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Monday, March 22, 2021

Dollar steadies ahead of Powell testimony, housing reforms hit kiwi

TOKYO/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar hovered below recent peaks on Tuesday as investors looked to U.S. policymakers for clues on whether they may seek to slow rising yields, while the New Zealand dollar dropped after housing reforms cooled policy-tightening expectations.

The Turkish lira also showed some sign of stability following a 7.5% dive on Monday after President Tayyip Erdogan sacked a hawkish central bank chief, but markets' relief was offset by worries about fresh lockdowns in Europe.

Federal investigators are still examining Donald Trump’s role in inciting the attack on the US Capitol.

Michael Sherwin, the departing acting US attorney for the District of Columbia, confirmed that the former president is still under investigation over the 6 January putsch in an interview with CBS 60 Minutes on Sunday.

“Maybe the president is culpable,” he said.

Former US president Donald Trump said he left a letter "from the heart" to his successor Joe Biden on his way out of the White House.

It was one of a few talking points the former US leader raised during a long-form interview with Lisa Boothe, a Fox News contributor who has launched a podcast.

Aside from continuing his claims that the 2020 presidential election was rigged, Mr Trump also stuck to familiar issues such as his border wall policy, said he fast-tracked the coronavirus vaccine development and hinted he was considering his own social media platform.

New York (CNN Business)Former President Donald Trump is coming back to social media -- but this time with his own network, a Trump spokesperson told Fox News on Sunday.

Jason Miller, a long-time adviser and spokesperson for Trump's 2020 campaign told Howard Kurtz on Fox's "MediaBuzz" that Trump will be "returning to social media in probably about two or three months." He added Trump's return will be with "his own platform" that will attract "tens of millions" of new users and "completely redefine the game."

The sun is not yet up but I don’t have a lot of time. The children will wake any minute now and once that happens I’m at their mercy. It’s Spring Break.

We’ve already had Happy Meal picnics. We’ve played Minecraft online with the cousins and rode bikes and scooters with the neighbours. We’ve walked to the store and tried to select and purchase a cool toy with a $5 budget from Grammy.

In some ways, fictional radio host Tom Bobbajobski is like all of us. Broadcasting from a boat in the middle of nowhere, shouting into the void, hoping someone’s listening.

But not really, not if you don’t want to take it that seriously, said fake radio station "Huron City Radio" creator Daniel Williams.

For the past two months Williams, a St. Clair resident, has been consumed by the show, which is “broadcast” by Bobbajobski on a boat in the middle of Lake Huron by the "kitten state."

Randy Park, the young son of Atlanta shooting victim Hyun Jung Grant, has received over $2.3 million in just 24 hours, exceeding his original GoFundMe goal of $20,000. The money raised will be used to support Park and his brother for paying for bills, food, and other necessities. Park shared memories of his mother with The Daily Beast on Thursday, saying she loved dancing and was his “best friend.” “She was a single mother who dedicated her whole life to providing for my brother and I,” he said.

Cole Perfetti was born on New Year’s Day, 2002. And yet somehow, he’s still quite thoroughly a ’90s kid. He’s seen every episode of “Friends” multiple times. He played extensively with Lego Star Wars as a kid. He can solve a Rubik’s Cube in less than a minute. And he’s so well versed in the “Jurassic Park” franchise that he’s visited the theme park at Universal Studios with his sister Abby, his dad Angelo, and his mom Sandra.

CelebrityAccess) — The American Association of Independent Music (A2IM) announced the nominees for the 2021 Libera Awards Presented by Merlin.

Nominations for Record of the Year went to Phoebe Bridger (Punisher), Run The Jewels (RTJ4), Perfume Genius (Set My Heart On Fire), Yves Tumor (Heaven To A Tortured Mind), Thundercat (It Is What It Is), and Waxahatchee (Saint Cloud.)

Picks for this year’s Best Livestream/Live act went to Run The Jewels, Phoebe Bridger, Fontaines D.C., Perfume Genius, and Arca.

HIGHGATE — MVU senior, Madison Conley, has tended the Thunderbirds' net for four years in soccer and hockey. She's also caught and played the outfield for the varsity team.

This winter, Conley's hockey season was cut short due to covid, but before it came to an end, she and the Thunderbirds won their game against the D1 Kingdom Blades.

When the United States U23 men's national team kicked off in the Olympic qualifying tournament, it did so understanding that the only meaningful way to measure success would be simple: qualify. Anything short of securing a trip to the delayed Tokyo Games will be viewed as a failure, especially in the wake of the senior team's collapse in 2018 World Cup qualifying and with the emergence of young Americans such as Christian Pulisic, Weston McKennie, Tyler Adams and Sergino Dest playing at high levels in Europe.

LivingLiving my life authentically and openly has not always been easy. There have been times I was fired for being gay, or I have dealt with my fair share of homophobia over the past 30 years.

But I am proud to have consistently advocated for equal rights for all. I am out in every arena and live my life openly. I have soccer to thank for that. Soccer is my first love, and the people involved helped me love myself.

Investigators are continuing their probe into whether former President Donald Trump is personally responsible for the January riot at the Capitol, with lead federal prosecutor Michael Sherwin, head of the Justice Department’s criminal investigation into the unrest, saying Trump may very well be “culpable.”

“Now the question is, is he criminally culpable for everything that happened during the siege, during the breach?.

My biggest fear? Periods. Not my own — I know I will never experience a visit from Aunt Flo. But I knew someday my daughters probably would, and that fact petrified me for nearly a decade. I mean, how was I supposed to guide them through this mystical female rite of passage when I was so clueless? Sure, together we read the doctrinal American Girl book “The Care and Keeping of You,” and they’d probably learn stuff from their friends, right? I thought I could avoid facing my fear for several more years. Shoot, they had just turned double digits. Surely I was off the hook for at least three or four more years?

Berlin: Chancellor Angela Merkel said Friday that she was ready to be vaccinated with AstraZeneca's coronavirus jab if offered when it is her turn to be inoculated

"Yes I would take the AstraZeneca vaccine," she told journalists at a news conference, adding however she "would like to wait until it's my turn but I would in any case".

Merkel's firm endorsement of the vaccine came after its use was suspended for several days this week by major European countries, including Germany, over fears that it may cause blood clots.

During one of the biggest news events in history, one of America’s most prominent television journalists is not in the newsroom. Instead, Ann Curry, the former cohost of the Today show, is spending the COVID-19 shutdown in her Connecticut home, where she’s been in quarantine with her husband, tweeting.

Curry has always been more of a hard-news reporter than a TV personality, and she’s used her days at home trying to pinpoint the most verifiable information about the pandemic to disseminate to her 1.5 million followers.

NEW YORK — Annette Funicello, the most popular Mouseketeer on “The Mickey Mouse Club,” who matured to a successful career in records and ‘60s beach party movies but struggled with illness in middle age and after, died today, The Walt Disney Co. said. She was 70. She died peacefully at Mercy Southwest Hospital in Bakersfield, Calif., of complications from multiple sclerosis, the company said. Funicello stunned fans and friends in 1992 with the announcement about her ailment.

Breast hypertrophy is a rare medical condition of the breast connective tissues in which the breasts become excessively large. The condition is often divided based on the severity into two types, macromastia and gigantomastia. Hypertrophy of the breast tissues may be caused by increased histologic sensitivity to certain hormones such as female sex hormones, prolactin, and growth factors. Breast hypertrophy is a benign progressive enlargement, which can occur in both breasts (bilateral) or only in one breast (unilateral). It was first scientifically described in 1648.

In honor of throwback Thursday, Clueless alum Alicia Silverstone shared 10 never-before-seen Polaroid pictures of the cast circa 1994.

'I think it's funny that everyone was being normal for their continuity shots,' the 44-year-old Golden Globe nominee - who starred as Beverly Hills teen Cher Horowitz - sarcastically wrote.

'[Production] take these to match the costume, hair, and makeup. And I'm a big goofball... so not Cher approved.'

There’s something about supermodels where after having a baby, their body just goes right back to how it looked before ever getting pregnant. 2009 Sports Illustrated swimsuit edition cover girl Bar Refaeli welcomed her third child, son David, in mid-January 2020 and already she has her bikini body back and looking better than ever. The 35-year-old Israeli stunner showed off two Instagram photos on July 1, and her famed figure looks so slim and trim in a blue string two-piece.

NOTABLE PEOPLE born on this day include TV personality Chaz Bono, who was born in 1969; former soccer player Landon Donovan, who was born in 1982; author James Ellroy, who was born in 1948; musician Emilio Estefan, who was born in 1953; actress Patricia Heaton, who was born in 1959; former basketball player and politician Kevin Johnson, who was born in 1966; actress Patsy Kensit, who was born in 1968; U.S. Senator James Lankford, who was born in 1968; actress Kay Lenz, who was born in 1953

Whether it was Kim Kardashian who broke the internet or Justin Bieber who grabbed the headlines, there’s already been a handful of trending celebrities in 2021. Twitter exploded as stars feuded while failed relationships sent news stories spiraling around the world.

Here’s your one-stop guide of the most popular celebrities of 2021 and their stories and achievements that have helped them steal the spotlight thus far (in no particular order)

Queen Elizabeth does not have the power or the authority to remove Prince Harry from the line of succession, even if she wants to.

According to Graham Smith, the CEO of Republic (an anti-monarchy campaign), "It is not up to the Royal Family what the line of succession is, it is not their decision to make.

For celebrities, finding love can be tricky, and keeping that love even trickier. Not only because meeting new people might be tougher for them, but also because there is so much added pressure when it comes to maneuvering a relationship when you're in the spotlight. But plenty of couples have found the right balance with the loves of their lives and have been able to keep the flame alive through it all. And we're such suckers for love, that of course we want to celebrate loves that last.

Leigh Sales highlights sexualised social media abuse women in public eye face

Television journalist Leigh Sales took to Twitter on Wednesday to highlight the ‘sexualised social media abuse’ women in the public eye constantly face. To make the point she shared a screenshot capturing just a handful of recent repugnant messages, all of which contain criticisms or slurs of a sexual nature.

ABC journalist Leigh Sales has exposed the shocking “sexualised abuse” she copped online after grilling Scott Morrison in a TV interview this week.

Sales, the host of the ABC’s flagship 7.30 program, covered a broad range of topics in Tuesday’s interview with the Prime Minister, including JobKeeper, hotel quarantine and the disappointing COVIDSafe app.

In 2009, the ABC foreign correspondent Sally Sara walked into the Role 3 hospital at Kandahar Air Base, in Afghanistan. Role 3 was one of the busiest combat hospitals in the world, treating a near constant stream of wounded soldiers, insurgents and women and children. A sign near the entrance read “The best care anywhere”, which was no idle boast: the hospital had a 97 per cent survival rate.

The chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s News Corp is a man transformed. After cash-for-journalism deals with Google and Facebook, Robert Thomson’s accusations of “smugness” from big tech have made way for compliments, reports London Telegraph’s Ben Woods and Matthew Field.

Thomson lauded Google boss Sundar Pichai for his “thoughtful commitment to journalism” following an agreement with News Corp last month.

Another day, another woman being called a “whore” — and worse — on Twitter.

In the wake of her recent interview with Prime Minister Scott Morrison, ABC 730 host Leigh Sales posted some of the sexualised abuse she gets on Twitter just for doing her job.

Marissa DuBois in Slow Motion Full Fashion Week 2023, Fashion Channel Vlog,

Monday, March 22, 2021

Dollar steadies ahead of Powell testimony, housing reforms hit kiwi

Trump still being investigated over Capitol riot, top prosecutor says

Donald Trump wrote US President Joe Biden a letter 'from the heart'. Five key takeaways from Lisa Boothe podcast

Trump is returning to social media in a few months with his own platform, spokesman says

Simpson: So, moms and dads, is Spring Break breaking you, too?

The man behind Huron City Radio, ‘Fake radio station. Real funny’ has more projects coming

Son of Atlanta Shooting Victim Hyun Jung Grant Raises $2.3 Million in One Day

Q&A: Winnipeg Jets prospect Cole Perfetti on Ville Heinola, AHL adjustments, his ’90s interests

Phoebe Bridger, Run The Jewels Top The 2021 Liberia Independent Music Awards Nominations

Madison Conley: Play with heart, let failures drive you to excel, and be prepared to give back

U.S. men's 2000 Olympic medal-round run: An improbable adventure, told by those who lived it

Soccer has been guiding light for lesbian college soccer player turned business coach

Citing Soccer Mom Testimony, Feds Say Trump May Still Be ‘Culpable’ for Capitol Riot

Tales Of An Intersex Soccer Mom

Angela Merkel Says She Will Take AstraZeneca Vaccine Amid Clot Scare

Ann Curry Still Doesn't Know Why She Was Ousted From Today

Actress Annette Funicello has died at age 70

Breast hypertrophy

Alicia Silverstone shares never-before-seen Polaroids of the Clueless cast in 1994: 'I'm a big goofball!'

Bar Refaeli Shows Off Her Post-Baby BodyIn A Baby Blue Bikini 5 Months AfterWelcoming 3rd Child

MILESTONES: March 4 birthdays for Chaz Bono, Emilio Estefan, Patricia Heaton

50 Most Popular & Trending Celebrities of 2021

Queen Elizabeth barred from removing Prince Harry from line of succession

Celebrity couples who are completely obsessed with each other

Sunday, March 21, 2021

Leigh Sales highlights sexualised social media abuse women in public eye face

Leigh Sales exposes ‘sexualised abuse’ after PM interview

‘Life at home just didn’t make sense’: the mental trauma of foreign correspondent Sally Sara

Roundup: Murdoch tech deals, Leigh Sales on sexism, Natalie Barr’s first day + more

Leigh Sales showed us the abuse women cop online. When are we going to stop tolerating misogyny?