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September 5th, 2023

Good morning, and happy Tuesday! We hope you had a restful Labor Day weekend. We sure did! Since the first day after a holiday typically gets off to a slow start, fire up your mental engines by seeing if you can spot the three foxes hidden amongst the red pandas in this most recent optical puzzle. Let us know how long it takes you to find them!

In Today’s Brief

Ukraine: Defense Minister dismissed
Minnesota: Prison protests resolved
Rolling Stones: 1st album in 18 years
FTC: Amgen acquisition to continue

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Attendees stranded at Burning Man

Burning Man's estimated 70K-plus attendees were isolated at the venue known as Black Rock City as rain-closed roads and muddied campgrounds.

Attendees were told to shelter in place in the Black Rock Desert and conserve food, water, and fuel after a rainstorm hit the area, forcing officials to halt any entering or leaving of the festival. More than half an inch of rain fell this weekend in parts of northwest Nevada, which includes the area where the Burning Man festival was being held. One death was reported during the event, but officials confirmed the fatality was unrelated to the weather. The organizers planned an orderly exit yesterday, the event's last day, and have so far turned down help from the Nevada National Guard.

The annual festival was founded in June 1986 and was first held in Nevada's Black Rock Desert in 1990. It attracts nearly 80K artists, musicians, and activists for a mix of wilderness camping and avant-garde performances.

NASA Space X mission returns

NASA’s SpaceX Crew-6 landed in the sea off Jacksonville, Florida yesterday, ending their mission after six months at the International Space Station (ISS).

The crew undocked from the space station early Sunday to begin the trip home. Crew-6 was made up of NASA astronauts Stephen Bowen and Woody Hoburg, UAE astronaut Sultan Alneyadi, and Roscosmos cosmonaut Andrey Fedyaev. They completed the agency’s sixth commercial crew rotation mission to the ISS, spending 186 days in orbit. During their stint in space, the Crew-6 astronauts were slated to oversee more than 200 science and tech projects, as well as host the Axiom Mission 2 crew. They also conducted a total of three spacewalks.

To date, SpaceX has flown 11 human spaceflight missions. Eight of those missions have been contracted with NASA's Commercial Crew Program, while the other three flew private astronauts. This marked the fourth trip to space and back for the Dragon Endeavour.

Jimmy Buffett dies at 76

Jimmy Buffett, a singer and entrepreneur best known for his song “Margaritaville,” which kicked off a themed restaurant chain and hotels, has died at age 76.

Buffett died after a four-year battle with Merkel cell cancer, according to a statement posted on his official website. He achieved mainstream success following the release of his sixth album, Changes in Latitudes, Changes in Attitudes, which included “Margaritaville.” Buffett’s other popular songs include “It’s 5 O’Clock Somewhere,” “Come Monday,” “Volcano” and “It’s My Job.” He later expanded his brand into enterprises outside of music. He came out with several books, beach-themed clothing, a Margaritaville restaurant chain, hotels, resorts, retirement communities, and more.

Over his 50-year-plus career, Buffett has released 36 albums and has headlined more than 40 concert tours. He had 13 songs reach the Billboard Hot 100 list, including “Margaritaville” making it to the Top 10.

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Around the Globe

Ukraine's Defense Minister Oleksii Reznikov has been dismissed after leading the ministry since before the start of Russia's invasion in February 2022; President Volodymyr Zelensky has nominated Rustem Umerov, who runs Ukraine's State Property Fund, to take over the role (More)
Typhoon Haikui made landfall in Taiwan, leaving at least 44 people injured while 7K people across 11 cities and counties were evacuated, according to Taiwan’s Interior Ministry; Haikui is the first typhoon in four years to directly hit Taiwan (More)
China announced that President Xi Jinping will not attend this week’s Group of 20 summit in India, as disputes over the India and China border continue; instead, Premier Li Qiang will represent China at the G20 summit (More)

On the Homefront

A Minnesota prison resolved a situation involving about 100 inmates who would not return to their cells, prompting the prison to go into lockdown; the inmates were reportedly protesting against the poorly ventilated or air-conditioned facilities amid high temperatures in the region (More)
President Joe Biden vowed to give Florida any support it needs to rebuild in the wake of Tropical Storm Idalia; Biden visited the state over the weekend, where at least two people are known to have died after the storm made landfall (More)
Texas Senate will consider the impeachment of Attorney General Ken Paxton, who is accused of taking bribes and abusing his office; if convicted, Paxton, the third official in Texas history to be impeached, could be removed from office (More)

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The Rolling Stones announced the release of ‘Hackney Diamonds,’ their first studio album since 2005; full details will be announced tomorrow at an event where Mick Jagger, Keith Richards, and Ronnie Wood will be interviewed live by Tonight Show host Jimmy Fallon (More)
Formula 1 driver Max Verstappen earned first place at the Italian Grand Prix, breaking a Formula 1 record with his 10th consecutive victory; the previous record was set in 2013 by fellow Red Bull driver Sebastian Vettel (More)
Steve Harwell, the former lead vocalist of Smash Mouth, died at the age of 56 from acute liver failure, according to a statement from the band’s manager Robert Hayes (More)

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Business & Markets

Major indexes in the stock market closed mixed on Friday, with the Dow and S&P 500 ending the week with gains and the Nasdaq closing with slight losses (Dow +0.33%, Nasdaq -0.02%, S&P 500 +0.18%)
The trading platform Robinhood bought back 55M of its own shares, worth $605M, that were owned by Sam Bankman-Fried before his arrest; the shares were seized by the DOJ in January as part of the charges against the FTX founder (More)
The Federal Trade Commission & Amgen reached a deal to allow the drug company’s $27.8B purchase of Horizon Therapeutics to move forward; the agreement resolves a lawsuit the FTC filed in May seeking to block the acquisition (More)

Tips & Tricks

Feel Good: Get to know Eric Carle, the author and illustrator of the timeless children’s book The Very Hungry Caterpillar (published in 1969) who got a late career start and is here to remind us to trust in the process of our lives and that it’s never too late to go after our dreams
Bump This: In honor of the late, great Jimmy Buffet, we’ve got “Margaritaville” on repeat all day and pretending like we’re sitting on a warm beach with our toes in the sand - listen on Apple Music, Spotify, and YouTube
Chow Down: If you’re pressed for time and don’t feel like cooking salmon, try out this recipe for a 15-minute salmon poke bowl that packs 30 grams of protein into a light and nourishing meal that’s super easy to prepare
Nerd Out: Read about one journalist’s analysis of dozens of Waymo and Cruise crash reports to determine whether self-driving cars are actually safer than human drivers amid the rapid rise of autonomous vehicles on the road in big cities
Go Deep: We’re all aware of certain fitness “rules,” such as that we should aim to walk 10K steps per day - dive into 17 common beliefs in fitness that experts consider to be either true or false…and find out whether we need to abide by them at all
Hot Goss: Hip hop mogul Diddy has made an unprecedented move in the music industry by handing over the publishing rights to several of his former artists who were previously signed to his label, Bad Boy Records, which he reportedly sees as a charitable action, according to familiar sources
Life Hack: Unpredictable events happen to everyone, and we don’t have to spiral out of control when we find ourselves in situations that aren’t ideal - here are nine tips on how to control your emotions and how to “reel it in” during stressful situations, according to psychology experts

Tip-Offs

Some photos of this year’s mud-ridden Burning Man.

Mapping America’s fastest-growing college towns.

…and ranking the states with the worst road rage.

Check out every country’s different cost of cigarettes.

Peek inside a rustic Hobbit-like home in the forest.

…and see footage of an asteroid crashing into Jupiter.

Examining whether some animals dream like humans.

The eighth wonder of the world: a road in South Asia.

Looking Back…

On September 5th: Jack Kerouac’s novel On the Road is published (1957); the first episode of The Muppet Show, co-created by Jim Henson, airs on TV (1976); Tuvalu becomes the 189th member of the United Nations (2000); Queen frontman Freddie Mercury is born (1946).

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