GWS Giants co-captain Josh Kelly has admitted that he and his teammates are letting interim coach Mark McVeigh down in the wake of a dreadful showing against Sydney.
McVeigh unleashed on his team after the 73-point loss at the weekend, questioning whether players had “checked out” with the prospect of missing the finals for the first time since 2015 for the AFL’s youngest club.
The ex-Essendon man’s damning assessment of his players has earned a mixed reception, but reports have emerged suggesting Giants players texted their coach to apologise.
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While Kelly did not confirm or deny whether his teammates had texted apologies to McVeigh, he endorsed the job the coach has done since stepping in for Leon Cameron.
Mark McVeigh offered a scathing assessment of his team’s performance against the Swans on Saturday (Getty)
“We feel like we let Mark down on the weekend,” he told reporters on Monday.
“The specifics of it all, I’m not too sure, but we are a tight footy club and we expect more of each other.
“(McVeigh) has been outstanding. He’s come into a role halfway through the year and has implemented a few things.
“His relationship with the players is quite special and he’s got the respect of everyone.”
Like his coach did on the weekend, Kelly also offered a grim assessment of his team’s current level of play, but wasn’t prepared to say trade rumors around his teammates had caused their focus to waver.
“We’re really disappointed in our recent form and our performance in a big game,” he said.
GWS Giants veterans Callan Ward and Toby Greene watch on after another disappointing loss (Getty)
“We’re really aware of where we’re at and what’s not good enough at the moment. We’ve had some honest conversations, some tough conversations, that’s what we’ve always prided ourselves on as a footy club.
“Our effort for four quarters is not at the standard at the moment. It’s something we’ve been addressing for a few weeks now. It isn’t good enough. We check out in moments in games and we’re not playing four quarters , and that’s not acceptable.
“If we have pride in the football club and respect for our teammates we just have to be better than what we are now.
“We had some strong conversations. We looked each other in the eye… and we’ve just got to produce on the weekend.”
Kelly and the Giants will look to get out of their current rut when they face McVeigh’s former team, Essendon, this weekend at Giants Stadium.
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When Cora Whitfort needed to update her will, she turned to a trusted, century-old institution that makes them for free: Queensland’s Public Trustee.
She wanted her estate to be divided equally among her four children and, to ensure it would go smoothly, she altered her previous will to make the Public Trustee her executor.
Cora developed dementia about two years later and when she died, “dementia” was listed on her death certificate.
That meant that the Public Trustee, as the executor, had a legal obligation to make “due inquiries” about Cora’s capacity when she made her will back in 2011.
Cora Whitfort with her grandchildren.(Supplied)
None of her family could have predicted those inquiries would lead to almost two years of anguish for those left behind and cost the estate more than $20,000.
Her son Chris Whitfort cannot understand why the authority went to such lengths when no-one in the family was disputing the will.
“She had been share trading. She’d been driving a car, her doctor had not taken a license off her at that time. So, there was nothing that we saw in that period that suggested there was any cognitive degradation,” Mr Whitfort told ABC Investigations.
Estates lawyer Lucy McPherson said it should have been resolved much more quickly since the officer who prepared the will told the Public Trustee he would not have done so unless he was satisfied that she had capacity at the time.
“One would expect a little bit of common sense to prevail,” Ms McPherson said.
“To satisfy that issue of capacity on the death certificate should have taken no more than a couple of hours of additional work.”
“You’re looking at under $1,000 of additional work.”
Estates lawyer Lucy McPherson says the Public Trustee’s investigation of Cora’s capacity could constitute overservicing.(ABC News: Michael Lloyd)
Crucially, the Public Trustee had received a report early on in its investigations showing that Cora had passed a cognitive test at her doctor’s surgery just three weeks before she went to make her will.
Mental assessments and doctor’s certificates are often requested by lawyers when an elderly person is making a will to ensure they have capacity. Cora scored 27 out of 30 on her test, indicating normal mental cognition.
The Public Trustee’s current CEO, Samay Zhouand, was not in the role at the time but said its lawyers continued to investigate “because they wanted to ensure that there was no other conflicting information”.
“The individuals involved can rightly feel frustrated from some of these things. Unfortunately, as a matter of law, the Public Trustee is required to fully inform the court so … [it] is fully informed and satisfied that the person had capacity,” Mr Zhouand told 7.30 in his first TV interview.
Samay Zhouand commenced acting as CEO of Queensland’s Public Trustee in 2019.(ABC News: Christopher Gillette)
Ms McPherson said the Public Trustee office’s extensive research and fees were unnecessary, and potentially constituted overservicing.
“If all of those who are beneficially entitled to the estate are not agitating the validity of this document, why was it necessary to go to such great lengths? It wasn’t necessary at all,” she said.
The Public Trustee’s lawyers chased down medical records going as far back as 1995.
They also tracked down the clerical worker who had witnessed Cora’s signature on the will seven years earlier.
“It was just this merry-go-round looking for information, and they’d get a bit and that wouldn’t be enough, and they’d have to get some more, and we never really knew what the end goal was, Mr Whitfort said.
Mr Zhouand said the Public Trustee had to continue investigating because there was an earlier will in which Cora had promised her house to her grandchildren.
However, because that property had been sold, both wills were effectively the same with the entire estate left to her four children, a fact that the Public Trustee itself accepted in its final application to settle the estate.
The estate was finally settled in 2019, almost two years after Cora’s death. Chris Whitfort demanded the legal bill and found the estate had been charged $378 per hour for his investigation into his mother’s capacity.
“I thought it was mining the estate and doing it properly, legally within the letter of the law,” he said.
Cora’s son Chris Whitfort says his mother had been driving a car and trading shares around the time she made her will.(ABC News: Kyle Harley)
The Public Trustee of Queensland is an entirely self-funded authority, receiving nothing from the state government but relying on fees, commissions and taking part of the interest from its clients in order to operate.
Mr Zhouand said: “The fees and charges of the Official Solicitor’s office … are comparable to a mid-tier firm.”
He also apologized to the family “if the Public Trustee has not met their expectations” and encouraged them to file a complaint.
Trustee office accused of charging fees for no service
Luka was a toddler when she lost her father Clay.(Supplied)
Luka was just one and a half when her father Clay took his own life.
He did not have a will, so his estate, including $72,000 from his super fund, was handled by the Public Trustee.
Luka’s mother Helen, as a single parent with no income, needed financial assistance to care for her daughter, and over five years she was approved to use about $12,500 from the trust.
After that she said there was no contact with the Public Trustee for several years.
When she eventually reached out to the office, she discovered Luka’s fund had dropped to $46,000 back in 2013 and had remained at that amount ever since.
Luka’s mother Helen says she is disappointed with how the Public Trustee office has managed her daughter’s inheritance.(ABC News: Kyle Harley)
Mr Zhouand told the ABC he could not speak about Luka’s case because she was a minor but said “the impact of the global financial crisis, and other factors such as withdrawals for maintenance do lead to a reduction in capital”.
Financial planner Dacian Moses reviewed Luka’s files and said the Public Trustee office made the “unforgiveable” mistake of selling Luka’s shares at a loss after the global financial crisis and putting her money into a low-return cash account.
“The only time you really absolutely lock in a loss in the share market is if you sell after they fall in value,” he said.
In addition, over the past 16 years, the Public Trustee has taken more than $14,000 in fees from Luka’s account which has eaten up all the interest earned on the account.
“It would have performed a lot better if it had just been left alone in a bank account,” Helen said.
Luka was also charged a “service fee” of about $400 each year, but the ABC could find no evidence of any transactions on Luka’s behalf on her statements.
However, it also says it can charge a fee of $444 a year even if there are no transactions.
Luka will soon turn 18 and become eligible to access the inheritance from her father.(ABC News: Kyle Harley)
Luka’s statements over the past nine years show no evidence of any transactions on her behalf.
Mr Zhouand said the fees that customers pay “includes the support and servicing of them in terms of … paying maintenance and paying bills and things of that nature”.
“We didn’t receive any support or services at all. We don’t know these people,” Luka’s mother said.
“It was going to be an 18th birthday gift for her from her father and so it’s disappointing that it has played out this way.
“I certainly don’t have any trust in the Public Trustee.”
Mr Zhouand has said the Public Trustee’s fees “are on the lower end compared to some of the private trustees” and Luka could apply for a review.
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The Queensland government called two inquiries following a Four Corners investigation into its Public Trustee office.
Queensland’s Public Trustee office invested Luka’s money in its own managed funds, allowing it to earn a commission and take part of her returns.
This practice was criticized by the Office of the Public Advocate — another government body which supports people who lack mental capacity — as being in conflict with the trustee’s fiduciary duties.
“I think that there is an inherent conflict of interest in the business model with the Public Trustee in that there are the revenue-raising activities within the Public Trustee, when the Public Trustee is supposed to be serving the clients, whom they are acting for. ,” estates lawyer Lucy McPherson said.
Mr Zhouand said investing clients’ money in the Public Trustee’s investment funds and taking some of the interest had been “authorized by multiple parliaments” in order to “fund operations and services to fund support for our vulnerable customers”.
“The vast majority of the Public Trustee customers receive a quality service at an affordable price. Having said that there is always room for improvement” he said, encouraging clients who were unhappy to apply for a review.
Earlier this year, Four Corners exposed the treatment of financial administration clients under Queensland’s Public Trustee office including how it charged high fees and mismanaged their property and financial affairs.
The state government announced two inquiries following the program. Another review into its fees and charges — which was prompted by a scathing report from the Public Advocate in 2021 — will be released by the government later this year.
Additional research by William Creamer
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One of two men accused of impersonating federal law enforcement officials in a scheme that duped Secret Service agents and others pleaded guilty Monday to multiple charges in Washington, DC
Arian Taherzadeh’s plea came nearly four months after his arrest with a second man, Haider Ali, exposed allegations that they compromised Secret Service agents with access to the White House — including at least one assigned to protect first lady Jill Biden.
It also revealed a cache of weapons and police equipment at apartments the two Washington men maintained.
In addition to federal conspiracy, Taherzadeh, 40, as part of his plea, also admitted guilt to two District of Columbia offenses: unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device and voyeurism.
The latter charge relates to his unauthorized videotaping of women having sex in apartments he leased and rigged with surveillance cameras.
Taherzadeh’s sentencing date has not been scheduled. He faces a maximum sentence of five years in prison, but federal sentencing guidelines stipulated in his plea agreement suggest he receive a prison term of between 37 months and 46 months.
As part of his plea agreement, Taherzadeh agreed to cooperate with federal authorities in their ongoing investigation. He remains free, but cannot leave his home, with few exceptions, as a condition of his court-ordered release of him after his arrest of him.
Prosecutors said he concocted his elaborate series of fake claims of being a federal agent to obtain multiple apartments for which he failed to pay rent, to promote his own security company and to ingratiate himself with current federal officers.
Ali, 36, has pleaded not guilty to charges of false impersonation of a federal officer, and to unlawful possession of a large-capacity ammunition-feeding device in the case, which is pending in US District Court in Washington. Ali is also under effective house arrest.
Prosecutors said that a third person, who was not identified in court filings, participated in the scheme.
Taherzadeh in 2018 created a purported private investigative agency called the United States Special Police, which despite its name was not associated in any way with the US government, prosecutors said.
From late 2018 through April, Taherzadeh falsely claimed to be a special agent with the Homeland Security Department, a member of a federal task force, a former US Air Marshal, and an ex-Army Ranger, according to court filings.
He used those claims to cozy up to Secret Service agents, some of whom he gave gifts, which included a generator and a “doomsday” backpack to one agent, and the use of two rent-free apartments for about a year to two other agents , prosecutors said.
In all, the gifts to members of the Secret Service were worth more than $90,000, prosecutors said.
Taherzadeh’s company obtained leases for multiple apartments in three residential complexes in Washington, but did not pay rent, parking fees and other costs, leading to more than $800,000 in losses to the complexes’ owners, filings say.
And “Taherzadeh installed surveillance cameras outside and inside his apartment in one of the complexes,” the US Justice Department said in a press release.
“Among other places, he installed, maintained, and utilized cameras in his bedroom. He used these cameras to record women engaged in sexual activity. Taherzadeh then showed these explicit videos to third parties,” according to the release.
Four members of the Secret Service were placed on administrative leave pending further investigation after the arrest of Taherzadeh and Ali.
Devil Immortal‘s pay-to-win mechanics have been controversial since the game launched back in June. Now they’ve also apparently broken the game for at least one YouTuber who reportedly spent over $US100,000 ($138,820) on beefing up his Barbarian character. The player’s win rate is seemingly so good the game won’t even match him against other players, torpedoing his prospects of competing in the latest Rite of Exile end game event.
over the weekend, Devil Immortal YouTuber jtisallbusiness asked viewers if he should try to refund his $US100,000 ($138,820) account as a result of the issue. He claimed that he spent so much money immediately following the game’s release that he was able to easily overpower almost every opponent in the game’s PVP Battlegrounds mode. As a result, he had hundreds of wins and only a few losses, pumping up his MMR (match-making rank) so high it became impossible to queue with anyone else.
“I would say it’s probably around, somewhere around 48 to 72 hours somewhere in between that of only trying to queue for a Battleground and never being able to get one,” he said.
Jtisallbusiness contacted Blizzard about the issue almost a month ago, and said he was eventually told the problem would be addressed in a couple weeks. Now, however, his clan of him OneTimes is competing in the Rite of Exile to defend its Immortals title against other players as part of Devil Immortals elaborate endgame. The only problem is Jtisallbusiness can’t join them. Part of the questline requires participating in a standard Battlegrounds PVP match, but because of his matchmaking limbo he was unable to qualify.
“So basically I’m stuck as the clan leader in the Immortals clan not being able to queue us up for Rite of Exile at all,” he said. “I can’t do anything about it.” Adding to his frustration from him is the fact that he’s trying to make money off Devil Immortal as a streamer and content maker, an effort now seemingly stymied by his early spending spree (other videos are devoted to showing off his collection).
For many other players in the community, however, it’s a chef’s kiss moment for everything they hate about the game’s monetization. “Congratulations, you just ‘won’ in a p2w game,” reads one of the top comments on his YouTube video discussing the issue. “Can’t complain about that, you got what you paid for.” Others shared similar sentiments, and the video itself was downvoted thousands of times.
Players on Reddit, where links to it were being passed around, were equally unmoved. “I know it’s his money from him and people can do whatever they want with theirs but come the fuck on man. 100k?! On Devil Immortal?!” wrote one person. “When someone’s Devil character is worth close to my entire mortgage,” wrote another.
Blizzard and jtisallbusiness didn’t immediately respond to a request for comment. It’s also not yet clear how the situation will affect the rest of his clan, which includes players he said have each poured thousands of dollars of their own into the game. Once the Rite of Exile is completed, the top 30 challengers are pitted against a single Immortal who is transformed into a raid boss. One thing seems certain: It will not be Jtisallbusiness.
American film director Kevin Smith has shared a sweet story about how his daughter Harley Quinn met her idol, margot robbie.
In an interview for The Ankler Hot Seat podcast, Smith raved about the Aussie actress’ “class act” when meeting his daughter, who is named after suicide squad character Harley Quinn, who Robbie portrays in the film.
“Margot Robbie was so nice,” he recalls. “My kid was young when suicide squad came out and we went to the premiere, and [she] was all about Margot Robbie.
“I was like, ‘Well, you know, if we see her at the premiere, you could say hi,’ and she’s like, ‘You have to introduce me.’
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Kevin Smith (right) said his daughter Harley Quinn (middle) was stunned when she met Margot Robbie on the red carpet. (Getty)
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Smith, who is best known for his films clerks and Mallratssays he ended up reaching out to one of the publicists on the red carpet for his shy daughter to ask if they could have a quick chat to Robbie when she arrived.
“So she showed up, and eventually that person…beelined over to me — and said, ‘Come on, bring Harley,’ and we went over,” he recalls.
“Margot met Harley and was like, ‘Oh my God, they tell me you’re Harley Quinn, I’m Harley Quinn too!’…and [they] had this cute conversation.”
Margot Robbie as Harley Quinn in Suicide Squad. (Warner Bros Pictures)
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But that wasn’t even the best part, because just a few years later, Harley Quinn Smith got into acting herself, and eventually even ended up on the same film set as Robbie.
While filming on Quentin Tarantino’s movie Once Upon a Time in HollywoodSmith said his daughter bumped into Robbie once again, and proved she’s just as genuine as she seems.
“Harley Quinn’s in the makeup trailer, and she crosses over with Margot, who of course is…the star of that…movie. Margot says, without missing a beat, ‘Oh, the real Harley Quinn!'” said.
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“My kid could not f—ing believe that she remembered. [Margot] was like, ‘We met at the premiere!’ – really, that’s class act right there.”
Harley Quinn is now 23, and has starred in a number of films – including a few directed by her father.
Her latest work was in the TV series Cruel Summerand she is soon set to work in her dad’s next film Moon Jawswhich will star Lily-Rose Depp.
Incredible Hollywood pedigree of Princess Diaries star
Emma McKeon joins Kyle Chalmers, Kaylee McKeown, Matt Levy and the men’s 4x200m relay team as gold medalist on day four of the Commonwealth Games.
She led an Australian 1-2 in the 50m butterfly with Holly Barratt, and qualified fastest for the 100m freestyle final, alongside Shayna Jack and Mollie O’Callaghan.
Earlier, Kyle Chalmers won gold in the men’s 100m freestyle, saying all the outside noise made it “hard to enjoy the moment”.
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3×3 basketball: Aussies to play for bronze
A little earlier, Australia’s women’s 3×3 basketball team lost their semi-final against England 21-15.
That means Australia will face off against New Zealand, who lost to Canada in their semi, for the bronze.
That game is at 1.30am AEST tomorrow.
By Kelsie Iorio
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That wraps up the swimming program for this morning
(AP)
To recap, five gold and two silver medals
Kaylee McKeown picked up one of each, with gold in the 200m backstroke and silver in the 200m individual medley less than an hour later.
Kyle Chalmer started the morning with gold in the 100m freestyle, while Emma McKeon continued her golden Games by winning the 50m butterfly final just ahead of teammate Holly Barratt.
We also saw Matt Levy win gold in the 50m freestyle S7 to cap off his remarkable career, and then the men’s 4x200m freestyle team brought it home in a romp.
By Kelsie Iorio
Hockey: Australia up 4-1 over New Zealand just before half-time
It’s still only the second quarter but Australia’s dominant performance is continuing in this pool match against the Kiwis.
Jake Whitton,Jacob Anderson and Blake Govers have put points on the board so far. We’ll keep you updated.
By Kelsie Iorio
Boxing: Billy McAllister out after fight called early
This is… quite gross.
Billy McAllister was progressing well in his match against Jerone Ennis but a nasty hit has opened up basically his entire eyebrow and ended the fight early.
It means the Jamaican takes the win.
They keep showing close-ups of it. I feel ill now.
There’s a photo of it coming up.
Fair warning.
If you keep scrolling…
…you’re gonna see it.
OKAY?
OKAY.
Yucky.(Getty)
By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥇 Swimming: Australia wins the men’s 4x200m freestyle relay final with a Games record
Elijah Winnington, Flynn Southam, Zac Incerti and Mack Horton hit the water for the Aussie team.
The second leg from 17-year-old Southam was particularly impressive, seeing off a big challenge from South African great Chad le Clos and giving Incerti a body-length lead over Wales as he started the penultimate leg.
He turned that into an almost four-second lead over England by the time he handed over to Horton for the anchor and he powered home in a Commonwealth Games record time of 7:04.96.
English anchor swimmer Tom Dean got out of the pool before the final swimmer from Gibraltar had finished, but the English will keep their silver medal. Wales got bronze.
By Jon Healey
Swimming: Three Australians reach women’s 100m breaststroke final
Chelsea Hodges, Jenna Strauch and Abbey Harkin will all swim in the final tomorrow, but they’ll have a massive job to track down South African duo Lara van Niekerk and Tatjana Schoenmaker, who qualified fastest.
By Kelsie Iorio
Key Event
🥉 Judo: Bronze for both Katz brothers
Joshua and Nathan Katz have both won bronze in the 60kg and 66kg judo divisions respectively.
Josh defeated Simon Zulu of Zambia and Nathan got the win over India’s Jasleen Singh Saini in their bronze medal matches to lock in a podium finish for all three of our judo athletes today.
Fun fact: Team Australia has three lots of siblings on the team this Commonwealth Games! The Katz brothers, Madison and Teagan Levi in the rugby sevens and badminton players Angela and Jack Yu.
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By Kelsie Iorio
Weightlifting: Kiana Rose Elliott just misses out on medal
Kiana Rose Elliott has finished fourth in the women’s 71kg weightlifting final, falling short of a medal by just eight kilos.
England’s Sarah Davis has won gold with a total of 229kg, alexis ashworth of Canada got silver with 214kg and Indian Harkinder Kaur‘s 212kg secured her the bronze.
Kiana Rose finished with a total of 204kg — a 94kg snatch and 110kg clean and herk.
By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥇 Swimming: Emma McKeon wins another gold, Holly Barratt ties for silver in 50m butterfly
Emma McKeon wins her fourth gold medal of these Games, touching the wall in 25.90, which was 0.15 of a second ahead of compatriot Holly Barrattwho will share the silver medal podium with South Africa’s Erin Gallagher.
Hopefully they have two medals and don’t have to share that too, like some sort of Sisterhood of the Traveling P(end)ants.
Alex Perkins was fifth.
By Jon Healey
Swimming: No medals for Australia in the men’s 50m backstroke
Ben Armbruster and Bradley Woodward pushed all the way, but couldn’t rein in the top three, with Andrew Jeffcoat winning for New Zealand, with South Africa’s Pieter Coetze winning silver and Javier Acevedo of Canada touching 0.11 of a second ahead of Woodward for bronze.
By Kelsie Iorio
Beach volleyball: Another win on the board for Australia
Getty: Eddie Keogh
Chris McHugh and Paul Burnett‘s winning streak continues in the beach volleyball pool match stage with another straight-sets victory, this time over South Africa.
Fellow Aussies Taliqua Clancy and Mariafe Artacho del Solar will also be looking to make it two from two in their second match — they face Trinidad and Tobago next.
You can catch that match from 11:30pm AEST tonight.
By Kelsie Iorio
Boxing: Charlie Senior loses on decision
Getty: Robert Cianflone
charlie senior‘s Birmingham journey has come to an end after losing on points to Canada’s Keoma-Ali Al-Ahmadieh in the featherweight division.
The scorecard is so close but it just didn’t fall the way of the Aussie today.
We’ve got another Australian up in the ring in the next half an hour or so — Billy McAllister in the light heavyweight division, up against Jamaica’s Jerone Ennis.
By Jon Healey
Swimming: Izzy Vincent and Ella Jones in the women’s 100m breaststroke SB6 final
Maisie Summers-Newton of England bossed the field in that one, winning gold by 10.57 seconds.
Izzy Vincent and Ella Jones were fifth and sixth.
By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥇 Swimming: Matt Levy successfully defends his 50m freestyle S7 title
Matt Levy had a slow start as he often does, but reeled in Christian Sadie of South Africa, and ends his glittering career in style.
So that’s nine gold medals at Paralympics, world championships and Commonwealth Games for this legend of the sport.
Seventeen-year-old Joel Mundie was sixth.
By Kelsie Iorio
Key Event
🥇 Gymnastics: Another gold and a silver for Georgia Godwin
What a Games Georgia’s having!!
After snagging gold in the individual all-around final and silver in the team final, she’s added another gold on vault and to silver on uneven bars to her haul.
Getty: Elsa
Teammates Emily Whitehead and kate mcdonald finished eighth and seventh on vault and one bars respectively.
In the men’s apparatus finals, Clay Mason Stephens you have finished seventh on floor and Jesse Moore came sixth on pommel.
The artistic gymnastics isn’t quite done yet. We still have James Bacuetti in the final vault, Tyson Bull and Mitchell Morgan on parallel bars, Godwin and McDonald on beam, Moore and Morgans on horizontal bar and Whitehead and Romi Brown on floor. Tune in tonight!
By Jon Healey
Key Event
🥈 Swimming: Kaylee McKeown wins silver in 200m individual medley final
Kaylee McKeown had to rush away after picking up her 200m backstroke gold to prepare for this one.
Canadian 15-year-old Summer McIntosh wins the gold, adding to her 400m IM title.
was trailing after the butterfly and backstroke legs, but actually made up ground in the breaststroke to lead heading into the final 50 meters.
But then the freestyle pedigree of McIntosh came to the fore and she overran the Aussie to come home first in 2:08.70, not quite a second ahead of McKeown.
England’s Abbie Wood was third, with Aussies Abbey Harkin and Ella Ramsay fifth and eighth respectively.
By Kelsie Iorio
Key Event
🥈 Weightlifting: Silver for Sarah Maureen Cochrane in women’s 64kg final
Getty: Al Bello
Huge result for Sarah Maureen Cochrane.
The 32-year-old finished with a total of 216kg — a couple of kilos off her total PB but enough to claim the silver.
She ended on a 100kg snatch and 116kg clean and jerk.
canada’s Maude Charron won gold with a staggering 231 total — 101kg snatch and 130kg clean and jerk. Islamiyat Adebukola Yusuf of Nigeria took the bronze.
Fun fact: Sarah is a certified practicing speech pathologist. What a legend.
By Jon Healey
Swimming: Cody Simpson, Matt Temple reach 100m butterfly final
This is the event Kyle Chalmers pulled out of so he could focus on the 100m freestyle final.
Temple stormed home in his semi in 51.52 and goes into the final as the fastest qualifier.
Cody Simpson finished third in the second semi (fifth fastest qualifier) so they’ll both be in the final.
Seven-time Comm Games gold medalist Chad le Clos looks the man to beat, although Temple qualified slightly faster.
By Kelsie Iorio
Key Event
🥇 Lawn bowls: Gold for Ellen Ryan in the women’s singles!
(AP)
A fantastic result for the 25-year-old!
She’s defeated Guernsey’s Lucy Beere 17 – 21 at Victoria Park to add another gold to Australia’s tally.
As the youngest member of the lawn bowls team, this is Ellen’s first Commonwealth Games — and what a way to debut.
We’ll see her again in the women’s pairs competition, which kicks off this afternoon (our time).
A breakthrough in one of Australia’s most enduring mysteries — the case of the Somerton Man — last week saw the previously unidentified man named as Melbourne electrical engineer Carl “Charles” Webb.
The case had baffled detectives and amateur sleuths since the 43-year-old’s body was found slumped on Adelaide’s Somerton Beach in 1948.
University of Adelaide professor Derek Abbott made the breakthrough while working in conjunction with US investigator Colleen Fitzpatrick, after decades of independently researching the case.
This week is your chance to ask the experts how they cracked the Somerton Man case — and why it has attracted so much attention. Join our live Q&A blog from 12pm AEST on Thursday.
What do we know about Carl “Charles” Webb so far?
November 1905
Carl Webb is born on November 16, 1905, in Footscray to Richard August Webb (1866-1939) and Eliza Amelia Morris Grace (1871-1946).
Documents show his father was born in Hamburg, Germany, to Johannes Fredk Webb and Eliz Buck and his profession was a baker.
According to his birth certificate, his mother was born in Percydale, Victoria, and Carl was the couple’s sixth child.
His siblings are listed as Russell, 12, Freda, nine, Gladys, eight, Doris, four, and Roy, one.
October 1941
Carl Webb marries Dorothy Jean Robertson on October 4, 1941, at St Matthews church in Prahran, Victoria.
Their marriage certificate lists Carl Webb as a 35-year-old instrument maker and Dorothy Robertson as a 21-year-old foot specialist.
The couple live on Domain Road in South Yarra.
A suitcase with this luggage tag was left at Adelaide Station in 1948 and was connected to the Somerton Man mystery.(Supplied: Caroline Billsborrow)
November 1948
On November 30, 1948 — the day before his body was found — the Somerton Man bought a bus ticket and caught a bus from the railway station to Somerton Beach.
According to the coronial inquiry, a number of people saw him on the beach that day.
December 1948
On December 1, 1948, a man’s body is found slumped against a wall under the esplanade at Somerton Beach.
He was wearing a brown suit, had a clean-shaven face and appeared to be about 40 years old.
He had a half-smoked cigarette on his lapel and, according to a newspaper report, his legs were crossed.
He is found with a few personal items including two combs, a box of matches, a used bus ticket to the area, an unused second-class train ticket, a packet of chewing gum and cigarettes.
A post-mortem finds the man had a “stinkingly” enlarged spleen and internal bleeding in the stomach and liver.
The coroner concludes the death resulted from poison.
The personal items found inside a suitcase believed to belong to the mysterious Somerton Man. (Supplied)
January 1949
A suitcase believed to belong to the mystery man is found at Adelaide Railway Station.
It contains an assortment of his belongings including a shaving brush, a knife in a sheath and boot polish.
Some of his clothes have the tags removed and others, including his tie, had T Keane printed on them.
The scrap of paper found in the Somerton Man’s fob pocket with the Persian words “Tamam Shud”.(Supplied: Professor Derek Abbott)
May 1949
A tiny rolled-up piece of paper inscribed with the words “Tamam Shud” is found hidden deep in the fob pocket of the man’s trousers.
The torn paper is later traced back to a book of ancient Persian poetry, the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam, which had been left in the back seat of a car near where the body was found.
The words roughly translate to “the end” or “the finish”, and the poems touch on themes including the need to live life to the fullest and having no regrets when it ends.
June 1949
Coroner Thomas Erskine Cleland begins the inquest into the Somerton Man’s death on June 17, 1949.
The inquest is added four days later with no answers to who the mystery man is or what caused his death.
The torn final page of a copy of Rubaiyat by Omar Khayyám, a 12th-century poet. (Supplied: Carolyn Billsborrow )
July 1949
A copy of The Rubaiyat with the page containing “Tamam Shud” torn out is handed in to the police on July 22, 1949, by a man who says he found it in the back of his car in November 1948.
The book contains a sequence of letters and a couple of telephone numbers.
Jessie ‘Jo’ Thomson was interviewed by police in July 1949.(Supplied: Professor Derek Abbott)
One of the telephone numbers belongs to a nurse called Jessie Thomson, who lives just hundreds of meters from where the body was found.
In July 1949, police interview Jessie Thomson but she denies knowing the Somerton Man.
October 1951
On October 5, 1951, Dorothy Webb puts a public notice in The Age newspaper in Melbourne, publicizing that she had started divorce proceedings against her husband on the ground of “desertion”.
“Unless you enter an appearance in the Prothonotary’s Office of the Supreme Court of Melbourne on or before the 29th day of October, 1951 the case may proceed in your absence and you may be ordered to pay costs,” the ad states.
The public notice published in The Age newspaper on October 5, 1951.(Source: Trove)
During this time, Dorothy Webb relocated to Bute on South Australia’s Yorke Peninsula.
It is not clear what led her to the country town or how long she lived there.
Descendants of her sister have told Professor Abbott she remarried and died in the late 1990s in New South Wales.
November 2013
Jessie Thomson’s daughter, Kate Thomson, reveals her mother told her she knew the identity of the Somerton Man.
“She said to me she knew who he was, but she wasn’t going to let that out of the bag,” Kate Thomson tells current affairs program 60 Minutes.
The Somerton Man was buried in Adelaide’s West Terrace cemetery. (Australian Story: Ben Cheshire)
November 2020
An artist’s impression of what the Somerton Man would have looked like is released by Canadian cinematographer Daniel Voshart.
The only images previously available were unflattering black-and-white post-mortem photographs and a death mask of his face and upper torso.
The virtual-reality specialist worked with researcher Derek Abbott and genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick to create the impression.
Canadian special effects artist Daniel Voshart recreates the Somerton Man’s face. (Image: Daniel Voshart)
May 2021
South Australian police exhume the Somerton Man’s remains from Adelaide’s West Terrace Cemetery in the hope that DNA samples will solve the case.
Previous police investigations and a coronial inquest left the matter unresolved, with hundreds of candidates being identified and then ruled out over the years.
May 2022
University of Adelaide researcher Derek Abbott and American genealogist Colleen Fitzpatrick announce that they believe the Somerton Man’s name is Carl “Charles” Webb.
They arrived at the result by comparing DNA from hair stuck in a plaster bust of the man’s head with samples uploaded by millions of people around the world in online databases used to create family trees.
The match is yet to be formally confirmed by South Australia’s coroner, but Professor Abbott says he is 99.9 per cent confident they have correctly identified the Somerton Man.
The American River just outside of Sacramento, Calif.
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A Sacramento man who attempted to save two rafters was found dead along the American River, the Sacramento Bee reported.
The outlet says that 30-year-old Joshua Brandon Crane went missing Friday, July 26 after jumping into the American River to save two struggling rafters. Though the two of them eventually made it to safety, it wasn’t until Saturday that Crane’s body was recovered downstream from the San Juan rapids – a popular recreational area in Fair Oaks, California. The Bee says that Crane wasn’t wearing a life jacket at the time of the incident.
It’s unknown whether the two rafters were wearing a life jacket. Crane’s official cause of death is still being determined.
Sacramento County’s Regional Parks website says that even strong, skilled swimmers should put on life jackets while visiting local rivers, lakes and waterways. People are advised to wear them while boating, swimming, or even just wading. If someone is in distress, they’re advised to yell for help while another person reaches toward them with a tree branch, boat paddle or pole. Bystanders can also toss a life jacket or ice chest to the distressed person to help keep them afloat while help arrives. Currently, there are eight life vest stations along the American River Parkway that loan vests to both children and adults.
The Sacramento Police Department did not respond to SFGATE’s request for comment at the time this article was written.
Riot Games has confirmed today that its upcoming 2D fighting game, currently codenamed Project L, will be free to play.
This announcement was made in a video by executive producer Tom Cannon in a video posted to Twitter, where he also promised that whatever monetization the team ultimately implemented would be “respectful of both your time and your wallet.”
In the same video, Cannon confirmed that the team is currently finishing work on the game’s core mechanics, and much of the team has already moved onto features like competitive play and social systems, or designing champions.
One such champion was shown off briefly during the video, as well as in more detail in a subsequent blog post from associate game director Shaun Rivera. We got a closer look at concept art for Illaoi – a prophet of the Great Kraken – in Project L.
Illaoi was released in League of Legends nearly seven years ago, where she uses an artifact called the Eye of God to tear souls from the bodies of her opponents and judge their worthiness. Illaoi in Project L is a “powerful and charimatic spiritual leader” with a dominating physical presence that gives her a large hitbox, big and powerful attacks, and slower movement. She fights with her giant totem, but also is assisted by her tentacled god, Nagakabouros. There are lots of detailed tidbits about her design and gameplay from her in the blog.
Project L – Illaoi Champion Concept Art
Project L is an upcoming 2D assist-based fighter where each team has two champions. It was first announced back in 2019, and has reemerged more frequently in the last year with gameplay updates, including one more update promised later this year by Cannon.
Project L isn’t expected to release this year, but perhaps we’ll see it in 2023.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her de ella on Twitter @duckvalentine.
Snezana Wood shares rarely seen photos of newborn daughter Harper during home photoshoot
By Caleb Taylor For Daily Mail Australia
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Snezana Wood has shared adorable photos of her youngest daughter, Harper.
The former Bachelor winner, 41, shared a two photos of the adorable baby in a rocker as the pair bonded at their Melbourne home on Sunday.
Two-month-old Harper looked adorable in her white jumpsuit as she lay with mother Snezana keeping a watchful eye over her.
Snezana Wood (pictured) shared rarely seen photos of newborn daughter Harper during a home photoshoot on Sunday
Snezana kept it glamorous in a partially unbuttoned white shirt and black pants with her raven tresses in a high ponytail.
‘Poor Harper just wants to chill, relax in her rocker, just look around AND then there’s my big Wog head getting in her face!’ Snezana wrote, playfully.
‘[Second] pic Harper’s face: someone make her give me some space!!’
The adorable photoshoot is a welcome change of pace for Snezana and husband Sam Wood, who welcomed Harper back in May.
Harper looked adorable in her jumpsuit as she lay with mother Snezana keeping a watchful eye over her. She made fun of herself invading the infant’s personal space
Little Harper has been in and out of hospital since birth.
The Woods faced heartbreak when their newborn was taken to the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and Snezana was also hospitalized with sepsis shortly after the delivery.
‘Of course in true Snez fashion her only thoughts were for her little baby and it was breaking her heart that she couldn’t hold her,’ Sam said on Instagram last month.
‘Of course in true Snez fashion her only thoughts were for her little baby and it was breaking her heart that she couldn’t hold her,’ Sam said on Instagram last month
‘Snezana Wood, you really are the strongest and most beautiful person I know and like you, thank god the force is strong in little Harper.’
After 24 days in the hospital, Harper was able to go home.
Sam and Snezana met on season three of The Bachelor in 2015 and got engaged later that year. They married in late 2018.
They are parents to daughters Willow, Charlie and Harper. Evie is Snezana’s daughter from her first marriage.
Sam and Snezana met on season three of The Bachelor in 2015 and got engaged later that year. They married in late 2018. Here with Harper
