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SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
04-07-12-23-33
(four, seven, twelve, twenty-three, thirty-three)
Estimated jackpot: $300,000
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Illinois Lottery's "Lucky Day Lotto" game were:
04-07-12-23-33
(four, seven, twelve, twenty-three, thirty-three)
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Lucara Diamond (OTC: LUCRF)
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Rising energy costs have small businesses in the United Kingdom assessing how they use energy and what they can do to implement more efficient transitions, according to research from Novuna Business Finance.
Even with 45% of the business saying they don’t have a carbon offset plan in place, and almost a quarter saying they don’t have the budget to invest in sustainability targets, current energy demands have them looking at changes. Nearly 9 out of 10 respondents in a national poll of 1,027 small business owners say they are reviewing their energy practices.
Energy prices in the UK were expected to rise significantly after Britain’s energy regulator raised an energy price cap by 54% earlier this year. The UK’s energy regulator, Ofgem, specifically used high global gas prices for the increase, according to CNBC. In response, Ofgem says it is looking at the model for helping companies with less capital enter areas such as the renewable energy market as well as introducing a tougher approach to financial regulation.
The World Energy Council recently reported that international energy volatility has industry leaders expecting a slow rebound in the market, but they say it will lead to quicker transitions with investments in a diverse mix of energy uses. Last year the European Union pledged to ramp up renewable energy targets with a goal of using 40% renewables by 2030 instead of 32% in response to increasing gas and electricity costs.
Of the UK small businesses surveyed, 37% say they are shopping for less expensive energy deals and 34% say they have implemented plans to monitor energy use. Of those, 29% were already attempting to use less energy.
The businesses are looking at the supply chain and more when evaluating energy demands, according to the study. Of the respondents, 27% say they would stop using suppliers that attempted to pass energy costs on to them.
Only 12% of small businesses in the UK have accelerated plans to use green and renewable energy as well as reduce their reliance on fossil fuels, according to the survey. Businesses that are most likely to partake in renewable energy transitions include those in the transport, agriculture, and media sectors.
Regionally, businesses in Scotland are the most likely to pursue green energy transitions, with 18% of businesses there saying they were going to accelerate their move to renewable options. Additionally, 44% of small businesses in Scotland say they are looking to switch to less expensive energy suppliers. | https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/05/rising-prices-have-uk-small-businesses-evaluating-efficient-energy-transitions/ | 2022-06-01T03:51:44Z | https://www.environmentalleader.com/2022/05/rising-prices-have-uk-small-businesses-evaluating-efficient-energy-transitions/ | true | 1 |
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NEW YORK (AP) — Mark Canha led off with the first of his four hits, Starling Marte followed with a homer against Patrick Corbin and the New York Mets rolled from there, totaling 17 hits in a 10-0 blowout of the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.
Jeff McNeil had three hits, Eduardo Escobar homered, Francisco Lindor extended his RBI streak to nine games and every Mets starter had at least one knock as New York followed a 13-5 thrashing against Washington with another laugher.
The NL East-leading Mets have won a season-best five straight, all during this six-game homestand, which ends Wednesday against the Nats. They have at least 16 hits in consecutive games for the second time in a week. They hadn't reached that total in two straight games previously since 2018.
Corbin (1-8) allowed seven runs and 12 hits, the last a screaming comebacker by Tomás Nido that knocked over the pitcher like Charlie Brown. Corbin appeared OK, but manager Dave Martinez promptly pulled him anyway. The left-hander completed 4 1/3 innings, and his ERA rose to 6.96.
Trevor Williams (1-3) pitched five shutout innings against a Nationals lineup missing Nelson Cruz, who sat out with a left ankle contusion. Williams got his first victory as a Met after being acquired last July.
The Nats had six hits, three of them by Dee Strange-Gordon.
Canha tied his career high for hits, last achieved as a rookie on Aug. 18, 2015, with Oakland. His single and Marte's two-run homer the next at-bat gave New York a second straight hot start — the Mets led 12-4 after four innings Monday.
Marte's drive was caught by fan Alan Alcantara, who reached over a railing and snagged it barehanded with his 1-year-old son, Levi, cradled in his other arm.
Luis Guillorme added a two-run single in the third inning, Canha had a two-run double in the fifth and Lindor added a two-run single moments later. Lindor's nine-game RBI streak is the third longest in franchise history behind Mike Piazza's record 15-game run in 2000.
Mets reliever Drew Smith pitched for the first time since dislocating his right pinkie Sunday and struck out four in 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
Nationals shortstop Alcides Escobar was helped off the field by a trainer after making a diving stop on J.D. Davis' grounder in the fourth inning.
ROLL CALL
Mets fans channeled their Bronx rivals and did a roll call for New York's fielders during the ninth inning. After chanting for Marte, Lindor and the rest, they began shouting out broadcaster Keith Hernandez.
NO-HAN
The Mets celebrated Johan Santana on the eve of the 10th anniversary of his no-hitter, the first in franchise history. Santana threw a ceremonial first pitch to Josh Thole, his catcher for his 134-pitch gem against St. Louis. Manager Terry Collins was also on hand. The trio posed for a photo with the five Mets pitchers (plus catcher James McCann) who combined for the franchise's second no-hitter last month.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Nationals: RHP Joe Ross will have season-ending Tommy John surgery, clouding his future with Washington in his final year under contract. ... RHP Stephen Strasburg will make his first minor league rehab start with Triple-A Rochester on Friday. Strasburg has been out since last June following surgery for thoracic outlet syndrome. ... RHP Jordan Weems and LHP Francisco Perez were called up from Triple-A. RHP Andres Machado was demoted to Rochester and RHP Austin Voth was designated for assignment.
Mets: 1B/OF Dominic Smith was optioned to Triple-A Syracuse after hitting .186 in 101 plate appearances. ... RHP Adonis Medina was called up from Triple-A and pitched the ninth. ... CF Brandon Nimmo was out of the lineup for the fourth straight day with a sore right wrist. He entered to play defense in the ninth. ... RHP Tylor Megill (biceps inflammation) threw a simulated game and could make a minor league rehab start soon.
UP NEXT
Minor league left-hander Evan Lee was in Washington's clubhouse Tuesday and could make a spot start Wednesday, which would be his major league debut. RHP Carlos Carrasco (5-1, 3.98) is slated to pitch for the Mets.
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The unofficial start of summer over the Memorial Day weekend offers a troubling glimpse of what lies ahead for travelers during the peak vacation season.
U.S. airlines canceled more than 2,800 flights from Thursday through Monday, or about 2% of their schedules, according to tracking service FlightAware.
Delta Air Lines, usually among the top performers, had the worst record among major carriers with more than 800 canceled flights over the five-day span.
“This was a chance for airlines to show that last summer’s delays would not be repeated this summer, and yet, it was not to be,” said Helane Becker, an analyst for banking firm Cowen. She blamed the disruptions on bad weather, air traffic control delays, airline crew members calling in sick, and long security lines at some airports.
“We expect a busy summer, and are concerned about the industry’s ability to handle the demand,” Becker said.
When asked to comment Tuesday about its weekend troubles, Delta pointed to a statement it issued last week, when it said it faced challenges including rising COVID-19 cases among workers.
Delta ran 13% more flights in May than it did a year ago, but it announced last week that it would trim its schedules for July and August by up to 3% to make the remaining flights more reliable. The pilots’ union said it has warned the airline for months about crew shortages.
“We understand our customers’ frustration, especially over the weekend,” said Evan Baach, a Boeing 767 captain at Delta and an official with the Air Line Pilots Association. “Delta has just not properly staffed the airline with pilots for the number of flights they want to fly.”
The good news was that flight cancellations were down sharply on Tuesday. FlightAware reported only about 80 by late afternoon on the East Coast.
Various forecasts of high numbers of travelers over the weekend proved to be accurate. The Transportation Security Administration reported screening more than 11 million people at airport checkpoints from Thursday through Monday.
That was down 9% from the same days in 2019, but an increase of almost 25% over last year. Crowds of just under 2.4 million on both Thursday and Friday nearly matched the pandemic high set on the Sunday after Thanksgiving last year.
That meant many flights were packed, too, because airline schedules still have not returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to figures from travel-research firm Cirium.
The U.S. airline industry hopes to push passenger numbers higher, in part by removing one of the last U.S. pandemic-related travel restrictions. Industry representatives said they met Tuesday with White House officials to repeat their request to end the requirement that travelers test negative for COVID-19 within a day of flying into the United States.
Trade group Airlines for America said its member airlines estimate that lifting the requirement would lead to 4.3 million more international passengers over one year. Airlines believe many Americans are unwilling to travel overseas because they could be stranded if they contract the virus on their trip. | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/business/canceled-flights-mar-first-weekend-of-summer-for-travelers/ | 2022-06-01T03:54:01Z | https://www.yourcentralvalley.com/news/business/canceled-flights-mar-first-weekend-of-summer-for-travelers/ | false | 47 |
Deogarh: Road blockade on NH-49 near Tileibani over lack of mobile network services
Deogarh: After years of living, what they call, a cursed life, people several Panchayats across Deogarh district resorted to protest to attract the attention of concerned authorities to their grievances.
As per available information, residents of five panchayats in Deogarh staged a road blockade on NH-49 near Tileibani demanding mobile network services in the area.
Reportedly, vehicular traffic was also disrupted due to the protest. Scores of vehicles remained stranded on both sides of the road.
Among others, lack of road communication and mobile network services have been on the wish list of the residents of the villages. | https://pragativadi.com/deogarh-road-blockade-on-nh-49-near-tileibani-over-lack-of-mobile-network-services/ | 2022-06-01T03:54:55Z | https://pragativadi.com/deogarh-road-blockade-on-nh-49-near-tileibani-over-lack-of-mobile-network-services/ | false | null |
Which Home Depot blinds are best?
Home Depot offers a wide variety of affordable, high-quality blinds and window shades. Its selection includes vertical, cordless and automatic blinds, which can be custom-cut to your specification in the store. Plus, you can set up a virtual consultation with a Home Depot representative who can help ensure you get the best blinds for your home. The best Home Depot blinds for blocking out noise and light are the Home Decorators Collection White Cordless Room-Darkening 2-Inch Faux Wood Blinds.
What to know before you buy Home Depot blinds
Type
Home Depot offers the following types of blinds:
- Horizontal: These have slats that slide up and down, usually with a pulley system. They’re best for smaller windows, such as in the bedroom or above the kitchen sink. Each slat is around 2 inches wide and is usually connected by a cord.
- Vertical: Unlike their horizontal counterparts, vertical blinds slide sideways. They’re typically longer and heavier, making them ideal for larger windows such as the patio door. They also lend spaciousness to any room and let in more light than other options.
- Motorized: These can be opened or closed with the press of a button. Motorized blinds come in different styles, including vertical and horizontal.
- Smart: Smart blinds can be opened, closed or otherwise adjusted using a smartphone app or voice command. Some are compatible with voice assistants, such as Alexa.
- Sliding panels: A modern alternative to vertical blinds, these are single, large panels that can slide open or closed.
- Cellular: Cellular blinds have either a single or double layer of collapsible cells that block out noise and light for extra privacy. They have less customization than vertical or horizontal blinds.
Depending on the type, blinds can block out some or all light and reduce noise. They can also help insulate a room to keep the temperature consistent.
Cordless vs. corded
Traditional blinds come with a cord. By pulling on this cord, you can either pull horizontal blinds higher or lower. For vertical blinds, you can slide them from side to side.
Today, many blinds don’t have a cord at all. Instead, you need to pull them down or push them up to the desired height. Corded or not, most blinds come with a tilt wand you can use to adjust the slats to let in more or less light.
Mounting
Home Depot offers blind installation, an optional service. If you want to mount them yourself, there are a few things you should know.
First, there are two main types of mounts:
- Inside mounts: These go inside the recess of the window. They usually let in more light, but they fit closer to the window than outside mounts.
- Outside mounts: These go on the outer side of the window, making them better for preventing light from filtering in. They work with nearly any window since they don’t have to fit the exact contours of the frame.
Typically, the manufacturer includes mounting instructions with the blinds. In most cases, you’ll need to drill pilot holes before attaching window brackets. Then, you can screw in any screws to attach the top portion of the blinds. This process goes for vertical and horizontal blinds.
When in doubt, refer to the Home Depot website for specific instructions or guidelines on mounting your new blinds.
Cleaning and maintenance
Unlike window shades, which are generally easy to clean, it takes more time and effort to clean blinds. This is mostly because you have to wipe down every slat or vane. You should do a general cleaning once or twice a month. If you have pets or a lot of household traffic, consider lightly dusting them once a week.
To clean the blinds, use a feather duster or clean cloth with an all-purpose cleaning solution such as Pledge to remove dirt, dust and debris. Alternatively, use a vacuum cleaner that has a brush attachment. If the vacuum hose is long enough or comes with an extension, you can use that instead.
What to look for in quality Home Depot blinds
Material
Home Depot blinds come in the following materials:
- Plastic: This material is affordable, durable and easy to clean with most cleaning solutions. Plastic blinds also come in a wider range of colors and designs. However, they can crack or become damaged more easily than other options.
- Metal: Usually made from aluminum, metal blinds excel at reflecting heat and light. They’re ideal for warmer climates, though they don’t block noise very well.
- Vinyl: Lightweight and easy to install, vinyl blinds are resistant to moisture buildup and high temperatures. They also don’t crease easily.
- Wood or faux wood: Durable and easy to maintain, wood and faux wood blinds provide good insulation and can block out light and noise well. Faux wood is also eco-friendly.
Color
Most plastic, vinyl and faux wood blinds are white or off-white. Wood blinds from Home Depot come in different shades of brown and gray, including:
- Golden oak
- Cinnamon
- Chestnut
- Brandy
- Colonial pine
- Colonial mahogany
- Espresso
When choosing a color, consider the color scheme or aesthetic of the room. If, for example, you want a more modern aesthetic, go with darker shades of brown or black. These shades also contrast well with bright colors. Alternatively, go with metal or solid black or brown blinds if you want a more minimalistic or rustic look.
Sizing and fitting
When it comes to choosing the right size blinds for your home, Home Depot has two options:
- Cut-to-size: Once you choose the blinds you want, a representative will cut the blinds to your specification in the store for free.
- Pre-cut: As the name implies, these blinds come pre-sized.
To get the perfect fit, all you have to do is measure the space where the blinds will go. Be sure to measure the window or door length and width. As an example, here are the standard dimensions for a living room window:
- Length — 36 to 72 inches
- Width — 24 to 60 inches
Remember, if you’re mounting the blinds externally, you have some wiggle room. But if you’re mounting them internally, the measurements should be precise.
If you’re not sure, Home Depot also has a blind installation service. Through this process, a professional will come to your home, measure the space and return to install the blinds for you.
How much you can expect to spend on Home Depot blinds
The cost for blinds ranges from around $10-$150, depending on the type, size and material used. The home-installation service starts at $110.
Home Depot blinds FAQ
What’s an alternative to blinds?
A. Window shades are the most common alternative to traditional blinds. They’re flat and usually consist of softer fabric, though some are wood. Some are made with blackout materials to block out the light completely.
Does Home Depot offer a warranty?
A. If you use Home Depot’s blind installation process, you receive a one-year service guarantee. This is in addition to any existing manufacturer’s warranty on the blinds.
What are the best Home Depot blinds to buy?
Top Home Depot blinds
Home Decorators Collection White Cordless Room-Darkening 2-Inch Faux Wood Blinds
What you need to know: These easy-to-install blinds offer excellent privacy and light reduction.
What you’ll love: With widths ranging from 9 to 72 inches and lengths ranging from 36 to 84 inches, these durable blinds are great for most rooms. They’re also resistant to humidity and moisture and can regulate the temperature.
What you should consider: They tend to get caught when pushed up.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Top Home Depot blinds for the money
White Cordless Vinyl Mini Blinds
What you need to know: These long blinds are ideal for covering longer windows.
What you’ll love: Available in white and tan alabaster, these energy-efficient blinds come in 23- to 72-inch widths and three lengths. They don’t have an exposed cord, making them safe for use around young children. They’re also made from low-maintenance vinyl.
What you should consider: The slats can get caught when closing them.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Hampton Bay Crown White Room Darkening Vertical Blinds
What you need to know: These vertical blinds are perfect for sliding glass windows or doors.
What you’ll love: Available in crown white, ivory and alabaster, these durable blinds ensure privacy and prevent most light from filtering in. They’re made from durable plastic that’s easy to clean.
What you should consider: The vanes are thin.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
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Which large area rugs are best?
A large area rug is key to making your space feel cozier and more welcoming while also tying your living room together through its design, fabric and color scheme. However, choosing a large rug for your living room can be a daunting task, as you’ll need to pick the colors that match your interior and the material you prefer. You’ll also need to think about what to do when your rug won’t stay in place and how to keep it clean.
If you’re looking for an affordable yet high-quality area rug for your living room, the Safavieh Amherst Quake 8-foot by 10-Foot Indoor/Outdoor Rug is the top choice. The rug’s elegant pattern and its ability to be cleaned easily are just some of the reasons you’ll be heading straight to the checkout.
What to know before you buy a large area rug
Are you furnishing your living room starting from a clean slate?
If you’re furnishing your living room from a clean slate, your main focus should be on the area rug first. It’s much easier to design and furnish around the rug than vice versa. The color and style of the rug will serve as inspiration for designing the rest of your living room. Also, starting out with a large area rug will assist in the layout of your living room.
Is the area rug you’re buying going to be placed in an already furnished living room?
If your living room is already furnished and maybe lacking in cohesiveness or style, a large area rug can easily solve any of those issues. It can even be argued that purchasing an area rug for a furnished room is easier than starting from scratch. Use the color of your walls, flooring and furniture as inspiration for what area rug would look best. For example, if you have bold furniture or walls, aim for a more neutral rug; on the other hand, you can purchase a bolder rug for a room filled with very subtle furnishings and colors.
What type of lifestyle do you live?
Your area rug should be able to complement and hold up to the lifestyle you live. A couple may need to put much thought into how their area rug will put up with their daily activities, but a household of four with a dog will have to consider purchasing a rug that will be easy to clean and durable enough to last. There are a myriad of carpet cleaning products that will make your life a whole lot easier with a large area rug in a multi-member household, so make sure you opt for the best ones.
What to look for in a quality large area rug
Material
Synthetic materials, like nylon, polypropylene or polyester, are common in many affordable rugs. These types of rugs are also very stain-resistant and dry quicker when a spill occurs because of their low absorbency. However, a downside is that when a polyester rug is subjected to high amounts of foot traffic, it can face crimp loss, making the area rug look less fluffy and reducing its volume.
An area rug could also be made from natural materials like cotton, jute or wool. Although more costly than a synthetic rug, a natural rug is stronger than its counterparts. In addition, a natural rug can sustain its look for many years because of its durability. Unfortunately, rugs made from natural materials are more costly and more susceptible to fading when exposed to direct sunlight or damage when exposed to high heat or moisture.
Color
Your rug establishes the mood of your room, and that mood comes from the color of your area rug. If your living room is on the smaller side, choose a lighter color, since it will make your room appear larger, while dark, rich colors will make a large room appear more intimate. In addition, if your living room receives a lot of sunlight, consider selecting a cool color. In contrast, warm colors will make a shady living room appear more bright.
Edging
Most area rugs will finish the edges to prevent fraying and unraveling. The most common edging you will find on an area rug is a standard edging, which is the least expensive and blends in really well. A serging binding edge is also designed to blend in, but it incorporates yarn stitchings over the binding itself. If you’re looking for an extra decorative touch to your area rug, a 3-inch to 5-inch binding will do the trick, as it will provide an accent with the carpet.
How much you can expect to spend on a large area rug
Because a large area rug is more expensive than others because of its size, you can expect some to be less or more affordable when taking into account the materials used and the design. Large area rugs range from $100-$2,000.
Large area rugs FAQ
Q. How do I keep my area rug from moving and losing its spot?
A. Investing in a non-slip rug pad made from natural rubber and felt can do the trick to keep your rug in place and prevent it from sliding. Silicone caulk, carpet tape or even using a couch or coffee table as a grip to keep the rug stationary can also solve this issue.
Q. What’s the best way to clean my area rug?
A. Using a mild dish soap diluted with water should work well for spot cleaning any stains or spills on your rug without damaging rug fibers. If you have a stubborn stain, use any stain remover products meant for cleaning carpet fabrics. Always use water when rinsing out any soap or cleaning products on the rug.
What’s the best large area rug to buy?
Top large area rug
Safavieh Amherst Quake 8-by-10-Foot Indoor/Outdoor Rug
What you need to know: This rug is designed with an elegant pattern and comes in various colors, destined to make your living room into a fashion statement.
What you’ll love: This rug is extremely easy to clean by sweeping or vacuuming. Designed with classic rug artistry in mind, this product is extremely durable with power-loomed construction.
What you should consider: The rug is not suitable for a deck or area where it is exposed to rain.
Where to buy: Sold by Bed Bath and Beyond and Home Depot
Top large area rug for the money
Artistic Weavers Demeter Ivory 8-foot by 10-Foot Abstract Area Rug
What you need to know: This unique rug is a great example of superb craftsmanship and elegance, perfect for someone who wants a durable rug without sacrificing style.
What you’ll love: This rug is naturally stain-resistant and resists color fading, preserving its vibrant colors for a long time. The medium pile will leave you feeling luxurious.
What you should consider: The rug doesn’t come with a backing, so look into buying a rug pad to keep this beauty in place.
Where to buy: Sold by Home Depot
Worth checking out
Spice Market Tigris Aquamarine 8-Foot by 11-Foot Area Rug
What you need to know: The rug’s vibrant colors add a warm glow to any area, while also being thick, sturdy and beautiful.
What you’ll love: It’s machine-made using the manufacturer’s exclusive Everstrand fiber, and created from up to 100% post-consumer content from plastic bottles. Elaborate lotus and floral motifs in a bedazzling palette of vibrant jewel tones flow on its blue ground.
What you should consider: Its colors might be slightly different from the ones in the photos.
Where to buy: Sold by Macy’s
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "All or Nothing Evening" game were:
04-05-06-08-11-12-13-17-19-21-22
(four, five, six, eight, eleven, twelve, thirteen, seventeen, nineteen, twenty-one, twenty-two) | https://www.sheltonherald.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Evening-17211075.php | 2022-06-01T04:03:07Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Evening-17211075.php | false | null |
PHOENIX — Arizona Republican lawmakers heard Tuesday from members of the Texas-based conservative group that provided research for a widely debunked documentary that alleges widespread voter fraud led to former President Donald Trump's loss in the 2020 election.
Cell phone data analysis done by True the Vote was used by conservative filmmaker Dinesh D'Souza in his film "2000 Mules" to try to show that Democratic operatives were paid to illegally collect and drop off ballots in Arizona, Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania and Wisconsin.
The film has drawn crowds of Trump backers to theaters nationwide but had been widely panned by independent fact-checkers, including at The Associated Press.
The AP found that flawed analysis of cellphone location data and ballot drop box surveillance footage was used to cast doubt on the results of the 2020 presidential election nearly 18 months after it ended.
The group used GPS data to identify cell phones they say were repeatedly in close proximity to ballot drop boxes and also made repeated visits to nonprofit organizations that True the Vote claims could be involved in illegal ballot collection activities. True the Vote claims those cell phones must have been carried by people who were illegally collecting ballots and turning them in but has provided no video of anyone making multiple visits to a drop box or evidence that they had ballots.
Catherine Engelbrecht, founder of True the Vote, and her associate Gregg Phillips presented their findings to eight Republican lawmakers in a livestreamed meeting at the state Capitol, but they did not present new evidence to support their claims.
Phillips said news stories pointing out the lack of proof were written by "journalistic terrorists." But he declined to outline the methods, calling them "proprietary." Engelbrecht declined to identify the nonprofits used in the analysis, which she said would interfere with law enforcement.
Phillips said he turned over data to Attorney General Mark Brnovich's office a year ago, but the AG's office told him it never received it.
Like many such efforts since Trump's loss, "2000 Mules" used a tiny kernel of truth to help bolster its conspiracy theory. The film focuses in part on southwestern Arizona's Yuma County, where the Arizona attorney general's office indicted two people for illegally collecting ballots in the 2020 primary election.
Guillermina Fuentes and a second woman were indicted in December 2020 on one count of ballot abuse, commonly known as "ballot harvesting" and made illegal under a 2016 state law. Additional charges of conspiracy, forgery and an additional ballot abuse charge were added last October. Her co-defendant awaits sentencing after pleading guilty to a reduced charge several months ago. Fuentes has a court date where she may change her not guilty plea later this week.
Fuentes, 66 and a Democrat, is a former mayor of the border city of San Luis and currently serves as an elected board member of the Gadsden Elementary School District in San Luis. She's accused of collecting ballots in the border city in violation of the law that only allows a caregiver or family member to return someone else's early ballot, and in some cases filling them out.
Her attorney has not responded to repeated inquiries seeking comment.
It is the only case ever brought by the attorney general under the 2016 law, which was upheld by the U.S. Supreme Court last year.
Records show Fuentes was under investigation within days of the Aug. 4, 2020, primary election and knew she was a suspect by mid-September. There's no sign she or anyone else in Yuma County collected ballots in the general election.
Ballot abuse is a felony that carries a possible sentence of up to two years in prison and a $150,000 fine.
The True the Vote representatives told lawmakers that they have no video from Yuma County and have only have obstructed surveillance footage from one drop box in Maricopa County.
Despite the lack of evidence of widespread problems with ballot drop boxes, several of the lawmakers said they'd push for laws restricting their use in future elections.
"I have been so pleased to hear about all you vigilantes out here who want to camp out at these drop boxes. Do it," said Republican Sen. Kelly Townsend. She warned that there will be people monitoring dropboxes, following people to their car and writing down license plate numbers. | https://m.startribune.com/arizona-lawmakers-hear-from-election-conspiracy-theorists/600178092/ | 2022-06-01T04:03:31Z | https://m.startribune.com/arizona-lawmakers-hear-from-election-conspiracy-theorists/600178092/ | true | 14 |
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
0-7-2, Fireball: 5
(zero, seven, two; Fireball: five)
SPRINGFIELD, Ill. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the "Pick Three-Evening" game were:
0-7-2, Fireball: 5
(zero, seven, two; Fireball: five) | https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17211079.php | 2022-06-01T04:04:36Z | https://www.ctpost.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-Three-Evening-game-17211079.php | false | null |
BOYNTON BEACH, Fla. — Alton Russell, age 82, died peacefully in his home in Boynton Beach, Florida on May 20 with his wife Linda by his side. He had been surrounded by their children the weeks prior to his death.
Alton was born in Monroe, NC on May 6, 1940, to Franklin Austin Russell and Frances Clontz Russell. He attended Monroe High School and worked summers in the turkey business. He always said that he learned three things during those summers…" hard work, perseverance, and an ambition to get a job in a clean, air-conditioned office."
Alton attended UNC-Chapel Hill on an NROTC scholarship and graduated from the Kenan-Flagler School of Business in 1962. He served four years as an officer in the Navy. When he obtained his J.D. degree from the UNC School of Law in 1969, he began practice in Raleigh, specializing in real property law before becoming involved in the title insurance industry.
He founded The Title Company of North Carolina (TCNC) in 1983 with three partners and held the position of President, CEO and General Counsel. He was also named a Senior Vice President with Old Republic National Title, a nationwide title insurance company. He served on the Board of Directors of Paragon Bank of Raleigh and Charlotte (2002-2018). Alton was named to North Carolina's Legal Elite on two occasions by his peers and was rated as an AV Preeminent lawyer by Martindale-Hubbell's National Attorney Rating Service. He was also a Mensa member.
Alton was active in numerous community activities. He was a member of the Board of Trustees for Greensboro College and was active in the NC Bar Association.
Alton was loved and admired by family and many friends. His fondest times were when he was playing golf with his good buddies in Florida and Blowing Rock, kibitzing with his Saturday Morning Breakfast Cronies at the local Boynton Beach diner, discussing the plight of the Carolina Tar Heels with his fellow UNC cohorts, or chatting with his grandchildren and hosting family gatherings. He and his wife Linda enjoyed traveling, playing golf and entertaining. Alton was the consummate gentleman, a man who was soft-spoken, kind, humorous and intellectual. A man equally comfortable leading the boardroom or entertaining crowds dressed as Elvis for charitable events. His humorous tales and smooth baritone voice could mesmerize those around him for hours.
Alton is survived by the love of his life, Linda Coombs Russell, his wife of 40 years, his children, Rick Russell (Abigail), Kathy Welch (David), Susanna Russell, Clarke Russell, his stepchildren Ted Johnson (Kelly) and Jon Johnson (Lee), his sister-in-law, Brenda Robinson, and his former wife, Virginia Bopp Springer. Together Alton and Linda have 10 grandchildren. They maintain homes in Boynton Beach, FL and Blowing Rock, NC.
Services will be held in Raleigh NC at a later date. In lieu of flowers, please consider contributions to Transitions Life Care in Raleigh, Trustbridge Hospice in Boca Raton, or the Blowing Rock Art & History Museum in Blowing Rock. | https://www.wataugademocrat.com/blowingrocket/news/obituary-alton-russell/article_3e9bfbb4-d059-5351-8353-e4683ae34cff.html | 2022-06-01T04:16:37Z | https://www.wataugademocrat.com/blowingrocket/news/obituary-alton-russell/article_3e9bfbb4-d059-5351-8353-e4683ae34cff.html | true | 1 |
Talk of a recession is heating up, with Wall Street veterans flagging the rising risks of a downturn — and offering advice on how to invest during this cycle.
Investment bank Morgan Stanley said that while a recession isn't its base case, it is its bear case because the risk of one has "gone up materially."
"Needless to say there are numerous shocks hitting the economy right now that could tip us over into a recession at some point in the next 12 months," said the investment bank in a May report. It cited factors such as an escalation of the Russia-Ukraine war that may push oil prices to $150, the extremely strong dollar, and crushing cost pressures on companies.
Wall Street veteran Ed Yardeni, who had said in April there was a 30% chance of a recession, last week raised that figure to 40%, while Citi CEO Jane Fraser told CNBC she was convinced that Europe is headed for a recession.
The war in Ukraine has caused energy prices to spike and food prices to rise. The U.S. and U.K. — and other countries around the world — are grappling with inflation that has risen to multi-year highs.
Major stock indexes have posted steep declines since peaking late in 2021 and early this year, with the Nasdaq losing around 23% since the beginning of 2022. The S&P 500 has dropped about 13% in the same period.
Here's how antsy investors can ride out persistent turbulence in the stock market, according to the experts.
1. Buy these three sectors
As volatility is set to stick around, Morgan Stanley recommended defensive sectors in a May 16 report on its U.S. stock outlook. Those include health care, utilities and real estate.
"With the exception of Energy, all of the top performing sectors have come from the defensive end of the spectrum," Morgan Stanley wrote. "We do not believe defensives will have a great run of absolute performance but they should offer some relative protection as our call for lower earnings and multiples would hit cyclicals harder."
Defensive stocks provide stable dividends and earnings regardless of the state of the overall stock market, while cyclicals are stocks that can be affected by the cycle of the economy.
This is what Morgan Stanley says about the three defensive sectors:
- Health care: The sector is trading at a discount to the overall market, unlike most other defensive sectors, according to Morgan Stanley. The bank prefers large-cap stocks in pharmaceuticals and biotech, adding that they are trading at an attractive price and offers relatively attractive dividend yields.
- Real estate: The sector gained 42% last year, and has outperformed the broader U.S. market by 16%, said Morgan Stanley. The bank likes this sector for its earnings stability and dividend income.
"The steady cash flows within REITS should provide defensive exposure against market downswings in the year ahead," Morgan Stanley said.
"Further, REITS offer built-in inflation protection through lease agreements, rent hikes and property appreciation that should allow the sector to weather the high inflationary environment relatively better than other sectors," it added.
- Utilities: Valuations are already elevated, but Morgan Stanley is optimistic on this sector more for its downside protection, as opposed to any further upside.
"With nearly all industries dealing with the effects of rising energy costs, the set pricing structure within Utilities should provide relative protection in this high cost environment," it said.
2. Be patient
A recession "requires extra patience" in deploying cash for any investment opportunities, said Wells Fargo Investment Institute.
Sameer Samana, senior global market strategist at the advisory firm, told CNBC that investors should "slow down" their pace of reinvestments because bear markets can last about a year, and sometimes cause drawdowns of around 30%.
"Long-term investors typically diversify for times like these," added Scott Wren, senior global market strategist, also at Wells Fargo Investment Institute. "We recommend an incremental plan to deploy cash over the coming year (or longer) and continue to emphasize quality and defense in an effort to preserve capital."
Short-term investors looking at a horizon of six to 18 months may benefit from holding additional cash and expect opportunities to enter the market in the coming months, said Wren.
3. Buy investment-grade bonds
Buy quality bonds, and steer clear of junk — or high-yield — bonds, the strategists said.
"We hold a preference for quality over junk as markets dive deeper into late cycle," Morgan Stanley strategists said. "We have seen sustained outperformance of quality versus junk since November 2021 when the shift to a more hawkish Fed occurred."
In addition, the attractive income that bonds offer would offset the effects of widening spreads in a mild recession, according to American asset manager Nuveen. A yield spread is the difference in yields between government and corporate bonds of the same tenure. It recommends investment-grade corporate bonds. | https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/01/trading-strategies-for-investors-worried-about-rising-recession-risks.html | 2022-06-01T04:18:18Z | https://www.cnbc.com/2022/06/01/trading-strategies-for-investors-worried-about-rising-recession-risks.html | false | 2 |
Office space so doctors can more conveniently meet and treat their patients is the primary goal behind the construction of a building now underway near Freeman Hospital West in Joplin.
Freeman Health System officials shoveled dirt during a brief groundbreaking ceremony Tuesday morning, starting construction to the $10.1 million medical office building that, in 18 months, will open at 3401 W. McIntosh Circle Drive.
Calling it a special day, Freeman President and CEO Paula Baker paused early on to quip about the blustery winds sweeping across the future building’s site, saying it “only gives us momentum for the project” moving forward.
Once completed, the three-story building will offer more than 30,000 square feet of space — “we definitely need more room for doctors' offices,” she said.
The building will “feature convenient access to patients who need dermatology services, general surgery, pain management and urology,” she said, continuing the health system’s drive to “offer the area’s most comprehensive range of medical specialties, and this project is our next step in the continual upgrade and improvement of our services and facilities.”
With Freeman Hospital West at its center, McIntosh Circle Drive roughly loops around the hospital, connecting at each end to 32nd Street. Over the years, a number of key buildings have sprouted along the road across from the hospital, including the Freeman Dermatology and Skin Cancer Center, the Freeman Pediatric Care facility, the Freeman Lung Institute, as well as the Freeman Cornell-Beshore Cancer Institute.
It’s incredibly important to have Freeman doctors, based in dedicated offices, physically close to the hospital, said Dr. David Baker, Freeman’s chief medical officer.
“It’s difficult for patients to get around” when offices are scattered far from the Freeman complex, he said, “and we want to make it as easy for them as possible for patients to go from building to building. It can be intimidating in itself showing up on campus to find out where I’m supposed to be, along with all the other stressors that go along with health care."
“To have everything in such a close proximity really allows us the opportunity to really centralize their care,” he said.
Concerning the Cornell-Beshore Cancer Institute, one of the new building’s key features will be a suspended connector bridge between it and the adjacent cancer institute for better accessibility for patients, Paula Baker said.
“There will definitely be coordination between the (cancer institute) and the (new building), and we know that a lot of patients go back and forth so that bridge, connecting the two buildings, will make it very convenient for them,” she continued.
Inside the building there will be “modern offices providing the latest technologies and treatments,” Paula Baker said. “Our goal is always to provide the best possible experience for our patients and our loved ones.”
“The easier we can make it,” David Baker said, keeping doctors and their offices as close as possible to the main hospital or the tributary care facilities, “the better off our patients will be … which translates into better patient care.” | https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/freeman-starts-construction-of-building-dedicated-to-offices-services/article_43e94fea-e10a-11ec-a9f7-57a357b2832a.html | 2022-06-01T04:19:28Z | https://www.joplinglobe.com/news/local_news/freeman-starts-construction-of-building-dedicated-to-offices-services/article_43e94fea-e10a-11ec-a9f7-57a357b2832a.html | true | 1 |
“America’s Got Talent” returned with its 17th season on Tuesday, May 17, kicking off its latest summertime run.
Among the acts auditioning in the season debut was The Pack, a Chicago-based drumline group.
This is no ordinary drumline, however, with The Pack adding a hip-hop twist to put their own unique spin on “DNA” by Kendrick Lamar and “Party Up” by DMX.
After the group completed its high-energy audition, which included one drummer performing upside down while being held by another member of the group, it was time for the judges to weigh in.
READ MORE: Celia Munoz Leaves ‘AGT’ Judges Speechless With Ventriloquist Act In Season 17 Sneak Peek
“You guys are already an amazing show,” said Sofia Vergara in her critique, predicting they would do “really, really well in this competition.”
Heidi Klum thought the performance was “sexy,” while Howie Mandel said he was “absolutely blown away.”
Then it was up to Simon Cowell, who said, “People ask me what the best part of doing this job is, and it’s moments like this, when you see and hear something you’ve never seen or heard before, which is original dynamic…”
With four yes votes, The Pack will be continuing on in the competition. | https://etcanada.com/news/901373/agt-chicago-drumline-the-pack-wows-the-judges-with-kendrick-lamar-dmx-covers/ | 2022-06-01T04:20:55Z | https://etcanada.com/news/901373/agt-chicago-drumline-the-pack-wows-the-judges-with-kendrick-lamar-dmx-covers/ | false | 1 |
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
9-8-3-4
(nine, eight, three, four)
ALBANY, N.Y. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the New York Lottery's "Win 4 Evening" game were:
9-8-3-4
(nine, eight, three, four) | https://www.thehour.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Win-4-Evening-game-17211093.php | 2022-06-01T04:22:10Z | https://www.thehour.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Win-4-Evening-game-17211093.php | true | null |
After over five hundred hours of research, consulting experts on ChillWell AC Reviews, we published this piece of information on the ChillWell AC. From consumer reports on ChillWell AC Reviews, ChillWell AC has an overall rating as the best portable ac. If you are looking for a portable air cooler to beat summer heat effectively and conserve energy efficiently then ChillWell AC is specifically for you and your family.
Summer is known as the hottest season due to the heat wave that accompanies this season. Research has shown that as the heat wave is blowing this season, there is a spike in the temperature and increased body temperature can cause heavy sweating, clammy skin, dehydration, tiredness, headache, dizziness, nausea, cramps, and a quick, weak pulse and could lead to heat stroke.
To worsen it, cooling your space has led to increased electricity bills as the conventional wall- placed air conditioner has resulted in sky-high electricity bills which has led many to dangle between the options of protecting their comfort or accumulating more electricity bills. The good news is that there is a summer saver that is incredibly energy-efficient and will save you money from not running your expensive home air cooler.
ChillWell AC is a perfect air cooling unit for your home and office as this Hydro-Chill technology comes in versatility, multiple and adjustable fan speed, warm mood lighting, huge water tank capacity or reservoir and high quality battery capacity. This state-of-the-art technology is designed to be easily operated and needs no operation.
What's more, ChillWell AC comes at a very affordable price so you do not have to empty your bank account trying to beat the brutal heat this summer. This ChillWell AC Review will be disclosing more information on ChillWell to help you make informed decisions when it comes to buying the right air cooler this season.
What Is ChillWell AC (ChillWell AC Review)
ChillWell AC is a smart portable ac that provides an excellent cooling effect through the sweltering summer heat wave. This cutting edge innovative portable AC has multiple speed settings and various functionalities that are sure to help you beat the heat when mother nature cranks up the temperature. What's more, ChillWell AC consumes minimal electricity which leaves you with no worries about your electricity bills.
With its incredibly sleek and modern design, its compact size has all its necessary features fitting neatly into a small space, you can take this portable ChillWell AC anywhere you go; be it around your house, at your workplace, anywhere the heat seems to be extremely hot and be sure of beating the heat in every space you occupy.
ChillWell Portable AC is a rechargeable air cooler that can be charged with its USB Type-C cable and which lasts for long hours before needing another charge. Many ChillWell AC Reviews state that this state-of-the-art portable ac is designed to be user-friendly so it can be operated without bothering about installation or having any technical knowledge or skills.
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ChillWell AC Specifications (Chillwell Reviews)
- 4 fans speeds – Low, Medium, High and Turbo ( ChillWell AC can be used up to 8h on High, 10h on Medium and 12h on Low Speed).
- ‘’Hydro-Chill Technology” and “Dual Cooling Jets’’.
- Adjustable vent to direct air.
- Low noise.
- Water Tank - 550ml capacity.
- Charging - USB – C charging cable
- Battery type - AC100-120V, DC5V, 1.5-2.0A Li-on
- Battery capacity supply - 2000mAh.
- Charging time - 5 hours.
- LED night light chamber.
- Color – cycle mode order: Blue, Red, White, Teal, Purple, Yellow, Green, color cycle.
- Replaceable Cooling Cartridge
- Works as a humidifier
Outstanding ChillWell AC Features (ChillWell AC Reviews)
This state-of-the-art technology called ChillWell AC comes with exceptional features which provides its users with a cool, fresh breeze which cools you down in the summer heat. These features are not limited to the following explained;
Three In OneVersatility: As versatile as it is powerful, ChillWell AC can create a cooling breeze or it can be switched to run as a normal fan. It also doubles as a humidifier and is great for alleviating dry air and stuffy sinuses.
Modifiable Fan Strength: ChillWell AC comes with 4 fan speeds. You can choose from Turbo, High, Medium, or Low fan speed settings, or choose the Turbo button for maximum fan power and cooling. You can even use the air direction tab on the front of the device to adjust the airflow direction. This feature lets the user adjust the speed options to anyone that suits them best at any particular time.
Hydro Chill Technology: ChillWell AC is an Hydro-Chill technology which allows the air cooler to take in hot air and turn it into cold air in a few seconds. It works using the water put inside the easy fill reservoir and the reservoir is leak proof and allows no dripping.
Lightweight & Portable: Get comfortably cool no matter where you are. The lightweight design of ChillWell AC allows you to pick it up and take it with you to any room. No sweat!
Convenient USB Charging: ChillWell AC is equipped with a long-lasting battery that recharges with a USB-C cable. Get hours of cooling from this high-performance ChillWell AC.
Warm Mood Lighting: ChillWell AC comes with different fun glow lights. This color option on the screen allows users to enjoy an intimate lighting experience. Enjoy warm mood lighting with the touch of a button. Choose between solid blue, red, white, teal, purple, yellow, green, or cycle through them all on auto-mode. This warm glow lightning provides users with a sweet sensational experience.
High quality Battery Capacity: This state-of-the-art technology called ChillWell Portable AC comes with a USB Type-C cable which makes its charging convenient. With a battery capacity of 2000 mAh, once it's charged fully it can last for up to 12 hours before needing another charge.
Easy-fill Reservoir: ChillWell AC comes with a water tank capacity of 550ml. Just add some water to the easy-fill reservoir and the replaceable cooling cartridge allows the moisture to evaporate.
Durable Outer Casing: ChillWell AC is designed with high grade technology materials. Its sturdy and robust shape is able to withstand some levels of manhandling and falls.
How Does ChillWell AC Work? (ChillWell AC Reviews USA)
ChillWell AC is a cutting edge innovative air cooler that is user-friendly. It needs no technical know-how or special skills or even installation to operate it. First, ensure you charge up this device using the USB cord that comes with the package of. It takes about 3.5 hours for it to be fully charged. When it is being charged, the charging light will blink to indicate charging is in progress, when light remains solid, the AC is fully charged.
Then fill up the reservoir with water because the ChillWell AC actually runs on hydro chill technology. You can turn on the button by pressing the power button. Then select from any of the fan speeds; the Turbo, high, medium or low fan speed to beat the heat all day and all night long.
NB: For more details on the usage of this device, go through the step by step procedure provided in the User Instruction manual which comes with this package.
Why Is ChillWell AC The Best Portable AC In The USA and Canada?
All ChillWell AC Reviews in the USA and Canada confirm it is one of the best, if not the best in the world air cooling system. A lot of people have attested to the effectiveness and energy efficiency of this device and arguments abound in favor of this technology. Some of the reasons why this technology is rated higher above all its counterparts include but are not limited to the following;
ChillWell AC is the perfect substitute to the conventional air cooling system which is bulky and occupies very large space anywhere it is placed and can not be taken around with you. On the other hand, ChillWell AC is a mini cooling device which is Compact-sized and can be taken with you wherever you go to beat the heat this summer.
Already many US customers' ChillWell Reviews confirm that ChillWell AC is a highly fast cooling unit. Once it is turned on, it cools the atmosphere within 30 seconds. It is unlike those traditional cooling devices which takes a long time, even up to 15-20 minutes before it cools your space.
ChillWell AC comes with multiple functionality. First it can function as a normal fan which blows cool breeze. Then it functions also in cooling the air which gives you the coolest way to beat the heat. Chillwell also doubles as a humidifier and does great in relieving you of dry air. This humidifying effect is especially good for people. With ChillWell AC, you are guaranteed a fresh and cool breeze around your environment.
Furthermore, ChillWell Portable AC is an innovative air cooling system. Many users on trustpilot Reviews state that ChillWell AC are sure to fight the summer heat. Also, ChillWell AC helps you save money as it saves from sky-high electricity bills. Unlike the conventional air coolers which consume a lot of electricity, leaving you with huge electricity bills, ChillWell AC is a rechargeable air cooler which uses water and when charged, it lasts for long hours.
With ChillWell AC, you are sure of beating the heat this season without worries about your electricity bills going beyond your budget. Lastly, ChillWell AC is a very affordable cooling unit. You do not need to empty your bank account to beat the brutal heat. With just pennies you can cool yourself by purchasing this newest, coolest gadget for the sweltering summer heat.
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Benefits Of Using ChillWell AC (ChillWell AC Reviews)
There are various benefits which accompany the usage of ChillWell AC. These benefits include but are not limited to the following;
Fast-acting coolness: You want to enjoy real coolness in every room you stay in? You want to beat the sweltering summer heat? Then your best option is ChillWell AC. ChillWell AC comes with a rapid cooling effect so once it is turned on, it uses evaporation cooling to cool you down in the brutal heat that comes with this season, providing the perfect level of cool comfort in every space. And it does this in a few seconds.
ChillWell AC has multiple settings that are sure to help you beat the heat this summer. You can choose from low, medium, high or turbo fan speed settings for maximum fan power and cooling. With ChillWell Portable AC, you are sure of beating the heat all night long and sleep better than ever.
Three in One functionality: When it comes to the best versatile air cooler, count ChillWell AC in. Unlike those common air coolers with limited functionalities, ChillWell AC is very versatile as it performs various functions to provide its users with fresh and cool breeze. ChillWell AC can create a cooling breeze or it can be switched to run as a normal fan. It also doubles as a humidifier and does great in relieving you of dry air and stuffy sinuses.
No sky-high electricity bill: As many people are looking for ways of comfort this summer season, they are also being mindful of their bills and would go a long way to evade high electric bills. This is why many people are conscious of the gadgets they use so as not to accumulate huge electricity bills. You can beat the sweltering summer heat with a refreshing cool breeze without worries about your electricity bills using ChillWell AC. The official ChillWell AC Reviews confirm it consumes a low level of power as it uses a Type-C USB cable and once it is fully charged, the battery lasts for long hours before needing to be charged up again. So you are sure of keeping yourself cool this summer without a sky-high electric bill.
Cost-friendly: You do not have to empty your bank account to beat the heat. You do not have to budget a lot to stay cool. ChillWell AC is a Cost-friendly summer cooling unit that you can take with you anywhere you go. With ChillWell AC which comes with up to 55% discount, you do not even have to pay up to half of the original amount of Chillwell AC.
Compact-sized, Portable and Lightweight: The ChillWell AC is different from the conventional wall- installed air conditioners that take up huge spaces anywhere they are placed. ChillWell AC is small in size and has all its necessary features fitting neatly into a small space. Also, the Portable AC is very light in weight and does not cause any inconveniences. This makes it very portable to be carried with you around the house, at your workplace, at the gym and just anywhere you can think of.
User-friendly: Everyone prefers a device that can be easily operated. ChillWell AC is a technology that is very much user-friendly. It comes with no complicated controls or functions and needs no technician or technical knowledge to operate. It also needs no installation before it can be operated. The User Instruction manual which comes with the package gives you step by step instructions on how to use this device.
Low Noise During Operation: Unlike the conventional wall- installed air cooling system which makes loud humming noises, ChillWell AC is very much different. ChillWell AC does not produce any noise at all while it is functioning, thus constituting no noise in your environment. With ChillWell AC, you can sleep better and concentrate on your work without any distractions or noise. ChillWell AC is in low Noise during operation.
Made Of Premium Materials: The ChillWell AC is made of the highest quality of ABS materials. Its outer casing is designed to be sturdy and can withstand certain levels of mishandling of falls. Its tank is designed to fit properly without causing any leak anytime in the future. Its high grade technology materials leaves no doubt of its durability.
Strong Battery Capacity: ChillWell AC comes with a unique battery type - AC100-120V, DC5V, 1.5-2.0A Li-on. Its battery capacity supply is 2000mAH. It can be charged with the USB Type- C cable included in the package and once charged, it can last for long hours. The fact that ChillWell AC is a rechargeable technology makes it ideal for travels and makes it really convenient for easy portability.
Easy To Fill Reservoir: ChillWell AC comes with a reservoir of 550ml. When this reservoir is filled with water which this technology uses, you do not need to keep refilling the reservoir from time to time. A one time fill-up of the reservoir is sure to last for long hours.
Amazing Gift Idea: Summer has always come with a brutal heat and with this cooling device which helps one beat the heat, no one would not want this high-performance portable cooling. ChillWell can be gifted to a loved one and can be used by all classes of people for cooling when mother nature cranks up the temperature. What's more, ChillWell is user-friendly, lightweight, budget friendly and has a sleek and modern design.
Fast Shipping Services: When you order ChillWell AC directly from the official store, you are sure of having this device in your possession in a few days.
100% Customer Satisfaction Guarantee: With all its unique features and amazing benefits, users are guaranteed 100% customer satisfaction.
Safe and Secure Guaranteed: Your privacy is very important and that is why with ChillWell AC, all information is encrypted and transmitted without risk using a Secure Socket Layer (SSL) protocol.
Is ChillWell AC Legit?
ChillWell AC is a 100% genuine portable ac. A lot of testimonies have been received from its users all around the world who have testified to its quality and effectiveness. You can purchase this product directly from the official store by clicking on the link provided to ensure you buy the original product and save yourself from scams.
Pros: ChillWell AC Reviews
Fast-acting coolness.
Wireless connectivity.
Incredibly sleek and modern.
Versatile
Highly effective.
Ergonomically designed.
Strong outer casing.
Low noise operation.
Incredibly energy-efficient.
ChillWell AC saves you on sky-high electricity bills.
ChillWell AC needs no installation or technical knowledge before operation.
Needs no maintenance.
Pocket friendly.
Made of high grade technology materials.
Portable and lightweight.
Convenient for travels.
Durable in nature.
Fast shipping services.
Amazing gift idea.
Safe and secure payment guaranteed.
100% customer satisfaction guarantee.
Cons (ChillWell AC Review)
Limited stock available.
ChillWell AC Can only be purchased from the official online store.
Unavailable in offline retail stores.
ChillWell AC Reviews Consumer Reports
Many customers have attested to the efficacy of this gadget. Some of their testimonies include but are not limited to the following;
ChillWell AC Canada Reviews
Frank ordered his ChillWell AC from the official website and got a fantastic deal. It came faster than he expected. He had my ChillWell AC in about a week. He turned it on and pretty soon the room was freezing.
Gideon said he was sweating all afternoon before, but this thing actually gave me some goosebumps. He was blown away. He didn’t need to turn on my money-hungry home AC, ChillWell AC was just what he needed. His wife tried it in the kitchen, and she LOVED it. Now he needs to get an extra one that she can use. At this price, why not?
ChillWell AC USA Reviews
Allen says he absolutely loves living in the American Southwest, don’t get me wrong. But one thing he doesn't love about it is the HEAT! It can get brutally hot here in Arizona. And although he loves my at-home air cooling system (who doesn’t??), running it literally ALL the time isn't cheap! So when my NEW ChillWell AC arrived on my doorstep, I didn’t have high hopes, to say the least. I noticed right away that it was different from the others. I poured some water into the reservoir and turned it on. Almost instantly I felt a cool breeze. It cut through the Arizona heat and I think I actually got some goosebumps.
Frequently Asked Questions On ChillWell AC
Customers always have frequently asked questions on products and ChillWell AC is no exception. Our ChillWell AC Review painstakingly put up frequently asked questions on ChillWell AC. Take your time to go through it.
What Does The Degree Of Cooling Depend On?
The degree of cooling depends on three factors: the outside air temperature, the air humidity, and the ChillWell AC settings you choose. ChillWell AC helps reduce the temperature of the air through evaporative cooling. The higher the temperature and the lower the humidity, the more actively evaporation occurs, and, therefore, the stronger the cooling effect. By adjusting the settings, you can choose the cooling comfort level that is right for you.
How Is ChillWell AC Powered?
ChillWell AC is rechargeable and should be charged with the included USB cable.
How Do I Know When ChillWell AC Is Fully Charged?
The charging light will begin blinking to indicate the unit is charging. When the light remains solid, ChillWell AC is fully charged.
How long will ChillWell AC run?
ChillWell AC fully charged will run for 3.5 hours depending on speed setting, room temperature levels, and room humidity levels. When plugged in ChillWell can last 8-12 hours on a single fill depending on speed setting, room temperature levels, and room humidity levels.
How often should I replace the cooling cartridge?
It is recommended to replace the cooling cartridge every 1-3 months, depending on usage. There is no indication system that notifies you when the cooling cartridge should be replaced.
How Long Does It Take for a Full Charge?
Charging time depends on the power source used for charging but on average, the unit takes about 5 hours to be fully charged.
ChillWell AC Verdict
This summer season comes with the hottest season of the year as there are spikes in the temperature during this period of the year. However, there is a most efficient and effective cooling unit that will help you stay cool through the sweltering summer heat wave. ChillWell AC cools you down when the summer heat is too hot to handle using its evaporation cooling. ChillWell AC comes with 3-in-1 functionality and also different Speed settings that leaves you with options to choose from in cooling your environment and beating the heat this summer.
Many ChillWell AC Review Consumer Reports confirm it is a lifesaver as well as an energy saver as it consumes minimal power using its Type-C USB cable while being charged. ChillWell AC is compact-sized, portable and lightweight, making it very convenient to be taken about. ChillWell Portable AC has received a plethora of positive reviews from its users all around the world, validating how good ChillWell AC is serving many customers across the USA, UK and Canada.
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This serial entrepreneur went from home testing a hair fall remedy for himself to building a D2C personal care brand
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In 2015, Prashant Parikh was working for a medical tourism firm as a regional head when the company shut shop, and he was forced to think about alternate sources of income.
He pondered about starting up, and since hair fall was an issue that he personally faced, it spurred him to find a solution for it.
“It seemed like there was no end to my hair fall issues despite using so many products,” recalls Prashant. “I knew that this was a common problem, so I researched different hair growth products and ingredients to develop a solution in the form of hair oil.” The hair oil was the genesis of Prashant’s personal care brand
, launched in 2016 from Delhi.Satthwa is a D2C brand with around 25 skincare and haircare products including hair growth oil and serums, essential oils, shampoos, anti-acne gels, and supplements. From self-experimenting his homemade oil to marketing on Facebook, Prashant has come a long way by building a successful D2C brand, but he stays true to his humble beginnings.
“If you go to Satthwa’s official website, you might see my bald head on one of the pages,” quips Prashant. Satthwa’s products are priced between Rs 300 to Rs 700, with the average basket price being around Rs 625 to Rs 650. As of now, the products are available online only.
Yet another innovation in the garage
Prashant founded Satthwa in his garage. He took his mother’s help to develop the proprietary oil solution using nine different oils made from raw materials like grapeseed, jojoba, amla, and almond oil.
“At the beginning, my mother and I were the only ones working. We used to procure the raw materials from a vendor, make the oil solution and pack it at home. We did not even have a brand name then and our batch size was as small as 50 units per batch. As the demand grew, I roped in my driver to help me out,” Prashant recalls.
Within six months of marketing the oil on Facebook as a minimum viable product, its demand increased from five units to 40-50 units per month. Once they hit 100 units, Prashant bought a manual bottling machine and registered his brand. He also signed a contract with his original vendor for the supply of raw materials. By the end of 2016, about 600 units of hair oil were being shipped across the country.
Prashant claims that in just one year, without any active marketing, and with only two employees working for Prashant from his garage, the brand clocked Rs 1 crore with the hair oil alone.
After this massive success, Satthwa introduced essential oils in 2017, followed by an argan oil shampoo in 2018.
“People are inquiring about using our pre-mature hair greying products on little kids. While on one hand, it shows the demand for Satthwa products, on the other hand, we really need to study how food and lifestyle can cause these problems at such a young age,” says Prashant.
Today, the team has expanded to 13, with personnel for social media, graphic designing, content, ecommerce, and operations. Prashant does most of the research for developing new and old products. He says Satthwa’s products are made from natural ingredients and without the addition of harmful chemicals, however, he is quick to add the brand cannot claim to be 100 percent organic in all its products.
What started as a mother-son team, Satthwa now has 13 employees across social media, operations, ecommerce and more.
Overcoming challenges
Prashant began his career by launching a web hosting company called SpeedHost, which was sold to Directi in 2011. Post this, he launched a company called Pyjamachap.com, which had to shut shop. He then moved on to medical tourism.
Despite his experience in such diverse fields, he says running a product-based D2C company was completely new to him, and he found advertising and marketing especially hard.
Finding the right mode of shipping for his newly launched products, across the country many times, was a task too.
“At that time, there were only one or two companies shipping oil-based products across the country, that too at a very high cost. Logistics companies avoid such products because they are highly inflammable. I went to online forums and found out that this was a common problem for many other brands that developed oil-based products like Satthwa,” says Prashant.
Despite the initial hiccups, Satthwa states it is profitable with a year-on-year revenue of Rs 3.5 crores. With an initial investment of around Rs 10,000, Satthwa started making sales within the first three months, says Prashant.
What lies ahead
According to Allied Market Research, the organic personal care market is projected to touch $58,615.6 million by 2031, registering a CAGR of 5.3 percent from 2022 to 2031.
The team of Satthwa is planning to tap into this potential and plans to scale up responsibly in the coming years. Prashant also plans to raise the first round of funding in the coming months to bump up the bootstrapped brand’s growth by five times.
With almost 300,000 customers in India, Satthwa is competing with the likes of Juicy Chemistry, Mellow Herbals, Vedix, MamaEarth and many other D2C brands. Prashant is firm his brand will continue to stay true to its tagline - pure to the core.
“While many skincare and haircare brands diversify to cosmetics, we are avoiding doing so. We are trying to find solutions to a problem. When I began with the hair growth oil, it was a necessity for me and many others. So, our goal is to research further on common problems related to skin and hair, and create better products,” concludes Prashant. | https://yourstory.com/2022/05/home-testing-hair-fall-remedy-building-d2c-personal-care-brand-satthwa/amp | 2022-06-01T04:33:30Z | https://yourstory.com/2022/05/home-testing-hair-fall-remedy-building-d2c-personal-care-brand-satthwa/amp | false | 1 |
Judge orders US to decide if wolverines need protection
BILLINGS, Mont. (AP) - A federal judge has given U.S. wildlife officials 18 months to decide if wolverines should be protected under the Endangered Species Act, following years of dispute over how much risk climate change and other threats pose to the rare and elusive predators. The order from...
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MARSHALL, Texas (KTAL/KSHV) – A Marshall man was arrested during a traffic stop Tuesday and is facing charges for a shooting that morning.
Jason Davis was pulled over after deputies were given the description of a vehicle by a person calling in a shooting on the 7900 block of US Hwy 59 N. When officers arrived the person gave them Davis’s name and said he began firing around 11:30 a.m.
Deputies found a vehicle matching the description on the 300 block of N. East End Blvd and confirmed the driver was Davis. He was arrested for a minor traffic infraction and taken into custody pending the criminal investigation.
After investigators started interviews and processing the crime scene Davis was charged with two counts of deadly conduct discharge of a firearm.
Sheriff Fletcher stated, “I’m thankful no one was severely injured today due to Mr. Davis’s reckless conduct. I am proud we were able to quickly and safely take him into custody without further acts of violence”.
Davis is booked into the Harrison County Jail. Bail has not yet been set. | https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/crime/traffic-stop-leads-to-marshall-shooting-suspect-arrest/ | 2022-06-01T04:38:28Z | https://www.arklatexhomepage.com/news/crime/traffic-stop-leads-to-marshall-shooting-suspect-arrest/ | true | 1 |
A 3.1-magnitude earthquake struck Tuesday afternoon about 12 miles north of Ridgecrest, according to the United States Geological Survey.
Temblors shook the ground at roughly 5 p.m. Tuesday. The quivers went about 3.5 miles deep, according to the USGS. | https://www.bakersfield.com/news/earthquakes-hit-12-miles-north-of-ridgecrest/article_0b1d4b3e-e156-11ec-a806-ab2135f760a6.html | 2022-06-01T04:40:36Z | https://www.bakersfield.com/news/earthquakes-hit-12-miles-north-of-ridgecrest/article_0b1d4b3e-e156-11ec-a806-ab2135f760a6.html | true | null |
JOPLIN, Mo. — As we move into summer, physicians are reminding people to protect their skin.
A dermatologist with Freeman Health System says everyone is at risk when it comes to melanoma — which is the most serious type of skin cancer.
People should also check for new or changing moles that may be painful, itchy or bleed.
“We recommend to watch out for the ABCDE’s of Melanoma. A would be asymetry, B for irregular border, C is multiple colors within a mole, D is for diameter greater than a pencil eraser, and E is evolution or a change in a mole,” said Dr. Ahmed Badawi, Freeman Health System Dermatologist.
Anyone with a family history of skin cancer should schedule a yearly exam.
Dr. Badawi says prevention is key. He recommends applying sunscreen 10-minutes before sun exposure — and using an SPF 50 or higher. | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/local-news/skin-cancer-and-the-abcdes-of-melanoma/ | 2022-06-01T04:42:26Z | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/local-news/skin-cancer-and-the-abcdes-of-melanoma/ | true | 1 |
SHANGHAI (AP) — Shanghai authorities say they will take major steps Wednesday toward reopening China’s largest city after a two-month COVID-19 lockdown that has set back the national economy and largely confined millions of people to their homes.
Already, a steady stream of people strolled in the Bund, the city’s historic waterfront park, on a pleasant Tuesday night, some taking selfies against the bright lights of the Pudong financial district on the other side of the river. Elsewhere, people gathered outside to eat and drink under the watch of police deployed to discourage large crowds from forming.
Lu Kexin, a high school senior visiting the Bund for the first time since late March, said she went crazy being trapped at home for so long. “I’m very happy, extremely happy, all the way, too happy,” she said. “I could die.”
Vice Mayor Zong Ming announced that full bus and subway service will be restored on Wednesday, as will basic rail connections with the rest of China. Schools will partially reopen on a voluntary basis, and shopping malls, supermarkets, convenience stores and drug stores will reopen gradually at no more than 75% of their total capacity. Cinemas and gyms will remain closed.
“The epidemic has been effectively controlled,” Zong said. She added that the city will enter the phase of fully restoring work and life on Wednesday.
Officials, who set June 1 as the target date for reopening earlier in May, appear ready to accelerate what has been a gradual easing in recent days. A few malls and markets have reopened, and some residents have been given passes allowing them out for a few hours at a time. In online chat groups, some expressed excitement about the prospect of being able to move about freely in the city for the first time since the end of March, while others remained cautious given the slow pace and stop-and-go nature of opening up so far.
Workers took down some of the barriers that had been erected along sidewalks during the lockdown. A few people walked or biked on the still mostly empty streets. One man got his hair cut on the sidewalk, a common sight in recent days, as a worker or volunteer in full protective clothing looked on.
The most difficult part of the lockdown was psychological, said Cao Yue, who has worked in Shanghai for five years. She recalled the early days when it was difficult to buy food and she didn’t know what to do. “It was quite depressing to be locked at home and see the whole Shanghai under lockdown,” she said.
More than half a million people in the city of 25 million won’t be allowed out Wednesday — 190,000 who are still in lockdown areas and another 450,000 who are in control zones because they live near recent cases.
Shanghai recorded 29 new cases on Monday, continuing a steady decline from more than 20,000 a day in April. Li Qiang, the top official from China’s ruling Communist Party in Shanghai, was quoted as saying at a meeting Monday that the city had made major achievements in fighting the outbreak through continuous struggle.
The success came at a price. Authorities imposed a suffocating citywide lockdown under China’s “zero-COVID” strategy that aims to snuff out any outbreak with mass testing and isolation at centralized facilities of anyone who is infected.
Huge temporary facilities were set up in exhibition centers and other venues to house thousands of people who had tested positive. Teams of health care and other workers flew in from around the country to help run the massive undertaking.
Factories were shuttered, or were allowed to operate only if workers slept on site to prevent the spread of the virus. Reduced production at semiconductor plants added to the global chip shortage. Containers backed up at the port of Shanghai because of a shortage of truck drivers to deliver them to their destinations.
Though it all, leaders of the ruling Communist Party repeatedly expressed a determination to stick to the “zero-COVID” policy even as other countries have opened their borders and are trying to “live with the virus.” Outside economists widely expect China to fall short of its 5.5% growth target for this year.
However, the latest economic data showed that Chinese manufacturing activity started to rebound in May as the government rolled back some containment measures.
Schools will reopen for the final two years of high school and the third year of middle school, but students can decide whether to attend in person. Other grades and kindergarten remain closed.
Outdoor tourist sites will start reopening Wednesday, with indoor sites set to follow in late June, the Shanghai tourism authority said. Group tours from other provinces will be allowed again when the city has eliminated all high- and medium-risk pandemic zones.
Beijing, the nation’s capital, further eased restrictions Tuesday in some districts. The city imposed limited lockdowns, but nothing near a citywide level, in a much smaller outbreak that appears to be on the wane. Beijing recorded 18 new cases on Monday.
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Moritsugu reported from Beijing. Associated Press researchers Si Chen in Shanghai and Yu Bing in Beijing contributed to this report. | https://www.wjtv.com/health/coronavirus/shanghai-moves-toward-ending-2-month-covid-19-lockdown/ | 2022-06-01T04:45:21Z | https://www.wjtv.com/health/coronavirus/shanghai-moves-toward-ending-2-month-covid-19-lockdown/ | false | 28 |
LA CROSSE, Wis. (WXOW)- Holmen's baseball team got great pitching from senior Troy Knutson and some timely hits to upset Central on Tuesday evening with a 4-1 win in the Division 1 regionals.
Knutson gave up just one unearned run in six innings. He allowed just three hits and struck out six.
Hayden Goodell was a standout on offense for the Vikings. The senior went 2-3 with a long home run.
Holmen visits #4 seed Middleton on Thursday, June 2nd. | https://www.wxow.com/sports/holmen-baseball-beats-central-4-1-in-division-1-regionals/article_3b5632b8-e154-11ec-9dfd-33f000e43ee0.html | 2022-06-01T04:45:32Z | https://www.wxow.com/sports/holmen-baseball-beats-central-4-1-in-division-1-regionals/article_3b5632b8-e154-11ec-9dfd-33f000e43ee0.html | true | null |
Fifty years of UN environmental diplomacy: What's worked and the trends ahead
On the 50th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference, let's look at where half a century of environmental diplomacy has led and the issues emerging for the coming decades
Greater Boston: In 1972, acid rain was destroying trees. Birds were dying from DDT poisoning, and countries were contending with oil spills, contamination from nuclear weapons testing and the environmental harm of the Vietnam War. Air pollution was crossing borders and harming neighbouring countries.
At Sweden's urging, the United Nations brought together representatives from countries around the world to find solutions. That summit the UN Conference on the Human Environment, held in Stockholm 50 years ago on June 5-16, 1972 marked the first global effort to treat the environment as a worldwide policy issue and define the core principles for its management.
The Stockholm Conference was a turning point in how countries thought about the natural world and the resources that all nations share, like the air.
It led to the creation of the UN Environment Programme to monitor the state of the environment and coordinate responses to the major environmental problems. It also raised questions that continue to challenge international negotiations to this day, such as who is responsible for cleaning up environmental damage, and how much poorer countries can be expected to do.
On the 50th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference, let's look at where half a century of environmental diplomacy has led and the issues emerging for the coming decades.
The Stockholm Conference, 1972
From a diplomacy perspective, the Stockholm Conference was a major accomplishment.
It pushed the boundaries for a UN system that relied on the concept of state sovereignty and emphasized the importance of joint action for the common good. The conference gathered representatives from 113 countries, as well as from UN agencies, and created a tradition of including nonstate actors, such as environmental advocacy groups. It produced a declaration that included principles to guide global environmental management going forward.
The declaration explicitly acknowledged states' sovereign right to exploit their own resources pursuant to their own environmental policies, and the responsibility to ensure that activities within their jurisdiction or control do not cause damage to the environment of other States or of areas beyond the limits of national jurisdiction. An action plan strengthened the U.N.'s role in protecting the environment and established UNEP as the global authority for the environment.
The Stockholm Conference also put global inequality in the spotlight. Indian Prime Minister Indira Gandhi questioned the urgency of prioritizing environmental protection when so many people lived in poverty. Other developing countries shared India's concerns: Would this new environmental movement prevent impoverished people from using the environment and reinforce their deprivation? And would rich countries that contributed to the environmental damage provide funding and technical assistance?
The Earth Summit, 1992
Twenty years later, the 1992 UN Conference on Environment and Development the Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro provided an answer. It embraced sustainable development development that meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs. That paved the way for political consensus in several ways.
First, climate change was making it clear that human activities can permanently alter the planet, so the stakes were high for everyone. The imperative was to establish a new global partnership mobilising states, key sectors of societies and people to protect and restore the health of the Earth's ecosystems.
Second, economic development, environmental protection and social development were treated as interdependent.
Finally, while all countries were expected to pursue sustainable development, it was acknowledged that developed countries had more capacity to do so and that their societies placed greater pressures on the environment.
The Earth Summit produced the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change, laying the foundation for global climate negotiations that continue today; the Convention on Biological Diversity; nonbinding Forest Principles; and an overarching action plan to transition to sustainability.
Progress, but major challenges ahead
The increasing awareness of environmental challenges over the past 50 years has led to the spread of national environmental agencies and the growth of global environmental law.
The world has pulled together to stop the destruction of the ozone layer, phase out leaded gasoline and curb the pollutants from burning fossil fuels that create acid rain. In 2015, UN member countries adopted 17 Sustainable Development Goals with measurable targets and signed the Paris climate agreement. Countries in 2022 committed to develop a treaty to reduce pollution from plastics. Climate change and sustainable resource use have also become higher priorities in foreign policymaking, international organisations and corporate boardrooms.
But while environmental diplomacy has demonstrated that progress is possible, the challenges the world still faces are immense.
Greenhouse gas concentrations are still increasing, and rising temperatures are fuelling devastating wildfires, Heat waves and other disasters. More than a million plant and animal species are threatened with extinction, potentially leading toward the worst loss of life on the planet since the time of dinosaurs. And 99% of the global population breathes air that exceeds World Health Organization guidelines for pollutants.
The next 50 years: Trends to watch
As environmental diplomacy heads into its next 50 years, climate change, biodiversity and effects on human health are high on the agenda. Here are a few newer trends that also bear watching.
The idea of a circular economy is gaining interest. People produce, consume and throw away billions of tons of materials every year, while recycling or reusing only a small percentage. Ongoing efforts to create a more circular economy, which eliminates waste and keeps materials in use, can help mitigate climate change and restore natural systems.
Advocacy for rights of nature and animal rights is becoming more prominent in environmental diplomacy.
Outer space is another theme, as it increasingly becomes a domain of human exploration and settlement ambitions with the growth of private space travel. Space junk is accumulating and threatening Earth's orbital space, and Mars exploration raises new questions about protecting space ecosystems.
The 50th anniversary of the Stockholm Conference is an important opportunity to think about development rights and responsibilities for the future while using environmental diplomacy today to preserve and regenerate the Earth.
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Mets blow out Nationals again for 5th straight win
NEW YORK (AP) - Mark Canha led off with the first of his four hits, Starling Marte followed with a homer against Patrick Corbin and the New York Mets rolled from there, totaling 17 hits in a 10-0 blowout of the Washington Nationals on Tuesday night.
The NL East-leading Mets have won a season-best five straight, all during this six-game homestand, which ends Wednesday against the Nats. They have at least 16 hits in consecutive games for the second time in a week.
Jeff McNeil had three hits, Eduardo Escobar homered, Francisco Lindor extended his RBI streak to nine games and every Mets starter had at least one knock as New York followed a 13-5 thrashing against Washington with another laugher.
Trevor Williams (1-3) pitched five shutout innings against a Nationals lineup missing Nelson Cruz, who sat out with a left ankle contusion. Williams got his first victory as a Met after being acquired last July.
Corbin (1-8) allowed seven runs and 12 hits, the last a screaming comebacker by Tomás Nido that knocked over the pitcher like Charlie Brown. Corbin appeared OK, but manager Dave Martinez promptly pulled him anyway. The left-hander completed 4 1/3 innings, and his ERA rose to 6.96. The Nats had six hits, three by Dee Strange-Gordon.
REDS 2, RED SOX 1
The New York Mets celebrate after defeating the Washington Nationals 10-0 in a baseball game Tuesday, May 31, 2022, in New York. (AP Photo/Mary Altaffer)
BOSTON (AP) - Luis Castillo struck out 10 while pitching six innings of one-hit ball, and Cincinnati got its first victory at Fenway Park since Game 7 of the 1975 World Series.
Joey Votto twice doubled off the top of the outfield wall - once to left, once to right and each perhaps an inch from a home run - and Cincinnati scored both runs on Boston throwing errors.
Rafael Devers had the only hit off Castillo (2-2), who walked three before leaving with a 1-0 lead after six.
Tony Santillan, the fourth Reds pitcher, entered a one-hit shutout in the ninth and gave up a single to Kiké Hernández and a double to Devers. After J.D. Martinez and Xander Bogaerts were retired, Alex Verdugo hit a chopper that Votto couldn´t handle at first, allowing one run to score on the single. Santillan then struck out Trevor Story to earn his fourth save.
Michael Wacha (3-1) retired the first 12 batters before Votto's double to right-center. Wacha allowed zero earned runs and three hits and struck out three.
YANKEES 9, ANGELS 1
NEW YORK (AP) - Noah Syndergaard was rocked in his return to New York, giving up Matt Carpenter´s two-run homer in a four-run first inning that propelled the Yankees over reeling Los Angeles.
Starting a high-profile three-game series against Shohei Ohtani, Mike Trout & Co., New York improved the American League´s best record to 34-14 and sent the Angels (27-23) to their season-worst sixth straight loss. Jordan Montgomery (1-1) pitched four-hit ball for seven innings, allowing Luis Rengifo´s seventh-inning homer on a hanging curveball.
Aaron Judge, the 6-foot-7 All-Star, helped out with his glove, jumping to get his glove above the 8-foot-5 center-field wall to deny Ohtani a possible home run in the first.
Syndergaard (4-3) got just one swinging strike among 45 pitches, averaging 94 mph with his fastball. He allowed five runs, seven hits and a walk, his ERA rising from 3.08 to 4.02.
Jose Trevino also homered for the Yankees and tied a career high with three hits.
RANGERS 3, RAYS 0
ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) - Martín Pérez retired all 16 batters after taking a 97 mph liner off his right leg, lowering his majors-leading ERA with seven scoreless innings in Texas' victory over Tampa Bay.
Corey Seager homered for Texas´ first hit in the fourth inning, with Adolis García adding a two-run shot two batters later as the Rangers won for the first sixth time in seven games and reached .500 (24-24) for the first time this season.
Pérez (4-2) needed a few minutes to recover after Taylor Walls´ scorching infield single in the second. The left-hander stayed in, got Vidal Bruján to fly out with two runners on and pitched five perfect innings from there. The 31-year-old Pérez extended the longest active streak in the majors without allowing a homer to 66 1/3 innings. He also dropped his ERA to 1.42, striking out five with no walks.
John King pitched a perfect eighth, and Joe Barlow did the same in the ninth for his ninth save as the Rangers retired the final 22 batters.
Ryan Yarbrough (0-2) gave up six hits and three runs in 6 2/3 innings.
GIANTS 7, PHILLIES 4, 11 INNINGS
PHILADELPHIA (AP) - Joc Pederson´s two-run homer in the 11th inning helped power San Francisco past struggling Philadelphia.
Luis Gonzalez had a career-high four hits as San Francisco won its third straight overall and second consecutive extra-inning game.
A fielding error by Jeurys Familia allowed Wilmer Flores to score in the 10th to give San Francisco a 4-3 lead. Philadelphia tied it when Alec Bohm´s two-out grounder up the middle hit the second base bag, bouncing over Thairo Estrada and allowing pinch-runner Roman Quinn to score. But the Giants scored three times in the 11th and sent the Phillies to their fifth straight loss.
José Álvarez (2-1) struck out two and walked two in 1 1/3 innings to earn the win for the Giants, who scored the winning runs against Andrew Bellatti (1-2) for the second straight day. On Monday, Curt Casali hit a two-run homer to lift San Francisco to a 5-4 victory.
The Phillies have lost three straight games in extra innings and 12 out of their last 16 games overall.
CARDINALS 3, PADRES 2, 10 INNINGS
ST. LOUIS (AP) - Albert Pujols hit a sacrifice fly in the 10th inning and St. Louis beat San Diego.
Tommy Edman began the 10th as the Cardinals´ automatic runner at second. After Paul Goldschmidt was intentionally walked by Taylor Rogers (0-2) and Nolan Arenado fouled out, Edman stole third. Pujols followed with his second sacrifice fly of the game, lifting a ball to left that easily scored Edman.
Drew VerHagen (3-0), the fourth St. Louis pitcher, started the 10th and benefitted from a perfect throw from left fielder Lars Nootbaar, who had entered the game in the seventh. Jurickson Profar singled to left with two outs and Nootbaar cut down pinch-runner Jose Azocar at home to end the inning.
San Diego dropped to 5-3 in extra innings this season. St. Louis improved to 2-1.
TWINS 8, TIGERS 2, 1ST GAME
TIGERS 4, TWINS 0, 2ND GAME
DETROIT (AP) - Jonathan Schoop homered and drove in four runs as Detroit, with Kody Clemens making his major league debut while his famous father watched from a suite, beat Minnesota to split a doubleheader.
Seven-time Cy Young Award winner Roger Clemens saw his 26-year-old son go 0 for 3, striking out twice and drawing a walk. Flawless in the field at second base, Kody Clemens handled a grounder for the final out of the game.
Max Kepler had three hits and drove in three runs and Gary Sanchez hit a three-run homer to help the Twins win the first game.
In the second game, Schoop hit a two-run homer in the first inning and added a two-run single off second baseman Jorge Polanco´s glove.
Reliever Wily Peralta (2-0) got the win with two scoreless innings of relief. Five Tigers pitchers combined on the three-hit shutout. Minnesota starter Cole Sands (0-1) allowed four runs on five hits and four walks in four innings.
Devin Smeltzer (2-0) was the winner in the first game, giving up two runs and six hits in 6 2/3 innings. Rony Garcia (0-1) allowed six runs and seven hits in five innings.
BLUE JAYS 6, WHITE SOX 5
TORONTO (AP) - Alejandro Kirk hit a pair of two-run homers and Toronto extended its winning streak to six with a victory over Chicago.
Kevin Gausman (5-3) pitched five innings to win his second straight start, getting five strikeouts while allowing three runs, six hits and one walk. The right-hander has won four of his past six outings. Jordan Romano got three outs for his AL-leading 16th save in 18 chances.
Both came off of White Sox right-hander Lucas Giolito (3-2), who allowed season-highs of six runs and eight hits in 4 2/3 innings and raised his ERA from 2.63 to 3.61.
Andrew Vaughn homered and had four hits and two RBIs for the White Sox, who began a stretch without All-Star shortstop Tim Anderson. He is expected to miss at least three weeks after straining his right groin in Sunday´s win over the Cubs.
MARINERS 10, ORIOLES 0
BALTIMORE (AP) - George Kirby allowed four hits in six innings for his first big league win, and Taylor Trammell had three hits and four RBIs to help Seattle to a 10-0 rout of Baltimore.
Kirby (1-1) struck out eight and walked one in his fifth major league start. The rookie right-hander also went six scoreless innings in his debut May 8 against Tampa Bay, but he settled for a no-decision.
Reliever Bryan Baker (1-3) got the first four outs as essentially an opener for the Orioles, but he allowed an RBI double to Julio Rodríguez in the first. Zac Lowther came on with two on and one out in the second after being recalled from Triple-A Norfolk before the game. He allowed six runs - five earned - in 5 1/3 innings.
Infielder Chris Owings pitched the ninth for the Orioles and allowed an RBI double by Trammell.
GUARDIANS 8, ROYALS 3
CLEVELAND (AP) - Austin Hedges hit a three-run homer and rookie Oscar Gonzalez doubled in two runs, sending Cleveland past Kansas City.
Hedges´ third-inning drive, which barely cleared the 19-foot wall in left, scored Ernie Clement and Oscar Mercado to extend Cleveland´s lead to 6-2. The Guardians put 11 men on base in the first three frames against Daniel Lynch (2-4).
Gonzalez, who is 9 for 21 through five games in the majors, tacked on a two-run double in the sixth off Dylan Coleman. Cleveland has won three of four, including the first two in its three-game set with AL-worst Kansas City.
Cal Quantrill (2-3) worked 6 1/3 innings, allowing three runs, to remain unbeaten in his career at Progressive Field and against the Royals. The right-hander struck out five without a walk in improving to 6-0 in Cleveland and 5-0 all-time against Kansas City.
CUBS 8, BREWERS 7
CHICAGO (AP) - Patrick Wisdom hit a tiebreaking solo homer in the eighth inning, Willson Contreras and P.J. Higgins also went deep, and Chicago beat Milwaukee.
Wisdom unloaded on a 3-2 pitch from Brad Boxberger (1-1), sending a long drive to left for his 11th home run.
Contreras connected in his second straight game, smacking a solo drive in the first against Milwaukee starter Eric Lauer. Contreras now has eight homers to lead all MLB catchers, and also hit an RBI double and scored in a four-run sixth.
Christopher Morel continued a hot start to his career with a walk and a triple, setting a club record by reaching base in his first 14 major league games.
Mychal Givens (4-0) got four outs, and David Robertson worked the ninth for his seventh save.
Former Cub Victor Caratini gave Milwaukee a 6-3 lead in the sixth with a three-run drive against off Rowan Wick.
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A hot humid summer could mean more storms coming our way
With the hot weather here, beachgoers are soaking up the sun, but experts predict this summer’s above-normal heat could mean more intense storms.
“For that three month period in the Ottawa Valley, we’re showing it to be warmer than normal,” says Environment Canada Senior Climatologist David Phillips.
Humidity is expected to be high this year, bringing more summer storms to the area than in previous years.
“We do get on average maybe 20, 25, 27 thunderstorm days. And any one of those could be a garden variety thunderstorm or they could be a rip-roaring kind of a day with lots of damage and lighting strikes and what have you,” says Phillips. “I can’t imagine something would be more severe than what you got on May 21. That was for the record books. It was a legendary kind of storm.”
The May 21 storm nearly took out Hydro Ottawa’s power grid and many homeowners are vowing to be better prepared for the next big storm.
“First thing I did when we had that tornado a couple of years ago, bought myself a generator, got all my plugs, can plug everything in,” says Ottawa resident Darlene Smith.
“I can’t say that I’m 100 per cent ready,” says resident Debbie Boyle, “but my eyes are definitely opened to be a little smarter and be more prepared.”
“I would say that I prepared now after going through it,” says Ottawa resident Kendra Banks. “But you just kind of have to take it day by day.”
In the meantime, in Canada, summer is a short season and people are enjoying the heat.
“I personally love the hot weather,” says Boyle. “I don’t like humid weather but I love hot weather.”
Smith agrees about the humidity.
“Once it turns humid, I’m in the house. Forget about it,” she says.
“I love the sunshine,” says Ottawa resident Bethany Joy. “Can’t get enough of that vitamin D that’s for sure. Just have to be a little careful because the UV index today is seven so please wear your sunscreen.” | https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/a-hot-humid-summer-could-mean-more-storms-coming-our-way-1.17903320 | 2022-06-01T05:03:54Z | https://www.iheartradio.ca/ctv-news-content/a-hot-humid-summer-could-mean-more-storms-coming-our-way-1.17903320 | false | 1 |
OTTAWA, ON, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - The Royal Canadian Mint is delighted that The Ultimate, a one-of-a-kind one-kilo pure platinum coin, adorned with hundreds of pink diamonds from the famed Argyle mine, sold for $1,261,250.00 CAD (including Buyer's Premium), after heated bids were exchanged during a live auction conducted by Heffel Fine Art Auction House (Heffel). This price surpasses pre-sale estimates of $700,000 to $900,000 CAD. This singular masterpiece of numismatic art was sold to an anonymous bidder on May 31, 2022, and set a new record for a coin offered at auction in Canada. Heffel and the Mint will finalize the purchase transaction and formalities over the coming days.
"The Ultimate is the highest expression of the innovation, skill and craftsmanship of the people who continue to make the Royal Canadian Mint a global leader in the art and science of coin manufacturing," said Marie Lemay, President and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint.
"It has been an incredible opportunity for Heffel to work with the Mint and help make history with the sale of The Ultimate," said David Heffel, President of Heffel Fine Art Auction House. "This one-of-a-kind masterpiece is an artwork of the highest calibre and it has been an honour to place it in an outstanding collection. We look forward to following its historic journey for decades to come."
The Ultimate is the crowning showpiece of the Mint's newly launched Opulence Collection. It is also the Mint's first-ever one-kilo 99.95% pure platinum coin. Polished to proof perfection, The Ultimate features a reverse design by Canadian artist Derek Wicks that brings the beauty of the cherry blossom to life on a 101.6 mm canvas. A total of 462 Fancy Vivid and Fancy Intense pink diamonds (6.5 total carat weight) from the Argyle mine have been hand set into rose gold-plated, platinum cast jewellery pieces fashioned by Beverly Hills Jewellers.
The Royal Canadian Mint is the Crown corporation responsible for the minting and distribution of Canada's circulation coins. The Mint is one of the largest and most versatile mints in the world, offering a wide range of specialized, high quality coinage products and related services on an international scale. For more information on the Mint, its products and services, visit www.mint.ca. Follow the Mint on Twitter, Facebook and Instagram.
Since 1978, Heffel has connected passionate collectors across the world with outstanding works of art, with sales totaling three quarters of a billion dollars. With offices in Toronto, Vancouver, Montreal, Ottawa and Calgary, Heffel has the most experienced team of fine art specialists in Canada and provides superior client service to both sellers and buyers internationally.
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CIENFUEGOS – Like many Cubans before him, Roberto De la Yglesia left most of his family behind when he made his way to the United States with only his son in 2015, hoping that he could soon bring his wife and daughters to join him.
Years later, the mechanical engineer in New Jersey and his family back in Cienfuegos, Cuba, are still waiting — with a mixture of renewed hope and skepticism — now that the Biden administration has said it will reactivate the long-stalled Family Reunification Program, which lets Cubans legally in the U.S. bring close relatives.
“My life is on pause," said his wife, Danmara Triana, sitting on the sofa of her house in Cienfuegos while surrounded by aging photos of the couple's life together. A few feet away, her 21-year-old daughter Claudia was awaiting the return from school of 7-year-old Alice.
“My day to day life hangs on this, — to see my son, to see my husband," Triana said. The 48-year-old accountant said she repeatedly checks the website of the U.S. Embassy in Havana for news.
“I get up in the morning and look at the telephone. Will I have an interview (for a visa) or won't I have an interview?”
The Biden administration says that roughly 20,000 applications for family reunification visas have built up since 2017. That's when President Donald Trump effectively shut down the program by withdrawing diplomatic personnel from Cuba in response to a spate of mysterious illnesses among diplomats that many suspected were the result of some sort of directed wave attack.
But many similar incidents happened elsewhere — even in Washington — and the CIA has now determined they were unlikely to be the result of attacks by Russia or other foreign adversaries.
While the administration said in April it would begin resuming the program, it has not yet offered a timeline for ramping up the U.S. diplomatic presence in Cuba.
So Triana and De la Yglesia wait.
U.S. officials told the couple in 2017, shortly before diplomats were withdrawn, that they qualified for the program and in 2020 they believed they had finished all the paperwork and paid all the fees.
Then the COVID-19 pandemic hit, adding to complications.
“I feel stranded. I'm not based anywhere," said Claudia, who said she had dropped out of medical school, feeling “horribly unmotivated.”
The withdrawal of diplomats was only one of many steps by the Trump administration to isolate Cuba and backtrack from a dramatic opening to the island under President Barack Obama.
Trump enacted more than 200 measures, ranging from a ban on cruise ships to limits on money sent from the U.S. to restrictions on U.S, visitors.
Biden announced he would undo some — but far from all — of the Trump-era restrictions.
With consular operations idled in Havana, U.S. officials told Cubans to seek visas at the operations in Guyana, across the Caribbean on the South American mainland — a costly and impractical option for most.
So with Cuba's economy in dire shape, increasing numbers have tried to reach the U.S. illegally, getting to South America or Mexico and making their perilous way to the U.S. border, adding to record wave of immigration.
U.S. Customs and Border Patrol says it detained Cubans 79,800 times at the U.S. border in the six months from October 2021 through March 2022 — more than double the figure for the full 12 months ending in September 2021 and five times the figure for the year before that.
Next door to Triana's house, 61-year-old Natacha González lives with her two grandchildren. Her daughter, like De la Yglesia, now lives in the U.S. and began the reunification process in 2017.
“I can speak for all the fathers and mothers who are in this country sactificing so that there is can be a correct (legal) migration of our families," said González's daughter, Yanelis León, in a video call from Florida.
“I feel like I have no oxygen. ... I've spent years at this and it's not right that we are still waiting," she added. “I am not going to involve my children in a migration across borders where I am going to lose them. I want to do things right.”
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From red carpets to the streets, Chrissy Teigen loves to share her style inspiration on Instagram. Today, she transported her followers to her bedroom, where she served up another stellar look.
Teigen posed for the camera languidly, laying across her bed with her feet perched in the air. She wore a deep V-neck black tank top with the sides cut out. Then, she wore boyfriend jeans, messily cuffed at the bottom, which worked well with her mules.
For her accessories, she chose large gold hoops and a solid gold necklace to complement the simplicity of the outfit. Next to her bed was a leather bag that tied into the outfit easily.
Boyfriend jeans and heels have always worked, as this was seen tremendously throughout the last decade. It has been formulaic for celebrities to express their on-the-go look with a pair of heels and a baggy silhouette for a casual touch. This allows for a sporty-meets-flirty collaboration, where the edge meets a feminine graze.
In this case, the mules work even better because they’re not just any type of heel. This particular mule has a tan sole and an espresso stiletto with a thick plush strap across the foot. The mule holds its own as it brings its a peculiar flavor to the look. | https://footwearnews.com/2022/fashion/celebrity-style/chrissy-teigen-boyfriend-jeans-cutout-top-mules-bedroom-1203293041/ | 2022-06-01T05:16:52Z | https://footwearnews.com/2022/fashion/celebrity-style/chrissy-teigen-boyfriend-jeans-cutout-top-mules-bedroom-1203293041/ | true | 1 |
Percentages: FG .446, FT .636.
3-Point Goals: 11-27, .407 (Ogunbowale 3-9, Harris 2-2, Sabally 2-5, Burton 1-1, Harrison 1-1, Gray 1-3, Mabrey 1-5, Thornton 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 8. Team Turnovers: 3.
Blocked Shots: 0
Turnovers: 9 (Harrison 2, McCowan 2, Burton, Harris, Mabrey, Ogunbowale, Sabally).
Steals: 10 (Harrison 3, Ogunbowale 3, Gray 2, Burton, Sabally).
Technical Fouls: Sabally, 4:50 fourth; Ogunbowale, 00:00 fourth.
Percentages: FG .643, FT .720.
3-Point Goals: 3-8, .375 (Samuelson 2-3, Brown 1-4, Carter 0-1).
Team Rebounds: 4. Team Turnovers: None.
Blocked Shots: 4 (Cambage 4).
Turnovers: 15 (Sykes 4, Carter 3, N.Ogwumike 2, Samuelson 2, Brown, C.Ogwumike, Nelson-Ododa, Walker).
Steals: 7 (Carter 2, Samuelson 2, Sykes 2, Brown).
Technical Fouls: Ogwumike, 4:50 fourth.
A_4,852 (18,997). | https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/Los-Angeles-93-Dallas-91-17211225.php | 2022-06-01T05:18:40Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/Los-Angeles-93-Dallas-91-17211225.php | false | null |
The area's best went up against the state's best last weekend.
A handful of the Central Coast's top athletes competed at the CIF State Track and Field Championships in Clovis then.
Only two athletes from the Santa Maria Valley competed at the meet and they're both sophomores from the same school.
Righetti coach Megan Cota sent two of her brightest young athletes to compete at one of the toughest high school meets in the country as Kendra Daniels made the final in the high jump and Riley Allen ran in the 100-meter dash.
The best local performer? Well, that's a pretty clear-cut case. Arroyo Grande hurdles ace Daniela Ruelas came oh-so-close to a state title in her marquee event, finishing second in the 300-meter hurdles. San Diego Cathedral Catholic's Kapiolani Coleman won the 300-meter hurdles with a time of 42.23 seconds, just in front of Ruelas, who was second at 42.37.
Ruelas also competed in the 100-meter hurdles. The senior at Arroyo Grande, who is committed to run at Ivy League school Dartmouth next year, was fifth in the 100 hurdles final with a time of 14.33 seconds. San Diego's Charlize James won in 13.95. Stockton Lincoln's Yvette Harris was second (14.12) and Coleman was third (14.14). Rocklin's Giselle Kirchner was fourth (14.15).
Ruelas had an interesting qualifying run on Friday. In the 100 hurdles, it was ruled that Ruelas was interfered with as she ran a time of 15.05. The judges awarded Ruelas a run-off opportunity to qualify for the finals. She needed to run better than a 14.52 to qualify for the final and she beat the time by a hundredth of a second (14.51) to make it into the final heat on Saturday.
Allen, the Righetti sophomore, came into the 100-meter dash competition with a seeded time of 12.32 seconds and ran a respectable time in the 100 prelims on Friday, finishing in 12.09. That was not good enough to advance to Saturday's finals.
Allen had the 15th fastest time and only the top nine advanced. Carson's Reign Redmond won the qualifying and then won the finals with a time of 11.56 seconds.
Daniels had a nice weekend. The sophomore, who just took up the high jump this season, was strong in qualifying, hitting a height of 5 feet, 5 inches. Her best this season was a 5-1 she hit earlier in the year. Daniels hit 5-3 and 5-5 on her first attempts in qualifying but couldn't clear 5-6.
In Saturday's finals, Daniels didn't get over 5-4 in any of her three attempts and that was it for her season.
Hannah Slover, of Los Gatos, won the event after clearing 5-4 and 5-6 on her first attempts. No jumper cleared 5-7 and Slover won due to having the fewest attempts.
Nipomo's Nathan Gardner competed in the hurdles on Friday. The junior ran in the 300-meter hurdles and missed out on advancing to the finals. He finished with a time of 39.80 seconds, good for 14th place. Only the top nine advance.
Arroyo Grande had a few other strong performers.
William Dawes, a senior who was a standout kicker on the AGHS football team, was the second best qualifier in the triple jump with a mark of 47-07.25 on Friday.
Dawes then finished third in the finals with a mark of 47-0.25 on Saturday. Camryn O'Bannon, a senior from St. John Bosco, won at 47-06.75.
Madeline Scovil, an Arroyo Grande senior, was 11th in qualifying in the triple jump at 36-11.25. She advanced to the final and finished 10th with a mark of 36-09.75.
The Gardena Serra girls team won the state title with a score of 37 points, in front of Clovis North, which was second with 32 points. Long Beach Wilson finished third as a team with 28 points.
Arroyo Grande was tied for 17th with 12 points.
Fresno Central's boys won that team competition with 41 points, one point in front of Upland. Serra was third with 28 points and Clovis was fourth with 23 points. | https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/san-luis-obispo/cif-areas-best-compete-at-state-meet/article_6d3b49bb-8a72-55e8-8ee4-79bd77ae9e00.html | 2022-06-01T05:19:50Z | https://santamariatimes.com/news/local/san-luis-obispo/cif-areas-best-compete-at-state-meet/article_6d3b49bb-8a72-55e8-8ee4-79bd77ae9e00.html | true | 1 |
“It’s hardly controversial to say that most people view their insurance providers with ambivalence. The overriding perception of insurance companies is that they’re needed, but not liked, relied on, but not trusted – James Eardley.”
The National Insurance Commission (NIC) was established under Insurance Law 1989 (PNDC Law 227), and now operates under ACT 2021 ACT 1061.The object of the Commission is to ensure effective administration, supervision, regulation and control the business of Insurance in Ghana. Quite evidently, it is quite controversial to say that most people view their insurance providers with ambivalence. The overriding perception of insurance companies is that they are very needed, but not liked, relied on, but not trusted. As the foremost regulatory institution in charge of insurance and related matters in the country, the NIC makes policy decisions related to the industry based on research. Against this backdrop, the NIC commissioned the first ever public perception, awareness, and confidence index in 2019 in conjunction with the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit GmbH (GIZ). In 2020, the NIC proceeded to conduct the second round of research with regards to the same indices as a way to keep track of progress. The third round, termed Phase 3 was conducted in 2021. The Phase 3 round of research forms the basis for the current study in context. In general, Consumer confidence, measured by the Consumer Confidence Index (CCI), is defined as the degree of optimism about the state of the economy that consumers of services, such as insurance services, are expressing through their activities of saving and spending. When consumers are confident in their futures, they tend to spend money and drive economic growth higher.
The Phase 3 round of research is particularly important because the year was marred by the COVID-19 outbreak and subsequent economic activity slowdown. According to research conducted by PWC on the effect of COVID-19 on insurance customers, there is a potential influence of COVID-19 on service preferences, loyalty to carriers, and attitudes toward auto, homeowner, life, dental and vision coverage, as well as retirement. In short, financial stress correlates with dissatisfaction, hence insurance companies may draw inferences from this situation to alter for example insurance plans, provide alternative pricing and using digital technologies to make strides on the market although there is an overall economic slowdown due to COVID-19 and other socio-economic stressors. The current study revealed that, knowledge index is 0.5132 which is lower compared to the 2020 average knowledge index of 0. 5392 – a 2.6% change. Further, males (0.5296) scored a higher knowledge index than females (0.4874). The average perception attitude index was determined to be 0.5308, about four percentage points lower than the 2020 estimate 0.5704. In this instance, current clients (0.5502) had a more positive view of insurance than previous clients (0.5292) and non-clients (0.5175).
More importantly, the average confidence index was 0.5813, which is higher than the 2020 estimate (0.5666) by 1.5 percentage points. Current client, previous client and non-client were indexed at 0.6367, 0.5596 and 0.5572 respectively. In terms of locality, the index scores were: Urban (0.6075), Peri-Urban (0.5573) and Rural (0.5758). Amidst a difficult year, the various intentions targeted at enhancing public perception, awareness and confidence of insurance in Ghana has yielded positive results. Some of these interventions include insurance awareness and education programs across the seven regional NIC offices and agency training program among others. The recommendations stated herewith, will support NICs ongoing intervention programs, to shore up public confidence, awareness and confidence of insurance in Ghana post COVID-19.
The specific objectives outlined in the Phase 3 round of research include the following:
- Assess the general public’s perception and understanding of Insurance concepts, products, and companies;
- Assess the general public’s knowledge of insurance concepts, products and companies;
- Assess the attitude of the general public towards insurance concepts, products and companies;
- Assess general public’s experiences regarding raising queries, complaints and disputes resolutions; and
- Identify issues that needs to be addressed to improve public confidence.
Sample Size and Geographical Spread
The sample size used for this study was 1613. The quota sampling approach was used to select the various samples by region based on a logical stratification process by ratio or population size of the region. Similarly, the quota sampling approach was used to stratify the population in the urban, peri-urban, and rural samples, based on the active (18-65) population density of all 16 regions of Ghana. The age range of 18-65 was considered for the study, however, the statistical definition of active population (15-65) was used to calculate the sample size. Insurance holders were assigned a quota of 40% of the entire distribution, previous insurance holders were also assigned a 35% quota and non-policy holders were assigned a quota of 25%. During data collection, the purpose sampling and data collection approach was employed to identify the potential clients, previous clients and non-clients in the selected urban, peri-urban and rural areas purposively selected for the study. Once the target locations were determined, the convenience sampling approach was used to conveniently select the respondents in a face-to-face manner – and selection was based on the respondents who were ‘close to hand’ and were willing to participate in the study.
Key findings
The full report in addition to the conclusions and recommendations is available upon request. Send all requests to info@nicgh.org or contact the Research Unit of NIC. | https://citinewsroom.com/2022/05/national-insurance-commissions-insurance-perception-index-research/ | 2022-06-01T05:20:18Z | https://citinewsroom.com/2022/05/national-insurance-commissions-insurance-perception-index-research/ | true | 1 |
Ball State University and Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing (RLL) have selected the first two recipients of a first-of-its-kind scholarship program for esports student-athletes. The Rahal Letterman Lanigan Racing Scholarship provides $5,000 annually to two members of Ball State’s varsity esports team. Recipients are 23 year old Ar Muhammad Aleef, a 23-year-old pro-level esports driver from Singapore, and Rhett Crain, 18, from Noblesville, Ind. Mr. Crain, who specializes in the games iRacing and F1 2021, plans on majoring in Computer Science at Ball State. | https://www.woofboomnews.com/2022/05/first-e-sports-scholarships-awarded-at-ball-state/ | 2022-06-01T05:20:20Z | https://www.woofboomnews.com/2022/05/first-e-sports-scholarships-awarded-at-ball-state/ | false | null |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Night" game were:
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(two, four, five, six, eight, nine, eleven, fourteen, sixteen, seventeen, eighteen, twenty) | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Night-17211159.php | 2022-06-01T05:22:22Z | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-All-or-Nothing-Night-17211159.php | true | null |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — A federal judge is set to preside over an important hearing for John Hinckley, the man who shot President Ronald Reagan in 1981 and is on the verge of being released from all remaining restrictive conditions.
U.S. District Court Judge Paul L. Friedman said in September that he would free Hinckley from restrictions on June 15 as long as Hinckley continued to do well. Officials say Hinckley has, and Wednesday's hearing, which Hinckley will not attend, is not expected to alter those plans.
Hinckley was confined to a mental hospital in Washington for more than two decades after a jury found him not guilty by reason of insanity in shooting Reagan. But starting in 2003 Friedman began allowing Hinckley to live for longer stretches in the community with requirements like attending therapy and restrictions on where he can travel. He's been living full-time in Virginia since 2016, though still under restrictions.
Those include: allowing officials access to his electronic devices, email and online accounts; being barred from traveling to places where he knows there will be someone protected by the Secret Service, and giving three days’ notice if he wants to travel more than 75 miles (120 kilometers) from his home in Virginia.
In July, Hinckley — who plays guitar and sings and has shared his music on a YouTube channel — plans to give a concert in Brooklyn, New York. Appearances in Connecticut and Chicago for what he has called the “John Hinckley Redemption Tour” have been cancelled.
The judge has said that Hinckley, who turned 67 Sunday, has displayed no symptoms of active mental illness, no violent behavior and no interest in weapons since 1983.
In a status report filed ahead of Wednesday's hearing, prosecutors wrote that health officials who have overseen Hinckley's treatment for years believe he “has recovered his sanity such that he does not present a danger to himself or others because of mental illness if unconditionally released” as planned.
Prosecutors had previously opposed ending restrictions, but they changed their position last year, saying they would agree to Hinckley's release from conditions if he continued to show mental stability and follow restrictions. Prosecutor Kacie Weston wrote in a court filing ahead of the hearing that "the Government has found no evidence to suggest that Mr. Hinckley’s unconditional release should not be granted" as the judge previously said he would.
Reagan recovered from the March 30, 1981, shooting, but his press secretary, James Brady, who died in 2014, was partially paralyzed as a result. Secret Service agent Timothy McCarthy and Washington police officer Thomas Delahanty were also wounded. Reagan died in 2004.
In the 2000s, Hinckley began, with the judge's approval, making visits to his parents’ home in Williamsburg, Virginia. His father died in 2008, but in 2016 he was given permission to live with his mother full time. Still, he was required to attend individual and group therapy sessions, was barred from talking to the media and could only travel within a limited area. Secret Service would also periodically follow him.
Hinckley's mother died in 2021. He has since moved out of her home. In recent years, Hinckley has made money by selling items at an antique mall and by selling books online.
Hinckley has said on his YouTube channel that he has started a record label, Emporia Records, and that his first release will be a 14-song CD of his music. He also promotes his music on Twitter. | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Hinckley-nears-full-freedom-41-years-after-17211189.php | 2022-06-01T05:23:05Z | https://www.middletownpress.com/news/article/Hinckley-nears-full-freedom-41-years-after-17211189.php | true | 35 |
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Harvey Elliott believes the incoming Fabio Carvalho will fit seamlessly into the Liverpool squad when he joins later this summer.
And the Reds midfielder declared Carvalho as the team-mate he most enjoyed playing with during their formative years at Fulham together.
After failing to land Carvalho in the January transfer window in a deal that would have seen him loaned back, the Reds struck a deal soon after the deadline, agreeing a fee that could rise to £7.7m.
Portugal Under-21 international Carvalho joined the Cottagers as a junior and rose through the ranks before playing a vital role in helping Marco Silva's men achieve promotion to the Premier League as Championship winners.
The 19-year-old scored 11 goals and registered eight assists across his 38 Championship appearances last term and Elliott, who played with Carvalho in the academy ranks with the Londoners, is excited by the impending arrival.
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BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
6-4-5-4
(six, four, five, four)
BATON ROUGE, La. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday evening's drawing of the Louisiana Lottery's "Pick 4" game were:
6-4-5-4
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Aescin Market, Global Outlook and Forecast 2022-2028
Aescin horse chestnut extract is a standardized herbal extract of the seeds of Aesculus hippocastanum L.
This report contains market size and forecasts of Aescin in global, including the following market information:
The global Aescin market was valued at million in 2021 and is projected to reach US$ million by 2028, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period.
The U.S. Market is Estimated at $ Million in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $ Million by 2028.
98% Aescin Segment to Reach $ Million by 2028, with a % CAGR in next six years.
The global key manufacturers of Aescin include Euromed, Naturex, Bio-Botanica, Maypro, Frutarom, Sabinsa, Natural Field and DND Phan-Tech, etc. In 2021, the global top five players have a share approximately % in terms of revenue.
We surveyed the Aescin manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and industry experts on this industry, involving the sales, revenue, demand, price change, product type, recent development and plan, industry trends, drivers, challenges, obstacles, and potential risks.
Total Market by Segment:
Global Aescin Market, by Type, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions) & (Ton)
Global Aescin Market Segment Percentages, by Type, 2021 (%)
Global Aescin Market, by Application, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions) & (Ton)
Global Aescin Market Segment Percentages, by Application, 2021 (%)
Global Aescin Market, By Region and Country, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions) & (Ton)
Global Aescin Market Segment Percentages, By Region and Country, 2021 (%)
Competitor Analysis
The report also provides analysis of leading market participants including:
Further, the report presents profiles of competitors in the market, key players include:
Table of content
1 Introduction to Research & Analysis Reports
1.1 Aescin Market Definition
1.2 Market Segments
1.2.1 Market by Type
1.2.2 Market by Application
1.3 Global Aescin Market Overview
1.4 Features & Benefits of This Report
1.5 Methodology & Sources of Information
1.5.1 Research Methodology
1.5.2 Research Process
1.5.3 Base Year
1.5.4 Report Assumptions & Caveats
2 Global Aescin Overall Market Size
2.1 Global Aescin Market Size: 2021 VS 2028
2.2 Global Aescin Revenue, Prospects & Forecasts: 2017-2028
2.3 Global Aescin Sales: 2017-2028
3 Company Landscape
3.1 Top Aescin Players in Global Market
3.2 Top Global Aescin Companies Ranked by Revenue
3.3 Global Aescin Revenue by Companies
3.4 Global Aescin Sales by Companies
3.5 Global Aescin Price by Manufacturer (2017-2022)
3.6 Top 3 and Top 5 Aescin Companies in Global Market, by Revenue in 2021
3.7 Global Manufacturers Aescin Product Type
3.8 Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 Aescin Players in Global Market
3.8.1 List of Global Tier 1 Aescin Companies
3.8.2 List of Global Tier 2 and Tier 3 Aescin Companies
4 Sights by Product
4.1 Overview
4.1.1 By Type – Global Aescin Market Size Markets, 2021 & 2028
4.1.2 98% Aescin
4.1.3 80% Aescin
4.1.4 20% Aescin
4.1.5 Others
4.2 By Type – Global Aescin Revenue & Forecasts
4.2.1 By Type – Glo
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Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market, Global Outlook and Forecast 2022-2028
Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) is a clear and viscous material and the main product is UCF-85, which is a homogenious viscous liquid, with the colour ranging from transparent to light-yellow.
This report contains market size and forecasts of Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) in global, including the following market information:
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Revenue, 2017-2022, 2023-2028, ($ millions)
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Sales, 2017-2022, 2023-2028, (Kiloton)
Global top five Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) companies in 2021 (%)
The global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) market was valued at million in 2021 and is projected to reach US$ million by 2028, at a CAGR of % during the forecast period.
The U.S. Market is Estimated at $ Million in 2021, While China is Forecast to Reach $ Million by 2028.
Industrial UFC 85 Segment to Reach $ Million by 2028, with a % CAGR in next six years.
The global key manufacturers of Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) include Metafrax, Togliattiazot, Advachem, Shchekinoazot, Hexion, Foremark, Fars Chemical, Georgia-Pacific and OFCC, etc. In 2021, the global top five players have a share approximately % in terms of revenue.
We surveyed the Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) manufacturers, suppliers, distributors and industry experts on this industry, involving the sales, revenue, demand, price change, product type, recent development and plan, industry trends, drivers, challenges, obstacles, and potential risks.
Total Market by Segment:
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market, by Type, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions) & (Kiloton)
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Segment Percentages, by Type, 2021 (%)
Industrial UFC 85
Agricultural UFC 85
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market, by Application, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions) & (Kiloton)
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Segment Percentages, by Application, 2021 (%)
UF Resins
Fertilizers
Others
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market, By Region and Country, 2017-2022, 2023-2028 ($ Millions) & (Kiloton)
Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Segment Percentages, By Region and Country, 2021 (%)
North America
US
Canada
Mexico
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Nordic Countries
Benelux
Rest of Europe
Asia
China
Japan
South Korea
Southeast Asia
India
Rest of Asia
South America
Brazil
Argentina
Rest of South America
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Israel
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Rest of Middle East & Africa
Competitor Analysis
The report also provides analysis of leading market participants including:
Key companies Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) revenues in global market, 2017-2022 (Estimated), ($ millions)
Key companies Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) revenues share in global market, 2021 (%)
Key companies Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) sales in global market, 2017-2022 (Estimated), (Kiloton)
Key companies Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) sales share in global market, 2021 (%)
Further, the report presents profiles of competitors in the market, key players include:
Metafrax
Togliattiazot
Advachem
Shchekinoazot
Hexion
Foremark
Fars Chemical
Georgia-Pacific
OFCC
Sprea Misr
Polisan Kimya
KARPATSMOLY
Jilin Forest
Jam Pars Formalin
Shreenathji Rasayan
Table of content
1 Introduction to Research & Analysis Reports
1.1 Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Definition
1.2 Market Segments
1.2.1 Market by Type
1.2.2 Market by Application
1.3 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Overview
1.4 Features & Benefits of This Report
1.5 Methodology & Sources of Information
1.5.1 Research Methodology
1.5.2 Research Process
1.5.3 Base Year
1.5.4 Report Assumptions & Caveats
2 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Overall Market Size
2.1 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Market Size: 2021 VS 2028
2.2 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Revenue, Prospects & Forecasts: 2017-2028
2.3 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Sales: 2017-2028
3 Company Landscape
3.1 Top Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Players in Global Market
3.2 Top Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Companies Ranked by Revenue
3.3 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Revenue by Companies
3.4 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Sales by Companies
3.5 Global Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Price by Manufacturer (2017-2022)
3.6 Top 3 and Top 5 Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Companies in Global Market, by Revenue in 2021
3.7 Global Manufacturers Urea Formaldehyde Concentrate 85 (UFC85) Product Type
3.8 Tier 1, Tier 2 and Tier 3 U
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Convicted murderer and Charles Manson follower Patricia Krenwinkel has been found suitable for parole, according to state prison officials. The decision is pending review from the Board of Parole Hearings’ legal division, a process that can take 120 days, a spokesperson for the state Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation said. If finalized, Gov. Newsom will have 30 days to review the decision. At 74, Krenwinkel is California’s longest-serving female inmate. She participated in the 1969 murder of pregnant actress Sharon Tate, as well as other killings across Los Angeles. Krenwinkel testified to stabbing one victim 28 times. She was sent to death row in 1971, but her sentence was changed to life in prison with the possibility of parole after California’s supreme court ruled the death penalty unconstitutional. Tate’s sister started a petition asking Gov. Gavin Newsom to block Krenwinkel’s release, writing that she has shown “absolutely no remorse at all.” | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2618098125265/los-angeles-serial-killer-convicted-for-2014-shooting-rampage-that-killed-five-wounded-seven | 2022-06-01T05:33:08Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2618098125265/los-angeles-serial-killer-convicted-for-2014-shooting-rampage-that-killed-five-wounded-seven | true | 25 |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand — China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi arrived in Vanuatu on Wednesday for talks as he continued his regional island-hopping tour two days after failing to ink an ambitious deal with 10 South Pacific nations.
While Wang didn't manage to get consensus on the multilateral security and economic plan at a meeting in Fiji after several nations voiced concerns, he has been notching up smaller wins by signing bilateral agreements with many of the countries he's been visiting.
China and the Pacific countries haven't so far made the details of those deals public.
Wang arrived in Vanuatu from Tonga, where he signed a number of deals with Prime Minister Siaosi Sovaleni on everything from disaster management to a royal tomb improvement project.
His tour comes amid growing international concerns about Beijing's military ambitions and pursuit of natural resources in the region.
Speaking to reporters in Washington, U.S. State Department spokesperson Ned Price said the U.S. as well as its allies and partners in the Pacific had made clear their concerns about China's "opaque, shadowy deals."
Price said he'd seen reports of regional and international media being blocked or encountering significant obstacles when attempting to cover Wang's tour.
China says that cooperation between Beijing and the island nations has been expanding in a development that's welcomed by those countries and builds on a long tradition of China helping developing nations.
Wang's eight-nation tour continues through Saturday. In addition to Fiji, Tonga and Vanuatu, Wang has visited the Solomon Islands, Kiribati and Samoa. He also plans to visit Papua New Guinea and East Timor. | https://m.startribune.com/chinese-foreign-ministers-pacific-tour-continues-in-vanuatu/600178117/ | 2022-06-01T05:35:08Z | https://m.startribune.com/chinese-foreign-ministers-pacific-tour-continues-in-vanuatu/600178117/ | true | 27 |
Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ: ARCT) has recently received a number of price target changes and ratings updates:
- 5/24/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics had its price target lowered by analysts at The Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. from $14.00 to $8.00. They now have a “sell” rating on the stock.
- 5/11/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating. According to Zacks, “Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of RNA medicines using proprietary lipid-mediated delivery system LUNAR(TM) and UNA Oligomer chemistry technologies. Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd, formerly known as Alcobra Ltd, is based in San Diego, CA. “
- 5/11/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics was upgraded by analysts at Robert W. Baird from an “underperform” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $18.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $21.00.
- 5/11/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics had its price target lowered by analysts at Guggenheim from $83.00 to $36.00.
- 5/10/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics had its price target lowered by analysts at Barclays PLC from $21.00 to $17.00.
- 5/10/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics had its price target lowered by analysts at HC Wainwright from $25.00 to $19.00.
- 5/9/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics had its “overweight” rating reaffirmed by analysts at Cantor Fitzgerald.
- 5/2/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a “hold” rating to a “sell” rating. According to Zacks, “Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd. is a preclinical-stage biopharmaceutical company. It focuses on the discovery, development and commercialization of RNA medicines using proprietary lipid-mediated delivery system LUNAR(TM) and UNA Oligomer chemistry technologies. Arcturus Therapeutics Ltd, formerly known as Alcobra Ltd, is based in San Diego, CA. “
- 4/21/2022 – Arcturus Therapeutics was downgraded by analysts at Citigroup Inc. from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating. They now have a $29.00 price target on the stock, down previously from $86.00.
Shares of NASDAQ:ARCT opened at $19.88 on Wednesday. The company has a market capitalization of $525.21 million, a P/E ratio of -2.64 and a beta of 2.79. Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. has a 1 year low of $12.12 and a 1 year high of $65.00. The business’s 50 day simple moving average is $22.42 and its 200 day simple moving average is $27.53.
Arcturus Therapeutics (NASDAQ:ARCT – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Monday, May 9th. The biotechnology company reported ($1.94) earnings per share for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of ($1.44) by ($0.50). Arcturus Therapeutics had a negative return on equity of 64.94% and a negative net margin of 1,282.62%. During the same period in the prior year, the firm earned ($2.15) EPS. Sell-side analysts predict that Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc. will post -6.66 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Arcturus Therapeutics Holdings Inc, an RNA medicines company, focuses on the development of vaccines for infectious, and liver and respiratory rare diseases in the United States. The company's development programs comprise LUNAR-OTC development program for ornithine transcarbamylase (OTC) deficiency; and LUNAR-CF program for cystic fibrosis lung disease caused by mutations in cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) gene, as well as vaccine programs include LUNAR-COV19 and LUNAR-FLU.
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Road work will begin next week on I-69 in Henderson
MADISONVILLE, Ky. (WEHT) – Lane restrictions will begin on I-69 in Henderson County starting on May 31. The lane restrictions will be necessary for a contractor to work on holes, culverts and edge drains in the median before paving can occur.
The passing lanes on the northbound and southbound sides of I-69 will have lane restrictions. The work zone is between Royster Road and the US 41/I-69 interchange and mile markers 142 and 148.
Braun, Buschon, and Young write letter to American and Delta to revive flights from EVV to Chicago and DetroitDrivers may want to find another route while road construction is happening.
Traffic information for the 11 counties of KYTC Highway District 2 are available by going to www.facebook.com/kytcdistrict2 . The page can be viewed by those who do not have a Facebook account.
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Investment Analysts’ updated eps estimates for Tuesday, May 31st:
National Bank Financial assumed coverage on shares of CCL Industries (OTCMKTS:CCDBF). The firm issued an outperform rating on the stock.
Intercorp Financial Services (NYSE:IFS) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a buy rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “Intercorp Financial Services Inc. provides financial products and services. The Company’s business segment consists of Bank, Insurance, Real Estate Operations and Others. Intercorp Financial Services Inc. is based in Lima, Peru. “
I-Mab (NASDAQ:IMAB) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a sell rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “I-Mab is a clinical stage biopharmaceutical company. It engages in discovery, development and commercialization of biologics to treat diseases with significant unmet medical needs, particularly cancers and autoimmune disorders. I-Mab is based in SHANGHAI, China. “
Innoviz Technologies (NASDAQ:INVZ) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a sell rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “Innoviz Technologies is a provider of technology for autonomous vehicles. It provides LiDAR technology. Innoviz Technologies, formerly known as Collective Growth Corporation, is based in AUSTIN, Texas. “
Iochpe-Maxion (OTCMKTS:IOCJY) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a buy rating. They currently have $1.00 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “IOCHPE-MAXION is the leading Brazilian manufacturer of wheels and frames for commercial vehicles and railway freight cars and castings. The Company generates more than 6,500 jobs distributed in six industrial plants in the states of São Paulo, Minas Gerais and Rio de Janeiro. “
IronNet (NYSE:IRNT) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a buy rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “IronNet Cybersecurity Inc. provides cybersecurity by delivering collective defense platform. IronNet Cybersecurity Inc., formerly known as LGL Systems Acquisition Corp., is based in RENO, NV. “
ORIX (NYSE:IX) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a sell rating. According to Zacks, “ORIX CORP-ADR is a diversified financial services institution with diverse operations in both corporate and retail finance, including: leasing, lending, rentals, life insurance, real estate financing and development, venture capital, investment and retail banking, commodities funds and securities brokerage. Their international operations include leasing, rentals, fixed income investment, aircraft and ship financing, commercial mortgage servicing and property development. “
Jefferies Financial Group (NYSE:JEF) was downgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a buy rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is a diversified financial services company. It engaged in investment banking and capital markets, merchant banking and an alternative asset management platform. The company’s financial service businesses are Berkadia which provide commercial mortgage banking, investment sales and servicing; Leucadia Asset Management provide asset management; HomeFed provide a publicly traded real estate company, FXCM provides online foreign exchange trading services and Foursight Capital provide vehicle finance. Jefferies Financial Group Inc. formerly known as Leucadia National Corporation is based in New York, United States. “
JinkoSolar (NYSE:JKS) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a sell rating to a hold rating. According to Zacks, “JinkoSolar Holding Co., Ltd. is a solar product manufacturer with operations based in Jiangxi Province and Zhejiang Province in China. JinkoSolar has built a vertically integrated solar product value chain from recovered silicon materials to solar modules. JinkoSolar’s principal products are silicon wafers, solar cells and solar modules which are all along the photovoltaic value chain, with a global network spanning across Europe, North America and Asia. “
Nextdoor (NYSE:KIND) was upgraded by analysts at Zacks Investment Research from a hold rating to a buy rating. They currently have $3.25 price target on the stock. According to Zacks, “Nextdoor Holdings Inc. operates neighborhood network which connects neighbors, businesses and public services. It enables neighbors to receive information, give and get help and get things done. Nextdoor Holdings Inc., formerly known as Khosla Ventures Acquisition Co. II, is based in SAN FRANCISCO. “
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June 1, 2022 - Hexagon Digital Wave is pleased to announce the appointment of Melissa D. Holler as its new President, effective May 23rd, 2022. A highly experienced senior leader with more than 25 years' experience from both mature and startup companies, Ms. Holler has a proven track record in strategy development and execution, as well as significant commercial experience within digital transformation solutions. Most recently she served as Vice President Digital Business at FLSmidth, a Denmark-based Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and digital supplier to the global cement and mining industries. Prior to FLSmidth, Ms. Holler held global vice president roles at Emerson Automation, as well as other leadership roles at Siemens Energy & Automation and Rockwell Automation. She holds a Master of Science in Business and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, and a Bachelor of Science in Computer Engineering.
Hexagon Digital Wave is a global leader in non-destructive testing methods for high-pressure vessels, setting a worldwide standard of safety and enabling the energy transformation. As a subsidiary of Hexagon Composites ASA, Hexagon Digital Wave manufactures Ultrasonic Examination (UE) cylinder testing equipment, Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) testing equipment and associated inspection services. With applications worldwide, Hexagon Digital Wave serves government entities, academic institutes, and private clients in the compressed gas and pressure vessel industries.
"Hexagon Digital Wave's technology enables digital transformation in the clean mobility and industrial gas markets," says Jon Erik Engeset, CEO Hexagon Composites. "Having expansive digitalization experience from the renewable, automotive, and oil & gas sectors, Melissa will provide visionary and strategic leadership for the organization and enhance our speed to market."
Ms. Holler will be based in the Denver, Colorado area where Hexagon Digital Wave is located.
For more information:
Ryan Pennock, Head of Marketing and Business Development, Hexagon Digital Wave
Telephone: +1 770-262-4719 | ryan.pennock@hexagondigitalwave.com
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Telephone: +47 950 74 950 | karen.romer@hexagongroup.com
About Hexagon Digital Wave
Hexagon Digital Wave, a subsidiary of Hexagon Composites ASA, is a manufacturer of Ultrasonic Examination (UE) cylinder testing equipment, Modal Acoustic Emission (MAE) testing equipment and a provider of associated inspection services. With applications worldwide, Hexagon Digital Wave serves?government entities, academic institutes, and private?clients in the compressed gas and pressure vessel industries.
About Hexagon Composites ASA
Hexagon delivers safe and innovative solutions for a cleaner energy future. Our solutions enable storage, transportation, and conversion to clean energy in a wide range of mobility, industrial and consumer applications. Learn more at www.hexagongroup.com and follow @HexagonASA on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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As Thursday draws to a close in Kyiv and in Moscow, here are the key developments of the day:
A third evacuation operation is underway from the destroyed and besieged southern city of Mariupol, according to the United Nations secretary-general. On Wednesday, aid workers helped evacuate 320 people from the area, he said. Earlier this week, another 59 people were evacuated, along with 101 civilians from the Azovstal steel works, the final pocket of Ukrainian resistance in the city.
Fighting continues over the Azovstal plant in strategic Mariupol. The building, with sprawling tunnels underneath, has become the epicenter of the battle for Mariupol. Hundreds more civilians are still trapped inside the plant, along with about 2,000 Ukrainian soldiers, Ukrainian authorities estimate.
Belarusian President Alexander Lukashenko said he did not expect Russia's military incursion in Ukraine to "drag on this way." In a 90-minute interview with The Associated Press, the authoritarian leader and longtime Moscow ally also defended the invasion, which Russian authorities call a "special military operation."
Israel says Russian President Vladimir Putin apologized for his foreign minister's Monday remarks about Nazism. Israeli Prime Minister Naftali Bennett said he accepted an apology from Putin on a call; Russia has not commented on this. An interviewer had asked Russia's top diplomat Sergey Lavrov about Moscow's claim that Ukraine, led by a Jewish president, is run by Nazis. Lavrov claimed Hitler had Jewish roots and that "the biggest antisemites were Jewish," which Israeli leaders called unforgivable lies.
European leaders are nearing a deal to ban Russian oil imports, though several countries are seeking exemptions or longer phase-in. Energy alliance OPEC+ agreed to a small increase in oil production for June, despite calls for a bigger boost from Western countries.
In-depth
Evacuees from Mariupol describe how they survived inside the Azovstal steel plant.
Premature American twins rescued from Ukraine have become stuck in bureaucratic limbo.
What Europe's ban of Russian oil could mean for energy markets — and your gas prices.
Earlier developments
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ABUJA, Nigeria (AP) — Nine people have died of monkeypox in Congo in 2022 while Nigeria has recorded its first death from the disease this year, the countries’ health authorities said, even as at least 20 countries continue to grapple with sudden outbreaks not seen in years.
Dr. Aime Alongo, chief of the Sankuru health division in Congo, said Monday that 465 cases of the disease have been confirmed in the nation, making it one of the worst-hit in West and Central Africa, where the disease is endemic.
The persistence of the disease in Congo is due to the consumption of dead monkeys and rodents, Dr. Alongo said.
“The residents enter the forest, pick up the corpses of monkeys, bats and rodents which are the reservoirs of monkeypox,” the official added, urging those with monkeypox symptoms to visit a health center to isolate themselves.
Nigeria, meanwhile, recorded its first death from monkeypox this year in a patient with underlying medical conditions, the diseases control agency said Sunday.
The Nigeria Centre for Disease Control and Prevention announced that in 2022 it has confirmed 21 out of 66 suspected cases of the disease, which is usually endemic in Nigeria and other parts of West and Central Africa.
“The death was reported in a 40-year-old patient who had underlying co-morbidity and was on immunosuppressive medications,” the Nigeria CDC said.
Nigeria has not had an outbreak of monkeypox since September 2017 but it continues to report sporadic cases. At least 247 have been confirmed in 22 of its 36 states since then with 3.6% fatality rate, the disease control agency said.
A spike in monkeypox cases reported in Europe and the U.S. has generated concerns among those countries, many of whom have not recorded a single case of the disease in years. Over 250 cases of the disease have been reported in more than 20 countries not usually known to have outbreaks, the World Health Organization said.
Monkeypox has not previously triggered widespread outbreaks beyond Africa, where it is endemic.
One of the new cases in the U.K. was recorded in a man days after his arrival from Nigeria on May 4. Nigeria has recorded six confirmed cases of the disease the British citizen left the country.
Dr. Ifedayo Adetifa, head of the country’s Center for Disease Control, told The Associated Press nothing shows that the British citizen contracted the disease in Nigeria and the country remains prepared to respond to an outbreak of monkeypox.
“The biggest challenge that you have with a disease such as monkeypox is that it is uncommon and the perceived risk by the population about how dangerous this condition is has been very low … that is why … we have conducted awareness training and advocacy training to increase the level of awareness of health care workers,” Adetifa said.
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CM Yogi arrives in Ayodhya to lay foundation stone of Ram Temple's 'Garbha Griha'
By ANI | Published: June 1, 2022 09:59 AM2022-06-01T09:59:03+5:302022-06-01T10:10:02+5:30
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday arrived at Ayodhya to lay the foundation stone of Ram Temple's 'Garbha Griha' or the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath on Wednesday arrived at Ayodhya to lay the foundation stone of Ram Temple's 'Garbha Griha' or the sanctum sanctorum of the temple.
The chief minister participated in a 'Shila Pujan' ceremony for the construction of the sanctum sanctorum. He will also inaugurate Shri Ramlala Sadan, a Dravidian-style temple, at the site.
Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and the saints and Mahants of 90 maths and temples associated with the Ram Mandir movement were also present at the ceremony.
Recitation of Ramarcha, Durga Saptashati, Rudrabhishek, Ram Raksha Stotra, Vishnu Sahasranama, Hanuman Chalisa, Sunderkand is underway ahead of the construction of the Garbhagriha of Ram Mandir.
During the foundation stone laying ceremony, Chief Minister Yogi Adityanath will place the first carved stone of the 'Garbha Griha'.
According to the Shri Ram Janmabhoomi Teerth Kshetra Trust, which is in charge of the construction of the temple, the sanctum sanctorum is expected to be completed by December 2023.
On August 5, 2020, Prime Minister Narendra Modi had laid the foundation stone for the construction of Lord Ram Temple in Ayodhya and since then the construction work has been proceeding at a fast pace.
The five-judge Constitution bench of the Supreme Court led by Chief Justice of India Ranjan Gogoi (now retired) had on November 9, 2019, unanimously delivered its verdict that the land in Ayodhya where Babri Masjid once stood, belongs to Ram Lalla.
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Here is a rundown of what will happen as the nation pays tribute to the Queen’s 70 years as sovereign during the Platinum Jubilee weekend.
– Thursday June 2
10am – The Queen’s Birthday Parade – Trooping the Colour – begins.
10.30am – Members of the royal family leave Buckingham Palace for the parade ground.
Troops march on The Mall during an early morning rehearsal (Dominic Lipinski/PA)
The military spectacle, broadcast on BBC One, will be followed by a balcony appearance by the Queen, it is hoped, plus key royals including the Cambridge children, to watch a special flypast.
9.25pm – Members of the royal family arrive to watch the lighting of the principal beacon at the palace – a 21-metre Tree of Trees sculpture.
More than 3,000 beacons are being lit across the UK and the Commonwealth.
– Friday June 3
11am – The royal family begin to arrive for a service of thanksgiving at St Paul’s Cathedral.
A life-sized knitted Queen and corgi in the village of Holmes Chapel in Cheshire (Peter Byrne/PA)
11.30am – The service begins, broadcast on BBC One.
12.25pm – Members of the royal family attend a Guildhall reception hosted by the Lord Mayor.
– Saturday June 4
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex’s daughter Lilibet celebrates her first birthday.
Senior royals tour the UK, with the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge visiting Cardiff Castle to meet stars ahead of a jubilee concert, the Princess Royal taking part in an animal-handling session at Edinburgh Zoo and the Earl and Countess of Wessex travelling to Northern Ireland.
4.30pm – The Epsom Derby takes place. Avid racegoer the Queen is no longer planning to attend, although members of the royal family are expected to be there.
A guard of honour made of up to 40 of the Queen’s past and present jockeys is due to line the course.
The Queen at the Epsom Derby in 2019 (Steve Parsons/PA)
7.40pm – Royals arrive at the BBC’s Platinum Party at the Palace concert.
8pm-10.30pm – The open-air show in front of the palace, featuring stars including Queen + Adam Lambert, Alicia Keys, Duran Duran and Diana Ross, is broadcast live on BBC One from 7.30pm.
– Sunday June 5
Street parties and Big Jubilee Lunches are staged across the country
Fairlie Drive in Rainhill ahead of the celebrations (Peter Byrne/PA)
The Prince of Wales and the Duchess of Cornwall join a flagship feast at The Oval cricket ground in south London, while Edward and Sophie meet people creating the “Long Table” down on The Long Walk leading up to Windsor Castle.
2.30pm-5pm – The Jubilee Pageant, also being shown on BBC One, takes place in central London, with a 3km carnival procession featuring a cast of thousands including puppets, celebrities and tributes to the seven decades of the Queen’s reign.
It will move from Horse Guards, along Whitehall to Admiralty Arch, and down The Mall to the Palace.
(PA Graphics)
The finale will feature Ed Sheeran performing and singing the national anthem with close to 200 national treasures in front of the Queen’s official residence.
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — From the memorable “We Believe” playoff run in 2007 to the early days of this current Golden State dynasty, the ear-shattering environment at old Oracle Arena provided a major boost to the Warriors.
While the fancy new digs across the bay in San Francisco might not match the noise level at the arena in Oakland nicknamed “Roaracle," Chase Center is really starting to feel like home for the Warriors in its third season.
“Every single night, I get chills when I walk into the arena,” Warriors owner Joe Lacob said. "I literally get chills. I love it. I love basketball. I’ve loved it all my life. For over 50 years, I’ve been going to games. I’ve been every arena in the world. To me, there is no better arena in the world than this Chase Center. It just needs the experiences like this one to kind of give it that history which Oracle had. ... We love this building, our players love this building, our partners love this building. And it’s it’s showing up pretty, pretty well.”
The Warriors have won all nine games this postseason at Chase Center, including clinching victories in each round over Denver, Memphis and Dallas. It's their second longest home winning streak in a single postseason to the 10-0 mark in 2017 and just the fifth time in NBA history that a team has gone 9-0 or better leading into the Finals.
Golden State has outscored the opposition by 14.6 points per game at home, the best in the league this postseason as the loud crowd and comfortable environment has proved beneficial.
“Being able to start at home is huge, especially in the playoffs, even in the Finals," guard Jordan Poole said. "We have our home crowd, our home routine, the same thing we do practice wise. Just continue to try to take care of business at home, as we’ve done all playoffs.”
It took time for Chase Center to establish itself after the Warriors moved there following the 2018-19 season. With some of the longtime fans from Oakland priced out of more expensive new arena in place of newer fans without the same life-long attachment to the franchise, the environment struggled to match the old one across the bay.
Other circumstances didn't help the cause either. Golden State had the worst record in the NBA that first season as stars like Klay Thompson and Stephen Curry missed most of that season.
The team fared better last season but played most of the season in an empty arena because of the COVID-19 pandemic before having small crowds by the end of the season.
But the arena has been full this season and now has been hosting its first truly meaningful games this postseason. Early in this playoff run, Curry said the Warriors were still “trying to find (Chase Center's) identity.”
“After two years of not having fans (always), you can really tell the difference now when you have a full crowd and it’s going crazy,” big man Kevon Looney said. ”I'm glad that the Chase Center is rocking like this and they fans have been really giving us this extra boost."
Playing on the road is far from a daunting task for the Celtics, who are coming off a Game 7 win in the Eastern Conference finals at Miami after staving off elimination in the second round with a Game 6 win at Milwaukee.
In all, Boston has won seven of nine games on the road during these playoffs, beating the Nets and Bucks twice each and the Heat three times. Only Houston in 1995 won it all of those previous teams, winning the first two games in Orlando on the way to a sweep.
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Prince Harry and Prince William have begun to heal their relationship on the eve of the Queen's Platinum Jubilee, an insider has claimed.
The royal brothers are said to be holding "weekly video calls" and are "back on old buddy terms" as they prepare to reunite for the special weekend.
Since leaving for the US in early 2020, Harry has reportedly had a strained relationship with his elder sibling, something which came to a head after he and his wife Meghan Markle took part in an explosive interview with US chat show host Oprah Winfrey.
But things now appear to be on the mend as they prepare to put their differences aside for one of the Royal Family's biggest events ever.
Commenting on their efforts to reconcile, a source told the Daily Mirror: “The brothers needed time for everything to settle down. The family, including William, had been disappointed in the way Harry and Meghan chose to leave the Royal Family.
“But now there is a strong feeling that what happened is in the past and that they have moved on... It seems that the two of them have healed the rift and are very much back on their old buddy terms.”
One source of contention between the two had also been the notoriously frosty relationship between Meghan Markle and Kate Middleton — but the fact that the Atlantic ocean now separates the warring wives seems to have helped rekindle their brotherly bond.
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"Meghan's distance from Kate has also helped heal the friction between the two men", the source added.
News of reconciliation between the brothers will provide great relief to the Queen as she prepares to host the Sussex couple and meet great-granddaughter Lilibet Diana for the first time.
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HANGZHOU, China, May 31, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On May 16th, 2022, LDBC-SNB released the newest audit test performance record set by Galaxybase, a high performance distributed graph database developed by CreateLink Technology. Galaxybase scored a soaring 70% improvement in throughput, and over 600% increase in average query performance over the previous record, along with rigid tests on system stability, availability, result correctness, transactional support, and recoverability.
The test was performed by an independent and impartial third-party auditor appointed by LDBC on standard cloud environment. The preparation of the test environment, data generation, data loading, test execution, and the correctness verification of test results all strictly complied with LDBC-SNB specifications. To further ensure the credibility and validity of the test results, LDBC conducted a detailed audit of the test code, the entire test environment, and test process. A full disclosure report is publicly available for download on the LDBC homepage.
Dr. Chen ZHANG, Founder and CEO of CreateLink Technology, will give a keynote speech titled "New LDBC SNB benchmark record by Galaxybase: More than 6 times faster and 70% higher throughput" to share the audit details at 2022 ACM SIGMOD/PODS International Conference on Management of Data on June 17 2022, 11 am EDT, 23 pm BST. (click to view online)
About LDBC and SNB test
Linked Data Benchmark Council (LDBC) is a globally recognized organization for graph database benchmark standards and audit test. It brings together the world's leading industrial hardware and software giants such as Intel, Oracle, as well as experts and scholars from higher education institutions. LDBC aims to develop fair, honest, and comparable methods and mechanisms to measure graph database management systems and promote the development of this cutting-edge technology across the globe, together with its member organizations.
Social Network Benchmark (SNB) is one of the benchmark suites developed by LDBC. The benchmark suite consists of two distinct workloads on common data set– Interactive workload and Business Intelligence (BI) workload, corresponding to test sets that measure the performance of graph data in interactive queries and business intelligence queries respectively. Compared with standalone test cases with simple metrics, LDBC-SNB is not only more similar with complex real-world business query scenarios, but also imposes higher requirements on the concurrent execution and transaction processing capability of graph database systems.
About the test details
The competed audit test was LDBC_SNB Interactive workload. Galaxybase successfully completed the audit test with verified system configuration conformance to the description of the benchmark and its strict requirements involving result correctness, transaction support, system recoverability, zero-timeouts, high throughput, and low response time, etc. In particular, Galaxybase ACID test has researched serializable isolation level, which is stricter than the read committed isolation level required by the SNB Interactive specification. Additionally, Galaxybase passed the recoverability and durability validation test, in which the system was shut down and rebooted when the continuous benchmark test execution has reached 2 hours, and the data of the last successfully inserted record in the LDBC log remained intact and durable in the graph database.
In the performance test, Galaxybase used 48 clients to send out concurrent queries to stress test the system. The result showed zero timeout which is far below LDBC-SNB's no-more-than-5% timeout requirement. With all official audit requirements fulfilled, Galaxybase outperformed LDBC's previous record (held by TuGraph) for all three datasets, namely 30G (80 million vertices, 500 million edges), 100G (270 million vertices, 1.7 billion edges), and 300G (800 million vertices, 5.3 billion edges), with 70% higher throughput and on average more than 6 times faster query performance. The mean response time, the P50, P90, P95, and P99 response time of Galaxybase all shows better results than the previous record-holder. In particular, the best mean response time is more than 41 times faster, and the best P90 response time is more than 72 times faster.
No matter on queries of different data scale factors under the same test tasks or on queries of different complexity for different test tasks, Galaxybase all performed better. The larger the size of the datasets, the higher the differentiation, which fully demonstrates the excellent capability of Galaxybase to support large-scale data processing tasks.
Remarks: SF-30, SF-100 and SF-300 correspond to the original dataset size of 30 G, 100 G and 300 G respectively.
Galaxybase can support both online transaction processing (OLTP) and online analytical processing (OLAP), according to Yan ZHOU, CTO of CreateLink. Compared with other graph databases, Galaxybase demonstrates lower response time, higher throughput, and higher horizontal scalability, making it the ideal choice for high performance graph database on large dataset, under the increasing demand for real-time analytics over massively connected enterprise data,.
Galaxybase is written with Java and C++. It takes full advantage of the runtime performance and memory control with C++ and the coding efficiency and easiness of troubleshooting with Java in the development of complex and reliable systems. In terms of storage system design, Galaxybase uses an innovative proprietary native graph datastore with customized optimization for index-free adjacency of graph data, enabling vertex-edge queries to be completed in an extremely efficient manner. The core datastore engine does not rely on any third-party open-source components, allowing the system to better optimizes graph queries and graph computation in concert with the underlying storage layer. In the query execution layer, Galaxybase is able to efficiently organize memory data through its proprietary memory allocation and management mechanism, while significantly reducing the JVM's GC time by using off-heap memory. Galaxybase provides a parallel iterative graph traversal approach, that uses multi-version control to reduce lock contention. This approach adaptively allocates the number of threads for parallel iterations based on the number of neighbours during neighbour iteration to achieve best utilization of system resources.
Galaxybase provides a rich set of query interfaces and programming APIs, such as Java, Python, Golang, etc.. It also has full support for the descriptive OpenCypher query language. For the audit test, Galaxybase completed the durability test using OpenCypher. For scenarios that require high system resource consumption and execution performance, Galaxybase also provides PAR (Parameterized Algorithm Routine) API that allows users to implement customized procedures and functions running on the server-side through Java code to gain better control over the query execution process and pursue extreme performance.
About CreateLink
Founded in 2016, CreateLink Technology has become the leading graph database software vendor in China. Its product Galaxybase is a native distributed parallel graph platform that has superior performance on complex graph queries and algorithms. Earlier this year, together with a team of experts from Sun Yat-sen University, Galaxybase nailed the intelligent graph mining challenge of 5 trillion relationship graph while maintaining security, performance, availability, and data integrity, easily breaking the once-challenging scale barrier with trillion+ relationship graph.
CreateLink is actively promoting graph technology across different industries with a diversity of application scenarios. Up to now, Galaxybase has served many leading customers in finance, energy, and Internet sectors, with successful applications in AML, fraud detection, power grid optimization, IT operation monitoring and maintenance as well as other complex real-time decision-making scenarios, empowering its customers to release the value of big data by connecting the dots.
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NEW YORK – In the aftermath of a mass shooting on a New York City subway train, the mayor floated a high-tech idea: deploy scanners that can spot someone carrying a gun into the transit system before they have a chance to use it.
The technology to scan large numbers of people quickly for weapons does exist, and is used now to screen people at places like sports stadiums and theme parks.
But security experts say installing such a system in the city's sprawling, porous subway system in a way that would make a difference would be difficult, if not impossible.
The problem wouldn't necessarily be the technology — but rather the reality that scanners need to be accompanied by human operators to confront people carrying firearms illegally.
“Logistically, it would be a nightmare. You’re going to have to tie up a lot of officers doing this,” said James Dooley, a retired New York Police Department captain who served in the department's transit division. “We have hundreds of stations, and the fact of the matter is that putting someone at every entrance to every station is logistically impossible.”
Mayor Eric Adams, a former police captain, has acknowledged the challenges but has said the system might still be worth trying at select locations as a deterrent.
“We want to be able to just pop up at a station someplace so people don’t know it’s there,” the Democrat said, “similar to what we do when we do car checkpoints.”
The push for better subway security got renewed urgency in April after a gunman set off smoke bombs and sprayed a subway compartment with shots, wounding 10 people.
Then, on May 22, another gunman killed a passenger in what authorities said appeared to be a random attack.
A day after that killing, Adams again expressed interest in weapon-screening technology. And soon, mass shootings in Buffalo, New York, and Uvalde, Texas, intensified the debate over how to address gun violence.
In the New York City subway, the screening wouldn't resemble airport checkpoints, an untenable solution for a system with 472 stations, all with multiple entrances. Instead, Adams referenced a technology that uses sensors to detect metal but also can determine the shape of an object, such as a gun, while people pass by uninterrupted.
Evolv, a Boston-area company, uses the technology at facilities including pro sports stadiums in Atlanta and Nashville, the Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta and, in a recent test, at New York’s Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, though not in any mass transit systems.
The screeners can scan 3,600 people per hour, according to the company. They also can produce false positives from items such as Chromebooks, though.
In an email, Dana Loof, Evolv’s chief marketing officer, said false positives “are an order of magnitude lower” than traditional metal detectors, but acknowledged that transit systems would pose unique challenges.
“Any technology is only one piece of the solution which includes the security professionals, the operational environment, and the protocols they follow,” Loof said.
Similar screening devices made by QinetiQ, an England-based defense technology company, were part of a pilot program in the Los Angeles mass transit system in 2018 and currently are used when threat levels are elevated, said Los Angeles Metro spokesperson Dave Sotero. The machines project scanning waves at passersby from a distance.
Identifying someone with a weapon is only half the challenge.
“It’s also manpower,” said Donell Harvin, a senior policy researcher at the Rand Corp. and a former security chief for the Washington, D.C., government.
Adams has not publicly discussed how much the machines, and operating them, could cost New York City, but Harvin acknowledged the price could be steep.
“If you have a determined assailant, you’re not going to just have a security guard there; you’ll have to have a police officer," Harvin said. "It’s tough. You can harden every station, but who’s going to want to pay a $10 fare? Because the cost is going to be passed on to the rider.”
Still, because you can’t put cops on every car and in every station, Harvin said, "you have to invest in some technology.”
“It’s very complex, but people have to get together and talk about this, because what’s being done now isn’t cutting it.”
Violent attacks in New York City's subway system remain relatively rare compared with crime above ground. And the city overall is one of the nation's safest large cities.
But the COVID-19 pandemic has wreaked havoc on people's sense of safety, as has a string of high-profile crimes, including the fatal push of a woman in front of a train by a man later ruled too mentally ill to stand trial. In response, the MTA said it would test safety barriers at some stations.
The number of transit system crimes reported by the NYPD so far this year has been on par with years before the pandemic, but public perception has been that there is new unruliness underground.
The Metropolitan Transportation Authority has succeeded in getting 1,000 more police officers assigned to the system, but its chair, Janno Lieber, was candid last week when asked about the current climate.
“This week is a terrible week,” he said, referring to the May 22 shooting. “This week I cannot say to any New York City subway rider, ‘Don’t feel afraid,’ because what happened is a terrifying nightmare."
Any workable security upgrade would probably have to encompass a combination of measures, experts said.
Dooley envisioned a limited rollout of officers using handheld metal detectors at high-traffic stations but acknowledged that would cover only a fraction of the system's vast territory and could lead to civil liberties complaints, including the potential for racial profiling.
Police officers already do spot checks of people's bags at some subway entrances, but those checks are so infrequent that most people ride for years without being subjected to a search.
Dorothy Moses Schulz, a retired police captain on the MTA’s MetroNorth rail system and a professor emerita at the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, suggested more police in the subways and a sustained commitment to addressing homelessness could help “send a message that we’re trying to make this an orderly system, which would bring back people.”
“If more people feel the system is working, they will come back, and when more come back, that makes the system safer," she said.
Lieber said last week that the agency is open to new approaches.
“We are serious about exploring every one of these technologies,” he said. “I think we will get there, but it's a question of time and technology development." | https://www.local10.com/business/2022/06/01/after-mass-shooting-nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways/ | 2022-06-01T06:05:09Z | https://www.local10.com/business/2022/06/01/after-mass-shooting-nyc-explores-gun-detectors-in-subways/ | true | 60 |
Australians face ballooning waits from 24 hours up to several days to be admitted to hospital wards, as a combination of health worker shortages, surging Covid and flu cases and the legacy of pandemic backlogs means many hospitals have run out of beds to admit new patients.
“Bed block” – when a hospital is so full there are no beds to admit new patients so emergency departments become clogged – has been widely reported by health workers across several states, with health industry sources telling Guardian Australia wait times are expected to remain high throughout coming months.
Last week, while various states were announcing free flu vaccine programs in an attempt to reduce further strain on their health systems, the New South Wales health secretary, Susan Pearce, urged anyone needing medical care to first rely on general practitioners and the healthdirect service.
She warned that demand for emergency services would become so high that those needing life-saving care may not receive it if those with non-urgent issues continued to call for ambulances and turn up to emergency departments.
Guardian Australia is aware of one case at Sydney’s St Vincent’s hospital where an elderly man with dementia and other chronic health conditions presented at the emergency department on Saturday with a urinary tract infection and delirium, and while he received thorough treatment, was only admitted to a bed on the ward 72 hours later.
The man’s son said that while beds in the emergency department were full, it was ultimately well-run, with patients spaced apart. However he said more mobile and younger patients were placed on beds in the corridors of the emergency department.
“Every [other] bed I saw was occupied by a very, very old person,” the son said.
Meanwhile, the Guardian was contacted by a woman in Queensland who claims her 83-year-old mother died after she was turned away from her local hospital late at night with a chest infection because there were no beds.
“It was not Covid but she was very unwell … Her neighbour found her alone and dead the next morning,” the woman, who asked not to be identified, said.
“My mum could have been saved – how many more are there like her? How many of us who have been through this need to tell our stories to back up what the medical staff are saying about the bed block crisis?”
In Victoria, ambulances have reportedly been banked up outside Melbourne emergency rooms, with patients in waiting areas requiring IV drips but not having space to be admitted.
The Guardian has previously reported how in Sydney a patient with a suspected heart attack who also had Covid was told by a 000 operator to call an Uber to get to the hospital, only to be told by hospital staff when they arrived to wait outside in the rain for a bed.
Michael Whaites, the acting assistant general secretary of the NSW branch of the Nurses and Midwives’ Association, said “members are telling us it is the worst it has ever been even with the three Covid peaks”.
“There’s increased demand for beds, but also increased acuity of patients, so people aren’t moving out as quickly as they normally would, and there’s also less staff to care for them, so it’s taking longer for them to be ready to be released from hospital.”
“We’re hearing patients waiting for 24 hours to be admitted to a bed in a hospital,” he said, adding this should normally be no more than four hours.
Whaites said there are many factors behind the spiralling demand for hospital services, including ongoing Covid transmission.
“We’re still seeing more than a thousand people a day admitted to hospitals due to Covid, and somehow as a society we’ve normalised that figure and expect our existing hospitals and staffing to cope with that as well as everything else,” he said. “There’s just an assumption we can have thousands more patients in hospital each day and that the system will cope.”
Whaites said while intensive care units are not as busy as during the Covid peaks, pressure points at hospitals are now in general wards and emergency departments.
“On top of everything, we’ve got an attempt to catch up on all of the elective surgery backlog that built up over Covid, plus we’re seeing about 2,000 staff a day on furlough across the state due to illness.
“We’re also seeing a lot of people with chronic illnesses, who put off treatment because they were scared of contracting Covid during the peaks, now becoming a bit crooker because of that neglect.”
Whaites said some Sydney hospitals “just don’t have any beds and don’t have the room for more beds”, and that at other smaller hospitals, while they may have spare beds, staff shortages mean patients cannot be admitted to them because there is no one to care for them.
“Bed block was a problem before Covid, but it’s exacerbated now. The cracks in the public health system we had before Covid have grown into massive caves.”
He said many health staff had left the industry in recent months due to poor working conditions and pay that became less tolerable during the pandemic, and criticised the state government’s distribution of resources and funding throughout the sector.
“There has been an underinvestment in the workforce,” he said.
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Titusville Police, DEA Dispose Over 41 Pounds of Medications at ‘No Questions Asked’ Pill Take Back Event
BREVARD COUNTY • TITUSVILLE, FLORIDA – Titusville Police Special Investigations Section, Drug Enforcement Administration, Parrish Medical Center, and Walmart worked together to collect and ultimately destroy expired and unwanted medications within the city. DEA recently announced that over...
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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — California’s first-in-the-nation task force on reparations for African Americans will release a report Wednesday documenting in detail the harms perpetuated by the state and recommending steps to address those wrongs, including expanded voter registration, making it easier to hold violent police accountable and improving Black neighborhoods.
It also recommends the creation of a special office that would, in part, help African Americans descended from free or enslaved Black people in the country at the end of the 19th century document their eligibility for financial restitution.
The report, which runs 500 pages, will be the first government-commissioned study on harms against the African American community since the 1968 Kerner Commission report ordered by then-President Lyndon Johnson, task force Chair Kamilah Moore said.
“I hope that this report is used not only as an educational tool, but an organizing tool for people not only in California but across the U.S. to educate their communities,” she said, adding that the report also highlights “contributions of the African American community and how they made the United States what it is despite ongoing oppression and degradation.”
Gov. Gavin Newsom signed legislation creating the task force in 2020, making California the only state to move ahead with a study and plan. Cities and universities are taking up the cause with the Chicago suburb of Evanston, Illinois, becoming the first U.S. city to make reparations available to Black residents last year.
The task force voted in March to limit reparations to descendants, overruling reparations advocates who want to expand compensation to all Black people in the U.S.
The report, to be released by the state Department of Justice, marks the halfway point for the two-year task force's work. The draft report does not provide a comprehensive reparations plan, which is due to lawmakers next year.
The report is expected to lay out how California supported slavery before it was technically abolished and oppressed Black residents through discriminatory laws and practices in education, home ownership, employment and the courts.
African Americans make up nearly 6% of California's population yet they are overrepresented in jails and prisons. They were nearly 9% of people living below the poverty level and made up 30% of people experiencing homelessness in 2019, according to state figures.
Despite it being a “free” state, an estimated 1,500 enslaved African Americans lived in California in 1852, according to the draft report. The Ku Klux Klan flourished in California with members holding positions in law enforcement and city government. African American families were forced to live in segregated neighborhoods that were more likely to be polluted.
Moore said that a state Office of African American or American Freedmen Affairs could help African American residents file claims and trace their lineage to prove eligibility for individual restitution.
The task force in its draft report also recommends compensating people who were forced out of their homes for construction projects such as parks and highways and general renewal, as happened to San Francisco's historically Black and once-thriving Fillmore neighborhood.
“Other groups that have suffered exclusion, oppression, and downright destruction of human existence have received reparations, and we should have no less," said the Rev. Amos Brown, the committee's vice chair and pastor of Third Baptist Church in the Fillmore District. | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/California-to-unveil-groundbreaking-slave-17211253.php | 2022-06-01T06:22:50Z | https://www.lakecountystar.com/news/article/California-to-unveil-groundbreaking-slave-17211253.php | true | 45 |
A MARTINEZ, HOST:
Right now to Lebanon. The country holds a parliamentary election Sunday, but that's hardly the most pressing issue for people there. They're struggling to buy groceries or get money from banks as the country's two-year economic crisis continues. And as NPR's Arezou Rezvani reports, it's shattered the middle class.
(SOUNDBITE OF HORNS HONKING)
AREZOU REZVANI, BYLINE: In Lebanon these days, it's not unusual for people to wait up to 2 hours to use an ATM. It's in one of those lines where I found Abdul Rabia one recent morning. Seventy-four years old and retired, he's been having a hard time withdrawing money he spent a lifetime saving.
ABDUL RABIA: (Through interpreter) The money that I got for my retirement is in the bank. It's my whole life savings. And what am I doing? I'm begging every month for my money.
REZVANI: For a while now, the banks here have limited withdrawals, and it's left people like Rabia extremely frustrated and resentful.
RABIA: (Through interpreter) You know, they give it to us drop by drop. It's our money. And they've taken it. In fact, they've stolen it.
REZVANI: A little farther down the line, I find Nabila Bashir Baydoun.
NABILA BASHIR BAYDOUN: (Speaking Arabic).
REZVANI: "Life is super expensive - super expensive," she says. For the 70 year old, it's even put her health at risk.
BAYDOUN: (Speaking Arabic).
REZVANI: "I take seven medications, and one now costs six times what it used to be," she says. For the medication she now has trouble finding, her son's friend brings it from Turkey whenever he visits.
Hello.
ELIE: Hello.
REZVANI: Across town, Elie is getting ready to close his pharmacy for the day. He asks to use only his first name since he's not authorized to speak by the association of pharmacies. He's noticed that a lot of people who've come in lately leave empty-handed.
ELIE: First question - they ask about the price. In many cases, they leave without buying.
REZVANI: He's worked at this pharmacy for 30 years. When I ask him if he's ever seen the economy in such bad shape, maybe during the 15 year civil war, he says...
ELIE: Never. Never, never, never. This last two years, it's another kind of life in everything.
REZVANI: All of this is the result of what analysts and even leaders of donor countries say is mismanagement and corruption in the government that has squandered the country's cash reserves. International lenders have hesitated to bail Lebanon out until it reforms.
Sami Halabi is an economic analyst with Triangle, a consulting group based in Beirut. And he says the economic crisis has been devastating even for the middle class.
SAMI HALABI: People have lost 90% of their savings. And over the past 2 1/2 years, we've seen this increase in the poverty rate from 30% to 80%.
REZVANI: It's amid this economic meltdown that Lebanon will hold parliamentary elections this Sunday. But Halabi is skeptical that a change in leadership will be enough to turn the tide any time soon.
HALABI: The crisis is so much deeper and harder than we ever expected it to be, that there is no election or policy move that will provide us with a quick fix. Confidence in the economy and the banking sector has been smashed. And to regain that is probably a generational project.
(SOUNDBITE OF SEWING MACHINE)
REZVANI: Until then, workers like Claudette Mehanao, a designer and seamstress, will continue sewing late into the night. With her husband sick, she's now the one supporting her family.
CLAUDETTE MEHANAO: (Through interpreter) It's very stressful. I've gone down 20 kilos in weight. In a way, my life's just disappeared in front of me. This is when I should be resting. This is - you know, I was able to make money. I was able to buy a house. And now I have to work.
REZVANI: She has plenty of money in the bank. But like so many others, she can't get it out.
Arezou Rezvani, NPR News, Beirut.
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Some of the borough’s longest serving foster carers were acknowledged at a special event held in Hindley, receiving awards marking five, 10, 15, and 20 years of service.
The nationally recognised fortnight aims to spread understanding about the positive difference fostering can make to people’s lives.
This year, the theme for the it was Fostering Communities, celebrating the way carers support not only children and young people, but also their families and each other.
Foster carers in the Wigan borough secretly nominated others who they felt deserved some extra recognition and those with the most nominations, Jane Gater, Wendy Lowe, Suzanne Ritchie, Angela Johnson, and Alan Ascroft all received surprise gifts.
Some took to social media, expressing what they love most about the role, through a series of short videos.
A poem, written by 18-year-old Oskar Leonard, from Ashton, and based on the views of local children in care, was shared on social media as part of the fortnight’s celebrations.
‘Supported through the Storm’ explains, in young people’s words, why foster carers are so important to them.
Cabinet member for children and families, Coun Jenny Bullen, said: “The past two weeks have been an opportunity to recognise the outstanding commitment of our foster carers and show them how much they are appreciated.
“We have a fantastic fostering community here in Wigan borough, they make a difference to every child who comes into their household.
“I’d like to thank all of our foster carers for their hard work and resilience and all of the staff who support them.”
Christine and Dave Wilding, who have been foster carers for an impressive 37 years, received the Bernie Allen Award for outstanding service.
Christine said: “We’ve done this for so long and it’s changed lots over the years, but it’s always kept us busy, and we love it.”
Dave said: "You see how the children are when they come to you and how they are when they leave and that can be very rewarding.”
Wigan Council is currently recruiting new foster carers and encourage more people to step forward and apply. | https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/fortnight-dedicated-to-the-celebration-of-wigan-boroughs-foster-carers-3715546 | 2022-06-01T06:24:33Z | https://www.wigantoday.net/news/people/fortnight-dedicated-to-the-celebration-of-wigan-boroughs-foster-carers-3715546 | true | 1 |
The Bachie franchise has come under fire a multitude of times in recent years but could it be throwing in the towel?
While filming the upcoming season of The Bachelor is underway in Queensland, Network 10 has confirmed it has canned The Bachelorette for 2022.
Paramount ANZ executive vice president and chief content officer, Beverley McGarvey, revealed the female-led version of the reality show is unlikely to return this year.
“We probably won’t have an iteration of Bachelorette that is on air this year,” she told TV Tonight.
“Actually we haven’t always had an iteration of Bachelorette on air every year. If you think way back to the beginning, we had two or three years that we didn’t, and then we introduced Bachelorette.”
But 10 hasn’t ruled out the return of The Bachelorette in the future.
“I think given the environment that we’re in, the audience is telling us they want to see some of those legacy formats move forward a bit, which we really want to do with that show, because we really respect the brand and the audience loves it. So I think a little bit of scarcity this year, is probably going to help us move forward.”
It comes as 10 unveiled the upcoming stars, yes plural, of 2022’s season of The Bachelor.
Jed McIntosh, Felix Von Hofe and Thomas Malucelli were announced last month — a decision that was met with criticism by fans and former contestants.
Angie Kent, who starred in season five of The Bachelorette in 2019, slammed the casting of three “cisgender heterosexual men”.
Days later the show faced more controversy after a series of comments surfaced from McIntosh’s past which mentioned rape and predatory behaviour.
McIntosh has since said he has no recollection of the alleged posts.
“I’m shocked seeing these posts. These posts are from over 10 years ago and I don’t have any recollection of making them,” he said. | https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/network-10-confirms-they-are-canning-the-bachelorette-for-2022-c-7012529 | 2022-06-01T06:27:27Z | https://www.perthnow.com.au/entertainment/tv/network-10-confirms-they-are-canning-the-bachelorette-for-2022-c-7012529 | false | 1 |
LEADING OFF: Yankees open series vs Rays without Stanton
Minus injured slugger Giancarlo Stanton, the ailing New York Yankees open a four-game series at Tampa Bay — the first meeting this year between the heated AL East rivals. Off to a great start, New York leads the division over the second-place Rays. But manager Aaron Boone said the Yankees know...
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StockNews.com initiated coverage on shares of Friedman Industries (NYSE:FRD – Get Rating) in a report released on Sunday morning. The firm issued a strong-buy rating on the stock.
NYSE FRD opened at $9.99 on Friday. The business has a 50-day simple moving average of $9.10. Friedman Industries has a 1 year low of $7.37 and a 1 year high of $15.63. The company has a market capitalization of $68.49 million, a PE ratio of 2.16 and a beta of 0.68.
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The United States “endures the most mass shootings in the world,” according to data gathered by World Population Review. The outlet looked at the number of mass shooting instances country by country between 2000-2014. There were 133 in the US. The country with the second most was Germany, at 6.
This makes 2022’s number of mass shootings all the more staggering: 214 have occurred in 2022 in the US alone. The Uvalde school shooting which resulted in 21 casualties, 19 of them children, has Americans especially distraught.
The uptick in mass shootings has also manifested in a form of second-hand trauma where folks don’t feel secure in public places, as evidenced in this now-viral TikTok uploaded by @iantonio1015.
@iantonio1015 It’s been 10 years since the unfortunate event and I’m still mapping out exit strategies wherever I go #auroracolorado #movietheater #topgunmaverick #cinemark ♬ original sound –
Antonio asks, “Am I the only one who pays more attention to the other people in a movie theater because of what happened in Aurora, Colorado.”
The TikToker is referring to the Aurora Colorado shooting that occurred in 2012 during a July 20 screening of The Dark Knight Rises, killing 12.
Antonio shares that the shooting has caused him to mentally prepare for different “contingency plans” whenever he goes to see a movie.
There were several commenters who responded to Antonio’s TikTok video who said that they too were frightened to watch certain movies in theaters.
One user said, “i was horribly afraid while watching the Batman.”
Another shared, “I NEVER sit in the middle of a theatre – always near an exit and if someone gets up during the movie, my eyes are GLUED to them.”
A third said, “The sad part about living in America is you just never know when or where.”
Other commenters said that they have this same mentality no matter where they are.
One commenter said, “my bf didn’t understand why i couldn’t relax the whole time.. i am so anxious being in public lately bc of these events.”
Another said, “This. And also at festivals or concerts or grocery shopping. All of us in America are living with PTSD tbh.”
A third said, “this comment section made me realize I should start watching people and plan exit strategies. unfortunately, I’m naive and it’s never crossed my mind.”
Vice President Kamala Harris has called for an assault weapons ban in the United States in the wake of the Uvalde shooting. Similar bans have been voted on in the past as a response to similar acts of violence, yet they’ve never passed, both when Republicans and Democrats held the Senate majority.
So what exactly is an “Assault Rifle?” Contrary to popular belief, it’s not a fully automatic weapon. It is illegal to sell, buy, and/or own a fully automatic weapon as a private citizen of the United States unless it was registered prior to 1978.
According to Brittanica, the definition of an “Assault Rifle” denotes a weapon that has the ability to transition between semi-automatic and automatic fire. The difference between semi-automatic and automatic is significant. With semi-automatic operation, only one bullet will be fired per trigger squeeze. However, the weapon’s cartridge is designed in such a way that shells are automatically fed into the gun’s chamber. With fully automatic fire, bullets will continually discharge from the chamber as long as the trigger is held down.
While many people assume AR literally stands for ‘assault rifle’, an AR-15 is an Armalite Rifle named after the company that created this specific model.
On September 13, 1994 President Bill Clinton signed a law placing a ban on “semi-automatic firearms that were defined as assault weapons” and “large capacity” magazines. This law included the AR-15 rifle. A 2019 study looked at mass shooting data between 1994 and 2004 and found that these specific types of attacks were 70% less likely to occur.
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Further delays have hit Bristol Airport this morning with some passengers reporting a 'shambles' delay approaching two hours at baggage reclaim.
People have criticised the airport on Wednesday (June 1) for an extended wait at baggage reclaim with reports of elderly people and children left waiting for almost two hours this morning.
One person on Twitter also reported issues with the ground crew as well as delays with baggage collection.
Also see: Teenage girl hospitalised after city centre bus crash
A spokesperson for Bristol Airport said: "We apologise to customers impacted by above average baggage delays experienced on overnight. We work closely with all business partners and airline handling agents to ensure staffing levels are sufficient to provide a good service to passengers.
"However, aircraft arriving off-schedule and staff shortages can impact on waiting times and service standards. We constantly review resourcing across all areas and adapt plans to meet demand and build in resilience where possible.
“We appreciate the frustration experienced by customers currently and please be reassured our teams are working exceptionally hard to assist customers throughout the airport journey.”
Fortunately, other passengers on outbound flights from Bristol Airport have shared their experiences of a 'smooth run' through security.
Pressure has been mounting on airports and airlines around the UK this week as scores of holidaymakers head abroad for half term and Jubilee weekend. Many of the issues have been attributed to staffing issues within the industry.
We'll bring you news updates from Bristol Airport this morning as the Jubilee weekend rush begins.
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Statement from airport on delays
A spokesperson for Bristol Airport said:
"We apologise to customers impacted by above average baggage delays experienced on overnight. We work closely with all business partners and airline handling agents to ensure staffing levels are sufficient to provide a good service to passengers. However, aircraft arriving off-schedule and staff shortages can impact on waiting times and service standards. We constantly review resourcing across all areas and adapt plans to meet demand and build in resilience where possible.
“We appreciate the frustration experienced by customers currently and please be reassured our teams are working exceptionally hard to assist customers throughout the airport journey.”
Airport 'better organised'
Another passenger said the airport was 'much better organised' this morning.
@SkySports @bbcpointswest Bristol airport much better organised this morning. Through fast track in 10 minutes. Having arrived 3 hours early as requested by @Ryanair hey ho
— Ian Nicholson (@IanNicholson52) June 1, 2022
Passengers praise staff for ease at security
Outbound passengers at Bristol Airport have, however, been praising staff for a smoother run through bag drop and security this morning.
@BristolAirport what a breeze.Arrived at 3.30am for my 6.20am flightPAY THE £7for fast track through security and in less than 20min.Other Q was moving fast,calm and controlled. It’s the idiots that still dont have liquids in bags,f**k assign around be prepared ahead of security
— Carrie Howes (@carrielhowes) June 1, 2022
Nearly 'two-hour' wait for bags
@BristolAirport you are bloody a shambles, plane lands, we can’t leave, no ground crew, we can’t get off the bus, no ground crew, and an hour later, where my f£&ging bags
— pgraham (@ThePaulGraham) May 31, 2022
'No ground crew'
Another inbound passenger said there was no ground crew when they landed and have been left waiting for their bags for over an hour.
@BristolAirport you are bloody a shambles, plane lands, we can’t leave, no ground crew, we can’t get off the bus, no ground crew, and an hour later, where my f£&ging bags
— pgraham (@ThePaulGraham) May 31, 2022
'Shambles' at baggage reclaim
One passenger claimed they were provided with "no updates on what the delay is and staff have quickly disappeared from the baggage enquiry area". They said they were waiting for over an hour.
@BristolAirport absolute shambles in the baggage collection area currently, been waiting for luggage over 1 hour, tired children, no updates on what the delay is and staff have quickly disappeared from the baggage enquiry area!!!!!!!! Someone just update us on what is going on!!
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TOKYO: Tokyo stocks opened higher on Wednesday, shrugging off falls on Wall Street, with investors watching for key US data due this week.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 index was up 0.18 percent, or 49.61 points, at 27,329.41 in early trade, while the broader Topix index was up 0.32 percent, or 6.19 points, at 1,918.86.
Wall Street stocks retreated in the first session in a holiday-shortened week, as worries about inflation, Federal Reserve interest rate hikes and weakening consumer confidence blocked the market from extending last week’s rally.
However, Chinese shares’ recovery “is supporting investor sentiment” in Tokyo, Okasan Online Securities said in a note, adding that traders may “take a wait-and-see attitude” ahead of a series of US data due this week.
The dollar fetched 128.80 yen in early Asian trade, against 128.72 yen in New York late Tuesday.
Tokyo’s Nikkei index closes lower
In Tokyo, Toyota was up 2.14 percent at 2,168 yen and Sony Group was 0.87 percent higher at 12,220 yen, while Panasonic was off 0.76 percent at 1,175 yen and Uniqlo operator Fast Retailing was down 0.82 percent at 61,440 yen.
ANA Holdings was up 1.00 percent at 2,567.5 yen and its rival Japan Airlines climbed 1.28 percent to 2,376 yen after the Japanese government doubled the cap on the number of people allowed to enter the country to 20,000 from Wednesday, as part of its gradual easing of Covid-19 border controls. | https://www.brecorder.com/news/40177077/tokyo-stocks-open-higher-with-eyes-on-us-data | 2022-06-01T06:58:17Z | https://www.brecorder.com/news/40177077/tokyo-stocks-open-higher-with-eyes-on-us-data | false | 1 |
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) poses next to Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller after awarding him with the title of “Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation” during an award ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on 2 February, 2022. Photo: Sergei KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP
Russia’s Gazprom suspended gas supply to Netherlands as it had received no payments for Dutch gas supplies in April following war in Ukraine
Russia’s President Vladimir Putin (L) poses next to Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller after awarding him with the title of “Hero of Labor of the Russian Federation” during an award ceremony at the Kremlin in Moscow on 2 February, 2022. Photo: Sergei KARPUKHIN / POOL / AFP
Russia’s Gazprom said Tuesday it had halted gas supplies to the Netherlands after Dutch energy firm GasTerra refused to pay in rubles following the Russian military offensive in Ukraine.
“Gazprom has completely stopped gas supplies to GasTerra due to non-payment in rubles,”
the Russian gas giant said in a statement.
Moscow has demanded that clients from “unfriendly countries” — including EU member states — pay for its gas in rubles, a way to sidestep Western financial sanctions against its central bank over the Ukraine conflict.
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Gazprom said that as of 30 May it had received no payments for Dutch gas supplies in April, despite notifying GasTerra that payments for gas supplied from 1 April needed to be made in rubles.
Partly state-owned GasTerra on Monday said it expected to be cut off after it “decided not to comply with Gazprom’s unilateral payment requirements” as they would breach EU sanctions.
The cutoff means that two billion cubic metres of gas will not be supplied to the Netherlands between now and October, GasTerra said, adding that it “has anticipated this by purchasing gas elsewhere.”
ALSO READ: European centre-right’s new leader backs Ukraine EU membership
The Netherlands is the latest in a series of European countries to be hit with a cut in Russian gas, with Finland seeing its supplies severed in May.
The Dutch rely on Russia for around 15% of their gas supplies, amounting to some six billion cubic metres a year, the government says.
This is lower than the EU average of 40%, but like other European countries the Netherlands is scrambling to reduce its dependence on Russian energy.
ALSO READ: LIVE UPDATES: Russia’s war in Ukraine: Latest developments
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Ascend completes purchase of plant in Chennai
- HOUSTON, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Ascend Performance Materials has completed its purchase of Formulated Polymers Limited, an engineered materials producer based in Chennai, India. The acquisition establishes Ascend's first production facility in South Asia.
"The team at FPL has a 30-year track record of serving customers throughout the subcontinent with high-performance compounds," said Dharm Vahalia, Ascend's managing director for India. "We look forward to bringing them into Ascend and broadening the portfolio available to customers in India."
Ascend's Starflam® flame-retardant engineered materials will continue to be produced at the facility and the company is qualifying production of its other materials.
"Our strategy has been to expand our manufacturing footprint and our product portfolio in line with our customers' growth roadmaps," said Isaac Khalil, senior vice president for polyamides at Ascend. "South Asia is a vital part of that growth."
Details of the deal were not disclosed.
Ascend Performance Materials makes high-performance materials for everyday essentials and new technologies. Our focus is on improving quality of life and inspiring a better tomorrow through innovation. Based in Houston, Texas, and with regional offices in Shanghai, Brussels and Detroit, we are a fully integrated material solutions provider with global manufacturing facilities in North America, Europe and China. Our 2,800-person global workforce makes the plastics, fabrics, fibers and chemicals used to make safer vehicles, cleaner energy, better medical devices, smarter appliances and longer-lasting apparel and consumer goods. We are committed to safety, sustainability and the success of our customers and our communities.
Learn more about Ascend at www.ascendmaterials.com.
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TOKYO (AP) — Ever dreamed of having a gingerbread house like Hansel and Gretel?
In the near future, edible houses may no longer just be found in fairy tales.
Tokyo University researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a technology to transform food waste into potentially edible “cement" for construction use.
It’s the world’s first process for making cement entirely from food waste. The researchers say the tensile, or bending, strength of their product is nearly quadruple that of ordinary concrete.
Machida and Sakai say they hope to help reduce global warming, alleviating problems related to wasted food materials that emit methane when they rot while buried in landfills.
Sakai, an associate professor of Industrial Science, developed the technology while researching sustainable materials that could replace cement-based concrete. Cement production accounts for 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, according to the think tank Chatham House.
He first developed a way to make concrete by subjecting pulverized wood particles to heat compression. The three-step process of drying, pulverization, and compression was done using simple mixers and compressors the researchers say can be bought on Amazon.
Sakai, with his student Machida, decided to do the same thing with food waste. Previous trials using food waste to make cement required plastics to be mixed in to get the materials to stick together.
After months of failures, they realized they could get the cement to bind by adjusting the temperature and pressure used.
“The most challenging part was that each type of food waste requires different temperatures and pressure levels,” Sakai said.
Other experiments in using food waste in construction have mainly focused on using stuff such as coffee grounds or bio-waste ashes as filler in regular concrete.
Sakai and Machida say they have successfully made cement using tea leaves, orange and onion peels, coffee grounds, Chinese cabbage, and even lunchbox leftovers.
They've adjusted flavors with different spices and found the colors, scent and taste of the cement can be quite appealing. To be able to eat the material, a person would need to break it into pieces and boil it, Sakai said.
To make the cement waterproof and protect it from being eaten by rodents and other pests, it might be coated with Japanese lacquer.
Food waste is a huge problem in Japan and worldwide. Japan produced around 5.7 million tons of edible food waste in 2019 and the government aims to reduce that around 2.7 million tons by 2030.
Machida started a company called Fabula Inc. last year with two of his childhood friends. They are working with other companies to make cups, cutlery, and furniture out of food cement.
Sakai says the process could be used to make edible makeshift housing for disasters.
“For example, if food cannot be delivered to evacuees, they could eat makeshift beds made out of food cement,” he said.
The food cement can be reused and is biodegradable, so it can be buried when it is no longer needed.
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Indiana Fever (3-8, 1-7 Eastern Conference) at New York Liberty (1-7, 1-3 Eastern Conference)
New York; Wednesday, 7 p.m. EDT
BOTTOM LINE: Indiana plays the New York Liberty after Kelsey Mitchell scored 26 points in the Fever's 87-75 loss to the Washington Mystics.
New York finished 7-9 at home and 6-9 in Eastern Conference play during the 2021-22 season. The Liberty shot 42.8% from the field and 36.2% from 3-point range last season.
Indiana finished 6-26 overall and 4-11 in Eastern Conference action during the 2021-22 season. The Fever averaged 75.3 points per game last season, 13.6 on free throws and 14.7 from beyond the arc.
INJURIES: Liberty: Jocelyn Willoughby: out (quad).
Fever: None listed.
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President Joe Biden on Wednesday invoked the Defense Production Act to speed production of infant formula and authorized flights to import supply from overseas, as he faces mounting political pressure over a domestic shortage caused by the safety-related closure of the country's largest formula manufacturing plant.
The Defense Production Act order requires suppliers of formula manufacturers to fulfill orders from those companies before other customers, in an effort to eliminate production bottlenecks. Biden is also authorizing the Defense Department to use commercial aircraft to fly formula supplies that meet federal standards from overseas to the U.S., in what the White House is calling "Operation Fly Formula."
Supplies of baby formula across the country have been severely curtailed in recent weeks after a February recall by Abbott Nutrition exacerbated ongoing supply chain disruptions among formula makers, leaving fewer options on store shelves and increasingly anxious parents struggling to find nutrition for their children.
"I know parents across the country are worried about finding enough formula to feed their babies," Biden said in a video statement released by the White House. "As a parent and as a grandparent, I know just how stressful that is."
The announcement comes two days after the Food and Drug Administration said it was streamlining its review process to make it easier for foreign manufacturers to begin shipping more formula into the U.S.
In a letter Wednesday to the Department of Health and Human Services and the Department of Agriculture, Biden directed the agencies to work with the Pentagon to identify overseas supply of formula that meets U.S. standards over the next week, so that chartered Defense Department flights can swiftly fly it to the U.S.
"Imports of baby formula will serve as a bridge to this ramped-up production," Biden wrote.
Regulators said Monday that they'd reached a deal to allow Abbott Nutrition to restart its Sturgis, Michigan, plant, the nation's largest formula plant, which has been closed since February due to contamination issues. The company must overhaul its safety protocols and procedures before resuming production.
After getting the FDA's OK, Abbott said it will take eight to ten weeks before new products begin arriving in stores. The company didn't set a timeline to restart manufacturing.
"I've directed my team to do everything possible to ensure there's enough safe baby formula and that it is quickly reaching families that need it the most," Biden said in the statement, calling it "one of my top priorities."
The White House actions come as the Democratic-led House is expected to approve two bills Wednesday addressing the baby formula shortage as lawmakers look to show progress on what has become a frightening development for many families.
One bill expected to have wide bipartisan support would give the secretary of the Department of Agriculture the ability to issue a narrow set of waivers in the event of a supply disruption. The goal is to give participants in an assistance program commonly known as WIC the ability to use vouchers to purchase formula from any producer rather than be limited to one brand that may be unavailable. The WIC program accounts for about half of infant formula sales in the U.S.
The other measure, a $28 million emergency spending bill to boost resources at the Food and Drug Administration, is expected to have less bipartisan support and it's unclear whether the Senate will take it up.
"This is throwing more FDA staff at a problem that needs more production, not more FDA staff," said Rep. Bill Huizenga, R-Mich.
Rep. Rosa DeLauro, the Democratic chair of the House Appropriations Committee, said the money would increase FDA staffing to boost inspections of domestic and international suppliers, prevent fraudulent products from getting onto store shelves and acquire better data on the marketplace.
Abbott's voluntary recall was triggered by four illnesses reported in babies who had consumed powdered formula from its plant. All four infants were hospitalized with a rare type of bacterial infection and two died.
After a six-week inspection, FDA investigators published a list of problems in March, including lax safety and sanitary standards and a history of bacterial contamination in several parts of the plant. Under Monday's agreement, Abbott must regularly consult with an outside safety expert to restart and maintain production.
Chicago-based Abbott has emphasized that its products have not been directly linked to the bacterial infections in children. Samples of the bacteria found at its plant did not match the strains collected from two babies by federal investigators.
But FDA officials pushed back on that reasoning Monday on a call with reporters — their first time publicly addressing the company's argument. FDA staffers noted they were unable to collect bacterial strains from two of the four patients, limiting their chances of finding a match.
"Right from the get-go we were limited in our ability to determine with a causal link whether the product was linked to these four cases because we only had sequences on two," FDA's food director Susan Mayne said.
Fixing the violations uncovered at Abbott's plant will take time, according to former FDA officials. Companies need to exhaustively clean the facility and equipment, retrain staff, repeatedly test and document there is no contamination.
As part of the FDA's new import policy, regulators said companies would need to provide documentation of their factory's inspections.
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Equities analysts expect Chart Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:GTLS – Get Rating) to post sales of $391.50 million for the current quarter, according to Zacks. Four analysts have issued estimates for Chart Industries’ earnings. The lowest sales estimate is $386.00 million and the highest is $393.50 million. Chart Industries posted sales of $322.00 million during the same quarter last year, which suggests a positive year-over-year growth rate of 21.6%. The business is expected to announce its next earnings results on Monday, January 1st.
On average, analysts expect that Chart Industries will report full-year sales of $1.75 billion for the current fiscal year, with estimates ranging from $1.73 billion to $1.78 billion. For the next year, analysts forecast that the firm will report sales of $2.18 billion, with estimates ranging from $2.02 billion to $2.38 billion. Zacks Investment Research’s sales averages are a mean average based on a survey of analysts that cover Chart Industries.
Separately, StockNews.com upgraded Chart Industries to a “sell” rating in a research note on Tuesday, April 26th.
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Chart Industries, Inc manufactures and sells engineered equipment for the energy and industrial gas industries worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Cryo Tank Solutions, Heat Transfer Systems, Specialty Products, and Repair, Service & Leasing. It provides bulk and packaged gas cryogenic solutions for the storage, distribution, vaporization, and application of industrial gases; cryogenic trailers, ISO containers, bulk storage tanks, loading facilities, and regasification equipment for delivering liquefied natural gas (LNG) into virtual pipeline applications; and large vacuum insulated storage tanks as equipment for purchasers of standard liquefaction plants.
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New York's governor, Kathy Hochul, says her state has some of the toughest gun laws in the country. But those laws did not prevent 10 deaths in Buffalo. Would tighter restrictions have made a difference? We're going to bring in Nick Suplina now to help answer that question. He's senior vice president for law and policy with the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. Nick, thanks for being here.
NICK SUPLINA: Thanks for having me.
MARTIN: The accused Buffalo shooter had a history of threatening violence. And under New York's red flag law, he shouldn't have been able to buy a gun, right? But he did.
SUPLINA: Yeah. Well, you know, New York does, in fact, have some of the toughest gun laws in the country. And that matters. New York also has one of the lowest per capita gun law rates in the country. So laws relating to guns and access to guns matter. And in some ways, the Buffalo case is a tragic proof point of that because the extreme risk law that's in place in New York could have - and we're still trying to understand why it was not used here - but could have prevented this tragedy.
MARTIN: Explain what that is, the extreme risk law. Is that the same as the red flag law?
SUPLINA: That's the same thing, yeah. So extreme risk laws or red flag laws are laws that can be used to temporarily deprive somebody of a firearm who poses a risk for themselves to others. They're active in 20 states across the country and can be used to prevent suicide, but also acts of mass violence like this. So this shooter, who had made a threat at his school, who was detained by state police, was a prime candidate for use of that law. And it could have stopped this incident from happening.
MARTIN: OK. And as you point out, authorities are trying to figure out why those laws didn't stop this from happening. I mean, the gun shop owner who sold him the weapon said he ran a check and it raised no red flags. So clearly, there's some questions that need to be answered. But can we talk about how this shooter changed his weapon, right? I mean, investigators say the magazines used for ammunition in the Buffalo attack weren't allowed to be sold in New York and that the gun had been modified. How do you stop that from happening?
SUPLINA: Well, you know, one culprit here that too often avoids scrutiny is the gun industry itself. The weapon that was purchased in New York was easily modified. And it needn't be easily modified. But gun manufacturers continue to make deadly weapons that can be changed easily. YouTube doesn't help the problem by offering online tutorials about how to do that. And then an out-of-state trip by the shooter allowed him to obtain this high-capacity magazine. The fact is that the industry is creating these high-powered weapons, these workarounds for state laws and has been shielded from any liability or any culpability here. And I think it's time, in a situation as tragic as Buffalo, to start asking the question, when will we hold the industry accountable for its role in our gun violence crisis?
MARTIN: Are you satisfied with how New York state government has held the industry accountable?
SUPLINA: Well, you know, New York, in its last session, passed a first of its kind law that may allow increased liability for the gun industry. And so that's an enormous step forward. I think, in our conversations about incidents motivated by white supremacy and racism, as this one, must also recognize that if we don't address the firearms and the firepower that we're putting in the hands of these hate-filled individuals, you know, we're not going to address the deadliness of this problem. I think New York is ready to do more. I think that law was an incredible first step. But as a country, we need to really reconcile, why are we giving the gun industry a pass?
MARTIN: The Supreme Court is expected to issue a ruling in June that could force eight states, including New York, to loosen concealed carry laws. From your perspective, what's at stake here?
SUPLINA: Wow. I can't really overstate the urgency of that moment. Gun laws in those eight states, which is about 1-in-4 Americans, by the way, covered by one of those laws, the Supreme Court is - should uphold the New York state law. But if it doesn't, it's taking a huge risk with American public safety. It's threatening states' rights to produce their own public safety. And we will see an increase in gun violence as a result should the Supreme Court strike that law.
MARTIN: Nick Suplina with the advocacy group Everytown for Gun Safety. We appreciate your time this morning. Thank you.
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A ‘cleanliness conscious’ dog refused to drink water from the tap and has forced his owner to spend Rs 4,000 a month to purchase bottled water. Lizzi Pallister, the owner of this dog, realised that Henry (dog’s name) was demanding and needy when she brought him home.
According to a report in The Mirror, Henry is a five-month-old French bulldog. Henry turns up his nose at the tap water especially poured for him. He gently pushes the bowl, refusing to drink it. Henry wishes to be double-sure of the fact that he has been served bottled water only. To ensure this, he wants Lizzi to open a fresh bottle in front of him. Lizzi said that she has to purchase 2 packs of 12 bottles of water every week.
Besides bottled water, Henry loves to have juices. Lizzi said that when she gives her daughter juice in the morning Henry also wishes to have some. According to Lizzi, Henry would drink juice from a bottle if she held out one for him.
The 29-year-old said that the French bulldog is a pampered animal and even refuses to climb stairs and sleep alone. Henry also stops on walks in the hope of getting attention from people. Lizzi is in great awe of the adorable mannerisms shown by Henry.
Lizzi said that Henry is a diva and wishes to be the centre of attention all the time. Once Henry got grumpy when Lizzi took him off her lap. Lizzi said that Henry turned his back on her for an hour due to this gesture.
Henry also refuses to sleep on a dog bed Lizzi got for him. According to Lizzi, Henry is adamant about sleeping with her only.
This news went viral on social media and many users said that their dogs also refuse to drink tap water.
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DALLAS and FORT WORTH, Texas, June 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aero Design Labs (ADL) is pleased to announce that Chris Jones has joined its' leadership team as Chief Commercial Officer, effective June 1st. Reporting to Jeff Martin, President and Chief Executive Officer, Jones will be responsible for all customer engagements, driving the business forward on a global scale as the company transitions to its next exciting phase.
On joining ADL, Jones said "I am joining ADL at an exciting time as we bring our FAA approved products to market. I am looking forward to showcasing the aerodynamic enhancements that ADL has developed for today's in-service aircraft, at a time when fuel prices are volatile and pressure mounts for airlines to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Our ECO-Kits return an immediate benefit to operators who are actively trying to offset the rising cost of fuel but also make early gains in the pursuit of carbon neutrality."
On making the announcement, Jeff Martin noted "we are delighted that Chris is joining our executive ranks. His long-standing record of sales success at the highest level, customer mindset and moral integrity were key factors in making the appointment. From the outset it was clear our values aligned perfectly, and I am looking forward to building the success of ADL with Chris' help and experience. Chris will be joining a stellar team of aviation experts and leaders: Lee Sanders Founder and Executive Chairman, Mark Powers Chief Financial Officer, David Campbell Chief Operating Officer, Doug Bennett Business Development and Eric Ahlstrom Chief Technology Officer." Lee Sanders states, "The addition of Chris Jones to our internationally known management team is a tremendous achievement for us. We are excited about the opportunities that await us. Undoubtedly, Chris will deliver many of these opportunities over the next few years."
Jones brings more than 30 years of Aviation Sales and Marketing success, including more than 20 years with Airbus in customer facing roles. He most recently held the position of Senior Vice President, Customers, North America and was a driving factor in Airbus' Sales success with some of the world's largest passenger airlines. Jones also spent three years as Vice President Sales at Bombardier, where he gained valuable experience selling the CSeries (A220) and CRJs. He was instrumental in bringing momentum to CSeries sales prior to returning to Airbus. Born in England, Jones came to the United States in 1990 with BAE Systems where he spent eight years in Sales and Marketing before moving to Airbus. He now resides in Arlington, VA with his wife Heidi and their two children.
About Aero Design Labs
Aero Design Labs (ADL) is a leader in engineering motion efficiency. ADL develops products that impact drag reduction, leading to cost savings and reduced carbon emissions. Headquartered in the Dallas Fort Worth area, ADL is solving aerodynamic challenges in transportation. Alongside a strong team of engineers, ADL's proprietary fluid dynamics software systems allow ADL to create customized solutions for operators. Additional information can be found at www.aerodesignlabs.com.
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BAKU, Azerbaijan, June 1. First Vice-President of the Republic of Azerbaijan Mehriban Aliyeva has made a post on the occasion of June 1 - International Children's Day on her official Instagram page, Trend reports.
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Tinotenda Kadewere’s representatives will hold a meeting with Lyon officials to discuss the future of the striker ahead of the next season .
Kadewere struggled for game time in the just ended 2021/22 campaign and there has been a strong belief he might leave the club.
A couple of teams across Europe have expressed interest in the services of the Warriors forward.
According to Kadewere’s brother, Prosper who handles the player’s affairs locally, they will meet with Lyon officials to discuss the future of the striker.
Jihed Taniche of PPM, who is Tino’s representative in France, will also attend the meeting.
“The boy still has a contract with Lyon, and as a professional, we still respect that although there are few clubs showing interest.
“Myself and Jihed will have a meeting with the club and see what’s best for both of us,” Prosper told the Herald.
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China's military scientists call for development of anti-Starlink measures
China must develop capabilities to disable and maybe even destroy Starlink internet satellites, the country's military researchers said in a paper published by the Chinese journal Modern Defense Technology. The authors highlighted the possibility of Starlink being used for military purposes that could aid other countries and threaten China's national security. According to South China Morning Post, the scientists are calling for the development of anti-satellite capabilities, including both hard and soft kill methods. The former is used to physically destroy satellites, such as the use of missiles, while a soft kill method targets a satellite's software and operating system.
In addition, the researchers are suggesting the development of a surveillance system with the ability to track each and every Starlink satellite. That would address one of their concerns, which is the possibility of launching military payloads along with a bunch of satellites for the constellation. David Cowhig's Translation Blog posted an English version of the paper, along with another article from state-sponsored website China Military Online that warned about the dangers of the satellite internet service.
"While Starlink claims to be a civilian program that provides high-speed internet services, it has a strong military background," it said. Its launch sites are built within military bases, it continued, and SpaceX previously received funds from the US Air Force to study how Starlink satellites can connect to military aircraft under encryption. The Chinese scientists warned Starlink could boost the communication speeds of fighter jets and drones by over 100 times.
The author warned:
"When completed, Starlink satellites can be mounted with reconnaissance, navigation and meteorological devices to further enhance the US military’s combat capability in such areas as reconnaissance remote sensing, communications relay, navigation and positioning, attack and collision, and space sheltering."
Between hard and soft kill, the researchers favor the latter, since physically destroying satellites would produce space debris that could interfere with China's activities. The country previously filed a complaint with the United Nations about the Tiangong space station's near-collision with Starlink satellites. Apparently, the station had to perform evasive maneuvers twice in 2021 to minimize the chances of collision. Destroying a few satellites also wouldn't completely take out the Starlink constellation, seeing as SpaceX has already launched over 2,500 satellites at this point in time. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-military-scientists-anti-starlink-measures-060518398.html | 2022-06-01T07:25:39Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/china-military-scientists-anti-starlink-measures-060518398.html | false | 2 |
Bajaj Auto on Wednesday reported a marginal growth in its total vehicle sales at 2,75,868 units in May, as against 2,71,862 vehicles sold in the year-ago period.
Total domestic sales, including commercial vehicles, surged 85 per cent to 1,12,308 units, as against 60,830 vehicles sold in May 2021, while exports declined 22 per cent to 1,63,560 units, compared to 2,11,032 units in May 2021, Bajaj Auto said in a statement.
Two-wheelers total sales rose 4 per cent to 2,49,499 units in the previous month, as against 2,40,554 units in May 2021, the company said. Total commercial vehicle sales during the reporting month stood at 26,369 units, 16 per cent down from 31,308 vehicles sold in May last year.
Total domestic sales of the two-wheelers grew a whopping 59 per cent in May 2022 to 96,102 units, as compared to 60,342 vehicles sold in India in the same month of 2021, as per the statement.
The company, however, saw its two-wheeler exports declining 15 per cent to 1,53,397 units in May, as against 1,80,212 units in the same month last year, as per the company's statement. | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bajaj-auto-reports-marginal-rise-in-total-vehicle-sales-at-275868-units-in-may-8617711.html/amp | 2022-06-01T07:26:00Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/bajaj-auto-reports-marginal-rise-in-total-vehicle-sales-at-275868-units-in-may-8617711.html/amp | false | null |
Castellanos allowed five runs on seven hits and two walks with five strikeouts in 4.2 innings versus Atlanta on Tuesday. He did not factor in the decision.
Castellanos left the game with the Diamondbacks down 5-2, but they ultimately rallied to win in the 10th inning, getting the starter off the hook. This was the second consecutive start where Castellanos failed to complete five innings, though his other start in that stretch was against the Dodgers. The 24-year-old right-hander owns a 5.68 ERA, 1.40 WHIP and 32:12 K:BB across 44.1 innings in 11 appearances (nine starts). He lines up for a road start in Cincinnati next week.
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I wonder how many people know that Sen. Deb Fischer went to Davos to the World Economic Forum? I was surprised to hear this, as that group has always wanted one world government. I called her headquarters and was told she went there to be a conservative voice.
One of the most disturbing things I heard was a CEO from Pfyzer talk about a pill they developed that carries a chip so when swallowed they can keep track of what medications you take — what else? The CEO also went on to say it will make people more compliant.
Of course, this same bunch wants all countries under the control of the World Health Organization. Which means if there is another pandemic, the WHO will makes the rules.
If you think the last two years of lockdowns, masks and forced vaccines was bad, hang on because the WHO completely agrees with how China has handled COVID-19. They forced people to stay in their homes, and if they dared to come out to protest they were beaten, even shot. To terrorize them further, they killed their pets.
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So I look forward to hearing what Sen. Fischer’s conservative voice had to say to this global warming, one world government, radical socialist group.
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Chicago Cubs manager David Ross has an important decision to make when Jason Heyward returns from the injured list.
What to do with Christopher Morel?
The Cubs rookie has excelled since his call-up from Double-A Tennessee, setting a franchise record by reaching base in his first 14 games with a fourth-inning walk in Tuesday night’s 8-7 victory against the Milwaukee Brewers at Wrigley Field. Morel broke a tie with teammate Willson Contreras, who reached in the first 13 games of his career in 2016.
Patrick Wisdom’s 401-foot homer off Brad Boxberger in the eighth broke a 7-7 tie and gave the Cubs their second win in the last seven games.
Morel, who led off and started in center field Tuesday, has shown he can play center, second base, shortstop and third. But Nico Hoerner is the starting shortstop, Wisdom is the regular third baseman and second baseman Nick Madrigal returned from his IL stint Tuesday.
That leaves Morel mostly in center, which appears to be his best position, right?
“He’ll define his best spot,” Ross said. “Elite center fielders are hard to find. But he’s played a darn good second base, and the one time we put him at short he did a really nice job. Versatility is a bonus in our game, and it helps with roster construction and some of the things you look at when you’re building a team.
“Love him in center. Love him at second. If he’s on the field, he’s a spark for us right now, and I’ll continue to take what we can get and try to fit the most offense in the lineup.”
Heyward was cleared over the weekend from his COVID-19-related absence. He has been sidelined since May 17, and the Cubs haven’t given a timetable for his return as he ramps back up. He moved from right field to center this season to make way for free-agent signee Seiya Suzuki but struggled offensively with a .208 average, no home runs and four RBIs in 72 at-bats.
A sprained left finger suffered during a slide in Cincinnati last week put Suzuki on the 10-day IL, so Heyward could move back to his old position in right for the time being, assuming he’s deemed ready this week. But the Cubs have made a five-year commitment to Suzuki, so a move would be temporary if it happened.
Ross also could move Morel around defensively, but slowing his development in center just because it’s Heyward’s spot would be risky for an organization focusing on the long term. The Cubs seemingly would like to move Heyward’s contract, but that’s easier said than done with $36.7 million remaining through 2023.
They also don’t seem inclined to designate Heyward for assignment and pay the remainder of his deal in order to look toward the future.
Morel is here to stay, however, no matter what happens with Heyward. The Cubs have seen enough to know they have a player fans can cling to and buy his No. 5 jersey for years to come. And unlike Kris Bryant, Javier Báez and Kyle Schwarber, Morel was called up without any hype or premature billing as a star of the future. Recall the Cubs once put a photo of Starlin Castro on a billboard next to a picture of Derek Jeter.
Cubs President Jed Hoyer said Saturday the “energy” Morel has provided is impossible to replicate.
“He’s such a positive guy, and I do think with any team, bringing up guys like that really energizes the group,” Hoyer said. “And just the versatility. There’s development left certainly, but I don’t see that ability going away. He’s such a great athlete. He can run and play the middle of the field. The way today’s game is, that is so valuable.
“I’ve always been excited about his future, but I’m even more excited watching him play those positions so easily in the big leagues.”
Hoyer said “taking a long view is really important” when it comes to roster decisions, adding he would “lean strongly toward” the future when mulling those moves. If that’s the case, Morel must be in the lineup on a daily basis the rest of the way, even if it means eventually sitting Heyward and his $22 million salary when everyone is healthy.
Suzuki’s injury and Heyward’s delayed return buys Ross some time. But for how long?
The Cubs were 12 games behind the division-leading Brewers on May 31, and fans were looking for reasons to continue watching this team the next four months. The Heyward decision is no doubt difficult for Hoyer and Ross, who know that his contributions to the 2016 championship were significant and that his leadership skills in the clubhouse remain valuable.
But it’s also a business, as everyone always says.
Hoyer continued to insist his plan should not be labeled a “rebuild,” though he also argued that “people weren’t that receptive” to the rebuild he and former Cubs President Theo Epstein executed a decade ago.
“I don’t remember a lot of bouquets in 2012 or ‘13,” he said. “There were a lot of people that were very skeptical about what was happening, oftentimes resentful of what was happening. So as we look backward, like, ‘Oh, wow, that led to the best run of success in Cubs history,’ I think people had a little different view. At the time, that wasn’t the case.”
That’s a bit of revisionist history considering how patient Cubs fans were from 2012-14, not to mention how much national media praise Epstein received during those years for building a team almost from scratch. The core prospects — Bryant, Báez, Schwarber and Addison Russell — were covered in the minors almost as much as the Cubs themselves.
But now we’re in a new era with youngsters such as Morel, Hoerner, Keegan Thompson and Justin Steele trying to make names for themselves — and more prospects on the way. Having given up on the season, Cubs fans just want to see what the kids can do.
It shouldn’t be that hard for Hoyer and Ross to give them what they want.
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The Fleetwood American Legion, Post 625, held its annual Memorial Day Parade on Monday, May 30.
The parade runs through the Borough of Fleetwood with stops at two cemeteries to honor the veterans in each, then concludes at the Fleetwood Park for a Memorial Day Ceremony including the laying of the wreath in honor of those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, said Chris Young.
During the ceremony, master of ceremonies was Jeff Wolfe. The Rev. Nancy Clark was the Chaplain for the event and gave a prayer at each cemetery. Liz Graybill, who is founder of Veterans Making A Difference, was the guest speaker.
Rick Moyer from Fleetwood Legion presented William Spotts the Legionnaire of the Year Award. Fleetwood Council of Community Organizations President Kelly Ebeling Schaeffer awarded John Rothermel the winner of the Fleetwood 150th Anniversary Logo Contest. Fleetwood’s 150th anniversary is 2023. | https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/05/31/fleetwood-salutes-veterans/ | 2022-06-01T07:33:54Z | https://www.readingeagle.com/2022/05/31/fleetwood-salutes-veterans/ | false | null |
Two days after the seven-member committee of Sanyukta Kisan Morcha (SKM) held a meeting in Ludhiana over the issue of return of few of the farmer unions to the SKM fold, five farmer unions under the leadership of Balbir Singh Rajewal, president of Bharti Kisan Union (Rajewal), met at Kisan Bhawan in Chandigarh on Tuesday and stressed the unity of the group.
“In the present circumstances, unity of SKM is most important. Five farmer organisations will always stand and strive for the unity of SKM based on principles,” Rajewal said.
All these unions members were also part of Sanyukt Samaj Morcha (SSM), the political party which contested Assembly polls. SKM members have stated a number of times that SSM members are not part of SKM and they can join SKM after dissolving SSM.
Prem Singh Bhangu, president of All India Kisan Federation (AIKF), said, “We met on Tuesday under the banner of farmer unions and not SSM. Already in SKM, there are so many persons who had contested elections at one time or the other. This is the reason we maintained that we stand for the unity of SKM on the basis of principles. Rajewalji is a senior member of SKM and he was the one who brought all unions under SKM’s platform. All SKM members need to remember that.”
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After farm laws were repealed, 32 farmer unions split into three different groups: one faction formed SSM, another wasn’t part of SSM but supported their candidates indirectly and the third faction stayed away from both. Bhangu said, “On Tuesday, we met on farmer unions front and decided it shouldn’t be mixed with SSM.”
Rajewal said, “Organisations have decided to hold a big rally on August 5 at Amb Sahib Gurdwara, Mohali, for demanding canal water for the entire cultivable land of Punjab as the underground water is depleting day by day and tubewell irrigation has become costlier.”
Rajewal said the other demands are total debt waiver of farmers and agriculture workers, 15- hour uninterrupted supply of electricity for tubewells and 24-hour supply for domestic consumption, remunerative prices of all agriculture produces as per Dr M S Swaminathan formula C2+50% and their assured market and permanent solution to the problems of stray animals in the state.
The meeting was attended by Kanwalpreet Singh Pannu, state president of Kisan Sangharash Committee; Bogh Singh Mansa, state president, BKU (Mansa); Nirbhai Singh, Gurdip Singh, Harminder Singh and Jagtar Singh of BKU (Rajewal); Prem Singh Bhangu, president, Zora Singh, general secretary, Iqbal Singh and Pawan Kumar Sogalpur of AIKF; Harjinder Singh Tanda of Azad Kisan Sangharash Committee and many others.
The meeting decided to start a campaign in the state from July 15 to 31 for plantation of trees in order to protect the environment.
Allegations about funds
Replying to the mismanagement of ?1.5 crore by few SKM members in their May 28 meeting, Bhangu said that ?80 lakh is with Harmeet Singh Kadian group, Rs 14 lakh with Manjit Singh Rai of Doaba Kisan Committee, Rs 11.40 lakh with Devinder Khatri, Rs 56 lakh was with Jagjit Singh Dallewal and he had claimed that the money was spent, so he can explain about that expenditure (Rs 56 lakh) in a better manner.
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A man has been shot dead by police in Southwest China’s Chongqing municipality.
A police statement gave an account of the incident which occurred at around 6.50pm on May 30 in Beibei district, Chongqing. Police were dealing with what was only described as a “dispute” involving a 49-year-old man surnamed Weng.
The statment issued by police in Chongqing. Image via Weibo/@徐记观察
According to the statement, Weng was dissatisfied with how police were handling the situation. Along with his wife surnamed Chen, Weng attacked the police, following which he was shot and wounded. He was taken to hospital, but was later confirmed to have died.
The statement ended with an assurance that there would be an investigation to establish exactly what happened.
Reports of police shootings in China can be found online. However, such incidents are rare, as are overall incidents involving guns.
Police1.com – a website offering resources for law enforcement officers – marks 2014 as a turning point regarding Chinese police forces’ relationship with guns.
The site claims that an increase in Chinese police officers carrying guns at this time was instigated by the mass stabbing on March 1, 2014 at Kunming Railway Station, Yunnan province; the attack, which was blamed on Xinjiang separatists, left 28 dead and 143 injured.
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Top Doctors Confirm the Forbidden Truth About Transgender Athletes
Some doctors are now publicly confirming what most people already knew: Men who identify as women have a strong competitive advantage over their female opponents.
For years, those who oppose allowing men to compete in women’s sports have said the male body into which these “transgender” athletes were born clearly gives them an edge over women.
Transgender activists have disputed that, claiming that testosterone suppression therapies reduce the strength of male bodies to the point where men who identify as female don’t have an advantage.
But the near clean sweep of victories racked up this year in NCAA competition by transgender University of Pennsylvania swimmer Lia Thomas brought further scrutiny to the issue.
The New York Times reported Monday that a doctor from the prestigious Mayo Clinic and an international physiologist who consults on sports both agreed that the male body gives athletes like Thomas an advantage over female competitors.
“There are social aspects to sport, but physiology and biology underpin it. Testosterone is the 800-pound gorilla,” Dr. Michael J. Joyner of the Mayo Clinic told the Times.
In other words, despite the testosterone suppression treatments, Thomas has a serious advantage over female swimmers.
Sports physiologist Dr. Ross Tucker agreed, saying, “Lia Thomas is the manifestation of the scientific evidence. The reduction in testosterone did not remove her biological advantage.”
The swimmer competed for the Penn men’s team as Will Thomas for three seasons. He was a mediocre athlete who won a few meets here and there but was otherwise unremarkable.
Late last year, however, Thomas came back from a hiatus using the name Lia and joined the women’s team with the wholehearted support of coaches and school officials. He was soon destroying women’s records and beating opponents like they were standing still.
Thomas did meet the standards for testosterone levels, but teammates and opponents both maintained that his more powerful male body gave him an unbeatable advantage.
In fact, the transgender swimmer so effortlessly beat his female opponents that he was heard boasting about how easy it was to win.
Along with the criticism from outside the school, Thomas also faced an uprising from inside the Penn program. In December, the parents of about 10 female swimmers sent a letter to the NCAA to demand that Thomas be barred from competing against women. Unfortunately, the NCAA ignored the plea.
By the end of the college swimming season, Thomas had claimed championships that many said belonged to the women who were competing.
One Virginia Tech swimmer was furious about the transgender athlete’s dominance.
“Then you go into it with a mindset that you are, you don’t have a chance, if that makes sense,” she said. “Like, it’s hard to compete against someone with the aerobic capacity, the muscle development, the body of a man — it’s hard.”
The swimmer said her teammate — who was 17th in the race for 16 spots and thus had her place taken by Thomas — was “very emotional, and it’s hard to see since it’s her last NCAAs and she really loves that race.”
“And it was just heartbreaking to see that she put all their effort into it today, and with the best time that she’d went in the morning session before, and still not make it back. It’s hard to see someone who works every day, every night, still not be able to compete against someone like that,” she said.
The doctors who spoke to the Times have substantiated all the concerns that Thomas’ female competitors and even some of his teammates have voiced for the past year.
GMA interviewed Lia Thomas today. Great timing. Our film features one of Thomas’s teammates. She told me that women on her team were silenced and referred to psychological counseling if they objected to having Thomas on the team. More in the full film: https://t.co/xibkNa4oHW pic.twitter.com/YRRf2S712a
— Matt Walsh (@MattWalshBlog) May 31, 2022
If a man wants to live his life as a woman, that is his prerogative. But when his fantasies about his gender impinge on the lives of women, his claims must have some ending point.
It is simply unfair that an athlete with a biologically more-powerful male body should be allowed to compete against less-powerful women. If nothing is done, transgender athletes will necessarily mean the end of women’s sports.
Lia Thomas is a perfect case in point. He is taller, his shoulders are wider, his musculature is stronger and he clearly was able to dispatch almost all his opponents with ease. He obliterated a series of longstanding records achieved by women and took away spots in championship meets that women had earned. How is this fair?
It is long past time to end the left’s fantasy about transgender athletes who are denying the role God gave them and systematically eliminating women from sports.
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UVALDE, Texas — It seems like everybody in this small town of about 15,000 has a personal connection to those who perished in one of the deadliest school shootings in U.S. history – and the man accused of carrying it out.
Around the corner from the scene of the shooting at Robb Elementary School, Sarah Zapata, who works for the local court system, is playing with her granddaughters.
"It's sad for all the families, because we all do know each other. Everybody knows everybody," she told NPR as the kids run around the front yard of her home. "It's unimaginable."
While one side loudly calls for gun control and the other drowns it out with equal vigor on the national stage, the overwhelming emotion in this small, tight-knit community is grief.
"We all went to Robb. My kids all went to Robb," Zapata said.
The town sits about 80 miles outside San Antonio and about 70 miles away from the U.S.-Mexico border. It's a place where Friday night football rules, and its claim to fame is being the hometown of actor Matthew McConaughey.
More than 80% of its population identify as Hispanic or Latino, according to data from the U.S. Census Bureau.
The slow process of managing the trauma begins
A day after a lone gunman killed 21 people, most of them children, the neighborhood around the school is quiet. On a nearby street, two horses amble on the blacktop as a man in a car slowly leads them.
ATF agents go door to door to talk to neighbors about what they may have seen the previous day. Law enforcement officers patrol the area, some wearing large cowboy hats.
Zapata's children range in age from 17 to 24, and one of them knows the suspect from elementary school.
"He just said he was always a different kid, just one of those kids that you know is different. Not with the crowd, I guess," she said.
Nearby, at Uvalde High School, Ariana Diaz and Jaime Cruz were expecting to graduate this week but now the ceremony is up in the air and they say it's far from their minds.
"We're just trying to make sure our community is all together and well," Cruz said.
They said they've known the gunman their whole lives. Salvador Ramos reportedly dropped out of this high school.
"We weren't friends with him but we knew of him," Diaz told NPR. "It's crazy, whenever he dropped out we didn't know where he went. I know he was in a dark place, but I'm not sure what happened."
She said the tragedy has touched almost everyone she knows.
"Many of our classmates and friends lost siblings, cousins, their mother," Diaz said. "It hurts so bad to watch them. It hurts for our community and it hurts for those families especially, that they're having to go through this type of pain."
The high school students came down to see a news conference from Texas' Republican Gov. Greg Abbott, and they want to see stricter gun laws imposed.
"We really need to start spreading awareness and getting better gun control in place," Diaz added.
Counselors from other nearby communities are arriving to help, such as Iveth Pacheco, who works at a high school and drove about 85 miles from San Antonio to the small town surrounded by cow pastures and crop fields.
"We're here to be a presence for every family that is grieving this tragic loss," she tells NPR. "We listen. I don't think there's anything we could tell them other than listen, and be ready for any thought and emotion they are bringing."
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BRISBANE is weighing up three potential playing venues as it prepares to be without the Gabba for up to four years while it gets redeveloped.
And there's a bolter in the mix.
With Brisbane hosting the Olympic Games in 2032, the Gabba will undergo a $1 billion facelift that will leave the Lions without their home ground.
The construction is expected to commence late in 2025, following that summer's Ashes cricket Test, and could take as long as four years to complete.
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Brisbane has narrowed its home ground search for that period to three venues.
It could play at Metricon Stadium, its soon-to-be-complete Brighton Homes facility at Springfield, or at the Brisbane Showgrounds in the city's inner north.
The Showgrounds, owned by the RNA, will host equestrian events at the Olympics, has been home to the Brisbane Bandits in the Australian Baseball League and perhaps most notably the venue for the annual Royal Queensland Show.
This option is a long way off though, with approval, and funding, required to redevelop and reconfigure its playing surface.
Brisbane's general manager of infrastructure, strategy and government relations Jacob Anson said all three were viable options.
"The RNA has publicly expressed interest in hosting AFL and cricket while the Gabba is reconstructed," Anson said.
"The Lions have met with the RNA and more due diligence is required to understand whether it may be suitable."
The club's new training and administration facility at Springfield is due for completion by October.
The Lions' AFLW team will play home matches at the 10,000-capacity venue, which does have scope for increased seating.
"Our focus will be on maintaining a home ground advantage by playing most games at one stadium and ensuring that we can accommodate as many members and fans throughout the disruption," Anson said.
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TOKYO (AP) — Ever dreamed of having a gingerbread house like Hansel and Gretel?
In the near future, edible houses may no longer just be found in fairy tales.
Tokyo University researchers Kota Machida and Yuya Sakai have developed a technology to transform food waste into potentially edible “cement" for construction use.
It’s the world’s first process for making cement entirely from food waste. The researchers say the tensile, or bending, strength of their product is nearly quadruple that of ordinary concrete.
Machida and Sakai say they hope to help reduce global warming, alleviating problems related to wasted food materials that emit methane when they rot while buried in landfills.
Sakai, an associate professor of Industrial Science, developed the technology while researching sustainable materials that could replace cement-based concrete. Cement production accounts for 8% of the world’s carbon dioxide emissions, according to the think tank Chatham House.
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He first developed a way to make concrete by subjecting pulverized wood particles to heat compression. The three-step process of drying, pulverization, and compression was done using simple mixers and compressors the researchers say can be bought on Amazon.
Sakai, with his student Machida, decided to do the same thing with food waste. Previous trials using food waste to make cement required plastics to be mixed in to get the materials to stick together.
After months of failures, they realized they could get the cement to bind by adjusting the temperature and pressure used.
“The most challenging part was that each type of food waste requires different temperatures and pressure levels,” Sakai said.
Other experiments in using food waste in construction have mainly focused on using stuff such as coffee grounds or bio-waste ashes as filler in regular concrete.
Sakai and Machida say they have successfully made cement using tea leaves, orange and onion peels, coffee grounds, Chinese cabbage, and even lunchbox leftovers.
They've adjusted flavors with different spices and found the colors, scent and taste of the cement can be quite appealing. To be able to eat the material, a person would need to break it into pieces and boil it, Sakai said.
To make the cement waterproof and protect it from being eaten by rodents and other pests, it might be coated with Japanese lacquer.
Food waste is a huge problem in Japan and worldwide. Japan produced around 5.7 million tons of edible food waste in 2019 and the government aims to reduce that around 2.7 million tons by 2030.
Machida started a company called Fabula Inc. last year with two of his childhood friends. They are working with other companies to make cups, cutlery, and furniture out of food cement.
Sakai says the process could be used to make edible makeshift housing for disasters.
“For example, if food cannot be delivered to evacuees, they could eat makeshift beds made out of food cement,” he said.
The food cement can be reused and is biodegradable, so it can be buried when it is no longer needed.
“Our ultimate hope is that this cement replaces plastic and cement products, which have worse environmental impacts,” said Machida.
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Firing up the grill and watching tender cuts sizzle on the grates means a mouthwatering meal is on the way, but don’t forget about the dressings and toppings that make summertime dinners truly delicious.
The next time you want to sear a juicy steak, try this Filet Mignon with Blue Cheese Chive Butter recipe from Omaha Steaks Executive Chef David Rose. Thick, tender filet mignon is grilled to a warm medium-rare doneness then topped with cool, creamy, homemade butter: its perfect summer sidekick.
To make blue cheese chive butter: In medium bowl, use rubber spatula to fold and incorporate butter, blue cheese, chives, salt and pepper.
Section 18 inches of plastic wrap and place blue cheese chive butter about 6 inches above bottom. Take bottom portion of plastic wrap and place over blue cheese chive butter then shape butter into 1 1/2-inch cylinder.
Continue to roll butter in plastic; pinch ends of plastic wrap while rolling to tighten cylinder.
Once size and tightness are achieved, tie off loose ends of plastic wrap and chill in refrigerator 1-2 hours, until blue cheese chive butter is chilled and firm.
To make filet mignon: Bring filet mignons to room temperature, about 20 minutes; pat dry and season on both sides with rub, to taste.
Prepare grill for 500 F direct heat.
For medium-rare, place steaks on grill 3-4 minutes. Flip and cook 2-3 minutes, or until 130-140 F internal temperature is reached.
Rest 7-8 minutes before serving.
Slice chilled blue cheese chive butter into 1/2-inch pieces and place on top of filets.
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