expressway connecting Mumbai and Nagpur, metro rail in cities, and digging farm ponds to boost irrigation, which was initiated by Fadnavis but had run into delays under the Uddhav Thackeray-led government, will be put on fast-track.
Shinde and Fadnavis assumed office on June 30 after Thackeray resigned as chief minister, facing a massive rebellion in his Shiv Sena party.
As many as 40 Shiv Sena MLAs and 10 independents walked out of the Maharashtra Vikas Aghadi, an alliance formed with Congress and NCP, last month accusing Thackeray of deviating from the ideals of party founder Balasaheb Thackeray.
Back on June 30, Shinde and Fadnavis assumed office after the then Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray decided to step down from the position of the CM.
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MIRAMAR, FL, June 09, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Stemtech Corporation (“Stemtech”) (STEK, Financial), an innovative nutraceutical company and a pioneer in the field of ADVANCELLS stem cell nutrition, announced today that Ana Groenewold, an Independent Business Partner from Mexico, has attained the high rank of Chairman’s Club Director in May. This coincided with the GLD RSH 90-Day Promotion period where sales and recruitment reached a record 2022 May.
“Ana is a very dedicated and determined person who set her sights on becoming a Chairman’s Club Director and excitedly attained this high rank in May” says John W. Meyer, President & COO of Stemtech Corporation. “Stemtech is proud of Ana’s accomplishments and applauds her efforts to share the benefits of our great products and business opportunity” continued Meyer. “Chairman & CEO Charles Arnold and I both were very happy to call Ana and congratulate her success”, said Meyer. Ana Groenewold has worked with so many, including Stemtech’s Managing Director of Latin Markets, Alejandro Carrillo, who expresses his admiration for Ana’s drive to succeed.
Ana commented that “I wanted a project with the potential to change the world! 9 years ago, I found Stemtech and since then the passion was born in me to not stop for a single day! I love Stemtech, I love my life, I love my great, great team!”
About Stemtech Corporation
Stemtech Corporation, a leading nutraceutical company with a direct sales distribution model, was founded on April 18, 2018, after acquiring the operations from its predecessor Stemtech International, Inc. which was founded in 2005. From 2010 through 2015, Stemtech International, Inc., was recognized four separate times on the Inc. 5000 Fastest-Growing Companies list. In 2018, the Company underwent an extensive executive reorganization, and continued operations under new leadership. Stemtech specializes in creating products and formulas that are patent protected in the U.S. and in select international markets. The Company’s patented formulas help the release, circulation and migration of the body’s adult stem cells from its bone marrow. The Company markets its products under the following brands: RCM System, stemrelease3™, Stemflo®, MigraStem®, OraStem® (Oral Health Care), and D-Fuze™ (EMF Blocker). Its products are all-natural and plant-based and manufactured under cGMP (Current Good Manufacturing Practices) under the auspices of the Dietary Supplement Health and Education Act (DSHEA). For more information, please visit www.stemtech.com .
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ORLANDO, Fla. (WFLA) — An armed robber took more than food from a Wendy’s in Florida after climbing through the drive-thru window, according to police.
The Orlando Police Department posted surveillance video online showing the events of the robbery on June 18.
Police said the incident occurred around 7:50 a.m. that morning, after the suspect pulled up to the drive-thru of the Orlando Wendy’s in a black Nissan Altima.
After getting to the window, the man driving the car threatened an employee with a gun. The video shows the employee try to close the window and walk away, but the man climbs through the window and takes the entire cash drawer before driving away.
The suspect had still not been apprehended as of this week, Orlando police said on Facebook.
The man was said to be wearing a straw hat, a gray SPF mask, a hooded shirt, shorts, and water shoes at the time of the robbery.
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(NerdWallet) – Mortgage rates are likely to rise in July, extending a seven-month streak.
The same factors may push them even higher in July and over the next few months. Rates will stop climbing someday — but probably not this summer or fall.
Inflation is behind rising rates
Higher interest rates tend to accompany high inflation, and prices have been rising at above an 8% annual rate for three months in a row. The Consumer Price Index stood at 8.6% in May (the most recent data available).
The price of money goes up at times of high inflation, just as the prices of bacon and eggs do. The higher price of money shows up in the form of higher interest rates. To earn a profit, lenders raise rates on all types of loans, including mortgages.
As long as inflation remains elevated, mortgage rates are likely to rise. Look for that to be the case in July.
The Fed’s role in higher rates
As lenders raise interest rates to stay profitable, the Federal Reserve pushes interest rates higher, too. But the Fed is a governmental body, so it hasn’t been increasing rates in search of corporate profits. Instead, it’s trying to pull the inflation rate lower.
When it costs more to borrow, consumers spend less money, easing inflationary pressures. That’s why the Fed is raising interest rates.
The Fed has raised the short-term federal funds rate 1.5 percentage points so far this year, and members of the rate-setting committee indicated that they expect to raise it at least 1.5 more percentage points by the end of 2022. In fact, they may go another 1.75 or 2 percentage points.
Although the Fed’s rate-raising campaign hasn’t yet pushed the inflation rate lower, the rate policy has yielded intended results in other ways. Household spending slowed way down in May, according to the Bureau of Economic Analysis. Spending was up 0.2% in May, compared to 0.6% in April.
And fewer people are buying homes. That’s an indirect goal of the Fed’s, because when the housing market cools, home prices won’t rise as fast.
An abrupt slowdown
Fewer people are buying homes because rising mortgage rates and prices make housing less affordable. Sales slowed down dramatically when mortgage rates headed steeply uphill.
As home sales slow, the number of homes on the market accumulates. In the week ending June 25, there were 25% more houses on the market compared to the same week a year earlier, according to Realtor.com data. Emphasizing this turn in the market, the number of price reductions on listed homes nearly doubled over the same period.
If the housing slowdown turns into a downright downturn, it’s possible that lenders could cut mortgage rates to win the business of fewer borrowers — to earn the same size slice from a shrunken pie. If the forecast for higher mortgage rates in July turns out wrong, this is the most likely reason: a collapse in home sales leading to a price competition among mortgage lenders.
What happened in June
The average rate on the 30-year fixed-rate mortgage averaged 5.66% in June, compared to an average of 5.32% in May. The monthly average rate has gone up every month since November.
At the beginning of June, I predicted that mortgage rates would be volatile and that the average rate on the 30-year fixed would be higher in the final week of June than in the final week of May. Both predictions were correct. I’ve predicted correctly five months in a row, and nine of the last 12. | https://www.wboy.com/reviews/br/education-br/money-investing-br/mortgage-rates-may-keep-climbing-in-july/ | 2022-07-09T18:03:31Z | https://www.wboy.com/reviews/br/education-br/money-investing-br/mortgage-rates-may-keep-climbing-in-july/ | true | 24 |
Bears secondary ranked near last of NFL
The Chicago Bears have some serious work ahead of them, according to Pro Football Focus. PFF ranked the Bears’ secondary 31st in the NFL, one spot above the Houston Texans. Highlighted by Jaylon Johnson, Kyler Gordon, Thomas Graham Jr., Eddie Jackson and Jaquan Brisker, the Bears’ defense certainly looks...
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Raqesh Bapat, who grabbed a lot of attention because of the talk about his relationship with Shamita Shetty on Bigg Boss 15, took to social media to give a befitting reply to trolls and asked them to stop commenting brutally on someone’s personal life.
If rumours are to be believed, Raqesh and Shamita Shetty have parted ways, though neither has officially admitted the fact.
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As their fans got upset about his break up with Shamita Shetty and started trolling him, Raqesh Bapat urged his critics to show a little more interest in an artiste’s life goals and achievements than in his personal life.
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He added: “Can we change our self-talk? Is that difficult? Try it if you love me and you will love it.”
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka Parliament speaker says President Gotabaya Rajapaksa has agreed to resign Wednesday.
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A wacky title, a serious purpose — plus, pizza. That’s Troutapalooza, the fundraising arm of Gunnison Gorge Anglers, a Trout Unlimited (TU) chapter that has done much good for local waters.
Troutapalooza is also the name of a benefit at High Pie, which takes place Thursday at 6 p.m.
You may not give a fig about pizza; you may not even fish. But everyone who resides in, or visits, the box canyon has benefited from — and, indeed, passed directly by — the results of GGA’s work: this was the group that raised the initial seed money that went on to fund the rehabilitation of the river channel that lines the Valley Floor.
“Their success has been remarkable,” said John Duncan, general manager and co-owner of Telluride Outside, a local outfitter.
With a goal of rerouting the San Miguel River to its original watercourse along the Valley Floor, “and by working with partners that included the Town of Telluride and other entities,” GGA was “able to transform $50,000 of original seed money into more than $7 million, which paid for the entire project,” Duncan said.
The last of that work involves removing additional mine tailings on the Valley Floor this summer. The GGA’s efforts to help restore the Valley Floor earned the accolade “Best Trout Unlimited Conservation Project” in all of Colorado. There is much more to be done, and TU recently brought in a new staffer — National Project Manager Tanner Banks, who moved to this region specifically to be active in San Juan Basin projects (that is, projects affecting the Uncompahgre, San Miguel and Gunnison River drainages).
Banks is currently heading up a restoral project in Governor Basin, above Yankee Boy Basin (where TU recently lead the design team on yet another restoral project, collaborating “with mine owners, Forest Service and state and national environmental protection agencies for approvals to complete the project,” according to troutapalooza.org).
“This isn’t theoretical conservation work, something to make us all feel good,” Duncan said. “It’s real conservation work, here in this community. There are a lot of other projects on the table right now. We need to keep knocking down priorities. GGA is a really gritty group of men and women, not afraid to get their hands dirty. Up here in Telluride, there’s a growing initiative to study and remediate the Howard Fork of the San Miguel River. We have good natural fishery production in the river’s tributaries, but the river itself is suffering. Conservation organizations have a pernicious habit of working parallel to each other, and not synchronizing their efforts. We’re trying to get everybody talking.”
That will happen Thursday — plus, pizza — at the Troutapalooza fundraiser. An online auction is already up and runs through July 13. Among the trips on offer: a guided three-day, two-night float trip for two anglers in the Black Canyon of the Gunnison (perhaps this region’s most hallowed waters for anglers); as well as guided fishing on the Roaring Fork, and more. Gear by Winston, Scott, and G. Loomis — and a handmade bamboo fly rod by Project Healing Waters — are all up for bidding.
You could enter the auction right now. Or, you could simply show up for a slice and a pint on Thursday to listen to Tanner Banks and others lay out not only their plans for an inspiring future, but revel in work taking place at this very moment, to help the local waters and habitat.
“We’re decades behind,” Duncan said frankly. “The outdoor guiding and flyfishing industries need to make up for lost time. Conservation must go hand-in-hand with guiding: The erosional forces of development and climate change are working against all of us. We’re going to have to work harder to protect our resources, and the opportunity to enjoy ourselves out there on rivers and lakes. If you’re in this business, you have to protect what you love.”
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TORONTO (AP) — Rogers Communications Inc. said Saturday it has restored mobile and internet service for ``the vast majority″ of customers after an outage that lasted more than 15 hours.
The disruption, which the Toronto-based telecommunications company offered no explanation for, started Friday morning. It left many customers without mobile and internet service and caused trouble for 911 services, debit transactions and even Service Canada’s beleaguered passport offices.
In a tweet, Rogers said some customers may experience delays in regaining full service as its network comes back online and traffic volumes return to normal.
“Our technical teams are working hard to ensure that the remaining customers are back online as quickly as possible,” the tweet said.
“Once again, we sincerely apologize for the disruption this had caused our customers and we will be proactively crediting all customers.”
Interac said its services are fully available again after debit transactions were halted by the Rogers network outage.
Tony Staffieri, chief executive and president of Rogers, said in an open letter that the company apologizes for the service interruption but offered no explanation for the outage or how many customers were affected.
Staffieri said Rogers is committed to understanding the cause and would make changes to meet and exceed expectations in the future.
The outage began early Friday and stretched into the evening, pushing businesses and organizations to notify customers that their operations were being affected by Rogers and that delays and service interruptions should be expected.
The outage forced the postponement of The Weeknd’s tour stop at Toronto’s Rogers Centre. The Toronto date was one of only two set for Canada.
Among the most serious impacts of the outage were warnings from police in Toronto and Ottawa, who reported connection problems when people called 911.
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
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DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Midday Daily 4" game were:
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Since 1977, Nickelodeon or Nick provided viewers with cartoons like SpongeBob SquarePants and live-action sitcoms like Zoey 101, iCarly, and Ned's Declassified School Survival Guide. For some viewers, these were essential shows to watch during childhood.
Nickelodeon continues to air newer shows like Side Hustle, Warped!, and re-runs of classic cartoons today, but the network is not only known for producing TV shows. A few Nickelodeon original movies have premiered over the years whether they were a continuation of a popular TV show or stand-alone movies. With so many movies to choose from, there are plenty of movies that are under 1 hour and 40 minutes for viewers to watch who are pressed for time.
'Charlotte's Web' (2006) - 97 minutes
Wilbur (voiced by Dominic Scott Kay) is a curious piglet that Fern (Dakota Fanning) rescued and brought to the farm to meet the other animals. Wilbur soon learns he won't be able to see the first snowflake because he will be gone by then. Hoping to avoid being eaten, he befriends the charismatic spider, Charlotte (voiced by Julia Roberts), who is willing to save him.
Charlotte's Web is based on the popular children's book written by E.B. White. With notable life lessons worth following that the characters learn in the film, this live-action film has a total run time of 97 minutes. Charlotte's Web is available on the Roku Channel.
'The Spiderwick Chronicles' (2008) - 96 minutes
Typically, old houses in movies have mysteries and secrets waiting to be discovered. Jared, Simon (Freddie Highmore), Mallory (Sarah Bolger), and their mother move into a creepy old house known as the Spiderwick Estate. When Jared, Simon, and Mallory explore the rooms in the house, they discover strange creatures like fairies and goblins that hide in the shadows. All these creatures are after a book from Arthur Spiderwick.
The Spiderwick Chronicles(2008)runs for 96 minutes with most of the action in the movie taking place in one day. The fantasy narrative of the film is similar to the plot of The Evil Dead (1981), where creatures start attacking the people who open and read the cursed book. The Spiderwick Chronicles is available on YouTube.
'Nacho Libre' (2006) - 92 minutes
Among Jack Black's movie roles like Kung Fu Panda (2008) and The Holiday (2006) is Nacho Libre (2006). In the film, he played Igancio, his friends call him Nacho, who worked in the monastery as a cook in Mexico. He cares for the orphans and wants them to eat a full healthy meal, but there isn't enough money. Nacho believes he can earn money for the food by becoming a Luchador. He will also gain the fame and respect he desired.
In 92 minutes, viewers get to see a caring slightly clueless cook become a strong respected wrestler competing in lucha libre wrestling matches and who will win the hearts of many fans. The hilarious film, Nacho Libre is available on Hulu.
'Yours, Mine and Ours' (2005) - 88 minutes
After his wife's death, Admiral Frank Beardsley (Dennis Quaid) raised his kids as if they were members of the Coast Guard. He had high expectations for each of his eight children and only expected them to uphold to his rigorous plan. Helen North (Rene Russo) raised her ten kids by encouraging them to follow their artistic passions. After a successful blind date and a long history of knowing each other, they decide to marry. Yet the real adventures and mishaps begin when their children all have to get along with each other in one household.
Yours, Mine and Ours (2005) is the ideal movie that the whole family can enjoy. Even if the movie is only 88 minutes long, it's packed with chaotic hilarious gags that the kids set up for each other with hopes to show which family of kids is really in charge. Plus there are some familiar faces that viewers might notice from previous Nickelodeon shows. Yours, Mine and Ours is available on Sling TV and Amazon Prime Video.
'The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie' (2004) - 87 minutes
SpongeBob SquarePants (voiced by Tom Kenny) has been counting down the days until the grand opening of the Krusty Krab 2 with the announcement of the new manager. However, the grand-opening celebrations are interrupted when King Neptune swims in claiming that Mr. Krabs stole his crown, and demanding SpongeBob retrieve his crown within six days otherwise Mr. Krabs will be punished.
Patrick (voiced by Bill Fagerbakke) joins SpongeBob on the adventure that extends far beyond Bikini Bottom. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie has a run time of 87 minutes. This is the first movie featuring SpongeBob SquarePants, and in 2023, there are plans to release three SpongeBob SquarePants movies. The SpongeBob SquarePants Movie is available on Amazon Prime Video.
'Wonder Park' (2019) - 85 minutes
Almost everyone enjoys amusement parks whether it's their sweet desserts, competitive carnival games, or thrilling rides. June (voiced by Brianna Denski) used to sketch out and build out her prototype rollercoaster rides as part of her Wonderland Amusement Park. As time passed, she begins to lose interest in her park. As she was walking through a forest, she finds that her imaginative amusement park has come to life, except now it was falling apart.
Within 85 minutes, June and her team of talking animals try to restore the park to its original lively self before it completely disappears. Wonder Park(2019)is produced by Paramount Animation and Nickelodeon Moviesand is available on YouTube.
'The Boy Who Cried Werewolf' (2010) - 83 minutes
Before Victoria Justice starred in Rom-Coms such as The Perfect Pairing (2022), viewers might have seen her on shows like Zoey 101 or Victorious, but she also starred in the 2010 movie The Boy Who Cried Werewolf. Justice portrayed Jordan Sands a teenager who moves into a castle in Romania with her younger brother, Hunter (Chase Ellison) and her father, David (Matt Winston). After wandering through the castle, Jordan accidently steps on splatter of blood and begins to exhibit werewolf like qualities and abilities.
The Boy Who Cried Werewolf has a run time of 83 minutes. Enough time for viewers to learn whether Jordan's curse can be versed or will she have to control her werewolf like tendencies from her father and the rest of the people in town. The Boy Who Cried Werewolf is available on Netflix.
'Jinxed' (2013) - 75 minutes
Having a bad or unlucky day is an understatement for Meg Murphy (Ciara Bravo) and her family. She might not have been as unlucky as the kids in Little Giants (1994) or Sidney Prescott in Scream (1996-2022). Yet every day can bring new unpleasant surprises to her family members from a power outage to a broken water fountain. This curse traces back to her great-great-grandfather, who was cursed by a witch, except this witch intended that every member of the Murphy family would be cursed.
Most of the Murphy family members didn't dwell on their unlucky issues, they tried to avoid any instances that could lead to these mishaps if possible. In only 75 minutes, viewers will watch Meg, who is determined to live a normal life, try to undo a curse. Jinxed(2013) is available on Netflix.
'Legends of the Hidden Temple' (2016) - 65 minutes
Based on the 1993 competitive game show under the same name, the 2016 movie Legends of the Hidden Temple centers on Sadie (Isabela Merced), Noah (Colin Critchley), and Dudley (Jet Jurgensmeyer), three siblings who are in Mexico, where the Hidden Temple theme park is. Noah believes the legend behind the theme park is true, whereas his sister Sadie believes it's a marketing gimmick. After sneaking behind the temple's gate, Noah, Sadie, and Dudley fall into the temple's trap.
The TV show ran for three seasons from 1993 until 1995. Each episode of the TV show is 30 minutes, whereas the movie is 65 minutes long. The game show was revived for one season on the CW in 2021, but this time the show was aimed at adults completing challenges rather than kids. Legends of the Hidden Temple, the movie, is available on Netflix. | https://collider.com/short-nickelodeon-movies/ | 2022-07-09T18:41:13Z | https://collider.com/short-nickelodeon-movies/ | false | 1 |
President Biden travels to Israel and Saudi Arabia next week — his first trip to the Middle East since entering the White House.
And while the president has been eager to criticize a range of his predecessor's policies, he is fully embracing one key pillar of Donald Trump's Middle East policy — the Abraham Accords. Those deals were brokered by the Trump White House in 2020 to normalize relations between Israel and a number of Arab countries, including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco.
It was a huge rupture from recent history in which Arab nations had made it clear they would not negotiate with Israel until Palestinians received an independent state of their own. In other words, the Arab-Israeli conflict was tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and one could not be resolved without the other.
But the Abraham Accords disconnected the two issues, and that framework has been embraced by the Biden White House.
Biden sees the agreements as a tool for promoting stability in the region
Biden has focused his foreign policy on countering China and Russia, and rebuilding alliances in Europe. When it comes to the Middle East, experts say Biden's goals are pragmatic. He has not articulated grand schemes to broker an Israeli-Palestinian deal, but instead wants to see a stable, secure Middle East that does not erupt into violence. His team sees the Abraham Accords as a tool that can promote stability.
In that vein, the Biden White House is not only embracing the accords, but also trying to build on them. The president and his team often speak about "integrating" Israel into the Middle East — a region that has long viewed Israel as an unfriendly interloper in the neighborhood.
"Part of the purpose — the trip to the Middle East — is to deepen Israel's integration into the region, which I think we're going to be able to do - which is good for peace, and good for Israeli security," Biden said recently in response to a question about his upcoming trip. "And that's why Israel leaders have come out so strongly for my going to Saudi."
The outcomes from this trip are expected to be modest
Biden plans to travel directly from Israel to Saudi Arabia: significant because the countries currently do not allow direct flights between one another. And Biden's trip could lead to some incremental movement in Saudi Arabia's relationship with Israel, such as allowing Israeli commercial planes to fly over Saudi Arabia.
But given the current domestic politics in both Israel and Saudi Arabia, foreign policy experts are not predicting the two countries will normalize relations in the near future.
"Why I have very modest expectations for Israeli-Saudi rapprochement [is] cause the Israelis are not in a position to give anything on Palestinians or anything else to the Saudis to make it more palatable," said Jon Alterman, a former State Department official, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, during a preview of the trip for reporters.
Still, experts say these baby steps could eventually lead to a possible roadmap for normalization some day in the future.
A senior Israeli official told reporters last week that getting Saudi Arabia to inch toward normalization would be a "game changer in the region."
"Getting Saudi Arabia to advance, if incrementally, towards normalization with Israel is important in the context of pushing back against the radical forces in the Middle East, pushing back against Iran," the official said.
Even in the heat of the election, Biden praised the accords
Trump unveiled the Abraham Accords in September 2020, during the heat of the presidential election campaign.
"After decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new Middle East," Trump promised as he welcomed officials from Israel, Bahrain and the UAE to the White House to sign the deal.
"These agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past," Trump said.
The accords were the first deal any Arab country had signed with Israel in 26 years. Until that day, the countries did not have any official economic or personal relationship with Israel.
At the time, then-candidate Joe Biden was taking every opportunity he could to point out how he would govern differently than Trump.
But in this case, he was quick to praise the accords. In a statement that day, Biden said he welcomed the news and would "build on these steps" if he won the election.
There is one big difference in Biden's approach to the accords
Once in the White House, Biden's White House did not initially focus on the accords. But in late March, at a summit in Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear where the administration stood.
"We are fully committed to expanding cooperation through the Abraham Accords, and building on the remarkable progress that Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates as well as Morocco have made in such a short period of time," Blinken said.
"Simply put, normalization is becoming the new normal in this region," he said.
But Blinken also underscored how Biden's approach would be different from the way Trump handled diplomatic relations in the region.
"We have to be clear that these regional peace agreements are not a substitute for progress between Palestinians and Israelis," Blinken said.
That distinction showed the Biden administration recognizes that "normalization between Arab states and Israel can't come at the expense of the Palestinians," said Khaled Elgindy, a former adviser to Palestinian leadership and now at the Middle East Institute.
Elgindy said Trump and then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had used the accords to "marginalize the Palestinians, to weaken them, to take away leverage, to sort of force them to the negotiating table."
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: sticking point, or separate issue?
Elgindy said he is still skeptical that the Arab-Israeli conflict can be kept separate from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Others disagree.
Since the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, had issued an ultimatum: they would normalize relations with Israel only in return for an independent Palestinian state, Israeli withdrawal from territory captured in 1967, and a resolution for Palestinian refugees.
But with the Abraham Accords, that consensus collapsed. Arab countries showed they were willing to bypass the Palestinian issue, which was a fundamental shift in the region.
"We changed the paradigm and we said: 'Alright: let's do business with Israel, and hopefully once we have more Arab voices, more influence, more seats on the table, we can have more of an influence on Israel as we talk about the two-state solution,'" said Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the United States, who was intimately involved in negotiating his country's deal.
But in Washington, there is broad agreement that the accords are worth pursuing. In the first 48 hours after the UAE-Israel deal was announced, al-Otaiba said he spoke with 24 members of Congress - about half Republican, half Democrat.
"The question I got from every single one of the 24 is, 'What country's next?'" he said.
Biden may take a less transactional approach to the accords
UAE Ambassador Al-Otaiba credited top Trump officials — including the former president's son-in-law Jared Kushner — for getting the deal done. "I think we had the right people in the right places at the right time," he said. "All of my engagement was with the U.S. administration — I did everything through the United States."
He said it's plausible to expand on the accords with a new Democratic administration, but "it's just going to be a different method, different style, different technique."
Trump used a lot of tactics that Biden probably would not, according to Aaron David Miller, who's worked as a Middle East negotiator under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
For example, Trump announced on Twitter during his waning days in the White House that the United States would side with Morocco over a long-disputed territory in north Africa. It was a decision related to Morocco signing on to the accords.
"I doubt whether any Democratic administration would have given away sovereignty over the Western Sahara in exchange for an upgrade in relationship between Israel and Morocco," said Miller, now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"That's Trump's transactional style."
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The Chandigarh administration has ordered a child safety audit at all city schools, hours after a student died and several others injured when a tree fell on them. In view of the incident at Carmel Convent School in Sector 9 here, Nikita Panwar, Secretary, Social Welfare and Women and Child Development, has directed the Chandigarh Commission for Protection of Child Rights to conduct a child safety audit of all schools, an official statement said.
To carry out the safety audit, a team comprising officials from Social Welfare, Health, Engineering, Education, Municipal Corporation, Forest Departments and police will be constituted. The exercise aims at ensuring that children studying in schools are provided with conducive and safe environment, the statement said. The committee will give its suggestions to the Department of Social Welfare, Women and Child Development, and schools to take corrective measures so that no such incident occurs in future.
A student was killed and 18 of her school mates sustained injuries after an old tree fell on them inside a school complex here on Friday, officials said. A staff attendant of the school also sustained injuries, they said. Earlier, Chandigarh’s Home Secretary Nitin Yadav had said that a committee will inspect all trees in and around various schools in Chandigarh and take appropriate measures if any tree was found vulnerable.
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Huel is many things, depending on who you ask. Ask fitness fans and they'll tell you it's a kind of protein shake. Ask health fans and they'll tell you it's a meal replacement powder. Ask people who need to be factually accurate all the time, and they'll tell you it's actually the name of the company that makes products including Huel Powder, not the name of the powder itself, despite colloquially having derived that name.
Look at Huel's website (opens in new tab) and you'll see it sits somewhere in the middle of the Venn diagram of those definitions and more. It's described as "nutritionally complete food" yet "not a diet product", one that " has not been designed as a weight loss product but can be used as part of a fat loss diet". Pictures show athletic-looking models drinking Huel in sportswear, which Huel also sells.
Equally, the fact that the standard powder costs "£1.51 per meal" (or the equivalent in the US) is a big selling point, as is the hot food equalling "£2.66 per meal". Compared to the average cost of a meal deal or lunch out, that's cheap.
I first heard of Huel a few years ago, but was immediately put off by the name - why give your food company a name so similar to 'gruel'? And the abundance of unfit middle-aged men you'd see wearing Huel t-shirts and proudly displaying the Huel shaker was enough to write Huel off as a symptom of a mid-life crisis.
But like Huel's multi-strand self-presentation, my new interest in Huel came about for several different reasons – I was looking for ways to save money on food, I wanted a method to lose weight that wasn't as time-consuming as regular exercise, and I didn't want to go on a diet that could impact my love of food and cooking.
So when a friend mentioned they used Huel as a meal replacement, I decided to put away my ire at the horrible name and embark on a Huel diet, to see what all those middle-aged men were raving about.
Now I'm admittedly not a fitness expert, a financial guru, or a dietician, so don't expect these insights to be the wisdom of the oracles. But Huel isn't solely designed for that kind of user - in fact, I'd say I'm its target audience. So hopefully my story can act as a guide.
The first bite
Ordering Huel is pretty easy - it's an online-first brand after all, with a website designed to funnel you into making your first order. The fact I had a referral code for a discount didn't hurt either.
Two red flags did fly when making my first order. First, you have to order two bags at once (each one has 17 meals), which means you're paying quite a bit for a meal powder you haven't even tasted yet. Second, you're encouraged (thanks to a 10% discount) to set up a subscription, with another delivery scheduled for the near future.
Sure, subscriptions like this are easy to cancel as soon as you've started them, but it's just as easy to forget until another bag is delivered. Some brands survive through this business model alone.
But I figured I can write about this for work, so it's basically a business expense, and pressed the order button on one bag of vanilla-flavored powder and one bag of salted caramel flavor.
When the bags arrived, along with a shaker, two scoops and a free T-shirt, my first impression was annoyance at how soft the tee felt. I'd made enough snide remarks about people wearing these in public that I'd resigned myself to a fate of never wearing it around people, no matter how nice it felt.
My second reaction, though, after mixing two scoops of the salted caramel powder with the required amount of water, shaking it and taking the sip, was horror - what have I just spent loads of money on?
There's no getting around it - Huel drinks do not taste good. They're oaty, but not in a tasty way like porridge, thick and clumpy yet somehow also watery in consistency. It's a far cry from the healthy smoothies or milkshakes I was expecting. Even the flavored versions basically amount to a war on tastebuds.
I struggled to get my first Huel down me, between the disagreeable taste and the alarm bells ringing in my head telling me I'd made a terrible mistake. I decided then and there that Huel wasn't for me.
Obviously, I changed my mind - I'd just spent lots of money on over 30-meals worth of Huel that I still needed to get through. Also, TechRadar's fitness editor asked me to write a feature about my experience if I managed it for a month. So I labored on.
Days turn to weeks
I love cooking, and trying to incorporate new ingredients into my dishes (without resorting to online recipes) is one of my favorite challenges. So I decided to treat Huel as just another challenge: how do I make this palatable?
A co-worker mocks me for one such attempt: he walked in on me pouring a hot chocolate into my Huel mix. Not only did early attempts like this ruin the whole 'health' and 'money-saving' reasons I started taking Huel, but they didn't actually have that much impact on the flavor of the mix.
In fact, my method for making it more palatable was surprisingly easy - simply chilling the drink for a while before consuming it made it a lot more pleasant. I won't say I like the taste of it now, but I certainly don't hate it anymore. Plus, I got better with the rhythm of the shaker, so learned how to stop the drinks from being as lumpy.
Once I'd cracked that code, and started having Huel regularly for lunch (or occasionally for breakfast if I had lunch plans), I noticed a few things. One was the time I'd claw back - when working from home, I'd often spend the whole lunch break preparing food and maybe going for a short walk to see the sun, but when that lunch was just a quick shaker of Huel, I had a lot more spare time. I could go on longer lunch runs or spend time reading in the park.
When I'm working in TechRadar's office, my lunch is generally the £3.50 meal deal from our local shop (I've tried meal prepping, but good luck finding the time to prep every week). But when that lunch is Huel - £1.50 per meal, remember - I'm saving about £6 each week. That's enough for... one whole pint of beer in London. Nice.
It wasn't all sunshine and roses though. My biggest problem, especially in my early Huel days, was hunger. A 500ml shaker of powder juice just isn't as filling as a wrap for lunch, nor is it as spiritually fulfilling as real food.
For my first few days of Huel, my stomach was constantly growling, as though I was just skipping lunch. This sometimes resulted in me snacking between Huel time and dinner - obviously not a great thing to do for health or money reasons.
It took my body about three days to acclimatize to this new kind of diet - that doesn't mean I stopped being hungry, I just didn't need to eat snacks to keep me going. I could then get to dinner time without needing extra food. I can see why some people looking to gain weight pair shakes like this with their standard lunches - Huel isn't filling.
A month on
My attitude towards non-Huel food is probably the biggest impact the diet has had on me but in a largely positive way.
Now that one of my meals is easy to plan, I've found myself thinking a lot more about dinner. I've returned to the kinds of ambitious cooking projects that I used to love before full-time work stole too much of my time.
Meals that I cook also last a lot longer, now that I'm not eating leftovers for lunch as well as dinners. Spending more prep time on them doesn't feel as much like a waste when I don't need to repeat it every day.
I'm a lot more conscious about what I eat for each meal too. If I'm being really healthy for lunch, I don't want to waste that precedent on a frozen pizza for dinner or fatty loaded fries (unless it's loaded with a homemade vegetable mix or bean chili).
So I've stopped eating carb-based meals and focused more on some of my favorite healthy ingredients like butternut squash, red kidney beans and bell peppers. My cooking has gone through a renaissance since Huel gave me the push I needed.
Unfortunately for my co-workers, this also means that baking is an unhealthy and unnecessary extra - so no homemade cookies for the team.
When I've suggested Huel to people, they've typically told me "oh no, I like cooking too much to consider substitutes like that" (typically people who consider chicken and veg a well-rounded meal). But Huel has actually helped me focus more on what I eat and what I cook.
I snack less too, for basically the same reasons. Sure, I've sometimes got a packet of nuts somewhere nearby (they can be a great way for vegetarians like me to get some nutrients they don't get from meat), but I'm not chomping through a packet of biscuits each week. And I haven't touched a dessert food in ages!
My body has clearly adapted to this new healthy diet too - when ice cream and cupcakes were handed out one day in the office, this one-two knock-out punch of sweet foods nearly wiped me out.
There is one annoying knock-on effect though, and it's one that I haven't solved yet - since starting Huel I've found myself much more tired than normal.
I used to wake up at 6:30am each day, to do some creative writing or just read before the day really starts. Now, getting up at this time is next to impossible - even my proper wake-up alarm an hour later is a nightmare.
I'm assuming that my new healthier diet is affecting my energy levels, something that I'm going to need to adapt to if I keep doing Huel for the foreseeable future.
So, will I continue Huel?
At the time of writing, I've been Hueling every day for a month - I've finished one powder bag (the salted caramel one, which I grew to like more than vanilla), and the other is on its way out too.
It's time to renew or cancel my subscription before the next bags are dispatched - and making the decision to reorder was an incredibly simple one. Huel has become an integral part of my diet, so my only dilemma was which flavors shall I order? (I've decided to go for banana and berry for the next ones, though two fruit options at once sound a bit much so I may swap one for mint chocolate).
My decision (to reorder Huel, not the flavors I'm picking) would've surprised me a month ago, when my first taste of Huel gave me conniptions.
But experimenting with Huel, and working out how to fit it into my diet, has had great knock-on effects. I'm saving money, getting time back, and enjoying a renewed focus on the food I eat. I haven't eaten this healthily in years.
The fact that this food is vegan and environmentally friendly lets me feel good about myself too.
For me, Huel isn't like a diet you'll typically embark on for one reason (weight loss, muscle growth, etc). No, like the multiple strands of its sales pitch, there are loads of small benefits to Huel that I've really come to enjoy.
So I'm no longer wondering whether I'll carry on with Huel. No - the brand also offers dehydrated hot meals, snack bars, high-protein powders, and plenty of new flavors I'd like to experiment with too. So what I need to figure out now, is how far down this rabbit hole I'll go.
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The Norway international will be trusted with a key role for the English champions and will don the classic shirt number as he lines up at the head of the attack.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia — China's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at a time when they are already beset by rifts and enmity over numerous other issues, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart on Saturday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blamed the U.S. for the downturn in relations and said that American policy has been derailed by what he called a misperception of China as a threat.
"Many people believe that the United States is suffering from a China-phobia," he said, according to a Chinese statement. "If such threat-expansion is allowed to grow, U.S. policy toward China will be a dead end with no way out."
In five hours of talks in their first-to-face meeting since October, Blinken said he expressed deep concern about China's stance on Russia's actions in Ukraine and did not believe Beijing's protestations that it is neutral in the conflict.
The talks had been arranged in a new effort to try to rein in or at least manage rampant hostility that has come to define recent relations between Washington and Beijing.
"We are concerned about the PRC's alignment with Russia," Blinken told reporters after the meeting in the Indonesian resort of Bali. He said it is difficult to be "neutral" in a conflict in which there is a clear aggressor but that even it were possible, "I don't believe China is acting in a way that is neutral."
The Chinese statement said the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on Ukraine but provided no details.
The Biden administration had hoped that China, with its long history of opposing what it sees as interference in its own internal affairs, would take a similar position with Russia and Ukraine. But it has not, choosing instead what U.S. officials see as a hybrid position that is damaging the international rules-based order.
Blinken said every nation, China included, stands to lose if that order is eroded.
The two men met a day after they both attended a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 20 rich and large developing countries that ended without a joint call to end Russia's war in Ukraine or plan for how to deal with its impacts on food and energy security.
However, Blinken said he believed Russia had come away from G-20 meeting isolated and alone as most participants expressed opposition to the Ukraine war. However, the ministers were unable to come to a unified G-20 call for an end to the conflict.
"There was a strong consensus and Russia was left isolated," Blinken said of individual condemnations of Russia's actions from various ministers, some of whom shunned conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
He noted that Lavrov had left the meeting early, possibly because he didn't like what he was hearing from his counterparts.
"It was very important that he heard loudly and clearly from around the world condemnation of Russia's aggression," Blinken said, adding: "We see no signs whatsoever that Russia at his point is prepared to engage in diplomacy."
On China, Blinken said he and Wang discussed a range of contentious issues from tariffs and trade and human rights to Taiwan and disputes in the South China Sea that have all been complicated by the Chinese position on Ukraine.
Wang called on the U.S. to lift tariffs on imports from China as soon as possible, stop interfering in his country's internal affairs and refrain from harming its interests in the name of human rights and democracy. He also accused the U.S. of using "salami-slicing" tactics on Taiwan, a self-governing island that China claims as its territory and says should come under its control.
Just two days earlier, the countries' top military officers had faced off over Taiwan during a virtual meeting. Blinken said he stressed U.S. concerns with China's "increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity near Taiwan and the vital importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait." He added that he had also raised human rights concerns regarding minorities in Tibet and in the western Xinjiang region.
Wang refuted some "erroneous U.S. views" on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the South China Sea, the Chinese statement said.
U.S. officials had said ahead of time they didn't expect any breakthroughs from Blinken's talks with Wang. But they said they were hopeful the conversation could help keep lines of communications open and create "guardrails" to guide the world's two largest economies as they navigate increasingly complex and potentially explosive matters.
"We're committed to managing this relationship, this competition responsibly as the world expects us to do," Blinken said.
The United States and China have staked out increasingly confrontational positions, including on Ukraine, that some fear could lead to miscalculation and conflict. The U.S. has watched warily as China has refused to criticize the Russian invasion, while condemning Western sanctions against Russia and accusing the U.S. and NATO of provoking the conflict.
At the G-20 meeting, Wang made an oblique reference to China's policy on global stability, saying "to place one's own security above the security of others and intensify military blocs will only split the international community and make oneself less secure," according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
On Thursday, China's joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. Li Zuocheng upbraided his U.S. counterpart Gen. Mark Milley over Washington's support for Taiwan.
Li demanded that the U.S. cease military "collusion" with Taiwan, saying China has "no room for compromise" on issues affecting its "core interests."
The meeting between Li and Milley followed fiery comments by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at a regional security conference last month that was also attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Wei accused the United States of trying to "hijack" the support of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to turn them against Beijing, saying Washington is seeking to advance its own interests "under the guise of multilateralism."
At the same meeting in Singapore, Austin said China was causing instability with its claim to Taiwan and its increased military activity in the area.
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President Biden travels to Israel and Saudi Arabia next week — his first trip to the Middle East since entering the White House.
And while the president has been eager to criticize a range of his predecessor's policies, he is fully embracing one key pillar of Donald Trump's Middle East policy — the Abraham Accords. Those deals were brokered by the Trump White House in 2020 to normalize relations between Israel and a number of Arab countries, including Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates, and Morocco.
It was a huge rupture from recent history in which Arab nations had made it clear they would not negotiate with Israel until Palestinians received an independent state of their own. In other words, the Arab-Israeli conflict was tied to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, and one could not be resolved without the other.
But the Abraham Accords disconnected the two issues, and that framework has been embraced by the Biden White House.
Biden sees the agreements as a tool for promoting stability in the region
Biden has focused his foreign policy on countering China and Russia, and rebuilding alliances in Europe. When it comes to the Middle East, experts say Biden's goals are pragmatic. He has not articulated grand schemes to broker an Israeli-Palestinian deal, but instead wants to see a stable, secure Middle East that does not erupt into violence. His team sees the Abraham Accords as a tool that can promote stability.
In that vein, the Biden White House is not only embracing the accords, but also trying to build on them. The president and his team often speak about "integrating" Israel into the Middle East — a region that has long viewed Israel as an unfriendly interloper in the neighborhood.
"Part of the purpose — the trip to the Middle East — is to deepen Israel's integration into the region, which I think we're going to be able to do - which is good for peace, and good for Israeli security," Biden said recently in response to a question about his upcoming trip. "And that's why Israel leaders have come out so strongly for my going to Saudi."
The outcomes from this trip are expected to be modest
Biden plans to travel directly from Israel to Saudi Arabia: significant because the countries currently do not allow direct flights between one another. And Biden's trip could lead to some incremental movement in Saudi Arabia's relationship with Israel, such as allowing Israeli commercial planes to fly over Saudi Arabia.
But given the current domestic politics in both Israel and Saudi Arabia, foreign policy experts are not predicting the two countries will normalize relations in the near future.
"Why I have very modest expectations for Israeli-Saudi rapprochement [is] cause the Israelis are not in a position to give anything on Palestinians or anything else to the Saudis to make it more palatable," said Jon Alterman, a former State Department official, now with the Center for Strategic and International Studies, during a preview of the trip for reporters.
Still, experts say these baby steps could eventually lead to a possible roadmap for normalization some day in the future.
A senior Israeli official told reporters last week that getting Saudi Arabia to inch toward normalization would be a "game changer in the region."
"Getting Saudi Arabia to advance, if incrementally, towards normalization with Israel is important in the context of pushing back against the radical forces in the Middle East, pushing back against Iran," the official said.
Even in the heat of the election, Biden praised the accords
Trump unveiled the Abraham Accords in September 2020, during the heat of the presidential election campaign.
"After decades of division and conflict, we mark the dawn of a new Middle East," Trump promised as he welcomed officials from Israel, Bahrain and the UAE to the White House to sign the deal.
"These agreements prove that the nations of the region are breaking free from the failed approaches of the past," Trump said.
The accords were the first deal any Arab country had signed with Israel in 26 years. Until that day, the countries did not have any official economic or personal relationship with Israel.
At the time, then-candidate Joe Biden was taking every opportunity he could to point out how he would govern differently than Trump.
But in this case, he was quick to praise the accords. In a statement that day, Biden said he welcomed the news and would "build on these steps" if he won the election.
There is one big difference in Biden's approach to the accords
Once in the White House, Biden's White House did not initially focus on the accords. But in late March, at a summit in Israel, Secretary of State Antony Blinken made it clear where the administration stood.
"We are fully committed to expanding cooperation through the Abraham Accords, and building on the remarkable progress that Israel, Bahrain, the United Arab Emirates as well as Morocco have made in such a short period of time," Blinken said.
"Simply put, normalization is becoming the new normal in this region," he said.
But Blinken also underscored how Biden's approach would be different from the way Trump handled diplomatic relations in the region.
"We have to be clear that these regional peace agreements are not a substitute for progress between Palestinians and Israelis," Blinken said.
That distinction showed the Biden administration recognizes that "normalization between Arab states and Israel can't come at the expense of the Palestinians," said Khaled Elgindy, a former adviser to Palestinian leadership and now at the Middle East Institute.
Elgindy said Trump and then-Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu had used the accords to "marginalize the Palestinians, to weaken them, to take away leverage, to sort of force them to the negotiating table."
The Israeli-Palestinian conflict: sticking point, or separate issue?
Elgindy said he is still skeptical that the Arab-Israeli conflict can be kept separate from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. Others disagree.
Since the 2002 Arab Peace Initiative, Arab countries, led by Saudi Arabia, had issued an ultimatum: they would normalize relations with Israel only in return for an independent Palestinian state, Israeli withdrawal from territory captured in 1967, and a resolution for Palestinian refugees.
But with the Abraham Accords, that consensus collapsed. Arab countries showed they were willing to bypass the Palestinian issue, which was a fundamental shift in the region.
"We changed the paradigm and we said: 'Alright: let's do business with Israel, and hopefully once we have more Arab voices, more influence, more seats on the table, we can have more of an influence on Israel as we talk about the two-state solution,'" said Yousef al-Otaiba, the UAE ambassador to the United States, who was intimately involved in negotiating his country's deal.
But in Washington, there is broad agreement that the accords are worth pursuing. In the first 48 hours after the UAE-Israel deal was announced, al-Otaiba said he spoke with 24 members of Congress - about half Republican, half Democrat.
"The question I got from every single one of the 24 is, 'What country's next?'" he said.
Biden may take a less transactional approach to the accords
UAE Ambassador Al-Otaiba credited top Trump officials — including the former president's son-in-law Jared Kushner — for getting the deal done. "I think we had the right people in the right places at the right time," he said. "All of my engagement was with the U.S. administration — I did everything through the United States."
He said it's plausible to expand on the accords with a new Democratic administration, but "it's just going to be a different method, different style, different technique."
Trump used a lot of tactics that Biden probably would not, according to Aaron David Miller, who's worked as a Middle East negotiator under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
For example, Trump announced on Twitter during his waning days in the White House that the United States would side with Morocco over a long-disputed territory in north Africa. It was a decision related to Morocco signing on to the accords.
"I doubt whether any Democratic administration would have given away sovereignty over the Western Sahara in exchange for an upgrade in relationship between Israel and Morocco," said Miller, now at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace.
"That's Trump's transactional style."
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Someone asked me once whether it was my opinion as a critic that The Third Man had the most zither-centric score in film history. (This really happened.) I'm certainly not qualified to speak to all films, and there may well be a zither-y score out there somewhere more important or more famous than the all-zither Anton Karas music that accompanies the 1949 film. But it is an important score in general (it led to a zither hit single!), and certainly has to hold an elevated position among zither scores, whether or not it's at the very top.
I tell you this because it makes it all the more interesting that much of the time, when the big action happens, that enormously important score either drops out entirely or stays fairly subtle – rather than doing what it would do in many contemporary dramas and thrillers, which is to get louder and louder until people two theaters over are hearing deep booms while they try to watch a children's cartoon. (If you want to envision me here as an old person shaking my fist, I really won't blame you.)
The Third Man – and pardon the 70-plus-year-old spoilers – concerns Holly Martins (Joseph Cotten), who goes to visit his friend Harry Lime in Vienna after World War II, only to be told that Lime is dead, having been hit by a car. He's also told that Lime was involved in some unsavory business; specifically, he was stealing penicillin, diluting it, and selling it to desperate people on the black market, causing them great injury and sometimes death. Martins starts to investigate, unconvinced it was an accident, and naturally, he gets tangled up with Harry's beautiful lover, Anna (Alida Valli), as well. Because Harry Lime (who, surprise, is not dead) is played by Orson Welles, it's easy to think of The Third Man as a Welles movie, but it was in fact directed by Carol Reed and written by Graham Greene.
The setting in postwar Vienna not only drives the plot (the black market, the tensions among the various sectors of the city, Anna's forged passport and so forth), but it's used to great effect in the several sequences that involve fleeing and hiding – over piles of rubble, in destroyed cars within piles of rubble, sliding and slipping over unpredictable and unstable footing. There are a couple of different nighttime pursuits and a couple of trips into the sewers underneath the city, and particularly in the second – Harry's final run from the consequences of his actions – the music largely disappears.
That means you are left with the sounds of the chase itself: feet over bricks that are slipping, police clambering down noisy stairs, the sound of running along an isolated street, the way echoes change depending on where you are. And then, of course, the roaring of the sewers, the splashing that's deep or shallow, and the rich acoustics of underwater tunnels not meant for travel. Where loud scoring might hand you a mood or a monitor to attach to the tension level, using the sounds of the pursuit stresses the chaotic shifts from place to place and the abrupt arrivals in different settings that mark a truly desperate bid to get away.
We talked a little in our Pop Culture Happy Hour episode about the Watergate and post-Watergate era in film about the spare scoring of a lot of the paranoid thrillers of the early and mid-1970s. The Parallax View, for instance, has a climactic sequence that is, in a choice so clever it almost feels cynical, accompanied only by the sounds of the rehearsal of the marching band that's been brought in for the political event that the sequence reveals as a grotesque parody of patriotism. And then even the band is gone. The aftermath of the main action, which involves a golf cart crashing into a series of banquet tables, just echoes in the cavernous hall. The last eight minutes or so of the 1974 film The Conversation – minutes that really put the "paranoid" in "paranoid thriller" – are also a fascinating study in scoring, in part because when the music cuts out, you hear small mechanical sounds like unscrewing screws and taking apart a phone. Tension with the sparest of scoring is certainly not gone, please don't misunderstand. But it's always interesting to return to it as a counterpoint to bombast – and I say that as a person who often loves bombast.
It's a little bit pointless (an understatement, I know) to compare all this to something like the Battle of New York at the end of The Avengers. What would it mean, after all, to know what it would really sound like if you were in the middle of listening to half the buildings in Manhattan torn apart by mechanical monsters? (Screaming, I think. Mostly, it would all be screaming all the time, which is perhaps why we don't hear it.) The differences between action in Vienna where you're skittering away from the police and action in space where you're zapping alien life forms go well beyond sound and scoring choices. So it's not a matter of lamenting why The Avengers wasn't made like The Third Man, not that I wouldn't love to see that version. It's just about appreciating all the ways that action is made exciting, some of which are surprisingly quiet.
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Galway 2-8 Derry 1-6: Tribesmen bide time to dash Oak Leafers' All-Ireland dreams
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Damien Comer's two second-half goals snuffed out Derry's All-Ireland Football title hopes as the Tribesmen secured a 2-8 to 1-6 semi-final win.
Derry led 0-3 to 0-0 but Galway fought back to trail 0-4 to 0-3 at half time.
During half time, the overturning of a Hawkeye adjudication meant that Galway were on terms when action resumed.
With Derry rattled, Comer's first goal suddenly put them 1-7 to 0-4 up and his sensational second major sealed their win before Lachlan Murray's late reply.
Derry were the victim of a number of contentious decisions by referee Brendan Cawley but they can have few complaints about the eventual outcome.
Galway mirrored Derry's defensive approach in the first half by pulling men behind the ball and it appeared to flummox Rory Gallagher's Oak Leaf side.
And after having bided their time in the first period, Galway suddenly opened up in the second half as they hit an unanswered 1-3 in an 11-minute period, which added to the point they got at half time when Walsh's 45 was correctly adjudged as a point.
Comer's goals ultimately put the game to bed, with his second on 63 a magnificent lobbed finish from 35 yards, with Derry goalkeeper Odhran Lynch completely stranded, after Conor Glass had been dispossessed by John Daly some 45 metres from Galway's goals.
Brendan Rogers looked set for another big game for Derry as his two early points helped them lead 0-3 to 0-0 after 12 minutes but he soon began to struggle against man of the match Comer in open play.
Indeed, it was a surprise that Rory Gallagher did not opt to shift Chrissy McKaigue on to Comer when it became clear that he was Galway's principal attacking threat.
Galway: C Gleeson; L Silke, S Kelly, J Glynn; D McHugh, J Daly, K Molloy; P Conroy, C McDaid; Patrick Kelly, M Tierney, J Heaney; R Finnerty, D Comer, S Walsh.
Subs: J Keane, J Foley, B Mannion, J McGrath, N Daley, Paul Kelly, O Gallagher, F O Laoi, E Finnerty, De Conneely, D Canney.
Derry: O Lynch; C McKaigue, B Rogers, C McCluskey; C Doherty, G McKinless, P McGrogan; C Glass, N Toner; Paul Cassidy, S Downey, Et Doherty; B Heron, S McGuigan, N Loughlin.
Subs: C Bradley, P McNeill, Padraig Cassidy, B McCarron, A Tohill, L Murray, E Bradley, D Cassidy, M Doherty, M Downey, O McWilliams.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
6-4-4-9, FIREBALL: 2
(six, four, four, nine; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Daily 4 Day" game were:
6-4-4-9, FIREBALL: 2
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Two people were shot and killed Saturday morning near an El Rey store in Milwaukee, police say
Two people were shot and killed Saturday morning near one of the El Rey Hispanic grocery stores in Milwaukee, police said.
The fatal shooting occurred in the 900 block of South Cesar E Chavez Road. The shooting follows two homicides Friday night in Milwaukee that were also caused by shootings.
Police said around 11:15 a.m. that an investigation into the shooting was "fluid" but did not elaborate.
Witnesses near the scene said they heard multiple gunshots shortly after 11 a.m. and that the incident started inside the store then moved into the parking lot where two people fell down.
Other media reports indicate there was a shootout between someone trying to steal from the store and an El Rey security guard, but police have not confirmed any details and declined to speak to a reporter on scene.
Milwaukee has seen at least 112 homicides so far in 2022. The city is on track to surpass its homicide total for the third consecutive year, continuing an alarming trend.
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia — China's support for Russia's war in Ukraine is complicating U.S.-Chinese relations at a time when they are already beset by rifts and enmity over numerous other issues, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken told his Chinese counterpart on Saturday.
Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi blamed the U.S. for the downturn in relations and said that American policy has been derailed by what he called a misperception of China as a threat.
"Many people believe that the United States is suffering from a China-phobia," he said, according to a Chinese statement. "If such threat-expansion is allowed to grow, U.S. policy toward China will be a dead end with no way out."
In five hours of talks in their first-to-face meeting since October, Blinken said he expressed deep concern about China's stance on Russia's actions in Ukraine and did not believe Beijing's protestations that it is neutral in the conflict.
The talks had been arranged in a new effort to try to rein in or at least manage rampant hostility that has come to define recent relations between Washington and Beijing.
"We are concerned about the PRC's alignment with Russia," Blinken told reporters after the meeting in the Indonesian resort of Bali. He said it is difficult to be "neutral" in a conflict in which there is a clear aggressor but that even it were possible, "I don't believe China is acting in a way that is neutral."
The Chinese statement said the two sides had an in-depth exchange of views on Ukraine but provided no details.
The Biden administration had hoped that China, with its long history of opposing what it sees as interference in its own internal affairs, would take a similar position with Russia and Ukraine. But it has not, choosing instead what U.S. officials see as a hybrid position that is damaging the international rules-based order.
Blinken said every nation, China included, stands to lose if that order is eroded.
The two men met a day after they both attended a gathering of top diplomats from the Group of 20 rich and large developing countries that ended without a joint call to end Russia's war in Ukraine or plan for how to deal with its impacts on food and energy security.
However, Blinken said he believed Russia had come away from G-20 meeting isolated and alone as most participants expressed opposition to the Ukraine war. However, the ministers were unable to come to a unified G-20 call for an end to the conflict.
"There was a strong consensus and Russia was left isolated," Blinken said of individual condemnations of Russia's actions from various ministers, some of whom shunned conversations with Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov.
He noted that Lavrov had left the meeting early, possibly because he didn't like what he was hearing from his counterparts.
"It was very important that he heard loudly and clearly from around the world condemnation of Russia's aggression," Blinken said, adding: "We see no signs whatsoever that Russia at his point is prepared to engage in diplomacy."
On China, Blinken said he and Wang discussed a range of contentious issues from tariffs and trade and human rights to Taiwan and disputes in the South China Sea that have all been complicated by the Chinese position on Ukraine.
Wang called on the U.S. to lift tariffs on imports from China as soon as possible, stop interfering in his country's internal affairs and refrain from harming its interests in the name of human rights and democracy. He also accused the U.S. of using "salami-slicing" tactics on Taiwan, a self-governing island that China claims as its territory and says should come under its control.
Just two days earlier, the countries' top military officers had faced off over Taiwan during a virtual meeting. Blinken said he stressed U.S. concerns with China's "increasingly provocative rhetoric and activity near Taiwan and the vital importance of maintaining peace and stability across the Taiwan Strait." He added that he had also raised human rights concerns regarding minorities in Tibet and in the western Xinjiang region.
Wang refuted some "erroneous U.S. views" on Xinjiang, Hong Kong and the South China Sea, the Chinese statement said.
U.S. officials had said ahead of time they didn't expect any breakthroughs from Blinken's talks with Wang. But they said they were hopeful the conversation could help keep lines of communications open and create "guardrails" to guide the world's two largest economies as they navigate increasingly complex and potentially explosive matters.
"We're committed to managing this relationship, this competition responsibly as the world expects us to do," Blinken said.
The United States and China have staked out increasingly confrontational positions, including on Ukraine, that some fear could lead to miscalculation and conflict. The U.S. has watched warily as China has refused to criticize the Russian invasion, while condemning Western sanctions against Russia and accusing the U.S. and NATO of provoking the conflict.
At the G-20 meeting, Wang made an oblique reference to China's policy on global stability, saying "to place one's own security above the security of others and intensify military blocs will only split the international community and make oneself less secure," according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.
On Thursday, China's joint chiefs of staff chairman Gen. Li Zuocheng upbraided his U.S. counterpart Gen. Mark Milley over Washington's support for Taiwan.
Li demanded that the U.S. cease military "collusion" with Taiwan, saying China has "no room for compromise" on issues affecting its "core interests."
The meeting between Li and Milley followed fiery comments by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at a regional security conference last month that was also attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Wei accused the United States of trying to "hijack" the support of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to turn them against Beijing, saying Washington is seeking to advance its own interests "under the guise of multilateralism."
At the same meeting in Singapore, Austin said China was causing instability with its claim to Taiwan and its increased military activity in the area.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
12-13-14-27-29
(twelve, thirteen, fourteen, twenty-seven, twenty-nine)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday afternoon's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Take 5 Midday" game were:
12-13-14-27-29
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Alternate Side Parking returns to pre-pandemic enforcement in NYC
After more than two years, Alternate Side Parking rules in New York City are back to the pre-pandemic frequency. At the start of COVID-19, former Mayor Bill de Blasio reduced the number of days drivers had to move their cars for street cleaning, saying at the time that people weren't leaving their homes and it was an unnecessary burden. But the Department of Sanitation has said its resulted in dirtier streets, with roughly half of drivers deciding not to move their cars at all and instead deal with a possibly weekly ticket. Now, the rules have been fully restored beginning Tuesday, and drivers should expect to move their vehicles twice a week. Posted regulations are once again in effect, and the rules apply for the entire time posted on sign. Sanitation Commissioner Jessica Tisch said the pandemic policy change had a disproportionate effect on the amount of cleaning the agency could do. "Restoring APS to twice a week should more than double the amount of cleaning we can and will do," she said. "It's not about money grabbing, but it's really caring for your neighbors, for our community, because it's not just one street. Your garbage that you might have just littered on your block doesn't just stay there." The restoration of the parking rules will be part of an $11 million funding boost for the sanitation department, which includes the purchase of new, nimble street sweepers designed to clean the city's network of bike lanes. Violators will be facing a fine. Tisch said restoration of Alternate Side Parking comes includes the rehiring of 41 workers who had been cut in 2021. ALSO READ | Good Samaritan tries to save man seen jumping in Hudson River
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The presidential candidate of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Bola Ahmed Tinubu, on Saturday returned to the country after spending several days in France.
Tinubu had left Nigeria for France on June 27, with his media aide saying the trip was for “important meetings.”
“Grateful to Almighty Allah for journey mercies. Glad to be home and looking forward to what is ahead. Eid Mubarak,” he said via Twitter.
He was thereafter joined by the Lagos State Deputy Governor, Kadri Obafemi Hamzat, Head of Service, Hakeem Muri-Okunola, among others, to observe the Eid-El Kabir prayer at the Lagos Island Central Mosque.
After his prayers, Tinubu expressed gratitude to God for making it possible for Nigerians to survive, notwithstanding the challenges.
“A lot of thanks to God almighty that we are able to survive the past year and restore hope for the following year,” he said.
“Looking at our successes and failures, learn from it and improve the country, condition, quality of life of our people and that is very paramount.”
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The greatest feat of Tiger Woods at St. Andrews was never captured on television.
There was nothing extraordinary about his victory in the 2005 British Open. It was the second claret jug Woods won on the Old Course, cementing an affection so deep for St. Andrews that he was never going to miss it this year as long as he could walk.
Woods never trailed over the final 63 holes. He led by as many as six shots in the final round and won by five. Still, he knew right away that Sunday was going to be special based on the practice range.
Starting his warm-up of full swings with a wedge, his first shot hit the wooden 100-yard sign.
And then he did it again. And again. And again.
“Four straight times,” Woods said in an interview later that year with The Associated Press. “I hit a couple of little wedges to loosen up, then hit to the sign. Peppered it four straight times in the air on the right zero — not the middle zero, the right zero.”
The story gets better.
Standing behind him was Hank Haney, his swing coach at the time, who watched quietly before leaning in to give some advice to caddie Steve Williams.
“He hit that sign four times in a row — and five out of eight,” Williams said. “Hank says to me, ‘The first time he gets inside 100 yards, you might want to tell him to aim away from the flag.’”
Williams laughed. Except that it wasn’t a joke.
“First time I’m inside 100 yards is on No. 6,” Woods said. “I had 98 yards to the hole. What happens? I one-hop it off the flag and it spins off the shelf.”
Whether he can summon moments like that again are doubtful given his age and the nature of his injuries. If the four knee surgeries and five back surgeries were not enough, Woods shattered bones in his right leg and ankle in a February 2021 car crash in Los Angeles. He said doctors briefly considered amputation.
Fourteen months later, he took on the toughest walk in championship golf at the Masters and competed well enough to make the cut. He didn’t know in April how much he could play the rest of the year — so much remains unknown — except that it would include St. Andrews.
“It’s my favorite golf course in the world,” Woods said, strong words from a Californian who delivered the most dominant performance in a major at Pebble Beach and who has five Masters green jackets from Augusta National.
The Old Course is special to so many others before him, from Bobby Jones to Jack Nicklaus, and it helps to have experienced that moment standing in front of the Royal & Ancient clubhouse holding a silver claret jug and being introduced as the “champion golfer of the year.”
But the memories he created extend to one moment that took him a century back in time, during a practice round in 2000 when he won to complete the career Grand Slam.
The goal that week was to add to the history at the home of golf. On the eve of the Open, Woods had a chance to relive history.
He was on the 352-yard ninth hole during a practice round Wednesday when his swing coach, Butch Harmon, gave him a replica of the gutta-percha golf ball used more than a century earlier. It was a brown, molded rubber ball with score lines across the surface.
The gutta-percha was the first game-changer in golf — yes, technology in the Royal & Ancient game began long before titanium and the Pro V1 — replacing a ball consisting of feathers packed into a pouch.
Woods couldn’t resist.
After hitting driver to the front edge of the green, he smacked the gutta-percha replica and still had 120 yards remaining. Woods hit a full 5-iron just over the back. He made par.
And then he went on to make his own brand of history that year, winning by eight shots to become the fifth player to capture the career Grand Slam, and doing so without hitting into a single bunker all week on the Old Course.
This is the history that is so appealing to him, along with the names on the base of that silver claret jug, a trophy that first was awarded 150 years ago.
Woods is among only five players who have won the Open twice at St. Andrews. No one has done it three times and odds are not in his favor. Even so, there is something magical about the gray old town, and there is a part of Woods who believes it might be his best chance, even on only one good wheel.
Woods realizes his window is closing. It likely will be at least five years before the Open returns to St. Andrews. He said earlier this week in Ireland that he can always play golf as long as he can swing a club. Competing against the world’s best? That’s different.
“I know that he’s been circling this on his calendar for a while and he’s been vocal about that and it’s I think his favorite golf course in the world and he loves it, and obviously he’s had some great success there,” said Justin Thomas, who spends time with Woods at home in Florida.
“I know everybody will be very eagerly anticipating and ready to watch him play St. Andrews because it’s going to be a pretty historic week.”
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — A California panel on Friday denied parole for a follower of cult leader Charles Manson convicted of slayings more than a half-century ago.
Bruce Davis was previously recommended for parole seven times, but those findings were rejected by three consecutive governors. Parole commissioners told the 79-year-old Davis to try again in three years.
“They said he lacks empathy,” Michael Beckman, Davis’ attorney, said after the hearing before two parole commissioners.
Davis has said he helped kill musician Gary Hinman and stuntman Donald “Shorty” Shea in 1969. He previously said he cut Shea with a knife and held a gun while Manson cut Hinman’s face with a sword.
“I wanted to be Charlie’s favorite guy,” he said during a 2014 parole hearing.
Afterward, other followers wrote “political piggy” on the wall of Hinman’s home in his own blood.
Davis was not involved in the more notorious killings of actress Sharon Tate and six others by the Manson cult the same year.
“The last 14 commissioners of the parole board found Bruce Davis suitable for parole,” as did the last nine experts who found him at a low risk for violence, said Beckman, Davis’ attorney. “For these two commissioners to think they know better is appalling.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom has consistently rejected parole recommendations for Davis and for other followers of Manson, who died in prison in 2017 at age 83. His release was previously blocked by governors Arnold Schwarzenegger and Jerry Brown.
Anthony DiMaria, a nephew of victim Thomas Jay Sebring, argued against Davis’ parole on behalf of Hinman’s family.
“Bruce Davis remains in prison because his crimes were so severe and profound that they shook our country to its core with permanent repercussions,” said DiMaria. | https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/parole-denied-for-manson-follower-charged-in-1969-slayings-they-said-he-lacks-empathy/ | 2022-07-09T19:13:16Z | https://www.wjtv.com/news/national/parole-denied-for-manson-follower-charged-in-1969-slayings-they-said-he-lacks-empathy/ | true | 26 |
Natalie Portman reflects on being 'seen as big' after bulking up, 'growing' 9 inches taller for 'Thor'. At just 5'3″ tall, Natalie Portman is technically one full foot shorter than her "Thor" co-star, Chris Hemsworth, who towered over her petite frame in the franchise's first two movies. There's significantly less towering — and, frankly, more Natalie — in Taika Waititi's upcoming "Thor: Love and Thunder," which sees her Jane Foster character transformed into the Mighty Thor, a chiseled, 6-foot tall female superhero. "On 'Black Swan,' I was asked to get as small as possible," Natalie tells Variety in a new interview published this week. "Here, I was asked to get as big as possible. That's an amazing challenge — and also state of mind as a woman." While she worked with a trainer for more than 10 months to get her muscles Mighty Thor-ready, she had to rely on some movie magic to elevate her stature by nine inches. "We'd rehearse the scene, they'd see the path, and then they'd build a path that was like one foot off the ground or whatever, and I would just walk on that," she explains. In real-life, meanwhile, photos of her newly ripped physique leaked online at one point during filming and quickly went viral. The response only underscored the fact that she was suddenly taking up more space than she ever had before. "To have this reaction and be seen as big, you realize, 'Oh, this must be so different, to walk through the world like this,'" she says. "When you're small — and also, I think, because I started [acting] as a kid — a lot of times I feel young or little or, like, a pat-on-the-head kind of person. And I present myself that way, too, because of that." "Thor: Love and Thunder" hits theaters July 8. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2657101148376/tom-hanks-jokingly-says-he-doesn-t-understand-a-buzz-lightyear-movie-without-tim-allen | 2022-07-09T19:13:27Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2657101148376/tom-hanks-jokingly-says-he-doesn-t-understand-a-buzz-lightyear-movie-without-tim-allen | true | 45 |
Shawn Mendes postpones his world tour, citing his 'mental health'
Shawn Mendes announced Friday evening he’s decided to postpone his world tour, citing his "mental health."
The "Señorita" singer said he would have to reschedule tour dates through at least Uncasville, Connecticut on July 29 because he’s reached a "breaking point."
"This breaks my heart" to delay the shows, he said in a post on his social media, but "I’ve been touring since I was 15 and to be honest it's always been difficult to be on the road away from friends and family."
He said after a few years away from touring he felt he was ready to go back on the road, but realized recently it was "premature and unfortunately the toll of the road and the pressure has caught up to me and Ive hit a breaking point."
SHAWN MENDES SHOWS OFF PHYSIQUE DURING SHIRTLESS HAWAII STROLL
He added that he decided to take some time to "heal and take care of myself, and my mental health first and foremost," after speaking with his team and health professionals.
Thousands of fans left supportive messages in the comments, including "Honey, I’m Good" singer Andy Grammer, who wrote on his Instagram "Love you man- proud of you for doing what you need."
Grammer recently admitted in an interview his mental health suffered during the coronavirus pandemic.
"I went down real hard and got into therapy, and that’s what brought me around," he told the Cincinnati Enquirer. "I wasn’t super positive. I broke down pretty hard."
SHAWN MENDES INITIATED CAMILA CABELLO SPLIT AFTER RELATIONSHIP TURNED ‘STALE’: REPORT
Mendes, 23, has been candid about his struggles before, telling fans on Twitter in April that when he’s "feeling low" and concerned about what people might think of the real him "I either put on a show or hide."
He added that he’s a "23 year old who constantly feels like he’s either flying or drowning."
"The truth is even with so much success I still find it hard to feel like I’m not failing," but he reassured fans he’s "okay" and was just hoping his thoughts would "resonate" with some people.
And over the holidays last year in late December, the singer posted a video to fans on his Instagram, saying he was having a "hard time with social media at the moment" but thanked listeners for connecting to his new song "It’ll be Okay," which came out after he broke up with fellow singer Camila Cabello.
"I just feel so proud of that song and I'm so grateful you guys are connecting with it, and I feel so grateful that people are being vulnerable with it and people are just having fun with it," he added.
Mendes’ "Wonder" tour kicked off in Portland, Oregon on June 27 and was to continue through October in the U.S. and then globally through next summer.
The first affected concert is the St. Paul, Minnesota show on Saturday night. | https://www.fox7austin.com/news/shawn-mendes-postpones-his-world-tour-citing-his-mental-health | 2022-07-09T19:14:51Z | https://www.fox7austin.com/news/shawn-mendes-postpones-his-world-tour-citing-his-mental-health | true | 12 |
Solidarilty Wealth LLC purchased a new position in ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP – Get Rating) during the first quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund purchased 3,120 shares of the energy producer’s stock, valued at approximately $317,000.
A number of other institutional investors also recently made changes to their positions in COP. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC increased its stake in ConocoPhillips by 1,300.0% in the 4th quarter. Delos Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 378 shares of the energy producer’s stock worth $27,000 after purchasing an additional 351 shares during the period. James Investment Research Inc. purchased a new position in ConocoPhillips in the 1st quarter worth approximately $29,000. Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC grew its position in shares of ConocoPhillips by 435.6% in the 4th quarter. Lenox Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 482 shares of the energy producer’s stock worth $35,000 after buying an additional 392 shares during the last quarter. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. grew its position in shares of ConocoPhillips by 49.9% in the 4th quarter. Pittenger & Anderson Inc. now owns 526 shares of the energy producer’s stock worth $38,000 after buying an additional 175 shares during the last quarter. Finally, DeDora Capital Inc. bought a new stake in shares of ConocoPhillips in the 1st quarter worth approximately $39,000. 78.80% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
In other news, EVP Nicholas G. Olds sold 19,200 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, May 25th. The stock was sold at an average price of $110.51, for a total value of $2,121,792.00. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CEO Ryan Michael Lance sold 584,900 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, June 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $121.21, for a total value of $70,895,729.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now directly owns 44,522 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,396,511.62. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. In the last ninety days, insiders sold 644,703 shares of company stock valued at $77,172,426. Corporate insiders own 0.08% of the company’s stock.
ConocoPhillips stock opened at $86.46 on Friday. The stock has a market cap of $111.83 billion, a PE ratio of 8.91, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.30 and a beta of 1.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.36, a quick ratio of 1.41 and a current ratio of 1.51. ConocoPhillips has a one year low of $51.41 and a one year high of $124.08. The stock has a fifty day moving average of $102.97 and a 200 day moving average of $95.67.
ConocoPhillips (NYSE:COP – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Thursday, May 5th. The energy producer reported $3.27 EPS for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by $0.03. The business had revenue of $19.29 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $18.36 billion. ConocoPhillips had a return on equity of 24.89% and a net margin of 22.52%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 82.7% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the prior year, the business posted $0.69 earnings per share. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that ConocoPhillips will post 15 EPS for the current fiscal year.
The firm also recently disclosed a dividend, which will be paid on Friday, July 15th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, June 28th will be paid a $0.70 dividend. This is a positive change from ConocoPhillips’s previous dividend of $0.30. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Monday, June 27th. This represents a dividend yield of 3.21%. ConocoPhillips’s dividend payout ratio is 18.97%.
ConocoPhillips Profile (Get Rating)
ConocoPhillips explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids worldwide. It primarily engages in the conventional and tight oil reservoirs, shale gas, heavy oil, LNG, oil sands, and other production operations. The company's portfolio includes unconventional plays in North America; conventional assets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; various LNG developments; oil sands assets in Canada; and an inventory of conventional and unconventional exploration prospects.
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'Man City are the club for Pochettino' - Ex-PSG boss told he could follow Guardiola at the Etihad Stadium
Mauricio Pochettino has been backed to succeed Pep Guardiola as Manchester City manager by ex-striker Trevor Sinclair.
Pochettino is out of a job after he was sacked by Paris Saint-Germain this summer following a disappointing season in which they were eliminated from the Champions League at the last-16 stage.
The Argentine had previously been seen as a candidate to take over at Manchester United, but the Red Devils opted to hire Erik ten Hag to assume control this summer.
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What did Sinclair say about Pochettino?
Instead, Pochettino could end up continuing his coaching career with the blue half of Manchester, as Sinclair believes he would be a good option to replace Guardiola.
"You look at him and he knows how to deal with egos. He seems to have a fantastic rapport with players," Sinclair said on TalkSport.
"It doesn't matter how big the players are, we have seen him managing [Lionel] Messi, [Kylian] Mbappe and Neymar. So on that side of things, I think he is safe hands.
"He is a charming man and I think he comes across well in the media.
"I actually feel that Manchester City might be the club for him. I think he might have a bit of a sabbatical now, because I'm sure he is not struggling for finances.
"But I think Manchester City could be the one for him. If Guardiola walks away at a certain stage, that might be a hot seat ready to take for Pochettino."
When will Guardiola leave Man City?
Guardiola's current contract at City expires at the end of the 2022-23 campaign.
The coach will have spent seven years with the club by the time his deal runs out and he suggested last August that he will not commit to an extension.
"Next step will be a national team, if there is a possibility. A national team is the next step,” he said.
"After seven years on this team, I think I’m going to have a stop. I’m going to have to take a break, see what we’ve done. And in the process, I would like to train a South American [team], European [national side], playing a Copa America – I want to have that experience." | https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/man-city-are-the-club-for-pochettino-guardiola-etihad/bltbe5d9582e00297ad | 2022-07-09T19:16:09Z | https://www.goal.com/en-au/news/man-city-are-the-club-for-pochettino-guardiola-etihad/bltbe5d9582e00297ad | true | 7 |
Union County College’s new name has been announced
Union County College has officially changed its name. It's now known as Union College of Union County, New Jersey. The change was approved by both the college’s Board of Trustees and Board of Governors at a meeting last month. “Adopting the name of Union College moves us into...
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