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Editor’s note: This is a live account of COVID-19 updates from Wednesday, April 7, as the day unfolded. It is no longer being updated. Click here to see all the most recent news about the pandemic, and click here to find additional resources.
Seattle and its partners will administer 30,000 doses of COVID-19 vaccines this week — a number equal to the number of doses the city was able to offer in the previous two weeks combined, according to Mayor Jenny Durkan’s office. This week’s plan calls for 8,000 doses to be administered Wednesday at the Lumen Field Event Center in Sodo and for 15,500 doses to be administered at community hubs in Rainier Beach, West Seattle and North Seattle (click here to preregister and receive email notifications for available appointments if you’re eligible to receive a vaccine or call 206-684-2489 for sign-up assistance). Pop-up clinics will also be held at El Centro de la Raza, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and Idris Mosque. More information about the vaccination sites and the process is available at seattle.gov/vaccine.
Douglas Emhoff, husband of Vice President Kamala Harris, on Tuesday visited the Yakama Nation and the mass vaccination site at the Yakima Valley SunDome at State Fair Park on behalf of the Biden administration to promote vaccination. During his visit, Emhoff — who called efforts by Yakima County and the Yakama Nation to vaccinate people “an example for equity” — also said the administration is making $68 million available for local efforts to promote vaccination.
A possibly worrisome variant of the coronavirus first identified in India — so new that it has no official name — has been found in California by scientists at Stanford University, the Los Angeles Times reports. Nicknamed the “double mutant” variant by the BBC and others, the variant is sparking concern among some scientists because it contains not just one, but two worrisome mutations in its genetic composition that have been identified among other variants of concern being tracked by the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. The existence of the newly discovered variant was first disclosed by India’s government on March 24 and a day later, the Stanford lab identified the same variant in a coronavirus sample taken from a patient in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Washington state getting fewer vaccine doses next week than expected due to manufacturing mistake with J&J vaccine
The federal government has revised vaccine-supply expectations downward for Washington, state health officials said during a Wednesday media briefing.
The decreased supply comes as state health officials prepare to open vaccine eligibility next week, on April 15, to everyone age 16 and over.
Health officials had expected the state to receive at least 600,000 doses of vaccine through state and federal programs for each week in April, but estimates from the federal government were premature.
The reduction in expected supply apparently stems from problems at a manufacturing facility producing Johnson & Johnson vaccine. About 15 million doses were ruined after employees for a contract manufacturer to J&J mixed ingredients incorrectly.
The problem was discovered before any bad doses were shipped out and widely reported in new outlets last week.
In total, Washington state expects deliveries of at least 500,000 doses next week.
State health officials confirm 1,582 new coronavirus cases and 7 new deaths
The state Department of Health (DOH) reported 1,582 new coronavirus cases and 7 more deaths on Wednesday. The DOH also noted that today's case count and testing data are incomplete due to data processing issues.
The update brings the state's totals to 372,170 cases and 5,306 deaths, meaning that 1.4% of people diagnosed in Washington have died, according to the DOH. The data is as of 11:59 p.m. Tuesday.
In addition, 20,885 people have been hospitalized in the state due to the virus — 66 new hospitalizations. In King County, the state's most populous, state health officials have confirmed a total of 93,002 COVID-19 diagnoses and 1,478 deaths.
Since vaccinations began in mid-December, the state and health care providers have administered 3,798,746 doses and 19.98% of Washingtonians have been fully vaccinated against COVID-19, according to vaccination data, which the state updates on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays. Providers are currently giving an average of about 59,592 vaccine shots per day.
The DOH says its daily case reports may also include duplicate test results, results assigned to the wrong county, results that are reported for today but are actually from a previous day, occasional false positive tests and other data discrepancies. Because of this, the previous day’s total number of cases plus the number of new daily cases does not add up to the new day’s total number of cases. State health officials recommend reviewing the dashboard's epidemiologic curves tab for the most accurate representation of the state's COVID-19 spread.
Coroner: Florida man’s death after vaccine was through natural cause
A South Florida doctor who died about two weeks after he got Pfizer’s COVID-19 vaccine died in a manner that has been categorized as natural, an official with the medical examiner’s office said Wednesday.
Dr. Gregory Michael died from a condition that can cause internal bleeding and there is no medical certainty that the shot caused the disorder, according to an email from Darren Caprara, director of operations for the Miami-Dade County Medical Examiner Department.
Michael’s death in January was investigated by the Florida Department of Health and the federal Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Samples from an autopsy were sent to the CDC.
Likely legal, ‘vaccine passports’ emerge as the next coronavirus divide
Cathay Pacific Airways, convinced that digital proof of coronavirus vaccination will bring about the return of safe international travel, asked its pilots and crew to try out a new mobile app that showed their vaccination status on a recent flight from Hong Kong to Los Angeles.
New York has rolled out “Excelsior Pass,” billed by the state as “a free, fast and secure way to present digital proof of COVID-19 vaccination” in case reopening sports and entertainment venues require proof of attendees’ status.
And Walmart, the nation’s largest private employer, is offering electronic verification apps to patients vaccinated in its stores so they “can easily access their vaccine status as needed,” the company says.
Around the country, businesses, schools and politicians are considering “vaccine passports” — digital proof of vaccination against the coronavirus — as a path to reviving the economy and getting Americans back to work and play. Businesses especially fear that too many customers will stay away unless they can be assured that the other patrons have been inoculated.
But the idea is raising charged legal and ethical questions: Can businesses require employees or customers to provide proof — digital or otherwise — that they have been vaccinated when the coronavirus vaccine is ostensibly voluntary?
Can schools require that students prove they have been injected with what is still officially an experimental prophylaxis the same way they require long-approved vaccines for measles and polio? And finally, can governments mandate vaccinations — or stand in the way of businesses or educational institutions that demand proof?
Summoning seniors: White House pushing to vaccinate elderly
The first hurdle was getting on the bus. Seventy-four year old Linda Busby hesitated outside a community center where older people were loading up to go get the coronavirus vaccine.
“I was scared, I’m not afraid to say that,” she said Wednesday after getting her shot of the Johnson & Johnson vaccine after encouragement from a staff member and her brother. “I thought I wasn’t going to get it at first. Nobody likes getting shots.”
Busby’s hesitance is just what the Biden administration and its allies in the states are combating, one person at a time, as the White House steps up appeals to seniors to get inoculated. The vaccination rate for this top-priority group is reaching a plateau even as supplies have expanded.
About 76% of Americans aged 65 and older have received at least one shot of the COVID-19 vaccines since authorization in December, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. But the rate of new vaccinations among the group most vulnerable to adverse virus outcomes has dramatically slowed.
It’s a growing source of concern, not only because of the potential for preventable deaths and serious illness among seniors in coming months but also for what it could portend for America’s broader population.
A look at the pandemic’s impact on London and what the future might hold.
On the surface, London’s financial district appears to be a shell of its former self. No one is rushing to meetings. Chairs are flipped upside down on tables inside closed cafes and pubs. The roads are ghostly quiet on a bright spring morning.
When the coronavirus struck, nearly 540,000 workers vanished almost overnight from the business hub, known as the City of London, or simply “the City.” A year on, most haven’t returned.
The return of workers will be crucial for the survival of many shops, restaurants, theaters and museums. Although offices and city centers all over the world have emptied out during the pandemic, the report said London was hit particularly hard by the shift to remote working because it has many fewer people living in the core of the city, compared with New York or Paris.
Alabama governor lifts mask rules, urges common sense
Gov. Kay Ivey said Wednesday that Alabama is shifting to personal responsibility in the fight against COVID-19, keeping her promise to let a statewide face mask order expire Friday.
Ivey said she’s issuing a “greatly slimmed down” health order that has few restrictions. It encourages people to keep taking precautions such as voluntarily wearing masks, but no longer includes a statewide mask order.
Alabama opened vaccine eligibility to anyone 16 and older two days ago, and state health officials said virus hospitalizations, percentage of positive tests and daily case numbers are hitting some of the lowest numbers in a year.
‘A moment of peril’: Biden’s coronavirus response collides with case spikes
For the first two months, all the coronavirus numbers broke in the Biden administration’s favor.
More than 100 million Americans have gotten at least one shot of vaccine and more than 200 million doses have been sent to states, a dramatic acceleration of the bumpy vaccine operation it inherited. Virus-related cases and deaths, which peaked in January, have fallen by about two-thirds since President Joe Biden’s inauguration.
But the Biden White House is now seeing new infections climb on its own watch — a potential crisis that could erase many of the hard-won gains of the president’s first 75 days, should the numbers keep rising. And after railing for a year about the last administration’s response and vowing a more muscular strategy, Biden is encountering the limits of his own authority. The president can help secure and distribute supplies and medicines, issue guidance and urge caution — but like Donald Trump before him, he has few tools when governors decide to lift coronavirus protections at the wrong moment, manufacturers botch vaccine production, or Americans refuse to wear masks or get vaccinated.
As Indonesia is shorted on doses, its president slams richer nations for vaccine nationalism
In an interview Wednesday, Indonesian President Joko Widodo slammed richer nations for vaccine nationalism that’s hampering the world’s supply of coronavirus vaccines and prolonging the global pandemic.
While nearly 700 million doses have been administered worldwide, the vast majority of them went to people in richer countries and vaccine-producing nations. The European Union has sought to block shipments, while countries like the U.S. and the U.K. secured orders for more doses than their entire population needs.
Vaccine producers like India also have sought to safeguard domestic supply.
Discarded masks litter beaches worldwide, threaten sea life
To the usual list of foul trash left behind or washed up on beaches around the world, add these: masks and gloves used by people to avoid the coronavirus and then discarded on the sand.
In the past year, volunteers picking up trash on beaches from the Jersey Shore to California, the United Kingdom and Hong Kong have been finding discarded personal protective equipment.
Volunteers removed 1,113 masks and other pieces of virus-related protective gear from New Jersey beaches last fall.
“Used correctly PPE saves lives; disposed of incorrectly it kills marine life,” said Cindy Zipf, the group’s executive director. “PPE litter is a gross result of the pandemic, and 100% avoidable. Use PPE properly, then dispose of it properly in a trash can. It’s not hard and it’s the least we can do for this marvel of a planet we all live on, not to mention ourselves.”
Those 16 and older can sign up now for COVID-19 vaccine in Seattle
The City of Seattle has now opened preregistration for COVID-19 vaccine appointments for anyone aged 16 and over.
Preregistration for the city’s vaccine openings is available to anyone who is 16 years old and older, has not yet received a COVID-19 vaccination and lives or works in King County who would like to be vaccinated at one of the four city-affiliated vaccination clinics.
Gov. Jay Inslee last week announced that everyone 16 years and older can get a vaccine starting April 15.
The city’s vaccination clinics are at:
- Lumen Field Event Center, 330 South Royal Brougham Way, Seattle, 98134
- North Seattle College Community Vaccination Hub, 9600 College Way North, Seattle, 98103
- Rainier Beach Community Vaccination Hub, 8702 Seward Park Avenue South, Seattle, 98118
- West Seattle Community Vaccination Hub, 2801 S.W. Thistle Street, Seattle, 98126
Pop-up clinics will also be held at El Centro de la Raza, the Urban League of Metropolitan Seattle and Idris Mosque. More information about the vaccination sites and the process is available at seattle.gov/vaccine.
North Korea tells WHO it is still virus free
North Korea has continued to claim a perfect record in keeping out the coronavirus in its latest report to the World Health Organization.
At the beginning of the pandemic, North Korea described its efforts to keep out the virus as a “matter of national existence.”
It shut its borders, banned tourists and jetted out diplomats. The country still severely limits cross-border traffic and has quarantined tens of thousands of people who have shown symptoms.
But it still says it has found no case of COVID-19, a widely doubted claim. In an email to The Associated Press on Wednesday, Edwin Salvador, WHO’s representative to North Korea, said the North has reported it tested 23,121 people for the coronavirus from the beginning of the pandemic to April 1 and that all results were negative.
India sees another record rise in virus cases
India reported a record daily surge in new coronavirus cases for the second time in four days on Wednesday, while New Delhi, Mumbai and dozens of other cities announced they are imposing curfews to try to slow the soaring infections.
The rise of 115,736 coronavirus cases reported in the past 24 hours tops the 103,844 infections reported Sunday. Fatalities rose by 630, the highest daily amount since November, driving the confirmed death toll in the country above 166,000.
The federal government has so far refused to impose a nationwide lockdown to contain the latest surge but has asked states to decide on imposing local restrictions.
“The pandemic isn’t over and there is no scope for complacency,” Health Minister Harsh Vardhan said on Twitter. He urged people to get vaccinated.
India has reported 12.8 million virus cases since the pandemic began, the highest after the United States and Brazil.
Osaka issues virus spike warning, wants torch relay rerouted
Japan’s Osaka prefecture issued a special warning Wednesday that a rapid surge in coronavirus cases is placing medical systems in the region at the verge of collapse and requested the cancellation of the Olympic torch relay along all public roads in the prefecture.
Gov. Hirofumi Yoshimura declared a “medial emergency” in the western Japanese prefecture, where daily cases have reached new highs, and asked hospitals to urgently prepare additional beds.
Yoshimura, who previously asked for a cancellation of the torch relay only in Osaka city, said all segments on public roads should be canceled.
The Tokyo Olympics are to start in just over three months with Japan’s vaccination drive still in its initial stages. Experts say more contagious new variants of the virus are becoming more common and are urging health officials to respond quickly to prevent an explosive increase with only a fraction of the people inoculated.
More than a half million Americans gain coverage under Biden
More than a half million Americans have taken advantage of the Biden administration’s special health insurance sign-up window keyed to the COVID-19 pandemic, the government announced Wednesday in anticipation that even more consumers will gain coverage in the coming months.
The reason officials expect sign-ups to keep growing is that millions of people became eligible effective Apr. 1 for pumped-up subsidies toward their premiums under President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief legislation. The special sign-up opportunity for Affordable Care Act plans will be available until Aug. 15.
Biden campaigned on a strategy of building on the Obama-era health law to push the United States toward coverage for all. As president, he’s wasted no time. First he reopened the law’s heath insurance markets during the pandemic. Then, the virus aid package essentially delivered a health insurance price cut by making taxpayer subsidies more generous, while also allowing more people to qualify for financial assistance. Those sweeteners are available the rest of this year and through the end of 2022.
Thailand confirms first local cases of coronavirus variant
Thailand has confirmed its first local cases of the coronavirus variant first detected in the U.K., raising the likelihood that it is facing a new wave of the pandemic, a senior doctor said Wednesday.
The variant was found in blood samples from 24 people in a new cluster of cases involving customers of nightlife venues in the capital, Bangkok, said Dr. Yong Pooworavan, a virologist from the Faculty of Medicine at Bangkok’s Chulalongkorn University.
Speaking at a Health Ministry news conference, Yong described the variant as 1.7 times more contagious than the original coronavirus, still more common in Thailand. The variant was found in Thailand for the first time in January in four members of a family arriving from Britain who had been quarantined.
The new cluster from nightspots, along with another at a prison in the southern province of Narathiwat, had already caused major concern.
EU life expectancy drops across bloc amid virus pandemic
Life expectancy across much of the European Union has dropped last year, as the 27-nation bloc struggled with the impact of the coronavirus pandemic.
The EU statistical agency Eurostat said Wednesday that “following the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic last year, life expectancy at birth fell in the vast majority of the EU member states.” It said the biggest drop was in Spain, with a loss of 1.6 years compared with 2019.
Bulgaria followed with a loss of 1.5 years, followed by Lithuania, Poland and Romania, which all saw a drop of -1.4 years. Denmark and Finland were the only nations to see a rise in life expectancy, with 0.1 years.
Agency: Possible link between AstraZeneca shot, rare clots
The EU’s drug regulator says it has found a “possible link” between the AstraZeneca coronavirus vaccine and a rare clotting disorder but said that the benefits of the shot still outweigh risks.
In a statement released Wednesday, the European Medicines Agency placed no new restrictions on using the vaccine in people 18 and over.
US Treasury: 156 million coronavirus relief payments issued
The Treasury Department said Wednesday it has issued more than 156 million payments as part of President Joe Biden’s coronavirus relief plan, including 25 million payments that were primarily to Social Security beneficiaries who hadn’t filed 2019 or 2020 tax returns.
The direct payments of as much as $1,400 per person were the cornerstone promise of Biden’s $1.9 trillion package to contain the pandemic and revive the U.S. economy. Roughly $372 billion has been paid out since March 12, a sum that likely boosted hiring last month as Americans had more money to spend.
White House officials had previously estimated that 158.5 million households would receive the payments. Wednesday’s batch of payments showed how the administration is going beyond IRS filings to get out the money. It included 19 million payments to Social Security recipients who had not submitted tax returns for the past two years and didn’t use a tool last year for non-filers to receive the two previous rounds of direct payments.
Merkel backs ‘short, uniform lockdown’ across Germany
German Chancellor Angela Merkel on Wednesday threw her weight behind a “short, uniform lockdown” as the country grapples with a high level of coronavirus cases fueled by the spread of a more contagious variant first detected in Britain.
German state governors, who are responsible for imposing and lifting virus restrictions, have taken differing approaches lately. Some have continued to back limited reopening steps while others advocate a stricter shutdown.
Armin Laschet, a governor who also leads Merkel’s conservative party, called this week for a vaguely defined 2-3 week “bridge lockdown” to control infections while Germany steps up a so-far slow vaccination campaign.
Karaoke party, gatherings blamed for COVID spike in Cowlitz County
A karaoke party and other social gatherings are being blamed for driving most of Cowlitz County’s rising COVID-19 cases, public health officials say.
The county is expected to be downgraded into a more restrictive phase of the governor’s reopening plan next week due to the number of new cases and hospitalizations.
Although most of the state has reported a recent increase in cases, Dr. Steve Krager, Cowlitz County’s deputy health officer, said the county has recorded more disease activity than surrounding areas.
Cowlitz County reported 29 new COVID-19 cases Tuesday, bringing the total to 4,792.
Cowlitz County recorded about 203 new cases per 100,000 people from March 12-25, according to the state’s data dashboard.
The county is among seven of the state’s 39 counties with a case rate over 200 per 100,000, along with Pierce, Yakima, Chelan, Kittitas, Whitman and Douglas counties, according to the dashboard.
The entire state entered Phase 3 on March 22, but to stay there the county must have a new case rate of less than 200 new cases per 100,000 people and fewer than five new hospitalizations per 100,000 people over the past seven days. Each county will be evaluated Monday, and any changes in phase would take effect that Friday.
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The Illegal Somali Alien of the House of Representatives pulls the RACE CARD after Kevin McCarthy banishes her from the House Foreign Affairs committee. She claims that by doing this, “America is less safe.” Imagine that?
So a Muslim Suicide Bomber blows up in front of the camera to accuse House Majority Leader of not only racism, but misogyny to boot. We have heard these accusations before, when she referred to Congress supporting Israel, she said, “It’s all about the Benjamins baby.” Too bad McCarthy couldn’t launch her out of the earth on one of Musk’s rockets.
We don’t need people like that denigrating America, especially one who looks up to Jeremiah Wright, Remember his quote, “not bless America, but God Damn America.”
Nation of Islam founder and notorious anti-Semite Louis Farrakhan defended Representative Ilhan Omar’s glib description of the September 11 attacks Monday by dismissing the attacks as nothing more than a false-flag operation designed to draw the U.S. into Middle Eastern conflicts.
She deserves to by thrown off the committee, but real justice would be to throw her out of the country
Omar was born in Mogadishu, Somalia, in October 1982. According to the biography posted on her own website, she lived there for around eight years before her family fled to a refugee camp in Kenya, moving to the United States four years later, and eventually settling in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis in 1997.
In a 2018 interview with the Intercept website’s “Deconstructed” podcast, Omar said she became a naturalized U.S. citizen before she turned 18 years old, explaining that “My father became a citizen and so I got my citizenship through that process.”
In the same interview, she said her family resettled in the U.S. in 1995. Since a would-be naturalized citizen must first live in the U.S. as a permanent resident for five years, 2000 would be the earliest year in which Omar’s father (and Omar herself) could become citizens. Since Omar was born in October 1982, she turned 18 in October 2000. So, based on the sequence of events presented by Omar, it appears she became a U.S. citizen at the age of 17, sometime between January and October 2000 —
Although Omar’s account makes sense, and we found no substantive dispute over it, we were unable to locate any official documentation that supports that version of events. We asked Omar’s spokesperson and district director to provide any official documentation that would confirm the date of her naturalization, but we received no such evidence.
The Congresswoman’s spokesperson reiterated that she became a U.S. citizen in 2000 and pointed out that an individual cannot be elected to the U.S. House of Representatives without demonstrating citizenship, but the spokesperson did not have Omar’s “personal government documents.”
Until and unless evidence of that nature becomes available to us, definitively establishing that Omar became a U.S. citizen in 2000 she has pull off one of the greatest cons in history.
Excerpts above taken from article by Dan MacGuill Published 16 July 2019
In the AP story, Omar’s replies to all this are those of the victim combined with overtones of the royal “we”:
“We choose not to further the narratives of those who would oppose us” Omar’s statement said, adding that she believes the claims are being made by people who want to stop a black, female Muslim from sitting in Congress.
The chronology of all this, briefly, follows:
- 1982 — Born in Somalia;
- 1991 — Went to refugee camp in Kenya;
- 1995 — Came to United States as a refugee, becoming a citizen at some later point;
- 2002 — Took out a marriage license to marry Ahmed Hirsi (AKA Ahmed Aden), but did not marry him except in a Muslim ceremony; they had two kids;
- 2008 — Parted from Hirsi; a Muslim divorce, not recorded, took place;
- 2009 — Married Ahmed Elmi; a marriage certificate exists;
- 2011 — Parted from Elmi, with a Muslim divorce;
- 2012 — Reunited with Hirsi and had a third child;
- 2017 — Formally divorced Elmi (after being elected to the legislature);
- 2018 — Married (re-married?) Hirsi and was nominated for Congress.
At the very least, a busy lady — one with a fondness for guys named Ahmed.
It is outrageous that her father got a job at the post office when so many of our citizens are unemployed. How did that happen? Secondly, she became a professional nutrition educator at the University of Minnesota. No doctorate here. Omar also wrote, “Israel has hypnotized the world, may Allah awaken the people and help them see the evil doings of Israel.
In November 2021, Republican Representative Lauren Boebert said she had shared an elevator with Omar, and that she and a Capitol Police officer both mistook Omar for a terrorist. Boebert referred to Omar as the “Jihad Squad”. Omar said that she had not shared an elevator with Boebert, that the story was made up, and that Boebert’s comments were “anti-Muslim bigotry”.
Who is Ilhan Omar’s husband?
Mynett, is known as a political consultant whose consulting firm, the E Street Group, received more than $523,000 from Omar’s campaign during the 2020 election cycle.
Omar’s campaign was the E Street Group’s biggest moneymaker.
The connection between Omar’s campaign and Mynett’s consulting firm was brought to national attention by her critics and opponents.
In response to the critics, Omar’s campaign terminated its contract with Mynett’s firm on November 17, 2020, saying the termination was to “make sure that anybody who is supporting our campaign with their time or financial support feels there is no perceived issue with that support.”
The two have also faced rumors that the relationship began as an affair.
Beth Mynett, Tim’s ex-wife, accused the two of having a relationship when she filed for divorce in August 2019.
What happened at Ilhan Omar’s congressional office?
While it still remains unclear what the substance was, staff members were told to avoid the area until further notice.
Other offices were seen on the seventh floor of the Longworth House Office Building and were told to shelter in place.
Following an investigation, Capitol Police confirmed that anything hazardous came back negative and the building then reopened.
Has Ilhan Omar been married before?
Throughout her life, the U.S. Representative has been married a total of three times.
Prior to her relationship with Mynett, she was married to Ahmed Hirsi.
The former couple first entered a faith-based marriage in 2002 but then separated in 2008.
After that, Omar then married Ahmed Nur Said Elmi, a British Somali, until they got a faith-based divorce in 2011, when she got back with Hirsi.
Despite a 2011 split, Elmi and Omar did not get a legal divorce until 2017.
In 2018, Omar and Hirsi then got legally married but filed for divorce soon after in 2019, citing an “irretrievable breakdown” of the marriage.
Throughout the course of their on and off again relationship, the couple welcomed three children together, Isra, 18, Adnan and Ilwad.
Over the years, Omar has faced criticisms of her marriage and claims that she married her brother for years.
Former President Donald Trump fanned the flames of those allegations in July 2019 saying “There’s a lot of talk about the fact that she was married to her brother. I know nothing about it.”
When Omar was seeking a state House seat in 2016, the conservative sites flagged a screenshot of a since deleted Instagram post that was allegedly uploaded by Elmi on June 12, 2012.
The caption of the photograph posted shortly after Omar gave birth to her third child identified Elmi as holding the baby girl, calling her his niece.

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Rukstales pleaded guilty on Tuesday via video conference to parading, demonstrating or picketing in a Capitol building. During the incident, he refused to leave when confronted by police and tossed a chair at Capitol officers, according to the Sun-Times. Rukstales faces up to six months in prison.
Two days after the Capitol breach, Rukstales was placed on leave and later terminated by Cogensia’s board of directors. Joel Schiltz, senior vice president and COO, was named acting CEO of the Schaumburg company.
In a press release, Schiltz noted, "This decision was made because Rukstales' actions were inconsistent with the core values of Cogensia. Cogensia condemns what occurred at the U.S. Capitol on Wednesday, and we intend to continue to embrace the values of integrity, diversity and transparency in our business operations, and expect all employees to embrace those values as well."


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One of the best Oklahoma Sooners of all time, Adrian Peterson is also one of the NFL’s best running backs of all time. Peterson has not yet called it a day on his NFL career that has spanned 180 games and 14 NFL seasons.
He has rushed for 14,820 yards and ranks fifth all time in career rushing yards. He’s destined to be a hall of farmer once he ends his career, but is already viewed as one of the best players in the NFL’s 100-year history.
The Athletic took a run at ranking the top 100 players of all time, and Peterson is ranked 72nd. Here’s what the staff at The Athletic had to say (subscription required).
Peterson has made a career out of making even the most prepared defenses look silly. The current free agent enters his 15th season ranked fifth on the NFL’s all-time rushing list at 14,820 yards, and if he finds his way onto a roster again he’ll have a good chance of eclipsing Barry Sanders (15,269) for fourth. His path to a spot among the game’s greatest figures at his position has been paved by a relentlessness that defined his most memorable moments, whether it was his record-setting rookie season or his NFL MVP campaign in 2012 that came on the heels of ACL surgery. It’s a trait — combined with breathtaking speed and power — that helped Peterson earn the No. 72 spot on The Athletic’s NFL 100 list. – The Athletic NFL Staff
Over his last three seasons, Peterson’s averaged 848 rushing yards and six touchdowns a season. Those would be solid numbers for any running back, let alone one in his age 33 to 35 seasons. In 2020 with the Detroit Lions, Peterson rushed for 604 yards and seven touchdowns while averaging 3.9 yards per carry.
He still has something to offer the NFL and it wouldn’t be surprising to see him land on a team at some point in the 2021 season as injuries mount and teams need depth. Whether he plays another year or 2020 was his last, Peterson will go down as one of the greatest players to play the game.


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That Part Beyond the Tower by Nigel Roth
In 1910, just as Marconi’s wireless telegraph caught Dr Hawley Crippen from fleeing England for The United States, a man called Nathan was born in London, England.
His great-grandfather was a barber, in the mode of Sweeney Todd, but without (as far as I know) the throat-cutting bit, who arrived on the shores of the Thames in 1815, from the clutches of the rampaging Russian Empire. He cut a dashing figure whenever someone with a dashing figure came into the shop looking for a shave.
Anyway, he made a life for himself and his family in the East End of London, along the Mile End Road in an area known as Globe Town, in-between the schmutter shops and the delicatessens, several generations before the millions arrived at the tail end of the century, after the assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881, and the economic hardships and persecutions that inevitably follow.
At some point in time he and his wife had a son, and they began to weave a life in the East End, which itself evolved from Middle Ages boundaries, until it was officially named, though never precisely mapped, by the English clergyman and historian John Strype in his 1720 Survey of London, where he counts four distinct areas of the half-million population city as ‘the City of London, Westminster, Southwark’, and, rather Peakesquely, ‘that Part beyond the Tower’.
That part beyond the Tower, bounded maybe by the River Lea on one side, or the Aldgate Pump on another, or the Roman walls of the City of London on yet another, became built up and more crowded, and progress looked like progress at the time, as it always does.
That son was also a barber, as was his son, Maurice, and so began an easily-forgettable dynasty of a couple of generations of lopping locks and telling tall tales.
Eventually, when there were no more bad jokes to make while holding a cut-throat razor and a tickly brush, Nathan committed Barbicide by arguing too vehemently with his father and rejecting his manifest destiny, and left England for Chicago, where he became an instant citizen, to proudly walked the pavements of possibility until he’d ingratiated himself enough to be recognized by, and maybe even welcomed into the heart of, the Chicago Outfit.

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THE ART OF SUMMER DRESSING
Time to sort your summer wardrobe. Opt for stylish, simple pieces that travel well, and keep it timeless or add a slight retro touch. These clothes will take you from summer in the city to the most exotic destinations – and back. Remember: style is an art form too.
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This is a scary time for all of us — a global pandemic is uncharted territory. Yes, the COVID-19 virus has taken an emotional toll on everyone, but it weighs heaviest on children and teens. As parents and caregivers, we can help ease their uncertainties by encouraging healthy ways to cope with a world turned upside down and changed routines. First, we must understand how and why they’re so deeply impacted.
Recognize the Root of Their Emotions
Since the outbreak of COVID-19, we’re seeing more children display signs of worry about themselves, their families, and their friends. Mental health problems affect one in six children as it is, but those and rates go up during community crises. Hurricane Katrina, the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, 9/11 — history tells us that these major crises have a long-lasting impact on some children’s mental health, along with their emotional and behavioral development.
Emotions that come with a global pandemic are not one size fits all. Various factors affect the emotional impact on children:
- Physical and mental health history
- Family and home life
- School and social environments
- Age and personal experiences
Postponed sports seasons, canceled summer activities, and remote learning separating kids from their friends and social environments — this leaves children and young adults feeling isolated and experiencing “lockdown loneliness.” We know challenges at home can be just as rattling to their mental and emotional health, too. The personal extent to which your family is affected by the pandemic also impacts a child’s sense of safety and certainty – experiences such as losing a loved one, living with a COVID-positive family member, or a drastic change in financial security can have heightened impacts on the emotional well-being of your children and teens.
Different Ages Struggle Differently
Looming stress, flip-flopped routines, constant news stories, unfamiliar lifestyles — these things do not go unnoticed by children, no matter how old they are. Younger children are good at reading the mood of adults around them and can sense when things are awry; very small children may only notice things like changes in parents’ work schedules and wearing masks in public. But for teens and young adults, the emotional impact can be much more serious.
One in four Americans between 18 and 24 years old say they’ve considered suicide in the past month because of the pandemic.
A study from the CDC shows that young adults are one of several groups — including Black and Hispanic people, essential workers, and adult caregivers — that reported worse mental health outcomes, increased substance abuse, or suicidal thoughts.
In previous community crises and global emergencies, teens and young adults coped by doing exactly what we can’t right now — coming together. I want to remind every parent or caregiver with a teenager that being restricted from gathering with friends when they need them most makes this pandemic extra challenging, so they may benefit from extra support.
Children and teens respond to stress in different ways, so watch for some of these common changes:
- Excessive crying or irritation — clinginess in younger children
- Returning to behaviors they have outgrown (for example, bathroom accidents or bedwetting)
- Excessive worry or sadness
- Unhealthy eating or sleeping habits
- Irritability and rebellious behaviors in teens
- Poor performance in school or avoiding it altogether
- Difficulties with attention and concentration
- Avoiding activities they once enjoyed
- Unexplained headaches or body pain
- Use of alcohol, tobacco, or other drugs
Tips for Helping Your Children Cope
Even reading this is emotionally heavy! But take a deep breath — I’m sharing a few things you can do now and in the coming months to lessen the mental health impact of this pandemic on your children. Certain words and practices can help them cope with their feelings and help guide discussions.
Maintain open, healthy communication. Let your child know they can express their feelings — reassure them that they’re safe and that it’s OK to feel upset. Check-in regularly, and answer questions and share facts in a way they can understand. The Center for Disease Control and Prevention offers resources to help parents and caregivers talk with their children about COVID-19.
Prioritize self-care and practice self-compassion. You’re juggling a lot, and you need to take care of your own mental well-being, too. Kids can sense when we’re overstressed, so don’t spread yourself too thin and hit burnout. Get plenty of sleep, eat well, exercise, and take time to yourself.
Adjust expectations and practice empathy. We all need to let go of some expectations to accommodate this new reality. Routines are changing, moods are shifting, and everyone’s experience is different — remain patient, and be gentle with yourself and your kids. Share with them how you deal with your own stress so that they can learn ways to cope with their own.
Dial back on the news and practice detachment. Turn off the T.V., put down your phone, and do what you can to limit your child’s exposure to the constant media coverage — they can easily misinterpret what they hear and can be frightened about something they don’t understand. Demonstrate the power of accepting the reality of the situation and letting go of the things they can’t control.
Practice mindfulness and gratitude. Without the overwhelming distraction of T.V.s and smartphones, you can be present and mindful. Spend time together practicing gratitude and doing meaningful and healthy activities, like exercising, reading, journaling, enjoying music, crafting, or cooking. Talking about the good in each day can bring comfort and normalcy during this scary time.
Seek help when needed. If distress impacts your child’s daily life activities for several days or weeks, immediately talk to a counselor or doctor, or contact the SAMHSA’s National Helpline at 1-800-985-5990.
I can’t stress this enough: Utilize every resource!
Below you can find several resources for anyone helping children navigate healthy coping mechanisms during this global pandemic.
No matter what emotional stage you and your family are in as you help your children navigate through our new normal, remember that you are not alone. Regardless of the toll these days have already taken, now is the time to give yourself grace. Lean on your spouse, your support network, and these resources below to help guide you through, and lift you up.
- National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI)
- National Suicide Prevention Lifeline — 1-800-273-8255
- Crisis Text Line is free, 24/7 support for those in crisis. Text 741741 from anywhere in the US to text with a trained Crisis Counselor
- Psychology Today Find a Therapist Directory
- Mental Health and Coping During COVID-19 — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Resources to Support Adolescent Mental Health — U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- Helping Children Cope with Emergencies — Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Resources for Young Children
- How to Talk to Your Kids About Coronavirus — PBS Kids
- Zero to Three — age-appropriate responses to common questions, a guide to self-care, and activities for young children experiencing social distancing.
Resources for Teens and Young Adults
- ORG is a community for teens and young adults struggling with mental health conditions can find a safe place to talk
- Resources for teens and Young adults — National Alliance on Mental Illness
- Mental Health During COVID-19: Signs Your Teen May Need More Support


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2011 Grammys: Katy Perry Sings 'Not Like the Movies' and 'Teenage Dream'
Katy Perry mixes slow-beat and up-beat performances at the 2011 Grammy Awards. After introduced by Neil Patrick Harris as the recipient of four nominations, she shows up in a princess-like frock and sings "Not Like the Movies" from her latest album "Teenage Dream" while sitting on a sparkly swing.
Katy gives extra entertainment to the audience by showing up for the first time footage from her wedding with Russell Brand. As she is lifted into the air, the footage is projected on a curtain behind her and shows her and the British comedian kissing on their big day.
After the mellow performance, Katy is back to her cheering route by delivering "Teenage Dream". "This one goes out to all the Valentine lovers!" she shouts to the audience. She is joined by dancers dressing in red outfits on the stage fitted with neon heart-shaped set pieces and monitors dappled with heart-shaped candy pieces.
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- Comic-Con: 'Ready Player One' First Footage Introduces Stepen Spielberg's VR Dystopia


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Inflation and Your Portfolio
Even low inflation rates can pose a threat to investment returns.
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Find and save ideas about New years nail designs on Pinterest. See more ideas about Nail designs for spring, New nail colors and Latest nail designs. Down here check out this collection of 20 best Happy New Year Eve nail art designs of 2018, these are simply amazing and appropriate for the event and parties of New Years Eve. Ring in the New Year with new nail art. From a fireworks motif to Kira Kira glitter IRL, these designs are all you need to shine when the clock strikes midnight. Take a classic nail color, like a. New Year Eve Nail Designs. Make it a memorable New Year Eve by adorning your nails in interesting art. You can add fireworks or stars symbols on a few of your nails. To show you creativity, draw a bottle of champagne in metallic colors like silver and gold. Awesome New Year Eve Nail Design. 21. Sparkly Coffin Design. Coffin nails are all the rage right now, and if youre looking for snazzy New Years Eve nail designs, you wont get much more sparkling and dazzling than these. New Years Nail Designs to Jazz up The Festivity. New Years Eve is celebrated exclusively worldwide. Every English speaking country along with other countries who follow Gregorian calendar join together with joys to observe this very day. One of the most common yet loved New Years Eve Nails Designs is the one that uses a lot of glittery gold. Yes, gold has a kind of aura that no other nail color has, especially when its New Years time. If you love gold, simply go for it and if you think gold is too gaudy, still go for it. The Scintillating Black and Gold Designs. Get a tribal nail art with black and gold New Years Eve Nails Designs and Ideas 2019 that teens are crazy about. You may paint the golden gift manicure with a cute bow over it for the New Year special. Including studs will make this manicure way special. The wine glasses and tequila shots have always been and will always be part of a happy celebration. And so, trust me you will never regret painting these New Years Eve Nails Designs and Ideas 2019 that includes the bottle of whiskey and a glass of retro wine.

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This was the greatest Rose Bowl ever.
Oregon turned a five-point halftime lead into an absolute boatrace, capitalizing on five Florida State turnovers to run all over the Seminoles, 59-20. Oregon outscored Florida State in the second half 41-7. Both the 59 points for the game and the 41 for a half are Rose Bowl records.
Marcus Mariota was 26/36 for 338 yards and two touchdowns. Thomas Tyner ran for 124 yards and two scores. The Oregon defense forced the five turnovers in the second half. Oregon even had a first-half goal line stand.
It was as dominant a performance as Oregon has ever had in a bowl game, and it ends Florida State's run of 29 consecutive wins. With last year's national champion out of the way, the Ducks secure their berth to the National Championship game, where they will play the winner of the Alabama-Ohio State Sugar Bowl matchup, which will begin momentarily.
The national championship game will take place on January 12 in Arlington, Texas.
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New India Assurance Company Ltd. (NIACL) has planned to drag its major focus on health insurance sector. G Srinivasan, Chairman and Managing director of NIACL launched floater mediclaim product and explained how health insurance gave growth to the company offering 28% of total premium of the company. They are aiming to collect health premium income of about Rs. 3,500 crore by the end of this financial year. New India Assurance Company Ltd. (NIACL) is also planning to launch top-up health products in the coming months.
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For a family of four people up till the age of 65, this family floater mediclaim scheme will be having a premium of Rs 6000 for a sum insured of Rs. 2lakh. As an extra initiative the company launched ‘Assurance on Wheels’ where a mobile van would be sent from the central server to villages for promotion of products.
The family floater scheme has been launched in Madurai region and company will be taking it to other regions as well. Also, they launched two mobile apps through which customers can buy and renew policies via their smartphones.
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Michelin Guide Hong Kong and Macau 2017 – The Full List
09 November, 2016
The Michelin Guide to Hong Kong and Macau 2017 has been released and there are 12 newly starred restaurants we can report.
Joining the two star club are Kashiwaya and Ta Viein Hong Kong, and Feng Wei Ju and Mizumi in Macau.
All eight three star restaurants maintained their status, with no new editions.
Overall the guide includes 80 starred restaurants (61 in Hong Kong and 19 in Macau) and 75 Bib Gourmand recommendations for restaurants "serving quality menus featuring three dishes for a maximum price of HKD 300."
Michelin have also continued their street food recommendations for the region featuring 21 spots in Hong Kong and 12 in Macau, something they initiated in the last guide.
See the full list of stars below and read more about Michelin's forays into Asia with their inaugural guides to Shanghai and Seoul.
Many chefs looking to diversify their income streams during the pandemic turned to consumer packaged goods as a way of getting their products and brand out there. But where does one start? Chef and CPG convert Kiki Aranita explores the detail of retail.
Our new five-part video series, 'The Secrets of Fine Dining', brings you incredible tips and tricks, straight from the chef’s kitchen, to level up your fine-dining cooking techniques and plating skills. Take a look.
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Many hospitals have emergency resuscitation teams that spring into action when a patient goes into cardiopulmonary arrest — when the person’s heart or lungs, or both, stop working. When this happens at UNC Hospitals, it’s called a “Code Blue.”
Recent research shows that more lives could be saved if such teams were called into action at the first sign a patient’s condition is deteriorating, which could be several hours earlier than a Code Blue typically would be called. Based on this research, a growing number of U.S. hospitals have established what are being called “rapid response teams” for adult patients.
Developing a rapid response team is one of the six recommended interventions in the Institute for Healthcare Improvement’s (IHI) 100,000 Lives Campaign, and the UNC Hospitals have been a part of the campaign since it started last year. An Adult Rapid Response Team has also been developed in the UNC Hospitals.
A smaller number of medical centers, believed to be less than 20 nationwide, have created rapid response teams for their pediatric patients. On Aug. 1, 2005, the N.C. Children’s Hospital at UNC Hospitals became the first in North Carolina to activate its Pediatric Rapid Response Team.
“These teams are often very difficult to implement since they require a change in the culture of the hospital.”
“These teams are often very difficult to implement since they require a change in the culture of the hospital,” said Dr. Tina Schade Willis, a pediatric intensivist at the N.C. Children’s Hospital. Willis led the development of the Pediatric Rapid Response Team with Dr. Celeste Mayer, patient safety officer for UNC Hospitals.
“But here everyone from the leadership of UNC Hospitals and the N.C. Children’s Hospital to the bedside staff and resident physicians have contributed to the overwhelming acceptance of this life-saving, system-wide intervention.”
To date, the Pediatric Rapid Response Team at the N.C. Children’s Hospital is the only such team operating in the Triangle region. Statewide, only one other pediatric rapid response team is currently up and running.
At the N.C. Children’s Hospital, the Pediatric Response Team includes a pediatric critical care physician who serves as team leader, a pediatric critical care nurse and respiratory therapist, a pediatric resident physician as well as the doctors and nurses assigned to the patient.
Any member of the team, or any member of the hospital’s staff, can call it into action. And they are encouraged to do so, without worrying about the possibility of a false alarm. Staff are also instructed to call on behalf of family members. Even if the medical staff does not feel the patient fits criteria for the team to be called, if family members are worried about their child’s condition, the staff is instructed to call the team.
There are some key differences between the guidelines for triggering the Code Blue and Pediatric Rapid Response teams into action. In general, a Code Blue is called only after a patient is in cardiopulmonary arrest. In contrast, the N.C. Children’s Hospital staff has been encouraged to call the Pediatric Rapid Response Team for any of the following reasons:
* Staff or a family member is worried about the patient
(A “gut feeling” is more than enough)
* Acute changes in the patient’s heart rate, blood pressure, respiratory rate or oxygen saturation
* Mental status changes
* A new or prolonged seizure
* The patient has difficult to control pain or agitation
The results at the N.C. Children’s Hospital so far have been very encouraging. Since Aug. 1, the Pediatric Rapid Response Team has been called into action at least 19 times and there have been no Pediatric Code Blue activations for respiratory or cardiac arrest.
“In this new process, there are no false alarms and no negative feedback is to be given to the caller.”
“In this new process, there are no false alarms and no negative feedback is to be given to the caller,” Willis said. “The safety of the patient is what’s most important. We are partnering to create a culture where it is easier for medical staff to call for help.”
Media contact: Stephanie Crayton, (919) 966-2860 or firstname.lastname@example.org
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One of three new categories debuting at the 2024 GRAMMYs, Best Pop Dance Recording will be hotly contested in its first year.
The inaugural round of Best Pop Dance Recording nominees features not one, but two David Guetta collaborations ("Baby Don’t Hurt Me" with Anne-Marie and Coi Leray, and "One In A Million" with Bebe Rexha), and the long-awaited reunion of Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding on "Miracle." The new category also features two earworms from Australian pop dance exports: Kylie Minogue’s "Padam Padam" and Troye Sivan’s "Rush."
Ahead of the 2024 GRAMMYs on Feb. 4, 2024, get to know the five nominees in this newly minted category.
David Guetta, Anne-Marie & Coi Leray -"Baby Don't Hurt Me"
In a year defined by dance producers putting a modern spin on dance music’s past, David Guetta reached back to 1993 to interpolate Haddaway’s dance-pop hit, "What Is Love," for "Baby Don’t Hurt Me." The song is a fitting follow-up to Guetta and Bebe Rexha’s 2022 hit, "I’m Good (Blue)", which winkingly rekindled Eiffel 65’s Eurodance anthem, "Blue (Da Ba Dee)".
"Baby Don’t Hurt Me" brings Haddaway’s irresistible hook into 2023 with distinctive verses from British vocalist Anne-Marie (who memorably joined Marshmello on 2018’s smash "Friends") and fast-rising Boston rapper Coi Leray.
Paired with a video that references ‘90s clubbing and cult movie A Night at the Roxbury, "Baby Don’t Hurt Me" is a familiar sugar rush that plays to the individual strengths of its perhaps unlikely trio.
Calvin Harris featuring Ellie Goulding - "Miracle"
Calvin Harris and Ellie Goulding are a dance music dream team, having previously released "I Need Your Love" (2012) and "Outside" (2014). After waiting almost a full decade to reunite, the pair returned in 2023 with their third collaboration, "Miracle."
An out-and-out trance-meets-Eurodance throwback (think inspirations like Robert Miles' "Children"), "Miracle" aims straight for the nostalgic pleasure centers. Harris told Apple Music that he needed Goulding's "angelic" vocal talents, and the British singer skillfully plays off the song's maximal production. Working alongside his longtime studio partner Burns, Harris packs the rave euphoria into a crisp three minutes, right through to the unexpected breakbeat outro.
The non-album single signaled a new phase for Harris, and follows 2022's Funk Wav Bounces Vol. 2 as well as his ravier experiments as Love Regenerator. In July, Harris returned to the trance sounds of his teen years with "Desire" featuring Sam Smith, proving these faster tempos are not just a passing phase.
Kylie Minogue - "Padam Padam"
Now 16 albums into a glittering career, Kylie Minogue is a true icon of international pop. However, not even the most ardent Kylie fans could've predicted her 2023 glow-up, courtesy of viral sensation "Padam Padam."
The song first came to Minogue in a demo version by Norwegian singer/songwriter Ina Wroldsen and UK producer Lostboy, which immediately caught her ear. "Straightaway, I was in," she recalled to GRAMMY.com, noting that she knew it was "perfect for me."
The first single from the Australian singer's latest album, Tension, the instantly danceable beat and one-word hook of "Padam Padam" inspired countless TikTok videos and memes. "I finally get TikTok. Yes, I've been slow but I finally am there," Minogue admitted upon Tension's release.
Minogue also celebrated the queer community and Gen Z's embrace of her runaway hit. "I hope to continue having fun with that," she added. "It was really organic. I don't think you can force that. It happened and I loved every second of it."
Bebe Rexha & David Guetta - "One In A Million"
Ever since co-writing Eminem and Rihanna's "The Monster" in 2013, Brooklyn-born Bebe Rexha has mastered the art of collaboration. Over a prolific decade, including three albums of her own, the pop singer/songwriter has teamed up with a diverse range of artists, including Nicki Minaj, Doja Cat, Florida Georgia Line and Dolly Parton, to feature on her songs.
In the pop dance world, French hitmaker David Guetta is Rexha's most reliable collaborator. After striking gold on 2022's "I'm Good (Blue)" — which peaked at No. 4 on the Billboard Hot 100 at the top of 2023 — the pair returned with a new standalone single, "One In A Million."
With a piano line that evokes Guetta's own "When Love Takes Over," "One In A Million" channels the giddy feeling of new love over a racing beat. The song arrived in a typically whirlwind year of collaborations for Guetta, who also mined the past alongside Jason Derulo, Oliver Tree and Zara Larsson.
Troye Sivan - "Rush"
After a long wait between solo releases, Australian pop chameleon Troye Sivan boldly announced a new era with "Rush." Released at the height of summer as the lead single from Sivan's third album, Something To Give Each Other, "Rush" instantly hit its mark as a celebration of queer pleasure-seeking. In a statement, Sivan described the single as an accumulation of "all of my experiences from a chapter where I feel confident, free and liberated."
The song's lusty bassline, exultant piano-house keys and chanted chorus perfectly play off Sivan's falsetto, creating a heady mood of dance floor abandon. (Fittingly, the Berlin-shot music video is a parade of sweaty bodies in motion.) A ready-made anthem, "Rush" set the stage perfectly for the assured and life-affirming Something To Give Each Other, leaving no doubt that Sivan is thriving in 2023.
The 2024 GRAMMYs, officially known as the 66th GRAMMY Awards, returns to Los Angeles' Crypto.com Arena on Sunday, Feb. 4, 2024, and will broadcast live on the CBS Television Network and stream live and on-demand on Paramount+ at 8-11:30 p.m. ET/5-8:30 p.m. PT.
The Recording Academy and GRAMMY.com do not endorse any particular artist, submission or nominee over another. The results of the GRAMMY Awards, including winners and nominees, are solely dependent on the Recording Academy's Voting Membership.
2024 GRAMMY Nominations: See The Complete Winners & Nominees List


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A grade II listed cottage, bursting with character, charm and seaside treasures! Just a few minutes walk to Rhoscolyn beach, The White Eagle and with stunning walks right from the doorstep, you will leave feeling like your batteries have been recharged!
A fabulous newly refurbished, deceptively spacious and high quality apartment with ever changing estuary views is in the popular village of Deganwy which has a good High Street with award winning restaurants, and a good selection of shops so you shouldn't need to look far for a good evening out or your day to day shopping.

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The Motorola Moto G7 Play is one of the budget category smartphones that was launched in February 2019. It came with Pure Android 9.0 Pie out-of-the-box without any bloatware. While the Snapdragon processor and a decent battery give it enough power to run quite easily. The Moto G7 Play is expected to receive the latest Android 10 update pretty soon. However, if you want to get an earlier taste of Android 10 via a Custom ROM, you can install Lineage OS 17.1 for Moto G7 Play from this guide.
The Lineage OS 17.1 is the upgraded version of Lineage OS 17. The new Lineage OS 17.1 GSI is developed by AndyYan (XDA Recognized Contributor) on this XDA Forum with the source of Android 10 GSI (phhusson). Keep in mind that you will need to unlock the device bootloader and install a TWRP Recovery on your device to install this custom ROM.
Now, you may ask what is GSI? A GSI (Generic System Image) is a system image that’s developed for Android devices with some adjusted configurations. It’s considered to be a ‘Pure Android’ implementation with unmodified AOSP (Android Open Source Project) that can run on Project Treble supported devices. If you don’t know, all the Android 8.0 Oreo or above devices are Project Treble supported which offers easier and faster software updates.
Moto G7 Play Specifications
The Moto G7 Play comes with a quite smaller 5.7-inches IPS LCD display with HD+ 720×1512 pixels resolution quality. It has a 19:9 aspect ratio and offers Corning Gorilla Glass 3 protection. It runs on Android 9.0 Pie and equipped with Snapdragon 632 SoC, Adreno 506 GPU. It’s paired with a 2GB of RAM and 32GB of eMMC 5.1 internal storage (expandable with a dedicated microSD slot).
The device packs a 13MP (f/2.0) primary rear camera with an LED flash, PDAF, HDR, Panorama mode. While the front features an 8MP selfie camera (f/2.2) with a selfie flash. It has a 3.5mm audio jack, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, Bluetooth 4.2, GPS, A-GPS, GLONASS, FM Radio, USB 2.0 Type-C port, OTG, etc.
The handset sports a 3,000mAh battery with 10W charging. It features a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, an ambient light sensor, an accelerometer, gyroscope, proximity, compass sensor. It has both the single and dual Nano-SIM slot variant with the Splash resistant feature.
Android 10: Overview
Google has launched the Android 10 officially as the 10th iteration of Android OS a couple of months ago. Currently, there are plenty of flagship to budget category Android smartphones running on Android 10 (aka Android Q). It brings most of the new features with system improvements than its predecessor Android 9.0 Pie.
The latest Android 10 offers system-wide dark mode, live caption, focus mode, family link, sound amplifier, easy security updates, improved app permissions, enhanced location privacy control, gestures navigation control, 5G support, foldable device support, etc. While it also brings smart reply feature, chats bubble, improved call quality, multi-camera API, inbuilt call screening, and more.
Lineage OS 17.1: Android 10
Lineage OS is one of the popular and widely used Custom ROMs due to its customizability and stability. It’s an open-source and free operating system based on the Android platform. If you’ve ever heard or used CyanogenMod previously, then you should know that Lineage OS is the successor of this ROM. So, you will get a similar kind of user experience and support from the developers as software updates.
Now, talking about the LineageOS 17.1 ROM, it’s based on the latest Android 10 (aka Android Q) and it includes all the Android 10 exclusive features with some of its own customizations or features. Therefore, Lineage OS 17.1 ROM users will get a much-improved user experience with a taste of Android 10. Now, if you’re interested in installing the Lineage OS 17.1 on your Moto G7 Play, then follow the full guide.
Steps to Install Lineage OS 17.1 for Moto G7 Play
As we’ve already mentioned before that first of all you will need to unlock the Moto G7 Play bootloader and then you’ve to install a custom recovery like TWRP Recovery to flash the custom firmware. Make sure to follow all the requirements and downloads below.
LineageOS 17 GSI build is based on PHH’s AOSP Android 10 GSIs which is still marked as a pre-release. Even on a device that runs Pie GSIs nicely, it’s still possible to get broken media, camera, RIL or even flat-out no-boot. You are strongly advised to try PHH’s original and then identify/report issues there, before moving onto other GSIs that is based on his work. Please report bugs here only if it’s specific to this GSI.
We’re at GetDroidTips won’t be responsible for any kind of damage or error that occurs to your handset while or after following this guide. This is a Custom ROM and may contain some of the bugs or stability issues. We can’t recommend you to use this firmware as your daily driver. Proceed at your own risk.
- Lineage OS 17.1 GSI Treble build is supported on Moto G7 Play.
- You will require to unlock the Moto G7 Play bootloader at first
- ARM, ARM64, or x86: Check your Android Phone’s Processor
- Treble Support: Check If Your Smartphone Supports Project Treble
- Download the required TWRP file, LineageOS 17 zip file, and Supported GApps file from below.
- Keep your device battery charged up to 60% at least for a smoother process.
- Take a complete backup of your device data without Root. In case anything goes wrong, you can easily restore all the data.
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Instructions to Install:Guide to install Generic System Image (GSI) on your Android device
We hope that this guide is helpful to you and you have successfully installed the Lineage OS 17.1 on your Moto G7 Play handset easily. If in case anything goes wrong or if you have any queries, feel free to ask in the comments below.


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- A multitude of skin signs may be helpful in making the diagnosis or following the course of a connective tissue disease.
- On the scalp and face, look for alopecia, scaling plaques, telangiectasia, erythema, oedema, nodules, photosensitivity and loss of expression.
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Vegas Wardrobe & Bradley Cooper
Cameron Diaz is in NYC to film a new movie called What Happens in Vegas. Shooting began this week – here she is on set yesterday rocking a killer dress. And if this first example is any indication, her wardrobe for this project is going to be mayjah.
As you know, Cam has been on a series of dates of late with John Mayer. However a new suitor has just emerged – none other than Bradley Cooper, former Alias star but perhaps best known Zach, the hilarious quail hunting psycho boyfriend in Wedding Crashers…
I hunt quail, Jeremy! They"re overpopulated in this region and they"re decimating the grub worm population. You got a f*cking problem with that?!
Snort. That movie gets better every time you watch it.
Bradley of course was married for all of five minutes to Jennifer Esposito, their divorce was just finalized the other day. And curiously enough, in the last 2 days, he has been rumoured to be hooking up with either Cam D OR Jennifer Aniston, with whom he is co-starring in He’s Just Not That Into You.
Coincidence or conspiracy?
PS. Check out Cameron out and about in NYC the other day carrying around what looks like a denim Chanel. I would never but somehow, she makes it work.

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It’s always so difficult to re-read a book which you loved in the past, risking that it won’t be all you loved and you may question who you were when you read it. I loved this book, I loved the re-telling of the story that I knew so well from the film, but I also loved the interjections from Goldman about his life and how it came about. I have no idea on what was real, what was fiction, and I loved it. Having said that, the final section which was an additional chapter – Buttercup’s Something – was terrible. It almost ruined the rest of the book for me. Almost.
Elwood Curtis, being raised by his grandmother in the 1960s but ends up very unfairly put into The Nickel Academy, a boys home which is kind of a juvenile detention centre.
Increasingly we hear more and more about these awful places. Institutions for children who are ignored by society, abused, left physically and emotionally traumatised for life or even killed. They are all across the globe, often First Nations children removed forcibly from their families as in Australia’s Stolen Generations. Whitehead based this story on a real reform school in Florida. It’s a devastating read but so important and so good.
If you’re following in the world that Taylor Jenkins Reid has created in her previous books, you’ll know that Carrie Soto is the world champion tennis player who had an affair with one of the characters in Malibu Rising. In this book, realising her record for most Grand Slam wins is about to be broken, she mounts a comeback.
It’s a good book but, for me, too much tennis. That’s a stupid criticism in that a book which is all about a tennis comeback is going to have to have a lot of tennis, and the author has tied it in with the emotional journey off the court, and overall, it’s a solid read. I was somewhat put off by an incorrect fact which was missed in fact checking and made me very grumpy. (The fact in question… Rod Laver Arena was renamed this in 2000. Having a character walk onto it in the nineties was not possible. Amazing that a little thing like that can rile me up so much) I’m not sure that it necessarily coloured my overall judgement… but it might have a bit. Anyway, it was fine, I did enjoy it, and I’m kind of enjoying guessing who her next story might be about. I have my thoughts.
Following in the world Taylor Jenkins Reid has created, Malibu rising follows the Riva family – the children of singer Mick Riva (one of the husbands in The Seven Husbands of Evelyn Hugo). With the story cutting between the 24 hours surrounding the annual legendary party of the oldest, Nina, and flashbacks to their youth, the initial section sets up that a massive event is about to happen.
I enjoyed this, the lives and the way they intertwine; the secrets and reveals; the tragedies and the hope. It’s a fun, light story.
When unknown magazine writer Monique Grant is sent to interview the extremely famous but reclusive ageing Hollywood star Evelyn Hugo, she finds herself in over her head. Evelyn has chosen Monique to write her memoir, but as she records the life and times of this woman, Monique becomes attached, but also curious as to why she has been given this task.
I loved this – a fast read, compelling characters, a bit flawed, but any flaws are easily overlooked. I initially found the twist at the end somewhat underwhelming, those as I considered it later and discussed it with a friend, I warmed to it more and more. I’m very excited to see it is being developed into a TV series, it feels perfect for this.
Cora works on a slave on a cotton plantation, abandoned by her mother who escaped and left her behind. She too escapes, and the story follows her and those around her on her journey to obtain and keep freedom.
It’s a truly wonderful book. The concept of the Underground Railroad is one which I was familiar with, though only briefly, and was a little confused by the way that Whitehead gave this a sci-fi slant by having an actual steam train travelling through tunnels. However, once I got my brain around that, I loved it. It’s a super hard read, very graphic, with awful things happening, but that’s history. In a world with the rise of white supremacy, it’s extremely important that we recognise the horrors of the past and try to ensure these horrors don’t happen again.
A murder mystery is being written and at the same time, critiqued by an unknown correspondent of the author. Is the story real or fake? Are there murders happening near the library? Who is the author? Who is the correspondent?
I started the book thinking it was going to be a murder mystery and I was pretty happy with that, but then these additional layers came in and it got really good. I was loving that some of the things I was critical of appeared in the notes from the reader, and that made it so much more clever to me. It’s a quick, fun read. Really unexpected and great.
The fourth Caleb Zelic book, Caleb is now trying to reconnect with his brother, Ant, who is again recovering from addiction, the addiction having resurfaced in part because of Caleb. Plus Caleb’s wife is heavily pregnant, but after stumbling into a shooting and a whole heap of trouble, he needs to get to the bottom of it to keep his family safe.
I love these characters and stories. It seems ridiculous theoretically that Caleb keeps ending up in these crime related situations, and yet it’s also totally believable. If you like crime books, get these and read them. I think they are definitely worth every moment.
The remains of a strange family live in a mansion outside of a small town. Two sisters and an uncle, the rest of the family murdered by poison at a tragic dinner. The townsfolk shun and despise them, but when a cousin turns up in hopes of claiming some of the family fortune, their existence is threatened.
I finished this book and found I still wasn’t quite sure what had happened. It’s fascinating and I loved the writing. I didn’t mind being confused and, oddly enough, I’m happy to not have any more information about what happened. Sometimes, an odd book is just an odd book.
On an island owned by her rich grandparents, Cadence and her family holiday every year. It’s an existence that seems idyllic but carries the history and lies of the whole family. Caddy hasn’t been back for a couple of years after the incident, but on her return, she finds things are different. Everyone is different.
I was surprised to have found myself so sucked in to this story. A group of super rich folks? But the secrets and lies were fun, and then the book took a turn I did not spot at all, and I was there for it. Lockhart has written a prequel which is in my to read pile. I’m interested to see what is in store for me.


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She has created designs and surface patterns for everything from ceramics to bedlinen, packaging, wallpaper and even catwalk fashion. There isn't anything she can't put a hand to and is certainly an inspiration to any creative soul. Below are just a few snippets of things she has created but I would go see for yourself.
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‘Drug den’ in Subic dismantled, 7 suspects, held
SAN ANTONIO, Zambales––An alleged drug den was dismantled and seven drug suspects were arrested during a buy-bust operation Thursday in Subic town, police said.
Col. Romano Cardiño, provincial police director, identified the suspects as John Vincent Arizo, 28, Allan Salandanan, 42; and Elmer Tanamal, 50, Jayson Tarales, 18; Samuel Ocena, 45; Sarman Acosta, 32; and Robert Bañaga, 42.
Cardiño said Arizo operates the drug den, while Salandanan and Tanamal are on the drug watch list.
Seized during the operation were four sachets containing the alleged shabu weighing 15 grams amounting to P102,000, drug paraphernalia, and the marked money.
The suspects were detained and will face charges for violating the Comprehensive Dangerous Drugs Act of 2002. INQ
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NEW YORK, Dec. 12, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- ABO Capital announced today that its CEO Zandre Campos was featured in The Huffington Post discussing the challenges faced by African CEOs and how to address them. The article entitled "Three Challenges of an African CEO - And How to Fix Them" was originally published on The Huffington Post on November 20, 2016.
African chief executives face a variety of challenges including the lack of a skilled workforce, infrastructure, and the oil crisis. Mr. Campos believes these challenges also present a host of possibilities. While the current labor force might lack skill, by 2034 Africa will have the world's largest labor force which presents African companies with the opportunity to develop education and needed skills. To meet the challenge of inadequate infrastructure, African CEOs can look for and support innovation in "disruptive" technologies to enhance or potentially serve as an alternative to existing resources. The oil crisis allows CEOs to diversify and invest in other sectors including agriculture, tourism, energy, technology and healthcare.
"They say when one door closes, another one opens. As an African CEO, every day of doing business means a multitude of open doors," said Mr. Campos. "These vast opportunities present African companies and chief executives with unlimited potential to build Africa's future."
Zandre Campos is chairman and CEO of ABO Capital, an international investment firm that invests in companies in the healthcare, energy, transportation, hospitality, technology and real estate sectors throughout Africa. ABO's mission is to create global value for developing countries in Africa, while contributing to their economic development.
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About ABO Capital
ABO Capital, formerly Angola Capital Investments, is an international investment firm that invests in companies in the healthcare, technology, energy, transportation, hospitality and real estate sectors throughout Africa. The mission of ABO Capital is to create global value for developing countries in Africa, while contributing to their economic development.
About Zandre Campos
Zandre Campos is one of the great, innovative business leaders and global entrepreneurs emerging out of Africa. Currently, he is chairman and CEO of ABO Capital, an international investment firm headquartered in Angola with holdings throughout the Globe. Mr. Campos was named one of the Top 25 African business influencers and was a recipient of the Distinguished Business Excellence Award by African Leadership Magazine. He is frequently quoted as an expert on Africa in the media and is a recurring contributor for The Huffington Post and US News & World Report. He recently addressed both students and professors at the NYU Africa House on the opportunities in Africa.
To view the original version on PR Newswire, visit:http://www.prnewswire.com/news-releases/zandre-campos-discusses-the-challenges-faced-by-african-ceos-300375277.html
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