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KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Uganda's Ebola outbreak is "rapidly evolving" a month after the disease was reported in the East African country, a top World Health Organization official said Thursday, describing a difficult situation for health workers.
“The Ministry of Health of Uganda has shown remarkable resilience and effectiveness and (is) constantly fine-tuning a response to what is a challenging situation,” Dr. Matshidiso Moeti, the U.N. health agency's regional director for Africa, told reporters. “A better understanding of the chains of transmission is helping those on the ground respond more effectively.”
Uganda declared an outbreak of Ebola on Sept. 20, several days after the contagious disease began spreading in a rural farming community. Ebola has since infected 64 people and killed 24, although official figures do not include people who likely died of Ebola before the outbreak was confirmed.
At least three of the confirmed patients traveled from the virus hot spot in central Uganda to the capital, Kampala, about 150 kilometers (93 miles) away, according to Moeti. Fears that Ebola could spread far from the outbreak's epicenter caused authorities to impose a lockdown, including nighttime curfews, on two of the five districts reporting Ebola cases.
Ebola “numbers that we are seeing do pose a risk for spread within the country and its neighbors,” Dr. Ahmed Ogwell, the acting head of the Africa Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, said in a separate briefing Thursday.
While the risk of cross-border contamination is there, “it's a manageable risk,” Ogwell said, adding that the outbreak does not yet necessitate going into what he called “full emergency mode.”
There is no proven vaccine for the Sudan strain of Ebola that's circulating in Uganda. A WHO official in Uganda told the AP Wednesday that plans are underway to deploy two experimental vaccines in a study targeting health workers and contacts of Ebola patients.
Ugandan officials have documented more than 1,800 Ebola contacts, 747 of whom have completed 21 days of monitoring for possible signs of the disease that manifests as a viral hemorrhagic fever, Ogwell said.
Ebola is spread by contact with bodily fluids of an infected person or contaminated materials. Symptoms include fever, vomiting, diarrhea, muscle pain and, at times, internal and external bleeding.
Scientists don’t know the natural reservoir of Ebola, but they suspect the first person infected in an outbreak acquired the virus through contact with an infected animal or eating its raw meat. Ugandan officials are still investigating the source of the current outbreak.
Uganda has had multiple Ebola outbreaks, including one in 2000 that killed more than 200 people. The 2014-16 Ebola outbreak in West Africa killed more than 11,000 people, the disease’s largest death toll.
Ebola was discovered in 1976 in two simultaneous outbreaks in South Sudan and Congo, where it occurred in a village near the Ebola River, after which the disease is named.
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Thousands of fentanyl pills, hidden in candy boxes, were seized at the Los Angeles International Airport.
The Los Angeles County Sheriff's Office said the pills were seized on Wednesday morning when a person attempted to go through security with the drugs.
"It was discovered that inside the “Sweetarts”, “Skittles”, and “Whoppers” candy boxes were fentanyl pills and not candy," the sheriff's office said in a statement.
Authorities said they recovered approximately 12,000 fentanyl pills.
The sheriff's office said the suspect took off upon inspection of the candy boxes but was eventually detained.
As Halloween approaches, the sheriff's office is reminding parents to check their children's candy for anything suspicious.
"If you find anything in candy boxes that you believe might be narcotics, do not touch it and immediately notify your local law enforcement agency," the sheriff's office said. | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/12-000-fentanyl-pills-found-inside-candy-boxes | 2022-10-20T16:29:17 | en | 0.981109 |
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) is correcting a conservative talking point about COVID-19 vaccines that appeared on Fox News.
Tucker Carlson featured a segment that claimed the CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) is expected to add the COVID-19 vaccine to the list of required childhood vaccines. Carlson claimed that approval would mean children would have to be vaccinated against COVID-19 in order to attend school.
However, the CDC tweeted that the claim is false.
"States establish vaccine requirements for school children, not ACIP or CDC," the agency tweeted
The advisory is voting on whether to add the COVID-19 vaccine to CDC's "Child and Adolescent Immunization Schedule."
The schedule is what healthcare providers advise parents about when they take their child in for an appointment. For example, the hepatitis B vaccine is recommended for children between 0-15 months.
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Former Vice President Mike Pence took questions from an audience at Georgetown University on Wednesday. During the Q&A, Pence was asked whether he would support former President Donald Trump if he becomes the 2024 GOP presidential nominee.
Pence was coy with his answer.
"Well, there might be somebody else I'd prefer more,” Pence said. “You know, what I can tell you is I have every confidence that the Republican Party is going to sort out leadership. All my focus has been on the midterm elections and it will stay that way for the next 20 days. But after that, we'll be thinking about the future, ours and the nation's. I'll keep you posted, OK?"
Pence may have presidential aspirations of his own. Although some have considered him a likely candidate in the Republican field in 2024, he has not said one way or another if he intends to run.
If Pence opts to run, it could create an unusual matchup pitting two former running mates against each other.
But the events following the 2020 election turned the two partners into rivals. Pence opposed Trump’s calls to reject the results of the 2020 Electoral College as Trump tried to remain in power.
In the primaries leading up to the 2022 election, Pence largely backed Republican candidates who did not object to the certification of the 2020 presidential election. Trump, on the other hand, backed many candidates who said they would have discarded the results of the 2020 election. | https://www.wsfltv.com/news/national/former-vp-pence-asked-if-he-would-back-trump-in-2024-election | 2022-10-20T16:29:20 | en | 0.986713 |
Those headed to the polls early on Election Day may be in for a visual treat. A total lunar eclipse will be visible throughout the United States on Nov. 8, with the peak occurring just as polls open in the eastern U.S.
The peak will be around 6 a.m. ET, and 3 a.m. PT. The lunar eclipse can be seen anywhere the moon is visible.
A lunar eclipse occurs when the earth gets directly in between the sun and the moon. The Earth’s shadow will make the moon appear blood red during totality.
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Fans in need of a ride to the Bengals game this Sunday can hop on a Metro bus for free thanks to a partnership with Miller Lite.
Metro rides will be free “to and from” the Bengals game from noon to midnight, Molson Coors announced in a joint press release with Metro.
The announcement didn’t detail exactly what routes and pickup/drop off locations would be serviced for free, but said to check Metro’s website, go-metro.com, to review transit routes and make plans “for a safe ride home on game day.”
“Football season is a time for friends and families to come together, cheer on their favorite team and celebrate. And we want everyone who is participating in game day activities to do so in a safe, responsible way,” said Tami Garrison, community affairs director for Molson Coors. “Our Free Rides program is a great way for fans to participate in the fun without having to worry about their means of transportation home.”
“We are proud to partner with Molson Coors to provide our community with a free and efficient transportation option for game day,” said Darryl Haley, CEO and general manager, Metro. “This partnership helps us to further our mission of improving the quality of life for our riders by removing the economic barrier of transportation.”
Molson Coors said it has been partnering with public transit all across the country to provide more than 8 million people with free access to individuals on days such as New Year’s Eve, St. Patrick’s Day and during the Kentucky Derby.
The 3-3 Bengals play the 3-3 Atlanta Falcons with a 1 p.m. kickoff time on Sunday.
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TikTok will no longer allow 16 and 17-year-old users to host livestream events on its platform.
The social media website is raising the livestreaming age to 18 in an effort to protect its younger users.
The new safeguard will go into effect on Nov. 23.
The change will affect millions of young users. Prior to Nov. 23, anyone 16 years or older, with more than 1,000 followers, is able to host a TikTok livestream.
TikTok is also creating an adults-only livestream feature. The feature is intended for hosts who believe their content is not suitable for a younger audience.
"For instance, perhaps a comedy routine is better suited for people over age 18," TikTok saidin a statement. "Or, a host may plan to talk about a difficult life experience and they would feel more comfortable knowing the conversation is limited to adults."
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CINCINNATI (AP) — The Cincinnati Bengals and Atlanta Falcons have both been surprising this season — for different reasons.
The Bengals — last year's AFC champions — dropped their first two games and had to come from behind again to beat New Orleans last week to get to 3-3.
The Falcons, despite low preseason expectations, improved to 3-3 with a win over the San Francisco 49ers and share the NFC South lead with Tom Brady and the Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
One of the teams will move above .500 for the first time this season when they meet Sunday in Cincinnati.
The Bengals have played from behind almost constantly, as was the case last week then they scored 10 points in the last 3:42 to rally past the Saints 30-26.
The win, coupled with Baltimore’s 24-20 loss to the New York Giants, moved the Bengals into a tie for first place in the AFC North.
“We can’t afford to kind of do what we’ve done, get down 10 points and try fight our way back,” Cincinnati coach Zac Taylor said Wednesday. “That’s not the best way to play football. We have to be more efficient early in the game.”
Marcus Mariota threw two touchdown passes — while throwing just 14 times in the game — and ran for another score as the Falcons triumphed against the NFL’s top-ranked defense.
Mariota, the No. 2 overall pick in 2015 who barely played the last 2 1/2 years before getting a chance to take over for Matt Ryan in Atlanta, completed his first 13 passes, finally throwing his lone incompletion on his final attempt of the day.
Confidence is growing for both teams.
“I think week-to-week it’s kind of gotten better," Mariota said. “For not playing for a couple of years, it’s kind of getting back into the rhythm of things, and I appreciate (coach Arthur Smith) and those guys for helping me get through that. But now I feel great in this offense. We do a lot of different things depending on who we are playing this week — maybe we might throw it, or we might run it. I think we have a lot of versatility that allows us to create advantages.”
With Cordarrelle Patterson on injured reserve, the Falcons’ committee approach to the running game is working. Caleb Hunley and rookie Tyler Allgeier combined for 110 yards — with Mariota chipping another 50 on six carries — against the 49ers. Atlanta ran the ball a season-high 40 times.
That could pose problems for a Bengals defense struggling to stop the run. The Saints rushed for 228 yards against a unit that's missing injured nose tackle D.J. Reader.
Bengals quarterback Joe Burrow thinks his team is entering a critical stretch — games against Atlanta, Cleveland and Carolina before a bye week.
“Every game feels like a do-or-die in the NFL, but this three-game stretch, I think, will determine how our season goes,” Burrow said.
“When you're sitting on your couch (during the bye) thinking about how your season has gone so far, 6-3 sounds a lot better," he said.
WHERE ARE THE RECEIVERS?
Production by Atlanta's receivers has been underwhelming. Falcons wideouts were targeted eight times last week. Olamide Zaccheaus finished with four catches for 58 yards, while first-round pick Drake London caught three for 40 yards.
AIRING IT OUT
By contrast, the Bengals are relying on Burrow's arm as their running game continues to struggle. Ja'Marr Chase, last season's Offensive Rookie of the Year, seems to be recapturing his form. He had seven catches for 132 yards and two touchdowns last week.
KEY STOPS
The Falcons rank 27th in the league in total defense and are 31st against the pass. They are closer to the middle in scoring defense, ranking 19th with 22.7 points allowed per game.
Smith says it’s better to have good situational defense than to flash impressive statistics. He said proof came last week when the Falcons beat the 49ers despite being outgained 346 yards to 289.
MISSING PARTS
Atlanta’s defense must replace another defensive starter as cornerback Casey Hayward was placed on injured reserve with a shoulder injury this week. Isaiah Oliver, who had an interception last week after missing the first five games while recovering from knee surgery, and Darren Hall likely will play more prominent roles against the Bengals.
MORE INJURY UPDATES
Logan Wilson (shoulder), the Bengals' best linebacker, is day to day, Taylor said. LB Joe Bachie was cleared to resume practicing. The third-year player has been on the shelf with a knee injury since Aug. 30.
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Iowa (3-3, 1-2 Big Ten) at No. 2 Ohio State (6-0, 3-0), Saturday, noon ET (FOX)
Line: Ohio State by 28 1/2, according to FanDuel Sportsbook.
Series record: Ohio State leads 46-15-3.
WHAT’S AT STAKE?
Both teams are coming off a bye week. Ohio State steamrolled its first three Big Ten opponents and seems to be on the march to another College Football Playoff. The Buckeyes are heavy favorites and over the Hawkeyes, who have had trouble generating much offense. Ohio State quarterback C.J. Stroud is among the most prolific passers in the nation. Star receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba could be back after missing most of the season with a hamstring injury and running backs TreVeyon Henderson and Miyan Williams could both be ready to go also.
KEY MATCHUP
Iowa RG Beau Stephens vs. Ohio State DT Michael Hall. The Hawkeyes’ offense is struggling mightily and it’s doubtful things will get better this week. But for the Hawkeyes to have any chance, Stephens must elevate his game. He’s allowed four sacks. Hall has been dominant, recording 2 ½ sacks against Michigan State and 4 ½ for the season.
PLAYERS TO WATCH
Iowa: LB Jack Campbell. Iowa needs its best defensive player to be at his very best. The 2021 national tackles leader and AP preseason All-American is averaging double-digit stops again and will be kept busy against the Buckeyes.
Ohio State: WR Marvin Harrison Jr. has stepped up with Smith-Njigba sidelined. Harrison has 31 receptions for 536 yards and a team-leading nine touchdown grabs.
FACTS & FIGURES
Iowa ruined Ohio State's march to the postseason with a 55-24 upset on Nov. 4, 2017. ... The Hawkeyes play a No. 2-ranked opponent for the second straight season (Michigan, 2021 Big Ten Championship). ... The Iowa defense has allowed 10 points or fewer in five of the team’s first six games – a first for the program since 1933. ... The Hawkeyes have two senior linebackers that each have more than 200 career tackles, Jack Campbell (239) and Seth Benson (214). ... Iowa is one of the least penalized teams in the nation, ranking ninth in fewest penalty yards (241) and 15th in fewest penalties (30). ... Ohio State is second in the nation in total yards, averaging 543.7 per game, behind Tennessee (551). ... The Buckeyes are first in the nation with 25 passing touchdowns, 41 total TDs and an average of 48.8 points per game.
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DALLAS (AP) — When Cincinnati was last in the Dallas area nearly 10 months ago, the Bearcats were there as the first Group of Five team to play in the College Football Playoff.
Their chances for a return to the four-team playoff pretty much ended with a loss in the season opener at Arkansas. But the 21st-ranked Bearcats haven't lost since and still can win their third consecutive American Athletic Conference title before becoming a Power Five team next summer when they move to the Big 12.
After its open date, Cincinnati (5-1, 2-0 American) plays Saturday at SMU (3-3, 1-1).
“Maybe some of those guys with nicks and bruises, the way the last game went, hopefully the timing (of the bye) was right for us to get back," Bearcats coach Luke Fickell said. “But there’s a momentum shift and things as you’re rolling through a season. There’s never an exact right time. But I think if you could pick it, you choose the middle, and I think it was good for us.”
That certainly provided extra time for quarterback Ben Bryant, who was in concussion protocol after taking a hit on a slide in the fourth quarter of Cincinnati's 28-24 win over nearly four-touchdown underdog South Florida on Oct. 8.
Without saying if Bryant was cleared to play, Fickell did say earlier this week that the fifth-year senior who succeeded Desmond Ridder was back at practice. Dual-threat sophomore Evan Prater is the backup for Bryant, who has thrown for 1,561 yards and 15 touchdowns.
Fickell indicated that he was more concerned about an ankle injury affecting receiver Tyler Scott (28 catches, 500 yards, six TDs).
“Tyler’s still a guy that we’re hoping throughout the rest of this week he’ll continue to get better and better and be able to play,” Fickell said.
The Mustangs are coming off a 40-34 win over Navy that ended a three-game losing streak under first-year head coach Rhett Lashlee, their former offensive coordinator who returned after Sonny Dykes left for now-undefeated and No. 8 TCU.
“It’s really important to get back on track,” SMU quarterback Tanner Mordecai said. “We’ve had a rough stretch. Things that happened to us that we thought were in our control and stuff that we messed up, so it’s huge for us.”
DISRUPTIVE DEFENSE
Cincinnati is the national leader with 9.67 tackles for loss per game and its four defensive touchdowns. The Bearcats lead the AAC and rank third nationally with their 3.8 sacks per game. They allow only 4.13 yards per play and 313 total yards a game (186 yards passing). Linebacker Ivan Pace is the individual conference leader with 10.3 tackles per game, 12 1/2 tackles for loss and five sacks.
THROWING PONIES
Mordecai is the AAC’s leading passer and is third nationally with 336 yards per game, and has 15 touchdowns. Rashee Rice is third nationally with 8.2 caches and 126.8 yards receiving per game despite a toe injury.
“He’s been playing through it, which is good, and we’re just trying to get him to the game each week,” Lashlee said of Rice.
RUNNING OPPOSITES
SMU allowed 372 yards rushing against Navy, and now has to face Cincinnati running back Charles McClelland, who is coming off a career-best 179 yards against USF. McClelland’s second TD was a 35-yarder in the fourth quarter that finally put the Bearcats ahead to stay.
COTTON FORECAST
The Bearcats are looking to get bowl eligible for the fifth consecutive season. They played in New Year's Six games each of the past two seasons, first going to the Peach Bowl before last year's CFP semifinal game against Alabama in the Cotton Bowl.
The Cotton Bowl this season is the NY6 bowl that will host the top-ranked G5 team, so the Bearcats could still make it to the game played at the home of the NFL’s Dallas Cowboys, which is 23 miles from SMU’s campus stadium.
WINNING FICKLE
Fickle is 53-16 in his sixth season with the Bearcats and tied with Rick Minter for the most wins in school history.
Minter got his 53 wins over 10 seasons from 1994 to 2003 and is the only Cincinnati coach to be there longer than six seasons.
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Some years ago, Zach James, the lead vocalist for the Brooklyn post-punk band Dead Tooth, was in a bicycle accident that damaged the tissues surrounding his front incisor. When this happens, the blood supply to the tooth is often lost, ultimately rendering the pearly-white lifeless (rest in peace).
Some people choose to remedy such a first-world misfortune by capping the cuspid or bleaching it to appear alive and well (a dental-centric spin-off of Weekend at Bernie’s, if you will), but James chooses to embrace the look.
Now, when he smiles or snarls, there’s a mysterious shadow cast over a single tooth like a total solar eclipse. It actually pairs quite well with James’ lanky, anxious persona. Plus, he recently recalled for Variance magazine, “It’s been really fun on tour because someone in every city has a dead tooth and it’s cool to hear the stories.”
After turning his dental inconvenience into a peculiar and endearing distinction, James ultimately revamped the band’s name from The Adventures of the Silver Spaceman to Dead Tooth – a moniker he found more “simple and honest.”
Before Dead Tooth, however, James made an important, precursory connection. He and DIIV guitarist Andrew Bailey became quick friends at the Brooklyn vegan diner where they both worked: often getting stoned on break, exchanging conspiracy theories, and eventually uniting over music. From there, it was a mere matter of time until that natural bond made the two bandmates…and helped cook-down Dead Tooth’s sound to the essentials.
This recurring theme of authenticity also aptly sums up the message behind the band’s most recent single “Sporty Boy” – a jive-psych speed-song that sonically sees New Wave breathlessly making love to punk and sometimes hip-hop at the same time.
The single’s quick internal rhymes pile on its assonance like the pig-on-sheep pyre displayed on the cover of Dead Tooth’s 2022 EP Pig Pile. What’s more, “Sporty Boy” plays out like the soundtrack to a nearly successful high-speed chase, made all the more real by its accompanying art – an old-school digital car-stereo display. In the imaginary backseat sits the rest of the rambunctious crew – Dylan DePice, Jason Smith, and River Allen – with James and Bailey positioned shotgun and behind the wheel, respectively.
When describing the aim for “Sporty Boy,” James recounts, “The song is about running past the haters, fakes, and liars and giving this life meaning and purpose even when it all feels so dim. You gotta strap those boots on and make something out of nothing like a sporty good boy. And most importantly have fun with it! We’re here for a good time, not a long one.” | https://www.spin.com/2022/10/dead-tooth-sporty-boy/ | 2022-10-20T16:30:57 | en | 0.931797 |
Flying Lotus continues his work in the film and soundtrack realms as part of the horror anthology film V/H/S/99, which was released today (Oct. 20) by Shudder Original Films. The artist, whose real name is Steven Ellison, directed and co-wrote (with Zoe Cooper) the segment “Ozzy’s Dungeon,” and also composed the score, which is out today via Warp Records under the title Flying Lotus Presents: Music From The Hit Game Show Ozzy’s Dungeon.
“Ozzy’s Dungeon” chronicles a mishap on the set of a ’90s children’s game show and the impact it has on the injured girl’s family. Flying Lotus’ peppy, synth-driven music mirrors the competition element of the fictional show, with just the right blend of retro and forward-looking vibes.
“Ozzy’s Dungeon” marks Flying Lotus’ second directorial credit, following the 2017 horror film Kuso. He has since written the main title theme for Apple’s Magic Johnson documentary They Call Me Magic, executive-produced and scored Netflix’s anime series YASUKE and signed a deal with XYZ Films and Logical Pictures to produce and direct new projects. Ellison will also direct and score the upcoming sci-fi/horror movie Ash.
In terms of his own music, Lotus released a two-song single with vocalist Devin Tracy in June. His last full-length artist album, 2019’s Flamagra, reached No. 1 on Billboard’s Top Dance Music/Electronic Albums chart.
V/H/S/99 is the fifth installment in the V/H/S film series. It premiered last month at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival.
Here is the track list for Flying Lotus Presents: Music From The Hit Game Show Ozzy’s Dungeon:
“Opening (1996-1999)”
“Rules of the Game”
“Host Talk”
“Interview Music / What Do YOU Wish For?”
“Catch That Meat”
“Consolation Prizes”
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After helping coax Joni Mitchell back onto the public concert stage for the first time in nine years in July at the Newport Folk Festival, Brandi Carlile has pulled off the impossible once again. The two artists will perform June 9-10 at the Gorge Amphitheatre in George, Wash., with Carlile headlining the first night and then backing Mitchell the next night for a reprise of the Newport “Joni Jam.”
Carlile broke the news during an interview yesterday (Oct. 19) with Trevor Noah on The Daily Show, first by reflecting back on the Newport experience.
“I still can’t believe that happened,” she said. “[Mitchell] always has a plan. She knows what she wants to do, even if she doesn’t say it. We didn’t know she was going to do that. We thought it was a jam. We didn’t know that she was going to sing all the leads on those songs. She just started singing! We’d rehearsed the songs ourselves and we didn’t know whether we should stop or what we should do, you know? So we just sang with her, and then it turns out, she completely took over the show and became the performer that we all know that she is. We didn’t go to sleep that night. We stayed up ’til the sun came up, just loving what happened. Joni flat-out loves to perform, and she’s awesome at it. She’s every bit as good at it now as she was.”
Much to Carlile’s surprise, “after Newport, Joni said, ‘I want to do another show.’ She said, ‘I want to play again.’ And we got to thinking about it, and we decided on a venue, which is the Gorge out in Washington State. So, we’re gonna play there. It’s one of the most beautiful venues in the world.”
The two shows are billed as Echoes Through the Canyon, with ticket on-sale details yet to be announced. “No one’s been able to buy a ticket to see Joni Mitchell play in 20 years, so this is enormous,” Carlile said, referencing the fact that Mitchell essentially retired from performing after her 2000 tour and has been in frail health since a 2015 brain aneurysm. “And she’s so excited, because it’s close to Canada. I can’t believe it’s happening, but it’s happening, and she is going to crush it. So if you can get there, get there.” Mitchell turns 79 next month.
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Aside from his own solo work, Ty Segall plays in a number of other projects where he isn’t the frontperson. Today (Oct. 20), he’s reactivated one of them, The C.I.A., with which he plays bass and percussion in tandem with his spouse Denée on vocals and Emmett Kelly on bass and synth.
The group’s single, “Impersonator,” is a thick slice of electro-dusted fuzz and precedes the Jan. 20 release of a new album, Surgery Channel, by In the Red Records. It’s the group’s first since its 2018 self-titled debut, also released by In the Red. A face-morphing video co-directed by Denée Segall and Joshua Erkman is out today as well.
Segall begins a U.S. acoustic tour Nov. 2 in San Francisco, with Kelly supporting on a number of dates. A full band tour of Australia and New Zealand will get underway Jan. 18 in Perth. Tour dates for The C.I.A. are pending.
Here is the track list for Surgery Channel:
“Introduction”
“Better”
“Inhale Exhale”
“Impersonator”
“Surgery Channel Pt. I”
“Surgery Channel Pt. II”
“Bubble”
“You Can Be Here”
“The Wait”
“Construct”
“Under”
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Hello everyone and welcome back to this week's edition of Laura's Links. This is the official "after the (Jewish) holidays" edition. I have a ton of errands, paperwork and other miscellaneous fantastically annoying tasks on my to do list for the coming weeks, so very many of which I happily procrastinated upon for the "after the holidays" period. Wish me luck in crossing off some of the more dreadful ones off the list (I do love lists).
It seems like this fall marks the beginning of a relatively tepid but at least starter-level international covid retrospective. All of the sudden we are allowed to talk about psychological, medical and economic ruin, about the depression, "excess" deaths, children "missing" from the school system, abuse, isolation, the families and friendships that were obliterated, the secret pharmaceutical contracts and so much more. What we are hearing about now is just the tip of a profoundly evil man-made iceberg. One thing is for sure, that we were officially lied to about so many things by so many of the people who were entrusted to make decisions about our health and civil well-being and society.
They held that sacred trust and obliterated it, intentionally.
The breadth of the evil perpetrated upon us and the scope of the "vaccine injured" are astounding and unforgivable, but don't expect a reckoning. Expect more of the same. Expect them to still treat you like idiots when they tell you tut, tut, you dumb little iidiot peasants, don't worry, we are only entering a "moderate recession".
Even more worrisome, there is still so much about the very origins of the nightmare of the past few years that remains a secret.
We still don't know the exact origin of the virus and are only just starting to find out about the roots of all the policies that caused us so much suffering. I've frequently called the virus a biological weapon that was lobbed at us by China. But there are still so many questions about the "beginning" that remain unanswered, and so many unknowns that sometimes I reluctantly force myself to wrestle with an idea that disturbs me profoundly.
What if the "leak" of the virus was actually an experiment and not an accidental leak in any way? What if our betters in government, both in China and the West colluded in an official and monitored "experiment" to see just what would happen when they released their "gain of function" (i.e gain of lethality) virus upon us. What if they had a handy shared spreadsheet with a tab for economics, schooling, social distancing, masking, vaccines, etc. and just watched what their little lab rats did over the days and months and years? What if that is the secret that can't speak its name? There is absolutely nothing and no form of evil that I would put past the "leaders" who did this to us, including planning a world-scale experiment on the entire world, in the form of their very own virus-based modeling War Games.
Do you remember in the movie "Trading Places" when the stakes for ruining Eddie Murphy's character's life were revealed, and it was over a single dollar? That's kind of the way I'm feeling now. That our lives were ruined for nothing.
OK, enough ranting about those jerks for now. Feel free to let me know in the comments if you think I'm onto something or totally off my rocker.
Lastly, several readers wrote to me and/or commented that they missed the "Human Grace" section last week. Sorry about that, the universe just didn't send many such stories my way last week. I'm happy to report that this week's "Human Grace" section is robust and healthy and hopefully will make up for what was missed last week.
Take care and I'll see you in the comments.
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North America:
Imagine my surprise.
Love it. More here.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
No surprise here.
NOTHING TO SEE HERE.
All Canadian roads of tyranny lead to Trudeau.
OH REALLY?
On "good" writing: "Good writing, I think, ultimately exists between the twin goal posts of as-few-words-as-you-need and as-many-words-as-you-want. I, a natural natterer, lean toward the latterer."
The corruption and graft in America, as embodied by the Biden family, is absolutely vomit-level repulsive.
The Philosophy of Shi**iness.
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Israel and Jews:
The first joke was a killer, I laughed out loud. Really good one. Interesting that Netanyahu was on Bill Maher.
Basically this.
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Jewish Wisdom:
"We are taught that a spark of Moses' soul is present in the leaders of every generation, as well as in each of us as individuals. Thus, Moses' blessings – which provide us with the means, the impetus, and the vision to fulfill our Divine mission and our destiny, bringing the world to its fullest completion."
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The Formerly Great Britain:
"A retired biomedical scientist who posted 'only women have a cervix' has been booted from the profession after a tribunal ruled he was 'inflaming gender discrimination'."
Sticking it to Putin by freezing your people in darkness.
YOU VILL EAT ZE BUGS!
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Europe:
"Public health experts ruled out any link between spikes in neonatal deaths and the Covid vaccine without checking whether any of the infants' mothers had received the jab during pregnancy." OHHHH OK THEN.
You vill EAT ZE BUGS!
Societies that sacrifice their children are destined for ruin.
About time.
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Iran:
So incredibly brave.
Barbarians.
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Evil, Barbaric, Communist China:
Well, duh.
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Predatory Woke Pedophile Kooks:
Based Mom on "family friendly" perversions.
"We will vote you out."
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Human Grace:
Order this!
So nice.
Happy Anniversary, my love.
"I missed you, coach."
"You have now entered the jurisdiction of silly walks..."
""I can hope to see my mother again, to hold her hand and walk with her along the foreshore where the estuary gathers the tides and the great bridge sweeps across the river mouth, curving with the earth." Is life really sh*t? This is an interesting review. Food for thought.
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A coalition of congressional Democrats on Thursday called on President Biden to reverse a Trump-era change to the regulation of 3D-printed ghost guns and return oversight to the State Department as munitions.
“[I]t is far too easy for anyone to download from the internet the computer code to 3D-print unserialized, untraceable, plastic ‘ghost guns,’” the group, which includes Democratic Sens. Sheldon Whitehouse (R.I.), Cory Booker (N.J.), Richard Blumenthal (Conn.) and Elizabeth Warren (Mass.), said in a letter to Biden, first obtained by Politico. “These 3D-printed weapons circumvent our system of gun safety rules and regulations, and pose a serious threat to public safety and national security.”
3D-printed ghost guns and their technical data were previously regulated by the State Department on its Munitions List. However, President Trump approved their removal from the weapons list in January 2020 and moved regulation to the Commerce Department.
The group of House and Senate Democrats criticized the Trump-era change in Thursday’s letter, noting that its narrow guidance only applied to software and technology posted online that is “ready for insertion” into a 3D printer.
Because the guidance is so narrow, the group warned that people could easily evade it by advertising files for 3D-printed guns online but sending the actual software via email. They also noted that it doesn’t cover files that can easily be converted into a format for 3D printing.
The group, which also included Rep. Ro Khanna (Calif.) and Del. Eleanor Holmes Norton (D.C.), urged the return of 3D-printed ghost guns to State Department regulation, where they would be subject to pre-approval before being placed in the “public domain.” If oversight remains in the Commerce Department, they asked that Biden “at a minimum” strengthen the current guidelines to close the existing loopholes.
The Biden administration has previously made efforts to crack down on the proliferation of ghost guns. A new rule from the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives (ATF), which went into effect in August, subjected ghost guns to the same rules as traditional firearms, including requiring background checks and serial numbers. | https://fox4kc.com/hill-politics/democrats-call-for-reversal-of-trump-era-change-to-ghost-gun-regulation/ | 2022-10-20T16:34:53 | en | 0.955318 |
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BULLOCH COUNTY, Ga. (WSAV) – A college student in Georgia died after being hit by a plane propeller on Sunday night.
Sani Aliyu, 21, had disembarked from a single-engine Cessna 172 after landing at the Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport and began walking toward the front of the plane when he was struck by the propeller, according to Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch.
The victim had been returning from a trip with three others, a spokesperson for the Federal Aviation Administration said.
The FAA did not release any information on the identity of the passengers.
Aliyu, a student at Georgia Southern University, was originally from Nigeria, Futch said.
Georgia Southern University released a statement following news of Aliyu’s death, and confirmed that counseling will be available for students who need it.
“We were deeply saddened to hear about the tragic incident that involved one of our students Sunday night,” said Dr. Aileen C. Dowell, the Associate Vice President and Dean of Students at the university. “I have already been in touch with his family and professors and we have mobilized all available resources to provide counseling and any other assistance the university can give.”
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WREG) – A family is in disbelief after they say a Memphis funeral home buried a stranger where their father was supposed to be laid to rest — and they only found out after they arrived to pay their last respects.
Thomas Pharr died last week at the age of 96. He lived a full life as a World War II veteran and a captain in the Memphis Fire Department. He devoted his life to his family.
“Very personable, very nice person. He would do anything for anybody. He’ll be missed, missed a whole lot, miss him now,” said his son Butch Pharr.
On Tuesday, dozens of loved ones made the trip to town to pay their final respects at his funeral at Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park East. Pharr would be buried next to his wife Nancy, who passed away several years ago. They had been married for 63 years.
As the ceremony was about to start, the staff shared some alarming news.
“He said, ‘Well I’ve got to just tell you the truth now. … There’s another body in your dad’s grave,'” Butch said. “And somehow or another they put the wrong body in the wrong grave.”
The family says staff told them the other body had been put in the plot earlier that day. But because it was already covered, they would have to get an order from the health department — signed by the family of the deceased — for it to be exhumed.
“This shouldn’t happen to anybody. I mean, there’s really no closure until we know he’s next to our mom,” said Janis McIntyre, Thomas Pharr’s daughter.
Nexstar’s WREG has extensively reported on issues with Forest Hill Funeral Home and Memorial Park East, as well as StoneMor Inc., the company overseeing it. Problems include failing to inform families about rats partially eating bodies in a timely manner, as well as leaking body fluids in a mausoleum at the company’s location in Jackson, Tennessee.
While the Pharr family hopes for a resolution in their father’s case, they want to warn others so no other families have to deal with a similar issue.
“It’s bad enough that it happened but it wouldn’t have been as bad to us if someone would have taken responsibility for what had happened instead of trying to pass it off,” Butch said.
The family said they also feel bad for the other family involved in this mix-up case.
When a WREG crew went to the cemetery Wednesday, they were removed from the property. They were also told a representative with the cemetery’s parent company would be sending a statement. WREG also reached out to StonMor multiple times for an explanation for the mix-up, but so far has not heard back.
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LLOYD, N.Y. (WTEN) — Police in Lloyd, New York, have arrested a woman accused of letting her 10-year-old get an arm tattoo, along with the tattoo artist who inked the child.
Crystal Thomas, 33, was arrested on October 4. She was charged with one count of endangering the welfare of a child, a Class A misdemeanor.
If convicted, Thomas could face up to one year in prison or three years’ probation.
Police in Lloyd later confirmed they had tracked down the artist, whom they identified as Austin L. Smith, and arrested him Sunday. Smith was charged with unlawfully dealing with a child, and endangering the welfare of a child.
Both Thomas and Smith were released ahead of their scheduled court dates. Thomas is due back in court Thursday, while Smith is slated to appear Nov. 3.
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(NEXSTAR) – The Climate Prediction Center’s official winter forecast has been released, and it splits the country in two: hot and dry down south, and a mystery up north.
The 90-day-outlook was published Thursday morning by the Climate Prediction Center, part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) National Weather Service. It gives people a rough idea of what November, December and January will look like across the country.
The forecast is heavily influenced by the presence of La Niña, which forecasters recently said was 75% likely to stick around through the winter months.
La Niña tends to split the country in half, bringing a dry winter to the southern half and a wetter winter to the northern half.
You can see that pattern in the forecast map released Thursday (below): A band of dry conditions is expected from coast-to-coast, impacting the entire southern half of the U.S.
While La Niña looks like it will bring bad news to the already drought-plagued southwest this winter, it’s a different story in the Pacific Northwest. La Niña winters tend to bring more precipitation, not less, to the region.
The rest of the country is a bit of a mystery. Every state shown in white on the map above has equal chances of having above average precipitation and below average precipitation.
When it comes to temperature, it’s looking like it will be a warm winter this year for many states, according to the new NOAA outlook. The West, South and Northeast all have a good chance of above-average warmth between November and January.
The hottest conditions are expected in the southwest (Arizona, New Mexico and Texas).
If forecasters’ predictions hold true, and La Niña sticks around through January, it’ll be the third La Niña winter in a row – a rare phenomenon we’ve only seen twice since 1950. However, new research suggests recurring La Niña years are growing more common due to climate change. | https://fox4kc.com/news/national/noaa-releases-winter-weather-outlook-how-la-nina-will-impact-your-state/ | 2022-10-20T16:35:19 | en | 0.946223 |
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(WJW) — To be fair, getting too close to anyone’s face may prove a little terrifying. But a finalist in the 2022 Nikon Small World Photomicrography Competition captured an image that sheds light on something we’re not used to seeing.
This evil-looking mutant being is actually just the face of a humble ant — causing quite the stir on social media. What’s most surprising is it didn’t even make the Top 20 photos in the competition, which aims to show off nature on a microscopic level. Instead, Eugenijus Kavaliauskas’ up-close-and-personal capture was named as an image of distinction.
So what did garner first place this year? An image of an embryonic hand of a Madagascar giant day gecko, taken by Grigorii Timin from the University of Geneva.
“Masterfully blending imaging technology and artistic creativity, Timin utilized high-resolution microscopy and image-stitching to capture this species of Phelsuma grandis day gecko,” competition representatives said in a statement.
Other images caused just as much shock and awe, as seen below:
See all of this year’s winners right here.
Anyone is allowed to enter next year’s photo competition. | https://fox4kc.com/news/national/photo-competition-reveals-how-horrifying-an-ant-face-is-up-close/ | 2022-10-20T16:35:26 | en | 0.918414 |
The Karnataka cabinet on Thursday approved the ordinance on hiking the reservation for the Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe communities. The reservation for scheduled castes (SC) was increased from 15 to 17 per cent and for scheduled tribes (ST) from three to seven per cent.
"Today my cabinet has taken an historic descision of approving the ordinance on hiking the reservation for my brothers and sisters from SC/ST community from 15% to 17% and 3% to 7%. This historic decision will bring light and shine into their lives and uplift them by providing adequate opportunity in education and employment," Chief Minister Basavaraj Bommai said.
The announcement by the state government to hike the reservation for SC/ST communities in Karnataka took the total reservation in the state to 56 per cent.
"Following the decision to enhance the SC/ST reservation, we introduced a bill to this effect before the cabinet, and it was decided to send it to the Governor to promulgate an ordinance," news agency PTI quoted Law and Parliamentary Affairs Minister JC Madhuswamy as saying after the cabinet meeting in Bengaluru.
Today my cabinet has taken an historic descision of approving the ordinance on hiking the reservation for my brothers and sisters from SC/ST community,
1/2 — Basavaraj S Bommai (@BSBommai) October 20, 2022
"We had earlier felt that executive decision would be enough, but later realised that if it is questioned in court of law, it may lead to issues, so we have decided to bring in an ordinance," he added.
The decision to hike reservation for SC/ST communities led to a similar demand by Vokkaligas in the state who are seeking to increase the reservation for their community to 12 per cent. On this, CM Bommai earlier this week said that the government can only act based on the recommendations of the courts and the Backward Classes Commission.
Prominent Vokkaliga seer Swami Nirmalanandanatha of Adichunchanagiri mutt said that though Vokkaligas comprise 16 per cent of the state’s population, reservation for the community was only four per cent.
This is among the growing list of demands of various communities to hike reservation or alter their reservation status in Karnataka. Prominently, Valmikis (ST) have sought 7.5 per cent reservation, while Panchamsalis (a sect of the powerful Lingayat community) have been demanding that the government include them under the ‘2A’ reservation category meant for Other Backward Classes (OBC). Similarly, Kurubas too had launched a short-lived campaign demanding that they be added to the ST list.
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(KTLA) – The Powerball jackpot has grown to $550 million after no one matched all six numbers in Wednesday night’s drawing.
Wednesday’s drawing, meanwhile, hit a snag after technical difficulties kept the scheduled event from taking place live. The winning numbers — 6, 8, 15, 27, 42 and a Power Ball of 10 — were posted about an hour later on the Lottery’s YouTube channel.
The Lottery announced Thursday morning that no one had won Wednesday’s $515.5 million jackpot, raising the estimated jackpot for Saturday to $550 million.
The cash value for Saturday’s drawing is currently around $277.5 million, the Power Ball website estimated.
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(NewsNation) — Seven-time Super Bowl champion Tom Brady seems to have landed himself in trouble again after recent comments on his podcast with Larry Fitzgerald and Jim Gray, “Let’s Go” went viral Monday.
In speaking with onetime NBA champion and former league MVP Kevin Durant, the Tampa Bay Buccaneers quarterback compared life-work balance of preparing for the NFL season to going off to war.
“It’s starting to get tricky, though, as I get older and age because I’m starting to experience more as a man outside of me being an athlete,” Durant said. “So, it’s like, where is the balance? It’s definitely been a mental obstacle trying to figure out what’s a good balance between the two.”
Durant’s comments led Brady to compare his view on balancing work and life during the NFL season.
“You know — and you feel certainly me being 45,” Brady said to the Brooklyn Nets star. “Now, it’s like, do I just think the same way? Do I still? I almost look at like a football season, like you’re going away on deployment here and military. And it’s like, man, here I go again.”
While Brady wasn’t trying to make a one-to-one comparison of the NFL season to military deployment, his comments reflected his belief that the NFL season removes him from all the other aspects of his life — except for competing.
“When it comes down to it, your competitiveness takes over. And as much as you want to have this playful balance with work balance, you’re going to end up doing exactly what you’ve always done,” he said.
Either way, the comments have set Twitter ablaze — with fans, military veterans and everyone in between making their displeasure known.
From taking an 11-day hiatus during training sessions, to being caught at Robert Kraft’s wedding during the season, to the Gisele Bündchen divorce rumors, things have been rough for Brady.
And a 3-3 record doesn’t help.
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JAY, Maine (AP) — Across the U.S., families are looking to the winter with dread as energy costs soar and fuel supplies tighten.
The Department of Energy is projecting sharp price increases for home heating compared with last winter and some worry whether heating assistance programs will be able to make up the difference for struggling families. The situation is even bleaker in Europe, with Russia’s continued curtailment of natural gas pushing prices upward and causing painful shortages.
In Maine, Aaron Raymo saw the writing on the wall and began stocking up on heating oil in 5-gallon increments over the summer as costs crept upward. He filled a container with heating oil as he could afford it, usually on paydays, and used a heating assistance program to top off his 275-gallon oil tank with the arrival of colder weather.
His family is trying to avoid being forced into a difficult decision — choosing between food or heating their home.
“It’s a hard one,” he said. “What are you going to choose for food, or what amount of fuel oil are you going to choose to stay warm?”
A number of factors are converging to create a bleak situation: Global energy consumption has rebounded from the start of the pandemic, and supply was barely keeping pace before the war in Ukraine further reduced supplies.
The National Energy Assistance Directors Association says energy costs will be the highest in more than a decade this winter.
The Energy Department projects heating bills will jump 28% this winter for those who rely on natural gas, used by nearly half of U.S. households for heat. Heating oil is projected to be 27% higher and electricity 10% higher, the agency said.
That comes against inflation rates that accelerated last month with consumer prices growing 6.6%, the fastest such pace in four decades.
The pain will be especially acute in New England, which is heavily reliant on heating oil to keep homes warm. It’s projected to cost more than $2,300 to heat a typical home with heating oil this winter, the energy department said.
Across the country, some are urging utilities to implement a moratorium on winter shut-offs, and members of Congress already added $1 billion in heating aid. But there will be fewer federal dollars than last year when pandemic aid flowed.
In Jay, where Raymo lives with his partner, Lucinda Tyler, and 8-year-old son, residents were already bracing for the worst before the local paper mill announced it’s going to close, putting more than 200 people out of work. That has the potential to wreak havoc on the town budget, and cause higher property taxes that will further eat into residents’ budgets.
Both Raymo and Tyler work full-time jobs. He works as many as 70 or 80 hours a week in an orthopedists’ office and she works from home in shareholder services for a financial services company. They don’t qualify for much help even though they’re scraping by to keep up with repairs, buy gas and put food on the table — and heat their 100-year-old home in a state known for bitter cold weather.
“We work significant hours but it seems that it’s not enough,” said Tyler, who wept with relief when she learned they qualified for even a modest amount of heating assistance.
Last month, Congress added $1 billion in funding to Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program, bringing the total to at least $4.8 billion and making additional heating aid available for the start of the winter season.
The third hottest summer on record already strained LIHEAP funding, “so I am glad that we were able to secure these new resources before the cold of winter sets in,” said Senate Appropriations Committee Chairman Patrick Leahy, a Democrat from Vermont.
But that level represents an overall reduction from last year, when federal pandemic relief pushed the total energy assistance package past $8 billion.
Some are seeking help who’ve never done so in the past. In Auburn, Maine, 72-year-old Mario Zullo said he worked all his life and never asked for help until last year when he received heating assistance last year. The program helped upgrade his heating.
“It came to us at a time when we needed it the most,” Zullo said.
Mark Wolfe, executive director of NEADA, said he fears the federally funded program won’t be enough because of the high cost of energy and continued instability in energy markets. It could be even worse if the winter is especially cold, he said.
“The crisis is coming,” he said. “There’s a lot of uncertainty and factors in play that could drive these prices higher.”
In Maine, the state has the nation’s oldest population and it’s the most reliant on heating oil, creating a double whammy.
“People are scared. They’re worried. They’re frustrated,” said Lisa McGee, who coordinates the heating aid program for Community Concepts Inc. in Lewiston, Maine. “There’s more anxiety this year.” | https://fox4kc.com/news/national/winter-heating-worries-mount-amid-growing-costs/ | 2022-10-20T16:35:46 | en | 0.969905 |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Police issued a silver alert for a missing metro man.
Walter Allen disappeared around 6 a.m. Thursday morning. He left the area of East. 23rd and Walrond Avenue, but hasn’t returned.
Police say Allen suffers from dementia and used to work construction. He told someone he was on his way to find the rest of his construction crew.
Allen is wearing black pants, a black, red, white, and gray plaid coat, and a black fisherman’s hat.
Call 911 if you’ve seen Allen Thursday.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — In their Week 7 matchup, the Kansas City Chiefs travel to face the San Francisco 49ers for the first time since defeating them in Super Bowl LIV.
Both teams are coming off disappointing Week 7 losses and are looking for bounce back victories.
In the offseason, 49ers safety Jimmie Ward called out Chiefs tight end Travis Kelce while on Instagram Live, asking his viewers to tell Kelce that he was looking forward to the match up.
Ward’s tone has changed slightly in the week leading up to the game due to being listed as “questionable” to play after breaking a bone in his hand and missing the Week 6 matchup with the Atlanta Falcons.
Ward expects to play with a club over his hand, but knows his “billboard material” might make him a target against the Chiefs offense.
“I’ve been talkin’ a lot of smack, too,” Ward said. “Like dang! Them boys are going to smell blood in the water. I’mma be out there fighting. Sink or swim.”
Through 6 games, Kelce has 7 touchdowns, four shy of his career season high of 11. He leads the team in that category, as well as in receiving yards with 455.
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INDIANAPOLIS – The competition continues to be as tight as ever through the first six weeks of the NFL season. So far, 74 games have been within one score in the fourth quarter.
More of the same is expected in the Week 7 schedule, especially in Nashville where the Colts and Titans meet for sole possession of first place in the AFC South.
The surprising Giants look to move to 6-1, while the Buccaneers, Packers and Ravens look to get on track after uncharacteristic slow starts.
WXIN’s Chris Hagan takes a look at the entire 14-game slate on “Big Game Bound.” WKRN sports director Cory Curtis joins Chris to talk about Sunday’s Indianapolis-Tennessee tilt.
This week’s show also features reports from Green Bay, Pittsburgh and New England, along with picks from Jarett Payton.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Northland drivers will be greeted with headaches trying to cross the rivers beginning Monday, Oct. 24.
The Missouri Department of Transportation said crews will be working to repair expansion joints on the Bond Bridge.
MoDOT warns the repair will require various lane closures for several days at a time.
Crews will lost the left lane of northbound I-29/I-35 between Front Street and Levee Road beginning at 7 a.m. Monday. MoDOT says the lane will be closed until midweek.
When the work on that lane is complete, crews will move to the next lane until repairs are made to all northbound lanes.
The project is expected to last through Friday, Nov. 11.
All work is weather permitting.
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KANSAS CITY, Mo. — The Missouri Department of Transportation is preparing for a long and frigid winter across the state.
Each fall the department holds a winter weather drill to see if it needs to make any changes before the first snowflakes begin to fall.
This year MoDOT said it is dealing with high turnover rates and many positions are still unfilled, including snow plow drivers.
“We’re facing a critical shortage of qualified plow operators as we go into the winter season,” Becky Allmeroth, MoDOT chief safety and operations officer, said. “This drill gives MoDOT the opportunity to train our new snowplow operators on their designated routes so they are aware of curbs and raised islands that might be hidden when the snow or ice starts to fall.”
MoDOT said it still needs to fill 30% of its openings to be able to plow roads efficiently across the state this winter. If those positions aren’t filled, it will take crews much longer to clear highways during a storm, including in Kansas City.
“If a widespread winter storm lasts more than one 12-hour shift, we will not have enough employees to fill all the trucks on the second shift and therefore it will take longer to clear the roads. Delays could be significant and will impact all regions of the state,” Patrick McKenna, MoDOT director, said.
Drivers will run routes and MoDOT will also test its communications systems during the drill.
MoDOT says it spent more than $53 million on winter operations last year and used over 151,000 tons of salt; 2.4 million gallons of salt brine; and 454,000 gallons of beet juice.
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We’re coming out of the coldest air so far this fall season…and now we have another taste of summer heading this way. The inbetween day is today and it will be another gorgeous sunny day with just some high clouds around. The bigger warm-up cranks up tomorrow into the weekend as highs should surge into the 80s all 3 days and there’s going to be a lot of wind around…with the potential of neat 50 MPH winds for parts of the region on Sunday.
Now that we’re warming back up again…it’s worth talking about the 2nd severe weather season that can occur in October and November. As we know really though severe weather is something that can happen ANY month of the year…we’ve had events in December, January and February but we more commonly are vulnerable from roughly the middle of April through the middle of June.
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Forecast:
Today: Sunny and very nice with highs in the lower 70s
Tonight: Fair and pleasant with lows in the 40s
Tomorrow: Windy and much warmer with highs 80-85°. Gusts to 30 MPH
Saturday: Same. Gusts to 40 MPH
Sunday: A few more clouds, windy with gusts to 50 MPH, and increasing clouds. Storms are possible later Sunday night. There may be some stronger storms, especially towards NW MO and NE KS later in the evening.
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Discussion:
After a couple of days of the furnace clicking on and off…now the A/C may click on and off heading into the weekend as warmer air starts to return to the region ahead of a cold front and strong storm system that will be developing through the upper Midwest.
With such dynamics in play…there can be storms that are created…and that will be the focus on Sunday evening/night it appears. Typically storms in the fall are very fast movers…and while it may be tough to get tornadoes…it’s not as tough to get marginally severe level winds with such fast moving winds in the lower and middle part of the atmosphere. I talked about this chance a couple of days ago in the blog and on the air.
Before we get to that though…here’s a look at what has happened so far this year…
Data is confirmed through June…and preliminary after that…in other words the duplicated reports will be filtered out. Usually there is a small reduction from preliminary and actual but not all the time.
So we stand right now 844 actual tornados with 130 others in the “preliminary” stage. That may be whittled down to about 100. So let’s roughly say about 950 tornados thus far in 2022. This chart ends on the 11th of October…I don’t think there has been anything since.
Odds are this season will fall below the 3 year average of 1304…rather substantially unless November really cranks up some storms…which can’t be ruled out of course. There were 232 tornadoes in December of 2021 including the devastating and long-lived/tracked western KY tornado
December 2021 outbreak on the 10-11th
So things can happen in December too. It’s just not as common.
One of the 1st steps though is we need to get some gulf moisture to move up towards the region. This will slowly evolve over the coming days. Right now the dew points are pretty low towards the Gulf Coast even into the Gulf of Mexico.
So as things evolve over the weekend…and as stronger south winds work through the region…dew points will be on the uptick…so we get something like this by later Saturday…give or take.
Then by Sunday we should be well into the 50s for dew points again.
The surface storm part of the equation will be wrapping up in the western Dakotas. So that by later Sunday we have something like this.
As the low pressure develops towards South Dakota…strong winds at the surface and aloft will be curving through the Plains region. As a matter of fact IF we go up to about 18,000 feet or so…you can see the strong winds clearly.
Those stronger winds are “poking” right towards the NW MO and SE NE region. IF we go farther up into the atmosphere to around 30,000 feet…I’m looking for areas where the air is “spreading out” and I’ve found some in the area outlined closer to KC. When air spreads out at that level…called diffluence…the air is rushing in below it…to replace the air spreading out. This combination creates lift. Lift is important for developing thunderstorms.
So we have moisture…lift…and a surface front in the Plains. So we got the ingredients for storms. With the winds above us cranking away…the storms will be moving at warp speed towards the evening and overnight. That may allow some stronger winds above us to work towards the surface as the storms generate rain.
Odds favor winds to be the main threat for these storms. The tornadic risk is pretty small but its not 0. Also this might be more of a nighttime threat (or at least after sunset). We’ll see how much surface instability will be around towards the overnight hours. Also we need to see if dew points can get into the 60s with the sustained gulf moisture return.
The SPC has outlined the area of concern. This area may be expanded over the coming days
Finally this just was released from NOAA…their winter forecast. Remember they work in the probability world…so for our area…pretty much “equal chances”
and moisture
Standard La Nina playbook forecast for moisture at least…
Look at LAST YEARS winter forecast for moisture…see how they’re almost identical.
Here was the reality…
Part of their new forecast for THIS winter is a look at the drought situation…and according to them…not great.
We’ll see…
The new drought report came out this morning…we’ve seen another downgrade in the areas outlined in yellow.
So that’s not good…and I’m not overly excited about the rain amounts at this point for the region on Sunday night either locally at least. NW MO should do better than us.
Our feature photo comes from Lesa Waldrip of a pretty sunrise in Parkville this morning
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- The euro appreciates again on Thursday to test seven-year highs at 147.25.
- Yen weakness has boosted speculation of BoJ intervention.
- Monetary policy divergence is crushing yen demand.
The euro is crawling higher again on Thursday after the previous day’s reversal, and the pair has regained lost ground to retest the resistance area at 147.25 on the US morning session.
The yen remains weak with all eyes on the BoJ
The battered Japanese currency maintains its negative tone across the board. The USD/JPY crossed the psychological 150.00 mark earlier on Thursday, reaching its highest level in 32 years and boosting speculation of a potential intervention by the Bank of Japan to curb JPY weakness.
The Japanese authorities reiterated their commitment to defend the yen's stability on Thursday. Masato Kanda, a top currency diplomat assured that the Japanese Government is ready to take action “as excessive volatility becomes increasingly unacceptable.”
In the long run, however, the yen remains under pressure on the back of the monetary policy divergence between the BoJ and the rest of the major world central banks, especially the US Federal Reserve.
The Fed is widely expected to increase rates by 0.75% for the fourth consecutive time in November and, according to a recent poll by Reuters, the ECB might also approve a 75-basis-points hike next week. In this scenario, the Japanese central bank's ultra-expansive policy is crushing demand for the Japanese currency.
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Additional takeaways
“We have also raised the federal funds rate 300 basis points since the start of 2022. That means the Fed is actively trying to slow the economy. But we are going to keep raising rates for a while.”
“Given our frankly disappointing lack of progress on curtailing inflation, I expect we will be well above 4 percent by the end of the year.”
“The Fed is actively trying to slow the economy.”
“”We are going to keep raising rates for a while.”
“Sometime next year, we are going to stop hiking rates. At that point, I think we should hold at a restrictive rate for a while to let monetary policy do its work. It will take a while for the higher cost of capital to work its way through the economy.”
“Inflation will come down, but it will take some time to get to our target. I expect PCE inflation to come in at around 6 percent in 2022, around 4 percent next year, and 2.5 percent in 2024.”
Market reaction
After a decline following the beginning of the American session, the US Dollar trimmed losses. The DXY bottomed at 112.16 and as of writing, trades at 112.62, down by 0.25% for the day.
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“In case recent pivot low at 1.0920 gets violated, there could be a risk of next leg of downtrend towards 1.0550/1.0520 and September levels of 1.0350.”
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- Liz Truss resigns as Prime Minister after 45 days.
- Pound up across the board, among top performers of the American session.
- GBP/USD up more than a hundred pips on Thursday.
The GBP/USD printed a fresh daily high during the American session at 1.1335, boosted by a rebound of the pound following PM Liz Truss's resignation and a weaker US dollar.
Truss and USD down, risk appetite and GBP up
The greenback is falling across the board as Wall Street posts gains with main indexes up around 1%. The DXY is under 112.30, down by 0.55% even as US yields move rise.
The pound strengthened following the resignation of Liz Truss as Prime Minister after only 45 days. The new PM will emerge from a new leadership election at the Conservative Party next week.
Market participants reduced their bets on Bank of England interest rate hikes. They now see a less aggressive BoE. Now attention will turn to the potential successors that could include Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson.
The GBP/USD ran to 1.1305 initially, following the announcement and more recently printed a fresh daily high at 1.1336, amid a decline of the dollar. It is hovering around 1.1300. EUR/GBP is modestly lower for the day, trading under 0.8700 while GBP/JPY is up approaching 170.00.
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UK PM Liz Truss resigned on Thursday, becoming the shortest-serving prime minister in history. Attention is now set on the Tory leadership race.
The election at the Conservative Party is likely to take place Friday, Saturday and Sunday, according to The Telegraph. In the event of having an outright winner, the new PM could be known by Monday. Graham Brady, the leader of the 1922 Committee, expects a new prime minister to be announced by October 28. More details about the race will be presented during the day.
Potential candidates for Tory leadership include former PM Boris Johnson, Rishi Sunak, Penny Mordaunt, Sajid Javid, Kemi Badenoch, Ben Wallace, Kit Malthouse, and Grant Shapps. On the contrary, James Cleverly ruled out making a bid.
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- US Initial Jobless Claims flashed the tight labor market, while Existing Home Sales continued to fall, feeling the shocks of the Fed’s policy.
- Higher-than-expected inflation in Canada keeps investors reassessing another large-size rate hike by the Bank of Canada.
- USD/CAD tumbled below 1.3700 after hitting a daily high of 1.3806.
The USD/CAD plunged from around 1.3800 as the US Dollar losses against most G8 currencies, despite high US Treasury yields and expectations of the Fed hiking rates by a larger size at November’s meeting. Also, a risk-on mood spurred by China’s cutting quarantine for arrivals was cheered by investors as US equities are trading with gains. At the time of writing, the USD/CAD is trading at 1.3695.
The US Dollar weakened as claims for unemployment dropped
In the Asian session, wires reported that China could ease quarantines for arrivals from 10 to 7 days. That said, risk-perceived assets edged higher on the headline, as shown by global equities advancing. Aside from this, US economic data revealed before Wall Street opened reported that US Initial Jobless Claims for the last week dropped unexpectedly to 214K, less than the 231.5K estimated. Given the Federal Reserve hikes more than 300 bps to the Federal funds rate to the 3.25% area, the labor market is still showing resilience, as shown by the report. It should be noted that September’s Unemployment Rate ticked lower, meaning the Fed job is not done.
Of late, US Existing Home Sales fell 1.5%, less than the 2.4% contraction estimated, though it has been the eighth month in a row, as elevated mortgage rates and higher prices keep prospective buyers at bay.
Canada’s inflation topped estimates; TD Securities foresees a 75 bps hike by the BoC
On the Canadian front, Wednesday’s September inflation report surprised the upside, jumping 6.9% YoY, above estimates of 6.7%, so market participants ratchet up expectations for the Bank of Canada’s additional rate hikes, with a 75 bps lift for the next meeting fully priced in. Following the report, the USD/CAD trimmed some of its gains. However, throughout Thursday’s session, positioning ahead of the BoC’s meeting in the next week underpinned the Loonie, with the USD/CAD tumbling more to the 20-DMA.
Analysts at TD Securities changed their view and expected the BoC to lift rates by 75 bps. They noted, “The Bank has grown increasingly concerned with the inflation backdrop and potential for long-term inflation expectations to become unanchored, and this data does not provide any evidence that inflation has turned. This should tip the scales to a 75bp move next week.”
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- WTI prices appreciate for the second consecutive day to reach an $87.10 high.
- Sanctions on Russian oil and lower reserves are buoying petrol prices.
- China is considering relaxing COVID-19 lockdowns.
WTI futures are trading higher for the second consecutive day on Thursday, to shrug off the last two weeks’ negative trend. The US benchmark oil has extended its recovery from Tuesday’s lows at $82.15 to session highs at $87.10 before retreating to the $86.00 area.
Sanctions on Russia and lower supplies boost oil prices
A European ban on Russian crude oil that will come into effect in December, amid a new set of sanctions for the Ukrainian war, is pushing prices higher as the eurozone leaders struggle to find alternative providers ahead of the winter.
US official data has revealed that the country’s Strategic Petroleum reserves fell last week to their lowest level since 1984. These figures have offset the announcement of US President Joe Biden’s plan to sell 15 million barrels from the strategic reserves to tame crude prices.
Beyond that, the EIA reported a 1.725M decline in crude oil inventories in the week of October 14, against market expectations of a 1.38M increase, which has contributed to push prices higher.
Besides, news that China, the world’s larger importer, is considering shortening the COVID-19 quarantine for visitors has eased market concerns about a decline in demand thus adding bullish pressure on prices.
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Border protection officer shot and killed during firearms practice at shooting range
A Customs and Border Protection officer was shot and killed during a firearms demonstration at a gun range in Miami on Wednesday.
Miami-Dade police say the officer was an instructor at the Trail Glades Range and was conducting a building search drill with another instructor when he was shot, according to Local 10. The man, who has yet to be identified, was placed in an ambulance and airlifted to Jackson Memorial Hospital's Ryder Trauma Center, where he later died.
"All I can say at this time is that a great officer, a great family and it’s a tragic loss, but I’d rather not go into personal information at this time," CBP spokesman Michael Silva told reporters.
Silva added that the officer had been a "father, spouse, uncle, great uncle, great family man, just all around great guy."
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Police tape blocks the scene of a shooting in Miami-Dade, Florida. (GIANRIGO MARLETTA/AFP via Getty Images)
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Miami-Dade police investigate a crime scene. (Roberto Koltun/El Nuevo Herald/Tribune News Service via Getty Images)
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Florida's ‘shark maternity ward’ may have been forever changed after direct hit by Hurricane Ian
BOSTON - Research from the longest-running study of shark mating behavior in the world is highlighting the importance of protecting a critical habitat for sharks and rays in Florida after the vulnerable location took a direct hit from Hurricane Ian at the end of September.
The research, conducted by the New England Aquarium in Boston and recently published in the journal PLOS ONE, found individual nurse sharks repeatedly returning to a mating site in Florida's Dry Tortugas for up to 28 years.
Before the study, nurse sharks were only thought to have lived for about 24 years. However, the research found that the known life span was well over 40 years and possibly older, according to the New England Aquarium.
"The longevity of these animals and the fact that the sharks were first seen mating here in the 1800s suggest that this area is very important to their life cycles," said Dr. Nick Whitney, a senior scientist at the New England Aquarium and co-author of the study. "That's why we're concerned about the impact of the hurricane on these sharks and this site."
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‘Hurricane Ian appears to have altered the landscape dramatically’
But that mating site in Dry Tortugas may have been forever changed because of Hurricane Ian.
The Category 4 storm passed directly over the area on the night of Sept. 27 and brought strong winds and destructive waves that severely altered the small islands protecting the shallow water mating grounds, according to the aquarium.
A male nurse shark (bottom left) grasps the right pectoral fin of a female nurse shark (right) in an attempt to mate with her on the Dry Tortugas shark breeding ground. Shark courtship and mating typically involves the male biting the fins of the fem
To make matters more complicated, researchers say they have been unable to confirm whether the underwater monitoring stations survived the storm or if the sharks have returned to the area after the storm passed.
That equipment listens for tagged sharks returning to the area 24 hours a day.
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"Data from those receivers show that September and October are important months when females come into the shallows preparing to give birth, like a shark maternity ward," said Dr. Ryan Knotek, associate scientist with the New England Aquarium and co-author of the study.
The data from the study found the first example of individual female sharks switching their reproductive cycles.
While male nurse sharks returned annually in May and June, females arrived every two and sometimes three years in June, according to the aquarium.
Adult female nurse sharks rest together in the shallows of the Dry Tortugas nurse shark breeding ground. Females often spend long hours in the warm, shallow waters during the mating season whereas males make multiple, short visits to approach the fem
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But now major questions remain: Will the female nurse sharks be able to use the area this fall, and will the altered site continue to serve its function as courtship and mating ground next summer?
"We have seen changes to the study site over the years from shifting sands caused by waves and storms, but this direct hit from Hurricane Ian appears to have altered the landscape dramatically," Pratt said. "We don't know if it will still have the perfect combination of shallow, warm, still water with a sandy bottom that seems to make it appealing to the sharks."
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ICE! at Gaylord Palms: Ice carvers begin preparing for annual holiday event
KISSIMMEE, Fla. - It's beginning to look a lot like the holidays at the Gaylord Palms Resort in Kissimmee.
Dozens of ice carvers from Harbin, China arrived in Central Florida this week to begin building the annual ICE! exhibit. This year's theme is based on the Dr. Seuss classic "How the Grinch Stole Christmas!" which is the first time it has been featured at the holiday event.
Creating the event is no easy feat: the artisans have to hand-carve 2 million pounds of ice that make up the elaborate, 20,000-square-foot frozen exhibit. Guests will walk through 10 different scenes from the Grinch story, encountering ice statues of The Grinch, his dog Max and the residents of Who-ville.
The sculptures start off as a big block of ice – some clear and some colorful – before being transformed into a Grinch-inspired work of art. The artists use different tools including chainsaws and picks to get the job done.
To keep the ice sculptures from melting, the exhibit is kept at a very chilly 9-degrees! Visitors will be handed a blue parka to wear throughout the experience, but gloves and scarves are recommended.
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In addition to seeing characters from the classic Dr. Seuss tale, guests can also take rides down two-story-tall ice slides, explore ice tunnels and arches, and visit Carver’s Showcase to see live sculpting demonstrations. The ICE! experience concludes in a separate area dedicated to a Nativity scene, carved and shaped in a dramatic display of crystal-clear ice.
This year's ICE! event is the first after a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Slashing in Lower Manhattan subway station sends people running
NEW YORK - Panic erupted among commuters after a slashing with a sword, in a Lower Manhattan subway station.
The NYPD was investigating.
It happened around 9:30 a.m. in a stairwell at the Chambers Street subway station on the A/C/E Line. The station is part of the World Trade Center transit hub complex.
The sword's blade was not exposed, however the sword's cover cut the victim's face, a police source said. EMS took him to a hospital in stable condition. He is expected to recover.
The attacker remains on the loose. The only description police released is that he was wearing all-black clothing.
New York City Police were not sure if it happened on a train or on the platform.
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One person at the scene said that people started sprinting out of a train when it got to the station.
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More gardens, green space might boost life spans in poorer neighborhoods, study finds
Every 10% increase in exposure to natural space and private gardens was linked to a 7% drop in early death among people younger than 65, according to a newly published study — which suggests that upping green space could narrow the lifespan gap between the rich and the poor.
The study, published Oct. 17 in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, builds on existing evidence that greater access and exposure to natural space has a direct, positive impact on health. For the new research, the team aimed to study whether nature protects against an earlier-than-expected death.
The team from the University of Glasgow in the United Kingdom used data from the 2016 Scottish Burden of Disease to see the gap between the expected and actual lifespan for adults under 65 at the time of their death.
The data were then divided up by "datazone," or geographical units of approximately 500 to 1,000 residents in an area with physical boundaries, natural communities, and households with similar social characteristics.
The study also tracked areas of natural space or private gardens in square meters. "Natural space" included woodland areas, scattered trees, scrub, marsh, open water, and general natural areas, such as grass on sports fields and roadsides. It also included farmland, agriculture, hard ground, like rocks, boulders, and cliffs, and soft ground, such as sand, soil, and foreshore.
FILE - An urban community garden is pictured in a file image dated May 8, 2014. (Photo by: Education Images/Universal Images Group via Getty Images)
More natural space could narrow lifespan gap between poorest, richest areas
The poorest areas had the lowest average percentage of natural space and gardens, the study authors said — and people living in these areas also had the highest levels of ill health.
The study found that every 10% increase in natural space cover was linked to a 7% decrease in premature death. More natural space within local areas was also linked to a reduction in the lifespan gap between the most and least income-deprived areas.
Even moderate levels of natural space seemed to make a difference, the study authors said.
"In practice, not everyone can live in an area with a high percentage of green or natural space; however, this does not mean that even small amounts of such areas are not beneficial," the researchers wrote.
The study was observational and can’t establish cause and effect. In addition, the research didn’t include information on individual lifestyle behavior and personal economic circumstances, or how much people used their local natural space — all of which could have influenced the findings.
Furthermore, the researchers weren’t able to differentiate between the level of exposure to natural space in urban versus rural areas, or important factors like air pollution and access to healthcare.
However, the authors said the study findings reinforce the evidence "that local natural space, and in particular private gardens, has a positive impact on health, and the potential for reducing health inequalities."
FILE - Photo of a garden in Huntington, New York, on Sept. 16, 2021. (Photo by J. Conrad Williams Jr./Newsday RM via Getty Images)
They added that "natural spaces and private gardens should be an important feature in any building/development planning."
The research was funded by the U.K.‘s Medical Research Council and Chief Scientist Office.
This story was reported from Cincinnati. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/more-gardens-green-space-boost-life-span-poorer-neighborhoods-study | 2022-10-20T16:38:32 | en | 0.962641 |
Mother, 2 children killed in Florida house fire, Nassau deputies say
HILLIARD, Fla. - A mother and her two children are dead following an early morning fire at a Northeast Florida home Thursday, according to the Nassau County Sheriff's Office.
Shortly after 3:30 a.m., fire and rescue crews responded to the fire on Jane Lane in Hilliard – a small town about 30 miles northwest of Jacksonville – and discovered that the woman and her 11-year-old and 7-year-old children had died in the fire, the sheriff's office said in a Facebook post.
The state fire marshal is working to learn the cause of the fire. | https://www.fox35orlando.com/news/mother-2-children-killed-in-florida-house-fire-nassau-deputies-say | 2022-10-20T16:38:38 | en | 0.969677 |
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