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What Time Does Cruella Premiere on Disney+?
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If the price of the new Cruella de Vil movie on Disney+ doesnt scare you, no movie ticket price will. Just kidding. If youre watching with three or more people, Cruella on Disney+ Premier Access for $30 is a pretty good deal. If youre watching by yourself, well, it all depends on how badly you want to see Emma Stone as a young, punk-rock version of the puppy-murdering villain from 101 Dalmatians. For the die-hard Stone fans, the price tag will likely be worth it, because she is very good as a young fashion designer named Estella who finds herself working for the legendary (and legendarily ruthless) designer, Baroness von Hellman (Emma Thompson). But when Estella discovers an unpleasant truth about the Baronesss past, she embraces her evil alter-egoaka Cruellain order to exact revenge. Directed by Craig Gillespie, Cruella acknowledges that a prequel film about Cruella de Vil is an inherently silly idea, and fully embraces its campy side. This is a movie that knows how to have a good time, and youre guaranteed to have a good time watching it. Now you just have to actually know how to watch Cruella. Read on to find out what time Cruella releases on Disney+, when Cruella will be on Disney+ for free, and more. How to watch Cruella: Cruella will be available to purchase and stream for $29.99 on Disney+ this Friday, May 28. You can preorder the film now by going to the Disney+ landing page for the film on your browser or the Disney+ app. You will need a Disney+ subscription to purchase the film. You can also watch Cruella in theaters. Cruella opens in theaters and on Disney+ Premier Access on Friday, May 28. New titles are typically added to Disney+ at 3 a.m. ET, or 12 a.m PT. If its midnight on the west coast on Thursday night and you still dont see Cruella on Disney+, try refreshing the page or logging out and logging back in again. Because this is for Disney+ Premier Access, it may take a little longer to load. If you want to watch the film beginning tomorrow, Cruella costs $29.99 to buy on Disney+. You must be subscribed to Disney+ in order to purchase the film, however, so if you include the cost of a Disney+ subscription, which is $6.99 a month, Cruella costs about $37. Once you purchase the film, you will be able to watch it whenever you want, for as long as you want, as long as you stay subscribed to Disney+. Disney has confirmed that Cruella will begin streaming free on Disney+ on August 27, 2021. At this time, the film will be free to watch for all subscribers. If youre willing to wait three months, you can save $30! Watch Cruella on Disney+
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https://decider.com/2021/05/27/cruella-disney-plus-what-time-how-to-watch/
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How Old Is the Friends Cast Now?
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Friends has earned its reputation as one of the most beloved American sitcoms of the past few decades, with countless loyal fans watching Ross, Rachel, Monica and more decades after the show first premiered in the 90s. And if an enduring audience isnt enough to prove how important Friends is to TV history, HBO Max just took it one step further with a long-awaited reunion. The Friends reunion, which premiered today on the streamer, brought together cast members Jennifer Aniston, Courteney Cox, Lisa Kudrow, Matt LeBlanc, Matthew Perry, and David Schwimmer, plus special guests like Lady Gaga, Mindy Kaling, Reese Witherspoon and Malala Yousafzai and more. Deciders Brett White praised the event for setting the gold standard for sitcom reunions in his review. The best parts of this special are the moments without any interference from a host, old footage, celebrity guests, or guest stars. The scenesand there are a lot of themwherein the six actors just exist on stage, in the same space as each other, allowed to wander around and rediscover memories at their own pace it truly feels like you are the seventh person on that soundstage, he wrote. If you just watched the Friends reunion and are feeling nostalgic, we get it. After all, its been 27 whole years since Friends premiered, and a lot has happened in the decades since. The stars of the show have gone on to pursue other projects in the industry, with Aniston starring in The Morning Show and Schwimmer in American Crime Story. They may have left Friends behind years ago, but the reunion proved that their bond still stands. Heres what you need to know about the Friends cast ages in 2021, decades after the show first hit TV in 1994. Jennifer Aniston Aniston rose to fame on Friends as Rachel Green. When the show first premiered, she was 25 years old. Now, shes 52. Aniston most recently starred in Apple TV+s The Morning Show and is set to reprise her role in Season 2. Courteney Cox When Friends premiered in 1994, Cox, who played Monica Gellar on the sitcom, was 30 years old. Now, shes 56 years old. Cox last appeared onscreen in Modern Family, and is set to reprise her iconic role as Gale Weathers in the new Scream movie. Lisa Kudrow Kudrow, who was known on Friends as Phoebe Buffay, was 31 years old when the show first aired. Now, shes 57. Fans last saw Kudrow in the series Feel Good, but shes got a number of projects lined up, including The Boss Baby: Family Business, Bright Futures, and HouseBroken. Matthew Perry Making his debut as Chandler Bing on Friends in 1994, Perry was 25, the same age as his co-star Jennifer Aniston. Now, the actor is 51 years old. Perry wrapped production on Dont Look Up with Leonardo DiCaprio and Jennifer Lawrence, and most recently appeared in The Good Fight and The Kennedys After Camelot in 2017. Matt LeBlanc LeBlanc, who brought Joey Tribbiani to life in 1994, was 27 when Season 1 of Friends premiered. Now, he is 53 years old. LeBlanc last acted in the series Man With a Plan, which premiered in 2016 and ended last year. David Schwimmer At the start of Friends, Schwimmer, who played Ross Geller on the series, was 27 years old. Now, hes 54. Schwimmers most recent acting project was Intelligence, a Peacock series that premiered last year. Where to watch Friends
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https://decider.com/2021/05/27/how-old-is-the-friends-cast-now/
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What Time Will Lucifer Season 5 Part 2 Hit Netflix?
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Over the past couple years, Lucifer has become one of Netflixs most reliable performers. Turns out the streamer was right to resurrect the show after it was unceremoniously axed by Fox. Its performed so well for Netflix that the show was renewed for a sixth season, a whole season more than Netflix originally planned to give the show. Thats allowed the cast and crew to greatly expand the shows mythos and up the stakes considerably. Its been way too long since the first half of Season 5 dropped on Netflix. Now the final half of the season, another 8 episodes, is ready to drop and (presumably) set things up for one hell of a final season. Read on for all the details! Have no fear, Luci-fans, because the back half of Season 5 is almost here. Eight new episodes of Lucifer Season 5 will premiere on Netflix on Friday, May 28 at 12 a.m. PT / 3 a.m. ET. That means youll be able to spend Memorial Day weekend bingeing Lucifer. Sounds like a hell of a good time. Or, yknow, you could just stay up super late on Thursday night and plow through the whole thing before the weekend even gets started. You do youjust know that therell be eight more episodes of Lucifer available to stream on Friday, May 28. We dont know when Season 6 will premiere on Netflix, but we do know that filming on Season 6 wrapped in late March 2021. With production on the final 10-episode season wrapped, its possible that it could premiere as soon as late 2021 or, perhaps more likely, sometime in the first half of 2022. Just rest assured knowing that theres still one more season of Lucifer left to go. The rest of Lucifer Season 5 arrives on Netflix on May 28. Stream Lucifer on Netflix
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https://decider.com/2021/05/27/what-time-will-lucifer-season-5-part-2-hit-netflix/
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Who is Leaving Chicago Med in 2021?
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Chicago Med has wrapped Season 6 by bidding farewell to a couple of original cast members. The NBC series, which has already been picked up for Seasons 7 and 8, debuted its finale last night (May 26). The episode, called I Will Come to Save You, marked the end of a few characters storylines, as cast members contracts are either renewed or cut off. We have some answers though some are still on the way. This season of Dick Wolfs medical drama followed epic storylines surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic, showing the first responders growing used to the new normal at Gaffney. Some of the doctors deal with their own infection, others have to assist patients as they battle against the virus all in all, a pretty grim circumstance for the crew. And yes, one person involved in the theft will be leaving Chicago Med for good. Read on for news on whos leaving Chicago Med. Say goodbye to two Chicago Med original cast members. April Sexton (Yaya DaCosta) and Natalie Manning (Torrey DeVito) are being written off the show, as the two actresses that portray them leave the cast. Both have starred in the series since Season 1. The finale presented wrap-ups for both of their characters: April Sexton leaves after her acceptance into the nurse practitioners program, and Dr. Manning loses her title after stealing drugs from the hospital. This news comes after their contracts ended when signing on to play their roles on Chicago Med, DaCosta and DeVito were attached for six years. The other Chicago Med original cast members, helmed by S. Epatha Merkerson and Oliver Platt, are expected to return for Season 7, sources told Deadline. Will Halstead, played by Nick Gehlfuss, is another member of the Chicago Med cast thats rumored to be exiting after Season 6. Amidst Dr. Mannings drama, Will was fired for stealing the drugs luckily, his name was cleared. Though Gehlfusss contract is up, theres no news that hes set to leave the series at this time. At this time, sources have said hes rumored to be in contracts to return to the series. Most of the cast is currently in negotiations to return. Those folks include S. Epatha Merkerson, Oliver Platt, Nick Gehlfuss, Brian Tee, and Marlyne Barrett, who are rumored to be signing on to appear in the next season. Where to stream the Chicago Med Season 6 finale: The Chicago Med Season 6 finale aired on cable television last night. You can now stream the episode on Peacock and Hulu. No exact date has been announced regarding the return of Chicago Med. The expected return date, however, is sometime around late September of 2021. Where to Watch Chicago Med
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https://decider.com/2021/05/27/who-is-leaving-chicago-med-2021/
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Will Senate Moderates Sink Bidens Medicaid Home-Based Long-Term Care Plan?
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WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 20: Sen. Joe Manchin, D-WV., speaks during a hearing to examine the American ... [+] Jobs Plan. (Photo by Oliver Contreras-Pool/Getty Images) Getty Images President Bidens proposed massive expansion of Medicaid home-based long-term care is running into trouble in the Senate. And it may be done in, not by hard-core conservatives, but by a small group of self-styled Senate moderates. In his American Jobs Plan, Biden proposed increasing the federal share of Medicaids home and community-based services (HCBS) program by $400 billionthe largest increase n the programs history. Following more than 150,000 covid-19 related deaths in long-term care facilities, Biden moved aggressively to encourage states to create alternatives for older adults and younger people with disabilities who are able to live at home, rather than in nursing facilities. Biden pitched his bill as an infrastructure plan. And it included spending on traditional roads and bridges, a federally-funded expansion of broadband, and what Biden and many Democrats have come to call the caring infrastructure, including the long-term care provision. Real infrastructure Not surprisingly, the congressional GOP leadership never bought the idea. They have countered with a far smaller alternative that includes only what they have come to call physical infrastructure or real infrastructure. But Democrats, who hold 50 seats in the Senate plus the vote of Vice-president Harris to break a tie, dont need the majority of Republicans to pass the Medicaid HCBS expansion. They can do it with the 60 votes (including 10 Republicans) required to prevent opponents from blocking the bill through arcane Senate rules. Or they can do it with all 50 Democrats and no Republicans if they use a process called budget reconciliation. The Democratic leadership, many on the partys left flank, and probably Biden himself, would be happy to go the all-Democrats route. Reluctant Democrats The problem is that a small group of party moderates, led by West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin, will not support Bidens ambitious plan, at least not now. They still are seeking a bipartisan compromise and with their support, Biden wont even have 50 Senate votes.. The problem is that the compromises that have been floated so far are focused entirely on that GOP definition of physical infrastructure and appear to exclude the Medicaids HCBS expansion. Biden and these Republicans are fighting over how much traditional infrastructure to fund and how to pay for it. But any expansion of Medicaid HCBS appears to be entirely off the table in these talks. The Senate GOP negotiators, led by West Virginias other senator, Republican Shelly Moore Capito, released their latest alternative today. But the discussions appear to be going nowhere. One member of that group, Sen. Pat Toomey (R-PA) made the groups position clear: An infrastructure agreement has to be about actual infrastructure, its about physical infrastructure, he said following a meeting with Biden earlier this week. Bidens choices With those negotiations foundering, Manchin helped put together yet another group of senators, this one with four Democrats and four Republicans, to try to find a compromise. But they too appear to be focusing on only physical infrastructure. They likely will settle on a spending number somewhere between the GOP offer and Bidens latest proposal. But still without the Medicaid provision, which is a non-starter for Republicans. So far, Biden continues to hold firm to his HCBS expansion but its fate is highly uncertain. Yet, his chances of getting even 50 Senate votes for his very large infrastructure bill, including the Medicaid HCBS expansion, seem close to zero. The president canand probably will try to build a majority for a bill that includes only physical infrastructure and drops for now the HCBS expansion. If he goes that route, he could try to repackage Medicaid HCBS funding as part of a second bill that would almost certainly have to pass with Democratic votes only. But it is not clear if Manchin and a few other Senate Democratic moderates would vote for that one either. West Virginia Manchin is in an interesting spot. He sees himself as a power broker, but he represents a state with the second largest share of residents over age 65, about 45 percent of them with a disability, and one-third receiving Medicaid assistance for long-term care. Those extra long-term care dollars would seem awfully hard for Manchin to walk away from. Similarly, Susan Collins of Maine, a swing Republican vote and a member of the eight-senator task force, also represents a state that is both very old and very poor. Progressive Democrats are getting increasingly impatient with ongoing infrastructure talks that they see as a pointless charade. They believe Republicans will never support a Biden infrastructure bill, no matter what is in it. But until he gets his own party in line, Bidens ambitious Medicaid home-based care expansion will remain in real jeopardy.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/howardgleckman/2021/05/27/will-senate-moderates-sink-bidens-medicaid-home-based-long-term-care-plan/
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Do Influencers Actually Nudge Audience To Buy?
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May 26, 2021 2 min read You're reading Entrepreneur India, an international franchise of Entrepreneur Media. In the era of influencers and constant trends to keep up with, one does wonder how much do influencers influence one to actually buy things. With the advent of influencer marketing, the online selling space has changed quite a bit. Not only the products charting on top of sales have changed over the past few years, the ways in which brands are trying to sell these products have also taken a 360 degree turn. A picture in a magazine or quick video advertisement is no longer enough to convince vlog-watching audiences, that are undoubtedly much smarter with a quick access to first-hand reviews. There is nothing as upclose and personal as having a user (or at least one who seems like a user) review the product. Sometimes the influence of these popular people on social media is what does the selling more than a personal touch. Youd be surprised how someone with a wide following on their socials can sell just about anything to their followers. The pressing question is still not answered here! With their raving popularity and the unmatched attention that they gain, influencers successfully make widespread promotions, but how many successful sales do they make. While 18 per cent of marketers spend over $100,000 per year on influencer marketing, they can expect a $6.5 return on each dollar they spent on influencers. To answer the question, well influencers do a pretty good job at influencing. Influencer marketing, in fact, brings in up to 89 per cent in ROI along with a 5.2 per cent increase in overall purchase intent. It is no surprise that over 49 per cent buyers look for influencer recommendation and many of them want to own products that they saw online. Whether it is their popularity and influence that does the deed or simply FOMO that make people want to purchase what these influencers use, whatever it is, it surely works!
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https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/372922
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Is American Tower a Winner in the 5G Industry?
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May 26, 2021 5 min read This story originally appeared on StockNews One of the largest global REITs, American Tower Corporation (AMT), is an owner and operator of wireless and broadcast communications infrastructure worldwide. Shares of AMT have soared 12.9% so far this year on elevated demand for its infrastructure. AMT has constructed nearly 2,000 new towers. However, AMTs stock price has slumped 0.5% over the past month. Closing yesterdays trading session at $253.37, AMTs stock is trading nearly 7% below its 52-week high. While accelerating 5G deployment and rising global mobile data usage should drive recurring cash flows for the company, its valuation and expenses have moved to extreme heights. As such, we think the stock might witness a pullback in coming months. Click here to checkout our 5G Industry Report for 2021 Here is what we think could influence AMTs performance in the near term: Industry Tailwinds 5G technology has become a buzz word in the wireless telecommunications sector because it promises to lead organizations, consumers, and governments to new frontiers of productivity and innovation. In fact, accelerated 5G adoption should be a catalyst for the long-term growth of network infrastructure companies. The transition to this next generation of wireless technology implies increasing infrastructure investment and incremental revenue potential for tower operators like AMT. Also, because mobile data consumption has been increasing at a dramatic pace, it should drive robust capital investment within the wireless industry. These factors make us believe that spending on towers will remain robust. As such, AMT is well-positioned to benefit from this trend. Mixed Financials and Profitability AMTs total revenue increased 8.3% year-over-year to $2.16 billion in the first quarter, ended March 31, 2021. Its adjusted EBITDA rose 13.3% from the year-ago value to $1.44 billion. The company reported $652 million in net income , representing a 55.8% improvement from the prior-year quarter. However, its total operating expenses rose 5.9% year-over-year to $1.33 billion, while its other operating expenses rose 254.9% from its year-ago value to $50.4 million. The companys 39.9% trailing-12-month EBIT margin is 80.3% higher than the 22.1% industry average. AMTs 5.3% and 0.2 respective return on total capital and asset turnover ratio are 198.7% and 66.1% higher than their industry averages. However, its 55.3% forward FFO payout ratio is 15.6% lower than the 65.5% industry average. Also, its 3.6% trailing-12-month AFFO yield is 27.8% lower than the 4.9% industry average of 4.9%. Consensus Price Target Indicate Potential Upside Of the 22 Wall Street analysts that have rated the stock, six rated it Strong Buy, 12 rated it Buy and four rated it Hold. Currently trading at $253.37, analysts expect the stock to hit $279.52 in the near term, indicating a 10.3% potential upside. The price target ranges from a low of $240 to a high of $325. Stretched Valuation In terms of trailing-12-month Price/Sales, AMT is currently trading at 13.68x, which is 96.5% higher than the 6.96x industry average. Also, its 28.95x trailing-12-month Price/Book is significantly higher than the 2x industry average. Furthermore, the companys 27.48x trailing-12-month Price/Cash flow is 64.2% higher than the 16.74x industry average. POWR Ratings Reflect Uncertainty AMT has an overall C rating of C, which translates to Neutral in our POWR Ratings system. The POWR Ratings are calculated by considering 118 different factors, with each factor weighted to an optimal degree. Our proprietary rating system also evaluates each stock based on eight different categories. AMT has a C grade for Quality. This justifies the stocks mixed profitability. The company has a Momentum grade of D, reflective of its negative price returns over the past month. However, it has a B grade for Sentiment. This is consistent with analysts expectations that its EPS will increase 28% in the current quarter. In addition to the grades weve highlighted, one can check out additional AMT ratings for Sentiment, Growth and Value here. AMT is ranked #15 of 53 stocks in the D-rated REITs Diversified industry. Click here to view the top-rated stocks in the REITs Diversified industry. Bottom Line Even though analysts expect AMTs earnings to rise 37.7% this year, the company has an unimpressive earnings surprise history. AMT missed consensus EPS estimates in three of the trailing four quarters. While the rapid pace of 5G deployment and increasing mobile data traffic should bode well for the company in the long run, its lofty valuation and rising operational expenses could pose a risk for the stock in the near-term. So, we think investors should wait until these factors stabilize. Click here to checkout our 5G Industry Report for 2021 AMT shares were unchanged in premarket trading Wednesday. Year-to-date, AMT has gained 13.47%, versus a 12.62% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period. About the Author: Imon Ghosh Imon is an investment analyst and journalist with an enthusiasm for financial research and writing. She began her career at Kantar IMRB, a leading market research and consumer consulting organization. More... The postappeared first on
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https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/372937
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Is Xcel Energy a Buy for Summer 2021?
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May 26, 2021 4 min read This story originally appeared on StockNews Xcel Energy Inc. (XEL) is a leading electricity company that operates through Regulated Electric Utility, Regulated Natural Gas Utility, and All Other segments. The utility holding companys ambitious plans to add 560 miles of new lines to deliver renewable energy, and its focus on carbon-free electricity, have helped its stock advance 6.9% year-to-date. Meanwhile, the Utilities Select Sector SPDR (XLU) has a history of becoming volatile during summer, according to sector performance data collected by CXO Advisory Group. XLU has gained only 15.5% over the past year, compared to the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trusts (SPY) 41.6% returns over the same period. So, as the sector continues to underperform, XEL stock could be a risky investment for now. Furthermore, the companys unimpressive financials and low profitability could hinder the stocks ability to advance. Here is what we think could influence XELs performance in the near term: Industry Challenges The COVID-19 pandemic helped underscore the urgency of the power and utilities industry transition to clean energy and more players plan to similarly switch in an economy that is rapidly moving toward a sustainable energy-based future. However, the industry is facing a host of risks. Electricity companies that have not prioritized modernizing their finance functions could face operational difficulties with continued changes in consumer priorities amid the pandemic. This could undermine these companies profitability and long-term growth prospects. Also, the pandemic-induced reduction in commercial and industrial customer power usage, coupled with increasing debt during sustained shutoff periods, could continue to pose risks to utility companies like XEL. Weak Financials and Profitability Although XELs total operating revenues have increased 26% year-over-year to $3.54 billion in the first quarter, ended March 31, its total operating expenses rose 28.7% from its year-ago value to $3.03 billion. The company reported a $0.06 loss per share under Xcel Energy Inc. and its Other segment. Also, XELs O&M expenses increased $5 million, or 0.9%, for the first quarter of 2021. This increase was attributable primarily to expenses associated with new wind farms, software and infrastructure costs. The companys 41.2% trailing-12-month gross profit margin is 5.5% lower than the 43.6% industry average. Also, its trailing-12-month levered free cash flow margin came in at negative 16.1%. And its EBIT margin and ROTC of 17.6% and 3.7%, respectively, are 17.9% and 9.8% lower than their industry averages. Consensus Rating and Price Target Indicate Potential Downside Of the 13 Wall Street analysts that rated the stock, only two rated it Buy. The $68.15 consensus price target indicates a 4.3% potential downside. The consensus price targets range from a low of $60 to a high of $74. POWR Ratings Reflect Bleak Prospects XEL has an overall D rating, which translates to Sell in our POWR Ratings system. The POWR Ratings are calculated by considering 118 different factors, with each factor weighted to an optimal degree. Our proprietary rating system also evaluates stocks by various components. XEL has a D grade for Value and Quality. The stocks 18.88x trailing-12-month Price/Cash flow, which is 62.7% higher than the 11.61x industry average, justifies its Value grade. Also, its poor profitability is in sync with its Quality grade. It has a C grade for Growth. This reflects the companys inadequate growth prospects. In addition to the grades weve highlighted, one can check out additional XEL ratings for Sentiment, Stability and Momentum here. Of the 57 stocks in the F-rated Utilities Domestic industry, XEL is ranked #47. There are several top-rated stocks in the same industry. Click here to view them. Bottom Line XELs increasing shift toward clean energy has garnered significant investor attention. However, the utility sector related headwinds could cause the stock to remain volatile during the summer. Furthermore, XEL lacks fundamental and financial strength, and thus could be a speculative bet. Therefore, we think it is best avoided now XEL shares were unchanged in premarket trading Wednesday. Year-to-date, XEL has gained 7.65%, versus a 12.56% rise in the benchmark S&P 500 index during the same period. About the Author: Imon Ghosh Imon is an investment analyst and journalist with an enthusiasm for financial research and writing. She began her career at Kantar IMRB, a leading market research and consumer consulting organization. More... The postappeared first on
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https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/372938
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Who should the USMNT start vs. Switzerland?
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The U.S. Mens National Team will play four matches in the next two weeks, in a whirlwind schedule meant to simulate the congested World Cup qualifying schedule that awaits in the fall. Obviously not, and the understanding that a congested schedule means leaning on squad depth will turn the upcoming schedule into a perfect opportunity to take a closer look at a broader pool of players to see where players stand head of qualifying in September. It might seem wasteful not to play the strongest possible lineup against a team as solid as Switzerland on Sunday, but with a trophy to play for next week in Denver, and two games in four days, with a potential final against Mexico, its a safe bet Berhalter will want his best XI locked and loaded for the matches in Denver. Christian Pulisic and Zack Steffen are busy with the UEFA Champions League final anyway, so it isnt as if the USMNT could deploy its strongest possible lineup anyway. The good news for USMNT fans is that this squad has arguably more depth than ever before, and a projected second-choice lineup would still be formidable, with several in-form players, and a squad loaded with players coming off good seasons. There are also some Nations League lineup decisions that could be finalized after the Switzerland match, leading with the defensive midfield role, which could be up for grabs if Tyler Adams cant recover from his recent back injury. Sundays friendly is also another piece to the puzzle as Berhalter works on his overall depth chart, which is sure to be tested in the months to come, with the Gold Cup in July and World Cup qualifying in the fall. Heres the lineup we could see take the field, and why: Projected USMNT XI vs. Switzerland GOALKEEPER Ethan Horvath With Zack Steffen at the UEFA Champions League final, Ethan Horvath gets a chance to play a full 90 minutes. DEFENDERS DeAndre Yedlin, Mark McKenzie, Tim Ream, Antonee Robinson Having already lost one projected starter to injury recently (Aaron Long), you shouldnt be seeing John Brooks anywhere near this game. Sergio Dest and Reggie Cannon are the first-choice fullbacks for the moment, so they too should be left out. That creates an opportunity for Yedlin to show what he can do in Berhalters system, and a chance for Robinson to show he has the technical chops to be better on the ball than he has shown in previous national team call-ups. In central defense, Mark McKenzie will look to impress Berhalter enough to consider moving him ahead of Matt Miazga on the depth chart, while Ream handles the left-footed centerback role. MIDFIELDERS Sebastian Lletget, Kellyn Acosta, Jackson Yueill If there are any players who will start against Switzerland that will also start against Honduras in the Nations League semifinals, theres a good chance they will come from this group. Lletget is the leading candidate to step into the lineup against Honduras if Christian Pulisic isnt able to start, while Acosta and Yueill are vying for the starting role in defensive midfield if Tyler Adams is unable to recover from the back injury that sidelined him at the end of the Bundesliga season. Berhalter isnt one to play two defensive midfielders, so you can expect Acosta to play in a more advanced role. It still feels like we could see Acosta and Yueill be the exception that winds up splitting Nations League matches if Adams cant go, but if Adams is actually healthy and ready to rock, then it would make even more sense to give them both a start here. Thats a safe bet, and you could certainly make an argument for him starting and allowing Acosta to be rested for the Nations League. As much as he should be a candidate to start, this is also his first camp under Berhalter so it might be early to through him into a lineup. FORWARDS Jordan Siebatcheu, Brenden Aaronson, Tim Weah Christian Pulisic, Josh Sargent and Gio Reyna are expected to be the front three in Nations League, leaving the Switzerland match for this trio to make their cases to see minutes off the bench in the tournament, and potentially start if someone isnt available. Siebatcheu has beaten out Daryl Dike for the number two striker spot on the Nations League roster, and having a chance to start in the country where he plays professionally is a nice touch. Few players have their stock rising faster than Aaronson, who is coming off an outstanding first season with Red Bull Salzburg. An attacking midfielder more used to playing in a central role during his days with the Philadelphia Union, Aaronson has really blossomed in a wing role for Salzburg, and also in recent appearances for the USMNT. Weah is coming off a bounce-back year, playing 37 matches in all competitions for the newly-crowned French champion Lille. He has the talent to be a starter, and if he can show well enough in the current camp and Switzerland friendly, you have to wonder if Berhalter might consider shifting Reyna into a central role. Share your thoughts below.
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https://sbisoccer.com/2021/05/who-should-the-usmnt-start-vs-switzerland
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Why are flags in Virginia at half staff?
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The Virginia State flag and the American flag fly near the Virginia State Capitol, February 9, 2019 in Richmond, Virginia. (Photo by Drew Angerer/Getty Images) RICHMOND, Va. (WRIC) All U.S. and Virginia flags throughout the commonwealth are to be lowered to half staff until sunset on Sunday, May 30, per an order from Governor Ralph Northam. The order was announced Wednesday, in line with President Joe Bidens Presidential Proclamation to lower the United States flag across the country to honor the victims of the shooting in San Jose, Calif. Northam referred to the incident as senseless acts of violence. Authorities reported that an employee opened fire Wednesday at a VTA rail yard in San Jose, killing eight people before ending his own life. Per an order of @GovernorVA, all U.S. and Virginia flags across the state are to be lowered to half staff until sunset Sunday to honor the memory of the victims of Wednesday's shooting massacre in San Jose, Calif. Va Capitol Police (@VaCapitolPolice) May 27, 2021 Virginias flag order applies to the state Capitol and all local, state and federal buildings and grounds in the commonwealth.
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https://www.wric.com/news/virginia-news/why-are-flags-in-virginia-at-half-staff/
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How much is Bangladesh prepared to store and distribute the Pfizer/BioNTech vaccine?
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In the announcement of the approval, the Directorate General of Health Services or DGHS on Thursday said the vaccine must be stored between -90 degrees Celsius and -60 degrees Celsius. It can also be stored at 2 degrees Celsius to 5 degrees Celsius for five days. At 30 degrees Celsius, the vaccine will be valid for two hours. Last February, the US announced that the vaccine can be transported and stored at -25 to -15 degrees Celsius for up to two weeks. Taking the existing facilities into consideration, the DGHS says 200,000 doses can be stored in Dhaka and the capacity can be increased to around 1 million doses. But it does not have suitable transports to deliver the vaccine to other districts; which means the administration of the doses will be limited to the capital. STORAGE The vaccine is stored in ultra-cold freezers and transported in thermal shipping containers and ultra-freezer vans. Md Shamsul Haque, a line director at the DGHS, said they were taking all types of preparations to store and distribute the vaccine. Vials of the Pfizer-BioNTech Comirnaty coronavirus disease (COVID-19) vaccine are pictured in a General practitioners practice in Berlin, Germany, Apr 10, 2021. REUTERS The facilities where the doses will be kept will get 24-hour uninterrupted power supply, he said.Haque said Bangladeshs capacity to store the Pfizer vaccine depends on the type and size of vials. Some vials have single doses, while others contain multiple doses. Bangladesh currently expects to receive mutli-dose vials. What we have at hand, the capacity will be to store 200,000 doses of the vaccine. If more come in, we will ready more freezers. According to our inquiries, we should be able to store between 800,000 and 1 million doses, but those freezers are currently being used for other purposes. FROZEN VACCINE The vaccines will come to Bangladesh in a frozen state, Haque said. They then need to be unfrozen to regular temperatures and mixed into a solution before being administered. After the mixture is prepared, it can be stored for six hours between 2 and 25 degrees Celsius. From what we know, it is a mixed vaccine and it has to be added to a dilutant to form the mixture that is administered to the human body. We have already prepared the materials to prepare the doses. We have also readied training materials and we will determine which centres will get them. ONLY IN DHAKA Haque said they wont be able to distribute the vaccine outside Dhaka, so they were planning to give the vaccine to some specific institutions in the capital. But nothing is final. File Photo Asked who would be receiving the vaccine, he said: This is still in the planning stages. Weve yet to decide who will get the vaccine. In Bangladesh, only the Public Health Institute, IEDCR, and icddr,b have the refrigerators with such low temperature, according to ABM Khurshid Alam, the director general of DGHS. Considering the size of the vials for 3mm vaccine containing 10 doses, Bangladesh will initially be able to store the shots and give them to people only in Dhaka, Alam had said earlier. This is the fourth COVID-19 vaccine to get emergency use authorisation in Bangladesh. The authorities had first approved the vaccine developed by the University of Oxford and AstraZeneca before beginning the mass immunisation drive on Feb 7. After the manufacturer of the vaccine, the Serum of India, failed to send promised doses due to an export ban by the Indian government, Bangladesh scrambled to secure vaccine from other sources. India is struggling to bring under control a deadly second wave of infections. The government recently approved Russias Sputnik V, and the vaccine of Chinas state company Sinopharm. The authorities began administering 500,000 doses of the Chinese vaccine sent as a gift on Wednesday. China is sending 600,000 more doses as gift, but commercial supply is unlikely to begin in the first half of this year, according to officials. Although Pfizer began exporting US-made doses by the end of April, Bangladesh had shown little interest in the vaccine considering the fact that the country has not enough logistics to store and transport the shot, which requires to be stored at -70 degrees Celsius. MRNA TECHNOLOGY The Pfizer vaccine, developed by using German biotechnology firm BioNTechs messenger RNA or mRNA platform, showed over 90 percent effectiveness in trials. It is playing a major role in controlling the pandemic that has killed nearly 3.5 million people worldwide. Messenger RNA vaccines work by inserting synthetic mRNA that instructs cells to make a pathogens proteins or protein bits, spurring the immune system into action. Now, the United States and European Union are pushing to stock up on even more of the mRNA vaccines. Japan is also working to secure 100 million doses of Pfizers shot by the end of June. But the higher cost, production limits and demanding requirements for shipping and storage could limit mRNA-based vaccines' availability in lower income countries. Pfizer will, however, deliver through the international vaccine-sharing facility COVAX some of the 2 billion COVID-19 vaccine doses it announced last Friday as new supplies for low- and middle-income countries. Although Pfizer began exporting US-made doses by the end of April, Bangladesh had shown little interest in the vaccine considering the fact that the country does not have enough logistics to store and transport the shot. The health ministry said earlier this month that the global programme, COVAX, is sending at least 100,000 Pfizer doses in early June. Bangladesh expects 68 million doses of COVID vaccines from the facility led by the World Health Organization to cover 20 percent of the population with two doses per citizen. There is currently no confirmation on whether COVAX will only provide doses of the Pfizer vaccine, or it will make use of vaccines from another producer. On Dec 2 of last year, the UK became the first country to approve use of the Pfizer vaccine. It was later approved for use in the US, Canada and various other countries. Some countries have begun administering the doses to children as young as 12 years old after studies showed it is efficient and safe among the younger generation as well. For successful inoculations against the coronavirus, two doses of the Pfizer vaccine are required. It was originally authorised in the US for a three-week interval between doses. However, several countries, including the UK, chose to expand this to a 12-week interval to allow a higher percentage of the population to receive one vaccine dose quicker.
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https://bdnews24.com/coronavirus-pandemic/2021/05/28/how-much-is-bangladesh-prepared-to-store-and-distribute-the-pfizerbiontech-vaccine
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Can highway billboard signs change driver behavior?
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Listener Elle Glotfelty from Cincinnati, Ohio, asked: Ive always wondered whether the pithy highway billboard safety messages actually lead to drivers changing their behavior. Slow down, get there late plastered in neon orange. Across the country, states have been coming up with catchy or witty slogans that deviate from traditional safety messages in order to promote better driving habits. For example, the Ohio Department of Transportation began launching these messages roughly five years ago after the Ohio State Highway Patrol said it was starting to see an increase in traffic fatalities around the state, according to Matt Bruning, the press secretary for ODOT. The department took inspiration from other states with clever messages, like Iowa, Utah and Arizona. Bruning said that a committee of up to six employees from ODOT and the Department of Public Safety convenes about once every six months or so to come up with their messages. Some of them have included state-specific references, like Camp In Ohio State parks not the left lane and puns, like I couldnt fasten my seat belt then it clicked Dad. A view of a highway billboard sign in Ohio. (Courtesy of Elle Glotfelty) We have found that if you can kind of hit a humorous tone, and make people smile, theyll tend to remember it more, Bruning said. Like Elle Glotfelty, the Virginia Department of Transportation also wanted to know the answer to this question and commissioned a study from a group of researchers to try and find out. At the time of the study, Driver Response to Dynamic Message Sign Safety Campaign Messages, which was published in early 2020, researchers were able to identify 26 states that displayed nontraditional messages. Researchers conducted experiments with Virginia drivers, who were shown a range of messages about driving behavior and habits. They were surveyed about their perceptions, and asked questions like whether they thought drivers would change their behavior after seeing these messages. A neuroimaging instrument was then used on the participants to quantify how they received, processed and cognitively interpreted these messages. The short answer is, yes, theyre effective, but not for everybody. And the message itself really matters, said Tripp Shealy, one of the authors of the study and an assistant professor of civil and environmental engineering at Virginia Tech. Its complicated, partly because humans are complicated, and behavior change is really hard to do. The study found that messages about distracted driving, driving without a seat belt, and impared or drowsy driving are perceived as the most effective at changing behavior. Those with humor or meant to elicit negative emotions were perceived by participants to be more effective than those without. And messages that used statistics, like the number of deaths on the roadway, were perceived to be the most effective. One of the limitations of the study, the report noted, is that it didnt measure actual behavior change. It was measuring potential behavior change based on indicators like the perceived effectiveness of these messages. An Ohio highway billboard sign. (Courtesy of Matt Bruning/Ohio Department of Transportation) Kathleen Vohs, a marketing professor at the University of Minnesota, said generally, messages like these dont change peoples behavior unless they already thought the suggestion was a good idea and they had forgotten to do that behavior, like putting on a seatbelt. She added that the same thing applies to any COVID-19 health messages. During the COVID-19 crisis, some highway messages have told people to stay home or to wash their hands. Vohs said the reason why these messages pop up in the first place is because they are already based on pre-existing social norms. Social norms are both an alternate explanation for the success of mass marketing campaigns, and also work hand in hand with them, Vohs said. People think, Wow, you can just advertise anything and it will happen. Sometimes it seems that way, but if you look at the broader social context, youre like, Oh, there are a lot of things already pointing that way. But Shealy said that ultimately, based on his own research and other studies, putting up messages doesnt hurt to try. While this instance is anecdotal, Bruning recalls getting feedback from one person who said they noticed another motorist clicking in their seatbelt after spotting a billboard with the message: That seatbelt looks good on you. If we can get a couple more people to make that right decision, then certainly that makes it worth the effort, Bruning said. Bruning said he would argue it doesnt cost their committee money to devise these messages, because the time spent doing so is already baked into their jobs. Were not paying anybody overtime to come in, Bruning said. Its all done within the constraints of our normal hours. Bruning said that the department displays these messages across the state, which has more than 130 digital signs. Its messages are uniform: what you see in Cleveland is what youll see in Dayton. Speeding has been one particular issue in the state. So on this Sunday, ahead of Memorial Day, ODOT is putting out a message along the lines of: This is not the Indianapolis 500. Slow down.
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https://www.marketplace.org/2021/05/27/can-highway-billboard-signs-change-driver-behavior/
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When Will Cruella Be Free for Disney+ Subscribers?
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Back in March, Disney announced they would releasing their film Cruella on Disney+ the same day it hits theaters. The film is slated to debut on tomorrow, May 28th and like Mulan and Raya and the Last Dragon, will be available on Disney Plus Premier Access for $29.99. Cruella May 26, 2021 In 1970s London amidst the punk rock revolution, a young grifter named Estella is determined to make a name for herself with her designs. She befriends a pair of young thieves who appreciate her appetite for mischief, and together they are able to build a life for themselves on the London streets. One day, Estellas flair for fashion catches the eye of the Baroness von Hellman, a fashion legend who is devastatingly chic and terrifyingly haute. But their relationship sets in motion a course of events and revelations that will cause Estella to embrace her wicked side and become the raucous, fashionable and revenge-bent Cruella. However, now we know, it will follow the same pattern as Mulan and Raya and become available free for Disney+ subscribers three months after its initial debut. That means that it will be available to stream included in your Disney+ subscription on August 27th. Until recently, with movie theaters shuttered across the country, major media companies have been forced to bring some of their films to streaming. Hamilton, Mulan and Soul are among films that were on the Disney theatrical slate that have had to be moved to Disney+. Since debuting Mulan on Premier Access, Disney has remained tight-lipped about how the film performed on the platform. CFO Christine McCarthy has been on the record simply saying we are very pleased with what we saw over the 4-day weekend, but havent shared any further details.
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https://thestreamable.com/news/when-will-cruella-be-free-for-disney-plus-subscribers
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When is the 2021 U.S. Open?
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The 2021 U.S. Open takes place on Thursday, June 17 through Sunday, June 20 on the South Course at Torrey Pines in San Diego, California. This year marks the 121st edition of the U.S. Open and similar to the womens event happening just two weeks prior, a limited number of fans will be able to attend. Earlier this week, the USGA announced that 27 additional players have earned full exemptions into the tournament. Major champions Adam Scott and Bubba Watson are among the notable names. Click here to see which players have qualified so far. The final qualifying stages will take place at nine additional sites on Monday, June 7. Nearly 100 hours of live tournament and studio coverage from Torrey Pines will be available across NBC, GOLF Channel, and Peacock. Coverage windows and commentators for the 2021 U.S. Open will be announced in the coming weeks. Be sure to follow the Golf Channel for more on the 2021 U.S. Open and up-to-the-minute information on the latest news from around the world of golf.
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https://sports.nbcsports.com/2021/05/27/when-is-the-2021-u-s-open/
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Where will Troy star Kaylon Geiger land as a transfer?
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Within minutes of Kaylon Geiger entering the NCAA transfer portal, there were several reporters tweeting about why Auburn could make sense as a landing spot for this all-conference wide receiver from Troy. After all, the Tigers are interested in adding a transfer at wide receiver and Geiger was coached at Troy by new Auburn wide receivers coach Cornelius Williams. Probably not. Likely somewhere in the Fort Worth natives home state of Texas. Geigers first child is due in August. In addition, he wants to be closer to his dad, whos currently in jail in Texas but is set to be paroled early next year. His father had never been able to watch him play until seeing a Troy game on TV last year and Geiger would like for his dad to be able to see more of his games moving forward into this coming season. Being at a school in Texas would increase that likelihood. This isnt something I did just to get to the biggest school, Geiger said. Geiger did have contact with Williams upon entering the portal. Hes also heard from schools such as Nebraska, Penn State, Hawaii and Mississippi State. However, one of those Texas schools has emerged as his likely destination Texas Tech. Thats where he said hes currently leaning toward committing. TCU has also been a consideration. Geiger, who posted a total of 141 catches for 1,652 yards these last two seasons at Troy, plans to officially commit somewhere on Saturday. Being closer to my family is big, Geiger said. And for me to go back to Texas and my dad actually being able to watch me play more, thats a big thing for me too. But I also want to develop as a player. I want to the best I can be and have the best opportunity to live out my dream. Matt Zenitz is a senior SEC football reporter for the Alabama Media Group. Follow him on Twitter @mzenitz.
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https://www.al.com/sports/2021/05/where-will-troy-star-kaylon-geiger-land-as-a-transfer.html
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What was resident feedback like over Muncie's COVID-19 relief spending plan?
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MUNCIE, Ind. Feedback offered Wednesday night during a public forum hasn't changed how city officials plan on spending millions in federal funds, instead reaffirming where they plan to allocate it. City of Muncie officials last Wednesday unveiled their preliminary plan for spending nearly $32 million in federal COVID-19 relief aid from the American Rescue Plan (ARP) over the next four years. This week was the first chance for the public to ask questions and give their thoughts to officials. Funding can be used on water, sewer and broadband projects as well as mitigating impacts from the pandemic, but there are a lot of restrictions detailing what it can't be used on. Road projects and simply paying off debt are not allowed by federal guidelines. READ MORE: Muncie officials unveil 4-year spending plan for $32 million in American Rescue Plan funds There were times we had wanted to spend the money somewhere and our lawyers advised us we couldnt do that, Muncie mayor Dan Ridenour said. We want to do it right. If the city spends money on projects that don't qualify, it would have to pay that money back. Addiction and mental health services were a clear priority for residents on Wednesday, as one speaker after another said they wanted to see more effort put toward bolstering those services for the community. Residents clearly want an inpatient facility within the county as well as better access to mental health care services including a crisis center. Members of the public who spoke stressed that local mental health resources are already stretched thin. Other aspects of addiction services, such as sober living housing, also were discussed. Those in charge of the plans are saying there is more money coming for addiction services through partnerships with Delaware County, which also has ARP funds, as well as other partners that could help match funding. Addiction services is actually planned for the 2022-24 funding distribution in the plan, so that officials can get not only more funds together, but come up with a more cohesive plan for the money. City council President Jeff Robinson said that the feedback Wednesday reaffirmed officials made right call in including addiction services. "Certainly, the public comment tonight told us we have a problem that needs to be addressed," Robinson said. "It emphasized that we need to really focus on collaboration with community groups, expanding past addiction services." Both Robinson and the mayor said they don't plan on changing the funding distribution at this time, despite the public's request the put even more money towards the problem. Muncie earmarks federal funds for hospitality industry, budget shortfalls, other areas Officials believe that the $2 million already allocated for addiction services in the plan will be only a fraction of the overall funds gathered from other partnerships. That said, Robinson said that money left over in other funding allocations could be redistributed if it has not been used near the end of 2023. "We were very deliberate in making sure we could spread this money as far as we could, while still making an impact on where we were spending it," Robinson said. "There were areas we could have spent all $31.7 million, but that just wouldn't be a wise decision." Homelessness, rental aid are concerns The ARP plan doesnt directly address the needs of Muncies homeless or residents facing challenges with rent or utility assistance, something that some residents were not happy about. Mayor Ridenour said around $1.85 million has been allocated to the citys Community Development office from the federal Housing and Urban Development office, which is outside the ARP funds. Officials were working with local agencies that handle homelessness and other issues for residents to specifically address those issues. Robinson added that several nonprofits that qualify to get money from the ARP funds also would be able to assist in those areas. We could throw twice what this amount was to help those issues, but there is a lot of need everywhere right now, Robinson said. Other feedback from residents Brad King asked what would happen if a project falls under multiple categories. For example, public art might be part of a neighborhood plan but would also qualify under the public art funding. Short answer is we dont know yet, this is something weve been talking about," Robinson said. "Its our hope and desire is that they wouldnt double dip into each of the buckets." There still could be potential for different groups to partner up on a project while applying for money from different sectors. It depends where you're asking Some nonprofit heads also wanted to know what documentation was going to be needed for businesses and nonprofits applying. Organizations will have to have proof of a negative impact, but that could mean a lot of different things. Officials said this could include financial statements or comparisons to past revenue. Negative economic impact isnt just lost revenue, however, and a business or nonprofit may qualify through other means. The eligibility requirements are not set yet, so a number of procedure questions on Wednesday could not be answered. One thing that residents wanted to know right away was how the committees were going to be formed, when they would start and when applications for the funding would become available. The answer to all those questions is as soon as possible, according to officials. Ridenour told The Star Press after the meeting that the committee selection and applications are still some time down the road. Weve got the money in the bank and it does us zero good for it to just be sitting there, Ridenour said on Wednesday. There is a process that needs to happen before the eligibility committees can be formed. STAY INFORMED AND SUPPORT LOCAL JOURNALISM: Subscribe today using the link at the top of this page. The City Council will introduce the plan as an ordinance during its June 7 meeting for a first reading. There will be a June 14 special meeting scheduled by council for additional public comment and a formal vote on the plan by the nine-member city council. After that, city officials will help form committees in the coming weeks for each of the spending plan's subcategories. Those committees will need to hear from nonprofits, restaurant owners and other businesses about how the money can help and what they feel it could be used for. This will help set up the eligibility criteria for applying for money. Different committees will be formed to decide who gets money and how much they'll get. No elected officials will be a part of that process, according to Ridenour and Robinson. That move is to help avoid any perceptions of possible corruption because of the volume of money in play. The goal, according to officials, is to see money start to flow where it's needed by the end of summer. Corey Ohlenkamp is the city/county government reporter. Contact him via email at [email protected] or by phone at 765-213-5874. Follow him on Twitter at @Ohlenkamp.
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https://www.thestarpress.com/story/news/local/2021/05/27/what-resident-feedback-muncies-covid-19-relief-spending-plan/7445423002/
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How can I start email marketing for my business?
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You have come to the right place! More than ever before, email marketing is so effective in todays digital world. According to Hubspot99% of consumers check their email every day and this is by far the best way to receive brand updates. By Fat x Collective, we always tell our customers that they need an email marketing strategy. It can help your business in so many ways, such as being able to create personalized content for your consumer, collecting feedback and surveys, improving sales, communicating with your target audience, generating website traffic, increasing leads and of course being able to own your businesss own contact list. It can be a stressful task to start email marketing from scratch, but our team is here to help you get started. 1. Choose your service provider by email It is a necessity to have an email marketing service provider if you want to get started seriously. This way, you can set up automations and send daily newsletters to your contacts and subscribers. You can also take advantage of their email templates and analytical tools that can help you grow. Some of our favorite email marketing providers include Mailchimp, Constant Contact, Privy and Klaviyo. The best way to do this is through your website or landing page. What we usually recommend is to install an email pop-up and insert a form on your website. And of course, if you do, you need some kind of incentive. Unless you are a very well known brand, it is not going to work these days. There are many ways to give your customers an incentive to sign up for your email marketing list. First, if you are an e-brand, you can offer a percentage of your customers first order, whether its a 10% or 15% discount. If they like your products during their visit to the site, chances are they will sign up. Next, if you are a service-based business, it is best to provide some kind of free information. It can be a downloadable PDF with an informative guide that you can only view after adding their email address. For example, if you are a real estate agent, you can offer a guide to preparing for the sale of a brand new home. Or, if you are a marketing agency, your audience can offer the top 5 marketing trends to focus on. The options are endless! One great thing we will always remind our customers is to NEVER buy an email list. Email marketing is all about building and maintaining relationships. We always recommend never wasting time or energy on these unknown lists. 3. Set up a welcome mail address After setting up your pop-up, embedded form, and / or landing page, its best to create an automation, which is your welcome email address. When someone signs up, its always nice to follow up, because thats your first impression. Usually, if someone subscribes to your email list with the incentive we discussed above, chances are they will expect it, whether its their free PDF guide or their coupon code. With your welcome email address, you want to start greeting your new subscriber kindly, followed by the incentive, and conclude with a few rules about your brand, along with a call to action. In addition, it is important to make sure that your email address is on the brand, with the right colors and logo. 4. Design your email template If you are not a designer, do not worry! Most email marketing providers have different templates to choose from, and they have simple drag-and-drop features. When creating your template, its important to make sure you have a clean, eye-catching layout that conveys your message quickly. People usually browse quickly on their phones, so you want to make sure your design is mobile-friendly and appealing. And as mentioned, its important to keep your email branded. Use logos and colors of your business so that your viewers can get a good idea of what your brand looks like, and get used to seeing it every time an email arrives. Consistency is the key! 5. Learn how to write compelling messages It tends to be a challenging task for many, but it can be an easy task, with practice! When writing an email, make sure it is nice, not too long and straightforward. I recommend that you start with a headline and what you offer, followed by how this product or service will help your reader, and end with a call to action. This method can help you write good email newsletters. 6. Subject lines are important! Your subject line by email is just as important as the content in the email, if not more so. The subject line is the first thing your viewer will see, not the email itself. With that said, you want a fun, short and intriguing line that will grab your audiences attention and get them to click on the email to read more. The last thing you want is to work so hard on an email, only to realize that your audience did not bother to open it. We always recommend getting attention with a compelling question, including a deadline for urgency or to announce something very exciting. 7. Always test your email before sending it Proofreading is great, but we always suggest that you send a test to yourself before sending it to your list. You never know where errors may occur, whether its the image alignment or certain text on the mobile phone may look strange. There is no back button with email, so take the extra minute to do a test email! 8. Determine the best time to send your email When sending email, you want to make sure it is at the perfect time. You do not want to send it late at night when your email list is asleep, and you do not want to send it on a Monday morning, where members of your list may be starting their day at work. The best way to find out the right time to send your newsletter is by doing different tests and sending newsletters at different times. From there, you will begin to learn which times are best. In addition to this, Hubspot does an excellent job of explaining how you can find the best times to send an email campaign. 9. Track your results Last but not least, keep an eye on the numbers! Every good email marketing tool gives you the option to check out the open rate, click-through rate, rates and more. With these numbers, its important to learn how you can improve over time. Reading your email reports after sending newsletters will always help you and provide valuable information. Look at specific links clicked on so you can better understand which content was the most popular. These are the type of metrics that will help you with better marketing efforts. We hope this guide by Fat x Collective can help you get your email marketing ready.
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https://www.einpresswire.com/article/542271894/how-can-i-start-email-marketing-for-my-business
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When does the new Rugrats reboot come out?
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NICKELODEONs popular 90s series the Rugrats will soon see a reboot hit the screens. The babies will be back with a new animated series after nearly 30 years since their debut on the network. The new Rugrats reboot is set to hit the screens on Thursday, May 27, 2021. It will be available to stream on the Paramount+ app. The revival of the series has been in the works since 2018, just 27 years after the premiere of the first episode. The original Rugrats was animated, while the reboot will feature Tommy Pickles and the rest of the gang in CGI. The reboot of the Rugrats will feature the original cast voicing their characters, with the exception of Christine Cavanaugh, who died in 2014 and voiced Chucky Finster. The rest of the cast includes E.G. Daily (Tommy Pickles), Cheryl Chase (Angelica Pickles), Nancy Cartwright (Chuckie Finster), Cree Summer (Susie Carmichael) and Kath Soucie (Phil and Lil DeVille). 4 The same original cast will take part in the reboot Credit: Paramount Plus/Nickelodeon Cheryl Chase spoke to NBC regarding the story plot of the Rugrats, saying: The writers wrote from their own experiences in their lives. They had small children when they were working on the show. The Rugrats follows the lives of toddlers Tommy, Angelica, Chucky, Susie, Phil and Lil and their day-to-day lives. The babies go on adventures, have fluent conversations, and get into trouble all without their parents knowing. On July 21, 2001, Nickelodeon released a special titled All Growed Up to celebrate the 10th anniversary of the series premiere. 4 The Rugrats first aired in Nickelodeon in the 1990's The special was a pilot for the Rugrats sequel series All Grown Up!, which aired from 2003 to 2008. That reboot chronicled the lives of the babies and their parents after a decade. Most read in Entertainment Breaking baby situation! Jersey Shore star Mike and wife Lauren welcome their first child together 'RUDE!' Kendall slammed as 'so rich & spoiled' for returning Kourtney's Hermes gift get poutta here Khloe's lips look bigger than ever in new ad after photoshop claims FIANCES TURNED FOES JLo & ARod 'not speaking' because he feels 'rage' over Ben rebound Exclusive MEDIATION MELTDOWN Teen Mom Amber and ex Andrew fail to come to agreement in custody battle Spoiler NO FRIENDS Friends Matthew Perry bluntly admits he doesnt hear from ANYONE mid-reunion The original series, which ended in 2004, had a 13-year run on Nickelodeon. It is the networks third longest-running animated series, falling behind SpongeBob SquarePants and The Fairly OddParents. The successful Rugrats earned over 20 awards, including four Daytime Emmy Awards, six Kids' Choice Awards, and its own star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
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https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2970608/when-does-new-rugrats-reboot-come-out/
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How much does SKIMS shapewear cost?
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KIM Kardashian has just announced her SKIMS shapewear is on sale. And needless to say, her fans can't get enough of it. The price of SKIMS shapewear varies. Underwear is about $18 to $20 a pair. Bras, on average, are between $28 and $32 a set. And full body shapewear starts at about $58. 4 SKIMS are affordable Credit: Instagram Periodically, too, the company will run package sales such as their 3 for $36 sale and, during Memorial Day, they're running a three-day sale as well. SKIMS' Memorial Day sale is focused on the Cozy Collection, which features pieces for both adults and kids. This is the first time that the company has offered these pieces for sale. The Cozy Collection is very popular, and tends to sell out quickly whenever it's in stock. 4 The Cozy Collectiion is very popular Credit: Instagram Kim Kardashian, alongside her daughters North and Chicago whose father is Kim's estranged husband, Kanye West are the stars of the SKIMS Cozy Collection campaigns. So far, the reviews on SKIMS have been positive. The Fits Everybody line of SKIMS wear which, as its name implies, fits everybody gets high marks for being versatile and comfortable. "Given their fitted, crisp designs, the shirts give off a super-sleek vibe and look great tucked into jeans or pants, and are the best base layer for adding a cardigan, jacket, or blazer," said one reviewer. 4 SKIMS get high marks from reviewers Credit: Instagram SKIMS is so popular, in fact, that the sale immediately got the company trending on Twitter. MORE KARDASHIANS COULDN'T KEEP UP Kim tells Kourtney & Khloe she's a 'FAILURE' for not passing baby bar exam GREAT SCOTT! The Masked Singer fans say Nicole's 'unrecognizable' in sexy finale look Many professional marketers say that Kim Kardashian's popularity and her constant promotion of the brand has contributed to its success. But the brand's high quality products also gets a nod from professional reviewers. Overall, SKIMS seem to be a high quality product that has become an essential staple for women.
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https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/2970915/how-much-does-skims-shapewear-cost/
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Who is Snowflake CEO Frank Slootman?
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SNOWFLAKE CEO Frank Slootman has asked his shareholders to stay the course due to the company's cloud transition. The company recently announced it will be moving its corporate headquarter from San Mateo County, California, to Bozeman, Montana. Slootman is the CEO of Snowflake, a cloud-based database firm he joined in 2019 and took public in September 2020 in a blockbuster initial public offering (IPO). The IPO was the third for Slootman, who moved to California for a job at Compuware in the dot-com boom, then worked at Borland Software. In 2003, he became CEO of storage startup Data Domain, taking it public in 2007 and selling it to EMC in 2009 for $1.8billion. Two years later, he became chairman of enterprise software business ServiceNow, which he guided to a 2012 IPO. 4 Frank Slootman owns about 10 percent of Snowflake Credit: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett Slootman owns about 10 percent of Snowflake. According to Forbes, the tech CEO has amassed a $2.1billion net worth. Snowflake is a cloud computing-based date warehousing company. Snowflake offers a cloud-based data storage and analytics service, generally termed "data warehouse-as-a-service." It allows corporate users to store and analyze data using cloud-based hardware and software. Snowflake runs on Amazon S3 since 2014, on Microsoft Azure since 2018 and on the Google Cloud Platform in 2019. 4 Snowflake is a cloud computing-based date warehousing company Credit: SOPA Images/LightRocket via Gett The company is credited with reviving the data warehouse industry by building and perfecting a cloud-based data platform. It was able to separate computer data storage from computing before Google, Amazon and Microsoft. Slootman urged Snowflake investors to be patient with stock during multiyear cloud transition. On May 26, Slootman asked shareholders to be patient with the companys stock because the cloud transition is not happening overnight. Our business is really going to conduct itself really over considerable, long periods of time, Slootman said in an interview with CNBCs Mad Money. Thats sort of the message to investors to really understand were signing on here for a journey thats five to 10 years. 4 Snowflake's shares tumbled as much as 8 percent on May 26 Credit: EPA Slootman's comments came after shares of Snowflake tumbled as much as 8 percent in extended trading after the company reported fiscal first-quarter results. Snowflake went public in September in a record-breaking IPO, with shares closing that initial trading day at $253.93, however, the stock was below that level on May 26. Snowflake shares are also down 16 percent year to date, as investors have rotated out of high-flying growth names into economically sensitive companies that stand to benefit from the Covid recovery. Most read in News HORROR FIND Neighbor 'in tears' after finding body of 'kidnapped and slain' boy, 4 UF-WOAH! US Navy warship 'swarmed by 14 spherical UFOs going 160mph' in leaked video Breaking DOOMSDAY DELAY Cult mom 'not fit for trial' as cops submit charge in ex-husband's death Breaking RADIO REVIVAL Rush Limbaugh timeslot taken over by new hosts next month after cancer death CASH FLOW Staggering 900,000 extra stimulus checks rolled out by IRS Breaking 'KILLER TEEN' 'Killer who stabbed cheerleader 114 TIMES' to be tried for murder as an adult Slootman stressed that the companys software is only becoming more important as enterprises shift away from databases tied to hardware. These are big, big changes that we are experiencing in the marketplace, and were just super happy to be in the middle of that and be an enabler of that, he said, adding that Snowflake places its focus on growing at scale. Were not a growth-at-all-costs company.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2970502/meet-snowflake-ceo-frank-slootman-tech-company/
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How long after the vaccine does Covid immunity last for Americans?
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THERE are currently more than 132million Americans who have been fully vaccinated, approximately 40% of the population. While studies have concluded that vaccines such as Pfizer and Moderna are proving effective against preventing Covid, the question remains as to how long the vaccine will last. According to reports, there is reason to believe that immunity from COVID-19 vaccines will last at least longer than six months writes The Vaccine Alliance. Natural immunity from people that have been infected with the virus can last for up to eight months. Vaccine-derived immunity can sometimes be stronger and longer-lasting, but there is still research going into this. 3 Over 40% of the United States is fully vaccinated Credit: Getty Experts say more research will have to be done to understand if people will need regular booster shots for COVID-19. "The researchers in Science add that although immune memory is what leads to long-term immunity, its hard to predict how long immunity will last because the exact mechanisms of protective immunity used by our bodies against SARS-CoV-2 or COVID-19 are not yet known," published the organization. "Both Pfizer and Moderna are currently exploring whether or not their vaccines will require boosters or genetic modifications to respond to emerging SARS-CoV-2 variants." You can still get infected with the coronavirus after a jab, but a new study suggests the common symptoms appear slightly different. Researchers at Kings College London revealed what to expect from Covid post-vaccination, including who is most at risk. They collected data on thousands of people in the UK using the ZOE Covid Symptom Study app. 3 A man receives the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at a temporary vaccination site at Grand Central Terminal train station Credit: AFP Of 1.1 million app users who had a first dose, almost 2,400 (0.2 per cent) reported a positive Covid test. And of the half a million who had received two doses, 187 (0.03 per cent) tested positive weeks after. Those who had been inoculated were less likely to report any of the symptoms of the coronavirus. Most read in News HORROR FIND Neighbor 'in tears' after finding body of 'kidnapped and slain' boy, 4 UF-WOAH! US Navy warship 'swarmed by 14 spherical UFOs going 160mph' in leaked video Breaking DOOMSDAY DELAY Cult mom 'not fit for trial' as cops submit charge in ex-husband's death Breaking RADIO REVIVAL Rush Limbaugh timeslot taken over by new hosts next month after cancer death CASH FLOW Staggering 900,000 extra stimulus checks rolled out by IRS Breaking 'KILLER TEEN' 'Killer who stabbed cheerleader 114 TIMES' to be tried for murder as an adult They were almost 70 per cent less likely to have a fever compared to those unvaccinated, and 55 per cent less likely to suffer fatigue. Loss of smell, chills and headache were all slashed by at least half. Vaccinated people with Covid reported similar levels of shortness of breath, earache and swollen glands.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2970556/covid-immunity-vaccine-americans-coronavirus-jab/
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Who is Paul Ryans wife Janna?
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PAUL Ryan is an American politician who served as the 54th speaker of the House of Representatives between 2015 and 2019. Janna, his wife, has been by his side for most of his political career. Paul Ryan's wife, Janna Ryan, was born Janna Christine Little in a small town in Oklahoma called Madkill. Her parents, Dan and Prudence Little, both worked as attorneys. Janna Little, as she was then known, went to Wellesley and then earned her law degree from George Washington University. 4 She was a congressional aide and lobbyist Credit: Getty She got her first job while she was in law school, where she worked as a congressional aide. After law school, she got a job as a corporate lobbyist for the likes of Blue Cross/Blue Shield and Marathon Oil. She met Paul Ryan at her 30th birthday party. In 2000, Janna and Paul Ryan were married, and she gave up her career to support her husband. 4 The couple was married in 2000 Credit: Collect The couple has three children. While her husband, Paul Ryan, is a Republican, Janna Ryan has Democratic family ties and labels herself a "practical conservative." Her uncle, David Boren, was a US Senator, and he was a Democrat, while her cousin Dan Boren, is a US Representative Democrat. Janna Ryan is also close with Bill Brewster, a Democratic US Representative, from her time working as his congressional aide. Paul Ryan has not been supportive of former President Donald Trump. Most read in News HORROR FIND Neighbor 'in tears' after finding body of 'kidnapped and slain' boy, 4 UF-WOAH! US Navy warship 'swarmed by 14 spherical UFOs going 160mph' in leaked video Breaking DOOMSDAY DELAY Cult mom 'not fit for trial' as cops submit charge in ex-husband's death Breaking RADIO REVIVAL Rush Limbaugh timeslot taken over by new hosts next month after cancer death CASH FLOW Staggering 900,000 extra stimulus checks rolled out by IRS Breaking 'KILLER TEEN' 'Killer who stabbed cheerleader 114 TIMES' to be tried for murder as an adult "Here's one reality we have to face: If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we're not going anywhere," he said. Though Paul Ryan doesn't mention the former president by name, he has been critical of Trump in the past. Paul Ryan retired from politics in 2018, and has kept a low profile ever since.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2970568/paul-ryan-wife-janna-ryan/
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Is Paul Ryan a Democrat or a Republican?
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PAUL Ryan is a former politician who served as the 54th Speaker of the US House of Representatives. In 2018, the Wisconsin politician announced he was retiring from Congress to spend more time with his family. During his time in Congress, Ryan was a member of the Republican party. Ryan labels himself a Republican, and a conservative Republican at that. He was the Republican Party nominee for Vice President of the United States in the 2012 election, teaming up with Presidential nominee Mitt Romney. Despite his GOP affiliation, Ryan's wife Jenna has Democratic roots and labels herself a "practical conservative." 4 Paul Ryan was the 54th House Speaker Credit: Reuters Jenna's uncle, David Boren was a Democratic US Senator. Her cousin, Dan Boren is a current Democratic US Representative. According to Celebrity Net Worth, Ryan has amassed a $7.8million net worth. In an upcoming speech, Ryan will reportedly urge his fellow GOP member to reject Donald Trump's "second-rate imitations." The former House Speaker is set to speak at Ronald Reagan Presidential Library Time For Choosing speaking series in California on May 27. The comments come as the vast majority of Republicans in Washington and beyond remain loyal to Trump even while the former president continues to make wildly false claims about his election loss last year. 4 Paul Ryan has a reported $7.8million net worth Credit: AP:Associated Press Ryan, among the most respected Republicans in the nation's capital before Trump's rise, has been largely silent since he left Congress two years ago. In his remarks, Ryan does not address Trump by name, but the context seems clear. We conservatives find ourselves at a crossroads, Ryan says in his prepared remarks, which were obtained by The Associated Press. And heres one reality we have to face: If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then were not going anywhere. Ryan then goes on to say that Republicans must unite against the policies of President Joe Biden, arguing that in 2020 "the country wanted a nice guy who would move to the center and depolarize our politics." "Instead, we got a nice guy pursuing an agenda more leftist than any president in my lifetime. These policies might have the full approval of his progressive supporters, but they break faith with the middle-of-the-road folks who made the difference for him on Election Day, Ryan will reportedly say. 4 Paul Ryan will reportedly urge his fellow GOP members to reject Donald Trump's 'second-rate imitations' Credit: AP:Associated Press For conservatives, this painful existence as the opposition can actually be an opportunity, he adds. Out of these years can come a healthy, growing, and united conservative movement, a movement that speaks again to the heart of a great nation. Most read in News HORROR FIND Neighbor 'in tears' after finding body of 'kidnapped and slain' boy, 4 UF-WOAH! US Navy warship 'swarmed by 14 spherical UFOs going 160mph' in leaked video Breaking DOOMSDAY DELAY Cult mom 'not fit for trial' as cops submit charge in ex-husband's death Breaking RADIO REVIVAL Rush Limbaugh timeslot taken over by new hosts next month after cancer death CASH FLOW Staggering 900,000 extra stimulus checks rolled out by IRS Breaking 'KILLER TEEN' 'Killer who stabbed cheerleader 114 TIMES' to be tried for murder as an adult Ryan will then urge conservatives not to get caught up in every little cultural battle, arguing that they draw attention away from the far more important case we must make to the American people. Culture matters, yes, but our party must be defined by more than a tussle over the latest grievance or perceived slight, he says in the prepared remarks. "We must not let them take priority over solutions grounded in principle to improve peoples lives.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2970721/former-house-speaker-paul-ryans-political-stance-revealed/
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Who are Tristyn Baileys parents?
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SLAIN teenager Tristyn Bailey had a celebration of life on May 18, 2021, after she was allegedly murdered by Aiden Fucci. The 13-year-old was last seen on May 9 and was reported missing by her family hours before her body was found. Tristyn Baileys parents, Stacy and Forrest held a ceremony to honor Baileys life at Celebration Church in Jacksonville, Florida. The family is devastated by the sudden loss of the teenager, with Stacy promising to keep her daughters memory alive. In the ceremony, Stacy said: I was going to make her name shine above all the evil that has happened. She described Bailey as a goal-getter, saying: She had a drive in her soul to be the best and always give 100-percent to achieve her goals. 4 Forrest speaking at Bailey's celebration of life Credit: WJXT Both her and Forrest thanked the community for their support as they endured the loss of their daughter, and stood on stage with the rest of their family -- known as the Bailey 7. Bailey was last seen in St. Johns, Florida, on Sunday morning after being reported missing by her family at 10am. Her body was found by a neighbor in the woods near her Durbin Crossing home. According to Florida State Attorney RJ Larizza, who released an update regarding the case on Thursday, May 27, says that Bailey's body was stabbed a staggering 114 times, with 49 of those wounds sustained to her hands and arms. Larizza described those wounds as "defensive", and said that Bailey suffered them as she "fought for her life." 4 Tristyn Bailey's body was stabbed 114 times and found in a pond Credit: Facebook Fellow Patriot Oaks Academy student Aiden Fucci, 14, was taken into custody on May 10 and held at the Juvenile Justice Department. Larizza refused to disclose whether the killing was sexually motivated, or whether Bailey had been sexually assaulted during the murder. He also confirmed that investigators recovered what they believe to be the murder weapon: a folding butt knife, which was recovered in the pond next to Bailey's body. He said the blade was "missing a tip", which medical examiners later recovered from her scalp. According to motions filed in court on Thursday, Fucci is facing first-degree murder charges and will be tried as an adult. He was previously facing second-degree murder charges but they were upped on May 27, 2021. As news of the murder made headlines across the US, a social media image surfaced of Fucci, appearing to show him holding up a peace sign in the back of a police car. The caption to the image, which appeared to have been posted on Snapchat, read: "Hey guys has inybody (sic) seen Tristyn lately. 4 Aiden Fucci, who is 14 years old, will be tried as an adult in court Credit: County Regional Detention Center Most read in US News HORROR FIND Neighbor 'in tears' after finding body of 'kidnapped and slain' boy, 4 UF-WOAH! US Navy warship 'swarmed by 14 spherical UFOs going 160mph' in leaked video Breaking DOOMSDAY DELAY Cult mom 'not fit for trial' as cops submit charge in ex-husband's death CASH FLOW Staggering 900,000 extra stimulus checks rolled out by IRS Breaking 'KILLER TEEN' 'Killer who stabbed cheerleader 114 TIMES' to be tried for murder as an adult GRIM FIND Horror as tan salon customer finds DEAD BODY on sun bed in Austria Police confirmed the image was being reviewed as potential evidence in the case. Fucci will now be represented by a public defender instead of his original attorney, who withdrew from the case with a judge's permission on May 21. A petition on Change.org has gathered more than 700,000 signatures, urging the State Attorneys Office to charge Fucci as an adult.
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2971045/who-are-tristyn-baileys-parents/
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Have No-hitters Lost Their Appeal?
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Grandal is out of the lineup for Wednesday's game against the Cardinals. Manager Tony La Russa will park Grandal on the bench for the second game in a row while the veteran backstop is stuck in a prolonged slump at the plate. Though he's ridden a sky-high 30.2 percent walk rate to a stellar .391 on-base average, Grandal has struggled to find holes in the defense when he's been able to make contact. He's sitting on a .136 batting average for the season, and his .120 BABIP and .177 XBA would seem to suggest that he hasn't been particularly unlucky. Zack Collins will be behind the plate for the second game in a row, but he doesn't appear to have unseated Grandal for the No. 1 catching job. In fact, La Russa told James Fegan of The Athletic that he plans to have Grandal start three games in a row beginning Thursday.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2258135385114/have-no-hitters-lost-their-appeal
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What is the release date of Dying Light 2 Stay Human?
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Dying Light 2 Stay Human has been a troubled title ever since it was announced at E3 2018. In the time since the game has been delayed indefinitely, its lead narrative designer left the project due to accusations of sexual misconduct, and its developer Techland as a whole has been accused of being a toxic workplace environment. Despite all that, development on Dying Light 2 Stay Human has seemingly never stopped, and thanks to the first episode of Techlands Dying2Know stream series, we finally have a release date for the game. Dying Light 2 Stay Human will officially release on December 7, 2021, on Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PC, PlayStation 4, and PlayStation 5. The game is currently available for pre-order as well and has multiple editions. Dying Light 2 Stay Humans Standard Edition will cost $59.99. A Deluxe Edition that comes with a few exclusive outfits, cosmetics, and access to a story DLC will cost $79.99. Finally, customers can also pick up an Ultimate Edition of Dying Light 2 Stay Human. That version will come with everything from the Deluxe Edition as well as a two-hour-long night XP boost, wallpapers, digital comic, crafting items, and an expansion pass that grants access to two extra stories, likely releasing as DLC in the months following the games release.
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https://www.gamepur.com/guides/what-is-the-release-date-of-dying-light-2-stay-human
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Which Collier County athlete won the 2021 Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete award?
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Trace Davidson made history Thursday, not just because he was named the 2021 Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award winner. He's also the first boys lacrosse player to win the 32-year-old award. Davidson also is the third in Gulf Coast High School history to be selected as the winner, joining football player and wrestler Lee Campbell in 2006, and cross country and soccer player Paula Gomes, who won in 2018. "It's awesome," said Davidson, who was presented the award in the Gallagher Lutgert Insurance parking lot since the banquet was canceled again due to the pandemic. "It's one of those things where it's nice to be recognized and rewarded for all of your hard work academically as well as athletically." Barron Collier girls lacrosse player Emily Browne won the award in 2017 to become the first from that as a primary sport. The selection committee revealed the 13 candidates submitted by Collier County high schools on May 18 and met virtually on May 25 to decide the winner. "It's always special for us on the selection committee and the Winged Foot board to be able to interview and review all of the applications, and then select an overall winner," chairman Bud Hornbeck said. "It's very difficult because every year it's just loaded with very, very successful and talented people." More:Meet the 13 Collier County 2021 Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award finalists More:Meet the 2020 Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete award winner More:Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award: St. John Neumann's Jensen Jones wins 2019 award The Winged Foot's 32nd annual banquet, which is normally scheduled for Thursday, was canceled for the second straight year. ESPN basketball analyst Jay Bilas was the scheduled keynote speaker. "It's been bittersweet for us the last two years," Hornbeck said. "We've still been able to recognize the scholar-athletes, the best ones in the county, but to not be able to hold our banquet, it's just heartbreaking. "To be able to go there and see these kids and their parents, and their coaches and teachers, and the rest of our city, and all of our local business people and so on, and to see it in their eyes, and to give these kids recognition for their accomplishments ... these last two years, they've missed out on that." Davidson, who has been playing lacrosse since he was 5 and has been traveling the country doing it since he was 7, will be going to one of the unofficial homes of lacrosse, the University of Maryland. The Terrapins have won three national championships, and are still alive in this year's NCAA tournament. They've also never had a losing season. "It's awesome to be recognized to figure out that balance between that 5 a.m. lift and that 5 a.m. run, between being up late at night doing homework and grinding both athletically and academically," said Davidson, whose parents Bill and Romie also were there. Davidson, who had a 4.789 grade-point average, led the Sharks in lacrosse to some history, as well, beginning with a Collier County Athletic Conference championship, the school's first, his freshman year when he scored 64 goals and had 33 assists. "This is something you've got a shot with, this is something you should go for," Davidson said school officials told him of the Winged Foot even when he was a freshman. Davidson, who took up swimming as a sophomore, was the Daily News Boys Lacrosse Player of the Year as a sophomore when he had 65 goals and 65 assists. That award was not given last year since the bulk of the season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. This year's award winner has not been announced. Even though his junior season was canceled, Davidson was still ranked the No. 1 player in Florida and 97th in the country. This season, the Sharks went 13-3 and Davidson had 54 goals and 30 assists. "It's been quite a ride," Davidson said. "Lacrosse has been my life for as long as I can remember." This year's other Winged Foot finalists were: Daniel Cardoza, Immokalee Paige Clausen, Barron Collier Trace Davidson, Gulf Coast Daniel DeSantis, St. John Neumann Cindy Godinez, Golden Gate Kamonte Grimes, Palmetto Ridge Grace Johnson, Naples Kimberly Marizol Lopez Valle, Everglades City Alexa Moulzolf, First Baptist Eileen Poling, Lely Matthew Riley, Seacrest Johnathan Watt, Marco Island Academy Olivia Weiss, Community School The Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Foundation will give $5,000 to each of the finalists. Davidson receives a $10,000 scholarship $2,500 a year for four years; the other finalists receive one-time stipends. Graduating seniors from Collier County high schools are eligible for the award, which was first given in 1990 by the Collier Athletic Club. Each candidate was required to complete an extensive application process in order to be considered by their respective schools. Each school then determined its representative. The major sponsors are the Lutgert Companies/Premier Sothebys International, Barron Collier Junior Foundation, Gallagher Lutgert Insurance, Iberia Bank and Grant Fridkin Pearson P. A. "All of our sponsors who have been with us for years, our event sponsors and also a number of our table sponsors, even though we didn't have the banquet, they stepped up and paid their normal table sponsor amount," Hornbeck said. "I just can't thank them enough for stepping up, because the scholarship money has to come from someplace." Greg Hardwig is a sports reporter for the Naples Daily News and The News-Press. Follow him on Instagram, Facebook and Twitter: @NDN_Ghardwig, email him at [email protected]. Support local journalism with this special subscription offer at https://cm.naplesnews.com/specialoffer/ Winged Foot Scholar-Athlete Award Winners 1990 Terry Dean, Barron Collier 1991 Rich Hill, Barron Collier 1992 Danny Bond, Naples 1993 Ryan Krzykowski, Lely 1994 Jean Bonnici , Naples 1995 Lynn Miller, Naples 1996 Ethan Altaratz, Naples 1997 Jacki Haar, Lely 1998 Carissa Johnson, Immokalee 1999 Kelly Roloff, Barron Collier 2000 Lars Grimm, Community School 2001 Shannon McGregor, St. John Neumann 2002 Eric Beights, Lely 2003 Alyssa Van Gemert, Barron Collier 2004 Ingrid Schumacher, Naples 2005 Wiselet Rouzard, Immokalee 2006 Lee Campbell, Gulf Coast 2007 Samantha Milne, Palmetto Ridge 2008 Kelsey Assarian, Barron Collier; Jack Swanson, Naples 2009 Taylor Burfield, Community School 2010 Ryan Iamurri, Naples 2011 A.J. Prokop-Ervin, Naples 2012 Brett Clark, Barron Collier 2013 Danielle Avery, Naples 2014 Ryan Celano, Community School 2015 Michael Walker, Naples 2016 Stephanie Paul, Community School 2017 Emily Browne, Barron Collier 2018 Paula Gomes, Gulf Coast 2019 Jensen Jones, St. John Neumann 2020 Malaya Melancon, First Baptist Academy
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https://www.naplesnews.com/story/sports/high-school/2021/05/27/gulf-coast-trace-davidson-wins-2021-winged-foot-scholar-athlete-award/7442318002/
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Why are parents so mad in one of Americas best school districts?
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This is not the first time we have seen issues around public schools be flash points for controversy, says David Campbell, an expert on civic engagement at Notre Dame University. You can think of school board politics as the gateway drug to greater involvement across the board. History suggests the political impact could extend well beyond school boards. Grassroots activism particularly when driven by strong emotion, as in the case of parents who feel their children are being negatively impacted often leads to broader, and more permanent, movements. Parents have long been a coveted political demographic. But the upheaval of the past year has turned many into passionate local activists, who say they will keep advocating long after the pandemic subsides. Increasingly intense debates have also opened up over educational content particularly the anti-racist curricula that many schools implemented in the wake of last summers Black Lives Matter protests. Some conservative states are banning the teaching of critical race theory. Others, like Virginia, are reevaluating gifted and talented programs and accelerated math tracks. After an academic year like no other, school boards across the country have become lightning rods for political debate. As Zoom classes dragged on and with many public schools even now not fully open heated battles have erupted over how to balance the safety of teachers and students against other concerns such as learning loss and mental health. If youd asked Bonnie Myshrall a year ago who her school board representative was, she probably wouldnt have been able to tell you. In the voting booth, she never thought twice about board candidates shed just follow her partys sample ballot. Yet here I am, firing off emails and starting a Facebook group, says Ms. Myshrall, a lawyer with a middle-school daughter enrolled in Fairfax County Public Schools (FCPS), a district in northern Virginia. Last summer, as it became apparent that her daughters school would remain online-only due to the pandemic, Ms. Myshrall founded the OpenFCPS group to lobby for a return to in-person learning. While she and other parents agreed virtual learning made sense at first, they grew increasingly frustrated by what they saw as the districts lack of urgency around getting kids back into classrooms, with board meetings often focused on things like renaming schools or implementing an electric school bus fleet. Why We Wrote This Parents have long been a coveted political demographic. But the upheaval of the past year has turned many into passionate local activists, who say they will keep advocating long after the pandemic subsides. The Titanic is sinking, and they are rearranging the deck chairs, says Ms. Myshrall. The group is now gathering signatures to recall three board members. None of the three members responded to requests to be interviewed by the Monitor. After the upheaval of the academic year, its perhaps not surprising that school boards across the country have become lightning rods for political debate. As Zoom classes dragged on through the fall and winter and with many public schools, including those in Fairfax, even now not fully open heated battles erupted over how to balance the safety of teachers and students against other concerns such as learning loss and mental health. The clashes havent been confined to questions of reopening, either. Increasingly intense debates have opened up over educational content particularly the anti-racist curricula that many schools implemented in the wake of last summers Black Lives Matter protests, emphasizing systemic racism and white privilege. A number of conservative states are passing measures banning the teaching of critical race theory. Other states, like Virginia, are embroiled in fights over achievement and equity, including reevaluating gifted and talented programs and accelerated math tracks. The priorities are messed up, says Bethany Wagner, another Fairfax parent. When your kids are learning from home, and youre seeing issues and trying to reach out to the superintendent and school board members and youre not getting feedback, or the feedback is shallow it makes you want to pay attention. And while it may be school boards in the crossfire now, history suggests the political impact could extend well beyond. Events that give rise to grassroots activism particularly when driven by strong emotion, as in the case of parents who feel their children are being negatively impacted often generate broader, and more permanent, movements. If [people] get involved in one form of politics, it often spills over and they will be engaged in other forms of political activity, says David Campbell, an expert on civic engagement at Notre Dame University. The debate surrounding school segregation in the 1950s, he notes, primed many Americans for broader activism in the 1960s. This is not the first time we have seen issues around public schools be flash points for controversy, says Professor Campbell. You can think of school board politics as the gateway drug to greater involvement across the board. At Luther Jackson Middle School At last weeks bi-monthly school board meeting at Fairfaxs Luther Jackson Middle School, hundreds of people showed up hours early with handmade signs concerning various issues. Some were demanding a full reopening of schools. Others were focused on the Biden administrations American History and Civics Education proposal, which has become caught up in a controversy over schools use of The New York Timess 1619 Project. Still others were upset about a controversial tweet made by one of the Fairfax board members, a young Muslim woman, about Israels colonization of the Holy Land. Ironically, many Fairfax parents say they moved to the area because of the schools. Fairfax, the 11th largest school district in the country, is considered one of the best. My husband was military, and at the end of our service we could have lived anywhere, says Saundra Davis, who has two sons in Fairfax schools. I live in a smaller house than we could have elsewhere so my kids can go to school in this district. Story Hinckley/The Christian Science Monitor Saundra Davis, who has two sons in the Fairfax County school system, voiced her frustration with the county's slow transition back to in-person instruction at a school board meeting. "You have triggered a bipartisan tidal wave of parental pushback, Ms. Davis told the board. That made it particularly upsetting for many parents to watch their children struggle this year with online learning. He was an early reader; he loves reading about history and science. But I see now that his writing has suffered, says Ashley, whose son is enrolled in a Fairfax district school, and who requested her last name not be used for fear of retribution from teachers. Sitting in his room all day disconnected was just so hard. ... His behavior has changed. Fairfax was also slower than other districts to reopen. Not until late April did the district begin offering four days of in-person learning a week, and for select students only. The move, parents noted, came months after the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention had concluded that in-person schooling did not cause increased transmission. FCPS has promised a return to five-day in-person instruction in the fall, and Megan McLaughlin, one of the school boards longest-serving members, says she feels confident things will return to normal. Still, she says shes never seen anything like the level of parental involvement over the past few months. During her decade-plus of service, the board has wrestled with other hot-button issues, such as how to teach sex education. But never before has the debate at hand involved such a broad swath of parents or directly affected school employees. This was universal, says Ms. McLaughlin, who is not one of the members being targeted by the recall effort. Decisions at school board level suddenly become a key focal point of whats going to happen with your childs day to day [life]. The impact is already showing up in more competitive school board elections. According to Ballotpedias analysis of the countrys 1,000 largest school districts in 2016, more than one-third of school board seats went unopposed, with an average of 1.9 candidates per seat. This year, almost two dozen of the countrys largest school districts in five states have already had school board elections, and according to a Monitor analysis, these elections had an average of 2.9 candidates per seat. No seat went unopposed. Additionally, there have been 24 school board recall efforts against 64 board members thus far in 2021 including the current effort in Fairfax. That kind of engagement may very well make its way up the political food chain, says Professor Campbell. Because school board elections are low-profile races with low turnout, and the number of voters compared to a congressional district is small, it means a small group of dedicated activists can make a big difference and thats part of the appeal, he says. Its not uncommon for people running for Congress to describe how they first got involved in school board politics. Miranda Turner, a Democratic lawyer with young children, says she never would have considered running for the Arlington School Board in Virginia before this past year. But frustration over how her area prioritized opening businesses like shops and restaurants before schools led her to throw her hat into the ring. We are right outside D.C., and everyone here is so focused on national politics but its the local elections that really have a much bigger impact on your daily life, she says. Ms. Turner ended her bid this week after losing her partys online caucus, but she has vowed to stay active, tweeting: My advocacy work doesnt stop here. Fairfax County Parents Association While education wars often play out along partisan lines at the national level, many at the local level insist they dont see the issues as partisan at all. The OpenFCPS group is officially nonpartisan and is chaired by one Republican and one Democrat. Along with the satisfaction that comes from feeling like they are advocating for their children, many members say the most rewarding part of their involvement has been working toward the same goal with parents who have different political beliefs. What I like about this group is that people share their thoughts, and I dont agree with all of them, but I dont feel pressure to cancel anyone, says Ms. Wagner. I like that we have a shared purpose. Many parents, such as Ms. Wagner and Ms. Davis, say they agree that racism is a problem in America, but they believe there is room for debate over how the issue should be taught, and what approaches are developmentally appropriate for young children. More to the point, they say public education faces more immediate problems such as still-empty classrooms. Ms. Myshrall says the OpenFCPS group plans on staying around, at least until the board is up for reelection in 2023. They plan to rename themselves the Fairfax County Parents Association. Get the Monitor Stories you care about delivered to your inbox. Your email address By signing up, you agree to our Privacy Policy Anna LaNave is a mother of four, with two Fairfax County graduates and two still enrolled in the district, who describes herself as a pro-teacher, pro-union Democrat. Shes going to vote a straight education ticket this year. People are realizing that we havent been paying attention and its coming back to bite us, says Ms. LaNave. I think this will affect how people vote in local elections for years to come.
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https://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Politics/2021/0527/Why-are-parents-so-mad-in-one-of-America-s-best-school-districts?icid=rss
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What is the ACE score and how does it help recognize trauma in youth?
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May is Mental Health Awareness Month, and for that, New Mexico Living has been taking a closer look at all the resources available in the Duke City. CYFD Cabinet Secretary Brian Blalock discusses the ACE Score and how it helps recognize trauma in young people. CYFD Behavioral Health Services in Collaboration with Protective Services, Juvenile Justice Services, and Early Childhood Education & Care Department is committed to the provision of quality behavioral health services and supports that are trauma-responsive, evidence-based, culturally competent, and youth and family-driven that meet the needs of Children Youth and Families Departments children, youth and families. Like this: Like Loading...
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https://nmliving.com/2021/05/27/what-is-the-ace-score-and-how-does-it-help-recognize-trauma-in-youth/
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Can people receiving Covid-19 vaccines die in next two years?
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https://www.samaa.tv/living/health/2021/05/can-people-receiving-covid-19-vaccines-die-in-next-two-years/
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Does Disney's "Cruella" Have a Post-Credits Scene?
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(This article contains spoilers for Disneys Cruella starring Emma Stone) Disneys Cruella is just different. Not necessarily bad, and definitely a little bit mad and, just like its fellow villain origin stories, it takes full advantage of its ability to take certain liberties with 101 Dalmations villain Cruella de Vils origin story. In this story, Cruella is still a bad guy, but not the puppy-killing kind at least not yet. We first meet her as an infant, born with her infamous two-tone hair. We follow her through childhood, learning that she was unsurprisingly a bit of a wild child in school. And as it so happens, this younger version of Cruella actually has a soft spot for puppies, rescuing one from a dumpster at school and keeping him with her into adulthood. As she grows up, she is forced to find her way in the world, eventually falling in with Jasper and Horace and becoming a common criminal. But in this telling, Jasper has his own soft spot for Cruella (who he first meets as Estella) and sets her up with a stepping stone to her dream job. By the end of the film Cruella isnt quite the terrifying villain we know, but shes well on her way, and theres plenty of room for a sequel, should Emma Stone want to play the iconic fashionista one more time. While we cant speak much to that possibility, indeed, the movie does have a bonus scene though technically, its a mid-credits scene but it doesnt seem like its meant to set up another standalone film for the villainess. It actually seems to directly up the events of 101 Dalmatians. When the first trailers for Cruella started dropping, many questioned how exactly those famous dogs would tie in, if the movie was supposed to tell the story of her pre-puppy killing days. Well, as it turns out, those Dalmatians belong to Emma Thompsons character, The Baroness. She had trained them to attack on command, siccing them on Cruellas mother early in the film using a dog whistle. When Cruella meets the Baroness as a young woman, she spots the necklace that her mother always wore, and had promised would be passed down to Cruella, as a family heirloom. In an attempt to steal it back, one of the Dalmatians swallows the necklace, and so comes Cruellas first dognapping. Apparently, the dogs got real friendly with Cruella and Horaces own pups, and the movie ends with Horace pointing out that Genghis one of the Dalmatians, all three of which Cruella kept after getting the Baroness arrested has put on weight. Sweet Horace. No, Genghis hasnt put on weight, shes pregnant. In the post-credits scene we learn that Cruella has gifted two of Genghiss pups one to Anita, and one to Roger. Each person gets a card, introducing them to Perdita and Pongo respectively. And obviously, we know those names. Theyre the dogs that eventually bring Anita and Roger together in the park, and kick off the events of 101 Dalmatians. So theres one big catch here: the Cruella we meet here is not really at the level of the mustache-twirling villain that we know from 101 Dalmations. That implies two big possibilities. First, Disney could be leaving itself room for a sequel that brings Emma Stones Cruella more fully in line with the Cruella that we know. Or they might be setting up a live-action remake of 101 Dalmations in the vein of Maleficent. That film was a retelling of Sleeping Beauty in which the evil witch is actually just misunderstood and not really the monster that people thought she was, and its not too difficult to imagine, in this age of live-action Disney remakes, them trying something similar with Cruella.
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https://www.thewrap.com/does-cruella-have-post-credits-scene/
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How will athleisure stocks fare as the economy reopens?
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Throughout the pandemic, the future of retail apparel has been a source of constant debate. For much of 2020, many companies focusing on activewear and athleisure saw strong growth after an initial plunge as the coronavirus spurred widespread shutdowns. For the quarter ending last November, for example, Nikes (NKE) revenues rose 9 per cent year-over-year to $11.2 billion, and its shares wound up rising almost 40 per cent for the year, compared to 15 per cent for the S&P 500. And Lululemons (LULU) sales in last years fourth quarter rose 24 per cent year-over-year to $1.7 billion, with its shares rising 50 per cent in 2020. I know people who have never owned a pair of sweatpants or leggings in their life but became first-time investors [by buying casual clothes,] Krista Corrigan, an analyst at retail market intelligence firm Edited, told TheStreet. There was a huge uptick in running sneakers, running apparel, footwear, at-home workout and yoga clothes, hiking clothes. But even as stocks for companies specializing in athletic clothing and footwear were soaring, many in fashion were already predicting the end of athleisure. Tired of months spent inside wearing baggy sweatpants, customers would turn toward business casual or even more formal clothing, the thinking went. Predictions ranged from a sales explosion for everything from jeans and polos to formal dresses and high heels. Dresswear on the Rise As vaccination speeds up and a return to the office seems more and more imminent, people are buying more clothes in general recent U.S. Census data found a 727 per cent increase in clothing and clothing accessory sales in April compared to a year ago and dresswear in particular. Sales of dresswear (defined as the dresses, shirts, blouses, suits and blazers that one would wear to work, special occasions or to meet family and friends) are expected to rise nearly 15 per cent to $97.5 billion in 2021 and 7 per cent to $104.7 billion in 2022 after plunging 32 per cent year-over-year to $84.6 billion in 2020, according to numbers from Coresight Research and Euromonitor. Shirts or blouses, dressy dress or skirts, and dress shoes are the top three categories female consumers purchased in the last three months, Coresight Research CEO and Founder Deborah Weinswig told TheStreet, adding that the predictions above are still lower than what sales were pre-pandemic in 2019. For male consumers, shirts or blouses, dress shoes and dress trousers are the top three categories. Indeed, sales at PVH (PVH), the company behind popular dresswear brands such as Tommy Hilfiger, Izod and Calvin Klein, are expected to rise 43 per cent year-over-year to $1.9 billion in the quarter ending in April, according to consensus estimates compiled by FactSet. And L.L. Bean, which specializes in outdoor clothing but also offers dresswear lines, reported that pants with buttons and zippers have been selling better than those with elastic or drawstring waistbands for several weeks in a row now. In contrast to the U.S. dresswear market, the American casual market fell only 2.2 per cent to $262 billion in 2020, according to Coresight Research and Euromonitor data. While the casual market isnt likely to fall off a cliff this year, Weinswig predicts that it will grow much more slowly than dresswear 4.5 per cent to $273.7 billion in 2021 versus dresswears expected 15 per cent growth. In 2021 and 2022, the casual wear will return some shares to the dresswear market, Weinswig said, adding that casual wear accounted for 74 per cent of the total apparel market in 2020, up from 67 per cent in 2019. Between 2020 and 2022, Weinswig predicts a compound annual sales growth rate of 11.3 per cent for dresswear and 5.2 per cent for casual wear. But even as the dresswear market seems to be rising more dramatically than those offering athletic-style clothes, analysts predict that the current trend is not a threat to the long-term success of athleisure and activewear. Dresswear is, according to Editeds Corrigan, making up for the lull seen through much of 2020 as people stayed at home and did not spend money on fancier clothes. But while the pandemic has accelerated the process, the turn toward a more casual way of dressing has been decades in the making and is not likely to alter the customer desire for comfortable casual clothes. People love to go to the extremes and say loungewear is dead, Corrigan said. It is not dead but I think, undoubtedly, were going to see an uptick in some of the more formal business casual compared to where we were just a year ago. Corrigan said that as a staggered reopening leads to different clothing needs, brands are going to try to make products that blend athleisure and business casual ruffles on hoodies, slack pants made out of more pliable material as seen with companies as diverse as luxury brand Balenciaga and activewear giant Nike. Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... Loading... In the year ahead, she is also keeping her eye out on Deckers (DECK), the company behind footwear brands like Ugg and Teva, and Crocs (CROX) as consumers opt for shoes that offer elements of fashion combined with comfort. She argues that those who are able to blend those two elements successfully will see the biggest financial growth in the years to come. Before you had your sweatshirt and your sweatpants and you had your button-down shirt and your pencil skirt that you were wearing to the office, Corrigan said. Those wardrobes were once completely separate in the minds of the consumer and now youre going to see them blurred more and more.
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https://www.thestar.com/business/thestreet/2021/05/27/how-will-athleisure-stocks-fare-as-the-economy-reopens.html
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Is Pete Davidson Really Leaving SNL?
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Fans are pretty sure that Pete Davidson has been dropping hints that he's leaving the Saturday Night Live cast, and they are not happy about it. In the seven (that's right, seven) seasons that Davidson has been on the show, his signature style of ironic depression mixed with moments of real sincerity about mental health has made him a general fan favorite. His tenure on the show may not be as long as co-star Kenan Thompson's marathon run of 18 seasons, but seven years is actually on the high end of standard for an SNL cast member to stay on the show. Tina Fey, for example, left the cast after six seasons and Leslie Jones was only on for five. SNL just wrapped up its 46th season, and executives have not yet announced the final cast for the upcoming 47th season in the fall. Here's what he said.
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https://www.nickiswift.com/422855/is-pete-davidson-really-leaving-snl/
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Is Jurgen Locadias Time With FC Cincinnati Running Out?
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Jurgen Locadia scored the equalizing goal in FC Cincinnatis come-from-behind 21 victory over CF Montreal last Saturday. It was the clubs first win of the season and the first goal of the campaign for a player who, after his initial two matches with FCC in early 2020, looked like hed play a starring role on the club for years to come. Locadia now has been relegated to a bench role as the expiration date of his loan deal creeps closer. With the high-profile transfers of Brazilian striker Brenner (a rumored $13 million) and the pricey acquisition of bona fide No. 10 in Lucho Acosta, Locadias star power has waned for a number of reasons during his second season in Cincinnati, and now its increasingly unlikely that with just two MLS regular-season goals to his name in 22 matches (16 starts) hell will stay here past the June 30 expiration date of his loan deal and instead will return to England with English Premier League side Brighton & Hove Albion. There are a number of reasons why the marriage between Locadia and FC Cincinnati appears headed for divorce. For starters, the COVID-19 pandemic changed everything. In FC Cincinnatis 2020 season opener, Locadia came off the bench and scored a goal, narrowly bagged another, and had three shots on target in 26 minutes as FCC nearly salvaged a road point at New York Red Bulls. The 6-foot-2 striker/winger hadnt practiced in more than a week due to visa issues but looked the part, and optimism was high. Locadia started and went 90 minutes in FCCs second game, a 21 loss at Atlanta. Then the pandemic hit, and the season was shut down. Locadia injured himself in training in the lead-up to the MLS Is Back tournament in July, so he wasnt healthy enough to feature in FC Cincinnatis three group stage games. He did come off the bench in the teams knockout stage game against Portland, however, to convert a pressure-packed penalty shot that helped send the game to extra time. In what would be a harbinger of things to come, though, Locadia missed a potential match-winning goal in the waning moments and then had his penalty saved as Portland moved on via penalty kicks. Prior to MLS Is Back, FC Cincinnati and Brighton had agreed to extend Locadias loan dealoriginally set to expire on July 5, 2020through June 30, 2021. FCC retained a permanent transfer option as part of the agreement, but the financial terms of the arrangement between the clubs were not released. (The original purchase option was reportedly $10 million.) When the MLS regular season resumed last August, the good vibrations from the Orange and Blues mini-run at MLS Is Back were quickly vaporized as the club once again sunk to the bottom of the MLS table, finishing with a league-low 12 goals in 23 matches. Locadia was chastised for missing ample sitters, and it was clear his confidence was shrinking with every miss. In fairness, though, he was provided with precious little service, as FC Cincinnati lacked a true No. 10 (remember the Siem de Jong experiment?) on a bad team that was leaking confidence and racking up injuries as the season wrapped up in the fall. Prior to the acquisitions of Brenner and Acosta, rumors swirled that FC Cincinnati might be ready to move on from Locadia, with Israeli side Maccabi Tel Aviv linked to the 27-year-old Netherlands native. Nothing came to pass, however, and Locadia went through a full preseason with FCC and head coach Jaap Stam, a fellow Dutchman, for the first time. Locadia isnt starting these days, though hes appeared in all five matches this season. In his lone start, he was taken off after 60 minutes. Hes been playing on the left wing, a position he played quite often during his days in Europe, but rookie Calvin Harris has been Stams preferred option so far. Its been a curious development, as Locadia is finally paired with a legit No. 10 in Acosta and a striker in Brenner who hasnt been racking up goals but is drawing plaudits for his movement and work rateand yet Locadia cant crack the starting XI. Its quite possible that unfair expectations were heaped upon Locadia. Yes, he was a legitimate rising star in his early 20s, bagging 45 goals and 34 assists for Eredivisie side PSV Eindhoven from 2011 to 2018. His later seasons at PSV were rife with transfer rumors, though, and he finally moved to Brighton in January 2018, with the English club breaking their transfer record for the then-24-year-old. Locadia struggled for playing time for Brighton, though, and he scored just three times in 34 matches before being loaned to German side Hoffenheim in August 2019. He scored four goals in 11 appearances in the Bundeslgia before returning to Brighton. Over the past three years, Locadia has played for three different sides in three different leagues and has generally failed to produce goals at the level matching his high price tag. Whether thats through unlucky circumstances or an exaggerated pedigree (or something else), Im not sure whats happened to him. The additions of Brenner and Acosta, plus the opening of TQL Stadium, have shifted the spotlight and prodding questions away from Locadia. That will change in the coming weeks. When one factors in his continued presence on the bench to begin matches, the amount of money ownership poured into the player signings and the stadium, Locadias wages (tied for seventh-highest in MLS), and his startling lack of production, the writing appears to be on the wall: Barring a stunning stretch of goal-scoring, Locadia is going back to England in about a months time. And thats a shame, because the original move was a shrewd one by General Manager Gerard Nijkamp. For a number of reasons, though, Locadia and FC Cincinnati havent meshed. Grant Freking writes FC Cincinnati coverage for Cincinnati Magazine. Off the pitch, he is the managing editor for Signs of the Times magazine. You can follow him on Twitter at @GrantFreking.
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https://www.cincinnatimagazine.com/article/is-jurgen-locadias-time-with-fc-cincinnati-running-out/
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What criteria is used to screen foreign priests?
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More and more foreign priests -- men originally ordained in other countries -- are transferring to dioceses in places like Western Europe and the United States where vocations have declined. In France there are about 2,500 such clerics. That's not a small figure when one considers that the total number of priests in the country is 14,990 (according to the most recent Vatican statistics). These priests who come "from elsewhere" often serve in rural parts of France. Whether they arrive for a brief sojourn or stay for the long haul, they all fall under the auspices of something called the "cellule accueil", a sort of reception program. The Bishops' Conference of France (CEF) and the Conference of Religious Men and Women in France (CORREF) set up this program in 2013. Its purpose is to help foreign priests, and religious brothers and sisters, navigate the necessary bureaucratic procedures they need to complete to come to France and work in the dioceses that receive them. "As far as diocesan priests are concerned, the arrival of a foreign priest to a French diocese is usually worked out through two bishops who know each other," explains Michel Fournier, the priest who ran the program from 2014-2020 when he served as deputy director of the National Service of the Universal Mission of the Church. The receiving bishop undertakes to provide for the foreign priest's needs; the sending bishop guarantees the priest's good character. An agreement is then established between the two dioceses, which will allow the priest or religious to obtain a visa. Precautionary measures for priests coming from countries in conflict An investigation is then carried out by the embassy of the priest's home country to determine whether or not the visa should be issued. In the case of countries where the political climate is unstable, the situation may require a certain flexibility. This could include discreet negotiations with the relative Foreign and Interior Ministries. "It may happen that a priest comes from a country in conflict and applies for a visa from the embassy of another country where he is a refugee. The embassies then contact each other to see if the person is above suspicion," explains Fournier. It is also possible that refugee priests arrive in France through the direct mediation of the bishops, and then proceed to obtain refugee status. "In general, the reception program only learns afterwards that the person is a refugee," says Fournier. That was the case with Marcel Hitayezu, a priest from Rwanda who went to France in the late 1990s. He was imprisoned in April -- and later released -- for "complicity in crimes against humanity" during the genocide in his native African country.
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https://international.la-croix.com/news/religion/what-criteria-is-used-to-screen-foreign-priests/14373
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How Long Is the Tour de France?
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The Tour de France is cycling's most well-known stage race, taking place over the course of three weeks every July (unless, of course, its a crazy year like 2020). The elite pack of cyclists will cover hundreds of miles and climb thousands of meters of elevation as they roll through different parts of France. The answer depends on the year, and what metric youre using to measure length. Honestly, if you're trying to explain the Tour de France to a new fan, it can feel a little confusing. Here, were looking at all the different ways to consider the length of the Tour de France. The Tour de France is usually 23 days long and split into 21 stagesdays of ridingwith a couple of rest days spread out during the event. Depending on how the dates are organized, though, some years its been run with only 20 stages, while other years have as many as 25 stages, and the first two Tours ever run in the early 1900s only had six stages. In general, the total mileage of the 21 stages combined tends to hover around 2,200 miles over the 21 days of racing, which averages to around 100 miles of racing most days (via BikeRaceInfo.com). Reminder: America is one of the only places that uses miles to measure. Distance can be tricky when it comes to the Tour de France because so much of the race coverage is from European outlets, so whenever you see a number that seems quite high, its likely in kilometers. For the sake of ease, in this article were using miles, but feel free to convert our miles to metrics with a simple Google search. Not at all! Stages in the Tour de France vary wildly in length so that some days involve 180-plus mile long races and others are 30-mile fast and furious short stages. The styles of racing also change: Some stages are individual time trials, others are team time trials, and most are standard road races that take place with a mass start. (Heres how the 2021 stages are broken down.) In 1988, it was the shortest race of the modern era, with the shortest time trial and flat stage, and the second-shortest total distance in history at only 2,042 miles. The one-kilometer individual time trial from the prologue of the 1988 Tour de France is the shortest race ever run during the Tour, and it was won in 1 minute and 14 seconds by Guido Bontempi (and must have been incredibly painful). The 1988 race also contained the shortest flat stage, which was only 23.6 miles. That stage, by the way, was won by Adri van der Poel in 46 minutes and 36 seconds. Ardent cycling fans might recognize Adri as the father of multi-time cyclocross world champion, road and mountain bike superstar Mathieu van der Poel. Depends on what you mean by the shortest! The second Tour de France ever runback in 1904was only six stages longbut it covered 1,483 miles, so some stages lasted for nearly a full day. In the last two decades, the shortest Tour was in 2002 and covered 2,035 miles across 20 stages. That would be the 1926 Tour de France, which covered 3,569 miles in an attempt to ride around the border of France... but close behind that is the 1919 Tour de France, which also has the dubious honor of being the slowest Tour de France in miles-per-hour. Despite the fact that it was almost 200 miles shorter than the 1926 route, it was only a few hours faster in overall ride time for the winner. It also had the longest one-day stage265 milesand it reportedly took the winner almost 19 hours to complete it. That years Tour also only had 10 finishers out of 69 starters, the lowest number of Tour finishers ever. Yes, 1919 was rough. Remember, a lot of the stages of the Tour de France go up and down mountains, so not only are riders contending with 100-plus mile days in the saddle, theyre climbing thousands of feet in the process. In 2020, one stage included 14,435 feet of climbing over the course of 118 miles. That's a half-Everest in a single stage. In recent years, the average speed has hovered around 24.8 miles per hour (40 kilometers per hour), though it changes a bit from year to year depending on the riders, the elevation gain, the temperature, and the length of the stages. But it stays fairly close to that 25 MPH speed. The 2021 Tour de France begins on June 26 with a route that is just over 2,100 miles. The shortest stage is 16 miles and the longest stage is 136 miles. This content is created and maintained by a third party, and imported onto this page to help users provide their email addresses. You may be able to find more information about this and similar content at piano.io
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https://www.bicycling.com/tour-de-france/a36550693/how-long-is-the-tour-de-france/
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What time is the USF vs Florida game?
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The Bulls will host the Gators at Raymond James Stadium on Sat., Sept. 11. TAMPA, Fla. Florida and USF will brace for something they are used to come September: the heat. The Gators and Bulls will kick off their seasons at Raymond James Stadium on Sept. 11 at high noon. USF Florida at noon in Tampa pic.twitter.com/W18IcqagTE Ben Murphy WTSP (@BenMurphyTV) May 27, 2021 USF announced the start time for the season opener on Thursday. Florida is coming off a season where they lost their last three games and USF hopes to bounce back from a season where they lost every one of their conference games. The Gators come to Tampa this season but will host the Bulls in 2022 and 2025.
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https://www.wtsp.com/article/sports/start-time-for-usf-vs-florida-season-opener-announced/67-27fddee9-bde4-44a2-897a-916a554dae13
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What is Ken Holland going to do with the Edmonton Oilers blue line?
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Photo by James Carey Lauder / USA TODAY Sports, file Article content Between four unrestricted free agents, a possible career-ending ailment and an upcoming expansion draft, a pool of defencemen that was waist deep and crystal clear just a few days ago has become rather murky now that the Oilers are heading into the summer. Other than Darnell Nurse and Ethan Bear, the top six moving forward is anyones guess. We apologize, but this video has failed to load. tap here to see other videos from our team. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content Those are the moving targets Holland will try and knock down in the coming months as he retools the Oilers for what everyone expects, if not insists, will be a big step forward for an organization long overdue for a playoff breakthrough. Holland says he will begin conversations with his impending UFAs in a couple of weeks, then explore the market for what else might be available. They either have to be re-signed or we use that cap space and go to market, he said. Im going through the process right now. At the heart of the equation is what happens with Klefbom. Healthy and at his best, he is everything the Oilers want and need on their blue line and in their room. But there is also a chance he doesnt play again. Those are Theres still an unknown, said Holland. Im going to touch base with them around July 1. Obviously we have to submit our protected list for the expansion draft. Unless he says in July there is absolutely no go and his career is over, I dont know that anyone is going to really know, doctors or Klef, until September or October. He is obviously a big unknown. Then theres Barrie. He was a brilliant addition who helped the power play to No.1 in the NHL and Nurse to the best offensive season of his career. He led all NHL defencemen in scoring and is now in a position to cash in on those numbers. Ideally, the Oilers would re-sign him to a short-term deal, a couple of years until Bouchard is closer to being ready for top-four minutes at both ends of the ice, but thats probably not the neighbourhood Barrie is shopping. Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Article content It will be a bit of the same this year (as last summer), he said, adding he would prefer a longer-term deal, but is open to creative alternatives. I honestly dont know, he said. I havent spoken with Kenny or touched based with my agent. But Im sure well have a couple of discussions and see what their interest level is like, as well as mine. Larsson is more direct about where he wants to be. He likes it here and might be coming off the best season of his career. Of course he wants to come back. At the exit meeting, well get a better picture of where were at. Right now, who knows what the future brings. But I love it here. I love the guys, the city, the fans, everything. I love everything around this organization. Ill just leave it at that. STAYING PATIENT The cupboard is deep when it comes to young and prospect defencemen Bouchard, Philip Broberg and Dmitri Samorukov in addition to Ethan Bear and Caleb Jones but holland wont be turning over the keys to the blue line anytime soon. It takes five or six years to mature into the kind of player Nurse has become and it can be costly to the team, and the young player, to put too much on a plate too soon. When you watch a team celebrate with the Stanley Cup on the ice every year, theres lot of greybeards, experienced players, said Holland, adding that with McDavid and Draisaitl ready to win now, the focus needs to be on defencemen who are ready to do the same. I cant support them with a whole bunch of 20 and 21-year-olds. We want to have some 21 and 22 on our team because theyre going to grow into players who are part of the solution, but you need those veteran players whove been there before. You need veterans to go on playoffs runs, but you also need a component of youth that brings enthusiasm and speed in a salary cap world. You need a mix. E-mail: [email protected] On Twitter: @Rob_Tychkowski Share this article in your social network Latest National Stories Advertisement Story continues below This advertisement has not loaded yet, but your article continues below. Edmonton Sun Headline News Sign up to receive daily headline news from the Edmonton SUN, a division of Postmedia Network Inc. Email Address There was an error, please provide a valid email address. By clicking on the sign up button you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. You may unsubscribe any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link at the bottom of our emails. 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https://edmontonsun.com/sports/hockey/nhl/edmonton-oilers/what-is-ken-holland-going-to-do-with-the-edmonton-oilers-blue-line
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Are US Animal Shelters Seeing Pet Returns After Pandemic Puppy Boom?
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In spring 2021, pet shelters saw a spike in the U.S. of people returning animals they adopted during the COVID-19 pandemic. Several animal rescue workers have told journalists they experienced a spike in returns at their local shelters. However, it was erroneous to frame those isolated experiences as part of a larger national trend. In spring 2021, as more Americans got vaccinated against COVID-19 and returned to in-person gatherings, reports highlighted an alleged downside to the latest stage of the pandemic: People who had adopted pets during lockdowns to keep them company were supposedly regretting their decision. We were afraid of that when this first started, a Florida animal rescue worker told the Tampa Bay Times. Other news outlets attempted to ring an alarm on the supposed trend, as well. A BBC video that published on May 5 said rescue agencies across the U.S. were struggling to keep up with an influx of returns as more peoples schedules returned to pre-pandemic busyness. That story package was titled, What happened after the pandemic puppy boom and featured the experience of one animal rescue based in Virginia. Citing that rescues perspective, as well as a leader of animal rescue in Colorado who also reported a higher-than-normal rate of returns as COVID-19 restrictions lifted, a May 12 USA TODAY story also alleged in a headline: Everyone wanted a puppy when the pandemic began, but now those dogs are being returned. But, ultimately, the claim was significantly over-stated. While it was certainly possible individual animal rescue organizations in the U.S. documented a surge of sent-back pets in spring 2021 and it was also simultaneously plausible that some, or a majority, of those returns were animals that had been adopted during the pandemic there was no evidence of a nationwide problem, as of this writing. Despite alarmist headlines tied to regional reports of a surge in owner surrenders, this trend is not currently evident on a national level with many organizations simply seeing a return to pre-pandemic operations and intake, the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) said in a May 26 statement. In other words, the New York City-based nonprofit said rescue groups were noticing a shift in return levels not because new pet owners had a change of heart but because COVID-19 restrictions had previously hindered rescue operations. For instance, rules on social distancing could have challenged volunteer groups from canvassing neighborhoods for stray dogs, or limited shelters hours of operation. According to monthly reports from PetPoint, a website that aggregates data from more than 1,100 animal welfare organizations in the U.S., yes, shelters were experiencing an increase in pets getting dropped off in spring 2021, but the rate appeared to be returning to pre-pandemic levels, according to The New York Times. We will be watching this closely over the next several months, Michael San Filippo, a spokesman for the American Veterinary Medical Association, told the news outlet. Certainly weve been aware of this as a possibility since we began hearing about more people bringing pets home during the pandemic. But so far we havent seen any evidence of a corresponding increase in surrenders. Furthermore, the ASPCAs statement highlighted findings of a roughly 5,000-household survey that showed 90% of dog owners and 85% of cat owners who adopted in the early days of the COVID-19 outbreak still had the pets in their homes. The organizations CEO, Matt Bershadker, said in another article on its website: [No] large numbers of people are not returning the pets they fostered and adopted. Instead, they are benefitting from the compassionate actions they took during the darkest moments of the pandemic, and joyfully doubling down on those commitments. In sum, we rate this claim False.
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https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/pandemic-rescue-pet-returns/
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Why Do Women Still Get Judged So Harshly for Having Casual Sex?
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This article is republished here with permission from The Conversation. This content is shared here because the topic may interest Snopes readers; it does not, however, represent the work of Snopes fact-checkers or editors. F. Scott Fitzgerald famously called the Roaring Twenties which happened on the heels of the 1918 flu pandemic the most expensive orgy in history. Now, as more and more Americans are vaccinated, some are saying all the sexual energy pent up over the past year will be unleashed, with Yale sociologist Nicholas Christakis predicting a summer marked by a surge in sexual licentiousness. Women, however, might face backlash for exploring their post-vaccination sexuality. In a new study, we found that women but not men continue to be perceived negatively for having casual sex. This stereotype persists even as casual sex has become increasingly normalized and gender equality has risen in the U.S. and much of the Western world. Specifically, both men and women assume that a woman who has casual sex must have low self-esteem. But that perception isnt based in reality. A belief held across religious and political divides Although the idea that womens sexual behavior is linked to their self-esteem is a common trope in film, television and even some relationship advice sites, we documented just how entrenched this stereotype is across six experiments published in Psychological Science. In one experiment, we asked Americans to estimate the correlation between peoples sexual behavior and their self-esteem. We described those people as being a man, woman or simply as a person, without providing any information about their gender. We then described that man, woman or person as having a lot of casual sex, portrayed them as being a serial monogamist or provided no information about their sexual behavior. We found that Americans tended to associate monogamy with high self-esteem, especially for women. More striking, they associated casual sex with low self-esteem but only for women. This belief was surprisingly widespread, and across our studies we found that both men and women hold it. But time and again, we saw that this stereotype transcended a number of markers, including the extent to which someone held sexist beliefs, their political views and their religiosity. However, people might believe that women dont want casual sex in the first place. For example, people might assume that women have causal sex only because theyre trying and failing to attract a long-term relationship. In fact, such beliefs do seem to influence the stereotype about womens self-esteem. Specifically, the more that Americans believed that women dont actually want casual sex, the more these Americans tended to associate womens casual sex with low self-worth. This finding inspired another experiment. We wondered what would happen if we told participants that a woman was actually perfectly happy with her casual sexual lifestyle. But even this factor didnt seem to stop the stereotyping. Participants still saw these women as having low self-esteem. And they even perceived a woman described as having monogamous sex but who was deeply dissatisfied with her monogamous sex life as having higher self-esteem. Heres the kicker: Among our participants the same ones who showed this stereotyping we found virtually no association between their self-esteem and their own sexual behavior. These findings are similar to those of psychologist David Schmitt, who conducted a survey of more than 16,000 participants drawn from all over the world, and also found little association between self-esteem and casual sex. And in our study, it was actually the men who reported having more casual sex who also tended to have slightly lower self-esteem. The short answer is that we currently do not know, and associations between sex and self-esteem in the real world are complex. Some people might wonder if the media is to blame. Its true that women who have casual sex are sometimes portrayed as being somehow deficient. But this doesnt tell the whole story. Even if popular media perpetuates this stereotype, it still doesnt explain why people would feel compelled to portray women this way in the first place. Another possible explanation is that the stereotype extends from reproductive biology, in which men have historically had more to gain from casual sex than women, who since they risk getting pregnant often have to bear greater costs, on average, than men. Yet today, newer technologies like birth control and safe, legal abortion allow women to have casual sex without being forced to bear some of those unwanted costs. Perhaps, then, our Stone Age brains have simply not yet caught up. Whatever the origin of this stereotype, its likely to foster prejudice and discrimination today. For example, people perceived to have low self-esteem are less likely to be asked out on dates or elected to political office. This stereotype might also have led to seemingly well-intentioned but ultimately misguided advice directed toward girls and women about their sexual behavior. There is a cottage industry built around telling women what sort of sex not to have. (Searching for books on friendship advice on Amazon yields fewer than 40 results, but searching for dating advice returned over 2,000.) In Western society, women are rarely disparaged for breaking glass ceilings to become leaders, professors, CEOs and astronauts. Jaimie Arona Krems, Assistant Professor of Psychology, Oklahoma State University and Michael Varnum, Associate Professor of Psychology, Arizona State University This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.
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https://www.snopes.com/news/2021/05/27/why-do-women-still-get-judged-so-harshly-for-having-casual-sex/
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Is It Safe to Travel Abroad to Visit Family Right Now?
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Since January, Alan Fyall has twice rebooked a trip to visit his 82-year-old mother in England. Even though theyre both fully vaccinated, Fyall cant get over his deep-seated worry about traveling abroad and potentially spreading COVID-19 to heror someone else. Its nerves. Its a feeling Ive never had before, says Fyall, a professor of hospitality management at the University of Central Florida. Its just complicated. Even though you think, OK, everything should be fine and weve done everything by the book, theres still that nervousness and a real inherent fear. Im just feeling very insecure. Fyall is not alone in his uneasiness about visiting family abroad. As more people become vaccinated and some countries re-open for international travel, planning a trip abroad to visit family members still requires careful consideration. Below, weve outlined a few thought-starter questions for travelers hoping to reunite with family members in another country soon. In the meantime, review the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) travel recommendations and bookmark your destination countrys guidelines, which continue to change. Travelers may also want to consider buying travel insurance. Even as travel bans remain in place around the world, some countries are making exceptions for family members. Those with dual citizenship also have more options. Travelers can enter Canada, for example, if they are immediate family members of Canadian citizens, planning to stay in the country for at least 15 days, and can show a 14-day quarantine plan plus two documents that prove their relationship. Extended family members must follow those same rules, but also get written authorization from Canadian authorities. Canada defines immediate family members as spouses or common-law partners, dependent children, dependent grandchildren, parents or step-parents, and guardians or tutors. These guidelines are always subject to change. Every countrys rules and definitions of family members are different, so check the destination countrys official government websitesas well as the CDC website and U.S. Embassy website for the countrybefore and during any trip. Travelers just need to know that theres some possibility that the situation could change and they may have to alter their plans, says Karen Edwards, professor and chair of the epidemiology department at the University of California Irvine. The first question to research is whether Americans are currently allowed to visit the country. More and more nations are reopening (or announcing plans for re-opening) to fully vaccinated travelers, regardless of their reason for visiting. Typically, these countries allow inoculated travelers to arrive no sooner than two weeks after their final shot. In addition to requiring proof of vaccination, many of these countries have additional quarantine and testing requirements in place. Iceland, for example, requires fully vaccinated or previously infected visitors to take a COVID-19 test when they arrive, then wait for the result to come back negative before moving around the country freely. Also consider your own comfort level with traveling, even after you become fully vaccinated. Check the CDCs country-by-country risk assessment map while planning the trip. Though countries like France, Germany, and Italy are rapidly vaccinating their citizens, the CDC notes that even fully vaccinated travelers are still at risk of getting and spreading new COVID-19 variants. There is always a small risk, as with any vaccine, says Edwards. Just because youre vaccinated, that doesnt mean youre 100 percent protected. People shouldnt be super paranoid, but they do need to be aware that there are new variants developing. If youre really nervous, I would probably hold off on international travel unless its a really low-risk country.
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https://www.cntraveler.com/story/is-it-safe-to-travel-abroad-to-visit-family-right-now
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What is the hook in sports betting?
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Sports betting is not short on the lingo. Sometimes the lingo doesnt even need its own term, but the term still exists. The hook is a less frequently used term with a simple explanation. The hook describes the half point on a point spread or total. For example, if a point spread is 6.5, the hook is .5. If the point spread is 7 points, there is no hook. As discussed in our point spread explainer, the half-point exists in point spreads and totals to remove the possibility of a push. Half points, goals and runs are impossible, so a line with a hook can never push. As long as the game is completed, winners and losers will be on a betting line with a hook. Losing by the hook is when a bet loses by a half-point. In some cases, losing by the hook could be a bad beat. The concept of the hook isnt important to know. Its just another term for an easily understood concept. However, the hook is important in sports betting, no matter what you call it. Say the San Francisco 49ers opened as a 2.5-point favorite at the Arizona Cardinals. It moved to a 3-point spread and closed at 3.5 points. If you got the 49ers at -3.5 and they won 24-21, youd have lost by the hook and be cursing the fact that you got a bad line. Anyone who got the 49ers at the opening line would have won by the hook. Removing the hook If you get burned by enough hooks, you may start to curse that extra half-point. Its possible to avoid the hook by buying the half point. Dozens of alternate lines are commonly offered by sports betting books now. Even if the regular line is 49ers -3.5, its still possible to bet the 49ers at -3, but the odds wont be as good. The regular line will usually have odds of -110 (or something close to that). Instead of getting the 49ers -3.5 points with -110 odds, remove the hook by taking the 49ers at -3 with, say, -125 odds. The price of the hook will depend on the sport and the line. For example, buying a half point in football on a common point differential (for example, 3, 4 or 7) will be more expensive than if the line is 15.5. Its easy to buy that half-point, remove the hook, or do the opposite and get an extra half point of breathing room. Figuring out whether or not that is a good move is more complicated. Buying points can be expensive, and hooks dont always factor in whether a bet wins or loses. If the hook is that important, the best way to do it is to shop the line and find a sportsbook with a half-point different line.
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https://theathletic.com/2566990/2021/05/27/what-is-the-hook-in-sports-betting/
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Does Deadpool 3 Really Need to Be R-Rated in the MCU?
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Original Deadpool director Tim Miller thinks the franchise could do just fine without an R rating because of the performance of its lead star. In 2016, Ryan Reynolds debuted as the foul-mouthed antihero in the first Deadpool with Miller in the director's chair. Despite concerns that the movie wouldn't perform well in theaters because of its R rating, Deadpool was a tremendous success at the box office, setting the record at the time as the highest-grossing R rated movie. The 2018 sequel Deadpool 2 was also a smash success. Sticking with the R rating, the sequel managed to outperform the original, similarly setting the record as the highest-grossing R rated movie until Joker was released in 2019. 20th Century Fox still tested the waters with a softer rating by also releasing the PG-13 cut, Once Upon a Deadpool, later that year. It removed the R rated content from the movie but added new scenes with Fred Savage and Deadpool spoofing The Princess Bride. It's been reported that Deadpool 3 is in the works at Marvel Studios, and some fans speculated that the Disney-owned studio would give the sequel a PG-13 rating. The concern that many fans have is that a Deadpool movie just wouldn't have the same impact without its hard R rating. In a recent interview at Inverse, Tim Miller was asked if the edgy character can exist in the MCU without being "drastically changed for the worse," and here's what the Deadpool director had to say. "I do. I think Ryan Reynolds' take on the character and the way he embraces the particular kind of insanity - even if you said he's not gonna use four-letter words - would still be there. He still is that character. You can take the R-rated parts out of it if you wanted and it would still be Deadpool if Ryan was doing it." Either way, Marvel head Kevin Feige has already confirmed the studio's plans for Deadpool 3 to be R rated. He also suggested that Deadpool will probably be Marvel Studios' one exception, as no other movies currently in development are intended to have an R rating. That includes the upcoming Blade reboot with Mahershala Ali, which many fans were also hoping to be R rated. "I think we target everything we're doing for kids and adults, so I think your question is more adult or R rated," Feige said in February, via Deadline. "Other than Deadpool, which has already established itself as a certain genre and a certain rating, that we already said we would not mess with when we started working on Deadpool-which we have-other than that, we haven't encountered a story or a storyline or a character's journey that a PG-13, or the tone, or the ratings we've been using up to this point has prevented us." Feige added: "We haven't been held back by [PG-13]. If we ever are, then certainly there can be a discussion that can be had now that there are other [outlets]. But that just hasn't been the case. We've told all the stories that we wanted to with the tonality and the rating we have now." It's going to be a while before we see Deadpool 3, as filming isn't likely to commence until late 2022. This news comes to us from Inverse.
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https://movieweb.com/deadpool-3-rated-r-tim-miller/
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What kind of promotional tweet gets a higher throughput?
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Bad news for all you billionaires on social media, blogging out there: when it comes to promoted tweets, money can not buy you happiness. (Whether it gives you meaning and bliss in real life will leave us debating. Im personally pretty sure my life would improve significantly if I had enough cash to buy the McBarge, but I deviate.) While running an advertising campaign on Twitter (or any social platform for that matter) can get your message in front of the right eyeballs, there is no guarantee that your audience will respond to the message as you wish. Finally, when you pay to promote a Tweet, youre just buying a delivery mechanism. The content you deliver should still do the job whether your goal is click through, engagement, stocks or good old-fashioned LOLs. Despite the fact that Advertising engagement on Twitter has increased by 27% in the past year, it is not always 100% clear what makes a successful campaign. So, in the name of science, the Hootsuite social team bravely put their Twitter feed to the test this month to discover if promoted tweets with images or links do better. Read better to find out! (Yes, Im a tease! Go on! And then buy me a floating McDonalds, sheesh!) A few disappointing figures, to be honest. In the run-up to sharing its results Digital 2021 report, Hootsuites social team has designed a series of infographics that present interesting insights from the annual report. They have a whole campaign to design these images, all with the aim of driving traffic to see the full report. The idea was that Twitter users would see these interesting images, and wanted to click on the URL to learn more. Unfortunately, although the promoted tweets gained a large number of views and engagement, only a few users actually browsed. The cost-per-click was $ 3. Ouch. It was a poorly performing historical campaign, laughs Nick Martin, a social engagement specialist. Like any good social media manager, Nick kept a close eye on the campaign numbers and quickly realized that there might be a problem. What I realized is that people come to these tweets and click on the photo, not on the link, he says. We created all these images to walk extra and attract people, but it seems to have done the opposite also lots of information and they do not feed where we had to go. To solve the problem, Nick decided to remove the image and the informative text to really simplify it. Only one way to find out. Methods To test his hypothesis that users go through to the picture, not the link, Nick launched a new wave of promoted tweets that just displayed a link and its impact measured over the course of a month. (To be clear: these tweets have an image as far as an image is automatically generated in the link preview, but they were not standalone images designed to be shared on Twitter). But first he would have to analyze the image-based tweets to create a yardstick for measurement. It appears that between March 1 and April 11, 19 promotional tweets went out with images and achieved a click-through rate of 0.4%. This report sets out everything that has changed in the last quarter. Find the answers to these questions and more here: https://t.co/YcNHP3T48W # Digital2021 pic.twitter.com/gOylOWmiFR Hootsuite (@hootsuite) 22 March 2021 It promotes Tweet with image was a top performer with 48 link clicks but it was only equal to a 0.09% link click rate and a $ 4.37 CPC. The eternal battle for the Internets attention continues. Dogs get the first treat this time. https://t.co/b7KReqEU0m pic.twitter.com/tCyN12KT3e Hootsuite (@hootsuite) 10 February 2021 Another promoted Tweet with an image received only one link click: its a 0.03% click. And the winner who spends the most time using social media is the Philippines! Find and analyze more data in our research report here: https://t.co/xek53Utd7S # Digital2021 pic.twitter.com/5HpWwxZZMg Hootsuite (@hootsuite) 5 February 2021 Another example of a poorly performing tweet with an image. Although it had a high engagement rate of 2.45%, there were no link clicks. Then, between April 12 and May 13, Nick posts four tweets with no images to compare. He kept the text vague and focused on a call to action to read the full report. I wanted to create a less is more situation, he says. Heres what happened Results TLDR: Promoted tweets with previews of links from executed promoted tweets with images. In this experiment, Nick sent four promoted tweets with link preview, and those four became the best performers of the campaign. Of the total of 623 link clicks, there are more than 500 of the four posts. The throughput rose from 0.04% to 0.13%: a dramatic jump. We # Digital2021 report is out now. Dive deep into ALL the global data we have for you. https://t.co/SiXytc59wy Hootsuite (@hootsuite) 12 April 2021 This link preview Tweet promotion was a top performer with 237 link clicks: a 0.15% clickthrough rate and a $ 1.91 CPC. Newly released! We # Digital2021 report was updated for Q2. Look at ALL the data we have here for you https://t.co/v9HvPFvCfb Hootsuite (@hootsuite) 28 April 2021 Meanwhile, this Promoted Tweet (just a link, no image) earned 144 link clicks (a 0.17% click and $ 2.15 CPC). Much better! It was just a few easy adjustments taking the images away, simplifying the text that yielded positive results for Nick and the Hootsuite team. (The timing was roughly the same for both types of jobs.) That said, its important to note that while this change was very helpful in getting clicks, it could happen. not be helpful if redirects are not part of your social media goals. The promoted tweets with photos, for example, had a very high engagement rate. So if engagement is your goal, promotional tweets with photos may be a better choice for your needs. In terms of social, success is ultimately relative. Listen, its a chase that the beautiful infographics of the social team did not achieve the desired results. But this hiccup has only led to valuable lessons that any social media team can use with their own next paid campaign. (Thank you for your sacrifice, Nick and co.!) Reduce friction in your ads The lesson here is that if you want people to click on the link, you need to make sure that everything they click on refers directly to the link, says Nick. Do not knock around the forest. Be direct, short and sweet so that there is no confusion. We covered you. Images increase engagement, not click Images can be an absolutely powerful tool in your Twitter arsenal. But only because you can use it does not mean you should. Be intentional about your media choices and formatting to make sure you get the message you want. Images are a great place to start and we have some more ideas here on the blog.) Keep track of analytics A social campaign is not a set-it-and-forget-it kind of operation. Because Nick kept a close eye on the response and data coming in, he was able to point out a negative trend early on and change tactics to social team goals. Keep an eye on your analytics and do not be afraid to switch tactics if necessary. Find our complete guide to Twitter analysis here. Thanks to Nick and the team who shared these intimate insights for the Experimental blog: true heroes of the social media science community. If you have not yet had the chance to Digital 2021 report, its full evenly more amazing stats like this blog post, if you can believe it. Look at that! Or, if you want to lead more of your Twitter marketing campaigns, explore Hootsuites complete guide to Twitter here. Manage your Twitter presence alongside your other social channels and save time by using Hootsuite. From a single dashboard, you can plan and publish posts, engage your audience, and measure performance. Try it for free today. Start
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https://www.einpresswire.com/article/542293504/what-kind-of-promotional-tweet-gets-a-higher-throughput
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How Many Mg of Nicotine in One Cigarette?
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Details People smoke or use vape products to get a dose of nicotine, the addictive chemical found in tobacco products. However, smoking exposes people to a number of toxins that can harm their health including carbon monoxide. Vaping is believed by many to be less harmful because there is no tobacco combustion involved. This is the reason why many smokers are switching to vaping. Often, ex-smokers who have switched to vaping wonder how many mg of nicotine is in one cigarette. They do so because they want to know or understand the nicotine strength that they should choose in an e-liquid as they vape to experience the same nicotine effect as they get from conventional cigarettes. The problem with the Assumption Unfortunately, finding out how much nicotine is in 1 cigarette may not help much because that does not necessarily translate to getting the same hit from vaping. One reason for this is that the delivery method is so different. As such, getting to know the equivalent mg of nicotine in one cigarette from an e-liquid doesn't assure you of a similar kick from the e-cig as you get from an ordinary cigarette. The essence of finding out how many mg of nicotine in one cigarette We have seen that finding out the e-juice nicotine content equivalent of a cigarette needed to have a satisfying effect may not be so easy, it would be best to address how many mg of nicotine per cigarette is within the acceptable levels. It may be crucial to know how much nicotine in tobacco products can be below the addictive level because if regulators controlled and ensured this, it would help a lot and be interesting. Also, users have the right to know how much nicotine they are taking to choose their preferred concentration. It is also a good practice for manufacturers to disclose this information to customers so they can know how many mg of nicotine in one cigarette. That's why ePuffer, the leading vape products manufacturer, has this information on all its products. Exploring how many mg of nicotine is really in one cigarette The question of how many mg of nicotine in one cigarette is ideal is a bit difficult to answer because the level of nicotine varies a great deal (between 7.5 mg and 13.4 mg). However, some cigarettes can be as high as 19.4mg-20.30mg per cigarette. Nicotine content in e-juice Vapers may often ask themselves, "How much nicotine is in my e-juice, and how much nicotine is too much?" These questions are crucial, especially when switching to vaping, to know how to vape to overcome smoking. Luckily, there are various levels for vapers to choose what works for each of them; for example, ePuffer has the following vape juices: 0 mg nicotine level zero 0.3mg nicotine level light 0.6mg nicotine level Mild 1.2mg nicotine level Regular Additionally, ex-smokers who have switched to vaping can try to use a vape to cigarette calculator to see how their vape juice compares to cigarettes depending on their smoking style. Although there as some assumptions like how many puffs are drawn from a cigarette, it is an excellent attempt to address the issue. It helps the ex-smokers to find the nicotine dosage vape that is as close as possible to the cigarettes they were used to. This allows them to quit smoking successfully by using vaping products which are less harmful than cigarettes.
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https://nativenewsonline.net/advertise/branded-voices/how-many-mg-of-nicotine-in-one-cigarette
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Can I Consolidate My Student Loans and Other Debts Together?
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Editorial Note: This content is not provided or commissioned by any financial institution. Any opinions, analyses, reviews or recommendations expressed in this article are those of the authors alone, and may not have been reviewed, approved or otherwise endorsed by the financial institution. Bottom line: Were here for you. So please learn all you can, email us with any questions, and feel free to visit or not visit any of the loan providers on our site. Its actually pretty simple. If you choose to check out and become a customer of any of the loan providers featured on our site, we get compensated for sending you their way. This helps pay for our amazing staff of writers (many of which are paying back student loans of their own!). Weve got your back! Student Loan Hero is a completely free website 100% focused on helping student loan borrowers get the answers they need. Read more Refinance rates with Laurel Road start at 1.89 % . Checking your rates wont affect your score. Check out Laurel Road Note that the situation for student loans has changed due to the impact of the coronavirus outbreak and relief efforts from the government, student loan lenders and others. Check out our Student Loan Hero Coronavirus Information Center for additional news and details. * * * Consolidating student loans is an option for borrowers who want to manage their debt more effectively or get better terms. Some might even wonder if its possible to consolidate student loans and credit card debt in one fell swoop. Credit card and student loan consolidation is unlikely to be the right move, however, as it could be your least cost-efficient option. Here are some facts you need to know about why looking to consolidate student loans with other debts is probably a mistake: Rules on consolidating student loans and credit card debt If youre hoping to meld your student loans and credit cards into a single loan, dont expect to pay a lower interest rate on the new debt. Federal student loans have interest rates that usually beat out those of personal loan rates. And although some private lenders do refinance student loans to better rates, this is usually because the new loan is still classified as a student loan. You can refinance student loans to a lower interest rate, and that loan will still be limited to qualified education expenses, Phil DeGisi, a former marketing executive with refinancing company CommonBond, told Student Loan Hero. Because the new loan is still a student loan, the borrower cant use it to pay off anything other than existing college debt. This means your student loans cannot be combined with credit cards or other debt under this type of loan. There are also some other limits in place. Borrowers can usually only qualify for loans equal to their current student loan payoff amounts. Your new loan will also have other qualities of student debt, including being harder to discharge in bankruptcy. Using personal loans to consolidate student loans and credit card debt If youre really set on making student loan and credit card debt consolidation happen, it can be done. DeGisi noted that you can take out a personal loan and use the money to repay your existing debt, replacing your current loans with a single, new one. However, this usually isnt a cost-efficient way to manage debt. That would be unlikely to be a great path because student debt with high interest will still beat most personal loan interest rates, DeGisi said. So while the new loan could provide a lower interest rate than what youre paying on a credit card, youll probably pay more on your student debts with this method. Generally speaking, it isnt going to be a great strategy for someone, DeGisi said. The wisdom of consolidating your debt separately The bottom line is that consolidating student loans and credit card debt together wont likely be the most cost-effective way to restructure debt. Instead, look at each type of debt separately. Debt type Consolidation options Student loans Refinancing with a private lender Federal direct consolidation loan Credit cards Balance transfer credit card with a 0% introductory rate Personal loan Debt management plan Student loan debt Refinancing student loans could potentially get you a lower interest rate. This could help you pay off debt faster and potentially lower your monthly payment. When refinancing student loans, you can choose which loans to refinance, DeGisi said. If you have one loan at a great interest rate, it might not make sense to refinance it. You might be hesitant to refinance federal student loans so that you can maintain access to government-exclusive protections, for example. You could leave them off your private refinancing application and instead take on a direct consolidation loan from the Department of Education. This way, you could consolidate without losing programs like income-driven repayment and loan forgiveness. With that said, a direct consolidation loan wont save you any money directly. Only refinancing allows you to lower your interest rate. You can check how much you might save under different scenarios by using our student loan refinancing calculator. Student Loan Refinancing Calculator Step 1: Current loan info Student loan balance Average interest rate Term Step 2: New loan info New interest rate New loan term (years) Interest Monthly Rate Years Original New Savings Interest Monthly Rate Years Refinancing $35,000 in student loans at a rate of 4.99% with a 10-year term would save in interest paid and reduce your monthly payments by . Student loan refinancing APRs as low as %. Check your rate in 2 minutes. Total Monthly Current New $0 Credit card debt If youre interested in credit card debt consolidation, there are two common options. Transfer the balances to a new credit card with a 0% introductory rate. To optimize savings, look for one without an annual fee, and pay off the balance before the 0% introductory rate ends. Get a personal loan (or credit card consolidation loan) and use the funds from that to pay off and consolidate credit card balances. This works because personal loan rates tend to be lower than credit card rates. You could potentially save a nice sum of money, and the installment payments would give you a defined repayment schedule. If your credit history is spotty and you cant qualify for the options listed above, you might consider enrolling in a debt management plan. Tips for refinancing student loans and other debts If you want to refinance student loans and consolidate credit card debt at the same time, there are some things to watch out for specifically, note that applying for multiple loans or credit cards at the same time can hurt your credit. When you apply for the student loan refinance and apply for the personal loan those are two separate functions, and youll get two hard credit pulls that will go on your credit, DeGisi said. The first inquiry could lower your credit score, and impact your ability to get approved for the second application. On the other hand, consolidating credit card debt could help other factors that lenders consider when approving a student loan refinance, DeGisi said. When CommonBond evaluates an application, for example, they look at your monthly cash flow. If consolidating credit cards or other debts results in a lower payment, this also gives you more cash flow each month. Prioritizing debt if you dont consolidate If you decide not to consolidate student loans and credit cards, youll need to decide which one to pay off first. Generally speaking, its wise to pay off your credit card debt first, as it likely has a higher interest rate. In addition, lowering your credit utilization ratio can boost your credit score. If you choose to pay off the debt with the highest interest rate first, simply put any extra money you have toward that balance. Of course, you should also continue paying the minimum balance on your other obligations, so they dont go into default. When your balance on the highest-interest loan falls to zero, shift your focus to the debt with the next-highest interest rate and continue on until youre out of debt. Whatever your debt management goals, look at how different refinancing options can help you achieve them. Youll probably find that student loan and credit card debt consolidation isnt cost-effective, but there could be another debt solution thats perfect for what youre trying to accomplish. Andrew Pentis and Laura Woods contributed to this report.
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https://studentloanhero.com/featured/consolidate-student-loans-and-credit-card-debt/
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Should Collin County Parents Get Their Kids Vaccinated?
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On May 10, the FDA expanded emergency-use authorization for the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 vaccine to include those 12-15 years old. But Texas parents havent been rushing to get their kids vaccinated. Many fear the vaccine and its effects. They worry that the vaccine will cause permanent damage to their children. To address these concerns, Childrens Health held a virtual town hall Tuesday afternoon to explain why parents should vaccinate their kids, how the vaccine is safe, and debunked some commonly circulated misinformation about the vaccine. The short answer is yes, according to Dr. Jeffrey Kahn, chief of infectious diseases at Childrens Health and a professor at UT Southwestern. And one of the reasons its safe is because scientists have a lot of knowledge about how the vaccine works. Rhetoric has widely circulated that researchers dont know much about it since the vaccine technology is relatively new. But Dr. Kahn said this simply isnt true. As of May 12, they have given approximately 141 million Pfizer vaccine doses in the U.S. to people aged 16 or older. So we have a wealth of information about this vaccine, Kahn said. Another crucial thing to note is that the vaccine is not infectious, and neither adults nor kids can get COVID-19 from the vaccine, Kahn said. The vaccine only contains one of the viral genes. And while much discussion on social media platforms has centered around the COVID-19 vaccine causing infertility, Kahn said this is blatantly untrue. He noted that he started hearing rumors about the vaccine causing infertility back in January. But since the vaccines approval in December, he emphasized that its impossible for anyone to know if the vaccine could cause infertility just a month later. I talk the talk, I walk the walk, Kahn said. Ive got two daughters, ages almost 27 and 25. And I strongly encouraged them to get the vaccine. Im not worried about this. The most significant reason kids should get the vaccine is that, while they tend to be less affected by COVID-19, they still are. Dr. Kahn noted that as of May 20, more than 3.94 million kids have tested positive for COVID-19 since the pandemic started. Children also represent 14.1% of the total accumulated cases. And even though its less likely for kids to become severely ill from the vaccine, it can and does happen. Kahn said over 16,000 children have been hospitalized due to COVID-19, which is more than are hospitalized during an average flu season. Further, over 300 kids have died of COVID-19, and COVID-19 is now among the top 10 causes of death in children in the U.S. From a community health standpoint, getting your child the vaccine is also vital in bringing down case numbers. Kahn referred to multiple graphs showing COVID-19 case rates. At the national, state and Dallas County level, all showed an initial peak in April, a larger peak during the summer and the biggest peak in December and January. However, when looking at April 2021, all graphs show a sharp decline. Kahn said this is due to vaccination efforts. Yet another reason why kids should get vaccinated is because of the COVID-19 variants that are starting to circulate. Kahn said its impossible to know whether the new variants may affect children more than the initial virus, but that they could. In Dallas County, for example, the COVID-19 variant B.1.617.2 is circulating. This variant is the same one circulating through India right now and wreaking havoc on the country. The point here is that when these variants enter a certain population, they can easily become the predominant variant in the population, Kahn said. Dr. Kahn said there really isnt a risk for kids who get the vaccine. However, many people asked about whether the vaccine can cause myocarditis heart inflammation. Various media reports have appeared over the last several days of myocarditis in children who received the Pfizer vaccine. However, Kahn said the number of these cases is actually very, very small. He noted that researchers dont even know if there is an association between the vaccine and myocarditis. Since there is already a baseline population of kids with low-level heart inflammation, Kahn said the real question is whether the number of cases has increased in those who got the vaccine. But with the significant amount of doses already given, Kahn said its highly unlikely that developing myocarditis from the vaccine is a big issue. Whats the risk of getting the vaccine versus the risk of getting COVID? Kahn asked. Its important to note that even if your child has had COVID-19, they still need to get vaccinated. Kahn said the COVID-19 vaccine is more effective than the natural immunity acquired from catching COVID-19. Dr. Dawn Johnson, medical director of Childrens Health Pediatric Group, said at the town hall that Childrens Health began administering COVID-19 vaccines to kids 12 years and older on May 18. They are administering it at the Childrens Health Specialty Center Dallas and Specialty Center 1 on the Childrens Health Plano campus. Additionally, Childrens Health will start offering appointments in some school districts via pop-up clinics throughout the DFW area, Johnson said. To schedule a vaccine appointment with Childrens Health, click here. Editors note: Children Health advertises with Local Profile.
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https://localprofile.com/2021/05/27/should-collin-county-parents-get-their-kids-vaccinated/
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Have 49ers been priced out of the Julio Jones sweepstakes?
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If the Atlanta Falcons have indeed received an offer of a first-round pick for Julio Jones, we shouldnt expect to see the All-Pro receiver to be playing for the 49ers this coming season. As intriguing and exciting as it may be to envision the 32-year-old Jones reuniting with 49ers coach Kyle Shanahan, the fact remains San Francisco likely couldnt match such an offer. ESPN reported Thursday the Falcons have weighed several offers their gotten since Jones demanded a trade, including one unnamed teams inclusion of a first-round pick. Its safe to say that team almost surely isnt the 49ers, since theyve already traded their first-round picks over the next two years to help acquire rookie quarterback Trey Lance. The Falcons are widely expected to grant Jones wish to be dealt sometime after June 1, when theyll be able to split the $23 million cap hit from Jones 2021 salary over the next two seasons. While its conceivable the 49ers could manage to find a way to fit Jones salary into their cap, theyd seem to come up short in draft capital again, assuming it will take a first-rounder to pry Jones from an increasingly toxic situation in Atlanta. Considering the 49ers need for a solid, veteran receiver who could pair with youngsters Deebo Samuel and Brandon Aiyuk, theres little doubt San Francisco has at least engaged the Falcons in talks. Not that Shanahan would confirm that, though. Well, you know Im not legally allowed to talk about players on other teams. I cant answer that exactly the way you want me to, Shanahan told reporters in Santa Clara Tuesday. Anyone Ive coached in the past that I have relationships with, especially a great dude like Julio, obviously I have a ton of respect for. Were always interested in improving our team. Well never just say, Hey, were done, we cant improve our team. Related Articles Inside the 49ers: Kittles comeback, Shanahans doodling, Warners extension, Garoppolos radio wars Pioneering coach Katie Sowers finds new spot in NFL after leaving 49ers staff Fred Warner obviously wants to be a Niner for life as contract talks loom How 49ers running back stable is impacted by Jeff Wilsons knee surgery 49ers Garoppolo looks healthy while sharing field with cool dude Lance Teams such as the Tennessee Titans, New England Patriots and Baltimore Ravens are also reportedly among those interested in Jones services. Any team acquiring Jones will also be accepting some risk. A hamstring injury limited Jones to just nine games last year as the seven-time Pro Bowler is coming off his worst season statistically since 2013. Then again, worst season is a relative term for someone like Jones, who still averaged 85.7 receiving yards per game and 15.1 yards per catch. Plus, he finished with a career-best catch percentage of 75 percent. Those numbers suggest some team is going to get a receiver who can still do a lot of damage.
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https://www.mercurynews.com/2021/05/27/have-49ers-been-priced-out-of-the-julio-jones-sweepstakes/
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Do drivers need to verify if fares are from the same household?
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My 88-year-old father and I, together with our maid, had a traumatic Gojek ride on Monday when we were on the way to my father's medical appointment. We are from the same household. The driver insisted that we had committed an offence by booking his vehicle when we knew there was a two-passenger limit. He berated us (very loudly) throughout the journey, until we arrived at the Sengkang General Hospital medical centre. He shouted that he would be fined by the authorities for flouting the two-passenger limit. He accused me of proceeding to book a ride despite knowing the law on the two-passenger limit. The Land Transport Authority and Gojek have reiterated that "the updated restrictions on group sizes will apply to taxis and private-hire cars to ensure that they do not carry more than two passengers unless they are from the same household". Rides with more than two passengers are allowed if all are from the same household. The driver did not give me a chance to prove that we are from one household. Taxi drivers, who can pick up passengers from street hails, might find this difficult to do. The taxi driver we hired at the hospital's taxi stand, after my father's medical appointment, also did not verify our address details. Rides with more than two passengers are allowed if all are from the same household. The driver did not give me a chance to prove that we are from one household. I am not bickering over the Government's measures in these difficult times - I think Singapore's leaders deserve kudos for their handling of the pandemic. WRITE IN Letters should be for exclusive publication in The Straits Times. Letters to be considered for the following day's publication must reach Forum by 1pm and must include the writer's full name, address and phone number. The Forum Editor reserves the right to edit the letters. E-mail your letter to [email protected] These are hiccups, though, that need to be addressed. K. Ramakrishnan
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https://www.straitstimes.com/opinion/forum/do-drivers-need-to-verify-if-fares-are-from-the-same-household
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Is It a HIPAA Violation to Ask About a COVID Vaccine?
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It helps to have a working knowledge of what HIPAA actually is, first. Asking someone about their COVID-19 vaccination status can be a touchy subject. While some are happy to chat about being vaccinated, others want to keep that information private. Some, including Georgia congresswoman Marjorie Taylor Greene, have claimed that being asked about their vaccination status is a HIPAA violation. But others have said that's not actually true. Read on for what you need to know. You're probably at least familiar with HIPAA on some level, or at least have had to sign a form about HIPAA compliance when you've gone to your doctor's office. But most people are fuzzy on the specifics of the law. HIPAA stands for the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996. It's a federal law that required the creation of national standards to protect sensitive patient health information from being disclosed without the patient's consent or knowledge, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) explains. There are some other elements to it, including the HIPAA Privacy Rule, which implements the requirements of HIPAA, and the HIPAA Security Rule, which protects a subset of information covered by the Privacy Rule. The Privacy Rule standards are what most people are concerned with. This addresses the use and disclosure of your health informationaka your "protected health information"by entities that are subject to the Privacy Rule. These people or organizations are called "covered entities," and they include health plans, health care clearing houses, and health care providers, according to the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. The Privacy Rule also has standards for a person's right to understand and control how your health information is used. Basically, the goal is to help make sure that your health information is properly protected, while allowing for the flow of health information needed to provide and promote high quality health care and to protect the public's health and well-being. So, your doctor talking to your local pharmacist about a medication prescribed for you is not a HIPAA violation when you sign forms allowing for it, but your doctor disclosing details about your health condition to their friends at happy hourand using your nameis. The Security Rule essentially means that covered entities need to work hard to protect your private health care data. As a whole, HIPAA helps protect your personal health care information under certain circumstances and situations. (Note the italics: That's going to come up later.) "HIPAA is important because it protects all of us from someone knowing personal medical information that we might want to keep private," Gloria Bachmann, MD, associate dean of women's health and director of the Women's Health Institute at the Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, tells Health. It keeps your doctor from calling up your work and telling your boss that you're pregnant, you have diabetes, or that you're being treated for diabetes. (Not that your doctor would do that anyway, but you get the point.) Nope. "It is not a violation of federal law for an employer to ask an employee about their vaccination status," Larry Stuart, an employment lawyer in the Houston-based law firm Stuart PC and an adjunct professor at the Jones Graduate School of Business at Rice University, tells Health. The same goes for businesses and their patrons. "[HIPAA] in no way prohibits business owners and other individuals from asking people if they have been vaccinated," Alan Meisel, a professor of law and bioethics at the University of Pittsburgh, told USA Today via email. "In fact, it doesn't even prohibit health care entities mentioned above from asking people if they have been vaccinated." The US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), too, which administers and enforces laws against workplace discrimination, "has taken the position that an employer can ask that question lawfully, and require an answer to it," Stuart says. Things get a little trickier when it comes to a business or employer asking why someone is not vaccinated. "If someone has a medical disability that would prevent them from getting vaccinated, they may need to be accommodate by the American Disabilities Act," Stuart says. And, if a person has a religious exemption, that may also need to be accommodated. All of that said, none of this is even covered under HIPAA. "That only applies if a doctor has personal health information and discloses it," Stuart says. "It's not covered by HIPAA if an employer asks for your vaccination status." If your employer asked your doctor for the information, though, it would be information protected by HIPAA. That said, just because someone asks about your vaccination status, it doesn't mean you have to disclose it to them. But in that situationsay, if a business asks if you're vaccinated because they require it for entrythat business is well within its rights to deny you entry, should you refuse to disclose your vaccination status. Basically, the bottom line here: It's not a violation of HIPAA for any employer or business to ask if you've been vaccinatedand while you don't have to divulge that information, be prepared to be denied entry to a store or workplace, if you choose not to. The information in this story is accurate as of press time. However, as the situation surrounding COVID-19 continues to evolve, it's possible that some data have changed since publication. While Health is trying to keep our stories as up-to-date as possible, we also encourage readers to stay informed on news and recommendations for their own communities by using the CDC, WHO, and their local public health department as resources.
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https://www.health.com/condition/infectious-diseases/coronavirus/is-it-a-hipaa-violation-to-ask-about-covid-vaccine
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What Does It Mean to Be Polysexual?
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As language evolves, so do the terms we use to describe sexual and gender identity. Some terms are more widely known, but others are relatively new; you may have heard them but aren't 100% clear on the definition. One of the newer terms is "polysexual." Here's how it's defined, and what you should know about it. Polysexual is a term that describe sexual orientation. The "poly" part means "many," so someone who is polysexual is attracted to many genders. For example, a woman may identify as polysexual if she is attracted to men as well as those who are nonbinary. Or someone might identify as polysexual if they are attracted to all genders except men. Still, there might be subtle differences concerning how people choose to personally use and identify with the term polysexual, Melissa Gonzlez, PhD, chair of the gender and sexuality studies department at Davidson College in North Carolina, tells Health. So while there is a basic definition of polysexual, "people will define [the term within the LGBTQ community] in their own ways, and so it's always important to ask the person how they understand [polysexuality] for themselves," Amney Harper, PhD, professor in the department of professional counseling at the University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh, tells Health. Polysexual vs. pansexual While someone who is polysexual is attracted to many genders, they aren't necessarily attracted to all genders. That's where pansexuality comes in. The prefix "pan" means "all." So somebody who is pansexual is attracted to all genders, or they are attracted to people regardless of gender. For someone who is polysexual, gender is usually a factor in who they're attracted to, Harper explains. Polysexual vs. bisexual People who are bisexual often say they are attracted to genders like their own, as well as genders different than their own. Some might use the terms bisexual and polysexual interchangeably, according to Harper. But others feel that having the distinction of the two identities is important, she says, especially because using polysexual moves away from the male-female gender binary that people (wrongly) associate with bisexuality. "[Having the term polysexual] allows people to really have a more accurate word that feels like a more honest representation of what their sexual orientation is," Nicole McNichols, PhD, an associate teaching professor in the department of psychology at the University of Washington, tells Health. Although each is different, bisexual, pansexual, and polysexual do fall under the same umbrella of being attracted to more than one gender, sometimes referred to as non-monosexuality or multisexuality, according to Harper. While you might get overwhelmed with learning all the identities and feel anxious about using them correctly, McNichols points out that understanding sexuality and being more accepting to these concepts doesn't have to be confusing, "it just requires being open minded and understanding that we need to respect people as individuals." Don't confuse polysexuality and polyamory You might have heard the prefix "poly" in other words, like polyamory. But polyamory is not just being attracted to more than one person, but being in a relationship with more than one person. "We often might say 'bi-, pan-, poly- umbrella,' but we really try not to just leave 'poly' by itself because it can get confused with a couple of different identities that use the term 'poly,'" Harper says. pride-flags The polysexual flag was designed in 2012 by the Tumblr user Samlin. The pink stripe is said to represent attraction to women, the blue attraction to men, and the green attraction to people who dont conform to male or female gender. Challenges that polysexual people face The myths and stereotypes surrounding polysexuality are similar to those that are associated with other non-monosexualities, according to Harper: that you're attracted to everyone, that you don't know how to make up your mind about your attraction, that you are promiscuous. There are also the assumptions people make about a person's sexuality based on the relationship they're currently in. If a polysexual woman is dating a man, people might assume she is straight. But "our sexual orientation isn't defined by who we're with," Harper points out. "You can't necessarily know something about a person just based on who they're with." How these challenges affect health outcomes These assumptions about polysexuality and sexual identity can have negative effects in a doctor's office. If a doctor asks you if you are sexually active, they usually mean in a straight relationship. And if they do ask about the specifics of your relationship, they might assume that your current relationship is the only type of sexual relationship you've had. Says Harper: "So then you're maybe not going to share all your information with them. If that information is actually relevant to what they're doing, they're going to potentially make mistakes because they're making assumptions." That's one reason finding a culturally competent doctor is key. "You certainly would want to make sure that you have a doctor who's accepting and understanding and educated about your sexuality," McNichols says. "I would definitely say you have to feel comfortable with who you trust. That goes for physical health providers and mental health providers as well. As McNichols points out, sexual minorities still face discrimination, which leads to higher rates of anxiety and depression. While word-of-mouth might be a good way to find a provider competent in treating people of different sexualities, there are also online directories that can help, like those from GLMA or OutCare. Here's how to be an ally to polysexual people When someone first talks to you about their polysexuality, approach the conversation with openness. "I think a golden rule of interacting with other humans is, if someone tells you something about themselves, to begin from a place of believing them and trusting them," Gonzlez says. She also advises that you have humility about what you do and don't know. "Do not assume that you know more about sexuality than somebody who has been doing self-reflection and self-examination and learning," she says. The next step is to educate yourself, McNichols suggests. That may mean doing online research, talking to the polysexual individual to understand their experiences, and asking questions. Showing interest and taking the time to understand polysexuality and what it means to them is important. "If your intention is to learn, your intention is to be accepting, it's OK if you don't know everything from the start, it's just about wanting to be accepting and wanting to provide support Validating them is your main job as a friend," explains McNichols. There are also specific actions you can take to be an ally to those who are polysexual, according to Harper, including: Understanding and combatting the myths and stereotypes polysexual people face Practicing bystander intervention when you hear negative comments and see bias/harassment. That means confronting the instigator, creating a distraction to defuse the situation, removing the victim, and alerting someone with greater authority who can manage the situation. How to find support if you think you might be polysexual Surrounding yourself with people who are accepting is important, says McNichols. "I really encourage a person who thinks they may be polysexual to try to link themselves and connect with people who are interested in them, who understand, who are accepting," she says. "And this may be friends who haven't even heard of the term or don't know the term, but those friends [should be] willing to read about it and learn about it and be supportive and also acknowledge tremendous individuality within polysexuality." Gonzlez's advises going beyond the first page of a Google search to dig deeper and find the right community that resonates with you. You can find conversations about polysexuality on Reddit, Wikis, Twitter, and Instagram. These spaces give you the opportunity to learn more about polysexuality and how other people in the community experience it. Of course, if you don't want to share this part of your identity to everyone, you don't have to. "You don't owe anyone to divulge what your sexuality is," McNichols says. "That's a personal quality that you have the right to choose who gets to learn about that and who doesn't."
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https://www.health.com/mind-body/health-diversity-inclusion/polysexual
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What sunk bid to make Hudson Prosecutor Suarez the next U.S. Attorney for New Jersey?
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After months of speculation and multiple endorsements for U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, Esther Suarez is staying put as the Hudson County prosecutor. Sources said she was the top choice of Sen. Bob Menendez, Star-Ledger columnist Tom Moran reported. But ultimately Suarez was knocked out of the running, with a number of reasons possible for the decision. Wednesday night, after it was reported that she was being reappointed to a second five-year term in Hudson County, Suarez put the news in a positive light. I have read speculation about my possibly being in contention for United States Attorney for the District of New Jersey, and I would like to be clear that I intend to continue serving as Prosecutor in Hudson County, said Suarez, who received support from all three Hudson County senators for a second term as prosecutor. A press secretary for Menendez declined to comment. The states most senior senator, in this case Menendez, is typically the one to pass a candidate to the White House for approval if both of the states senators and the president belong to the same political party. The candidate would then have to be confirmed by the Senate. Behind the scenes, the senators and White House staff gather information through multiple channels, and though there is no set timeline, presidents typically begin making nominations around this time, said Jacob Elberg, an associate law professor at Seton Hall University and a former assistant U.S. attorney in New Jersey. The senators can have a significant number of people that they both know themselves personally who are potential candidates and also have many people within the legal community and the political community that they can talk to who will both make suggestions to them and also give perspectives on people who have been suggested by others, Elberg said. One strike against Suarez is that she has no experience in federal law enforcement, which was rare in U.S. attorneys for New Jersey until former President George W. Bush appointed Chris Christie to the position in 2001. As the head federal law enforcement official for the state and the whole state being one district its a significant responsibility, Elberg said. Frequently, presidents and senators have sought candidates who have experience in that specific area, but thats not always the case. Suarez came under scrutiny in 2018 after her office decided not to prosecute a case in which Katie Brennan accused Murphy staffer Albert J. Alvarez of rape. Suarez denied knowing her office was investigating Brennans claims, but it was learned that she received four emails on the matter. She then admitted she received the emails, but said she did not read the substance of them. Suarezs work as counsel to Bergen County during the reign of corrupt Democratic leader Joe Ferriero, who was ultimately convicted on racketeering charges, also raised a red flag for critics. Yet, she received endorsements for the U.S. attorney position from Hispanic political groups including the Latino American Democratic Association and Latinas United for Political Empowerment as well as Hudson Countys Police Chiefs Association. We know that she would have made an excellent U.S. attorney, and were still happy that shes our prosecutor, said East Newark Police Chief Anthony Monteiro, who heads the Police Chiefs Association. Other rumored candidates for New Jerseys top federal law enforcement officer include Lee Vartan, the son of former Kearny Mayor Leo Vartan, as well as Henry Klingeman, Jenny Kramer, Phil Sellinger, Jamel Semper and Ricardo Solano Jr. Before becoming Hudson County Prosecutor in 2015, Suarez was a Passaic County Superior Court judge.
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https://www.nj.com/hudson/2021/05/hudson-prosecutor-suarez-out-of-the-running-for-us-attorney-for-new-jersey.html
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Are Fully Vaccinated People Who Get COVID At Risk For Long Term Symptoms?
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Fly View Productions via Getty Images Breakthrough COVID-19 cases are rare and most infections are pretty mild. The COVID-19 vaccines have been rightly celebrated for driving cases and hospitalizations down across the United States, but no vaccine on the planet offers absolutely perfect protection. As of late April, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said there had been around 10,000 breakthrough cases among more than 100 million Americans who had been fully vaccinated at that time. (For those curious, that equates to less than 0.01% of people who got vaccinated.) Because those infections have been so rare, however, there is a fair amount experts are still learning about the small number of cases that do happen. Heres what we do and dont know so far. Most breakthrough cases are mild. Breakthrough COVID-19 cases among people who have been fully vaccinated (meaning theyre two weeks out from their second dose of the Pfizer or Moderna vaccine, or two weeks out from their Johnson & Johnson shot) tend to be pretty mild. Based on the CDCs preliminary data from April, about 30% of vaccine breakthrough infections were totally asymptomatic. An estimated 10% of people with breakthrough cases were hospitalized and 2% died, but its crucial to note that a decent portion of those hospitalizations and deaths were unrelated to COVID-19. Experts do believe that while breakthrough infections are really rare, they also may be happening more often than the numbers suggest. Where the data gets a bit muddy is that there may be people who dont get tested, because they think theres no need because they have been vaccinated, Cameron Wolfe, an associate professor of medicine at Duke University School of Medicine who specializes in infectious diseases, told HuffPost. There may be some folks who develop incredibly minor or asymptomatic cases of COVID that we just dont pick up, he added. This, experts stress, is a sign that the vaccines are working. The main goal is to prevent severe disease and death. Thats why the CDC made the decision in May that it would no longer monitor all breakthrough COVID-19 infections, and instead focus strictly on cases in which the person is hospitalized or dies. Narrowing its focus allows the agency to put its energy into better understanding the most serious outcomes and whats behind them, the CDC said. But the change has not been without controversy. It means we are likely to understand less about the full range of what people experience when they get COVID-19 after being vaccinated, including people who may go on to develop longer symptoms. As The New York Times recently pointed out: Even relatively mild cases of COVID-19 can lead to persistent long-term health problems, and it will be difficult to know the full scope without tracking mild infections as well. The risk of long-haul COVID seems low but its too soon to say. Its not yet clear whether people who experience breakthrough infections are likely to grapple with long-haul COVID-19, or post-acute sequelae of SARS-CoV-2 (PASC). This can cause a range of symptoms that may last weeks or even months after a person is initially infected with the virus and can include everything from fatigue and dizziness to mental health problems. But experts are optimistic that many of the people with a breakthrough case wont endure long-haul COVID-19. There has not been, to my awareness, a swath of those people who are now coming forward with long-haul COVID symptoms despite being vaccinated, Wolfe said. In fact, quite the opposite. I think that whilst the numbers of hospitalizations and deaths compared to the number of vaccinated people is astronomically small, the cases that are picked up tend to be both minor and short-lived. That is true in terms of both symptom duration, Wolfe said, and how long those people tend to shed the virus. He pointed to the New York Yankees cluster from a few weeks ago, where several players and coaches tested positive for COVID-19 despite being fully vaccinated. They all did fine. They all had brief illnesses that were quite self-limited, Wolfe said. That said, he does have concerns about the potential for long-haul COVID-19 among people who are fully vaccinated and immunosuppressed. A vaccinated patient getting chemotherapy can still get sick, and they can still get quite sick, because their response to the vaccine is so much less efficient, Wolfe said. Theres even some evidence that vaccination might help with long-haul COVID. For months, informal polls conducted among social media support groups for people with long COVID have suggested that a fair number of patients around 35% in some surveys have experienced fewer symptoms after getting vaccinated. More formal research is now beginning to back that up. A small, non-peer-reviewed study based in the United Kingdom recently found that more than half of people who were grappling with long-haul COVID-19 felt better post-vaccination. Experts dont really understand how that connection might work, but theyre calling for more research to look into it. Since COVID-19 vaccinations appear to have the potential to improve the well-being of those with long-haul COVID, as well as provide protection from reinfection, we recommend that more structured, longitudinal trials take place, the team behind the U.K. study wrote. Whether or not breakthrough cases are linked to long-haul COVID, the need for more research is real. Even if there is not ultimately a clear or strong connection between breakthrough coronavirus infections and longer symptoms, its just another aspect of long-haul COVID-19 that experts must continue exploring. People who experience long COVID not only have to deal with debilitating symptoms and chronic conditions that can last for months, they might even face a higher risk of death. Its something that will need to continue to be followed, Wolfe said. Though again, now that the CDC is only investigating severe breakthrough infections, its not clear who if anyone will do the tracking. On the whole, doctors who are treating long-haul COVID-19 patients and those who have focused on chronic pain hope these issues will now get the attention they deserve. Alexa Meara, a rheumatologist from Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, told HuffPost that chronic and autoimmune issues like long-haul COVID-19 now have historically been underfunded and understudied, which she hopes will change. How do you measure functionality of life? Meara said. Fundamentally, these are difficult things to measure, which poses a conundrum for medicine. COVID long-haul, in the sense of it being a post-viral syndrome, is not new, she said. However, in the way were approaching it, its 100% new because we have to create new systems, like COVID long-haul clinics that some institutions are creating, or helping people learn coping mechanisms.
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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/will-people-who-get-covid-post-vaccination-have-long-term-symptoms_l_60afda9be4b0ead279660672
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Whats the deal with vaccinated breast milk?
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Katharine Gammon is a freelance science journalist based in Santa Monica who has written for The Atlantic, The New York Times, The Guardian, and more. This story originally featured on Undark Antibodies! shouts Elliot, a boisterous almost 5-year-old with a mop of light brown hair, sliding into his spot at the kitchen island in the Missoula, Montana, kitchen of Katy-Robin Garton. Garton has just appeared with freshly pumped breast milk and Elliot waits eagerly beside his little sister Emi, 2, for a mixture of chocolate almond milk, chocolate syrup, and human milk, which he slurps vigorously through a metal straw. Garton, a documentary filmmaker, sighs as she sets the breast pump parts in the sink. She had mostly put them away for good and was ready to give the pump away to someone else, as Emi was nursing only for comfort once a day. Then her husband Doug, an emergency room physician, suggested she might start pumping again after she received her vaccine shot earlier this year. Theyd both started hearing the idea that breast milkwhich could hold antibodies that help ward off infectionmay provide some protection for kids against COVID-19. Advertisements I said to him, if youre serious about this and you really think its worth it, do the research and let me know and if you say its worth it, Ill do it. Otherwise, she didnt want to. I hate pumping, Garton says. She also sat down with Elliot and talked about what antibodies could do in his body. When she asked if hed drink her milk, Garton recalls, he said, Yeah, cause Ill be protected. Garton and her family arent alone in their hopes. As studies began to show COVID-neutralizing antibodies were present in the milk of vaccinated women, interest has swelled in lactations golden nectar. One study, for instance, published in April in the Journal of the American Medical Association, confirmed what earlier research had hinted at: Two types of antibodies that battle COVID-19IgA and IgGdo appear in breast milk, though IgG represents a small amount of milk antibodies. Two weeks after 84 lactating parents got their first doses of vaccine, 61 percent of milk samples contained IgA antibodies; one week after the second dose, it rose to 86 percent. And IgG antibodies were found in 97 percent of the samples after six weeks of vaccination. While studies have found that antibodies from women who have had COVID-19 can neutralize SARS-CoV-2 in a test tube, Kirsi Jarvinen-Seppo, a doctor and immunologist at the University of Rochester who studies breast milk and infant immune systems, says this has not been shown yet for the antibodies in human milk from a vaccinated individual. Despite the limited data, across the country, interest in what some are calling vaccinated milk, bought on the black market, has risen in recent months. Some are reportedly advertising it on Craigslist for $ 3.50 an ouncemore than 10 times the price of gasoline. (This, to be clear, isnt a great idea: Research has shown that untested milk can have all kinds of bacteria and one small 2015 study found that about 10 percent of samples advertised as human breast milk online contained milk from a cow.) Some adults are getting in on the action, too: Christie Denham, the founder of milk-selling site Happy Bellies Happy Babies, told Yahoo News that she has noticed an increase in requests from men looking for breast milk as a way to protect themselves from coronavirus. Even for those who are feeding their own milk to their children, its not evident that there will be a protective shieldespecially for older kids who arent getting much breast milk. Previous research on vaccines against other diseases suggests that the best clinical protection is only for exclusively breastfed, young babies. Still, the new interest in the science of human milk is helping the field move from the sidelines to centerstage, and even reshaping vaccine design. Garton says her family simply hopes that her milk might be an extra layer of protection as they cautiously reopen their circle this summer, sending their son to camp or their daughter to a playdate. Their hope is that its a cushion of security for things they want to do. If there is an exposure at nature camp, for example, they wouldnt feel as worried about their son. The short answer is, we dont know, says Jarvinen-Seppo. None of this is known. an immune defense against a virus or bacteria, their immune system produces antibodies in breast milk, mostly in the form of a protein called secretory immunoglobulin A, or IgA. When a baby drinks breast milk, the IgA antibodies coat the mucus membranes of a babys nose, lungs, and throatthe same places that a virus or bacteria would enter the body. While it doesnt necessarily offer complete protection, IgA blocks pathogens from entering by literally blanketing these surfaces. Its a genius system, says Rebecca Powell, a human milk immunologist at New Yorks Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, because it creates custom protection for the environment of the baby and lactating parent. The secretory IgA antibody is enveloped in another protein that protects it, for the most part, from breaking down, or from acidic environments like the babys stomach. That class of antibody is ideally what you want because it is durable in the babys mouth, meaning its not getting degraded quickly, says Powell. Advertisements Vaccines arent designed with breastfeeding in mind, but they do have an effect on the whole body. When a lactating parent gets a vaccine shot into a muscle, they mount a slightly different immune response, mainly though a different antibody protein in the blood known as IgG, which is more of a systemically-protective antibody, not focused on mucus membranes. IgA is also present, though less than in someone who recovered after a COVID-19 infection. Although IgG is found in breast milk, its not clear to what extent IgG acts on the mucosal linings. Around 65 percent of the secretory IgA survives the trip through the stomach, Powell says, while less IgG survives the stomach. Then, whatever is left over would then be coating the small intestinal area. At a certain point those tough, protective antibodies are going to break down and find their way into the babys diaperthough its not clear how long they would stick around in different parts of the body. In some cases the antibodies could be stuck to the cells of the digestive tract so maybe they are not all expelled immediately, says Powell, but its still a passive and temporary protection. If you feed your baby at 8 a.m. and the rest of the day they dont have any breast milk, its all going to go away, she adds. Its highly dependent on what else the baby is eating or drinking. To the question of whether families should change their habits to pursue breast milk, Powell says it doesnt do any harm. Anything you can do that helps you feel like youre protecting your children in a pandemic is worthwhile, she says. If were talking about giving very little milk in a day to a kid who is eating a lot of other stuff, even with the milk, the effectI dont know. Its not the same as mixing medication with ice cream and expecting an effect to last for eight hours. We need to be realistic. The research on breast milk immunology at large is still developing, and the researchers Undark spoke to hope to have many more answers soon. They are encouraged by the fact that the antibodies seem to last for a long timePowells research shows that antibodies remain in milk 10 months after a SARS-CoV-2 infection. She says the response after vaccination in milk will likely mirror what happens in blood, but may not be identical. But to fully understand the clinical benefit of vaccination, researchers must design bigger studies and test the rates of coronavirus infection in babies with vaccinated and unvaccinated parents, and in children who are getting some dose of breast milk alongside their normal diet, says Christina Chambers, a professor of pediatrics at the University of California, San Diego. Its challenging to design these types of trials, she adds, because babies with COVID-19 often have mild symptoms or no symptoms at all. The children of the women who had received a flu vaccine who got the strongest protective effect were exclusively breastfed and under six months old. Previous research on vaccines and breast milk is challenging to parse, the experts told Undark. Some research on pertussis and tetanus exists, although it is more descriptive than data driven. Influenza has had the most relevant research, including looking at flu vaccinations and breast milk in larger clinical settings, but even out of those studies, none of them are perfect, says Jarvinen-Seppo. Some of the studies suggest that there seems to be some protection. Infants who are born to vaccinated mothers seem to have a lower rate of febrile upper respiratory infections in the first six months of life, typically, Jarvinen-Seppo says. They typically dont look at after that time point, so were really focusing on young, young infants. In one study of 340 pregnant women in Bangladesh, researchers found the children of the women who had received a flu vaccine who got the strongest protective effect were exclusively breastfed and under six months old. Jarvinen-Seppo says this makes sense: I tend to think that maybe the biggest benefit would be for a small individual, an infant who is exclusively breastfed and therefore is getting a significant amount of this antibody, as opposed to an older individual whos probably not exclusively breastfed anymore. Powell agrees that the best effect is for an exclusively breastfed baby who is being fed every couple of hours, and anything less frequent than that would have a smaller impact. It doesnt mean its not going to be effective, she says, but the likelihood will reduce. hasnt been explored in depth, at least in part because this and other areas of womens health tend to get far less funding than mens health, says Powell. But the pandemic has actually opened a door for intensive study of human milk. The level of deep research going on highlights the whole idea of human milk as a tissue, says Chambers. There is increased interest in treating milk in a way similar to bloodnot as food, but as a life-saving liquid tissue. Its such an amazing fluid that is so understudied and has not been explored to the extent that it could be, she adds. Chambers points to a funding announcement, posted in February, from the Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development on Human Milk as a Biological System. The public health community has come to appreciate that a deeper understanding of the biology of human milk is essential to address ongoing and emerging questions about infant feeding practices, the announcement reads, adding that it will begin to examine breast milk as a biological system. Chambers says its hard to say the new initiative was spurred by the pandemic, but the increased spotlight on breastfeeding didnt hurt. The concept of breast milk as medicine could change the course of future pandemics. But even within the umbrella of womens health, lactation science lags behind pregnancy and vaccination. While vaccine manufacturers left pregnant and lactating people out of initial trials, they are now conducting trials in pregnant people who are in their second or third trimesters. No such trials are being mounted for lactating women, Chambers saysevidence of a second-tier status. When you think of it, at any one point in time in the US, we have 4 million pregnancies per year, she adds. You have far more than that, women who are breastfeeding, so it affects a lot of people. The concept of breast milk as medicine could also change the course of future pandemics. Vaccines could be designed to initiate a secretory antibody response, Powell says, which would most likely involve improved targeting of vaccines to stimulate the mucosal immune systemparticularly in the gut, which make the secretory antibodies in milk. The pandemic has definitely pushed the field of milk immunology forward, she adds, because theres much more interest in it. Back in Montana, Garton would like to get her milk supply back up, with the hopes that she can continue giving milk to both her kids until vaccines are authorized for children under 12. Her plan was to pump like crazy, get a supply in the freezer and be done, but its been slow so far. Shes also considering giving some to her nephew, who is 1 1/2 years old. she wonders aloud. The thing is that we just dont know, Doug says.
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https://newslanes.com/2021/05/27/whats-the-deal-with-vaccinated-breast-milk/
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Will ending Florida's No Fault law raise insurance rates?
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Automobile insurance rates in Florida are among the highest in the nation. What You Need To Know A measure (SB 54) repeals the states no fault insurance laws GOP state Sen. Jeff Brandes hopes that Gov. Ron DeSantis will veto it Tampa attorney Dale Swope says that more than 80% of Florida motorists currently already have bodily liability insurance Thats at least one thing that advocates and opponents of the recently passed legislation overhauling Floridas auto insurance laws can agree on. The measure (SB 54) repeals the states no fault insurance laws and the requirement that motorists must purchase personal injury protection (PIP) insurance, and instead now requires every motorist to carry bodily liability coverage of at least $25,000 a provision that is already the law in 48 states. While the measure received overwhelming support in both chambers of the Legislature, critics like St. Petersburg GOP state Sen. Jeff Brandes are hoping that Gov. Ron DeSantis will veto it when it reaches his desk. What this bill does is raise rates on the people who are just able to afford PIP by about 40 to 70%, and thats a pretty dramatic increase, Brandes told Spectrum News on Thursday. Sen. Brandes says that its obvious that those who currently dont have bodily liability insurance will now see a radical rate increase, which is why he opposed the bill in the Senate. Tampa attorney Dale Swope says his office worked closely with Vero Beach House Republican bill sponsor Erin Grail over the past several years on the legislation. He says that while it may require a few years before determining how many motorists premiums were reduced because of the legislation, in every other state where such a law has passed the rates have gone down. (One exception may be in Colorado. Swope says auto insurance rates did increase following a similar change to Florida's bill, but said that was also the same time that the state legalized recreational marijuana, making it difficult to prove causation). The bill was sponsored in the Senate by Zephyrhills Republican Danny Burgess. In committee he cited a 2016 report by the Florida Office of Insurance Regulation that said that changing the law to a bodily-injury coverage would save motorists on average 5.6% savings. Swope says that more than 80% of Florida motorists currently already have bodily liability insurance, so the requirement that they must now get that coverage will not lead to their premiums being raised. Sen. Brandes says that its obvious that those who currently dont have bodily liability insurance will now see a radical rate increase, which is why he opposed the bill in the Senate. The process by which this major insurance reform bill passed the Legislature has also been subject to scrutiny. Swope says that the main parts of the bill have been proposed and debated in Tallahassee for the past several years and is a thoroughly understood bill." Brandes strongly disagrees, saying that most lawmakers didnt know what was in the final product. It radically changed from the time that it was in committee from the time it was on the floor, he said. It was completely re-written on the floor, and included many provisions that were never heard in committee, and frankly never scored, and so ultimately, the legislature was voting on a bill that frankly, it had not really thoughtfully considered in the committee process. The Personal Insurance Federation of Florida has also come out against the bill and is advocating that Gov. DeSantis veto it when it reaches his desk.
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https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/traffic/2021/05/27/divided-opinion-about-whether-auto-insurance-overhaul-will-reduce-rates
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Will Boston fans' treatment of the Nets' Kyrie Irving cross the line?
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Two words describe what the Nets can expect when they enter TD Bank Garden for Game 3 of their first-round playoff series Friday night against the Celtics "hostile environment." The target of the hostility will be Kyrie Irving, who left the Celtics two years ago to sign with the Nets as a free agent after previously saying he wanted to be a "Celtic for life." Irving has played in Boston once since joining the Nets, but it was on Christmas Day last December when no fans were permitted in the building because of the COVID-19 pandemic. He sat out two previous visits with a shoulder injury in his first season with the Nets. After the Nets Game 2 victory on Tuesday that gave them a 2-0 lead, Irving was asked what kind of reception he expects, and he raised the possibility that he might face a degree of racial intolerance. "Hopefully, we can just keep it strictly basketball," Irving said. "Theres no belligerence or racism going on. People yelling [expletive]- from the crowd. But even if it is, its part of the nature of the game, and were just going to focus on what we can control." Asked if he ever experienced racism in Boston, Irving said, "I am not the only one who can attest to this. It is just, you knowIt is what it is. The world knows it." TD Bank Garden seats 19,580 fans but will accommodate just 25% of that figure for Game 3. However, the Celtics plan to admit a capacity crowd for Game 4 on Sunday. After practice on Thursday, Nets coach Steve Nash, who is a Hall of Fame player who performed many times in Boston, was asked if there are lines fans should not cross in terms of how they treat opposing players. "Theres a line for sure," Nash said. "You dont want fans to cross that line. Players definitely have even a firmer line how they accept that. I would say that 90% of it, hopefully, is positive, that we go into a hostile environment and we welcome it. We enjoy it, and we want the vitriol as long as its not over the line. Subscribe to Sports Now newsletter By clicking Sign up, you agree to our privacy policy. "We want to face some adversity. That noise and energy coming from the opposing fans is something that can spur your team on. Its a challenge to help you lock in and be more focused. Theres no better feeling than playing well on the road, especially in the playoffs." Nash said he has not talked to Irving about how to handle the Boston crowd or what sort of reaction he expects. He is relying upon Irving to react with his veteran instincts. "Hes an all-world basketball player," Nash said. "I think hes quite comfortable in hostile environments. Im sure hell relish the opportunity. Theres a line, but crossed or not, Ky can handle that, no questionand has done so his whole career." Veteran Blake Griffin said this will be his first playoff game in Boston, and he is expecting and even looking forward to a rowdy crowd. At the same time, he said he hasnt discussed the situation with Irving. "Its kind of an understood thing," Griffin said. "When you go into certain places, you know its going to be a rowdy crowd. Each arena is different, each state, each city is a little different. Ive heard things throughout my time in the league. Never played a playoff game in Boston. "I have a lot of respect for the fans in Boston. They know the game, theyre loud, they support their team. You just hope it stays like that and doesnt cross any lines. Im not going into it with that expectation because I havent had that experience and its just kind of how I operate." Notes and quotes: Veteran forward Jeff Green [strained plantar fasci]) likely will miss the remainder of the series because he will be out a minimum of 10 days.
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https://www.newsday.com/sports/basketball/nets/nets-celtics-game-3-nba-playoffs-kyrie-irving-1.50260117
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How Long Will Estevan Florial Stay With the Yankees?
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NEW YORK The Yankees promoted one of their top prospects on Thursday, calling up outfielder Estevan Florial before a doubleheader against the Blue Jays. Florial's name has come up recently as a possible option in the Yankees' outfield after Aaron Hicks went down with his season-ending wrist injury. Asked prior to Game 1 of the doubleheader about why Florial was called up on Thursday, Yankees manager Aaron Boone mentioned the need for a position player. Designated hitter Giancarlo Stanton wasn't quite ready to return from the injured list Thursday and with Luke Voit headed to the IL with an oblique strain, New York's bench was looking thin. That in mind, there's a good chance Florial could be sent back down following the doubleheader. If Stanton does return on Friday in Detroitwhich has been the expectation for these last few daysthen another corresponding move would need to be made in order to keep Florial around on the active roster. Boone didn't rule out a longer stay than the one day, but said Florial's immediate future will be decided once New York gets through these next two games. "We'll see," Boone said. "Right now with what we've been through the last couple of weeks, and certainly here the last couple days, you never know the twists and turns, but we'll just have to see. Let's get through today first." Florial wasn't concerning himself with how long he'll stay in a Yankees uniform either. The organization's No. 10 prospect, per MLB Pipeline, said he's eager to help his team and do whatever the coaching staff needs him to do while he's in pinstripes. "Just stay ready. It doesn't matter when they give me the opportunity, take advantage of it and do the best I can, help the team," Florial said Thursday. "I think that's the most important thing. It's not just about myself, it's just about the team overall." Florial, 23, made his big-league debut last summer, appearing in one game at Yankee Stadium on Aug. 28. Injuries and last year's pandemic-shortened campaign have kept Florial from developing with consistent playing time over the last few seasons. The prospect has been able to showcase what he's capable of in the minor leagues this season, though. He clobbered four home runs over nine games in Double-A Somerset before a promotion to Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre. With his first MLB hit already out of the way, and some early success this season in the farm system under his belt, Boone is excited to watch Florial make the most of his latest opportunity. "I think the biggest thing for him is gaining that experience," Boone said. "Allowing him to learn from successes and failures and make the necessary adjustments to be a major league player and major league hitter." MORE: Follow Max Goodman on Twitter (@MaxTGoodman), on Facebook (also @MaxTGoodman), be sure to bookmark Inside The Pinstripes and check back daily for news, analysis and more.
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https://www.si.com/mlb/yankees/news/how-long-will-prospect-estevan-florial-stay-with-new-york-yankees-after-getting-called-up
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Where Does Dallas Cowboys DE DeMarcus Lawrence Rank Among NFL Pass-Rushers?
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The Dallas Cowboys will have a new-look defense under first-year coordinator Dan Quinn in 2021 that will see multiple changes to the way current roster members are utilized. As one of the elder statesmen and leaders of that group, defensive end DeMarcus Lawrence will be expected to carry the load in the pass rush department, alongside a host of fresh faces, including three rookies and a trio of free agents. With those reinforcements on the way, Lawrence looks to be in line for a bounce-back 2021 season, and according to Pro Football Focus, which ranked Lawrence as the seventh-best edge rusher heading into next season, that is exactly what is going to happen. Per PFF: Pass rush is always going to draw headlines for edge defenders. Lawrence has been one of the leagues best in that department, putting up a top-10 pass-rush win rate at the position since 2017. However, he has also been an elite-run defender in recent years. Lawrences 90.1 run-defense grade over the last four seasons makes him one of just seven players at the position to clear the 90.0 mark since 2017. Over the last two seasons, Lawrence underwhelmed statistically, managing just 11.5 sacks, 24 tackles for loss, and 27 quarterback hits in 34 games, including two playoff games. But the Cowboys will tell you he plays hurt. And that he plays hard. With Quinn now calling the shots, and Lawrence getting some much-needed help on all three levels of the defense, the expectations should be as high as ever for the leader of the Dallas defense. You can view the full edge-rusher rankings according to Pro Football Focus, which starts with this list:
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https://www.si.com/nfl/cowboys/news/where-dallas-cowboys-demarcus-lawrence-rank-nfl-pass-rushers
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Is Gerrymandering About to Become More Difficult?
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Well, one thing you can do is to make it a rule. Ohio was the first state to do that, and it happened pretty recently. In 2018, Ohio voters passed a [state] constitutional amendment creating a commissiona not-very-independent commission, it turns outand written into those rules was the goal that the [partisan] share of seats should reflect the share of [statewide] votes. And as far as I know, thats the first spelled-out instance of setting up proportionality as a goal. For a mathematician like me, thats really sensible: State your goals, then we can try to achieve them. But when your goals remain really vague, its very difficult to talk about why one might be better or fairer than the other. I started working on this in 2016. My background in math is in geometry. I started with the intuition that the story is in the shapes, and that if we can just come up with the right shape metric, well [solve it]. I went looking for the authoritative literature on all these compactness metrics that would tell the right story, and to my surprise, there was really classical math and ancient, preclassical math, but there didnt seem to be any kind of post-1900 mathematics in the mix. The geometry of discrete spaces has really exploded in richness and depth in the last 100 years, but I wasnt seeing a lot of those ideas in the mix. And it struck me that districting is really a discrete problem: Theres a finite number of people, and we have these geographic chunks that tell us where they are. So basically, I came to this thinking, Oh, I bet theres something that could be usefully done here. And it has bloomed into a full-time research program. One thing were going to deal with this redistricting cycle that we havent seen in the past is this new differential privacy approach by the Census, that actually changes the underlying data. Yes. So, the Census Bureau has taken it upon themselves to do something cutting-edgewhich always makes people nervous. In this case, they have microdatathe responses to all the census forms in, effectively, a giant table, with all the answers from every single person included in the enumeration. The bureau doesnt release all of that information publicly. Instead, it aggregates it up: Census blocks or block groups will have maybe hundreds or a few thousand people in them, and youll get aggregate statistics rather than individual peoples responsesso there will be a little chunk of a map, and youll know how many people live there and what their responses were, in aggregate. The threat is now this: If you have enough of these aggregate statistics, you can throw them into a computer and actually reproduce the input table that made the aggregate statistics. Risk number one is that you can recover the person-level data. And risk number two, which is really interesting, is that if you pair it with easily available commercial datalike from Facebookyou could work out for all those people what their names and addresses and phone numbers are. All this computing power being brought to bear on elections is generally pretty healthy and pro-democraticpeople are coming up with ideas about making better systems and outcomes. But bad actors are also empowered by computing. Thats the riskand its an interesting one. Under Title 13 of the U.S. Code, the Census Bureau is obligated to protect privacy. The Bureau has decided that the answer is yes. So, they took this idea called differential privacy, which was created by Cynthia Dwork and her colleagues in computer science. It is a gorgeous idea. And the beauty of it is that you can do it in a really controlled way. The Census Bureau announced that they were going to do that, and chaos ensued. Theyve already been sued in a lawsuit led by Alabama.
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https://www.politico.com/news/magazine/2021/05/27/redistricting-gerrymandering-2021-moon-duchin-interview-491199
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When will 5 ASC specialties return to pre-COVID-19 income levels?
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Fourteen percent of gastroenterologists say they don't think their income will ever return to pre-COVID-19 levels. Here are five ASC specialties and when physicians say their income will recover, based on Medscape's 2021 Physician Compensation Report: Orthopedics: 43 percent of orthopedists say income will return to pre-COVID-19 levels in the next 2-3 years 41 percent say in the next year 12 percent say it will never return 4 percent say in the next 4-5 years 0 percent say in more than 5 years Ophthalmology: 53 percent of ophthalmologists say income will return to pre-COVID-19 levels in the next year 37 percent say in the next 2-3 years 8 percent say it will never return 2 percent say in the next 4-5 years 1 percent says in more than 5 years Gastroenterology: 50 percent of gastroenterologists say income will return to pre-COVID-19 levels in the next year 34 percent say in the next 2-3 years 14 percent say they will never return 2 percent say in the next 4-5 years 0 percent say in more than 5 years Anesthesia: 45 percent of anesthesiologists say income will return to pre-COVID-19 levels in the next year 36 percent say in the next 2-3 years 14 percent say it will never return 3 percent say in the next 4-5 years 1 percent says in more than 5 years Cardiology:
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https://www.beckersasc.com/benchmarking/when-will-5-asc-specialties-return-to-pre-covid-19-income-levels.html
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What is the release date of Horizon Forbidden West?
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Horizon Zero Dawn from PlayStation developer Guerrilla Games was an acclaimed original title for the PlayStation 4, and the follow-up game Horizon Forbidden West will take players to brand-new locales. Taking place in the frontier of the Forbidden West, players will once again take control of Aloy as she attempts to stop a mysterious plague. Guerrilla Games showed off some extensive gameplay footage in a May 2021 State of Play, but even after 14 minutes of footage showing off the combat systems and improved graphics of the title, there was no final release date at the end of that presentation. Still, as of this writing, Horizon Forbidden West is officially slated as a 2021 release for both PlayStation 5 and even the less-powerful PlayStation 4. It appears that Sony is still confident in the 2021 release window, seeing how there hasnt been any sort of delay almost halfway into the year. With the summer approaching, it would be a safer assumption to expect a targeted release date sometime in the holiday season of 2021. For now, PlayStation fans can gawk at the colorful visuals of Horizon Forbidden West on YouTube.
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https://www.gamepur.com/guides/what-is-the-release-date-of-horizon-forbidden-west
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Is It Possible to Restore Crawl Space Ground Floor Levels?
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Mold, algae and mildew are all problems that could potentially invade a homes crawl space. While most homeowners arent likely to have any of these issues, they are all potential problems. One of the main problems crawl space mold can create is that they cause small holes in a homes foundation. Without this foundation, the home is weakened and more susceptible to outside pressure, such as rain, snow, ice or other weather elements. When you hire the best crawl space repair services, you can prevent this by restoring the soil surrounding the foundation. You will be able to make repairs to the inside of crawl space doors and windows. You can visit floridafoundationauthority.com. Most Common Signs of Issues The most important thing is to be aware of the fact that various issues on the ground floor are not as rare as some might think. It is essential to deal with proper maintenance of this part of the house. The main issue is that many people forget or avoid dealing with it, which can cause more serious problems. For example, if you dont pay enough attention, and you suddenly decide to sell your property, lack of proper maintenance can significantly decrease the value of your home. Therefore, you should learn more about common signs that your basement needs repair. First of all, pay attention to mold. You can easily notice that there might be some issues with it if there is an unpleasant odor. It occurs as a result of condensation. Most people choose not to install heating and air-conditioning in this area to save money on utilities. That is causing a big difference in temperature, which are perfect conditions for mold and condensation. Moreover, wet walls could lead to an increased amount of water stores on other surfaces like wooden windows, doors, carpets, tiles, and more. That can create even bigger issues with mildew. Besides that, pay attention if there are some cracks in the walls since water can easily get through small holes. Once a homeowner has identified the problem, he or she must determine the best course of action for addressing it. If the homeowner decides to hire a professional company to repair the problem, then the cost of the repair will likely be in writing. However, if the homeowner does not know much about crawl space repair or doesnt have a lot of experience with foundation repair, then it is wise to learn how to restore a damaged foundation. In case that you are facing issues with leaking, the best option is to repair the drainage system on the outside parts of the house. On the other hand, excessive mold requires more effort. You will need to dry the area and install the air condition system. When the walls are dry, you can remove the mold, and then repair them, apply a new color, and keep the air-conditioning to prevent the occurrence of mold again. Inspection: If you choose to hire professionals to repair your crawl space, the process typically begins with an inspection. To make sure the repair is effective, the inspectors will require access to the crawl space. They will review the soil in the area and perform testing to determine what the problem is. Based on the testing results, they will suggest the best course of action. Before hiring a professional, you should learn more about common problems and how to notice them on time. In most cases, you can save a lot of money and time by being able to determine the right solution and repair small things by yourself. Benefits Provided by Professionals: The professionals who provide this type of service can offer many benefits to a homeowner. For example, they can give suggestions for what would be the best solution for the homeowner to restore crawl space. For instance, if the problem is moisture, then it may be beneficial to excavate and restore the area by adding a sump pump. This solution can also help homeowners avoid flooding. On the other hand, if the problem is mold, then the mold removal process may be recommended. Also, you can save a lot of time and energy if you choose to hire an expert to deal with issues in your basement. Besides that, professionals can find a better solution and repair the deficiencies on long terms. Create a Warranty: In addition to inspecting the area and suggesting the best solution, these professionals can also create a warranty for the job. This type of warranty is often referred to as a guarantee of resale. In addition to providing a warranty, they can also suggest the best paint available for repairing a damaged crawl space. This can save the homeowner a lot of money since they wont have to buy new paint. That is a great solution considering that the competition on the market is very high, and there is always room for false advertising. Therefore, if someone claim that a particular product can be a great isolation, but you are still facing issues with condensation, you can ask for a refund, or even demand the compensation. Restore Spaces: Professional companies are capable of restoring spaces no matter what the condition of the crawl space. However, this service does come with a price. It may cost a bit more to hire professional contractors than it would do the work yourself, but it will save you time and money in the long run. It is also important to note that professional companies are experienced and skilled at the various procedures required to repair and restore a damaged space. This ensures that the job will be done properly and safely. If your crawl space has any structural damage, you must first determine whether the damage is caused by external factors or internal factors. If it is caused by external factors, such as water seepage or a faulty roof, professional contractors can quickly remedy the situation. In some cases, space is flooded or near to flood, but the damage was caused by internal factors, such as excess moisture. In this case, you will need to restore the space before the next stage of construction can take place. Furthermore, we have to add that it became very popular in recent years to remodel this part of the house and make it more useful. You can choose from a variety of options. For example, additional bedroom, play room, salon, and more. If you have kids, you might want to consider adding gaming machines and toys and keep your kids playing in this area. On the other side, you can make a separate spot where you can enjoy your free time. You can add a sofa, TV, and mini bar for the start.
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Why is Israel a Charity Case for Canada?
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Yves Engler Over the past two weeks Canada has seen its most significant ever outpouring of support for Palestinian rights. More than 150,000 letters have been sent to Canadian officials calling on Ottawa to criticize Israel human rights violations or to sanction Israel. Tens of thousands have also taken to the streets to denounce Israels violence. In the largest mobilization, upwards of 1,000 vehicles were part of a multi-hour caravan in Montral and more than 5,000 rallied/marched in the city on May 14. Around 5,000 rallied on two consecutive weekends in Toronto. Many thousands also participated in car caravans, rallies or marches in Vancouver, Edmonton, Ottawa, Halifax, Saskatoon, Guelph, Victoria, Charlottetown, Lethbridge, Winnipeg, Oakville, Kitchener, Sudbury, Red Deer, Kamloops, Vernon, Kelowna, Saint John, Calgary, Qubec City and elsewhere. In most cases they were among the largest pro-Palestinian demonstrations ever held in those communities. The outpouring of pro-Palestinian sympathy is uplifting. But if we want to turn the tide against Israeli apartheid we need to focus on ending Canadas immense complicity in Palestinian dispossession. Though little discussed, the most important support Canada has offered Israel in recent decades is tax deductible charitable donations. In 2018 registered Canadian charities raised over a quarter billion dollars in tax-deductible charitable donations for Israel-focused projects. Since the federal government introduced deductions for charities in 1967 billions of dollars in subsidized donations have gone to Israel. In 1991 the Ottawa Citizen estimated that more than $100 million a year was raised for Israel and possibly as much as $200 million. Assuming $100 million has been sent to Israel yearly since 1967 and with approximately 30% of the $5.4 billion total subsidized by the taxpayer thats around $1.7 billion in Canadian public support. But theres little discussion of the public funds that have gone to Israel through charitable donations. With the exception of the campaign to revoke the charitable status of the Jewish National Fund of Canada, which won a partial victory recently, theres been almost no activism targeting Canadian charitable support for Israel. This despite some of these donations violating Canadian charity law. Funds supporting West Bank settlements, explicitly racist institutions and the Israeli military probably contravene Canada Revenue Agency (CRA) regulations. The Canadian government restricts registered charities from supporting other countries militaries. CRA guidelines note, increasing the effectiveness and efficiency of Canadas armed forces is charitable, but supporting the armed forces of another country is not. But numerous registered charities support the Israeli military. The Jewish National Fund of Canada has openly financed numerous projects supporting the Israeli military while Canadian Magen David Adom for Israel and Beit Halochem Canada (Aid to Disabled Veterans of Israel) have directly or indirectly supported the IDF. In 2018 the Toronto-based HESEG Foundation, which was established to recognize and honor the contribution of Lone Soldiers to Israel, spent more than $9 million in Israel. Without any direct pressure from the Palestine solidarity movement, Beth Oloth Charitable Organization lost its charitable status two years ago for increasing the efficiency and effectiveness of the Israeli armed forces. With $61 million raised in 2017, it was also cited for funding projects in the occupied West Bank. (As much as the political questions, Beth Oloth appears to have lost its charitable status due to a small number of staff, huge spike in donations, and its role as a conduit for funding from other groups.) A number of registered charities support settlement projects directly or indirectly. The Jewish National Fund of Canada built Canada Park on the remnants of three Palestinian villages Israel occupied after the June 1967 War. Christian Friends of Israeli Communities has said it provides financial support to the Jews currently living in Biblical Israel the communities of Judea and Samaria (occupied West Bank). Located in the West Bank settlement of Ariel, Canadian Friends of Ariel University is also a registered charity. Racist organization should also be excluded from receiving taxpayer subsidies. According to a 2003 CRA directive, the organization is supposed to promote racial equality. Yet the Jewish National Fund, which raised $7.7 million for Israeli projects in 2018, practices a form of legalistic discrimination outlawed by the Canadian Supreme Court seven-decades ago. A serious investigation of registered Canadian charities operating in Israel would likely uncover support for other racist organizations in Israel. In fact, the entire thrust of Israel-focused charity funding is racist. Often framed as poverty alleviation, very little of the Canadian donations actually reach the poorest individuals living under Israels control. Basically none of the Canadian taxpayers subsidized money supports Palestinians in Gaza or the West Bank. Even within Israel proper little of the Canadian charity money likely goes to the Arab Israelis as much as 50% of the poorest in Israel communities. While not against current CRA regulations, theres a strong argument to be made against Canadian taxpayers subsidizing donations to hospitals, universities, etc. in Israel proper. (Canadian Friends of the Israel Guide Dog Center for the Blind, Canadian Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel, Canadian Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Canadian Association For Labour Israel and Canadian Friends of the Israel Museum are among the many registered charities that raised over a quarter billion dollars for Israel-focused projects in 2018.) Irrespective of CRA regulations, activists who promote the aims of the boycott, divestment and sanctions movement should push to outlaw donations to Israel until that country complies with international law. As theyve done with other countries, federal government sanctions on Israel should seek to cut off the flow of money from Canada (in compliance with international law). Its important for the Palestine solidarity movement to challenge subsidized charitable donations to Israel. The demand is partly about pressing the Canada Revenue Agency to apply its own rules and the campaign can be framed as a way to save taxpayers money.
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https://libya360.wordpress.com/2021/05/27/why-is-israel-a-charity-case-for-canada/
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Can Japan and Toyota win the solid-state battery race?
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TOKYO/OSAKA -- In the race to produce the next generation of advanced batteries for electric vehicles, Japan Inc.'s rivals are gathering. Toyota Motor, the world's biggest car producer in 2020, has long been considered a front-runner to produce a commercially viable solid-state battery -- which would be more stable and faster to charge than the lithium-ion batteries used today by carmakers from Tesla of the U.S. to China's BYD. Toyota plans to announce a prototype of a car powered by a solid-state battery by the end of the year, seeking to launch a vehicle in the early 2020s. But Germany's Volkswagen, whose sales narrowly trailed Toyota's in 2020, is at its heels. This year the German carmaker increased its investment in QuantumScape, a U.S. startup aiming to produce a solid-state battery. QuantumScape -- backed by Bill Gates and with a market capitalization of almost $11 billion -- said on May 14 that it and VW would decide this year where to build a pilot line for their joint venture to produce batteries. The aim is to establish a production line by 2024, allowing VW to launch EVs with the batteries the following year. With electric vehicles established as a key part of global efforts to reach net zero carbon emissions, other automakers are raising their bets on advanced battery technology. Ford Motor this month added to its investment in solid-state battery startup Solid Power. BMW is also joining the U.S. carmaker in the latest $130 million funding round, as the startup plans to supply these automakers with large-format cells for vehicle testing in 2022. Toyota Motor's BZ4X Concept electric vehicle at the Auto Shanghai show in China in April. Toyota is aiming to launch 15 EVs by 2025. Reuters In January, Chinese automaker Nio said its new sedan in 2022 will have solid-state batteries able to hit a 1,000-km range -- though many believe that Nio's planned battery may be half-solid and half-liquid rather than all solid-state. And South Korea's Hyundai Motor said in a conference call last month that it would mass-produce EVs powered by solid-state batteries by 2030. "We don't think that any cell producer or carmaker is not looking at solid state batteries right now. ... The technology is just too hot to ignore it," Christoph Neef, senior scientist at Germany-based Fraunhofer Institute for Systems and Innovation Research ISI, told Nikkei Asia. The intensifying global race is a challenge for Japan. China and South Korea rapidly eroded the country's dominance of the market for lithium-ion batteries. Determined to avoid a repeat, Japan's government is spearheading the commercialization of the latest battery technology. The New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization, known as NEDO, a public-sector body, is delegating a project to the Consortium for Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center headed by Nobel Prize winning chemist Akira Yoshino. Carmakers including Toyota, Honda Motor and Nissan Motor, as well as battery manufacturers, chemicals companies and universities are receiving NEDO funds and accumulating know-how under the leadership of Libtec. "For Japan to lead the way with solid-state batteries, we must expand the scope of research," said Mikinari Shimada, who manages Libtec's solid-state battery research. Solid-state batteries are a type of lithium ion battery but differ in key respects. Instead of a flammable liquid they contain thin layers of solid electrolytes through which ions travel. The electrolytes also work as the battery's separator, a key component in a lithium-ion battery, cutting fire risk and the amount of raw materials needed. Because solid-state batteries have greater energy density, they pack more of a punch for the same weight, allowing carmakers to extend the range of an EV or deliver smaller and cheaper batteries for the same range. They can also recharge faster as there is no need to consider the risk of heat generation from charging at high power. As an example, VW says its batteries with QuantumScape will give about 30% more range than a liquid-type battery of the same size and weight, and charge to 80% capacity in as little as 12 minutes -- about half the time required by the fastest liquid-type batteries in use today. "Higher voltage would contribute to a vehicle's efficiency," said Kiyoshi Kanamura, a professor at Tokyo Metropolitan University who specializes in batteries, adding that stacking multiple lithium-ion batteries would risk the batteries catching fire. "But solid-state batteries are basically incombustible, and compressing them reduces their volume by about half in my calculation. Car manufacturers are first and foremost seeking to have that advantage," he said. Mikinari Shimada, who leads solid-state battery research at Japan's Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka) Carmakers' pursuit of low cost and high performance in batteries has become a "core competency of their business going forward, just as engines and transmissions have been in the past," said Sam Abuelsamid, principal analyst at U.S.-based research company Guidehouse Insights. One outlier in the quest for solid-state batteries is Tesla, the best-known EV producer. CEO Elon Musk has remained silent on solid-state batteries but suggested the carmaker is worried about nickel availability for the current generation of lithium-ion batteries. Toyota has pursued a next-generation battery for over a decade, making the largest number of patent applications for solid-state batteries from 2014 to 2018, according to a report by the European Patent Office and the International Energy Agency. Toyota vowed at an earnings conference on May 12 to sell 8 million electrified vehicles in 2030, with fuel-cell vehicles and EVs accounting for a quarter. In April 2020 Toyota established Prime Planet Energy & Solutions, a joint venture with Panasonic to develop vehicle batteries, with a focus on solid-state batteries. "A company like Toyota will have some advantages since they have been doing the R&D in-house for quite some time, and might also already have an idea about how their supply chain might look," said Neef, the Fraunhofer scientist. He added that Toyota's research efforts appear "promising." However, Toyota says it faces challenges. "Technical hurdles are still high," Masahiko Maeda, Toyota's chief technology officer, told reporters at the earnings conference on May 12. "We are now currently developing materials that can meet safety and durability requirements." Honda, under new CEO Toshihiro Mibe, is also stepping up research into all-solid-state batteries. Mibe said in April that the company would start a demonstration line this fiscal year and aims to make solid-state batteries available for new models in the second half of the 2020s. Nissan is also looking to sell vehicles equipped with the next-generation battery in the late 2020s. One difficulty in building solid-state batteries is securing sufficient contact between solid electrolytes and positive and negative electrodes, something easily done in a conventional liquid battery where the electrolytic solution fills the gap between the electrodes. Some people say hand-crafting is still the most efficient way to apply adequate pressure to the materials and make sure they are stuck closely together. "The big problem with [the] solid-state cell remains manufacturability," Abuelsamid said. "No one has yet been able to scale up production to automotive requirements." Abuelsamid doesn't expect to see any volume applications until 2025 and beyond. Neef also expressed doubts over how quickly solid-state technology can develop. Japan's Lithium Ion Battery Technology and Evaluation Center. "For Japan to lead ... we must expand the scope of research," says the head of its solid-state battery project. (Photo by Atsushi Ooka) "Our feeling is that the best solid-state technology, meaning the best combination of materials and components, has not been found or selected yet," he said. "Most prototypes were made in the lab rather than on a pilot line using automated and large-scale compatible processes." He added that he expects commercialization to come toward 2030. Libtec's Shimada says the solid-state team has developed batteries with an energy density comparable to that of existing EVs, which use liquid electrolytes, allowing a similar range. The batteries can also be recharged from zero to 80% full at 60 C in 10 minutes. The program will also examine new materials for next-generation solid-state batteries, with the aim of achieving a range comparable to that of current gasoline-powered vehicles. Spurring the program forward is Japan's declining presence in the lithium-ion battery market. Japanese market research company Techno System Research says China and South Korea accounted for more than 70% of total shipments of automotive batteries in 2020. China's Contemporary Amperex Technology, or CATL, held a 26% share, and LG Chem controlled 23%. Panasonic, which produces batteries for Tesla, was the only Japanese maker in the top seven -- a stark contrast to 2013 when Japan Inc. had over 50% of the market. Shimada, who used to work at Panasonic, says there has been an outflow of manufacturing knowledge, equipment and engineers from Japan. And rival countries are catching up even in solid-state batteries. NEDO says Japan accounted for 37% of over 9,400 patents applied globally from 2001 through 2018, exceeding China's 28% and the U.S.'s 16%, but that China has been applying for more patents than Japan every year since 2016. "It is highly likely that China will overtake Japan in the future," the organization concludes. Despite governmental efforts, experts question whether Japan can become a hub for building solid-state batteries for electric cars. "Even with a shift to solid-state cells, batteries will remain large and heavy," Abuelsamid said. "As EV production increases, automakers and suppliers are increasingly shifting to localized production of cells, modules and battery packs to save on transportation costs and support just-in-time production." Neef said local demand is more likely to attract large-scale battery production. In Europe, for example, CATL is constructing a plant in Germany to serve the EV market. Although he believes Japan is "very strong with respect to battery R&D," the low penetration of EVs in Japan could be a disadvantage to Japan in its quest to become a large location for solid-state battery manufacturing. Japan is the world's largest market for electrified cars. But the term here refers mostly to hybrids. Pure EVs in 2019 accounted for 2% of the Japanese market, according to the same EPO-IEA report that cites Toyota as the patent application leader. This is partly due to carmakers like Toyota placing early bets on hybrid technology. "Japan's leadership in battery technology has not translated into a large domestic electric car market," the report warns. This may need to change quickly if the country is to fulfill its solid-state ambitions. "The market is expecting Toyota to make a clear statement that the company will fully tackle EVs if it goes on with the development of solid-state batteries," argued Seiji Sugiura, a senior analyst at Tokai Tokyo Research Institute. Many consider that Toyota's promise to launch 25% of its new electrified cars as EVs and FCVs by 2030 is too unambitious: Volkswagen, for example, aims for EVs to be 70% of sales in Europe by the same year. Still, says Sugiura, Toyota might have made the right call. "Its rivals in North America and Europe are rushing to launch EVs. But Toyota's strategy [of not following such a move] allows the automaker to buy some time and focus on developing and mass-producing solid-state batteries," Sugiura said. "A breakthrough is more likely to happen for solid-state batteries."
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https://asia.nikkei.com/Business/Business-Spotlight/Can-Japan-and-Toyota-win-the-solid-state-battery-race
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What factors are affecting Growth and Demand in Wood House Frame Market?
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| Trends and Forecast till 2031 by Fact.MR Wood House Frame Market Study Provides Latest Intelligence on Growth in 2021 and Beyond The latest study on Wood House Frame market offers in-depth analysis and insights for the forecast period (2021-2031). The study tracks Wood House Frame sales and adoption in over 20 countries, with analysis high-growth as well as emerging markets. The Wood House Frame market research report also offer COVID-19 analysis on sales, providing readers with latest analysis. Request a Sample Report containing crucial Graphs and Figures https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=S&rep_id=6056 Wood House Frame Demand Outlook and Assessment The study tracks Wood House Frame adoption across the globe, with a detailed analysis on the drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threats for existing players as well as new companies. The key growth factors have been analyzed in detail in the study. In addition to the key growth factors, the study also offers analysis on the key challenges Wood House Frame companies are likely to face during the assessment period. The restraints vary across countries, and Wood House Frameplayers often face challenges with lack of standardization, regulation, taxes, and polity. The study also includes detailed chapters on the key opportunities for Wood House Frame market players. As COVID-19 has led to a host of challenges, Wood House Frame organizations are focusing on addressing white spaces and working on the opportunities. In addition to the lucid information, the report offers segment-level analysis and forecast. The segment level forecast and analysis offers readers information on which categories are likely to witness a boost, whereas the segments which are yet at a nascent stage. Get access to Table Of Content covering 200+ Topics https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=T&rep_id=6056 The Fact.MR study gives readers detailed insights as per key regions, tracking Wood House Frame sales in key markets. Each region is further broken down into key countries, and analysis on some of the most lucrative countries for Wood House Frame demand is included. The country-level Wood House Frame analysis gives readers complete information on the countries that are at the forefront of demand and adoption. The country-level information also provides readers with insights on emerging hotspots many countries in the Wood House Frame market are ripe for investment, and the study offers key recommendations and suggestions pertaining to that. Request Customized Report as Per Your Requirements https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=T&rep_id=6056 Key Segments By Truss Common Truss King Post Truss Hammer beam Truss Scissor Truss Others By Application Personal Space Commercial Space By Wood Type Light structural lumber Heavy timber Finger-jointed lumber By End-Use Construction Housing Competitive Landscape The Fact.MR study profiles the business, product and other key strategies of the leading Wood House Frame companies in detail. The competitive landscape section of the study tracks market leaders, incumbents, and aspirants, laying out a layered information model that readers can use. 24/7 Service Offering Digital Business Strategy Solutions Precise Supply Chain Augmentation Analysis Syndicated and Customized Reports for Clients Up-To-Date Insights on Industry Trends About Us: Market research and consulting agency with a difference! Thats why 80% of Fortune 1,000 companies trust us for making their most critical decisions. While our experienced consultants employ the latest technologies to extract hard-to-find insights, we believe our USP is the trust clients have on our expertise. Spanning a wide range from automotive & industry 4.0 to healthcare & retail, our coverage is expansive, but we ensure even the most niche categories are analyzed. Our sales offices in United States and Dublin, Ireland. Headquarter based in Dubai, UAE. Reach out to us with your goals, and well be an able research partner. Contact: US Sales Office: 11140 Rockville Pike Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20852 United States Tel: +1 (628) 251-1583 Corporate Headquarter: Unit No: AU-01-H Gold Tower (AU), Plot No: JLT-PH1-I3A, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Email : [email protected] Website : https://www.factmr.com
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Where do houseless people go when camps are removed in Portland?
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The city of Portland announced it will get more aggressive in removing homeless encampments. PORTLAND, Ore After largely halting the practice during the COVID-19 pandemic, the city of Portland announced that starting May 24, crews would begin clearing more homeless camps. Before the pandemic, the city cleared about 50 camps per week, but after COVID arrived that number dropped to about five camps per week. As of Wednesday, 13 camps in Portland are slated to be cleared. A viewer of The Story with Dan Haggerty named Andrew wrote to us with a question: I am curious as to where did the people in the 50 sweeps per week go. We took this question to two people who are very informed on the topic. First, Gary Barker, who is the lead ambassador for the newspaper, Street Roots. He spent roughly a decade on the streets of Portland and his camps were cleared many times. He has housing now. Some people do go to a shelter, but most of them dont because the shelter system is so rigid. It doesnt fit the makeup of people today. Nobody wants to be told what to do or told what time to lay in bed. Its just too rigid, said Barker. The only shelter that Ive been to that I appreciate to this day was Do Good Multnomah. They have a very low barrier shelter and they work with you to get ahead. They assign a case manager with you. And theyre really laid back and they dont force themselves. They let you think about it. You can lay there and sleep if you want to, but eventually youre going to get tired of laying around and doing nothing, right? We also took this question to Kim James, who runs the street outreach teams with Cascadia Behavioral Healthcare. Each team of two people goes out at least five days per week and talks to people living in camps, often just before the camps are cleared. The teams make contact with hundreds of people each year. James has a different take on where people go when the camps are cleared. She says many people take advantage of programs and end up being placed into some sort of housing. As of our last reported, we were over 68% of individuals who decided to take advantage of the opportunities through either our intensive street engagement program or our mental health street outreach program, James said. While it is not an overnight phenomenon, it does happen and we work with an individual who is able to work their way back into the system and once they decide, even after they decide, wrap-around services are there, so our goal is to not only house new people but keep those who we have housed inside. James says outreach teams continue to work with people until they are ready to move inside. The term sweep has traditionally referred to crews clearing just one camp, which can include many tents. The city refuses to call them sweeps, opting for removals instead. Some people, including Barker, believe sweeps is disrespectful. The actions that come with it are somewhat inhumane to me, Barker said. Because when you take another human being and treat them that way, like disrespectful and rude, and just take all their belongings that they own in the whole wide world and dispose of them, and tell them that theyre going to get them back, which you dont, you never see it again, it leaves you kind of frustrated and angry, and it tears at your self-esteem. It makes you feel less than or different than.
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Which Key Manufacturers are leading in Wire Cutters Market?
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| Analysis and Forecast till 2031 by Fact.MR Wire Cutters Market Study Provides Latest Intelligence on Growth in 2021 and Beyond The latest study on Wire Cutters market offers in-depth analysis and insights for the forecast period (2021-2031). The study tracks Wire Cutters sales and adoption in over 20 countries, with analysis high-growth as well as emerging markets. The Wire Cutters market research report also offer COVID-19 analysis on sales, providing readers with latest analysis. Request a Sample Report containing crucial Graphs and Figures https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=S&rep_id=6055 Wire Cutters Demand Outlook and Assessment The study tracks Wire Cutters adoption across the globe, with a detailed analysis on the drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threats for existing players as well as new companies. The key growth factors have been analyzed in detail in the study. In addition to the key growth factors, the study also offers analysis on the key challenges Wire Cutters companies are likely to face during the assessment period. The restraints vary across countries, and Wire Cutters players often face challenges with lack of standardization, regulation, taxes, and polity. The study also includes detailed chapters on the key opportunities for Wire Cutters market players. As COVID-19 has led to a host of challenges, Wire Cutters organizations are focusing on addressing white spaces and working on the opportunities. In addition to the lucid information, the report offers segment-level analysis and forecast. The segment level forecast and analysis offers readers information on which categories are likely to witness a boost, whereas the segments which are yet at a nascent stage. Get access to Table Of Content covering 200+ Topics https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=T&rep_id=6055 The Fact.MR study gives readers detailed insights as per key regions, tracking Wire Cutters sales in key markets. Each region is further broken down into key countries, and analysis on some of the most lucrative countries for Wire Cuttersdemand is included. The country-level Wire Cutters analysis gives readers complete information on the countries that are at the forefront of demand and adoption. The country-level information also provides readers with insights on emerging hotspots many countries in the Wire Cutters market are ripe for investment, and the study offers key recommendations and suggestions pertaining to that. Request Customized Report as Per Your Requirements https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=RC&rep_id=6055 Key Segments By Product type Side Cutting Pliers Utility Pliers Slip Joint Pliers Long Nose Pliers End Cutting Pliers Diagonal Cutting Pliers Flat Nose Pliers By Handle Material Steel Aluminum Polymer Others By Mechanism Manual Automatic By Handle Length Less than 6 6-12 12-18 >18 By distribution channel Online Direct to Customer Third party website Modern Trade Channels Tools Specialty Stores Others By Application Residential Commercial Industrial Key XYZ Market Segments Competitive Landscape The Fact.MR study profiles the business, product and other key strategies of the leading Wire Cutters companies in detail. The competitive landscape section of the study tracks market leaders, incumbents, and aspirants, laying out a layered information model that readers can use. 24/7 Service Offering Digital Business Strategy Solutions Precise Supply Chain Augmentation Analysis Syndicated and Customized Reports for Clients Up-To-Date Insights on Industry Trends About Us: Market research and consulting agency with a difference! Thats why 80% of Fortune 1,000 companies trust us for making their most critical decisions. While our experienced consultants employ the latest technologies to extract hard-to-find insights, we believe our USP is the trust clients have on our expertise. Spanning a wide range from automotive & industry 4.0 to healthcare & retail, our coverage is expansive, but we ensure even the most niche categories are analyzed. Our sales offices in United States and Dublin, Ireland. Headquarter based in Dubai, UAE. Reach out to us with your goals, and well be an able research partner. Contact: US Sales Office: 11140 Rockville Pike Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20852 United States Tel: +1 (628) 251-1583 Corporate Headquarter: Unit No: AU-01-H Gold Tower (AU), Plot No: JLT-PH1-I3A, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Email : [email protected] Website : https://www.factmr.com
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Which Key Manufacturers are leading in Woodcarving Tool Market?
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| Analysis and Forecast till 2031 by Fact.MR Woodcarving Tool Market Study Provides Latest Intelligence on Growth in 2021 and Beyond The latest study on the Woodcarving Tool market offers in-depth analysis and insights for the forecast period (2021-2031). The study tracks Woodcarving Tool sales and adoption in over 20 countries, with analysis high-growth as well as emerging markets. The Woodcarving Tool market research report also offer COVID-19 analysis on sales, providing readers with latest analysis. Request a Sample Report containing crucial Graphs and Figures https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=S&rep_id=6057 Woodcarving Tool Demand Outlook and Assessment The study tracks Woodcarving Tool adoption across the globe, with a detailed analysis on the drivers, restraints, opportunities, and threats for existing players as well as new companies. The key growth factors have been analyzed in detail in the study. In addition to the key growth factors, the study also offers analysis on the key challenges Woodcarving Tool companies are likely to face during the assessment period. The restraints vary across countries, and Woodcarving Tool players often face challenges with lack of standardization, regulation, taxes, and polity. The study also includes detailed chapters on the key opportunities for Woodcarving Tool market players. As COVID-19 has led to a host of challenges, Woodcarving Toolorganizations are focusing on addressing white spaces and working on the opportunities. In addition to the lucid information, the report offers segment-level analysis and forecast. The segment level forecast and analysis offers readers information on which categories are likely to witness a boost, whereas the segments which are yet at a nascent stage. Get access to Table Of Content covering 200+ Topics https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=T&rep_id=6057 The Fact.MR study gives readers detailed insights as per key regions, tracking Woodcarving Tool sales in key markets. Each region is further broken down into key countries, and analysis on some of the most lucrative countries for Woodcarving Tool demand is included. The country-level Woodcarving Tool analysis gives readers complete information on the countries that are at the forefront of demand and adoption. The country-level information also provides readers with insights on emerging hotspots many countries in the Woodcarving Tool market are ripe for investment, and the study offers key recommendations and suggestions pertaining to that. Request Customized Report as Per Your Requirements https://www.factmr.com/connectus/sample?flag=RC&rep_id=6057 Key Segments By Product Type V Tool Straight-edge chisel Single-beveled chisels Semicircular carving tool / spoon gouge Back bent gouge Macaroni tool Dog leg chisel Fishtail gouge Curved carving tool Palm tool Skewed chisel By Application Wood carving Stone carving Chip carving Others (ivory carving, vegetable & fruits carving, ice carving, etc.) By Form Composite Woodcarving tool Non-composite Woodcarving tool By Technology Manual Electric By End-users Wood designing industry Carpenter Juice Vendors Ice Industries By Sales Channel Modern Trade Channel Online channel Third party websites Direct to customer Tool specialty stores Others Competitive Landscape The Fact.MR study profiles the business, product and other key strategies of the leading Woodcarving Tool companies in detail. The competitive landscape section of the study tracks market leaders, incumbents, and aspirants, laying out a layered information model that readers can use. 24/7 Service Offering Digital Business Strategy Solutions Precise Supply Chain Augmentation Analysis Syndicated and Customized Reports for Clients Up-To-Date Insights on Industry Trends About Us: Market research and consulting agency with a difference! Thats why 80% of Fortune 1,000 companies trust us for making their most critical decisions. While our experienced consultants employ the latest technologies to extract hard-to-find insights, we believe our USP is the trust clients have on our expertise. Spanning a wide range from automotive & industry 4.0 to healthcare & retail, our coverage is expansive, but we ensure even the most niche categories are analyzed. Our sales offices in United States and Dublin, Ireland. Headquarter based in Dubai, UAE. Reach out to us with your goals, and well be an able research partner. Contact: US Sales Office: 11140 Rockville Pike Suite 400 Rockville, MD 20852 United States Tel: +1 (628) 251-1583 Corporate Headquarter: Unit No: AU-01-H Gold Tower (AU), Plot No: JLT-PH1-I3A, Jumeirah Lakes Towers, Dubai, United Arab Emirates Email : [email protected] Website : https://www.factmr.com
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How many children do Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have and how old are they?
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BRAD PITT was won joint-custody of his children with Angelina Jolie following a brutal five-year legal battle. Here's all we know about the kids, who will now spend 'significantly' more time with their Oscar-winning father. The pair have six kids: Maddox, 19, Pax, 17, Zahara, 16, Shiloh, 15, and Vivienne and Knox, 12. Maddox, Zahara and Pax were adopted from orphanages in Cambodia, Ethiopia and Vietnam respectively. The remaining three are their biological children. 6 Maddox Jolie-Pitt has already begun working in the film industry Credit: Rex Features Maddox Jolie-Pitt Angelina and her ex-husband Billy Bob Thornton adopted her oldest child, Maddox Chivan in 2002. The pair took in Maddox after finding him in a Cambodian orphanage, but the adoption process took a while due to US government legislation. Maddox reportedly aspires to follow in his adoptive parents footsteps, as he hopes to work in the film industry. In Angelinas 2015 film, By the Sea, the talented teen worked behind the scenes as a production assistant. The young film buff also contributed to Anges Netflix show, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter Of Cambodia Remembers. The name Maddox derives from the Welsh word "mad" which means fortunate. 6 Zahara Jolie-Pitt, Angelina Jolie and Shiloh Jolie-Pitt at the Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards in 2015 Credit: Rex Features Zahara Marley Jolie-Pitt Three years after welcoming Maddox into her family, Angelina adopted six-month-old Ethiopian orphan Zahara Marley. Her caring mum has revealed that shes very girly and maternal. Just like her older brother, Zahara has enjoyed her film connections. The young girl contributed to Kung Fu Panda 3, providing the voice for one of the minor characters. The name Zahara is a derivative of the name Zahra - shining flower. 6 Reports have suggested that Shiloh prefers to be referred to as a boy Credit: Getty Images - WireImage Shiloh Nouvel Jolie-Pitt In 2006, Angelina gave birth to her and Brads first biological child in Namibia. After the event, pictures of Shiloh were splashed across People and Hello! magazine, in deals which earned Ange over 5.3million. The actress, who is renowned for her humanitarian works, donated all of the payments to the United Nations childrens charity Unicef. In 2015, a report from Radar Online suggested that Shiloh - who was born a girl - had asked her parents to be identified as male, and wants to be called John. These rumours correlate with an article in Vanity Fair in 2010, which revealed that Shiloh wants to be a boy and sees herself as one of the brothers. Shiloh is a Hebrew name and means "place of peace". 6 Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt attends the premiere of Unbroken on December 15, 2014 Credit: Getty Images - FilmMagic Pax Thien Jolie-Pitt Former power couple Brangelina decided to adopt another child, Pax Thien, in 2007. After Jolie took on the role of mother for the orphan from Vietnam, Brad later applied to be Paxs dad when the pair returned to the US. The family decided to name their child after two Vietnamese words, which translate as peaceful sky. Even though Pax was adopted when he was just three-years-old, reports suggest that he has struggled to cope with the life of fame, regularly avoiding the paparazzi. 6 Brad and Angelina celebrate the birth of their twins Knox and Vivienne in 2008 Credit: Hello Twins Knox Leon and Vivienne Marcheline Jolie-Pitt Just months after adopting Pax, Brad and Ange revealed, during the premiere of Kung Fu Panda 3, that they were expecting twins. In 2008, Knox and Vivienne were born, and featured on the front cover on Hello! magazine. Like her last deal, Angelina decided to donate her $10m media earnings to charity, this time to the Jolie-Pitt foundation. Wanting to keep the twins names close to Jolie family tradition, Viviennes middle name was a tribute to Anges mum Marcheline, while Knox shared his second name with her great-great grandfather. The 12-year-old twins havent yet dabbled much with the world of showbiz. Despite this, Vivienne earned a small part in the Disney film Maleficent, where she starred alongside her mum.
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https://www.the-sun.com/entertainment/282970/brad-pitt-angelina-jolie-children/
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Was Canada's COVID Alert app a hit or a miss?
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OTTAWA -- Almost a year after the federal government launched COVID Alert, an exposure notification smartphone app intended to slow community spread of COVID-19, the tool is still getting mixed reviews and some say it should be phased out. COVID Alert was first piloted in Ontario in July 2020 and deemed an innovative solution by public health officials to pinpoint positive cases before they lead to major outbreaks. The app uses Bluetooth technology to send out one-time key alerts to phones that have spent 15 minutes or longer within a two-metre distance of someone whos contracted the virus in the previous 14 days. Its only effective though if people actually submit their positive COVID-19 result. As of May 25, its been downloaded 6,548,411 times and 33,168 one-time keys have been entered to trigger notifications. Colin Furness, an expert in infectious disease epidemiology from the University of Toronto, says those numbers are ludicrously low but not shocking given the design of the app. Its so designed for privacy, it creates a bit of a creepy feel to it and also, if you get an alertit doesnt tell you when you were exposed, it doesnt tell you when to get tested, all it does it create stress, its basically an alarm that says be stressed right now, he said in an interview with CTVNews.ca. I think privacy is super important, but I think global pandemic means we need to prioritize a little bit, so I would have favoured a design that was more transparentthat was less hermetically sealed to make sure that people had as little information as possible. He said he pitched to the Ontario government in July that they acquire data like blood oxygen saturation levels from Apples or Fitbits wearable tech to identify potential hotspots and guide community testing. Weve got technology that people already have strapped to their bodies that actually could say hey your blood oxygen is low, we have all your historical data, for however many years youve been wearing this thing and it just dipped for two days, he said. The answer I got back was, We dont know how to do that. Furness argues that the federal government shouldnt assign any more resources to improve COVID Alert and instead focus on helping provinces better their testing and contact tracing abilities. Contact tracing is vital for us to be able to continue to understand how new variants may spread in different ways or to new populations, we really want to know as much as we canI will feel a lot safer when transmission is so low that we can actually do intelligent effective contact tracing which is not what were doing right now, he said. Asked whether Health Canada views the app as a success, a spokesperson said in a statement to CTVNews.ca: The COVID Alert app is one of many tools made available to Canadians to help limit the spread of COVID-19. Improved distribution of one-time keys to people who test positive would enable COVID Alert to realize its full potential. As such, we continue to work with our provincial and territorial partners to increase their distribution and encourage app users to input one-time keys when they receive a positive diagnosis. While nine provinces and territories moved to adopt the technology, B.C., Alberta, Nunavut, and the Yukon held out. A spokesperson for the B.C. health ministry said public health officials reviewed COVID Alert very carefully and determined that the app would add significant challenges to their work, without supporting B.C.s ability to trace and identify COVID cases. Tom McMillan, the assistant director of communications at Alberta Health, echoed a similar sentiment. The federal COVID Alert is an exposure notification tool and it relies on infected users to send out an alert to people if they have been exposed without directly involving contact tracers. During discussions, the federal government indicated that we could not run both our contact tracing app and their exposure notification tool at the same time, he said in an email. Prime Minister Justin Trudeau attributed the relatively low levels of engagement with the tool in part to the fact that not all provinces signed on. We know that the two westernmost provinces, B.C. and Alberta, didnt choose to use the COVID Alert app, which was unfortunate, which was a gap that I think a number of people across the country didnt feel like it was a fully national app, he said speaking to reporters Thursday. He added there is no one measure to protect people from COVID-19 and encouraged all Canadians to download COVID Alert as more social restrictions lift. Aaron Langille, a computer science professor at Laurentian University, told CTVNews.ca the stigma associated with declaring an illness is likely a barrier to the apps success. All of us have apps on our devices that are not secure and theyre spreading our email addresses, theyre spreading our shopping habits and theyre targeting ads at us and we dont really carebut when it comes to health, its the same rationale behind keeping test results secret from your employer or your neighbors, he said. He argues the government could have done a better job at communicating the steps it took to make the system secure. At the time it was introduced, the government did make note of the measures it took to protect the data it would collect, stating that it wont track a user's location or collect personally identifiable information. An advisory council was also set up to ensure privacy protections were being upheld. The COVID-19 Exposure Notification App Advisory Council will help ensure COVID Alert meets the highest standards of privacy, technology, and, most importantly, public health outcomes, said then-minister of innovation, science, and industry Navdeep Bains. The federal and Ontario privacy commissioners also issued a statement giving their stamp of approval of the app. Canadians can opt to use this technology knowing it includes very significant privacy protections, said Daniel Therrien at the time. I will use it. PHAC said it will continue to look at evolving scientific evidence and public health guidance with regards to the time and motion parameters of the app as the virus risk levels change with more vaccinations but that it remains a valuable tool to mitigate community spread.
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https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/coronavirus/was-canada-s-covid-alert-app-a-hit-or-a-miss-1.5445730
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How many children does Paul Ryan have?
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FORMER politician Paul Ryan has been married to Janna Little since 2000. The pair, along with their family, reside in a suburb of Washington, DC. Paul Ryan, 51, and his wife Janna Little, are parents to Elizabeth "Liza" Anne, Charles Wilson, and Samuel Lowery Ryan. Ryan retired from his post in Congress to spend more time with his children. Back in 2016, the politician shared a photo on Twitter of his son Samuel sitting in on a national security event just two rows behind his dad. Both Samuel and Charles traveled with Ryan on the 2012 campaign trail when he was running for Vice President. Ryan also shared a sweet throwback of him and his daughter Liza back in 2002 on the House floor, as he is holding her on his lap. Ryan and Little reportedly met at her 30th birthday party, according to CNN. They had their first date over lunch and hit it off afterwards. Dana Little Jackson, Littles sibling, told CNN that her sister was into Ryans can-do attitude. She said she thought he seemed extraordinary. She said hes just so positive and earnest, recalled Jackson. Maybe because we lived in Washington and were used to the cynical nature, but she was struck by his can-do attitude and positive spirit. She loved what a normal Midwestern guy he was, Jackson added. Ryan has been involved in politics since 1997 and is a member of the Republican party. The former Congressman began his career working in Washington DC after graduating college in 1992. He served as the 54th speaker of the US House of Representatives for four years beginning in 2015. Ryan was also the 2012 vice presidential nominee of the Republican Party, running unsuccessfully alongside Mitt Romney. He was expected to blast former president Donald Trump in a speech on the evening of May 27, 2021. Most read in News HORROR FIND Neighbor 'in tears' after finding body of 'kidnapped and slain' boy, 4 Exclusive TRANSIT BLOODBATH Grieving son of mass shooting victim says 'no reason' for gun massacre Breaking WEALTH OF EXPERIENCE BLM exec QUITS and blames 'smears' after pricey properties scandal UF-WOAH! Frustrated taxpayers speak as $10,200 refunds hit with delays Breaking DOOMSDAY DELAY Cult mom 'not fit for trial' as cops submit charge in ex-husband's death "Once again, we conservatives find ourselves at a crossroads," Ryan was expected to say, according to CNN. "And here's one reality we have to face: If the conservative cause depends on the populist appeal of one personality, or on second-rate imitations, then we're not going anywhere. "Voters looking for Republican leaders want to see independence and mettle."
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https://www.the-sun.com/news/2970944/paul-ryan-children-republican-congress-speaker-house/
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Why is there no Team GB mens football team but a womens football team at the Tokyo Olympics?
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THE TOKYO OLYMPICS will see Great Britain field a women's football team this summer, but there WON'T be a men's side. Hege Riise, the Team GB head coach, named an 18-person squad for the games set to be held in Japan between July 23 and August 8. 2 Team GB will field a women's side at the 2020 Olympics in Tokyo this summer Credit: Getty Images - Getty Team GB will take on Japan, Canada and Chile in the group stage. But for the second Olympic Games running, there will NOT be a men's team playing for GB. When London won the rights to hold the Olympics in 2012, Great Britain immediately began plans to enter a men's team for the games. The Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish FA, however, expressed doubts over taking part over fears they would lose their 'Home Nations' status which had been established by FIFA. FIFA president at the time Sepp Blatter assured all four nations that their individuality would not be lost, despite combining to create Team GB for the Olympics. A compromise was reached and only English and Welsh players took part for Team GB in London. Plans were put forward for a team to be created for the Rio Olympics in 2016, but they were once again rejected by the Scottish, Welsh and Northern Irish association again. And subsequently, no efforts were made for a men's team to enter the Tokyo games. 2 Ryan Giggs captained the men's Team GB side at the 2012 Olympics Credit: PA:Press Association But Team GB Chef de Mission Mark England says that potential success from the women's team may spark up a revival for the men's side. "I would absolutely love to take a men's football team to the Olympic Games. "I think the experiences that the women have had through the home country FAs hopefully will be that positive step and impetus for an open dialogue on men's teams in the future. "Obviously the strength now that we can see in women's football (means) we'd be very disappointed if, in France in Paris in 2024 and on to Los Angeles in 2028, we weren't fielding competitive teams across all sports but in particular competitive teams in football as well."
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https://www.the-sun.com/sport/2971378/team-gb-womens-football-tokyo-olympics-mens/
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What made Georgia Tech home for Archer WR DJ Moore? Why now?
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On Thursday afternoon, with just days to go until the end of the COVID-19 forced dead period which halted all official and unofficial visits, Georgia Tech landed Archer wide receiver DJ Moore. Moore chose the Yellow Jackets over Maryland, Pitt, and a handful of others, and became the fifth commitment for Collins and his staff in a 2022 class that has now entered the Top 30 nationally. He went in-depth with JacketsOnline on his decision, the timing behind it, and more. IN HIS OWN WORDS On when he knew Georgia Tech was the place for him, and the timing of his decision: "I knew Georgia Tech was the place for me when I was at the spring game. Once I saw their offense there, and saw the way I would be able to make a lot of plays there, I was in. Talking with Coach (Kerry) Dixon frequently, I always knew this was probably going to be the place for me.I knew that after I completed spring football, I was ready to commit to Georgia Tech, and make that home. I texted Dixon last week and told him I was ready to commit. He got really excited, and then Collins texted me telling me how excited he was to have me in the class, and about all of the big plays I will be able to make in the future. The academic opportunities at Tech are unbelievable. Outside of football, there are so many good opportunities. That played a big role for me." His fit in the Georgia Tech offense: "I will be able to maintain my flexibility, playing both inside and outside." On why he's still planning to visit Maryland: "I already had everything finalized and scheduled with Maryland, so I am still going to take that trip early next month. I am still 100% committed to Georgia Tech, I am just going to go up there since everything was already set up."
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https://georgiatech.rivals.com/news/what-made-georgia-tech-home-for-archer-wr-dj-moore-why-now-
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Is Thredbo the greatest winter weekend in Australia?
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Theres so much more to a big weekend in Thredbo than the snow although, fortunately, thats also pretty darn good as well. This might just be the best all-round winter getaway that Australia has to offer. Not only do you get time on the slopes at Australias Best Ski Resort (yep four years running), but you also get to enjoy this countrys finest aprs-ski scene, join in some seriously brag-worthy signature experiences, ride Australias only alpine gondola, eat some gourmet on-mountain cuisine and then back up for mid-week fun. Find out why Thredbo may just be the greatest winter long weekend in Australia: The longest runs and nights Incredible experiences only in Thredbo And then there is the white stuff The Thredbo winter bucket list Dont forget mid week This is as good as it gets. Not just the longest runs, but the longest nights It doesnt matter which weekend you visit Thredbo Village: there will be something on. A gig, a festival, an event. The great thing about this resort is its consistency, the fact that there is always something to do and something to see, even when youre not on the mountain. The aprs-ski scene is always pumping, from well before last lifts. Well-known music acts call through Thredbo regularly during winter, and every night theres something happening, from drinks around the fire to DJ sets well into the night. Every Thursday, Friday and Saturday, the Merritts Deck at the top of the gondola hosts Corona Sunsets, an afternoon of music, drinks and good times. Back down in the village, meanwhile, Alpine Aprs is happening every Friday and Saturday, with DJs on the decks and revellers crowded around the outdoor firepits. Couple this with one-off events throughout the season, and a party atmosphere every night, and you have the perfect place to celebrate. Signature experiences found nowhere else Thredbo has a huge range of unique signature experiences, the kind of activities you will be talking about until next winter rolls around. Theres no way youre doing this stuff anywhere else. Begin with Sunrise Sessions, where guests take in a spectacular sunrise from the highest lifted point in Australia, before a hearty breakfast at Australias highest restaurant, and then first tracks down Supertrail, Australias longest run. Epic. And then youve got the Merritts Mountain Haus Feast, where guests ride Australias only alpine gondola under the stars to enjoy a Bavarian-style feast up top at Merritts. The ride back down, with the lights of Thredbo village twinkling, is incredible. Alternatively, try the Merritts Mountain Haus Feast & Snowcat experience, which adds a snowcat tour with Champagne at Kareela Hutte while you watch the Thredbo flare run to the Bavarian deliciousness. There are also regular snowcat dinners at Kareela, Thredbos ultimate alpine retreat, where gourmet four-course meals are served before you travel in style back down to the village. And dont forget, for skiers and boarders keen to pick up new skills and ride some incredible and unique terrain, Thredbo offers guided backcountry tours. Learn all about mountain safety while skiing and boarding in parts of the country few people ever witness. Theres nothing else like this. And on the snow You come to Thredbo for many reasons. You come here for the aprs joy, you come here for the great food, you come here for the signature experiences. But you also come here for snow, for terrain, for legendary skiing and boarding. And there, Thredbo has you well and truly covered. This is, after all, Australias Best Ski Resort, as awarded by the World Ski Awards four years running. Theres terrain here for all ages and abilities, with lessons and other programs to help those of any level take a step up. For beginners, Thredbo has a purpose-built area perfect for skill development in a safe environment. Intermediates have access to Australias longest runs and varied terrain, while advanced skiers and boarders can go on- or off-piste for endless challenges. Do the bucket list The Thredbo team know the mountain better than anyone, and theyve come up with a bucket list that every visitor should try to tick off during their ultimate weekend. That includes: 1. riding Merritts Gondola, Australias only alpine gondola; 2. skiing and boarding Australias longest runs; 3. ringing the bell at Australias highest lifted point; 4. watching the Saturday Night Fireworks Spectacular; 5. scoring first tracks down Supertrail with a Sunrise Sessions on-mountain experience; 6. venturing beyond the resort boundaries on a Thredbo Backcountry Tour; 7. riding under the stars by gondola or snowcat to attend an unforgettable on-mountain dinner experience; 8. visiting the Thredbo Alpine Museum; and taking in free aprs entertainment around the mountain. Its fun to try. Dont forget mid-week While the party scene really cranks up on the weekends in Thredbo, theres plenty to be said for a mid-week break. Ski or board here from Monday to Friday and there are fewer crowds, but still plenty to do, including the Sunrise Sessions, a signature experience mentioned above, which is offered every Tuesday from late July to late August. And of course, mid-week, you still have access to all of Thredbos amazing ski terrain, you still get all of the great food options on the mountain and in the village (including Merritts Mountain House, Kareela Hutte and Eagles Nest), and you can enjoy the aprs scene with your crew. For more information visit, thredbo.com.au
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https://www.australiantraveller.com/nsw/snowy-mountains/thredbo/is-thredbo-the-greatest-winter-long-weekend-in-australia/
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Who failed India?
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The worlds largest vaccine manufacturer is broke. Queues of anxious people, desperate to get a jab, have returned home disappointed as several inoculation centres have had no supply of the two vaccines currently being used in India, Covishield (made by Serum Institute of India under licence from AstraZeneca) and Covaxin (Bharat Biotech). With the second wave of the coronavirus on a dangerous trajectory, people are terribly worried. They should be. Indias caseload is at a staggering 26 million, and we have established dubious records in daily cases (over 400,000), daily deaths (4,522), and the fastest vertical progression in infection rate in the month of April 2021. According to a New York Times report, the actual aggregate death count could be higher at 600,000, twice the official count. Dead bodies buried hurriedly along river embankments, lack of oxygen supply, inadequate ICU beds, black-marketing of life-saving drugs, the average Indian has experienced a dystopian nightmare. It can be unequivocally stated that Indians have been let down by their central government in a shocking exhibition of political hubris. And complete incompetence. Let me explain with the help of elementary arithmetic. Indias population is estimated to be about 1.38 billion. The targeted group due for vaccination above the age of 18 years is 940 million. Now, India has approved vaccines that must be given in a double dose. Thus, even a toddler using a calculator can tell you that India should have ordered (from both domestic manufacturers and foreign suppliers) 940x2=1880 million doses, plus some to allow for wastage, at the earliest, preferably in December 2020-January 2021 itself. It is again basic knowledge that vaccination is the best preventive measure to stop transmission of the virus, save lives, and reduce pressure on a creaky health infrastructure. The government, however, was asleep at the wheel. There is one, which is so inebriated by its electoral triumphs and the image of its strongman Supreme Leader that they believed they could not look weak, nervous or uncertain in public perception. After all, they were lionised as macho and muscular avatars of political leadership. Basically, they were hallucinating, drunk on PR, dazzling sound-bytes of premature triumphalism and gloating on TV. Like the Titanic crew, they missed the emerging iceberg. Here is how. Serum Institute of India (SII) and Bharat Biotech (BB), both given emergency use authorisations, were awaiting government orders. A miserly 21 million doses (1.1% of Indias needs). It was preposterously low. BBs production capacity was anyway limited to just 20 million at the time. The answer to the coming challenge lay in investing significant funds in both SII (which had taken the business risk) and BB so that they could ramp up production capacity to about 150 million and 50 million doses, respectively, at the barest minimum. Despite allocating Rs 35,000 crore in the Union budget for vaccines, the government did nothing right until April 2021, when the crisis was already upon us. Foreign vaccine-makers like Pfizer who came knocking on our doors returned because of the governments reluctance to acknowledge its shortfalls. The government thought that Indias war against the virus was over. Game, set and match, BJP. The real tragedy is that we could have saved many lives had the government focused on governance instead of grand theatrics to appear like supermen. The BJP hailed PM Modi as the ultimate hero and the PM himself boasted of India being the pharmacy of the world. It was a self-goal. Now, we have to beg, borrow or steal vaccines to save ourselves. This was an avoidable disaster. In its bid to boost Modis global appeal, the government even exported 67 million vaccine doses (more than what we had used locally till then). It was bizarre. Now India has failed not just its own denizens but even other vaccine-starved nations with vulnerable populations. And AstraZeneca has sent SII a legal notice for non-delivery against contractual obligations, as the government forced it to stop deliveries. It is a mess. It is believed that External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar is now travelling abroad with a shopping bag, hoping for the charitable disposition of multinational pharma companies whose global commitments now restrict them from obliging India. Of course, by the end of the year, there will be an oversupply of vaccines worldwide, but that makes the next few months crucial for India. At 70% of targeted population needed for herd immunity, India needs to vaccinate approximately 650 million people with at least a single dose. Right now, we have reached the 200-million threshold; the gap is 450 million. Ideally, if we were doing even five million vaccinations a day, India could have opened up, like the US and UK, by August 2021. But currently, the daily vaccination levels have collapsed to a dismal 150,000 a day. At this rate, it will take us 10 months, that is till March 2022, to hit the herd immunity benchmark. India cannot afford that. Therefore, the only way forward is to back SII and, through compulsory licensing, widen the manufacturing base of Covaxin, even as we urgently facilitate conditions for import of foreign vaccines. Indian company Wockhardt has volunteered to make 500 million doses by February 2022. One day, this dystopian nightmare will end. But a commission of inquiry will be needed to investigate if lives perished because of criminal negligence. There must be consequences for those who failed innocent Indians in their critical hour of need. (The writer is a former spokesperson of the Congress party)
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https://www.deccanherald.com/opinion/main-article/who-failed-india-990868.html
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Why is Australia experiencing its worst rodent outbreak in years?
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WarningThis note contains information and images that may beVery p Unpleasant to some readers. Farmers in southeast Australia are living a nightmare. a plague from Million mice It has spread in recent weeks, causing massive damage to crops and putting the mental health of many people in crisis. Living with mice every day makes you feel dirty, says Melanie Morris, who lives in New South Wales County (NGS). The mice move the earth, says Brody Thomas Roche. There is simply no way to escape from it. Experts and residents consider it The worst plague That they encountered in Many years In the region, which came after a long drought has already hit the local economy. Also read: A locust plague of biblical proportions threatening Africa But this is precisely because the drought is over and there has been a rapid recovery of the farmer that mice It began to multiply on a large scale, Until you breed an invasion. Reuters Thousands of mice appear day and night in NSW farm fields. Gilgandra farmer Norman Morris says his barn was destroyed by mice, and they left him Losses exceeding $ 40,000. Cars, tractors, whatever they can get in, theyll go in and chew. Wherever they go, theyll go, Moeris says. The perfect moment After several years of drought in southwestern Australia, Conditions are perfect now For mice to thrive. There is a lot of food, moisture and less predators. We got out of a drought and things quickly got pretty good, explains Martin Murray, an agronomist from DeLongra, New York. And species that reproduce early, like mice, are really able to take advantage of this situation. Also read: Agriculture prevented 30 pests from entering Mexico in 2019 It will take some time for the rest of the ecosystem to catch up and strike a balance, he adds. Mice can generate a file Six layers a Ten puppies In a few weeks. In the full breeding season, A female may have given birth to as many as 500 rodents. BBC Fields in southeast Australia have recovered from the drought, feeding the rodents. In Australia, most areas only have one harvest per year, Murray explains. An insect infestation in a good year could be a real setback. This hit got them to the same point where they were in the middle of a drought, Moeris says: I lost a lot of money, he says. They are running on the pillow. Lisa Minogue, a farmer from Parmidman, says that There is no way to catch thousands of mice on your property. We have traps at home, and we have bait outside, he explains. But that only catches a part of the mice that are going around. Also read: Bacarana, a rodent that was bathing You can be in bed at night and you can hear them running around the bedroom. Sounds are heard running down the pillow. BBC Lisa Minogue shares her bad experience with BBC. This is It affects peoples sleep and causes a nervous breakdownsBecause rodents invade homes. They eat food off the kitchen shelves, with litter everywhere. Traps can kill hundreds of mice, but then they get affected They have to deal with the smell. Theres the smell of live mice, but also the smell of rotting dead. Its horrific, horrific. Melanie Morris Dead mice accumulate in the fields, leaving a strong smell. Martin Murray agrees: This is the kind of thing that bothers you the most. An uncertain future The New South Wales government set aside a fund of about $ 40 million to support farmers who had to spend thousands of dollars on traps. But There is no help to recoup the losses On farms and in the local economy. Reuters It is expected that with the arrival of the southern winter and the increase in the number of predators, the plague will eventually decrease. But there are no guarantees. Mice are good at doing this Resistant burrows Inside pastures, barns, or other agricultural structures. You have worked hard throughout your life, trying to keep everything going, feed everyone, and take care of the Earth. They finish everythingRoche regrets. You can now receive push notifications from BBC Mundo. Download the new version of our app and activate it so that you dont miss our best content.
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https://www.sundayvision.co.ug/why-is-australia-experiencing-its-worst-rodent-outbreak-in-years/
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Is The Big Lebowski a True Story? Is the Movie Based on Real Life?
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Directed by the American auteurs the Coen brothers, The Big Lebowski is a cult classic black comedy that comments upon the volatile post-Vietnam era of economic liberation. The way of life of the Dude has become part of a larger youth subculture in our day and age. The story revolves around a kidnapping plot, or you can say a rug, but it spirals out of control in the blink of an eye. Indeed the film unfolds like a pastiche, a jigsaw puzzle plot connected by Jeff Bridges zen master hero, the Dude. As the film moves around a gritty nighttime Los Angeles, we see a mosaic of free associations woven into a single fabric. Taking its maddening energy from a plethora of films, music, art, philosophy, and architecture, the film feels at time like a delirious homage to an incomprehensible modern city and its peculiar culture and characters. Fellow Achievers, if you seek to know whether the story is rooted in reality, let us get to it. No, The Big Lebowski is not based on a true story. The original story and the screenplay of the film were written by the Coen brothers themselves, who penned the first draft around the same time as Barton Fink, which was released earlier. As Ethan Coen divulged, the film was conceived with the notion that the dynamic would revolve around the relationship between the Dude and Walter, and the directors came up with the idea while probing into the dynamic between Barton Fink and Charlie Meadows in Barton Fink. Moreover, following the suggestion of Pete Exline, their friend, the directors thought of incorporating ideas from Raymond Chandlers 1939 novel The Big Sleep as well as Howard Hawks genre-bending screen adaptation of 1946. Joel Coen also cited Robert Altmans neo-noir thriller The Long Goodbye as inspiration, and you would be astonished to know that this film is the screen adaptation of another Raymond Chandler novel of the same name. The character of the Dude was inspired by Jeff Dowd, a radical anti-Vietnam political activist and a member of the SLF (The Seattle Liberation Front) who liked to call himself the Dude. Peter Exline also partly led to the creation of the cult classic character. He, like the Dude, lived in a shabby apartment and was pleased with a rug that tied the room together. Exlines actor-writer friend Lewis Abernathy, a fellow army vet with experience in Vietnam, laid the groundwork for Walter. Lewis, like Walter in the film, owned a private investigation agency, and similarly, he helped Exline track down a high-school kid who stole Exlines car. It would also interest you to know that Exlines car was impounded by the police, with his friend finding a childs homework in it. And although Exline also had a thing for amateur softball, the film showcases a bowling alley instead since the ambiance of the latter makes for an ideal social milieu. The Coen brothers met filmmaker John Milius, an LA-based filmmaker, while making Barton Fink. Milius love for arms and the military would be incorporated into the character of Walter. Moreover, Milius good friend Jim Ganzer, who was also called the Dude, proved to be another inspiration behind the zen hero. On the other hand, Julianne Moore suggested that the character of the avant-garde artist and aspiring single mother Maude was loosely modeled upon Carolee Schneemann, a noted visual experiment artist who had previously worked with people such as Yoko Ono. The character of Jesus Quintana was partially inspired by a 1988 theatrical performance of John Turturro in a play called Mi Puta Vida, which Coen Brother had caught in person. According to Joel Coen, since Turturro acted in a pederast-type role in the play, the directors decided to use the same approach with the character in The Big Lebowski. The Dude is a spaced-out messiah in a volatile postmodern age, and he lives in the fringes of society, much like Humphrey Bogarts character in The Big Sleep. The presence of Raymond Chandler is apparently overarching, but the film manages to overcome such blatant associations through the branded mischief of the Coen Brothers. In The Big Sleep, the story centers on a private eye who is hired by an elite General to take care of the gambling debts of Carmen, the Generals daughter. However, the Generals elder daughter Vivian thinks that her father has a different motive altogether. While private detective Philip Marlowe embarks upon his investigation, he gets sucked into a vortex of the manifold deceptions of a dysfunctional family. The associations are quite apparent. Bogarts Philip Marlowe effectively becomes the bowling alley detective, and the domineering daughter Vivian can be seen in Maude. The gambler kidnapped daughter evidently becomes a kidnapped trophy wife. And Arthur Geiger, who sells porno literature, seemingly transforms into Jackie Treehorn, who changes his medium to videography. And in both films, the unassuming outsider detective is made to enter a labyrinthine kidnap-ransom-murder-love plot that spirals out of control. To conclude, while the film borrows freely and unabashedly from real-life characters as well as fictional heroes, it comes together to create a jarring effect of a fever dream unprecedented in cinema. Now, with its own church and a dedicated festival, the cult of the Dude surpasses all the sources that merge in him. Read More: Movies Like The Big Lebowski
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https://thecinemaholic.com/is-the-big-lebowski-a-true-story/
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Why is Georgia's vaccine rate low ?
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Georgia is 48th for people vaccinated in a new state-by state ranking from the White House. ATLANTA The number of Georgians fully vaccinated hit 32% late Thursday afternoon and the pace has dropped by 64% from when the state first started administering doses. "There are consequences for not following public health measures or becoming immunized," said Dr. Jayne Morgan, who's watched the rate of vaccination slow in Georgia. Dr. Amber Schmidtke agrees, saying the state is facing real challenges in getting the vaccine out to people and convincing them to get the shot. "The other thing we have to contend with is the politicization and misinformation that goes along with the vaccine," she said. Georgia Department of Public Health Doctor Chris Rustin said they're focused on getting the vaccine out to everyone who wants it. He said they're consulting the CDC about what incentives may be allowed. Dr. Morgan thinks an incentive may help, but she thinks what people really want is to be informed. "That's what people really want, it's education. We all have very active minds. And if we don't have information, we replace that with imagination," she said.
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https://www.11alive.com/article/news/health/coronavirus/georgias-vaccine-rates-still-among-lowest-in-the-us/85-c1ff9f16-8383-4618-95f9-2df0fb50aa00
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What if latkes were made with asparagus?
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This story first appeared on Food52 , an online community that gives you everything you need for a happier kitchen and home that means tested recipes, a shop full of beautiful products, a cooking hotline, and everything in between! Big Little Recipe has the smallest-possible ingredient list and big everything else: flavor, creativity, wow factor. That means five ingredients or fewer not including water, salt, black pepper, and certain fats (like oil and butter), since we're guessing you have those covered. We're coming out with a cookbook! * * * By definition, a latke is a potato pancake fried in enough oil to splatter your forearms and make your home smell like a state fair but this unruly recipe needs no potatoes. Not russets, not Yukons, not reds, not blues. Asparagus. Yes, sure, this Jewish classic may be the last thing you think of come spring. Its strongest association, Hanukkah, the annual holiday celebrating the rededication of the Temple of Jerusalem, is 201 days away. But when a latke is so crispy at the edges, so custardy in the middle, so eager to be swooshed through sour cream, so excited to be dolloped with preserves what a shame it would be to eat it only once a year. So let's spring-ify latkes. Let's latke-ify spring. Juicy, snappy, in-season asparagus is only available for a few months (though the plants live as long as 10 yearscan you imagine!). Whether with pasta or rice, however you use it ought to feel special, the sort of minimalist dish that is more about the asparagus than it is about anything else. Luckily, this is not unlike how my mom taught me to make latkes: mostly potato shreds and shards, with just enough yellow onion for savory oomph, and just enough flour and egg to keep things from falling apart. While she defaults to all-purpose for its reliability, in this case I swapped in rye for its nutty, malty superpowers, a delightfully earthy contrast to the sweet vegetable. (If you don't have rye, whole-wheat can step in.) After sizzling in oil for a few minutes, the result is something of a magic trick. With the same crackly-squishy bite as the potato originals, the same greasy fingertips, the same inability to eat just one or two or five my brain basks in the same latke-induced endorphins (a thing!). Even if the main ingredient couldn't be more different. Even if the color is not yellow or beige, but green as the grass on a May morning. *** Recipe: Asparagus Latkes Prep time : 15 minutes Cook time : 10 minutes Serves : 2 to 4 Ingredients 1 pound asparagus 8 ounces yellow onion (about 1 medium or 2 small), halved and peeled 2 large eggs 1/4 cup rye flour 1 teaspoon kosher salt, plus more for sprinkling 3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper Neutral oil, for pan-frying Directions
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https://www.salon.com/2021/05/27/what-if-latkes-were-made-with-asparagus_partner/
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Will the "forever chemicals" in our cookware be with us forever?
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PFAS (or perfluoroalkyl and polyfluoroalkyl substances), a class of chemicals sometimes known as "forever chemicals" because they never break down completely leaving them in our soils, water and bodies forever may soon be better regulated. The PFAS Action Act of 2021 would set drinking water standards and classify PFAS as hazardous substances, limit discharges, prohibit unsafe disposal, pave the way for contaminated sites to be cleaned up and even create an (albeit) voluntary warning label requirement on nonstick cookware, the most common household item to be made with PFAS. Similar bills were introduced during the last presidential administration but they faced an uphill battle with the Environmental Protection Agency, who wanted to look at each chemical separately instead of as a class. PFAS are found in a huge number of products, acting as a flame retardant in firefighting foam and as a greaseproof coating on all kinds of surfaces. PFAS are increasingly common in soil and groundwater, especially near airports and military bases, where firefighting foam is used in huge quantities. PFAS exposure in drinking water has been linked to assorted health problems, including kidney disease, endocrine and immune system disruption and cancer. But it isn't just PFAS from flame retardants that end up in water: the manufacturing and disposal of products like nonstick cookware and greaseproof food packaging also get these chemicals into the environment. The latest on nonstick pans and PFAS For a while now it's been known that Teflon and other nonstick cookware are made with dangerous chemicals: older formulations were manufactured with a chemical called PFOA, which the industry has mostly phased out for its widely-publicized health risks. Teflon itself, a chemical called PTFE, is still in use but becoming less common, in part due to consumer concern. But while the industry has responded to consumer fears about Teflon by making other nonstick coatings, marketing this new generation of pans as safe, most remain coated with other dangerous PFAS. A testing of pans done in December 2020 by the Ecology Center found that 70 percent of cookware and 20 percent of bakeware contained PTFE, even if they were marketed as being PFAS free. And some were coated with alternatives made from BPA which are also problematic. For those seeking safe nonstick cookware, it can be difficult or impossible to determine what's okay and what's not. As we reported earlier, green chemist and Safer Made co-founder Marty Mulvihill recommends avoiding purchasing nonstick pans altogether, pointing out that while the health impacts from cooking with a nonstick pan are negligible, the production and disposal of PFAS-coated pans contributes to the chemicals ending up in our soil, water and, eventually, bodies. Disposable takeout containers and PFAS Lots of food packaging, especially paper products that need to resist grease, like salad dressing, are coated with PFAS. Less than two years ago an investigation by The Counter revealed that several fast-casual chain restaurants were using green-seeming, "compostable" bowls and containers that actually contained PFAS. If these bowls even made it into the compost which is often not the case they would be releasing PFAS into that compost and eventually into the plants grown in that compost. Several of the chains, including Sweetgreen and Chipotle, responded quickly, committing themselves to sourcing bowls that did not contain PFAS. As of March 2020, Sweetgreen said that all of its restaurants would be PFAS-free by the end of the year.
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https://www.salon.com/2021/05/27/will-the-forever-chemicals-in-our-cookware-be-with-us-forever_partner/
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Is Dr Chris van Tulleken married and whats his relation to Xand?
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Heres everything you need to know! Dr Christoffer van Tulleken Chris, for short is a trained doctor. First of all, he made the move into television, hosting a range of hard-hitting documentaries. TV viewers know him best for his two-part BBC One series The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs. Dr Chris has also hosted various TV shows with his twin brother Xand. They both presented Channel 4s Medicine Men Go Wild, and BBC Twos Trust Me, Im A Doctor alongside Michael Mosley. A Horizon Special. Chris and his identical twin tested the effects of drinking moderate amounts of alcohol daily (Chris) and bingeing weekly (Xand). In 2016, Chris presented The Doctor Who Gave Up Drugs. The two-part social experiment saw Chris take over part of a GP surgery. Finally, he attempted to find practical ways to treat patients and stop patients prescription pills. Dr Chris was born on August 18 1978. He is currently 42 years old. Consequently, that would make his twin 42, too! Dr Chris and Dr Xand are twins. Chris is seven minutes younger than his brother Alexander Xand for short. Dr Xand grew a beard at the request of TV producers who needed the twins to look different. The boys went to the exclusive Kings College School in London, then studied medicine at Oxford, and went on to do their hospital training together. TV viewers know them best for presenting the series Operation Ouch! together. Their younger brother Jonathan van Tulleken is an accomplished film and TV director. He directed the critically acclaimed Top Boy, and the BAFTA winning TV series Misfits. Dr Chris is married to British journalist Dinah van Tulleken. She is Style Editor for the Daily Mail newspaper. He told the Telegraph: My number one thing is dont screw up being married. Dr Chris is a dad to a three-year-old daughter, Lyra, who has appeared on Chris show playing with maggots and worms. Dinah gave birth to their second daughter in June 2020. on BBC One Dr Chris van Tulleken hosts this documentary which is sure to make any parent feel sick to their stomach. He investigates whether or not ultra-processed food could be causing obesity in children. He also undergoes a gruelling self-experiment that even shocks the scientists. Shockingly, childhood obesity rates have risen tenfold in the past 50 years across the world. In the UK, 21 per cent of children are living with obesity when they leave primary school the highest its ever been. Talking about ultra-processed foods, a professor of public health explains: Theyre everywhere, theyre cheap and theyre heavily marketed. When Chris takes a four-week diet of junk food, he finds it rewires his brain. airs on Thursday May 27 2021 at 9pm on BBC One. Leave us a comment on our Facebook page @EntertainmentDailyFix.
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https://www.entertainmentdaily.co.uk/tv/is-dr-chris-van-tulleken-married-and-whats-his-relation-to-xand/
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Will The Madness Of 2020 Last?
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Authored by Victor Davis Hanson, op-ed via The Epoch Times, The COVID-19 pandemic is ending with mass vaccinations. So is the national quarantine. The rioting, looting, and arson that began in the summer of 2020 is finally sputtering out. The acrimony over the 2020 election is fading. Trump Derangement Syndrome became abstract when Donald Trump left office and was ostracized from social media. In other words, the American people are slowly regaining their senses after the epidemic of mass hysteria that gripped the nation last year. But many Americans wonder whether what Antifa, Black Lives Matter, and the hard left wrought last year will last when the nation is no longer gripped by 2020 madness. Teachers and academics are notorious for furious opposition to administrative bloat. For the last 50 years, administrations have proliferated while the ratio of non-teachers to teachers has skyrocketedmuch to the chagrin of teachers unions. But in the last year, colleges have gone mad in hiring thousands of diversity, equity, and inclusion administrators. Their job descriptions may be vague, but certainly they will not contribute to classroom education. Instead, they will monitor the speech and actions of those who do. Before 2020, the Left demanded proportional representation in hiring and admissions. And if minority groups and women were not represented in the workplace according to their percentages of the American population, then prejudice was automatically assumed, and reparatory measures were then taken to hire by race and gender. Affirmative action was the euphemism for such quotas. It was more or less institutionalized because proportional representation was not entirely illogical in a multiracial society, and there was still the common goal to follow Martin Luther King Jr.s notion of integration and assimilation to make race incidental, not essential, to who Americans are. Not now. The foundations of the new woke race agenda are mostly anti-white. African American Chicago Mayor Lori Lightfoot recently decided not to grant interviews to white reporters. The city of Oaklands entitlement payouts, like those of the U.S. Department of Agriculture, are designed not to be distributed to white people. A number of black intellectuals now openly envision American life segregated from whites. The Nations Elie Mystal envisions his life as whiteness-free. Damon Young, a senior editor of The Root and an occasional New York Times contributor, claims, Whiteness is a public health crisis. It shortens life expectancies And Barnard College English instructor Ben Philippe recently wrote a novel envisioning the mass gassing and blowing up of white people. Such hatred has never been condemned by Black Lives Matter or other civil rights groups. Before 2020, the American people had tired of media farces such as the demonization of the Duke lacrosse team, the lies about the Covington Catholic High School kids, and the Jussie Smollett hoax about an attack by white racists. As the hysteria fades, we are learning there were no arms anywhere. No one has been charged with treason, conspiracy, or insurrection. There are no conspiracy kingpins in custody. From March 2020 to spring of 2021, the country went through a mass hysteria. Despite its ideological pretensions, the collective insanity was not unlike the Tulip mania in early 17th-century Holland or the June bug epidemic paranoia of 1962.
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https://www.zerohedge.com/political/will-madness-2020-last?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+zerohedge%2Ffeed+%28zero+hedge+-+on+a+long+enough+timeline%2C+the+survival+rate+for+everyone+drops+to+zero%29
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What time is the Victoria COVID-19 press conference today with coronavirus cases update on Melbourne lockdown?
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Victorian health authorities are set to provide a COVID-19 update after waking Friday to another lockdown and four new coronavirus cases. On Friday, the health department confirmed there has been four new local cases in the past 24 hours until midnight. Victorias health authorities are expected to provide a COVID-19 update on Friday. This article will be updated with the time as soon as its confirmed. Click here to watch the press conference LIVE. If the cases are all linked to the City of Whittlesea outbreak, it will bring the total of the cluster to 30. Victorias seven-day, statewide shutdown kicked in just before midnight on Thursday in a bid to contain Melbournes City of Whittlesea outbreak. People are now only able to leave home for five reasons - to shop for food and essential items, provide or receive care, exercise, work or study if they are unable to from home, and to get vaccinated. Hundreds gathered outside Flinders Street Station on Thursday night to protest the latest shutdown before the stay-at-home rules came into effect. Liberal Democratic Party MP David Limbrick, previously fined for attending an anti-lockdown protest last November, was among those to address demonstrators. Victoria has blamed the federal government's vaccine roll out and hotel quarantine for the lockdown. Credit: AAP The lockdown is set to end at 11.59pm on June 3, although Acting Premier James Merlino said it could end earlier. He laid blame for the latest coronavirus outbreak and lockdown at the feet of the Commonwealth. The Melbourne outbreak is the 17th from hotel quarantine in the past six months, and experts have repeatedly called for dedicated facilities to take pressure off hotels that were built for tourism. If we had an alternative to hotel quarantine for this particular variant of concern, we would not be here today, Mr Merlino said.
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https://7news.com.au/lifestyle/health-wellbeing/what-time-is-the-victoria-covid-19-press-conference-today-with-an-update-on-coronavirus-cases-on-day-one-of-lockdown-c-2952650
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How will the Su-30SM be modified?
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The upcoming version will receive new engines and radars, as well as guided bombs and missiles, in order to make the 30-year-old fighter jet a bird to be reckoned with in modern warfare. According to Russian media reports, the Su-30SM fighter jet will be upgraded with the CM2 Super-Sukhoi modification. It will receive an engine of increased maneuverability, as well as unique radars. In addition, its arsenal will be significantly expanded. It will include the latest guided bombs and missiles. According to experts, such modernization will significantly increase the potential of Russian combat aviation. It is planned that the work will be completed by 2027. Not only fighters of the Aerospace Forces, but also naval aviation will fall under the upgrade. However, the exact number of Su-30SM fighter jets that will receive these modifications is still to be determined in the coming months. What will be different Vyacheslav Stepanov, Dmitry Chistoprudov/Mil.ru Vyacheslav Stepanov, Dmitry Chistoprudov/Mil.ru Since 2015, Russian engineers have been working to increase the combat capabilities of the Su-30SM. In particular, it was decided to unify the Su-30SM and Su-35S as much as possible. For this purpose, the preparation of the Su-30SM model with a new engine began, as well as the study of the possibility of installing a much more powerful Irbis radar, instead of the current system. As part of the modernization, developers are solving the problem of installing the AL-41F-1C engine in the Su-30SM2, which the super-maneuverable Su-35S fighters use. Compared to the current Su-30SM power plant, the thrust of the new engine will increase by 16. The life of the aircraft engine has doubled at once, up to 4 thousand hours, without increasing the weight and dimensions. Equipped with a plasma ignition system, the AL-41F-1C is more economical than the AL-31FP currently installed on the thirty. With the same amount of fuel, the fighter will be able to stay in the air longer. In addition, the onboard electronics, radar and optical-location station have been improved, says Vadim Kozulin, a professor at the Academy of Military Science. Evgeny Polovodov/Mil.ru Evgeny Polovodov/Mil.ru According to him, these modifications will increase the jets range of fire - an essential part in modern aerial battles. The updated propulsion system, firstly, reduces fuel consumption and, secondly, due to this, with the same fuel supply, the flight range increases. The improved radar enhances the ability to accurately determine and detect the enemy's range, the expert adds. The Su-30SM for the Russian Armed Forces was created on the basis of a well-developed export version of the Su-30MK, which became a hit on the international arms market at the turn of the century. More than 300 aircraft of this type were delivered to India, Algeria and Malaysia. The use of such a platform made it possible to quickly create modifications and quickly launch mass production. If using any of Russia Beyond's content, partly or in full, always provide an active hyperlink to the original material.
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https://www.rbth.com/science-and-tech/333829-how-will-su-30sm-be
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Is Telegram becoming the new alternative to the Dark Web?
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An investigation by cybersecurity researchers into Telegram has revealed that private data of millions of people is being openly shared in the app's groups and channels with thousands of members. Research from VPN provider vpnMentor further cements Telegrams position as a safe haven for cybercriminals , finding cybercriminals are using the popular encrypted communications platform to share and discuss massive data leaks exposing millions of people to unprecedented levels of online fraud, hacking, and attack. TechRadar needs you! We're looking at how our readers use VPN for a forthcoming in-depth report. We'd love to hear your thoughts in the survey below. It won't take more than 60 seconds of your time. >> Click here to start the survey in a new window<< Recently a similar investigation by NortonLifeLock found evidence of a thriving illegal marketplace on Telegram where unscrupulous users hawk everything from Covid-19 vaccines and personal information, to pirated software and fake IDs. Growing criminal enterprise The vpnMentor researchers have detailed their findings in a report where they examine the growing trend of cybercriminals sharing leaked data on Telegram. Their team joined several cybercrime-focused Telegram groups and channels to experience the illicit exchanges between bad actors for themselves. To their surprise they discovered hackers openly posting data dumps on channels, some with over 10,000 members. More worryingly, the unscrupulous users dont even shy away from discussions on how to exploit the data dumps in various criminal enterprises. vpnMentor argues that while traditionally these data dumps would have been exchanged over the dark web, Telegram offers several advantages, including its focus on protecting the privacy of its members. Furthermore, Telegram offers a lower barrier of entry compared to the dark web and is immune to Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attacks and web takedowns that threaten the operations of cybercriminal outfits on the normal web. While the report acknowledges the limited steps that Telegram has undertaken to remove the hacking-related groups, it hasnt created much difference.
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https://www.techradar.com/uk/news/is-telegram-the-new-alternative-to-the-dark-web
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Is Steak 48 requiring people to pay a $100 minimum per person?
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Thousands of people on social media are sharing a picture of a Steak 48 sign that asks people to pay a minimum of 100 dollars per person. CHARLOTTE, N.C. Thousands of people on social media are sharing a picture of a Steak 48 sign that asks people to pay $100 per person per minimum at the restaurant. ANSWER: Yes, at the Philadelphia and Chicago location, they require people to pay $100 per person minimum. However, the Charlotte location is not currently requiring a minimum. SOURCES: WHAT WE FOUND: We found Steak 48 has four locations, Houston, Chicago, Philadelphia, and Charlotte. We reached out to Charlotte Steak 48 in a statement they sent us they said: "The $100 per person minimum is not currently in place at our Charlotte location. We evaluate our policies based on our capacities, staff, and operational needs, which vary among our different properties," Nikki Wolfe Sr. PR Specialist When we looked on their website, we found that the Philadelphia location and the Chicago location had it posted on their website requiring a $100 person food and beverage minimum. So we can verify that some Steak 48 locations are indeed requiring a $100 minimum per person, but not here in Charlotte. VERIFY is dedicated to helping the public distinguish between true and false information. The VERIFY team, with help from questions submitted by the audience, tracks the spread of stories or claims that need clarification or correction. Text us at 704-329-3600 or visit /verify.
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https://www.wcnc.com/article/news/verify/verify-yes-certain-steak-48-restaurants-are-asking-for-a-100-per-person-minimum-but-not-in-charlotte/275-550a497d-0142-44d5-8ca5-0fede221a050
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How to reach undervaccinated communities in Pennsylvania?
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Some Pennsylvania lawmakers and health care professionals say the state needs to work with local community groups to push vaccination incentives and education efforts in communities of color with low vaccination rates. According to state Department of Health data, more than half of eligible Pennsylvanians have received at least one shot in the arm, but once those numbers are broken down by race, some stark disparities begin to show. Only 20% of African Americans have received one dose of the vaccine, while 7% of Asian and Pacific Islanders have gotten at least one jab. Something much more aggressive needs to be done, said State Sen. Vincent Hughes, whether it be folks walking the streets instead of mass vaccination sites or increasing the array of incentives that can be utilized for an uptick in vaccinations.
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https://whyy.org/articles/increase-incentives-and-go-door-to-door-to-reach-undervaccinated-communities-pa-lawmakers-say/
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Can US help rebuild Gaza without rehabilitating Hamas?
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Perhaps because he was speaking on background, the senior US State Department official briefing reporters Monday was willing to reveal cracks in Americas confidence in its ability to help rehabilitate Gaza without allowing its Hamas rulers to benefit. Acknowledging significant challenges to the goal being advanced by US Secretary of State Antony Blinken during his trip this week to the region following an 11-day military conflict between Israel and Hamas, the senior official added, as we all know in life, there are no guarantees. The Biden administration will not be the first US government to grapple with the post-war reconstruction of Gaza over the past decade and a half, and its determination to ensure that funds donated to the Strip do not reach its Hamas rulers has also been affirmed by predecessors. But identifying and implementing effective mechanisms for diverting aid to bypass the terror group rulers of Gaza has proven far more difficult in practice. For now, US officials are speaking broadly of the goal and refraining from getting into specifics as they hold the first meetings with the relevant parties on the matter. The United States is committed to working with the United Nations and other international stakeholders to provide rapid humanitarian assistance and to marshal international support for the people of Gaza and the Gaza reconstruction efforts, said US President Joe Biden in remarks following Egypts brokering of a ceasefire between Israel and Hamas that took effect early Friday. Get The Times of Israel's Daily Edition by email and never miss our top stories Free Sign Up We will do this in full partnership with the Palestinian Authority not Hamas, the Authority in a manner that does not permit Hamas to simply restock its military arsenal, Biden said. The State Department official briefing reporters several days later added that Egypt and the Gulf states would also be involved in the UN-orchestrated effort that the US was getting behind. Speaking at a Tuesday press conference in Jerusalem at the tail end of his stop in Israel, Blinken admitted that asking the international community, asking all of us, to help rebuild Gaza only makes sense if there is confidence that what is rebuilt is not lost again because Hamas decides to launch more rocket attacks in the future. A source familiar with the matter told The Times of Israel that the United Arab Emirates, in particular, has made clear to the US and the UN that it will not contribute to the reconstruction of Gaza unless it receives assurances that its aid wont go toward the rearmament of Hamas. Back to the drawing board To provide such assurances to donors, the US will have to build on existing rehabilitation efforts that have failed to both significantly aid Gazans and keep Hamas in check. After the 2014 Gaza war, the UN, Israel and the PA established to the Gaza Reconstruction Mechanism (GRM) to allow entry of construction materials into the coastal enclave. The mechanism carefully vetted projects in Gaza, with Israel and the PA allowed oversight over who received materials, where they were used and how much was transferred. The United Nations sought to ensure that the goods reached their intended recipients. But the mechanism was deemed wildly ineffective by aid groups that lamented that it added layers of bureaucracy, thereby delaying and increasing the cost of reconstruction. Israel, meanwhile, liberally used its veto power to prevent the entry of construction materials it deemed could end up being used for Hamas tunnels. The GRM broke down because money wasnt forthcoming and UN oversight was limited, said Dennis Ross, a former US envoy to the Mideast under both Democratic and Republican administrations. He recommended that a new international mechanism replace the GRM in which donated goods are monitored through their entry into the Strip, with tracking devices placed on delivery trucks and cameras installed at warehouses. Ross said international monitors should be placed on both sides of the crossings, as well as further into the enclave, and that while US forces need not be among them, Washington could still play a role in monitoring electronically from afar. More crucially though, the longtime senior diplomat said, Egypts Rafah crossing into Gaza, which is used primarily for pedestrians, should be open for goods as well, with additional monitoring capabilities installed there too, thereby relieving the stress at Israels lone goods crossing, Kerem Shalom. Ross said that if Hamas were to still move forward with efforts to divert the aid, you have to stop the reconstruction efforts immediately and the international community must shine a spotlight on it, adding that the mechanism will require enough transparency for such an exposure of Hamas transgressions to be possible. They coerce their public, but theyre not indifferent to their public, the former Middle East envoy said of Hamas, suggesting that the terror group could be swayed. Ross, who is now at the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, did not fault the Biden administration for not yet delving publicly into such specifics, as they should first do their homework, talk to the Israelis and get the international community on board. Bags of cash Regardless of how intensive the monitoring mechanisms become, they are rendered all but meaningless if another aspect of Gazas lifeline over the last several years goes unchanged. With Israels approval, Qatar since 2018 has on a near-monthly basis provided millions of dollars in cash to Gazas Hamas rulers to pay for fuel for the Strips power plant, allow the group to pay its civil servants, and provide aid to tens of thousands of impoverished families. Honestly its bananas given the extreme vetting that all assistance goes through [as part of the] GRM or [USAID assistance to Gaza] when Qatar, at Israeli urging, is just giving suitcases of cash to buy quiet. What did you think it was buying? admonished Joel Braunold, managing director of the S. Daniel Abraham Center for Middle East Peace, on Twitter earlier this week. So [as] we are about to put all the risk and challenge on [the] humanitarian community again, please let us remember that we have no idea where the Qatari cash ends up. None. It can be used to buy whatever, added Braunold, who has worked closely with Israeli and Palestinian civil society organizations. But what if you replaced that economic infusion with a different one? proposed Ilan Goldenberg, the chief of staff to the State Departments special envoy for Israeli-Palestinian negotiations during the Obama administration, in his own Twitter thread. Let more Gazans out of Gaza and let them work in Israel where they can make higher salaries and bring that cash home. Since these people would all undergo thorough screening by Israeli security services, the cash you would be sending back into Gaza will go almost entirely NOT to Hamas, he wrote, adding that the proposal would be far from a solution to Gazas problems, but a good step. Following the latest Gaza war, Israel appears to be reconsidering its approval of the Qatari cash transfers. The Kan public broadcaster reported Tuesday that Defense Minister Benny Gantz and Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi are pushing for the funds to be transferred through the PA, rather than directly to Hamas. The proposal would fall in line with what the senior State Department official envisioned for Gaza reconstruction that if carried out effectively will get us on the pathway eventually to reintegration to some extent of the Palestinian Authority in Gaza. PA President Mahmoud Abbas told Blinken Tuesday that his government stands ready to work directly in order for the reconstruction of Gaza and that the members of any future unity government, including Hamas, will abide by international legitimacy resolutions that are known for everyone. But Abbas has in the past balked at proposals to re-establish the PAs control in Gaza after it was violently ousted by Hamas in a 2007 coup. The PA president has conditioned a return on Hamas disarmament, which the terror group has long refused to consider. Ross speculated that Abbas should have an interest in wanting to show his relevance, but admitted that might not be enough on its own, given that Hamas will not give up its weapons. Goldenberg, in an Israel Policy Forum webinar Tuesday, suggested that encouraging the Palestinians to move forward with elections called off in April by Abbas would help boost the legitimacy of their leadership and contribute to reconstruction efforts. But Ross argued that the PA should first be pushed to institute reforms aimed at fighting corruption and promoting rule of law before it moves forward with elections. Nonetheless, the former Middle East envoy said that both Israel and the US had best learn from the mistakes that allowed for the sidelining of the more moderate PA for the Hamas terror group. You can say the PA hasnt acted in a way that makes peace more likely, but theyre not ideologically rejecting it the way Hamas is, Ross argued, pointing to Israels security cooperation with Abbass forces in the West Bank, which has long been touted by IDF generals and could never be replicated with Hamas forces in Gaza. Blinken, too, struck an upbeat tone on the prospect of emboldening the PA in Gaza after his meeting with Abbas, telling reporters that if the reconstruction process is done right, far from empowering Hamas, [it] has the potential to undermine it.
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https://www.timesofisrael.com/can-us-help-in-gaza-reconstruction-without-rehabilitating-hamas/
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What Parts Shortage?
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May 27, 2021Speaking to body shop owners and managers throughout the normal course of reporting an issue of FenderBender often means touching on subjects beyond the core intent of the phone call. One concept that kept popping up throughout the early months of 2021 was that it was difficult to get parts, anecdotal instances of long backorders and other roadblocks that were attributed to the same supply chain issues caused by the pandemic that were causing shortages elsewhere. Greg Horn, PartsTrader's chief innovation officer, took a closer look at the question during the PartsTrader Industry Update on May 18, putting into question the veracity of rumors regarding what he termed the "Parts Pandemic." One shortage that is very much real is that of semiconductors, he said, demand for which shot up at the beginning of the pandemic as consumers grabbed up consumer electronics and more to make homes as comfortable as possible as pandemic lockdown set it. That shortage is being felt deeply by the automotive industry, with OEs like Ford and GM manufacturing as much as possible of vehicles and then retrofitting them with semiconductors when the parts become available, Horn said. Horn ran through a number of possible causes for the shortage, debunking them in turn. The apparent shortage wasn't caused by the six days during which the Suez Canal was blocked earlier this year, nor is it being caused by rumored backups at the Port of Los AngelesHorn offered screengrabs showing normal activity at what's called "America's Port." Going from macro causes to possibilities that could more directly make parts seem short, Horn mentioned a Texas plant, affected by the petrol shutdown caused by this spring's winter deluge of the state, whose manufacture of seat foam and plastic trim pieces was temporarily shutdown. As he pointed out, those components are largely needed on the frontend of manufacturing vehicles. The only collision repair parts-related shutdown he could come up with was related to Hermosillo, Mexico, plants that make parts packaging for OEMs. Two plants had slowed production due to COVID-related staffing shortages. Vehicle Shortage With no tidy, supply-side cause for a parts shortage, Horn turned to the numbers. He noted PartsTrader facilitates $100 million in parts sales per month, though none of the metricsquoted delivery time, average number of parts quoted per estimate, or five categories of cost per parthad increased to indicate that demand had increased due to a dip in supply. Overall, Horn said, prices have been flat so far through 2021. "So as we look at all of those components, we really don't see any impact on the collision industry through the middle of May, when it comes to parts shortages," Horn said. The same can't be said for new vehicles, and increasingly, used vehicles. For example, Horn said Toyota's April 2021 sales were up 183 percent over the same month in 2020. As supplies of new cars are run through, he said buyers will be looking for used vehicles next. Used car prices were up 13 percent over a year ago, Horn said. Franchise used car dealers were reporting a 31-day supply of used vehicles, he said, while usually at this time of year they'd have a 45-day supply.
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https://www.fenderbender.com/articles/16549-what-parts-shortage
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What do Wolves Have Against Collision Repairers?
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May 27, 2021A study has found a new antagonist for collision repair shopswolves. According to an Associated Press report, University of Wisconsin, Madison scientists published a study that found the presence of wolves in a given geographical county reduces the amount of deer and vehicle collisions by about 24 percent. When you have a major predator around, it impacts how the prey behave, Dominic Parker, a natural resources economist at the University of Wisconsin, Madison and co-author of the study, told the AP. Wolves use linear features of a landscape as travel corridors, like roads, pipelines and stream beds. Deer learn this and can adapt by staying away. A decline in deer vehicle collisions isnt inconsequential. In 2008, a study for the U.S. Department of Transportation estimated deer vs. car crashes cost more than $8 billion annually.
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https://www.fenderbender.com/articles/16558-what-do-wolves-have-against-collision-repairers
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Will fewer TUSD seniors graduate in 2021?
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Falling behind became easier to do during the pandemic. Some students disengaged in remote mode, so grades took a hit across the nation. Tucson Unified School District recently reported that there are academic losses and that they are severe. Superintendent Gabriel Trujillo said it's too early to tell how many seniors will actually walk on graduation day. "We're not going to know until teachers do their grades. We've not run any comprehensive reports for the purpose of allowing counselors and senior teachers to work with their students without any added pressure. But we're coming to the end of the line," said Trujillo. That's when those students who are on the edge, academically scramble to get assignments done that could boost their grades. "You've got last minute assignments, last minute projects, teachers making accommodations, teachers working with seniors," he said, "There's a lot of dust right now. That's not going to settle probably until Tuesday." Trujillo listed a few courses that seniors often struggled with. "Government, senior English second semester or economics," said Trujillo, "Those are usually the three courses that will stop a senior as they try to make up time." And those seniors who have simply lost too much ground to graduate on time, might be able to recover enough credits in summer school. "Usually a senior that's coming down to the wire like this is probably one class short, two classes short maybe. We do have a summer graduate ceremony," he said. TUSD's credit recovery program starts June 2. The summer graduation ceremony takes place the end of June.
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https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2258306500280/will-fewer-tusd-seniors-graduate-in-2021
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Is the 'extreme situation' of this season the reason Europe's top managers are on the move?
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Antonio Conte has left Inter Milan after winning Serie A, Zinedine Zidane resigned from Real Madrid and Tottenham have sounded out Paris St-Germain boss Mauricio Pochettino. Winning the Ligue 1 title couldn't keep Christophe Galtier at Lille, Juventus are reportedly close to sacking Andrea Pirlo and bringing back Massimiliano Allegri, while Hansi Flick's departure from Bayern Munich triggered a domino effect in Germany. The dust has barely settled on the 2020-21 campaign, but already we've seen an unprecedented number of top managers on the move. From financial issues to exhaustion, BBC Radio 5 Live's Euro Leagues experts have been examining why... 'Fallouts caused by an extreme situation' The coronavirus pandemic has had a devastating impact on the finances of football clubs, with Europe's top 32 clubs seeing 6.1bn euros (5.27bn) wiped off their value since February 2020, according to business services group KPMG. In Germany, Flick's departure from Bayern led to a series of changes, including Julian Nagelsmann replacing him and Jesse Marsch joining RB Leipzig. It has been a similar story across Italy, Spain, England and France since. Speaking on BBC Radio 5 Live, German football journalist Raphael Honigstein said: "The common theme that links these resignations is, during Covid-19, we have seen much more internal arguments about money. "A lot of these coaches have walked out because, rather than having another job lined up, they've had enough." He added: "There's an extreme situation here that is very different to what usually happens in an off-season, especially at those big clubs. We don't see big coaches walking away in these numbers. "Flick went after a huge disagreement over transfers and the backdrop is Covid-19. Bayern couldn't spend the kind of money Flick wanted and that's where the argument started." La Liga runners-up Real Madrid topped KPMG's study into Europe's most valuable clubs, however Zidane did not feel backed by the board and president Florentino Perez, according to Spanish football expert Guillem Balague. It was a similar story at Inter, where Conte departed after delivering a first Italian title in 11 years because the club's financial situation means they must reduce the wage bill by 20% this summer. Forwards Romelu Lukaku (left) and Lautaro Martinez (right), who scored 41 Serie A goals between them this season, could be among those Inter look to sell this summer Italian journalist Gabriele Marcotti said: "Conte wanted investment and made demands but instead of getting one or two big signings they have to sell one or two big players. "The mood has changed. Unless you're Pep Guardiola or Jurgen Klopp it's very hard for you to make those demands. Marcotti added: "It's cheaper to bring in a new manager than a bunch of new players. Obviously there is a chain reaction but undeniably a lot is about money, investment and the economy post-coronavirus. "It's a part of why Zidane is no longer at Real, why Conte is no longer at Inter. It's our reality for this transfer window which for managers and players will be very different." Some are exhausted, others want new challenges Raised internal tensions are perhaps to be expected following an exhausting season that has forced clubs across Europe to contend with congested fixture schedules, after the previous campaign was disrupted by the pandemic. And despite some, such as Conte, bringing success despite those challenges, disagreement over transfer funds has proven a tipping point. Zidane failed to win a trophy but led an ageing Real side to within a point of the La Liga title, and a Champions League semi-final in which they were beaten by Chelsea. French football journalist Julien Laurens said: "This was a special season for Zidane because of everything that happened. He caught coronavirus. He took this Real team so far. "Maybe he felt it would be hard to do better than this. Perhaps this is what is at the heart for a lot of these managers changing - 'Can we do better than we have done this season?'. "Galtier thought there's no chance Lille would win Ligue 1 again next season. For Conte, maybe it's the same." Balague added: "The big clubs are changing managers and because big jobs are coming available, there are two or three managers who want to be available to be chosen. "Zidane got tired, he got exhausted. It has affected a lot of managers - certainly Zidane - even though they expect he will go to another job." With so many big-name managers on the move, there's been no shortage of speculation surrounding who might end up where. Conte has been linked with Real Madrid and the vacancy at Premier League side Tottenham. Spurs have made contact with Paris St-Germain regarding former manager Pochettino - though Marcotti told BBC Radio 5 Live Pochettino is also Real's top target. It appears Inter may have external-link Conte's replacement lined up, after Simone Inzaghi left fellow Serie A side Lazio on Thursday. Who knows what is next for Andrea Pirlo, who Juventus will reportedly sack external-link and replace with former boss Allegri. Galtier, who said he had a "deep belief that my time is up here" in leaving Lille, has been linked with the managerial jobs at French sides Nice and Lyon - while former Wolves boss Nuno Espirito Santo is also looking for a new club.
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https://www.bbc.com/sport/football/57276759
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Can Hawk-Eye end offside farce?
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The agonising wait while a technician draws lines on a screen to decide whether a goal should or should not stand is one of the main reasons why VAR has become so unpopular with fans and why automated offsides can transform the technology. In the most recent Premier League season, goals were ruled out by the VAR on 38 occasions the equivalent of one for every round of matches. In 29 of those instances it was for offside, which meant that it was at least 30 seconds, and sometimes much longer, before the decision was known. Sponsored Hawk-Eye live uses skeletal tracking system and is close to being launched for football to use Offsides should be a black-and-white decision but in many ways they have been VARs biggest problem. Not only is the delay far too long for many fans,
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/can-hawk-eye-end-offside-farce-6600xzfvz
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Why Privacy-First Approach Is Critical For Data-Based Innovation?
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Respecting and providing data security to users is one of the most critical steps to move forward in the age of Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning (ML), and Data Science. These technologies use data to predict outcomes of different scenarios. But that data must be protected. Earning the trust of users with the finest data privacy and security will allow us to move forward, research, and innovate in this era. From massive data breaches to private data sales, consumers are extremely concerned about keeping personal information private and secure. For instance, nearly 80% of respondents in a recent Pew Research study raised questions against companies who own their consumer data. Sensitive information includes electronic medical records, personal genomic data, consumer info, PII (Personally Identifiable Information), employee data, Intellectual Property such as patents and other digital assets, trade secrets and even Government data, Operational & Inventory Information, and other industry-specific data. Data privacy has become a significant concern for users in this dominant technology era. We live in an app-drive world but the use of more apps means increased data collection. This data is intentionally collected by AI tools to improve user experience, but it can have many unintended consequences. However, an intense collection of data brings the risk of data breaches by hackers. This is a serious concern because hackers can access sensitive data such as photos, addresses, credit cards, emails, etc. There have been multiple reports of data breaches across various sectors. For example, in April 2019, Georgia Tech announced that nearly 1.3 million current and former faculty members, students, staff, and student applicants were affected by an education data breach caused by unauthorized access to a web application. Information compromised included names, addresses, dates of birth, and Social Security numbers. Similarly, while direct-to-consumer genetic testing companies have opened up an entirely new world of information on ancestry and disease risk for individuals, many have come under fire for violating user privacy and breaching user trust. There are many such data breaching incidents that have been reported over the past few years. For example, one genealogy company was affected by a security breach that compromised ten million users personal information. Another DNA testing company became subject to an investigation by the Federal Trade Commission over its policy for sharing genetic data. These issues have raised widespread privacy concerns that are impacting the internet sector. People are now reluctant to give their data to these digital companies even for research as there may be a high chance of data leaks. This is a big problem because solutions such as personal genomics can create a lot of value for the tested individuals. Furthermore, suppose the data is shared with researchers, it will enable them to understand human genetics better and possibly help cure diseases and even predict whether a certain disease will show up in a person or cure the disease before it even appears in a person. For example in Photoplethysmography (PPG) the heart rate data can be used to predict if a person will develop certain cardiovascular diseases. EMG (Electromyography) or EEG (electroencephalogram) signals can be used for various studies to treat and predict many diseases. EMG signals can assess the health of muscles and the nerve cells that control them (motor neurons). The bottom line is that no one wants this type of data to be breached, stolen, or sold to any third party at any cost. MORE FOR YOU What Humans Can Learn From 'Human In The Loop' Learning The solution to this privacy issue lies in allowing users to own and control their data privately and securely. Users should also be ensured that their data is safe and secure. There should be new protocols and standards for communication in wireless and fiber optics which provide highly encrypted data transfer. This will minimize the chances of a data breach. Hence, there needs to be a new standard for responsible data to provide consumers with first-of-its-kind control of their data. We need solutions that can safeguard consumers from a data breach. For example, Oasis Labs announced a partnership with Nebula that enables customers to maintain the privacy, ownership, and control of their genomic data. Through Oasis Labs privacy solution called Parcel, Nebulas users will be able to retain ownership and control of their genomic data. Data remains confidential, and users can grant access to their data for specific purposes such as the generation of reports offered by Nebula or analysis by researchers. Each time a users genome is analyzed whether it is to provide reports to the user or for medical research Oasis verifies the user's permission. Nebula users can receive reports and share data access with researchers while keeping their genomic data confidential and protected. Along the same lines, many data privacy startups have cropped up. One of them is InCountry, a data residency-as-a-service platform that helps companies store data locally. It offers the infrastructure to store and retrieve data in its country of origin. It also gives an API that funnels data between InCountrys local data centers provided by AWS (Amazon Web Services), Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud Platform (GCP), and Alibaba Cloud. Another such startup is OneTrust, a data privacy management compliance established to help businesses adhere to the growing array of regulations worldwide, including GDPR (General Data Protection Regulation) and CCPA (California Consumer Privacy Act). OneTrust platform includes a template-based self-assessment tool that allows companies to see how close they are to complying with GDPR and other legal frameworks. Simultaneously, data mapping helps companies understand how data flows through the organization and across borders. TrustArc is another data privacy startup that recently raised $70 million in funding. The platform is about helping companies monitor risk around regulations and identify gaps across various regulatory frameworks. TrustArc can also handle cookie consent preferences for GDPR and facilitate processes for marketing campaigns, including user consent for outbound emails. Another competitor in this area is a London-based startup, Privitar, which has raised more than $40 million. It helps enterprises engineer privacy protection into their data projects, allowing them to leverage large, sensitive data sets while complying with regulations and ethical data principles. The company provides many tools and services to achieve this task. Finally, BigID is a New York-based startup that helps enterprises protect customer and employee data, using machine learning to automatically find sensitive data held on internal servers and databases, analyze it, and ensure that organizations comply with data protection regulations. Big data has also gained popularity in organizations, promising improved operations and new business opportunities. However, big data has increased access to sensitive information, jeopardizing individuals privacy and violating data protection laws. As a result, data controllers and data processors may have imposed tough penalties for non-compliance, like GDPR will take 4% of total annual revenue if authorities determine it took insufficient measures to protect data. Such solutions can usher in the era of personal data by building a distributed platform that will accelerate data generation, facilitate data access, and streamline data analysis. Blockchain and privacy-preserving technologies can enable individuals to maintain control of their data, share it securely, and compensate equitably. This can accelerate the pace of innovation while maintaining data privacy. More and more technology companies should adopt the privacy-first approach to innovation. This brings trust to its user base while helping advance innovation as well.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/taarinikaurdang/2021/05/27/why-privacy-first-approach-is-critical-for-data-based-innovation/
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Was Ben Affleck Sending Jennifer Lopez Love Letters Before Her Split With A-Rod?
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Black America Web Featured Video CLOSE Bringing back the 2000s in the wildest way possible, Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez caused a whirlwind in the media when reports started floating around that the former power couple have reunited. Of course, with shock also came drama given the fact that Jenny had only been single and mingling on the block again for only about two weeks following the end of her four-year relationship with baseball icon Alex Rodriguez. Since this is Hollywood were talking about, the rapid reunion wasnt too out of the ordinary. What is a bit questionable is how rapid the reunion mightve been to begin with, with reports now saying that Bennifers been bennifering since back in February. LIKE US ON FACEBOOK. FOLLOW US ON INSTAGRAM & TWITTER. SUBSCRIBE TO OUR YOUTUBE. TMZ reports exclusively that Affleck was flooding her with emails around the time she was filming Shotgun Wedding in the Dominican Republic. Sources reported back to TMZ about the secret messages, stating the tone of these notes was more loving and longing for Jen, with compliments of how beautiful she looked and him longing to fly down and see her. Of course, one would think an engaged woman wouldve sent these messages to her spam folder. Instead, she actually found them charming, even stating that Ben was able to own her heart with his pen as TMZ put it. STAY INFORMED! CLICK HERE TO SIGN UP FOR OUR NEWSLETTER! The formerly-formal (maybe?) couple caused stir when they were seen together in L.A. earlier this month, which at that time was just two weeks after Jen and A-Rod officially called it quits on their engagement. Heres another tidbit TMZ came up with to prove their point further: One more clue the exes have been in close contact for some time came with InStyle Magazines recent J Lo cover story. We hope Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez are (and remain!) happy together if true. As for A-Rod, stay up fam it happens to the best of us. READ MORE STORIES ON BLACKAMERICAWEB.COM: Also On Black America Web:
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https://blackamericaweb.com/2021/05/27/ben-affleck-love-letters-jennifer-lopez-split-arod/
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Can Congress compromise on the George Floyd Police Reform Bill?
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Speaking outside the White House after a meeting with President Biden and Vice President Harris, George Floyd's brother Philonise called on Congress to pass meaningful police reform: "If you can make federal laws to protect the bird, which is a bald eagle, you can make federal laws to protect people of color." One year after George Floyds murder, its unclear whether Congress can get crucial police reform over the finish line. The House of Representatives has already passed the George Floyd Justice in Policing Act, but its currently stalled in the Senate where a bipartisan group of lawmakers is trying to hash out a compromise. Among many things, the bill would prohibit racial, religious and discriminatory profiling, limit the transfer of military-grade equipment to state and local law enforcement, ban chokeholds, and make it easier to prosecute officers by changing the standard for charging police misconduct from willfulness to recklessness. Crucially it would also end qualified immunity, a legal standard that makes it difficult to sue officers in civil court for use of excessive force. Rep. Karen Bass, D-Calif., one of the Democrats working to craft a compromise, recently told ABC News that "one of the legacies of George Floyd is that, up until now, people really have not been willing to admit there was a problem. You can't address a problem if you don't believe the problem exists." "In the United States, we have 18,000 police departments and we have 18,000 ways policing is practiced. Like any other profession, it needs to be modernized," sge added. "There needs to be standards, there needs to be accountability, there needs to be transparency and there needs to be accreditation." "There are still some gulfs to bridge, Democratic negotiator Sen. Cory Booker told CBS News, before an agreement can be reached with Republicans, but the New Jersey Senator said that he is "encouraged." South Carolina Sen. Tim Scott, the GOP's negotiator on the bill, says they dont have long: "I think we have three weeks in June to get this done." "I think its June or bust," Sen. Scott said Wednesday. Meanwhile, the Floyd family is running out of patience. President Biden had called on Congress to pass this reform by May 25th, the one-year anniversary of Floyds murder. That date came and went with no action. George Floyds sister Bridget declined an invitation to visit the president earlier this week, telling reporters, "I was going to D.C. for Biden to sign a bill." "Biden has not signed that bill," she added. "Biden has broken a promise."
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https://www.mynews13.com/fl/orlando/news/2021/05/27/george-floyd-police-reform-congress-tim-scott-cory-booker-karen-bass
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Can UofL Health require COVID vaccine for employees?
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"Most facilities require flu vaccine presently so I see it as an extension of the flu vaccine once it has final FDA approval." LOUISVILLE, Ky. UofL Health is the first hospital system in Kentucky requiring all of its workers to take the COVID-19 vaccine by Sept. 1, and now other health care systems are considering the same move. "We've been talking about it as well," said Dr. Chuck Anderson, chief medical health officer at Baptist Health Louisville. "This is a public health thing and if youre sick in the hospital, you want someone whos protected taking care of you and if Im taking care of someone with COVID infection, I would like to have myself vaccinated." Anderson's team is waiting for at least one of the vaccines to be fully approved by the FDA before any requirements something UofL Health noted in its announcement. "Most facilities require flu vaccine presently, so I see it as an extension of the flu vaccine once it has final FDA approval," Anderson said. UofL Health said it has been requiring employees to take the flu shot for years. About 70% of its team members are already fully vaccinated from the virus. Those with medical or religious reasons can apply for an exemption. In a statement, Norton Healthcare did not say if it will consider the rule, but that employees are encouraged to be vaccinated. "Private employers that are located in an at-will state can require their employees to get vaccinated," said Vickie Yates Glisson, a Louisville healthcare and health insurance lawyer. Kentucky is an at-will state. Glisson said most employers have not introduced the vaccine requirement because they are most likely waiting for the FDA's full approval for an important reason. "This vaccine has been approved under the emergency use authorization of the FDA and that law specifically states that an individual should be given the right to refuse or accept the product of the vaccine," Glisson said. "You have to give them alternative, you have to tell them the benefits and the risk." If the FDA does not make the approval by September, UofL Health said it will push back the deadline. Workers who are not exempt and choose not to get the vaccine may then face disciplinary action. "You're going to see this play out in the statehouses across the country as state lawmakers introduce legislation it looks primarily to say they are opposed to the mandating of this particular vaccine," Glisson said. Deborah Campbell, vice president of quality and health professions at Kentucky Hospital Association, said each health care facility is different in terms of size and staff. Her team supports each hospital no matter the decision it makes on whether to require staff to take the vaccine or not. We see our role more as informing them about the vaccine," Campbell said. "And then allowing them to look at the very unique situations that they find themselves in and then make the best decision that they can for their hospital." Make it easy to keep up-to-date with more stories like this. Download the WHAS11 News app now. For Apple or Android users.
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https://www.whas11.com/article/news/local/uofl-health-covid-require-vaccine-hospitals/417-d5e2292f-c6e6-423d-8839-0c4e03a909f6
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Are theatres leaving disabled people behind as they reopen?
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Before the pandemic hit last year, Michelle Hedley could only go to her local theatres in the north of England if they were doing a captioned performance. That happened five times a year at best, said Hedley, who is deaf. But during the pandemic, she found she could watch musicals all day and night if she wanted, as shuttered theatres worldwide put shows online, often with subtitles. I started watching anything and everything simply because I could, Hedley, 49, said in an email interview. Even subject matters that bored me. It felt like I viewed more theatre than I had done in a lifetime. Now Hedley fears this access is about to be lost. On Monday, theatres, museums and cinemas started reopening across England, some for the first time since March 2020. Audiences have been so grateful to be back inside theatres, they have clapped following the announcements to turn cellphones off. But for many disabled people, who make up 22 per cent of Englands population and have diverse requirements such as wheelchair access, audio description or relaxed performances where audiences are allowed to make noise this moment of reopening is causing decidedly mixed reactions. Some fear being forgotten, and that struggling venues will concentrate on producing in-person shows and forgo online offerings, or cut their in-person services for disabled people. Before the pandemic, Bou, 58, would only visit museums if she was convinced a show would be worth the huge amount of energy the experience took There is little evidence of that so far, and some venues say they will continue to include disabled people, but the real effect of venues reduced budgets wont become clear for months. I will be forced to go back to being grateful for just five shows a year, Hedley said. It is very frustrating. Others are concerned, too. I just have this sense of being left behind, with people being so euphoric that they can do things in the flesh again, said Sonia Bou, an artist who is autistic. Before the pandemic, Bou, 58, would only visit museums if she was convinced a show would be worth the huge amount of energy the experience took. Getting the train from her home in Oxford to London could be overwhelming, she said, as could dealing with crowds in a packed museum. Ive been in situations when Ive just wanted to throw myself down on a station platform and lose it, she added. But online, she could view shows whenever she wanted. Last year, she went back again and again to exhibitions by artist Tracey Emin and photographer Jo Spence, with both influencing her own art. The whole experience was so rich and wonderful. Britains cultural venues have struggled over the past 12 months, with thousands of layoffs. Many venues only survived the pandemic thanks to emergency funding from the government. Some high-profile venues have said they will keep working to include disabled people as they reopen. Kwame Kwei-Armah, the artistic director of the Young Vic theatre in London, told The Guardian in May he wanted to livestream at least two performances of all future shows, with viewers limited to about 500 per stream, mimicking the theatres capacity. The Young Vic intends to guarantee some of those tickets for disabled people, a spokeswoman added in an email. On Friday, the Almeida Theatre in north London said it would film and digitally release next seasons shows where possible, but gave no further details. Inclusive: The Young Vics artistic director, Kwame Kwei-Armah (Getty) But for regional theatres that are coming out of a year without ticket sales, streaming may not always be possible. Its a huge financial outlay, making films, so you really need to think about it from the start, said Amy Leach, the associate director of Leeds Playhouse. She hoped her theatre would do that for future work, she added. Peoples concerns are not just about cuts to streaming. Jessica Thom, a performer and wheelchair user whos made work about her Tourette syndrome, said that she was worried that some venues may see online shows as an accessibility alternative to offering the relaxed performances she loves to go to, where people are free to move around or make noise. The anxiety about being written out is real, she said. Last week, English National Opera said it would double the number of relaxed performances for its next season albeit only by one to two performances a season. Leanna Benjamin, a wheelchair user who has myalgic encephalomyelitis and often experiences pain, said she worries that venues may drop online ways of working that have flourished during the pandemic. In the past year, Benjamin was commissioned to write three short plays her first assignments as a playwright. Im like, Thank you, Covid! she said. You may have made me be isolated, and made life feel really tough, but on the other hand youve launched my career. Those commissions included work for Graeae, Britains leading deaf and disabled-led theatre company, as well as The Unknown for Leeds Playhouse, which is streaming until 5 June. She has been helped in such work by being able to hold virtual meetings and rehearsals. My experiences have been incredibly inclusive, she said, and I think a lot of us are having the same concerns about Will we go back to old ways of working, when were told we need to be in the room? Virtual support: Leeds Playhouse aims to use video technology to continue working with disabled people in the industry (Getty Images) At Leeds Playhouse, Amy Leach said she didnt think that would be the case. Her theatre intends to keep using video technology so it can expand work with disabled people in the industry. However, not all disabled people have found the pandemic liberating in terms of access to culture. Joanna Wood, who is blind in one eye, and can only see blurred shapes with the other, said for her, the pandemic has been a disaster. Before the pandemic, shed attended plays or gone to art exhibitions at least once a week, taking advantage of a boom in audio description (for a play, that involves a describer explaining what happens onstage in between gaps in dialogue). But it took months for theatres to start putting audio-described content online, she said. There were some highlights, she added the Old Vic in London made sure all its livestreamed shows had audio description but she often felt like she had gone back to the moment five years ago when she started losing her sight and couldnt access culture at all. It felt completely disabling, she said of last years experiences. Read More: Bou said she just hopes British theatres and museums keep disabled people in mind. It should be easier than ever to identify with disabled people, she said. When the first lockdown hit, it was this jaw-dropping moment when everyone felt completely immobilised and like they didnt have the freedoms theyd always taken for granted, she said. For once, it was like disability was really everyones problem, she added. The New York Times
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https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-uk-diabled-access-covid-b1852893.html
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What kind of summer looms after washed-out spring?
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Fly fishers on the River Tweed at the Borders town of Kelso. Scotland could have its first temperature above 20C on Sunday The nicest thing about the promise of spring is that sooner or later shell have to keep it wrote the author Mark Beltaire, but the promise of decent weather this spring has taken a long time coming. April was unusually cold and frosty, and May has been cool, windy and extremely wet. For only the second time this May, the temperature managed to rise above 20C yesterday and on Sunday Scotland could have its first temperature above 20C so far this year. Even though the talk is of a heatwave on the way, temperatures are only reaching what should be normal for this time of year. And on Wednesday another milestone was reached when the village of Dunkeswell in East Devon managed its first dry
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https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/what-kind-of-summer-looms-after-washed-out-spring-bhmf86n8t
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Why did Courteney Cox initially refuse to play role in Friends?
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Friends The Reunion: HBO Max releases trailer for special episode FREE now for the biggest moments from morning TV SUBSCRIBE Invalid email Sign up fornow for the biggest moments from morning TV When you subscribe we will use the information you provide to send you these newsletters. Sometimes they'll include recommendations for other related newsletters or services we offer. Our Privacy Notice explains more about how we use your data, and your rights. You can unsubscribe at any time. Friends may have finished 17 years ago but it remains one of the best-loved comedy-dramas in the world. So when it was announced there would be a one-off special reunion episode on HBO Max and Sky One, excitement was very much felt by everyone. But at the beginning, there was some trouble in getting the right actors for the series. WARNING: This article contains spoilers from Friends: The Reunion. Courteney Cox has become one of the iconic six characters of Friends, starring as none other than Monica Gellar. High maintenance, cleaning-obsessed and a lover of organisation, Monica could be considered the mum of the group, especially since she enjoyed cooking for her loved ones. Following the 10 seasons, it's hard to imagine anyone playing the role of Ross Geller's (played by David Schimmer) little sister. And lucky for Friends fans, neither could actress Cox as she was originally thought of for another part. Friends: Monica Gellar was the cleaning-obsessed sister of Ross Gellar. READ MORE How to watch Friends Reunion in the UK without Sky Speaking on Friends: The Reunion, co-creators Kevin Bright and Marta Kauffman talked of the casting process. Bright said how they were having "a tough time finding Monica" and that they "really saw" actress Cox as Rachel Green. Kauffman explained: "We met with Courteney Cox and she explained to us why she didn't think she was a Rachel. "And that she herself was more of a Monica and she was right." Friends: The creators originally thought Courteney Cox would be suited to the role of Rachel Green. Trending Friends: The cast gathered together for a special reunion episode. The writers of the show ended up listening to Cox who then decided to recast her as Monica. Kauffman described the actress as bringing "incredible joy" to the character. Bright continued: "She had been in the Bruce Springsteen video and with Michael J Fox on Family Ties so people knew Courteney." Co-creator David Crane added: "Not enough so that it made it the Courteney Cox show which was always the fear, we didn't want stars. "But everything Courteney brought made Monica so much richer than what we had originally intended." DON'T MISS... Friends The Reunion: David Schwimmer speaks on unpleasant co-star [CAST] Jennifer Aniston and David Schwimmer spill on their real-life romance [ROMANCE] Friends Reunion: 5 Questions the Friends reunion must answer [QUESTIONS] There were numerous actresses also up for the role of Monica, though. Comedian Janeane Garofalo was thought of for the part, as well as King of Queens' Leah Remini and The Facts of Life actress Nancy Mckeon. Another familiar face who auditioned to be Monica was actress Maggie Wheeler. She may not have won the part of Monica but she did get the role of reoccurring cast member Janice.
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https://www.express.co.uk/showbiz/tv-radio/1442123/why-courteney-cox-refuse-play-role-friends-monica-geller-friends-reunion
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