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Colleges with Covid outbreaks don’t observe the masks and vaccination suggestions

Children participate in an activity in class at the Xavier Academy on August 23, 2021 in Houston, Texas. In-person classroom teaching is resuming, and schools in the Houston area are requiring masking requirements that meet CDC guidelines.

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CDC director Dr. Rochelle Walensky said Friday that recently reopened schools already struggling with large-scale Covid outbreaks are generally not following federal guidelines that recommend that students and staff wear masks indoors and get vaccinated if necessary.

Covid pediatric hospital admissions in the U.S. were at their highest reported levels this week, and Walensky said districts with inadequate security will have school closings to block the virus from spreading to the community. At a Covid-19 briefing at the White House, Walensky urged schools to take a layered approach that also includes social distancing, improved ventilation, and Covid testing to prevent outbreaks.

“I would like to make a strong appeal to the districts that have not implemented prevention strategies and encourage them to do the right thing to protect the children they are caring for,” said Walensky. “Our outbreak investigations usually involve large-scale quarantines or a large number of cases in schools because the schools do not follow our instructions.”

Walensky, who did not name school districts, said the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention was investigating an outbreak in northern California where an unvaccinated, symptomatic teacher read without a mask in a class and spread the virus to students, staff and their families. And in Florida, Hillsborough County Public Schools reported this month that nearly 10,400 students and nearly 340 staff have been in isolation or quarantine after close contact with a positive Covid case.

The CDC also looked at Covid measures in Los Angeles County, where prevention strategies kept the fall rate in schools lower than the fall rate in the county. The number of cases in children and adolescents in schools with Covid reduction protocols was more than three times lower than the number of cases in the community last winter, Walensky said.

Walensky added that the CDC has seen an increase in pediatric Covid cases and hospital admissions in recent weeks, due to the increased portability of the Delta variant.

“Schools should implement as many of these levels of prevention as possible at the same time, and this is to protect our children even if there are inevitable violations at a single level,” said Walensky.

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The participants this week, in order of draft position, were: Mike Triplett, Brooke Pryor, Field Yates, Eric Karabell, Dan Graziano, Matt Bowen, Sachin Dave Chandan, Jim McCormick, Stephania Bell, Tom Carpenter, Joe Kaiser and Kyle Soppe.

Round 1

1. Christian McCaffrey, Car (RB1) — Triplett
2. Dalvin Cook, Min (RB2) — Pryor
3. Alvin Kamara, NO (RB3) — Yates
4. Derrick Henry, Ten (RB4) — Karabell
5. Ezekiel Elliott, Dal (RB5) — Graziano
6. Austin Ekeler, LAC (RB6) — Bowen
7. Jonathan Taylor, Ind (RB7) — Chandan
8. Saquon Barkley, NYG (RB8) — McCormick
9. Travis Kelce, KC (TE1) — Bell
10. Davante Adams, GB (WR1) — Carpenter
11. Tyreek Hill, KC (WR2) — Kaiser
12. Aaron Jones, GB (RB9) — Soppe

Round 2

13. Nick Chubb, Cle (RB10) — Soppe
14. Najee Harris, Pit (RB11) — Kaiser
15. Stefon Diggs, Buf (WR3) — Carpenter
16. Antonio Gibson, Wsh (RB12) — Bell
17. DeAndre Hopkins, Ari (WR4) — McCormick
18. Joe Mixon, Cin (RB13) — Chandan
19. DK Metcalf, Sea (WR5) — Bowen
20. Calvin Ridley, Atl (WR6) — Graziano
21. Justin Jefferson, Min (WR7) — Karabell
22. Darren Waller, LV (TE2) — Yates
23. CeeDee Lamb, Dal (WR8) — Pryor
24. A.J. Brown, Ten (WR9) — Triplett

Round 3

25. J.K. Dobbins, Bal (RB14) — Triplett
26. David Montgomery, Chi (RB15) — Pryor
27. Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC (RB16) — Yates
28. George Kittle, SF (TE3) — Karabell
29. Terry McLaurin, Wsh (WR10) — Graziano
30. Miles Sanders, Phi (RB17) — Bowen
31. James Robinson, Jax (RB18) — Chandan
32. Keenan Allen, LAC (WR11) — McCormick
33. Allen Robinson II, Chi (WR12) — Bell
34. D’Andre Swift, Det (RB19) — Carpenter
35. Adam Thielen, Min (WR13) — Kaiser
36. Robert Woods, LAR (WR14) — Soppe

Round 4

37. Chris Godwin, TB (WR15) — Soppe
38. Chris Carson, Sea (RB20) — Kaiser
39. Javonte Williams, Den (RB21) — Carpenter
40. Amari Cooper, Dal (WR16) — Bell
41. Mike Evans, TB (WR17) — McCormick
42. Diontae Johnson, Pit (WR18) — Chandan
43. Cooper Kupp, LAR (WR19) — Bowen
44. Myles Gaskin, Mia (RB22) — Graziano
45. Josh Jacobs, LV (RB23) — Karabell
46. Brandon Aiyuk, SF (WR20) — Yates
47. Tee Higgins, Cin (WR21) — Pryor
48. Patrick Mahomes, KC (QB1) — Triplett

Round 5

49. Mike Davis, Atl (RB24) — Triplett
50. Josh Allen, Buf (QB2) — Pryor
51. Kareem Hunt, Cle (RB25) — Yates
52. Tyler Lockett, Sea (WR22) — Karabell
53. DJ Moore, Car (WR23) — Graziano
54. Julio Jones, Ten (WR24) — Bowen
55. Kyle Pitts, Atl (TE4) — Chandan
56. Chase Edmonds, Ari (RB26) — McCormick
57. Raheem Mostert, SF (RB27) — Bell
58. Mark Andrews, Bal (TE5) — Carpenter
59. T.J. Hockenson, Det (TE6) — Kaiser
60. Ja’Marr Chase, Cin (WR25) — Soppe

Round 6

61. Tyler Boyd, Cin (WR26) — Soppe
62. Kyler Murray, Ari (QB3) — Kaiser
63. Lamar Jackson, Bal (QB4) — Carpenter
64. Jerry Jeudy, Den (WR27) — Bell
65. Dak Prescott, Dal (QB5) — McCormick
66. Kenny Golladay, NYG (WR28) — Chandan
67. Damien Harris, NE (RB28) — Bowen
68. Sony Michel, LAR (RB29) — Graziano
69. Robby Anderson, Car (WR29) — Karabell
70. Courtland Sutton, Den (WR30) — Yates
71. Chase Claypool, Pit (WR31) — Pryor
72. Logan Thomas, Wsh (TE7) — Triplett

Round 7

73. Odell Beckham Jr., Cle (WR32) — Triplett
74. DeVonta Smith, Phi (WR33) — Pryor
75. Deebo Samuel, SF (WR34) — Yates
76. JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pit (WR35) — Karabell
77. Russell Wilson, Sea (QB6) — Graziano
78. Aaron Rodgers, GB (QB7) — Bowen
79. Justin Herbert, LAC (QB8) — Chandan
80. Noah Fant, Den (TE8) — McCormick
81. Laviska Shenault Jr., Jax (WR36) — Bell
82. Trey Sermon, SF (RB30) — Carpenter
83. Michael Thomas, NO (WR37) — Kaiser
84. Ronald Jones II, TB (RB31) — Soppe

Round 8

85. Leonard Fournette, TB (RB32) — Soppe
86. Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR (RB33) — Kaiser
87. Melvin Gordon III, Den (RB34) — Carpenter
88. Corey Davis, NYJ (WR38) — Bell
89. William Fuller V, Mia (WR39) — McCormick
90. Brandin Cooks, Hou (WR40) — Chandan
91. Michael Gallup, Dal (WR41) — Bowen
92. Jonnu Smith, NE (TE9) — Graziano
93. Kenyan Drake, LV (RB35) — Karabell
94. Jaylen Waddle, Mia (WR42) — Yates
95. Michael Carter, NYJ (RB36) — Pryor
96. Mike Williams, LAC (WR43) — Triplett

Round 9

97. Antonio Brown, TB (WR44) — Triplett
98. Robert Tonyan, GB (TE10) — Pryor
99. AJ Dillon, GB (RB37) — Yates
100. Zack Moss, Buf (RB38) — Karabell
101. Phillip Lindsay, Hou (RB39) — Graziano
102. Dallas Goedert, Phi (TE11) — Bowen
103. Marquise Brown, Bal (WR45) — Chandan
104. DJ Chark Jr., Jax (WR46) — McCormick
105. Tom Brady, TB (QB9) — Bell
106. Gus Edwards, Bal (RB40) — Carpenter
107. Jarvis Landry, Cle (WR47) — Kaiser
108. Marvin Jones Jr., Jax (WR48) — Soppe

Round 10

109. James Conner, Ari (RB41) — Soppe
110. Mike Gesicki, Mia (TE12) — Kaiser
111. Marquez Callaway, NO (WR49) — Carpenter
112. Jamaal Williams, Det (RB42) — Bell
113. Curtis Samuel, Wsh (WR50) — McCormick
114. Nyheim Hines, Ind (RB43) — Chandan
115. Devin Singletary, Buf (RB44) — Bowen
116. Michael Pittman Jr., Ind (WR51) — Graziano
117. Henry Ruggs III, LV (WR52) — Karabell
118. Jalen Hurts, Phi (QB10) — Yates
119. Jakobi Meyers, NE (WR53) — Pryor
120. Mecole Hardman, KC (WR54) — Triplett

Round 11

121. Darnell Mooney, Chi (WR55) — Triplett
122. J.D. McKissic, Wsh (RB45) — Pryor
123. Nelson Agholor, NE (WR56) — Yates
124. Ryan Tannehill, Ten (QB11) — Karabell
125. Jalen Reagor, Phi (WR57) — Graziano
126. T.Y. Hilton, Ind (WR58) — Bowen
127. Matthew Stafford, LAR (QB12) — Chandan
128. Cole Beasley, Buf (WR59) — McCormick
129. Trey Lance, SF (QB13) — Bell
130. Russell Gage, Atl (WR60) — Carpenter
131. Tony Pollard, Dal (RB46) — Kaiser
132. Joe Burrow, Cin (QB14) — Soppe

Round 12

133. Tyler Higbee, LAR (TE13) — Soppe
134. Justin Fields, Chi (QB15) — Kaiser
135. Amon-Ra St. Brown, Det (WR61) — Carpenter
136. Elijah Moore, NYJ (WR62) — Bell
137. DeVante Parker, Mia (WR63) — McCormick
138. James White, NE (RB47) — Chandan
139. Rondale Moore, Ari (WR64) — Bowen
140. Tevin Coleman, NYJ (RB48) — Graziano
141. Darrynton Evans, Ten (RB49) — Karabell
142. A.J. Green, Ari (WR65) — Yates
143. Steelers D/ST, Pit (DST1) — Pryor
144. Giovani Bernard, TB (RB50) — Triplett

Round 13

145. Irv Smith Jr., Min (TE14) — Triplett
146. Rob Gronkowski, TB (TE15) — Pryor
147. Buccaneers D/ST, TB (DST2) — Yates
148. Rhamondre Stevenson, NE (RB51) — Karabell
149. Rashaad Penny, Sea (RB52) — Graziano
150. Ravens D/ST, Bal (DST3) — Bowen
151. Randall Cobb, GB (WR66) — Chandan
152. David Johnson, Hou (RB53) — McCormick
153. 49ers D/ST, SF (DST4) — Bell
154. Rashod Bateman, Bal (WR67) — Carpenter
155. Alexander Mattison, Min (RB54) — Kaiser
156. Ben Roethlisberger, Pit (QB16) — Soppe

Round 14

157. Evan Engram, NYG (TE16) — Soppe
158. Emmanuel Sanders, Buf (WR68) — Kaiser
159. Rams D/ST, LAR (DST5) — Carpenter
160. Terrace Marshall Jr., Car (WR69) — Bell
161. Tua Tagovailoa, Mia (QB17) — McCormick
162. Van Jefferson, LAR (WR70) — Chandan
163. Bryan Edwards, LV (WR71) — Bowen
164. Tyrell Williams, Det (WR72) — Graziano
165. Bills D/ST, Buf (DST6) — Karabell
166. Latavius Murray, NO (RB55) — Yates
167. Harrison Butker, KC (K1) — Pryor
168. Chuba Hubbard, Car (RB56) — Triplett

Round 15

169. Broncos D/ST, Den (DST7) — Triplett
170. Baker Mayfield, Cle (QB18) — Pryor
171. Kadarius Toney, NYG (WR73) — Yates
172. Trevor Lawrence, Jax (QB19) — Karabell
173. Washington D/ST, Wsh (DST8) — Graziano
174. Justin Tucker, Bal (K2) — Bowen
175. Browns D/ST, Cle (DST9) — Chandan
176. Patriots D/ST, NE (DST10) — McCormick
177. Younghoe Koo, Atl (K3) — Bell
178. Jason Myers, Sea (K4) — Carpenter
179. Colts D/ST, Ind (DST11) — Kaiser
180. Greg Zuerlein, Dal (K5) — Soppe

Round 16

181. Dolphins D/ST, Mia (DST12) — Soppe
182. Matt Gay, LAR (K6) — Kaiser
183. Kenneth Gainwell, Phi (RB57) — Carpenter
184. Devontae Booker, NYG (RB58) — Bell
185. Graham Gano, NYG (K7) — McCormick
186. Brandon McManus, Den (K8) — Chandan
187. Carlos Hyde, Jax (RB59) — Bowen
188. Jason Sanders, Mia (K9) — Graziano
189. Tyler Bass, Buf (K10) — Karabell
190. Josh Lambo, Jax (K11) — Yates
191. Sterling Shepard, NYG (WR74) — Pryor
192. Rodrigo Blankenship, Ind (K12) — Triplett

Team rosters are presented in first-round pick order. Pick and Bye weeks are indicated in parentheses in this manner: (Round.Pick | Bye)

Team Triplett

QB1 Patrick Mahomes, KC (Pick: 5.8 | Bye: 12)
RB1 Christian McCaffrey, Car (Pick: 1.1 | Bye: 13)
RB2 J.K. Dobbins, Bal (Pick: 3.1 | Bye: 8)
RB3 Mike Davis, Atl (Pick: 5.1 | Bye: 6)
RB4 Giovani Bernard, TB (Pick: 12.12 | Bye: 9)
RB5 Chuba Hubbard, Car (Pick: 14.12 | Bye: 13)
WR1 A.J. Brown, Ten (Pick: 2.12 | Bye: 13)
WR2 Odell Beckham Jr., Cle (Pick: 7.1 | Bye: 13)
WR3 Mike Williams, LAC (Pick: 8.12 | Bye: 7)
WR4 Antonio Brown, TB (Pick: 9.1 | Bye: 9)
WR5 Mecole Hardman, KC (Pick: 10.12 | Bye: 12)
WR6 Darnell Mooney, Chi (Pick: 11.1 | Bye: 10)
TE1 Logan Thomas, Wsh (Pick: 6.12 | Bye: 9)
TE2 Irv Smith Jr., Min (Pick: 13.1 | Bye: 7)
K1 Rodrigo Blankenship, Ind (Pick: 16.12 | Bye: 14)
DST1 Broncos D/ST, Den (Pick: 15.1 | Bye: 11)

Team Pryor

QB1 Josh Allen, Buf (Pick: 5.2 | Bye: 7)
QB2 Baker Mayfield, Cle (Pick: 15.2 | Bye: 13)
RB1 Dalvin Cook, Min (Pick: 1.2 | Bye: 7)
RB2 David Montgomery, Chi (Pick: 3.2 | Bye: 10)
RB3 Michael Carter, NYJ (Pick: 8.11 | Bye: 6)
RB4 J.D. McKissic, Wsh (Pick: 11.2 | Bye: 9)
WR1 CeeDee Lamb, Dal (Pick: 2.11 | Bye: 7)
WR2 Tee Higgins, Cin (Pick: 4.11 | Bye: 10)
WR3 Chase Claypool, Pit (Pick: 6.11 | Bye: 7)
WR4 DeVonta Smith, Phi (Pick: 7.2 | Bye: 14)
WR5 Jakobi Meyers, NE (Pick: 10.11 | Bye: 14)
WR6 Sterling Shepard, NYG (Pick: 16.11 | Bye: 10)
TE1 Robert Tonyan, GB (Pick: 9.2 | Bye: 13)
TE2 Rob Gronkowski, TB (Pick: 13.2 | Bye: 9)
K1 Harrison Butker, KC (Pick: 14.11 | Bye: 12)
DST1 Steelers D/ST, Pit (Pick: 12.11 | Bye: 7)

Team Yates

QB1 Jalen Hurts, Phi (Pick: 10.10 | Bye: 14)
RB1 Alvin Kamara, NO (Pick: 1.3 | Bye: 6)
RB2 Clyde Edwards-Helaire, KC (Pick: 3.3 | Bye: 12)
RB3 Kareem Hunt, Cle (Pick: 5.3 | Bye: 13)
RB4 AJ Dillon, GB (Pick: 9.3 | Bye: 13)
RB5 Latavius Murray, NO (Pick: 14.10 | Bye: 6)
WR1 Brandon Aiyuk, SF (Pick: 4.10 | Bye: 6)
WR2 Courtland Sutton, Den (Pick: 6.10 | Bye: 11)
WR3 Deebo Samuel, SF (Pick: 7.3 | Bye: 6)
WR4 Jaylen Waddle, Mia (Pick: 8.10 | Bye: 14)
WR5 Nelson Agholor, NE (Pick: 11.3 | Bye: 14)
WR6 A.J. Green, Ari (Pick: 12.10 | Bye: 12)
WR7 Kadarius Toney, NYG (Pick: 15.3 | Bye: 10)
TE1 Darren Waller, LV (Pick: 2.10 | Bye: 8)
K1 Josh Lambo, Jax (Pick: 16.10 | Bye: 7)
DST1 Buccaneers D/ST, TB (Pick: 13.3 | Bye: 9)

Team Karabell

QB1 Ryan Tannehill, Ten (Pick: 11.4 | Bye: 13)
QB2 Trevor Lawrence, Jax (Pick: 15.4 | Bye: 7)
RB1 Derrick Henry, Ten (Pick: 1.4 | Bye: 13)
RB2 Josh Jacobs, LV (Pick: 4.9 | Bye: 8)
RB3 Kenyan Drake, LV (Pick: 8.9 | Bye: 8)
RB4 Zack Moss, Buf (Pick: 9.4 | Bye: 7)
RB5 Darrynton Evans, Ten (Pick: 12.9 | Bye: 13)
RB6 Rhamondre Stevenson, NE (Pick: 13.4 | Bye: 14)
WR1 Justin Jefferson, Min (Pick: 2.9 | Bye: 7)
WR2 Tyler Lockett, Sea (Pick: 5.4 | Bye: 9)
WR3 Robby Anderson, Car (Pick: 6.9 | Bye: 13)
WR4 JuJu Smith-Schuster, Pit (Pick: 7.4 | Bye: 7)
WR5 Henry Ruggs III, LV (Pick: 10.9 | Bye: 8)
TE1 George Kittle, SF (Pick: 3.4 | Bye: 6)
K1 Tyler Bass, Buf (Pick: 16.9 | Bye: 7)
DST1 Bills D/ST, Buf (Pick: 14.9 | Bye: 7)

Team Graziano

QB1 Russell Wilson, Sea (Pick: 7.5 | Bye: 9)
RB1 Ezekiel Elliott, Dal (Pick: 1.5 | Bye: 7)
RB2 Myles Gaskin, Mia (Pick: 4.8 | Bye: 14)
RB3 Sony Michel, LAR (Pick: 6.8 | Bye: 11)
RB4 Phillip Lindsay, Hou (Pick: 9.5 | Bye: 10)
RB5 Tevin Coleman, NYJ (Pick: 12.8 | Bye: 6)
RB6 Rashaad Penny, Sea (Pick: 13.5 | Bye: 9)
WR1 Calvin Ridley, Atl (Pick: 2.8 | Bye: 6)
WR2 Terry McLaurin, Wsh (Pick: 3.5 | Bye: 9)
WR3 DJ Moore, Car (Pick: 5.5 | Bye: 13)
WR4 Michael Pittman Jr., Ind (Pick: 10.8 | Bye: 14)
WR5 Jalen Reagor, Phi (Pick: 11.5 | Bye: 14)
WR6 Tyrell Williams, Det (Pick: 14.8 | Bye: 9)
TE1 Jonnu Smith, NE (Pick: 8.8 | Bye: 14)
K1 Jason Sanders, Mia (Pick: 16.8 | Bye: 14)
DST1 Washington D/ST, Wsh (Pick: 15.5 | Bye: 9)

Team Bowen

QB1 Aaron Rodgers, GB (Pick: 7.6 | Bye: 13)
RB1 Austin Ekeler, LAC (Pick: 1.6 | Bye: 7)
RB2 Miles Sanders, Phi (Pick: 3.6 | Bye: 14)
RB3 Damien Harris, NE (Pick: 6.7 | Bye: 14)
RB4 Devin Singletary, Buf (Pick: 10.7 | Bye: 7)
RB5 Carlos Hyde, Jax (Pick: 16.7 | Bye: 7)
WR1 DK Metcalf, Sea (Pick: 2.7 | Bye: 9)
WR2 Cooper Kupp, LAR (Pick: 4.7 | Bye: 11)
WR3 Julio Jones, Ten (Pick: 5.6 | Bye: 13)
WR4 Michael Gallup, Dal (Pick: 8.7 | Bye: 7)
WR5 T.Y. Hilton, Ind (Pick: 11.6 | Bye: 14)
WR6 Rondale Moore, Ari (Pick: 12.7 | Bye: 12)
WR7 Bryan Edwards, LV (Pick: 14.7 | Bye: 8)
TE1 Dallas Goedert, Phi (Pick: 9.6 | Bye: 14)
K1 Justin Tucker, Bal (Pick: 15.6 | Bye: 8)
DST1 Ravens D/ST, Bal (Pick: 13.6 | Bye: 8)

Team Chandan

QB1 Justin Herbert, LAC (Pick: 7.7 | Bye: 7)
QB2 Matthew Stafford, LAR (Pick: 11.7 | Bye: 11)
RB1 Jonathan Taylor, Ind (Pick: 1.7 | Bye: 14)
RB2 Joe Mixon, Cin (Pick: 2.6 | Bye: 10)
RB3 James Robinson, Jax (Pick: 3.7 | Bye: 7)
RB4 Nyheim Hines, Ind (Pick: 10.6 | Bye: 14)
RB5 James White, NE (Pick: 12.6 | Bye: 14)
WR1 Diontae Johnson, Pit (Pick: 4.6 | Bye: 7)
WR2 Kenny Golladay, NYG (Pick: 6.6 | Bye: 10)
WR3 Brandin Cooks, Hou (Pick: 8.6 | Bye: 10)
WR4 Marquise Brown, Bal (Pick: 9.7 | Bye: 8)
WR5 Randall Cobb, GB (Pick: 13.7 | Bye: 13)
WR6 Van Jefferson, LAR (Pick: 14.6 | Bye: 11)
TE1 Kyle Pitts, Atl (Pick: 5.7 | Bye: 6)
K1 Brandon McManus, Den (Pick: 16.6 | Bye: 11)
DST1 Browns D/ST, Cle (Pick: 15.7 | Bye: 13)

Team McCormick

QB1 Dak Prescott, Dal (Pick: 6.5 | Bye: 7)
QB2 Tua Tagovailoa, Mia (Pick: 14.5 | Bye: 14)
RB1 Saquon Barkley, NYG (Pick: 1.8 | Bye: 10)
RB2 Chase Edmonds, Ari (Pick: 5.8 | Bye: 12)
RB3 David Johnson, Hou (Pick: 13.8 | Bye: 10)
WR1 DeAndre Hopkins, Ari (Pick: 2.5 | Bye: 12)
WR2 Keenan Allen, LAC (Pick: 3.8 | Bye: 7)
WR3 Mike Evans, TB (Pick: 4.5 | Bye: 9)
WR4 William Fuller V, Mia (Pick: 8.5 | Bye: 14)
WR5 DJ Chark Jr., Jax (Pick: 9.8 | Bye: 7)
WR6 Curtis Samuel, Wsh (Pick: 10.5 | Bye: 9)
WR7 Cole Beasley, Buf (Pick: 11.8 | Bye: 7)
WR8 DeVante Parker, Mia (Pick: 12.5 | Bye: 14)
TE1 Noah Fant, Den (Pick: 7.8 | Bye: 11)
K1 Graham Gano, NYG (Pick: 16.5 | Bye: 10)
DST1 Patriots D/ST, NE (Pick: 15.8 | Bye: 14)

Team Bell

QB1 Tom Brady, TB (Pick: 9.9 | Bye: 9)
QB2 Trey Lance, SF (Pick: 11.9 | Bye: 6)
RB1 Antonio Gibson, Wsh (Pick: 2.4 | Bye: 9)
RB2 Raheem Mostert, SF (Pick: 5.9 | Bye: 6)
RB3 Jamaal Williams, Det (Pick: 10.4 | Bye: 9)
RB4 Devontae Booker, NYG (Pick: 16.4 | Bye: 10)
WR1 Allen Robinson II, Chi (Pick: 3.9 | Bye: 10)
WR2 Amari Cooper, Dal (Pick: 4.4 | Bye: 7)
WR3 Jerry Jeudy, Den (Pick: 6.4 | Bye: 11)
WR4 Laviska Shenault Jr., Jax (Pick: 7.9 | Bye: 7)
WR5 Corey Davis, NYJ (Pick: 8.4 | Bye: 6)
WR6 Elijah Moore, NYJ (Pick: 12.4 | Bye: 6)
WR7 Terrace Marshall Jr., Car (Pick: 14.4 | Bye: 13)
TE1 Travis Kelce, KC (Pick: 1.9 | Bye: 12)
K1 Younghoe Koo, Atl (Pick: 15.9 | Bye: 6)
DST1 49ers D/ST, SF (Pick: 13.9 | Bye: 6)

Team Carpenter

QB1 Lamar Jackson, Bal (Pick: 6.3 | Bye: 8)
RB1 D’Andre Swift, Det (Pick: 3.10 | Bye: 9)
RB2 Javonte Williams, Den (Pick: 4.3 | Bye: 11)
RB3 Trey Sermon, SF (Pick: 7.10 | Bye: 6)
RB4 Melvin Gordon III, Den (Pick: 8.3 | Bye: 11)
RB5 Gus Edwards, Bal (Pick: 9.10 | Bye: 8)
RB6 Kenneth Gainwell, Phi (Pick: 16.3 | Bye: 14)
WR1 Davante Adams, GB (Pick: 1.10 | Bye: 13)
WR2 Stefon Diggs, Buf (Pick: 2.3 | Bye: 7)
WR3 Marquez Callaway, NO (Pick: 10.3 | Bye: 6)
WR4 Russell Gage, Atl (Pick: 11.10 | Bye: 6)
WR5 Amon-Ra St. Brown, Det (Pick: 12.3 | Bye: 9)
WR6 Rashod Bateman, Bal (Pick: 13.10 | Bye: 8)
TE1 Mark Andrews, Bal (Pick: 5.10 | Bye: 8)
K1 Jason Myers, Sea (Pick: 15.10 | Bye: 9)
DST1 Rams D/ST, LAR (Pick: 14.3 | Bye: 11)

Team Kaiser

QB1 Kyler Murray, Ari (Pick: 6.2 | Bye: 12)
QB2 Justin Fields, Chi (Pick: 12.2 | Bye: 10)
RB1 Najee Harris, Pit (Pick: 2.2 | Bye: 7)
RB2 Chris Carson, Sea (Pick: 4.2 | Bye: 9)
RB3 Darrell Henderson Jr., LAR (Pick: 8.2 | Bye: 11)
RB4 Tony Pollard, Dal (Pick: 11.11 | Bye: 7)
RB5 Alexander Mattison, Min (Pick: 13.11 | Bye: 7)
WR1 Tyreek Hill, KC (Pick: 1.11 | Bye: 12)
WR2 Adam Thielen, Min (Pick: 3.11 | Bye: 7)
WR3 Michael Thomas, NO (Pick: 7.11 | Bye: 6)
WR4 Jarvis Landry, Cle (Pick: 9.11 | Bye: 13)
WR5 Emmanuel Sanders, Buf (Pick: 14.2 | Bye: 7)
TE1 T.J. Hockenson, Det (Pick: 5.11 | Bye: 9)
TE2 Mike Gesicki, Mia (Pick: 10.2 | Bye: 14)
K1 Matt Gay, LAR (Pick: 16.2 | Bye: 11)
DST1 Colts D/ST, Ind (Pick: 15.11 | Bye: 14)

Team Soppe

QB1 Joe Burrow, Cin (Pick: 11.12 | Bye: 10)
QB2 Ben Roethlisberger, Pit (Pick: 13.12 | Bye: 7)
RB1 Aaron Jones, GB (Pick: 1.12 | Bye: 13)
RB2 Nick Chubb, Cle (Pick: 2.1 | Bye: 13)
RB3 Ronald Jones II, TB (Pick: 7.12 | Bye: 9)
RB4 Leonard Fournette, TB (Pick: 8.1 | Bye: 9)
RB5 James Conner, Ari (Pick: 10.1 | Bye: 12)
WR1 Robert Woods, LAR (Pick: 3.12 | Bye: 11)
WR2 Chris Godwin, TB (Pick: 4.1 | Bye: 9)
WR3 Ja’Marr Chase, Cin (Pick: 5.12 | Bye: 10)
WR4 Tyler Boyd, Cin (Pick: 6.1 | Bye: 10)
WR5 Marvin Jones Jr., Jax (Pick: 9.12 | Bye: 7)
TE1 Tyler Higbee, LAR (Pick: 12.1 | Bye: 11)
TE2 Evan Engram, NYG (Pick: 14.1 | Bye: 10)
K1 Greg Zuerlein, Dal (Pick: 15.12 | Bye: 7)
DST1 Dolphins D/ST, Mia (Pick: 16.1 | Bye: 14)

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Science

One other flight for New Shepard, no passengers this time

Blue Origin has taken some serious steps lately to stay in the commercial space game! Ever since founder Jeff Bezos decided to step down as CEO of Amazon to focus on his idea, the company has turned things upside down and moved things forward in hopes of becoming one of the most competitive and lucrative private startup services in the world. They make themselves felt from the launch pad to the courtroom.

Today the company completed its 17th mission (NS-17) with the New Shepard launcher, a reusable VTOL launcher designed to bring small payloads and crews to suborbital altitudes and back again safely. This was also the 8th consecutive time that this particular vehicle successfully started and returned to Earth while carrying some interesting scientific experiments.

As Blue Origin CEO Bob Smith said in a press release at 9:45 a.m. CDT (10:45 a.m. EDT; 7:45 a.m. PDT) shortly after the mission was successfully completed:

“After flying more than 100 payloads into space on New Shepard, today’s 8th flight of this vehicle conducted NASA sponsored and commercial experiments, including NASA’s second flight of NASA lunar landing technology that will one day allow us to To further explore lunar surface. We are grateful to NASA for working with us again on this experiment, and we are proud of the Blue Origin team for making a great flight in support of all of our customers. “

Payloads on this mission included the Deorbit, Descent, and Landing (DDL) sensor demonstration, flown with Blue Origin as part of a NASA Tipping Point partnership supported by the NASA flight opportunities program. This marked the second time the DDL technology demonstrator flew on the outside of the New Shepard booster and tested a technology designed for precise, pilotless moon landings.

The purpose of this experiment is to validate technologies that enable replenishment missions to the lunar surface using fast automated vehicles. Another important payload was the Modal Propellant Gauging (MPG) experiment, which was carried out by lead researcher Dr. Kevin Crosby – who is also the director of the Wisconsin Space Grant Consortium – and his team from Carthage College.

By further developing PSM technology, which measures the liquid mass under different pressure conditions (caused by weightlessness and microgravity), the researchers want to increase the accuracy of fuel measurements in space. This is critical to mission performance, especially during engine burns and in the late stages. There was also the Orbital Syngas / Commodity Augmentation Reactor (OSCAR) trash-to-gas payload, which processes waste samples into usable gases.

These include carbon dioxide, water vapor, and methane, which can create water, oxygen gas, or even propellants. The technology has the potential to reduce the launch mass, volume and mass of garbage on long-term missions and to encourage human exploration of space. Other experiments include the University of Florida’s Biological Imaging in Support of Suborbital Science (BISSS), which further tested the calibration of data collection for biological experiments.

The Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo holds the plaque that carries his art into space. Photo credit: Blue Origin

There was also the Southwest Research Institute (SwRI) Liquid Acquisition Device (LAD-3), which shows how liquid-vapor interfaces behave in microgravity – which has potential applications for cryogenic fuel storage. Normally, evaluating these technologies would mean sending them aboard a parabolic flight (also known as a “vomit comet”), but the New Shepard can do the same thanks to its flight profile.

As always, this consists in the booster flying in the direction of the Kármán line, the official limit of space – which corresponds to an altitude of over 100 km. The capsule is then released and the crew and / or cargo spend the next few minutes in weightlessness before the descent begins, whereupon the capsule extends its landing slide and makes a soft landing.

On this flight, the NS-17 mission also carried the suborbital triptych, a work of art by the Ghanaian artist Amoako Boafo, which was painted on an outer panel of the occupation capsule (see above). The triptych is the first in a series of commissioned works to fly aboard the New Shepard as part of an initiative called Uplift For Good.

This initiative, launched by Uplift Aerospace in partnership with Blue Origin, will launch three works of art on three removable composite panels from Blue Origin’s New Shepard rocket. The mission also provided thousands of postcards from Club for the Future, the Blue Origin foundation dedicated to inspiring future generations for careers in the STEM fields.

The NS-17 booster landing on the company’s launch pad. Photo credit: Blue Origin

Another major achievement of this flight was further validation of the reusability of Blue Origin, an integral part of Bezos’ vision to reduce costs and improve accessibility to space. By operating multiple flights on previously flown boosters, the company is also demonstrating the ability to operate regular “space tourism” flights, which is an integral part of Bezos’ long-term business plan.

Christopher Baker, a program director for NASA’s Space Technology Mission Directorate (STMD) at NASA Headquarters, said:

“Flight Opportunities is exactly the right thing for this type of iterative flight testing. The use of different vehicles for the rapid advancement of technology is not only important in order to achieve the mission goals of NASA, but also in order to maximize the impact of these innovations in space and here on earth. “

Further reading: NASA, Blue Origin

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Quincy Brown Stepped Out In A Face Masks Made From His Sneakers (Unique Pictures)

The last year of Covid-19 has tweaked daily lives, especially when it comes to our drip! Regardless of how fly your style is, there’s one accessory many share in common these days — a face covering. Some folks stick with the disposable surgical mask look, while others get creative with the safety precaution. Actor and singer Quincy Brown went the creative route on Friday by stepping out in a custom, sneaker mask.

In images shared exclusively with The Shade Room by Johnny Nunez, Quincy is pictured leaving an unidentified building in New York City. He pulls off an all-black look that floats between casual and high fashion. His shirt appears to be sleeveless and turtle-neck style. It’s paired with black pants and black boots. A black jacket can be seen in Quincy’s arm along  with a black, textured briefcase. His hair is styled in a few braids.

Quincy Brown rocking custom sneaker mask in New York City. Photo by: Johnny Nunez

 

As for the mask, it’s the type of face covering that instantly grabs the attention of viewers. Designed by We Want More Studio, the custom mask is reportedly made from his personal pairs of Nike Air Flight Huarache and Air Jordan 12 Retro “University Gold.”

The face covering features different elements of the shoes including the heels, logos and tags. It secures to the face with repurposed shoe laces and boasts a well-blended color scheme of purple, yellow, black and white.

It’s unclear whether the sneakers were used or new items prior to being turned into a mask. However, the studio wrote in the caption of an Instagram post that Quincy was “impressed with the face masks” and commissioned them to create one.

The final sneaker mask actually provides impressive coverage that stretches from one ear to the other and stops just below the eyes.

Roomies, are you feeling Quincy’s creativity?

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What’s Cristiano Ronaldo’s web value and the way a lot does the Juventus star earn?

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Cristiano Ronaldo Slightly cut their wages when they swapped Juventus for Manchester United, but the Portuguese star remains one of the biggest earners in football.

His £ 13million move to the Premier League means he will have to readjust to the English game, but it hasn’t changed his business mind.

The Portuguese star has more than its fair share of sponsorship deals and businesses across a wide variety of industries.

But how much is Ronaldo worth now? It’s hard to say, but what is clear is that he will be one of the highest paid athletes in the world for a while.

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  1. What is the net worth of Cristiano Ronaldo?
  2. What is Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary?
  3. What sponsorship deals does Cristiano Ronaldo have?
  4. What business does Cristiano Ronaldo have?
  5. What charity work is Cristiano Ronaldo doing?
  6. How many social media followers does Cristiano Ronaldo have?

What is the net worth of Cristiano Ronaldo?

Net worth: $ 500 million (£ 363 million)
Source of wealth: Football contracts, advertising contracts, business investments
Birth date: 5th February 1985
Country of birth: Portugal

Ronaldo is said to have a net worth of around $ 500 million (£ 363 million), but no one can really claim to have a bulletproof idea of ​​what Ronaldo is worth, except for his management company.

Ronaldo’s estimated net worth is slightly higher than that of longtime rival Lionel Messi, despite the fact that the Argentine has won more lucrative deals in recent years.

Ronaldo finished third on Forbes’ list of the highest paid athletes in the world in 2021 with a profit of $ 120 million (£ 87 million) – of which $ 50 million (£ 36 million) was made from off-field activities.

On that occasion, the Portuguese captain stood behind UFC fighter Conor McGregor, who topped the list, and Messi, who finished second.

However, he was ahead of Dak Prescott, LeBron James and Neymar, among others.

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What is Cristiano Ronaldo’s salary?

Ronaldo is expected to make roughly £ 480,000 a week or € 23 million (£ 19.7 million / US $ 27 million) at Manchester United – a cut from his annual salary of € 30 million (US $ 34 million / £ 26 million) ) at Juventus.

Before joining Juve, Ronaldo signed a contract with Real Madrid in November 2016 that is said to be around £ 365,000 a week before bonuses.

The Portuguese captain’s contract income makes him one of the most lucrative footballers in the world.

Timeframe Merits
Per second € 3,071
Per minute € 184.3
Per hour € 11,057
Per day € 88,461
For week € 442,308
Per month € 1.96 million
Per year € 23 million

* Based on reported Manchester United salary

What sponsorship deals does Cristiano Ronaldo have?

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Ronaldo’s main sponsorship deal is with Nike, which was renewed around the same time that he renewed his last deal with Madrid.

The deal with Nike is said to be the second lifetime contract the sportswear giant has handed out after offering three-time NBA champion LeBron James similar terms. The deal with the icon of the Los Angeles Lakers has been speculated to be worth more than $ 1 billion in total, although exactly how this breaks down from year to year is being kept under wraps.

Of course, many assumed that Ronaldo signed on a comparable basis. While the $ 1 billion figure seems extraordinary, it’s worth noting that sponsorship analysts Hookit estimated that Ronaldo’s social media presence was worth a staggering $ 474 million for Nike alone in 2016.

Prior to the new deal, most sources had Ronaldo’s annual salary from Nike a few million less than his old Madrid salary.

In addition to Nike, Ronaldo has advertising deals with companies such as Armani, Tag Heuer, Egyptian Steel, Herbalife, Italia Independent, Clear, PokerStars and Castrol.

What business does Cristiano Ronaldo have?

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Ronaldo not only represents a number of brands, but has created his own around the CR7 image. It mainly focuses on its line of underwear, but has also expanded to include various other apparel, leisure and household products.

In addition, Ronaldo has two hotels – called Pestana CR7 – in Portugal: one in the capital Lisbon and one in Funchal, his hometown on the island of Madeira. At the end of 2016, he expanded into fitness studios in partnership with the US health company Crunch and opened the first outlet in Madrid under the name “CR7 Fitness”.

In March 2019, Ronaldo opened a hair transplant clinic called Insparya in Spain. “This project will be a success because we want to help the Spanish and the Spanish economy,” said Ronaldo at the opening.

Expect the 36-year-old to continue expanding into this area at the end of his season and Michael Jordan is proving that the names of the greatest players hold their worth even after they step down.

What charity work is Cristiano Ronaldo doing?

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It would be unfair to say that Ronaldo does not seek to use some of his wealth for the common good – in fact, he was named the World’s Most Charitable Sports Star in 2015 by Dosomething.org.

The website commended Ronaldo for using his fame to promote a variety of causes, including hunger, obesity, and childhood biodiversity, and raised a $ 83,000 donation to a 10-year-old fan in need of brain surgery , and a US $ 165,000 donation to a cancer center in. forth Portugal, who treated his mother.

After the 2016 Champions League final, it was reported that the ex-Manchester United man instructed his agent Jorge Mendes to donate his € 600,000 profit bonus to a non-governmental organization. Ronaldo has supported UNICEF, World Vision and Save the Children in the past.

In 2016, Ronaldo recorded a message for the children affected by the conflict in Syria and made a “generous” donation to their cause as described by Save the Children.

How many social media followers does Cristiano Ronaldo have?

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According to Hookit, Ronaldo was the first athlete to have a combined total of 200 million followers on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter. In the summer of 2021, its total number on these platforms was 498 million

His Facebook page in particular is by far the most popular of all athletes on the platform. Ronaldo has over 149 million followers – well over Messi’s 104 million and even further ahead of top non-footballer Dwayne Johnson, aka The Rock, who is back to 58 million.

Meanwhile, Ronaldo is also the most-followed person on Instagram with 335 million followers. This puts him in second place overall, just behind the official Instagram account, ahead of Selena Gomez, The Rock and Ariana Grande.

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‘Hypocrite’ Prince Harry Flies Dwelling From Aspen Regardless of Lectures On Local weather Change – Watts Up With That?

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AUGUST 28, 2021

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Harry is campaigning for the Hypocrite of The Year Award !!

The Duke of Sussex has been called a “hypocrite” for choosing to take the two-hour flight back to his mansion in Montecito on the £ 45 million Gulfstream jet. He boarded the 20-seater airplane that probably belongs to one of his friends, the American businessman Marc Ganzi.

Royal writer Tom Quinn said the move “seems hugely hypocritical” considering the 36-year-old king is talking about climate change. He told The Sun that this was a “huge blind spot” for the Duke who “seems to see himself as someone who leads the rest of the world and that his own behavior is irrelevant.”

The online community also hit Prince Harry with a Twitter user who called him a “total hypocrite” and another claimed he was relying on “privileges”.

“Yesterday, Prince Harry took a private jet home from a polo game – after teaching us all that climate change is one of the“ most pressing problems in the world ”. A total hypocrite. Elite conservation is about telling the little people that they know their place, ”the user wrote.

In May, Prince Harry told Oprah Winfrey that mental health and climate change are two of the “most pressing problems facing society”. He acknowledged that people are “doing everything they can to fix these problems.” He also spoke about the harmful effects on future generations.

“With children growing up in today’s world, that’s pretty depressing, right, depending on where you live, your home country is either on fire, it is either flooded, houses or forests are razed to the ground,” he said in his interview in its Apple TV + documentation.

Prince Harry reportedly made four trips by private jet in 11 days despite speaking out against the impact of CO2 emissions on the climate. A single jet alone can emit two tons of CO2 in one hour. His flight to Aspen was for a charity polo game for his co-founded Sentebale charity. Ironically, he also took a private jet to a climate summit in Sicily. In 2019 alone, he is said to have made six private jet flights.

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How Moderna and Pfizer developed Covid vaccines in document time

The power of messenger RNA is evident now as vaccines from Moderna, BioNTech, and Pfizer have weakened the power of the coronavirus in accessible and high-uptake communities.

But in early 2020, when a mysterious and dangerous new pathogen spread in Wuhan, China, it was far from a safe bet as a vaccine base that would stop the virus.

When work began, even the decision to convert an entire company to the new virus seemed alarming. But the signs from China were for Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel and BioNTech boss Dr. Ugur Sahin, clear enough that they started spinning their ships, told CNBC in interviews for a documentary about the vaccine race released Friday.

“The night China locked Wuhan, I thought, ‘When was the last time I knew a city was locked down because of an infectious disease?'” Bancel recalled. “And what goes through my head is: What do the Chinese know that we don’t know?”

Bancel said he woke up sweating at 4 a.m. and found, “Jeez, there’s going to be a pandemic like 1918.”

Sahin read a newspaper in the Lancet in late January describing the outbreak in China.

“I did a series of calculations, quick calculations, and found that it was already spreading,” said Sahin. “And it was clear that it was already too late to stop the disease.”

But he was convinced that BioNTech, which at the time mainly focused on personalized cancer therapies, could make a difference. His company reached out to Pfizer and suggested they work on a vaccine against the novel coronavirus using the same technology, messenger RNA, that they had previously worked with to fight the flu.

“We had the first contact a few days after the start of the project,” said Sahin. “Pfizer wasn’t interested at the time.”

Albert Bourla, Pfizer’s CEO, confirmed Sahin’s report, saying that for the first few months of 2020 he was focused on keeping the company’s operations going in China. But by the end of February, he said, he had determined that Pfizer needed to work on a treatment and a vaccine.

“What’s the best approach?” Bourla said he asked his team.

Kathrin Jansen, director of vaccine research and development at Pfizer, said she had assessed all existing technologies, including protein-based vaccines and vaccines with viral vectors.

“They all have too few advantages and too many disadvantages,” she said.

Other companies that entered the race in the early days had taken different approaches: Johnson & Johnson and AstraZeneca, a partnership with Oxford University, focused on virus-vector vaccines, which were also relatively new. Other companies like Sanofi and Novavax relied on more proven technologies in protein-based vaccines.

But messenger RNA was a risk; it had never been used as an approved vaccine or drug before.

“I struggled a bit with the decision,” said Bourla. But after another meeting with the team “they convinced me”.

Then Sahin called a second time. The outbreak was already in New York at the time, he said. When he got to Jansen, he described the work BioNTech was already doing and asked if Pfizer would like to work together.

“And I said: absolutely,” Jansen recalled. “Let’s talk about it.”

At Moderna, it was never a question that messenger RNA would be the way to go; That was the technology that started the company in 2010. However, that didn’t mean there weren’t any questions.

“Even in March there were voices saying vaccines were false hopes,” recalled Dr. Stephen Hoge, President of Moderna. “It felt like we were even having to defend the idea of ​​an attempt for a while.”

“When we thought about how we’re getting into Phase 1, what is it like preparing for a pandemic, the eyes of the world felt like they were looking at Moderna as that biotechnology … ‘What are they trying to do? do? ‘”said Hamilton Bennett, senior director, vaccine access and partnerships at Moderna.

“It was only when we passed over in this March WHO announcement that it was a global pandemic, an emergency, that I think people realized that what we are doing is not sandboxed about our technology to demonstrate, ”said Bennett. “We’re developing a vaccine that will stop the pandemic.”

The companies succeeded in one of the greatest medical races in history. This is where they remember how it happened.

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If Planet 9 is out There, This is The place to Look

There are eight known planets in the solar system (ever since Pluto was booted from the club), but for a while, there has been some evidence that there might be one more. A hypothetical Planet 9 lurking on the outer edge of our solar system. So far this world has eluded discovery, but a new study has pinned down where it should be.

The evidence for Planet 9 comes from its gravitational pull on other bodies. If the planet exists, its gravity will affect the orbits of other planets. So if something seems to be tugging on a planet, just do a bit of math to find the source. This is how Neptune was discovered, when John Couch Adams and Urbain Le Verrier noticed independently that Uranus seemed to be tugged by an unseen planet.

In the case of Planet 9, we don’t have any gravitational effect on a planet. What we do see is an odd clustering of small icy bodies in the outer solar system known as Kuiper belt objects (KBOs). If there were no planet beyond the Kuiper belt, you would expect the orbits of KBOs to be randomly oriented within the orbital plane of the solar system. But instead, we see lots of KBO orbits are clustered in the same orientation. It’s possible that this is just due to random chance, but that isn’t likely.

The possible orbit of Planet Nine. Credit: CalTech/R. Hurt (IPAC)

Back in 2016, the authors looked at the statistical distribution of KBOs and concluded the clustering was caused by an undetected outer planet. Based on their calculations, this world has a mass of 5 Earths and is about 10 times more distant from the Sun than Neptune. The paper even calculated a broad region of the sky where the planet might be. But searches turned up nothing. This led some to conclude the planet doesn’t exist. Orbital oddness doesn’t prove a planet exists. Just ask Planet Vulcan. Others went so far as to argue Planet 9 does exist, but we can’t see it because it’s a primordial black hole.

This new study reexamines the original work in light of some of the criticism it received. One big criticism is that outer solar system bodies are difficult to find, so we look for them where it’s convenient. The clustering effect we see could just be due to biased data. Taking observational bias into effect, the authors find the clustering is still statistically unusual. There’s only a 0.4% chance of it being a fluke. When they recalculated the likely orbit of Planet 9, they were able to better localize where to look.

One interesting aspect of the study is that the newly calculated orbit puts Planet 9 closer to the Sun than originally thought. This is odd, because if it is closer then we should have already found it. The authors argue that observations thus far have ruled out the closest options for Planet 9, which helps narrow down its possible location even further. If the planet exists, it should be detectable by the Vera Rubin Observatory in the near future.

This study isn’t conclusive, and many astronomers still argue that Planet 9 doesn’t exist. But this study makes it clear that we won’t have to argue about it for much longer. Either it will be discovered soon, or observations will rule it out as an explanation for the KBO clustering effect.

Reference: Michael E. Brown, Konstantin Batygin. “The orbit of Planet Nine.” arXiv preprint arXiv:2108.09868 (2021).

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NFL Squad Strikes – Final 53-man participant projections for all 32 groups

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The 2021 NFL season begins Thursday, September 9th when the Tampa Bay Buccaneers host the Dallas Cowboys (8:20 p.m., NBC). The teams have been in training camp since late July, with three preseason games to make decisions about which undrafted free agents are worth keeping, which veterans are on the decline, and which positions need the most reinforcements.

With the regular season fast approaching, teams will have to make roster decisions and be reduced to 53 players by 4pm ET on Tuesday. With that in mind, ESPN’s NFL Nation is projecting what these roster will look like below. We’ll update this page after each of the final preseason games this weekend, and all 32 squad projections will be live on Sunday.

Each roster projection file is ESPN + content.

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Most of the 53-man roster wasn’t difficult to put together, but there will be running back questions (three or four?) But the biggest question is this: will pass-rusher Chandler Jones be on the roster for Week 1? Josh Weinfuss’ last 53-man squad projection

Most intrigues are on the offensive, where the Ravens must figure out whether to keep a third quarterback (if Trace McSorley has recovered from a back injury), determine who will be the third running back, and figure out who will get you take the last place on the offensive. Jamison Hensley’s final 53-man squad projection

There’s not much revenue from last year’s roster, but they will have their deepest reception room and line of defense under GM Brandon Beane and coach Sean McDermott. Your defensive front is now loaded with linemen that can play indoors or outdoors. Marcel Louis-Jacques’ last 53-man squad projection

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It may seem like kicker is the Panthers’ biggest problem out of all of their midweek activity with Joey Slye in a crisis, but that’s the least of their problems. There is still uncertainty as to whether Sam Darnold can recover from three bad years in New York and whether Cameron Erving can finally open the revolving door on the left tackle. And then there is the general lack of depth in defense. David Newton’s final 53-man squad projection

The biggest squad intrigue can be found in the cornerback, where veteran Desmond Trufant is on the bladder to form the squad. Trufant missed the time for personal reasons and had no opportunity to make a difference in the preseason. The door is wide open to veteran Artie Burns to challenge Kindle Vildor for the starting spot in the cornerback across from Jaylon Johnson. Anthony Miller’s recent deal and Javon Wims’ release cleared most of the speculation among the recipient. Jeff Dickerson’s last 53-man squad projection

There aren’t many familiar names on the list, but the new regime, led by first year coach Dan Campbell, seeks to establish a sober identity with the organization in a complete rebuild. These Lions in the new look have brought players into the game with a chip on their shoulder and seem to have nothing to lose, as nobody expects much from this team. Eric Woodyard’s final 53-man squad projection

The Packers have such a strong squad that there isn’t much drama at the top. The only noticeable decision will be whether to keep a third quarterback. Kurt Benkert sometimes blinded, but do you really have to burn a point on 53? Unless they’re concerned that waivers will hit him, they’ll likely try to get him through to the training team. Rob Demovsky’s last 53-man squad projection

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This has been one of the least competitive training camps the Colts have had in terms of squad spots in recent years. The kicking competition didn’t have much flair when Rodrigo Blankenship defeated Eddy Pineiro. Receiver could end up being the lowest position on the team. Mike Wells’ last 53-man squad projection

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The most interesting decisions come on the offensive, where the Chiefs added eight strong candidates who weren’t on the team last year. So you can keep extras there or try to edit one or more of the backups. Adam Teicher’s last 53-man squad projection

The Vikings will keep three quarterbacks, but don’t be surprised to see a new face supporting Kirk Cousins ​​once Minnesota takes a look at other veterans that become available next week. Neither Jake Browning nor Kellen Mond have done enough in preseason games to earn their QB2 role, and one of them will be dropped from the roster on Tuesday. Courtney Cronin’s final 53-man squad projection

The Saints will have at least 10 new starters in Week 1 thanks to Drew Brees’ resignation, an off-season salary cleanup, and a handful of early injuries and bans. They will try to add depth to the cornerback, defensive tackle, tight end and kicker of league players. And there is some intrigue over whether they will keep seasoned skill players like Latavius ​​Murray, Devonta Freeman and Chris Hogan. Mike Triplet’s last 53-man squad projection

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With waiver priority # 2 and lots of holes to fill, the jets will be in a roster change mode for the next few days. They will also try to trade against an edge rusher and maybe use one of their recipients as a bargaining chip. Jamison Crowder has the highest commercial value and could attract teams. Don’t rule out a veteran backup at quarterback either. Rich Cimini’s last 53-man squad projection

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The Jets put up a breathtaking game at the last minute to seal a 31-31 tie against the Eagles.

The recipient group is a question mark for several reasons. For one, it’s super young and inexperienced and takes an untested player or two to show up. There are tough personnel decisions to be made. Tim McManus’ last 53-man squad projection

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Some of the hottest battles at the Steelers training camp were for backup jobs. While Mason Rudolph appears to have won the # 2 QB job, the Steelers appear poised to keep Dwayne Haskins on the roster for this season’s development. Quiet camps of running backs Benny Snell and Jaylen Samuels may have cost them jobs as the Steelers try to give the secondary and linebackers more depth. Brooke Pryor’s final 53-man squad projection

GM Jon Robinson turned receivers and outside linebackers into team strengths by taking over Julio Jones and Bud Dupree. There will be some solid players set free in the event of squad cuts. Turron Davenport’s final 53-man squad projection

Several recipients who would have made it a year ago or in some cases made it onto the list are deleted. Defensive back is another difficult area. It will also be interesting to see what Washington does with Chilean Sammis Reyes in the end; it still seems a long way off, but do the coaches want to risk losing a player they think can develop? John Keim’s last 53-man squad projection

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Rosie Huntington-Whiteley stuns on the first occasion for the reason that being pregnant was revealed

Jason Statham & Rosie Huntington-Whiteley are expecting baby # 2

Rosie Huntington-Whiteley serves Bawdy and face!

The supermodel who recently announced that she and Jason Statham were expecting their second child together and showed their growing baby bump during an event in Los Angeles. In fact, it was the first time the Mad Max: Fury Road actress publicly quit for an imaginative affair since her pregnancy announcement on Aug. 19.

After Rosie launched her new beauty brand Rose Inc. earlier this week, Rosie celebrated the romantic launch of her cosmetic line in Sephora at the Westfield Century City Mall on Friday, August 27th.

For the special occasion, the 34-year-old star looked effortlessly chic in a stunning all-white ensemble – in which she wore a loose-fitting button-down shirt that she paired with a flowing skirt and high-heeled flip-flops. Rosie completed her outfit with minimalist accessories such as dainty gold earrings, a matching necklace, and an anklet.

Of course, Rosie’s beauty look was on point as well, sporting pale pink lipstick, pink blush, and dramatic eye makeup.