18 Burst results for "TFA"
Monocle 24: The Briefing
"tfa" Discussed on Monocle 24: The Briefing
"Over 200 political prisoners and Nicaragua have been freed and deported to the United States. They were critics of president Daniel Ortega and among those freed are the opposition politicians who had planned to run against him in the 2021 election, but who were jailed in its run up. The United States hailed a move as a constructive step towards improving human rights. And South Korea plans to resume issuing short term visas for travelers from China after Beijing improved its COVID-19 situation. The Chinese foreign ministry said the lifting of Visa restrictions was a step in the right direction. Those are the days headlines back to you, Tom. Thank you very much indeed color. Well, we're going to stay in the S now, Brazil's leader. Lula da Silva is set to meet president Joe Biden's afternoon in Washington D.C. to discuss relations between the two countries. It's a great opportunity for the two largest economies of the Americas to rekindle some lost spark after the turbulent years under former president jair Bolsonaro. Welcome to tell us what could be on the agenda. Here is Monica 24 senior correspondent. Good afternoon TFA. Good afternoon. Now look, since the inauguration, Brazil, it's been stepping up its efforts to sort of re-engage diplomatically with the rest of the world. You and I have spoken about that on this very program indeed. We've seen a number of foreign dignitaries visiting Brazil. How important against that backdrop is this trip to the U.S. capitol? I mean, this visit is very important to Brazil and to the U.S., let's not forget the U.S. is the largest foreign investor in Brazil. I mean, both countries, they have very close economic relationship. And as I said, Tom during both sonata or the relationship between both countries was very strained. Of course, Bolsonaro was a big fan of Donald Trump, and he's indeed, I believe he was the last leader to congratulate Joe Biden on his victory. So of course it was a very difficult time for both countries and Lula is a smart guy and when he was a president, he had great relationships with George W. Bush and Barack Obama. So, you know, from the Republicans to the Democrats. So I think he wants to continue that in a way as well. But it would be interesting to see as well because he also needs to be friends with China so lule is going indeed to China march. But all the Pulitzer analysts are saying it's going to be a bit harder for Lula to maintain this kind of good relationship with the whole world, which is basically that's what Brazil used to do. Brazil likes to be the interim intermediary between countries. I wonder if it's going to be successful with that. A more delicate balancing at this time. And of course, the economic backdrop this time around for Lula, very, very different, which we've talked about before. Just in terms of these U.S. talks specifically, what will they be discussing specifically? Do we know what's on the agenda? There are two things that I find very interesting. Of course, we don't know for sure, but maybe by the end of day we know that the U.S. might join the Amazon fund, which is kind of a multi country kind of fund aimed at fighting the forestation in the Amazon. So if the U.S. agrees to that, there will be huge news as well. I believe Norway and Germany, they used to send money actually to Brazil, because during Bolsonaro, this was kind of canceled. But this return. So I think the environmental talks will be very important. Marina Silva are environment minister, she did she is in Washington, the city should probably meet John Kerry as well. So, you know, be quite this would be very big on the schedule and also tone to talk about strengthening of democracy. Of course, both countries, the U.S. with the capital attacks in Brazil with invasion of Congress. I mean, it's really hard difficult moments for the democracy both those countries. So they will discuss a little bit of that. How do you combat extremism? And of course, the economic relation between both countries as well. Well, just to your point that you made previously about China, do you think that the U.S. could see this Amazon fund issue as a way to maybe get a bit of leverage with Brazil away from China? Because we understand obviously that Beijing's attitude towards those sorts of programs very, very different, very different. And that's why I think Lula might have some, I don't know, some problems when he goes to China next month as well, because the discourse in Brazil changed. I mean, people are very environmentally aware now, especially in contrast to Bolsonaro. So I wonder if he will discuss that in China as well or if he's just going to be about business, but he might have to take some positions because another Tony topic I didn't mention here is Ukraine. Tom because Brazil Brazil's position on the Ukraine war, it's very muddled. I mean, he did say when olive shows was visiting Brazil, Lula said that putting his invasion was a mistake. But hardly strong enough language. And in fact, his position is very similar to Bolsonaro. To not really have a very strong position about the war, but I wonder if Biden will try to enforce that with Lula as well. Interesting. I did want to ask you on a side.
Gun Talk
"tfa" Discussed on Gun Talk
"Nobody responded. So I thought, well, I'm going to try again. I'll try it again, no response. Well, then I thought, well, I'm going to go call somebody. Well, they had gotten the email because apparently they passed it around. But the lady said that, well, we were just talking about carry ons. So we're not going to change anything to tell you how you can legally carry and fly. So you're talking about being able to go in and check your gun is checked baggage, right? Right. Right. Which is perfectly legal. Yeah, right. And so I was almost going to give up on it and I thought, I don't like losing on that. So the next day, wbc down in Burma. Now, I'll take that back. I found the article the next day, but how about C ran an article on the same day about TSA intercept and guns at the checkpoint? Well, it was a well done article. And it wasn't jaded basically by just said they see so many guns to checkpoint. People try and bring them in and carry on baggage. Then I give a little list of how you carry on applying the how you can check back. Bus make sure we're very clear. You're not carrying a gun on a plane. You are checking a gun in baggage. So just making sure we understand there. So what was the aftermath of this? How did all go? This you may see article is actually the way that I got that chante. To put the editors load in to reflect the way you can legally carry the firearm on the plane. And so I pulled the article up the next day, I sent a request correction and I asked them to do it again. And I said, coincidentally, wbi RC down in Birmingham on the same day did an article about TFA intercept and guns that if Birmingham airport and I said, so you guys might want to rate that and maybe learn how to report them. Well, I'm almost out of time. So what was the upshot? What happened on it? Well, but then about an hour I got an email back and I said, I was going to put an editor snow down to reflect that. Well, that's excellent. Good for you for not giving up and not doing just a shrug deal. You're part of the gun talk true squad. We never give up. We never shrug, and we just keep pushing. Thank you, sir. And I appreciate what you did. I appreciate the call. That is fabulous. 8 6 6 talk gun will get you in here. I'm Tom Gresham. We'll be right back. Celebrating 75
Bloomberg Radio New York
"tfa" Discussed on Bloomberg Radio New York
"Bloomberg's European headquarters here in London, I'm Caroline Hepburn with this Bloomberg radio business splash, so European stocks are looking lower at the open. You're so 50 futures are down by 1% S&P 500 evening features down three tenths of 1%. This is Asian stocks are follow at the U.S. equities lower MSCI Asia Pacific index down 8 tenths of 1%. Yesterday, the S&P was swinging between quite a big gain of equities lower MSCI Asia Pacific index down 8 tenths of 1%. Yesterday, the S&P was swinging between quite a big gain of 1% and then a loss of just about the same size. Yesterday, this as Bond years, of course, continued to rise in particular that ten year yield for treasury yields is now at the highest level that we've seen since the global financial crisis in O 8, so you have that topic for 25 and that's where it remains this morning 4.25 5s are by two two and a half basis points this morning. Also in terms of what we think about the fed rate trajectory swap surprising in a 5% peak now for the key fed funds rate in the first half of next year, as for the FX markets, plug dollar spot indexes bid, it's up two tenths of 1%. The pound slides four tenths now trading below one 12 one 1187 exactly and despite all the warnings around intervention into the yen and market onto the FX markets the Japanese yen is weakened and this morning stands at one 50 40. This also, as you've seen Japanese inflation hit an 8 year high, that's a real challenge to the BOJ in terms of its easy fiscal stance. Just lastly, a final thought around Europe, the ECB and the polling the most recent part of economists on where the ECB goes so 2.5% by next march. So quite a lot higher than the one and a half percent that we had seen only a few months ago in the last poll. That is a pretty big radio business slash, I hear suddenly I guarante back with our top stories highly end. Yes and starting with the UK high Caroline, Liz truss has announced her resignation as prime minister after a brief and chaotic tenure that ended after just 44 days, trusses premiership was undone to a market's rejected her package of unfunded tax cuts, forcing her into the biggest U turn in British economic history. Former Chancellor Rishi sunak and leader of the commons penny mordent are both expected to stand to replace her as is the former prime minister Boris Johnson candidates will need the backing of 100 Tory lawmakers to be nominated with the final results expected to be announced a week today. Now The White House has accused Tehran of sending technicians to crying me at to support Russian attacks on Ukraine with Iranian made drones. Meanwhile, Ukrainian president Vladimir zelensky says Russia must compensators country for the destruction that has been wrought by Moscow's invasion. The U.S. has said to be discussing whether it should subject some of Elon Musk's ventures, including his Twitter takeover to national security reviews. This comes as officials have grown uncomfortable over what they see as a billionaire's increasingly Russia friendly styles, separately The Washington Post reports Musk is planning to slash Twitter's workforce by 75% in the coming months. Global news 24 hours a day on air and on Bloomberg quicktake powered by more than 2700 journalists and analysts in more than 120 countries. I'm leann gerrans, this is Bloomberg, Stephen. Yeah and thank you very much. Well, let's turn back to the situation here in the UK. The politics, of course, still very uncertain, but what is certain is the very dark economic situation facing the UK rising borrowing costs soaring energy bills, courses challenges from inflation to the latest TFA consumer confidence figures showed a slight improvement in October, but continued to be still deeply negative close to the most negative impact since records began to discuss we're joined by Bloomberg's chief Europa economist Jamie rush. Jamie, how bad is the economic outlook for the UK now as we look to have a new prime minister? Well, it's bad, but it's not as bad as it was two weeks ago. So I think that the good news here is that the departure of trust has seen the premium that we're paying on UK assets. So the excess we're paying on guilt. That's basically gone. It's shriveled away now. So that was previously going to cost about 20 billion pounds a year by 2025, making the job of balancing the government's books really difficult. And now that cost has gone away. So things are actually looking up in that sense. And I might set my feeling is that markets are quite relaxed about UK policy now because they know they're on the straight and narrow. It's back to orthodoxy. Well, hang on a second. What if we get the delay to the 31st of October? Fiscal statement that Jeremy hunt is expected to give, but obviously that may change if there's a new prime minister, both at times in the daily mail saying that that's an option that the fiscal statement could be delayed with that mean of the bond vigilantes come back out. No, I don't think so. Because I think whoever's Chancellor, they're going to follow a fairly straightforward policy. They're going to try and balance the books and they're not going to try to think maverick. So I think delaying the fiscal statement is actually probably a sensible thing, because a high chance of it, they're going to have a weekend to look at the policy once they get their feet under the desk. So I think the risks of delaying are very low and there's probably some payoff to it as well. Jamie, we are looking at new consumer conference figures for the UK today, some -47 is the reading for October. That's, as I say, a slight improvement on
The Tennis Podcast
"tfa" Discussed on The Tennis Podcast
"Well last night we ended on the media bus and today following the women's singles final, you find us in inside an enormous car in Greenwich Village we've just we're a bit late today because we've just been in the company of Barry carillo and having a lovely little time with her before we recorded the podcast. Catherine's here, Matt's here. It's been lovely. Hasn't it? And it's been a lovely day because we had a really good final in the end, Catherine, I thought, second set between eager and tech and on to bear. For about 45 minutes, I think you got the rivalry you're always talking about that you want. Yes, and I'm very tall between celebrating that and lamenting there not being more of it quite frankly and rather than repeat myself because my appearance on this podcast might be rather brief. It'll last, however long this rather luxurious Uber Uber ride lasts. Because David apparently only orders SUVs with tinted windows. I just wanted to have a go at being cool. Safety first. Yeah, I won't repeat myself. I'll just refer back to everything I said about the Garcia Gerber much on women's semifinals night and the fact that women should be playing best of 5 sets in this stage of Islam because the matches would be better. Much as it would be better and on your boat would have had more of a chance to make a match of it today because she needed time to settle. It was a tough watch for the for the first set and there's obviously two factors involved in that and one of those is the force that is eager to take in finals and I think it's eager to final record going all the way back to polona Herzog in 2019. Is one of the most incredible stats in tennis at the moment and a really meaningful stat. You know, there's a lot of stats that are quirky or fun, you know, whimsical just sort of throw away the stat of her not having lost a set in a final since she became a Grand Slam champion that's ten and now 20 sets. And no lost sets, that is such a powerful statistic. Something happens to me, you should take in finals. What is it? What does happen? Do we think? It's strange because she seems to stop doubting herself. And I just sort of think, oh, well, if you capable of that, why not just do that all the time? But I don't know, maybe it's deadline. I was just going to say, maybe it's deadline pressure, maybe it's, you know, some people are just those people that, unless, unless it's due the next day, they can't get their ass in gear. She doesn't strike me as one of these people, but maybe she is. She was kind of capable though. She was kind of asked about it, mat in a press conference, wasn't she I what do you do in the run up to a final? I got the sense the idea was to try to get to the bottom of where this comes from. Yeah, and she said that she hates the days before a final that she's actually quite stressed and she does have doubts. But yeah, something happens when she steps on the court in the final and all that goes away. And actually, this was the most astonishing one yet, I think, because she hadn't been playing anywhere close to this level during the tournament, you know, we've talked about her own Garros finals while they were preceded by really incredible dominant performances during the tournament. This was preceded by not her best performances leading up. You know, she was doubting herself and she didn't have full control of the ball and all of those things we've talked about for the full two weeks. Just when to weigh as soon as she stepped on the court today, she was three love up in 8 minutes and the intensity of her footwork, I thought was better and her strike on the ball was cleaner. And tech in the final and I thought it might happen, but to see it from the position she had been in all tournament was absolutely astonishing and a marker of that is who she is in finals. And it was 6 two three one at one stage. There was there was a moment in the second set in the story in the first set where on sherborne did reel off two games in a row Catherine, but she was having to play lights at tennis to reel off a couple of points in a row, wasn't she in. And the fact that that didn't end up being a blowout of a match is a great credit to jabber. Yeah, it had to be winners, didn't it? She couldn't really just hang in rallies and rely on forced areas or unforced errors from this shonte racket. Those just won't happening. And yeah, it was a bit reminiscent of the full set with Al graz and tiafoe last night that she was twice a breakdown. In that second set and twice twice broke back and forced that tie break and it felt like she had the weight of momentum behind it going into that tie break and I'm sure we will talk or you perhaps will talk in some detail about that slightly bizarre tiebreak, very enthralling, but slightly odd in some ways, I think. It is. Again, similarities to TFA, she was looking a bit down and out and a bit lost at the start of that second set. She had a slight what can I do? It's not happening for me. Demeanor about her. And I don't know whether it was experience or Melanie Mayer, her mental coach sitting in her box, but she summoned something on. And it might be that something which enables her to follow through on her promise after the match that she will win one of these. One day, and the curve would suggest she will. A bit like TFO said the day before, wasn't it? I quite like that when it's not somebody else saying, oh, you'll win one one of these days. It's them saying, no, I will. Yes. And I feel more confident that jabour willed and tiafoe. I would love TF's foresight to come true, not foresight prediction for himself to come true, but if I had to predict one of those, who will be the Martin Martina Hingis of the future, I'd be more likely to go for tiafoe rather than I think what I'm trying to say is I think Gibraltar is going to win one of these. I do. But I think she might have to get a bit better first and I think there might be a bit of a lag in this, but I think she on tech is going to bring players up behind her. I think she's raising the bar now. And what something that Greg russki was saying in Jim Carrey agreed with him in our post match analysis on Prime Video was that her shots don't have a particularly high anxiety tolerance when she gets tight, they are prone to going off the boil and some people's technique is more prone to it than others and Greg thinks he needs she needs to develop ways to put more spin on the ball reliably so that when she is tight, it doesn't all dramatically fall apart in the way that it did in the opening stages of the match today. And I backed it to do all her whole career has been steady progression, hasn't it? I think there might be a period of schwinn tech dominance and it a period of adjustment from the rest of the tour. But she'll pull the rest up behind her. That's how progress happens. I did think that point about the sort of margin fra in the lack of spin that she has on the ball. Whilst it causes the damage, it does the damage to the opponent and that's how she kind of forced her way back into it. You saw it even in the last three points of the match match, she kind of lifted four hands long. There was just no control in those really tight match at moments. I think Catherine's right there. You know, there was a stiffness to the shots, and you can kind of understand it. But how close did it feel to you in the second set? You were in the stadium watching all of that match. Was there a moment in the match where you thought I could genuinely see this turning around now? Definitely, an actually the two sets were mirror images of each other. Well, they were carbon copies of each other, I should say, because three love should be on tech, chebo got the break back. She wants to work again, and then the first set she went on to win at 6 two.
The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"tfa" Discussed on The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"I think that's the biggest question coming out of this match is just the amount of hours he spent on court and I know we think our Carlos alcaraz, he's a teenager, you know, he's going to have to run forever. Energy, he's going to be able to run forever exactly. But at this high level, you just wonder where is his limit? Does he have a limit? Because at the moment, I don't think he would just assume yet he can just stay competitive, you know, the longer a match goes on, but it feels like he's going to maybe break at some point. And against someone like sorry, Kent's call is our president against himself. Against Casper Ruud, who could maybe be more in that kind of attritional mindset, it could be a strategy to potentially wear down alcaraz. But Francis TFA, I think, was great, particularly in the tiebreaks. I enjoyed hearing Chris that I think he's now beat the record of Pete Sampras for most tie breaks one at the U.S. open without dropping a tiebreak. He went 8 and O in tiebreaks one versus tiebreak sauce, which I thought was fantastic. I think it just shows how much heart he has as a player. I know we see him as very much a personality. And of course he's paying in front of his home crowd and that really kind of ged him up as well, but I thought it was impressive to see him be able to take it to a 5th set because Alcatraz did have his opportunities to get it done and you do wonder if he gives those opportunities to rude, maybe he won't be as favorable as TFO was in the semi. Yeah, I think with TFO, he is let down by his return game. And so partly the reason why he's in so many tie breaks is because he does struggle to get the return points in the brakes that would set up a set like a 6 three or 6 one because obviously in this match, for example, there were three sets that were pretty routine sets of 6 three 6 one and 6 three that Carlos won in the two tie breaks TFO was able to win. So I think one, it's about being able to make sure that you're able to return game, but it's also about staying present and keeping that level of intensity up. Throughout the match and I think TFO loses a lot of emotional energy and after tiebreaks he does have a let down and so I think it's something where what alcohol is able to do is keep that level the same way and at times other players able to match it. But if they're not, he will get the job done. So I think against a player like Casper, very similar, like Casper is going to play a very good match throughout the match. And I think that's exactly how alcaraz plays as well. They will show up in every set. And so I think that's something that it would be fascinating to see how that one pans out. Given kind of, as you say, the physicality of the both. Yeah, and it doesn't feel like they're going to be phased by the occasion, rude already has been in a Grand Slam final season. So can take that experience and call us, even though he's not been in a Grand Slam final before, he's just had so many what feels like very big matches. High profile. Semi cameras on him, you know, on the since coming on to the tour. Again, I think he's not going to be phased by the occasion. I think he's going to revel in it. I think both outcries and TFO what we saw in this match, they're both. They both love to play up to the crowd. Interesting, you talking about that emotional energy and how outcries perhaps is able to channel it more consistently across a 5 set match versus TFO who is more maybe it gets caught up in the moment and has to give himself a little bit of a breather and as a result the momentum, although he has the momentum initially, it goes very much quickly back to his opponent. I mean, do you think that's something TFO could work on? Because I still feel like that's just a natural part of his game, but perhaps as a need for him to channel that in a slightly different way than he is at the moment? Yeah, I mean, it's not a big criticism. It's just something that if you were able to maintain the level of emotional intensity that you have, I think it's something where, for example, Federer is very level headed. Nadal very level headed Djokovic also very level headed and it's something when you see how they react to points on court. And obviously at times that animated, but that's after they've done something. So they didn't spend as much of that emotional energy actually in the match. It's more in the celebration. Because they just don't go away mentally. They are so in the match. And I think it's almost like TFO might win one of these sets. And then he just has a big sort of exile, you know? And then he's building it back up again and then he almost ends up in a situation where he has to do something incredible to break back or it becomes too big of a mountain and too much of a rise and fall in terms of his energy. But that's also something that comes with maturity and different players reach maturity at different points and he's talked about the fact that he does feel now that he has that maturity. So it's something that he's shown in this tournament he's able to do and maybe in this match it was that step too far. But it wasn't a step too far for Carlos alcaraz and Casper Ruud as well, getting to the final. So alcaraz leads the head to head against Casper Ruud to zero. They did face each other at the Miami open earlier this year. Alcaraz coming through. I don't feel like we can really read too much into that.
hacker1337
"tfa" Discussed on hacker1337
"We are an emerging cybersecurity awareness company for kids and we started the company last February. I have been working in cybersecurity since 2014 as a technical writer, project manager, and customer experience consultant. I've worked in a number of different industries as a consultant. Currently working in cryptography and so happy to be here. And help out. Thank you so much, Theresa. Wow, we have some very stellar people here. So I think we can get started. So when getting into crypto, what are some main factors for security when a person first gets involved? Like what should they be concerned with? I think the first priority would be to have some patients because 90% of all errors are human error. That happened. And so it's good to just take that breath and slow down and read the fine print. That's the best advice I can really get give when first getting in crypto other than that, you know, like to put funds in a separate account, you know? Use a different email account and then make a password phrase, you know, make it like something that is, you know, like a phrase, a sentence, a small sentence. With characters in it and whatnot, those are less able to be detect or less able to be the rendering when it comes to video graphic cards. They use because when I did tournaments, that's how they hacked password out. It all depends on the graphic speed. And the computer itself. Along with a word list and stuff like that, used. There's other tools that, you know, certain hackers do have, but other than that, to download certain apps like Google authenticator or authy, you know, some kind of two FA to decentralize your accounts. And to define what TFA means is basically, well, no, no, let's go back.
DARKWEB.TODAY - Hackers & Cyber SECURITY
"tfa" Discussed on DARKWEB.TODAY - Hackers & Cyber SECURITY
"We are an emerging cybersecurity awareness company for kids and we started the company last February. I have been working in cybersecurity since 2014 as a technical writer, project manager, and customer experience consultant. I've worked in a number of different industries as a consultant. Currently working in cryptography and so happy to be here. And help out. Thank you so much, Theresa. Wow, we have some very stellar people here. So I think we can get started. So when getting into crypto, what are some main factors for security when a person first gets involved? Like what should they be concerned with? I think the first priority would be to have some patients because 90% of all errors are human error. That happened. And so it's good to just take that breath and slow down and read the fine print. That's the best advice I can really get give when first getting in crypto other than that, you know, like to put funds in a separate account, you know? Use a different email account and then make a password phrase, you know, make it like something that is, you know, like a phrase, a sentence, a small sentence. With characters in it and whatnot, those are less able to be detect or less able to be the rendering when it comes to video graphic cards. They use because when I did tournaments, that's how they hacked password out. It all depends on the graphic speed. And the computer itself. Along with a word list and stuff like that, used. There's other tools that, you know, certain hackers do have, but other than that, to download certain apps like Google authenticator or authy, you know, some kind of two FA to decentralize your accounts. And to define what TFA means is basically, well, no, no, let's go back.
WNYC 93.9 FM
"tfa" Discussed on WNYC 93.9 FM
"This is NPR news This is listener supported WNYC 56 and partly sunny I see a lot of blue sky out there and some clouds this morning mostly sunny on this Wednesday as the forecast and a high of 72 year full forecast to come in just a few minutes At 7 30 WNYC is supported by theater for a new audience presenting the first New York production in 50 years of wedding band Alice childress's interracial love story set in the Deep South directed by aoi tempo now through May 22nd only tickets at TFA NA dot org Leadership funding for WNYC is provided by the Jerome L Greene foundation a proud supporter of New York City's major cultural institutions WNYC independent journalism in the public interest 93.9 FM and AMA 20 NPR news and the New York conversation Live from NPR news in Washington I'm Dave Mattingly The Senate is expected to approve $40 billion in additional USA to Ukraine The measure cleared the house yesterday the money is to be used by key for military and humanitarian needs The World Health Organization says thousands of Ukrainians have died from a lack of adequate medical care since Russian forces invaded the country in February That's an addition to those killed by Russian attacks NPR's Jason Bobby is in Kyiv The head of the WHO's regional office for Europe says at least 3000 people with chronic diseases have already died in Ukraine over the last two and a half months as they've been unable to access ad good healthcare The WHO says people needing treatment for cancer and HIV are particularly vulnerable Meanwhile the mayor are says thousands more Ukrainians could die in his city alone from lack of access to sanitation and clean drinking water and proper medical care Many of the people remaining in Mario bowl he notes our elderly who were too frail to flee and he says disease and the collapse of the healthcare system could lead to another wave of deaths in the coming weeks in his beleaguered city Jason Bobby and PR news Kyiv Mexico's president is threatening to boycott next month's summit of the Americas in Los Angeles that if Cuba Venezuela and Nicaragua aren't invited by the Biden administration This is NPR news from Washington And it's WNYC in New York at 7 32 good Wednesday morning mid 50s partly sunny out there mostly sunny day with a high of 72 under some pretty gusty conditions We have delays this morning in the city on the one two and three trains are being rerouted uptown and there's a crash in New Jersey on U.S. one northbound near Edison township New York City schools are seeing an increase in COVID-19 cases the education department reports more than 1300 new cases per day among students and staff That's on par with late January of this year K through 12 students have been able to attend class mask free since March even as cases have gone up citywide at the current level of COVID risk city health officials say people should mask up indoors unless they know everyone is vaccinated but so far the city has not reinstated a school mask mandate A new bill pending in Albany would allow sex workers to seek help from doctors and police without fear of arrest advocates gathered yesterday in the capital urging lawmakers to pass the bill they say offering sex workers and people who are trafficked immunity from prosecution would encourage them to seek medical care and report crimes Don roe directs girl vow and organization that advocates for girls impacted by juvenile justice poverty and the foster care system So how long are we going to wait to rescue girls women and sex workers who far too long have been eroded from a system of care victims without immunity are delayed and denied their truth Ben hadn't.
Good Life Project
"tfa" Discussed on Good Life Project
"Was like, ugh, and now in hindsight, I'm like, wow, like the amount of effort it took to make me appreciate what we do have at home that we have food at home. And that there are people who need things that I might want, but that I don't necessarily need and that what that person needs supersedes what I want, even as a kid, just genius. So anyway, that was kind of the environment I grew up in. And of course I came out the way that I have come out because there was so much intention that went into it. But going back to Chelsea with the voice for the boys list thing, there was a point in middle school where I spoke to a group of middle schoolers today, actually. And they were like, Blair, you're so cool. And I was like, that's wild that you think so, because I didn't have any friends. I was always sitting by myself. I actually used to eat lunch. As fast as possible and then go sit in the library and read the Guinness Book of World Records and then try to memorize all the words in the dictionary. And when Chelsea, who's two years younger than me, started going to middle school with me, I noticed that she would stay out on the playground and not care if people didn't invite her. And I was like, oh, like, wow, you know, I had this kind of ableist infantilization of Chelsea at that time where I was like, wow, she just bought not noticed that she's not being included. And at one point Chelsea was like, we were talking about a party that she didn't get invited to. And I was like, oh, that's so messed up. Like, I'll talk to her to make sure that she invites you and tells me he's like, well, why would I want to go if she has to be told to invite me? Like, why would I want to go somewhere where people don't want me there? And I was like, wow. And so Chelsea taught me so much about self advocacy and being okay with not being included because why would you want to be somewhere where people don't want to have you and learning to love myself and then also like Chelsea would if push came to shove Chelsea would like to defend herself with arms with hands and it was just one of those things where it was very deeply formative for me because I had such a, I think, different outlook. I felt connected to somebody at all times. I knew going into the workforce that I will be taking care of Chelsea, our entire lives, you know? That's just a fact. And so when I make a life decision, even moving away from home, like I knew I would have to move home eventually. And it's funny because when I first moved back home talking about shifting dynamics, I was like trying to take care of like ten to Chelsea in the same way I did as a kid. And Chelsea is extremely independent and doesn't need me as much anymore. And so Alex said in her bedroom and she's like Blair, are you bored? Do you need something to do? You can leave. And so it's just been a journey and experience, but she's intensely private. She does not like being on my social media and I respect that. And it's been really cool to grow together and to see a whole community grow together the last thing I'll say, because I know I've been talking forever here, but is that one of the girls that Chelsea was very close friends with is now a teacher in Atlanta and she primarily teaches black students who have developmental disabilities cognitive disabilities. And I just remember the drama and the politics of this very lily white school very wealthy school and us being there and them having amazing resources, but like the kids that would invite Chelsea and include Chelsea and the ones that wouldn't and how a lot of those kids that did include Chelsea ended up working in helping professions or like joining TFA and it's just been really beautiful to see and I think with Mackenzie shout out to Mackenzie like living those values in her current career. It's really cool to see how we can treat difference in marginalize it or we can embrace difference and allow ourselves to see and experience a full breadth of the human experience instead of one narrow normative aspect. And allow ourselves to be changed by it also and not sort of say like, well, I'm quote normal and they're not or like this is the way that we're supposed to be and but actually just allow ourselves to just kind of like all the human beings existing as we are and to change and be changed by the experience of relationship no matter who that relationship is with. So when you grow up in that environment and then you head off to LSU, clearly you're not just going to leave behind this advocates impulse. This is a part. This is like a part of your DNA at that point in your life. So rather than just say, I'm going to go all in on my school work and nothing else. You're like, yes and okay, so I'm going to study history. I'm going to go deep into the areas that I care deeply about. And at the same time, there are things happening in the world around me even local right here on campus that I care about. And I can't not step into some sort of leadership and activism and advocacy role. And that sounds like it really, it becomes a central part of that experience for you at the same time. Oh, 100%. I had such a liberal arts college. I thought that all schools were liberal arts colleges. And so I went to LSU, which is very much like a down home, southern folks would have gun racks, locked up on their cars. You'd have folks who would go mudding. You had folks who went noodling, which is when you stick your arm into and get catfished to eat your arm, then you pull it out and you fish, which I experience to the stuff of that too, crawfish and not to say that's the only thing going on, but it was a stark contrast from what I had experienced where and I'm so glad I went through it because, you know, kind of in that the experiences I had had, whenever you have a shift in worldview, you have to reckon with the fact that for a big part of it because of confirmation bias, you think what you've gone through is the best way to live. And then you have a different way of life, and you're like, oh, and I think because of this West Coast coastal, the coastal elite thing, like when I was growing up, there was High School Musical, and I was like, oh, this is just like my school. And that was kind of exported other places where it didn't match folks. We had one person who was a teen who was pregnant at the school, and it was like a whole to do. And I had folks at LSU who had their kids who were bringing to class because child care wasn't I mean, they do have more child care now since I've left, but it was just a stark contrast where that was really common or folks dropping out to go work on oil refinery because they, like it was a better opportunity for them than to finish a degree. It was just a different understanding. I also had a lot of class privilege where somebody's house in the neighborhood got occupied during occupy Wall Street because they were executive for Wells Fargo. And so a lot of the folks here didn't experience job loss or their complete lives being upended during the financial collapse, whereas at LSU, you had folks who experienced Hurricane Katrina, and then the financial collapse. And so it was a different level of oppression that didn't always go across racial lines..
The Tennis Podcast
"tfa" Discussed on The Tennis Podcast
"Actually, in some ways. Yeah, he's actually. Maybe it's because he's playing on the same day as Medvedev, perhaps, and I don't know. My attention kind of goes to Medvedev. I think lots of people would probably feel the same. He described his win as a lot of fighting and a little bit of swearing, which I thought was quite a good summary. He was frustrated. He said it took him a time quite a bit of time to work out buyers, someone had never played before. Quite a tricky game. I think I asked him straight up. How was your elbow? And he said, fine. He said, honestly, I've not troubled me to Sydney. It is fine, and he didn't need any treatment, or anything like that. So it's a good sign. Because that's my biggest worry about sits a pass. You know, I do think other than that, the game, the game can be there. So then it sort of feels like. I've dropped a clanger then is what you're saying by not having him in my quarterfinals. I haven't got him in there. We've only worked with the information in front of you. I sort of, I had him losing to Taylor Fritz in round four, which is a much still on course to happen for it to beat TFA today in three sets, which is a big win little wobble from any double faulted serving match point serving for the match, but then he wrapped it up in the third set tiebreak. So they're on a little collision course. That TFA for it to match. I think it was, we didn't get to see that much of it three very competitive sets. I think, for those three, I mean, so striking the difference in physique between those two. One of them has been playing a lot of golf. And the other one's been playing less golf. I would say, but yeah, Taylor Fritz looking good. And I don't know. I don't know what I was thinking. Anyway, we're all thinking vaguely the same thing. So Fritz now faces Roberto Bautista, a goo and sits a pass faces Benoit pair. Who's unexpectedly doing a thing, he's having a run, he's beaten Grigor Dimitrov, he's got this extraordinary head to head, I think, with Gregor Dimitrov has and he's beaten in four times. So who knows? Maybe it's just one of these quirky head to heads, or maybe Benoit paire is ready to finally fulfill his talent anyone want to speculate about whether that's the case is he going to pass? Happy to take it in its own isolation, that particular match. Not to try to read anything into it whatsoever. Understood David understood. Pablo andujar, the movement killer. He has reached round three at the Australian open for the first time aged 35. And I think that deserves a little bit of a round of applause. And he faces Alex domino next. So he's got the chance to do some more movement killing. The first time Alex de menor had won a match on the rod laver arena today, which was a big moment for you. That was the only person that showed up for his press conference. Really? Great, Aussie hope, I know. Wow, that does surprise me. Yeah. How did that conversation go, Matt? This is where I say, find out in the newsletter. But it was very nice. It was very nice. Yes. Sign up then. We didn't plan that folks. Last match, I think that we want to mention is Felix auger LS theme against Alejandro davidovich for kina on the care arena my goodness me this was grueling. I mean, Matt and I went out to watch a short portion of it and that was grueling enough. Went out for a second stint. And that sounded grueling, and then the match seemed to go on for another 7 hours after that. And it was only four sets. Goodness knows what would have happened if Alejandro davidovich for managed to take it into a 5th, which could have happened four tiebreak sets. It was, wasn't it? Marathon marathon stuff. And I know Felix is an extraordinary physical specimen, but he has had serious court time to get to this point. Yeah, and played right in the heat of the day. It was hot today at Melbourne park and this was in the baking sun for four plus hours. Yeah, I found it interesting. I remember we commented on Aussie against battista goo at ATP cup and how good was your earliest scene looked, and how secure he looks. He wasn't making the same errors that he often makes. And I really thought maybe that playing someone with that rhythm helped him. But he's played two players here who give him rhythm. Rusev Rory, and davidovich for kina, their baseline that he's had rhythm. And yet, I've watched quite a lot of him. And he is spraying the ball. You do not know what is coming off of his racket. It's either a sweet connection with a perfect pop, and it looks brilliant. It's sort of mesmerizing. Or it's a shank and it's going ten feet long. And it's a real mix at the moment. And I do think perhaps though the video makes for keener and Rousey, both have firepower. And I think he's been wary of that. And I think he's been trying to pull the trigger a little bit, perhaps when he shouldn't be. Very different style of his next match against Dan Evans, who didn't have to play today. After render kanesh withdrew with a wrist injury. So couldn't be more contrasting circumstances for those two Felix about 8 hours court time into matches Dan Evans very fresh, having had a day off. Sometimes that doesn't help. You know, sometimes that can actually hurt a player. So that's an interesting third round, but gosh, Felix has had to have to battle through and his celebration afterwards was as big as you see from Phoenix also alias seem. He was buzzing to have won that today. He really was. Felix augere seeming in Stan Evans is a match that I can definitely get excited about. That'll be in a couple of days time. The schedule for tomorrow is tasty. It's very tasty indeed, David. There is a lot of this that you're not going to be allowed to watch because it's happening in the middle of the night. And if I see you tweeting at 3 o'clock in the morning again, there is not going to be a podcast tomorrow. Those are the rules. I don't need to start a burner account or something. Yeah. I mean, close your ears for this scheduled David because you're not allowed to watch any of it until the night session, okay? As a ranker against fitter first up on rod laver arena. We'll let you know the result in the podcast, David. Critique of our Panko. Thanks. And then in likely sensational match that you're not allowed to watch news, David, and watch some of this. Alcaraz against bertini. Look. Oh, I'm watching that. If it goes long, you can watch the end, okay? Can you make the others go longer?.
The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"tfa" Discussed on The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"It's like a mini boss, isn't it? And he's only actually TFO won one ATP title, which was back in three years ago in Delray Beach. So, you know, you sort of think he's been around for a while, like he would have had a few wins here and there. But, you know, he's actually only got one title under his belt and yeah, perhaps we just, it was all that hype that there was around him and he hasn't quite lived up to that. So maybe he's, you know, finally, it's coming to fruition a little bit, hopefully. I mean, if we just look at kind of TFO's create I mean, do you think he's underachieved or do you think, you know, it's just like, yeah, he was just over height. We've seen that. We've seen that a lot with, you know, American players in the past, where they've it's not necessarily what worked out for them, but do you think with tiafoe, I mean, do you think one title given where he's at in his career? Is that good enough? Or do you think, you know, that's to be expected. There's a lot of top guys on the tour kind of batting for titles and they're just a little bit better than TFO. Yeah, in this era as well, you know, he has emerged within the big three contexts, which makes it hard for anyone. But he is still only, I think, what 23 24? He's still young, so I think there's plenty of time for him to turn it around. I wouldn't say underachievement when he's still at that age. I think if it was like late 20s, it might be. Might be a different story. I mean, I think for the final today, it's going to be a real task trying to beat its rare earth because rare earth hasn't lost a final this season. You know, he's been in really, really good form better only lost a couple of matches since Wimbledon, I think, you know, obviously he won the Olympic gold medal. And I think, you know, he spoke about that match against Djokovic at the Olympics has been a bit of a turning point. And I think, you know, he's very confident at the moment. And fully expected him to win, probably in straight sets, but TFO has been a bit up and down this week. You know, coming back, obviously, against sinner, but, you know, he's yeah, I think will be much more consistent today. But I think also their head to head is very one sided for Sasha's vero, but yeah, it's been lovely watching TFO. And yeah, that much against sinner. Very surprising because one like 11 straight matches, 22 straight sets, you know, and he looked to be swimmingly like comfortable and it just all sort of changed. So, yeah, big big shot. It was so bizarre. I mean, as you said, he was just a big club debate of the indoor season so far, just yeah, winning all these matches all in straight sets, had a very nice victory against Casper Ruud in the quarterfinals. And a set set and 5 free up and yeah, it just did not materialize for him. I mean, he'll be thinking he'll obviously be disappointed with that. But you know, TFA is just such a great great competitor and he's got that obviously never say die attitude that it was able to kind of get him through. Looking elsewhere, though, we've had some fantastic matches across the across the whole week. And particularly for British fans, it's been an interesting one because it's been a bit. I think bittersweet in the sense that we're going to Andy Murray in a sec, but you were talking about the race to the top 8 Turin cam nori against Felix auger aliasing. How did he lose that tie break Kim? It was, you know, again, a little bit like sitter in the semifinals. It looked quite plain sailing for nori. He won that first set, 6 two. Went to a tie break. You know, I think he was, I think he was 6 three up in the tiebreak, had match points and Felix auger aliasing just a game a bit like Francis TFO. He just did not did not give up and was able to come through, which I would say is a bit of a heartbreaker for nori given where he was and the momentum he was kind of carrying into Vienna. Yeah, I think he'll be a bit kind of sad for that. And for Asia aliasing, I think that was, you know, for him, that was last chance saloon. He was going to need to win that match in order to stay in the race for Turin. So, you know, even though we're having these matches, I think in round one round two, there's a lot there is a lot riding on them given the context of ranking points and what it means to end up in the top 8. Yeah, that was a frustrating match for cabinet, you know, having three match points in a row and not being able to close out really frustrating especially given that the context of trying to get into the fine art for terrain. But and her cash lost in round one as well. Yeah, exactly. That really opened the door, didn't it? Because Andy Murray did him a big favor by beating Uber her cash in the first round, which was a great win for Andy. And it was his first top ten victory since August last year and well, only his second top ten victory in the last four years. So I think that's really, really pleasing. You know, for Andy Murray think his movement is a lot better, which he was.
The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"tfa" Discussed on The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"So there's a lot up for grabs and sinner is one of these players that, you know, we all guns blazing, trying to get that spot. Yeah, great weeks in, you know, he just continues to impress. And I mean, other notable events from this week in Antwerp, that Andy Murray, Francis TFO match. Did you still watch it? Oh my God, that was an unbelievable war of attrition. It was such a fantastic match. Obviously, I'm an Andy Murray fan, but yeah, what was it? Three hours, three hours, 42 minutes. 45 minutes, yeah, I think it was the longest longest best of three set match on the tour this year. I think it was a first for Andy Murray in the sense of he's never played a best of three set match with three tie breaks, which you consider all the things he's accomplished in his career. That was still at a first pin, which seems incredible. But it was just such a fantastic match paid in the right spirit. There was a nice little man hug at the end as well, all the crowd were loving it. I was sort of a bit sad that TFA had to kind of go off course the loser. But, you know, you could see afterwards. He did he did a really nice kind of Instagram post, just kind of commenting on the match commenting on Andy Murray. It was just such a fantastic watch. And you know, it was a real it was such a it was such a tight match. And you know, for Andy to come through that was really impressive. I know we always talk about the metal hip and we should not forget that. But yeah, I think that just I think that match alone just shows you where his physically where he's at the moment and I think you can say that he can he can now hang physically with the tour and I think that mat shows it. I still think in terms of tennis ability, particularly with the top players there is arguably some more work to be done there because he came up against Diego Schwartzman following that match in the second round. And he lost again in two quite tight sets, but it really does seem to be a problem at the moment for Murray of closing out the big points. And particularly tie breaks because he's not really had a good run with tie breaks coming back from his operation against really high caliber kind of top 20 ranking players. Well, you say that, but then he won two against TFO and won that very tight match. So perhaps being a bit harsh. But yeah, I think after that Schwartzman lost in the next round, you know, he lost that 6 four 7 6. He was sort of saying that he just, you know, the decision making wasn't quite how he wanted especially in that second set. And he really needs to sort it out because ultimately, he wants to be winning and he may play very well, but if you're not coming away at the end of the day, with that win, you know, it's you're not getting that progression. It's a results business. Yeah, exactly. Being very realistic there. But he has lost a few matches, yeah, this season is seems like those second set tiebreaks. They sort of first set tiebreaks. They, you know, if he could just get them and be on the winning side, perhaps, you know, some of those matches against the top players would have gone differently. But I think having come through that epic with TFO, I think that, you know, that was a great way to put it together when it mattered. So especially in that last set to our break. And no wonder, he probably would have been quite tired for the next round. For three hours and 45, I think, generally speaking, you should be quite proud of his week. But I think that's what was so funny about it, because I was watching that match against Schwartzman. And I actually don't think energy levels or feeling tired was part of the conversation of why Andy Murray lost. You know, it was more Schwartzman was playing a really, really good game and Murray's decision making wasn't as good as it as it had to be. There were a few shots I would particularly there was a smash that just went straight into the net, which you sort of aborted midway through that this made me think whether his shot making wasn't it wasn't it wasn't as good as it needed to be. And as a result, Schwartzman was just able to really kind of be the really kind of show off his counter punching availability capabilities and even when kind of Andy Murray was on the front foot in a point. Schwartzman was just able to do a complete role of us. And I think that was what was quite interesting about that match. And it shows that think for Murray that there is there is a little bit of a way to go, but at the same time, the closeness of the sets to me suggests that it's just around the corner. I know we've been saying this like the last few weeks, but it feels like he's coming to a point now where it will take one, I think breakthrough tournament get him back. But hopefully, yeah, hopefully that will come soon. Yeah, it could be a mental fatigue thing. You know, being mentally tired, effectual decision making, et cetera. I mean, I know when I'm tired. I have no idea what to do for dinner, for example. I can not make decision to save a life, so anyway, let's take a quick break now, but do join us in the second half, got a lot more to talk about still, including all the updates for Wimbledon, 2022, the latest vaccine news coming out of the Australian open and all of the events this week, including Vienna and also emery's debut in Transylvania. So do join us after the break. This is the passing.
Terrible, Thanks For Asking
"tfa" Discussed on Terrible, Thanks For Asking
"Hello terribles, whether you've been with us for years or this is your very first episode in which case welcome. Either way, we'd love your help to make our show even better and you can do this by taking a short, anonymous survey so we can learn more about our listeners, visit American public media dot org slash survey to complete the survey today. A quick note, this episode includes discussion of suicide, sexual assault and domestic violence. Hi, Nora, you ask, it's two a.m. and what is keeping you up at night 12? It's three a.m. here in Denmark, Copenhagen, and what kept me up was your latest episode of 50 TFA, no, just kidding. I'm Nora McKinney, and I am a bad sleeper. I am recording this after two hours of sleep last night from roughly four 15 to 6 15. I got a little shut eye. I don't mean to be like this. I don't try to be like this. I go to bed every night with the intention of falling asleep for 8 uninterrupted hours and waking refreshed with the rising sun in the chirping birds ready to have a good day. And before you ask, I do all the things that every expert has suggested. I keep my phone in another room. Sometimes, at least, I don't drink any caffeine after 9 a.m. and I take my Adderall before noon usually. I have a bedtime routine sort of. And I write in a journal and I exercise sometimes and I know exactly how important sleep is because I saw that TED Talk too. I know not sleeping makes me dumber and maybe could cause dementia and will generally kill me. Surprisingly, that doesn't make it easier for me to fall asleep. It also doesn't help that I'm married to a person who falls asleep with zero effort. Sometimes after chugging a cup of coffee or eating a bowl of ice cream, my husband is a monster, the moment he lays down, he is basically asleep and not just to sleep, but sleeping, flagrantly, snoring like a cartoon with a little Z's coming out of his mouth disgusting, disgusting stuff. And when I see him, luxuriating in a rem cycle, while I'm stuck in an anxiety cycle, I do want to kill him. I do want to. I don't. I have been like this, since I was a child, not murderous, but just that some nights I don't sleep. I just don't sleep. Sometimes I'm sad to sleep or I'm too angry sometimes. I can't sleep because I'm sure that everything is falling apart around me and it's somehow my fault, so how could I sleep? How could I sleep knowing that? I am anxious about things that have already happened, which is weird, or things that might conceivably happen someday, which is also not very helpful. But it's not always anxiety or feelings that keep me up sometimes my body just will not shut off my brain will not wind down, THC, CBD, melatonin, they are useless in the face of this insomnia. So I will just be up, like last night, I will just be up. I will watch the sunrise in the sky and feel so strange that a new day is starting when the other one never really ended for me. I have no control over when this happens. There's no real pattern to it, no clear cause and effect. I'm just up. And on many of these nights, like last night, I've opened up my Instagram account and asked if you are up. And why? And you all have your own reasons too. So I don't know when you're listening to this, but we are releasing this one in the middle of the night. Just in case you're up right now and you need it. And the truth is like, I have so many things that I could say are keeping me up at night. I'm a 32 year old single woman who's been taking care of my mom full-time. My mom has Parkinson's dementia. I'm working full-time. I'm doing this all by myself. You know, I'm kind of freaked out that I'm kind of like spending this important time in my life like kind of just like alone in my house with my mom, like not meeting anyone. I'm starting the process to freeze my eggs next week. We got a lot going on. But honestly, the thing that really derailed me tonight was that I forgot to buy the correct shape of pasta that will not fall off the fork for my mom's dinner. And so I thought you might get a little giggle out of the fact that despite the, you know, the world being on fire and means having an uncertain future and living with the heartbreak and the stress of caregiving and having a full time job and all of these things, like the shit that really got under my skin tonight was that I bought the tiny shell pasta instead of the fusilli spirally pasta and that meant that I had to feed my mom with a spoon instead of a fork and it took like an hour and a half for her to eat like a handful of pasta with canned vodka sauce. Things are not great, but things can always get worse, girl, you know? Things can always get worse. You can always choose the wrong kind of pasta. But at least I didn't get an angel hair, am I right? I just had a baby in November of 2020. And I can't stop thinking about the state of the world. I think I'm just predisposed to like anxiety and being nervous in general, but I've had a harder time now with bringing my daughter into the world. Thinking about.
The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"tfa" Discussed on The Passing Shot Tennis Podcast
"They could potentially fade to each other with different partners in the second round. So that could be quite an interesting one. But yeah, another ATP two 50 in Moscow. Yeah, I'm expecting a Russian champion. So let's wait and see. Let's wait and see, indeed. And over an Antwerp, we've got the European open for the men where Yannick sinner is the top seed and Diego Schwartzman is the second seed. This is where Andy Murray is playing this week. You know, he won this event, didn't he? Two years ago, I think. And he's got Francis TFO in the first round, which again is another sort of slightly awkward tricky first rounder for Andy, as he's still getting wild cards and having to just deal with whatever happens. I think that's winnable for both TFA's had some really good wins this year on the tour. But I know that Andy has beaten him as well. I think this year. So certainly could go either way, I think that one. There's some quite fun matches in the top bit of the draw, a lot of Italians could be a sinner musetti second round Kristin has got to buy, which might be quite a fun match. But yeah, I feel for this one looking at Yannick sinner and I'm looking, yeah, perhaps if TFO can get through Andy Murray actually feel like he could go on a bit of a run. But maybe he could. Yeah, no, I certainly, I could see that. It feels like a 50 50. We'll find out. I think they're playing the scheduled on tomorrow after work quite usefully for British fans around 5 36 p.m., but yeah it's so annoying. I think for Murray, he seems to get these drawers that are just not ideal, but you know, we know this is what happens when you take kind of wild cards and I think he you know, if you look at the bigger picture, I think certainly that bottom half with the top two seeds being garyn and Schwartzman, that's the better half, I think to have landed in, but at the same time, yeah, he's going to have to kind of bring his best, I think, to kind of get through those TFO and Schwartzman who both a very, both very kind of solid competitors. I mean, I know Schwartzman lost quite easily to nori and Indian Wells, but again, it was quite I think he had been a bit of a stump actually and for him to progress as far as he did in India wells was definitely a step in the right direction for him. And I think he'll obviously be wanting to push that even further. But I mean, you've got Lloyd Harris, Riley a pelco could be quite a handful in these hard talk hard on these indoor hardcore hardcourts. And you've got van der zen Schultz Kim ceded against popper in, which I think is probably one of the pick of the first round matches both did quite well at the U.S. open. So I might have a bit of an eye on that one as well. Absolutely. Botticelli now of mainstream tennis fame. But yes, last but not least, you've got the WTF in Tenerife, which I think is a new one. Fantastic time to go to Tenerife for a holiday and combine it with some tennis, perhaps. But yeah, certainly not his headlining this one as the top seed. And then second see, tomorrow's a damn sex. So I feel like that's quite a golf with Switzerland. Quite a way ahead to headlines. Yeah. Headline accent. Quite a sizable headline act there. You do think that looking at this drawer that's fitting. It's a little bit of the is a big bit of a heavy favorite, I think. And I think, you know, there is a bit of pressure on her because she hasn't qualified yet for the end of season WTA finals. So, you know, for her, this is a big opportunity. I think given the draw, she's got to get some points to hopefully yes, cement her position there. I think she is in a half that's got you bitch, Camilla Georgie, Clara tolson's got Heather Watson in the first round as well. So you know, there are some interesting players that she could potentially come up against en route to the final, but certainly you think that that's Lena will be looking at this thinking, you know, I should be getting to the at least to the final here. Absolutely. You think this is hers to lose, really? But I do think that someone like sorrow cerebellum, you know, home soil or Camilla Georgie might do very well as well. So certainly not a given for specificity this week. But we shall see, we'll be back next week to round up what happens, you know, how well Andy Murray do, how will all the Russians get on at home? Will Switzerland win we'll discuss that next week, you'll won't we? Kim, I'm just looking at the tedder reef drawer. We could also very excited. I don't think this is going to happen. We could have an Allison van ut versus greet minon quantified if they both come through two batches. I don't think that's going to happen but I'd love to see that. Obviously, they're both partners. So I'd love to see them face face off against each other in the signals are either. So yeah, it would be interesting to see how that progresses in Tenerife. How all the tournaments progress as we move back into Europe and the indoor hard courts. We've got one men's master's event left as well in Paris and it's all up for grabs in terms of the ATP end of season finals as well as the WTA end of season finals. So this is I hope you've enjoyed listening to this Indian Wells catch up. Remember to subscribe to us on your podcasting platform of choice. Whether that's Apple podcasts, Spotify, overcast cost box stitcher, and all good podcasting platforms out there. 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"That's that's the best gift we can give so when we're harmless to others when we practice meta towards others we are really creating of an energy field around us. That's harmless and safe and kind. That's a wonderful gift. So let's practice meta if you've taken the ten perfection. The ten the ten out what we call an hour temple the body saw tfa bat vows that the ten qualities that we work on the very first one is generosity don so just be aware of the body breathing we certainly have learned a lot about the preciousness of the breath during the last year so with the pandemic. We're more aware. May i feel well. May i be happy in my mind contented. And may i feel safe. May i be peace. Send these wishes sincerely to yourself. Don't skim over meta towards yourself. It's very important in this practice when we really begin to love ourselves we understand what a valuable quality this is. We see how it changes our life and then we want to share it with others. So don't rush through this ferry first important step. May i be well. May i be content. Feel safe and might. May i be peace and now extend the same thoughts. These last things are good. Thoughts are like blessings to ourselves to others may all my loved ones. He well be content and happy in their minds. Feel safe and be say and they they all be peace. I loved ones. Include our family members and our dear friends are noble friends. You may want to just think about one person in this group. Each time you practice metha- maybe pick out one person from your group of loved ones or if it's comfortable you can just imagine the group. Sometimes our loved ones can also be are difficult people on occasion when we're very close to people. We sometimes have disagreements or disappointments.
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"Are the us is lending fbi and homeland security personnel. To haiti to help investigate the assassination of the president there to haitian americans are among those arrested and lulu garcia navarro. And i'm scott. Simon and this is up. I from npr news. The by administration is also promising kovic to haiti in florida. The searches for remains rather than survivors workers at the surf. Side collapsed vowing to keep at it until all the victims are found and in washington. Dc a presidential move designed to make it easier to trade up for better job at will it work. Please stay with us. We've got the news. You need to start your weekend This message comes from. Npr sponsor the capital. One saver card. You were an unlimited four percent back on dining entertainment and popular streaming and three percent back at grocery stores capital one. What's in your wallet. Terms apply see capital one dot com for details. This this message comes from. Npr sponsor sought tfa. The comfort company sought for luxury mattresses are sold online and priced at about fifty percent less the mattress stores visit s double a tv dot com slash npr today and save an additional two hundred dollars. Lots of questions about the assassination of haiti's president giovanelli moe's including who is in charge of haiti now two men or claiming to be the rightful prime minister. There's no clear way to settle their dispute. Louise had been running the country by decrease since no parliamentary elections had been held in more than two years and the head of the country's supreme court died last month of covert. npr's carrie. Kahn covers haiti and joins us now from her base in mexico city. Good morning. good morning lou. I mean this is a real mess. Haitian police have arrested more than a dozen suspects in this case and they say they killed three more officials there are saying two of those arrested or haitian americans and the restaurant colombians. I mean what do we know about the suspects. This turned into quite an international story and we have more than a dozen gunmen. They're retired colombian army veterans who traveled over the last month in weeks many through panama and the dominican republic into eighty in the early hours on wednesday morning they breached the residents residents riddled with bullets and severely injured. His wife police navy say the men then retreated and were engaged in a gunbattle. Three were killed and at least seventeen. Were arrested among them. Like you said to her haitian americans but no one is saying anything about a motive who paid these colombians. The colombian police chief did say the men were hired by colombian security firms. But didn't say which ones are. Why and one thing that stands out to me among the many questions that we don't have answers to as we've heard nothing about the presidential guards charged with protecting the president's. Where were they. We've not heard about any of them. Being injured of ahead of the presidential guard unit has been asked to present himself to give information. But if he has that information hasn't been released so who organized this international assassination plot who paid for it. Why we just don't have a lot of answers And what do we know about. The haitian americans said to be involved in this and we should say said to be involved right. They're telling asian investigator that they had no idea. They were a part of an assassination plot. They thought they were just working. as interpreters. both men live in south florida and traveled frequently back and forth the haiti there were video circulating of people speaking in english yelling at the president's residence before the the assassination they were saying they were usda agents and apparently that was the voice of one of those men haitian police paraded all the suspects before reporters and photographers. But they're you know again. They're just so much more about this. Assassination that we don't know and beyond that as we said at the top we also don't know who's in charge in haiti right now. Yeah that's a tough one to there may be an agreement in the works to appoint an interim president and put the appointed prime minister in office. But here's the confusion. That acting prime minister was scheduled to leave office. The day moist was killed. He says he's still in charge. And the man who was supposed to replace them as also claiming to be the rightful head of government. Looks like that. Maybe there might be a plan to install him an interim government but so far no official announcement and what about haitian citizens carry. What have you been hearing about the mood in the country. Now i mean what are people telling you moist. He wasn't a very popular. President of late in the situation in the country is just terrible. Gangs are controlling a lot of the country especially large parts of the capital. Cova cases are spiking. There's no vaccination program underway food and fuel a scarce. But you know many the idea that foreigners would enter the country and kill their president just left. Many people incredibly angered and shocked and with this power vacuum at the top the sadness and anger over his growing as well as conspiracy theories about who did this. Npr's carrie kahn is covering the situation.
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"Welcome to consider this from npr. And w amu. After the top story from npr. Stay with us for a look at what's happening here in the dc metro region from the w. Amu newsroom in a live interview broadcast on npr. In november of two thousand two secretary of defense donald rumsfeld was completely clear. Any conflict in iraq would be over the the gulf war and the nineteen ninety lasted five days on the ground. I can't tell you if a the use of force in iraq today would would last five days or five weeks or five months But but it certainly isn't gonna last any longer than that. Rumsfeld said the us military had vastly more powerful weapons than it did in the gulf war and he assured listeners at the us which had been operating in afghanistan for more than a year would be able to justify the use of military force in iraq as well the case is being made and it's being made persuasively and in the event forces used There's no doubt in my mind but that The the evidence as to why it had to be used. We'll be very real for years after that. Interview with no weapons of mass destruction found donald rumsfeld resigned and now with his death this week at the age of eighty eight the conflict that came to be known as the forever war has officially outlived him. I'm now the fourth united states president to preside over american troop presence in afghanistan to republicans to democrats. I will not pass this responsibility. Onto a fifth. Now was president biden back in april when he outlined a plan to bring. Us troops home from afghanistan before september. Eleventh of this year in fact u. s. forces are expected to be fully withdrawn by mid july. And it's time to end the forever. War consider this one of the architects of america's forever ward died before it ended. The millions of people are still living with its consequences from npr. I'm audie cornish. It's thursday july first. This message comes from. Npr sponsor saw tfa. The comfort company sought for luxury mattresses are sold online and priced at about fifty percent less than mattress stores visit s. Double a. t. v. a. dot com slash. Npr today and save an additional two hundred dollars. The following message comes from npr sponsor. We work escaped the distractions of working from home with we work all access. One monthly membership gives you access to hundreds of convenient workspaces. Nationwide sign up today at. We work dot com slash. Npr capitalism touches every part of our lives. Capitalism is a giant force. That i don't understand. I feel that it's a very safe system on constantly in fear lose my job. It is our biggest success that our biggest failure on this special series from through line capitalism to the through line. Podcast from npr. It's considered this from npr. As secretary of defense donald rumsfeld was a relentless proponent of the wars in iraq and afghanistan. here he is talking about the afghan war in two thousand and two just six months after the us invaded. And how did it work out. All that fair. The taliban gone the al qaeda on the run it was done with a a The rather i would say effective use of afghan forces many of his upbeat assessments turned out not to be true. The iraq war was based on the argument. Saddam hussein was building weapons of mass destruction. Which he wasn't and as the fighting intensified a couple years later. A soldier asked rumsfeld why the pentagon hadn't provided more armored vehicles to protect against roadside bombs. As you know you go to war with the army you have not the army you might want or wish to have at a later time since the iraq conflict the the. Us war efforts suffered a damaging blow as revelations emerged that us military members were abusing and torturing iraqi prisoners in abu ghraib prison years later in his memoir rumsfeld blamed quote a small group of prison guards who ran amok is details of the scandal emerged rumsfeld seemed to strike a cavalier tone about some of the abuses for instance a memo from that time released years later detailed. How interrogators forced prisoners to stand for four hours at a time. Rumsfeld added a handwritten note at the bottom that said quote. I stand for eight to ten hours a day. Why is standing limited to four hours. In a memoir. He published in twenty eleven. He said he had no real regrets about either war though they lasted far longer and achieved much less and cost much more than rumsfeld or others had predicted interviews promoting the book. He claimed his critics failed to understand that. These were quote generational conflicts as he spoke to supporters. He argued the wars had protected. Us homeland you know the effort. And i would submit. You know the result. There's not been a successful attack on the united states of america and close to a decade. And that didn't just happen that that that is because of guantanamo it's because of the indefinite detention it's because of military commissions it's because of the coalition.
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"The line's giants had their first spring training workout today in Scottsdale the giants officially thinking Wilmer Flores to a two year deal six point two five million is what he gets there's also a third year club option giants also signed the canopy to drew Smyly to a one year deal race moron to put on the sixty day DL and Trevor eauctions TFA to create the