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Tech set to lead stock-market buyback boom
By William Watts
Published: June 5, 2018 8:00 a.m. ET
U.S. companies on pace for $2.5 trillion in buybacks, dividends and M&A in 2018: UBS
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U.S. corporations are on track to plow $2.5 trillion into the stock market and investor pockets in 2018 through share buybacks, dividends and mergers and acquisitions — and the tech sector, followed closely by health care, is leading the way, according to UBS.
The surge in so-called corporate flow (see chart below) is a tailwind for the stock market and comes as companies digest the corporate tax cuts signed into law last year and the incentives to bring home cash previously kept overseas for tax reasons.
In a Monday note, analysts led by Keith Parker said S&P 500 SPX, -0.65% net buybacks were up 53% in the first quarter, while announced buybacks are up 83% so far in 2018. Dividends are up 9.6% year over year, and announced acquisitions of publicly listed U.S. companies are up around 130% so far in 2018.
Tech has largely shrugged off trade-war concerns and other fears this year. The tech-weighted Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.46% notched a record close Monday and is up more than 10% in 2018 versus a 2.7% rise for the S&P 500 and a 0.4% gain for the Dow Jones Industrial DJIA, -0.42%
See: The tech bubble gives an 'insulating force field' to this stock market
Extrapolating from the pace so far, U.S. corporations are on track to deliver $700 billion to $800 billion in buybacks, $500 billion or more in dividends, and $1.3 trillion in M&A. The $2.5 trillion total is around 10% of current market capitalization, though the analysts noted that the pace could moderate after a torrid start. Still, the total so-called corporate flow is set to jump by $1 trillion, which would surpass previous peaks.
The analysts said the environment reaffirms their overweight position in health care and tech and also points to further outperformance for growth and momentum strategies "given such massive 'flow' to growth firms/funds and investors reinvesting the proceeds into stocks with strong fundamental momentum."
Tech and health care together account for around 45% of the total corporate flow, the analysts said. Announced buybacks in the tech sector are up $160 billion, or 200%, in 2018 (with Apple Inc. AAPL, -0.56% accounting for $100 billion). That accounts for more than 60% of S&P buyback announcements and nearly all the year-over-year increase, they said.
Announced buybacks for the health-care sector are also up over 200%, though M&A is running at a $500 billion annual pace for the sector, or 13% of market cap. The tech sector continues to lead the S&P 500, with a gain of more than 13% versus 2.7% for the broader index.
The tech-weighted Nasdaq Composite COMP, -0.46% was trading above its record close from March 12 on Monday and remained not far off its all-time high of 7,637.27.
Among other highlights, the financial and discretionary sectors are leading the way on year-over-year dividend growth at 16% and 13%, respectively.
Overall, seven of the S&P 500's 11 sectors are seeing flow that exceeds 10% of market cap: health care, tech, energy, real estate, telecom, utilities and staples.
This article was originally published on June 4.
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Q: Choose an option from select in bash I am trying to run gem uninstall bundler through a bash script.
The issue occurs when I have multiple bundler versions installed. It prompts the number of versions, and last option is to uninstall all the bundler versions:-
root@testuser:/home/test# gem uninstall bundler -x

Select gem to uninstall:
 1. bundler-1.13.7
 2. bundler-1.16.0
 3. All versions

I want to input the number displayed in front of All versions text.
I know that I can do something like echo -e '3' | gem uninstall bundler but I do not know if the All versions option is displayed on 3, 4 or whichever number. Hence I am looking for a solution which can parse the select options and then enters the number in front of it.

A: I believe using gem uninstall with an -a or --all option will uninstall all matching versions, as described in the manual.
In your case:
gem uninstall bundler -a -x

A: I haven't tried this with the gem uninstall bundler but it may work for you.
#launch your process in a subshell and direct the subshell output to a file
#yours will probably read (gem uninstall bundler -x) > count &

(echo title; echo "empty line"; echo "1. option"; echo "2. option" ; echo "3. All Versions"; sleep 10 ) > count &

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This year in tech felt like a simulation
This year in tech was a blur of too many things and not enough sense. It was as if we were being controlled and controlled by a random generator. This led to multiple "biggest news stories" occurring over the course of a single month, each completely unrelated.
I can't stop thinking about a very good tweet I saw last month, which encapsulated the absurdity of the year — it was something along the lines of, "Meta laid off 11,000 people and it's only the third biggest tech story of the week." Normally, a social media giant laying off 13% of its workforce would easily be the week's top story, but this was the moment when FTX went bankrupt and everyone was impersonating corporations on Twitter because somehow Elon Musk didn't think through how things would go horribly wrong if anyone could buy a blue check. It was great times.
Sometimes it feels like we are living in a simulation. I mean that I hear about the latest tech news, and sometimes feel like someone picked a few words and tried to connect them. But that's not the reality. Would you believe me if you told you in January that Elon Musk, Twitter's owner, polled users to decide whether he would ban Donald Trump ?
These absurd tech events have serious consequences. These absurd events in tech have had serious consequences for people who invested substantial sums into something they believed was a good investment. It's funny to think about how you'd react ten years ago if someone told you that Meta (oh yeah, that's what Facebook is called now) is losing billions of dollars every quarter to build virtual reality technology that no one seems to want. However, those decisions were not laughable for employees who lost their jobs as a result.
Where do we go from here? It's a time in tech history when anything is possible. It's both inspiring, and it's terrifying. A team of Amazon fulfillment center workers on Staten Island can win a union election , by successfully advocating for themselves despite extreme adversity. It's also possible for Elon Musk to buy Twitter for $44 billion.
AI technology like Stable Diffusion and ChatGPT encapsulate this fragile balance between innovation and horror. It's possible to create beautiful artworks in a matter of seconds. However, you can also threaten the livelihoods and livelihoods of artists. An AI chatbot can teach you history. However, it is impossible to know if the answer is correct unless you do more research.
Perhaps part of the reason AI generators have gained such widespread appeal is because they almost feel natural to us. This year's tech news feels almost like it was generated by ChatGPT.
Or maybe reality is stranger than any AI could create. ChatGPT was asked to create headlines for me about tech news. It came up with these snoozers, along with some factually incorrect headlines which I omitted for journalism's sake:
"Apple's iOS 15 update brings major improvements to iPhones and iPads"
"Amazon's new line of autonomous delivery robots causes controversy"
"Intel announces new line of processors with advanced security features"
Pretty boring! These are some real, actual things that happened in tech in the year 2015:
Tony the Tiger made his debut as a VTuber.
Someone claimed to be a laid off Twitter employee named Rahul Ligma, and a herd of reporters did not get the joke, inadvertently meaning that I had to explain the "ligma" joke on like four different tech podcasts.
Three people got arrested for operating a Club Penguin clone.
One of the Department of Justice's main suspects in a $3.6 billion crypto money laundering scheme is an entrepreneur-slash-rapper named Razzlekhan.
The new Pokemon game has a line of dialogue with the word "cheugy."
Donald Trump dropped an NFT collection.
A bad Twitter feature update impacted the stock of a pharmaceutical company.
Elon Musk's greatest rival is a University of Central Florida sophomore.
FTC chair Lina Khan said that Taylor Swift did more to educate Gen Z about antitrust law than she ever could.
Meta is selling a $1,499 VR headset to be used for remote work.
The UK Treasury made a Discord account to share public announcements but was immediately spammed with people using emoji reactions to make dirty jokes (and speaking of the UK, there have been three different Prime Ministers since September. )
These are strange times. If the rules are made up and the points don't matter, let's at least hope that if the absurdity continues into 2023, the tech news is more amusing than harmful. I want more Chris Pratt voicing live action Mario, and fewer tech CEOs being sentenced for fraud. Is that too much?

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We can look, in fairly general way, at what an Eleven Plus child needs as the examination approaches. First of all he or she needs the physical and mental ability to be able to collect all the information.
After all as the examination grows closer the Eleven Plus child will have been exposed to a wide variety in increasingly complex experiences. All we can hope is that as much information as possible is correct and apposite.


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Book launch touches a lot of people at CMA breakfast
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The first Christian Men's Association breakfast for 2019 held at Tash's Craft bar last Saturday provided insight and teachings on leadership in churches around South Africa.
WISDOM ABOUT CHRISTIANITY: Christian minister and author Afrika Mhlophe spoke about his new book A Passion for Position which was recently launched at the Christian Men's Association breakfast held at Tash's Craft Bar on Saturday Picture: NTOMBI MSUTU
The guest speaker was Afrika Mhlophe who recently launched a book called A Passion for Position. He left the crowd yearning for more with his wisdom.
Mhlophe has been in ministry since 1998 and from 2002 he became the leading pastor of Good News Community Church in Port Elizabeth.
His main focus is calling Christians to bring kingdom influence into every domain of life, and it is for this reason that he has ventured to speak and write on difficult subjects such as racism, corruption, idolatry, and many other issues affecting Christianity.
The decision to write the book came after he realised that Christianity has lost value. He saw the need to remind the church of basic principles. He believes that the situation is so dire that the church should declare "a state of emergency" and deal with a faulty system that is churning out bad leaders.
"I believe we need to look into church history and learn from men and women who made a point of not obscuring people's view of Christ. Leaders who avoided excess and anything that distracts from the pure message of the gospel," Mhlophe said.
He started writing the book three years ago after noticing that a growing number of Christian leaders are departing from values that are true marks of greatness and a distinguishing feature of Christianity.
"I saw that people are no longer serving to impress Jesus, but to boost their egos. The church is so full of broken souls, some of them use the pulpit to mend themselves. A lot of people are wounded because they believe they are not where they should be or where they think they should be therefore they no longer serve the purpose of their positions, which is to lead. They are discarding values such as servanthood and humility in favour of egotism and pride," Mhlophe said.
In his talk at the CMA he pointed out that there is more of an emphasis on pretentious titles in the church than in the world. "What should we conclude from that?" he asked.
He added that the situation indicates a departure from orthodox Christianity.
This is not a first for the church but the situation only changes when lovers of the truth rise and protest, he said.
"The book is a clarion call for the church to refocus on raising leaders who value personal purity more than power. And character more than charisma. These are Christian leaders who are Christians first, before they are leaders. In other words, they don't lead with a dissonance between their words and their walk."
In the book Mhlophe points out two important things about leadership and what determines a good leader.
"People are not leading by positions but by the people occupying them. Therefore, obsession with position and titles misses the whole point of what leadership is about. We have lost track as the church. Secondly, a leader is raised for people and not for a position. A leader should therefore be judged, not by how long he/she has occupied a position, but the difference he/she makes in people's lives. In fact, an effective leader doesn't even need a position in order to lead. But he does need love and concern for people," Mhlophe said.
After the talk he was asked to lead prayer for rain for the areas in South Africa that are currently faced with drought.
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Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients
Edited by Ingrid Kohlstadt
910 pages | 91 B/W Illus.
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Food and nutrients are the original medicine and the shoulders on which modern medicine stands. But in recent decades, food and medicine have taken divergent paths and the natural healing properties of food have been diminished in the wake of modern technical progress. With contributions from highly regarded experts who work on the frontlines of disease management, the bestselling first edition of Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients, Food and Nutrients in Disease Management effectively brought food back into the clinical arena, helping physicians put food and nutrients back on the prescription pad.
Board-certified in General Preventive Medicine, Ingrid Kohlstadt, MD, MPH has been elected a Fellow of the American College of Nutrition and a Fellow of the American College of Preventive Medicine. Guided by Dr. Kohlstadt, this authoritative reference equips clinicians with the information they need to fully utilize nutritional medicine in their practice.
New in the Second Edition
Toxic exposures such as molds, microbial infections, xenoestrogens, heavy metals, and inert nanoparticles
Food safety issues: precautions for patients with preexisting medical conditions, adequate labeling of food allergens such as gluten, potential adverse effects of artificial sweeteners, consequences of applying ionizing radiation to food, food-borne mycotoxins, critical food restrictions following bariatric surgery, precautions for preparing food in the home
Consumer advocacy issues on navigating claims of medical foods and dietary supplements
Physical forces on nutritional needs, such as ultraviolet light initiating vitamin D synthesis, non-ionizing radiation's effects on brain glucose metabolism and excess body fat's effects on inflammation and hydration
Preventive medicine and how to preserve resiliency at the individual and public health levels
Written by doctors for doctors, Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients, Second Editionreunites food and medicine. Buttressed with new evidence, leading physicians on the frontlines of disease management apply the latest scientific advances to the clinical practice of medicine. Each chapter offers adjuncts to standard care, fewer side effects, improved risk reduction, or added quality of life.
An article by Ingrid Kohlstadt on education and nutrition appeared in TIME Magazine online on November 12, 2014.
When we walk into a grocery store, we are really entering a pharmacy with precious nutrients and potentially dangerous toxins. The power of nutrition in enhancing our most innovative medical interventions as well as avoiding their need become readily apparent in this well organized, comprehensive work that is an essential textbook for healers around the world. The sacredness of food is often forgotten and leads to many of the chronic illnesses that ail modern society. This text reminds us of the strong scientific foundation for arguing that healing starts with our diet.
—Mehmet Oz, M.D., Professor and Vice-Chair of Surgery, New York Presbyterian/ Columbia Hospital
This book is an excellent in depth review of the evidence to support the role of nutrition in health promotion and disease prevention. This book should be read by all those who strive to improve the health of the people they serve. It should certainly be a well-read addition to the library of every health care provider who wants to use an evidence-based approach to treating and caring for their patients. Dr. Kohlstadt has pulled together a wonderful array of scientists and clinicians who have brought the science and practice of medicine into one compendium.
—Miriam Alexander, MD, MPH, Director, General Preventive Medicine Residency Program and Director, Mid-Atlantic Public Health Training Center, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients is a wealthy string of clinical pearls, this book maximizes the subtle and significant effects of food and nutritional supplements. It represents a unique collaborative, written by leaders in naturopathic and allopathic medicine. Current, with relevant research and practical details, it merits a place on any naturopathic physician's shelf or teaching library.
This work should empower practitioners to better follow Hippocrates admonition to "Let food be thy medicine and medicine be thy food".
—Dr. Michael J. Cronin, ND, Naturopathic Physicians Group, President, American Assoc. of Naturopathic Physicians, and Chair, Naturopathic Physicians Research Institute
Dr. Kohlstadt has edited an up-to-date, comprehensive, massive yet easy-to-navigate guide for using nutrition to improve health …Well laid-out and very helpful treatment-oriented nutritional guidance. … Will become a favorite go-to handbook for any practitioner wanting to use nutrition to improve others' health….The breadth and scope of this new book by Dr. Kohlstadt is truly immense. Down-home, real-life, scientific rationale for incorporating nutrition into practice. …Comprehensive and massive enough to satisfy detail-oriented practitioners, but also edited to be a quick and handy guide for practices.
—Luke R. Bucci, PhD, CCN, CNS, Research & Scientific Affairs Specialist, Schiff Nutrition International
This is not just a second edition, this is volume II - filled with new chapters, topics, updates, authors. Together they provide valuable information and indispensable source of reference for medical practitioners and especially any busy Integrative Medicine Clinic like ours. The consistent and practice friendly format give the book a uniform, accessible feel, all to the credit of a strong editor, Dr. Kohlstadt.
—John C. Pan, M.D., Clinical Professor, Founder and Executive Director, Center for Integrative Medicine, The George Washington University Medical Center
We live in a time a great transition. Millions more people are suffering from diseases associated with too few calories, protein, or vital nutrients each year, while even a greater number are still suffering from overnutrition. Evidence continues to mount that nutrition, along with exercise, other key lifestyle factors, and decisions regarding environmental exposure are fundamental to health, well-being, and compression of morbidity in association with medicine and genetics. This book, Advancing Food and Nutrition, is, perhaps, the most important compendium of articles by physicians and other health scientists describing the role of the intelligent use of food and nutrients in medicine. It lays a foundation for a knowledge base critical to the medical management of health and disease, not only as a supplement to other modalities of therapy, but in the case of literally millions of Americans, the scientific application of food and nutritional knowledge is primary to their health and disease conditions.
—Michael D. McDonald, Ph.D., President, Global Health Initiatives, Inc.
Food and Nutrients in Disease Management, Second Edition, is an extraordinary evidence-based information source for the treatment and prevention of disease. Written for doctors by doctors, this book is essential to the library of any clinician who wants to optimize their patients' health.
—Erminia Guarneri, MD, FACC, Founder and Senior Consultant, Scripps Center for Integrative Medicine, La Jolla, CA
Any health collection strong in professional nutrition references will find Advancing Medicine with Food and Nutrients a 'must have' addition to a collection. While this appears in a second edition, this is actually Volume II —packed with new chapters, topics, extensive revamps and updates, and discussions applicable to clinical and consumer interests alike. Chapters cover everything from chronic inflammation and kidney stones to fibromyalgia and other conditions affected by diet choices. Scientific research, mathematical formulas, charts, diagrams, and chemistry discussions mark a survey packed with insights into prevention, repair, and how the medical profession is enhanced by nutritional research. The result is an extensive reference and discussion recommended for any professional's health library.
—California Bookwatch, November 2013
An interesting and practical addition to the regular medical textbooks.
—Pediatric Endocrinology Reviews, Vol. 7, No. 4, June 2010
Food and Nutrients in Disease Management provides a wealth of information on the relationships between food, nutrients, and management of disease. All of the chapters are well referenced. The book is an up-to-date reference text that physicians, particularly family practice physicians, should have on their bookshelves. The text should be of interest to nutritionists, dieticians, pharmacists, and other health professionals. …
—Judith A. Driskell, JAMA, Vol. 302
Fantastic! Every physician who treats patients should devour this book.
—Sherry A. Rogers, M.D., ABEM, FACAAI, FACN, ABFP
Food and Nutrients in Disease Management is a text that is long overdue. Written by pioneering experts in the field of nutrition and health, this text pulls together in one convenient place material that has been difficult to find in mainstream medicine. Every physician in the world should read, refer to, and apply the information in these pages.
Ingrid Kohlstadt, M.D., is prominent among the 22,000 physicians and scientists of the American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine, who see the potential for dramatic improvements in both health span and lifespan, and her new book gives the prescription and clear roadmap to maximum longevity.
—Ronald Klatz, M.D., D.O., President, American Academy of Anti-Aging Medicine
Dr. Kohlstadt has established a benchmark of nutrition and nutrient effects on health and disease that meets the educational needs of a growing group of doctors, who are poised to use the best foods and nutrients available to promote health and treat disease.
—Patrick J. Hanaway, M.D., Chief Medical Officer, Genova Diagnostics, President, American Board of Integrative Holistic Medicine
… Many of the bright lights of nutritional medicine have had a hand in crafting this practical, well-done text. As an educator in an integrative medicine academic practice, I would have this text available and required reading for all of the students, residents, and fellows that rotate through our program. The recommendations for use of nutrition and nutritional supplements during healthcare are made with the latest evidence at hand, coupled with great clinical insight.
—Jeanne A. Drisko, M.D., Riordan Professor of Orthomolecular Medicine, The University of Kansas Medical Center
… Dr. Ingrid Kohlstadt has skillfully edited the contributions of 64 distinguished contributors to create a comprehensive resource on the importance of good nutrition in the promotion of health and in healing disease. The industrialization of agriculture and the tremendous growth of processed foods threaten the availability of a diverse, nutrient-rich diet. This book will inform clinicians to provide scientific advice to their patients and help them to improve.
—Robert S. Lawrence, M.D., Director, Center for a Livable Future, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health
There are some books that have classic written all over them, destined to take up a permanent position within arm's reach in the library of every writer, researcher, and clinician concerned with holistic health . . . Food and Nutrients in Disease Management is such a book . . . Virtually every chapter in this brilliant volume can serve as a basic reference article on the disease being discussed, as well as providing a treasure trove of research summaries of the relevant effects of various foods, dietary strategies, and nutritional supplements. Highly recommended.
—Jonny Bowden, Ph.D., Townsend Letter, June 2009
If you are looking for the research evidence behind the use of food and nutrients to improve outcomes for major disease states, or to deepen your understanding of the biochemistry thereof, then this is it. And Food and Nutrients in Disease Management is masterful at that task. … I think this textbook will have a major impact on the way allopathic medicine looks at food and nutrients in clinical care, and it is desperately needed.
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La història d'un detectiu (originalment en anglès, Detective Story) és una pel·lícula estatunidenca dirigida per William Wyler, estrenada el 1951. S'ha subtitulat al català.

Argument
En una investigació policíaca, l'inspector James "Jim" McLeod interpretat per Kirk Douglas, s'acarnissa amb un metge avortador, cosa que sorprèn el seu superior. Aquest no triga a descobrir que la Sra. de Mac Leod ha avortat amb l'ajuda d'aquest doctor i que el policia mai no li ha perdonat.

Repartiment
 Kirk Douglas: Detectiu James 'Jim' McLeod Eleanor Parker: Mary McLeod
 William Bendix: Detectiu Lou Brody Cathy O'Donnell: Susan Carmichael
 George Macready: Karl Schneider Horace McMahon: Tinent Monaghan
 Gladys George: Miss Hatch Joseph Wiseman: Charley Gennini
 Lee Grant: Lladregota''
 Warner Anderson: Endicott Sims /Henry Sims
 William 'Bill' Phillips: Detectiu Pat Callahan
 Frank Faylen: Detectiu Gallagher
 Catherine Doucet: Sra. Farragut

Premis i nominacions

Premis
 1952. Premi a la interpretació femenina al Festival Internacional de Cinema de Cannes per a Lee Grant

Nominacions
 1952. Oscar a la millor actriu per a Eleanor Parker
 1952. Oscar a la millor actriu secundària per a Lee Grant
 1952. Oscar al millor director per a William Wyler
 1952. Oscar al millor guió original per a Philip Yordan i Robert Wyler
 1952. Globus d'Or a la millor pel·lícula dramàtica
 1952. Globus d'Or al millor actor dramàtic per a Kirk Douglas
 1952. Globus d'Or a la millor actriu secundària per a Lee Grant
 1952. BAFTA a la millor pel·lícula

Crítica
Douglas aconsegueix una brillant adaptació de l'obra teatral de Sidney Kingsley, d'estil sòlid i una mica barroca, on abunden brillants detalls de posada en escena. La resta de l'abundant repartiment està excel·lent.

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Pel·lícules dels Estats Units del 1951
Pel·lícules de ficció criminal
Pel·lícules dels Estats Units en blanc i negre
Pel·lícules dirigides per William Wyler
Pel·lícules del segle XX subtitulades al català

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Park finds comfort on soggy greens
South Korean Park Sung-hyun lining up a putt on the eighth green during Thursday's first round of the Women's PGA Championship at Kemper Lakes Golf Club. She shot a six-under 66 for a one-shot lead.PHOTO: REUTERS
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KILDEER (Illinois) • Park Sung-hyun bounced back from a poor performance in the previous Major to take a one-shot lead in the first round at the Women's PGA Championship outside Chicago on Thursday.
The 24-year-old Park, among several long hitters who revelled in the soggy conditions, carded a six-under 66 on a Kemper Lakes course that was drenched by rain earlier in the week.
Four weeks after missing the cut at the US Women's Open, where she was the defending champion, the South Korean was more assured, particularly on the greens, as she gathered six birdies.
Americans Jessica Korda, Brittany Altomare and Jaye Marie Green and Canada's Brooke Henderson were tied for second on 67.
"I agree that the course is long and difficult, and I think it's pretty big benefit for the long hitter," Park, who spent a week as world No. 1 last November, told reporters. "As the score says, it went pretty well."
Park added that poor putting had cost her at the US Women's Open. "I felt like something little was missing, especially my putting, but this week I feel pretty comfortable and confident," she said. "I changed my putter, and I made some change in the putting routine."
Korda was also delighted that the 6,741-yard course, which offered very little roll, played so long and allowed her to unleash her driver.
"It was wet out there, so managing each shot was tough, but I love the way they set up the golf course," she said. "I could finally hit drivers. It wasn't an iron or three-wood off every tee. This is a Major and it played like a Major golf course."
Henderson overcame an awful start when she made bogeys at her first two holes, to match Korda's 67.
She started "grinding away" and stemmed the bleeding, before a birdie at her ninth hole opened the floodgates and she added six more on her inward half.
"I started to hit it really close and was able to make a few putts," said Henderson, who won the event two years ago.
Defending champion Danielle Kang did not fare as well on Thursday as she battled to a 73 that was marred by a late double bogey.
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HomeNewsOsun Amotekun absolves outfit from attack on deposed monarch
Osun Amotekun absolves outfit from attack on deposed monarch
The Amotekun in Osun State has denied allegations that its personnel were involved in chasing away a traditional ruler, Sunday Akinwale, the Olunlosin, the Eleko of Eko Akala in Ifelodun local government area of the state.
In a statement by Amitolu Shittu, the Osun Amotekun Field Commander in Osogbo on Monday, the security outfit maintained that its personnel were not involved in the act.
Shittu also called on the general public to disregard information alleging the complicity of Amotekun Osun personnel in the unfortunate incident.
According to him, "Given the foregoing, We would like to inform the general public that the publication was part of an orchestrated campaign of calumny aimed at damaging Osun Amotekun's reputation and bringing it into public odium, obloquy, infamy, scandal, scorn, and contempt.
"This is how they started the damages on the Nigeria Police which resulted in EndSARS Protest that almost destroyed the country in the year 2020, it has been noted that whenever criminals elements want to perpetrate their evil and their satanic plans that is when they published fake news, our resolve to stamp out the criminals in the state is not negotiable.
"Osun Amotekun Corps is an establishment of the law which no party can lay claim to as it belongs to the entire citizen of the state, we are nonpartisan.
"We, however, urge the promoters of the said publication to henceforth stop publishing news to damage the reputation and achievements of Osun Amotekun Corps."
The Olunlosin of Eko Akala, Sunday Akinwale who was deposed in 2021 by the Elende of Eko Ende, Oba Rauf Olaniyan had alleged that an officer of the Osun Amotekun Corps and thugs chased him out of his palace after physically assaulting and beating him.
Akinwale who laid claim of being installed as a traditional ruler of Eko Akala by the Kate Akinrun of Ikinrun, Oba Olawale Adedeji revealed that the Elende of Ekoende had on several occasions threatened to deal with him by removing him as the traditional ruler of the town.
He stated that "The hoodlums broke the door to the palace at midnight and entered my bedroom where I was sleeping together with some members of my family.
"They dragged me out of the room, tore my clothes, and beat me. They forcefully ejected me and members of my family from the palace after beating us and didn't allow us to take anything from the palace. All my clothes were left inside the palace.
"The thugs burgled the palace and took away some of my personal belongings and my wife's valuables. They also vandalised my car and some other artefacts in the palace. The matter was reported to the police and nothing was done about it."


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Covered Bridge Resonates with Messiah College Students, Alumni, & Staff
by Lauren Miller
A well-loved, much used way for students, alumni, staff, and others to get around Messiah College's Pennsylvania campus is their own historic covered bridge, built in 1867. It's an iconic structure, unusual for a college campus. It's no wonder that this popular image graces two of their diploma frames.
Messiah College's covered bridge, commonly called the Stoner Bridge (named in honor of Mr. & Mrs. Jacob S. Stoner who donated the bridge to the college), but also known as the Bowmansdale Covered Bridge, is one of only a handful of covered bridges actually located on college campuses in the United States.
The Stoner Bridge, with a length of 112 feet and a width of 15 feet, was originally built in 1867 in Bowmansdale and moved to the Mechanicsburg campus in 1972 where it was rebuilt by students. It is picturesquely located above the Yellow Breeches Creek and connects one side of the campus to the Starry Athletic Fields.
Construction of the Stoner Bridge on Messiah College campus around 1972. Schwartz family photo.
Kenneth Mark, M.A. Ed., Director of The Oakes Museum of Natural History at Messiah College, helped work on the bridge for two years, including summers, as his work-study job.
Mark recalled, "As the bridge was torn down, we were told to save as much of the original pieces of the bridge as possible. Sadly, we could not salvage anything from the roof, side boards or the road bed. That left the arches and other beams to disassemble. They had been protected over the years by the siding and roof. We were also able to salvage one half of the wooden pins that held the beams together.
"In order to be able to reassemble the arches and beams exactly the way they were taken apart, a system of letters and numbers were placed on every piece. If you walk over the bridge today, you will see this system in yellow paint. The wooden pins were also put back into the same pieces they held together in Bowmansdale,"added Mark. "New wooden pins for the rest of the bridge were made out of wooden dowels."
Working to rebuild the covered bridge on campus.
Schwartz family photo.
Stoner Bridge on Messiah College.
Symbol of the Campus
"The covered bridge really is a beautiful symbol of Messiah College that always makes me feel comfortable and at home whenever I see it," remarked Hayden, a Messiah student. "There's something romantic and peaceful about walking across it and looking down the Breeches that lets me know I'm right where I'm supposed to be."
Likewise, the creek itself also is important to the campus. According to the College's Centennial page, "The Yellow Breeches has always been a central part of campus life as students have enjoyed swimming, ice skating, boating, and fishing on the creek."
"When I see the covered bridge it provides me with a sense of home," explained Meredith, another student. "I grew up on the Yellow Breeches River, and it is a community builder for Messiah students."
Appreciation of the Stoner Bridge also was voiced by Donna Miller, Senior Buyer at The Campus Store. She observed, "When I enter campus, the covered bridge is the first thing I see. No matter the season, its setting is always breathtaking. My family has used it as a backdrop for many photo shoots, including our wedding in May 1987."
Stoner Bridge Image on Diploma Frames
The covered bridge has such a strong connection with Messiah College's students and graduates that we offer two diploma frames depicting images of the Stoner Bridge.
Miller added, "Most people that are privileged to spend time on Messiah College's campus are drawn to the Stoner bridge in all its serenity. This well-loved icon is showcased beautifully on two different diploma frames by Church Hill Classics."
One diploma frame, the Campus Scene, showcases a photo of the covered bridge and the Yellow Breeches Creek set above an 8″x10″ opening for a bachelor's or master's degree. The solid hardwood Sutton frame moulding has a rich mahogany finish and black rippled-edge inner lip. The photo and diploma stand out with navy museum-quality matting.
The Campus Cameo diploma frame features artwork of the covered bridge and black and silver archival matting. It is framed in Chateau, which has a rich French walnut finish and coordinating inner lip, and is sized for a bachelor's or master's diploma from Messiah College.
About the Covered Bridge
In the 1800s, Pennsylvania was home to more than 1,500 covered bridges. Nowadays, covered bridges number only in the hundreds in the state, and Stoner Bridge is one of only two covered bridges left in Pennsylvania's Cumberland County where Messiah College is located.
In 2011, the Stoner Bridge was refurbished. The timber deck was replaced by a cement and steel deck, and the bridge also got a new roof, new siding, and "finishes that have restored the bridge to its original condition," according to the Messiah College site.
"The Covered Bridge is very special to me and is an icon for the campus," said Bradley Markley, Director of Facility Services at Messiah College. Markley sent photos of the covered bridge (several of which were used in this piece) showing the time period when the bridge was moved to the campus from Bowmansdale. The photos were originally from the Schwartz family, and they are a perfect visual, greatly enhancing the overall background about this bridge. More photos of Messiah College's Stoner Bridge can be viewed on our Beautiful Campus Scenes pinboard.
Inside view of the Stoner Bridge at Messiah College in 1972.
Crossing a Covered Bridge
Although most of us have climbed steps, hiked hills, walked along paths, and taken buses, cars, or shuttles to get to where we need to go on a college campus, many of us have never had the opportunity to walk or drive across a covered bridge. Those at Messiah College can say they have.
"The Stoner Bridge is an iconic Messiah College landmark, and it is precious to me as an alum, employee, and community member," commented Aleisha Wildon, who graduated from Messiah in 1992 and is the Textbook Express Manager & Clothing Buyer at the bookstore. "Our bridge embodies an appreciation of history, craftsmanship, and function. Beyond its aesthetic beauty, it is a stunning symbol of Messiah's commitment to both education and reconciliation in church and society."
Wildon philosophized, "A bridge connects people and places, a bridge spans a space or body of water that would be more treacherous or impossible to cross otherwise. Without bridges, knowledge of the world beyond our own little microcosm would be stunted. While our bridge does serve the purpose of joining two areas of our campus together that are separated by the Yellow Breeches Creek, its meaning stretches beyond its utility—the Stoner Bridge has become synonymous with Messiah College and its mission."
The Stoner Bridge is definitely special. It is still functional, pretty to look at, and has withstood the test of time. Plus, as featured in two diploma frames, it will be a special remembrance of Messiah College always.
Stoner Bridge 1972 Schwartz family photo.
Messiah College campus map shows Stoner Bridge in relation to rest of campus – lower right corner (8).
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