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New Zealand National party leader Judith Collins calls obesity a ‘personal choice’ | World news

October 14, 2020

New Zealand opposition leader Judith Collins has been criticised for calling obesity a “personal choice”, creating a headache for her National party which is struggling in the polls ahead of Saturday’s election.

Collins told radio station Newstalk ZB that “people need to start taking some personal responsibility for their weight” before joking that weight gain was not an epidemic and “wasn’t catching”.

New Zealand is listed by the OECD as the third fattest country in the world, with 31% of Kiwis regarded as obese. Aotearoa sits behind only Mexico (32%) and the United States (38%). Two in three Pasifika (66%) and half of Māori (48%) are obese.

Collins attacked suggestions her views oversimplified a complex issue or were heartless. “Do you know what is heartless? Thinking that someone else can cure these issues. We can all take personal responsibility,” she said.

She criticised parents on the AM Show, saying: “It

Lovecraft Country tackles personal and national trauma in “Rewind 1921”

October 12, 2020

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Secrets come out, Hippolyta is back, and Tic, Leti, and Montrose are headed back in time. It’s the Tulsa episode, everyone! This bit of history which was lost to most non-Black Americans makes it’s second feature on an HBO series. Once again the survivors are front and center, and the endless trauma of Black people in America remains the theme. Lovecraft Country finally explores in depth how Montrose became the man he is today, in this powerfully moving episode.

Poor baby Diana took the brunt of the hit with the Police Captain’s spell. Her blood turned black, her skin shriveled up, Diana must fight to live long enough for Tic, Leti, and Montrose to find a counter spell. All the adults surrounding her quake with fear, knowing the responsibility for the young girls suffering lays at their feet. As they argue, their secrets inch toward

Emirates Development Bank launches national supply chain finance platform

October 11, 2020

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Digitalisation of financial services has become a core focus of UAE government

Initial phase offering payables finance solution now live

Abu Dhabi: Emirates Development Bank (EDB) today announces the launch of UAE’s National Supply Chain Finance (SCF) platform, giving UAE businesses improved access to working capital by enabling suppliers to gain quicker access to money owed, while buyers get more time to pay off their invoices.

The project is supported by the UAE Federal Government and was developed through the close collaboration between Emirates Development Bank, the International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group and HPD LendScape.

The initial phase of the project, offering a payables finance solution, has now gone live. The next phase is set to provide a comprehensive suite of buyer and supplier centric SFC variations, including Islamic Finance products.

Faisal Aqil Al Bastaki, Chief Executive Officer of EDB, said:“With SME’s

ROSEN, NATIONAL TRIAL LAWYERS, Reminds Portland General Electric Company Investors of Important Deadline in Securities Class Action

October 6, 2020

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NEW YORK, Oct. 5, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Rosen Law Firm, a global investor rights law firm, reminds purchasers of the securities of Portland General Electric Company between April 24, 2020 and August 24, 2020, inclusive (the “Class Period”), of the important November 2, 2020 lead plaintiff deadline in the securities class action. The lawsuit seeks to recover damages for PGE investors under the federal securities laws.

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To join the PGE class action, go to http://www.rosenlegal.com/cases-register-1938.html or call Phillip Kim, Esq. toll-free at 866-767-3653 or email [email protected] or [email protected] for information on the class action.

According to the lawsuit, defendants throughout the Class Period made false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (1) PGE downplayed risks with its trading activity in wholesale electricity markets; (2) PGE’s wholesale energy trading activity would result in at least $127 million of realized and unrealized losses;

The president’s personal agony is also a moment of deep national reckoning

October 3, 2020

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Impending death, as the saying goes, has a way of focusing the mind. There’s no reason to believe President Trump faces imminent death as a result of his recently testing positive for the coronavirus.

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But the brief video he released before he went into hospital showed a Trump we’ve rarely seen before: sombre, scared and, perhaps for the first time, truly shaken by the pandemic’s threat to both the nation and himself. It’s conceivable that this momentous new development in the US presidential race, just a month from election day, could restore a seriousness to our politics that it has lacked for quite a while.

Exhibit A in the unseriousness of American political life has, of course, been our tragically inept response

The president’s personal agony is also a moment of deep national reckoning | Geoffrey Kabaservice | Opinion

October 3, 2020

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Impending death, as the saying goes, has a way of focusing the mind. There’s no reason to believe President Trump faces imminent death as a result of his recently testing positive for the coronavirus.

But the brief video he released before he went into hospital showed a Trump we’ve rarely seen before: sombre, scared and, perhaps for the first time, truly shaken by the pandemic’s threat to both the nation and himself. It’s conceivable that this momentous new development in the US presidential race, just a month from election day, could restore a seriousness to our politics that it has lacked for quite a while.

Exhibit A in the unseriousness of American political life has, of course, been our tragically inept response to the pandemic. Not all of the blame can be pinned on the Trump administration. The coronavirus has demonstrated a widespread breakdown in national competence that has

Ariel Rivera of Deer Insurance Agency, LLC Receives the 2020 PIA National Excellence in Social Media Award

September 30, 2020

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WASHINGTON, Sept. 30, 2020 /PRNewswire/ — Deer Insurance Agency, LLC of Jacksonville, Florida and its founder and agency principal Ariel Rivera have received the 2020 Excellence in Social Media Award from the National Association of Professional Insurance Agents (PIA National). The award was presented on September 23, 2020 during the annual fall meeting of the PIA National Board of Directors.

Deer Insurance Agency, LLC uses social media as its #1 way of generating leads, communicating with customers, and providing them with valuable information while promoting the agency’s brand. “For me, social media has played a vital role in the growth and development of my agencies,” said Ariel Rivera, founder and agency principal. “There is so much good we can do through social media and if we integrate those platforms as part of our communications, our agencies will always have the potential of growth and scale.

“I

U.N. chief: time for national plans to help fund global COVID-19 vaccine effort

September 30, 2020

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FILE PHOTO: United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres addresses a news conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 8, 2020. REUTERS/Tiksa Negeri

NEW YORK (Reuters) – United Nations Secretary-General Antonio Guterres said on Wednesday it is time for countries to start using money from their national COVID-19 recovery and response plans to help fund the World Health Organization’s global vaccine plan.

The ACT-Accelerator programme and its COVAX facility has so far received $3 billion, but needs another $35 billion. It aims to deliver two billion doses of coronavirus vaccines by the end of next year, 245 million treatments and 500 million tests.

“The ACT-Accelerator provides the only safe and certain way to re-open the global economy as quickly as possible. A national vaccine effort in a handful of countries will not unlock the doors to the global economy and restore livelihoods,” Guterres told a high-level virtual U.N. event.

Britain’s Foreign Secretary Dominic

How a Personal Film on Black Gay Sexuality Stirred Up National Debate

September 30, 2020

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When Marlon Riggs’ best-known work, “Tongues Untied,” premiered on PBS nationwide in 1991, some stations around the country wouldn’t run it. The program became a political talking point when candidate Pat Buchanan weaponized the landmark documentary during the 1992 Republican Party presidential primaries, and the deeply personal essay on the experiences of Black gay men and the search for identity was at the center of a culture war. Condemned as “pornographic” by right-wing pundits who distorted the film’s content, “Tongues Untied” was debated in the halls of Congress as the movie became the centerpiece of a wider debate — namely, how the National Endowments of the Arts (NEA) distributes its funding. “Tongues Untied” was one of many recipients, having received a $5,000 grant.

Riggs hit back with a fiery New York Times op-ed titled “Meet the New Willie Horton,” and didn’t mince words. “Because my film, ‘Tongues Untied,’ affirms the

Biden and Trump prepare for a debate that could turn personal | National News

September 29, 2020

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Watch any of Biden’s debates, it is clear he has some quirks. Since he was told for decades that he talks too much, he often stops mid-sentence when he sees his time is up. Some advisers say that when he is debating someone like Trump, if he’s trying to be polite, it can be perceived as weak — and is something to avoid.

“I do think that he will not be polite against somebody who is a terrible bully. I think that he will be strong. I think he will be clear. He should own the stage, right? ‘This character over here, who is a liar and a con man, and has presided over 200,000 deaths, that guy should not be president. I should be, and here is why.’ ” said former Michigan Gov. Jennifer Granholm, who has prepared Biden for multiple debates. Granholm is a CNN contributor.

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