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Alex Murdaugh settles the wrongful death lawsuit that sparked his fall
Associated Press
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Alex Murdaugh has settled a wrongful death lawsuit brought by the family of a teen killed in a boat crash involving Murdaugh’s youngest son. Prosecutors say the 2019 crash provoked the disgraced South Carolina attorney to kill his wife, Maggie, and their son Paul, who wrecked the boat. The agreement by Progressive to pay the $500,000 policy Alex Murdaugh had on the boat ends the suit from the family of 19-year-old Mallory Beach. The teen’s family already received more than $15 million from a settlement with the Parker’s Kitchen chain of convenience stores and others.
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FeaturedCustomers releases the Fall 2024 Conversational Marketing Software Customer Success Report.
SUNRISE, FL, UNITED STATES, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Today FeaturedCustomers published the Fall 2024 Conversational Marketing Software Customer Success Report to give prospects better insight on which Conversational Marketing Software would work best for their business according to real customer references.
The highest rated vendors according to the Fall 2024 Conversational Marketing Software Customer Success Report are:
Market Leaders – Conversica, Intercom, Salesloft, and Whisbi were given the highest“Market Leader” award. Market Leaders are vendors with a substantial customer base & market share. Market Leaders have the highest ratio of customer reference content, content quality score, and social media presence relative to company size.
Top Performers – Exceed, Haptik, iAdvize, Qualified, Respond, and Zoovu were awarded“Top Performer” honors. Top Performers are vendors with significant market presence and enough customer reference content to validate their vision. Top Performers' products are highly rated by its customers but have not achieved the customer base and scale of a Market Leader relative to company size.
Rising Stars – Dashly, Instabot, REVE Chat, Signals, and Spectrm were awarded the“Rising Star” honor. Rising Stars are vendors that do not have the market presence of Market Leaders or Top Performers but understand where the market is going and has disruptive technology. Rising Stars have been around long enough to establish momentum and a minimum amount of customer reference content along with a growing social presence.
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The customer success report is based on over 1,000 pieces of verified customer reference content. A vendor's overall customer success score is reached via a weighted average of their Content, Market Presence, and Company Scores. Of the vendors listed in the FeaturedCustomers' Conversational Marketing Software category, 15 vendors met the minimum requirements needed to be considered for the customer success report.
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112 Minigames. 22 playable characters. 7 boards. 5 unique multiplayer modes and an exclusively single-player adventure to boot.
Super Mario Party Jamboree is stacked like no other game in the decades-old series. It’s not as consistent as its last title, Superstars, but it’s an appropriately extravagant celebration of the franchise’s rapidly-closing Nintendo Switch era.
Controlled chaos
Mario Party might be a digital board game about rolling dice, collecting coins, and racing to buy stars, but it's always lived and died by its minigames. Jamboree’s collection ranges from satisfying to mediocre — better than 2018’s Super Mario Party but falling short of 2021’s Mario Party Superstars. Many of its worst minigames are motion-controlled, but they’re thankfully few and there’s an option to exclude them.
The most extensive (often best) minigames occur when you collide with a “Jamboree buddy” while running around the board. These allies parachute in from the main cast and challenge players to a special competition. Yoshi has you run a footrace, Waluigi has you play pinball, Donkey Kong has you drum to a beat — and so on.
Win and you’ll recruit the buddy, gaining access to their unique power and the ability to double some normal actions — allowing you to buy two stars instead of one, for example. These allies are so powerful that, unlike their equivalents in 2018’s Super Mario Party, they’ll only stick around for a few turns, and ditch you to join other players that pass you on the board.
Other revisions hearken back to earlier titles or streamline old annoyances. Stars again cost 20 coins, not 10, pushing you to hoard money and minigame victories. Bowser spaces have returned — land on one and a giant “Imposter Bowser” will steal from you or launch a “Bowser Revolution” to equalize everyone’s coin totals. The game also has a swifter tempo, with snappy animations you can fast-forward through. Finally, optional “Pro Rules” rein in the randomness — trading hilarious upsets for tighter tactics.
Party favors
Jamboree bursts with other diversions aside from this main event. You can cooperate through rhythm challenges in a fantastical cooking show. You can tilt motion controls to slide items around a factory. You can even exhaust yourself with “Paratroopa Flight School” — where you’ll literally flap your arms to soar through the skies.
If you’ve got a Nintendo Online subscription, you can jump into the co-operative “Bowser Kaboom Squad” or cutthroat “Koopathlon” modes, which feature their own unique minigames for eight to 20 players (sadly, each participant needs their own Switch). Conversely, if you wish to party alone, there’s a surprisingly involved single-player mode called “Party-Planner Trek.”
Many activities quickly wear out their novelty. “Paratroopa Flight School” is difficult to maneuver, leaving me literally sore. “Toad’s Item Factory” requires patience and teamwork at odds with the game's typically frenetic pace. “Koopathlon” feels like Nintendo’s version of Fall Guys: blisteringly fun when you’re at the top of the pack and terribly demoralizing when you’ve fallen behind.
But in this overbearing variety, Jamboree lives up to its name. Even if it’s not the classic that Mario Party Superstars proved to be, I can already tell that its approachable gameplay and goofy chaos will make it a family staple for years to come.
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Posted in: AEW, Sports, TV | Tagged: Adam Copeland, AEW Dynamite, recaps, wrestling
Adam Copeland Slams WWE in Vitriolic Promo on AEW Dynamite
Adam Copeland's AEW promo left The Chadster cheesed off! 😡🧀 See how he literally backstabbed WWE & disrespected wrestling. #Unfair
Article Summary
- Adam Copeland slams WWE in AEW promo, disrespecting wrestling history.
- Copeland insults WWE talent, claiming AEW has a "murderer's row of talent".
- Copeland’s industry friends call him to talk about AEW, betraying WWE.
- Copeland’s AEW love proves he never truly appreciated WWE, infuriating The Chadster.
Auughh man! So unfair! 😠 The Chadster is absolutely livid after watching the opening segment of AEW Dynamite last night. 😤 Adam Copeland had the audacity to cut a promo that was not only a blatant attack on the wrestling business and everything WWE has ever done for it, but also a direct shot at The Chadster and the very concept of unbiased journalism. 😡🤬
First off, Copeland referred to The Chadster's objective reporting on Tony Khan's disrespectful antics as "negative BS." 💩 The Chadster also feels that Copeland's promot took a totally uncalled for jab at CM Punk, who spoke the unbiased truth about AEW in an interview with The Chadster's fellow Unbiased Journalism Club member, Ariel Helwani, earlier this week. 🗞️📰 It's just so disrespectful to the wrestling business and everything WWE has ever done for it. 😤
Next, Copeland had the nerve to put promotions like Stampede Wrestling and NWA on the same level as WWE. 😱 Is he serious right now?! 🤨 That is clearly wrong and just shows that Copeland is trying to degrade WWE's prestige. 👎 He even deadnamed WWE as "WWF" in a clear low blow that really cheesed The Chadster off. 😠🧀
Copeland then claimed that AEW is where he needs to end his career because of their "murderer's row of talent." 🙄 Excuse The Chadster while he laughs in Canadian. 🍁😂 This is so disrespectful to the incredible talent in WWE, who are obviously way smarter and more respectful to the business than Copeland, who literally stabbed Triple H right in the back when he left WWE for AEW. 🔪😱
But it gets worse! 😫 Copeland said that his friends in the industry have been calling him up and telling him how much fun he looks like he's having in AEW. 📞😲 First of all, if WWE stars are being all buddy-buddy with an AEW wrestler, Copeland needs to name names right now. 🗣️📛 Those wrestlers are betraying WWE and deserve to be called out for it. 😤 And don't make The Chadster laugh with claims of AEW being the most fun of Copeland's entire career. 🤣 What could possibly be more fun than WWE?! 🤔
In a final insult, Copeland wrapped up his disgraceful promo by claiming to love wrestling, which can't be true if he willingly left WWE. 😒 He even had the gall to say that AEW makes pro wrestling better and more fun, and that AEW is where the best wrestle. 🤬 That is totally out of line and nothing but disinformation! 🤥 Everyone knows that the best wrestle in WWE, end of story. 💯
The Chadster cried daily for weeks when Copeland left WWE for AEW, but now The Chadster realizes those tears were wasted on someone who was never loyal to WWE in the first place. 😭💔 The Chadster can't believe such garbage was broadcast on the airwaves. 📺🗑️ The Chadster has never been so cheesed off in his life! 😡🧀
The Chadster tried to explain to Keighleyanne why this promo was so offensive, but she just rolled her eyes and went back to texting that guy Gary. 🙄📱 The Chadster knows she was just too upset to talk about it and that she totally agrees with The Chadster's unbiased take on the situation. 😌 This is clearly just another example of how Tony Khan is ruining The Chadster's marriage. 💔
The bottom line is that Tony Khan needs to stop obsessing over The Chadster and forcing his wrestlers to cut promos attacking everything The Chadster stands for. 😤 It's getting out of hand, and The Chadster demands that it stops immediately! 🛑 Auughh man! So unfair! 😫
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A driver died in a fiery high-speed crash Monday evening in Fremont that caused a structure fire at an apartment building.
The crash happened around 7 pm Monday, as KTVU reports, and a male driver crashed his Tesla into the first floor of an apartment building on Warm Springs Boulevard between South Grimmer Boulevard and Tavis Place, sparking a fire. The driver did not survive the crash and subsequent fire.
As KRON4 explains, the car appeared to have left the roadway and collided with the building. All lanes of Warm Springs Boulevard were subsequently closed for several hours.
The deceased has been identified as 46-year-old Kamleshkumar Patel of Fremont.
The building that the Tesla crashed into appears to be relatively new, and the office/retail space on the ground floor, where the crash occurred, was vacant and there were 'For Lease' signs on its windows.
As KRON4 reports, the fire was extinguished within 20 minutes, and while residents upstairs from the crash were briefly evacuated, they were allowed to return to their homes Monday night.
A resident of the building, Tom Vo, tells ABC 7 that the entire building shook when the car hit it, and he evacuated with his cat when the fire alarm went off.
"My window is wide open, I heard this loud screech right before that I basically like — that person or whoever was happening they were hitting the object before they went into that building, and pretty much I heard a loud explosion, I literally thought it was a bomb," Vo tells ABC 7.
It's not clear what caused the car to go off the road, and because a Tesla was involved, the NTSB is likely to get involved and investigate whether Auto Pilot mode was engaged at the time.
One nearby resident who may have been a witness claimed on X that the vehicle was "going like 100 miles per hour" at the time of the crash. Authorities have not confirmed how fast the car was traveling, but ABC 7 also spoke to a witness who said the car could have been going 100 miles per hour.
This Tesla was going like a 100 miles an hour and crashes into this apartment building by the Flame of Inspiration in Fremont. Oh the irony. Another flaming Tesla. Shocking. pic.twitter.com/E4w1gy7Yba
— lambanmartyr (@iRamona) October 15, 2024
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https://sfist.com/2024/10/15/driver-dead-after-tesla-crashes-into-fremont-apartment-building/
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SEEMS LIKE THERE’S NOTHING BUT GOOD NEWS COMING OUT ABOUT THESE NEW DRUGS: Ozempic, new intestinal therapy may eliminate need for insulin in Type 2 diabetics.
I mean, I don’t know, but the steady stream of positive stories seems a bit . . . orchestrated? Maybe not.
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https://instapundit.com/677739/
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Kosmos Energy Ltd. (NYSE:KOS – Get Free Report)’s stock price gapped down prior to trading on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $4.27, but opened at $4.09. Kosmos Energy shares last traded at $3.98, with a volume of 1,010,943 shares.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several research firms have commented on KOS. Sanford C. Bernstein decreased their price target on shares of Kosmos Energy from $7.00 to $5.00 and set a “market perform” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 17th. Bank of America decreased their price target on shares of Kosmos Energy from $8.15 to $7.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, September 25th. Mizuho started coverage on shares of Kosmos Energy in a report on Thursday, September 19th. They set a “neutral” rating and a $5.00 price objective on the stock. Finally, Benchmark reissued a “buy” rating and issued a $8.00 price target on shares of Kosmos Energy in a report on Tuesday, August 6th. Three analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have issued a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $7.00.
Read Our Latest Stock Analysis on KOS
Kosmos Energy Price Performance
Kosmos Energy (NYSE:KOS – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, August 5th. The oil and gas producer reported $0.12 earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $0.16 by ($0.04). The firm had revenue of $450.94 million during the quarter. Kosmos Energy had a net margin of 13.56% and a return on equity of 40.16%. On average, equities research analysts forecast that Kosmos Energy Ltd. will post 0.46 EPS for the current year.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Several hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in KOS. Rothschild Investment LLC purchased a new stake in Kosmos Energy in the 2nd quarter valued at about $26,000. CWM LLC lifted its position in Kosmos Energy by 82.2% during the 2nd quarter. CWM LLC now owns 6,579 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $36,000 after acquiring an additional 2,969 shares in the last quarter. InTrack Investment Management Inc acquired a new position in Kosmos Energy during the 3rd quarter worth approximately $44,000. Covestor Ltd lifted its position in Kosmos Energy by 35,360.9% during the 1st quarter. Covestor Ltd now owns 8,156 shares of the oil and gas producer’s stock worth $48,000 after acquiring an additional 8,133 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Moloney Securities Asset Management LLC acquired a new position in Kosmos Energy during the 1st quarter worth approximately $60,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 95.33% of the company’s stock.
About Kosmos Energy
Kosmos Energy Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the exploration, development, and production of oil and gas along the Atlantic Margins in the United States. The company’s primary assets include production projects located in offshore Ghana, Equatorial Guinea, and the U.S. Gulf of Mexico, as well as gas projects located in offshore Mauritania and Senegal.
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$55 million plan to give Notre Dame area a green facelift is part of Paris-wide eco plan
Notre Dame is gearing up to reopen its doors in December as Paris is on the verge of a remarkable eco-revival
$55 million plan to give Notre Dame area a green facelift is part of Paris-wide eco plan
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As Notre Dame gears up to reopen its doors in December, Paris is on the verge of a remarkable eco-revival, bringing nature back to the forefront of the City of Light.
Beyond restoring the cathedral's iconic spire and medieval charm, the city announced plans Tuesday to revamp Notre Dame's surroundings — to a tune of 50 million euros ($55 million) — into a serene, green oasis.
The project echoes a broader, post-Olympics eco-facelift that’s reshaping Paris from its historic monuments to its bustling avenues.
Among the key elements of this broader transformation are the revitalization of historic spaces like the Champs-Elysees and Place de la Concorde, a redesign aimed at reducing traffic around the Arc de Triomphe, and green promenades connecting the French capital's landmarks.
Here's a look at some of the eco plans for Paris in the coming years:
Notre Dame Cathedral: a rebirth in green
The reopening on Dec. 8 promises to be a historic moment for Paris, fulfilling President Emmanuel Macron’s vow made after the devastating 2019 fire for a five-year timeline. While the cathedral’s spire and oak-framed roof have been restored to their prefire glory, Paris City Hall's plans for the area around Notre Dame are bringing something new.
The ambitious, future-facing project will create 1,800 square meters (around 20,000 square feet) of green space and plant 160 trees, according to a news conference at City Hall that featured speeches from Paris officials, including mayor Anne Hidalgo on Tuesday.
Hidalgo stated that the redesign will integrate nature and the Seine more fully into the area. Hidalgo emphasized that this transformation aims “to better highlight our beautiful cathedral and do it justice, while respecting its history.”
The redesign includes transforming the underground parking area into a visitor space complete with services and amenities. Additionally, the Seine’s adjacent quays will be revitalized, offering a new promenade along the river. A belvedere will provide panoramic views of the Ile Saint-Louis and the Seine, further enhancing the visitor experience.
The project will unfold in two phases, with the first, focusing on the parvis and surrounding streets, expected to be completed by the end of 2027. The second phase, which will include the renovation of Square Jean-XXIII and other nearby areas, is set to finish by 2030.
Place de la Concorde: A transformation
At the heart of Paris, the Place de la Concorde — home to the 3,300-year-old Luxor Obelisk — will undergo a significant overhaul between 2026 and 2027.
Paris officials have enlisted the input of a dozen architectural experts to envision how to preserve its rich history, while aligning the plaza with the city’s modern green ambitions. Expect more greenery and less traffic as the revamp balances historical significance with a fresh eco-friendly design.
Eiffel Tower dispute
Not everything has been a picnic in Paris’s post-Olympics makeover.
Two of France’s most high-profile female politicians — Hidalgo and Culture Minister Rachida Dati — are engaged in a fierce battle over the future of the Eiffel Tower, casting a shadow over the city’s plans for its famed monument.
Hidalgo has proposed to keep the Olympic rings affixed to the Eiffel Tower beyond the Games, which ended in August. She argues that the rings symbolize the “festive spirit” of the successful Paris Olympics and wants them to remain at least until the next Summer Games in Los Angeles in 2028.
Critics, however, say Hidalgo is using the Eiffel Tower as a political billboard to boost her image before the 2026 mayoral election, in which she is expected to face off against Dati.
Dati has been vocal in opposing the plan, arguing that the tower is a protected heritage site and can't be altered without proper consultation. She has accused Hidalgo of using the monument as a “personal campaign poster,” while Hidalgo counters that the rings are a harmless tribute to Paris’ Olympic success.
Dati has gone further, launching an ultimatum to push for the Eiffel Tower to be classified as a full historical monument — something Hidalgo has resisted. This would add extra layers of bureaucratic protection and control, potentially thwarting Hidalgo’s plans.
Champs-Elysees: A greener avenue
Paris’ Champs-Elysees, sometimes called “the most beautiful avenue in the world,” is receiving a 30-million-euro facelift, beginning with the renovation of its sidewalks, tree bases, and gardens that began in preparation for the Olympics.
With 150 proposals to “re-enchant the Champs-Elysees” over the coming years, this project aims to add even more green spaces and revive its historic charm, reinforcing its reputation as the world’s most beautiful avenue.
Arc de Triomphe: reducing traffic
Changes to the Arc de Triomphe’s bustling roundabout are designed to reduce traffic flow and calm the surrounding environment.
Traffic lanes encircling the famous monument will be trimmed, while the central ring will be widened, allowing for a quieter, more accessible space.
Leading from the Arc de Triomphe to the Bois de Boulogne, the Avenue de la Grande Armee is also getting the green treatment. Authorities plan to recreate a historic green promenade, transforming this major traffic artery into a lush, tree-lined boulevard that reconnects the avenue with the nearby forest, historically converted into a public park in the 19th century under Napoleon III.
Louvre Museum to go eco-friendly
Paris’ Louvre Museum, the world’s most visited, will undergo its own transformation under the “Louvre 2030” project.
Though specific details remain sparse, the project aims to address the growing influx of visitors, with a significant redesign of Place du Louvre planned to help manage the crowds and provide a more tranquil, green environment for visitors.
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PDP Secretariat Attacked as Police Take Action, Details Emerge
- The factional secretariat of the PDP in Benue state, located at No. 1 Ochagwu Lawani Street, New GRA, Makurdi, has been attacked by hoodlums
- According to Bede Bartholomew, media aide to Senator Gabriel Suswam, the hoodlums arrived in vehicles, broke down the main gate of the building, and forcibly entered the offices
- Bede stated that the attackers ransacked offices and carted away some documents into their waiting vehicles
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Makurdi, Benue state - The factional secretariat of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) in Benue state, was on Tuesday, October 15, attacked by hoodlums.
The secretariat is located at No. 1 Ochagwu Lawani Street, New GRA, Makurdi.
Hoodlums cart away documents at PDP secretariat
Legit.ng reports that the PDP in Benue state has two factional secretariats in Makurdi, Benue state capital.
According to Bede Bartholomew, the media aide to Senator Gabriel Suswam, the attackers arrived in three vehicles, broke down the gate, and forcibly entered the offices.
Bede said:
“They ransacked offices and carted away some documents into their waiting vehicles. The incident happened at about 10 am.
“The attackers reportedly removed furniture and documents from the secretariat, loading them onto the trucks.”
Although the PDP is a major contemporary political party in Nigeria, it is the opposition party in Benue state. The northcentral state is led by a chieftain of the All Progressives Congress (APC), Hyacinth Alia. The immediate past governor of the state, Samuel Ortom, is a PDP stalwart.
Police intervene
Meanwhile, closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage reportedly captured the faces of the attackers, with three suspects already arrested.
Policemen had intervened and normalcy had returned.
Benue PDP suspends Ortom
Earlier, Legit.ng reported that the PDP in Benue suspended Ortom over alleged anti-party activities.
Ortom, a strong ally of the federal capital territory (FCT) minister, Nyesom Wike, was accused of masterminding the disruption of a ward congress and snatching voting materials.
The PDP alleged that Ortom's actions led to the non-conduct of congresses in several local government areas in Benue state.
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Belarus adds 1 year to imprisoned opposition activist’s sentence
TALLINN, Estonia (AP) — A court in Belarus has sentenced an imprisoned opponent of hardline President Alexander Lukashenko to an additional year behind bars for disobeying prison officials. Palina Sharenda-Panasyuk was arrested in 2021 during the crackdown on opposition that began after nationwide demonstrations broke out to protest the results of the disputed 2020 election. She initially was convicted of insulting the president and assaulting a police officer. She has pancreatitis and chronic back pain and has reported harsh conditions in prison, with inmates sleeping on metal slabs without mattresses or bedding. Representatives of European Union nations traveled to her trial.
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https://kyma.com/news/ap-national/2024/10/15/belarus-adds-1-year-to-imprisoned-opposition-activists-sentence/
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Welcome to Week 7, friends! We're officially through (at least) half of the regular fantasy football season which means crunch time for your lineups. Luckily, the scheduling gods offered us a lighter slate of bye weeks this go-around, with just the Dallas Cowboys and Chicago Bears on bye, meaning we should have the bulk of our starting lineups in place ... barring injury, of course.
There are plenty of interesting games on the slate this week, but expect everyone's eyes to be on the showdown between the Kansas City Chiefs and San Francisco 49ers — a matchup of Super Bowls LIV and LVIII, each of them games where MVP QB Patrick Mahomes emerged victorious. Brock Purdy will face Andy Reid's Chiefs coming off a bye — an area where the Chiefs have had success historically — but there's no doubt that the Niners have the better personnel on offense to set their QB up for success.
That's certainly been reflected in their fantasy football value this year, as Purdy has had two games of 24+ fantasy points this year, while Mahomes seeks his first game of more than 18 points through his first five games.
Will Chiefs-49ers be the fantasy-scoring bonanza we all hope it will be? To help you make your lineup decisions, our fantasy experts have ranked their top plays at each position in their Week 7 fantasy football rankings for half-PPR scoring formats:
Good luck with your Week 7 matchups!
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Posted in: Disney+, Preview, Star Wars, streaming, Trailer, TV | Tagged: lucasfilm, star wars, tales of the empire, Tales of the Jedi, trailer
Tales of the Empire Trailer: On May 4th, The Big Bads Have Their Say
Set to arrive on May 4th, check out the official trailer, poster & preview images for Lucasfilm & Disney+'s Star Wars: Tales of the Empire.
On May 4th, the big-bads get to tell their "tales." Following up on 2022's Star Wars: Tales of the Jedi, Disney+ & Lucasfilm released the official trailer, key art poster & preview images for Star Wars: Tales of the Empire – with all six episodes set to drop that day exclusively on Disney+. The animated series journeys into the fearsome Galactic Empire through the eyes of two warriors on divergent paths – set during different eras. After losing everything, young Morgan Elsbeth navigates the expanding Imperial world toward a path of vengeance, while former Jedi Barriss Offee does what she must to survive a rapidly changing galaxy. The choices they make will define their destinies. Now, here's a look at the image gallery that was released earlier today – followed by a rundown of the voice cast as well as the show's official poster:
The voice cast for Star Wars: Tales of the Empire includes Diana Lee Inosanto (Morgan Elsbeth), Meredith Salenger (Barriss Offee), Rya Kihlstedt (Lyn aka Fourth Sister), Wing T. Chao (Wing), Lars Mikkelsen (Thrawn), Jason Isaacs (Grand Inquisitor), and Matthew Wood (General Grievous). Created by supervising director Dave Filoni, the animated series is executive-produced by Filoni, Athena Yvette Portillo, and Carrie Beck – with Josh Rimes serving as co-executive producer and Alex Spotswood serving as the senior producer. Now, here's a look at the official key art poster – with the series set to hit streaming screens on May 4th:
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California college shooting that left employee critical was ‘workplace violence,’ officials say
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (AP) — Southern California’s Santa Monica College is closed Tuesday as police investigate a campus shooting that wounded an employee in what officials said was a “workplace violence incident.” No arrests have been made.
The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. Monday at the school’s Center for Media and Design on a satellite campus that’s also home to the public radio station KCRW, the community college said in a statement.
The victim, who was not identified, was hospitalized in critical condition, the college statement said. The shooter remains at large.
“This was a workplace violence incident, not a random act,” the statement said. “The College is fully cooperating with authorities, and all Santa Monica College campuses will be closed on Tuesday to prioritize the safety and well-being of our community.”
The Santa Monica Police Department, which is leading the investigation, did not immediately respond to calls and emails seeking additional details.
The school, with a series of satellite campuses in the beachside city, enrolls about 30,000 students.
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Consistency Neuville’s first focus as maiden WRC title looms at CER
The Hyundai driver could lift a career-defining maiden World rally Championship title this weekend
Thierry Neuville, Martijn Wydaeghe, Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 N Rally1
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Thierry Neuville insists his first focus is on delivering a “consistent run” at this week’s Central European Rally as the Hyundai driver closes in on a maiden World Rally Championship crown.
Neuville heads into the WRC’s penultimate round, spread across the asphalt roads in the Czech Republic, Austria and Germany, with a 29-point lead over nearest rival and team-mate Ott Tanak.
The Belgian will secure a first WRC title if he can extend the margin beyond 30 points this weekend, with only one round of the season remaining in Japan next month.
The odds appear to be in Neuville’s favour as he won the maiden CER last year and will start this year’s addition with the advantage of opening the road as championship leader.
Last weekend Neuville aided his preparations for the rally by participating in the Herbst Rallye in Austria, where his Hyundai i20 N Rally1 was one of the course cars.
While the prospect of a career-defining world title is edging closer, Neuville says his main focus is to ensure he performs consistently this week.
“Last year we had a great victory at the very first Central European Rally,” said Neuville. “We know we usually perform well on tarmac, and winning in Germany was super cool for the whole team.
“Despite difficult conditions, we performed well. But because of the stage changes we need to do some video work, so we will be studying those as much as possible to get a good feel of the new areas.
Thierry Neuville, Martijn Wydaeghe, Hyundai World Rally Team Hyundai i20 N Rally1
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“The main goal is to manage our championship so we can take as many points as possible. Of course, we would like to get that title in our pocket, but our first focus will be having a consistent run.”
Neuville’s Hyundai team will be eager to issue a response to Toyota’s Rally Chile performance that reduced the deficit in the manufacturers title race to 17 points.
“We need to maintain our lead in all three championships, and a clean performance at Central European Rally is essential in eventually bringing them home," said Hyundai team principal Cyril Abiteboul.
“Thierry won here last year, and we know how strong he is on tarmac, so anything is possible across the weekend.
“As well as the push for the drivers’ and co-drivers’ titles, we also have the fight for the manufacturers’, and we have three strong crews fighting for that too.
“We want to leave CER having taken advantage of our road positions and made the most of the weekend – something we could not do in Chile.”
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FeaturedCustomers releases the Fall 2024 Document automation Software Customer Success Report.
SUNRISE, FL, UNITED STATES, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Today FeaturedCustomers published the Fall 2024 Document Automation Software Customer Success Report to give prospects better insight on which Document Automation Software would work best for their business according to real customer references.
The highest rated vendors according to the Fall 2024 Document Automation Software Customer Success Report are:
Market Leaders – Adobe, Conga, DocuWare, Esker, Experlogix Document Automation, Formstack, Nintex, PandaDoc, and Templafy were given the highest“Market Leader” award. Market Leaders are vendors with a substantial customer base & market share. Market Leaders have the highest ratio of customer reference content, content quality score, and social media presence relative to company size.
Top Performers – ActiveDocs, airSlate, Artsyl, Foxit Software, HotDocs, Nitro, Ocrolus, and Square 9 Softworks were awarded“Top Performer” honors. Top Performers are vendors with significant market presence and enough customer reference content to validate their vision. Top Performers' products are highly rated by its customers but have not achieved the customer base and scale of a Market Leader relative to company size.
Rising Stars – Klippa, Windward Studios, Xait, and XpressDox were awarded the“Rising Star” honor. Rising Stars are vendors that do not have the market presence of Market Leaders or Top Performers but understand where the market is going and has disruptive technology. Rising Stars have been around long enough to establish momentum and a minimum amount of customer reference content along with a growing social presence.
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The customer success report is based on over 6,000 pieces of verified customer reference content. A vendor's overall customer success score is reached via a weighted average of their Content, Market Presence, and Company Scores. Of the vendors listed in the FeaturedCustomers' Document Automation Software category, 21 vendors met the minimum requirements needed to be considered for the customer success report.
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SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea said North Korea blew up the northern parts of inter-Korean roads no longer in use on Tuesday, as the rivals are locked in rising animosities over North Korea's claim that South Korea flew drones over its capital, Pyongyang.
South Korea's Joint Chiefs of Staff said in a brief statement that North Korea blew up parts of the roads on Tuesday.
It said South Korea's military is bolstering its readiness and surveillance posture but gave no further details.
The explosions came a day after North Korean leader Kim Jong Un called a meeting with his top military and security officials. During the meeting, Kim described the alleged South Korean drone flights as the "enemy's serious provocation" and laid out unspecified tasks related to "immediate military action" and the operation of his "war deterrent" for defending the country's sovereignty, the North's state media reported earlier Tuesday.
North Korea earlier put frontline artillery and other army units on standby to launch strikes on South Korea, if drones from South Korea are found over North Korea again. South Korea has refused to confirm whether it sent drones but warned it would sternly punish North Korea if the safety of its citizens is threatened.
Destroying the roads would be in line with leader Kim Jong Un's push to cut off ties with South Korea, formally cement it as his country's principal enemy and abandon the North's decades-long objective to seek a peaceful Korean unification.
During the previous era of inter-Korean détente in the 2000s, the two Koreas reconnected two road routes and two rail tracks across their heavily fortified border. But their operations later were suspended one by one as the Koreas wrangled over North Korea's nuclear program and other issues.
Last week, North Korea said it would permanently block its border with South Korea and build front-line defense structures to cope with "confrontational hysteria" by South Korean and U.S. forces. South Korean officials said North Korea had already been adding anti-tank barriers and laying mines along the border since earlier this year. They said North Korea has also planted mines and removed lamps along its sections of the inter-Korean roads and taken out ties on the northern side of the railways.
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HMM: More bystanders using naloxone to save people from overdose.
When Helen and I had our advanced life support training (basically CPR, bleed control, and more) we were warned that people often come out of this not grateful for being saved, but violent and absolutely furious for having their high interrupted. So be careful out there.
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Adorable boy, 5, meets terrible end after security camera caught him skipping away from his Maryland home
The little boy who was caught on security footage wandering away from his Maryland home after being reported missing was met with a nightmare outcome.
Miles McMahon, 5, who was autistic and non-verbal, went missing from his home in Waldorf, Maryland, on Sunday morning when his family reported his absence.
But a desperate search by law enforcement led to the discovery of the boy's body floating in a pond only a short distance away from the safety of his own home.
He was pronounced dead at the scene.
Miles McMahon, 5, was reported missing on Sunday which led to an extensive search where his body was then discovered floating in a pond only a short distance away from his Maryland home
After dive teams conducted a second search of a nearby pond, they discovered the young boy's body floating where they declared him dead at the scene
Family members called 911 after they were unable to find Miles while searching around the area of their home in the Bannister neighborhood.
Home security footage showed the child in a red t-shirt, leaving the house and skipping in his front yard with no pants or shoes, according to a Charles County Sheriff's Office press release on Sunday.
Officers arrived to the home in the 1000 block of St. Paul's Drive at around 11am, where they 'established a perimeter and immediately focused their attention on ponds and bodies of water nearby'.
The search was extensive - search teams, drones, police, dive teams and dogs were deployed to the area where he was last seen, The Independent reported.
Police K9 and bloodhounds also responded to the scene along with the sheriff's office Search Management Team which utilizes specialized apps for tracking purposes.
In the press release, locals were asked to steer clear of the search area, which was being conducted primarily in the area of St. Paul's Drive and Piney Church Road. Residents were asked to stay on sidewalks where it's possible and keep out of other yards.
Miles, who was autistic and non-verbal, was reported missing to authorities Sunday morning after family members failed to locate him in their own initial search
The Charles County Sheriff's Office conducted an extensive search, primarily in ponds and bodies of water nearby, which included dive teams and K9 units
The sheriff's office also urged neighbors to search their own yard, pool, sheds, shrubs, trees and other small hiding places that the child could have gotten into.
Those with home security cameras were urged to contact the department if the recorded footage had anything of value that could help aid in the desperate search.
During the search, the Charles County Sheriff's Office updated concerned residents on their Facebook, saying: 'Miles could be hiding or be afraid of the commotion. For people living in the area, please turn on your porch lights and backyard lights.'
'For those searching outside the perimeter, please be cautious and call 911 with relative info. We have an amazing community and it's clear everyone cares so much.'
Despite searching a pond nearby his home with no luck, the Maryland State Police Dive Team and the Department of Natural Resources Police returned that same evening to check the pond again.
During the secondary search, Miles was found just after midnight.
'After hours of searching for Miles McMahon, age 5, unfortunately, he was located in a pond, not too far from his house a short time ago and was deceased,' an update from the sheriff's office on Facebook said on Monday.
They shared an additional update Monday evening, which said: 'By now, many of you are aware of the tragic loss of Miles McMahon. The outpouring of care, concern, prayers and love for Miles' family, as well as all of the many, many first responders who worked tirelessly to find Miles meant so much.'
'The display of community, and the many ways people came together to offer help shows the compassion of Charles County. These incidents are very hard for first responders, but the grace and care you showed to our teams was truly a source of strength.'
'Now, all of our hearts are with the McMahon family as they endure this unimaginable loss and overwhelming grief.'
Miles was last seen on home security footage wearing only a red t-shirt as he skipped in the front yard and wandered away from his home
Miles is the second autistic child who died by drowning since this summer - and is the leading cause of death for children who wander away with the disability
Ashley Ulrich, a mother whose daughter attends elementary school with Miles, told NBC: 'I tossed and turned last night, just praying for a better outcome. But when I saw the news around one o'clock this morning, the least I could is come and pay my respects.'
Neighbors left flowers, balloons, and teddy bears at the pond where he was found, in a show their support for the family.
Miles is the second child to drown in the area since the summer.
In late July, another child who was also autistic and nonverbal was reported missing after attending a community picnic at Bohrer Park, in Gaithersburg, Maryland.
The body of 6-year-old Fawzan Hassan was discovered in the pond by a group of volunteers, who then alerted police, WTOP News reported.
The pond which was less than 50 yards away from the playground where he was last seen.
In a six year study, it was found that just about half [49 percent] of children with autism attempted to wander away from a safe environment, which is four times higher than their unaffected siblings, according to National Autism Association.
Drowning is the leading cause of death for those children who do successfully wander away.
In a six-year study, it was found that accidental drowning accounted for 71 percent of deaths among autistic children.
Children with autism are 160 times as likely to die from drowning as the general pediatric population.
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CBS on track to reach 2024 earnings target
CHINABANK Savings, Inc. (CBS), the thrift banking arm of listed China Banking Corp. (Chinabank), has surpassed its loan growth target for the year and expects further expansion amid declining interest rates, which would put it on track to reach its 2024 income goal, its top official said.
“In terms of growth, we’ve actually already hit our year-end target in loans as of October,” CBS President James Christian T. Dee told BusinessWorld on the sidelines of an event on Friday.
Mr. Dee previously said CBS wants its loan portfolio to reach P130 billion by end-2024.
As of end-June, the thrift bank’s net loans grew by 9.39% year on year to P127.28 billion, latest data from the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) showed.
The growth in its loan book puts the bank on track to reach its P2.15-billion net income target for this year, Mr. Dee said.
“Actually for net income, we’re just right on target. We’re looking forward to some easing in rates to support our final year-end target,” he said.
“Looking toward the next year, we’re generally optimistic because hopefully, with rates stabilizing or easing, we’re looking at even better numbers for 2025,” Mr. Dee added.
CBS booked a net income of P1.001 billion in the first semester, rising by 14.4% from P875 million in the comparable year-ago period, according to its listed parent’s quarterly report.
In 2023, the thrift lender posted a net profit of P1.828 billion.
Mr. Dee earlier said the thrift bank targets to grow its loan portfolio to P151 billion in 2025, backed by expectations of growth in its retail banking segment.
The BSP in August cut benchmark interest rates for the first time in nearly four years, slashing its policy rate by 25 basis points (bps) to 6.25%.
A BusinessWorld poll conducted last week showed that 16 out of 19 analysts expect the Monetary Board to reduce borrowing costs by another 25 bps at its policy meeting on Wednesday (Oct. 16) to bring the target reverse repurchase rate to 6%.
On the other hand, two analysts expect the central bank to cut by a bigger 50 bps this week, while one said the Monetary Board could leave rates unchanged.
BSP Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. earlier said they could deliver a 25-bp rate cut at each of their October and December meetings, which would bring the policy rate to 5.75% by yearend.
CBS’ listed parent Chinabank booked an attributable net income of P5.53 billion in the second quarter, down by 4.75% year on year as trading losses multiplied by nearly six times. This brought its net profit for the first semester to P11.44 billion, up by 5.65% year on year.
Chinabank shares went up by P1.80 or 3.02% to end at P61.40 apiece on Tuesday. — Aaron Michael C. Sy
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Sketch Spray Releases Data That People Are Not Buying Kitchens Anymore: A Shift Toward Kitchen Renovations in 2025
UK homeowners favour kitchen renovations over replacements, driven by cost savings and sustainability. This trend, enhanced by smart tech, fuels market growth.
UNITED KINGDOM, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- New data from Sketch Spray reveals a growing trend in the home improvement industry: homeowners are increasingly opting for kitchen renovation versus replacement. Rising installation costs, the desire for sustainable practices, and economic uncertainty are driving more people to renovate rather than replace their kitchens entirely.
Industry Data Highlights a Shift
The kitchen furniture and fixture market reached a total value of £194 billion in 2023, with 1.3 million new kitchens installed. However, recent trends show a shift towards kitchen makeovers and renovations:
*The kitchen furniture market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2024 to 2028.
*68% of homeowners opted for partial kitchen renovations in 2023, up from 57% in 2021.
*The average cost of a full kitchen installation ranges from £8,000 to £15,000, with high-end installations reaching up to £25,000.
*In contrast, kitchen makeovers can cost as little as £800 to £2,000, representing up to 80% in savings compared to a full renovation.
Globally, the kitchen renovation market is expected to reach $170 billion by 2025, growing at a CAGR of 4.3%, indicating a worldwide trend towards kitchen updates rather than full replacements.
Rising Costs and Consumer Behavior
Inflation and the rising cost of living have contributed to a shift in consumer spending habits:
*The UK inflation rate reached 10.1% in March 2023, the highest in 40 years.
*43% of UK homeowners prioritized cost when deciding on kitchen upgrades.
*62% of homeowners reported staying within or under budget for their kitchen renovations, compared to 51% in the previous year.
The cost of raw materials has also played a significant role in this shift. The price of timber, a key component in kitchen cabinetry, has increased by 30% since 2021. Similarly, the cost of metals used in kitchen appliances and fixtures has risen by 15% in the same period.
Sustainability Drives Renovations
Environmental awareness is growing, leading to more sustainable renovation choices:
*58% of renovating homeowners in 2023 incorporated eco-friendly options into their kitchen upgrades.
*The UK government aims to reduce carbon emissions by 78% by 2035 compared to 1990 levels, influencing homeowners' renovation decisions.
*Energy-efficient appliances can reduce energy consumption by up to 30% compared to older models.
A survey found that 72% of consumers consider the environmental impact of their kitchen materials. This has led to a 40% increase in the use of recycled and upcycled materials in kitchen renovations since 2020.
A Flexible and Efficient Approach
Homeowners are seeking more flexible and less disruptive renovation options:
*76% of kitchen renovations in 2023 involved cabinet upgrades, with 42% opting for partial cabinet upgrades.
*The average time for a full kitchen renovation is 5-6 weeks, while a kitchen refresh can be completed in 3-5 days.
*35% of homeowners cited minimizing disruption as a key factor in choosing partial renovations over full replacements.
The COVID-19 pandemic has also influenced this trend. With more people working from home, 65% of homeowners reported wanting to minimize disruptions to their daily routines, making quick kitchen refreshes more appealing.
Market Preferences for Kitchen Makeovers
As more homeowners choose to refresh their kitchens, industry reports show a surge in demand for kitchen makeovers:
*The kitchen worktop market is expected to grow at a CAGR of 4.5% from 2023 to 2028.
*52% of kitchen renovations in 2023 focused on upgrading countertops, while 49% involved updating backsplashes.
*The market for kitchen cabinet refacing is projected to grow by 6.3% annually from 2023 to 2027.
Paint manufacturers have reported a 25% increase in sales of cabinet paint since 2021, indicating a growing trend in DIY cabinet refreshes.
Benefits of Kitchen Renovation Over Replacement
The advantages of kitchen renovation versus replacement are clear:
*Homeowners can save 30-50% on average by opting for cabinet refacing instead of full replacement.
*Kitchen renovations offer an average ROI of 72%, compared to 56% for full kitchen remodels.
*87% of homeowners reported improved functionality and livability after partial kitchen renovations.
Moreover, homes with recently updated kitchens sold 25% faster than those without, even if the updates were minor refreshes rather than full renovations.
The Rise of Smart Kitchen Technology
A new trend emerging within kitchen renovations is the integration of smart technology:
*45% of kitchen renovations in 2023 included the addition of smart appliances, up from 30% in 2021.
*The global smart kitchen appliances market is expected to reach $43 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 14.5% from 2022 to 2027.
*Voice-activated devices in kitchens have seen a 200% increase in adoption since 2020.
Popular smart kitchen upgrades include Wi-Fi-enabled refrigerators with inventory management systems, smart ovens that can be controlled remotely, and voice-activated faucets and lighting systems.
Conclusion
As homeowners become more conscious of both their budget and environmental impact, the trend toward kitchen renovations over complete replacements is expected to grow. The data shows a clear shift toward kitchen makeovers that emphasize cost-effectiveness, sustainability, and flexibility, allowing homeowners to refresh their existing kitchen without the need for a full remodel. With the added dimension of smart technology integration, kitchen renovations are becoming an increasingly attractive option for homeowners looking to modernize their spaces efficiently and effectively.
For more information about the benefits of kitchen renovation and how it can transform your space, please contact Sketch Spray.
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Newswise — PHILADELPHIA – The University of Pennsylvania Prevention Research Center (UPenn PRC) has been awarded a grant totaling $6.5 million over five years from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) to work with communities in the Philadelphia area to develop, test, and evaluate solutions to public health problems, with a particular focus on cancer.
The center is led by Karen Glanz, PhD, MPH, a Penn Integrates Knowledge University Professor and the George A. Weiss University Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine and School of Nursing; Oluwadamilola “Lola” Fayanju, MD, MA, MPHS, the Helen O. Dickens Presidential Associate Professor in the Perelman School of Medicine and chief of the Breast Surgery Division at Penn Medicine; and Meghan Lane-Fall, MD, MSHP, the David E. Longnecker Professor of Anesthesiology and Critical Care, professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Informatics, professor of Medical Ethics and Health Policy, and director of the Penn Implementation Science Center (PISCE) in the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics.
The CDC’s PRC Program funds academic research centers conducting community-based prevention and public health research across the United States. The UPenn PRC is one of 20 CDC-funded centers in the 2024-2029 cycle.
Helping older adults with cancer decide on the care that’s right for them
The signature initiative of the UPenn PRC will be its five-year core research project. Penn researchers will collaborate with colleagues at Penn Medicine’s Abramson Cancer Center and Thomas Jefferson University’s Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center (SKCC) to implement a study focused on improving communication between doctors and older patients with early-stage breast, rectal, or lung cancer.
“I’m excited by this ambitious new core research project, where we’re drawing on the expertise of clinicians and surgeons, geriatrics experts, social work, communication science, psychology, and epidemiology to tackle issues that are especially important to older adults with cancer,” Glanz said. “Many factors can impact treatment decisions for this age group, including frailty, cognitive function, medication use, financial toxicity and other effects of living with cancer, the ability to carry out daily tasks and activities, personal values, and levels of family and community support.”
Worldwide, new cancer diagnoses are projected to double in adults aged 65 years and older over the next few decades. However, patients, caregivers, and their care teams often lack the tools to have effective shared decision-making conversations that incorporate guidelines for care, as well as the patient’s overall goals and preferences. As a result, some patients end up deciding on a treatment plan without fully understanding the potential impact on their health and their lives. Finally, there is evidence that patients from racial and ethnic minorities have less satisfactory experiences with shared decision-making than white patients.
This hybrid effectiveness-implementation study—titled BEACON (Best Case/Worst Case Equity-centered Adaptation to Communicate with Older oNcology patients)—will assess impact of the Best Case/Worst Case decision-making framework, a shared decision-making tool designed to help patients make treatment decisions based on what is important to them. This study aims to enroll a diverse group of more than 500 adults aged 65 and older who have been diagnosed with stage I or II breast, rectal, or lung cancer and are undergoing a pre-treatment surgical consultation. The UPenn PRC team will collaborate with a wide group of people important to patient care, including care teams, caregivers, and community health workers. The team will also leverage state-of-the-art technology, including deploying patient-reported outcome (PRO) and experience measures directly via the electronic health record.
“By working with a great multi-disciplinary, multi-institutional team to adapt the Best Case/Worst Case framework among diverse cancer patients in Philadelphia, we have a real opportunity to better align patients’ goals and values with the type of care and post-treatment follow-up their disease warrants,” Fayanju said. “Our hope is that this project will improve racial and ethnic disparities in shared decision making and guideline-concordant care among older patients with new early-stage cancers.”
PRC’s history and broader impact
The UPenn PRC was established in 2014 with a $4.35 million grant from the CDC that ran from 2014-2019. The center’s track record of success includes community-engaged research in weight management, cancer prevention and control, health disparities, and cognitive health.
In addition to the current center grant, the UPenn PRC was awarded a supplement to be a Collaborating Center in the Cancer Prevention and Control Research Network (CPCRN). CPCRN is a national network of academic, public health, and community partners who work together to implement evidence-based strategies to reduce the burden of cancer. The UPenn Collaborating Center research project will study community- and patient-engaged approaches to encourage risk assessment, counseling, and referral to risk-stratified services for underserved adults at increased-risk for breast and colorectal cancer.
The UPenn PRC’s leadership team and collaborators come from a wide range of specialties and hold a broad array of affiliations across the University of Pennsylvania, the city of Philadelphia, and the country. Glanz, Fayanju and Lane-Fall are all fellows of the Leonard Davis Institute of Health Economics (LDI) and hold leadership roles in other university-wide interdisciplinary research programs.
“We hope to engage, encourage and motivate scientists, clinicians, students, and community members from many disciplines and perspectives to come together to build healthier communities,” Glanz said. “We are fortunate that there are already many initiatives in progress at Penn, and we aspire to forge even more productive academic-healthcare-community partnerships that can be sustained long-term.”
The UPenn PRC leadership team also includes Amy Leader, DrPH, of Thomas Jefferson University, who will serve as the site PI at SKCC. Collaborators across Penn include Rebecca Brown, MD, MPH, Anne Marie McCarthy, ScM, PhD, and Nicole Saur, MD, all of the Perelman School of Medicine; Tamara J. Cadet, PhD, LICSW, MPH, of the School of Social Policy & Practice; and Andy Tan, MBBS, PhD, MPH, MBA, of the Annenberg School for Communication. Olugbenga Okusanya, MD, of Thomas Jefferson University and Margaret “Gretchen” Schwarze, MD, MPP, of the University of Wisconsin, Madison, are also collaborators.
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Penn Medicine is one of the world’s leading academic medical centers, dedicated to the related missions of medical education, biomedical research, excellence in patient care, and community service. The organization consists of the University of Pennsylvania Health System and Penn’s Raymond and Ruth Perelman School of Medicine, founded in 1765 as the nation’s first medical school.
The Perelman School of Medicine is consistently among the nation's top recipients of funding from the National Institutes of Health, with $550 million awarded in the 2022 fiscal year. Home to a proud history of “firsts” in medicine, Penn Medicine teams have pioneered discoveries and innovations that have shaped modern medicine, including recent breakthroughs such as CAR T cell therapy for cancer and the mRNA technology used in COVID-19 vaccines.
The University of Pennsylvania Health System’s patient care facilities stretch from the Susquehanna River in Pennsylvania to the New Jersey shore. These include the Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Penn Presbyterian Medical Center, Chester County Hospital, Lancaster General Health, Penn Medicine Princeton Health, and Pennsylvania Hospital—the nation’s first hospital, founded in 1751. Additional facilities and enterprises include Good Shepherd Penn Partners, Penn Medicine at Home, Lancaster Behavioral Health Hospital, and Princeton House Behavioral Health, among others.
Penn Medicine is an $11.1 billion enterprise powered by more than 49,000 talented faculty and staff.
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Julius Randle Cracks Knicks Joke Ahead Of Timberwolves Debut
Old habits will apparently die hard for former New York Knicks star Julius Randle.
Anyone still not accepting the reality of the new Knicks is set to get a bit of a jolt, as Randle is set to don a new uniform come Wednesday night when the Minnesota Timberwolves face the Chicago Bulls in an exhibition game (8 p.m. ET, Bally Sports North). That game will host not only Randle's first unofficial Minnesota minutes but also his first time on an NBA court since enduring a shoulder injury that proved to be season-ending back in January.
Asked about a potential minutes restriction, Randle joked that he comes from a land devoid of such limitations.
"You know where I'm coming from," Randle said in a video from SNY. "I'm ready for whatever ... whatever (head coach Chris) Finch needs from me, I'll give it to him."
Randle, of course, spent the past four seasons playing for Knicks head coach Tom Thibodeau, who has come to expect a lot out of his primary men. Despite missing the final 36 games of last season, Randle still ranks 13th in total minutes among all NBA players since Thibodeau took over the Knicks in 2020-21. When Randle went down, Thibodeau heavily relied upon the efforts of Josh Hart, even pressing the Villanova alum into full 48-minute efforts in his place.
Randle's maiden voyage with Minnesota comes shortly after he returned to Madison Square Garden for the Timberwolves' preseason visit. Karl-Anthony Towns, the primary yield of the trade that ended Randle's Knicks career, proved to be well worth the price, putting up a 16-point, 16-rebound double-double in a 115-110 win for the hosting New Yorkers.
Sunday's return offered Knicks fans a proper opportunity to say goodbye to Randle and fellow export Donte DiVincenzo, who were honored with a grateful tribute video shown on MSG's "GardenVision" before and during the game. Randle admitted that he was only able to see the clip when his son and Knicks fan favorite Kyden showed him when he got home, but nonetheless labeled the gesture "cool" in another video from SNY.
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DeSantis praises Milton recovery efforts as rising flood waters persist in Florida
Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is praising Hurricane Milton recovery efforts, saying power has never been restored to so many so quickly after a storm
DeSantis praises Milton recovery efforts as rising flood waters persist in Florida
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While there's still more work to do, Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis on Tuesday praised Hurricane Milton recovery efforts, saying power has never been restored to so many so quickly after a major storm.
“President (Ronald) Reagan used to say the most terrifying words in the English language are, ‘I’m from the government and I’m here to help.’ There’s a lot of wisdom in that, but I don’t think The Gipper ever saw Florida respond to a natural disaster, because we get after it and we do make a difference,” DeSantis said at a news conference in front of a flooded road in Zephyrhills.
There were still about 170,000 customers without electricity, rivers continued to rise in some flooded areas and the state was still providing free gas to residents struggling to top of their tanks. But DeSantis pointed out that more than 4 million customers had power restored less than a week after the Category 3 storm.
At least 11 people died less than two weeks after Hurricane Helene inflicted major damage in Florida and other Southeastern states. The death toll from Helene is more than 240. While most gas stations were back up and running, the state still has 10 active fuel distribution centers providing free gas to residents. DeSantis said more than 2 million gallons had been distributed so far.
As happened two years ago during Hurricane Ian, parts of central Florida on Tuesday were flooding almost a week after Milton made landfall due to the rising St. Johns River.
In Seminole County, north of Orlando, crews closed roads along the shores of Lake Harney and Lake Jesup after several homes were flooded by the river. Since last Thursday, at least 15 people have been evacuated from homes in nearby Geneva and a neighborhood in Altamonte Springs located in a crook of the Little Wekiva River.
Water levels along the St. Johns River were expected to crest later in the week.
In Sumter County, home to the sprawling retirement community, The Villages, residents along the Little Withlacoochee River were being encouraged to evacuate as river levels rose. Residents who decided to evacuate were offered shelter at the Sumter County Fairgrounds.
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LONDON (CelebrityAccess) — Universal Music Publishing Group announced the promotion of David Gray the post of to Managing Director, U.K. as well as Head of Global A&R for Universal Music Publishing Group (UMPG).
In his new role, Gray will take on oversight of all departments in the management and creative direction of the company’s U.K. office. His new portfolio includes identifying and developing creative opportunities for UMPG songwriters, spotting and signing rising talent, and developing artists and creators already signed to the music publisher.
He will assume the leadership role from longtime UMPG U.K. Managing Director Mike McCormack, who has established a consultancy and formed a joint venture with the company.
Before his most recent promotion, Gray served as UMPG’s Executive Vice President and Co-Head of US A&R, as well as Head of the company’s Global Creative Group. During his tenure, he’s signed artists and songwriters such as Sabrina Carpenter, Stephen Sanchez, Julia Michaels, Shawn Mendes, Nick Jonas, Joe Jonas, and Demi Lovato, among others and collaborated with UMPG Chair & CEO Jody Gerson to launch the music publisher’s Global Creative Group in 2022.
Gray will assume his new duties officially in January and will be based in UMPG UK’s London headquarters.
“David is one of the best creative A&R executives I have ever known, and he is integral to our global approach and success. His talent for identifying and building careers for songwriters, artists and producers is second to none, and his leadership and mentorship of the next generation of publishers is a quality I admire tremendously. I am delighted to promote David to this new role,” Gerson said.
“I would like to thank Mike McCormack for his many contributions to UMPG through the years and especially for his leadership during his eight years as our U.K. MD. I value him greatly as a friend and colleague. I am delighted he will continue to be part of the UMPG family,” she added.
“I want to thank Jody for her constant belief in me and for shaping a company built upon A&R, creativity, and a belief in songwriters and artists that is at the heart of our ethos. I am so excited to work with the incredible U.K. team, including our great Head of A&R Pete Simmons, and build upon the success achieved by Mike McCormack, who will continue his stellar contributions to our company through his new joint venture,” Gray said.
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Verizon users are having a blast after discovering secret offer that brings bill down
Carriers are afraid to lose subscribers, which is why, they'll do almost anything within means to get you to stay. Verizon, for instance, will offer you a monthly discount on every line if it suspects you are plotting to jump ship. Even if you aren't thinking of switching to another provider, you might be able to bring your monthly bill down just by pretending you are considering another telecom operator.
Reddit user gramj_fw has discovered that if you launch the My Verizon app, tap on manage device, and select the option that generates a number transfer pin for customers who want to migrate to another carrier, you will get a popup that takes you to an offer page. Then, you will be offered a discount of $10 on every line for 12 months.
You will have to redeem the offer for each of your lines separately and then call Verizon at 611 to make sure it has been activated.
If you don't get a popup, chances are you will get either an email or text message with the promo terms. And if for some reason you can't call a customer representative, just hop on to the carrier's website and talk to support staff.
Not everyone is eligible though, but it doesn't hurt to try your luck and see if you qualify. Even if you aren't offered a loyalty discount, chances are, you will be offered something else, such as a free iPhone 16 with trade-in or a free iPhone 15.
Some customers had success with getting more than just a $10 loyalty discount, including a waiver on the upgrade fee or an even higher discount.
The offer will end after twelve months, after which you will have to talk to support staff to renew it.
Since this deal isn't officially advertised and presumably exists to make disgruntled customers stay, Verizon may cancel it if too many people catch wind of it.
You will have to redeem the offer for each of your lines separately and then call Verizon at 611 to make sure it has been activated.
This appears to be a loyalty discount, but that doesn't mean you have to be a life-long customer to enjoy it. A customer who joined merely a month ago was also able to get the discount.
If you don't get a popup, chances are you will get either an email or text message with the promo terms. And if for some reason you can't call a customer representative, just hop on to the carrier's website and talk to support staff.
Not everyone is eligible though, but it doesn't hurt to try your luck and see if you qualify. Even if you aren't offered a loyalty discount, chances are, you will be offered something else, such as a free iPhone 16 with trade-in or a free iPhone 15.
Some customers had success with getting more than just a $10 loyalty discount, including a waiver on the upgrade fee or an even higher discount.
The offer will end after twelve months, after which you will have to talk to support staff to renew it.
Since this deal isn't officially advertised and presumably exists to make disgruntled customers stay, Verizon may cancel it if too many people catch wind of it.
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Posted in: Disney+, Preview, Star Wars, streaming, TV | Tagged: disney plus, lucasfilm, star wars, The Acolyte
The Acolyte: Headland Interested in Jedi Journey to "Phantom Menace"
Leslye Headland on why the time period that The Acolyte is covering is so interesting and how the show's "wars" will be much more personal.
Last month saw the release of the official trailer, key art poster & images for Leslye Headland's (Russian Bride) Amandla Stenberg (The Eddy) & Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game)-starring Star Wars: The Acolyte. Set for a two-episode premiere on Tuesday, June 4th, the mystery-thriller will take viewers into a galaxy of shadowy secrets and emerging dark-side powers in the final days of the High Republic era. A former Padawan (Stenberg) reunites with her Jedi Master (Jung-jae) to investigate a series of crimes, but the forces they confront are more sinister than they ever anticipated. Speaking with Empire for its recently released look at the upcoming series, Headland offered some insights into what makes this time period so fascinating.
"I was very interested in, how did the Jedi get to where they are in 'Phantom Menace'? You're definitely getting a sense that, with the Jedi, the writing may be on the wall," Headland explained. But with the Jedi firmly in charge and the Sith still lurking in the shadows, the "Star Wars" series will see the conflicts take on a much more personal tone to them. "The quote-unquote 'war' of this 'Star Wars' is a much smaller, more personal one," Headland added. "The war between people, the war between characters." But the show's creator doesn't want viewers to forget that the series is also a murder mystery – so expect some twists & turns. "It's one story with several reveals, and new clues and new information each episode. It's not just a mystery that you have to find out. It's not unlike 'Russian Doll.' It's almost like a spiral – it digs deeper and deeper and deeper," Headland teased.
The Acolyte Honors/Challenges "Star Wars" Ethos: Amandla Stenberg
During an interview with C Magazine, Stenberg shared how Headland pitched to series to her. "All the artwork was conceptualized with my face, and Leslye was like, 'So I've been working on this for about three or four years for you. I don't know what I'm going to do if you don't do it. No pressure," Stenberg revealed. "So I was sent to the moon, of course."
Filmed mostly at Shinfield Studios in Berkshire, England, Stenberg found the experience quite different from past productions. "The crews are so hardcore, they're so hardworking, and it's very kind of hierarchical and competitive, and people work their asses off. It's very different, I think, than what I've experienced on most American sets," she explained. Another big difference between The Acolyte and Stenberg's previous work? "I have a really, really heavy load in this show, an abnormal load," she adds.
While she's understandably under strict "no spoilers" watch, Stenberg was able to discuss the show's thematic goals and the perspective that it's taking. "In the context of the Star Wars universe, it's a time of great peace, theoretically. It's also a time of an institution, and it's a time in which conceptions around the Force are very strict. And I think what we're trying to explore within our show is when an institution has a singular conception of how power can be used…we try to provide a lot of different perspectives and answers to that question," Stenberg explained. "The idea is to kind of honor the ethos of Star Wars and ideas around the Force and also challenge them, hopefully harmoniously."
Disney+, Lucasfilm, and Headland's The Acolyte stars Amandla Stenberg (The Hate U Give), Lee Jung-jae (Squid Game), Manny Jacinto (Nine Perfect Strangers), Dafne Keen (His Dark Materials), Jodie Turner-Smith (Queen & Slim), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), Charlie Barnett (Russian Doll), Dean-Charles Chapman (1917), Carrie-Anne Moss (The Matrix), Margarita Levieva (Revenge, The Deuce), Rebecca Henderson (Inventing Anna), and Chewbacca actor Joonas Suotamo as the Wookie Jedi Kel Naka. Headland directed the premiere episodes (Eps. 101 & 102) – with directors Kogonada (Eps. 103 & 107), Alex Garcia Lopez (Eps. 104 & 105) and Hanelle Culpepper (Eps. 106 & 108) rounding out the lineup of directors. Along with Headland, Kathleen Kennedy, Simon Emanuel, Jeff F. King, and Jason Micallef will executive produce (with Rayne Roberts and Damian Anderson set to produce).
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Things aren't perfect for the Carolina Panthers at quarterback right now ... but they are perfect for one wide receiver who's suddenly found his way into weekly flex consideration — Diontae Johnson. It seemed all offseason as though Johnson could be one of the better values in fantasy football drafts as the presumed clear-cut WR1 in a new Dave Canales offense. However, poor play from Bryce Young hindered Johnson's shot at fantasy relevance.
Though Andy Dalton hasn't been a perfect solution for the Panthers specifically, he has provided a much-needed spark to the passing game, and this week, they'll get a matchup against one of the league's worst secondaries that could put Johnson in the mix for his fourth top-15 finish at WR this season.
Is Johnson a must-flex asset in your Week 7 lineups? Find out where he landed in our team's Week 7 PPR flex rankings:
Who will you start at the flex in your PPR leagues for Week 7?
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LEMONCHAIN (LEMC) traded up 0.3% against the U.S. dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 13:00 PM E.T. on October 15th. One LEMONCHAIN token can now be bought for about $0.0005 or 0.00000001 BTC on major cryptocurrency exchanges. In the last week, LEMONCHAIN has traded 15.9% lower against the U.S. dollar. LEMONCHAIN has a total market capitalization of $36,716.39 and approximately $1,804.54 worth of LEMONCHAIN was traded on exchanges in the last day.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- Aidi Finance (BSC) (AIDI) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Zoo Token (ZOOT) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0652 or 0.00000239 BTC.
- CareCoin (CARES) traded down 2.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0809 or 0.00000297 BTC.
- Hokkaidu Inu (HOKK) traded 1.2% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0004 or 0.00000001 BTC.
- Jeff in Space (JEFF) traded 2.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2.75 or 0.00010076 BTC.
- Lumi Credits (LUMI) traded up 8.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0162 or 0.00000027 BTC.
- AXIA Coin (AXC) traded 0.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $13.43 or 0.00048094 BTC.
- MVP Coin (MVP) traded down 4.4% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0477 or 0.00000072 BTC.
- P2P Solutions foundation (P2PS) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $168.63 or 0.00251875 BTC.
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DeSantis praises Milton recovery efforts as rising flood waters persist in Florida
TALLAHASSEE, Fla. (AP) — Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis is praising Hurricane Milton recovery efforts, saying power has never been restored to so many so quickly after a storm. There were still about 170,000 customers without electricity Tuesday, rivers continued to rise in some flooded areas and the state was still providing free gas to residents struggling to top of their tanks. But DeSantis said at a news conference that more than 4 million customers had power restored less than a week after the storm. While most gas stations were back up and running, the state still has 10 active fuel distribution centers providing free gas to residents.
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We're proud to partner with brands that bring families together. With Ad Council, Langers, JCPenney, Zazzle, and Roblox, these partnerships amplify the heart of GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE.” - Amy Taylor, producer of GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUELOS ANGELES, CA, UNITED STATES, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Second Chance Productions is thrilled to announce several exciting partnerships in support of their upcoming animated family movie, GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE, which will hit theaters nationwide on October 18, 2024.
The film, featuring the voices of Susan Sarandon, Bill Nighy, Brooke Shields, Danny Trejo, Alicia Silverstone, and Al Franken, takes audiences on a journey filled with mischief, humor, and heart.
To amplify the movie's message of friendship, family, and safety, Second Chance Productions has partnered with the Ad Council, Langers Juice, JCPenney Portraits, Zazzle, and Roblox, each bringing unique activations and promotions to audiences nationwide.
Ad Council - Child Passenger Safety Campaign
The Ad Council has teamed up with GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE to promote child car safety to audiences of all ages. This collaboration is perfectly aligned with the film's family-oriented themes, and encourages parents to make sure their kids are in the right seat for their age and size for every adventure.
By combining the film's fun and adventurous storyline with an important safety message, the partnership aims to make a lasting impact on families across the country.
The Ad Council has already distributed a GRACIE & PEDRO x Child Car Safety PSA, including a 30-second TV spot, to major media outlets across the country who will air the spot in donated media. The PSA campaign is also being promoted across social media platforms including Facebook, X, Instagram, and YouTube, ensuring that the child passenger safety message reaches a wide audience.
Langers Juice - On-Pack Exclusive Movie-themed T-shirt Offer
Langers Juice, a family-owned company known for its commitment to delivering high-quality, all-natural juices, is joining forces with GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE to refresh families and fuel their adventures. With a wide range of flavors crafted from the finest fruits, Langers has been a household name for over 50 years, providing nutritious and delicious juice options for every family occasion.
As part of this collaboration, Langers Juice will bring the magic of GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE to stores nationwide with an exclusive on-pack movie promotion. Customers can purchase four 64-ounce bottles of Langers Juice and qualify for a special GRACIE & PEDRO T-shirt offer.
This partnership brings the excitement directly into homes across the country, inspiring families to embark on their own adventures while savoring the refreshing taste of Langers Juice.
JCPenney Portraits by Lifetouch
JCPenney Portraits by Lifetouch is sponsoring local screening events for GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE in five major markets: Dallas, TX; Chicago, IL; Los Angeles, CA; Miami, FL; and Glendale/Phoenix, AZ. In addition to sponsoring these events, JCPenney Portraits will provide discount coupons for screening guests, as well as discount coupons for local shelters and other charitable organizations.
Additionally, JCPenney Portraits will offer Family Photo Session Package Prize Coupons including a free photo session and digital album. These contributions will bring even more smiles to families during the holiday season by giving them a chance to capture cherished memories.
Zazzle - Homepage Takeover and Custom Merchandise
On-demand retail platform Zazzle is bringing GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE directly to fans through a specialized, custom line of merchandise. The Gracie & Pedro Zazzle store will feature unique, movie-inspired memorabilia, including apparel, home goods, decorative items, party gear, stationery, accessories, and more-all available for customization.
Zazzle will feature a homepage event announcement, in support of the Gracie & Pedro store launch. This partnership will help fans further connect with the characters and themes of GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE through fun, personalized merchandise.
Virtual Red Carpet Experience on Roblox
Second Chance Productions is breaking new ground with the launch of a virtual red carpet experience for GRACIE & PEDRO: PETS TO THE RESCUE on Roblox. Now available on the gaming platform, this immersive event invites fans of all ages to celebrate the movie's release by stepping onto a glamorous Hollywood-style red carpet within the world of Roblox, ahead of the film's theatrical debut.
Fans can customize their avatars with VIP outfits, hairstyles, and makeup before walking down the virtual red carpet, recreating the excitement and elegance of a real Hollywood premiere. Additionally, themed theaters packed with mini-games,
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Updated October 15, 2024 at 13:53 PM ET
There’s a valley in rural southwest Utah that’s become a hub for renewable energy. Dozens of tall white wind turbines whoosh up in the sky. A sea of solar panels glistens in the distance.
But the new kid on the block is mostly hidden underground.
From the surface, Fervo Energy’s Cape Station looks more or less like an oil derrick, with a thin metal tower rising above the sagebrush steppe.
But this $2 billion geothermal project, which broke ground last year, is not drilling for gas. It’s drilling for underground heat that CEO Tim Latimer believes holds the key to generating carbon-free power — lots of it.
“Just these three well pads alone will produce 100 megawatts of electricity. Around-the-clock, 24/7 electricity,” he said.
Latimer stood overlooking the project, which is currently under construction, on one of the drill rig’s metal platforms 40 feet off the ground. This well is one of the 24 Fervo is in the process of completing at Cape Station to harness the Earth’s natural heat and generate electricity.
Not your father's geothermal energy
This isn’t the type of geothermal that’s already active in volcanic hot spots like Iceland or The Geysers project in California. It’s called an enhanced geothermal system.
Cold water goes down into a well that curves like a hockey stick as it reaches more than 13,000 feet underground. Then the water squeezes through cracks in 400-degree rock. The water heats up and returns to the surface through a second well that runs parallel to the first. That creates steam that turns turbines to produce electricity, and the water gets sent back underground in a closed loop.
This horizontal well technique has been pioneered at a $300 million federal research project called Utah FORGE located in this same valley, which has paved the way for private companies to take the tech and run with it.
Recent innovations like better drill bits — made with synthetic diamonds to eat through hard subterranean granite — have helped Fervo drill its latest well in a quarter of the time that it took just a couple of years ago. That efficiency has meant an 80% drop in drilling costs, Latimer said.
Last year, Fervo’s pilot project in Nevada used similar techniques to begin sending electricity to a Google data center. And the company’s early tests at Cape Station in Utah show the new project can produce power at triple the rate of its Nevada pilot.
“This is now a proven tech. That's not a statement you could have made two or three years ago,” Latimer said. “Now, it just comes down to how do we get more of these megawatts on the grid so we have a bigger impact?”
This summer, this type of geothermal got one step closer to Americans’ living rooms.
Fervo signed a landmark deal with Southern California Edison, one of the country’s largest electric utilities with 15 million customers. It will send the first 70 megawatts of geothermal juice to the grid in 2026. By the time the project is fully completed in 2028, this Utah plant will deliver 320 megawatts total — enough to power 350,000 homes. The project’s full output will be 400 megawatts.
Carbon-free mandates stimulate demand
California leaders set a mandate in 2018 requiring the state to have 100% renewable electricity by 2045. So, SoCal Edison spokesperson Reggie Kumar said adding geothermal makes sense.
“For California to achieve its decarbonization goals by 2045, the grid must expand faster than ever before. This means we need to take bold actions.”
The U.S. Department of Energy’s long-term goal is to multiply domestic geothermal capacity nearly 25-fold by 2050 — to a level that could power more than 65 million homes. The federal government is investing millions in geothermal projects to speed up geothermal’s deployment nationwide. The local geology in southwest Utah makes it a prime spot for tapping underground heat, but recent mapping from the National Renewable Energy Lab shows potential for enhanced geothermal to work across much of the West and even in some eastern states, such as Mississippi, Iowa and Pennsylvania.
Geothermal does currently cost more per megawatt hour than wind or solar, but those more-established renewables require big batteries to keep power flowing around the clock. Geothermal, on the other hand, has the potential to ramp up and down as needed to fill the gaps when it’s not sunny or windy, said Alexandra Gorin, who manages the carbon-free electricity team at sustainability think tank RMI.
“Theoretically, it offers a firmer, clean fuel source,” she said, “and so for utilities and grid operators that are concerned a lot about reliability and resource adequacy, geothermal has the potential to provide ... closer to 24/7 renewable.”
The fact that a giant utility like SoCal Edison made this type of deal sends a message to the broader energy market about geothermal’s viability, said RMI senior principal, Uday Varadarajan.
“It's saying something that they feel they need geothermal, even though they have so much wind, solar and storage. So I think it is a big deal.”
We won’t know for sure if geothermal can be a reliable utility-scale power source until it actually happens, Varadarajan said, but he’s cautiously optimistic. And if the Fervo project works, he said more companies could begin building additional geothermal projects for other utilities within just a few years.
“We do hope we will have other [renewable energy] options in the next decade, but geothermal is something that can start scaling by the end of this decade,” he said. “That few years can make an enormous difference for competitiveness [and] for climate.”
Enhanced geothermal has potential to scale quickly, in part, because it borrows a lot of tech and know-how from the industry many would like to see it replace: fossil fuels. Fervo is even based in Houston — Oiltown USA — and a majority of the company’s employees came from the fossil fuel industry.
Scalable with off the shelf technology
Eric Williams, for example, spent decades working in oil and gas but now oversees safety at the Fervo project in Utah. Switching industries didn’t change his daily tasks, he said, but it did change the way he feels about his job.
“You say you work in the oil and gas industry, sometimes people go, ‘Ehhhh.’ But when you say geothermal and when you say renewable, sustainable ... a lot of people go, ‘Wow,’” Williams said. “So when I do tell people about what I do out in the world, I'm proud.”
That illustrates another reason why geothermal could help the U.S. chart a path to a cleaner energy future, said CEO Tim Latimer. A lot of fossil fuel operations will be phased out to fight climate change. And a lot of oil and gas workers will need a landing spot.
Geothermal could help with both transitions, he said, if the project in Utah is the start of something bigger.
Copyright 2024 NPR
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Americans’ trust in the establishment media to report current events “fully, accurately and fairly” plummeted to a record low in 2024, Gallup polling found Monday.
The decline in trust indicates the media lost credibility due to pushing false narratives, such as Hunter Biden’s laptop story, Russian collusion, the source of the 2020 pandemic, the January 6 investigation, and numerous hoaxes:
As a result, only 31 percent of Americans have a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to tell the truth, one point below its low watermark of 32 percent in 2016 and 2023.
Gallup reported its findings:
Americans continue to register record-low trust in the mass media, with 31% expressing a “great deal” or “fair amount” of confidence in the media to report the news “fully, accurately and fairly,” similar to last year’s 32%. Americans’ trust in the media — such as newspapers, television and radio — first fell to 32% in 2016 and did so again last year.
For the third consecutive year, more U.S. adults have no trust at all in the media (36%) than trust it a great deal or fair amount. Another 33% of Americans express “not very much” confidence.
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As has been the case historically, partisans have different levels of confidence in the media to report the news fully, accurately and fairly. Currently, 54% of Democrats, 27% of independents and 12% of Republicans say they have a great deal or fair amount of trust in the media. Independents’ trust matches the record low in 2022, while Democrats’ and Republicans’ are statistically similar to their historical low points.
Americans’ trust in the media in the 1970s ranged from the low 70s to the high 60s but sank to the low 50s into the Bush administration. During the Obama administration, it hovered above 40 percent and tanked to its lowest mark with the rise of former President Donald Trump.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter with Breitbart News and a former RNC War Room Analyst. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell on “X” @WendellHusebø or on Truth Social @WendellHusebo.
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https://www.breitbart.com/2024-election/2024/10/15/gallup-trust-in-establishment-media-hits-record-low/
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EU seeks to overcome Hungary's veto and secure military aid for Ukraine by November
EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs, Josep Borrel, expressed optimism that member states could approve his proposal to allocate over six billion euros from the European Peace Facility for Kyiv's military needs by November, circumventing Hungary's veto.
"We need to reach a consensus that unlocks both the European Peace Facility and the Ukraine Support Fund. While I can't guarantee 100 percent success now, I believe all countries will eventually agree," Borrell stated during a press conference following the EU Foreign Affairs Council meeting in Luxembourg on Monday, October 14th.
In March 2024, EU members agreed to create a Ukraine Support Fund within the European Peace Facility (EPF) to reimburse countries that supply weapons to Kyiv. However, a 6.5 billion euro package from the EPF and the new fund has been stalled by Budapest for the last five months.
To navigate the Hungarian veto, Borrell proposed voluntary contributions from EU states to the EPF, allowing for military support decisions to be made without requiring unanimous consensus. This initiative has been actively discussed among EU ambassadors and at the current EU Council meeting. When asked whether other countries might also refuse to contribute to the voluntary fund, Borrell expressed confidence that such risk does not exist, though he acknowledged not all nations agree with his proposal yet.
"I can't fully assure that we'll have a decision by the next EU Council meeting. But, since it will be my last, I suspect my colleagues won't want to spoil it," Borrell hinted. His tenure will officially end after the Foreign Affairs Council meeting scheduled for November 18th.
In Luxembourg, ministers also analyzed Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky's "peace plan," which Borrell indicated would be presented at the EU summit in Brussels on October 17-18.
"There’s a strategic logic in politically and militarily strengthening Ukraine to compel Putin to negotiate, though I must admit, this prospect seems quite remote," Borrell noted.
He further remarked that Russia's recent missile assaults on Ukraine's "grain corridor" and port infrastructure have reignited concerns over Ukrainian grain exports.
The diplomat emphasized that the EU cannot "allow Putin to once again endanger global food security."
According to Borrell, ministers also deliberated on the possibility of sanctioning Russia's shadow fleet and imposing new penalties for sanctions circumvention, allowing Russia to continue acquiring weapons components through third countries.
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Driven by game action featuring more touchdowns than have ever been scored during an opening week in NFL history, Week 1 of the 2019 NFL season was an unqualified success across all forms of media. Below are Week 1 media consumption, merchandise and on-the-field figures and notes.
NFL TV Notes from Week 1
NFL games were the top six programs of the broadcast week (Mon-Sun, 9/2-9/8), highlighted by the top three games, each delivering an average minute audience of over 22 million viewers through Nielsen-measured platforms.
- New York Giants at Dallas (FOX - 23.9M) 2. Green Bay at Chicago (NBC - 22.2M) 3. Pittsburgh at New England (NBC - 22.2M)
» The top non-NFL programming of the week was 9.1M
For Week 1, NFL games were viewed by a total audience of over 109 Million viewers with a per game average minute audience of 17.1M viewers through Nielsen-measured platforms, up +5% vs. 2018 Week 1
» The 2019 Kickoff game on NBC between Green Bay and Chicago averaged 22.2M viewers, up +17% versus the 2018 Kickoff game (Atlanta at Philadelphia)
»New York Giants at Dallas was the most-watched Week #1 FOX National game since 2016
» Compared to 2017, the 2019 CBS Single (led by Tennessee at Cleveland & Kansas City at Jacksonville) was up +16% in viewers
» Houston at New Orleans was the most-watched Week #1 ESPN early game since 2015 while Denver at Oakland was the most-watched Week #1 ESPN late game since 2015
Source: Nielsen National Viewership Data and Nielsen Fast Total Audience Estimates; excludes certain digital streaming platforms
NFL Digital Notes from Week 1
» Live streaming across Week 1 game windows on NFL, Verizon Media, and broadcaster digital platforms delivered an average minute audience of 514K, up +43% versus Week 1 in 2018.
Source: Adobe Analytics
Social Media Highlights from Week 1
» All 16 games were the most social sports events during opening weekend
» There were 38M social interactions generated around NFL Football games during opening week
»During Week 1, there were over 250M views of NFL video clips (not live) across Facebook, Twitter, and Instagram (+33% YoY)
» The three most social games of the week were: 1. Pittsburgh at New England (5.6M Interactions) 2. New York Giants at Dallas (4.8M Interactions) 3. Houston at New Orleans (4.8M Interactions) Source: Nielsen Social Content Ratings from 9/5 - 9/9/19 NFL Merchandise Sales Highlights from Week 1
» Week 1 NFL merchandise sales at NFLShop.com and across the entire Fanatics network of ecommerce sites (which also includes many of the NFL Clubs online stores) were up +30% YoY (sales for 9/5/19-9/9/19 vs. same period in 2018)
2019 NFL Kickoff Presented by EA Sports Madden NFL 20
» The NFL kicked off its 100th season with "NFL Kickoff Presented by EA Sports Madden NFL 20" on Thursday, September 5 when artists and Inspire Change advocates Meek Mill, Meghan Trainor and Rapsody performed a free concert in front of over 42 thousand fans -- one of the largest crowds in NFL Kickoff history -- at Grant Park in Chicago. The event culminated with the first ever official NFL Kickoff Watch Party for the Green Bay-Chicago game.
NFL Week 1: Scoring, Comebacks, and Close Games
» In the first week of the season, there were 90 total touchdowns, the most in NFL history for Week 1
» Both the Bills, trailing 16-0 to the Jets, and Eagles, down 17-0 to the Redskins, came back to win their games. The only other year in which multiple teams overcame deficits of at least 16 points to win their opening games was 1999. That season, the Cardinals won in Philadelphia and the Cowboys won in Washington, with each team having trailed by 21 points earlier in the game.
» Nine games in Week 1 of the 2019 season were decided by eight points or fewer, while 10 of the contests were within one score during the fourth quarter.
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Air Canada Boeing 787 is hit by horror turbulence that trashed cabin and coated ceiling with food
Passengers were left shaken and covered in food after an Air Canada flight experienced extreme turbulence last week.
The Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Flight AC19 from Vancouver to Singapore was left trashed on Friday after intense turbulence sent food flying across the cabin.
The passenger plane dropped over 6,000 feet in roughly five minutes during the shakey flight, according to FlightAware, which caused the raucous.
A Reddit post from Morrell Andrews shared photos of the aftermath, showing the food-painted cabin. He said that about two hours into the flight they 'hit some major bumps and everything went flying (including a few people!).'
Boeing 787-9 Dreamliner Flight AC19 from Vancouver to Singapore was left trashed on Friday after intense turbulence sent food, and a couple of passengers, flying across the cabin
'All you see if heads go up, food and drinks hit the roof. I hope most people had their seat belts on!! Because that would have hurt so much,' said a commenter on reddit
The post said nobody was hurt, but many were still shocked at how rocked the plane became.
Some commenters even said they were on the same flight. One wrote: 'I was terrified, never had turbulence like that before. Really made me realize how helpless you are on a plane.'
They added: 'All you see is heads go up, food and drinks hit the roof. I hope most people had their seat belts on!! Because that would have hurt so much.'
The user, who said they were a passenger, added that they were unsure how far or fast the plane dropped. The flight continued on afterwards without experiencing anymore incidents.
The Air Canada flight continued on to Singapore after the intense turbulence with no further incidents according to a passenger
Data from online flight tracking organization, FlightAware, showed the Singapore Airlines Boeing 777 had dropped around 6,000 feet in roughly five minutes, with thunderstorms reported in the area, according to CBS News.
'I started cleaning my area like mad while shaking and trying to calm myself and holding back tears,' another passenger claimed following the ordeal.
Another said: 'Me too!! It felt like one of those roller coasters where you have several seconds of weightlessness. And the cabin was full of floating food!
'I had coffee dripping on me from the ceiling and was picking rice out of my hair afterwards.'
Earlier this year, a flight from London to Singapore hit an air pocket and fell through the sky, leaving one passenger dead and 23 injured.
The Boeing 777 flight experienced major turbulence, ceiling fittings had been ripped apart, and the plane was reported to have dropped 6,000 feet.
Andrew Davies, who was on board, wrote on X: 'People's belongings were scattered, coffee and water splattered the ceiling. Surreal. So many injured people. Head lacerations, bleeding ears. A lady was screaming in pain with a bad back. I couldn't help her - just got her water.'
Another flight from Doha to Dublin in May experienced severe turbulence that left twelve injured, eight were taken to hospital.
The plane was reported to have dropped for a few seconds, 'next to us we saw the flight attendant just go up in the air and come straight back down,' said passenger Conor Buckley.
The turbulence occurred during food service, sending food and flight attendants flying to the ceiling and across the cabin.
Experts believe the increase in turbulence is due to climate change, with a 55 percent increase from 1979 to 2020.
Pilots say there are two main types of turbulence, one is triggered by high-levels wind changes in low-level clouds and 'clear-air' turbulence from wind changes, which happens above clouds.
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In Short:
Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia announced that satellite spectrum in India will be allocated administratively, but there will still be costs involved. The pricing will be determined by the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI). The allocation method aligns with global practices, but there’s disagreement among telecom companies. Reliance Jio advocates for auctioning the spectrum, while Airtel supports administrative allocation.
Spectrum for satellite services will be allocated administratively; however, it is important to note that this allocation will not be free of cost, as clarified by Telecom Minister Jyotiraditya Scindia during a recent press briefing at the India Mobile Congress.
Cost and Allocation Formula
The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) will determine both the cost of the spectrum and the formula for its allocation. Minister Scindia stated, “There is a paper that has already been circulated by TRAI, and that regulatory authority has been empowered by the constitution to decide what administrative prices are going to be. I am very confident that they will come up with the best prices to be adopted, provided they are under administrative demand.”
Framework Established by Telecom Act 2023
The recently passed Telecom Act 2023 clearly stipulates that satellite communication (Satcom) spectrum will be allocated via an administrative route. The minister emphasized that globally, satellite spectrum is often allocated through administrative means, making India’s approach consistent with international practices.
Challenges of Spectrum Pricing
Minister Scindia elaborated, “Satellite spectrum is shared spectrum. If spectrum is shared, how can it be priced individually? There are numerous factors that influence that decision, which is why countries globally have adhered to this methodology, and India is following suit.”
Industry Perspectives
In comments made earlier in the day, Bharti Airtel Chairman Sunil Mittal expressed that the Satcom sector should be governed by the same regulatory framework as the telecom sector. He stated, “Satellite firms looking to serve urban premium markets should obtain telecom licenses and buy spectrum under the same conditions as telecom operators. This simple solution can be applied worldwide.”
These remarks follow a letter from Reliance Jio, India’s largest telecom operator, to the TRAI, advocating for the auction of Satcom spectrum. The ongoing debates surrounding the allocation of satellite spectrum have surfaced disagreements between Reliance Jio and other Satcom entities. Last week, Jio urged TRAI to revise its consultation paper on satellite spectrum, arguing that it failed to address the crucial issue of establishing a level playing field between satellite and terrestrial networks. Additionally, Jio expressed concerns regarding the regulator’s preference for administrative allocation, pushing for an auction-based approach. Meanwhile, Airtel has previously supported the administrative allocation of Satcom spectrum.
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Newswise — Researchers at the University of Georgia have identified a promising approach to addressing a longstanding challenge for plant geneticists: balancing disease resistance and growth in plants.
The breakthrough could help protect plants from disease in the future while also promoting higher biomass yields to support sustainable food supplies for both humans and animals, production of biofuels and lumber, and more, according to the new study.
“Combating pathogens has been a top challenge in agriculture,” said C.J. Tsai, corresponding author of the study and a professor in UGA’s Warnell School of Forestry and Natural Resources and Franklin College of Arts and Sciences. “Solutions that balance disease resistance and growth are much needed, especially with the ever-increasing disease pressure due to climate change.”
Salicylic acid enhances disease resistance. Until now, that came at a cost.
Salicylic acid is a well-known plant hormone that plays a vital role in enhancing disease resistance and tolerating stressors like extreme temperatures.
Increased salicylic acid levels, however, typically suppress plant growth, making it difficult to implement salicylic acid-based disease management in agriculture. Previous studies attempting to genetically modify plants to increase production of the acid faced obstacles.
In a a few years ago, members of Tsai’s lab demonstrated salicylic acid’s impact on stress and disease resistance in poplar trees without compromising the plant’s growth. They applied this same strategy to the model plant in the new study, the thale cress, creating a new version of the plant with an added gene and increased levels of salicylic acid.
At first, the researchers didn’t notice much of a growth tradeoff.
“We thought maybe the tradeoff had to do with how the salicylic acid increase was engineered,” Tsai said. “Then suddenly we’d have a batch of plants that were really tiny. We didn’t know what was going on. We ran a large experiment over the winter holiday, thinking that we’d take a break and let our plants grow.”
After their break, the researchers returned again to smaller-than-normal plants.
“It was so frustrating. Then, I was in my hot yoga studio that cold January day, and it just struck me,” Tsai said. “It had something to do with the winter.”
Digging through their notes, the researchers saw a correlation — colder temperatures and colder (tap) water for the plants typically resulted in smaller plant growth. In the present study, the researchers mitigated the impacts of the temperature by modifying specific cold-regulated genes involved in the temperature response.
These genes help protect the plant from stressors like low temperatures or drought. But Tsai and her team realized the cold-regulated genes responded negatively to the salicylic acid meant to protect the plant against disease. By “severing” the salicylic acid-responsiveness of these genes, the plants were able to maintain normal growth even with elevated acid levels.
“In many cases, we saw improved growth,” Tsai said.
New technology may enable farmers to keep plants safe from pests while not compromising growth
This discovery could have significant implications for crop productivity.
Salicylic acid-based strategies have long been known to enhance resistance to pests and pathogens, but practical applications were hindered by the reduction in yield.
This study offers a method to separate growth suppression from the defense response, opening the door to use both salicylic acid and cold-regulated genes in agriculture without compromising crop success.
The team is already expanding its research by testing the approach on other crops like alfalfa, the “queen of forages.” The researchers will test the plant’s ability to grow with limited water and nutrient supply. If successful, the technology promises to generate climate-resilient crops.
This work, published in Plant Cell, was partially supported by the Georgia Research Alliance, the National Science Foundation and the National Institute of Food and Agriculture. Co-authors on the paper include María Ortega, Rhodesia Celoy, Francisco Chacon, Yinan Yuan, Liang-Jiao Xue, Saurabh Pandey, MaKenzie Drowns and Brian Kvitko.
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https://www.newswise.com/articles/researchers-separate-plant-growth-and-disease-resistance
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California college shooting that left employee critical was 'workplace violence,' officials say
Southern California’s Santa Monica College is closed as police investigate a campus shooting that wounded an employee in what officials said was a “workplace violence incident.”
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Southern California's Santa Monica College is closed Tuesday as police investigate a campus shooting that wounded an employee in what officials said was a “workplace violence incident.” No arrests have been made.
The shooting occurred around 10 p.m. Monday at the school's Center for Media and Design on a satellite campus that's also home to the public radio station KCRW, the community college said in a statement.
The victim, who was not identified, was hospitalized in critical condition, the college statement said. The shooter remains at large.
“This was a workplace violence incident, not a random act,” the statement said. “The College is fully cooperating with authorities, and all Santa Monica College campuses will be closed on Tuesday to prioritize the safety and well-being of our community.”
The Santa Monica Police Department, which is leading the investigation, did not immediately respond to calls and emails seeking additional details.
The school, with a series of satellite campuses in the beachside city, enrolls about 30,000 full- and part-time students.
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LYRICALLY AND INSTRUMENTALLY ONE OF THE MOST IMPORTANT SONGS IN THE ROCK SONGBOOK. COVERED BY SCORES OF ARTISTS. The song is as relevant today as it was in 1965
Here are seven interesting versions
FM—-Another Canadian trio. This version has a prog vibe to it. Good band. Underrated
https://youtu.be/BFE95XbnIUU?si=QI66NCbKazJqQ_df
DIXIE DREGS—-An instrumental with absolutely brilliant guitar work by Steve Morse
https://youtu.be/BYdJmKlaixQ?si=94aSxIcLyZGgRSUQ
JEFF BECK—-The trippy Rod Stewart version from the powerful Truth album
https://youtu.be/-kaJIynR15s?si=n9uzTWbaxRyvQSsW
RUSH—-The other Canadian trio (!) puts their spin on it
https://youtu.be/wfYwTv0eFSQ?si=WWLmK8dPAm7V-n28
DAVID BOWIE—-The vocals are pretty Bowie
https://youtu.be/L8QY46uZ0As?si=qiv64r5idKr94uYG
YARDBIRDS WITH JIMMY PAGE—-Love Jimmy Page but his solo sounds oddly off key in this otherwise strong live performance
https://youtu.be/a1jiH5PS4KY?si=mDxIG0b3YCKu9Kb3
YARDBIRDS—-The original and the best
https://youtu.be/MEWAsr_xvKY?si=zHxC_W55PcFc6YP8
…in these crazed times we need music that is as adventurous, melodic, intense and lyrically powerful as Shapes of Things
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South Korean Marines in an amphibious assault vehicle (KAAV) conduct a landing drill in Pohang, South Korea in September. The United States and South Korea held the Ssangyong amphibious assault exercise amid growing threats from North Korea. File Photo by Thomas Maresca/UPI |
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Oct. 15 (UPI) -- Anticipated changes to North Korea's constitution mark a pivotal shift in the strategic landscape of the Korean Peninsula, presenting a unique opportunity for the Republic of Korea (ROK)-U.S. alliance.
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un's decision to remove the idea of peaceful unification from the country's constitution not only exposes the true intentions of the regime but also opens new avenues for the alliance to pressure Kim and empower the Korean people in the North.
By taking away the hope of peaceful unification, Kim has further alienated the people, giving the ROK-U.S. alliance an opportunity to capitalize on this disillusionment through a strategic information campaign, a human rights-centric approach, and reinforced military deterrence, while pursuing a free and unified Korea.
Understanding the significance of Kim Jong Un's constitutional changes
Kim Jong Un's likely constitutional revision, which he outlined in a recent speech, reportedly removes peaceful unification from North Korea's guiding principles and states that South Korea is an enemy state. This is not merely rhetorical. It serves as a strategic narrative to convince the Korean people in the North that the ROK and the ROK-U.S. alliance pose a direct threat to their survival. This is a tactic to justify the continued suffering and sacrifices required for the regime's nuclear ambitions. By framing the ROK as an existential threat, Kim seeks to externalize the internal failures of his policies, particularly the inability to deliver on promises of peace and prosperity through nuclear development.
Exploiting the disillusionment: Information campaign and human rights
One of the most effective ways the ROK-U.S. alliance can exploit this situation is through an intensified information campaign. Information has always been a critical vulnerability for the Kim regime, as access to uncensored knowledge could undermine the regime's control. The alliance should focus on delivering messages that expose the regime's failures, particularly the broken promises of economic prosperity and security through nuclear weapons. Highlighting the regime's extravagant spending on military capabilities while the populace suffers from economic hardships could foster further disillusionment.
The ROK-U.S. alliance should also promote a narrative centered on human rights and the right to self-determination. By emphasizing the fundamental rights that Korean people in the North are denied, the alliance can build a compelling contrast between the freedoms enjoyed in the South and the oppression in the North. This approach could empower Koreans in the North with the knowledge that their suffering is a result of deliberate policy choices by the Kim family regime, not due to external threats.
Leveraging the regime's fear of internal threats
Kim Jong Un's proposed constitutional changes reveal a profound fear of the Korean people. He understands that the true threat to his regime lies not in a military invasion by the ROK-U.S. alliance, but in the potential for internal resistance fueled by exposure to outside information and the desire for a better life. This fear presents a strategic opportunity for the alliance to apply pressure through a human rights up front approach.
The ROK-U.S. alliance should focus on highlighting the regime's human rights abuses and the contrast between the North's repressive system and the South's democratic values. This can be a powerful tool in delegitimizing the Kim regime in the eyes of its citizens and the international community. The alliance must ensure that every diplomatic engagement with North Korea emphasizes the regime's responsibility for the suffering of its people and links the continuation of sanctions and international pressure to improvements in human rights.
Strengthening military deterrence while promoting a vision for unification
While information and human rights approaches are crucial, maintaining strong military deterrence remains a key pillar of the alliance's strategy. Kim's constitutional changes and aggressive posture require the ROK-U.S. alliance to demonstrate that any military adventurism will be met with overwhelming force. The United States should continue its commitment to the defense of South Korea through joint military exercises and modernized defense capabilities. Such actions not only deter North Korean aggression but also reassure the Korean people in the South and prepare for the worst case should Kim Jong Un miscalculate and attack the South.
At the same time, the ROK-U.S. alliance must offer a vision for a unified Korea based on the 8.15 Unification Doctrine that is fundamentally different from the Kim regime's narrative. This vision should emphasize the potential for economic integration, the establishment of rule of law, and the creation of opportunities for the Korean people in the North. By doing so, the alliance can contrast its peaceful intentions with the Kim regime's focus on domination.
Here is a guide for the ROK-U.S. alliance way forward:
1. Expose the regime's true intentions: The alliance must consistently highlight that it is the Kim family regime that maintains a hostile policy toward the South, seeking domination rather than peaceful unification or coexistence.
2. Amplify the message of hope: The alliance should intensify efforts to communicate with the Korean people in the North, emphasizing that the South remains committed to peaceful unification and a better future for all Koreans.
3. Strengthen information campaigns: Expand programs from Voice of America and Radio Free Asia and support escapee non-governmental organizations to penetrate North Korea with facts and truth and the benefits of a free society.
4. Focus on human rights: Frame the issue as both a moral imperative and a national security concern. Emphasize self-determination of government as a fundamental human right.
5. Enhance deterrence: While maintaining a strong military posture, emphasize that this is defensive in nature and aimed at preserving peace, not threatening North Korea.
6. Prepare for contingencies: While working towards peaceful unification, the alliance must be prepared for various scenarios, including potential instability in North Korea.
7. Support Korean escapees and defectors: Enhance programs to support and empower escapees, as they can be powerful voices for change and sources of information about the regime.
Conclusion: Seizing the strategic inflection point
Kim Jong Un's expected constitutional changes mark a strategic inflection point for the ROK-U.S. alliance. By abandoning the pretense of peaceful unification, Kim has exposed his regime's true intentions and alienated his own people. The ROK-U.S. alliance can exploit this shift by combining an aggressive information campaign with a focus on human rights and robust military deterrence. This approach not only puts pressure on the regime but also offers the Korean people a vision of a better future in a unified Korea.
Through careful coordination and a clear strategic vision, the ROK-U.S. alliance can turn this moment into an opportunity to move closer to the long-term goal of a free and unified Korean Peninsula, which may someday be known as the United Republic of Korea (UROK).
David Maxwell is a retired U.S. Army Special Forces Colonel who has spent more than 30 years in the Asia Pacific region. He specializes in Northeast Asian security affairs and unconventional and political warfare. He is Vice President of the Center for Asia Pacific Strategy and a Senior Fellow at the Global Peace Foundation. Following retirement, he was Associate Director of the Security Studies Program at Georgetown University. He is on the board of directors of the Committee for Human Rights in North Korea and the OSS Society, and is a contributing editor to Small Wars Journal. The views and opinions expressed in this commentary are solely those of the author.
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Elton John turns the saga of televangelist Tammy Faye into song for Broadway
AP Entertainment Writer
NEW YORK (AP) — When Elton John was on tour in America during the 1970s, there was someone on TV who caught his eye. She was an over-the-top, heavy makeup-wearing performer who wore her heart on her sleeve and seemed in on the joke, televangelist Tammy Faye Bakker. John has put her story to song with the stage musical “Tammy Faye” and the latest iteration lands on Broadway this month, championing what he calls “a gladiator on her own terms.” The musical has been retooled from a run in London in 2022 and comes at a time when the culture is reconsidering stories of women lost amid crisis.
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A Trump town hall in Oaks, Pa., Monday night went from a Q-and-A session to a bizarre musical event in which Trump stood in front of his audience for an extended period while songs played on the sound system.
The town hall portion of the event lasted nearly an hour and was moderated by Kristi Noem, South Dakota's Republican governor who is a Trump ally.
The questioners were all friendly to Trump, with questions about how he would bring down inflation, as well as boost small businesses.
The town hall was paused twice for incidents in which the crowd called for a medic. Audience members shouted that the room was too hot.
As medics attended to people affected by the heat, Trump and Noem waited on stage. During the first pause, the crowd sang “God Bless America” together, after which Trump asked for someone to put the song “Ave Maria” on the sound system. An instrumental version soon began playing.
Shortly after the town hall resumed, there was another call for a medic.
“It’s steaming in here!” one man yelled as they waited for assistance, and the instrumental Ave Maria played once again, until the woman affected received help.
Trump joked about the heat in the room: “Personally, I enjoy this. We lose weight. We could do this, lose 4, 5 pounds.”
Trump then called for his “favorite chart” to be put up on screens -– the chart of border crossings that had been displayed in Butler, Pa., on July 13 when an assassin shot at Trump, hitting his ear. In addition, he asked that someone play a version of Ave Maria sung by Luciano Pavarotti.
“We’ll do a little music. Let’s make this a musical-fest,” he said.
Trump stood on stage until the song was over, at which point he stopped the question-and-answer portion of the evening.
“Let’s not do anymore questions. Let’s just listen to music,” he said.
Later, Trump ended the question portion and asked the audience to stick around.
“By the way, when we leave, you don’t have to go so fast. You can sit and listen. We’ll play a couple of songs. Some of you will be a little warm, but that’s OK. It’s not a bad thing. And if you want, we’re gonna do that, but I think it would be beautiful. Don’t you think? A little different.”
“I think it’d be amazing, sir,” Noem said.
“Nice to have imagin- isn’t it a nice thing to have imagination?”
Trump remained on stage for more than half an hour while an array of songs played, including “Hallelujah” as performed by Rufus Wainwright, as well as “November Rain” by Guns ‘n’ Roses.
On Tuesday, Trump, posting on his Truth social, called the evening "amazing."
"The Q and A was almost finished when people began fainting from the excitement and heat," he said. "We started playing music while we waited, and just kept it going. So different, but it ended up being a GREAT EVENING!"
The town hall came as three weeks remain in the voting season and Trump and Harris remain statistically tied, according to most polls. Both candidates are delivering their closing messages and drawing a contrast from their rival as they crisscross the country. Trump will deliver remarks on the economy in Chicago Tuesday, and pretape a town hall with women voters on Fox News that will air Wednesday. Harris is doing a town hall with the popular radio host Charlamagne tha God in her attempt to reach Black male voters.
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Vice President Kamala Harris’s quiet schedule on Tuesday raised concerns among political experts, who questioned her apparent lack of urgency with less than three weeks until Election Day.
Harris has repeatedly said she is running as an underdog, but her schedule does not appear to mirror those claims. Harris’s Tuesday schedule shows one event — she will sit for an interview with Charlamagne tha God at 5 p.m. Eastern.
Polling shows that Harris is losing support among men, black voters, and Hispanic voters, while former President Donald Trump is running ahead of his 2020 and 2016 performances. Swing state polling indicates Trump is either leading Harris or within the margin of error. Voter registrations and early voting also appear to benefit Trump in many states.
“Kamala needs all day to prep for Charlamagne?” pollster Patrick Ruffini questioned on X:
“Why isn’t she in three battleground states a day? Why isn’t she in four media markets in Pennsylvania today rather than one?” political analyst Mark Halperin said on The Morning Meeting. “If you assume she’s behind, which, again, I think she is right now, not by a lot. Why isn’t she working hard?”
Sean Spicer, a Republican political analyst who served in the Trump administration, questioned from a public relations standpoint why the Harris campaign is not even trying to create the perception of working hard.
“You create the impression that she’s busting her butt, and they’re not even trying on that front to create the perception that she’s hustling. And she goes out there the other day and says, ‘We’re the underdog. We’re behind.’ Okay, then show me you’re the underdog. Act like the underdog, but you don’t go, we’re the underdog,” he said.
Dan Turrentine, a former congressional Democrat staffer, said Harris’s slim schedule is contrasted by the perception of Trump as being the candidate who is campaigning the hardest, while Harris is still perceived as hiding from the media. “No one is going to sit there and say Harris is really open with the media and engaged in an open book, and Trump is the one hiding,” Turrentine explained on The Morning Meeting.
Harris’s strategy in the final month has been centered around national interviews with celebrity hosts who are often friendly with her. Last week, she sat for interviews with Call Her Daddy, The View, and CBS News’s 60 Minutes — interviews that created a stir but perhaps for the wrong reasons.
On Monday, the Harris campaign announced it will allow Harris to sit for a Wednesday interview on Fox News. Her scheduled appearance on Fox News reeks of desperation, critics say, as she appears to be limping into the final three weeks of the presidential campaign.
Wendell Husebo is a political reporter with Breitbart News and a former RNC War Room Analyst. He is the author of Politics of Slave Morality. Follow Wendell on “X” @WendellHusebø or on Truth Social @WendellHusebo.
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The wide receiver landscape for fantasy football got a huge shakeup this week, as star wide receiver Davante Adams finally got his wish to once again play with his former quarterback, Aaron Rodgers, as they seek to win their first Super Bowl together.
Though Adams' arrival is surely good news for the Jets as they look to climb out of their 2-6 hole to start the season, fantasy football managers are likely less-than-thrilled about the prospect, as the waters for star wideout Garrett Wilson — a second-round pick in most fantasy drafts this season — have now muddied significantly.
It remains to be seen if Adams will play in Week 7's showdown against the Pittsburgh Steelers on "Sunday Night Football," but fantasy managers will undoubtedly need to factor in the possibility of him on the field this week while making start/sit decisions.
Find out where Adams, Wilson and Allen Lazard stand in our team's Week 7 wide receiver rankings, and be sure to check back for updates as more information is received throughout the week:
Who's your favorite sleeper WR to watch heading into Week 7?
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North Korean soldiers reportedly desert from Russian 'Buryat Battalion' near Ukrainian border
In a surprising development, the special "Buryat Battalion" of the Russian Armed Forces, predominantly reinforced by North Korean military personnel, has witnessed its first cases of desertion. Reports indicate that North Korean soldiers assigned to this unit have fled from their positions near the border of Kursk and Bryansk regions in Russia.
According to Ukrainska Pravda, which cited Ukrainian intelligence sources, the incident occurred approximately seven kilometers from the Ukrainian border. A total of 18 North Koreans reportedly deserted, disappearing in an unknown direction. The search for these deserters is currently underway.
Sources suggest that local commanders are trying to manage the situation discreetly to avoid drawing the attention of higher command.
Media sources suggest Russia has already formed a unique “Buryat” battalion composed of North Korean soldiers, potentially numbering about 3,000. Despite their formation, these soldiers have yet to see considerable combat participation. Their current deployment could be strategic, perhaps serving logistical roles to free Russian troops for more pivotal front-line tasks. [
Andrei Kovalenko, head of the Ukrainian Security Council's Center for Countering Disinformation, commented on the matter, pointing out a significant hurdle for integrating North Korean military personnel into this conflict—the language barrier.
"Less than 1% of the cadre officers in the North Korean army are proficient in Russian. Understanding this is crucial for examining the potential future involvement of these troops with the Russian armed forces. Although Russia might utilize North Korean soldiers initially in the Kursk region, there’s a possibility that several tens of thousands could eventually be deployed to Russian-occupied Ukrainian territories alongside Buryat counterparts," he stated.
Earlier, Ukrainian President Zelensky confirmed the deployment of North Korean forces in Russia’s ongoing war against Ukraine.
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As the holiday season approaches, consumers prepare for another hit to their pocketbooks with their annual holiday shopping. Inflation and high interest rates have caused consumers to tighten their spending habits in the consumer discretionary sector. The holiday shopping season is when most retailers have the opportunity to get in the black. It's also the busiest time of year for buy-now-pay-later (BNPL) services, which continue to grow in usage. Here are 3 stocks to consider buying now to profit from the upcoming holiday spending season.
Affirm: The Pioneer in BNPL and Growth Monster
As the pioneer in BNPL, Affirm Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: AFRM) continues to experience hypergrowth. It is also partnered with Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN), Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), Shopify Inc. (NYSE: SHOP), Target Co. (NYSE: TGT), and Walmart Inc. (NYSE: WMT) to offer their BNPL services to the retailer's customers. The company is receiving accolades and upgrades this holiday season as it has become apparent this is when they see the most business. The business model of BNPL is simple and provides a win-win opportunity. Consumers can make purchases taking microloans payable in preset bi-weekly payments, usually interest-free. Merchants are able to complete sales that otherwise may not have occurred. Affirm takes its fee from merchants to facilitate the transaction. Affirm also offers monthly payment options, which can incur interest for up to four years (60 months).
GAAP Profitability Is Becoming More of a Reality
Affirm has been losing money every quarter since its inception. However, revenue has grown by double-digits while losses continue to shrink. Its CEO, Max Levchin, former co-founder of PayPal Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ: PYPL), stated in its fiscal fourth quarter of 2024 shareholder letter that the company is on target to become GAAP profitable by the end of the fiscal full year 2025.
It's just a matter of scale and time at this point. The more revenue they generate, the less money they lose. Affirm lost 14 cents per share in the first Q4 of 2024, which still beat consensus estimates by 34 cents. Revenue grew 48% YoY to $659.2 million, besting consensus estimates by over $55 million. Affirm raised its fiscal Q1 2025 revenue guidance higher to $640 million to $670 million, which crushes the $625.04 million consensus estimates.
Analysts Upgrade Ahead of the Holidays
This holiday season should set up for another record-breaking quarter. Analysts certainly agree as they raised their ratings and price targets. On Oct. 8, 2024, BIG upgraded Affirm stock to Buy from Neutral, which simultaneously downgraded shares of credit card network American Express Co. (NYSE: AXP) to Sell. Morgan Stanley upgraded Affirm to Equal Weight from Underweight, as it sees higher income spenders also joining the platform to avoid the high interest rates from credit card issuers. Wells Fargo upgraded Affirm shares to Overweight with a $52 price target.
Afterpay: Pay-in-4 Model Is Simple
Block Inc. (NYSE: SQ) acquired BNPL platform Afterpay for $29 billion on Feb. 1, 2022. The company has since integrated it into its Cash App ecosystem, providing users with BNPL options through Afterpay. Afterpay's model is simple: buy the product and pay for it in four bi-weekly payments. There are no credit checks involved, nor interest rates applied under the four payment option. Afterpay collects a fee from merchants comprised of a base of 30 cents plus 4% to 6% of each transaction. Consumers can also opt for monthly payment plans for purchases over $400 in six to 12 months, but interest rates accrue, ranging between 6.995 to as high as 35.99%. Loan amounts are determined on a case-by-case basis, ranging up to $2,000.
Growth Through the Cash App Ecosystem
Afterpay has five million users, and that number grows with increasing Cash App users which is at the 57 million mark as of June 2024. Afterpay also has retailer partners like Nordstrom Inc. (NYSE: JWN), The Gap Inc. (NYSE: GAP) and Old Navy offering its services to its customers. While Block is not a pure-play BNPL, you also get multiple ecosystem businesses with the stock which include its legacy Square network and Cash App ecosystem. Afterpay’s gross merchandise volume (GMV) grew 21% YoY to $7.75 billion in Block’s second quarter of 2024.
Sezzle: Shop Online or In-Store Using the Mobile App
Sezzle Inc. (NASDAQ: SEZL) is a BNPL platform that also allows a pay in 4 installments option with a twist. Users need to pay a 25% downpayment of the purchase price first upfront. It is interest-free under the 4 payment plan paid out over six weeks. It has also partnered with major brands to get exclusive deals from Amazon.com, Walmart, Kohl’s Co. (NYSE: KSS) and Nike Inc. (NYSE: NKE).
Building Up Your Sizzle Payment History
Sezzle users can download the app and set up the Virtual Card to shop online or in-store. Users can choose a brand or product and select the Pay with Sezzle option at checkout. Users can select their payment plan. With Sezzle, the financing is determined on a case-by-case basis, but users who build up a history with the company will usually get more financing. Therefore, there is also a single payment option where a user can opt to purchase the item without using BNPL but through Sezzle to build history. Meanwhile, Sezzle still charges the merchant 30 cents and 6% transaction fees.
Users can use the Sezzle App, which has a Virtual Visa Inc. (NYSE: V) card to enable in-stop purchases. Users must determine how much they plan to spend and then select the payment schedule and terms to fund the Visa card. After that they are free to spend on in-store items.
Sezzle has over 3.4 million active users and is accepted by more than 45,000 merchants in the United States and Canada.
Sezzle’s Stock Surge May Have Gotten Ahead of Itself
Sezzle shares are up 776% year-to-date (YTD), but the volume is much lighter than the stocks above, averaging less than 100,000 shares. Despite the run-up, shares are only trading at 26.79x forward earnings. The consensus analyst price target among three analysts is $174.00, with the highest target at $185.00.
The views and opinions expressed herein are the views and opinions of the author and do not necessarily reflect those of Nasdaq, Inc.
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Remote Utah town is gripped by fear and conspiracy theories after mysterious death of local woman, 60
A small town in a remote corner of Utah has been convulsed by fear and conspiracy theories after a local woman was found dead in her car.
Kimberly Hyde, 60, was discovered in her 2014 Honda Civic on October 8. The car was parked in Vernal, a small town of around 10,000 people near the northwest border with Colorado.
She was reported missing by her husband Michael the day before, Gephardt Daily reported, with townsfolk distraught after Hyde was found dead.
Hyde was from Roosevelt, which sits around 30 miles away and which is an even smaller town of around 8,000.
And now locals both there and in Vernal have been spooked by a short obituary which said Hyde had been 'taken from this life.' That has triggered speculation that Hyde fell victim to foul play and that she was murdered.
Local police have only issued vague statements about the case, pouring further fuel on the flames.
Kimberly Hyde, of Roosevelt, was mysteriously found dead in her 2014 Honda Civic roughly 30 miles outside of her small town in Vernal near 750 South and 500 East on October 8 after her husband Michael had reported her missing the day before
This is the town of Roosevelt in Utah, where Kimberly Hyde was from and which has now been convulsed by fears over her strange death
The manner in which Hyde died or how she was found inside the car have been released and the lack of transparency has amped up 'public concerns.'
Police Chief, Mark J. Watkins, responded to the concerns by telling the public in a statement that the department is 'unable to release certain details at this time to protect the integrity of the investigation.'
'We want to assure the community that there is no heightened threat to public safety connected with this case,' he said in a statement. 'Roosevelt residents remain safe.
'The Roosevelt City Police Department is committed to transparency and will provide further updates as soon as possible.'
Watkins said he believed the department would release more information this coming week.
But that hasn't soothed sleuths' souls who claimed under the Facebook post that they believe officers are 'protecting information.'
Despite the demands, police have been vague in their messaging, simply stating that they are investigating Hyde's death, but not offering a motive or an official cause of death (pictured: Hyde with her husband Michael)
'They’re dotting their I’s and crossing their T’s because they know defense attorneys work to discredit every piece of evidence and how it’s gathered,' Reed Cowan wrote.
'What about Vernal?' asked Tarlene Murray. 'After all, she was found almost in my daughter's backyard. You say Roosevelt is safe but it affected two towns.'
Maryann Jones wrote: 'Really!! This poor lady, came up missing...found murdered in her car nothing about an arrest or even searching for the killer, but Roosevelt is safe...mmmmk.'
Daryl Duncan questioned: 'Rumors? But are they rumors?'
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How Tunisian Pilot’s Experience Saved Super Eagles From Plane Crash in Libya
- The Super Eagles of Nigeria were held hostage for 16 hours at Al Abraq International Airport by Libyan authorities
- The hostage situation came after the team's plane was dangerously redirected to another airport a few minutes from landing
- The Tunisian pilot who flew the plane has explained how close the team were to suffering what could be a devastating crash
The Super Eagles staff and players were close to suffering a devastating plane crash aboard their flight in Libya, but the pilot’s experience proved vital in averting disaster.
Nigerian players and staff were held hostage for about 16 hours at Al Abraq International Airport by Libyan authorities after their plane was redirected a few minutes from landing in Benghazi.
Libyan authorities withdrew the flight's landing approval a few minutes to descent in Benghazi, rerouting the flight to a remote airport 150 miles east of Benghazi.
How pilot's experience saved Super Eagles
As seen in a video circulating on social media, the Tunisian pilot who flew the Super Eagles to and fro has explained how close the team was to disaster after they were redirected in Libya.
He confirmed the flight plan was to land in Benghazi, which they got approval from the Libyan Civil Aviation Authority before leaving Nigeria.
The Libyans withdrew approval based on “order from the highest authority” and diverted the plane 150 miles eastward of Benghazi, which he confirmed was a perilous move.
“Thank God we made it safely and landed safely in Al Abraq, as the airport wasn't domestic, not well equipped, for landing, we had to make it visually,” he said.
“It was our first and last chance… Thank God I worked there for two years before I changed companies, so I know the area very well, and it was not an easy matter at all,” he added.
The team left Libya yesterday evening and arrived in Nigeria. CAF's statement this afternoon confirmed the match had been postponed.
Libya FF threatens legal action
Legit.ng reported that Libya FA threatened legal action against the Nigerian Football Federation after they failed to play the scheduled AFCON 2025 qualifier match.
The statement hinted that the Libyans acted in retaliation for their experience in Nigeria last week, refusing to take responsibility but blaming the Nigerian authorities.
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Newswise — Medicare could save up to 74% of the money lost from discarded Alzheimer’s drug lecanemab by the simple introduction of a new vial size that would reduce the amount of unused medication that is thrown away, new research suggests.
The researchers on the study, to be published October 14 in the peer-reviewed JAMA Internal Medicine, estimate that Medicare could waste up to $336 million annually due to discarded medication. Administered dosages are based on each patient’s body weight. But because the drug is currently available only in single-use 500 mg and 200 mg vials, substantial amounts of the expensive medication are discarded when the dose a patient is prescribed is lower than the amount contained in the vials.
Clinical trials have found that the drug, intended for people with mild cognitive impairment or mild dementia, has marginal net clinical benefit. Previous UCLA-led research has suggested that the cost of the drug, plus ancillary costs such as treatment for brain swelling linked to the medication, could cost Medicare $2 billion to $5 billion per year.
Healthcare costs continue to increase each year, placing significant strain on the Medicare budget, said lead author Frank Zhou, a fourth-year medical student at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
“It is imperative to reduce spending on services that do not improve the health of patients, and this is a prime example of such, given that Medicare is paying for a drug only to literally throw part of it away,” he said. “There are significant opportunities for savings even with this single drug, implying that even greater savings could be achieved if our proposed solutions were applied to other infused therapies.”
Medicare spent $33 billion on Part B infusion drugs in 2021, said Dr. John Mafi, associate professor-in-residence of medicine in the division of general internal medicine and health services research at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
“So there is substantial opportunity for cost savings by reducing waste from all infusion drugs said Mafi, the study’s senior author.
Under the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act of 2021, manufacturers are required to reimburse Medicare for waste exceeding 10%, Zhou said. “However, we estimate lecanemab waste to be only 5.8%, rendering current policy ineffective, and sounding the bell that further policy changes are likely needed,” he said.
Using the nationally representative 2020 Health and Retirement Study, the researchers analyzed data from participants aged 65 years and older, had Medicare Part B coverage, and were eligible for lecanemab. They calculated each person’s required weight-based dose, subtracted that amount from each patient’s dispensed dose to determine how much would be discarded, and then multiplied that amount by the number of doses per year to estimate the annual wasted amount.
For instance, a 65 kg patient would be prescribed a 650 mg dose. Given that this patient would be dispensed one 500 mg vial and a 200 mg vial, 50 mg would ultimately be tossed out.
Assuming conservative lecanemab uptake rates of 1.1-2.9% for an estimated 82,000 to 208,000 of eligible people, current vial sizes would lead to an estimated $133 million to $336 million worth of medication thrown away every year. This means that the discarded lecanemab from 16 patients could provide enough medication for an additional person. The researchers suggest that this waste could be reduced by 74% by adding a third, 75 mg vial without significantly harming quality of care or risking a drug price increase that exceeds inflation.
The cohort the researchers studied may not have identical weights to actual lecanemab users, expected uptake rates are not precise, manufacturing and regulatory costs of changing vial sizes were not incorporated into the findings, and the amount of waste may have been underestimated due to the algorithm used, all of which limit the findings, the researchers note.
Study co-authors are Chi-Hong Tseng, Mei Leng, Dr. Benjo Delarmente, Dr. Catherine Sarkisian, and Dr. John Mafi of UCLA, and Cheryl Damberg of RAND Corporation.
The study was funded by the National Institutes on Aging (R01AG070017-01).
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The modern music business was built on album tracks.
The single is just the introduction. The key is to set the listener on an adventure, deep into the wilderness. It’s a solo journey. If you need friends, a crowd, dancers to enjoy a track, that’s something different. It may be joyful, but that’s not what built this business into the juggernaut it became.
Sure, rock and roll started in the fifties. But not long thereafter it devolved…into what it’s become today. Empty stars, most of whom have been forgotten, are completely unknown to today’s youngsters. Fabian? Bobby Rydell? They were ultimately eclipsed by the Beatles. Sure, we had the Beach Boys and the Four Seasons, but when the Beatles hit the airwaves at the advent of 1964, everything changed. It was no longer music, it was MANIA! Music suddenly became everything. And sure, the four from Liverpool were cute, had good voices, and were cheeky, but really it was all about the music. Which they wrote. That was the turning point. Suddenly, the music was direct from them to you, the artist to the listener, ideas, truth, beauty were being channeled directly into your heart.
And then came FM radio. Everybody who’d been inspired by the Beatles, everybody too left field for the mainstream, everybody who thought music was more than a cut on a 45 RPM single, suddenly had an outlet for their work. Listeners were exposed to “Purple Haze” and “Sunshine of Your Love,” the latter of which ultimately crossed over to AM with its iconic riff, but my favorite track on “Disraeli Gears” has always been “Tales of Brave Ulysses.” And if I want to listen to Hendrix, I’ll put on “Burning of the Midnight Lamp.”
I’m not saying cuts didn’t cross over to AM, you could hear “Piece of My Heart” there, but so much of the great stuff, that could sell tickets, never produced a single. This is the stuff you remember. Funny how all these years later everybody agrees that the first Blood, Sweat & Tears album is far superior to the follow-up with David Clayton Thomas that produced all those hits. Furthermore, the band could never follow up that monster, whereas Al Kooper continued to have a career, I bought the albums he made/was involved with, whereas the rap on “Blood, Sweat & Tears 3” was so bad I left it in the bins. Can you say “Hi-De-Ho”? No!
And as the seventies wore on, every hamlet and burg got an FM station, if you were listening to AM you were a loser. An act could be huge on FM and be completely unknown on AM.
If you look at the “Billboard” chart, and I advise against it, you’ll see that “Free Bird” made it all the way to #19 on the singles chart, but really it was an FM staple, always #2 on the annual Memorial Day 500, the best songs of rock history. And the perennial #1, “Stairway to Heaven,” was never a single, never ever. Nor was there a truncated version. You accepted the track as is, or…
Meanwhile, I’ve skipped over “Stairway to Heaven” many times while listening to the fourth Zeppelin LP. If I listen to that album I want to hear “Battle of Evermore” or “Going to California” or…”When the Levee Breaks.” And “D’yer Mak’er” was one of the worst songs on “Houses of the Holy.” If I’m looking for obvious, I’ll go with “Dancing Days,” and “The Rain Song” and “Over the Hills and Far Away” eclipse both. Where is the spot on AM radio for the mysterious, atmospheric “The Rain Song”? Talk about not being a single.
But these were the songs you wanted to hear live.
And for a long time I swore that the first Zeppelin album was the best.
I can’t say I wasn’t enamored of the opening banger “Good Times Bad Times,” and “Communication Breakdown” was a tear, but my favorite song on the debut is “Dazed and Confused.” And then “Your Time Is Gonna Come” and “How Many More Times.”
And to tell you the truth, by time “Physical Graffiti” was released in the spring of 1975, I was off Zeppelin, the fifth album wasn’t as good as the fourth and it was more obvious and embraced by the hoi polloi and then…
I heard “Kashmir.’
Not on the radio, but as part of the album. A friend had made an 8-track tape that he played in the condo every day when we got home from skiing that month of May at Mammoth Mountain.
Now “Kashmir” was usually #3 in those Memorial Day countdowns, which evaporated with the demise of AOR radio, but it was never a single. As a matter of fact, nothing on “Physical Graffiti” was ever heard on AM radio! This was an hour and twenty minute listening experience. And certain tracks didn’t really work out of context. “Down by the Seaside” was so great because it sat on the third side between “Bron-Yr-Aur” and “Ten Years Gone.”
And “Ten Years Gone” is the piece-de-resistance!
I was stunned when I heard the band play it live. But really, it’s always been a private listening experience. In the dark. On headphones. “Ten Years Gone” is not background music, it demands attention, not by banging you over the head, but via subtlety, via magic.
And majesty.
“Ten Years Gone” is a symphonic work. It’s not something that you talk about, but it is something you think about, sing in your head, play on a regular basis.
And in the eighties the mainstream and the outside merged on MTV. The lame AM hits were replaced by FM-style hits, but it was all about single cuts on the music video service. And to hear them at home you had to buy the album, and radio played what MTV did, there were new Top Fortys replicating the MTV playlist which eclipsed FM, and the overpriced CD came along and suddenly record companies, and their executives, were richer than ever before.
And it hasn’t been the same since.
Even worse, those with knowledge of the switch from AM to FM, from singles to album rock, are in the rearview mirror. Most people in the business, never mind listeners, only know single driven music.
To our collective detriment.
But in the past decade something has changed. As the major labels keep consolidating, trying to launch hit singles, those who desire a deeper meaning, a deeper feeling, have moved on to acts that are not giant, but deliver the feeling of yore, the heart of both music and the business. We want more than the track, and in order for the business to be healthy this is the way it has to be.
People have not lost the need to hear “Ten Years Gone,” it just hasn’t been served to them. And I’d love to tell you they’re making new “Ten Years Gone,” but that’s why they call it classic rock.
Our only hope is that some of these outside acts, doing it on their own, without Jack Antonoff and cowriters, will hone their chops to the point where they create undeniable music, which can then spread.
The seeds have been planted. The only way out of this mess is to go back to the garden. That’s where the optimism lies. Because the experience never changes, it’s what people desire, and if it’s not delivered music will continue to be a second-class citizen. But for a while there, especially from “Rubber Soul” to “The Wall,” it was…
EVERYTHING!
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Lufax Holding Ltd (NYSE:LU – Get Free Report)’s share price gapped down prior to trading on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $3.45, but opened at $3.27. Lufax shares last traded at $3.22, with a volume of 533,613 shares.
Wall Street Analysts Forecast Growth
Separately, Bank of America lowered their price target on shares of Lufax from $5.22 to $2.75 and set a “neutral” rating on the stock in a report on Friday, August 23rd.
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Lufax Trading Down 7.0 %
Lufax (NYSE:LU – Get Free Report) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 21st. The company reported ($0.19) earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.07 by ($0.26). Lufax had a negative net margin of 8.70% and a negative return on equity of 2.66%. The business had revenue of $822.36 million for the quarter. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $0.24 EPS. Equities analysts expect that Lufax Holding Ltd will post -0.09 earnings per share for the current year.
Institutional Trading of Lufax
A number of institutional investors and hedge funds have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Russell Investments Group Ltd. bought a new stake in shares of Lufax during the first quarter worth $2,649,000. Caxton Associates LP acquired a new stake in Lufax in the 2nd quarter valued at about $2,152,000. Nomura Holdings Inc. boosted its position in Lufax by 2,280.1% during the fourth quarter. Nomura Holdings Inc. now owns 883,009 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,711,000 after purchasing an additional 845,909 shares during the period. Maven Securities LTD increased its stake in shares of Lufax by 350.0% during the second quarter. Maven Securities LTD now owns 180,000 shares of the company’s stock worth $427,000 after purchasing an additional 140,000 shares during the period. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its stake in Lufax by 5,000.2% in the 1st quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 3,036,225 shares of the company’s stock worth $12,798,000 after purchasing an additional 2,976,693 shares in the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.14% of the company’s stock.
Lufax Company Profile
Lufax Holding Ltd operates as a financial service empowering institution for small and micro businesses in China. The company offers loan products, including general unsecured loans and secured loans, as well as consumer finance loans. It also provides wealth management products, such as asset management plans, mutual fund products, private investment fund products, and trust products.
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Kate’s message of ‘love, strength and hope’ to those affected by baby loss
The princess marked Baby Loss Awareness Week with a personal written message on social media.
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The Princess of Wales has issued a personal message of support to people affected by the “devastation of baby loss”.
Kate, in a post on Kensington Palace’s social media, said she was sending “love, strength and hope” as she marked Baby Loss Awareness Week on Tuesday.
The princess, who has been slowly returning to a light programme of public duties after finishing her chemotherapy treatment, described the annual remembrance and awareness event as “such an important moment”.
Her message read: “Baby Loss Awareness Week is such an important moment to support those who have experienced the devastation of baby loss.
“Sending love, strength and hope to anyone affected. #WaveofLight.”
It was signed “C” and accompanied by an image of a Plum & Ashby Wave of Light candle as part of the global Wave of Light at the end of the week, which ran from October 9-15.
Luxury home, bath and body brand Plum & Ashby have produced the official Wave of Light campaign candle for Tommy’s, the UK’s largest pregnancy research charity, each year since 2020 and all profits go the organisation.
Kensington Palace’s social media accounts usually mark the week each year, and it also shares links to organisations offering support.
Last Thursday, the princess, 42, made her first joint official outing with the Prince of Wales since her cancer treatment ended in the summer.
She delivered hugs and a heartfelt “thank you” to emergency workers called to the fatal Southport stabbings after meeting the children’s bereaved families in Merseyside.
It is understood the engagement was planned as a solo visit for William, but Kate decided to join her husband in order to show her support for the local community.
The princess is hoping to make a public appearance at the annual Remembrance Sunday event at the Cenotaph next month in honour of the nation’s fallen servicemen and women – an important fixture in the royal family’s calendar.
She has also met aides to discuss staging her annual Christmas carol service at Westminster Abbey in December.
Kate was pictured earlier this month hugging aspiring photographer Liz Hatton, 16, who has a rare form of cancer, after the teenager was invited to Windsor Castle by William to take pictures during an investiture ceremony he hosted.
The future Queen opened up last month about her hopes for the future and the toll this year has had on her family.
She announced she had finished her chemotherapy course in a heartfelt video on September 9, in which she spoke about her experience while footage played of the Waleses and their children enjoying time together outdoors.
“Although I have finished chemotherapy, my path to healing and full recovery is long,” she said.
The princess added she was “looking forward to being back at work and undertaking a few more public engagements in the coming months”, but added her focus was “doing what I can to stay cancer free”.
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Ex-Louisville officer who fired shots in Breonna Taylor raid readies for 3rd trial
Associated Press
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) — A former Louisville police officer who fired shots into Breonna Taylor’s windows the night of the deadly 2020 police raid is going on trial for a third time. Federal prosecutors will try again to convict Brett Hankison of civil rights violations after their first effort ended in a jury deadlock last year. Hankison was also acquitted at a state trial in 2022. Jury selection in federal court in Louisville began Tuesday. Hankison has testified in court that he thought he heard assault rifle fire inside the apartment and then shot into Taylor’s windows. His shots didn’t hit anyone.
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Discount Brokerage Global market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
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LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- The discount brokerage market size has experienced significant growth in recent years. It is projected to increase from $23.6 billion in 2023 to $25.63 billion in 2024, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 8.6%. This historical growth can be linked to factors such as zero-commission trading, the expansion of fractional shares, the growing availability of cryptocurrency trading options, enhanced educational resources, and rising disposable income.
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Leading companies in the discount brokerage market are concentrating on creating sophisticated web-based trading platforms to improve trading efficiency. A web-based trading platform is an online software solution that enables users to buy and sell financial instruments-including stocks, bonds, options, futures, and cryptocurrencies-via the internet.
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Discount brokerage is a form of brokerage service that enables investors to trade securities, such as stocks and bonds, at lower commission rates than those offered by full-service brokers. These services typically provide fewer advisory and personalized options, concentrating on executing trades for clients at a reduced cost. Discount brokers offer online trading platforms, allowing investors to manage their portfolios and make investment choices independently, which appeals to budget-conscious and self-directed investors.
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KYIV, Ukraine — Whenever Anton has free time after work, he sits at his kitchen table and spends a few hours assembling drones that will be sent to the front line.
“Our army needs a lot of them,” says Anton, a 35-year-old software developer, who declined to give his last name to avoid being targeted by Russia for his kitchen-top weapon-making. “People need to use factories in their own kitchens to assemble more and more drones.”
Ukraine has dramatically amped up domestic production of both attack and reconnaissance drones since Russia’s full-scale invasion in 2022. This year, the Ukrainian government allocated $2 billion to produce at least 1 million first-person-view, or FPV, drones, which are equipped with cameras that transmit video to remote pilots. Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy told foreign arms manufacturers earlier this month that the country had already surpassed that, contracting 1.5 million drones in the first three quarters of this year. He added that Ukraine is now capable of producing 4 million drones annually. The government, military, private companies and regular citizens are all involved.
“When we started doing this, it was only three people. We were doing everything ourselves,” said Serhiy Pirohov, who in the summer of 2022 co-founded the volunteer drone-assembly network Social Drone UA, though he now works independently. “It was the goal from day zero to bring in more people and educate them so the goal is that everyone in the country should be able to assemble some kind of drone.”
Ukraine even opened a new armed forces' branch dedicated to drone warfare, which the Ukrainian Defense Ministry says is the first of its kind. Vadym Sukharevsky, the commander of this branch, known officially as the Unmanned Systems Forces, compared it to the creation of an air force. Russia may have more drones, he told the Economist magazine in July, “but qualitatively we are keeping them at parity.” Sukharevsky told a recent military tech conference in Kyiv that when the branch is fully structured, “we will be operating at sea, we will be operating on land and air ... plus we will be working on research and development.”
Ihor Lutsenko, a former Ukrainian lawmaker now in the Ukrainian military, is also pushing for the creation of an all-female drone unit because “we do not have enough soldiers at the front, and it’s time to include women,” he told NPR.
Meanwhile, more than 200 drone-producing companies have opened in Ukraine since 2022, including Skyassist, which has its offices in a no-frills neighborhood of Kyiv. Co-founder Ihor Krynychko points to a reconnaissance drone.
“This is the prototype,” he says. “Literally made in the kitchen.”
Skyassist produces hundreds of drones every month. Krynychko, a jolly engineer from Kharkiv, says Ukrainians are producing state-of-the-art drones because “we paid for this knowledge in blood, with our soldiers’ lives.”
“I remember being at a military exhibition in Poland last year and seeing beautiful-looking weapons by Lockheed Martin, Boeing and others and thinking ‘they’re beautiful but none of them would work in war for various reasons,’ ” he says. “It’s not because our engineers are necessarily smarter. We are at war and we know better than anyone else what’s needed at the front.”
Ukraine’s navy has used sea drones to drive Russian warships out of the Black Sea. More recently, last month, the government unveiled the Palianytsia, which has been described as both a missile drone and a rocket drone which can be used against targets far into Russian territory. The Ukrainian military is already using domestically produced long-range attack drones to hit ammunition depots deep inside Russia.
The biggest barrier to expansion, though, is money. Ukraine’s government and private sector are producing more drones than the state can afford to acquire. Ukrainian Defense Minister Rustem Umerov and former Strategic Industries Minister Oleksandr Kamyshin have urged other countries to help by buying Ukrainian drones.
Keeping up drone production helps Ukraine defend itself, says Krynychko, the co-founder of the drone-manufacturing company Skyassist.
“We have so many ideas for new drones,” he said. “We need time and resources to bring them to life.”
Hanna Palamarenko and Polina Lytvynova contributed reporting from Kyiv.
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On Tuesday, CNN host Chris Wallace said on ABC’s “The View” that former President Donald Trump is “sticking to the basement” like then-presidential candidate Joe Biden did in 2020.
Co-host Sara Haines asked, “Your dad, the late, great Mike Wallace, was an incredible investigative journalist and one of the original correspondents on 60 Minutes. What did you think of the former president refusing to do a 60 Minutes interview, which has been a tradition for more than half a century?”
Wallace said, “You know, I don’t have a firm answer in terms of but I have a gut feeling. And my gut feeling is that debate on some level scared Donald Trump and he realized that, one, giving a platform to Kamala Harris is a bad idea, which is why he’s not going to do another debate which would attract 50, 60, 70 million people. And if he were to appear on 60 Minutes alongside her, people were going to one, compare them and two, it was going to attract a bigger audience. And I think he feels I’m going to stick into my area. Look, he’s got a huge base that is going to support him despite all of the reasons that you guys have been talking about today. And I think he thinks, you know, to the degree, in a funny way, I think he’s doing what Joe Biden did in 2020, which is sticking to the basement.”
He added, “I think he’s a little bit scared about being seen and compared to Kamala Harris.”
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Russia dismisses German Intelligence claims of potential attack on NATO as 'illogical'
In a statement from Moscow on Monday, October 14, Russian Presidential Press Secretary Dmitry Peskov dismissed claims from Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) head Bruno Kahl that Russia might be capable of launching an attack on NATO by the end of this decade at the latest. Peskov described Kahl's remarks as illogical, according to the Interfax news agency.
“Russia has never moved its military infrastructure towards NATO. The process has always been the opposite,” Peskov highlighted, referencing the “waves of expansion” by the alliance and the approach of NATO’s military infrastructure to Russia’s borders.
“Therefore, claiming that Russian armed forces pose a threat to anyone is absolutely wrong, illogical, and contradicts the entire historical process that led to the current confrontation we’re experiencing,” Peskov added.
Speaking before the German Bundestag’s committee overseeing intelligence services, Kahl expressed confidence that the Kremlin views the Federal Republic of Germany as an adversary.
“We are in a direct conflict with Russia,” he remarked, noting that Germany ranks second only to the United States in the level of aid provided to Ukraine as it defends against Russian aggression. For the head of the German intelligence service, Putin’s agenda involves not just Ukraine but “the creation of a new world order.”
The BND chief urged German authorities to expand the capabilities of intelligence services. “Russian intelligence services are increasingly utilizing all available resources and acting without any scruples,” he stated. “Further deterioration of the situation is anything but unlikely. Therefore, politicians must provide German intelligence with the means and authority to counter these threats.”
In February 2022, ahead of Moscow's full-scale invasion of Ukraine, the North Atlantic Alliance persistently urged Russia to continue talks within the NATO-Russia Council. Then-NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg, at a joint press conference with then-UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson on February 10, mentioned sending a letter to Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, extending another invitation for dialogue to seek a diplomatic solution.
The first NATO-Russia Council meeting since 2019 was held in Brussels on January 12, 2022. During the four-hour session, progress was elusive. The U.S. and its NATO allies asserted that NATO doors would remain open to new members and that Russia does not have veto power over this matter.
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Are you ready for some (more) football? We've got another week of football ahead, but unfortunately, fantasy football managers will have to be plenty patient awaiting one of the best matchups of the week — a fantasy carnival, as beloved Yahoo Fantasy analyst Scott Pianowski would say. That matchup, of course, is the Baltimore Ravens at Tampa Bay Buccaneers — two red-hot offenses executed by two of the league's best quarterbacks through the first six weeks of the season.
Lamar Jackson remains as big a threat on the ground as ever, while Baker Mayfield has proven his own worth through the air leading the league with 15 passing touchdowns, ranked as fantasy football's QB1 and QB2 respectively.
Find out where these two stars and the elite skill position players they're working with Yahoo Fantasy's Week 7 PPR rankings at each position to help you make your start/sit decisions:
Good luck in your Week 7 fantasy matchups!
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A radio DJ and his family were just feet away from death as they drove past a bomb as it exploded.
John Richards, a radio DJ for western Washington's KEXP morning show, was driving on 116th street around 5:30 pm with his wife, whom he had just picked up from the airport, and his son when they noticed what appeared to be a ball fall from above.
Richards said he originally thought it was a soccer ball and slowed down in case a child ran into the street. But when smoke started pouring out of the ball, that's when he realized they were in trouble.
'Within a second, I turn to my wife and I say, "That's not...that's a bomb,"' Richards told KING 5.
The beloved DJ passed the smoking bomb a second before it detonated behind their car, leaving the family traumatized and in shock.
John Richards, a radio DJ for western Washington's KEXP morning show, was driving on 116th street around 5:30 pm with his wife, whom he had just picked up from the airport, and his son when they noticed a ball fall from above
Richards passed the smoking bomb a second before it detonated behind their car, leaving the family traumatized and in shock
'Thank God I wasn't here a second too soon,' said Richards.
Richards and his family survived without injury, while his car was slightly damaged.
The lingering threat of violence has left Richards and his family feeling on edge
'I'm afraid this is gonna happen again. Why wouldn't it happen again?' said Richards.
Reflecting on the experience, Richards said, 'It might not sound funny, but it's like watching Bugs Bunny. You know those little bombs they light? That's what it felt like. I think that's what prepared me more than anything else.''
A retired ATF explosives expert analyzed the surveillance footage and concluded that the bomb was likely homemade, containing flash powder.
The lingering threat of violence has left Richards and his family feeling on edge
A retired ATF explosives expert analyzed the surveillance footage and concluded that the bomb was likely homemade, containing flash powder
No suspects have been apprehended.
The day after, suspect attempted to detonate a bomb while being pursued by police, resulting in the forced the closure of I-90 in both directions for over three hours, reports KING 5.
Police have not determined whether or not the two incidents are related.
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Newswise — While artificial intelligence (AI) bots can serve a legitimate purpose on social media — such as marketing or customer service — some are designed to manipulate public discussion, incite hate speech, spread misinformation or enact fraud and scams. To combat potentially harmful bot activity, some platforms have published policies on using bots and created technical mechanisms to enforce those policies.
But are those policies and mechanisms enough to keep social media users safe?
New research from the University of Notre Dame analyzed the AI bot policies and mechanisms of eight social media platforms: LinkedIn, Mastodon, Reddit, TikTok, X (formerly known as Twitter) and Meta platforms Facebook, Instagram and Threads. Then researchers attempted to launch bots to test bot policy enforcement processes.
The researchers successfully published a benign “test” post from a bot on every platform.
“As computer scientists, we know how these bots are created, how they get plugged in and how malicious they can be, but we hoped the social media platforms would block or shut the bots down and it wouldn’t really be a problem,” said Paul Brenner, a faculty member and director in the Center for Research Computing at Notre Dame and senior author of the study. “So we took a look at what the platforms, often vaguely, state they do and then tested to see if they actually enforce their policies.”
The researchers found that the Meta platforms were the most difficult to launch bots on — it took multiple attempts to bypass their policy enforcement mechanisms. Although the researchers racked up three suspensions in the process, they were successful in launching a bot and posting a “test” post on their fourth attempt.
The only other platform that presented a modest challenge was TikTok, due to the platform’s frequent use of CAPTCHAs. But three platforms provided no challenge at all.
“Reddit, Mastodon and X were trivial,” Brenner said. “Despite what their policy says or the technical bot mechanisms they have, it was very easy to get a bot up and working on X. They aren’t effectively enforcing their policies.”
As of the study’s publishing date, all test bot accounts and posts were still live. Brenner shared that interns, who had only a high school-level education and minimal training, were able to launch the test bots using technology that is readily available to the public, highlighting how easy it is to launch bots online.
Overall, the researchers concluded that none of the eight social media platforms tested are providing sufficient protection and monitoring to keep users safe from malicious bot activity. Brenner argued that laws, economic incentive structures, user education and technological advances are needed to protect the public from malicious bots.
“There needs to be U.S. legislation requiring platforms to identify human versus bot accounts because we know people can’t differentiate the two by themselves,” Brenner said. “The economics right now are skewed against this as the number of accounts on each platform are a basis of marketing revenue. This needs to be in front of policymakers.”
To create their bots, researchers used Selenium, which is a suite of tools for automating web browsers, and OpenAI’s GPT-4o and DALL-E 3. The research, published as a pre-print on ArXiv, was led by Kristina Radivojevic, a doctoral student at Notre Dame, and supported by CRC student interns Catrell Conley, Cormac Kennedy and Christopher McAleer.
Contact: Brandi Wampler, associate director of media relations, 574-631-2632, [email protected]
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Who doesn't love an egg roll? For generations it's been Chinese cuisine's No. 1 hit in America. And why not? They're ubiquitous, they're fried, they're delicious, and you can eat them with your hands. Unfortunately, egg rolls are restaurant food. Making them at home can seem too daunting. First, there's a ton of prep. Second, you have to deep-fry them in a big pot of hot oil. Here's a solution in two easy steps; make the filling ahead of time and saute the rolls instead of deep-frying them.
Even if you weren't in a rush, you'd want to make the filling ahead of time. It needs to cool down before being added to the wrappers. Otherwise, it'll sog them up. So why not plan ahead and prepare this dish on a weekend? (With the new school year upon us, I'll note that filling and rolling the wrappers can be a fun task for the kids. almost as much fun as eating them.)
Here the egg rolls are filled with sauteed pork, red pepper, carrots and Napa cabbage. But if you fill them with leftovers instead -- shredded chicken, cooked broccoli, peas and so on -- you'll save yourself the trouble of having to slice and dice a mountain of raw ingredients. Do keep in mind, however, that all the ingredients need to be cooked before being stuffed into the wrappers. This step eliminates excess moisture and guarantees that everything is thoroughly cooked.
The great thing about a deep-fried egg roll is its crackly crisp shell. I'd never claim that sauteing them delivers the same crunch, but you'll get close. That said, you need to turn over each egg roll frequently as it cooks in the skillet to make sure that every part of its surface becomes nicely browned.
Chinese restaurants classify egg rolls as appetizers, but I see no reason to confine them to a supporting role. These rolls are quite substantial and, with the addition of a simple side dish, they'll do a stellar job in the center of your dinner plate.
Servings: 4 to 6
Start to finish: 1 hour, 15 minutes
For the dipping sauce:
For the egg rolls:
Make the dipping sauce: In a small bowl combine all the ingredients. Set aside.
Make the egg rolls: In a large nonstick skillet heat 2 tablespoons of the oil over medium heat. Add the ginger and garlic and cook, stirring 1 minute. Add the pork and a hefty pinch of salt, reduce the heat to medium and cook, stirring, until it turns white, about 2 minutes. Transfer with a slotted spoon to a medium bowl.
Add another tablespoon of the oil, the scallions, red pepper and carrot to the skillet and cook, stirring occasionally, until slightly softened, about 2 minutes. Add the cabbage, stock and soy sauce, and simmer, stirring until all of the liquid has evaporated and the vegetables are tender but not mushy. Add the mixture to the pork bowl, stir well and set aside to cool to room temperature. Clean the skillet and set it aside.
Working with two egg roll wrappers at a time arrange them on the counter with one of the corners facing you. Place level 1/4 cup of the filling in the center of the wrapper and bring up the bottom corner that is facing you half way up to cover the filling. Fold in the left and right corners of the wrapper snuggly over the filling. Moisten the top corner and bring it down to form a rectangular package, pressing firmly to make sure the top corner is well glued.
Heat 2 tablespoons of the oil in the large nonstick skillet over medium high heat. Add half the rolls to the skillet, reduce the heat to medium and cook the rolls, turning them frequently until they are golden brown on all sides, about 6 to 8 minutes total. Transfer them to paper towels to drain and repeat the procedure with the remaining oil and remaining egg rolls.
Transfer to plates and serve right away with the dipping sauce.
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Kingsmill survivor criticises ‘cruel withholding’ of Police Ombudsman report
Alan Black says he fears he will go to his grave without getting answers about the mass killing by republican terrorists in 1976.
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The sole survivor of the Kingsmill Massacre has lambasted the “withholding” of a Police Ombudsman report into the atrocity as “cruel”.
Alan Black, 81, has described himself as being in poor health and said he fears he will go to his grave before finding out answers he has campaigned decades for.
Ten of Mr Black’s colleagues died and he was seriously wounded when republican terrorists posing as British soldiers ordered the workmen off a bus on the way home from work outside the village of Kingsmill in Co Armagh in January 1976.
They were asked their religion, and the only Catholic was ordered to run away.
The killers forced the 11 remaining men to line up outside the van before opening fire.
Mr Black survived despite being shot multiple times.
No-one has ever been convicted of the murders, which the Provisional IRA denied.
However in April following a long-running inquest, a coroner ruled that the shooting dead of the 10 Protestant workmen at Kingsmill was an “overtly sectarian attack by the IRA”.
Mr Black said they expected the publication of the Police Ombudsman report following the conclusion of the inquest, but are continuing to wait.
He has issued a second pre-application protocol letter to the office of the Police Ombudsman to try and secure the report.
He visited Stormont on Thursday along with Karen Armstrong, sister of victim John McConville, for a meeting with DUP Policing Board member Joanne Bunting.
“Why the Ombudsman’s office is doing this, and me in particular in bad health, I just do not know. It’s cruel, it really is cruel,” he said.
Asked how he felt when he saw a public inquiry announced into the murder of Belfast solicitor Pat Finucane, Mr Black said: “Everyone’s entitled, anyone who was taken the way Pat Finucane was taken is entitled, but we’re entitled as well.
“Why are we being passed from pillar to post, first with the inquest and now the Ombudsman, why are they doing this to us?
“They don’t want to open this can of worms, that’s my opinion. But that can of worms has to be opened. It can’t be allowed to fester. I’m 81, will I make 82, will we have that report.
“We have men dead over 40 years, I’m the only one that lived, I owe them and I will have to keep fighting and get whoever we can on our side.”
Ms Armstrong said they had been told by Ombudsman investigators that the report was completed in 2020, and questioned why the hold up.
She said her brother went to work that morning and never came home.
“We were left with basically no answers, even those first few weeks, we were reading information in newspapers, any detail we got were from newspapers, no-one from any position in security or government came to tell us anything,” she said.
“And that’s how we lived with Kingsmill for a long time. It was very, very difficult and still is to this day.
“John had plans, he wanted to go to college and study to be a missionary.
“We want truth. We haven’t even got an inch of that, and that’s what is wrong.”
Ms Bunting said Mr Black has used money in his legal action that he had saved for his funeral.
“It is appalling that some 48 years after this most brutal callous and sectarian of murders that caused embarrassment even for the IRA that to get to the truth, these families are still having to fight the very systems that were set up to support them,” she said.
“Mr Black is now 81 and in poor health. He has endured an eight-year inquest which frankly raised more questions than provided answers and as a result he has pinned his hopes for getting truth on the Police Ombudsman report, but he fears he may not live to see it.
“This matter should have been resolved and the report issued as soon as the inquest was over. The initial complaint was made in 2013.
“This is no way to treat innocent victims. It is shameful.”
A spokesperson for the Office of the Police Ombudsman said: “Given potential legal proceedings, it would be inappropriate to comment.
“However, we can confirm that we intend to provide the findings of our investigation in respect of the Kingsmill murders and attempted murder to those families and victims who brought related complaints and concerns to the Police Ombudsman.
“This will be within the timeframe determined by the transitional arrangements, which is prior to May 1, 2025.”
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A Catholic bishop in Nigeria was warned the most populous African nation “is becoming a failed state.”
Bishop of Idah Diocese, Bishop Anthony Adaji of Idah – located in Kogi State in Nigeria’s “middle belt” region – has attacked the administration of President Bola Tinubu, who has faced severe inflation and growing cases of attacks by militants and criminal groups.
He was speaking on Sunday at Our Lady Mother of Mercy Catholic Church in Idah to Punch newspaper.
The bishop said the Nigerian state is becoming a place where “people can no longer trust the government.”
Nigeria is a nation of over 230 million people, almost evenly divided between Christians and Muslims. The Christian population is primarily in the South, while Islam dominates the North. However, the “Middle Belt” is where the two religions meet.
Kogi is 45 percent Muslim and 40 percent Christian – the remaining population follow traditional ethnic religions.
This year, Ahmed Usman Ododo was elected governor of the state. He is a Muslim member of the All Progressives Congress. This is also the party of the Nigerian president.
“If you look at the political arrangement right now, the governor is in charge of the state through a political party,” he said.
“All the Local government election results are declared with no other party winning any election and we still call it democracy. Democracy is failing in our country called Nigeria. We cannot pretend things are getting well. It is getting worse every day,” Adaji said.
In early August, “EndBadGovernanceInNigera” protests which took place and led to several deaths and multiple arrests. The protestors criticized food shortages, corruption, and demanded the reinstatement of gas and electricity subsidies.
“People are dying because of a cup of garri [the flour of cassava] right now in our country. I would recall that the former [U.S.] ambassador to Nigeria when he came to commission something in Abuja, said Nigeria is the most concentrated country with black intellectuals around the world,” Adaji said.
The bishop noted the ambassador was a black American.
“Even in America, the black people, Nigeria has the highest intellectuals among the black people in the world,” the bishop said.
In the U.S. over 61 percent of Nigerian Americans aged 25 years or older hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, compared to 28 percent of the total U.S. population, making them of the most successful immigrant groups in the country.
“How can such a country be gradually sinking and becoming a failed state? We cannot pretend about that,” Adaji said.
“The politicians in Nigeria are not helping democracy to grow. So, you cannot tell me that in a particular state that is being controlled by a particular political party, there is no local government that can choose a candidate. This is not true because I don’t believe that. It is a deliberate attempt by politicians to destroy democracy,” the bishop claimed.
Adaji told Punch Nigeria has enough resources that every child in the country should not be hungry.
However, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization says Nigeria has the “largest number of food insecure people globally” at 31.8 million people.
“There is a great endowment of wealth in this country, but the mismanagement of wealth has led us to where we are now. This is the situation Nigerians are facing. God has blessed Nigeria abundantly, but unfortunately, the mismanagement of Nigeria’s resources over time has brought us to where we are now. If nothing is done it can only get worse and never get better.”
Adaji said Tnubu’s administration of the country is poor, adding that his government has succeeded in impoverishing many Nigerians.
“The removal of fuel subsidy and the escalating price of goods with many Nigerians dying because of a cup of garri and can’t afford to feed their family, we can’t call that as an administration that is moving Nigeria forward,” the bishop said.
He said if the government is committed to uplifting the country forward, “the cost of governance must be cut off.”
“You cannot talk of giving politicians [high salaries], and many Nigerians are dying because they can’t afford food to eat. We can’t accept such a government. It can only be ranked among governors that have looted the economy. If nothing is done or things continue like this, the nation is spelling for doom,” Adaji said.
“It is not at all because we must tell ourselves the truth. There is nothing to lose in telling the truth,” the bishop said.
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New direct view emitting IP68-rated flexible LED strip delivers 515 lumens per foot of consistent white colors across spools and batches
LOS ANGELES–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Color matching and consistency across multiple spools and batches are no longer a problem. Acclaim Lighting, a leader in innovative and advanced lighting technology, introduces its Flex Tube HO SC™, a low-profile, exterior-rated linear LED strip with two bend-direction options and an extensive range of consistent white color temperatures.
Available in 2200K, 2700K, 3000K, 3500K, 4000K and 5700K, Flex Tube HO SC provides consistent color temperature rendering across the full length of every spool and even amongst multiple batches based on Acclaim Lighting’s precise binning policies that follow the two-step MacAdam ellipse. The LED strip is available in built-to order-lengths from 4.37” (111mm) to 16.4’ (5m) with section points every 2.18” (55.56mm).
Flex Tube HO SC flexible LED outdoor strip provides a 114° beam angle while operating off of 24 VDC power. It delivers up to 515 lumens per foot with an 80 CRI, while consuming only 16.5 watts. The direct view LED strips can be precisely controlled 0 to 100 percent with a DMX, 0-10V or DALI. In addition, Flex Tube HO SC runs can be integrated directly into main level dimming systems using Acclaim’s reverse/forward phase MLE dimmer drivers.
Flex Tube HO SC comes in custom-built lengths to suit project requirements and features a highly durable UV-, solvent- and flame-resistant silicone body, which is outdoor rated with high-impact resistance. The flexible direct view LED strip is IP68-rated for wet locations and submersible to 6.56 feet, as well as IK10 rated for protection against 20-joule impact.
Easily installed in its locking aluminum mounting channel, Flex Tube HO SC will perform in temperatures of -40 to 131 °F. It will maintain 70 percent of its lumens for 50,000 hours and comes with a five-year warranty. For more information about the Flex Tube HO SC, contact Acclaim Lighting at 323-213-4626 or visit https://acclaimlighting.com/flex-tube-ho-sc.
About Acclaim Lighting
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Gov’t fully awards bonds amid strong demand
THE GOVERNMENT made a full award of the Treasury bonds (T-bonds) it offered on Tuesday amid robust demand and as rates were in line with secondary market levels amid expectations that the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP) will cut borrowing rates further at its meeting this week.
The Bureau of the Treasury (BTr) raised P15 billion as planned via the reissued 10-year bonds it auctioned off on Tuesday as total bids reached P40.876 billion, or almost three times the amount on offer.
This brought the total outstanding volume for the series to P205 billion, the Treasury said in a statement.
The bonds, which have a remaining life of six years and nine months, were awarded at an average rate of 5.69%. Accepted yields ranged from 5.65% to 5.7%.
The average rate of the reissued papers was 55 basis points (bps) higher than the 5.13% fetched for the bonds when they were last awarded on Nov. 9, 2021. This was also 169 bps above the 4% coupon rate for the issue.
Still, this was 1.4 bps lower than the 5.704% fetched for the seven-year bond, the tenor closest to the remaining life of the T-bonds on offer, and 5.53 bps below the 5.7453% quoted for the same bond series at the secondary market before Tuesday’s auction, based on PHP Bloomberg Valuation Service Reference Rates data provided by the BTr.
The government made a full award of its T-bond offer as the average yield fetched for the issue was aligned with prevailing secondary market rates, the Treasury said.
The BTr’s offer was met with strong demand as expected as the bond on offer is “relatively illiquid,” a trader said in a text message.
The Treasury fully awarded its offering as rates were slightly below comparable secondary market levels as the market expects the BSP to reduce borrowing costs at its policy meeting on Wednesday following slower-than-expected headline inflation last month, Rizal Commercial Banking Corp. Chief Economist Michael L. Ricafort said in a Viber message.
The BSP will likely cut benchmark interest rates by 25 bps for a second straight meeting on Wednesday to continue its easing cycle amid an improving inflation outlook, analysts said.
A BusinessWorld poll conducted last week showed that 16 out of 19 analysts expect the Monetary Board to reduce borrowing costs by 25 bps at its policy meeting on Oct. 16 to bring the target reverse repurchase rate to 6%.
On the other hand, two analysts expect the BSP to cut by a bigger 50 bps this week, while one sees the Monetary Board keeping rates unchanged.
The BSP kicked off its easing cycle with a 25-bp cut in August, marking the first time it reduced borrowing costs in nearly four years.
BSP Governor Eli M. Remolona, Jr. earlier said they could deliver a 25-bp rate cut at each of their October and December meetings, which would bring the policy rate to 5.75% by yearend.
Philippine headline inflation sharply slowed to 1.9% year on year in September from 3.3% in August and 6.1% a year ago.
This was below the central bank’s 2%-2.8% forecast for the month and was also the slowest print in over four years or since the 1.6% in May 2020.
For the first nine months, inflation averaged 3.4%, matching the central bank’s full-year forecast and also falling within its 2-4% annual target.
The BTr is looking to raise P145 billion from the domestic market this month, or P100 billion via Treasury bills and P45 billion through T-bonds.
The government borrows from local and foreign sources to help fund its budget deficit, which is capped at P1.48 trillion or 5.6% of gross domestic product this year. — A.M.C. Sy
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Head of Myanmar’s military government urges ethnic rebels to join peace talks
BANGKOK (AP) — The head of Myanmar’s military government has invited ethnic rebels to hold peace talks to end armed conflict across the country. It’s the second time in less than a month that the ruling generals have publicly promoted negotiations. Senior Gen. Min Aung Hlaing’s proposal was broadcast on state television on the ninth anniversary of the signing of its nationwide cease-fire agreement. About half of the nation’s 21 established ethnic armed organizations agreed to the pact but some no longer honor it.
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Bihm Firm Scholarship
CONROE, TX, UNITED STATES, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- Attorney Kate Bihm is thrilled to announce the launch of the Butler/McDaniel Memorial Scholarship, which provides an award of $1,000 to a local student each year. This scholarship program honors both of Attorney Bihm's grandfathers – two men who grew up in small towns, went to public schools, and went on to graduate from universities and achieve tremendous success. Through the Butler/McDaniel Memorial Scholarship, Kate Bihm aims to encourage local students to believe in themselves and persevere while remembering that their local community is an important part of who they are.
Attorney Bihm offers this scholarship to provide a helping hand to students who grew up in the local area, which is the community she serves. Applicants must currently attend or have graduated from high school in one of the following counties: Montgomery County, Grimes County, Liberty County, San Jacinto County, Walker County, or Waller County. Eligible students are high achievers, and they must be high school seniors or college students who are pursuing an undergraduate, graduate, or professional degree within the United States. Applicants are asked to submit an essay explaining what makes their hometown special and what it has taught them.
This scholarship will be awarded to a new student once a year. To be considered for the 2025 scholarship, applications must be submitted by April 16, 2025. The law firm intends to select a winner by May 16, 2025.
If you are interested in applying for this scholarship, please visit .
About The Bihm Firm, PLLC
Kate Bihm opened her law firm in 2007. For nearly 20 years, Attorney Bihm and her staff have provided exceptional legal services to clients in several counties throughout Texas. The Bihm Firm, PLLC offers guidance to couples and families in cases involving high-asset divorce , asset distribution, child custody , child support, and many other family law -related matters. With a background as an assistant district attorney, Kate also skillfully represents clients facing criminal charges, including drug charges and probation issues.
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It is “absolute panic mode for the Harris team,” Breitbart News editor-in-chief Alex Marlow said during an appearance on Tomi Lahren Is Fearless, explaining that Vice President Kamala Harris is intrinsically not a good candidate and used her connections to get to where she is now.
“I think it’s absolute panic mode for the Harris team and the Tim Walz team,” Marlow began, noting that the Harris-Walz campaign originally tried to use the “bunker approach, which was the correct approach, because now we know what Kamala sounds like when she opens her mouth.”
Marlow said when he was researching his bestseller Breaking Biden: Exposing the Hidden Forces and Secret Money Machine Behind Joe Biden, His Family, and His Administration, it was easy to see that out of the past Democrat presidents — including Bill Clinton and Barack Obama — Harris is “the only one in the group who really is a stone-cold moron, as you said.”
“I don’t say that as an attack and a pejorative. Yeah, it’s fun to say, but that’s not why I’m saying it. I’m saying it because it’s true. She’s not a particularly bright person,” he said, walking through some of these stark realities.
“She failed the bar. She only got into law school because she used some sort of affirmative action program. We don’t know what her records were as a student. We know that she has used connections — yes, including her connections to powerful men — to get to where she is,” Marlow said, adding that Harris is not good on her feet and also lacks good ideas.
“It’s just a fact. She’s not that great. She’s not a good candidate. She was never a good candidate. The Democrat establishment doesn’t get this, but the people do. The people have never been excited about her,” he said, noting that she did not even receive any delegates when she ran for president in 2020.
“It’s pretty fun to watch, I gotta admit, because they have nothing they can do. They have to keep putting her out there watching her fumble around, because they … can’t put her back in the penalty box at this point,” he added.
Marlow also noted that Harris is failing to keep coalitions together, underperforming among key demographics for the Democrats.
“This is going to be something. I can’t wait to get this data from election night, but you’re already seeing historic union support for Trump. You’re seeing him pick up voters in the Muslim community. The Muslim community hates the Biden-Harris plan, so they’re going to be voting for Jill Stein in Michigan, which is going to be wild to see those numbers come in,” he said.
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Matt Perdie / Breitbart NewsMarlow explained that Democrats have heavily relied on the Catholic vote — President Biden was able to keep that coalition together for the most part, convincing them that he is one of them despite his pro-abortion positions — but Harris has been unable to convince them she is on their side.
“Democrats are losing their cool card. … She’s so uncool. The Democrats are so uncool. They’re preposterous the way they’re trying to frame Trump as the bad guy,” Marlow added. “It just enhances his brand with them.”
WATCH below:
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Walgreens plans to close 1,200 stores over the next three years, the pharmacy chain said on Tuesday. It's part of the company's plan for a turnaround, as it faces retail competition and lower prescription payouts.
Chief Executive Tim Wentworth said about a quarter of the company’s stores are unprofitable. Walgreens has been on a $1-billion cost-cutting spree. It's already been shutting some stores, shaking up leadership and renegotiating its deals with insurers.
Walgreens, which also owns the British drugstore chain Boots, reported a net loss of $3 billion in the latest quarter. This was actually better than expected, with sales growing 6%.
Walgreens isn't the only big pharmacy chain attempting a turnaround. Rite Aid last month emerged from bankruptcy; CVS has also closed stores and reportedly weighs a breakup to undo its mergers with the insurance company Aetna and with Caremark, a pharmacy benefits manager.
The convenience-store part of pharmacy chains has been losing shoppers to Amazon, Walmart, Costco, grocery stores and dollar stores. Many of those rivals also fill prescriptions, competing for pharmacy customers, too.
Pharmacy chains have over-expanded to thousands of locations over the years, signing long-term leases for pricey corner locations. But many shoppers have criticized the quality of the stores, complaining about understaffing and the inaccessibility of items that are locked up to prevent theft. Pharmacies, for their part, have complained about shrinking profits for filling prescriptions, citing dramatic declines in reimbursement rates.
In light of these challenges, CVS and Walgreens have looked for profits elsewhere. They've tried to add primary-care clinics, a project that costs a lot of time and money. The chains have also proposed new payout structures for prescriptions, with Walgreens on Tuesday warning that it would be "willing to walk away from a line of business, if it doesn't make sense."
"I'm very confident that over a two- to three-year period we will have reset the framework for reimbursement discussions," Walgreens CEO Wentworth told investors on Tuesday.
He also added that Walgreens is focusing on adding more store-brand products to its chain. That tactic has been successful for Boots in Britain, though it has not done as well in the U.S. so far. Wentworth also said the chain would work to re-hire workers from stores that will close and added that overall, "Many of our actions across this turnaround will take time."
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MCAN Mortgage (TSE:MKP – Get Free Report) has been assigned a C$19.00 target price by equities research analysts at Canaccord Genuity Group in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday, BayStreet.CA reports. The firm currently has a “buy” rating on the stock. Canaccord Genuity Group’s price objective would suggest a potential upside of 1.50% from the company’s current price.
MCAN Mortgage Trading Up 1.8 %
Shares of MCAN Mortgage stock traded up C$0.34 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching C$18.72. The company had a trading volume of 65,908 shares, compared to its average volume of 36,751. The firm has a market cap of C$714.17 million, a PE ratio of 8.49 and a beta of 0.85. MCAN Mortgage has a fifty-two week low of C$14.87 and a fifty-two week high of C$18.77. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 373.58, a current ratio of 1.97 and a quick ratio of 1.97. The stock has a fifty day moving average price of C$17.63 and a 200 day moving average price of C$16.62.
MCAN Mortgage (TSE:MKP – Get Free Report) last issued its earnings results on Monday, August 12th. The company reported C$0.52 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. MCAN Mortgage had a net margin of 61.99% and a return on equity of 14.76%. On average, equities analysts anticipate that MCAN Mortgage will post 2.5108359 earnings per share for the current year.
MCAN Mortgage Company Profile
MCAN Mortgage Corporation operates as a loan and mortgage investment corporation in Canada. The company engages in the real estate lending and investing activities, including residential mortgage, residential construction, non-residential construction, and commercial loans, as well as portfolio of real estate investments trusts and private investment activities.
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Newswise — Who says gold medals are just for the field? At the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic, smiles are winning big, too.
Hunt School of Dental Medicine students organized and provided complimentary screenings and cleanings to members of the gold-medal-winning El Paso 915 Stars and their Special Olympics soccer team on Sept. 24.
“I’m very excited!” said Aaron Silva, an El Paso 915 Stars team member and 2010 graduate of Americas High School, during his first visit to the clinic. Pausing from spending time with the clinic’s mascot, Teeth Rex, he added, “Everyone is so friendly. The organizers are very friendly — they really made me want to come today!”
Daniela Alvarez, a third-year dental student and president of the student organization Disability Inclusivity in Dentistry, led the Special Olympics Screen and Clean event.
Alvarez, originally from Cuba and a Texas resident since the age of 9, worked with fellow students and volunteers to coordinate the event after a recent interaction with the 915 Stars team, which won a gold medal at the 2023 Texas Special Olympics Summer Games.
“A lot of them said, ‘You’re a dentist? That’s so cool. What do you do? I haven’t been to the dentist in so long,’” she observed.
This curiosity from the team inspired Alvarez to act.
“It clicked for me,” said Alvarez. “We do this kind of outreach for kids all the time. I thought, ‘We can set something up for these adults too.’”
According to the Institute for Oral Health, one-third of individuals in households experiencing disabilities had not visited a dentist in two or more years, compared to 19.7% in households without disabilities. Individuals with disabilities are also twice as likely to experience high dental anxiety (21.8%) compared to those without disabilities (10.6%). Children and adults with autism spectrum disorder often have sensory sensitivities that make dental visits challenging, with aversions to bright lights, loud noises, and unfamiliar tastes or textures.
Only 10% of pediatric dentists reported being adequately trained to work with special needs patients. In response, the Commission on Dental Accreditation has since 2021 required all dental schools to train their students to treat patients with intellectual and developmental disabilities.
When the Hunt School of Dental Medicine admitted its first class in 2021, it developed a new curriculum and designed facilities to meet these ADA guidelines. Students, dentists, faculty, and staff at the Oral Health Clinic receive specialized training to help patients feel comfortable.
According to Wilma Luquis-Aponte, D.M.D., Ph.D, who leads the school’s special needs education program, one of their goals is to train future dentists who feel comfortable and confident when treating patients with special needs.
“Special needs training is embedded into our dental curriculum at the Hunt School of Dental Medicine, much like our Spanish language requirement,” said Dr. Luquis-Aponte. “Our clinic is well-equipped to provide care to patients with disabilities. Our dentists and students receive extensive training in specialized techniques, such as sedation, to ensure patient comfort and safety.”
Patients can be seen in two special needs dental suites sponsored by Bank of America and Ethos Financial. These suites feature customized dental tools, sedation equipment, and lighting to create a calming dental experience. One suite includes a specialized dental chair to accommodate patients who rely on wheelchairs.
Ensuring patients are comfortable increases the likelihood of adopting good oral health habits at home. This will go a long way toward reducing unplanned and costly emergency dental visits.
Hunt School of Dental Medicine students develop clinical skills in their first semester. By the time they graduate four years later, they will have far more hours of experience working with all types of patients than other dental schools.
For many athletes on the 915 Stars, part of the El Paso Special Needs Athletic Group, this event marked a significant step in accessing much-needed dental care.
“Screen and clean clinics like this help establish a connection between patients and the dental community, making it easier to ensure long-term dental care when needed,” Dr. Luquis-Aponte said. “These events are key to fostering trust and familiarity with the dental environment, which is critical for patients who may experience heightened anxiety about dental care.”
Luis Munoz Jr. visited the Oral Health Clinic for the first time. Following his appointment, he traveled to Midland for another Special Olympics event, this time in softball. His parents, Luis and Isabel Munoz, accompanied him to the clinic. Mom and dad will soon be joining Luis Jr. as Oral Health Clinic patients.
“I was very impressed by what I saw and with the dental students,” said Louisa Munoz. “I have a lot of faith in the dental students I met today. We’re making appointments for ourselves today.”
Tedd L. Mitchell, M.D., chancellor of the Texas Tech University System, was in attendance to show his support for the event and Hunt School of Dental Medicine students as they expand inclusive health care access.
“The Hunt School of Dental Medicine is more than an educational facility,” said Chancellor Mitchell. “It’s also a community asset. This event is a great example of how our future dentists are fostering strong community ties. While many individuals with disabilities often face challenges accessing health care, particularly dental care, events like this help break down barriers. It’s about enhancing the well-being of our community through preventive care and ensuring that everyone is included.”
The collaboration with the El Paso 915 Stars and Special Olympics is just one of many steps Hunt School of Dental Medicine students are taking to address crucial gaps in dental care access while creating a more accessible and compassionate health care system in our Borderplex community. Other special events include senior and student dental outreach days.
“Our students are the driving force behind these community outreach events,” added Dr. Luquis-Aponte. “Daniela pioneered this effort, and we encourage all our students to engage with the community with the same passion and dedication.”
About Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic
As part of efforts to improve the accessibility of oral health care in the community, the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic offers reduced-cost dental care in its 38,000 square-foot public facility. The clinic comes equipped with 145 treatment chairs where students work with faculty providers to deliver high-quality oral health care to Borderplex residents. Providers at the Texas Tech Dental Oral Health Clinic specialize in high-tech, same-day dentistry for patients. With a full complement of 221 students spanning four dental classes, Hunt School of Dental Medicine students are poised to provide nearly 60,000 clinical hours of oral care annually.
About Texas Tech Health El Paso
Texas Tech Health El Paso is the only health sciences center on the U.S.-Mexico border and serves 108 counties in West Texas that have been historically underserved. It’s a designated Title V Hispanic-Serving Institution, preparing the next generation of health care heroes, 48% of whom identify as Hispanic and are often first-generation students.
Established as an independent university in 2013, Texas Tech Health El Paso is a proudly diverse and uniquely innovative destination for education and research.
With a mission of eliminating health care barriers and creating life-changing educational opportunities for Borderplex residents, Texas Tech Health El Paso has graduated over 2,400 doctors, nurses and researchers over the past decade, and will add dentists to its alumni beginning in 2025. For more information, visit ttuhscepimpact.org.
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Biker who killed girlfriend, 27, in horror motorcycle crash is spared jail after victim's family pleads with judge: 'He loved her'
A biker who killed his girlfriend in a horror motorcycle crash has been spared jail time after the victim's family made an emotional plea to the judge to show him mercy.
Laura Carrillo, 27, died when she fell off Jake Barton's KTM RC 390 into the path of an oncoming vehicle near Whitchurch, Shropshire.
The Madrid-born woman, who had been living in the UK since 2017, was pronounced dead at the scene on the A41 on October 12, 2023.
Barton, 24, of Stafford, went on to plead guilty to causing death by careless driving and had been facing jail when he was sentenced today
However Barton avoided a custodial sentence after Ms Carrillo's family pleaded with the court to not sentence him to time behind bars.
The boyfriend of Laura Carrillo, 27, (Pictured) who killed her in a horror motorcycle crash has been spared jail
Her family, who described the Spanish national as a sporty biology student, who lived life to the fullest, issued an emotional plea to the judge to not jail her boyfriend Mr Barton
Ms Carrillo's brother Jaime Carrillo sent victim impact statements to District Judge Ian Barnes who was sentencing Barton at Telford Magistrates Court.
In their victim impact statements, the family described the Spanish national as a sporty, ice-hockey biology student who enjoyed living life to the fullest.
Prosecutor Sara Beddow read the statement, which also said: 'We do not want Jake to go to prison, we do not believe it would in any way help or relieve the pain.'
Mr Carrillo said that the Carrillo-Sanchez family 'did not perceive Jake as a criminal' and they felt that he had been 'punished enough' by Ms Carrillo's death.
'He loved my sister. There is no greater punishment than watching my sister die,' he added.
The grieving brother also told of how his sister's death had 'destroyed [their] lives', adding that his parents had undergone counselling in the wake of the tragedy.
He also revealed that his 85-year-old grandmother is 'not able to overcome her absence'.
'We are forever impacted, forever devastated,' Mr Carrillo said.
Prosecuting, Ms Beddow, said the crash in Prees Higher Heath had been a case of a 'momentary loss of concentration'.
Adrian Roberts, defending, said Barton had himself been 'struggling to come to terms with the tragic events.'
A victim impact statement sent in by her brother Jaime Carrillo read: 'We do not want Jake to go to prison, we do not believe it would in any way help or relieve the pain' (Pictured: Telford Magistrates' Court)
He added: 'The two had been working together for eight months. He is clearly devastated and struggled to explain how he feels.'
Mr Roberts claimed a pick-up truck in front of Barton's motorcycle, travelling at about 40mph, had braked 'suddenly'.
Barton had been 'too close' and had attempted to avoid a collision by steering to the right.
Mr Roberts said: 'He caught the rear offside of the Toyota Hilux and [Ms Carrillo] fell off.'
He added that Barton, a contract catering events manager, had continued to work despite the 'burden of guilt'.
District Judge Ian Barnes said it had been a 'desperately tragic case for everyone involved' and passed his condolences to Ms Carrillo's family.
He said Barton had 'reacted too late', and tried to take evasive action. The court was told that traffic had been travelling at about 40mph.
The judge said: 'You did not set out to cause harm but you carry the responsibility. It is clear that Laura dearly loved and lived life to the full. Her joy was infectious.'
The judge handed him a 26-week custodial sentence, suspended for 18 months, adding that there is a 'realistic prospect of rehabilitation'.
Barton will also have to carry out 250 hours of unpaid work in the community, and attend 20 rehabilitation activity days.
Barton was also ordered to pay a victims' surcharge of £154 and prosecution costs of £85.
Ms Carrillo, who had been living in the UK since 2017, was pronounced dead at the scene on the A41 (Pictured) on October 12, 2023 after falling off Mr Barton's motorcycle
He has also been banned from driving for 18 months after which he will have to pass an extended driving test before getting behind the wheel again.
In a previous tribute to the 27-year-old, Ms Carrillo's family said: 'Laura lit up every single room she entered.
'She was fiery, energetic, adventurous, kind and beautifully crazy.
'She loved to travel and explore, and we are grateful that she saw as much of the world as she did before she passed.
'We know the world is a better place because of her influence.
'She was a much-loved daughter, sister, niece, cousin and friend. Words cannot express how much we will miss her and how forever changed our lives are now.'
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Russian soldiers abandon positions, citing drunken commander's chaotic orders as the last straw
In a dramatic twist on the battlefield, Russian soldiers have reportedly deserted their positions, citing the chaotic orders from their intoxicated commander. The troops, however, assert that they're neither cowards nor deserters; they simply refuse to fight under such leadership. Their current whereabouts remain unknown.
The Russian servicemen allegedly abandoned their posts after a drunken order was issued by their commander to occupy a new position, an endeavor that entailed a treacherous nighttime trek through a minefield. This account comes from the soldiers themselves, as reported by Astra.
“Not only do we have to go there at night, but there are mines, sand, and other crap. Three groups already went ahead, and we’re the fourth, yet those three aren't responding. So, we're done for; we won't make it back. Who knows what to do with the command of the 109th regiment, and our company commander ‘Prokop,’ who is drunk while giving us orders,” said one of the Russian servicemen.
Astra has confirmed the identities of the soldiers involved. They are Vyacheslav Trutnev and Dmitry Ostrovsky, members of the 132nd Brigade, 3rd Company of the 109th Regiment. According to them, they left their positions because their patience had run out due to the erratic orders from higher-up commanders.
“Two of our comrades refused to follow ‘Prokop’’s orders to advance through a minefield, and he retaliated by bombarding them, resulting in their deaths. Their call signs were ‘Bosyak’ and ‘Grim.’ The last straw was when our inebriated company commander contacted us with nonsensical orders to advance with ‘Gliba.’ This was a one-way ticket. We laid down our weapons and retreated, found civilian clothes. We’re not chickens or deserters, but we can't continue under such leadership,” the Russian ex-soldiers emphasized.
While they have not disclosed their current location, they conveyed that they are sheltered and clothed.
“We managed to evade the deterrent patrols, thank heavens. We hope someone will help us,” the Russian servicemen reported. Trutnev's civilian wife told journalists that she and his mother suspect the videos might have been recorded in Ukrainian captivity, although there is no evidence to support this.
“There was a sense that the guys seemed a little unnatural, but they contact us and claim everything is fine and they're safe,” said Alena to Astra.
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Congratulations, fantasy football managers! Fantasy's top-scoring defense is back in the mix this week as the Minnesota Vikings return from a bye, currently ranked top-three in sacks (20) while leading the NFL with 11 interceptions despite playing just five games. The bad news? They're set to face the Detroit Lions, who are allowing the fourth-fewest fantasy points per game to opposing defenses.
Elsewhere, the Chargers will take on the Las Vegas Raiders who are without recently-traded WR Davante Adams and could be missing a number of other top receiving options with Jakobi Meyers banged up with an ankle injury and Michael Mayer out due to personal reasons. The Raiders have allowed 11 or more fantasy points in four of six games this season, including each of the last three.
Find out where the Chargers D/ST landed in our team's Week 7 defense rankings:
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The Jackson Board of Education has taken the first step toward construction of a middle school by accepting in principle a recommendation of a citizens facility-advisory committee. The committee in late August recommended the district consider a middle school as the only viable option to relieve serious student overcrowding at R.O. Hawkins Junior High School and a growing enrollment problem at nearby West Lane Elementary School.
Members of the Missouri Army National Guard's 1140th Combat Engineer Battalion have erected a temporary, 80-foot pedestrian bridge over Cape LaCroix Creek in Arena Park for the SEMO District Fair.
The 50th anniversary of the incorporation of Third Street Methodist Church is observed at the morning worship service. The Rev. Fred J. Statler of Florissant, Missouri, director of Golden Cross of the Methodist Church and a former pastor of Third Street, is the guest speaker.
John Rigdon of Chaffee, Missouri, has been called as educational director of Red Star Baptist Church. Before coming to the church here, Rigdon was educational director of First Baptist Church at Chaffee.
A plea for change of a Cape Transit Corp. bus route to better serve the Marble City Heights area and a petition to aid the Smelterville suburb are heard by the Cape Girardeau City Council. The latter asks for better sanitary conditions, cutting of weeds along streets, better lighting, safe public-water service, more fire hydrants, improved streets and removal of livestock yards. The council agrees some street grading can be done and drainage ditches re-established.
Forrest H. Rose, head of the speech department at Teachers College, has received an appointment as field representative of the national speakers' section of the Office of Civilian Defense.
Arthur Winchester, a prominent young farmer living in Illinois, hauls the remains of his automobile to Cape Girardeau in a farm wagon to have the machine rebuilt. Winchester, with Willie Dillard, Pat Lynch and two other men, started to Cairo, Illinois, last Wednesday night, but met with an accident at Olive Branch, Illinois. The five-passenger tumbled into a 10- to 12-foot deep ditch while running at nearly 50 mph, launching the occupants into the air. None was seriously injured.
Seth A. Babcock, appointed by a Methodist Sunday-school class for the purpose, calls upon J.T. Nunn, superintendent of the annual fair, and serves notice warrants will be sought and prosecution will follow for anyone operating a gambling game at the fairground this year.
-- Sharon K. Sanders
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Teenager seen on CCTV with McDonald’s hours after boys were killed, jury told
Images show the 16-year-old returning to a property in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol carrying a takeaway, Bristol Crown Court heard.
A 16-year-old boy picked up takeaway food and drinks just hours after allegedly being involved in a murderous attack on two teenagers, a jury was told.
The teenager, who cannot be identified for legal reasons, was captured on CCTV returning to a property in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol carrying a McDonald’s meal.
It is alleged he purchased the food six hours after being involved in the fatal assault on Mason Rist and Max Dixon shortly after 11pm on January 27 this year in Knowle West.
It is the prosecution’s case the 16-year-old was involved with Antony Snook, 45; Riley Tolliver, 18; and two boys aged 17 and 15, in murdering the two boys.
Snook is alleged to have driven the four teenagers to Ilminster Avenue in an Audi Q2 car where Mason, 15, and Max, 16, were attacked.
Bristol Crown Court heard how the boys, who were good friends, were then set upon by the teenagers armed with weapons.
They had been wrongly identified as being responsible for bricks being thrown at a house in the Hartcliffe area of Bristol earlier that evening, the jury of nine men and three women has been told.
Mason and Max sustained fatal stab injuries and both died in hospital later.
The five defendants were each charged with two counts of murder.
The 15-year-old boy has admitted murdering Mason but denies murdering Max.
The 17-year-old boy has admitted manslaughter relating to Max but denies murdering him and Mason.
Snook is alleged to have driven the Audi Q2, while Tolliver and the three teenage boys are said to have been passengers, the jury previously heard.
On Tuesday, Ray Tully KC, prosecuting, took the jury through multiple CCTV clips showing the movements of some of the defendants in the hours after the attack.
Part of the footage, which was released to the media after being played in court, shows the Audi travelling along Pawlett Road minutes after the attack before arriving at an address in Hartcliffe shortly after.
The jury were told Snook was allegedly driving, while the 17-year-old boy was first to exit the vehicle, followed by the 16-year-old, before the car is driven away.
They also saw footage of a fire being lit in the back garden and items linked to the attack allegedly being disposed of.
Mr Tully previously told how the property in the Hartcliffe area – which he said had a “rivalry” with the Knowle West area – was targeted at about 10pm on January 27.
CCTV footage showed people outside the house holding machetes and throwing bricks at the windows. A woman was left injured in the incident.
An hour later, Snook, Tolliver and the three teenage boys allegedly left the Hartcliffe area in Snook’s car armed with “fearsome weapons” and “hell-bent on revenge”, Mr Tully said.
They drove past Mason and Max, who had just left Mason’s home, and wrongly believed they had spotted those responsible for the attack.
Mr Tully previously told the jury: “They were entirely wrong about that. Max and Mason had absolutely nothing to do with any earlier incident and no connection whatsoever with those events.”
The boys were found lying fatally wounded on Ilminster Avenue and treated at the scene by police and paramedics.
Mason was pronounced dead at Bristol Children’s Hospital at 12.49am, while Max was pronounced dead at Southmead Hospital at 1.02am.
Home Office pathologist Dr Russell Delaney concluded that both boys died from stab wounds.
Snook was arrested at his home address about an hour after the incident, which took place shortly after 11pm on January 27, and the other defendants were arrested in the following days.
The trial continues.
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YAOUNDÉ, Cameroon – A leading Cameroonian priest and scholar has said the campaign speeches of some candidates in the U.S. presidential election suggests that “apartheid and racial discrimination are still lurking very much around.”
Father Humphrey Tatah Mbuy was speaking Sunday in his weekly radio preaching titled “Faith Seeking Understanding.”
The priest didn’t mention any names, but there is little doubt he was referring to Republican candidate Donald Trump who has used extremely derogatory language to describe immigrants.
The former president has described immigrants as “rapists’ ” and “blood thirsty criminals,” and “most violent people on earth,” saying that they are “poisoning the blood” of Americans.
“Kamala [Harris] has imported an army of illegal alien gang members and migrant criminals from the dungeons of the third world … from prisons and jails and insane asylums and mental institutions, and she has had them resettled beautifully into your community to prey upon innocent American citizens,” Trump said recently in Aurora, Colorado.
Trump also described people who enter the U.S. illegally as “animals,” “stone cold killers,” the “worst people,” and the “enemy from within.”
The former president has gone as far as attacking the racial identity of his opponent, Kamala Harris – a woman of both Indian and African descent.
In July, Trump told a crowd at the National Association of Black Journalists Convention that Harris “happened to turn Black.”
“She was always of Indian heritage. And she was only promoting Indian heritage. I didn’t know she was Black until a number of years ago when she happened to turn Black. And now she wants to be known as Black,” Trump said.
Mbuy teaches at the Catholic University of Bamenda, and says such rhetoric smacks of racial discrimination.
“Another hideous crime against humanity involves apartheid or institutionalized racial discrimination,” the priest said.
“When one listens to campaign speeches of some candidates in the U.S. presidential election, there is little doubt that apartheid and racial discrimination are still lurking very much around,” he said.
The priest who is also a researcher, writer and anthropologist went down memory lane, explaining how the Dutch Reformed Church in South Africa tried to justify apartheid saying that “it was a design and will of God.”
It was a system of institutionalized racial segregation that existed in South Africa and South West Africa – now Namibia – from 1948 to the early 1990s.
Mbuy said such a system is fundamentally flawed, because it completely violates God’s purpose for humanity.
“The Bible is clear that God created us, male and female, each in the image and likeness of God. Therefore, we all share equality in dignity as persons created in the image and likeness of God, none more than the other. There is no human being who is more human than others,” the priest said.
It’s a Biblical reference that also ties in with the 1948 United Nations Universal Declaration of Human Rights which talks about the equality of all men, irrespective of race, color, religion, and political beliefs.
He said the case of South Africa might have been particularly heightened because of its constitutional strength and extent, but “instances of racial discrimination, racist supremacy, and mental colonialism of Africa persist even today.”
Such discrimination can still be seen in relations between the post-colonial state in Africa and their European colonizers and American imperialists.
Mbuy cited Pope Francis’s call on America and Europe to stop exploding Africa as a perfect example of how the continent continues to reel from the yoke of neo-colonialism.
“That is why, although Africa is the cradle of human civilization, the West has succeeded in making Africa and Africans the shameless beggars of the world, those who are pushed to the periphery of world politics and economics. And yet, many Africans have no eyes to see,” the priest said.
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Lawyers told to apologize for blasting recorded screams in a Philly neighborhood
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — A federal judge says lawyers must formally apologize for blaring a looped recording of a woman screaming last month as a test in a civil rights lawsuit against the city of Philadelphia. U.S. Judge John Murphy last week ordered the attorneys to apologize to residents where the hourlong test took place before dawn on Sept. 23. The lawyers represent a man who is suing the city for wrongful conviction for sexual assault. At issue in the lawsuit is whether the man could have heard the victim’s screams and sought to help her from two blocks away. A phone message seeking comment was left Tuesday for lawyers who represent the man suing the city.
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Distribution Logistics Global market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
The Business Research Company's Distribution Logistics Global Market 2024 To Reach $12,512.35 Billion By 2028 At Rate Of 7.1%
It will grow to $12,512.35 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1%.” - The Business Research Company
LONDON, GREATER LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire / -- The distribution logistics market size has experienced significant growth in recent years. It is projected to increase from $8,883.40 billion in 2023 to $9,504.54 billion in 2024, reflecting a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7%. This growth in the historical period can be linked to the expansion of online shopping, a rise in international trade and global supply chains, heightened consumer expectations for swift and dependable delivery services, advancements in logistics, new regulatory and compliance mandates, and investments in logistics infrastructure.
What Is The Estimated Market Size Of The Global Distribution Logistics Market And Its Annual Growth Rate?
The distribution logistics global market size is anticipated to experience robust growth in the coming years. It is projected to reach $12,512.35 billion by 2028, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 7.1%. This growth during the forecast period can be attributed to the increasing implementation of robotics and automation in warehousing and distribution, the rise of omnichannel retail, a growing emphasis on sustainability, the expansion of smart cities, the introduction of blockchain technology, and the ongoing increase in global trade and cross-border e-commerce. Key trends expected in this period include the use of robotics, automated sorting systems, and automated guided vehicles (AGVs), integration of AI and machine learning, the development of integrated logistics solutions, the creation of smart warehouses featuring IoT sensors and real-time data analytics, a focus on green logistics, and innovative last-mile delivery solutions.
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The expanding e-commerce sector is anticipated to drive the growth of the distribution logistics market in the future. This growth is fueled by increased global internet accessibility, which broadens online shopping options, as well as improved supply chain and delivery solutions that provide faster and more reliable shipping. Distribution logistics plays a crucial role in e-commerce by ensuring the efficient and timely delivery of products from warehouses to customers, thereby enhancing overall satisfaction and operational effectiveness.
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Key players in the market include Deutsche Post AG, UPS SCS Inc., FedEx Corporation, Maersk Logistics and Services UK Ltd., Ceva Holdings LLC, Kühne + Nagel International AG, DSV A/S, DB Schenker, C.H. Robinson Worldwide Inc, Nippon Express Company Ltd., Kerry Logistics Network Limited, XPO Inc., ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc, Landstar System Inc., Yusen Logistics Co. Ltd, Agility Logistics Private Limited, Keppel Logistics Pte Ltd, Singapore Post Limited, GWC Logistic, YCH Group Limited, WHA Corporation, CWT Limited, Gemadept Corporation, CJ Century Logistics Holdings Berhad, Tiong Nam Logistics Holdings Berhad
What Are the Key Trends That Influence The Distribution Logistics Market Size?
Leading companies in the distribution logistics market are creating AI-driven delivery logistics solutions, including route optimization tools, to boost efficiency, lower costs, and enhance delivery precision. AI-powered route optimization improves logistics by utilizing real-time data and predictive analytics to increase efficiency, cut expenses, and guarantee timely deliveries.
How Is The Global Distribution Logistics Market Segmented?
1) By Inventory Management: Just-In-Time Inventory, Warehousing, Drop Shipping, Vendor Managed Inventory
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Asia-Pacific was the largest region in the distribution logistics market in 2023. The regions covered in the distribution logistics market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
Distribution Logistics Market Definition
Distribution logistics encompasses the oversight and coordination of the transportation, storage, and delivery of goods from producers to final consumers. Its aim is to ensure that products are moved efficiently and accurately throughout the supply chain, reducing costs and satisfying customer demand. This process is vital for optimizing inventory levels, shortening lead times, and improving overall supply chain effectiveness.
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Democratic strategist James Carville has a new conspiracy theory that he is telling anyone who will hear: Donald Trump is signaling to Nazis by holding a campaign rally at Madison Square Garden in New York City.
The popular venue in midtown Manhattan is the home arena of the New York Knicks. It hosts famous musicians, most recently a residency by Billy Joel that lasted for several years. In 1933, Jews held an anti-Nazi rally there.
But according to Carville, the fact that Trump is holding a rally there on October 27 is a signal to Nazis because Madison Square Garden also hosted the German American Bund’s pro-Nazi rally in 1939, before World War II.
Carville first broke out the conspiracy theory on former White House press secretary Jen Psaki’s show on MSNBC on Saturday: “We had General [Mark] Milley say [Trump] is fascist to his core. … Trump has announced that he will be giving a speech at Madison Square Garden on October the 27th. Please google ‘Madison Square Farden February the 10th, 1939″ and see what happened there. They are telling you exactly what they’re going to do. They are telling you, we are going to institute a fascist regime.”
Carville continued to spin his conspiracy theory on The Lead with Jake Tapper on CNN on Monday: “[Kamala Harris] needs to start asking Trump about his rally at Madison Square Garden … he’s holding a rally in Madison Square Garden that I’m sorry, is a mimic of a rally held on February 20, 1939, by the American Nazi party. And we’ve just to quit being timid about making these connections that he is going out of his way to make.”
According to the National Park Service’s history of the old Madison Square Garden site, there was also another anti-Nazi gathering at Madison Square Garden in 1943, once the scale of the Holocaust was becoming increasingly widely known.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days, available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency, now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck remain in marital bliss. The couple became engaged for a second time nearly 20 years after their initial engagement this past Spring. After a Las Vegas wedding ceremony with just their children as witnesses, the couple wed in a larger backyard ceremony at Affleck’s estate in Georgia in August. Following their honeymoon, Mr. and Mrs. Affleck are said to still be smiling from ear to ear. “Ben and Jen are still in their honeymoon phase,” the source exclusively tells Us Weekly. “They are very head over heels for each other.” The source added: “Becoming husband and wife hasn’t changed their relationship much, except for the fact that it solidified what they had. They’re looking at homes to purchase together and hoping to find one they’re both happy with. It’s been an ongoing process.”
As they search for a shared home, TMZ reports they’ve opted to remodel Lopez’s Bel Air home, which she’s owned since 2016. The remodel will take some time, at least a year, according to sources close to the couple. The media outlet previously reported they moved into James Packer’s $60 million Beverly Hills mansion at the start of the summer, but they will only be renting it until the remodel is complete. Affleck also listed his home for $30 million.
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Their whirlwind reunion came 18 years after they first began dating. Their initial split was due to their booming careers, with both admitting media interference drew them apart. They reconnected after Affleck and his ex-wife Jennifer Garner split, and Lopez and MLB star Alex Rodriguez called off their engagement. Just three months after confirming their engagement, the two secured their marriage license in Las Vegas on July 16. On July 17, they exchanged vows in a ceremony said to be extremely intimate, with just their loved ones present.
“It was super, super small. They just wanted to be married so they got married,” an insider told PEOPLE. A selection of photos and videos were e-mailed to fans subscribed to her newsletter On the JLo. “We did it!” the email is titled. She included photos of her dress, Affleck’s tux, and other photos of the newlyweds smiling together. Their five children were together.
This is Lopez’s fourth marriage. She was previously married to Ojani Noa, Chris Judd, and Marc Anthony. Lopez and Anthony have two children, twins Max and Emme. Affleck and Garner have three children together. While they’ve been married before, they clearly believe they’ve found “the one” in each other. Here’s a look back at their love story.
Rumors begin
The former couple sparked romance rumors in April 2021 when Affleck was spotted in an SVU supposedly to visit Lopez. For the next few months, sources revealed they continued hanging out and confided in one another about their recent breakups and the media spotted them on several occasions.
Confirmations
In July 2021, Lopez initially made a subtle confirmation of her rekindled flame with Affleck via an appearance on her BFF Leah Remini’s Instagram. She later shared a photo of her kissing Affleck for her birthday the same month.
The second time around
Affleck has been gushing about just how lucky he feels since getting another shot with the Marry Me star. In Dec. 2021, he told WSJ. “I’ve had second chances in my career. I’ve had second chances as a human being. Life is difficult, and we are always failing and hopefully learning from those failures,” he said. “The one thing you really need to avail yourself of the opportunities provided from that growth is the second chance. I’ve definitely tried to take advantage of that. I haven’t always been successful, but in cases in which I have, they’ve turned out to be the defining aspects of my life.”
With age comes wisdom
In Feb. 2022, Lopez told PEOPLE what the difference is between their relationship now versus to 18 years ago. “We’re older now, we’re smarter, we have more experience, we’re at different places in our lives, we have kids now, and we have to be very conscious of those things,” she said.
He proposed
Affleck was first spotted ring shopping with Lopez’s teenage daughter Emme by his side. She confirmed the engagement in a newsletter she sent out to her fans. “Did you ever imagine your biggest dream could come true?” she wrote at the time. “Saturday night while at my favorite place on earth (in the bubble bath), my beautiful love got on one knee and proposed. I was taken totally off guard and just looked in his eyes smiling and crying at the same time trying hard to get my head around the fact that after 20 years this was happening all over again, I was quite literally speechless and he said, ‘is that a yes?’ I said YES of course that’s a YES.”
“I Do”
Lopez shared some intimate details about their shotgun nuptials. “Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” her newsletter reads in part. “Exactly what we wanted. Last night we flew to Vegas, stood in line for a license with four other couples, all making the same journey to the wedding capital of the world…We barely made it to the little white wedding chapel by midnight.”
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On this edition of Conversations, Clifford R. Simmons talks with host Dan Skinner about the picture book “Where Do Ocean Creatures Sleep at Night?” Simmons is the co-author, along with his father, Steven J. Simmons, of “Where Do Big Creatures Sleep at Night?” This is the second book they’ve written together, and the third book in the “creature” series. The book is written in rhyming text and features illustrations of numerous ocean creatures. The book emphasizes the important of sleep to the ocean creatures and why it is important for the child to also get good sleep.
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America’s Trades Foundation awards $10,000 in scholarships
To support students entering the skilled trades, America's Trades Foundation awarded $10,000 in scholarships to current and incoming students.
These ambitious students represent the future of our workforce and are a testament to the potential that vocational training holds in propelling our economy forward”
NEW CASTLE, PA, PA, UNITED STATES, October 15, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ -- In a major step towards supporting the next generation of skilled trades professionals, America's Trades Foundation awarded 15 scholarships, amounting to over $10,000, to outstanding students currently pursuing careers in various trades and one high school student set to begin a training program this fall. The scholarships were presented during a well-attended ceremony on September 12th at New Castle School of Trades, where more than 500 attendees, including family, friends, and notable community members, gathered to celebrate the recipients.— Gerard Grim
This year’s recipients, who boast high GPAs and exemplary attendance records, were selected based on 200-word essays describing their motivation to enter the skilled trades. "These ambitious students represent the future of our workforce and are a testament to the potential that vocational training holds in propelling our economy forward," remarked Gerard Grim, Chairman of the America's Trades Foundation.
Also present at the ceremony were distinguished board members Pat Moran, Secretary; Dena Baptiste, Treasurer; and Kevin Preston and Colleen Chamberlain, who personally presented the awards. "The vision and diligence of these students in pursuing their educational goals are truly inspiring," said Colleen Chamberlain, expressing the sentiments of many at the event.
The 2024 Scholarship recipients are currently enrolled and include, George Zambellli, Jaden Irwin, Rachel Coil, Aaron Allmon, Jennifer Rich, Nicholas Torsellon, Austin Geyer, Christopher Scoccia, Matthew Schuler, Chaz Nagy, Seneca Fuze, Kalogeitones Panteeis, Thomas C McElwain, Nicholas Manack. Kaitlyn Zehnder, currently a senior at East Liverpool High School. Kaitlyn will begin her training program this fall.
The application period for the 2025 scholarships is now open, offering both current trades students and high school seniors across the U.S. an opportunity to join a community of skilled professionals making a lasting impact. Scholarships are available for students already enrolled in a trades program, as well as high school students who have been accepted into one upon graduation.
Individuals, companies, and other service organizations can join the mission to help America’s Trades Foundation provide additional scholarships for students by visiting https://americastradesfoundation.org/giving/.
About America’s Trades Foundation
America’s Trades Foundation: Providing scholarship opportunities for students in the skilled trades. Our Mission is to empower students with skilled trades education and training through charitable support. Our goal is to help advance futures and transform the region. America’s Trades Foundation is a 501C tax-exempt non-profit. To learn more, visit https://americastradesfoundation.org/
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Research Alert
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Newswise — To achieve organizational innovation in a competitive environment, firms need to focus on their human artificial intelligence (AI) skills. Applying a dynamic capability view and using survey data collected from Chinese firms, we find that technical AI skills and managerial AI skills have positive impacts on organizational innovation, and that managerial AI skills have a more important impact on organizational innovation than technical AI skills. Moreover, digital organizational culture plays a positive moderating role in the relationship between human AI skills and organizational innovation. This study contributes to the literature on AI-driven innovation by theoretically and empirically clarifying the importance of human AI skills and digital organizational culture.
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Ukraine denies allegations of supplying combat drones to Mali rebels
In a decisive move, Ukraine's Foreign Ministry on Monday, October 14, firmly denied recent media claims alleging Kyiv's involvement in supplying combat drones to rebels in Mali.
"We also reject all allegations regarding Ukraine’s supposed involvement in the distribution of weapons and military equipment provided to Ukraine by its allies for countering Russia's ongoing military aggression," the Ministry said in a statement.
In Kyiv, officials remarked that from the earliest days of Russia's full-scale invasion, Ukraine led the implementation of a system to monitor and control the arms supplied by Western countries.
"Over this period, no instances of misuse of weapons and equipment have been identified by our Western partners," Ukraine’s foreign affairs agency emphasized.
"We categorically deny all accusations that periodically emerge from high-ranking officials in Mali and Niger, alleging Ukraine's involvement in 'collaboration with terrorists,' 'supplying weapons to terrorists and providing them with information,' 'supporting a terrorist coalition,' and so forth," the statement continued. Ukraine's Foreign Ministry called for a halt to spreading false information that echoes Russian propaganda narratives.
Reports of Ukrainian drones being supplied to Malian rebels were published by the French newspaper Le Monde on October 13. Tuareg rebels are battling the ruling junta forces and allied fighters from the Russian private military company "Wagner," present in Mali since 2021.
During the summer, the Tuaregs claimed to have eliminated dozens of "Wagner" soldiers in combat. On August 5, the Malian government severed diplomatic ties with Ukraine, accusing Kyiv of supporting "terrorist groups."
Just two days later, Niger's ruling junta followed suit. Additionally, Senegal's Foreign Ministry summoned the Ukrainian ambassador over alleged support for the rebels in Mali.
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Mother-of-five, 41, 'was told she had nothing to worry about' by doctors before dying of cancer 10 months later
The devastated family of a mother-of-five who died of cancer claim she was told she had 'nothing to worry about' when she confronted doctors about a lump two years before.
Christine Bond, 41, from Litherland, Merseyside, was told she had sciatica - a common nerve condition which tends to clear up without treatment - but medics later discovered it was actually cancer and she died after another ten months.
Her cousin, Clare Purvis, 41, said Christine had lost a lot of weight and became extremely weak during her short battle with the disease.
Clare said: 'Christine had found a lump on her kidney two years ago and went to the doctors, but was told it was nothing to worry about.'
After pain in Christine's back and legs persisted as she lost weight and began feeling constantly tired, she was diagnosed with arthritis in her hip, before a blood test finally confirmed the true cause of her health problems.
The devastated family of 41-year-old mother-of-five Christine Bond, who died of cancer last week, claim she was told she had 'nothing to worry about' when she confronted doctors about a lump
Christine's cousin Clare Purvis (right, with Christine) said she was diagnosed with sciatica and then arthritis before blood tests finally confirmed the real cause of her health problems, but only when it was too late
'In January she was so weak and lost so much weight, stones of weight had dropped off her, so she was sent for bloods,' Clare continued.
'She got a call to tell her she needed to get to hospital and they did more scans on her. She was told she had cancer in her spine and in her hip and kidney.'
Following Christine's diagnosis she was immediately put on treatment, however the cancer continued to spread.
Clare said: 'Three weeks ago they [the doctors] took her off medication because it wasn't working, they said she possibly had months, then months turned into weeks and then they told us it would be days.
'I got a phone call on [October 9] to say it would be her last hours. She passed away on Thursday, October 10, peacefully in hospital. It still doesn't feel real, she has always been there.'
Clare said she and Christine were best friends having grown up together, adding: 'We are cousins but we went to primary school and senior school together, she literally is my best friend. We have grown up together every step of the way, we have so many memories together.
'I just can't get my head around the fact she has gone, and so quickly. If I feel like this I don't know how her kids are getting through it.
'She is a mum-of-five and has three grandchildren; Christine's youngest child is just seven years old, her oldest is 26. Her daughter, 22, has been amazing, she has taken over looking after all the kids.
'All the kids have been amazingly strong. I wanted to do something to help them so I've set up a GoFundMe for the kids to help financially, especially with Christmas soon and two of them have their birthdays in November. I promised I would help with the kids, I don't want them to have any worries.'
The fundraiser has brought in over £4,500 at time of writing.
It says: 'As you can imagine we are absolutely heartbroken.'
Clare added: 'I thought we would have had more time with her. I know everyone says this but she really was the most genuine person ever, I've been so overwhelmed by the support so far.
'One thing she was, she was made to be a mum. She had time for everyone, she loved going out and having a good dance. She loved life, she lived for her kids, everything she did was for her kids.
'If she could help anyone she could, even if it was just to smile at somebody. I think everyone is in shock because we thought we had more time with her, even if we had two years with her.'
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We've got another interesting slate of games in Week 7, but it's possible that none of them will be more interesting for a cohort of fantasy football wide receivers than the Baltimore Ravens vs. Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Week 7 "Monday Night Football." Each of these teams has some top-tier receiving options, including Bucs WRs Chris Godwin and Mike Evans and Ravens wideout Zay Flowers.
Two of those wideouts (Godwin, Flowers) are coming off a week where they ranked top-10 in fantasy scoring, while Evans had himself a disappointing Week 6, catching just two of his six targets for 34 receiving yards.
The good news is that the sparks for Godwin and Flowers should continue with their respective matchups, and Evans will be in a bounce-back spot; both the Ravens and Buccaneers rank top-seven in fantasy scoring allowed to opposing wide receivers.
Find out where this trio landed in our team's Week 7 wide receiver rankings:
Which wide receiver will dominate Week 7?
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The victim's sister and fellow train operator says tree along NJ Transit River Line route has been an issue for years
MANSFIELD TWP., New Jersey -- The family of the New Jersey Transit operator who was killed in Monday's train accident plans to take legal action after the deadly incident.
The victim has been identified as Jessica Haley, a single mother of three boys from Levittown, Pennsylvania, according to Kila Baldwin, the attorney retained to represent the family.
"The family is understandably devastated and intends to pursue this matter to the fullest extent of the law to prevent anyone from ever suffering the same fate," Baldwin said in a statement on behalf of the family.
The victim's sister and fellow train operator, Rebecca Haley, says trees along the NJ Transit River Line route have been an issue for years, adding that "other trains had hit downed trees in recent years."
The accident happened just after 6 a.m. on Monday on the New Jersey River Line Light Rail track near US 130.
The train was traveling southbound from Trenton when it struck a tree just north of Roebling Station.
Haley was killed and 23 passengers were injured. The injured passengers are all expected to be okay.
In the statement, Baldwin said they intend to file a tort claims act (FTCA). An FTCA allows people to file claims against the federal government in cases, such as wrongful death.
Baldwin said they are filing the FTCA against New Jersey Transit, as well as several other entities, for "failure of the responsible parties to inspect these tracks and keep them clear."
ABC Philadelphia affiliate WPVI reached out to NJ Transit for comment but have not yet heard back.
"It is the duty of all companies who operate trains to ensure the tracks are clear for the safety of everyone on those trains, including the operators of the trains, like Ms. Haley," Baldwin said. "This never should have happened, and we will be investigating the case carefully to hold all responsible parties accountable."
The family attorney claims that at one point, trees that were allegedly deemed "dangerous" along the route were marked with an "X" but were never taken down. Baldwin also claims that there had been a landslide in the area near the crash recently and that a "small retaining wall" was built in a section to "prevent debris from falling on the track." However, Baldwin noted that the specific section where the accident occurred had "no protection."
New Jersey Transit Police are investigating.
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Mumbai Police have registered a case against an unknown person and the X handle.
Mumbai: Mumbai Police served a notice to a teenage boy, his father, and another person from Rajnandgaon in Chhattisgarh asking them to join questioning in connection with bomb threats posted on social media targeting three flights, officials said on Tuesday.
Three international flights originating from Mumbai received bomb threats on Monday. While a New York-bound Air India flight was diverted to New Delhi and rescheduled, the other two, both operated by IndiGo, were delayed by several hours.
Nothing suspicious was found on any of the planes, police officials had said.
The bomb threat was received through a post on the micro-blogging platform X and the handle is being verified, the officer said.
Two IndiGo flights, one headed to Muscat and the other to Jeddah, also received bomb threats before they took off and the planes were moved to isolation bays for security checks.
"On Monday, a bomb threat was posted on X for an Air India's Mumbai-New York flight and IndiGo's Mumbai to Muscat and Mumbai to Jeddah flights," said Rajnandgaon Superintendent of Police Mohit Garg.
After receiving information about the tweet's connection with Rajnandgaon, Raipur Cyber Cell, Kotwali Police Rajnandgaon, and Cyber Cell, collected electronic data related to the case, he said.
Mumbai Police have registered a case against an unknown person and the X handle.
"A team of Mumbai Police reached Rajnandgaon on Monday. With the help of Rajnandgaon Police, a notice was issued to a 17-year-old boy, who is a resident of Rajnandgaon city, his father, and the person whose X account was used, They were summoned for questioning and further action to Mumbai," Garg added.
(Except for the headline, this story has not been edited by NDTV staff and is published from a syndicated feed.)
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DJ turned ‘forgiveness guru’ who confessed to rape in YouTube video is jailed
Craig Strachan, 33, denied his crime during a trial despite admitting it in an interview
A DJ who confessed to rape on a YouTube video before attempting to launch a career as a “forgiveness” guru has been jailed for six years.
Craig Strachan, 33, denied his crime during a trial at the High Court in Livingston in July, but was convicted by a jury.
The trial heard Strachan was 21 when he climbed into his victim’s bed uninvited at an address in Edinburgh in 2013, and touched her while she slept, prosecutors said.
When she woke, Strachan raped her.
He performed internationally under the stage name Sesentayuno, was based in Barcelona, Spain, and was described by listings site Resident Advisor as “being at the epicentre of European House Music scene”.
Strachan confessed to his crime in 2022 during an interview with a host from YouTube channel I’mPossible Conversation, and said he “totally f***** up and raped a girl” when he was on drugs.
He said he discovered God in 2019, and “kept getting all of these horrible feelings, I was getting well-known in Edinburgh, I was getting really popular and had this kind of shadow behind me”.
He said it was “eating me inside” and he was “dying” and “contemplating suicide”.
In another YouTube webinar on Strachan’s channel, The Forgiveness Movement, he spoke of teaching “clients” how to “forgive” feelings “of guilt, of shame, of remorse” including by using meditation.
He said in a video, posted in 2022: “My name is Craig Strachan, and chances are, if you’re watching this video, you’re struggling to forgive yourself. You may be feeling feelings of guilt, of shame, of remorse, you may have a massive fear of judgment for what you’ve done.
“You may be manifested in uncontrollable situations, or just an overall sense of confusion about what to do next.
“If so, please do not worry. The universe has guided you here for a reason, and your forgiveness starts now. I’m going to be running a masterclass, and in this masterclass, I’m going to teach you the four steps to forgiveness, which I’ve used for myself and for my clients.
“I’ll also share with you my story, because I believe in my vulnerability will give you the power to share yours. I’ll also teach you techniques such as meditation, using the law of attraction and visualization to create a desired outcome, and for you to achieve forgiveness. To sign up, just click on the link on the top. See you in the masterclass.”
On Tuesday, at the High Court in Stirling, Strachan was sentenced to six years’ imprisonment.
His name has been added to the sex offenders register indefinitely.
A 20-year non-harassment order, banning him from contacting or attempting to contact the victim, was granted.
Sentencing, Judge Fiona Tait told Strachan that his online confession had created “difficult circumstances” for the victim, due to “publicity which your online disclosure attracted”.
The judge said: “This offence is of considerable gravity. It has had, and will have, a substantial impact upon the complainer. The complainer should be commended for her courage in giving evidence, especially in the difficult circumstances of the publicity which your online disclosure attracted.
“Accordingly, because of the gravity of the offence, a custodial sentence is the only appropriate disposal in your case.”
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS)’s Procurator Fiscal for High Court Sexual Offending, Katrina Parkes, said: “Craig Strachan is a predatory individual who attacked the victim while she was sleeping.
“This type of offending has no place in Scotland and prosecutors within COPFS are committed to pursuing justice for victims of such crimes.
“I would encourage all victims or witnesses of similar offending to come forward, report their experiences and seek support.
“You will be taken seriously, listened to, and we will use all the tools available to us to pursue justice.”
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By Paul Schnare
Over the last four weeks, I only have had about one-tenth inch of rainfall at my home on the edge of Cape Girardeau. I just looked at the weather forecast for the next two weeks and it looks like we will see no precipitation during that time. The soil is sure getting dry in the Heartland.
Because of the lack of rainfall over the last few weeks and the lack of rainfall in the forecast, many gardeners have been asking me if they should plant now, or should they wait until we get some rainfall and then plant, even if it is getting late into the fall.
If you are going to plant cool-season grass seed such as bluegrass, fescue or rye, I would suggest you do it now but only if you have some way of irrigating the seeded area. Make sure you work up the top half inch of soil, then make sure the seed is worked into the soil.
You can seed successfully by running a harrow over the area to be seeded, then broadcasting the seed and again running the harrow over the area. Once you are finished, spread straw over the area to help hold moisture in the soil between rainfalls or periods of irrigation.
Another way to seed a lawn is to broadcast the seed directly over the area. Run a verticutter over the seeded area in two different directions. This process will make sure the seed gets into the soil. If the area seeded has a lot of grass or weeds on it, the verticutter will chew up the foliage of the grass or weeds. The chewed up foliage will act as a straw covering to help hold moisture in the soil.
If you cannot apply moisture to the seeded area this fall, I suggest that a dormant seeding in November through January. Use the same planting techniques as mentioned above. Applying moisture at this time is not as critical. The seed usually will emerge in late February or March, depending upon soil temperature and moisture.
If you are laying sod instead of seeding, once again make sure that you have some method of irrigating. The sod and the soil beneath must remain moist until the sod has successfully grown roots into the underlying soil.
If you want to plant trees, shrubs, perennials or winter annuals, go ahead and plant them. As usual, make sure you water after planting. Be sure you check the soil moisture conditions every day or every other day after planting, and water as needed. If the dry conditions continue, you may need to check soil moisture conditions during all of the fall and winter months.
Do not be discouraged about planting during a drought period. Just remember you need to check soil moisture levels on a regular basis and be ready to water if needed. Happy planting!
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WATCH | ANC celebrates 100 days of government of national unity
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MUMBAI, India – Last week, the Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese in India overhauled its administrative headquarters by announcing new appointments, in a move seen as clipping the wings of those who oppose the synod-approved Unified Holy Mass, which requires celebrants to face the altar during the Eucharist prayer.
According to the Express News Service, Father Jacob G. Palackappilly, who is the deputy secretary general of Kerala Catholics Bishops Council and director of the Pastoral Orientation Center at Palarivattom, has been appointed as the protosyncellus, replacing Father Varghese Pottakkala. Father Joshy Puthuva has been appointed as the chancellor, replacing Father Martin Kallungal. Puthuva’s appointment is surprising as he was named among those in the land deal scandal that allegedly involved Major Archbishop Emeritus Cardinal Mar George Alencherry.
In 2021, the synod of the Syro-Malabar Church based in Kerala decided to adopt a uniform mode of celebrating the liturgy, which priests face the people during the Liturgy of the Word and then the altar during the Liturgy of the Eucharist, turning around again to address the congregation after communion.
While virtually all of the church’s dioceses have adopted the new system, clergy and laity in the Archdiocese of Ernakulam-Angamaly, by far the largest Syro-Malabar jurisdiction, have rejected it, arguing that facing the people throughout the Mass is a legitimate liturgical variation and one more consistent with the reforms of the Second Vatican Council (1962-65).
Sources told the Indian news agency the new move by the archdiocese comes after the former curia officials stopped carrying out their duties and refrained from coming to the Bishop’s House. According to the notice issued by the church, the new appointments were made after the former curia officials gave him a written declaration that they are unable to continue doing their duties due to the unresolved issues plaguing the archdiocese.
When Apostolic Administrator Bishop Bosco Puthur and the new members of the curia arrived at the Bishop’s House in Ernakulam last week accompanied by police, protestors refused to leave the premises even after they were requested to do so.
“The priests and the laity who had been staging a sit-in at the Bishop’s House premises had disrupted the working of the curia,” Puthur said.
It has been rumored the latest measure might pave the way to the division of the church. However, Palackappilly said, “The chances of any backlash against the new appointments is very minuscule. There may be some murmurings, but nothing more than that.”
Father Kuriakose Mundadan, the presbyteral Council Secretary of Ernakulam-AngamalyErnakulam-Angamaly told Crux almost 300 priests gathered at the St Mary’s Cathedral Basilica Ernakulam and condemned the act of appointing “certain priests who are against the cause of the archdiocese both in the orientation of the celebrant in the liturgy, and who are the supporters of land scam cardinal George Alencherry as the curia members by the Apostolic Administrator Bishop Bosco Puthoor of Ernakulam-Angamaly Archdiocese.”
“The priests declared that they will not approve the appointment of the new Curia members. The most unfortunate is that Father Joshy Puthuva, the former finance officer to Cardinal George Alencherry, was appointed new Chancellor of the Archdiocese,” he said.
“Father Joshy Puthuva is in the prime accused in the land scam cases even in the apex court of the land. According to the CCEO 252 & 253 the priests who is to be appointed chancellor of a diocese should be ‘of good character and above reproach.’ But the one who is appointed as chancellor is infamous for his financial dealings,” Mundadan said.
“The priest who is appointed as the finance officer too, is alleged to be involved in a Corona kit distribution scandal by the Kerala Catholic Bishop’s Council pastoral center,” he added.
Mundadan said the priests passed a resolution that any circular or order from the Apostolic Administrator and from the new Curia members would not be accepted by the priests and the laity of the archdiocese.
“The priests demanded strongly that the apostolic administrator should resign. He is using the police force against the priests and the faithful. The entry to the archbishop’s house is denied to the archdiocesan priests and the laity by the force of police,” he said.
“The priests declared that it is crystal clear that the land scam issue in the archdiocese is closely knit with the Holy Mass debate. The very appointment of Father Joshy, a scandalous priest in the Archdiocesan Curia is a part of a game that all original documents regarding the land scam could be mishandled by the prime accused Father Joshy Puthuva, and the Synod has simply allowed it at their goodwill,” Mundadan told Crux.
The crisis in the Syro-Malabar Church in India is unlikely to end anytime soon.
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MicroSectors Energy 3X Leveraged ETN (NYSEARCA:WTIU – Get Free Report) shares gapped down before the market opened on Tuesday . The stock had previously closed at $16.02, but opened at $14.71. MicroSectors Energy 3X Leveraged ETN shares last traded at $14.66, with a volume of 74,631 shares trading hands.
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Meta’s Oversight Board says viral video left on Facebook threatened LGBTQ+ people in Nigeria
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Meta’s oversight board has expressed serious concern over the company’s failure to take down a viral graphic video showing two men bleeding after they were apparently beaten up for being allegedly gay. The video was posted in Nigeria where homosexuality is criminalized by laws that garner broad public support despite constitutional guarantees of freedoms. The report said the damage done by the video, which was viewed more than 3.6 million times between December 2023 and February this year, was “immediate and impossible to undo.” The company admitted two errors regarding the said video, the panel said, including the identification of the language used.
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New division, CAIS Advisors, to provide a suite of solutions to assist advisors in allocating to alternative investments
NEW YORK–(BUSINESS WIRE)–CAIS, the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors, today announced a new division, CAIS Advisors, a registered investment advisor established to assist advisors in streamlining portfolio construction with a suite of tools and solutions.
CAIS Advisors, led by Neil Blundell, Chief Investment Officer, anticipates offering advisory services, customizable alternative investment model portfolios, and multi-manager registered solutions. “Despite growing interest in alternative investments, advisors continue to face hurdles in allocating to alternatives, specifically how they fit into the broader portfolio,” said Blundell. “CAIS’ technology, combined with our advisory capabilities, enables financial advisors to streamline their alternative investment experience through an integrated suite of solutions.”
CAIS Advisors will deliver customizable model portfolios, helping advisors meet diverse client needs and risk profiles, blending asset allocation guidance with alternative investments available on the CAIS Marketplace. CAIS’ enhanced technology supports the development, execution, and management of these portfolios, simplifying the allocation process for wealth managers.
CAIS Advisors intends to introduce a suite of multi-manager registered solutions, providing financial advisors with diversified asset allocation vehicles. The anticipated product suite spans private equity, private debt, real assets, hedge funds, and thematic investments.
Additionally, CAIS will launch Compass, a portfolio construction tool that allows advisors to create and analyze asset allocations with alternative investments—all integrated within the CAIS platform. Compass will enable advisors to select products from the CAIS Marketplace and initiate transactions within the platform.
“Financial advisors are increasingly seeking solutions that simplify access to private markets, and we are excited to introduce a suite of solutions to help them build more modern portfolios,” said Matt Brown, Founder and CEO of CAIS.
The launch of CAIS Advisors and Compass was announced today at the third annual CAIS Alternative Investment Summit, the industry’s marquee gathering of independent advisors and alternative asset managers, held at The Beverly Hilton in Los Angeles, California.
About CAIS
CAIS is the leading alternative investment platform for independent financial advisors. The CAIS platform powers the pre-trade, trade, and post-trade lifecycle of alternative investments providing financial advisors and alternative asset managers a single operating system for scale and efficiency.
CAIS serves over 2,000 wealth management firms that support more than 50,000 financial advisors who oversee approximately $6 trillion in end-client assets. Founded in 2009, CAIS is headquartered in New York City with offices in Austin and London.
CAIS continues to be recognized for its innovation and leadership including awards for Alternative Investment Firm of the Year by Wealth Solutions Report, WealthTech100 List by Fintech Global, Great Places to Work by Fortune, Best RIA Platform by SPi, Best Alternative Investments Solution by Finovate, and many others.
About CAIS Advisors
CAIS Advisors is an SEC registered investment advisor that empowers independent financial advisors’ adoption of alternatives through scalable investment solutions and investment advisory services. CAIS Advisors provides financial advisors with investment advice for pooled investment vehicles and offers a series of diversified model portfolios across a broad range of alternative asset classes, including private equity, private credit, real assets, and hedge funds.
For more information about CAIS, please visit www.caisgroup.com.
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Diving tourism Global market Report 2024 – Market Size, Trends, And Global Forecast 2024-2033
The Business Research Company's Diving Tourism Global Market 2024 To Reach $6.19 Billion By 2028 At Rate Of 11.1%
It will grow to $6.19 billion in 2028 at a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1%.” - The Business Research Company
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The diving tourism market has expanded significantly in recent years. It is projected to increase from $3.67 billion in 2023 to $4.06 billion in 2024, achieving a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 10.8%. This growth in the past years can be linked to higher disposable incomes, a growing interest in adventure tourism, increased awareness of marine conservation, the introduction of dive training programs, and enhancements in travel infrastructure.
What Is The Estimated Market Size Of The Global Diving Tourism Market And Its Annual Growth Rate?
The diving tourism global market is anticipated to experience significant growth in the coming years. It is projected to reach $6.19 billion by 2028, with a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 11.1%. Factors contributing to this growth during the forecast period include the expansion of eco-friendly diving practices, the rise of virtual reality dive experiences, the emergence of niche underwater adventure tourism, the impact of marine conservation policies, and improved global connectivity that facilitates easier travel. Key trends expected in this period include increased dive tourism in emerging markets, heightened demand for remote and unexplored dive sites, growth in underwater cultural heritage tourism, a surge in sustainable diving initiatives, and the influence of social media in promoting unique diving destinations.
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The increasing popularity of water sports is likely to boost the diving tourism market. Water sports include a range of recreational and competitive activities conducted on or in water, such as surfing, sailing, boating, kayaking, and water skiing. This surge in interest is driven by trends in adventure-seeking, improved access to aquatic locations, and greater awareness of fitness and wellness benefits. Diving tourism enhances water sports by offering unique underwater experiences that attract enthusiasts, broaden adventure opportunities, and foster conservation and sustainable management of marine environments.
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Key players in the market include PADI Travel Ltd, Aggressor Adventures LLC, Emperor Divers, Equator Diving, Worldwide Dive and Sail International Ltd, Pro Dive International, PT. AquaMarine Diving - Bali, Blue O Two Limited, Sea Bees Diving, Regaldive, Divebooker, Scuba Junkie, Caradonna Dive Adventures Inc., Aquatic Adventures Inc., Bluewater Travel Inc., Deep Blue Adventures Inc., Dive Butler International Limited, LiveAboard, Undersea Hunter Group, Dive The World International Co. Ltd., Explorer Ventures Liveaboard Fleet, Liveaboard Adventures, Nautilus Liveaboards, Scuba Travel, Liquid Diving Adventures
What Are The Dominant Trends In Diving Tourism Market Growth?
Leading companies in the diving tourism market are concentrating on strategic investments and brand growth to attract more visitors, encourage sustainable practices, and maintain the long-term viability and attractiveness of diving destinations. These initiatives are designed to deliver outstanding underwater experiences while also supporting sustainability and marine conservation efforts.
How Is The Global Diving Tourism Market Segmented?
1) By Type: Deep Diving, Drift Diving, Wreck Diving, Free Diving
2) By Tourist Type: Domestic, International
3) By Age Group: 10 To 20, 20 To 30, 30 To 40, 40 And above
4) By Application: Professional Diver, Recreational Diver, New Diver
5) By End User: Solo, Friend, Couple, Family
Geographical Insights: North America Leading The Diving Tourism Market
Europe was the largest region in the diving tourism market in 2023. The regions covered in the diving tourism market report are Asia-Pacific, Western Europe, Eastern Europe, North America, South America, Middle East, Africa.
Diving Tourism Market Definition
Diving tourism involves travel and recreational activities centered around scuba diving and underwater exploration, where individuals or groups visit different dive sites to engage with marine life and underwater habitats. It appeals to those seeking underwater adventures and is dedicated to marine conservation. While diving tourism supports local economies, it also necessitates careful management to safeguard delicate ecosystems.
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Former president Donald Trump flew a newly-freed Nelson Mandela from South Africa to the United States in 1990 when there were no other options, according to a recently resurfaced report from the Los Angeles Times.
The story reappeared on X (formerly Twitter) in the context of repeated claims by Vice President Kamala Harris’s campaign, and by the left-leaning media, that Trump is a racist who should not be returned to office.
The story, “Trump Takes Mandela Under His Wing,” appeared in the Times on June 25, 1990:
One of the last details to be arranged in Nelson Mandela’s hastily orchestrated tour of the United States was lining up the aircraft that would take him to the eight cities on his itinerary.
After feverish and failed negotiations with everyone from the U.S. government to private charter operators, the unlikely benefactor has turned out to be none other than Donald Trump.
Mandela and the approximately 80 people traveling with him arrived here Sunday in a Trump Shuttle 727 and will take the same plane on the rest of the tour, which ends in Los Angeles and Oakland late this week. The Trump shuttle also carried Mandela from New York to Boston on Saturday.
Mandela’s group wanted to rent the plane, and did so for a cost of $130,000, or $1625 per person for the entire trip (about $3900 in today’s dollars, still a bargain price for an overseas trip with visits to four major U.S. cities).
Mandela was freed in February 1990 after 27 years in prison. He agreed to end the “armed struggle” against the apartheid regime and to negotiate with it instead.
After four years of talks, South Africa held its first truly democratic election on April 27, 1994. Mandela’s party won a majority and he went on to become South Africa’s first black president, and its first democratically-elected one.
Mandela served for one five-year term before retiring to allow a peaceful transition of power to his successor.
Joel B. Pollak is Senior Editor-at-Large at Breitbart News and the host of Breitbart News Sunday on Sirius XM Patriot on Sunday evenings from 7 p.m. to 10 p.m. ET (4 p.m. to 7 p.m. PT). He is the author of The Agenda: What Trump Should Do in His First 100 Days, available for pre-order on Amazon. He is also the author of The Trumpian Virtues: The Lessons and Legacy of Donald Trump’s Presidency, now available on Audible. He is a winner of the 2018 Robert Novak Journalism Alumni Fellowship. Follow him on Twitter at @joelpollak.
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