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Ridgecrest Wealth Partners LLC lowered its position in PepsiCo, Inc. (NASDAQ:PEP – Get Rating) by 2.6% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 3,719 shares of the company’s stock after selling 98 shares during the quarter. Ridgecrest Wealth Partners LLC’s holdings in PepsiCo were worth $622,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in the company. Norges Bank acquired a new stake in shares of PepsiCo during the fourth quarter valued at $2,180,925,000. BlackRock Inc. boosted its stake in shares of PepsiCo by 5.5% during the fourth quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 105,501,759 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,326,710,000 after acquiring an additional 5,454,097 shares during the last quarter. Sanders Capital LLC boosted its stake in PepsiCo by 34.3% in the 4th quarter. Sanders Capital LLC now owns 6,691,540 shares of the company’s stock worth $1,285,136,000 after buying an additional 1,708,005 shares during the last quarter. Capital Research Global Investors boosted its stake in PepsiCo by 9.6% in the 4th quarter. Capital Research Global Investors now owns 18,698,968 shares of the company’s stock worth $3,248,196,000 after buying an additional 1,634,702 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Alphinity Investment Management Pty Ltd acquired a new stake in PepsiCo in the 4th quarter worth about $213,908,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 72.12% of the company’s stock.
In other PepsiCo news, EVP David Flavell sold 5,150 shares of PepsiCo stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 16th. The stock was sold at an average price of $175.11, for a total transaction of $901,816.50. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 28,275 shares in the company, valued at approximately $4,951,235.25. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through the SEC website. Also, CEO Eugene Willemsen sold 4,560 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Monday, May 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $175.61, for a total value of $800,781.60. Following the completion of the sale, the chief executive officer now owns 8,277 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,453,523.97. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.12% of the stock is owned by insiders.
PepsiCo (NASDAQ:PEP – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, April 26th. The company reported $1.29 EPS for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.24 by $0.05. PepsiCo had a return on equity of 53.44% and a net margin of 12.57%. The business had revenue of $16.20 billion for the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $15.54 billion. During the same period last year, the business posted $1.21 EPS. The company’s revenue was up 9.3% on a year-over-year basis. Analysts predict that PepsiCo, Inc. will post 6.64 earnings per share for the current year.
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 30th. Shareholders of record on Friday, June 3rd were issued a dividend of $1.15 per share. The ex-dividend date was Thursday, June 2nd. This is an increase from PepsiCo’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.08. This represents a $4.60 annualized dividend and a yield of 2.68%. PepsiCo’s payout ratio is currently 62.93%.
PEP has been the topic of a number of research analyst reports. UBS Group decreased their price target on PepsiCo from $190.00 to $182.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, June 21st. Wells Fargo & Company decreased their price target on PepsiCo from $175.00 to $172.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research note on Tuesday, June 21st. Citigroup lifted their price objective on PepsiCo from $194.00 to $198.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 27th. Barclays reduced their price objective on PepsiCo from $187.00 to $183.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday. Finally, Guggenheim lifted their price objective on PepsiCo from $188.00 to $193.00 in a research note on Wednesday, April 27th. Seven analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus price target of $177.47.
PepsiCo Company Profile (Get Rating)
PepsiCo, Inc manufactures, markets, distributes, and sells various beverages and convenient foods worldwide. The company operates through seven segments: Frito-Lay North America; Quaker Foods North America; PepsiCo Beverages North America; Latin America; Europe; Africa, Middle East and South Asia; and Asia Pacific, Australia and New Zealand and China Region.
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Rob Zombie confirms that filming of his “Munsters” relaunch is complete, showing new looks at Herman, Lily and Grandpa. The original “Munsters” aired for two seasons on CBS from 1964 to 1966. Over the years, several attempts have been made to restart the cute family of monsters, but none of them could match the success of the original. Zombie, who is best known for his grisly R-rated horror films, is the latest director to attempt the impossible, with Jeff Daniel Phillips as Herman, Sheri Moon Zombie as Lily and Daniel Roebuck as Grandpa in the new PG-rated film.
The exact plot of the “Munsters” is still unknown, but Zombie was constantly updating information during the preparation for filming and shooting schedules. The first teasers appeared in the form of the film’s logo and photos of the construction of 1313 Mockingbird Lane, the mansion of the titular family. In the end, fans saw the redesign of Herman, Lily and Grandpa for the first time, which removed some of people’s concerns about the fact that he is engaged in a family franchise. Zombie kept fans in the loop when he completed filming with supporting characters like Jorge Garcia (Flup) and Catherine Schell (Zoya Krupp), and now the director has reached another milestone.
Link: Where are Marilyn and Eddie in Rob Zombie’s Munsters relaunch?
Zombie announced on Instagram that The Munsters have officially finished production. The director said that he was flying home from Budapest, where a reboot had been filmed since November 2021. In addition to the news, Zombie shared three new images of Robak, Sheri Moon Zombie and Phillips in costumes. Check out the director’s original post below:
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Herman, Lily and Grandpa are getting a fresh redesign for the Zombie reboot, but the outfits of the characters are not that far from what they saw in the 60s. Zombie has previously stated how passionate The Munsters project is for him, which explains why the first trailer for The Munsters recreated the 60s intro almost frame by frame, except for the inclusion of Eddie and Marilyn. Zombie has yet to confirm whether these two original characters will play a role in the reboot story. However, in another way to honor the original show, Pat Priest (Marilyn) and Butch Patrick (Eddie) have both been chosen as new characters for the reboot.
New footage from Munster were a refreshing change of pace from the usual secretive process of filming in studios, but finishing the film with production is arguably more exciting. The first trailer for “The Munsters” didn’t give many clues about the film’s history. However, now that filming has been completed, the next trailer should be released soon to give fans a better idea of what awaits them this fall. With Halloween season fast approaching, Universal will likely begin ramping up a marketing campaign for Munsters in the coming weeks. | https://www.somagnews.com/rob-zombies-munsters-completes-the-shoot-with-new-photos-of-herman-lily-grandpa/ | 2022-07-09T19:24:14Z | https://www.somagnews.com/rob-zombies-munsters-completes-the-shoot-with-new-photos-of-herman-lily-grandpa/ | true | 1 |
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On April 28, 2022, Accolade issued a press release reporting the Company's results for the fiscal fourth quarter and full year ended February 28, 2022. Among other items, Accolade issued fourth quarter GAAP earnings per share of -$0.51, compared to -$0.09 for the same period in the prior year as the Company's operating expenses more than doubled year over year. The Company also issued fiscal year 2023 revenue guidance of only $350 million to $365 million, well below consensus estimate of $382.87 million. Additionally, the Company's Chief Executive Officer stated that a large customer had recently notified the Company that it would end its service relationship with Accolade after the end of 2022.
On this news, Accolade's stock price fell $5.50 per share, or 49.73%, to close at $5.56 per share on April 29, 2022.
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At the beginning of his career, one of Spawn’s strangest abilities actually showed the face of his replacement years before he was even given a name. When Al Simmons was still clinging to the reality of his new existence as a creature of hell, he sought to use his powers to fix his disfigured face so that he could see his wife Wanda Blake again. But for some reason, his efforts forced him to assume a completely different face, which was later changed to his future replacement, Jim Downing, who acted as a Spawn when Al couldn’t. Long before Todd MacFarlane created the Spawn multiverse, he hinted at replacing the hero.
Returning to Earth after a five-year death, former Lieutenant Colonel Al Simmons appeared in New York in an unfamiliar suit, having no idea who he was and how he got there. Helping to save a woman from a robbery, Simmons learned that he now has abilities that surpass all human abilities that he acquired after making a deal with the devil. He remembered enough that he had agreed to this deal to see his wife again. His confusion turned to horror when he took off his mask to reveal a disfigured and burned face, unrecognizable on his former handsome face, his bare hands confirmed that the rest of his body matched, leaving him angry, confused and remorseful. Although Spawn’s suit and powers could be deadly, all he wanted was to see his wife.
associated: Many amazing and crazy versions of Spawn
In writer and artist Todd McFarlane’s Spawn #2, Simmons was eager to visit his wife, but knew she wouldn’t recognize and wouldn’t want to see him in his current state. He used his powers to see if they could change or restore him to his former appearance. In a sense, they were successful, but not in the way Al had hoped. His abilities gave him a completely different look: a Caucasian man with wavy blond hair, the complete opposite of Al’s personality as an African American. Al tried more than once, but his obvious disappointment had no effect on how he looked, and he appeared like this in front of his ex-wife, appearing as “some California beach bum” in Spawn # 3. Although his appearance did not prepare him in any way to see Wanda again got married and started a family, creator Todd MacFarlane much later made this face more than a strange afterthought about his abilities. Much later, Spawn No. 185 introduced Spawn’s replacement, Jim Downing, whose appearance was absolutely identical to Simmons’ previous disguise.
It is revealed that Jim was a lost soul who was contained in Spawn’s necroplastic body along with others who were released after Al’s apparent suicide. Waking up when his soul returned to his body, Jim had virtually no memory of his past life and, like his predecessor, possessed the terrible and dangerous abilities of the Hell Spawn. This identity was further confirmed when Jim ran into Wanda Blake in Spawn #190, where she recalled dating him years ago.
Todd McFarlane’s change at this point in the early days of Spawn took the Easter egg and made it a central part of the overall Spawn mythology. Although Simmons will eventually return to take his suit, powers, and title from Downing, future clashes become even stranger when you realize that at one point they were both two separate people occupying the same Spawn body. | https://www.somagnews.com/spawn-replacement-was-actually-introduced-by-a-strange-force-a-few-years-earlier/ | 2022-07-09T19:25:26Z | https://www.somagnews.com/spawn-replacement-was-actually-introduced-by-a-strange-force-a-few-years-earlier/ | false | 1 |
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‘No pilgrim stranded as of now; more than 15,000 pilgrims evacuated’
Anantnag: With the retrieval of a few more bodies, the death toll in Friday’s Baltal mishap, caused by flash floods, has reached 16, while 35 others have been injured and 40 people still remain missing – even as the rescue operations continue.
Only around five of the deceased have been identified as of now, while efforts are on to ascertain the identities of the others.
More than 15,000 pilgrims, who had remained stranded along the track to the Amarnath cave due to flash floods on Friday, have been evacuated and brought safely to the lower base of Panjtirthi.
“No pilgrim is stranded as of now. The evacuations continued till wee hours today,” an Indo-Tibetian Border Police (ITBP) spokesperson has said.
The mishap took place at about 6:00 PM on Friday at the Baltal base camp. Initial reports had suggested that a cloudburst triggered flash floods in the area, washing away more than two dozen tents and some langars along with the people.
Since then, some eyewitnesses have maintained that there was not a cloudburst but water gushed out of a mountain on its own and washed away everything in the way. The death toll was 13 by Friday evening and has now reached 16, as per the NDRF officials.
“The death toll has reached 16, and 40 pilgrims still seem to be missing,” Director General of the NDRF, Atul Karwal, said. “Four of our teams with over 100 rescuers are on job. Besides, the army, SDRF, CRPF, and others are also on the job.”
Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Vijay Kumar has, however, said that 15 pilgrims have been killed thus far. “35 injured have been evacuated to different hospitals and are undergoing treatment. All of them are stable,” Kumar told media persons at the site of the mishap.
He said that the debris will be cleared by Saturday evening and efforts to find other bodies were on. “We are personally monitoring the rescue operations,” he said.
Kumar was accompanied by Divisional Commissioner Kashmir P K Pole and some other senior officials to the site, where they oversaw the rescue operations, carried out by the army, the NDRF, SDRF, ITBP, and Jammu and Kashmir Police.
“Military helicopters were pressed into service to evacuate the injured people to different hospitals,” a senior official in the UT administration said, adding that most of the injured were shifted to SKIMS in Soura of Srinagar.
Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha reached SKIMS this morning to inquire about the health of the injured pilgrims. “Met the doctors treating the injured and impressed upon all possible treatment for the speedy recovery of those injured,” Sinha said. | https://kashmirreader.com/2022/07/10/amarnath-flash-flood-40-still-missing-death-toll-reaches-16/ | 2022-07-09T19:32:17Z | https://kashmirreader.com/2022/07/10/amarnath-flash-flood-40-still-missing-death-toll-reaches-16/ | true | 1 |
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July 9 (Reuters) - Elon Musk avoided discussing the
collapsed Twitter deal, only repeating allegations of fake
account issues at the social media platform, as he addressed an
audience of moguls on Saturday, two people who attended the
conference told Reuters.
In a wide-reaching interview Saturday, Musk spent most of
his time talking about Mars and extolled the virtues of boosting
birth rates on Earth, one of the sources said. Musk, Chief
Executive of Tesla Inc and rocket company Space X, has
said he aims to establish a civilization on Mars.
Musk earlier this week said that he will do his best to help
what he called "the underpopulation crisis," following a media
report that said he had twins with a top executive at his
brain-chip start-up Neuralink.
The billionaire entrepreneur took the stage at the Allen &
Co Sun Valley Conference, an annual gathering of media and
technology executives in Idaho, less than 24 hours after he
announced he was terminating his $44 billion deal to buy Twitter
Inc.
The interview was conducted by Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, an
artificial intelligence research company, founded by Musk and
several others.
Musks arrival at the Allen & Co Sun Valley Conference
delivered a jolt to the off-record event this week, where the
headline-making typically happens beyond the prying eyes of the
media.
It just seems like an absolute mess, said one senior media
executive, who spoke on condition of anonymity ahead of the
interview. The guy makes his own rules
I'd hate to be
Twitter, where you have to take this guy seriously.
Sun Valley is typically covered like an athleisure version
of the Met Gala, with photographers capturing the arrivals of
fleece-vested media moguls and reporters making note of
power-lunches at the Konditorei cafe on the property.
One Hollywood power-broker Friday expressed hope that the
Musk interview would enliven the conferences staid, cerebral
atmosphere this year.
Hours later, Musks attorneys delivered an eight-page letter
to Twitter, saying he planned to call off the deal to acquire
the social network. The document, filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission, alleged Twitter failed to respond to
repeated requests for information over the past two months, or
obtain his consent before taking actions that would impact its
business -- such as firing two key executives.
Up until that point, conversations in media circles focused
on Wall Streets reappraisal of the streaming business in the
wake of Netflix Incs subscriber losses. One digital
media executive said Hollywood, which has typically been
insulated from recessions, is suddenly worried about how a
worsening economy will affect their multi-billion-dollar
investments in streaming services.
For the first time, people are aware the economy does
impact the entertainment business, because inflation does impact
churn, the digital media executive said, referring to
subscribers leaving a service. People are now saying, Wow,
will people really pay for three of these things?
Following Musks announcement, one chief executive noted the
elephant in the room -- Saturdays remarks might well be
uncomfortable to two conference attendees: Twitter CEO Parag
Agrawal and Chief Financial Officer Ned Segal.
One of Musk's last public messages to Agrawal came in the
form of a tweet of a poop emoji in response to the Twitter CEO's
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BERLIN — German police are investigating after several women reported feeling unwell following an event hosted by the parliamentary group of Chancellor Olaf Scholz's party.
Berlin police said Saturday that the investigation was triggered by a 21-year-old woman, who felt dizzy and unwell several hours into Wednesday's summer party for the Social Democrats and then was unable to remember the evening the following day. She went to a hospital for checks, and police ordered a blood test for an analysis of possible toxic substances.
The woman ate and drank at the event, but didn't consume any alcohol, police said. By Saturday morning, another four cases in which people reported similar symptoms had emerged. German media reported that they apparently were victims of so-called "knockout drops," which can be mixed into drinks or food. Police said they were awaiting test results.
Police opened an investigation of persons unknown on suspicion of bodily harm. Both they and the center-left Social Democrats said they weren't aware of any offenses beyond that.
The Social Democrats' co-leader, Lars Klingbeil, told Welt television he was "furious that something like this could happen at an event" organized by the party. He said the parliamentary group's leadership is cooperating with authorities and he hopes "that the perpetrator or perpetrators can be caught and then brought to account."
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Joe Aribo fulfils Premier League ambition with move to Southampton
Joe Aribo says his switch from Rangers to Southampton on a four-year deal has fulfilled a lifelong ambition to play in the Premier League.
Aribo, who scored 26 goals in 149 appearances for Rangers following his 2019 move from Charlton, had earlier thanked the Glasgow giants on social media for “an amazing journey being part of this special club”.
The 25-year-old midfielder told the Southampton website: “It’s an amazing club with a lot of history here, and it’s a good plan with what’s to come next.
“I’m really excited for the journey. The Premier League is the best league in the world.
“I’ve been watching it since I was a young boy, it’s always been a goal for me to play here and show what I can do on this stage.
“It’s an amazing feeling, a dream come true.
“This is where I’ve wanted to be since I was a child growing up playing, so to say that I’m here now is really exciting.”
London-born Aribo has won 20 caps for Nigeria and celebrated Premiership and Scottish Cup success during his time in Scotland.
He also scored in Rangers’ Europa League final defeat to Eintracht Frankfurt in May.
Southampton manager Ralph Hasenhuttl said: “Joe is a player with many qualities to his game, and we are very excited to welcome him to the squad in time for the pre-season trip to Austria.
“We believe Joe can bring energy and creativity to our side.
“Feeling comfortable in so many different positions is very helpful for a manager and shows he has a high level of football intelligence, with the ability to take on new information quickly.
“He has played a lot of games already in his career, at a very high level, and his performances in the Europa League prove he has the quality to play in the Premier League.
“This is a big ambition for him, and he is hungry to show everybody he can do it.”
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After two years of meeting people online and
dating virtually, it looks like singles in India are ready to get back to face-to-face dates. 46% of daters on
Bumble in India would prefer to go on in-person dates after work or classes. In fact, more than 65% of daters surveyed claim they now prefer to go on an in-person date with their potential matches or partners over only virtual dates. Furthermore, with more people planning their
IRL dates around their newly acquired skills or hobbies, ‘
hobby dates’ has also emerged as one of the dating trends to look forward to in 2022.
Post-work dates are top of the list. Returning to workplaces and colleges has shifted people’s interest in
IRL dating in India. 46% of daters on Bumble would prefer to go on in-person dates after work or classes. In-person dates are preferred more by GenZ (50%) compared to Millennials (42%). When deciding on in-person dates, a majority of daters (51%) prefer to make spontaneous decisions together while one in four daters prefer letting their potential match or partner decide how to plan an in-person date.
Best First IRL date ideas:
Be it selecting a newly opened restaurant in the neighbourhood to eat out, going to pottery classes together on weekends, or exploring an adventurous date to go hiking together–daters in India are choosing different experiences to get to know their online connections on first IRL dates.
- 77% of daters prefer eating out while 59% of them prefer going out for drinks.
- Adventurous dates are preferred by 35% of singles.
- While 75% of singles in India have picked up new hobbies and skills during the pandemic, 30% prefer hobby or skill-based activities.
- Exploring a new place or an activity is the biggest factor a majority of (61%) of daters consider when planning to go on an IRL date.
- For women, the level of effort taken by their potential match or partner to plan a date (51%) is the most important factor they consider before agreeing to go on an IRL date.
The study also revealed the kind of conversations daters are interested in on their first IRL dates:
- 86% of daters love to have conversations around shared passions and hobbies on their first in-person date
- 66% of daters prefer to have conversations around their work or profession, on their first in-person date
- 70% of daters want to have conversations around their travel adventures (places they have visited and hope to visit) on their first in-person date
- 61% of daters enjoy conversations about childhood stories and memories on their first in-person date
- 49% of daters also like to have conversations about their friends and family on their first in-person date
- 25% of daters are keen to have conversations around topical issues (current affairs, politics) on their first in-person date.
Purpose, Location & Vaccination: What Went Down In The Online Dating World In 2021
Year Of Love
If the year 2020 seemed grim for this planet, 2021 took it upon itself to be the chilling reminder that it wasn’t so much about the year but the general times we have come to live in. Every domain and every sector has gone through seismic changes, both for the better and the worse.
However, very few realms have observed an entire paradigm shift across 2021 as significantly as that of online dating. A survey conducted by dating app QuackQuack reveals a few key factors.
Vaccination Is A Must
Eight out of every 10 people who were part of the sample size of the survey voiced their opinion in favour of compulsory vaccination as a precursor to a date. A fairly significant 65 per cent and 75 per cent of people belonging to the age groups of 18-20 and 21-30 respectively agreed upon the same. The importance of a double jab was uniformly highlighted across both the top cities as well as the tier 2 cities of the country as 75 per cent and 70 per cent of the sample size belonging to each felt that the first step towards a safe date would have to be complete vaccination of the other. It was also observed that 80 per cent of the women and 70 per cent of the men who were part of the survey sample felt the necessity of inoculation prior to dates. Dating With A Purpose
The survey outlined the notion that, owing to the protocols surrounding COVID in place, people have had very little reason to venture outdoors, thereby leading them to reflect on the nature of the dates they have found on the dating app as against plunging for matches with a sense of desperation. 47 per cent of the women and 35 per cent of the men, who were part of the survey, vouched for this behavioural change and also commented that the process of reflection and introspection led them towards healthier relationships than before. The difference in the trend of intentional dating between individuals residing in urban areas and those belonging to rural or semi-urban areas was comparatively similar. While nearly 37 per cent of urban teenagers found that their dating process had taken a purposeful turn, 39 per cent of those from rural or semi-urban areas felt likewise. Location, Location, Location
The survey found that a staggering 58 per cent and 56 per cent of individuals ranging between the age groups of 18 to 20 and 21 and 30 respectively preferred pairing up with those belonging to a different location as it would help expand their radius of search for a prospective partner. This trend seemed to be more prominent within women as 58 per cent of them were comfortable dating partners from other locations as against a relatively lower 50 per cent among men. Further investigation into a demographic analysis of the sampled data revealed that 46 per cent of those residing in major metro cities preferred dating beyond the confines of their home location whereas a comparatively higher 57 per cent chose the same in the case of smaller cities as well as towns. The numbers indicate that a significant number of individuals do not find location to be a major barrier when it comes to dating and are flexible with having partners from a place other than their own. Online Over Offline For Now
The survey revealed that a major percentage of 56 per cent in the age group of 18 to 20 preferred having their first date on a virtual medium and were risk-averse owing to the ongoing Covid situation across the country. However, in contrast, 43 per cent people in the age bracket of 30 and above, belonging to a more old school approach, chose to meet in person whilst following all the necessary safety precautions.
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Yukon Creek Fire prompts evacuation preparations along Salcha River
Weather conditions not helping firefighting efforts through weekend
FAIRBANKS, Alaska (KTUU) - Officials placed residents off the road system and recreational cabins in the Middle Salcha River and Upper Salcha River Zones in “set” status with the Lower Salcha River in “ready” status as a result of a very active Yukon Creek Fire.
The statement from officials went on to say that “when evacuation status changes, we will work with emergency management staff to make those announcements.”
The Yukon Creek Fire, which has grown to 12,489 acres, is part of the recently named Middle Tanana Complex, and also includes the Marshall Mountain, Central Creek, Central Creek Airstrip, Porcupine Creek, South Fork, Gold Hub, California Creek and Gilles Creek fires. All of these fires remain active and as of 9 a.m. Alaska Time Saturday, have burned a combined 50,276 acres in an area east of the Richardson Highway from Delta Junction to Eielson Air Force Base.
Saturday morning’s update acknowledged that “smokejumpers are making progress implementing structure protection measures along the Salcha River corridor in areas that the Yukon Fire could impact. During structure protection efforts, firefighters set up pumps and hoses to get water to a sprinkler system that can be turned on around buildings as the fire nears. They clear vegetation away from the structures and further secure the property with handline as needed. These efforts are intended to minimize impacts to properties should the fire reach them.”
The statement also mentioned that late Friday, the “Central Creek Fire became more active and began to impact the Pogo Mine road around mile 40. The Gold Hub Fire continues to impact the Pogo Mine road around mile 20. Protecting the power lines that supply electricity to the mine is a priority. If conditions allow, fire managers will take a reconnaissance flight to assess these fires today.”
The area remains under a red flag warning through midnight Monday morning as very warm temperatures in the 75 to 85 degree range, low humidity levels in the 20% to 40% range, as well as some thunderstorms with active lightning, and gusty outflow winds continue to provide an environment very favorable for continued fire growth and movement.
Temporary flight restrictions are also in place over the Gold Hub Fire, according to officials, including the use of drones.
View the latest on this fire and the Middle Tanana Complex as well as the current smoke outlook for Interior Alaska.
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The Cleveland Cavaliers officially signed All-Star guard Darius Garland to a multi-year contract extension on Saturday.
Terms were not disclosed, however Klutch Sports CEO Rich Paul told ESPN last Saturday that Garland will receive a five-year, $193 million contract extension that could be worth as much as $231 million.
It's the richest deal in franchise history.
"Darius has proven to be a tremendous basketball player and someone who embodies everything a franchise would want in a young player," said Koby Altman, Cavaliers president of basketball operations. "We've quickly seen Darius grow into an NBA All-Star and an integral core piece in our pursuit of sustainable success. Both on and off the court, Darius has demonstrated a strong commitment to this organization and the community. We look forward to our future and what we can accomplish here in Cleveland."
Garland, 22, averaged career-high totals in points (21.7), assists (8.6), rebounds (3.3) and steals (1.3) and made a career-best 174 3-pointers in 68 games (all starts) last season. He made his first All-Star team and was a finalist for the NBA's Most Improved Player award.
Garland has averaged 17.4 points, 6.3 assists and 2.6 rebounds in 181 career games (177 starts) since being selected by Cleveland with the fifth overall pick of the 2019 NBA Draft.
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Defensive Rookie of the Year Micah Parsons will be entering the 2022 NFL season with the weight of expectations on his shoulders. With every passing day, there seems to be renewed hype around the player.
This is thanks to the numerous clips where he comfortably dismantles his opponents in various skill challenges - be it a game of hoop or some crazy workout.
The recent edition of 'Micah Parsons Hype Train' sees the Dallas Cowboys linebacker putting in some work with his coach. Parsons looked absolutely frightening in the video!
Brandon Jordan, a former footballer himself and Parsons' coach, posted a clip of the Cowboys star's latest training regimen. Jordan captioned his post simply with the word - "Crafting."
He might be hinting at things we can expect from the 23-year-old this coming season.
Watch the impressive video clip below:
Fans react to Micah Parsons' latest workout video
Parsons' training video sparked a slew of reactions from NFL fans. One fan wrote:
"Micah Parsons is going to be absolutely terrifying this season as a pass rusher for the Dallas Cowboys…look at this!"
Meanwhile, another fan rued his team's luck that Parsons ended up in Dallas. The former Penn State star was drafted No. 12 by Dallas. Washington, meanwhile, had the No. 19 pick, which they used to draft Kentucky star Jamin Davis.
One fan seems convinced that Micah Parsons is the future Defensive Player of the Year (DPOY):
Here are some other reactions to Parsons' terrifying workout:
Micah Parsons schools his Cowboys teammates in a game of basketball
A few days back, Parsons posted a story to Instagram where he could be seen dominating his teammates in a game of hoops. In the short 15-second clip, Parsons can be seen with the ball at the 3-point line, guarded by a defender.
The 23-year-old moved past his marker with ease before scoring with a simple lay-up. The person recording the video can be heard yelling "Oh my God!" He posted in the caption:
"This (is) what I mean. Nobody in the league (is) guarding me!!"
Streghth? Checked. Quick movement? Checked. And Speed? Double Checked.
Parsons is expected to be a big force coming up for only his second season in the league. Back in February, the Cowboys rookie beat the likes of Nick Chubb and Tyreek Hill in a foot race during the Pro Bowl weekend.
Earlier this week, he achieved a similar feat, leaving behind the likes of Isaiah Simmons, Andre Cisco, and Casey Hayward to win the race.
Parsons ended last season with 13 sacks to his name, falling just 1.5 sacks shy of the rookie sack record - held by former Tennessee Titans star Jevon Kearse. He recorded 84 tackles (64 solo), 20 tackles and three forced fumbles, earning a Pro Bowl and first-team All-Pro selection.
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Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes are two of the NFL's premier quarterbacks. In his day, Tony Romo was too. Most fans would agree that it takes a lot of hard work to become an elite quarterback and it takes just as much, if not more, to maintain that elite level of play.
However, former NBA MVP Charles Barkley, who is now a jack-of-all-trades sports analyst, doesn't believe they work that hard. Barkley was asked how much he thinks their football skills transfer over into their golf game.
The analyst didn't mince words while speaking on NFL Total Access:
"Oh no, they have nothing to do with each other. No, no, no. The quarterbacks, they’re like pitchers. They’re the least hard-working players on the football team."
Barkley went on to add that there are several other players on a football team who work much harder than any NFL quarterback. He even added that quarterbacks benefit from the rules, making them work even less:
"You know, offensive line, defensive line, those are the guys who really work hard. But the quarterback, they’re just pretty. Josh Allen’s pretty, Pat Mahomes, Romo, they don’t get hit that often, it’s like the NBA. You can’t touch them anymore."
Barkley isn't known to hold back when asked about anything, and he certainly didn't when asked about those three quarterbacks.
Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen are set to run the NFL
In terms of who the best quarterback in the NFL is, every list is subjective. 'Best' is difficult to quantify, even with advanced analytics and other metrics that are used to judge players.
However, two names that routinely find themselves at or near the top of those 'best quarterback lists' are Josh Allen and Patrick Mahomes.
Patrick Mahomes has already won an MVP, an Offensive Player of the Year, a Super Bowl, been named to the Pro Bowl four times and an All-Pro once. There's no questioning that Mahomes is one of the best right now and might go down as an all-time great.
Josh Allen, comparatively, has not done as much, having just one Pro Bowl to his name. However, Allen has had a bit of a meteoric rise and finds himself alongside Mahomes as one of the premier quarterbacks in football.
For a good example, look no further than their incredible duel in the AFC Divisional Round last year. The Kansas City Chiefs ended up defeating the Buffalo Bills by a score of 42-36 in overtime.
Josh Allen threw for 329 yards and four touchdowns, adding 68 yards on the ground. Mahomes threw for 378 yards and three touchdowns. He carried for 69 yards and a touchdown, too.
In the final two minutes of the game, the Bills scored to take the lead. Within a minute, Patrick Mahomes and the Chiefs took the lead back. With just 13 seconds left, Allen threw his fourth touchdown to take a three-point lead.
That was enough time for Patrick Mahomes to get down the field for a game-tying field goal. The Chiefs walked off in overtime on Mahomes' third touchdown pass.
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WASHINGTON: President Joe Biden on Friday condemned the “extreme” Supreme Court majority that ended a constitutional right to abortion and delivered an impassioned plea for Americans upset by the decision to “vote, vote, vote vote” in November. Under mounting pressure from fellow Democrats to be more forceful in response to the ruling, he signed an executive order to try to protect access to the procedure.
The actions Biden outlined are intended to head off some potential penalties that women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but his order cannot restore access to abortion in the more than a dozen states where strict limits or total bans have gone into effect. About a dozen more states are set to impose additional restrictions.
Biden acknowledged the limitations facing his office, saying it would require an act of Congress to restore nationwide access to the way it was before the June 24 decision.
“The fastest way to restore Roe is to pass a national law,” Biden said. “The challenge is go out and vote. For God’s sake there is an election in November!"
Biden's action formalized instructions to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to push back on efforts to limit the ability of women to access federally approved abortion medication or to travel across state lines to access clinical abortion services. He was joined by Vice President Kamala Harris, HHS secretary Xavier Becerra and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco in the Roosevelt Room as he signed the order.
His executive order also directs agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or obtain abortion services. He is also asking the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to protect the privacy of those seeking information about reproductive care online and establish a task force to coordinate federal efforts to safeguard access to abortion.
Biden is also directing his staff to line up volunteer lawyers to provide women and providers with pro bono legal assistance to help them navigate new state restrictions.
The order comes as Biden has faced criticism from some in his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect women’s access to abortion. The court's decision in the case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Since the decision, Biden has stressed that his ability to protect abortion rights by executive action is limited without congressional action, and stressed that Democrats do not have the votes in the current Congress to do so.
“We need two additional pro-choice senators and a pro-choice house to codify Roe," he said. "Your vote can make that a reality.”
Biden for the first time last week announced his support for changing Senate rules to allow a measure to restore nationwide access to abortion to pass by a simple majority, rather than the usual 60-vote threshold required to end a filibuster. However, at least two Democratic lawmakers have made clear they won’t support changing Senate rules.
He predicted that women would turn out in “record numbers” in frustration over the court's decision, and said he expected "millions and millions of men will be taking up the fight beside them.”
On Friday, he repeated his sharp criticism of the Supreme Court's reasoning in striking down what had been a half-century constitutional right to abortion.
“Let’s be clear about something from the very start, this was not a decision driven by the Constitution," Biden said. He accused the court's majority of “playing fast and loose with the facts."
He spoke emotionally of a 10-year-old Ohio girl reported to have been forced to travel out of state to terminate a pregnancy after being raped, noting that some states have instituted abortion bans that don't have exceptions for cases of rape or incest.
“A 10-year- old should be forced to give birth to a rapist's child?" an incredulous Biden nearly shouted. “I can’t think of anything more extreme.”
Biden added that in the November congressional elections, “The choice we face as a nation is between the mainstream or the extreme.”
His directions to the Justice Department and HHS push the agencies to fight in court to protect women, but the order conveys no guarantees that the judicial system will take their side against potential prosecution by states that have moved to outlaw abortion.
NARAL Pro-Choice America President Mini Timmaraju called Biden's order "an important first step in restoring the rights taken from millions of Americans by the Supreme Court.”
But Lawrence Gostin, who runs the O’Neill Institute for National and Global Health at Georgetown Law, described Biden’s plans as “underwhelming.”
“There’s nothing that I saw that would affect the lives of ordinary poor women living in red states," he said.
Gostin encouraged Biden to take a more forceful approach toward ensuring access to medication abortion across the country and said Medicaid should consider covering transportation to other states for the purposes of getting abortions.
Chiquita Brooks-LaSure, the administrator of the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services, recently told the AP that the agency had been looking at whether Medicaid could cover travel for abortions, but acknowledged that “Medicaid’s coverage of abortion is extremely limited.”
Susan B. Anthony Pro-Life America President Marjorie Dannenfelser condemned Biden's order, saying, “President Biden has once again caved to the extreme abortion lobby, determined to put the full weight of the federal government behind promoting abortion.”
Biden’s move was the latest scramble to protect the data privacy of those contemplating or seeking an abortion, as regulators and lawmakers reckon with the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling.
Privacy experts say women could be vulnerable if their personal data is used to surveil pregnancies and shared with the police or sold to vigilantes. Online searches, location data, text messages and emails, and even apps that track periods could be used to prosecute people who seek an abortion — or medical care for a miscarriage — as well as those who assist them, experts say.
Privacy advocates are watching for possible new moves by law enforcement agencies in affected states — serving subpoenas, for example, on tech companies such as Google, Apple, Bing, Facebook’s Messenger and WhatsApp, services like Uber and Lyft, and internet service providers including AT&T, Verizon, T-Mobile and Comcast. Local prosecutors may go before sympathetic judges to obtain search warrants for users’ data.
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ATLANTA (AP)The Atlanta Braves are one powerful bunch, and Matt Olson is enjoying the ride.
”Watching from afar these past couple of years I know there was a lot of power in this clubhouse, and it’s cool to be a part of it this year,” Olson said. ”(Austin) Riley’s got a bunch of homers, but it’s not just one guy doing all the damage. You look at the lineup and everybody’s got power and a chance to do damage that day, which is cool and tough to game plan for.”
Olson and Ronald Acuna Jr. homered off Erick Fedde, rookie Michael Harris II went 4 for 4, and the Braves beat the Washington Nationals 12-2 on Friday night.
William Contreras also connected off Fedde for the defending World Series champions, who improved to an NL-best 27-8 since June 1. Second-place Atlanta also moved within 2 1/2 games of the NL East-leading New York Mets.
The Braves have hit an NL-best 131 homers.
”That’s what we do,” manager Brian Snitker said. ”That’s how we’re built. We hit homers and we strike out. It is what it is. It’s getting harder and harder to bunch hits with the arms we face and the velocities and what these guys are bringing every day. As long as it doesn’t stop, I’m all in.”
Charlie Morton (5-3) won his fourth straight decision, but his first since June 5 at Colorado. The 38-year-old right-hander allowed two runs and four hits in seven innings.
Harris hit a two-run double to left in the second to put Atlanta up 3-0. Acuna followed with his eighth homer, a massive three-run shot that stopped a 0-for-14 skid. The ball traveled 446 feet to left and was clocked at 109 mph off his bat.
”He’s really impressive,” said Olson, who was acquired in a March trade with Oakland. ”Probably one of the best young players I’ve played with. His ability to hit, he’s got natural instincts in the outfield. Obviously able to cover a lot of ground. Steals bases. Hits for average, power. … He’s a special player.”
Acuna, the leading NL All-Star vote-getter, homered for the first time since June 21 against San Francisco. He is the first player since Albert Pujols in 2009-10 to lead his league in All-Star votes in consecutive seasons.
Harris added his own impressive drive in the eighth, a two-run shot to right. Harris’ seventh homer traveled 425 feet and came off his bat at 112 mph, sailing into the Chop House restaurant in the second level of right field.
Juan Soto hit a two-run shot for Washington in the third. It was Soto’s 16th of the season.
Soto has hit safely in 11 straight and is batting .405 with two homers and five RBIs during the streak.
”Everybody wants to see the results of the work that you put in,” Soto said. ”I think it’s coming out right now. I feel pretty good right now at the dish, and I’m seeing the ball well. The pitchers know it.”
Morton struck out seven and walked three while improving to 3-0 with a 2.63 ERA in his last four starts against Washington.
Fedde (5-6) dropped to 0-6 with an 11.03 ERA in nine career starts and one relief appearance against Atlanta. He gave up eight hits and eight runs in three-plus innings.
”Couldn’t finish hitters,” Nationals manager Dave Martinez said. ”One inning he had four 0-2 counts and walked four guys. He just couldn’t finish hitters today. I think he’s trying to overthrow pitches.”
Washington has lost eight of nine to stay in last place in the division.
ALL-STAR STAFF
Snitker will participate in his second All-Star Game but his first as manager after winning the World Series last season. Snitker said he didn’t hesitate to ask Martinez and Dodgers manager Dave Roberts to serve as his coaches.
”I started thinking (Martinez) didn’t get a chance to celebrate it,” Snitker said. ”I mean they won a world championship, and COVID hit. That’s what I told him. I’ve known Davey a long time. `You’re a World Series champion and you never had a chance celebrate (at the All-Star Game),’ and I wanted to give him a chance to be on the staff. I called over and asked him on the field in Washington (three weeks ago) and he said yes immediately.”
Snitker chose Roberts after the latter named him to the staff for the 2019 game at Cleveland. This year’s game is at Dodger Stadium.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Nationals: RHP Anibal Sanchez was scheduled to make his third rehab start for Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Sanchez, sidelined all season with a cervical nerve impingement in his neck, could return to the rotation next Wednesday at home against Seattle.
Braves: RHP Kenley Jansen (irregular heartbeat) threw off a mound, and Snitker said he is making progress toward returning from the 15-day injured list early next week. … LF Adam Duvall is on the paternity list and will return to the team on Monday. 1B Mike Ford was called up from Triple-A Gwinnett.
CAPACITY CROWD
The Braves announced a crowd of 41,725, the 21st sellout of the season. Most of them left during a 75-minute rain delay in the bottom of the eighth and missed Marcell Ozuna’s two-run single off Washington’s Alcides Escobar, a shortstop filling in on the mound.
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Portland Trail Blazers star Damian Lillard is going to be making quite a bit of money in his 30’s.
On Friday, Chris Haynes of Yahoo Sports first reported that Lillard and the Trail Blazers were close to agreeing to a two-year, nearly $122 million extension to keep the star guard in Portland through the 2026-2027 season.
“BREAKING: Damian Lillard and Portland Trail Blazers are close to finalizing an agreement on a two-year, close to $122 million max extension, league sources tell [Yahoo Sports],” Haynes posted to Twitter.
ESPN’s Bobby Marks later confirmed that the deal was done, adding that the 2026-2027 year was a player option for Lillard.
Here is the Lillard contract breakdown:
Current contract
22-23: $42.5M
23-24: $45.6M
24-25: $48.8MExtension*
25-26: $58.5M
26-27: $63.3M (P)The extension numbers could be adjusted based on the salary cap in 2025-26. It cannot exceed 35% of the cap for that season.
— Bobby Marks (@BobbyMarks42) July 8, 2022
Lillard is already second all-time in points scored in Portland franchise history – second behind Clyde Drexler – a record he will surely grab next season if he’s able to remain healthy.
Lillard played in a career-low 29 games during the 2021-2022 NBA season and underwent season-ending abdomen surgery in January. His absence led to a down year for Portland, who missed the playoffs for the first time since the 2012-2013 season.
“I feel great. It was one of those things that had just been bothering me over the last four and a half years,” Lillard said during an ESPN interview at NBA Summer League. “And I had been able to play through it. After games, practices, it was something that just kept coming up. And then after last season – being a long season going straight into the Olympics – it was killing me during the Olympics. And then obviously this season I was a step slow, I was uncomfortable a lot. I wanted to fight through it. I never want to not play.”
“I met with some specialists, I had to go under the knife. I got the surgery and it was a pretty aggressive rehab and I got back pretty quick. And then it was just a matter of building my strength back up and getting comfortable with certain movements. And now, my body is stronger than it was before in certain areas just because I had to build it up from scratch,”
Portland has been active this offseason, trading for Jerami Grant of the Detroit Pistons.
“Jerami Grant is a dynamic two-way forward that can impact winning at a high level,” said Trail Blazers General Manager Joe Cronin, according to NBA.com. “He fits seamlessly into Coach Billups’ system on both sides of the ball. We could not be happier to have him in Portland.”
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CHICAGO (AP)Brittney Griner is ”the fun aunt,” according to Nneka Ogwumike. She is resilient and kind, Ogwumike said. A fellow daughter of Texas, and Ogwumike’s father’s favorite player.
Speaking Friday ahead of the WNBA’s All-Star festivities in Chicago, Ogwumike focused more on Griner’s humanity than her playing ability as the league continued to push for Griner’s release from her detention in Russia.
”BG, Brittney Griner, is an American hero,” said Ogwumike, an All-Star forward for the Los Angeles Sparks. ”She is ours and she is yours, and we must get her home.”
Ogwumike, the president of the WNBA players’ association, joined Griner’s wife, Cherelle, the Rev. Al Sharpton, Seattle Storm star Sue Bird and union leader Terri Jackson for a press conference calling for mercy for Griner a day after the eight-time All-Star pleaded guilty to drug possession charges that could see her sentenced to up to 10 years in prison.
Returning to play basketball in Russia, Griner, 31, was first detained at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport in February. Police said they found vape canisters containing cannabis oil in her luggage.
”She’s been there 4 1/2 months, having to be transported in vehicles too small for her frame,” Sharpton said. ”Incarcerated where, she’s in a place where most of the people in that place can’t speak her language. I think she’s already done a lot of time given what we’re talking about was the infraction.”
Speaking through an interpreter, Griner told the court Thursday she had no intention of committing a crime and had acted unintentionally because she had packed for Moscow in a hurry. The trial was then adjourned until July 14.
Griner’s guilty plea could be an effort by her and her advisers to expedite the court proceedings.
”BG has taken accountability, and now it is time – past time – for this to come to a conclusion,” Jackson said.
Griner’s detention comes at a low point in relations between the United States and Russia. The State Department’s designation of Griner as wrongfully detained put her case under the supervision of its special presidential envoy for hostage affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
President Joe Biden called Cherelle Griner on Wednesday to assure her that he’s doing all he can to win her wife’s release as soon as possible. They spoke after Biden read a letter from Brittney Griner in which she said she feared she’d never return home.
”At this point I am in the position where I understand that what they are doing is very challenging due to the circumstances with Russia and the United States right now,” Cherelle Griner said. ”And so I want to make it very clear that our next move as supporters for BG is to make sure that the administration understands that they have our full support in doing any and everything necessary to be able to bring BG home as well as every other wrongfully detained American.”
Cherelle Griner, along with Ogwumike and Bird, did not answer any questions at the press conference.
After first staying quiet in the wake of Brittney Griner’s arrest, Cherelle Griner and the WNBA have stepped up their campaign for the release of the two-time Olympic gold medalist. The WNBA put a decal on each of its courts with Griner’s initials as well as her No. 42, and cleared the way for the Phoenix Mercury to pay her without it counting against the team’s salary cap.
Griner is an honorary starter for Sunday’s All-Star Game, and Jackson said the league is planning a special recognition for Cherelle and the Griner family during the contest.
”Sanctity of sport is important,” Bird said, ”and as an athlete community made up of friends from countries around the world, we all feel rattled by this, and just want her home.”
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Jim Heintz in Moscow and AP Basketball Writer Doug Feinberg in New York contributed to this report.
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Williams makes college pick
6 foot 4 recent Hamilton West grad Arterio Williams has made his college pick.Williams is headed to Albright.This season he helped Hamilton West to a 14-10 record.He averaged 9 ppg and 7 rpg. He we...
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It is hoped the Raphinha to Barcelona transfer saga will finally reach a conclusion in the coming week, as reports state that the Brazilian's agent, Deco, has given the Catalan club a deadline to make the deal happen. Should they feel to meet that demand, Deco and Raphinha will negotiate terms with Chelsea, who have already had a bid accepted by Leeds United.
According to GOAL Brazil, Barcelona have until 'the beginning of next week' to make their deal acceptable to the Whites. Up until this point, the Spanish club - mired in financial trouble which has seen them sell off future TV rights to fund their transfer window - have not only failed to meet the valuation that Leeds have for the player but also the structure of the deal is significantly different to the Blues' offer.
Chelsea's offer is said to be a total fee in excess of £60million, with £50million paid up-front and the rest to be paid in instalments and as add-ons. However, Barcelona are offering less than £50million in total, whilst also wanting to pay the fee in far smaller instalments.
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The Whites are not prepared to accept such a deal for their star player and seem as if they will continue to hold out until Barcelona at least offer a greater portion of the fee upfront. It appears now that the patience of all parties is beginning to grow thin, not least the player himself, who has made his dream to play for Barcelona clear. However, if the report is to be believed, he is not prepared to wait forever for them if he believes they won't ultimately be able to come up with the required fee.
The player's absence from Leeds' pre-season tour to Australia signifies the hope that a deal will be sorted swiftly from this point. Leeds and Raphinha certainly hope that is the case, as the club want to use the money to help them buy a new striker, whilst the Brazilian would be playing Champions League football next season. Whether that's at his dream club or elsewhere, depends entirely on Barcelona.
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In the most recent purchasing and selling session, Entrada Therapeutics Inc. (TRDA)’s share price increased by 7.98 percent to ratify at $11.77. A sum of 59452 shares traded at recent session and its average exchanging volume remained at 120.73K 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. Entrada Therapeutics Inc. (TRDA) shares are taking a pay cut of -68.06% from the high point of 52 weeks and flying high of 129.88% from the low figure of 52 weeks.
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Entrada Therapeutics Inc. (TRDA) shares reached a high of $11.89 and dropped to a low of $10.3135 until finishing in the latest session at $10.92. Traders and investors may also choose to study the ATR or Average True Range when concentrating on technical inventory assessment. Currently at 1.67 is the 14-day ATR for Entrada Therapeutics Inc. (TRDA). The highest level of 52-weeks price has $36.85 and $5.12 for 52 weeks lowest level. The liquidity ratios which the firm has won as a quick ratio of 17.70, a current ratio of 17.70 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.00.
Having a look at past record, we’re going to look at various forwards or backwards shifting developments regarding TRDA. The firm’s shares fell -3.37 percent in the past five business days and grew 48.42 percent in the past thirty business days. In the previous quarter, the stock rose 48.80 percent at some point. The output of the stock decreased -13.01 percent within the six-month closing period. The company’s performance is now negative at -31.25% from the beginning of the calendar year.
Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (LYEL) shares on Friday’s trading session, dropped -1.32 percent to see the stock exchange hands at $6.72 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 -$1.07 as earning-per-share over the last full year, while a chance, will post -$1.61 for the coming year. The current EPS Growth rate for the company during the year is -22.40% and predicted to reach at -27.30% for the coming year. In-depth, if we analyze for the long-term EPS Growth, the past five years and the scenario is totally different as the current prediction is -7.90% for the next five year.
The last trading period has seen Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (LYEL) move -66.13% and 88.24% from the stock’s 52-week high and 52-week low prices respectively. The daily trading volume for Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (NASDAQ:LYEL) over the last session is 0.74 million shares. LYEL has attracted considerable attention from traders and investors, a scenario that has seen its volume drop -18.67% 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, Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (NASDAQ:LYEL) produces -27.60%. 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 LYEL’s scenario is at -27.00%. 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. Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (LYEL) generated -22.80% 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, Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (LYEL) stock is found to be 7.76% volatile for the week, while 9.38% volatility is recorded for the month. The outstanding shares have been calculated 244.18M. Based on a recent bid, its distance from 20 days simple moving average is 14.85%, and its distance from 50 days simple moving average is 30.96% while it has a distance of -12.38% 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. Lyell Immunopharma Inc. (NASDAQ:LYEL)’s Williams Percent Range or Williams %R at the time of writing to be seated at 14.77% for 9-Day. It is also calculated for different time spans. Currently for this organization, Williams %R is stood at 9.75% for 14-Day, 8.30% for 20-Day, 6.80% for 50-Day and to be seated 16.45% 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 Lyell Immunopharma Inc., the RSI reading has hit 63.34 for 14-Day. | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/07/09/key-turning-points-to-take-off-entrada-therapeutics-inc-trda-lyell-immunopharma-inc-lyel/ | 2022-07-09T20:27:35Z | https://www.bovnews.com/2022/07/09/key-turning-points-to-take-off-entrada-therapeutics-inc-trda-lyell-immunopharma-inc-lyel/ | true | 19813 |
Parents from hell left their five kids in squalid flat with POO smeared on walls next to toothbrushes as they took drugs
A CRUEL couple who left their five kids in a squalid flat with POO smeared on the walls to take drugs have been jailed.
Vile Lee Carnell, 32, and his ex-girlfriend, Sarah Lamb, 33, horrifically emotionally and physically neglected the traumatised youngsters.
The five children, all aged under 12, were rescued from "squalor" in Hull after concerns were raised to police in 2019.
The brood were forced to live in a disgusting home littered with moudly food, broken glass and "dirty nappies everywhere".
It had been invaded by "lots of flies" and had a "vile smell" - as well as only having four beds between seven people.
Human excrement had also been horrifically smeared on the walls next to toothbrushes, while the couple left cannabis "within reach" of their young kids.
Lamb was the mother to all of the children while Carnell was the father of the youngest three.
The 33-year-old has since birthed another child - her sixth - who is likely to be removed from her indefinitely, Hull Crown Court heard.
Her five children, who were taken into foster care, were tragically up to 18 months behind where they should be at school, Hull Live reported.
Their teeth were left in a "dismal state", with one of the girls being "grossly decayed", forcing them to undergo drastic dental work.
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The heartless parents routinely smoked weed in the house and garden, while ditching the youngsters to go and take drugs.
Their eldest daughter had nearly been punched in the face by mixed martial arts fighter Carnell, but he missed and instead put a hole in the wall.
She was described as a "scared girl" to the court, who were then informed of an incident where Lamb put her hand over her mouth and she had pulled her hair.
One of the boys devastatingly urinated in his room because he was left terrified of bully Carnell, who banned him from using the toilet at night.
And another girl struggled to form a sentence due to her limited vocabulary and would "gorge" on food to comfort herself.
Richard Thompson, prosecuting, said: "Her reading and writing skills were very poor."
She also had a perforated eardrum from infections that had not been treated.
A third girl could not read, write or spell, while her brother got flustered easily and had developed some behavioural issues due to the harrowing neglect he had suffered.
'SERIOUS NEGLECT'
Mr Thompson added: "He has made progress. He does recognise that his behaviour is wrong."
The prosecutor told the court: "It involved multiple incidents of serious neglect.
"It is neglect over years, not weeks. It's neglect of their emotional needs.
"For these children, moving on is going to take many years in terms of the physical harm they have suffered and, more importantly, the emotional harm they have suffered.
"These are still children with very serious problems that they are going to live with for many years."
Sickening Carnell told cops that the family didn't own a vacuum cleaner and claimed his home stunk because of a water leak issue.
He said the bottom of the fridge had "melted" which was why it was covered in slime, while admitting he spent £40 a week on cannabis.
The disgraced dad admitted swearing in front of the children but denied punching the eldest girl, although he confessed to causing a hole in the wall.
Mr Thompson continued: "He admitted the property was not a good or safe place for children. He said that the house being in such a state was not his fault."
It's an assault without a beating in many ways. It's assault by neglect.
Judge Peter Kelson QC
Lamb denied responsibility for the children's health issues but admitted smoking cannabis.
Carnell had convictions for dishonesty, possessing drugs, assaulting police, criminal damage, depositing waste and theft, with many of the offences from when he was a youth.
Lamb had no previous convictions but had four cautions for assault.
Richard Butters, defending Carnell, said: "The facts are awful, particularly when the victims are children. To mitigate the facts would be irresponsible and I don't intend to do so."
Carnell has since split from Lamb and decided to change his ways, seeing him become drug-free for three years.
He began living in Coventry, where he started up an odd-job business after "trying to move on from this dreadful phase of his life".
Mr Butters continued: "He was doing his best. He fell short. He made some very bad errors and mistakes.
"These two have certainly failed the children, that's without question. They have failed these children but, over the years, they have also tried to do some good.
"He tried to do his best. These children were very badly let down. I am not making any excuses about that.
"The parents tried to do some reasonable things with the children within their capabilities. The impact on the children, he finds very hard to live with."
BEHIND BARS
Cathy Kioko-Gilligan, representing Lamb, said that the defendant had not had any contact with Carnell recently allowing her to stabilise her mental health.
She is now drug-free after a previous cannabis addiction and birthed another baby boy, despite believing she was unable to have any more children.
She does not have any contact with the other five children.
Judge Peter Kelson QC said: "There was cannabis located in areas within reach of the children, little food in the cupboards, mould visible on food, no carpeting, with glass on the floor, only four beds available for seven people, with no bedding and dirty nappies everywhere. It's a description of squalor.
"The pair of you were responsible for bringing up these five children and your neglect of them was such that they suffered badly.
"It's an assault without a beating in many ways. It's assault by neglect. Appropriate punishment can only be achieved by immediate custody.
"This is a case requiring a deterrent sentence. It's a case where parenting has fallen so far below the acceptable standard."
Carnell, who pleaded guilty at a very late stage, was jailed for two years.
Lamb, who was seen laughing and joking before going into court, was jailed for 18 months.
Judge Kelson added: "You will have served your prison sentence long before your children have recovered from your harm." | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9134954/parents-left-kids-squalid-flat-poo-take-drugs/ | 2022-07-09T20:32:19Z | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/9134954/parents-left-kids-squalid-flat-poo-take-drugs/ | false | 3 |
Italy relocates migrants after Lampedusa center overwhelmed
ROME (AP) — The Italian navy on Saturday began relocating the first 600 migrants from the Sicilian island of Lampedusa after its refugee identification center became overwhelmed with new arrivals and photos circulated of filthy conditions.
July has seen a sustained uptick in daily migrant arrivals in Italy compared to recent years, according to Interior Ministry statistics. Overall, migrant arrivals are up sharply this year, with 30,000 would-be refugees making landfall so far compared to 22,700 in the same period in 2021 and 7,500 in 2020.
Lampedusa, which is closer to North Africa than mainland Italy, is often the destination of choice for Libyan-based migrant smugglers, who charge desperate people hundreds of dollars apiece to cross the Mediterranean Sea on packed, dangerous dinghies and boats.
The Italian navy’s San Marco ship was taking an initial 600 migrants from Lampedusa to another center in Sicily and from there they were be distributed elsewhere in Italy. the ministry said the transfers would continue Sunday.
Lampedusa’s former mayor, Giusi Nicolini, posted what she said were photos and videos taken in the center in recent days, showing new arrivals sleeping on the floor on pieces of foam and bathrooms piled high with plastic bottles and garbage.
“There are 2,100 people packed in the Lampedusa welcome center,” which has beds for 200, she wrote on Facebook. “These could be photos from Libya, but no, it’s Italy. And these are the ones who survived.”
Right-wing lawmakers were quick to seize on the overcrowding, blaming the left-wing parties in Italy's government for being too soft on migration.
“And this would be the left's famous humanitarian model?” Georgia Meloni of the far-right Brothers of Italy party, tweeted along with the images. “Saying no to mass illegal immigration also means saying no to this.”
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UNITED WAY AWARDS MORE THAN $200,000 IN GRANTS TO LOCAL NONPROFITS
United Way of Westchester and Putnam (UWWP) awarded 28 grants to local nonprofits totaling $210,000. The grants support...
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westfaironline.comWestfair Business Publications (Westfair), a privately held publishing firm located in White Plains, N.Y., publishes weekly business newspapers: the Westchester County Business Journal in New York state and the Fairfield County Business Journal in Connecticut. With a weekly readership of more than 150,000, Westfair’s business publications reach business leaders and decision makers in seven counties as a premier source of business information on matters of concern and interest. Its website, westfaironline.com, provide up-to-date news and information on issues important and pertinent to the regional business marketplace.
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Queen City Comedy Experience Hits Charlotte This August
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Get ready to laugh! Charlotte’s premier comedy festival will return to multiple venues in uptown this August for the first time since 2019. Blumenthal Performing Arts, Queen City Comedy, and The Comedy Zone will come together to host The Queen...
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BRENTWOOD, Tenn., June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Surgery Partners, Inc. (SGRY, Financial) ("Surgery Partners" or the "Company"), a leading short-stay surgical facility owner and operator, announced the Company will release its second quarter 2022 results before the market opens on Tuesday, August 2, 2022, to be followed by a conference call at 8:30 a.m. (Eastern Time)
You can join the call as follows:
- Dial in number for live access: 1-877-451-6152 (domestic), 1-201-389-0879 (international)
- Replay (available 3 hours after the call and available until August 16, 2022): 1-844-512-2921 (domestic), 1-412-317-6671 (international)
- Passcode for the live call and the replay: 13731029
Interested investors and other parties may also listen to a simultaneous webcast of the conference call by logging onto the Investor Relations section of the Company's website at www.surgerypartners.com. The replay will also be available on this same website for a limited time following the call.
To learn more about Surgery Partners, please visit the company's website at www.surgerypartners.com. Surgery Partners uses its website as a channel of distribution of material company information. Financial and other material information regarding Surgery Partners is routinely posted on the Company's website and is readily accessible.
About Surgery Partners
Headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee, Surgery Partners is a leading healthcare services company with a differentiated outpatient delivery model focused on providing high-quality, cost-effective solutions for surgical and related ancillary care in support of both patients and physicians. Founded in 2004, Surgery Partners is one of the largest and fastest growing surgical services businesses in the country, with more than 180 locations in 32 states, including ambulatory surgery centers, surgical hospitals, multi-specialty physician practices and urgent care facilities. For additional information, visit www.surgerypartners.com.
Contact:
Surgery Partners Investor Relations
(615) 234-8940
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Blockport (BPT) traded flat against the US dollar during the twenty-four hour period ending at 16:00 PM ET on July 9th. One Blockport coin can now be purchased for approximately $0.0386 or 0.00000368 BTC on exchanges. In the last seven days, Blockport has traded flat against the US dollar. Blockport has a market cap of $2.23 million and approximately $31,678.00 worth of Blockport was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004618 BTC.
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded down 1.3% against the dollar and now trades at $21,641.59 or 0.99983980 BTC.
- Mammoth (MMT) traded 0.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.97 or 0.00009091 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Parkgene (GENE) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $25.59 or 0.00045023 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004622 BTC.
- DREP (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003398 BTC.
- DREP [old] (DREP) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $1.96 or 0.00003399 BTC.
- THETA (THETA) traded flat against the dollar and now trades at $5.25 or 0.00010640 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 1.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.59 or 0.00002739 BTC.
About Blockport
According to CryptoCompare, “Blockport is a social crypto exchange based on a hybrid-decentralized architecture. It allows users to trade on multiple public exchanges while keeping their own private keys. BPT tokens are ERC-20 tokens based on Ethereum. They allow users to copy or follow other members' trading activities. The Blockport Token (BPT) has moved from Ethereum to the Binance Smart Chain and Blockport renamed into BUX (BUX) BUX is an European neobroker and has been making it easy and affordable for Europeans to do more with their money since 2014. By taking down the barriers to the financial markets and disrupting the trading experience, we’re helping new generations of investors and traders to discover the world of the financial markets. BUX’s flagship platform, BUX Zero, is making commission-free investing more accessible and allows users to invest in the brands and companies they care about. BUX Zero is currently available in the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, France and Belgium. The full range of BUX products, including BUX Crypto and BUX X, are available across 9 countries in Europe. Headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, the company is backed by Holtzbrinck Ventures, Velocity Capital, Orange Growth Capital and Initial Capital. “
Buying and Selling Blockport
It is usually not presently possible to buy alternative cryptocurrencies such as Blockport directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to trade Blockport should first buy Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as Changelly, Coinbase or GDAX. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to buy Blockport using one of the exchanges listed above.
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First National Corp MA ADV boosted its position in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF (NYSEARCA:IJH – Get Rating) by 22.2% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The fund owned 4,372 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 793 shares during the period. First National Corp MA ADV’s holdings in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF were worth $1,173,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other large investors have also recently made changes to their positions in IJH. Evolution Advisers Inc. purchased a new position in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. Byrne Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $31,000. O Shaughnessy Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $37,000. Costello Asset Management INC purchased a new position in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF in the first quarter worth about $40,000. Finally, Level Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF in the fourth quarter worth about $42,000.
IJH stock opened at $231.46 on Friday. iShares S&P 400 MidCap ETF has a twelve month low of $218.00 and a twelve month high of $292.05. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $238.73 and its 200-day moving average price is $256.80.
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Sandra Lindsay, a nurse at Northwell Long Island Jewish Medical Center in Glen Oaks, was one of 17 people to receive the Medal of Freedom from President Biden at the White House on July 7.
On Dec. 14, 2020, Lindsay became the first person in the country to receive vaccination against Covid-19 following its approval by government medical officials.
The Medal of Freedom is the highest civilian honor accorded by the United States.
The following citation was read at the ceremony.
“An immigrant from Jamaica, Sandra Lindsay is a nurse in Queens, New York, and the first American to be vaccinated against Covid-19 outside of clinical trials.
“At the height of the pandemic, she directed a team of nurses as they worked tirelessly to save patients while risking their own lives.
“When the Covid-19 vaccine became available, she was a ray of light in our nation’s dark hour and continues to champion vaccinations and mental health for healthcare workers.
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Suspect 'should have never been out of jail to take my son's life,' Louis Cantrell's mother says
The mother of homicide victim Louis Cantrell said the justice system let them down by allowing the suspected killer, Jahiem Brown, to be free at the time that happened.
"The D.A. and 'justice' system failed us," Nora Kasson told The Capital-Journal on Thursday. "He should have never been out of jail to take my son's life!"
Shawnee County District Attorney Mike Kagay's office, whose office has charged Brown in seven cases in the past two years, responded by highlighting the efforts it had made to try to keep him in custody.
Though Brown had been twice convicted of felonies, a $40,000 bond was posted Feb. 1 enabling him to be released from the Shawnee County Jail, district court records show.
Jahiem Brown being held on $1 million bond in Topeka homicide
Cantrell, 39, of Topeka, was found fatally shot early Tuesday morning in the area of an alley located just west of S.E. Lawrence and just north of S.E. 2nd.
Brown, 20, of Topeka, was booked early Thursday morning into the Shawnee County Jail in connection with first-degree murder, aggravated assault and the criminal possession of a weapon by a convicted felon.
Brown was being held Friday evening in the jail on a $1 million bond. Formal charges hadn't been filed in the homicide case.
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DA had filed charges in seven cases against Brown in past two years
Kagay noted Friday that among the seven cases his office has filed over the past two years against Brown:
- Three "were dismissed because the victims refused to cooperate and appear at preliminary hearing. The court will not find probable cause without the testimony of necessary witnesses."
- In two, Brown remained free despite being convicted of felonies because the court — and not prosecutors — determines sentencing, sets bond and determines when probation will be revoked.
After Brown was put on probation, Kagay said: "We proved that the defendant had violated the conditions of his probation by committing a new law violation. We then requested that the court revoke his probation and impose the underlying prison sentence. This request was denied by the court."
The other two cases against Brown are still pending.
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Here's what happened in the cases in which Jahiem Brown was convicted
In the cases in which Brown was convicted, court records show that:
- Brown was charged in October 2020 with aggravated assault, aggravated child endangerment, interference with a law enforcement officer and reckless driving. Brown pleaded guilty in March 2021 to the interference count, a felony, in exchange for the dismissal of the other charges. He was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation the following month. Brown admitted last January to having violated probation. He was released Feb. 1 from the Shawnee County Jail after a $40,000 bond was posted. He's scheduled on July 21 to appear on a criminal assignment docket in the case.
- In a case overseen by District Judge Jason Geier, Brown was charged in June 2021 with aggravated assault, making a criminal threat, domestic battery and the criminal possession of a weapon by a felon. Brown pleaded guilty in August 2021 to the criminal possession charge, a felony, in exchange for the dismissal of the other charges. He was given a suspended sentence and placed on probation last January.
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Here's what happened in cases that were dismissed or remain pending
In the other five cases, court records show that Brown:
- Is set to appear on a July 21 criminal assignment docket in a pending case in which he was charged in October 2021 with two counts of domestic battery and one count each of aggravated battery, criminal restraint, criminal trespassing, criminal damage to property, violating a protective order and intimidating a victim or witness. Brown was bound over for trial last January on all eight counts.
- Is set to appear on a July 21 criminal assignment docket in a pending case in which he was charged in November 2021 with interference with a law enforcement officer.
- Saw the dismissal in February 2021 of charges filed against him the previous month of aggravated battery and the criminal discharge of a firearm at an occupied vehicle with great bodily harm.
- Saw the dismissal in September 2020 of charges filed against him in March 2020 of aggravated assault, criminal damage to property and criminal deprivation of property.
- And saw the dismissal in March 2021 of a charge of domestic battery filed against him in December 2020.
Funds set up to help pay funeral expenses
A GoFundMe website seeking to raise $10,000 for funeral arrangements and household expenses has been created by Cantrell's wife, Marisela Cantrell, according to that site, which said it had raised $1,290 as of Saturday morning.
A separate GoFundMe website seeking to raise $3,500 for funeral expenses has been created by Cantrell's niece, Adrianna Calvillo-Perez, according to that site, which said it had raised $340 as of Saturday morning.
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The Wallabies are facing an injury crisis after the loss of Izaia Perese in the 25-17 second Test defeat against England at Suncorp Stadium.
The Waratahs star had been sporting strapping on his knee when he collapsed to the ground in agony.
Perese was fielding a cross-kick when the injury occurred and play quickly came to a halt as he lay on the ground.
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Perese, who was an early addition to the match after Jordan Petaia failed a head injury assessment, was stretchered off the field wincing.
It adds more salt to the wound of Dave Rennie's team, which is already down several players due to injury.
Perese and Petaia weren't the only victims of the second match with forwards Scott Sio and Cadeyrn Neville joining them on the sidelines in the second half.
"That's the thing about our collision sport, it's the way it is," Rennie told Nine and Stan Sport.
"Scotty [Sio], we're not sure. He lost all feeling right down his arm, so it's something to do with his neck or shoulder.
"Obviously the other guys you'd know about. Cadeyrn [Neville], MCL we think, got cleaned out from the side. Jordie [Petaia], knocked out."
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Andrew Kellaway also delivered some grim news in a halftime interview with Nine and Stan Sport, revealing that he is looking at eight weeks on the sideline as he rehabs his hamstring.
The Rebels outside back is targeting a Rugby Championship return against South Africa.
Like Kellaway, Tom Banks was injured in the opening match at Optus Stadium in Perth, with the Brumbies player suffering a broken left arm.
The Wallabies will head into the series decider at the Sydney Cricket Ground next Saturday as the walking wounded.
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Naomi Campbell has spoken about her young daughter in a rare interview.
The supermodel, 52, made the surprise announcement she had welcomed a baby in May last year - with her still yet to reveal the name of her child, who's now 14 months old.
And now Naomi has lifted the lid on motherhood sharing details of her little one's personality and their perfect sleeping routine.
She spoke about her daughter after being awarded an honorary doctorate by the University for the Creative Arts (UCA) this week for her contribution to the fashion industry.
Speaking to BBC News, Naomi said of her daughter: "She's very tough. She falls down [and] doesn't cry. She doesn't cry very much at all."
Asked if her child is a good sleeper, she replied: "12 hours." This prompted surprise from the interviewer, with Naomi adding: "We got her on 12 hours when she was two months."
Naomi teased the sleep routine was down to a "great baby whisper," though she confirmed she didn't mean herself. She said: "Not me. I have a great baby whisperer."
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Naomi - whose career spans almost four decades - announced the birth of her daughter last year. She later confirmed to Vogue that the child wasn't adopted.
She told the magazine: "I can count on one hand the number of people who knew that I was having her.
"But she is the biggest blessing I could ever imagine. It’s the best thing I’ve ever done."
The fashion queen added: "She’s my child."
Naomi's career has seen her grace Vogue several times - with her having been a trailblazer in the industry, including being the first black model on the cover of French Vogue.
She spoke about diversity within the fashion industry during her interview with the BBC, telling the broadcaster recently that now is a time for holding the industry "accountable."
"You say you want to be inclusive. You say you want to be diverse. So let's do it. I don't want to hear anymore saying, I want to see the action," she commented in the interview.
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Taapsee Pannu reveals her dream role of an Indian-origin Avengers
Taapsee Pannu, gearing up for the upcoming release of her highly expected biopic Shabaash Mithu, recently shared her dream role to play in a movie.
Taapsee Pannu, gearing up for the upcoming release of her highly expected biopic Shabaash Mithu, recently shared her dream role to play in a movie.
Busy with promotions for the movie, Taapsee in an interview revealed her dream role: an Indian-origin superhero in a Marvel universe movie.
In a conversation with a media house, the actress said: "Please ask Marvel na. I am telling you, this is the only wish list I have. People keep asking me what is your dream role, who do you want to work with (sic)."
"I have only one dream role, and one dream right now where my work is concerned - I want to be a part of Avengers, I want to play a superhero of Indian origin. That’s all I am trying to manifest," she further added.
Last year, Taapsee also expressed her wish to play Captain Marvel, in an exclusive interview. "You might laugh at this one, but I have always wanted to play an Avenger. Someday, I want to play Captain Marvel!" she told.
Shabaash Mithu, a biopic sports drama movie based on India's Women's cricket team captain Mithali Raj, is set to hit the screens on July 15. Taapsee Pannu will be seen playing the titular role, showcasing the struggles of the cricketer and her rise in women's cricket.
The teaser was released on June 20, which Taapsee shared on her Instagram account.
Apart from Shabaash Mithu, Taapsee Pannu has a couple of other works lined up as well. Last seen in Looop Lapeta, she will be starring in Rajkumar Hirani's Dunki opposite Shah Rukh Khan, for which shooting has already begun. She is also acting in Anurag Kashyap's Dobaaraa.
She will also be marking her next production venture with three movies. Recently, she confirmed that she will produce a movie headlined by Samantha Ruth Prabhu. She will also be producing Dhak Dhak, directed by Tarun Duneja and starring Dia Mirza, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Ratna Pathak Shah, and Sanjana Sanghi. The first movie produced under her Outsiders Films banner, Blurr, is a horror-thriller with Taapsee Pannu and Gulshan Devaiah in leading roles, awaiting release as well.
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Jul 8, 2022
Fliers Start to Shun India’s SpiceJet After Run of Safety Lapses
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,(Bloomberg) -- Passengers are starting to avoid SpiceJet Ltd. after a series of mid-air safety failures, according to a survey, dealing a blow to the cash-strapped airline that’s been summoned by authorities to explain the lapses.
A survey of more than 21,000 fliers conducted by LocalCircles showed 44% are currently steering clear of India’s third-biggest airline due to safety concerns versus 21% who are avoiding Air India Ltd. and IndiGo and 18% for Go First. Some 37% of respondents said they don’t avoid any particular airline.
Losing passengers over incidents involving technical glitches would be a major setback for SpiceJet, which has relinquished its second-highest market share to Go First. Any fallout could further upset SpiceJet’s deteriorating financial health. The airline has suffered losses for the last three fiscal years and its shares have plunged 43% this year, making it the worst airline stock in Asia.
In a rare occurence, India’s aviation regulator on Wednesday said SpiceJet failed to build “safe, efficient and reliable” services in the wake of recent issues. It’s given the airline three weeks to explain why action shouldn’t be taken against it.
A SpiceJet flight operating a Boeing Co. 737 Max plane was diverted to Karachi due to an indicator light malfunction on Tuesday. Later that day a Q400 jet was forced to make a priority landing in Mumbai after its windshield cracked. Another SpiceJet aircraft from New Delhi on July 2 returned to the Indian capital due to smoke in the cabin.
The incidents, though non-fatal, have invoked strong criticism against SpiceJet, with some people urging authorities to investigate the airline’s safety practices. Others are blaming the 737 Max aircraft and calling on airlines to stop operating the jets. Waning confidence in the 737 Max could be more bad news for SpiceJet because it’s looking to induct at least seven of them this year, people with knowledge of the matter said last month.
According to the LocalCircles survey, 46% of people believe the worsening balance sheets of Indian airlines in turn leads to inadequate maintenance of fleets, and that’s the top reason behind degrading safety standards. About 18% of passengers said ineffective oversight by the regulator is also a cause.
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Production of baby formula has resumed at the Abbott Nutrition factory in Michigan whose February shutdown over contamination contributed to a national shortage, a company spokesman said.
Damage from severe thunderstorms including flooding had forced the Sturgis plant to halt operations in mid-June just two weeks after restarting production with additional sanitizing and safety protocols.
Production of EleCare, a specialty formula for infants with severe food allergies and digestive problems, was restored at Sturgis following a July 1 reboot, said Abbott spokesman John Koval.
“We are working to restart Similac production as soon as we can. We’ll provide more information when we have it,” he said via email.
Abbott recalled several leading brands of formula in February, including Similac. That squeezed supplies already been strained by supply chain disruptions and stockpiling during COVID-19 shutdowns.
The shortage was most dire for children with allergies, digestive problems and metabolic disorders who rely on specialty formulas.
President Joe Biden’s administration has since eased import rules for foreign manufacturers, airlifted formula from Europe and invoked federal emergency rules to prioritize U.S. production.
Abbott is one of just four companies that produce about 90 per cent of U.S. formula. Koval declined to say how much of Abbot’s overall U.S. supply of infant formula is produced at the Sturgis plant.
The plant was closed in February after the Food and Drug Administration began investigating four bacterial infections among infants who consumed powdered formula from the plant. Two of the babies died. The company says its products have not been directly linked to the infections, which involved different bacterial strains.
FDA inspectors eventually uncovered a host of violations at the plant, including bacterial contamination, a leaky roof and lax safety protocols.
On Wednesday, the Food and Drug Administration announced plans to help overseas makers of infant formula that have sent supplies, under emergency approval to address the shortfall, secure long-term authorization to market their formula in the U.S. The plan is to provide American consumers with more choices and make supplies more resilient against current or future shortages.
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Jul 8, 2022
The 13 Best Outdoor Dining Venues to Hit During London’s Unusually Warm Summer
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,(Bloomberg) -- London has never been well known for its outdoor dining scenes. Most al fresco spaces were attached to forgettable restaurants, except for a few spots like the River Café, an outlier when it started serving its evocative Italian dishes outdoors decades ago.
But during the pandemic, chefs and restaurateurs in the UK capital began to rethink al fresco dining—and earn some and additional revenue—as pavement licenses gave them the opportunity to set up tables on closed down streets. Now outdoor dining is becoming standard. It’s been built into major new developments at Canary Wharf and Battersea Power Station and added on at restaurants all around the city. The unusually warm weather has made this a vintage summer for open-air dining, giving people the opportunity to gather with friends for first-rate pizzas, smoked short ribs, and cocktails that evoke a Mediterranean beach. Here are 13 of the best places in London for outdoor eating, from Trivet near London Bridge, which offers a Michelin-starred menu, to a classic oyster spot in the heart of the West End. Grab a seat in the sun and bon appétit.
Fiume
New developments increasingly feature destination restaurants as part of their allure. The refurbished Battersea Power Station is home to Italian hotspot Fiume, from chef Francesco Mazzei (Sartoria, Radici). On the handsome terrace, shaded by lofty umbrellas and ringed with plants, you can enjoy drinks like a concoction of Malfy gin con limone, almond, and fig syrups, and tonic. Mazzei’s elegant and flavorful cooking evokes a southern Italian beachside menu, with dishes such as grilled octopus with pappa al pomodoro, olives and capers, or a sweet, rosy carpaccio of Sicilian red prawns with asparagus.
Iberica la Terraza, Canary Wharf
A wood-fired Josper oven does the heavy lifting on Iberica’s cool, shady terrace under the trees by the Cabot Square fountain. Octopus emerges smoky and burnished, tentacles snaked around new potatoes dressed with ajada (garlic and paprika sauce), while pluma ibérica (£7.90/200 grams)—the pig’s riposte to wagyu beef—is rich, tender and daringly pink inside, with roasted hasselback potatoes and the chili sauce mojo rojo. The al fresco cocktail bar, La Terraza, takes beachy 1950s Marbella as its inspiration, serving classics like a notably good gin and tonic.
Galvin’s Bistrot and Bar
Brothers Chris and Jeff Galvin are two of London’s classic French cuisine evangelists. Their spacious terrace at Galvin’s Bistrot and Bar, around the corner from Spitalfields Market, conjuresthe spirit of a pavement table at a tried-and-true Parisian bistro, but without the sputtering Citröens or importunate accordionists. Crisp, piping-hot tarte flambée is scattered with shards of Alsace bacon and flecked with herbs; Dorset crab is piled with mayonnaise on toasted sourdough; and thick slices of pink lamb (£32) sit atop asparagus and morels.
Fallow
Fallow’s chefs and co-owners, Will Murray and Jack Croft, met in the kitchens of Dinner by Heston Blumenthal. The smart, well-spaced, bare-wood tables and leather seats outside their year-and-a-half-old restaurant in the traffic-free haven of St James’s Market are fenced with foliage and supremely relaxed. Sustainability is at the core of their dishes, from the audacious signature of cod’s head with house-made sriricha butter (£20) to various cuts of dry-aged dairy cow that go from £38. Roughly half the menu is plant-based, like a mushroom parfait made from fungi grown in the basement.
Bentley’s Oyster Bar & Grill
Conveniently near the bustle of Regent Street and Piccadilly but safely removed from it, the terrace at Bentley’s boasts well-appointed tables laden with plump shellfish and chilled Chablis. Ebullient chef/restaurateur Richard Corrigan’s evocation of a traditional London oyster house is charming and well-drilled. The place is renowned for the smoked eel from Lough Neagh, served with potato cake, a nod to Corrigan’s Irish heritage, and the £49.50 turbot with olive oil mash and a silk-smooth langoustine sauce.
Ciao Bella
Ciao Bella’s version of a classic Italian trattoria has been charming customers for almost 40 years. The Anglo-Italian fare appeals to an appreciative crowd of Bloomsbury regulars, City escapees, and the occasional off-duty chef: It’s one of St. John co-founder Fergus Henderson’s favorite spots. The famed chef always orders the lasagne, but the menu is long, and it’s worth exploring dishes like veal ravioli with butter and sage. Or you could just choose one of the 15 or so pizzas (from £11) and a bottle of house wine. The 30-seat terrace is set back from the pavement on the tranquil end of Lamb’s Conduit Lane.
Paladar
Paladar’s creative and vibrant Latin American menu, the brainchild of Colombian head chef José Rubio-Guevara, has been attracting diners to this Lambeth backwater since it opened a few years ago. There’s a chef’s table in the next-door bodega, and a main dining room festooned with South American art, but the hidden gem is Paladar’s riotously decorated terrace at the rear, covered in case of rain, and heated when its cold. Stand-out dishes include sashimi-grade tuna tostadas with guacamole and chipotle mayonnaise; crisp pork belly tacos with sriracha reduction; and grilled lamb anticuchos (skewers) with Peruvian pepper, for £17.50.
Rotunda
There are fewer more tranquil waterside spots in the capital than the spacious, astroturfed terrace at Rotunda, restaurateur John Nugent’s bar and restaurant beside the Regent’s Canal in King’s Cross. Rotunda’s seasonal, modern British menu leans heavily on meat from Nugent’s own Northumberland farm: Texel lamb tartare with shallot vinaigrette; beef tagliata with rocket, lemon, and parmesan; smoked short rib with horseradish mash for £32. There’s also a long, impressive, and well-priced wine list.
Ognisko
Walk past the handsome bar and through the high-ceilinged, airy dining room at Ognisko, an oasis in the heart of London’s museum district, and you will find a splendid terrace, as smartly dressed as the main room, with a view over the pretty Prince’s Gardens. The smart South Kensington Polish restaurant, owned by veteran restaurateur Jan Woroniecki (Wodka, Baltic), offers a refined but authentic menu: There’s placki (potato pancakes) with spiced chicken livers and dried cherries; Ukrainian fishcakes with sweet pickled cucumber and sour cream; and, for the deep-pocketed, a bottle of Taittinger Champagne with 50 grams of oscietra caviar and all the trimmings for £120. The vodka list is extensive.
Rochelle Canteen
Margot Henderson and Melanie Arnold’s restaurant, tucked away behind a former schoolhouse, now an arts center, is just a short stroll from the hubbub of Shoreditch, but it could be a million miles away. On fine days, a few tables are set up outside in the old playground, where diners can feast on Henderson’s assured, confident cooking, including croquettes of brill with sauce gribiche and a £21.50 roast shoulder of Gloucester pork with peas, radishes, and gem lettuce. The bottles from the wine label St. John, from Henderson’s husband Fergus, feature strongly on the list.
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Trivet
The joint creation of chef Jonny Lake and sommelier Isa Bal, both alumni of the Fat Duck, Trivet opened in 2019 and soon earned a Michelin star. It’s now one of the rare spots in London that offers that level of food outdoors, amid bare dark wood tables and cappuccino-colored fabrics that echo the interior decor. The enticing à la carte menu ranges from £31 crisp veal sweetbreads with wild herbs and kombu, and £32 stuffed morels with wild garlic, parmesan, and razor clams, to Lake’s take on duck à l’orange, entitled “Not a crispy duck,” for £45.
Ekte
Ekte’s modern Nordic food is popular for hurried lunchers looking for the open-faced sandwich smørrebrød, lavishly topped with curried herring, soft-boiled egg and dill, or Danish blue cheese, pear, and candied walnuts. Its also a destination for a more leisurely City crowd. (Ed. Note: Eske is located in the Bloomberg Arcade.) The verdant terrace is lovely, with well-spaced tables following the curves of the corner site’s exterior. There’s the opportunity for a proper Scandi feast of cured loin of red deer with celeriac and capers, and frikadeller (meatballs) with creamy mash and lingonberries, washed down with an akvavit or two.
Boisdale Belgravia
There are no traffic fumes around the splendidly hidden terrace at Boisdale’s original Belgravia site, but there might be a smoldering Havana cigar at a nearby table. Scottish restaurateur Ranald Macdonald’s passions also include whisky, music, and the cooking of his homeland, and all are well represented here. There’s live music every night, the bar’s humidors are supremely well stocked, and the menu features £15.90 haggis with a nip of Scotch and several cuts of Scottish beef that start at £22.
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AKRON, Ohio (AP) — Steven Alker shot a bogey-free 4-under 66 on Friday for a share of the second-round lead in the Bridgestone Senior Players Championship with Joe Durant, Tim Petrovic and Alex Cejka.
A three-time winner this season and the Charles Schwab Cup points leader, Alker had three straight birdies on Nos. 14-16 on his first nine and added another on the par-5 second on Firestone’s South Course.
“First of all, it’s nice to have a bogey-free round at Firestone” the 51-year-old New Zealander said. “It’s that type of golf course, you’ve just got to keep going. But kind of everything, drove it in the fairway for the most part today and hit a lot of greens except for the last few. I scrambled nicely the last couple holes.
“Overall, just a solid day. Kind of kept my nose clean and haven’t done too much wrong. A few more putts would be nice, but yeah, at Firestone, just fairways and greens around here.”
Alker won the Senior PGA Championship in late May in Michigan for his first senior major victory.
“Just getting comfortable in this company,” Alker said. “I think that’s the biggest thing. Just like learning to play my game. It’s been hard to watch these guys but just stay in my skin and play my game.”
The leaders were at 6-under 134.
Durant birdied three of his last four holes in a 65. Petrovic bogeyed the 18th for a 66. Cejka, the first-round leader after a 64, had an even-par 70.
Defending champion Steve Stricker had a bogey-free 65 to join Ernie Els (68), Woody Austin (66) and David Toms (69) at 5 under.
Stricker scrambled to save par on his final hole.
“That was big,” Stricker said. “I hate to make a bogey, the only bogey of the day on the last hole, so I was grinding to make sure I got that one in there. I didn’t want to make a bogey today, so it was a good way to finish, good save.”
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NASHVILLE, Tennessee -- Oprah Winfrey's father, Vernon Winfrey, has died at the age of 88.
Oprah confirmed in an Instagram post that her father died in Nashville, Tennessee, on Friday.
"Yesterday with family surrounding his bedside I had the sacred honor of witnessing the man responsible for my life, take his last breath," the media mogul wrote. "We could feel peace enter the room at his passing."
Details about funeral plans were not immediately released.
Earlier this week, Oprah surprised her father by throwing him a surprise barbeque in Nashville on the Fourth of July. The event was called "Vernon Winfrey Appreciation Day," which included a barber chair to honor his long career as a barber and owning his own shop in Nashville for nearly 50 years.
Vernon served as a member of Nashville's Metro City Council for 16 years and was a trustee for the Tennessee State University.
Oprah spent her early childhood at her father's hometown of Kosciusko, Mississippi, and in Milwaukee with her mother, Vernita Lee, who died in 2018. However, she also lived with her father in Nashville, between the ages of 7 and 9 and during her teens.
"If I hadn't been sent to my father (when I was 14), I would have gone in another direction," Oprah told the Washington Post in 1986. "I could have made a good criminal. I would have used these same instincts differently."
Vernon Winfrey, Oprah's father, dies at 88
"We could feel peace enter the room at his passing," Oprah said.
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Getting called a great bass player by Geddy Lee must be like getting called a good football player by Cristiano Ronaldo. The man who created the all-time top-tier bass runs of ‘YYZ’, ‘Tom Sawyer’, and ‘Closer to the Heart’ is easily in the hall of fame for the four-string instrument, so when he pays one of his fellow bassists a compliment, you know it means a lot.
Back in 2019, Lee was tapped by Amazon Music to name a few songs that inspired his bass playing. Lee went above and beyond, picking out 22 songs from a diverse array of artists although he mainly stuck to the rock and prog milieu that he’s known for, Lee also cited the funky slap styles of Flea from the Red Hot Chili Peppers as an inspiration.
“He is a monster player,” Lee gushed. “Flea is one of the great, you know, contemporary bass players. His influences are so Funk driven. Yet, he can do anything.”
“On ‘Give It Away’ he is just like the bass in ‘Come Together’, like the bass in so many great pop songs,” Lee added. “He is providing an alternate rhythm for the drums and an alternate melody. Also he is working at the bottom of the neck and the top of the neck. He is going back and forth between, which I always love as a bass player. That’s a perfect example of that.”
Incorporating counter melodies is an easy way to endear yourself to Lee. As a master of bass lines that were as hummable and memorable as any guitar or drum parts that were surrounding him, Lee clearly has a healthy appreciation for bass players who can carve out their own unique sonic space within a song.
You can ever hear some of Flea’s influence on Lee’s playing, specifically around the Roll the Bones era. Although he didn’t fully embrace slapping, modern players like Flea and Les Claypool inspired Lee to switch up his signature sound into something a little funkier. It just goes to show that the best musicians are listeners, and Lee was constantly listening to some of the best new bassists to come out of each new generation. | https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-bassist-geddy-lee-called-a-monster-player/ | 2022-07-09T22:12:27Z | https://faroutmagazine.co.uk/the-bassist-geddy-lee-called-a-monster-player/ | true | 1 |
For the drive home in Waco: A few clouds. Low 79F. Winds light and variable. Looking ahead, the Waco area can expect a hot day tomorrow. Temperatures are projected to be a scorcher tomorrow with temperatures reaching a high of 107, though luckily it will feel much cooler at . Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 79 degrees. Tomorrow's conditions are expected to be clear, so there shouldn't been too many clouds in the sky. High UV indexes are expected. The sun's rays will be intense. Stay in the shade as much as possible. Wear sunglasses, a hat and sunscreen when in sunlight. The Waco area should see a light breeze, with forecast models showing only 11 mph wind conditions coming up from the north. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Visit wacotrib.com for more weather updates.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) — A Louisiana father has been charged with negligent homicide after police say his 4-year-old child found a gun and fatally shot himself.
The shooting happened Friday evening in Baton Rouge, The Advocate reported Saturday.
The East Baton Rouge Sheriff’s Office said Lynzell Anderson, 34, was arrested. The sheriff's website showed Anderson remained in jail Saturday. It did not show whether he has an attorney.
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Khuda Haafiz 2 makers were embroiled in a controversy after members of the Shia community expressed concern over the film's Haq Hussain song. The team eventually issued a statement, apologizing to the community for hurting their religious sentiments while also making changes to the track.
Makers said the objections were raised due to the word 'Hussain' and the use of Zanjeer. They further clarified that no member of the Shia community has been presented in a bad light in the film.
"We the makers of Khuda Haafiz Chapter 2 Agni Pariksha take cognizance of the concerns expressed by a few people of the Shia community and sincerely apologise for the fact that elements of the song ‘Haq Hussain’ have unintentionally hurt their sentiments. Objections were raised by a few people of the community for the word ‘Hussain’ and the use of zanjeer," the statement read.
Makers added that with the consultation of the CBFC Censor board, they have now removed 'Zanjeer blades' from the song, while also changing the lyrics of the song Haq Hussain to Junoon Hai. "Please know that no Shia community member has been captured in the wrong light in the film nor does the film show any person of the Shia community attacking anyone," they added.
Clarifying their stance, they added that the track was 'created with the most pious intent' to celebrate the glory of Imam Hussain. "Keeping the sentiments of the Shia sect in mind, we have made the aforementioned changes," the statement concluded.
Khuda Haafiz: Chapter 2 - Agni Pariksha stars Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleeka Oberoi in the lead role. The film, which comes as a sequel to Jammwal’s 2020 film, Khuda Haafiz, is all set to hit theatres on July 8, 2022. It has been written and directed by Faruk Kabir, while Panorama Studios is bankrolling it. Apart from Vidyut Jammwal and Shivaleeka, actors like Dibyendu Bhattacharya, Sheeba Chaddha, Rajesh Tailang, and Rukhsar Rehman among others will also take on pivotal roles.
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STOCKHOLM, June 9, 2022
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STOCKHOLM, June 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Mentice AB ("Mentice" or the "Company") hereby announces intention to carry out a directed new issue of shares of approximately SEK 60 million directed to Swedish and international institutional investors (the "Directed New Share Issue"). The Directed New Share Issue will be carried out to, among other things, finance the acquisition of all assets relating to the software solution Ankyras from the Spanish company Galgo Medical S.L. (the "Acquisition") which the Company announced today in a separate press release. Mentice has engaged Pareto Securities AB ("Pareto Securities") as Sole Manager and Bookrunner to investigate the conditions for the Directed New Share Issue through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure.
The Directed New Share Issue
The subscription price and allocation of shares in the Directed New Share Issue will be determined through an accelerated bookbuilding procedure, which will commence immediately after publication of this press release and is expected to end before trading starts on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market on 10 June 2022. The total number of shares issued, the subscription price and allotment in the Directed New Share Issue will be determined by Mentice in consultation with Pareto Securities.
The Company will inform about the outcome of the Directed New Share Issue in a press release when the bookbuilding procedure has been completed. The bookbuilding procedure can, if the Company or Pareto Securities chooses to do so, end earlier or later and can at any time be cancelled, thus the Company can, in part or in full, refrain from executing the Directed New Share Issue. As the subscription price in the Directed New Share Issue will be determined in the bookbuilding procedure, it is the board of directors' assessment that the subscription price is determined in accordance with market conditions.
The Directed New Share Issue is intended to be carried out based on the authorisation granted by the annual general meeting held on 27 April 2022.
The net proceeds from the Directed New Share Issue will be dedicated towards the financing of the Acquisition, activities to further develop the strategic partnerships with Siemens Healthineers and Philips, and potentially additional resellers within the Diagnostic Imaging and Angiography area, transaction-related costs as well as for general corporate purposes to support growth opportunities. The purchase price for the Acquisition amounts to approx. EUR 1.80m (approx. SEK 18.78m[1]) with a potential earn-out of approx. EUR 0.975m (approx. SEK 10.17m1), and with a total purchase price of EUR 2.775m (approx. SEK 28.95m1) to be paid in cash.
The Directed New Share Issue is intended to be carried out as a directed share issue with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights since the board of directors has assessed that the need for additional capital is limited to such an extent that the costs for a preferential rights issue would be high in proportion to the capital raised. Furthermore, the delay from conducting a preferential rights issue could lead to loss of the Acquisition and other acquisition and investment opportunities for the Company. The board of directors has in the choice of type of share issue considered it positive that Mentice's shareholder base, through the Directed New Share Issue, is further diversified among Swedish and international institutional, and other qualified, investors.
After careful consideration, the board of directors' overall assessment is therefore that the reasons for conducting the Directed New Share Issue outweighs the reasons for the principal rule to issue shares to shareholders with preferential rights, and that a share issue with deviation from the shareholders' preferential rights therefore lies in the interest of the Company and all of its shareholders. For additional information regarding the financing of the Acquisition, see the separate press release with the title "Mentice AB intends to acquire all assets related to the software solution Ankyras from the Spanish corporation Galgo Medical S.L." which was made public today.
Lock-up undertakings
In connection with the Directed New Share Issue, the Company has undertaken, subject to customary exceptions, not to issue additional shares for a period of 6 months after the announcement of the outcome of the Directed New Share Issue. Shareholding board members and shareholding senior executives have undertaken, subject to customary exceptions, not to sell any shares in Mentice for a period of 90 calendar days after the announcement of the outcome of the Directed New Share Issue.
Advisers
Pareto Securities AB acts as Sole Manager and Bookrunner and Setterwalls Advokatbyrå AB acts as legal counsel to the Company and Cirio Advokatbyrå AB acts as legal counsel to Pareto Securities in connection with the Directed New Share Issue.
For additional information, please contact:
Göran Malmberg, CEO, Mentice
M US: +1 (312) 860 5610
M Sweden: +46 70 309 22 22
E: [email protected]
Gunilla Andersson, CFO, Mentice
M: +46 70 213 71 38
E: [email protected]
About Mentice
Mentice is a global market leader and a company that offers high-tech solutions for simulation to the medical sector with a focus on the fast-growing market for endovascular treatment methods. The company's solutions assist specialists in the healthcare sector regarding development, management and continuous improvement of competence and technical skills in order to positively influence patient safety and quality in healthcare. Mentice solutions are scientifically validated and are specifically developed for specialists in the healthcare sector and for the medical technology industry. Neurovascular, cardiology and peripheral intervention are some of the specialty areas covered by the Company's solutions. Visit the Company's website for more information, www.mentice.com
The Company's shares trade on Nasdaq First North Premier Growth Market. The Company's Certified Adviser is FNCA Sweden AB, reachable via +46 8 52 80 03 99.
This information is such that Mentice AB is obliged to disclose pursuant to the EU Market Abuse Regulation. The information was released for public disclosure, through the agency of the contact persons above, on June 9, 2022 at 17:32 CET.
Important information
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Information to distributors
Solely for the purposes of the product governance requirements contained within: (a) EU Directive 2014/65/EU on markets in financial instruments, as amended ("MiFID II"); (b) Articles 9 and 10 of Commission Delegated Directive (EU) 2017/593 supplementing MiFID II; and (c) local implementing measures (together, the "MiFID II Product Governance Requirements"), and disclaiming all and any liability, whether arising in tort, contract or otherwise, which any "manufacturer" (for the purposes of the MiFID II Product Governance Requirements) may otherwise have with respect thereto, the shares in Mentice have been subject to a product approval process, which has determined that such shares are: (i) compatible with an end target market of retail investors and investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties, each as defined in MiFID II; and (ii) eligible for distribution through all distribution channels as are permitted by MiFID II (the "EU Target Market Assessment"). Solely for the purposes of each manufacturer's product approval process in the United Kingdom, the target market assessment in respect of the shares in the Company has led to the conclusion that: (i) the target market for such shares is only eligible counterparties, as defined in the FCA Handbook Conduct of Business Sourcebook, and professional clients, as defined in Regulation (EU) No 600/2014 as it forms part of domestic law by virtue of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 ("UK MiFIR"); and (ii) all channels for distribution of such shares to eligible counterparties and professional clients are appropriate (the "UK Target Market Assessment" and, together with the EU Target Market Assessment, the "Target Market Assessment"). Notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, distributors should note that: the price of the shares in Mentice may decline and investors could lose all or part of their investment; the shares in Mentice offer no guaranteed income and no capital protection; and an investment in the shares in Mentice is compatible only with investors who do not need a guaranteed income or capital protection, who (either alone or in conjunction with an appropriate financial or other adviser) are capable of evaluating the merits and risks of such an investment and who have sufficient resources to be able to bear any losses that may result therefrom. The Target Market Assessment is without prejudice to the requirements of any contractual, legal or regulatory selling restrictions in relation to the Directed New Share Issue. Furthermore, it is noted that, notwithstanding the Target Market Assessment, the Manager will only procure investors who meet the criteria of professional clients and eligible counterparties.
For the avoidance of doubt, the Target Market Assessment does not constitute: (a) an assessment of suitability or appropriateness for the purposes of MiFID II or UK MiFIR; or (b) a recommendation to any investor or group of investors to invest in, or purchase, or take any other action whatsoever with respect to the shares in Mentice.
Each distributor is responsible for undertaking its own target market assessment in respect of the shares in Mentice and determining appropriate distribution channels.
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It’s been in testing for a while, but today, Instagram has launched an updated version of its new full-screen main feed test, which expands Instagram posts – be it static images, video or Reels – into a full-height, TikTok-esque swipeable flow of all different types of IG content.
As you can see in this example, in the new format, Instagram Reels and video clips are expanded to full-screen style, with the navigation bar, description and Instagram logo overlaid on the content.
That’s a change to the original presentation of the option, which was first spotted in testing back in March.
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Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg shared a Story about the updated presentation style, along with a note that ‘photos are still an important part of Instagram’.
But not that important, especially given that Reels are now Instagram’s fastest-growing content option, with 20% of all time on Instagram now spent in its Reels feed.
Interestingly, this new approach would also move the Stories bar out of view, though the longer-term approach will likely see Stories also incorporated into this new presentation format, with a frame count bar along the bottom of the screen, encouraging users to swipe across for more.
The update reflects the ongoing influence of TikTok, which has changed the way almost every platform is now considering growth, with the continued rise of the app changing user behaviors, on a much broader scale than just within TikTok itself.
Indeed, a new report from The Verge this week revealed that Facebook is also looking at how to further lean into the short-form video trend, with the popularity of the format now altering user attention spans, and changing consumer expectations, which essentially means that platforms either move in-line with the trend, or lose audience by ignoring it.
Instagram is Meta’s most similar platform in this respect, and as such, it makes sense that it’s looking to ‘go full TikTok’ and switch to a more aligned content feed.
That’s also in line with what Instagram chief Adam Mosseri flagged in December last year, when he said that video would be a key focus for IG in 2022.
“We’re going to double-down on our focus on video and consolidate all of our video formats around Reels”
This seems like the ultimate next step on this front, and another re-positioning in its face-off against TikTok, in order to mitigate TikTok’s rising dominance in the space.
It’s not available to all users as yet, but more people will be seeing this soon – and from there, I’d be willing to bet that the next integration, including Stories, will be coming soon after, moving Instagram towards a much more TikTok-like experience.
For brands, if you’re not creating short-form video content yet, it may be time to start testing, as it’s going to become the thing on IG.
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Santa Evita: release date, plot, cast, trailer and everything we know
Santa Evita is a new Latin American thriller series coming to Disney Plus, which is based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Argentine writer Tomás Eloy Martínez.
The seven-part series tells the powerful and strange story of what happened to Argentine First Lady Eva Perón’s body after she died in 1952 from cancer.
Eva was one of the most powerful women in the world at the time after rising from humble beginnings.
There have already been productions made in her honor, including Andrew Lloyd Webber’s 1996 musical Evita, which saw pop star Madonna play the lead role of Eva Perón, Antonio Banderas as Che Guevara and Jonathan Pryce as Juan Perón.
Madonna won a Golden Globe Award for Best Actress in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for the role in 1997.
Eva has become a female icon over the last century and there have been many books written about the legendary heroine that tell her story although most focus on her life rather than her death.
Here’s everything we know about Santa Evita…
When will Santa Evita be released?
Santa Evita will premiere globally on Disney Plus under the Star banner on Tuesday, July 26, 2022.
It will also be available to watch on this date on Star Plus Latin America and Hulu in the US.
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What is Santa Evita about?
The official synopsis from Disney Plus reads: "Santa Evita is the story of a body with no grave and the legend that was born from it. In 1955, a military coup in Argentina overthrew then President Juan Domingo Perón and hid Evita’s body for 16 years to prevent it from becoming a symbol against the regime.
“Before her death, Eva had become a powerful political figure as General Perón’s wife, and her wandering unburied corpse haunted the country’s political arena for over two decades.”
Who is in the cast of Santa Evita?
An international star-studded cast will appear in the series with Natalia Oreiro playing the leading lady Eva Perón.
She will be joined by Ernesto Alterio as Colonel Moori Koenig, Diego Velázquez as Mariano, Francesc Orella as Doctor Pedro Ara and Darío Grandinetti as Eva’s husband Juan Domingo Perón.
Is there a trailer?
Yes, you can watch the trailer below where we can see some suspicious happenings surrounding Eva’s corpse…
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Man Utd transfer news LIVE: Ronaldo’s ‘SIX FIGURE’ bonus, Strakosha deal imminent, Frenkie de Jong UPDATE
MANCHESTER UNITED are closing in on a deal for ex-Lazio star Thomas Strakosha.
The goal keeper is currently a free agent and the Red Devils are reportedly ready to bring him in to replace Dean Henderson.
Meanwhile manager Erik ten Hag is still in hot pursuit for a reunion with Frenkie de Jong but Barcelona are not willing to budge on their reported £69 million fee.
And SunSport can exclusively reveal that Cristiano Ronaldo secured a 'six figure' bonus just DAYS before telling United that he wants out.
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Ronaldo bonus
Cristiano Ronaldo took a bonus payment “well into six figures” just days before he told Manchester United he wanted a move.
United insiders revealed Ronaldo hit the jackpot as soon as the second year of his contract kicked in at the end of June.
The windfall was part of the deal he agreed on his Old Trafford return from Juventus last summer.
An Old Trafford insider said: “The contracts all renew at the start of July and then the news about Cristiano wanting to leave came out.”
Ronaldo, 37, took a near 50 per cent pay cut as his salary and bonuses was £900,000-a-week in Italy.
But United loaded up on annual bonuses.
Jones backed to come good at United
Phil Jones is being backed to finally have the last laugh on the sneer-leaders who mocked him for years.
No player has been savaged as much as the Manchester United centre-back, who has spent huge chunks of his Old Trafford career battling injuries.
The 30-year-old is doing so again now, sitting out the pre-season tour of Thailand and Australia to make sure he is fit for next month’s big kick-off.
Jones has refused to throw in the towel and knocked back loan moves in his determination to prove he can still become a United regular.
And with Erik ten Hag’s arrival meaning a level playing field for everyone, at last there is a shaft of light for a man Sir Alex Ferguson once said could be United’s finest-ever player.
Now former team mate David Dunn has backed him to come good this campaign.
“Jonesy was always a special player — he could cover ground quickly, he was athletic, very determined and so resilient, which he’s had to be," Dunn told SunSport.
“He was so tough, as well. And I don’t just mean physically but mentally, which has always been the way at Blackburn. So I know Jonesy will have no problem bouncing back.
“I think he’s had a raw deal but he’s so versatile.
“He can play right-back, centre-back, central midfield, all over the pitch.
“I see it as a gift but it has probably had a detrimental effect on him at times.
“I know he’s had injuries but for all the problems he is still only 30 and don’t forget, that means he hasn’t got the miles on his legs.”
Wag the finger
Paul Pogba wagged his finger and said "no" after a fan asked him to sign a Manchester United shirt today.
The Frenchman left Old Trafford for a second time earlier this summer and is on the cusp of returning to Juventus.
De Jong snub
Man Utd long term target Frenkie de Jong has reportedly said 'No' to joining the Red Devils, according to a report in Spain.
The Dutch midfielder has been a target for new boss Erik ten Hag, who is looking for a replacement for the departing Paul Pogba.
But de Jong is said to be ready to snub a reunion with his old Ajax manager, in favour of staying with the Catalans.
Sport via Managing Barca claim de Jong has rejected United's offer.
Utd arrive in Thailand
Man Utd stars looked grim-faced as they touched down in Thailand for their pre-season tour.
The Red Devils are due to play rivals Liverpool in a friendly on July 12 at the Rajamangala National Stadium.
Brobbey hijack
Bobby Brobbey has suggested he would be willing to join Man Utd, who appear to have stolen a march for his signature.
The 20-year-old is expected to leave RB Leipzig this summer - with Ajax also competing to resign him.
Erik ten Hag famously gave him his debut in 2020, and it has been suggested the Dutch tactician wants to bring his former star to Old Trafford - with a fee of around £13million mooted.
Ten Hag's thoughts on Malacia
Tyrell Malacia became boss Erik ten Hag's first signing at Old Trafford.
And the Dutchman has given his verdict on the player's attributes.
"I think he's the modern left-back or full-back," ten Hag said.
"He suits the profile [we were looking for] and most important from every full-back is that he closes the right area.
"He can also take part in the offensive side of our game - and can do that really well. I think he will really contribute to the team."
Ten Hag speaks on energy
Erik ten Hag has revealed he's naturally energetic when discussing his team's buoyant spirit since he took over.
Ten Hag told MUTV: "I think it’s the way I am. Of course, I want to bring the energy in my team.
“But. I must say, the players do really well. They are really focused. They bring, for themselves, the energy.
“You see they enjoy playing football. They enjoy playing football together and they really work well together.”
Ten Hag gets Rashford advice
Erik ten Hag has been urged to throw his support behind Marcus Rashford next season by club legend Dwight Yorke.
Yorke told MUTV: "I think if Erik can certainly take my advice, and I know he is vastly more experienced than me, it's what I would be doing because I see a player.
"I was a player and I can see a player in Marcus, a guy who has an enormous amount of talent, an enormous amount of talent. Even in training, the kind of things he does.
"I'm just amazed he's not in a good place for some reason and that's part of the manager's job, to make sure he gets him back playing the kind of football I know Marcus can produce.
"It's just incredible. What I would be doing if I was Erik would be saying to Marcus: you are my guy, let's get going again. Show him some trust and believe in him. I am sure he will be producing the goods I know that he is capable of."
Ten Hag tried to sway Matic
Erik ten Hag reportedly tried to convince Nemanja Matic to stay at Man United this summer.
The 33-year-old was one of several high-profile names to leave United upon last season's conclusion.
But Ten Hag unsuccessfully attempted to sway Matic into staying put, according to The Athletic.
However. Matic went onto to join former United boss Jose Mourinho at Roma on a one-year contract.
Out of this Strakos-phere
Man United are edging closer to bringing in ex-Lazio keeper Thomas Strakosha.
The 27-year-old was available on a free transfer after leaving Lazio this summer.
And United have moved swiftly to sign the keeper, talkSPORT revealed.
Strakosha's proposed arrival comes as counterpart Dean Henderson hones in on a move to Nottingham Forest.
Pogba's Juventus contract broken down
Paul Pogba's contract with Juventus has been broken down after he completed his move from Man United nears completion.
Pogba is in Turin undergoing his medical, and once complete, he'll sign a three-year contract, which includes an option to add a fourth with the Italian giants.
And the deal will see Pogba rake in a staggering £6.7m net annually, plus £1.6m in bonuses, Football Italia revealed.
The French ace will also benefit from the Growth Decree Law, which allows those who come to the Serie A to receive massive tax breaks for three years, the report added.
Mata makes Fernandes shirt joke
Juan Mata has joked that Bruno Fernandes was happy when he left so he could get his No.8 shirt.
Mata has been the shirt's owner since he joined United from Chelsea in 2014.
But he vacated the shirt when he left this summer.
Fernandes has now been given the No.8 shirt, and Mata jokingly claimed the Portuguese playmaker was delighted when it became available after he left this summer.
When United stopper David de Gea aksed Mata how he felt about the shirt swap during as hilarious Twitter exchange, he responded: "“He told me he was sad the day he knew we weren't going to keep playing together… but I think he was quite happy @B_Fernandes8 #Number8," alongside a crying laughing face emoji, a long nose emoji, and a shrug.
Man United glum pre-season pics
Man United stars looked grim-faced as they touched down in Thailand for their pre-season tour.
The Red Devils are due to play rivals Liverpool in a friendly on July 12 at the Rajamangala National Stadium.
But as the United stars arrived to cheering crowds, the mood among the squad looked glum.
Fringe ace Donny van de Beek mustered a wave at the United-mad crowd.
The squad then posed for photos before taking off.
Ronaldo has Champions League desire
Cristiano Ronaldo's desire to play in the Champions League next season is behind his decision to quit Man United.
That's according to football journalist Gianluca Di Marzio.
He told Wettfreunde: "It’s hard to say what the right choice is for him because I thought Manchester United would have been the right choice for him. Because he came back home.
“He really wants to play in the Champions League. His aim is to continue with his Champions League records. His agent is trying to find the best solution for him for next season. That’s why he’s talking to some clubs."
Man United urged to sign Martinez
Manchester United great Jaap Stam has urged the Red Devils to sign Ajax defensive star Lisandro Martinez, WRITES STEVE GOODMAN.
He said: "It is difficult to say whether Martinez is worth £43m, but those sorts of fees have become normal - especially in England.
"I have become a big fan of his. I find him a great lad, with a good temperament and a winning mentality.
"Players like that are a dream for managers to work with.
"In the past, defenders in England could never be tall enough.
Get rid of Martial - Ferdinand
Man United need to get rid of Anthony Martial to create space on the left-wing, according to Rio Ferdinand.
Along with Martial, United have Jadon Sancho, Anthony Elanga, Jadon Sancho, and Marcus Rashofrd who also prefers the left-side.
And United have to oust Martial in order to accommodate the quartet, Ferdinand thinks.
But although United are well stocked on the left wing, they could do with some reinforcements on the right, Ferdinand added on his FIVE podcast.
Tenn Hag on Malacia signing
Erik ten Hag has revealed why he signed Tyrell Malacia for Man United.
Malacia joined the Red Devils in a £13million deal from Feyenoord.
And Ten Hag explained what he reckons the left-back will add to the team.
He said to United's media: "I think he’s the modern left-back or full-back.
“He suits the profile [we were looking for] and most important from every full-back is that he closes the right area.”
“He can also take part in the offensive side of our game, and he can do that really well,” he said. “I think he will really contribute to the team.”
Pogba's pay scale revealed
Paul Pogba is set to become the Serie A's fourth top earner following his move to Juventus.
Pogba left Man United for free this summer following a turbulent spell at Old Trafford.
But the Frenchman's pockets will be well-lined during his tenure in Turin.
He'll receive £125,000 per week, which puts him behind new -team mates Matthijs de Ligt and Adrien Rabiot on the list.
Pogba also lags below Inter Milan duo Alexis Sanchez and Romelu Lukaku on the payscale.
Chelsea target De Ligt earns £200,000 weekly, while Sanchez pockets £175,000, Rabiot rakes in £150,000, and Lukaku also commands £125,000, according to football journalist Tancredi Palmeri.
De Jong gets glowing review
Frenkie de Jong would be a great signing for Man United, Rio Ferdinand reckons.
United have been heavily linked with the Barcelona midfielder this summer.
But they face an uphill battle trying to lure him to Old Trafford as he doesn't want to leave Barca, and they feel the same.
However, Ferdinand thinks he'll be a great addition to the United squad after watching the Dutch star in action for former club Barcelona.
Rio said on his FIVE podcast: "I think that [Frenkie] De Jong would be a great signing.
"I watched him closely especially the year with Ajax when they got to the semi-finals and they lost to Spurs, he was integral to everything they did and, arguably, their best player."
Ronaldo 'won't receive absence fine'
Cristiano Ronaldo will reportedly not receive any punishment for missing Manchester United’s pre-season tour.
New boss Erik ten Hag and his squad flew out to Thailand on Friday before then heading to Australia.
will reportedly not receive any punishment for missing Manchester United’s pre-season tour.
New boss Erik ten Hag and his squad flew out to Thailand on Friday before then heading to Australia.
However, “due to the sensitive reasons for him remaining in Lisbon” it has been decided by United CEO Richard Arnold not to sanction the superstar.
The report adds that Arnold is “relaxed about the fact Ronaldo might miss the entire tour”.
Ten Hag's double Ajax raid
Erik ten Hag wants to land a double blow on his former club Ajax, MARTIN BLACKBURN WRITES.
Manchester United have raised their offer for the Dutch club’s defender Lisandro Martinez to £42.5million.
And they are also looking to hijack Ajax’s move to bring RB Leipzig forward Brian Brobbey back to Amsterdam.
The club have stepped up their pursuit of Argentine centre-back Martinez, 24, who is also a target for Arsenal.
United’s new offer beats those put in by the Gunners and is close to the Dutch club’s £45m asking price.
Ajax are mulling over the bid but could try to start a bidding war between the Prem rivals in the hope of getting a bigger fee.
GOOD MORNING RED DEVILS
The Man Utd squad have boarded the flight to Bangkok where they will face Liverpool on Tuesday in the start of their pre-season tour.
Erik ten Hag’s boys sported fancy Paul Smith suits at the airport and spirits were high despite a missing Portuguese superstar.
Manchester United released their new 2022-2023 home kit yesterday.
The photo shoot included wantaway star Cristiano Ronaldo as one of the models.
The Red Devils decided to use pictures of Ronaldo wearing the new shirt… despite the 37-year-old looking highly unlikely to ever wear it on the pitch.
Man Utd have stepped up their pursuit of Argentine centre-back Lisandro Martinez, 24, who is also a target for Arsenal.
United’s new offer beats those put in by the Gunners and is close to the Dutch club’s £45m asking price.
Paul Pogba arrived in Turin to raptures from Juve fans.
Chanting, cheering supporters thronged as the outgoing Manchester United midfielder stepped out of a huge Jeep to greet them.
And United icon Wayne Rooney cheered on Brit Cam Norrie as he lost to Djokovic in the semi final at Wimbledon.
United continue chase for Martinez
Man Utd have stepped up their pursuit of Argentine centre-back Lisandro Martinez, 24, who is also a target for Arsenal.
United’s new offer beats those put in by the Gunners and is close to the Dutch club’s £45m asking price.
Ajax are mulling over the bid but could try to start a bidding war between the Prem rivals in the hope of getting a bigger fee.
Martinez’s strong links with his old boss Ten Hag could give United the edge.
Ten Hag raiding Ajax
Erik Ten Hag wants to land a double blow on his former club Ajax.
Manchester United have raised their offer for the Dutch club’s defender Lisandro Martinez to £42.5million.
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CHICAGO (AP) — Johnny Cueto allowed five hits over eight innings, Gavin Sheets hit a three-run homer and the Chicago White Sox beat Detroit 8-0 Saturday to end the Tigers’ season-high six-game winning streak.
Cueto (3-4) and José Ruiz combined on a six-hitter in the 11th shutout against the Tigers this season. Cueto struck out five and walked none in the longest outing by a White Sox pitcher this season. He had allowed eight runs over his previous 17 1/3 innings.
Detroit didn’t have an extra-base hit until Spencer Torkelson's eighth-inning double.
Kody Clemens, a son of Roger Clemens who usually plays left and the infield, threw a 1-2-3 eighth for Detroit in his second big league pitching appearance. Kody Clemens made his mound debut against the White Sox on June 15.
José Abreu, Tim Anderson and Sheets each had a pair of hits for the White Sox, who have won two of their last six. The reigning AL Central champions improved to 18-25 at home.
Detroit’s winning streak was its longest since seven in a row last July 17-22.
Miguel Cabrera went 0 for 3, a day after he was selected to his 12th All-Star Game.
Sheets hit a three-run home run on a 3-0 pitch by Garrett Hill (1-1) in the first after Andrew Vaughn doubled and Luis Robert walked.
Robert added an RBI single and Abreu hit a two-run double in the second. Abreu’s hitting streak reached 14 games.
Chicago extended its lead to 8-0 in the sixth on an Anderson RBI single and a wild pitch by Will Vest.
Hill needed 35 pitches in the first inning and 21 in the second, allowing six runs. He then retired nine straight batters over three scoreless innings.
The 26-year-old right-hander won his major league debut Monday against Cleveland, giving up one run in six innings.
KEEPING A PROMISE
The Tigers' Twitter account shared a video of reliever Gregory Soto shaving third base coach Ramón Santiago’s head in the clubhouse after Detroit beat the White Sox on Friday. Santiago told his teammates he would go bald if the Tigers won six straight.
“The first thing they wanted to do last night was shave his head,” manager A.J. Hinch said before Saturday’s game. “We’ll see if that trend continues. The next question about when I’m going to do it? They’re going to need a lot more. There’s always a number. We’re not quite there yet.”
TRANSACTION
Tigers LHP Sam Howard cleared waivers and was assiged outright to Triple-A Toledo. He was designated for assignment Tuesday to make room for RHP Drew Hutchison.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Tigers: OF Austin Meadows (strained right and left Achilles tendons) is unlikely to return Monday. Hinch said Meadows will likely return later in the week. Meadows has experienced soreness during his rehab assignment with Triple-A Toledo.
White Sox: OF Eloy Jiménez (hamstring tear) was dealing with normal soreness, manager Tony La Russa said, and did not play. Jiménez was activated from the injured list Wednesday after he was injured April 23.
UP NEXT
RHP Drew Hutchison (1-4, 4.30 ERA) takes the mound for the Tigers against RHP Michael Kopech (2-6, 3.34) in Sunday’s series finale.
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Local artist Kent Paulette has a new exhibit of paintings on display in downtown Morganton and one featured at a popular nature park.
Paulette is a self-taught artist who uses uninhibited, energetic brush strokes to create paintings that leap off the canvas, alive with color, texture and movement.
The exhibit at Root & Vine restaurant features paintings of galloping horses and colorful mountain landscapes. The paintings of horses are on uniquely shaped canvases. "Galloping Horsepower" and "The Approaching Thunder" depict the entire front of the horse running toward the viewer, and "Go" is in the shape of an octagonal stop sign.
The exhibit also has a painting of a blue bear and another one of a mama bear and her cub. All of the paintings in the exhibit are for sale, including a painting of a mountain vineyard and one of the Linn Cove Viaduct that he created using whimsical geometric shapes and brushstrokes.
Paulette recently donated a gigantic bear painting to Grandfather Mountain. It hangs permanently above the entrance to the newly redesigned Nature Museum at The Wilson Center for Nature Discovery.
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He first proposed the idea of making and donating an original painting of a bear to the Grandfather Mountain Stewardship Foundation. He met with Jesse Pope and Lesley Platek, and they discussed the upcoming large expansion of the Nature Museum and possible spots for the painting to hang. This would be the biggest painting he had ever done, 10-feet wide and 7.5-feet tall.
“Grandfather Mountain is such a special place to me,” Paulette said. “This painting was inspired by my visits to the wildlife habitats and seeing the bears there.”
The painting includes a special ingredient from the park.
“I collected water from a waterfall at Grandfather Mountain and mixed the water directly with paint to stain the canvas with my Creek Washes,” Paulette said. “I hiked down to the creek in my backyard early in the morning before I started this painting. I stuck my face in the creek and also collected a few bottles of the creek water to mix in with the paint along with the water from Grandfather Mountain.”
As he worked on the painting, an unusual visitor stopped by to check on his progress.
“A bear came to visit my home studio as I was working on this painting outside on my deck,” Paulette said. “I think it was coming to see the painting, because I hadn’t seen a bear there in three years.”
He shared what it was like to work on such a large canvas.
“The painting was covering the sliding glass door in my bedroom, so each morning I’d wake up and see huge bear eyes looking at me,” Paulette said. “The sunrise was shining through the canvas, and I could see the bear even though I was looking at the back of the painting. The painting is so big that it could also be seen from another hilltop half a mile away.”
He describes each act of painting as “a gamble, a leap into the unknown, a wild ride of exploration and experimentation.” He said he paints to figure things out, not to achieve a specific result, although unexpected or unintended outcomes are welcome.
“They offer openings through which new possibilities can be glimpsed, imagined and developed,” Paulette said.
He works to exploit these opportunities, continually pushing himself and his paintings beyond the boundaries of habit and into the realm of chance.
Paulette was born and raised in Hickory, but now paints at his home studio at Powder Horn Mountain. To learn more and view his work, visit kentpaulette.com or stop by Root & Vine at 139 W. Union St. in Morganton. | https://morganton.com/news/local/local-artists-work-featured-at-restaurant-park/article_818de876-fca1-11ec-a413-677f79de73c5.html | 2022-07-09T22:40:57Z | https://morganton.com/news/local/local-artists-work-featured-at-restaurant-park/article_818de876-fca1-11ec-a413-677f79de73c5.html | false | 1 |
Peggy Ann Gustoff, 65, of Crookston, Minnesota, passed away early Sunday morning, June 19, 2022, at Altru Hospital in Grand Forks, North Dakota. Peggy was born in San Francisco, CA on October 27, 1956, to Merrill Gustoff and Joanne (Wynne) Gustoff. As a young girl, her family moved to Bloomington, Minnesota where she grew up. When she entered her high school years, Peggy moved to Fosston, Minnesota where she lived with her grandparents Howard and Stella Wynne. She graduated from Fosston High School with the Class of 1975. While in high school, Peggy was the head cheerleader for the Fosston Greyhounds! Peggy was later united in marriage to Mark Bradley LaFriniere at Mahnomen, Minnesota. The couple made their home in Bemidji, Minnesota for a time and that is where their son, Joseph, was born. After moving to Fort Walton Beach, Florida, Peggy and Brad established a wallpapering business known as Paper Dolls. They also welcomed a daughter, Jessica, who was born a few years later. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2657503450740/polk-county-sheriff-s-department-water-and-boating-safety-tips | 2022-07-09T22:45:49Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2657503450740/polk-county-sheriff-s-department-water-and-boating-safety-tips | false | 2 |
Investigators are combing the wreckage from a fatal helicopter crash on the outskirts of Sydney.
Emergency services responded to reports of the crash at around midday on Saturday, hampered by difficult, flood-soaked bushland northwest of the city.
The pilot in his 60s was the sole occupant, and Australia's transport safety watchdog announced it had launched an investigation into the crash.
A news helicopter was one of the first on the scene with pilot Andrew Millett telling Nine the crash had instantly appeared not survivable.
"You could see there had been an immense impact," Mr Millett said.
Mr Millett knew the man, and described him as a veteran pilot who was friendly and generous.
The crash, which occurred shortly before 11:50am in bushland at South Maroota, drew police, paramedics, firefighters and the State Emergency Service.
They found the helicopter well alight upon arrival and battled a small blaze that had started before police later established a crime scene.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau said the craft was a Bell 206L LongRanger Helicopter.
Flight and helicopter experts from the bureau's Sydney and Brisbane offices are involved.
But the watchdog is also calling for any witnesses to come forward with any information of the chopper at any stage during its flight.
It is expected to hand down an initial report in six to eight weeks.
Police are expected to address the media later on Sunday morning. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/probe-into-fatal-helicopter-crash-in-nsw-c-7470076 | 2022-07-09T22:51:05Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/news/disaster-and-emergency/probe-into-fatal-helicopter-crash-in-nsw-c-7470076 | false | 3 |
"Facts Should Still Matter": Peter Schiff Defends His Puerto Rican Bank After Regulators Shut It Down
We noted on Friday that Peter Schiff was fighting desperately to try and sell his Puerto-Rico based bank, Euro Pacific Bank International, after it was shut down by regulators.
Later in the day, Schiff released a statement, vowing to work with regulators and also urging media outlets who may have covered the news by insinuating that his bank was found of wrongdoing to correct the record.
"In its order made public last week, OCIF, alleged that the Bank had violated capital requirements and had failed to satisfy other regulatory obligations. In the best interest of depositors and bank employees, I intend to cooperate expeditiously and transparently with the OCIF Commissioner to bring the bank fully into compliance and to meet all the financial and regulatory obligations that we may have overlooked," Schiff wrote on Friday.
"We commit to working with OCIF to institute controls and rigorous due diligence going forward to avoid these errors in the future."
He also took aim at media outlets, many of whom he blamed for the bank's troubles to begin with:
However, in recent days many press outlets have falsely reported that the Euro Pacific Bank International (EUBI), of which I am sole shareholder and Director, has been found by OCIF to have intentionally, or negligently, accepted deposits from money launderers or tax evaders, and that their cease and desist order was related to those crimes. Prior press reports have similarly relied on innuendo to suggest such criminal wrongdoing. These news reports are in direct contradiction to the OCIF Commissioner’s public statements that her actions had nothing to do with tax evasion or money laundering.
Schiff wrote: "We ask all reporters and media organizations who have misreported that such wrongdoing has been charged to retract and correct such misreporting immediately — and to do so conspicuously, informing readers of the errors and the corrections."
"Facts should still matter, innuendo is no substitute," he said.
Recall Schiff has said several times over that he has a buyer for Euro Pacific International Bank Inc., but that a provisional cease-and-desist order from regulators stands in his way to selling the bank
Back in November, the bank had submitted a plan for Emergent Technology & Payments to acquire all of the bank's shares. The Puerto Rico Office of the Commissioner of Financial Institutions, or OCIF weighed the financials of Austrian payment processor Qenta Payment CEE, which Emergent also purchased earlier in the year.
Emergent agreed to buy the bank despite a widely publicized global tax-evasion investigation that has been taking place since 2020. Emergent would have put in $7 million to help recapitalize the bank. Schiff maintains that the investigation turned up nothing.
Schiff had initially thought the sale would consummate, telling Bloomberg: “All of a sudden they decide, ‘Nope, this deal is gone. We’re going to take this bank and put it into a receivership and expose it to millions of dollars of losses unnecessarily.’ And, at the end of the day, the depositors may end up, you know, losing some money right now.”
OCIF says it has been warning the bank since 2021 that it was in “crass noncompliance with the minimum capital requirements.”
“The investigation found nothing. The bank didn’t help people launder money or evade taxes. So why is it getting shut down?” Schiff concluded.
Schiff says he has put $10 million of his personal funds into Euro Pacific since its inception in 2017. | https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/facts-should-still-matter-peter-schiff-defends-his-puerto-rican-bank-after-regulators-shut | 2022-07-09T22:56:22Z | https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/facts-should-still-matter-peter-schiff-defends-his-puerto-rican-bank-after-regulators-shut | true | 2 |
For the drive home in Carbondale: Partly cloudy skies. Low 64F. Winds NNE at 10 to 15 mph. Sunday, Carbondale folks should be prepared for high temperatures. It looks like it will be a balmy 87 degrees. Expect a drastic drop in temperatures though, with a low reaching 61 degrees. Expect clear skies tomorrow. Tomorrow's UV index is high. The sun's rays will be intense. Stay in the shade as much as possible. Wear sunglasses, a hat and sunscreen when in sunlight. The Carbondale area should see a light breeze, with winds only reaching 9 miles per hour, coming from northeast. This report is created automatically with weather data provided by TownNews.com. Keep an eye on thesouthern.com for forecast information and severe weather updates.
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A slow moving cold front will bring a good chance of rain and possibly a few severe storms Friday and Saturday. What about Sunday and the Fourth of July? Here's your holiday weekend forecast.
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4th of July weekend travelers tested by ongoing flight delays, cancellations
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Sri Lanka prime minister's house set on fire
What you need to know:
- The government has defaulted on its $51 billion external debt and is seeking an International Monetary Fund bailout.
Sri Lankan protesters set the prime minister's private home on fire, hours after chasing the president from his residence, as months of frustration over an unprecedented economic crisis boiled over on Saturday.
A mob stormed into Sri Lankan Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe's home in Colombo on Saturday evening and set it ablaze, police and his office said.
"Protesters have broken into the private residence of Prime Minister Ranil Wickremesinghe and have set it on fire," his office said in a statement.
Sri Lanka: timeline of a crisis
Sri Lanka is mired in a deep political and economic crisis and on Saturday the country's president was forced to flee his residence not long before it was stormed by a huge crowd of protesters.
The island nation of 22 million people has suffered months of lengthy blackouts, acute food and fuel shortages and galloping inflation in its most painful downturn on record.
Months of protests have demanded the resignation of President Gotabaya Rajapaksa, whose government has been blamed for chronic mismanagement of the country's finances.
The South Asian country emerged from a devastating civil war in 2009, only to be rocked by Islamist bombings in 2019, before being hit hard the following year by the Covid-19 pandemic which left the island bereft of tourists.
Here is a look back at how the crisis has unfolded:
April 1: State of emergency
Rajapaksa declares a temporary state of emergency, giving security forces sweeping powers to arrest and detain suspects, after a spate of protests.
April 3: Cabinet resigns
Almost all of Sri Lanka's cabinet resigns at a late-night meeting, leaving Rajapaksa and his brother Mahinda -- the prime minister -- isolated.
The governor of the central bank, having resisted calls to seek a bailout from the International Monetary Fund (IMF), announces his resignation a day later.
April 5: President loses majority
President Rajapaksa's problems deepen as finance minister Ali Sabry resigns just a day after he was appointed.
The embattled leader loses his parliamentary majority as former allies urge him to quit. He lifts the state of emergency.
April 10: Medicine shortages
Sri Lanka's doctors say they are nearly out of life-saving medicines, warning that the crisis could end up killing more than the coronavirus pandemic.
April 12: Foreign debt default
The government announces it is defaulting on its foreign debt of $51 billion as a "last resort" after running out of foreign exchange to import desperately needed goods.
April 19: First casualty
Police kill a protester, the first casualty of several weeks of anti-government protests.
The next day the IMF says it has asked Sri Lanka to restructure its colossal external debt before a rescue package can be agreed.
May 9: Day of violence
A mob of government loyalists bussed in from the countryside attack peaceful protesters camped outside the president's seafront office in Colombo.
Nine people are killed and hundreds more injured in the reprisal attacks that follow, with crowds targeting those responsible for the violence and setting fire to the homes of lawmakers.
Mahinda Rajapaksa resigns as prime minister, and has to be rescued by troops after thousands of protesters storm his residence in Colombo.
He is replaced by Ranil Wickremesinghe, a political veteran who had already served several terms as premier.
May 10: Shoot-to-kill orders
The defence ministry orders troops to shoot on sight anyone involved in looting or "causing harm to life".
But protesters defy a fresh government curfew, which is rolled back at the end of the week.
The top police officer in Colombo is assaulted and his vehicle set ablaze.
June 10: 'Humanitarian emergency'
The United Nations warns that Sri Lanka is facing a dire humanitarian crisis, with millions already in need of aid.
More than three-quarters of the population had reduced their food intake due to the country's severe food shortages, the UN says.
June 27: Fuel sales suspended
The government says Sri Lanka is nearly out of fuel and halts all petrol sales except for essential services.
July 1: New inflation record
The government publishes data showing inflation has hit a record high for the ninth consecutive month, a day after the IMF asks Sri Lanka to rein in high prices and galloping inflation.
July 9: President's home stormed
President Rajapaksa flees his official residence in Colombo with the assistance of troops, shortly before demonstrators storm the compound, and he is taken to an undisclosed location.
Footage from inside the residence shows jubilant protesters jumping in the pool and exploring its stately bedrooms. | https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/world/sri-lanka-prime-minister-s-house-set-on-fire-3874754 | 2022-07-09T23:20:16Z | https://www.monitor.co.ug/uganda/news/world/sri-lanka-prime-minister-s-house-set-on-fire-3874754 | true | 7 |
‘Friends’ Cocreator Marta Kauffman Says It Was a ‘Mistake’ to Misgender Chandler’s Trans Parent
Friends cocreator Marta Kauffman expressed remorse over the way the show depicted a trans character days after she said she was embarrassed by the show’s lack of diversity.
“We kept referring to [Helena] as ‘Chandler’s father,’ even though Chandler’s father was trans,” the producer, 65, said during an interview with BBC World Service’s The Conversation set to air on Monday, July 11. “Pronouns were not yet something that I understood, so we didn’t refer to that character as ‘she.’ That was a mistake.”
Kauffman was referring to the character Charles Bing, who used the stage name Helena Handbasket and was played by Kathleen Turner. Helena and Chandler (Matthew Perry) had an awkward relationship in the show after she split from Chandler’s mom, Nora (Morgan Fairchild).
Since Friends — which also starred Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, David Schwimmer and Matt LeBlanc — ended in May 2004, public sentiment about the show’s depiction of Helena has vastly changed, with some critics calling the character transphobic. Kauffman, for her part, noted that her own approach to trans issues has changed a lot over the past decade and a half.
“I like very much to create an environment where we have a happy set and a happy crew,” she told the BBC. “It’s very important to me that where we are is a safe place, a tolerant place, where there’s no yelling. I fired a guy on the spot for making a joke about a trans cameraperson. That just can’t happen.”
In 2019, Turner, 68, said that she wouldn’t play Helena if offered the role today. “Of course I wouldn’t do it now because there would be real people that would be doing it,” the Romancing the Stone actress said during an episode of Watch What Happens Live With Andy Cohen, adding that cocreator David Crane encouraged her to take the part. “I thought, ‘A woman playing a man playing a woman, I haven’t done that.’ So, I said yes.”
Last month, Kauffman admitted that she now understands why critics of Friends have taken the show to task for its lack of diversity. “I’ve learned a lot in the last 20 years,” the Grace and Frankie cocreator told the Los Angeles Times in June. “Admitting and accepting guilt is not easy. It’s painful looking at yourself in the mirror. I’m embarrassed that I didn’t know better 25 years ago.”
After absorbing criticism about Friends‘ all-white cast, Kauffman decided to pledge $4 million to her alma mater, Brandeis University, to establish an endowed professorship in the School’s African and African American studies department.
The Philadelphia native said that she’s received “nothing but love” since announcing the endowment. “It’s been amazing,” she told the Times. “I’ve gotten a flood of emails and texts and posts that have been nothing but supportive. I’ve gotten a lot of ‘It’s about time.’ Not in a mean way. It’s just people acknowledging it was long overdue.”
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DETROIT (AP) — Carlos Santana has postponed his next six shows after collapsing on stage during a concert on Tuesday, temporarily stepping away from the stage “out of an abundance of caution for the artist’s health.”
July concerts in Noblesville, Indiana; Cincinnati, Ohio; Milwaukee, Wisconsin; Rogers, Arkansas; Dallas, Texas; and Woodlands, Texas, have been pushed back, Michael Vrionis, Santana’s manager said in a statement.
“Carlos is doing well and is anxious to be back on stage soon. He just needs rest,” Vrionis said. “Doctors have recommended that Mr. Santana gets rest to recuperate fully.”
Live Nation will be announcing the rescheduled show dates. All shows as planned beginning July 23 in Paso Robles, California, through the end of 2022 are still confirmed and will be performed as scheduled.
On Tuesday, the legendary guitarist was taken to a hospital after suffering heat exhaustion and dehydration while performing at Pine Knob Music Theatre in Clarkston, some 40 miles northwest of Detroit. | https://www.abc4.com/news/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/carlos-santana-postpones-some-concerts-after-health-scare/ | 2022-07-09T23:29:26Z | https://www.abc4.com/news/entertainment-news/ap-entertainment/carlos-santana-postpones-some-concerts-after-health-scare/ | true | 26 |
SAN DIEGO — Amid a stretch of bad baseball that entering Saturday left them at .500, the Giants made their most significant roster tweak of the season with the hope of injecting some life into the club.
Struggling reliever Jake McGee, the team leader in saves last season, was designated for assignment Saturday before their third of four games against the Padres, while outfielder Luis González was activated from the injured list after appearing in only three rehab games.
McGee, 35, had a 7.17 ERA in 21 appearances this season. After starting the season with a concerning drop in velocity, he regained it following a stint on the injured list but was still struggling to miss bats.
“It’s not for a lack of work or effort or preparation or trying, but we’ve just seen a ton of contact and some hard contact at that,” manager Gabe Kapler said. “Clearly the velocity has come back and been fairly consistent over his most recent outings … I don’t think we were able to find the best location with his fastball. … Beyond that, what we saw last year and what the entire league saw in 2020 was a lot of whiff. A lot of empty swings. Over the course of the last, well, since he’s been back off the IL, while the velocity’s been back, we haven’t seen that.”
The Giants gave McGee a one-year, $2.5 million contract for this season after he played an important role in the majors’ best bullpen by ERA last season. He appeared in 62 games with a 2.72 ERA and recorded 31 saves.
He’ll now go on waivers, where it’s likely a team will claim him or trade for him to bet on his track record while paying him the major-league minimum. San Francisco will be on the hook for the remainder of his salary for this season.
“This organization feels grateful for the work that Jake did for us last year,” Kapler said. “One of the messages that (pitching coach Andrew Bailey) and I sent was thank you for how you contributed and how you contributed to the culture around here. He’s been a great teammate. It’s not going to surprise any of us to see him go on to future success. Nothing but respect for Jake McGee.”
McGee, however, had appeared in only two games since June 24 and had been passed over for late-inning situations in favor of other lefties such as Sam Long and Jarlín Garcia.
“Just the way the bullpen hierarchy has been, as we saw in Arizona, he wasn’t the number one option for us to come in and get the big left-handed outs,” Kapler said. “It didn’t feel fair to continue to have him out in the pen and not pitching regularly.”
González rejoins club
Before Brandon Belt’s pinch-hit home run in the ninth inning Friday night when the game was already lost, the Giants had combined for three runs and six hits through the first two games of this series.
There’s hope that adding González back into the lineup can also inject some firepower.
González, who has missed the past 15 games with a low back strain, was their leading hitter with a .302 average before landing on the IL on June 22. Over those 15 games, the Giants went 3-12. At the time of González’s injury, the Giants were 38-30 and 4.5 games back of first place in the NL West. Entering Saturday, they were 41-41 and 12.5 games back.
In his three rehab games with Triple-A Sacramento, González homered twice.
Saturday marked the first time this season that he and LaMonte Wade Jr. were both in the Giants’ lineup, bumping Mike Yastrzemski down to eighth against San Diego right-hander Yu Darvish.
“It’s kind of fun to have him and LaMonte in the lineup together,” Kapler said. “It’s gonna be kind of new and different and exciting. … Against a right handed pitcher, to have Mike Yastrzemski in the eight is an indication that we have one of our deeper lineups to date.”
Notable
- In an additional roster move, right-handed reliever Zack Littell was placed on the 15-day injured list with a left oblique strain and right-hander Yunior Marte was recalled from Triple-A. Littell, who will receive an MRI on the oblique, is expected to miss more than the minimum 15 days, Kapler said. He suffered the injury on the final two batters of his outing Friday night. | https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/07/09/sf-giants-shakeup-jake-mcgee-dfad-to-activate-of-luis-gonzalez/ | 2022-07-09T23:44:35Z | https://www.montereyherald.com/2022/07/09/sf-giants-shakeup-jake-mcgee-dfad-to-activate-of-luis-gonzalez/ | true | 10 |
Right before the festivities of this year’s ESSENCE Festival of Culture kicked off, Girls United, ESSENCE’s Generation-Z-centric platform, hosted their second annual Day of Service.
Taking place at the Ashé Cultural Arts Center, New Orleans natives, volunteers, and ESSENCE staff came together to serve the Louisiana community with activations, performances, and even a special surprise for all of the children in attendance. Sponsored by Coca-Cola, McDonald’s, Disney, and AT&T, this year’s Day of Service went off without a hitch beginning with a press conference featuring remarks from ESSENCE CEO Caroline Wanga, reality star and author Antonia “Toya” Johnson, Mayor of New Orleans LaToya Cantrell, and Girls United co-creator Rechelle Dennis.
With 230 campers across six NOLA organizations – including KUUMBA Academy, Future Femmes, Dancing Grounds, Studio BElite Collective, Youth Empowerment Project, and Mic-Amped Summer Leadership Project – 2022 Girls United Day of Service was yet another success! With youth performances by Warron Easton High School Band and Dancing Grounds, and spinning tunes by DJ Arie Spins, children, teens, and young adults came together to celebrate the beautiful culture of the city of New Orleans.
GU Day of Service also included an HBCU Peer-to-Peer Panel moderated by associate editor D’Shonda Brown. HBCU students Zion Rouege (Xavier University), Nina Giddens (Xavier University), Tiana Thomas (Southern University Baton Rouge), Daryelle Dehhonah Mitchell (Southern University New Orleans), and Aaliyah Ali (Dillard University) joined Brown on stage for a conversation about their HBCU experiences. Campers ranging from 16 years old and up learned from the students about being student leaders in their communities, how to apply for HBCUs, and advice they’d give to incoming freshmen and interested prospects.
While older campers enjoyed the panel, younger attendees engaged in rotating activations including Mardi Gras beading to understand more about the creative aspect of New Orleans culture, the Drumming Circle to highlight the historical significance and modern interpretation, and Art Painting of Ashe Mobile, where participants had the opportunity to paint a mobile mural throughout the Youth Block Party.
To round out the afternoon, Brown and ESSENCE Gen-Z editor Brooklyn White introduced the Shining Star Day of Service Awards to attendees. With this special accolade, Target awarded Ashe campers with $100 gift cards at the end of the day for exemplifying leadership and Black joy throughout the day’s activities. They were each also gifted with tote bags that included Day of Service certificates signed by Girls United co-founder Rechelle Dennis, McDonald’s gift cards, and “I Have A Mayor Named LaToya” written by Charell G Coleman about Mayor of New Orleans LaToya Cantrell.
At the end of the program, Disney Dreamers Academy Executive Tracey Powell presented the “Watch Them Grow” scholarship to members of St. Augustine High School. The eight $2,500 scholarships were awarded to eight families of 9th through 12th graders with GPAs ranging from 3.1-4.63. Recipients included Pierce Marshall, Kaden Kelly, Kenyon Hughes, Bryce Robinson, Samuel Bonds, Turner Duncan, Daunte Kelly, Shane Payton-Hodges, and Malcolm Venable.
As a special surprise, Grammy award-winning singer-songwriter and New Orleans native Ambré performed for the campers as well as parents and volunteers.
To learn more about Girls United, head to girlsunited.essence.com. | https://www.essence.com/girlsunited/girls-united-day-of-service-2022/ | 2022-07-09T23:45:45Z | https://www.essence.com/girlsunited/girls-united-day-of-service-2022/ | true | 1 |
Updated Gear
Gear now is elemental based, with each element influencing certain stats
Monsters now drop gear related to their element
Gear stats have also been fixed and now function properly
Monsters are now immune to Magic attacks of their element
When hit with an attack that a monster is immune to it will show up as Immune in gold
Elves can now fall from any height without damage
Elves' main menu description has now displayed correctly
Character Creator
Skin color eye color and hair color now work properly
Items
Added Town Portal scroll available at General merchants for now | https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/9092600/ | 2022-07-09T23:51:10Z | https://steamdb.info/patchnotes/9092600/ | false | null |
Brewers second. Kolten Wong grounds out to second base, Kevin Newman to Yoshi Tsutsugo. Luis Urias homers to left field. Omar Narvaez walks. Keston Hiura strikes out swinging. Jace Peterson strikes out on a foul tip.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 1 left on. Brewers 1, Pirates 0.
Brewers fifth. Christian Yelich doubles to shallow left field. Willy Adames called out on strikes. Rowdy Tellez strikes out swinging. Andrew McCutchen singles to right field, advances to 2nd. Christian Yelich scores. Fielding error by Diego Castillo. Kolten Wong pops out to shallow infield to Oneil Cruz.
1 run, 2 hits, 1 error, 1 left on. Brewers 2, Pirates 0.
Brewers sixth. Luis Urias hit by pitch. Omar Narvaez strikes out swinging. Keston Hiura singles to left field, advances to 2nd. Luis Urias scores. Fielding error by Ben Gamel. Jace Peterson strikes out swinging. Christian Yelich grounds out to shortstop, Oneil Cruz to Yoshi Tsutsugo.
1 run, 1 hit, 1 error, 1 left on. Brewers 3, Pirates 0.
Pirates seventh. Yoshi Tsutsugo singles to deep right field. Kevin Newman singles to left center field. Yoshi Tsutsugo to second. Oneil Cruz doubles to left field. Kevin Newman to third. Yoshi Tsutsugo scores. Bryan Reynolds pinch-hitting for Diego Castillo. Bryan Reynolds called out on strikes. Josh VanMeter pinch-hitting for Michael Perez. Josh VanMeter flies out to shallow left field to Christian Yelich. Oneil Cruz to third. Kevin Newman scores. Fielding error by Brad Boxberger. Ben Gamel homers to center field. Oneil Cruz scores. Ke'Bryan Hayes flies out to shallow center field to Christian Yelich.
4 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 0 left on. Pirates 4, Brewers 3. | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Pittsburgh-Milwaukee-Runs-17294942.php | 2022-07-09T23:51:27Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/sports/article/Pittsburgh-Milwaukee-Runs-17294942.php | true | 15 |
NEW YORK, June 29, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Univest Securities, LLC (“Univest”), a member of FINRA and SIPC, and a full-service investment bank and securities broker-dealer firm based in New York, today announced that it has exercised in full its option to purchase an additional 1,470,588 ordinary shares of the previously completed underwritten public offering of ordinary shares for its client Bit Origin Ltd (the “Company”, BTOG), an emerging growth company engaged in crypto mining business with diversified expansion strategies. The over-allotment option was offered at an offering price of $0.51 per ordinary share, resulting in additional gross proceeds of approximately $0.75 million before deducting underwriting discounts and other related expenses.
After giving effect to the full exercise of the over-allotment option, the total number of ordinary shares sold by the Company in the offering increased to 11,274,510 and total gross proceeds of the offering increased to approximately $5.75 million, before underwriting discounts and estimated offering expenses.
The Company intends to use the net proceeds from the offering for working capital and general business purposes.
Univest Securities, LLC acted as the sole book runner for this offering. Ortoli Rosenstadt LLP served as counsel to the Company, and Hunter Taubman Fischer & Li LLC served as counsel to Univest Securities, LLC in connection with the offering.
The sale of the ordinary shares in the offering was made pursuant to a shelf registration statement on Form F-3 (File No. 333-238700), previously filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on May 26, 2020 and declared effective on July 7, 2020. Such securities are being offered only by means of a prospectus. A final prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to and describing the terms of the registered direct offering was filed with the SEC on June 7, 2022. When available, copies of the prospectus supplement and the accompanying prospectus relating to the offering may be obtained at the SEC's website www.sec.gov or by contacting Univest Securities, LLC by email at [email protected] or standard mail to Univest Securities, LLC, 75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1838, New York, NY 10019.
This press release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy the securities described herein, nor shall there be any sale of these securities in any state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation, or sale would be unlawful prior to registration or qualification under the securities laws of any such state or jurisdiction.
About Univest Securities, LLC
Registered with FINRA since 1994, Univest Securities, LLC provides a wide variety of financial services to its institutional and retail clients globally including brokerage and execution services, sales and trading, market making, investment banking and advisory, wealth management. It strives to provide clients with value-add service and focuses on building long-term relationship with its clients. For more information, please visit: www.univest.us.
About Bit Origin Ltd
Bit Origin Ltd, formerly known as China Xiangtai Food Co., Ltd., is an emerging growth company operating in the United States and engaged in crypto mining business. The Company is also actively deploying blockchain technologies, alongside diversified expansion strategies. For more information, please visit https://bitorigin.io.
Forward-looking Statement
This announcement contains forward-looking statements within the meaning of the safe harbor provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. All statements other than statements of historical fact in this announcement are forward-looking statements. These forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties and are based on current expectations and projections about future events and financial trends that the Company believes may affect its financial condition, results of operations, business strategy, and financial needs. Investors can identify these forward-looking statements by words or phrases such as "may," "will," "expect," "anticipate," "aim," "estimate," "intend," "plan," "believe," "potential," "continue," "is/are likely to" or other similar expressions. Univest Securities LLC and the Company undertakes no obligation to update forward-looking statements to reflect subsequent occurring events or circumstances or changes in its expectations, except as may be required by law. Although the Company believes that the expectations expressed in these forward-looking statements are reasonable, it cannot assure you that such expectations will turn out to be correct, and representatives as well as the Company caution investors that actual results may differ materially from the anticipated results.
For more information, please contact:
Univest Securities, LLC
Edric Guo
Chief Executive Officer
75 Rockefeller Plaza, Suite 1838
New York, NY 10019
Phone: (212) 343-8888
Email: [email protected]nivest.us | https://www.gurufocus.com/news/1814433/univest-securities-llc-announces-full-exercise-of-075-million-underwriters-overallotment-option-in-underwritten-public-offering-for-its-client-bit-origin-ltd-nasdaq-btog | 2022-07-09T23:53:58Z | https://www.gurufocus.com/news/1814433/univest-securities-llc-announces-full-exercise-of-075-million-underwriters-overallotment-option-in-underwritten-public-offering-for-its-client-bit-origin-ltd-nasdaq-btog | false | 5 |
When Nigeria’s Kizz Daniel released his popular hit ‘Buga’ in May 2022, it took the continent by storm.
On Instagram, TikTok and other social media platforms, ‘Buga’ has been trending; with many creating exciting dance videos for it.
Months later, the song is still making waves and even the President of Liberia, George Manneh Oppong Weah joined the challenge in June.
The latest person to hop on the trend is the Paramount Chief of Elimina, Nana Kodwo Conduah VI.
In a video shared on social media, the chief was seen dancing to Buga in his palanquin during the Bakatue durbar.
The public cheered on the chief while he displayed his dancing skills.
Meanwhile, this is the first time the people of Elmina have celebrated Bakatue, a festival marked every first week in July, since the Covid-19 pandemic struck.
The people commenced the celebration of the Edina Bakatue on Tuesday, July 6, 2022.
The festival which has been observed by the residents of Edina for more than 150years is said to summon Nana Benya, the god of the lagoon as a protector of the state, and various ancestors for bumper harvests during the farming and fishing seasons.
This year’s celebration is on the theme: ‘Eat made in Ghana, wear made in Ghana.’ | https://www.adomonline.com/elminas-paramount-chief-dances-to-buga-in-his-palanquin/ | 2022-07-09T23:54:03Z | https://www.adomonline.com/elminas-paramount-chief-dances-to-buga-in-his-palanquin/ | false | 1 |
The Long Beach Police Department is investigating after officers fired on and killed a man allegedly armed with a firearm atop a Long Beach building.
Long Beach police officers responded to the 1100 block of East 17th Street around 11:10 a.m. for a report of a person with a gun.
When they arrived on scene, officers found a man on a rooftop of a building who was armed with some type of firearm.
Police officials said multiple attempts were made to de-escalate the situation, but at some point police opened fire and struck the unidentified man. He was pronounced dead at the scene by paramedics.
Investigators are currently looking into the circumstances that led up to the shooting. Long Beach police detectives and the coroner were called to the area as part of the investigation.
It’s unclear at this time how many officers fired on the man, how many times he was hit or if he initiated gunfire.
Police requested people avoid the area while the officers were on scene investigating.
This shooting comes less than a week after a gunman in a Chicago suburb opened fire on a crowd during a Fourth of July parade. Several people were killed when that gunman fired on the crowd from a rooftop. | https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lbpd-armed-man-on-rooftop-killed-by-police/ | 2022-07-09T23:59:32Z | https://ktla.com/news/local-news/lbpd-armed-man-on-rooftop-killed-by-police/ | true | 1 |
After the month’s historic special election win in south Texas in June, Republican strategists nationwide are asking themselves: How can we replicate now-Congresswoman Mayra Flores’s success in flipping an 84% Hispanic district to the GOP? Meantime, Democrats are burying their heads in the south Texas sand as Hispanic voters flee their party.
It’s not rocket science to appeal to Hispanic voters and persuade them to vote Republican. My firm’s work with the Hispanic Republican Coalition of Pennsylvania shows how to do it.
Our polling shows us that welcoming Hispanic voters to the GOP requires something fairly simple: a message on key issues, delivered in English and Spanish.
Take our recent poll of Hispanic voters in Pennsylvania’s swingy 7th and 8th congressional districts in the Lehigh Valley, a booming logistics hub, and in historically Democratic Northeast Pennsylvania. These areas are packed with manufacturing and warehousing jobs, and workers have flocked to them. Many Hispanic families came here two generations ago for a better quality of life; more arrived in recent years from the Dominican Republic and Puerto Rico, by way of New York City. Their concerns are those of working people: high gas prices, a baby formula shortage and soaring crime.
A significant number of Hispanic voters here say that they’re registered Democrats who now consider themselves Republicans. In our polling, Democrats are leading the generic Senate ballot by 50-38%, with 9% of Hispanic voters undecided. If we split those undecided voters in November, the result — winning support from over four in 10 Pennsylvania Hispanics — would be a sea change in voting habits, driving several endangered Democrats out of their seats and retaining the open U.S. Senate seat for Republican Mehmet Oz.
The top three issues for these voters are costs, crime and health care. Among Hispanic swing voters, the issue of crime and law enforcement looms particularly large. Over half of respondents — including many Democrats and independents — say that they would be much more likely to vote for a Republican with “a plan to support law enforcement in our communities.” A similar majority would support a Republican with “a plan to reduce inflation and costs.” The issues of ending late-term abortion, focusing on education basics rather than political ideology and securing our borders were also important, but they did not resonate as much as costs and crime.
Our poll also revealed significant splits within voting demographics. In addition to gaps between male and female voters and between age cohorts, the results showed that respondents who were surveyed in Spanish versus English were more heavily Democratic-leaning in Pennsylvania. By a nearly 3-to-1 margin, Spanish speakers believe that the Democratic Party shares their values — a substantially larger split than those Hispanic voters surveyed in English. Spanish speakers preferred the generic Democratic Senate candidate by a margin of 75% to 19%, a 56-point split versus just a three-point split among English speakers.
This underscores the need for Republican campaigns to translate their message into Spanish to reach these voters. In Pennsylvania, Spanish-speaking voters simply haven’t heard what the GOP has to say.
Despite these gaps, a sizable plurality of Spanish speakers still believe that the Republican Party will ensure safety and security and lower costs for their households. What has been missing from Republican campaigns, clearly, is engagement in these voters’ native language. Every voter deserves to know why the GOP is the party of prosperity and freedom from crime. That’s why our campaign is reaching Hispanic voters in two languages for the first time.
Finally, our polling provides an opportunity for GOP campaigners to reach out not only to Hispanic voters as a whole but also to women. The poll reveals a major gender gap, with women more likely to support a Democratic message and men more likely to support a Republican message. This underscores the need for human-focused stories — like those we’re running in Reading, Allentown and Hazleton.
Some Republicans may object and say that our national language is English so why make political appeals in any other language. But we must acknowledge that a significant portion of registered voters navigate their lives largely in their native tongue, whether that’s Hindi, Korean or Spanish. Refusing to engage them is an obvious political loss.
Hispanic voters are fleeing the Democratic Party and its woke, upper-middle class politics. But our polling shows that many still believe that Democrats, not Republicans, share their values. Republicans must win hearts as well as minds — with human stories, communicated in both English and Spanish.
Republicans have done it in south Texas and we’re doing it in Pennsylvania. Now it’s time to take the message nationwide.
Albert Eisenberg is a political consultant based in Philadelphia and Charleston, S.C. He has been featured at RealClearPolitics. He is a MaverickPAC Future 40 awardee. Follow him on Twitter at @Albydelphia. | https://www.standardspeaker.com/keys-to-gops-hispanic-outreach-in-pa-nationwide/article_d5338214-52b5-5e63-852a-b9550ea4ae2b.html | 2022-07-09T23:59:46Z | https://www.standardspeaker.com/keys-to-gops-hispanic-outreach-in-pa-nationwide/article_d5338214-52b5-5e63-852a-b9550ea4ae2b.html | true | 3 |
MINA, Saudi Arabia (AP) — Millions of Muslims across the globe — including in countries like Afghanistan, Libya, Egypt, Kenya and Yemen — were celebrating Eid al-Adha on Saturday, one of the biggest holidays of the Islamic calendar.
Known as the “Feast of Sacrifice,” the revered observance coincides with the final rites of the annual hajj in Saudi Arabia. It’s a joyous occasion, for which food is a hallmark. Much of Asia, including Indonesia, India and Pakistan, will observe the holiday on Sunday.
But as Russia’s war in Ukraine sends food prices soaring and causes widespread hardship across the Middle East, many say they can’t afford the livestock for the ritual sacrifice. Desperation over the cost of living has undercut the typically booming holiday trade in goats, cows and sheep.
“Everyone wants to sacrifice an animal in the name of Allah, but they are not able to do so because they’re poor,” said Mohammad Nadir from a cattle market in Mazar-e-Sharif, northern Afghanistan, where a few men haggled over bleating sheep.
Eid al-Adha commemorates the Quranic tale of Ibrahim’s willingness to sacrifice Ismail as an act of obedience to God. Before he could carry out the sacrifice, God provided a ram as an offering. In the Christian and Jewish telling, Abraham is ordered to kill another son, Isaac.
Many Muslims celebrate the four-day feast by ritually slaughtering livestock and distributing the meat among family, friends and the poor. At al-Shati refugee camp in west Gaza City on Saturday, excited children lined up for the innards and trotters — a cherished offering for those otherwise unable to afford meat.
In cash-strapped Afghanistan, there is usually a shopping rush for prime animals ahead of the holiday. But this year, galloping global inflation and economic devastation after the Taliban takeover have put a purchase of great religious importance beyond the reach of many.
“Last year on this day I sold 40 to 50 cattle,” said Mohammad Qassim, an Afghan cattle vendor. “This year, I have only managed to sell two.”
Wheat and meat prices have multiplied and hunger has spread as Russia’s war on Ukraine disrupts agriculture and constrains energy supply. The sky-high costs of animal feed and fertilizer have forced livestock salesmen to hike prices.
From Tripoli in war-torn Libya, families are looking forward to the holiday after the past two years of the pandemic and more than a decade of violent chaos. But the price tags — up to $2,100 per sheep — had buyers pacing around the dusty market near the palm-studded highway, apprehensive about the major purchase.
“Honestly, the prices are crazy,” said Sabri al-Hadi, seeming exasperated.
At a livestock market in the blockaded Gaza Strip, there were hardly any buyers. Vendors said the price of sheep feed has jumped four fold in recent weeks.
“Our life is full of loss,” lamented Abu Mustafa, a sheep salesman in Deir al-Balah in central Gaza, which long has suffered from widespread joblessness and poverty.
On the streets of Ramallah, in the West Bank, Palestinian families were cutting back on other components of the feast — typically a bounty of dishes, from offal to kaak and maamoul holiday cookies.
“On days like these, there was demand for fruits, sweets and for nuts as well, but as you can see … no one is standing to buy now,” complained fruit vendor Baligh Hamdi.
But lavish feast or no, there were community prayers — a welcome sight in much of the world after years of coronavirus-related restrictions. The faithful crowded into mosques across the Middle East and North Africa on Saturday.
From Kenya to Russia to Egypt, throngs of worshippers prayed shoulder to shoulder, feet to feet.
“I feel very happy that all these people came to pray,” said Sahar Mohamed in Cairo, smiling widely. “There is love and acceptance between people.”
In Saudi Arabia, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims rose at dawn to trek to Mina, a wide valley ringed by barren mountains where Prophet Muhammad stopped on his route some 1,400 years ago. One million Muslims from around the world flocked this week to the holy city of Mecca, the largest pilgrimage since the pandemic upended the event.
At the multistory Jamarat Complex, pilgrims carried out the symbolic stoning of the devil, recalling Ibrahim’s victory over temptation. It’s among the set of rituals associated with the Prophet Muhammad and the prophets Ibrahim and Ismail, or Abraham and Ishmael in the Bible, performed every year for these five intense days.
The pilgrims threw pebbles at three large pillars that mark the places where the devil tried to interrupt Ibrahim’s sacrifice.
It’s the most dangerous point in the hajj, with masses streaming back and forth. In 2015, thousands of pilgrims were crushed to death by surging crowds. The Saudi government never gave a final death toll. In the years since, authorities have improved access with wider streets, electronic gates and a high-speed rail link.
All Muslims who are physically and financially able to complete the spiritual journey are supposed to do so at least once in a lifetime. Saudi Arabia maintained limits to curb the spread of the virus this year, with a COVID-19 vaccine mandate and attendance less than half of pre-pandemic quotas.
Still, the scenes were a significant step closer to normal. The famous crowds thronged the holy sites, abandoning masks and safety measures.
At the end of the pilgrimage, one of the key pillars of Islam, men are expected to shave their heads, and women to snip a lock of hair in a sign of renewal.
They will return to Mecca to circle the cube-shaped Kaaba, which represents the metaphorical house of God, in farewell before heading home and continuing to celebrate the remainder of Eid al-Adha with family.
“We are feeling very proud,” said Indian pilgrim Izhar Anjoom, who was stoning the devil in Mina. “We are enjoying (ourselves) so much because today is Eid.”
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DeBre reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates. Associated Press journalists Jelal Hassan in Ramallah, West Bank; Fares Akram in Gaza City, Gaza Strip; Kawa Besharat in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan and Mohamed Wagdy in Cairo contributed to this report. | https://www.wkrg.com/international/millions-of-muslims-commemorate-eid-al-adha-amid-high-prices/ | 2022-07-10T00:00:41Z | https://www.wkrg.com/international/millions-of-muslims-commemorate-eid-al-adha-amid-high-prices/ | false | 26 |
BALA CYNWYD, Pa., May 10, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Brodsky & Smith reminds investors of the following investigations. If you own shares and wish to discuss the investigation, contact Jason Brodsky ([email protected]) or Marc Ackerman ([email protected]) at 855-576-4847. There is no cost or financial obligation to you.
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. ( - BHVN)
Under the terms of the agreement, Pfizer will acquire all outstanding shares of Biohaven not already owned by Pfizer for $148.50 per share in cash. Biohaven common shareholders, including Pfizer, will also receive 0.5 of a share of New Biohaven, a new publicly traded company that will retain Biohaven’s non-CGRP development stage pipeline compounds, per Biohaven common share. The investigation concerns whether the Biohaven Board breached its fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to conduct a fair process, and whether Pfizer is paying too little for the Company.
Additional information can be found at https://www.brodskysmith.com/cases/biohaven-pharmaceutical-holding-company-ltd--bhvn/.
Tiga Acquisition Corp. ( - TINV)
Under the terms of the agreement, Tiga, a special purpose acquisition company, will combine with Grindr, the #1 social network for the LGBTQ+ community, and result in Grindr becoming a publicly-listed company. Under the terms of the agreement, Tiga shareholders will retain ownership of only 14% of the combined company. The investigation concerns whether the Tiga Board breached its fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to conduct a fair process, including the dilution of ownership interest in the combined company.
Additional information can be found at https://www.brodskysmith.com/cases/tiga-acquisition-corp--tinv/.
Lakeshore Acquisition I Corp. (Nasdaq - LAAA)
Under the terms of the agreement, Lakeshore, a special purpose acquisition company, will combine with ProSomnus Holdings Inc. (“ProSomnus”), a maker of patient-preferred medical devices for the treatment of obstructive sleep apnea, and result in ProSomnus becoming a publicly-listed company. Under the terms of the agreement, Lakeshore shareholders will retain ownership of only 32% of the combined company. The investigation concerns whether the Lakeshore Board breached its fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to conduct a fair process, including the dilution of ownership interest in the combined company.
Additional information can be found at https://www.brodskysmith.com/cases/lakeshore-acquisition-corp-nasdaq-laaa/.
Silicon Motion Technology Corporation (Nasdaq – SIMO)
Under the terms of the agreement, Silicon Motion will be acquired by MaxLinear, Inc. (Nasdaq - MXL). Under the terms of the merger agreement, each American Depositary Share (“ADS”) of Silicon Motion, which represents four ordinary shares of Silicon Motion, will receive $93.54 in cash and 0.388 shares of MaxLinear common stock, for total per ADS consideration of $114.34 (based on MaxLinear’s May 4, 2022 closing price). The investigation concerns whether the Silicon Motion Board breached its fiduciary duties to shareholders by failing to conduct a fair process, and whether MaxLinear is paying too little for the Company.
Additional information can be found at https://www.brodskysmith.com/cases/silicon-motion-technology-corporation-nasdaq-simo/
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CINCINNATI (AP) — Mark Kolozsvary scored on a game-ending balk by Matt Wisler in the 10th inning, lifting the Cincinnati Reds to a 2-1 victory over the Tampa Bay Rays on Friday night.
Kolozsvary opened the 10th on second as a pinch-runner for Mike Moustakas. He advanced on Nick Senzel’s sacrifice bunt against Wisler (2-3). Albert Almora Jr. walked before Wisler’s balk with pinch-hitter Tyler Naquin at the plate.
Tampa Bay had a chance to score in the top half of the inning, but Kyle Farmer cut down Francisco Mejia at the plate on Yandy Diaz’s grounder to shortstop against Josh Kuhnel (1-1). The play was upheld by a video review.
Farmer then snared Wander Franco’s liner and stepped on second for an inning-ending double play.
It was the majors’ first game-ending balk since Dylan Floro for the Dodgers in a 5-4 loss at Seattle on Aug. 18, 2018. It was the first such loss for the Rays in franchise history.
Brandon Drury homered to help last-place Cincinnati win back-to-back games for the first time since June 26 in San Francisco and June 28 over the Cubs in Chicago. Senzel had two of the Reds’ four hits.
Cincinnati has posted its first three walk-off wins of the season in the last six days.
Tampa Bay had won two straight and five of six after a four-game losing streak.
Rays left-hander Shane McClanahan struck out eight while working six innings of one-run ball. He retired his last 10 batters.
Tampa Bay jumped in front on Ji-Man Choi’s RBI single in the third, but that was it for the Rays against Luis Castillo and three relievers.
Castillo struck out eight in seven innings. The right-hander, one of the majors’ top trade targets ahead of the Aug. 2 deadline, is 1-0 with a sparkling 0.90 ERA in his last three starts.
Castillo retired 13 of his last 14 batters.
Drury tied the game in the third with his team-high 18th homer, a booming shot to left that glanced off the façade of the upper deck.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Rays: Manager Kevin Cash said Brandon Lowe (low back discomfort) was “feeling better” after being hit in the head by a pitch in the first plate appearance of his rehab assignment with Triple-A Durham on Thursday. Lowe was taking Friday off.
Reds: 1B Joey Votto missed his fifth straight game with back tightness, but manager David Bell said he is improving and could play this weekend. Votto ran and took batting practice and grounders before the game. … RHP Alexís Diaz (right biceps tendinitis) was activated from the injured list.
UP NEXT
Reds right-hander Hunter Greene (3-10, 6.01 ERA) and Rays righty Drew Rasmussen (5-3, 3.30 ERA) pitch on Saturday. Greene is 0-3 with a 9.42 ERA in his last three starts. Rasmussen is making his second start since coming off the injured list after being sidelined by a left hamstring strain.
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Flights face cancelations across the country, travelers panic
WINDSOR LOCKS, Conn. (WTNH) – Flight cancelations are causing delays across the country. At Bradley International Airport, flights are on time, but that could easily change.
As airline travel is finally back to pre-pandemic rates, it’s estimated that over two million people traveled for the Fourth of July holiday weekend. According to TSA, it’s the highest number of travelers since February 2020.
For some, the flying experience turned into chaos. Thousands of flights turned into cancelations or delays, and a shortage of airline employees was largely to blame.
So far though at Bradley International Airport, all flights for Tuesday are scheduled to take off.
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MALONE — After the U.S. Supreme Court struck down a century-old state law that restricted concealed firearms and New York pushed through the Concealed Carry Improvement Act in response, local officials say the move was rushed.
The Concealed Carry Improvement Act, scheduled to take effect Sept. 1, prohibits firearms from many public spaces, including airports, schools, places of worship, hospitals and parks. Questions have arisen about gun use on state preserve lands.
Both the Franklin County sheriff and Bellmont’s town supervisor expressed a desire to see more input from local officials as the state works on new gun laws.
Sheriff Kevin A. Mulverhill echoed a statement from the New York State Sheriffs’ Association, describing the process that led to the new legislation as rushed and lacking consultation with law enforcement, drawing parallels to the state’s bail reforms.
“It’s similar to the NY SAFE Act, police reform, and bail reform,” Mulverhill said. “If they are going to pass these laws it would be nice if law enforcement had a chance to put a word in edgewise.”
Mulverhill, a member of the state association, said he would have liked to see public hearings on the new rules.
“I would have liked to see more input,” Mulverhill said. “I am not opposed to sensible gun laws, but they need to make sense.”
Mulverhill said when the state was working through its response to the opioid crisis it sent committees to different counties gathering input and speaking with local officials, a response he said could be employed with new gun control laws.
“I think public hearings would be an excellent idea,” Mulverhill said.
Mulverhill said there are approximately 6,000 pistol permit holders in Franklin County and some of the changes in the new law will make the process of getting and retaining a permit more arduous, requiring more training, and increasing the frequency of renewal.
“Certain points are the same, but there are some changes. Applicants will now have to meet face-to-face with the county judge,” Mulverhill said. “I think there’s a lot of gray area they need to clear up before moving forward,” specifically, whether law enforcement who have permits for private use need to go through the additional training requirements.
Bellmont Town Supervisor H. Bruce Russell said he is optimistic that some of the concerns with the Concealed Carry Improvement Act would be addressed moving forward for the Adirondack Park.
“I do believe before the year ends they will be making changes, because they will see the mistakes,” Russell said. “They were well intended, they were just going too fast and didn’t think their moves through.”
Russell said the law impacts the Adirondacks differently than other areas of the state because of the long tradition of hunting within the state park, adding that most hunters carry a handgun in addition to a long gun during hunting season.
“I do think they are going to change a lot of what we today envision as being impacted,” Russell said. “Think about it, you walk out of your house and you are automatically in violation of the law if you have a handgun in your holster, which you have a valid permit for. This thing about concealed and not concealed is kind of crazy. We have carried concealed for a long time and all of a sudden we have to get completely different gear.”
A large swath of Bellmont is within the Adirondack Park.
“The park covers the majority of Bellmont,” Russell said. “I understand why they are doing all of this but I also understand that they really didn’t think this part through clearly.”
Russell said he would have appreciated a public hearing prior to the bill’s passage to avoid some of these issues.
“They are not above the law, there should have been a public hearing, at least one,” Russell said. “It should have been announced well in advance so that people could get there and with today’s technology we all could have got there by Zoom. It’s not like we would’ve needed to be in Albany. They should have taken the time for public notice; maybe we wouldn’t have had the law yet but that’s OK. We would know they are working on it. I’d rather know they are working on a correct version than a slapdash that they’ve got to come back and change.”
If the town of Bellmont wants to amend a local law, for example, a public hearing is required and he feels the state should follow a similar process.
“To amend the law, just like if the town is amending a law, or the county, you have to have a public hearing, you have to let the people in the vicinity have an opportunity to hear what you want to do, and to have a voice,” Russell said. “If they object, they have the right, once recognized to speak. But we did not get that right and that’s what makes this whole thing, I am not going to call it terrible intent, I just think it was not thought through. They were in such a rush to do what they thought was right.”
Russell said the Adirondacks are a different environment than other parts of the state and he hopes consideration is given to the region’s concerns with the new legislation.
“I just think we need to know they are looking at us to make sure the law is right for us, as well as for a person in Syracuse, Rochester, Albany or New York, wherever you are in this state,” Russell said.
On Friday, Sen. Daniel G. Stec, R–Queensbury, announced a bill to exempt both Adirondack and Catskill state parks from the Concealed Carry Improvement Act.
“Adirondack Park residents deserve better than vague answers and conflicting statements from the governor’s office and state legislators over the intent and application of their gun control law,” Stec said in a statement. “Instead, let’s do the correct and simple thing and pass my bill to exempt the Adirondack and Catskill parks from this law.”
According to a prepared statement from Stec’s office, the proposed Senate bill would protect Adirondack Park gun owners from potential charges related to the prohibition of firearms under the new law.
Stec was joined by Assemblyman Matt J. Simpson, R–Horicon, in calling for exemptions for state forest preserve land in the two parks.
Stec said he is sponsoring this bill to provide a resolution to potential confusion around the new law and to clarify its intent to the North Country’s gun owners.
“If the governor and Senate Democrats agree that their rushed legislation has no impact on law-abiding gun owners, then codifying that into law would be a no-brainer,” Stec said. “Let’s not drag out this confusion any longer and provide our gun owners with the resolution they need and deserve.”
Prior to Friday’s announcement of the proposed bill on state park exemptions, Stec said he believes the legislative intent of the new law creates ambiguity on the law’s impact on hunting in the Adirondacks.
“The law reads clearly that it will be a felony to possess a firearm, rifle or shotgun in sensitive areas — including parks. What this means for the Adirondacks was discussed by the legislature during debate of the bill July 1, and their legislative intent was made explicitly clear by the Senate and Assembly sponsors,” Stec said. “This disagreement between the legislative sponsors’ words and the governor’s office attempt to walk this back is exactly the kind of confusion created when legislation is rushed through solely as a knee-jerk reaction to the Supreme Court decision.”
In June, the U.S. Supreme Court struck down the state’s 109-year-old concealed carry law, prompting a special legislative session in Albany to consider new firearms regulations for concealed-carry permits on June 30.
Assemblyman D. Billy Jones, D–Chateaugay Lake, issued a prepared statement urging new legislation to focus on illegal guns and illegal weapons trafficking in lieu of responsible gun owners, adding that the Concealed Carry Improvement Act does not help with gun violence.
“The concealed carry legislation that was passed was highly flawed and is harmful to many legal gun owners who reside in the Adirondacks and the North Country,” Jones said. “It’s deeply concerning that simply possessing a gun in the Adirondack Park is now considered illegal. The pistol permitting policy in New York state is already strenuous and tedious. This is another example of why we don’t rush through legislation.”
Sen. Daniel G. Stec, R–Queensbury, pictured during a past visit to Debar Pond, has announced a bill to exempt both Adirondack and Catskill state parks from the state’s new gun control proposals. Alexander Violo/Malone Telegram | https://www.nny360.com/news/stlawrencecounty/franklin-county-sheriff-north-country-reps-say-state-s-concealed-carry-law-was-rushed/article_011a4aa3-4bad-5fef-bf87-d17d1ecdbac1.html | 2022-07-10T00:06:45Z | https://www.nny360.com/news/stlawrencecounty/franklin-county-sheriff-north-country-reps-say-state-s-concealed-carry-law-was-rushed/article_011a4aa3-4bad-5fef-bf87-d17d1ecdbac1.html | false | 1 |
Injury could solve Tigers' dilemma for now
The Wests Tigers' halves dilemma could be taken out of their hands for the short-term after halfback Jackson Hastings injured his knee in the loss to Parramatta.
Now that Adam Doueihi has recovered from an ACL injury, the Tigers have two men vying to partner Hastings at five-eighth: Doueihi and the incumbent Luke Brooks.
But both would likely line up in the halves against Penrith next weekend if Hastings is ruled out injured.
The halfback managed to play the entirety of Saturday's 28-20 loss to Parramatta but was limping at full-time and had ice strapped to his knee.
Hastings consulted with club medical staff on Saturday night and will go in for further assessment on Monday.
"It was pretty scary at the time, I thought I'd done my knee initially with the pain I was in," Hastings said.
"It was a bit clicky throughout the game.
"Fingers crossed it's nothing too serious."
If Hastings is able to play against the Panthers, the Tigers' halves conundrum appears no closer to being solved.
Playing at centre, Doueihi got through his first 80-minute game since injuring his ACL late last season.
"(The ACL) feels good," he said.
"After my first 80-minute game, it pulled up really well."
He has also assumed place-kicking duties on his return to the side and had the chance to show off his kicking in play against the Eels.
"He's got a great kick. Adam's kicking game is important for us," said interim coach Brett Kimmorley.
"Every part of that skill is important for us: kick-offs, punt-kicking, goalkicking, short kicking game."
But Brooks continues to have the support of his teammates, despite being subject to intense external scrutiny this season.
At five-eighth on Saturday night, he sent David Nofoaluma over for two late tries as the Tigers threatened to wage a late comeback.
"Brooksy's a freak," said second-rower Luke Garner.
"He cops way too much flak. He's definitely a pivotal player in our team and definitely one of our best players."
Hastings said he felt he and Brooks complemented one another well.
"Luke's been a cornerstone of this club for so many years," he said.
"I love playing with 'Brooksy', I really do. He's someone that allows me to play my game and I feel like this year I've allowed him to play his as well.
"He was that real calming influence, I thought he played really well (against the Eels)."
While Hastings is the most natural game manager of the three halves options, he said he didn't feel he was guaranteed selection in the halves any more than Brooks or Doueihi.
"I'm fighting for my future as well as the rest of the players in that dressing room," he said.
"All three of us want to play in the halves. That's no secret. I feel sorry for our coaching staff picking the team every week." | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10998901/Injury-solve-Tigers-dilemma-now.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | 2022-07-10T00:10:49Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/aap/article-10998901/Injury-solve-Tigers-dilemma-now.html?ns_mchannel=rss&ns_campaign=1490&ito=1490 | false | 1 |
NEW YORK, July 9, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Blockchain security startup BlockSec announced the completion of the Seed Plus funding round with $8M raised. The funding round was co-led by Vitalbridge Capital and Matrix Partners, with participation from investors Mirana Ventures (Venture Partner of Bybit), CoinSummer, and YM Capital.
Founded in 2021, BlockSec's mission is to provide security infrastructure for the entire blockchain ecosystem. With cutting-edge technologies, BlockSec enhances the security of decentralized applications, detects high-impact blockchain vulnerabilities, and blocks sophisticated security attacks.
Since last year, BlockSec has provided security audit services to more than one hundred clients, in both Solidity and Rust ecosystems. BlockSec has developed a real-time on-chain monitoring system to block ongoing attacks and rescued more than 5 million assets, including 3.8 million for the stablecoin DEX Saddle Finance [1]. BlockSec has identified multiple critical vulnerabilities on the Solana blockchain, with nearly one million bug US dolloar bounty awarded. Also, the flash loan monitoring system [2] and the transaction visualization system [3] developed by BlockSec are two public tools widely used by the blockchain security community.
With the raised funding, BlockSec plans to expand its research and production team and provide the on-chain monitoring and attack interception capability to more decentralized applications.
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Braves first. Ronald Acuna Jr. singles to center field. Dansby Swanson strikes out swinging. Matt Olson flies out to shallow left field to Yadiel Hernandez. Austin Riley homers to left field. Ronald Acuna Jr. scores. Travis d'Arnaud singles to left field. Marcell Ozuna flies out to right field to Juan Soto.
2 runs, 3 hits, 0 errors, 1 left on. Braves 2, Nationals 0.
Nationals third. Ehire Adrianza singles to left field. Cesar Hernandez grounds out to shallow infield. Ehire Adrianza out at second. Juan Soto homers to left field. Josh Bell grounds out to first base to Matt Olson.
1 run, 2 hits, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 2, Nationals 1.
Braves fourth. Austin Riley singles to left field. Travis d'Arnaud singles to shallow infield. Austin Riley to second. Marcell Ozuna pops out to second base to Cesar Hernandez. Eddie Rosario singles to shallow infield. Travis d'Arnaud to third. Austin Riley scores. Throwing error by Luis Garcia. Orlando Arcia singles to left field. Eddie Rosario to second. Travis d'Arnaud scores. Michael Harris II lines out to shallow right field to Cesar Hernandez. Ronald Acuna Jr. walks. Orlando Arcia to second. Eddie Rosario to third. Dansby Swanson lines out to third base to Ehire Adrianza.
2 runs, 4 hits, 1 error, 3 left on. Braves 4, Nationals 1.
Nationals seventh. Yadiel Hernandez homers to center field. Lane Thomas grounds out to third base, Austin Riley to Matt Olson. Ehire Adrianza grounds out to first base, Matt Olson to Kyle Wright. Cesar Hernandez grounds out to first base to Matt Olson.
1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors, 0 left on. Braves 4, Nationals 2.
Nationals eighth. Juan Soto walks. Josh Bell doubles to left field. Juan Soto to third. Nelson Cruz singles to left field. Josh Bell to third. Juan Soto scores. Luis Garcia flies out to left center field to Michael Harris II. Keibert Ruiz strikes out swinging. Yadiel Hernandez strikes out swinging.
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LAS VEGAS — The Orlando Magic led by 18 points with less than five minutes left in regulation of their NBA Summer League against the Sacramento Kings on Saturday, well on their way to a victory.
They wound up getting that win — after some very wild events down the stretch.
Emanuel Terry's layup off a pass from No. 1 pick Paolo Banchero gave the Magic a 94-92 victory in sudden-death overtime, capping a frantic finish to a game that had a little bit of everything in the final moments.
"That's a game I'll probably never, ever forget," Magic summer coach Jesse Mermuys said.
With good reason. Sacramento closed regulation on a 23-5 run, getting the last six of those points in the final 5.1 seconds on a pair of 3-pointers to force overtime.
The fun was just getting started.
Keon Ellis banked in a 3-pointer with 22 seconds left in the first 2-minute overtime, putting Sacramento up 92-89. But the Kings fouled Devin Cannady with 6.2 seconds left, and he swished all three free throws to tie it.
Ellis missed a short jumper with a second left in OT, and Cannady nearly won the game there with a 60-foot heave that bounced off the rim. That sent the teams to a second overtime, sudden death, first score wins.
Banchero was called for a foul on the first Sacramento possession and the Kings would have gone to the line to shoot free throws — but after a lengthy review, the call was overturned. Orlando got the ball, Banchero found Terry down low, and the Magic got their winner.
"This was one of the most fun games I've ever been a part of," Cannady said. "I've played in the NCAA Tournament, obviously I've played in NBA games, but this was basketball at its purest."
Banchero scored 23 points for the Magic and had six rebounds, six assists and four steals. Admiral Schofield scored 14 points for Orlando.
Neemias Queta topped Sacramento with 23 points. Keegan Murray, the No. 4 pick, scored 20 points and grabbed nine rebounds. Queta hit the first 3-pointer in the final moments of regulation to give Sacramento a chance, and Murray made the tying one with two-tenths of a second remaining.
RAPTORS 97, 76ERS 77
Armoni Brooks made five 3-pointers and scored 25 points, Delano Banton added 21 and Toronto breezed to a victory over Philadelphia.
Christian Koloko, the Raptors' only pick in this year's draft, added 12 points and seven rebounds. The No. 33 overall pick added three steals and three blocks.
Isaiah Joe buried 7 of 9 shots from 3-point range, scoring 24 points to pace the Sixers.
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WATCH: Asllani nutmeg sets up Andersson to put Sweden ahead vs Netherlands at Women's Euro 2022
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Jonna Andersson fired Sweden into a 1-0 lead against Netherlands in their first match of the Women's Euro 2022 campaign, though the Dutch would respond with a second-half goal to earn a 1-1 draw.
Some sublime skill from Kosovare Asllani teed it up for the former Chelsea player to latch onto and send it into the net.
Allsani took the ball down the right wing and knocked it through the legs of Netherlands defender Aniek Nouwen before sending the ball across the face of goal, where Andersson was ready to pounce.
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(The Hill) — A number of Republican candidates who have pushed dubious claims about the last election, or questioned the legitimacy of elections, are winning their respective primaries, raising questions about whether election denialism can be a winning issue in the general election.
Some of the most prominent primary winners include Nevada secretary of state candidate Jim Marchant (R), who claimed he himself had suffered election fraud in 2020 after an unsuccessful bid running for a House seat. He told a candidates forum earlier this year “your vote hasn’t counted for decades.”
Another recent primary winner, Pennsylvania gubernatorial candidate Doug Mastriano (R), asked a state Senate committee following the 2020 election to hold a hearing after questioning the integrity of the election, which Rudy Giuliani participated in. Mastriano penned an op-ed a month afterward making dubious claims about the election, citing the hearing testimony, and later referenced that hearing during a candidate debate.
Some of those races have high stakes.
Should Marchant become the next secretary of state in Nevada, he would be overseeing state and local elections. Mastriano is running for Pennsylvania governor, who appoints the state’s top elections official. Neither campaign responded to The Hill’s requests for comment.
Adding to growing concerns is recent polling indicating that some of these candidates are competitive. A poll out of Pennsylvania last month, for example, showed Mastriano trailing Democratic rival Josh Shapiro by single digits.
Nonetheless, experts and strategists who spoke to The Hill are skeptical that touting such claims will be a winning issue come November.
In the case of Mastriano, Republican strategist Terry Sullivan said he believes other issues factored into voters’ decisions during the primary.
“I don’t think there’s a lot of voters who were going to the polls based solely on that issue,” Sullivan said.
Todd Belt, the director of the political management program at George Washington University’s Graduate School of Political Management, said that those remarks “resonate with the hardcore Republican base.”
Belt noted that the messaging could be effective during primary season because there’s usually lower voter turnout generally around that time, with only the most enthusiastic within a party’s base heading to polls. He said that the most energized voters for the Republican Party have included those who have denied the election results or voted for former President Trump.
“It remains to be seen whether or not that will help them in the general election because we may see a number of Democrats as a countervailing force … enthusiastic about voting because of what’s going with the January 6 committee, and so that might be a wash when it comes to the general election,” Belt noted.
Some Republican strategists believe that focusing on those issues in the general election is a non-starter as candidates try to appeal to a wider subset of people.
“There’s no situation where this benefits a Republican candidate in the general, none,” said Republican strategist Doug Heye.
He added that “if you are not focused on inflation, and those things that have Joe Biden’s approval rating in the tank, you’re not doing what you’re supposed to be doing. You know, you can still win, right? A lot of things can happen, but you’re not doing the job that you’re supposed to be doing. And you know, if you win, it will be in spite of yourself.”
One Republican strategist who asked for anonymity to speak candidly agreed that candidates should be focusing instead on issues like inflation.
“If you’re a Republican in this environment, you should be wholly and solely focused — no matter if you’re running for attorney general or Congress or U.S. Senate — you should be focused on issues that tackle, you know, inflationary pain that families and individuals are suffering, economic woes that we’re seeing, the general malaise people feel about, you know, today’s American and a bit of the short-term future,” the strategist said. “And it would be a mistake to deviate from that as a Republican.”
Marchant and Mastriano were both quick to declare victory in their primaries, even after they had cast doubt on the way elections were conducted in the past, as The Associated Press noted. But their earlier comments continue to dog their campaigns—and some continue to double down.
“It’s not just conspiracy. It’s a fact. People have had some outrageous or questionable things happen to them. That’s 2020, 2021. And even in this recent primary [in] 2022, they believe their voting rights have been infringed upon. We need to get that solved,” Mastriano told The Epoch Times last month.
Concerns over candidates like Marchant and Mastriano come as the number of candidates who have espoused dubious claims about elections has swelled.
The pro-Democracy nonprofit States United Action has tracked the number of election deniers who are running in statewide offices this cycle.
Data released last month showed at the time that at least 35 candidates who the nonprofit classified as election deniers were running for governor in 20 states; at least 15 were running for attorney general in 13 states; and at least 23 were running for secretary of state in 17 states.
Among the candidates who have yet to win their primaries is former local news anchor Kari Lake, who’s running for Arizona governor and is endorsed by Trump.
During a debate held late last month, she asked gubernatorial challengers if they agreed that the last election was “corrupt” and “stolen,” leading three of the four candidates to raise their hands.
Over in Michigan, attorney Matt DePerno (R), who has also been endorsed by Trump and is running for Michigan attorney general, has also made questioning election integrity a focal point of his campaign.
DePerno’s and Lake’s campaigns also did not respond to requests for comment.
Still, some point out that plenty of viable candidates are not touting these views.
“One thing that is really important to highlight is that there are really good pro-democracy candidates that are running on both sides. This is not a, you know, a lot of people want to make this a ‘Republican versus democracy’ issue, but it’s not,” said Thania Sanchez, the senior vice president of research and policy development with States United Action.
“So even though yes, half of the races have an election denier running, that means half of the races do not have an election denier running,” she added. | https://www.wbtw.com/nexstar-media-wire/can-election-denialism-be-a-winning-issue-in-november/ | 2022-07-10T00:22:35Z | https://www.wbtw.com/nexstar-media-wire/can-election-denialism-be-a-winning-issue-in-november/ | true | 29 |
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
03-05-16-17-23-40
(three, five, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-three, forty)
DETROIT (AP) _ The winning numbers in Saturday evening's drawing of the Michigan Lottery's "Lotto Double Play" game were:
03-05-16-17-23-40
(three, five, sixteen, seventeen, twenty-three, forty) | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17294967.php | 2022-07-10T00:23:24Z | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Lotto-Double-Play-game-17294967.php | true | null |
SEATTLE (AP) — The Washington state Commission on Judicial Conduct has admonished a King County District Court judge for implying in court that a defendant would be raped in prison if he didn’t change his behavior.
The Seattle Times reports Judge Virginia Amato, who was elected in November 2018, presided over the arraignment of a man charged with misdemeanor domestic-violence assault and resisting arrest last August, according to the stipulation, agreement and order of admonishment signed June 24 by the commission’s executive director, J. Reiko Callner.
Before imposing conditions of release, Amato noted the man’s alleged crimes happened while he was on probation, the order says.
The man had no felony convictions, and could not be sent to prison for misdemeanors, yet Amato is quoted in the order as telling him he was setting himself up “to be Bubba’s new best girlfriend at the state penitentiary.”
“That may hopefully give you a graphic image to think about … And if you think I’m kidding, I’m not,” she reportedly said.
A confidential complaint was filed in October with the commission, which is responsible for reviewing and acting on complaints of judicial misconduct, and Amato was served with a statement of allegations in December, the order says.
Amato acknowledged that her statements to the defendant violated the Code of Judicial Conduct but said her comments, “while insensitive and thoughtless, were not motivated by bias or ill-will toward the defendant."
The commission found that Amato violated rules requiring judges to uphold the integrity of the judiciary by avoiding impropriety or the appearance of impropriety and to maintain appropriate courtroom decorum.
The commission found it was an isolated event that was out of character. An admonishment is the least severe disciplinary action the commission can issue and is meant as a caution to a judge not to engage in certain proscribed behavior. | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Judge-admonished-for-implying-man-would-be-raped-17294896.php | 2022-07-10T00:24:01Z | https://www.wiltonbulletin.com/news/article/Judge-admonished-for-implying-man-would-be-raped-17294896.php | false | 17 |
Research shows that diet quality is important in the prevention of breast cancer
There is evidence that the foods we eat can affect how likely we are to develop cancer, but it’s not always clear which foods or dietary habits are most effective in lowering cancer risk. The quality or general healthiness of a person’s food may be crucial, according to the findings of a recent study.
A healthy plant-based diet was found to be associated with a 14% lower risk of breast cancer while an unhealthy plant-based diet was associated with a 20% higher risk, according to the study, which was based on data from over 65,000 postmenopausal women who were followed for more than two decades. Across all breast cancer subtypes, the findings were similar.
“These findings highlight that increasing the consumption of healthy plant foods and decreasing the consumption of less healthy plant foods and animal foods might help prevent all types of breast cancer,” said Sanam Shah, a doctoral candidate in the Center for Research in Epidemiology and Population Health at Paris-Saclay University, Inserm, Gustave Roussy, France, the study’s lead author. Shah presented the findings at NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE, the flagship annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition that was held from June 14th to 16th.
Numerous dietary patterns, including the Western diet, the Mediterranean diet, and vegetarian diets, have been the subject of prior research looking at cancer risks. Although some studies claim diets with little to no meat intake are beneficial, the evidence is rather contradictory. In the new study, researchers concentrated on differentiating between plant-based foods that were classified as less healthy, such as fruit juices, refined grains, potatoes, sugar-sweetened beverages, and desserts, and healthy plant-based foods, such as whole grains, fruit, vegetables, nuts, legumes, vegetable oils, and tea or coffee.
“What is different about our study is that we could disentangle the effects of the quality of plant foods, which has not been the focus of previous studies on other dietary patterns,” said Shah. “By scoring healthy, unhealthy, and animal-based foods, we comprehensively analyzed food intake by considering the ‘healthiness’ of food groups.”
The researchers analyzed data from 65,574 postmenopausal women living in France who filled out dietary intake questionnaires in 1993 and 2005 and were followed for an average of 21 years. Over the course of the study, 3,968 study participants were diagnosed with breast cancer. Comparing breast cancer rates among women with different dietary quality revealed significant differences in cancer risk among those with healthy and unhealthy diets.
The researchers used 18 food groups to categorize the degree to which participants adhered to a plant-based versus animal-based diet and ate healthy versus less healthy foods. Shah noted that a plant-based diet does not equate to a vegan or vegetarian diet, but rather describes a general emphasis on plant-based foods over animal-based foods.
While the findings suggest that choosing healthy plant-based foods is likely helpful for cancer prevention, Shah noted that more research is needed to assess the connections between diet and cancer risk in diverse populations, in particular, to determine causality.
Meeting: NUTRITION 2022 LIVE ONLINE
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CORTLAND, Ohio (WJW) – The Ohio Department of Natural Resources issued a missing child alert for a teenage girl who was last seen at Mosquito Lake Park.
Makenzie Carson was reported missing Thursday. She was last seen around 1 a.m. in the campgrounds at Mosquito Lake State Park. She was wearing a grey hooded sweatshirt with the word “Pirates” in orange letters on the front, with blue jean shorts and white fuzzy Crocs.
She has brown hair and brown eyes. She is 5’1” and 135 pounds.
Initially, she was believed to be in the Akron area. Now investigators believe she may be in the Columbus area with her boyfriend.
Anyone with information on this teen’s whereabouts should contact the Ohio Department of Natural Resources at (614) 799-9528 or local law enforcement. | https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/missing-child-alert-issued-for-teen-last-seen-at-mosquito-lake-state-park/ | 2022-07-10T00:30:06Z | https://www.nbc4i.com/news/local-news/columbus/missing-child-alert-issued-for-teen-last-seen-at-mosquito-lake-state-park/ | true | null |
Ever since the pandemic and the advent of Booktok, reading has been on the rise, and there is no better way to spend a cold, rainy winter night than by curling up in bed with a good book.
And while you're warming up your body, why not warm up your heart with some books about love?
Scroll through to read our thoughts on some of the best and most popular books about love.
The race-blind Netflix adaptation of this raunchy, historical-romance series has taken the world by storm, so why not give the source material a try?
The Bridgerton novels by Julia Quinn are a collection of eight Regency-era romance books that revolve around the noble Bridgerton family, and each book is written from the perspective of a different family member.
Readers have praised the series for its ability to build romance between characters, steamy sex-scenes, and the well-integrated use of the Victorian setting. If you love historical fiction and bodice-ripper romances, you will love Bridgerton.
However, if you are coming to the series from the Netflix show, be prepared to adjust your expectations. 9Honey's resident period drama enthusiast Bronte Gossling says readers should "be prepared to be let down by certain characters, and love ones you have have hated on the show."
This is because some of the characters' traits have been switched to different members of the family in the television adaptation.
Additionally, the first book in the series The Duke and I has been criticised for including a marital rape scene between Simon and Daphne.
Other books in the series have generally been well-received. The second installment, The Viscount Who Loved Me is a fan favourite. An enemies-to-lovers story filled with banter and tantalising chemistry, it led to the iconic line, "You are the bane of my existence, and the object of all my desires."
According to the author, you can read the books in any order, so feel free to start from the beginning or, if you're a fan of the show, you might prefer to start from your favourite character's perspective!
Calling all avid royals followers, this one's for you.
Red, White & Royal Blue is an LGBTQ+ novel about the son of a US president and a British prince.
Alex, son of President Ellen Claremont, is the marketing manager for his mother's re-election campaign. Unfortunately for him, photos of an unpleasant confrontation between him and long-time enemy Prince Henry leak, threatening British/American relations. The PR plan? Stage a fake friendship between the prince and the president's son.
A classic enemies-to-friends-to-lovers story, Red, White & Royal Blue is a saccharine sweet read that will bring readers nothing but joy.
'"You are,' he says, 'the absolute worst idea I've ever had.'"
Scandalous romance, old Hollywood glamour, ruthless ambition – The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo has it all.
It follows reporter Monique as she interviews the reclusive and aging Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo. Evelyn tells her about 1950s Hollywood, her decision to quit the industry, and her seven husbands in a tale of intrigue, forbidden love, and unexpected friendships.
Evelyn's life is so full of love, loss, mistakes, and redemption, and watching these ideas intersect with aspects of Monique's life will leave you completely enthralled in the world Taylor Jenkins Reid has created. It's the kind of novel that will grip you from the very first page.
"People think intimacy is about sex. But intimacy is about truth. When you realise you can tell someone your truth, when you can show yourself to them, when you stand in front of them bare and their response is 'you're safe with me' – that's intimacy."
The Boy from the Mish is a delightful and heartwarming queer Indigenous novel by Yuin man Gary Lonesborough. Set in rural New South Wales, the book follows 17-year-old Koori boy Jackson as he spends the summer with the mysterious and troubled Tomas. The two eventually become friends, but as Tomas helps Jackson confront his identity and navigate the changing relationships with his friends and his family, their friendship evolves into something more.
An exploration of acceptance, community, race, queerness, identity, coming-of-age, and of course, love, The Boy from the Mish is a poetic book that is beautiful in its simplicity. It's the kind of novel that you will devour in one sitting and will stay with you for long afterwards.
"If we don't let ourselves be who we are, love who we are, where we come from, it'll strangle ya until you can't fight it no longer."
If you've spent any time reading about Greek Classics on social media, you will often hear the refrain, "Achilles and Patroclus were lovers!" Well, Madeleine Miller took this idea and ran with it, and in the process she has written one of the most beautiful and heartbreaking reinterpretations of The Iliad.
The Song of Achilles is an LGBTQ historical fiction novel that follows the burgeoning romance between Achilles and Patroclus as they move from the innocence of boyhood into the violence and dark politics of the Trojan War.
Miller expertly takes the story we know so well, and gives it a completely new life. The love and intimacy between Achilles and Patroclus will bring you so much joy and warmth, and Patroclus's desperate longing for his lover will make your heart ache anytime the two are apart.
"We reached for each other, and I thought of how many nights I had lain awake, loving him in silence."
If you're looking for more of a tear-jerker, Dustin Thao's debut novel You've Reached Sam may be the one for you.
Julie has her whole life all planned out: go to college, move out with her boyfriend Sam, go on holiday to Japan. But then Sam dies. The heartbroken Julie tries everything she can to move on: she skips his funeral, throws out his belongings, and tries to forget him. But she has to hear him one last time, so she calls his number hoping listen to his voicemail... And Sam picks up.
There's no hiding it, this book will hurt. The longing Thao has woven into Julie and Sam's relationship will break your heart into a million pieces. It is an extremely emotional journey that will have you laughing, crying, and crying again, but its beautiful reflections on love, grief, and letting go feel so real and tangible. Thao tells us that grief is messy, that it can turn you into something you don't recognise, but that it is also a beautiful reflection of how much you can truly love someone.
"Letting go isn't about forgetting. It's about balancing moving forward with life, and looking back from time to time, remembering the people in it."
Before the Netflix adaptation took the world by storm, Heartstopper started its life as a webcomic originally published on Tumblr by the talented writer and artist Alice Oseman.
It follows the story of high schoolers Charlie Spring and Nick Nelson as their friendship grows into something more. Featuring a cast of diverse teenagers, Heartstopper explores ideas of sexuality, queer joy, and coming-of-age.
Oseman's works have been praised for their positivity, sensitivity, and pervading sense of hope in a genre of books that is so often marked by tragedy.
The comics are now available in physical volumes for readers, easily allowing them to shed tears onto the characters' adorably expressive faces.
One reader called it "a silly little gay book that makes my silly little heart happy."
A novel about writers, lovers, and the New York literary scene, Seven Days in June is the perfect book for lovers of books and lovers of love.
Eva Mercy is a single mum and bestselling erotica author who bumps into award-winning literary writer Shane Hall. The two hit it off at a literary event, piquing the curiosity of the New York literary world. What the writing community doesn't know is that the two had an intense, whirlwind romance two decades before. But as Shane and Eva reconnect, Eva isn't sure she can trust the man who broke her heart all those years ago.
The novel explores love, the Black experience, and parenthood in a deeply compelling way. It's warm, sensual, and incredibly intense in its depiction of second-chance lovers. After you put it down, it will leave you pondering about your own teenager romance that could have been.
"And maybe that was what real, adult love was. Being fearless enough to hold each other close no matter how catastrophic the world became. Loving each other with enough ferocity to quell the fears of the past. Just f---ing being there."
This rom-com took the world by storm when Jon M. Chu's 2018 movie adaptation came out, but believe me, the book is so much better.
For the uninitiated, Crazy Rich Asians follows Rachel Chu as she travels to Singapore to visit her boyfriend, Nick, and his family. Expecting a quaint trip to the island nation, she is taken by surprise when she discovers her partner is heir to one of the richest families in Asia.
Opulent to the point of absurdity, this book will have you laughing at the exploits of the rich, and seizing up at the intense family politics of high society.
It is a book of contradictions: Rachel, who was raised by a single mother in a small apartment vs. Nick, the richest most eligible bachelor in Singapore; Mainland China vs the Chinese diaspora; old money vs. new money; love vs. pragmatism.
Give it a read if you love family dramas and rom-coms.
"Remember, every treasure comes with a price." | https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/10-books-about-love-that-everyone-is-talking-about/59743f2f-2756-48fd-ba34-8b9adff7777c | 2022-07-10T00:34:53Z | https://honey.nine.com.au/latest/10-books-about-love-that-everyone-is-talking-about/59743f2f-2756-48fd-ba34-8b9adff7777c | true | 1 |
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GOLD RIVER (CBS13) — Crews stopped the forward progress of a fire that ignited near the Nimbus Fish Hatchery along the American River late Saturday afternoon.
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'Why aren’t you asleep yet?' Ozzy Osbourne says doctors gave him FOUR TIMES the normal anaesthetic dose during the height of his drug use
- The singer, 73, has been plagued with a series of health issues over the years, starting with a near-fatal bike accident in 2003, which broke his neck vertebra
- Then, in early 2019, he took a spill and dislodged metal rods that had been placed in his back from the previous bike accident
- The rock star was also diagnosed with Parkinson's disease in 2019
- He was forced to call of his European tour that same year after the flu and bronchitis caused him to be admitted to intensive care
- Ozzy most recently underwent 'major surgery' on his back, in June 2022
Ozzy Osbourne has revealed that doctors had to give him four times the normal dose of anaesthetic during the height of his drug use.
The Black Sabbath star, 73, recalled the moment a doctor questioned why he 'wasn't asleep yet' when administering the drug before he underwent an operation.
Despite saying how he now lives a much quieter life, the rockstar has been plagued with health issues over the years, from a near-fatal bike accident in 2003 to a Parkinson's disease diagnosis in 2019 and major surgery on his back last month.
'Why aren’t you asleep yet?' Ozzy Osbourne, 73, has revealed that doctors gave him FOUR TIMES normal anaesthetic dose during the height of his drug use
Speaking to Sirius XM in an interview obtained by The Mirror, Ozzy began: 'I had a procedure when I was doing all this s***.
'The guy putting the stuff in goes, "how long have you been doing this music?" And I said so many years, and kept talking. And he goes, "Why aren’t you asleep yet?"
He went on to explain that doctors administered four times the usual amount of anaesthetic to send him to sleep, due to his high tolerance levels, but added that his 'wild days' are now over.
'I was doing all this s***': He went on to explain that it was due to his high tolerance levels, but added that his 'wild days' are now over (pictured in 1989)
'The thing that keeps me away from it [drugs] now is I got real with me. One of the main reasons I have embraced my family is because I am not out of my ****ing face any more,' he said.
MailOnline has contacted a representative for Ozzy for comment.
It comes as his wife Sharon revealed that Ozzy was 'on the road to recovery' after undergoing 'major' spinal surgery last week.
Health woes: It comes as his wife Sharon revealed that Ozzy was 'on the road to recovery' after undergoing 'major' spinal surgery last week
The former X Factor judge, 69, claimed the singer, was 'doing well' after he underwent a major procedure that could 'determine the rest of his life'
A family source recently told Page Six at the time that Ozzy was going to go through a 'lengthy amount of convalescence' that would likely require a home nurse for some time.
The No More Tears hitmaker's operation comes after the musician previously suffered a nasty fall and dislodged metal rods placed in his spine following a quad-bike accident in 2003.
Ouch: In 2003, Ozzy was seriously injured in a quad-bike accident, which resulted in him breaking his neck vertebra, collarbone, and six ribs (Pictured in 2003 with Sharon)
They added: 'Ozzy is 73 and any kind of surgery when you get older is difficult,' they added. 'This is quite major. He’s having the pins in his neck and back realigned from when he had a fall back in 2019.'
'I went to the bathroom in the night, lost my balance and landed flat on my face,' he previously recalled to DailyMail.com.
'I saw this big white flash when I hit the floor and I thought, "You’ve finally done it now."
In 2019, Ozzy suffered from a 'bad fall' in his home which dislodged metal rods which were placed in his spine following his previous bike accident (On stage in late 2019)
He continued: 'I knew it was bad, I thought I was paralyzed, so very calmly I said, "Sharon, I can’t move. I think I’ve done my neck. Phone an ambulance."
Ozzy also needed emergency surgery in 2018, after he developed a serious infection in his thumb that could have killed him if it went untreated, and had to be put on a ventilator in 2019 due to complications from the flu and bronchitis.
He revealed in January 2020 that he had been diagnosed with Parkin 2 in 2019- a form of Parkinson's which he said is the cause of nerve pain and leaves his legs cold.
On the mend: Ozzy also needed emergency surgery in 2018, after he developed a serious infection in his thumb and was diagnosed with Parkinson's the following year | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10998783/Ozzy-Osbourne-says-doctor-gave-FOUR-TIMES-normal-anaesthetic-dose-height-drug-use.html | 2022-07-10T00:46:44Z | https://www.dailymail.co.uk/tvshowbiz/article-10998783/Ozzy-Osbourne-says-doctor-gave-FOUR-TIMES-normal-anaesthetic-dose-height-drug-use.html | false | 3 |
Nick Senzel singled to right to score Matt Reynolds with the winning run in the tenth inning to lift the Cincinnati Reds past the visiting Tampa Bay Rays, 5-4, Saturday.
Harold Ramirez’s third double of the game against reliever and winner Jeff Hoffman (2-0) scored free runner Josh Lowe to put Tampa Bay up, 4-3, in the top of the tenth. But Hoffman worked out of the jam.
Calvin Faucher (1-3), the eighth Tampa Bay pitcher of the game, allowed a Matt Reynolds single to right to push free runner Kyle Farmer to third. Farmer scored on a wild pitch when catcher Francisco Mejia failed to block a slider.
After a Donovan Solano single to right, Reynolds scored for their second straight tenth inning win over the Rays.
Brandon Drury went 4-for-5 and tied the game with a two-run, two-out single in the eighth as the Reds enjoyed their fourth walk-off win in seven days after none for the first 76 games.
Before Drury’s hit, the Reds were 0-for-11 with runners in scoring position.
Ramirez’s second double with the bases loaded in the eighth made it 3-0 Tampa Bay. Ji-Man Choi walked to reload the bases with none out. But Ian Gibaut worked out of it with a strikeout and a double play.
Cincinnati rookie starter Hunter Greene was overpowering and didn’t allow a base hit until Ramirez doubled down the left field line with two outs in the fourth.
According to MLB’s official data, Cincinnati starter Hunter Greene threw 38 pitches of at least 100 miles an hour, one shy of his personal best and MLB record of 39 against the Los Angeles Dodgers in his second Major League start on April 16.
Cincinnati catcher Tyler Stephenson returned Saturday after breaking his thumb on a foul ball exactly one month earlier. Stephenson singled twice and picked off a key base runner at third to limit Tampa Bay’s damage in the fifth.
Rays young star second baseman Wander Franco was pulled from Saturday’s game in the first inning after a right hand and wrist injury on a foul ball against Greene in his only at-bat. He stayed in but struck out looking at a 100-mph fastball on the outside corner.
Another Rays regular, center fielder Kevin Kiermaier, left the game with a limp after singling sharply to center to open the ninth and was replaced by a pinch-runner.
–Field Level Media | https://sportsnaut.com/reds-notch-another-walk-off-win-beating-rays/ | 2022-07-10T00:52:37Z | https://sportsnaut.com/reds-notch-another-walk-off-win-beating-rays/ | false | 4 |
NEW DELHI: India has fined the local arm of Amnesty International nearly $8 million after a probe into its finances the watchdog said was part of a “witch hunt”.
Rights groups have long claimed they face harassment from Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s Hindu nationalist administration for highlighting rights abuses, including in the disputed territory of Kashmir.
Amnesty’s local bank accounts were frozen in 2020 as part of the probe, forcing the group to lay off staff and halt campaign and research work. India’s Enforcement Directorate, the agency responsible for investigating financial crimes, said Friday that Amnesty had broken foreign funding laws by directing overseas contributions to expand its local operations.
In a statement, it said Amnesty India had been fined $6.5 million for receiving illegal foreign contributions, while its former chief executive Aakar Patel was fined an additional $1.3 million. Amnesty did not immediately respond to the latest action by the agency.
But in 2020, the group said the freezing of its accounts was part of an “incessant witch-hunt of human rights organizations by the Government of India over unfounded and motivated allegations.”
Like in Russia under President Vladimir Putin and Viktor Orban’s Hungary, critics say Modi’s government has sought to pressure rights groups by heavily scrutinising their finances and clamping down on foreign funding.
In 2015, the year after Modi took office, the Indian government froze the bank accounts of environmental organisation Greenpeace’s India unit. | https://www.brecorder.com/news/40185307/india-fines-amnesty-nearly-8m-after-funding-probe | 2022-07-10T00:55:32Z | https://www.brecorder.com/news/40185307/india-fines-amnesty-nearly-8m-after-funding-probe | true | 6 |
MEXICO CITY (AP) — After ordering the expulsion of the Missionaries of Charity established by Mother Teresa, the Nicaraguan government has now gone after one of the few local newspapers that dared to report on the nuns being removed.
Two drivers for the independent newspaper La Prensa have been jailed and police raided the homes of two reporters, according to an employee of the newspaper.
The reporters had covered the expulsion on Thursday of 18 nuns of the Missionaries of Charity after the government of President Daniel Ortega had ordered the organization closed in late June.
It came amid a crackdown by Ortega’s government against opponents and almost any civic organization not allied with his regime.
The La Prensa employee, who asked their name not be used for security reasons, said Friday that the two drivers had been taken to the infamous El Chipote prison, where many political and media figures are being held.
The government has imprisoned nearly 190 people who are considered political prisoners by human rights groups and the U.S. State Department, including seven people who could have challenged Ortega for the presidency in his reelection last November.
Renata Holmann, daughter of Juan Lorenzo Holmann, the jailed manager of La Prensa, said Thursday that her father suffered from chronic illnesses and additional health problems acquired in prison since his arrest last August.
Holmann was arrested when police raided and took over the La Prensa offices. He was later sentenced to nine years in prison for supposed money laundering — a charge often lodged against government opponents or journalists.
The closure of the local branch of the Missionaries of Charity brought to 758 the number of nongovernmental organizations shuttered in Nicaragua over the last four years. The government says the groups didn’t comply with a 2020 requirement to register as “foreign agents.”
While Ortega started by cancelling groups he viewed as having ties to the opposition, the government now seems intent on wiping the landscape clean of any organization it does not control.
The Missionaries of Charity had been in Nicaragua for 34 years, operating a children’s center, a home for girls and a facility for the elderly. The missionaries offered children music and theater classes as well as vocational training for child victims of violence.
The closures have been aimed at a wide breadth of groups, among them the Society of Pediatrics, the Nicaraguan Development Institute, the Confederation of Nicaraguan Professional Associations and the Nicaragua Internet Association.
Also already closed were the Cocibolca Equestrian Center, the western city of Leon’s Rotary Club and the Operation Smile Association that financed free surgeries for children with cleft lip and cleft palate until it was cancelled in March. A prominent businessman associated with that group had participated in antigovernment protests in 2018.
Many of the organizations were dedicated to helping the most marginalized people in an impoverished nation.
Ortega has accused nongovernmental groups of working on behalf of foreign interests to destabilize his government. | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Nicaragua-goes-after-newspaper-for-reporting-17295006.php | 2022-07-10T01:00:04Z | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/Nicaragua-goes-after-newspaper-for-reporting-17295006.php | true | 14 |
If you like the recent changes effected by the U.S. Supreme Court, you’ll be pleased to know that more are likely on the way. The court has agreed to take up a case with its roots in North Carolina that could, quite literally, end democracy as we know it.
We know that sounds like hyperbole. But consider:
A few years ago, when the Republican-led state legislature was trying to pass gerrymandered voting maps that would give Republicans control of 11 of 14 congressional districts, the state Supreme Court said no; the unbalanced maps gave Republicans too much of an unfair advantage and disenfranchised too many voters.
Rather than accept the court’s judgment, leading Republicans argued that the state court had no authority to alter the legislature’s maps, even if they were unfair. They referred to what they call the “independent state legislature doctrine” — their claim that when it comes to how elections are run, no checks and balances apply; no court should be allowed to weigh in; the legislature trumps all.
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Despite the fact that previous legislatures had written the court’s authority into our state constitution.
Not satisfied with the state court’s ruling, the legislature appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court — where you’d think the matter would be rejected. After all, the “independent state legislature” theory is a legal outlier. It’s never been implemented; it’s not an originalist or traditional view; it’s inconsistent with the federalist view that state courts have the final say over the meaning of state law; and the Supreme Court has consistently rejected it in past cases as an inaccurate interpretation of the U.S. Constitution.
Instead, the court has agreed to take up the case, Moore v. Harper, in October.
The mere fact that the court has agreed to hear the case — and that justices Samuel Alito, Clarence Thomas, Neil Gorsuch and Brett Kavanaugh have indicated their desire to reconsider the debunked doctrine — is of extreme concern.
But it fits with a court that seems eager to place its own stamp on our nation, as exemplified not only by its disregard for stare decisis, but by what many see as rank partisanship in many of its decisions. A majority of Americans see the court today as politically biased — for good reason.
And a favorable decision would have far-reaching implications.
“The theory would disable state courts from protecting voting rights in federal elections by eliminating state constitutional protections in those elections,” legal experts Leah Litman, Kate Shaw and Carolyn Shapiro wrote in The Washington Post earlier this month.
Former federal Judge J. Michael Luttig, a preeminent conservative jurist, has warned that those who promote this debunked theory would also seek to apply it to presidential elections.
In practical terms, that means that state legislators could not only gerrymander to their twisted hearts’ content, but in 2024, they could assign their Electoral College votes to whomever they please — even if their decision differs from that of the majority of voters in their states.
At that point, our votes would no longer have any meaning.
Unchallenged power. It must seem like a dream come true to House Speaker Tim Moore and Senate leader Phil Berger.
Make no mistake; Democrats have done their fair share of gerrymandering and continue to do so in some states.
But they’ve never gone to the Supreme Court to fight for unchecked power over elections.
To protect our voting rights, we must consider what we can do in response. Signing petitions won’t accomplish anything. Some of the options offered on the left — eliminating the filibuster to pass the John Lewis Voting Act and expanding the Supreme Court to negate the power of a supermajority of conservative justices — seem extreme.
But are they more extreme than handing our elections over to partisans who are more concerned with power than political representation?
One thing we could do, if enough North Carolinians understand the threat, is vote out the Republican majority in the state legislature.
This seems unlikely.
But in this era in which so many of our traditional institutions have been denigrated, if we don’t find a way to turn from this trajectory, we’ll instead find ourselves being ruled by partisans who won’t hesitate to take more and more power from the people and impose their own will — no matter the consequences.
That’s not a democracy. And no, it’s not a republic, either. If the state legislature wins this case, all 50 state legislatures will be allowed to override their states’ constitutions, governors, courts — and any principle of fairness to voters. Our freedom to govern ourselves is on the line. This could not be more serious. | https://journalnow.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-another-serious-threat-to-american-democracy/article_8ea8f234-fed7-11ec-8c08-d77b51496e41.html | 2022-07-10T01:01:35Z | https://journalnow.com/opinion/editorial/our-view-another-serious-threat-to-american-democracy/article_8ea8f234-fed7-11ec-8c08-d77b51496e41.html | true | 6 |
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Showers tapered off for the afternoon with just an isolated shower leftover. Temperature highs will be held in check, staying in the 70s.
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Daniel Charles Wilson believes the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, were an inside job. The war in Ukraine is “totally scripted” and COVID-19 is “completely fake.” The Boston Marathon bombing? Mass shootings in Newtown, Connecticut, and Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas? “Crisis actors,” he says.
Wilson, a 41-year-old from London, Ontario, has doubts about free elections, vaccines and the Jan. 6 insurrection, too. He accepts little of what has happened in the past 20 years and cheerfully predicts that someday, the internet will make everyone as distrustful as he is.
“It’s the age of information, and the hidden government, the people who control everything, they know they can’t win,” Wilson told The Associated Press. “They’re all lying to us. But we’re going to break through this. It will be a good change for everyone.”
Wilson, who is now working on a book about his views, is not an isolated case of perpetual disbelief. He speaks for a growing number of people in Western nations who have lost faith in democratic governance and a free press, and who have turned to conspiracy theories to fill the void.
Rejecting what they hear from scientists, journalists or public officials, these people instead embrace tales of dark plots and secret explanations. And their beliefs, say experts who study misinformation and extremism, reflect a widespread loss of faith in institutions like government and media.
A poll conducted last year by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research found that just 16% of Americans say democracy is working well or extremely well. Another 38% said it’s working only somewhat well.
Other surveys reveal how many people in the United States now doubt the media, politicians, science and even each other.
The distrust has gone so deep that even groups that seem ideologically aligned are questioning each others’ motives and intentions.
On the day before Independence Day in Boston this year, a group of about 100 masked men carrying fascist flags marched through the city. Members proudly uploaded videos and photos of the march to online forums popular with supporters of former President Donald Trump and QAnon adherents, who believe a group of satanic, cannibalistic child molesters secretly runs the globe.
Instead of praise, the white supremacists were met with incredulity. Some posters said the marchers were clearly FBI agents or members of antifa — shorthand for anti-fascists — looking to defame Trump supporters. It didn’t matter that the men boasted of their involvement and pleaded to be believed. “Another false flag,” wrote one self-described conservative on Telegram.
Similarly, when an extremist website that sells unregulated ghost guns — firearms without serial numbers — asked its followers about their July 4th plans, several people responded by accusing the group of working for the FBI. When someone claiming to be Q, the figure behind QAnon, reappeared online recently, many conservatives who support the movement speculated that the new Q was actually a government plant.
This past week, when a Georgia monument that some conservative Christians criticized as satanic was bombed, many posters on far-right message boards cheered. But many others said they didn’t believe the news.
“I don’t trust it. I’m still thinking ff,” wrote one woman on Twitter, referencing “false flag,” a term commonly used by conspiracy theorists to describe an event they think was staged.
The global public relations firm Edelman has conducted surveys about public trust for more than two decades, beginning after the 1999 World Trade Organization’s meeting in Seattle was marred by anti-globalization riots. Tonia Reis, director of Edelman’s Trust Barometer surveys, said trust is a precious commodity that’s vital for the economy and government to function.
“Trust is absolutely essential to everything in society working well,” Reis said. “It’s one of those things that, like air, people don’t think about it until they realize they don’t have it, or they’ve lost it or damaged it. And then it can be too late.”
For experts who study misinformation and human cognition, the fraying of trust is tied to the rise of the internet and the way it can be exploited on contentious issues of social and economic change.
Distrust and suspicion offered obvious advantages to small bands of early humans trying to survive in a dangerous world, and those emotions continue to help people gauge personal risk today. But distrust is not always well suited to the modern world, which requires people to trust the strangers who inspect their food, police their streets and write their news. Democratic institutions, with their regulations and checks and balances, are one way of adding accountability to that trust.
When that trust breaks down, polarization and anxiety increases, creating opportunities for people pushing their own “ alternative facts.”
“People can’t fact check the world,” said Dr. Richard Friedman, a New York City psychiatrist and professor at Weill Cornell Medical College who has written about the psychology of trust and belief. “They’re awash in competing streams of information, both good and bad. They’re anxious about the future, and there are a lot of bad actors with the ability to weaponize that fear and anxiety.”
Those bad actors include grifters selling bad investments or sham remedies for COVID-19, Russian disinformation operatives trying to undermine Western democracies, or even homegrown politicians like Trump, whose lies about the 2020 election spurred the Jan. 6 attack.
Research and surveys show belief in conspiracy theories is common and widespread. Believers are more likely to to get their information from social media than professional news organizations. The rise and fall of particular conspiracy theories are often linked to real-world events and social, economic or technological change.
Like Wilson, people who believe in one conspiracy theory are likely to believe in others too, even if they are mutually contradictory. A 2012 paper, for instance, looked at beliefs surrounding the death of Princess Diana of Wales in a 1997 car crash. Researchers found that subjects who believed strongly that Diana was murdered said they also felt strongly that she could have faked her own death.
Wilson said his belief in conspiracies began on Sept. 11, 2001, when he couldn’t accept that the towers could be knocked down by airliners. He said he found information on the internet that confirmed his beliefs, and then began to suspect there were conspiracies behind other world events.
“You have to put it all together yourself,” Wilson said. “The hidden reality, what’s really going on, they don’t want you to know.” | https://www.wkrg.com/news/choose-your-reality-trust-wanes-conspiracy-theories-rise/ | 2022-07-10T01:07:51Z | https://www.wkrg.com/news/choose-your-reality-trust-wanes-conspiracy-theories-rise/ | true | 57 |
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