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Woolworths worker pays for Melbourne mum’s groceries in kind act

A Woolworths customer has been left “mortified” after a staff member stepped in to help her out during a tough moment.

The Melbourne woman explained she was having technical issues while paying for her groceries during a recent trip to the supermarket.

At the same time, her newborn baby was “kicking off”, prompting a Woolworths worker to step in and pay for the woman’s groceries.

The customer took to Reddit to explain that while she was very “grateful”, she was also “mortified” over the experience – and wanted to see if there was a way she could thank the woman without getting her in trouble.

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“I just got back from Woolworths where I tried to pay with my phone on self-checkout,” she said.

“It wasn’t working so they printed me a barcode and took me to the service desk to pay, but my phone payment still didn’t work.

“After trying a few times and my newborn kicking off, the staff member said, ‘Don’t worry it’s on me.’

“I was really taken back and asked if I could transfer her the money.

“She said no and then said, seriously it’s on me. My baby was screaming the place down by this point. I was so grateful and also mortified.”

The encounter left the woman asking questions about the Woolies staff member was allowed to do this or if it was “dodgy”.

“I want to go back and give her something to say thank you, but don’t want to get her in trouble if she’s done something she’s not supposed to have done,” she said.

“Anyone work at Woolworths and can tell me what the deal is?”

People were quick to tell the woman to leave it and not draw attention to the worker’s actions.

“Maybe accept the kindness shown and pay it forward to someone else in need. In that way, you don’t risk getting the staff member in trouble,” one person said.

Another added: “What’s more likely? They risk being sacked or even arrested for a total stranger, or pays a few bucks to help out someone obviously trying their best but struggling.

“My partner works at a supermarket and has paid for people before. It feels good. Pay it forward.”

A third, who works at a different supermarket, said: “I’ve paid the difference for a few people that have come up short a couple of times and as far as I’m aware that is completely fine, even seen my boss do Item.

“Don’t know why it would be any different at Woolies. Sounds like excellent customer service to me.”

Another added: “I work at Woolworths, the company only cares if the products are paid for. She likely paid out of her own pocket for you, I’ve done it before.”

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Street Fighter 6 introduces Kimberly and brings Juri back to roster

Closing out the Street Fighter 5 Grand Finals at EVO 2022, Capcom took to the stage and revealed that both Juri and Kimberly are joining the Street Fighter 6 roster. This second post-reveal character announcement, after Guile’s trailer at Summer Games Fest, continues to confirm previous leaks that unveiled the full Street Fighter 6 roster.

Kimberly is one of the brand new fighters, alongside Jamie. She is described as being “infatuated with 80’s pop culture” and her moveset de ella looks to be one of the most varied so far.

Juri has seen a pretty significant redesign like Chun Li and Ryu have, and she is described as still being a “thrill seeker”. Since M. Bison’s fall in Street Fighter 5, she is on the hunt for her next thrill. A brand new stage was also shown off during Juri’s gameplay showcase, as well.

Both Juri and Kimberly were actually revealed ahead of the Grand Finals of Street Fighter 5 at EVO 2022 thanks to the German Capcom Twitter account accidentally tweeting out images of both characters ahead of the Top 8 at EVO.

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Now that we have seen seven characters and Capcom have previously announced that they will go dark for a while as they head back to the studio to finish up development, we likely won’t see another big reveal until The Game Awards in December at the earliest .

And, with the Street Fighter 6 release date set for 2023, we will likely start seeing the rest of the roster confirmed in the new year, ahead of Street Fighter 6 taking center stage at EVO 2023.

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The Block 2022: The moment a team quits the renovation show is finally here

For the first time in 18 seasons of The Blocka team will pack up and leave the show.

The dramatic moment is set to unfold on tonight’s episode, which airs at 7.30pm, and you can get a glimpse into what goes down in the video above.

“I am in total shock,” host Scott Cam is heard saying.

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“They didn’t say goodbye. They didn’t say thanks for having us. They just left,” he tells the remaining teams, who all appear stunned by the sudden news.

“It’s never happened in the history of 18 seasons. They have left the show,” he continues.

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Scott Cam reveals to the contestants that a team has walked off. (Nine)

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Both Ankur and Sharon, and Omar and Oz are seen reacting in the video above, leading us to believe neither of them are the quitting team.

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Omar and Oz look surprised after finding out a team left. (Nine)

It’s a situation that leaves the popular host stunned.

“Why would you leave after two days?” he wonders aloud to members of production.

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Scott Cam is seen talking with the production team, surprised that a team has quit. (Nine)

That’s not all that’s set to go down in tonight’s massive episode. Judges Shaynna Blaze, Neale Whitaker and Darren Palmer will return to judge the House Decider challenge.

The challenge was set on the very first day on The Block. Here each team was tasked with creating a guest bedroom with a budget of just $5,000.

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After the judges score their rooms tonight, teams will then get to decide which of the five houses on The Block they wish to renew for the rest of the season. Teams will get to make their decision based on the order they place in the House Decider challenge.

This year teams are renovating the biggest houses ever. They’re set on 10 acre blocks of land located in Gisborne, with each house offering beautiful views of the Macedon Ranges.

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North Melbourne champions Carey and Stevens involved in altercation

Wayne Carey and Anthony Stevens have been involved in an altercation in a sad sequel to the 2002 affair scandal that fractured their friendship.

Carey and Stevens had an ugly altercation on Saturday night at Yarraville’s Railway Hotel, where many former Kangaroos players had gathered to celebrate North Melbourne’s 1996 premiership reunion.

Witnesses said Carey went at Stevens, accusing him of talking behind his back and telling people he couldn’t be contacted and to not bother trying to catch up with him, but then being fine in-person.

Onlookers said at one stage that the pair had to be separated, with several former teammates left stunned by Carey’s outburst.

Stevens – a current board member and president of the Roos’ past players association – didn’t take part in the club’s Marvel Stadium motorcade on Sunday because he was shattered by the heated exchange.

Carey was caught cheating in 2002 with Kelli Stevens – the then-wife of Anthony – in a scandal that fractured North Melbourne and led to Carey’s departure from the club.

North Melbourne captain at the time, Carey sat out the 2002 season before leaving the club in disgrace to join the Adelaide Crows.

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Perth weather: Snow expected to fall in parts of WA on Tuesday, including Bluff Knoll

For those who love the cold and have never seen snow before, Tuesday might just be your chance.

A cold front that will move across Perth and South West on Monday and Tuesday will create almost the perfect conditions for a light amount of snow to fall in the Stirling Ranges and on the top of Bluff Knoll on Tuesday morning.

Bureau of Meteorology duty forecaster Jessica Lingard said a “light dusting” of snowfall was expected in the region.

“We’ve got this cold front moving through today (Monday) and basically the cold front is aligned between two different air masses where you get warmer air in front of it and cold air behind it,” Ms Lingard said.

“The cold air behind today’s cold front is particularly cold and that means the upper-level air temperatures are very low.

“We need that level to be low enough so that when the snow falls out of the cloud it is not melting before it reaches the ground.

“Tomorrow morning, that situation comes about and conditions are looking good for a little bit of snow.

“I don’t think anybody is going to be building snowmen or skiing, but it will be a very light dusting.”

Snow was recorded at least five times last year in the Stirling Ranges, equaling a record set 53 years ago.

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As for Perth, the city can expect to cop further heavy rainfall over the coming days.

Up to 15mm of rain is expected across the metropolitan area on Monday with a further 20mm tipped to fall on Tuesday.

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4 Dead After Golf Cart, SUV Crash in Southeast Texas – NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth

Four people riding in a golf cart were killed — including two juveniles — when an allegedly intoxicated man driving an SUV ran a stop sign at an intersection in Southeast Texas, police said.

Miguel Espinoza, 45, has been charged with four counts of intoxication manslaughter in the crash about 11:30 p.m. Saturday in Galveston, roughly 50 miles southeast of Houston, police said.

Espinoza was being held in Galveston County jail Sunday on a $400,000 bond, police said. Jail records did not list an attorney for him.

Investigators believe that after the SUV failed to stop, it struck the golf cart that had six people aboard and a pickup truck, police said. Police Sgt. Derek Gaspard said the golf cart and pickup were traveling in opposite directions through the intersection on a street that did not have a stop sign.

Police said the adult driver of the golf cart was pronounced dead at the scene while a woman and two juveniles on the golf cart were taken to a hospital, where they died. The two other passengers — an adult and a juvenile — were hospitalized Sunday in critical condition, police said.

Espinoza, who lives in Galveston, and his passenger had minor injuries, police said. They were taken to the hospital and later released.

Gaspard said the occupants of the pickup were not injured. Names and ages of the dead weren’t immediately released.

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Economists deeply divided over Reserve Bank’s likely interest rate trajectory

Deep divisions are emerging among some of Australia’s leading bank economists on their outlook for interest rates and the Australian economy.

In one camp are those, such as the economists at Westpac and ANZ, who believe that the cash rate target will pass 3 per cent before the end of this year.

Both are tipping the RBA’s benchmark official rate to peak at 3.35 per cent — it is currently 1.85 per cent — meaning interest rates would almost double from where they are, rising by another 1.5 percentage points over the next six months or so.

The cash rate target was just 0.1 per cent at the beginning of May.

In fact, Westpac’s chief economist Bill Evans is not only predicting the cash rate will get to 3.35 per cent, but arguing it must if the Reserve Bank is serious about bringing down inflation.

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“The key reason why we insist that a sharper slowdown in demand is required in 2023 is that a much stronger set of demand conditions … runs the risk of resilient high inflationary expectations,” he wrote in response to the RBA’s Statement on Monetary Policy, released on Friday.

The Reserve Bank used market forecasts of a 3 per cent cash rate to underpin its latest economic forecasts, which did not have inflation falling back even to the top of its 2–3 per cent target range until the end of 2024.

Mr Evans said those forecasts showed that the RBA should raise rates more aggressively, even at the expense of slower economic growth — Westpac’s modeling tips annual economic growth of just 1 per cent next year if rates hit 3.35 per cent.

“Such an approach would give the bank the best chance of managing this difficult task of returning inflationary expectations to more normal levels and deflating the current ‘inflationary psychology’ which is now at risk of taking hold,” he said.

Too many rate rises could ‘take the economy backwards’

Then there is the other camp of economists, represented by the Commonwealth Bank and NAB among the big four, who cannot see the cash rate getting above 3 per cent in the near future.

“I don’t think it’s likely to happen because I think the Reserve Bank, once they get the cash rate to around their estimate of neutral [somewhere near 2.5 per cent]will want to pause and actually see how the economy’s responding to the rate hikes that they’ve delivered,” CBA’s head of Australian economics Gareth Aird told RN Breakfast.

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“They are putting through a lot of tightening in a very short amount of time and, if they continue to hike at the rate that they’re doing and just keep going all the way to 3 per cent and even above that level, they’ re not going to be able to actually assess the impact that those hikes are having on the economy in that in that amount of time.

“Now, it’s possible that they end up taking the cash rate to those levels, but I think if they do that, they’ll end up reversing gear in the not too distant future because … we have a highly indebted household sector in Australia and rate rises of that magnitude will just put too many households under stress and I think that will ultimately take the economy backwards.”

The Reserve Bank has recently changed its language slightly to emphasize that “it is not on a pre-set path”.

“The size and timing of future interest rate increases will be guided by the incoming data and the board’s assessment of the outlook for inflation and the labor market,” RBA governor Philip Lowe said after last week’s latest half-a-percentage-point rate rise .

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HasanAbi has “given up” his Twitch intellectual property completely

Famous Twitch streamer HasanAbi recently spoke about a phenomenon that shouldn’t be unfamiliar to creative types — people stealing his work and republishing it for monetization purposes.

Oftentimes, especially on digital platforms, creators who publish a completed work (be it art, video, music, and so on) will find it being shared around publicly, and if possible, without watermarks or references to the original creator.

This type of plagiarism is common online, and Hasan is no different from other content creators in that regard.

What does make him different, however, is his stance on the matter: he wants them to monetize his content.

Speaking on-stream, he said “I f*****g ride for all of my fan channels. YouTube took down a bunch of the fan channels including Daily Dose of HasanAbi and stopped monetizing them.”

“I want them to do whatever the f**k they want. I don’t mind their existence, I encourage it. I have basically given up my intellectual property completely.”

The only request he has of these fan channels is that they provide links to his channels, such as his Twitter, Instagram, and Twitch.

HasanAbi is one of the top streamers on Twitch, producing content that is more politics-oriented for average crowds of 30,000 daily.

Primarily focusing on American politics, HasanAbi’s category as a “Just Chatting” streamer marks him as one of the most popular non-video games-related channels on Twitch.

Twitch streamers often will issue take-down requests against channels that use their content without permission — especially if channels began monetizing content that isn’t theirs. HasanAbi is possibly the largest streamer to state publicly that anyone can use his content from him as they wish, as long as they provide links back to his channels from him.

HasanAbi recently began criticizing the uprising of Slots on Twitch, including the grimy practices of major cryptocurrency casinos paying top streamers to stream their gambling habits.

This exposes a large portion of the Twitch population (40% of which are aged 16-24) to gambling and other predatory practices. Crypto gambling is currently illegal in the United States, and Twitch has stated that they are investigating the category for potential regulation.

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MKR 2022: Nigella Lawson, Manu Feildel ‘heartbroken’ as Alice and Peter serve up ‘inedible’ dessert

Dad and daughter duo Peter and Alice, from Chewton in Victoria, were the first contestants on the new season of MKR to plate up to judges Manu Feildel and Nigella Lawson – and they were understandably excited.

Peter runs a café, Alice works there too, and together they’ve been cooking the dishes they were about to serve up for years and years.

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They were using Alice’s grandma’s tried and tested recipes, guaranteed to please – what could possibly go wrong?

Remove a lot, as it turned out.

As the affable duo welcomed the other contestants into their home, the setting seemed perfect: sweet vintage flourishes on the dining table, a room full of cute collectables and curios, and a homey retro vibe.

This year’s MKR theme is good home cooking, and Peter and Alice had devised a simple but delicious-sounding menu that fits the theme.

They were so warm, hospitable, funny and expressive that you couldn’t help but immediately like them and want them to do well.

Dad and daughter Peter and Alice are the first pair to plate up to Nigella and Manu on MKR. Credit: Seven

Although their entree was not a huge hit with the judges, they were redeemed with an excellent main meal, and then it all fell apart with a disastrous dessert.

“There is nothing on my face but sheer terror,” Alice said as a “poker-faced” Nigella and Manu tasted each of their offerings.

“They don’t give away anything!”

‘lots of pressure’

The entree, Sunday Roast croquettes with Grandma’s relish, failed to impress either judge.

“First to cook tonight,” Manu said. “It’s a big deal, isn’t it?”

“Lot of pressure,” Alice nodded. “Lot of pressure.”

Manu said he didn’t really get the “Sunday roast” feel from the croquette – questioning the dad and daughter’s choice to use braised beef cheeks.

“So, the meat was not roasted, then?” Manu asked.

“When I read roast, I got something different.

“I would have put more spice and seasoning in there as well.

“So I think the idea of ​​it is magical, it’s fantastic, but I think you missed the point.”

Manu gives his verdict. Credit: Seven

Nigella agreed, saying the entree needed more seasoning, something that would make the diner think of Sunday roast stuffing.

The relish also didn’t hit the mark with either Manu or Nigella, with the sweet/sour balance not quite right.

The pair were crestfallen, agreeing that the idea was great, but the execution faltered.

Manu’s pep talk

It took a kitchen pep talk from Manu during the cooking of the main to drag Alice out of her deep funk after their first effort failed to impress the judges.

Manu’s interjection worked, and Alice and Peter then pulled out a stunning main course, parmesan crumbed lamb cutlets with minted peas, silverbeet and salsa verde.

This meal was a hit with both the judges and the other contestants, reinstating their confidence in the kitchen.

It was destined to be smooth sailing from there, right?

Dessert would be a breeze, rounding off the night with a bang after a shaky start.

Wrong!

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Peter and Alice decided on one of Grandma’s favorite desserts, a delicious lemon pudding, for the final dish of the night.

But Alice’s grandma used to bake the lemon delicious in a casserole dish; Peter decided to add a retro touch by individually baking each dessert in a vintage teacup.

“It has to be this soft, silky sponge and then this beautiful, rich lemon custard beneath,” Peter explained.

It was meant to be fluffy and spongey beneath the surface, a “step down from a soufflé.”

But when Manu and Nigella tapped into the teacup and through the top layer, there was just a soupy, watery, unappetizing mess below.

The disastrous lemon delicious dessert. Credit: Seven

Peter had underestimated how long each dessert needed to bake for, assuming that the crispy top meant it was cooked all the way through.

What they put on the table was runny, watery, and as one contestant claimed, “inedible.”

Manu told the devastated duo that if he’d been served that dessert in a restaurant, it would have immediately been sent back.

Everyone is gutted for the pair, who had been so welcoming, so nice, and so on-point with the previous plate.

But it was clear that the pressure of being the first team to plate up to Nigella and Manu got to them; their timing was all wrong and they hadn’t presented a cohesive menu.

Nigella Lawson describes the dessert fail as ‘really heartbreaking.’ Credit: Seven

Peter was particularly dejected, saying he’d cooked the lemon delicious hundreds of times, but on the one night where it was really important to get it right, it hadn’t come off.

“This is a pudding I’ve made every week for 30 years,” he said.

“I have to make it once, for 12 people, and it’s a disaster.”

‘Heartbreaking’

Nigella told the pair she was “sorry” the disaster happened on the wrong night, saying the dessert fail was “really heartbreaking.”

“It’s not your fault,” an utterly deflated Alice said.

“No, I know, but I wanted to see you with a smile back on your face,” Nigella replied.

“It was our last chance of redemption,” Alice said later.

“And unfortunately, we just didn’t get it right.”

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Ricky Stuart to be suspended says Mark Geyer, for Jaeman Salmon comments in Raiders vs Panthers game

Legendary rugby league hardman Mark Geyer has called on the NRL to suspend Ricky Stuart to make an example and set a precedent for the game’s coaches.

The integrity unit is investigating explosive comments made by Stuart during his press conference on Saturday about Penrith playmaker Jaeman Salmon.

The Raiders coach sensationally used his post-game platform to label the 23-year-old a “weak gutted dog person” and said Salmon had been since he was a kid.

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It’s since been revealed Stuart had a run-in with Salmon in 2010 when then the latter was playing under 12s, and the former was coaching the Sharks. The Salmon family and the Panthers are exploring legal options.

NRL coaches have been fined varying amounts for comments made in press conferences before – Stuart the most fined coach ever – but normally the penalty is for questioning the integrity of referees.

A coach has never been suspended, but no coach has ever made such personal remarks as Stuart did about an individual.

Geyer says the game has to draw a line in the sand and send a message to coaches that it is not acceptable.

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“They are pretty harsh words. This is unprecedented, for mine, I have never seen a press conference like that,” Geyer said on Triple M radio.

“There’s a reason we don’t see it, it’s because you’re not allowed to say what he said.

“There’s stories coming up about what happened 12 years ago in an under 12s game… I get that, I was a coach once myself. But they were 11 years of age.

“I don’t get Ricky Stuart’s side, I really don’t. He’s a 55-year-old male who’s coached over 500 games, he’s been in the game for so long. If that was his son how would he feel, if someone said that about his son?

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“The NRL have no option, I’m afraid they’ve got no option. There’s a precedent that needs to be set.

“If a coach or a player goes out next weekend… I want them deterred from saying something so bad about a person.

“If that was my son I would be filthy. I would be knocking on (Stuart’s) door the next day, put it that way.

“I think he’s got to be suspended. (Salmon) has been defamed. Everyone saw that, all junior league players saw what Ricky Stuart just said about this kid.”

The NRL is expected to make an announcement on the situation on Monday afternoon, or Tuesday.

Stuart on Sunday acknowledged he should not have used his public press conference to air personal grievances.

The Raiders on Monday issued a statement saying the club will accept any punishment handed down to the coach.

“As a club we do not condone the comments made by Ricky in Saturday night’s press conference and we are currently in dialogue with the NRL and cooperating with all their inquiries,” club chief Don Furner said.

“We will accept their findings and any sanctions they hand down.

“Being a head coach is a high-pressure job and comes with intense scrutiny from fans, media, and public and we understand emotion is high following a match.

“However, as a club we acknowledge that coaches also have a responsibility to ensure they conduct themselves professionally when making public comments.”

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