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The 2 things that will drive the stock market after last week’s Trump-Fed rally The 2 things that will drive the stock market after last week’s Trump-Fed rally President Donald Trump looks on as his nominee for the chairman of the Federal Reserve Jerome Powell takes to the podium during a press event in the Rose Garden at the White House, November 2, 2017 in Washington, DC. Drew Angerer | Getty Images Talk about an eventful week. Normally, when the Fed cuts interest rates, that would be the big story. However, Thursday’s Federal Reserve meeting pales in comparison to Tuesday’s presidential election, which yielded a winner before the sun came up the next morning. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Performance since Nov. 1 close The stock market reaction Wednesday to *********** Donald Trump’s victory over Democrat Kamala Harris was swift and powerful, sending the Dow, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq to all-time highs. The Fed rate cut the next day was icing on the cake for market bulls, with gains for the S&P 500 and Nasdaq. The Dow on Thursday was flat. On Friday, the Dow went above 44,000 for the first time ever, and the S&P 500 topped 6,000 for the first time ever. They closed just below those levels. All three stock benchmarks finished the week at closing record highs. For the week, the Dow and S&P 500 both gained more than 4.6%. They had their best weeks of the year and their first positive weeks in the past three. The Nasdaq rose 5.7% for the week. The tech-heavy index’s weekly gain, while the strongest of the three, was only its best since September. For the week, consumer discretionary, energy, industrials, financials, and information technology were the top five sectors. s&p 500 sectors for the weekSectors WTD change YTD change Consumer Discretionary7.62%22.81%Energy 6.16%12.16%Industrials 5.93%24.41%Financials 5.53%30.46%Information Technology5.44%36.14%Communication Services3.72%34.93%Real Estate 2.67%9.35%Health Care 1.57%9.95%Materials 1.46%9.99%Utilities 1.20%24.72%Consumer Staples 1.20%14.31% Source: FactSet Last week, we sold shares of industrial laggard Honeywell into strength three times, bringing the position down to levels that Jim Cramer said won’t hurt us. On Wednesday, when the already running Wells Fargo and Morgan Stanley both surged double-digits on a percentage basis after the Trump win, our discipline called for us to take some profits, which we did. BlackRock, one of our newer positions, was not participating in Wednesday’s rally in financials, so took some of those bank stock proceeds and bought some more shares of the world’s biggest asset manager. We said last weekend that the risk to the market was not so much who won, but that whoever won did so decisively. That’s exactly what we got. Wall Street, however, has traditionally liked gridlock in Washington over the long term, a situation created by a split Congress or the White House controlled by one party and Capitol Hil by the other. The exact combination ******** up in the air. While the presidential race was decided quickly and the Republicans flipped the Senate, there were still House races too close to call, according to NBC News. As of Sunday afternoon, Republicans needed to win six of them to capture the majority. Only time will tell how the balance of power will play out and whether it’s good or bad for the stock market. But one thing we do know is that Trump likes to grade himself on how the market performs. In Trump’s first term, from Inauguration Day 2017 to his last day in office, the S&P 500 gained 67%. Barring anything catastrophic, President Joe Biden and Vice President Harris will hand Trump the baton of a healthy economy with moderating inflation and a strong stock market. In the week ahead, two government inflation reports are released that Wall Street and the Fed will be watching closely. Earnings season starts to wind down and only two Club names, Home Depot and Disney, report quarterly results. Economy The big economic report for the week, the October consumer price index, comes out before Wednesday’s opening bell. According to estimates compiled by FactSet, economists are looking for a 2.6% annual increase in headline CPI, slightly hotter than in September. The core rate, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, is seen rising 3.3% on a year-over-year basis, matching the prior month. The shelter component of the CPI, which accounts for roughly one-third of the entire index, will also be a key focus given how sticky the cost of housing inflation has been. While not as closely watched as the CPI, the October producer price index, which is out Thursday, could influence the markets. The monthly PPI readings are still important to monitor as they show wholesale prices that companies pay, often referred to as input costs, and whether they need to raise consumer prices to protect their margins. According to FactSet, economists expect to see a 2.3% annual increase in headline PPI and a 2.9% year-over-year increase in the core rate.Among the other data points this week, October retail sales and October industrial production are both out Friday. Retail sales give us a snapshot of the state of the consumer and where they’re focusing their buying power in the lead-up to the holiday shopping season. Roughly two-thirds of the nation’s economy is driven by consumer spending. The monthly industrial production and capacity utilization report provides insight into the manufacturing industry, which has been under pressure for quite a while, as well as the mining, and electric and gas utilities industries.Earnings For Home Depot, which reports third-quarter earnings before Tuesday’s opening bell, we want to hear what management sees on the ground in the housing market. Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Home Depot YTD We know longer-term bond yields have been ticking up and driving mortgage rates back up with them — so the benefit of stronger housing leading to more sales of building and renovation products might still be pushed out. We were encouraged to see bond yields drop on Thursday and Friday after spiking on Wednesday. We hope that continues with the Fed in easing mode and market odds favoring another rate cut in December. Additionally, a likely boost to Home Depot sales, partially in the reported quarter and likely more so going forward, will come from the recovery process after hurricanes Helene and Milton as insurance claims come through and homeowners look to rebuild. That said, we’re biding our time and predict that once the housing market really starts to inflect, Home Depot will be a primary beneficiary. As of Friday, consensus estimates call for Home Depot sales of $39.24 billion in the third quarter and earnings of $3.64 per share.Stock Chart IconStock chart icon Disney YTD Disney reports before the bell Thursday, and its experiences business will be in focus as it has softened recently due to the recent hurricane activity that forced closures at Florida theme park locations and inflation-weary consumers. Disneyland Paris will likely see some negative impact from the Summer Olympics, which were held in the city during the quarter. Disney’s direct-to-consumer business, however, should be a better story as profitability improves. Big content releases like the new season of the critically acclaimed television series “The Bear” and the movie “Inside Out 2,” which did nearly $1.7 billion worldwide in the theaters, should help with subscriber numbers. As of Friday, consensus estimates are for Disney sales of $22.44 billion in fiscal Q4 and earnings of $1.10 per share. Week ahead Monday, Nov. 11 Before the bell earnings: Monday.com (MNDY), Aramark (ARMK)After the bell: IAC (IAC) Tuesday, Nov. 12 Before the bell: Home Depot (HD), Shopify (SHOP), Hertz (HTZ), Tyson Foods (TSN), AstraZeneca (AZN)After the bell: Spotify (SPOT), Occidental Petroleum (OXY), Rocket Companies (RKT), Skyworks (SWKS) Wednesday, Nov. 13 8:30 a.m. EST: Consumer price indexAfter the bell: Cisco (CSCO), Beazer Homes (BZH) Thursday, Nov. 14 8:30 a.m. ET: Producer price index8:30 a.m. ET: Initial jobless claimsBefore the bell: Disney (DIS), JD.com (JD), Advance Auto Parts (AAP)After the bell: Applied Materials (AMAT) Friday, Nov. 15 8:30 a.m. ET: Retail sales9:15 a.m. ET: Industrial production and capacity utilizationBefore the bell: Alibaba (BABA) (See here for a full list of the stocks in Jim Cramer’s Charitable Trust.) As a subscriber to the CNBC Investing Club with Jim Cramer, you will receive a trade alert before Jim makes a trade. Jim waits 45 minutes after sending a trade alert before buying or selling a stock in his charitable trust’s portfolio. If Jim has talked about a stock on CNBC TV, he waits 72 hours after issuing the trade alert before executing the trade. THE ABOVE INVESTING CLUB INFORMATION IS SUBJECT TO OUR TERMS AND CONDITIONS AND PRIVACY POLICY, TOGETHER WITH OUR DISCLAIMER. NO FIDUCIARY OBLIGATION OR DUTY EXISTS, OR IS CREATED, BY VIRTUE OF YOUR RECEIPT OF ANY INFORMATION PROVIDED IN CONNECTION WITH THE INVESTING CLUB. NO SPECIFIC OUTCOME OR PROFIT IS GUARANTEED. Source link #drive #stock #market #weeks #TrumpFed #rally Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Fans spot ***** website on Mattel Wicked dolls packaging Fans spot ***** website on Mattel Wicked dolls packaging Eagle-eyed Wicked fans got more than they bargained for when small-print on packaging for dolls inspired by the movie mistakenly listed the address for an ****** website. Mattel recently released the singing dolls ahead of the long-awaited Wicked movie starring Cynthia Erivo and Ariana Grande. People who bought the dolls posted pictures on social media of the packaging which had a ************ website called Wicked, instead of the movie’s web address. Mattel, the toy company that manufactures the dolls, has been contacted for comment. The BBC has seen online instructions on Mattel’s website, for both the Glinda and Elphaba dolls, listing the erroneous website underneath the Universal Pictures logo – the film studio behind the movie. Mattel recommends the dolls for children aged four and above. Fans who bought the doll posted their surprise on social media. “I purchased the Singing Elphaba doll and upon inspection, the website printed on the back side [of the] Mattel box, right above the barcode is listed as… an unaffiliated ****** [not safe for work] 18+ website,” one person posted on Reddit. “Anyone else seeing this!?” In another post, a US-based woman said: “Went to Target and Walmart today and yeah, the Wicked dolls have the [*****] website listed.” The Wicked movie comes after two decades of the musical on stage. Set in the Land of Oz before Dorothy Gales’ arrival from Kansas, the movie covers the musical’s first act. British actress Erivo plays Elphaba, a young woman misunderstood because of her green skin and who is yet to discover her power which will eventually lead her to becoming the Wicked Witch of the West. She strikes up an unlikely friendship with classmate Glinda, played by Grammy-winning singer Grande, who will go on to become the Good Witch of the North. The movie is set to be released in the US and *** on 22 November. Source link #Fans #spot #***** #website #Mattel #Wicked #dolls #packaging Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

One person is ***** and 16 are injured after a ********* at Tuskegee University – National One person is ***** and 16 are injured after a ********* at Tuskegee University – National An early Sunday ********* at Tuskegee University in Alabama left one person ***** and injured 16 others, 12 of them wounded by gunfire, authorities said. The victim of the *********, an 18-year-old man, was not a university student, but some of those who were injured were. No arrests were immediately announced. Twelve people were wounded by gunfire, and four others sustained injuries not related to the gunshots, the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency said in a Sunday afternoon update. The FBI joined the investigation and said it is seeking tips from the public, as well as any video witnesses might have. It set up a site online for people to upload video. The ********* happened as the historically ****** university’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. Tuskegee University announced that all classes Monday have been canceled. Grief counselors will be available to help students in the university’s chapel. Story continues below advertisement “The parents of this individual have been notified. Several others including Tuskegee University students were injured and are receiving treatment at East Alabama Medical Center in Opelika and ******** South Hospital in Montgomery,” the university said in a statement. An autopsy on the 18-year-old was planned at the state’s forensic center in Montgomery, Macon County Coroner Hal Bentley told The Associated Press on Sunday. The city’s police chief, Patrick Mardis, said the injured included a female student who was shot in the stomach and a male student who was shot in the arm. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. City police were responding to an unrelated double ********* off campus when officers got the call about the university ********* at the West Commons on-campus apartments, Mardis said. More on World More videos “Some idiots started *********,” Mardis told the news site Al.com. “You couldn’t get the emergency vehicles in there, there were so many people there.” The ********* happened as the historically ****** university’s 100th Homecoming Week was winding down. The university was notifying parents, the school statement said. A person who answered the phone at the office of Tuskegee’s police chief said no other information was available. “Special Agents are still in the process of gathering and examining information relative to the sequence of events which ultimately led to the *********,” the agency said in a statement. Story continues below advertisement In his 37 years as coroner, Bentley said he couldn’t recall any shootings during the school’s past homecoming celebrations. The mood around the small town of around 9,000 people was somber, he said. The ********* left everyone in the university community shaken, said Amare’ Hardee, a senior from Tallahassee, Florida, who is president of the student government association. “This senseless act of ********* has touched each of us, whether directly or indirectly,” he said at the school’s homecoming convocation Sunday morning. A pastor who leads the Tuskegee National Alumni Association told those at Sunday’s convocation service that the ********* is a reminder of the fragility of life. Trending Now ‘Low risk, high reward’: How **** traffickers use coercive debt to exploit survivors What Trump’s election could mean for ********* rates and the loonie “It is in moments like these that we need to be reminded not to stand on our own understanding because in a moment like this, I don’t have understanding,” said the Rev. James Quincy III. “I can only rely on my ******, and my prayer for our entire family, this community, as we close out this marvelous family reunion that we shared this week,” Quincy said, “and most importantly because of that ****** walk and that trust in ****, that we have resilience, resilience in the time of trouble.” Miles College in Fairfield, Alabama — the school’s opponent for Tuskegee’s homecoming football game on Saturday — released a statement expressing sympathy. Story continues below advertisement “Today, our hearts are with the Tuskegee family as they face the tragic aftermath of the recent ********* on campus,” the college said. “We extend our deepest condolences to those impacted and pray for healing and justice. Miles College stands with you in this difficult time.” Sunday’s ********* comes just over a year after four people were injured in a ********* at a Tuskegee University student housing complex. In that *********, two visitors to the campus were shot and two students were hurt while trying to leave the scene of what campus officials described as an “unauthorized party” in September 2023, the Montgomery Advertiser reported. About 3,000 students are enrolled at the university about 40 miles (64 kilometers) east of Alabama’s capital city of Montgomery. The university was the first historically ****** college to be designated as a Registered National Landmark in 1966. It was also designated a National Historic Site in 1974, according to the school’s website. Norma Clayton, chairwoman of the board of the trustees, said at the Sunday morning service that “we will get through this together because in tough times, tough people band together and they survive.” &copy 2024 The ********* Press Source link #person #***** #injured #********* #Tuskegee #University #National Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Ferguson and Phillips star as New Zealand pip Sri Lanka Ferguson and Phillips star as New Zealand pip Sri Lanka Lockie Ferguson has snaffled a hat-trick as New Zealand beat Sri Lanka by five runs in a sensational finale to their Twenty20 international, leaving the two-game series drawn 1-1. New Zealand were bowled out for 108 in 19.3 overs in Sunday’s concluding match, yet managed to dismiss Sri Lanka for just 103 in 19.5 overs. As well as paceman Ferguson’s heroics, Glenn Phillips grabbed three wickets in four ******, and wicketkeeper Mitchell Hay pouched five catches and a stumping in a stunning win for the ****** Caps. Phillips got the key wicket from the second ball of the last over when opening batter Pathum Nissanka holed out at long on for 52. When Phillips got Matheesha Pathirana stumped off the next ball, he was on a hat-trick himself. Nuwan Thusara avoided the fate of being a hat-trick ball victim off the fourth ball of the over, and took a single. But Maheesh Theekshana, one of only three Sri Lankans to achieve double figures by reaching 14, sliced a catch to Hay to end the match. Ferguson had earlier turned the game around with 3-7 off his two overs, before he had to leave due to a strained calf. Ferguson got Kusal Perera caught behind off the last ball of his first over. Kamindu Mendis was trapped off the first ball of his next over, then captain Charith Asalanka gave a thick edge down the leg side that was brilliantly caught by a diving Hay. Ferguson, who missed Saturday’s four-wicket defeat, became the fifth New Zealand bowler after Jacob Oram, Tim Southee, Michael Bracewell and Matt Henry to achieve a T20 hat-trick. Hay became the first wicketkeeper in T20 history to feature in six dismissals. When New Zealand batted, Wanindu Hasaranga took 4-17 after he was hobbled by a hamstring injury in his first over. Fast bowler Nuwan Thushara bowled Tim Robinson off a yorker with the first ball of the match. Hasaranga spun the Kiwis into deeper trouble. Phillips was clean bowled when he attempted to reverse sweep a googly, and Michael Bracewell and Hay were also bowled. New Zealand slumped to 6-52 in the 11th over when Hasaranga had Will Young, the top scorer on 30, stumped. Josh Clarkson (24) and captain Mitchell Santner (19) lifted the ****** Caps’ total. But fast bowler Pathirana limited the run-rate in the ****** overs by taking 3-11 with deceiving slower deliveries. The teams begin a three-match one-day international series in Dambulla on Wednesday. Source link #Ferguson #Phillips #star #Zealand #pip #Sri #Lanka Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Elizabeth II joked ‘at least my ******** won’t be organised by that ******’ after Boris resigned Elizabeth II joked ‘at least my ******** won’t be organised by that ******’ after Boris resigned Elizabeth II joked “at least I won’t have that ****** organising my ******** now” after accepting Boris Johnson’s resignation as prime minister, according to a new book. The late Queen made the comment “to amuse” during a gathering of family and her closest aides in Balmoral two days before her ******, an author has claimed. She had appointed Liz Truss as her 15th prime minister in her final official act of her reign. Tim Shipman, the author of Out, a political history of Brexit, claimed the late Queen also said Mr Johnson was “perhaps better suited to the stage”. Sources who knew the late Queen have warned the words did not sound like her, not least because she would have been aware that the Earl Marshal is responsible for royal funerals. Buckingham Palace did not comment. “The courtier explained that the Queen’s final days had been happy ones,” writes Shipman of September 2022. “She had enjoyed a gathering of her family and treasured staff two evenings before her ******. “The courtier confided that when Boris Johnson was mentioned, the Queen, mischief in her eye, had said: ‘Well at least I won’t have that ****** organising my ******** now.’ “This, it seems, was said to amuse but it was a widely shared sentiment in the royal household.” ‘Undiluted fury’ The author also wrote there was “undiluted fury among senior members of the royal family and courtiers” about Mr Johnson’s decision to prorogue Parliament in 2019. But, he writes: “The Queen’s reaction was actually more sanguine than some. She thought Johnson a roguish and comic figure and took the disaster in her stride. One senior royal aide characterised her approach as, ‘These things happen’.” The then-Prince of Wales, was “absolutely furious” and “outraged that Boris should treat the Queen like that”, he claims. Prince William’s aides also “let it be known that in his reign as king there would be ‘more private, robust challenging of advice’ between the monarch and his prime ministers,” it is claimed. In the book, Shipman relays an alleged conversation between Mr Johnson and King Charles, who had wanted to acknowledge slavery during the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting. Mr Johnson, who was despairing of the “woke” ideology, is said to have replied: “I wouldn’t talk about slavery if I were you, or you’ll end up having to sell the Duchy of Cornwall to pay reparations to the people who built the Duchy of Cornwall”. The palaces were contacted for comment. Out by Tim Shipman is published by HarperCollins and is published on Nov 21. Source link #Elizabeth #joked #******** #wont #organised #****** #Boris #resigned Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Tottenham 1-2 Ipswich: Ange Postecoglou says Spurs inconsistency down to him rather than players Tottenham 1-2 Ipswich: Ange Postecoglou says Spurs inconsistency down to him rather than players Tottenham head coach Ange Postecoglou says their inconsistent start to the season is down to him rather than his players. Spurs were beaten 2-1 by Ipswich on Sunday to lose for the fifth time in 11 Premier League games this season, leaving them 10th and 12 points off leaders Liverpool. They have progressed to the Carabao Cup quarter-finals but lost to Galatasaray in the Europa League on Thursday, having won their opening three matches in the competition. Tottenham’s longest winning run in the league this season is two matches, and five across all competitions. When asked about the reasons for their inconsistency, Postecoglou told BBC Sport: “It’s just down to me. I’m not getting consistent performances from the players. “It’s something I need to address. I’m the person in charge so that’s usually the way it goes. “I take responsibility when their performances don’t meet the levels that they should.” Asked by Sky Sports if it was a new feeling, he said: “No, I think it’s been our season so far. It’s been really inconsistent.” Source link #Tottenham #Ipswich #Ange #Postecoglou #Spurs #inconsistency #players Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Pregnant teen Kira missing nearly a week from Melbourne’s inner west Pregnant teen Kira missing nearly a week from Melbourne’s inner west A 15-year-old girl who is seven months pregnant has been missing for six days, with police believing she may be travelling interstate. Source link #Pregnant #teen #Kira #missing #week #Melbournes #west Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

James Carville says Kamala Harris’ ******* campaign could be reduced to Sunny Hostin’s question on ‘The View’ James Carville says Kamala Harris’ ******* campaign could be reduced to Sunny Hostin’s question on ‘The View’ Democratic strategist James Carville said Saturday that Vice President Kamala Harris’ campaign could be reduced to her ******** to differentiate herself from President Biden during an interview on “The View.” “I think if this campaign is reducible to one moment, we are in a 65% wrong-track country. The country wants something different. And she’s asked, as is so often the case, in a friendly audience, on ‘The View,’ ‘How would you be different than Biden?’ That’s the one question that you exist to answer, alright? That is it. That’s the money question. That’s the one you want. That’s the one that everybody wants to know the answer to. And you freeze! You literally freeze and say, ‘Well, I can’t think of anything,’” Carville said, speaking to Tim Miller on “The Bulwark Podcast.” Harris joined the co-hosts of “The View,” who all expressed repeated support for Harris over the course of her campaign, during an interview in early October, and was asked by Hostin if she would have done anything differently from the president in the last four years. Harris said she couldn’t think of anything she would have done differently. “So we said 65% want something different, we are just not going to give in to them, but maybe the odiousness of Trump combined with the Dobbs decision, we can overcome it. Well, we didn’t overcome it. But when we go back and history unearths this, it’s going to be right there on ‘The View.’ And I think her name was Sunny Hostin, asked a question, and that’s the most devastating answer you could imagine,” Carville continued. Democratic strategist James Carville pointed to VP Kamala Harris’ interview on “The View,” specifically a question from Sunny Hostin, during a podcast conversation about where the VP went wrong. Kamala Harris’ Bungled Answer On ‘The View’ About Biden Seen As Turning Point For Campaign During the interview on “The View,” Hostin also asked Harris what the biggest “specific” difference would be between a potential Harris presidency and a Biden presidency. Read On The Fox News App “We’re obviously two different people,” Harris said. “One of the issues I’m focused on is what we do with home healthcare.” Much later in the interview, Harris also said that she would appoint a *********** to her cabinet. Kamala Harris couldn’t think of something she’d do differently from Joe Biden’s first term when first asked on “The View” on Oct. 8, 2024. Click Here For More Coverage Of Media And Culture Ahead of the election, Carville predicted that Harris would win because Trump is “stone a– nuts.” “She’s got more money, got more energy, has a more ******* party, has better surrogates and he’s stone a– nuts,” Carville told MSNBC’s “Morning Joe,” when asked about why he thinks the vice president would be the winner. Carville was not the only one to point to this interview as a pivotal moment for Harris’ campaign. In a New York Times report about how Trump won the race, this moment was seen as significant because the Trump campaign’s internal polling showed Harris had, until that point, effectively pitched herself as a change agent to voters. The Times reported that Trump advisers “rejoiced” and were shocked Harris didn’t have an answer ready for such an obvious question. The clip soon found its way into national advertisements. Fox News’ David Rutz contributed to this report. Original article source: James Carville says Kamala Harris’ ******* campaign could be reduced to Sunny Hostin’s question on ‘The View’ Source link #James #Carville #Kamala #Harris #******* #campaign #reduced #Sunny #Hostins #question #View Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Stars hit red carpet in Manchester Stars hit red carpet in Manchester Reuters Singer Raye was voted best *** and Ireland act, days after she was also nominated for three Grammys The MTV Europe Awards are taking place in the *** for the first time in seven years, and stars turned out in force at Manchester’s Co-op Live arena. PA Media South ******** superstar Tyla won best Afrobeats artist PA Media Rita Ora is hosting the awards for the third time PA Media US singer Teddy Swims was stopping off in Manchester on his way to Scotland, apparently PA Media Actress Jodie Turner-Smith turned on the style before presenting an award PA Media A shirtless Benson Boone is performing and is nominated for two prizes PA Media Rapper Busta Rhymes celebrated with fans before receiving the global icon honour Reuters Shawn Mendes is also performing, and is nominated for the act with the “biggest fans” Reuters Jedward were jumping with joy just to be invited PA Media Mabel and mum Neneh Cherry will present one of the categories PA Media Actor Aaron Taylor-Johnson is also one of the award presenters Reuters Olly Alexander posed with fans on the red carpet PA Media Manchester City and England forward Chloe Kelly swapped her football strip for something more stylish Reuters Fellow Manchester City star Ruben Dias also dressed for the occasion Reuters If there’s a party in Manchester, Happy Mondays veterans Bez and Shaun Ryder will be there Manchester rolls out red carpet for MTV AwardsMusic Source link #Stars #hit #red #carpet #Manchester Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii New DNA evidence rewrites long-told stories of people in ancient Pompeii This image provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows cast number 25, made in 1929, from Villa dei Misteri in Pompeii. Credit: Courtesy of MIC, Archaeological Park of Pompeii via AP When a volcanic eruption ******* the ancient city of Pompeii, the last desperate moments of its citizens were preserved in stone for centuries. Observers see stories in the plaster casts later made of their bodies, like a mother holding a child and two women embracing as they ****. But new DNA evidence suggests things were not as they seem—and these prevailing interpretations come from looking at the ancient world through modern eyes. “We were able to disprove or challenge some of the previous narratives built upon how these individuals were kind of found in relation to each other,” said Alissa Mittnik of the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology in Germany. “It opens up different interpretations for who these people might have been.” Mittnik and her colleagues discovered that the person thought to be a mother was actually a man unrelated to the child. And at least one of the two people locked in an embrace—long assumed to be sisters or a mother and daughter—was a man. Their research was published Thursday in the journal Current Biology. The team, which also includes scientists from Harvard University and the University of Florence in Italy, relied on genetic material preserved for nearly two millennia. After Mount Vesuvius erupted and destroyed the Roman city in 79 A.D., bodies ******* in mud and ash eventually decomposed, leaving spaces where they used to be. Casts were created from the voids in the late 1800s. This image provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows a group of casts, numbers 50, 51 and 52, made in 1974 from the Casa del Bracciale d’Oro in Pompeii. Credit: Courtesy of MIC, Archaeological Park of Pompeii via AP Researchers focused on 14 casts undergoing restoration, extracting DNA from the fragmented skeletal ******** that mixed with them. They hoped to determine the ****, ancestry and genetic relationships between the victims. There were several surprises in “the house of the golden bracelet,” the dwelling where the assumed mother and child were found. The ****** wore an intricate piece of jewelry, for which the house was named, reinforcing the impression that the victim was a woman. Nearby were the bodies of another ****** and child thought to be the rest of their nuclear family. DNA evidence showed the four were male and not related to one another, clearly showing “the story that was long spun around these individuals” was wrong, Mittnik said. Researchers also confirmed Pompeii citizens came from diverse backgrounds but mainly descended from eastern Mediterranean immigrants—underscoring a broad pattern of movement and cultural exchange in the Roman Empire. Pompeii is located about 150 miles (241 kilometers) from Rome. This photo provided by the Archeological Park of Pompeii shows casts number 21 and 22, made in 1914, from Casa del Cryptoportico in Pompeii, Italy. Credit: Courtesy of MIC, Archaeological Park of Pompeii via AP A view of Pompeii, a ******* and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979. Credit: AP Photo/Jim Bourdier, File Jewelry found in the ruins of a house in Pompeii are displayed, backdropped by the casts of two adults and two children who ***** together in the house in Pompeii, at the exhibition, “Life and ****** Pompeii and Herculaneum,” at the British Museum in central London, March 26, 2013. Credit: AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis, File A view of Pompeii, a ******* and ruined Roman city near modern Naples in Italy, is seen in 1979. Credit: AP Photo, File The study builds upon research from 2022 when scientists sequenced the genome of a Pompeii victim for the first time and confirmed the possibility of retrieving ancient DNA from the human ******** that still exist. “They have a better overview of what’s happening in Pompeii because they analyzed different samples,” said Gabriele Scorrano of the University of Rome Tor Vergata, a co-author of that research who was not involved in the current study. “We actually had one genome, one sample, one shot.” Though much ******** to be learned, Scorrano said, such genetic brushstrokes are slowly painting a truer picture of how people lived in the distant past. More information: Ancient DNA challenges prevailing interpretations of the Pompeii plaster casts, Current Biology (2024). DOI: 10.1016/j.cub.2024.10.007. www.cell.com/current-biology/f … 0960-9822(24)01361-7 © 2024 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. 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King, Kate attend remembrance event in return to duty King, Kate attend remembrance event in return to duty King Charles has led the ******* Kingdom in a two-minute silence in remembrance of fallen service personnel in central London as the Princess of Wales looked on. The event shows the royal family is slowly returning to normal at the end of a year in which two of the most popular royals were sidelined by *******. Remembrance Sunday is a totemic event in the ***, with the monarch leading senior royals, political leaders and envoys from the Commonwealth countries in laying wreaths at the Cenotaph, the Portland stone memorial that serves as the focal point for honouring the country’s war *****. The service is held on the second Sunday of November to mark the signing of the armistice to end World War I “on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month” in 1918. Across the ***, services are conducted at the same time in memory of the *****. After the two-minute silence, buglers from the Royal Marines played the Last Post and Charles led the wreath-laying part of the service. The 75-year-old King, dressed in his Royal Navy uniform of the Admiral of the Fleet, ***** a wreath of poppies at the base of the Cenotaph in recognition of the fallen from conflicts dating back to World War I. His eldest son and the heir to the throne, Prince William, left his own floral tribute – featuring the Prince of Wales’ feathers and a new ribbon in Welsh red. Dressed in sombre ******, his wife Kate watched on from a balcony of the nearby Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office, as is tradition. Queen Camilla, who would normally be standing next to the princess, was not present as she recovered from a chest infection. It is the first time since the start of the year that Kate carried out two consecutive days of public official engagements. On Saturday, she attended the Royal British Legion Festival Of Remembrance at the Royal Albert Hall. Following the wreath-laying, about 10,000 veterans including those who have fought in wars this century, notably in Afghanistan and Iraq, marched past the Cenotaph. With the passage of time, there were only a handful of World War II veterans present. “It’s always a great honour to be back on occasions like this but I remember the guys that never came home on my ship when it was torpedoed,” said 99-year-old Stan Ford, who has had to walk with leg calipers ever since the ship that he was serving on – HMS Fratton – was sunk off France’s Normandy coast in August 1944 at the cost of 31 lives. “They never came home, and I always feel it’s my duty to put in an appearance and thank **** for those that did survive, and to pray for the ones who didn’t,” said Ford, who was one of 38 survivors. Charles was diagnosed with an undisclosed form of ******* in February, forcing him to step away from public appearances for two months as he focused on his treatment and recovery. Just a few weeks later, Kate announced her own ******* diagnosis which sidelined her for much of the year as she underwent chemotherapy. The King has been in good form in recent months and recently completed a taxing trip to Australia and Samoa. Kate, who made her first post-diagnosis public appearance during the monarch’s birthday parade in June, is slowly returning to public duties. Source link #King #Kate #attend #remembrance #event #return #duty Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Wrong-way ****** on I-64 ****** one, injures two others Wrong-way ****** on I-64 ****** one, injures two others CHESTERFIELD, MO. – A deadly wrong-way ****** on Interstate 64 claimed the life of a 79-year-old man from Beaufort, Missouri. The ****** happened just before 8:45 p.m. Saturday shutting the eastbound lanes of the interstate down for hours. According to the Missouri State Highway Patrol, a total of four vehicles were involved. Troopers say a Chevrolet van, driven by the 79-year-old man, was going west in the eastbound lanes when it collided head on with a 2023 Silverado. The impact pushed the Silverado into the path of a commercial truck in the next lane, striking it from behind. The wrong-way driver continued moving westbound and then struck a third car, a 2014 Toyota Avalon, head on. Emergency crews responded to the scene. The Monarch ***** Protection District pronounced the man *****. The Missouri State Highway Patrol, Town and County Police, and Chesterfield Police also responded to the ******. Two other people were taken to the hospital with minor and moderate injuries. The ****** shut down the eastbound lanes of I-64 in that area for several hours. Copyright 2024 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. For the latest news, weather, sports, and streaming video, head to FOX 2. Source link #Wrongway #****** #I64 #****** #injures Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

S&P 500 breaks 6000 mark in Trump and Fed-fuelled rally S&P 500 breaks 6000 mark in Trump and Fed-fuelled rally The S&P 500 has closed with its best weekly percentage jump since November 2023 as business confidence remained high after the US election result. Source link #SampP #breaks #mark #Trump #Fedfuelled #rally Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

********-owned vineyards in France for ***** at knockdown prices ********-owned vineyards in France for ***** at knockdown prices Just a few years ago, Château Latour-Laguens was the multi-million euro flagship in a brave-new era of ********-owned wine making. Now, the winery 30 miles south west of Bordeaux is abandoned, decaying, and back on the market for a fraction of its value. It is just one of dozens of ********-owned vineyards up for ***** at knockdown rates as China loses its taste for imported wine – and the dream of cashing in big on has turns sour for scores of Beijing and Shanghai-based investors. There’s a combination of factors driving the sell off. A crackdown on *********** at home has weakened demand for expensive gifts, and tighter capital controls make it more difficult for ******** to spend money abroad. In May, France confiscated nine châteaux in Bordeaux worth about €35.5 million (£30 million) from a ******** tycoon who was convicted of money laundering and embezzlement of ******** public funds. Above all, there is a belated realisation that many customers simply don’t like the wine. Heavy, tannin-rich reds, it turns out, just do not fit in at the ******** dinner table. It’s a dramatic turn from the early 2010s, when Li Lijuan, a ******** estate agent of Vineyards-Bordeaux, was fielding four to five queries a day from wealthy ******** investors keen on getting in on the Bordeaux wine rush. “I have a dossier that I keep and I counted about 300 potential ******** buyers who wanted to buy a domain since I started working in 2013,” said Ms Li. At the time, China was one of the most exciting and fastest growing wine markets in the world. Alongside explosive demand for French luxury brands – Dior, Hermès, Louis Vuitton – prestigious bottles of French Bordeaux had become the latest status maker for China’s wealthy elite, who offered them as luxury gifts and displayed them in their homes like trophies. Bordeaux’s wine-growing region has long been accustomed to foreign ownership, but the rush of ******** investors was remarkable: they snapped up about 200 vineyards within just a few years to meet what promised to be an unquenchable demand for French wine back home. Fast forward a decade, and many of the properties are now listed for a fraction of their purchase price. Chateau Latour-Laguens was one of the first wine estates in the Bordeaux region to be bought by a ******** company – AFP/Philippe Lopez Château Latour-Laguens, in the wine-growing region of Entre-Deux-Mers, made headlines as one of the first vineyards to be bought when it was acquired by ******** real estate firm Longhai Investment Group in 2008. Though the original ***** price was not officially disclosed, Le Figaro reported that the ******** buyers paid €2 million (£1.66 million) for the entire lot at the time. It is now back on the auction block for €150,000 (£124,400), without the vines. Story Continues It wasn’t supposed to go this way. Between 2007-2011, wine consumption in China soared by an eye-watering 142 per cent. By the end of 2013, China and Hong Kong had overtaken France and Italy to become the world’s largest consumer of red wine, with a particular penchant for French Bordeaux. ******** investors keen to seize a new business opportunity bought up vineyards and gave them new names like Imperial Rabbit or Gold Rabbit. The wines were destined for consumers back in China with outrageous profit margins: bottles of red wine that would normally sell for €3 or €4 in France were being marked up to €20 to €30, to the astonishment of locals. But the excitement was **********. In 2013, almost as soon as many ******** millionaires signed ownership papers, Xi Jinping, China’s president, launched an austerity drive cracking down on lavish, ostentatious public spending. The move followed a string of *********** scandals which often involved expensive gifts or bribery in the form of a luxury handbag – or a prestigious bottle of red wine. A few years later, in 2017, Beijing introduced new capital controls that tightened the transfer of money outside of China, dealing another ***** to ******** investors. “It was catastrophic for business,” Ms Li said. After peaking in around 2012, China’s wine consumption has been falling steadily, averaging a loss of 2 million hectolitres a year since 2018, according to the International Organisation of Vine and Wine. In 2023, amid an ever-shrinking economy, the country’s wine consumption plummeted 25 per cent compared to the year before. It’s a trend that Jérôme Baudouin, the editor-in-chief of the wine magazine La Revue du Vin, had predicted a long time ago. For one thing, wine cannot stand up to the traditional ******** meal, in which savoury and sweet – fish, meat and vegetable dishes are often presented at the centre of the table at the same time, he points out. This could explain a major discrepancy between wine sales and actual wine consumption in China: bottles are collected for show, he said, but not actually consumed. “For me, it was a mirage. People were wrong on both sides,” he said. “Producers in Bordeaux thought a new market was opening up for them, like the US and *** and that this would last. It was the same for the ******** who came over to Bordeaux. They thought it would be easy to make wine and that it would make them a lot of money.” Ten years on from the ******** rush to buy vineyards the market has turned sour – Alamy Stuck in the middle were the workers in the vineyards and on the estates, many of whom complained of absentee owners, clashing work cultures, and, in the worst-case scenario, no pay. For nearly five months, Hélène Pauly and her five colleagues went without pay from their ******** bosses at Château de Pic in 2020. Ms Pauly, the estate’s administrative manager, had to dip into her savings and request overdraft protection. Her other colleagues had to get a loan from the bank and were forced to use food banks. She led a battle against her employer, Xu Min, that ended with the Bordeaux tribunal siding with employees and ordering back pay. “There was never any sincerity or honesty in their explanations, and it was like this all the time,” Ms Pauly told The Telegraph. She described a stressful environment in which her work was micromanaged from China, and employers with little understanding of the inner workings of a vineyard making unreasonable demands, such as harvesting in June instead of September. At the lowest point, Ms Pauly began to worry for her safety. “I didn’t know how far they could go…they knew my address, my habits, they could easily have done something to send me a message.” The experience was exhausting and pushed her into early retirement. Corinne Lantheaume, a union rep for the local CFDT Gironde who helped Ms Pauly’s case, points out that the biggest obstacle is trying to deal with absentee owners who are in China. “There are ******** owners who just completely disappear,” she said. “Our problem every time is that when there is an issue at some point, in France we don’t know who to contact because everything is in China. If we do succeed, it’s because the new owner who buys the property pays the back salary on their behalf.” Another trend among ******** employers is a mistrust of their French workers, Ms Lantheaume said. Instead they hire ******** employees with little to no experience working in the vineyards or in the wine industry. “There’s a great mistrust of French employees. And it becomes complicated when you don’t trust people who know the work.” Ms Lantheaume is quick to point out, however, that one of the region’s most exemplary employers is Peter Kwok, a Hong Kong businessman who owns Maison Vignobles K and is well respected among his staff and fellow winemakers. And there is no shortage of labour disputes at French-owned châteaux. Meanwhile, Ms Li says that distrust, earned or not, can work both ways. She recounts how she once witnessed a ******** employer pay his workers in cash in order to bypass the problem of blocked funds. But to her dismay, the lack of paper trail allowed the couple to take their employer to court falsely claiming that they hadn’t been paid. In recent weeks, Ms Li says news of ******** investors trying to offload their chateaux has drawn interest from a new emerging market: affluent ******** who live outside China in Malaysia, Singapore, and Thailand. “At this moment, I’m getting about four to five people contacting me every week.” Broaden your horizons with award-winning British journalism. Try The Telegraph free for 3 months with unlimited access to our award-winning website, exclusive app, money-saving offers and more. Source link #Chineseowned #vineyards #France #***** #knockdown #prices Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Employee scuffle leads to alleged stabbing at Sydney seafood restaurant Employee scuffle leads to alleged stabbing at Sydney seafood restaurant Police were told two employees were having an argument before the situation allegedly escalated, with a man suffering stab wounds to his head, face and arms. Source link #Employee #scuffle #leads #alleged #stabbing #Sydney #seafood #restaurant Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor to remain at post as some call for her to step down Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor has made clear she has no plans to step down, according to people close to her, despite calls from some on the left that President Joe Biden should try to name a successor before President-elect Donald Trump takes office. “She’s in great health, and the court needs her now more than ever,” said one person close to the justice. Some progressives have suggested Sotomayor, the most senior ******** on the ************* Supreme Court, should step down so that Biden could try to name a replacement in the short window before Trump takes office in January. Talk has simmered for months over the possibility of Sotomayor retiring so that Biden could name a successor and ensure the seat ******** a reliable vote for the ******** wing, but that has gone nowhere. Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders said Sunday that he doesn’t think Sotomayor should step down from the court. “I don’t think it’s sensible,” Sanders, an independent who caucuses with Senate Democrats, said on NBC’s “Meet the Press.” The process of moving a Supreme Court nominee takes considerable time — often several months. Even assuming there are no problems with a potential nominee, there is not likely enough time for Biden to secure a confirmation before the GOP takes control of the Senate in early January. Sotomayor, who is 70, has been public about living with type 1 diabetes, though she has shown little sign of slowing down. She is a relentless questioner during ***** arguments and has appeared in public repeatedly in recent months. In May, Sotomayor told an audience at Harvard University that she sometimes cries after the court hands down its decisions. And in January, speaking at the University of California, Berkeley, School of Law, Sotomayor said she lived with “frustration” over the court’s direction and that “every loss truly traumatizes me in my stomach and in my heart.” “But I have to get up the next morning and keep on fighting,” she said. For more CNN news and newsletters create an account at CNN.com Source link #Supreme #Court #Justice #Sonia #Sotomayor #remain #post #call #step Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Syria says seven civilians ******* in ******** strike Syria says seven civilians ******* in ******** strike An ******** strike on a residential building in the Sayeda Zainab district south of the Syrian capital Damascus has ******* seven civilians, the Syrian defence ministry says, in the second such ******* in less than a week. The fatalities included women and children, with 20 people also injured, the ministry said in a statement. There was no immediate comment from *******, which said last week that its air force had struck intelligence assets of the Iranian-backed Lebanese armed group Hezbollah in the same area. Sayeda Zainab, a stronghold of Hezbollah and the site of a major Shi’ite shrine, has been the target in previous strikes. The heavily garrisoned area near the shrine is also a well known stronghold of Hezbollah, which is one of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad’s chief allies. ******* has ramped up strikes in Syria since the October 7 ******* by militant group ****** on ******* in 2023 and particularly since the escalation of the *******-Hezbollah conflict. Syrian and foreign intelligence sources say ******** attacks in Syria have ******* scores of Hezbollah and pro-Iranian militia fighters based around the eastern outskirts of Damascus and to the south of the city. Source link #Syria #civilians #******* #******** #strike Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

New York firefighter ******* as historic drought fuels blazes New York firefighter ******* as historic drought fuels blazes MORRISTOWN, N.J. − A firefighter was ******* battling blazes that stretched from New Jersey into New York over the weekend as historic drought conditions intensified a stranglehold across the Northeast, fueling wildfires and threatening lives and homes. New York City has been enveloped in hazy skies from wildfires for days, and an air quality alert was issued for the city and nearby areas of New York State and New Jersey into Monday. The city has not been immune to the wildfires, either − multiple acres burned across Prospect Park in Brooklyn and Highbridge Park in the Bronx over the weekend. “Every New Yorker needs to understand that we now live in a time of extreme weather. Climate change is real – it’s here,” New York City Emergency Management Commissioner Zach Iscol told News12. “Generally, when you think about climate change, you think of floods, you think about rising sea levels. But the fact is, it manifests itself in a lot of different ways.” The Northeast hasn’t seen a “thorough soaking” since late September, according to AccuWeather. The dry conditions have increased the risk of wildfires, dried up streams and brought reservoirs to dangerously low levels, AccuWeather warned. Brush ***** erupts in Brooklyn’s iconic Prospect Park amid prolonged drought In New Jersey, the West Milford wildfire crossed into Orange County, New York, spreading to 2,500 acres of wooded properties with 0% containment, the New Jersey Forest ***** Service said Sunday. Roads were closed and more than two dozen homes, businesses and other structures were imperiled. The agency also extended “condolences to our counterparts at the NY State Parks, Recreation, and Historic Preservation Department following the tragic line-of-duty loss of one of their team members” battling a ***** burning in both states. Orange County Emergency Services posted a note on social media confirming “the passing of a dedicated service member we lost today.” A wildfire burns in the Greenwood Lake, NY area on Sunday, Nov. 10, 2024. Last month was the second driest October on record for the lower 48 states combined. The only time October was drier was more than 70 years ago. Parts of the Northeast could get some rain late Sunday into Monday, but the drought is so deep and severe the rains will have minimal long-term impact. As quickly as firefighters have doused the flames across the region, more fires have sprung up. The New Jersey ***** danger dashboard, which ranks ***** risk in each county from low to extreme, showed the entire state under extreme conditions. New Jersey and Delaware are coming off their driest October’s on record, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. Massachusetts and Connecticut are among other states where drought and ***** warnings have been issued. The National Weather Service in Boston warned that a Red Flag Warning was in place Sunday. Fires that start today will spread quickly given extremely dry conditions and gusty southwest winds, the warning said. Connecticut declared a drought advisory and warned that water supplies could become a problem. Martin Heft, chairman of the Connecticut Interagency Drought Workgroup, said his state has had the driest two-month ******* since recordkeeping began in 1905. “The lack of rain over the past two months has caused exceptionally dry conditions across Connecticut, resulting in numerous wildfires and reduced groundwater levels and streamflows,” Gov. Ned Lamont said. “We want to encourage everyone right now to be mindful of their water consumption and take some simple, sensible steps to stretch water supplies.” Contributing: Eduardo Cuevas This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Northeast wildfires: New York firefighter ******* as drought deepens Source link #York #firefighter #******* #historic #drought #fuels #blazes Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Albatroz Review | TheXboxHub | N4G Albatroz Review | TheXboxHub | N4G “The Rotterdam-based (the Netherlands) indie games publisher/developer Soedesco and São Paulo-based (Brazil) indie games developer Among Giants, are today super thrilled and happy to announce that their backpacking adventure RPG “Albatroz”, is coming to PC (via Steam) and consoles (PS5, PS4, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One, and the Nintendo Switch) in 2024 (as announced at the 2023 edition of the BIG Festival event).” – Jonas Ek, TGG. Source link #Albatroz #Review #TheXboxHub #N4G Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Roma sack coach Juric after slump in form in Serie A Roma sack coach Juric after slump in form in Serie A AS Roma have sacked their coach Ivan Juric as the Croatian became the capital side’s second coach to be fired this season. Roma lost 3-2 at home against Bologna on Sunday, their fourth loss in the last five league games, leaving them 12th in the standings. “We would like to thank Ivan Juric for his hard work these past weeks,” Roma said in a statement. “He handled a difficult environment with the utmost professionalism, and for that we are grateful… The search for a new head coach has already begun and an announcement will be made in the coming days.” Former Italy coach Roberto Mancini is reportedly in talks with club owners to take over, La Gazzetta dello Sport reported. Roma appointed Juric in September to become their third coach in the span of eight months after they sacked Daniele De Rossi, who himself had been appointed in January after Jose Mourinho was fired. Juric, formerly coach at Torino, Hellas Verona and Genoa, started off with consecutive home wins against Udinese and Venezia in the league, either side of a 1-1 draw against Athletic Bilbao in the Europa League. His good run, however, ended there and Roma won only once in their next six league games. Without striker Paulo Dybala, absent with a muscle strain in Juric’s final game, Roma created a host of chances against Champions League side Bologna but went behind after 25 minutes when forward Santiago Castro scored for the visitors. Stephan El Shaarawy equalised after the hour mark but Riccardo Orsolini restored the lead for Bologna three minutes later and Jesper Karlsson made it 3-1 in the 77th, before El Shaarawy added his second. Roma have picked up 13 points so far this season, making it their worst start after the first 12 Serie A games in the last 20 years. Elsewhere on Sunday, Atalanta beat Udinese 2-1 with a deciding own-goal from Isaak Toure; and Fiorentina beat Hellas Verona 3-1 with a hat-trick from Moise Kean. Source link #Roma #sack #coach #Juric #slump #form #Serie Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Metal Slug Tactics Review | NoobFeed Metal Slug Tactics Review | NoobFeed “There is a good game here, sometimes a great one. Excellent art and animation, smart gameplay twists, and a genuinely refreshing pace really add some exciting new depth to the tactics genre and are huge positives. But it takes a while for the experience to smooth out and actually become enjoyable, and restrictive gameplay design choices don’t do it any favours, either. Metal Slug Tactics is one for the tactics fans looking for a fresh take, but just know you’ll have to put in some work to see the best parts of it.” – Echo Apsey | NintendoLife Source link #Metal #Slug #Tactics #Review #NoobFeed Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

Trump’s plan for Social Security will help baby boomers in the short term and cut benefits for anyone younger Trump’s plan for Social Security will help baby boomers in the short term and cut benefits for anyone younger Getty Images; Jenny Chang-Rodriguez Trump wants to cut taxes on Social Security benefits, impacting current and future beneficiaries. Experts warn these cuts could deplete the Social Security fund three years earlier than expected. Low-income baby boomers and younger generations would be most hurt by Trump’s proposal. Donald Trump plans to make changes to America’s Social Security system with his return to the White House in January. The president-elect promised on the campaign trail to cut taxes on Social Security benefits in his second term. “People on Social Security are being *******, and one of the things I’m doing is no tax for seniors on Social Security, and I’ll get it done quickly,” Trump told “Fox & Friends” in August. For some baby boomers, lower Social Security taxes could mean larger monthly checks in the short-term. But experts predict that the Social Security tax cuts, along with other campaign promises made by Trump, could quickly drain the national Social Security fund. That would put benefits at risk for low-income retirees and younger generations, who may rely on that income as they age. “It’s designed to help retirees, but the people it’s going to hurt are people that rely on Social Security the most,” Taylor Lee, a certified financial planner at Belmont Capital Advisors, told *** of Trump’s Social Security tax cut. More than 72 million Americans receive Social Security and the estimated average monthly check is $1,907 a month, per the Social Security Administration. Americans can begin taking Social Security at age 62, or wait until their full benefits kick in at 67, the national retirement age. Trump’s campaign promise comes as Business Insider has heard from older adults with limited retirement savings, many of whom are struggling to afford necessities like housing and groceries on their fixed Social Security income. Income taxes on Social Security apply to all beneficiaries with an annual household income above $25,000, and most pay taxes on at least 50% of their benefits. Lower-income beneficiaries pay less in taxes. US Social Security will be depleted in the next decade without Congressional action. The fund is largely financed through payroll taxes that Americans contribute to throughout their career. A report published in October by the nonpartisan Committee for a Responsible Federal Budget said that Trump’s campaign promises — which also includes ending taxes on tips, reducing some income taxes, expanding deportations, and imposing tariffs — would take a toll on the Social Security fund, making it “insolvent” within the next six years. That’s three years earlier than the Congressional Budget Office’s current estimation. Story Continues Those policies would also lead to a 33% benefit cut in 2035, a 10% increase from what the Congressional Budget Office projects under the current law. Lee said that low-income boomers and younger generations are likely to feel the brunt of these cuts. Low-income boomers living on Social Security already pay less income taxes, so they wouldn’t see the benefits Trump promised. Lee said that many don’t have other retirement savings to fall back on if their benefits are slashed. He added that older Americans who are wealthy or middle class would feel less stress from Social Security cuts, and may benefit in the short term from Trump’s tax plan. “It would help people in the middle class, people that have the luxury of having a 401(k) or an IRA and have multiple sources of retirement income,” Lee said. “But the people that’s going to hurt the most are people that don’t have that traditional retirement income.” Lee said it’s possible that younger generations will have lower Social Security benefits, requiring them to rely more heavily on retirement savings. To be sure, any changes Trump hopes to make the tax or Social Security systems would need to be approved by Congress. Working in his favor is that the Senate will have a *********** majority. (Votes for House representatives are still being counted.) Lee added that tax funding is also not the only challenge facing Social Security: people are living longer, meaning that more benefits funding is required per person. As for other retirement finances, like 401(k) accounts and investments, it’s unclear what impact a second Trump term will have. The president-elect plans to impose tariffs on foreign goods and make broad tax cuts, a move that is likely to drive inflation and make the cost of living more expensive. With the future of Social Security uncertain, Lee said it’s important for retirees to build a strong financial plan. “There’s a lot of planning that we can still do,” Lee said. “Government policy — we really can’t affect that. So we just have to control what we can control.” Are you relying on Social Security in retirement? Are you adjusting your retirement plans based on Trump’s return to office? If so, reach out to this reporter at *****@*****.tld. 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Skaters Solstice Review | TheXboxHub Skaters Solstice Review | TheXboxHub Review – Skaters Solstice on Xbox presents a promising puzzle concept that hits a slippery slope too swiftly. Source link #Skaters #Solstice #Review #TheXboxHub Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

New Paddington in Peru film ‘charming’ but ‘slow’, critics say New Paddington in Peru film ‘charming’ but ‘slow’, critics say StudioCanal The nation’s favourite bear is back for another adventure The much-anticipated new Paddington in Peru film has had mixed reviews over its opening weekend, with critics calling it “charming-enough”, but some agreeing the film struggles to reach the heights of its predecessors. The third instalment in the Paddington live action adventure franchise sees the marmalade sandwich munching bear return to Peru to visit his aunt Lucy. The film, that includes a return of much loved cast members including Ben Whishaw, Emily Mortimer and Hugh Bonneville, opened in *** cinemas on Friday 8 November. Since the beginning of the film series in 2014, Paddington Bear has grown to become a national treasure with fans of all ages through its heart-warming appeal. Of the latest film, Peter Bradshaw wrote in the Guardian that the experience was “just as jolly as the previous two films, but not really as funny” and likened it to a “special episode of a TV sitcom that takes the cast to the Costa del Sol”. In the Hollywood Reporter, Leslie Felperin wrote that while the film “lacks the absurdist wit and decidedly dark edge that elevated the first two Paddington movies”, it was “serviceable enough given its limitations”. Nick Curtis was more cutting with his two star review in the Standard, saying Paddington in Peru “misses the easy charm, the fluency and the icy sliver of jeopardy” from the first two movies “which had genuine cross-generational appeal”. He added the pacing felt “ponderous and slow”. Reuters Ben Whishaw returns to voice the bear for the third time The Telegraph’s Tim Robey was one of many critics to give Paddington in Peru a three-star rating, praising the addition of new characters portrayed by Hollywood heavyweights Olivia Colman and Antonio Banderas, calling them “assets” to the film, albeit not matching the previous “scene-stealing” from Hugh Grant. Nick de Semlyen also agreed, writing in Empire: “Colman is perfect casting as sinister sister Reverend Mother, overseer of the Home For Retired Bears. “Whether riffing on The Sound Of Music, strumming irritatingly on a guitar, or struggling to keep a phony smile plastered across her face, Colman is great fun, though a little underused. Antonio Banderas, meanwhile, goes full Kind Hearts And Coronets, playing not just a boat captain with a secret, but his many descendants.” Speaking in an interview with BBC Radio 1, Whishaw, who has voiced the character of Paddington in all three movies, said “I think they are beautiful films made with such care and love. “A good film is a good film and they are hard to make, so I feel very proud of them and very proud to be associated in this way with this character.” StudioCanal Colman brings a musical charm to the film as the Reverend Mother The director of the first two Paddington films, Paul King, has since moved on to new projects including Wonka, starring Timothee Chalamet, but he is credited with writing this latest story alongside Simon Farnaby and Mark Burton. Clarisse Loughrey gave the film three stars in the Independent, calling Paddington in Peru “the worst in the franchise” but praised the production design, which takes full advantage of moving the cast away from the cosy comforts of London, and making “every interior look like an untouched escape room with secrets hidden under every trinket”. Leila Latif of Total Film gave Paddington in Peru four stars, saying “despite the title, the film feels distinctly un-Peruvian”. She added: “There are no Peruvian characters (unless you count the bears) and while the film alludes to the previous horrors of plundering Spanish colonizers in a surprisingly brutal montage, it’s still an uneasy shift that there is more screen presence from people of colour in London than there is in South America.” Away from the big screen, a new Paddington musical is being developed for the stage, with McFly’s Tom Fletcher set to write the music and lyrics. On November 7 the cast of the upcoming film unveiled special livery on a Great Western Railway (GWR) train that will travel through Devon and Cornwall. Source link #Paddington #Peru #film #charming #slow #critics Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]

6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes and blackouts – National 6.8 magnitude earthquake shakes Cuba after hurricanes and blackouts – National By Staff The Associated Press Posted November 10, 2024 2:33 pm 1 min read Descrease article font size Increase article font size A 6.8 magnitude earthquake shook eastern Cuba on Sunday, after weeks of hurricanes and blackouts that have left many on the island reeling. The epicenter of the quake was located approximately 25 miles (40 km) south of Bartolomé Masó, Cuba, according to a report by the ******* States Geological Survey. The rumbling was felt across the eastern stretch of Cuba, including in ******* cities like Santiago de Cuba. There were no immediate reports of damage or injuries. Get daily National news Get the day’s top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Residents in Santiago, Cuba’s second largest city, were left shaken on Sunday. Yolanda Tabío, 76, said people in the city flocked to the streets and were still nervously sitting in their doorways. She said she felt at least two aftershocks following the quake, but that among friends and family she hadn’t heard of any damages. “You had to see how everything was moving, the walls, everything,” she told The Associated Press. Story continues below advertisement The earthquake comes during another tough stretch for Cuba. Trending Now Amid Trump trade worries, China tariffs give Canada ‘firm’ ground: Freeland ‘Low risk, high reward’: How **** traffickers use coercive debt to exploit survivors On Wednesday, Category 3 Hurricane Rafael ripped through western Cuba, with strong winds knocking out power island-wide, destroying hundreds of homes and forcing evacuations of hundreds of thousands of people. Days after, much of the island was still struggling without power. Weeks before in October, the island was also hit by a one-two punch. First, it was hit by island-wide blackouts stretching on for days, a product of the island’s energy crisis. Shortly after, it was slapped by a powerful hurricane that struck the eastern part of the island and ******* at least six people. The blackouts and wider discontent among many struggling to get by has stoked small protests across the island. More on World More videos &copy 2024 The ********* Press Source link #magnitude #earthquake #shakes #Cuba #hurricanes #blackouts #National Pelican News View the full article at [Hidden Content]