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Slay Queen Releases The Message She Received From A Married Man After Refusing To Visit A Hotel With Him After He Paid N62,000 For Her Lunch.

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Slay queen releases the message she received from a married man after refusing to visit a hotel with him after he paid N62,000 for her lunch.

The man said by her action, she is laying a c¥rse on herself because she can’t try this with everyone, since very one is not human.

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CrowdStrike Shorts Won Big After Stock's Outage-Fueled Plummet

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CrowdStrike (CRWD) short sellers made more than $373 million Friday after a defective update sent out by the cybersecurity company caused a global IT outage for Microsoft (MSFT) Windows hosts, according to research firm S3 Partners.

The global outage sent CrowdStrike shares tumbling Friday, with the stock finishing down more than 11%.

S3 Partners said CrowdStrike shorts were "the big winners" of Friday's incident, gaining over $373 in mid-day mark-to-market profits. In the same period, Microsoft shorts gained around $126 million, while shorts in the software systems sector were up $414 million one day mark-to-market profits on Friday.

The firm found that there is $48 billion of short interest in the systems software sector. Microsoft accounted for more than half of the the total short exposure in the sector, followed by CrowdStrike. S3 Partners said they expect to "see continued short selling in this sector."

CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz said the company had identified the source of the outage and deployed a fix.

Microsoft shares fell less than 1% on Friday.

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God Is Working — Says Nigerian Man As He Shows His Transformation In Six Years

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A Nigerian man has said God is working, as he shows his transformation in six years.

The man shared the picture of himself in 2018 and how God has helped him as he also shared his recent picture.

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S&P 500 Gains And Losses Today: CrowdStrike Tumbles Amid Widespread Tech Outage

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Major U.S. equities indexes moved lower on Friday as a major technology outage affected businesses around the world, grounding flights and disrupting financial transactions.

Concerns about malfunctioning computer systems compounded what had already been a tough week for the tech sector, with big-name stocks battered by geopolitical tensions and uncertainties surrounding international trade.

The S&P 500 fell 0.7% on the final trading day of the week. The IT turmoil added to pressures on the tech-heavy Nasdaq, which lost 0.8% on the day. The Dow dropped 0.9%, retreating further from the record closing high seen earlier this week.

The S&P 500 and the Nasdaq were in negative territory for the full week, while the Dow held onto a weekly gain.

Cybersecurity firm CrowdStrike Holdings (CRWD) was at the center of the technological mayhem, as a defective software update from the company led to widespread outages. Since CrowdStrike provides security software to major cloud computing platforms, including Microsoft's (MSFT) Azure, the incident had a far-reaching impact, disrupting operations for major airlines, health care facilities, and financial institutions, among other businesses. Shares of CrowdStrike plummeted 11.1%, marking the heaviest losses of any S&P 500 stock.

Shares of commercial lines insurance firm W.R. Berkley (WRB) dropped 8.3%. The company could face a flurry of business interruption insurance claims as a result of the CrowdStrike outage, although many policies are unlikely to include coverage for this type of event. W.R. Berkley is set to post its latest quarterly results before the markets open on Monday morning.

Shares of fellow insurer Travelers Companies (TRV) also lost ground on Friday, declining 7.8% after the company released its second-quarter earnings report. Although quarterly revenue and net premiums written came in higher than the year-ago period, both figures fell short of analysts' estimates. Travelers also reported an increase in catastrophe losses, citing severe storm activity, while investment losses also jumped over the year.

Intuitive Surgical (ISRG) shares notched the day's top performance in the S&P 500, soaring 9.3% to a record high after the manufacturer of robotic medical devices topped sales and profit forecasts with its second-quarter results. Robust demand for the company's da Vinci robotic surgical device helped drive the strong performance, with a 17% year-over-year increase in procedures performed using the system.

Starbucks (SBUX) shares jolted 6.9% higher amid reports that activist investor Elliott Investment Management has accumulated a significant position in the coffee giant. According to , Elliott has held discussions with Starbucks in recent weeks about ways to improve the company's performance. However, the exact size of Elliott's stake and any particular changes the firm may push for remain unknown.

Huntington Bancshares (HBAN) stock advanced 3.9% after the bank holding company reported better-than-expected revenue and earnings per share (EPS) for the second quarter. Although net interest income fell year over year, Huntington's average loans and deposits moved higher.

United Airlines (UAL) shares gained 3.3% on Friday, recovering losses posted in the previous session after the carrier released quarterly results. United's second-quarter revenue missed estimates, and the airline provided a muted forecast for the current quarter, citing a slowdown in air travel demand. However, analysts at Citi suggested these expectations may already be priced in after rival Delta Air Lines (DAL) highlighted demand concerns in its earnings report last week. Analysts also said United has benefitted from strong cost management and lower fuel expenses.

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How is lead a danger to health?

Lead is poisonous to the brain and nervous system, even in small amounts. There really is no safe level of lead in the blood. We particularly worry about children under the age of 6. Not only are their brains actively developing, but young children commonly touch lots of things — and put their hands in their mouths. Children who are exposed to lead can have problems with learning, understanding, and behavior that may be permanent.

How do children get exposed to lead?

In the US, lead used to be far more ubiquitous than it is now, particularly in paint and gas. Yet children can be exposed to lead in many ways.

Lead paint. In houses built before 1978, lead paint can sometimes be under other paint, and is most commonly found on windowsills or around doors. If there is peeling paint, children can sometimes ingest it. Dust from old paint can land on the floor or other surfaces that children touch with their hands (and then put their hands in their mouths). If there was ever lead paint on the outside of a house, it can sometimes be in the dirt around a house.

Leaded gas. While leaded gas was outlawed in 1996, its use is still allowed in aircraft, farm equipment, racing cars, and marine engines.

Water passing through lead pipes. Lead can be found in the water of older houses that have lead pipes.

Other sources. Lead can also be found in some imported toys, candles, jewelry, and traditional medicines. Some parents may have exposure at work or through hobbies and bring it home on their hands or clothing. Examples include working in demolition of older houses, making things using lead solder, or having exposure to lead bullets at a firing range.

What can parents do to protect children from lead?

First, know about possible exposures.

If you have an older home, get it inspected for lead if you haven't done so already. (If you rent, federal law requires landlords to disclose known lead-based paint hazards when you sign a lease.) Inspection is particularly important if you are planning renovations, which often create dust and debris that increase the risk of exposure. Your local health department can give you information about how to do this testing. If there is lead in your home, don't try to remove it yourself! It needs to be done carefully, by a qualified professional, to be safe.

Talk to your local health department about getting the water in your house tested. Even if your house is new, there can sometimes be older pipes in the water system. Using a water filter and taking other steps can reduce or eliminate lead in tap water.

If you have an older home and live in an urban area, there can be lead in the soil. You may want to have the soil around your house tested for lead. Don't let your child play in bare soil, and be sure they take off their shoes before coming in the house and wash their hands after being outside.

Learn about lead in foods, cosmetics, and traditional medications.

Learn about lead in toys, jewelry, and plastics (yet another reason to limit your child's exposure to plastic).

Second, talk to your pediatrician about whether your child should have a blood test to check for lead poisoning. The American Academy of Pediatrics recommends:

Assessing young children for risk of exposure at all checkups between 6 months and 6 years of age, and

Testing children if a risk is identified, particularly at 12 and 24 months. Living in an old home, or in a community with lots of older homes, counts as a risk. Given that low levels of lead exposure that can lead to lifelong problems do not cause symptoms, it's always better to be safe than sorry. If there is any chance that your child might have an exposure, get them tested.

How is childhood lead exposure treated?

If your child is found to have lead in their blood, the most important next step is to figure out the exposure — and get rid of it. Once the child is no longer exposed, the lead level will go down, although it does so slowly.

Iron deficiency makes the body more vulnerable to lead poisoning. If your child has an iron deficiency it should be treated, but usually medications aren't used unless lead levels are very high. In those cases, special medications called chelators are used to help pull the lead out of the blood.

For more information, visit the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention website on lead poisoning prevention.

Source: Harvard Health Publishing

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