Erling Haaland is answering any and all questions about his integration into Manchester City and the Premier League, one goal at a time. Or, in the case of the last two matches, one hat trick at a time.
After a 28-minute hat trick in the second half rescued three points for Man City vs. Crystal Palace over the weekend, Haaland secured a 38-minute hat trick in the first half of a 6–0 win over Nottingham Forest on Wednesday, continuing his tear through England’s top flight.
The Norwegian, who signed with City from Borussia Dortmund this summer, leads the Premier League with nine goals in five games and is on an absolutely torrid pace. He scored with his first touch on Wednesday, finishing from in close after Phil Foden provided the assist.
He worked a wonderful combination in the Forest box with Foden again 11 minutes later, winding up with an unmarked look from close range.
His third came from even closer than the previous two, with the striker using his giant frame to out-leap Forest’s defenders and head in from the goalmouth.
With his nine goals, Haaland is presently outscoring 15 Premier League teams, and while that pace surely is not sustainable, it’s an early warning shot from Man City’s new leading man about what he has in store for his new league.
It's always important to know when you should take a risk and when you're better off playing it safe.
Poker champion Dan Cates has a simple tip for finding that balance: Take risks that push you a little outside your comfort zone, but avoid ones that make you extra uncomfortable. "You want to push yourself a little, but not too far," Cates tells CNBC Make It. "This is always true in everything."
Cates, 32, has more than $11.6 million in lifetime winnings over his 15-year professional career. In June he won his second straight Poker Players Championship title at the 2022 World Series of Poker in Las Vegas. His moderation in risk-taking has been key to both his financial success and his career's longevity, he says.
"If you push yourself too hard, eventually you're gonna get burnt out or overextend yourself, [and] in the long run you'll actually end up not making progress," Cates says.
Poker players often excel at reading the people around them and staying mentally tough in the face of a losing streak, Cates says. The most successful ones push themselves to take risks when appropriate, but can pull back when necessary, he adds.
That balance and self-control is essential in such a volatile game. Cates made his first $1 million by the age of 19, only to lose more than half of that amount "almost immediately."
"Push yourself a moderate amount in all aspects," Cates says. "You want to pursue growth, but pursue it a moderate amount, basically."
The same philosophy runs through yoga teachings, where practitioners push themselves to achieve difficult poses while pulling back at the brink of discomfort to avoid pain or injury, Cates says. Similarly, he notes that meditation — focusing your breathing to calm your nerves — can help you reset and refocus when you're racking up losses at the poker table or facing a streak of bad luck in your career.
"It's a variation of mental toughness, in that it just creates more discipline and more centeredness," he says.
If you ever start doubting yourself and your abilities, you probably need to "push yourself" to make some progress, Cates says. That doesn't always mean making yourself uncomfortable, he adds: Sometimes, the solution could be as simple as "making sure your mindset is OK. Taking a break for a second, if you have to."
You also need to know when to rein yourself in, because taking on too much risk can be disastrous.
"There are many examples of this in poker," Cates says. "One would be: You take too big of a shot [on a bet], because even if that shot works out, if you keep taking too big of a shot, eventually, that's going to screw you. Eventually, you'll hit this downturn."
Montana Team Nutrition has worked alongside MSU to create some tasty new recipes that will come to schools across the state. Molly Stenberg of Team Nutrition spoke with us about her excitement over the new recipes.
“We developed six recipes over a two-year period and it was all funded through a USDA Team Nutrition grant,” says Stenberg.
The recipes are made with fresh local ingredients such as barley, bison, beets, cherries, and lentils. The recipes are cooked with such ingredients to emphasize the importance of eating locally. These recipes were chosen from a statewide contest and were submitted by school service directors or family consumer science teachers. Several schools even got to test out the meals.
“Six schools tested the recipes for us so they taste tested the recipes with students and to make a cut," says Stenberg, "They had to reach 85% Student approval rating, which is pretty high. So we know that 85% of students liked the recipes.”
The USDA wants to make sure kids are eating healthy in school. Nutrition was a very important factor in creating these recipes. The Commercial Chef in charge of making these recipes large enough to serve in schools, Leah Smutko, spoke with us about the recipes' nutrition quality and quantity within schools.
“USDA is pretty strict about how nutrition quality or nutrition quantities are in the rest of us. So they want to know that when you're feeding kids and students what the nutritional value of it is," says Smutko, “...down to the protein level or the oils. I really got to work with Molly a bit and say, hey, the amount of oil you have in this is just going to burn. You really need more so let's go back through and kind of reevaluate nutrition.”
Molly Stenberg is hopeful for these recipes to make their debut in schools this fall.
“October is Farm to School month so that would be a perfect month first for schools to prepare some of these recipes," says Stenberg.
Team Nutrition believes it is important for kids to know where their food is coming from and realize the importance of agriculture in the state of Montana.
“I think overall schools in Montana welcoming in local ingredients is a success in itself,” says Smutko.
Another weekend of headlines, golazos and unpredictable finishes across Europe's biggest leagues. From Liverpool's 9-0 shellacking of Bournemouth, to Robert Lewandowski scoring yet another brace for Barcelona, there was no shortage of drama.
ESPN correspondents Rob Dawson, Alex Kirkland, Julien Laurens, Sam Marsden, James Tyler and James Olley break down the big stuff you need to know about the weekend.
Manchester City scored 99 league goals last season on their way to a fourth title in five years, but they are already on course to smash that mark after just four games this time around.
Thanks to Erling Haaland's hat trick in the 4-2 win over Crystal Palace on Saturday, Pep Guardiola's side have already plundered 13 goals this season, and you have to go all the way back to March for the last time they failed to score at least twice in a Premier League match.
It's lucky they're scoring so freely because, for now, they're having trouble keeping them out at the other end. Palace raced into a two-goal lead at the Etihad as City went two goals down for the fourth time in their last six league games. Remarkably though, they haven't lost any of them, winning two and drawing two. Palace looked comfortable at half time but when City stepped it up a gear after the break, they had no answer.
Haaland, meanwhile, is making a mockery of the claims he might not be able to do it in the Premier League with six goals in his first four games. Only three other players -- Diego Costa, Sergio Aguero and Mick Quinn -- can match that start in the Premier League era and, worryingly for the rest, Guardiola says there's more to come. -- Dawson
Why do people suggest Bayern Munich need to start every game 1-0 down when there are goalkeepers like Yann Sommer around? The ageless Switzerland international spent his Saturday stymying the Bundesliga champions to a 1-1 draw that they really had to work hard for, which I didn't think happened in this league anymore? (Ahem.)
After Borussia Monchengladbach took the lead very much against the run of play before half-time -- and we should acknowledge Sadio Mane having two goals disallowed for offside here, even though Dayot Upamecano should have done better cutting out a long ball, instead giving Marcus Thuram an unobstructed 40-yard run and finish -- Bayern threw the kitchen sink at Sommer and he was ready for it, making a league record 19 saves across the 90 minutes to preserve the draw. Bayern tried everything (including 33 shots at 2.82 xG) to crack Sommer, but had to settle for a point thanks to Leroy Sane, who popped up unmarked at the edge of the box to sweep home a low cross with his left foot.
Sommer was caught flat-footed on that occasion, but was standing on his head for the majority of the game; starting with a sprawling parry to deny Upamecano's header in the first minute, he rarely found peace at the Allianz Arena all afternoon, using every bit of his veteran experience to frustrate the raucous Bayern crowd.
This draw shouldn't stop Bayern from romping this season to get another league crown, but Sommer did show the Bundesliga's critics that it can be done. Maybe. -- Tyler
Peace in Paris
When Paris Saint-Germain got a penalty on Sunday night at the Parc des Princes against AS Monaco, everyone waited to see what was going to happen.
Two weeks after "penalty gate" and the argument between Kylian Mbappe and Neymar over who was going to take the spot kick, there was no story this time around. Mbappe is PSG's first-choice penalty taker, but the two superstars had a chat after the spot-kick was given by the referee and the Frenchman decided to let the Brazilian take it. There is no controversy or new story, just a grown-up conversation between two teammates to decide who was the best taker at that moment in time.
Credit goes to Mbappe for letting Neymar take it. He scored to level the score for Paris and despite not going on to win (it finished 1-1), at least the French champions avoided more drama! -- Laurens
The focus before Barcelona kicked off against Real Valladolid on Sunday was on Jules Kounde, finally registered with LaLiga and available to make his debut in defence.
But by the time the final whistle went at Camp Nou it was another summer signing, Lewandowski, who had seized the spotlight with an irresistible performance. Lewandowski scored a brace -- and hit the woodwork twice -- in Barca's 4-0 win and looked every inch the world-class player the club worked so hard to sign from Bayern Munich.
His finishing took centre stage, with an acrobatic, deft far-post touch to connect with Raphinha's cross and put Barca ahead, followed later by a clever back-heel flick -- albeit helped by a deflection off defender Joaquin Fernandez -- to make it 3-0.
Lewandowski already has four goals this season, and there will be many, many more to come.
It isn't just the goals, though. He might have a reputation as an old-school penalty box predator, but his touch, vision and link-up play have impressed in a Barcelona shirt so far. Whether it's Raphinha, Ousmane Dembele or Ansu Fati alongside him, Lewandowski's intelligence means he has already developed a keen understanding with his forward line teammates, and that's bad news for LaLiga defences. -- Kirkland
Goals
Sumptuous again from Trent
Those persistent questions about Trent Alexander-Arnold's defending have already resurfaced this season, but there is no doubting his quality on the ball and Saturday's third goal in Liverpool's record-equalling 9-0 rout of Southampton provided yet another example.
Initially losing possession just inside the Bournemouth half, the 23-year-old regained the ball and played a one-two with Roberto Firmino before lining up a 25-yard drive that flew past Bournemouth goalkeeper Mark Travers high into the net. It was a finish any striker would have been proud of. -- Olley
Vinicius Junior capped a fine team move to open the scoring as Real Madrid made it three wins from three with a 3-1 victory against Espanyol on Sunday. Summer signing Aurelien Tchouameni was at the heart of the goal as he produced a performance to suggest Madrid might not miss Casemiro as much as they might have feared.
After a period of possession, Tchouameni played a one-two with Karim Benzema before feeding Vinicius to produce a sumptuous finish from just inside the area.
Madrid didn't have it all their own way in Barcelona, though, with Espanyol equalising through Joselu and a couple of late Benzema goals needed to earn the three points. Benzema finished at the far post after great work from Rodrygo in the 88th minute and then fired home a stoppage-time free kick after goalkeeper Benjamin Lecomte had been sent off, with defender Leandro Cabrera forced to fill in for him. -- Marsden
Is this pandering? Maybe, but the United States need a striker in the talent pool to find some form ahead of the 2022 World Cup and Josh Sargent is certainly delivering so far for Norwich City this season. His winning goal against Sunderland on Saturday was his fourth Championship goal of the season and, while not a masterpiece, he was in the perfect place to convert a neat passage of play into three points for the confident Canaries.
Considering the creative talent that the Americans should have in Qatar this winter, sometimes being in the right spot is all you need from your No. 9. Long may it continue. -- Tyler
The look on Julen Lopotegui's face on Saturday at Almeria said it all.
Sevilla were beaten again, and their frustration and anger were clearly visible on their manager's face. Three league matches, one draw and two defeats, only 3 goals scored, 5 conceded and a 15th place in the table is not where they should be at the end of August and not where they were aiming to be either.
Lopetegui can be cross, but he is partly to blame. Some of his calls have been strange -- like taking off Oliver Torres against Valladolid for example -- but it's not all his fault. The summer has been tough for Sevilla, losing their two centre-backs -- Kounde and Diego Carlos -- to only replace them so far with Tanguy Nianzou, who is a promising talent but has not played much in the last two seasons at Bayern, and Marcao from Galatasaray.
Sporting director Monchi has let Sevilla and Lopetegui down so far. Recruiting Isco is a gamble and the team still lacks a real goalscorer. The future doesn't look great either with the reception of Barcelona next weekend in LaLiga and Manchester City in the Champions League back to back. -- Laurens
Die Knappen caught napping
It seems cruel to keep bashing on a proud club that has endured plenty of pain in the past 2-3 seasons -- including one of the worst Bundesliga campaigns of all-time in 2020-21-- but Schalke 044's first year back in the top flight after that ignominy augurs at another long campaign ahead.
Winless to open the season and with two wobbly draws (including an injury time penalty to get a point against Gladbach), Saturday's 6-1 thrashing at home to Union Berlin showed that this team isn't equipped for the challenge. And they have already introduced over a dozen new players to the Veltins Arena this summer! A couple of gentler games await before Sept. 17 trip to Dortmund, but form is not their friend right now. -- Tyler
Weekend MVP
Firmino pulls out performance from the past
It felt like a scene from a few seasons ago. Anfield, packed in the sun, singing its heart out: "Si senor, pass it to Bobby Firmino and he will score."
Saturday was very much Firmino's day. He owned the game from the start with two goals, three assists in the 69 minutes he stayed on the pitch for. He was back to his best, like in the good old days where he made Liverpool such a special team. He was a key part of everything good Jurgen Klopp's side achieved but then, between the injuries, the bad form, the arrival of fresh new blood, he walked alone for a while.
At 30 (he will be 31 on Oct. 2), he will never be consistent like he was on Saturday against a Bournemouth team that shipped 9 goals and were dreadful, but he proved that he can still do a job for this club where his contract expires in a year. -- Laurens
STARKVILLE, Miss. — Late summer and early fall are when many growers begin thinking about when to make their last cut of hay each year, but safety should always be the top priority of anyone operating a baler, whether it is May or October.
Regular equipment maintenance and inspections are the best ways to prevent hay baler fires, but disaster can sometimes happen regardless of good upkeep and storage practices.
“Hay baler fires are fairly common, and if you don’t know what to do or fail to act immediately, they can destroy both the baler and your tractor,” said Leslie Woolington, risk management and loss control agent with the Mississippi State University Extension Service.
Woolington said eyes and ears are the most important safety features available to baler operators.
“If something looks, sounds or feels different, stop and investigate,” she said. “Bearings and other mechanical parts will usually give an indication of a problem before they turn into emergency problems, so don’t ignore these signs.”
If hay dust changes color, for instance, there might already be a fire present.
“With a hay baler, it may take some time before a smoldering ember is evident,” Woolington said. “You must be prepared to act quickly when you see that first indication of smoke.”
As a hay grower and former volunteer firefighter, Franklin County farmer Horace Godbold has seen his share of baler fires. Another indication that something may be wrong, he said, is if the operator begins to smell something burning. Cab tractor drivers should keep a window open if possible so they can smell the outside air.
“If you smell something out of the ordinary, you need to get off the tractor and inspect the baler from all angles, because it’s probably about to catch on fire if it’s not already on fire,” he said.
A fire extinguisher with an ABC rating is a must for any large tractor, but Godbold and Woolington recommend storing a water extinguisher, which sprays streams strong enough to penetrate hay and reach smoldering hot spots.
“Something I always take with me is a pump-up sprayer with a nozzle. If you mix water and dishwashing detergent, it makes your water last twice as long,” Godbold said. “You can adjust the nozzle to get a larger volume of water in a fog pattern at the base of the fire. This will turn the water to steam that follows the direction of the fire and knocks it down.”
Thermal imaging or an inexpensive infrared laser thermometer can also be used to check for hot spots.
“I know a hay farmer who points at each one of the bearings on his baler to see if he has one heating up,” Godbold said. “When he gets done baling, he will repeat that to see if he needs to change any of the bearings out before he starts baling again.”
How and which direction the operator bales hay can also prevent a disaster.
“I try to break the field up into sections and start on the downwind side, so if I do have a fire, it won’t be floating across the dry hay,” he said.
Ensuring the baler is clean before attaching it to the tractor is one of the most effective ways to prevent it from catching fire.
“A hay baler is just a big container of fuel for a fire — hay, dust and hydraulic fluid,” Woolington said. “Eliminate any extra fire sources by cleaning the baler up thoroughly after each cutting. Use an air hose or leaf blower to blow out all the fine pieces and dust.
“Open doors, shields and guards to clean debris from inside those, as well,” she added, “but be sure they are back in place, as they not only protect the operator from hazards but also help prevent accumulation of hay and dust in friction areas.”
Maintenance should be performed each year before the first cutting because that saves time and money in addition to preventing a fire.
“Identifying potential problems early will help allow time to order parts or schedule a service call for a mechanic,” said Keith Whitehead, an MSU Extension agent in Franklin County. “Because hay baler fires are usually the result of sparks or heat, keep the belts at proper tension and bearings, chains and other moving parts greased and lubricated. Hydraulic leaks from hoses or cylinders will also contribute fuel to a fire, so check for those to avoid equipment failure.”
If you look back on your go-to makeup routine over the years, chances are what you're doing now is a bit different from the habits you swore by back then. Perhaps you’ve tacked on a few new techniques (and ditched a couple others) along the way. How you do your makeup will naturally evolve as you change and grow as a person—that’s half the fun of it.
Whether you learn tips from your best friends, social media, or guides like this one, you’re sure to pick up a few new methods as the years go by. Here, 10 game-changer tips I know now that I wish I knew sooner, so you can be ahead of the curve. Take them or leave them, but I can vouch for every last one.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va. – Haley Hopkins delivered her first hat trick for the Cavaliers on Sunday (Aug. 28), scoring three times in the first 14 minutes, to help No. 8 Virginia (4-0-0) to a 5-0 victory over Fairleigh Dickinson (0-4-0) at Klöckner Stadium.
HOW IT HAPPENED Virginia got off to the hot start with a hat trick from Haley Hopkins in the first 14 minutes of the game. It started with a penalty kick in the sixth minute before Alexa Spaanstra and Hopkins would connect twice over the next eight minutes.
The first of two connections came in the ninth minute with a ball played through the midfield by Spaanstra ahead to Hopkins making a run on goal. Hopkins picked it up in stride and struck across the face of the goal and in past the back post. The second connection came in the 14th minute when Spaanstra took a shot that was deflected to Hopkins and who put the deflection in the net for the hat trick.
The fourth goal of the half came from Laney Rouse as she collected a ball that FDU knocked to her on the right wing in a clearance attempt. Rouse took the shot from just outside the box and put it in the upper 90 on the far side.
Virginia’s fifth goal came in the 56th minute when Lia Godfrey scored on a free kick from 25 yards out.
NOTES ON THE GAME • The Hopkins hat trick was the first for UVA since Diana Ordoñez against Rice (5/5/21) in the NCAA Tournament.
• Alexa Spaanstra’s two assists moved her to sixth all-time in assists at Virginia with 31 for her career.
• Junior defender Laney Rouse scored her first collegiate goal with her strike in the 27th minute of play.
• Michaela Moran made her first start since Washington State (11/22/19) in the second round of the NCAA tournament that year and picked up her fifth career win with the victory on Sunday.
• Junior defender Samar Guidry made her first appearance for the Hoos after missing the start of the season in duty with the U.S. U-20 YNT at the FIFA U-20 Women’s World Cup.
Defender Laney Rouse talks about getting back on the pitch this week and her first collegiate goal today.#GoHoosđ¶⚔️đ· #ALLIN⚽️đ„ pic.twitter.com/YHIhGgEVEg
FROM HEAD COACH STEVE SWANSON “We certainly started the game well and it was nice to see some goals go in, but as the game wore on we were not able to keep a consistently high tempo in terms of our ball movement which led to transition moments for them (FDU). I do think there are some good takeaways from this game on both sides of the ball. We are obviously still growing as a team, so taking the lessons away from games like these are very important for our growth.”
UP NEXT FOR THE HOOS Virginia will continue to play at home on Thursday (Sept. 1) when the Cavaliers host JMU as part of a doubleheader with the men’s team. Kick is set for 5 p.m. at Klöckner Stadium.
It’s going to be wonderful to have everyone back! We’re all excited for the start of the academic year, which brings new and exciting opportunities.
To successfully tackle the usual first-month traffic volume that we all face, Parking Services offers the following traffic tips and parking pointers:
Did You Get Your Permit?
To park any vehicle on campus, a permit must be associated with a vehicle. You may purchase your permit online or in-office and register your vehicle! Be certain that your vehicle is registered so we know that they belong to you and remember…only one vehicle is allowed on campus with a permit. View More Details about Getting Your Permit.
You also can park in the Red Hawk parking deck by either purchasing a specific permit for the deck (if you are eligible) or paying an hourly fee. Also, you can download the PaybyPhone app to pay to park in Commuter/General surface lots or CarParc Diem deck, if you do not have a parking permit.
It’s Crowded, Out There!
Remember, many people are returning to the roads in the first weeks of September. Our local roads will experience back-to-school congestion after the summer recess. Allow for extra time to travel to campus and to successfully navigate campus roads, as everyone gets back into the rhythm.
We’ve Got The Apps To Help
In the words of News12: “Know before you go!” The ParkingCloud app (Mac | Android) helps you know where the parking spaces are and Umo tells you when the next shuttle will arrive at your shuttle stop.
Get to Know The Map
Some things have changed! Become familiar with the University’s Parking Map. Understanding what the campus looks like and where you are eligible to park can greatly reduce the amount of time spent on the road.
When: Tuesday, September 6, 9-11 a.m. (Rain date: Wednesday, September 7)
Where: CarParc Diem Parking Deck
Come grab some breakfast and coffee! Games and raffles!
Mass Transit!
Consider leaving your car at home and try using public transit. Montclair State is situated between two train stations and is served by multiple bus lines; this makes public transit an easy and environmentally-friendly choice.
NJ TRANSIT is pleased to welcome area college and university students back to campus and encourage their use of mass transit. The “Buy 3 Months, Get 1 Free” promotion allows students to save up to 60% off transportation to campus for class during the Fall 2022 semester when compared to purchasing one-way transportation. To learn more about Student Pass and this promotion, please see their website www.njtransit.com/studentpass for full details.
The Labor Day holiday period runs Friday, Sept. 2 through Monday, Sept. 5
WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The National Safety Council estimates more than 450 people may die this Labor Day weekend in preventable crashes, a decrease of 2% compared to the same holiday period last year. This year's estimate reflects the national decrease in motor vehicle fatalities experienced through the first six months of 2022, but the figures are no cause for celebration. Historically, the second half of the year is more deadly than the first, and analysis shows from 2018 to 2020, deaths on U.S. roads over Labor Day weekend made up more than 12% of all traffic fatalities occurring in September each year.
"With schools and workplaces closed for the holiday weekend, many families drive, bike, skate, scoot or walk over Labor Day," said Mark Chung, executive vice president of roadway practice at NSC. "Mobility systems across the country, however, were built for speed and the efficient movement of vehicles, not the safe movement of people. Knowing that, extra precaution must be taken so everyone who leaves home has the best chances of returning safely."
NSC urges all drivers to share the road responsibly by following these safety tips during this Labor Day holiday weekend—and always:
Prepare before you go: Before hitting the road, make sure your car is safe for driving. Vehicle owners should check the oil, put air in the tires, and check for and repair open recalls. Visit ChecktoProtect.org to see if your vehicle has an open recall, and get it repaired for free.
Designate a sober driver or arrange alternate transportation: Holidays are a cause for celebration, but alcohol is only one cause of impaired driving. Drugs, including opioids, marijuana and some over-the-counter medicines, can cause drowsiness, alter visual functions and affect mental judgment and motor skills.
Slow down: Speeding is a factor in more than a quarter of all traffic fatalities. Drive the speed limit or below it if conditions dictate. Be sure to pay close attention to those walking and biking in order to keep all road users safe.
Drive distraction-free: Thousands have died in car crashes involving cell phone use. Put your phones away and #JustDrive.
Look before you lock: Pediatric vehicular heatstroke is still the leading cause of non-crash motor vehicle-related fatality for children. In 2022 alone, 17 children in the U.S. are reported to have died because of this completely preventable tragedy. Always check your back seat for children or animals when you reach your destination.
Demand safer roads: Join the Road to Zero Coalition to learn about the Safe System approach on road safety. Elements include rumble strips, bicycle lanes, clearly marked crosswalks, roundabouts and much more.
To create communities where all road users can be safe any day, it is important to be mindful of how American traffic safety efforts today inform the mobility systems of tomorrow. A recent report commissioned by NSC entitled, Mobility, Technology and Safety: The Next 20 Years, explores the potential evolution of transportation over the next two decades and its implications for mobility safety. To move the needle on safety, it is evident what must be done across sectors—doubling down on proven countermeasures and interventions, supporting the adoption and implementation of life-saving technology and prioritizing safety through a Safe System approach. NSC is committed to leveraging this three-pillar approach with innovative solutions and new partnerships to get America to zero traffic deaths.
For more safety tips, visit nsc.org/saferoads. Review supplemental information about the Labor Day holiday fatality estimates, and additional motor vehicle data and research at injuryfacts.nsc.org.
About the National Safety Council The National Safety Council is America's leading nonprofit safety advocate—and has been for more than 100 years. As a mission-based organization, we work to eliminate the leading causes of preventable death and injury, focusing our efforts on the workplace, roadway and impairment. We create a culture of safety to not only keep people safer at work, but also beyond the workplace so they can live their fullest lives.
CAPE GIRARDEAU, Mo. (KFVS) - The Better Business Bureau has some back-to-school safety tips.
Regional Director Whitney Quick warned of certain applications may collect data.
She said contests and giveaways online collect a lot of personal information that could lead to identity theft.
She also said it’s important to know what your child is doing online.
“Kids can create accounts on websites without permission, so social media sites are ripe with strangers with intentions that may be quite different from yours,” she explained. “Many sites are designed to collect and sell unauthorized user details, behaviors, to advertisers looking to engage in targeted marketing. Some kids may falsely create a birthdate to meet the minimum age requirement when creating an account, so know what your child is doing online.”
Quick said you should keep track of their social media accounts and watch out for fraudulent websites.
As Google carries out the needlessly complex process of combining both the Meet and Duo apps, now it’s throwing a feature copied from Zoom in the mix. In an update on the Google Workspace blog, the company announced that Google Meet will soon give you the ability to unmute yourself by holding down the spacebar and to mute yourself again by releasing it.
If you frequently use Zoom, this feature might sound a lot like its push-to-talk feature — and that’s because it’s essentially the same thing. Zoom obviously didn’t revolutionize this feature (we have walkie-talkies to thank for that), but it conveniently makes it available during video conferences, which comes in handy whenever you want to chime in during a meeting but don’t want to stay unmuted for long. Cisco’s Webex has a similar capability, and while Microsoft Teams widely launched a Walkie Talkie feature earlier this year, it’s not something you can use during video conferences.
Google says it'll start rolling out its own version of the shortcut to all Workspace users on September 9th, but it could take up to 15 days for you to see it. Once it arrives, it won’t be turned on by default, so you’ll have to enable it from Google Meet’s settings.
Confusingly, Google’s efforts to merge Duo and Meet have left us with the new Meet app (the one that combines both Duo and Meet), the old Meet (Original) app, and a Duo shortcut that leads to Meet. It’s truly something only Google could think up. That said, I’m pretty sure the new push-to-talk feature’s coming to the new Google Meet app, but it’s still not exactly clear whether it’s coming to the Meet (Original) app, as Google will eventually discontinue it. The Verge reached out to Google to see if it could clear things up but didn’t immediately hear back.
Update August 28th, 2:15PM ET:Updated to clarify that Zoom wasn’t the first to create push-to-talk, and that some other services use similar features.
CHESTER — Colorado center back Gustavo Vallecilla committed an ordinary foul in the seventh minute Saturday night, then tossed the ball away to delay the restart of the game.
That about summed up the Rapids plans in Chester Saturday night: Slow the game, waste time, get numbers behind the ball in an oddball formation and try to escape Subaru Park without getting drubbed by the Philadelphia Union.
It didn’t work, for Vallecilla or for his team.
By halftime, the Rapids had conceded two penalties, and Vallecilla was shown a second yellow card to get his marching orders on the way to a 6-0 obliteration by the Union.
Daniel Gazdag tallied a hat trick to tie the club’s single-season scoring record, even after deferring one PK to Julian Carranza, and subs Cory Burke and Matt Real piled on late yet again.
The win keeps the Union (15-4-9, 54 points) clear atop the Eastern Conference. After Los Angeles FC’s loss at Austin Friday, the Union are just three points back in the Supporters’ Shield race, but LAFC has one game in hand.
It’s the Union’s fourth win of six goals or more this season. No other club has had four such wins in their MLS history.
“They don’t happen much,” manager Jim Curtin said. “I think I only played in a small, small amount. … To have it happen multiple times now, it speaks to this team. I’m just the coach, but players are the ones that win games. Players get it done on the field.”
The Union are also one shy of the franchise record for goals scored in a season at 57. The 2019 team tallied 58.
Both teams kick off busy weeks. The Union host Atlanta United Wednesday, then visit Red Bull Arena on Saturday. Colorado, which entered in 11th place in the West, has three road games, with an in-conference six-pointer Wednesday in Nashville before visiting MLS doormat D.C. United on the weekend. Of that trio, the Rapids likely identified the Union game as the least urgent and least attainable points of the nine available, saving their bullets for that contest.
You get the sense that Colorado, who also lost center back Danny Wilson to injury in the first and subbed in Lalas Abubakar only to then remove Abubakar at half, would’ve flown straight to Nashville at halftime if given the option. Whatever their hybrid formation of five defenders behind the ball at all times was, it didn’t stop them from getting thumped.
The Union’s attack was humming just fine 11-v-11. In the ninth minute, Kai Wagner’s deflected over-the-top ball found Mikael Uhre, who chested a pass into the path of Gazdag’s center-back-splitting run. Gazdag took a touch and blistered a shot past William Yarborough.
Ten minutes later, Gazdag beat his man down the right channel, forcing Anthony Markanich to grab him and haul him down. If not a penalty, it was a horse-collar tackle, and Gazdag buried it from the spot, celebrating with his “Hungarian Harden” stepback, the big basketball fan giving a nod to Sixer Tyrese Maxey in the building. He finished his hat trick in the 83rd, played in by Burke to chip Yarborough.
It was Gazdag’s last act. After he gave up the PK and the chance at the hat trick, Curtin said he gave Gazdag until the 85th minute to get his hat trick. He got there, only just.
“I’m so happy,” Gazdag said. “This is my first hat trick so far in my career, so obviously I’m really happy with it. I have 16 goals in the season so far. This in my best season in my career, so I’m so happy right now. But I don’t want this to stop now. I want to keep this going until the end of the season and through the playoffs.”
When Vallecilla clattered into Olivier Mbaizo in the box in the 28th minute, Carranza cajoled Gazdag off the PK, to which he assented. Carranza sent Yarborough the wrong way to make it four goals in two games for the reigning MLS Player of the Week.
Carranza could’ve gotten close to a second straight hat trick had he been more clinical. He fired wide in the 18th on a sensational setup by Wagner, who moved into a tie for third in MLS with his 12th assist. He flashed a shot wide in the 38th, then headed far of the post in the 58th, both off setups by Wagner on a night of particularly appetizing service from the left back. Yarborough also batted away an Uhre chip attempt in the 51st, the ball deflecting off Uhre then off the post.
Once the Rapids (8-11-8, 32 points) went down to 10 men, it became mere damage control. The Rapids held until the 83rd when Gazdag capped his hat trick, the seventh in franchise history. Three have come in the last two months. He ties CJ Sapong’s 2017 total of 16 goals as the club record.
Burke tapped in a rebound in the 87th for his seventh goal of the year, continuing a streak of goals scored in games the Union have won. The Union are 12-0-3 in the last 15 games in which Burke has scored.
Homegrown Matt Real added his first of the year – and first since 2020 – five minutes after entering. Wagner set that one up with his 12th assist of the season, tying him for third in MLS.
Article From & Read More ( Union decipher Colorado’s tactics as Daniel Gazdag hat trick leads latest rout - The Delaware County Daily Times )
https://ift.tt/B0IAOFy
Former manager at a Fortune 100 financial services company, now living my dream creating fantasy and sports betting content about the NFL, NBA, and WNBA for ESPN.
Each day of the WNBA playoffs, our team of betting experts breaks down the best bets for each game.
All odds are provided by Caesars Sportsbook. Times are ET.
Best bet: Over 170.5. In the last six games between these two teams dating back to 2021, the Aces have won five. There is a good chance that this game will be high scoring with A'ja Wilson and Breanna Stewart leading their respective teams. For the Aces, Wilson averaged 19.5 PPG, 9.4 RPG and 1.9 BPG. As for Stewart, she won her first career scoring title by averaging 21.8 PPG. Additionally, she averaged 7.6 RPG, 3.0 APG, and 1.6 SPG. Over the last 18 home games for the Aces, the total has gone over 11 times. During the Storm's last five games, the totals have gone over. -- Eric Moody
Best Bet: Over 170.5. These two teams have so much star power and offensive options that all you can do is attempt to slow them down and very rarely does that work. Also, in the last seven matchups between these two, they have hit the over in five of those games. Both teams also have found their offensive groove in these playoffs averaging the 1st- and 3rd-most PPG this postseason. Also the Aces and Storm rank first and second respectively in 3-pointers made during these playoffs and both teams only played two games in the first round. Lastly, they are the only two teams this postseason shooting 50% or better from 3-point range so I think this will be a very high scoring affair. -- Jenni LaCroix
Best bet: Over 165.5. It's a rematch of last season's semifinals, when the Sky upset the Sun in four games. Now Chicago is the favorite, and Connecticut is determined to turn the tables. There is a lot of familiarity between these two teams. With the Sun playing the Sky eight times in the last 11 months, and Chicago going 7-1 in those games, the Sun will be motivated for this game. All season long, Connecticut's defense has been stout, but not against the Sky. This season, the Sun have allowed 109.0 points per 100 possessions against Chicago. There is a good chance that this game will be high scoring. In 13 of the Sky's 19 home games, the total has gone over. -- Moody
Best bet: Sky -4. The Sky have gone 4-0 against the Sun in the regular season and while the games have been close, the Sky have the experience on their side. Chicago has also covered against the Sun in five of their last six games. To add on to that, the Sky have won three of their last four games by 15 or more points. -- LaCroix
The Securities and Exchange Commission today adopted two amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower program. The first rule change allows the Commission to pay whistleblowers for their information and assistance in connection with non-SEC actions in additional circumstances. The second rule affirms the Commission’s authority to consider the dollar amount of a potential award for the limited purpose of increasing an award but not to lower an award.
“In 2010, Congress under the Dodd-Frank Act directed the SEC to establish a whistleblower program, which to date has greatly aided the Commission’s work to protect investors,” said SEC Chair Gary Gensler. “Today’s amendments enact two changes to help enhance the whistleblower program. The first amendment expands the circumstances in which a whistleblower who assisted in a related action can receive an award from the Commission for that related action rather than from the other agency’s whistleblower program. Under the second amendment, when the Commission considers the size of the would-be award as grounds to change the award amount, it can do so only to increase the award, and not to decrease it. I think that these rules will strengthen our whistleblower program. That helps protect investors.”
Specifically, the SEC amended Rule 21F-3 to allow the Commission to pay whistleblower awards for certain actions brought by other entities, including designated federal agencies, in cases where those awards might otherwise be paid under the other entity's whistleblower program. The amendments allow for such awards when the other entity’s program is not comparable to the Commission’s own program or if the maximum award that the Commission could pay on the related action would not exceed $5 million.
Further, the amendments affirm the Commission's authority under Rule 21F-6 to consider the dollar amount of a potential award for the limited purpose of increasing the award amount, and it would eliminate the Commission’s authority to consider the dollar amount of a potential award for the purpose of decreasing an award.
The SEC’s whistleblower program was established in 2010 to encourage individuals to report high-quality tips to the Commission and help the agency detect wrongdoing and better protect investors and the marketplace. The program has made significant contributions to the effectiveness of the agency’s enforcement of the federal securities laws. Since the program’s inception, enforcement matters brought using original information from meritorious whistleblowers have resulted in orders for more than $5 billion in total monetary sanctions. The Commission has awarded more than $1.3 billion to meritorious whistleblowers under the program.
The whistleblower rule amendments will become effective 30 days after publication in the Federal Register.
Box ScoreNEW BRITAIN, Conn. – The Harvard women's soccer team (1-0, 0-0 Ivy) opened up the 2022 season with a 3-0 win over the Central Connecticut State Blue Devils (1-2, 0-0 NEC). The result was powered by three goals from Josefine Hasbo, who netted the first hat-trick for the program since 2015.
HOW IT HAPPENED
The Crimson controlled the pace for most of the first half, advancing and keeping possession in the attacking third for nearly the entire period. Angela Caloia registered the first shot of the season, but her attempt was pushed wide off the cross from Ava Lung.
Harvard continued to apply pressure in the attacking area, finally breaking onto the scoreboard in the 39' minute. Hasbo scored the first goal of the season for the Crimson, booting home a loose ball in the box.
Just four minutes later, it was Hasbo again who snuck a rebound shot past the keeper to boost the Crimson lead to 2-0. The rebound was set up by first-year Audrey Francois, who put a shot on net and in turn notched her first collegiate point by assisting on Hasbo's second goal of the contest. Hasbo's two goals were the difference as Harvard carried a 2-0 lead into the halftime break.
CCSU countered with an attacking mindset to start the second half, but the Harvard backline stood strong, holding off the Blue Devils. The defense then turned into offense, as the Crimson attacked the CCSU, working the ball into the attacking third. Hannah Bebar led the charge, first firing a shot off the cross bar, before retaining possession and putting another shot on goal. The CCSU goalkeeper made the save but deflected the shot right onto the foot of Hasbo, who found the twine for her third goal of the game.
The three-goal lead would hold thanks to a save from Hannah Gardner in the 74' minute. Harvard would roll on to close out the match and take the first game of the season with a 3-0 result.
GAME NOTES
Josefine Hasbo notched three goals in the contest, beating her 2021 goal total (two) after just one game
The hat-trick was the first for the program since Midge Purce in 2015
Audrey Francois notched her first collegiate point with an assist on Hasbo's second goal
Hannah Bebar also added an assist on the third Hasbo goal
Hannah Gardner earned a shutout in the contest, the fourth of her career
Gardner made one save to preserve the clean sheet
Jade Rose stood tall on the backline to lead the defensive effort in front of Gardner
Harvard outshot the Blue Devils 18-2 with eight shots finding the net
Hasbo (four) and Angela Caloia (three) led the team in shot attempts
The Crimson backline allowed no corner kicks to CCSU
UP NEXT
Harvard will now return to its home turf to face off against the Northeastern Huskies on Jordan Field this Monday, August 29. Kickofff is set for 3 PM for the Huskies and the Crimson.
Article From & Read More ( Hasbo's Hat-Trick Boosts Women's Soccer to Opening Night Win - Harvard University - Harvard Athletics )
https://ift.tt/Oys3kig
DEAR ABBY: I have a close friend whom I’ve known for several years. She often comes to my home in the evenings for an hour or so to get away from her house. She’s a single parent who lives at home with her mom and two children, so she considers it an escape.
While I don’t mind her coming over most days, a somewhat sensitive issue has come up.
She often wears tennis shoes without socks, or shoes that have gone a very long time without being washed. When she takes them off, they stink. She then tries to hide her smelly feet underneath the blankets I keep on my couch.
It doesn’t help. I can still smell them, and my blankets stink when she leaves.
This issue is embarrassing, and I don’t want to hurt her feelings but, honestly, I’m sick of having to wash my blankets every time she comes over. Any suggestions on how I should handle this?
SUFFERING IN SILENCE
DEAR SUFFERING: Handle this by asking your friend to please keep her shoes on and her feet on the floor when she’s at your house. If she asks why, tell her the truth and suggest she start washing her shoes — and her feet — regularly.
DEAR ABBY: For 15 years I’ve maintained a close friendship with a wealthy older man who has become a kind of mentor. He’s 90 years old now and in failing health.
He told me on several occasions that I was named in his will, but when we met for lunch the other day, he informed me his entire estate will go to his live-in caregivers.
I was never in this friendship for the money (he only recently became wealthy after inheriting his late sister’s estate), but it hurts knowing I’ve been eliminated from his will with no explanation. I earn a six-figure income and don’t need his money, but it bothers me.
If I ask about it, I will appear grasping. If I say nothing, it will gnaw away at me. What do I do?
PROMISE WITHDRAWN IN TEXAS
DEAR PROMISE: Quit worrying about appearances and ask him the question you should have asked when he told you he had changed his will and eliminated you.
Do it now. He’s 90 and in failing health, and you may not have long to get the answer to the question.
DEAR ABBY: I am a 9-year-old girl. Right now I don’t do chores or get an allowance, but I want to. How should I ask my parents? And how much money should I ask for?
KID WHO NEEDS CASH
DEAR KID: Tell your parents you want to talk to them about an allowance. Ask what things you could do to help around the house in order to earn one and how much they are willing to pay you for doing them.
As to how much to expect, this will depend on what your parents may be able to afford. Ask them if you can negotiate to find an amount you all agree upon. And if you need more money, doing similar chores for a relative or neighbor might be a good place to start.
Dear Abby is written by Abigail Van Buren, also known as Jeanne Phillips, and was founded by her mother, Pauline Phillips. Contact Dear Abby at www.DearAbby.com or P.O. Box 69440, Los Angeles, CA 90069.
Hey guys please explain why an inflation-linked bond could have lost money this year with inflation at 9%.
I’ve been getting this question a lot lately.
How could bonds that have an implicit inflation kicker be down almost 7% this year?
Treasury inflation-protected securities (TIPS) are one of the most peculiar assets in the investment universe.
They’re relatively new and have some unique characteristics when it comes to bonds. They’ve been around in the UK since the 1980s but the U.S. government didn’t start offering them until the late-1990s.
The way they work is the principal value of the bond is tied to the rate of inflation — when inflation goes up the principal value of the bond goes up as well.
But investors don’t get the inflation-adjusted principal value until maturity.1 The economy can be all over the place in the meantime which means inflation, deflation, rising rates, falling rates and everything in-between.
So while the inflation protection built into these bonds is one of a kind, TIPS can be volatile along the way.
For example, the biggest inflation-protected bond fund is the iShares TIPS Bonds ETF (TIP). This fund lost nearly 15% in the fall of 2008:
Part of this had to deal with the deflationary nature of the Great Financial Crisis, but Lehman Brothers had also used TIPS as collateral for some of their loans and became forced sellers of these bonds.
There are no systemic reasons for TIPS selling off this year though. The problem in 2022 is TIPS are acting more like a bond than an inflation hedge.
You can see in 2021, TIPS outperformed the aggregate bond market by a wide margin:
That made sense given inflation came in much higher than most expected.
I’m sure most investors assumed a similar pattern would repeat this year but instead TIPS are down just like regular old bonds.
Over the past year, the U.S. inflation rate was 8.5% but the TIP ETF is down 5%.
What gives?
There are a couple of reasons for this confusing performance.
The first is TIPS help protect investors from unexpectedinflation. Expected inflation is already priced into the yield relative to normal treasury bonds. So you would expect TIPS to outperform when unexpected inflation rears its ugly head (as it did in 2021).
Investors began pricing higher inflation into these bonds so the outperformance has narrowed this year substantially.
But the biggest headwind this year is rising interest rates. The 10 year treasury yield has doubled, going from 1.5% in January to 3% now. When rates rise that much, TIPS are going to act more like bonds than an inflation hedge.
This is especially true for longer-duration TIPS.
For example, the TIP ETF has an effective duration of 7.1 years.
Duration is simply a way to measure interest rate sensitivity. A duration of 7 years implies that for every 1% move in interest rates, the bond fund should move up or down by 7% in price. This relationship has some other variables but that’s a good rule of thumb.
Since yields and prices are inversely related with bonds, the increase in yields has dwarfed the increase in inflation.
The simplest explanation for the poor performance this year is that interest rates are up and inflation was baked into the pie more than it was last year. The good news for investors from here is rates are now higher — the bad news is you needed to eat some losses to get to this point.
There are ways to reduce the impact of interest rate changes on your inflation-protected bonds.
The Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF (VTIP) has an average duration of just 2.7 years, making it much less sensitive to changes in interest rates.
The U.S. inflation rate first broke out above its long-term average of around 3% in April of 2021. Look at the performance of VTIP vs. TIP since then:
Short-term TIPS have outperformed longer maturity TIPS in that time and have done so with far less volatility. These bonds are outperforming because the inflation-indexed component is playing a larger role in their total return.2
So if you would prefer less volatility and a closer relationship to those inflation-adjusted yields, short-term TIPS are an option.
I would be remiss if I didn’t mention Series I Savings Bonds here as well. These bonds are about as good as it gets when it comes to inflation protection without any interest rate risk (read here for more details).
Unfortunately, there is a cap in terms of how much you can put into these bonds.
We discussed inflation-protected bonds and much more on this week’s Portfolio Rescue:
Josh Brown joined me to go over some questions on finding younger clients as a financial advisor, how young people should allocate their retirement funds and paying off student loans with winnings from a 10-bagger stock pick.
1At maturity you get the higher of the original principal value (par) or the inflation-adjusted principal. That way you have a floor if there is deflation over the life of the bond.
2The opposite will be true if/when rates fall again. Then you would expect TIP to outperform because the bond component would carry greater weight in the total return.
Apex Legends players are jealous of Crypto’s kit in the Mobile version of the battle royale, as many feel his abilities should be the same in the main game.
Apex Legends Mobile has added yet another Legend to the roster, Crypto. The surveillance expert has been in the PC and console version of Apex Legends since Season 3, but now with the game in its fourteenth season, players still want a change for the Legend.
Since Crypto’s introduction into Apex Legends Mobile, there has been a lot of discussion surrounding his abilities, as they are slightly different in Apex Mobile compared to the PC and console versions of the game.
In Apex Legends Mobile, Crypto’s abilities are the same as in the main game except his drone can actually follow him around the battlefield and automatically track enemies. This is something that players on PC and console have been dying for.
Although Crypto received a rework/buff not too long ago which made his kit easier to use, his introduction into Apex Mobile has caused players to call for a similar change.
On Twitter, players have been responding to Crypto’s Apex Mobile abilities, with users saying “get these mobile devs in the main game,” and “how is mobile getting better s*** than the pc/console version.”
One comment under the AlphaINTEL Twitter post even mentioned other Legends in Apex Mobile, becoming frustrated with how much better certain character’s abilities are on mobile:
“So on mobile. Loba can collect teammates banners, lifeline still has her shield…now crypto has his drone automatically follow. This is too far.”
Clearly, players are looking at the Apex Mobile developers and feeling as if they are bringing changes to Legend kits that they would like to see in the main game.
However, the mobile version is very different from PC and console, so perhaps there are complex reasons as to why Respawn have not made these changes for the main game.
This isn’t the first time Apex Legends players have been jealous of Apex Mobile, as they have also been envious of Fade, Rhapsody, and the exclusive Snow Grenade.
Haaland has City looking ominous
Super Sommer stifles Bayern
Peace in Paris
Lewandowski delivering for Barca
Sumptuous again from Trent
Tchouameni helps Real move on from Casemiro
Sargent has us paying attention
Die Knappen caught napping
/cloudfront-us-east-1.images.arcpublishing.com/gray/ICHNRHA6SFF73ALMQ2V2E2KHME.PNG)
