Heather Rae Young highlights growing baby bump in sleet blue jumpsuit alongside husband Tarek El Moussa
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Heather Rae Young showed off her baby bump in a pair of snaps she shared to her Instagram on Sunday.
The 34-year-old reality television star donned a sleet gray jumpsuit that clung tightly to her curves and growing stomach while posing with her husband Tarek El Moussa, 40.
She walked in chunky white-and-gray sneakers and covered up in a white sweater top.
Getting ready for another baby: Heather Rae Young showed off her baby bump in a pair of snaps she shared to her Instagram on Sunday featuring husband Tarek El Moussa, 40
Heather’s husband donned a light blue t-shirt and black jeans. I have stood in white Vans.
His gelled black hair was combed up and off to the right, and a thin beard sprinkled his jaw.
In the first photo, Tarek joked that he was going to take a bite out of Heather’s ear.
She captioned the snaps, ‘Still pinching myself that this is actually happening [blue heart emoji, angel emoji, butterfly emoji]. Feeling that pregnancy glow and loving every moment of it. I should be feeling flutters and him moving around very soon and I just can’t wait for that feeling [hearts, blushing emoji].’
Tight: The 34-year-old reality television star donned a sleet gray jumpsuit that hugged tightly to her curves and growing stomach
Together again: ‘Finally reunited!!! Kissing and loving on his baby boy,’ captioned the Selling Sunset star after Tarek returned from a trip. ‘@therealtarekelmoussa I missed you so much’
Tarek responded to the star’s post by putting three heart emojis in the comments section.
The duo are back together after El Moussa recently returned from Cabo, during which Young said she had separation anxiety.
Taking to Instagram, Young, who’s currently pregnant with their first child, shared a snap of Tarek fondly pressing his head against her baby bump.
‘Finally reunited!!! Kissing and loving on his baby boy,’ captioned the Selling Sunset star. ‘@therealtarekelmoussa I missed you so much.’
Party time! Hours later, Young returned to Instagram to unveil her glammed up appearance of ella as she made her way to the launch party for fellow influencer Stassie Karanikolaou’s collaboration with Booby Tape
Glam: For the event, Young rocked a long, blonde ponytail and highlighted her growing bump in a black lace dress with long-sleeves. She finished off the look by slipping her feet into a pair of strappy heels with an open toe
Young recently revealed that she’d been ‘separation anxiety’ while Tarek was experiencing away in Mexico with his two children and other close family members.
The Anaheim native hung back at their Orange County home after her doctor advised her against traveling to Mexico while pregnant.
Sharing a lovely beach photoshoot of the couple on her Instagram, she noted that this was the ‘longest time’ they’d been apart.
‘Missing my best friend while he’s away in Cabo with the kids and our families so I’m going through photos that I love of us. This is the longest we’ve been apart since we’ve been together so I’m maybe getting a little separation anxiety,’ she wrote.
He’s honest to his players, honest to his fans, honest to his assistants and searingly honest to the media when he fronts the cameras each week.
Now, with Hinkley’s contract nearing the end of his tenure, will Port Adelaide deal in honesty as well as its senior coach has over the journey?
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If it is time to part ways – and every week suggestions keep bubbling away that it could be – how do Port Adelaide and Hinkley come to terms on a respectful way to end a partnership that has lasted nearly a decade?
Hinkley has to this point dismissed any links with the vacant Greater Western Sydney senior coaching job, let alone North Melbourne’s, and as he said after last Saturday’s loss to Collingwood, “I’ve had a habit of being true to my word”.
Speak to those in and around Port Adelaide, however, and the narrative appears to have shifted.
Where once Hinkley was a guarantee to be coaching the club in 2023, chances to categorically declare that (and there have been plenty) have been passed up in recent weeks.
Hinkley has bristled at questions surrounding his future and understandably was upset at club supporters who stuck a ‘Sack Hinkley’ sign on club property.
Regarding Hinkley’s future, the general belief is that any conversation would have to be initiated or at least welcomed by him – There is simply too much respect between Hinkley and the club for it to get ugly.
The Giants and Leon Cameron proved this year there’s merit in avoiding ‘the long goodbye’ and coming to a somewhat mutual agreement to end things before the fallout becomes too arduous.
Last year, the same situation was faced by Collingwood and Nathan Buckley, with a decades-long partnership ending as cleanly as it possibly could’ve given the length of the relationship.
Cameron’s scenario, in particular, shares echoes with Hinkley.
“The Leon Cameron example sits really heavily,” Gerard Whateley observed on AFL 360 this week.
“Leon went to a final series, won a final, he goes into the last year of a contract where they start poorly and it’s over. You do have to weigh that up.
“I hope if they’re going to do it they do it early enough because he’s a godsend for North Melbourne or the Giants. Don’t do it so late that everything else is done.”
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As things stand, it will all be done in the postscript of 2022 – any possibility of a home Showdown send-off being announced ahead of time are remote, mostly because Hinkley and the club itself seem undecided on what the best move is heading into next year.
From all reports, Hinkley still has the players, while injuries and close losses have made the ladder situation perhaps an unfair reflection on where the side is at.
Still, the reality is Port Adelaide lost its first five matches, recovered, and now has lost four of its last five games.
There have been considerable declines in several key statistics, including points for (from sixth in 2021 to 15th), points from turnovers (sixth to 13th), inside 50 differentials (fifth to 10th) and contested possession differentials (fourth to 10th).
Winnable games against Essendon and Adelaide will close out the season and all focus is on the final fortnight, but it’s hard to imagine the results won’t have at least some influence on how the club sees itself heading into next year.
Also as big a question for Port Adelaide would have to be: If Ken goes out, who comes in?
Perhaps the easy first option would be Alastair Clarkson, but the Power are a few meetings behind North Melbourne and Greater Western Sydney in that race already.
The Power could easily appeal to Clarkson’s sense of coming full circle given the four-time premiership coach spent a couple of years there as an assistant coach, including their run to the 2004 premiership under Mark Williams.
Clarkson understands what it means to represent Port Adelaide, much like Hinkley has learned in his time at the club.
Then there’s the likes of Adam Kingsley, Ashley Hansen and Adem Yze, who lead a pack of assistant coaches just waiting for their opportunity to lead an AFL side, with Craig McRae a prime example of how well such a move could work.
Speaking on Monday, club president David Koch insisted post-season deliberations will not center squarely on Hinkley, but did nothing to suggest the winds of change won’t be sweeping through the club this off-season.
“It’s not just about one individual person. It’s the whole program. Turn it around or watch out,” he told FIVEaa.
“Because every single person’s role will be assessed at the end of the year, as we do each year. But this year is more important than ever and we are not afraid to make change. We have made plenty of changes.
“We have got to win games and we know that is what we exist to do.
“We will be making those hard decisions at the end of the year across the entire program to make us better next year.”
Whatever happens next deserves to happen on Hinkley’s terms, such has been his incredible contribution to the club for such a long period of time.
And if anyone is truer to their word about their belief they’re the best person to take Port Adelaide forward or to hand over the reigns, it’s Hinkley.
“If we want to have diversity of food supplies, then I think we do have to have a capacity to produce it here,” he said.
Even the future of Australia’s mighty $49 billion agricultural sector is looking shaky. Thanks to climate change, production of major export commodities such as wheat, beef, dairy and sugar will fall as much as 19 per cent by 2050, the Climate Group’s report found.
To address food insecurity, La Trobe University and CSIRO have joined forces to propose the Australian Food Innovation Center (AFIC), which would function as a research, development and innovation lab to help industry devise improved agricultural crops that are high-yield, disease- resistant and more water-efficient.
As an example of the kind of work AFIC would do, La Trobe Institute for Agriculture and Food has worked with global beverage giant PepsiCo to create a new oat “genome blueprint” that contains 2000 newly discovered genes made free to oat breeders and biotechnologists that will assist in breeding drought- and heat-resistant oat crops to reduce supply instability.
So far, the Victorian government has committed $1.5 million to AFIC, but this is a fraction of the $300 million to $400 million Bacic says is needed from state and federal governments to set it up. He estimates the center would add $100 million a year to Australia’s food exports and create up to 30 new food manufacturing facilities in its first decade.
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“It’s such a critically important thing for Australia because without food, we’re in trouble,” Bacic said.
Bacic is the latest voice to join a growing chorus of business leaders and industry heavyweights calling for more investment in local food production. Agribusiness Elders chief Mark Allison says it could be a $300 billion opportunity.
A commitment to “make more things here in Australia” has been a key pledge in Anthony Albanese’s pitch to win government.
Manufacturing jobs in the 1960s made up 25 per cent of the workforce; now that’s about 6 per cent. A 2020 report by think tank Australia Institute pointed out that the COVID crisis made the “strategic importance” of local manufacturing “more obvious”.
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Human remains were again found in Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir that continues to shrink amid a decades-long drought, officials announced Sunday.
According to the National Park Service, someone made the discovery at the park’s Swim Beach in Lake Mead National Recreation Area, on the Nevada side, around 11:15 am Saturday. This marks the fourth time since May that human remains were found in Lake Mead, where water levels continue to recede at historic levels.
With the help of the Las Vegas Metropolitan Police Department’s dive team, park rangers responded and set up a perimeter to retrieve the remains, the NPS said.
Officials have said the reservoir’s water levels are so low they could hit “dead pool” status, which means that the water is too low to flow downstream.
The minimum water surface level needed to generate power at the Hoover Dam is 1,050 feet, according to the US Bureau of Reclamation. Anything below that is considered an “inactive pool,” and a “dead pool” exists when the water level hits 895 feet, according to the federal agency.
Satellite images released last month by NASA show side-by-side comparisons of Lake Mead, one taken on July 6, 2000, and the other more than two decades later on July 6 of this year.
Images released by NASA show the water loss at Lake Mead, Nevada as of July 3, 2022 from July 6, 2000.
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A result of the diminishing water level is that bodies and human parts have been emerging.
On May 7, human skeletal remains were found near the lake’s Callville Bay, according to the National Park Service. The discovery came a week after the decayed body of a man was found stuffed in a steel barrel near the reservoir’s Hemenway Fishing Pier, more than 20 miles from Callville Bay, according to the LVMPD.
On July 25, human remains were also found at Swim Beach.
Officials launched an investigation into the most recent discovery on Saturday, and the Clark County Medical Examiner has been contacted to determine the cause of death.
ABC News’ Julia Jacobo contributed to this report.
Elon Musk has said US politician Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez (AOC) has “great taste in lipstick” in an apparent reignition of his feud with the New York Congresswoman.
The Tesla CEO made the remark on a podcast called full-sendin which several co-hosts made comments about the 32-year-old politician’s appearance.
Two of the co-hosts called AOC “attractive,” then another said the New York Democrat was “all right,” the new york post reports.
Musk then chimed in, saying, “Yeah, great choice of lipstick I think. Great taste in lipstick, I mean, that’s my observation. That’s a genuine compliment.”
Musk then added, “Tell me I’m wrong,” before sipping an alcoholic seltzer and laughing alongside the podcast hosts.
AOC’s office did not immediately respond to a request for comment on Musk’s remarks.
The world’s richest man has a history of sparring with Ms Ocasio-Cortez.
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In April, the politician tweeted: “Tired of having to collectively stress about what explosion of hate crimes is happening bc some billionaire with an ego problem unilaterally controls a massive communication platform.”
Musk responded: “Stop hitting on me, I’m really shy.”
Ms Ocasio-Cortez then said that she’d been referring to Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg – not Musk – then deleted the tweet.
She later posted a screenshot of her back-and-forth with Musk with a shrugging emoji and the caption: “Like I said, ego problems.”
Then in May, she said she was looking to ditch her Tesla Model 3, which she bought in 2020 for commutes between her New York City district and Washington DC She said she was looking to buy a car from a company that uses union labor.
“At the time, it was the only EV [electric vehicle] that could get me from New York to Washington on like one, or one-and-a-half charges,” she said of her Tesla. “I would love to switch.”
Musk, meanwhile, posted a Twitter poll asking his followers whether they have more trust in billionaires or politicians.
His followers chose billionaires – and Musk dared Ms Ocasio-Cortez to run the same poll with her own followers.
The Tesla CEO recounted the exchange on last week’s podcast episode, saying that Ms Ocasio-Cortez “was like coming after me or some bulls**t, I don’t know”.
“She was saying billionaires are evil and you’re a billionaire therefore you’re evil,” Musk said. “And I was like, well you’re a politician.
“People in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones,” he added.
This article originally appeared in the New York Post and was reproduced with permission
We are living in a golden age of indie filmmaking where anyone, anywhere in the world can upload a short that they shot over a weekend and it can be seen by thousands, if not millions of people.
Never before has there been this level of accessibility in art—particularly in filmmaking—where venues like theaters are nearly, sadly, being rendered obsolete. It is truly a fortunate time to be a movie enthusiast or aspiring filmmaker. Once you’ve got the story, the only real questions that remain are in regards to the tools one uses to tell that story. For some, those tools are all about preference. For most, though, the tools chosen come down to money. A studio can afford to shoot Thor 8: Tho-reckoning in front of a greenscreen on a big stack of ARRI Alexas, but you and your mates probably can’t even make rent. With that in mind, here are five of the best camera and kit options around $1000 (recommended buying used where possible) for the hard-budget independent filmmaker, advised as with much difficulty, by filmmakers who were once on a hard budget.
Blackmagic Pocket 4K
The best all-around choice on this list is the Black Magic Pocket 4K. It shoots in 4K (and everyone seems to give a shit about that now for some reason), is lightweight, compact, has decent internal storage, shoots multiple formats for workflow and ease of editing/color grading, has a very simple and intuitive interface , and works great with adapter rigs which provides an enormous range of cheap lens options. I’m hard pressed to find a major fault with this camera, but using it, I did notice that its lightweight build makes it very easy to break. Especially when attached to something like a large antique zoom lens, the body is susceptible to bend and break unless supported with some sort of rod rig or the hands of a willing AC. Even that, though, is hardly a fault. I dropped it on its ass and it was fine.
Nikon D780
For a DSLR option, the Nikon D780 is getting a lot of praise lately. It is a full-frame camera, which shoots great 4K and 1080. The autofocus system is also getting a lot of attention, it being applied from one of Nikon’s mirrorless systems and allowing quicker, more accurate coverage, particularly for moving subjects. One complaint about this camera is that it has poor internal stabilization which also requires a crop. Another is that if you’re shooting in 4K, it can only shoot up to 30fps, which is great if you’re shooting a narrative feature, but maybe less great if you’re Ty Evans and are in love with smooth, drawn- out, slo-mo sequences. But then, it can shoot 1080 at up to 120 fps, and Ty was shooting slo-mo on a VX, so whatever.
Canon C300
The Canon C300 is a great choice for a semi-compact workhorse of a cinema camera with a beautiful Super 35mm Dual Gain Output and an EF lens mount, which means it can take a wide array of Canon lenses, which are very cheap and common, cutting down on your budget. That being said, Canon accessories are generally pretty cheap, so that probably won’t be much of an issue. Another worthwhile feature of this camera is the long list of workflow simplification features such as the proxy recording option, which is becoming more commonplace in prosumer cinema cameras, but where those functions have been buggy in other options, the workflow of the Canon C300 is done well. A couple of faults: they aren’t built very tough—or at least, they don’t feel very tough. One filmmaker explained that they are susceptible to even the lightest taps and impacts, which makes it a bit less trustworthy when shooting handheld or in diverse settings.
Panasonic Lumix GH5 Mirrorless
The GH5 is a great option for getting the job done cheaply, quickly, and discreetly. With the GH5, one can shoot professional-looking video in diverse workable formats without drawing attention, which is a major appeal for many documentarians, lifestyle shooters and creeps. This camera is also able to shoot 4K at a higher fps than the Nikon D780, and without cropping the image. While this camera has popular complaints about workflow issues when inputting into a viewer or editor program (as well as the battery life not being exceptionally long), when in use, those complaints are largely outweighed by the number of features and options they’ve crammed into the camera. Despite its flaws and ugliness, for the price point, it is probably the most versatile and dependable camera on this list.
Blackmagic Design Micro Cinema Camera
Currently listed brand new at under $1000, the Blackmagic Micro Cinema is a solid, if limited option. The camera has an excellent Super 16mm sensor and supports 1080 video up to 60 fps, which ain’t too bad. The cam is able to record in Cinema DNG Raw for heavy lifting in post-production, or a more compacted codec like ProRes, and is compact enough to throw on a rig for POV or car mounted shooting. Some downsides: it doesn’t shoot 4K, it doesn’t have as many features built-in as the other options on the list, and it has a reputation among our surveyed filmmakers for being a bit of a problem child in terms of factory quality control. More than one has experienced the camera breaking down, or even arriving malfunctioning, which is no fun. If you get your hands on one that actually works, it’s a good option for straightforward, no-frills, professional shooting.
Honorable Mentions
1.The iPhone 13 2.Any GoPro 3.Canon Rebel EOS SL3 4. Canon GL2 (with a fisheye) 5. Sony HVR-HD1000U
“These guys got on and they just couldn’t handle the pace after 48 hours, which to me is a bit un-Australian,” Cam said. “Have a go!”
Nine teased the controversy in promotions ahead of the season launch, no doubt fueling viewer interest.
Adding spice to the MKR recipe was a new judging line-up: Manu Feildel, who has been with the show for all 11 previous seasons, has been joined by Nigella Lawson, with former MasterChef judge Matt Preston set to join from the second round.
The new Masked Singer panel (from left): Mel B, Abbie Chatfield, Dave Hughes and Chrissie Swan.Credit:Network 10
and-while Spicks and Specks made its long-hoped-for return last year with the original line-up of Adam Hills, Alan Brough and Myf Warhurst, this is the first season to have been recorded in front of a live audience since their reunion after a 10-year absence .
There was also another first for the ABC show: it screened an ad, or at any rate a snippet of one, to showcase guest contestant David Novak of the band Polish Club singing a cheesy duet for Domino’s Pizza.
With the shows staggered across the early evening – The Block and MKR started at 7pm, The Masked Singer at 7.30 am Spicks and Specks at 7.40 – competition for viewers was fierce.
MKR grabbed 767,000 viewers nationally to finish second of the reality shows on the night, though there were a couple of caveats. The unmasking segment of The Masked Singerbroken out as a separate program in the ratings figures, beat it, with 791,000 viewers nationally.
Long-term MKR host Manu Fieldel has been joined by Nigella Lawson.Credit:Seven Network
And while the main section of The Masked Singer finished well behind MKR with 689,000 viewers, it still won in the crucial metro markets (522,000 to MKR‘s 503,000).
The Masked Singer was, however, down significantly on last year’s launch, when it opened with 642,000 viewers in the five capital cities in overnight ratings (later boosted to 709,000 after catch-up viewing).
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MKRby contrast, was up on its last season in 2020, when it pulled just 498,000 metro viewers for its launch episode.
Spicks and Specks, meanwhile, drew 672,000 viewers nationally and 449,000 meters. That was a long way down from last year’s relaunch, which was watched by 953,000 nationally and 665,000 viewers in the five mainland capital cities alone.
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One of New Zealand’s most respected scribes has called for Scott Robertson to replace Ian Foster as tensions reach breaking point across the Tasman following the All Blacks’ 26-10 defeat to the Springboks over the weekend.
“It’s time to ring Scott Robertson, tell him to be waiting with his hand-picked assistants and for him and Jason Ryan to get on with rebuilding a legacy that is in danger of being horribly tainted if there is no definitive action taken,” wrote Gregor Paul in the New Zealand Herald.
“There is nothing now that can happen to convince anyone in New Zealand – anyone who knows the game – that the All Blacks are going to miraculously improve without a total and brutal cleanout and reset.
“Confidence has been shattered, all hope lost and it would be madness for New Zealand Rugby to do anything other than get out the check book, pay off the termination fees and usher in a new era.”
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Calls for Scott Robertson to replace Ian Foster are becoming deafening after the All Blacks slumped to their third straight defeat. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
The strong column comes after the All Blacks slumped to a 24-year first, as the nation slumped to its third straight defeat after previously losing their first home series in 28 years.
The 16-point loss, which was also their fifth defeat from six Tests, will see New Zealand drop to a historic low of fifth when World Rugby updates their rankings.
But, as was pointed out, it was not just the scoreboard that revealed the grim picture, it was the nature of the All Blacks’ defeat.
Foster’s side barely fired a shot.
It took until midway through the second half to get inside the Springboks’ 22 meter line and, for much of the game, they were suffocated by a rush defense that forced errors from the usually highly skilled New Zealand backs.
Malcolm Marx was the chief disrupter for the All Blacks, as the Springboks hooker, playing his 50th Test, regularly got on the ball and turned it over.
Malcolm Marx was awarded player of the match for his stunning breakdown work against the All Blacks. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
The All Blacks only made two real chances.
The first they bombed after some Beauden Barrett brilliance from his own goal-line ended in a terrible forward pass from flanker Akira Ioane near halfway.
The second chance saw Shannon Frizell slam the ball down out wide after Caleb Clarke crashed the Springbok defence, before brilliantly being tackled from behind by a diving Damian Willemse.
“In their defining hour, their day of reckoning, the All Blacks barely fired a shot,” wrote Liam Napier for the New Zealand Herald.
“Mbombela Stadium exploded at the seams with 45,000 screaming South Africans forming a sea of green; a piercing atmosphere. The locals sure had plenty to shout about, too.
“In that white hot cauldron, among the swarming Springboks, on their first venture to South Africa in four years, the All Blacks failed to cope with the relentless aerial and physical assault on their senses.
“It wasn’t the All Blacks were intimidated. It wasn’t they were caught off guard, either. The Boks stuck to their unimaginative kick-heavy, forward-dominated blueprint and executed it to perfection. The All Blacks knew it was coming – and still had few answers.”
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The All Blacks barely fired a shot against the Springboks in their Rugby Championship opener. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
Some of the more colorful writing came from Jamie Wall.
“Here we go again. Another All Black loss in 2022, the third in four tests, another week of mounting pressure on the coaching staff and the people that put them there. The loss was another extension of the gaping wound that is the national side, now festering with pus and infection, stinking to high heaven of defeat and desperation,” Wall wrote for Radio New Zealand.
In his post-match interview, Foster described the defeat as “probably our best performance of the year”.
“We’re bitterly disappointed but I felt it was our most improved performance this year,” Foster said.
“Some of the areas we really shifted our game forward. In a game dominated by defense we defended well but our timing was out a little bit in terms of the attack so we’re going to have to go and have a look at that. There’s a few players over here for the first time feeling the pressure that comes from this type of team.
“We’re pretty excited about the next challenge of playing at Ellis Park for a trophy.”
Wall said that “seems somewhat laughable considering it was the heaviest defeat to the Springboks since 1928.
“But really, the sad truth is that he might be right.
“However, if that’s all there is to brag about, then the labeling of this test shows just how delusional this side is about the way they are playing. As if it wasn’t already, this is a serious crisis that is only going to get worse before it gets better.”
New Zealand’s coach Ian Foster looks ahead of the Rugby Championship international rugby match between South Africa and New Zealand at the Mbombela Stadium. Photo: AFPSource: AFP
Long-time rugby writer Marc Hinton quite rightly pointed out that there was nothing shocking about losing to the Springboks, but he added the heavily one-sided nature to the defeat was concerning. After all, the All Blacks did beat the Springboks 57-0 in 2017 — a match which included eight players in the 23 from the weekend’s 26-10 loss.
“This was a limited, painful and at times gormless performance from an All Blacks side that has completely lost its mojo, its confidence, its rhythm and, to be frank, its wherewithal,” wrote Hinton for stuff.
“Ian Foster’s coaching tenure now hangs by a slender thread after his All Blacks proved patently ill-equipped to handle a superb display of high-intensity rugby from the world champion Springboks.
“The South Africans started and all-but finished this Rugby Championship opener, in front of a passionate, seeing crowd of over 43,000 at Mbombela Stadium in Nelspruit, with players being driven off the field in medi-carts, but in between they applied a massive knockout blow to these reeling All Blacks with a 26-10 victory that was every bit as one-sided as it sounds.
“It is no disgrace to lose to a side of the caliber of this South African outfit. Plenty have over the years, and plenty more will too in days to come. But to go down so decisively, and largely fail to apply anything resembling sustained pressure on their opponents for so much of this one-sided contest, well, it spoke to how far this All Blacks side has plunged.”
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NZRU CEO Mark Robinson (L) has come under fire for overseeing the All Blacks’ struggles on and off the field. Photo: Getty ImagesSource: Getty Images
Meanwhile, the South African media basked in their team’s glory, but highlighted that this was the most “convincing winning margin in the professional era” over the All Blacks.
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“They may have failed to keep the All Blacks tryless in a Bok win for the first time since the Wellington success in 1998, but the 16-point buffer was by far their most convincing winning margin in the professional era,” wrote Khanyiso Tshwaku on news24.com
“It wasn’t pretty – seldom is the Bok way of rugby – and it is said that only a mother could love how they go about their business.
“However, they earned the love of not just the 42,387 who packed into the giraffe-propped nation, but the entire country. “It was aggressive. It was physical. It was faultless and flawless in every sense.”
Craig Ray, writing for DailyMaverick.co.zasaid the Boks were “dominant, emphatic, claustrophobic and clinical.
“The Springboks have seldom, if ever, dominated an All Black side so comprehensively. Despite a 26-10 final scoreline, the tourists were lucky it was not a lot worse.
“New Zealand hardly had any ball, they lost the aerial battle, they were destroyed on the ground and smothered when they did try to launch attacks.
“All Blacks coach Ian Foster’s time in charge is now surely measured in hours, not days.”
New Zealand’s fly-half Beauden Barrett (2nd R) attempts to get away from star center Lukhanyo Am (2nd L) at the Mbombela Stadium on August 6, 2022. Photo: AFPSource: AFP
Brendon Nel, writing for SuperSportinstead focused attention on the marvelous Springboks.
“You could sense it walking into the stadium. The electricity in the air. The nerves, the tension. So many of us who have arrived at these games before – in places across the world – know there simply is no thing as a bad All Black team. They may be wounded, but they are dangerous. And before the naysayers take out another knife for the now-inevitable demise of Ian Foster’s coaching stint with the All Blacks, let’s say it fairly – This was a magical Springbok performance,” Nel wrote.
He continued: “This was a night that Nelspruit had been waiting for. There weren’t just one or two heroes, but an entire team.This was a night where the ghosts of the past were laid to rest, where the passion and pride in Springbok rugby showed that while there may be those who relish writing them off across the world, those who have turned Springbok-hating into a sport, nothing can stop the heart of a Springbok.”
An Adelaide massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting two female clients indecently recorded up to 200 other women at a beachside clinic, a court has heard.
Key points:
The 35-year-old man has been charged with sexually assaulting two clients at his massage clinic
Police say they have taken statements from a further 13 women and found more than 700 images on his phone
He has been refused home detention bail
The 35-year-old man, who cannot be named for legal reasons, appeared in the Port Adelaide Magistrates Court charged with seven sexual offenses against two alleged victims at the clinic in Adelaide’s western suburbs.
He today applied for home detention bail on the grounds he was not a risk to the community and would not flee the country.
But prosecutors opposed bail, saying the “sheer number” of potential victims was substantial and police had taken statements from a further 13 women.
Magistrate Paul Foley heard that 10 of those victims had made a complaint of indecent assault and three of those would be coupled with an indecent filming charge.
The court heard there were a further three victims of indecent filming.
Prosecutors told the court police had identified 721 indecent images on the man’s phone that related to between 150 and 200 women — many of whom were face-down on the massage table in various stages of undress.
“The offending appears to be extremely widespread and obviously serious,” prosecutor Brevet Sergeant Nicholas Fatchen said.
Marie Shaw QC, appearing for the man, submitted most of the allegations against her client were for indecent filming – a charge considered a less serious criminal offence.
She said he had the presumption in favor of bail, could be tracked electronically, could work from home selling solar parts and was not a flight risk.
Home detention bail denied
“He’s a 35-year-old man with no previous convictions … he’s never been in prison before,” Ms Shaw said.
“There’s no basis to suggest he would reoffend and there’s no basis to suggest he’s a flight risk.”
Ms Shaw added it would take three years before the case could be finalized at trial.
But the prosecutor said the charges were serious, as the man faced three rape charges, which would attract a prison sentence if guilty.
He said the prosecution had a strong case against the man and feared he would flee back to his home country as he was not an Australian citizen.
“He has a very strong incentive to flee,” he submitted to the court.
He also said if the man was given a “pass out” from home detention bail, he could run into potential victims, given the sheer number of them.
“There’s a significant risk he would run into various victims. I’m not suggesting he would seek them out, but the safety and protection of the victims is paramount,” he said.
Magistrate Foley denied the man’s home detention bail, saying the charges were too serious.
The party had pushed to include a measure in their climate and health care package that passed the chamber Sunday that would place a $35 cap on insulin for those on Medicare and with private coverage.
However, the Senate parliamentarian decided that extending the cap to the private market was not compliant with the rules of the reconciliation process, which Democrats used to pass the legislation with a simple majority vote.
Democrats kept the provision in the bill anyway, but Republicans on Sunday raised a point of order that led to a vote that limited the $35 cap to Medicare beneficiaries only. The final vote was 57-43, with seven GOP senators joining all members of the Senate Democratic Caucus on the vote — but a 60-vote threshold was needed to keep the private market provision in place.
The seven GOP senators who supported the provision were Susan Collins of Maine, Josh Hawley of Missouri, Cindy Hyde-Smith of Mississippi, John Kennedy and Bill Cassidy, both of Louisiana, and Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, both of Alaska.
Long-standing mission
Democrats have long sought to reduce the price of insulin, which has skyrocketed over the years though it only costs a few dollars to make. That has forced some Americans to ration the medication, sometimes with fatal consequences.
President Joe Biden called for the $35 cap in his State of the Union address in March, and Democrats included it in their sweeping Build Back Better package, which passed the House last fall before stalling in the Senate.
This year, Democratic Sen. Raphael Warnock of Georgia pushed a bill that would limit the cost of insulin to $35, as did Collins and Democratic Sen. Jeanne Shaheen of New Hampshire in a bipartisan effort. Neither has advanced.
More than 37 million people in the US have diabetes — more than 1 in 10 Americans — though not all are aware of it, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. More than 7 million people rely on insulin.
About a fifth of those who take insulin and have health coverage through large employers pay more than $35 a month for the medication, according to an analysis from the Kaiser Family Foundation. More than a quarter of people with Affordable Care Act policies and nearly one-third of those insured through a small employer pay more than that threshold.
