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Mysterious Rocket Crash Discovered on the Moon - Who Sent It?
Chinese weapon? Alien invasion? Space junk?
A “mystery rocket body” that collided with the moon’s surface earlier this year has been discovered by NASA, the Houston Chronicle reported Wednesday.
The impact of the collision created a relatively large “double crater,” which means it wasn’t an average rocket.
NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter — an eye-in-the-sky orbiting the moon — discovered the site of the mystery rocket, which crashed into the far side of the moon on March 4, the space agency reported on Friday.
LiveScience said the debris was traveling at approximately 5,770 miles per hour when it hit the lunar surface.
It was the dual craters that added an extra layer of strangeness to the enigma.
“Surprisingly the crater is actually two craters, an eastern crater (18-meter diameter, about 19.5 yards) superimposed on a western crater (16-meter diameter, about 17.5 yards,” NASA reported. “The double crater was unexpected and may indicate that the rocket body had large masses at each end. …
“No other rocket body impacts on the Moon created double craters.”
After a rocket body impacted the Moon last year, NASA’s Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter was able to snap a surprising view of the impact site. Unexpectedly, the crater is actually two craters and may indicate that the rocket body had large masses at each end: https://t.co/WtMAFrNkUw pic.twitter.com/hcoYPxlm8z
— NASA 360 (@NASA360) June 27, 2022
In January, Bill Gray, a U.S. astronomer and software developer who tracks near-Earth objects, predicted that an orbiting piece of space junk would hit the moon’s far side in a matter of months.
Gray initially thought it was the second stage of a Falcon X rocket launched by Elon Musk’s SpaceX in 2015.
Later, however, he told Live Science that the object was likely the spent upper stage of China’s Chang’e 5-T1 rocket, launched in 2014.
Chinese officials claimed the rocket’s upper stage burned up in Earth’s atmosphere years ago.
Since no space-exploring nation has claimed responsibility for the mysterious projectile, NASA scientists are still hypothesizing about what could have created the two craters, according to LiveScience. In other words, it’s still a mystery.
One hypothesis suggests the craters were formed by a piece of debris that had two large masses at each end. This would be an unusual occurrence, NASA said.
According to 2016 data from Arizona State University, debris from a minimum of 47 NASA rocket bodies has created “spacecraft impacts” on the moon.
The four large craters attributed to the Apollo 13, 14, 15 and 17 missions “were somewhat irregular in outline” and were “substantially larger” than each of the double craters, NASA said. The maximum width of the new double crater, however, is near that of the Apollo craters.
How about that? A mysterious anomaly right in Earth’s backyard.
Though a logical explanation for the mysterious rocket body might be found in the not-too-distant future — it’s easy to speculate that it was a Chinese rocket because the Chinese deny it — it also can give one pause to consider the vastness of space and how little humans know about it.
Until NASA can figure out where the mystery rocket came from, it leaves the door open for speculation about intelligent alien life, nefarious Chinese attempts to dominate space and a variety of other scenarios. Just imagine.
At the end of the day, this might be a good thing. Imagination serves to remind us of God’s grandeur in a universe filled with mysteries. It can also serve up a generous helping of humility.
Friedrich Nietzsche — who was dead wrong about God — did manage to get a few things dead to rights along the way.
“Once upon a time,” Nietzsche wrote in an 1873 essay, “in some out of the way corner of that universe which is dispersed into numberless twinkling solar systems, there was a star upon which clever beasts invented knowing. That was the most arrogant and mendacious minute of ‘world history,’ but nevertheless, it was only a minute. After nature had drawn a few breaths, the star cooled and congealed, and the clever beasts had to die.”
“One might invent such a fable,” he continued, “and yet he still would not have adequately illustrated how miserable, how shadowy and transient, how aimless and arbitrary the human intellect looks within nature.
“There were eternities during which it did not exist. And when it is all over with the human intellect, nothing will have happened. For this intellect has no additional mission which would lead it beyond human life.”
As usual, the German philosopher — who was blamed by some for both World War I and World War II — didn’t tell the whole story.
He was right in that human intellect is not enough, but he failed to see that the mystery inherent in the universe leads us toward the creator God. Without that mystery, humans are reduced to Nietzsche’s “clever beasts.”
No matter what caused the double crater on the moon, the mystery inherent in creation will remain. As God will forever be beyond the grasp of the human intellect, so will God’s creation.
Awe of the universe should continue to spur scientists, artists and everyone else to further explore our solar system and beyond.
Absent that awe, we become clever beasts bent solely on dominating that which was given as a gift.
And that would be a tragedy in the making.
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UArizona Engineers Design Motorless Sailplane to Explore Mars
Eight active spacecraft, including three operated by NASA, orbit Mars, gathering imagery of the planet’s surface at a resolution of about 1 foot per pixel. Three rovers traverse the ground, mapping small areas of the planet with greater precision. But what lies in the hundreds of kilometers between the rovers and the orbiters – including atmospheric climate processes and geological features like volcanoes and canyons – is often of most interest to planetary scientists.
“You have this really important, critical piece in this planetary boundary layer, like in the first few kilometers above the ground,” said Alexandre Kling, a research scientist in NASA’s Mars Climate Modeling Center. “This is where all the exchanges between the surface and atmosphere happen. This is where the dust is picked up and sent into the atmosphere, where trace gases are mixed, where the modulation of large-scale winds by mountain-valley flows happen. And we just don’t have very much data about it.”
Kling is partnering with a team of University of Arizona engineers that aims to fill this data gap by designing a motorless sailplane that can soar over the Martian surface for days at a time, using only wind energy for propulsion. Equipped with flight, temperature and gas sensors as well as cameras, the sailplanes would weigh only 11 pounds each. The team details its proposal in a paper published in the journal Aerospace.
The flight of the albatross
Flight on Mars is challenging due to the planet’s thin atmosphere, and this is not the first team to try addressing it. Most notably, NASA’s Ingenuity is a 4-pound helicopter that landed in Mars’ Jezero Crater in 2021. With miniaturized flight technology and a rotor system span of about 4 feet, it’s the first device to test powered, controlled flight on another planet. But the solar-powered vehicle can fly for only three minutes at a time, and it reaches heights of just 12 meters, or about 39 feet.
“These other technologies have all been very limited by energy,” said the paper’s first author, Adrien Bouskela, an aerospace engineering doctoral student in UArizona professor Sergey Shkarayev‘s Micro Air Vehicles Laboratory. “What we’re proposing is just using the energy in situ. It’s kind of a leap forward in those methods of extending missions. Because the main question is: How can you fly for free? How can you use the wind that’s there, the thermal dynamics that are there, to avoid using solar panels and relying on batteries that need to be recharged?”
Lightweight, low-cost, wind-powered sailplanes may be the answer. The planes, which have a wingspan of about 11 feet, will use several different flight methods, including simple static soaring when sufficient vertical winds are present. But they can also use a technique called dynamic soaring, which, like an albatross on a long journey, takes advantage of how horizontal wind speed often increases with altitude – a phenomenon particularly common on Mars.
Dynamic soaring looks something like the S-shaped pattern skiers use to control their descent down a mountain. However, every time the sailplane changes directions, it also begins changing altitude – and rather than slow the sailplane down, the maneuver helps it gain speed. The planes fly at a slight upward angle into the slow-moving, low-altitude wind. When they reach the faster, high-altitude wind, they turn 180 degrees and let the high-speed wind power them forward at a slight downward angle. When they start to run out of energy from the high-speed wind, they repeat the process, weaving their way forward. With this nimble maneuvering, the sailplanes can continually harvest energy from the atmosphere, flying for hours or even days at a time. This is flying for free.
“It’s almost something you have to see it to believe,” said paper co-author Jekan Thanga, a UArizona associate professor of aerospace and mechanical engineering.
Current rovers have mostly captured images of Mars’ flat, sandy plains – the only areas where the rovers can safely land. But the sailplanes would be able to explore new areas by taking advantage of how wind patterns shift around geologic formations such as canyons and volcanoes.
“With this platform, you could just fly around and access those really interesting, really cool places,” Kling said.
Good things come in small packages
The team proposes sending the sailplanes to Mars as a secondary payload on a larger mission. Thanga is examining how to deploy the sailplanes from the spacecraft into the atmosphere. On the spacecraft, the sailplanes will be packaged in CubeSats, miniature satellites not much larger than a phonebook. Once the CubeSats are launched and the planes released, the planes would either unfold, like origami, or inflate, like high-tech pool floaties, and rigidize at their full size.
The team is also exploring the possibility of a balloon or blimp carrying the sailplanes into the atmosphere. This would slow the sailplanes’ descent and allow them to take off when wind conditions are optimal or when they approach a high-interest area. The sailplanes could even potentially redock on the balloon or blimp after a flight and go on to complete multiple missions.
Flight ends, mission continues
After landing on the Martian surface, the planes would continue to relay information about the atmosphere back to the spacecraft, essentially becoming weather stations. Meteorologists can predict weather on Earth with relative accuracy in part because there are weather stations all over our planet that form a network of information, and all the data they gather is continually fed back to predictive models. So, each Mars sailplane that retired from flying – whether it completed its exploration as planned or something went wrong – could become another all-important node in this network.
“If we run out of flight energy, or if our inertial sensors suddenly fail for whatever reason, we expect to then keep doing science,” Bouskela said. “From the planetary science perspective, the mission continues.”
The team has done extensive mathematical modeling for the sailplanes’ flight patterns based on Mars climate data. And there’s still more research to do about flight trajectories, potential docking systems and more. But this summer, they will test experimental planes at about 15,000 feet above sea level, where Earth’s atmosphere is thinner and flight conditions are more akin to those on Mars.
“We can use the Earth as a laboratory for studying flight on Mars,” Shkarayev said.
The team ultimately hopes NASA will fund the mission and allow it to “catch a ride” on a large-scale Mars mission already in development. The low-cost nature of the sailplane effort means it could come to fruition relatively quickly, Kling said, perhaps in years rather than the decades needed for a full-scale mission.
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Seattle Sounders FC (7-7-2, seventh in the Western Conference) vs. Toronto FC (5-9-3, 12th in the Eastern Conference)
Toronto; Saturday, 7:30 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Seattle +139, Toronto FC +166, Draw +268; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Toronto and the Seattle Sounders take the pitch in non-conference play.
Toronto is 5-4-0 at home. Toronto has a 0-4-1 record in games it scores just one goal.
The Sounders are 2-4-1 in road games. The Sounders are 4-1-0 when they score at least three goals.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Jesus Jimenez has eight goals and two assists for Toronto. Jonathan Osorio has two goals and one assist over the last 10 games.
Jordan Morris has scored five goals with one assist for the Sounders. Raul Ruidiaz has five goals and one assist over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Toronto: 2-7-1, averaging 1.3 goals, 4.5 shots on goal and 4.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 2.0 goals per game.
Sounders: 5-4-1, averaging 1.8 goals, 4.7 shots on goal and 4.3 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: Toronto: Noble Okello (injured).
Sounders: Josh Atencio (injured), Joao Paulo (injured), Obed Vargas (injured), Xavier Arreaga (injured), Raul Ruidiaz (injured).
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NYKÖPING, Sweden, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To address the growing need for Quality Assured neutronic simulation in the Advanced Reactor market, Studsvik Scandpower, the global leader in neutronic simulation software, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the cutting-edge leader in the development of advanced software for nuclear reactor and power plant modelling such as the Serpent Monte Carlo code, initiated a strategic partnership to expand the commercial uses of Serpent software to the advanced civil nuclear community around the globe. The partnership will continue the growth of the Studsvik product line with a new version of Serpent under Studsvik's NQA-1 and 10 CFR50 Appendix B Quality Assurance program, Serpent-SSP.
In recognition of the regulatory challenges for advanced reactor designers today, Studsvik aims to provide the quality assurance, software support and engineering feature development in Serpent to enhance advanced reactor designer's regulatory submittals with confidence and enable VTT to provide their expert consultation in the global advanced reactor industry.
Studsvik and VTT will work together to develop new methodology for the modeling of advanced reactors through this partnership with Serpent. The partnership will provide ease of access to the VTT organization and expertise for Studsvik customers. Studsvik and VTT aim to expand applications and support of Serpent into new fields including medical physics, radiation shielding, and other neutron and radiation transport applications.
"VTT is the Scandinavian leader in nuclear technology and their world-renowned Serpent software is used by advanced reactor designers globally. Studsvik is proud to bring Serpent into the product line in our quality assurance program.", says Rob Whittle, Business Area President of Studsvik Scandpower. "This partnership will enhance the value to the nuclear industry and other civilian industry transport applications for commercial neutronics software. Studsvik is excited to broaden its product line to support the strong growth in advanced nuclear reactor deployment."
"Partnering with Studsvik Scandpower will broaden the reach of Serpent applications in a highly regulated environment", says Tommi Nyman, Vice President of Nuclear Energy at VTT. "We are proud to partner with Studsvik Scandpower in this endeavor. Studsvik is the worldwide leader with in commercial neutronics software with a 40 year track record of excellence in the rigorous NQA-1 environment which will enable Serpent to better meet customer needs."
Industry customers need a QA version of Serpent to aid them in obtaining regulatory approval and performing safety related work. SSP has expertise in both regulatory QA processes and in regulatory licensing and can apply this expertise to Serpent. In addition, SSP can reach and support many new customers through its worldwide marketing channels which will broaden the overall Serpent distribution. Non-commercial research and educational use of Serpent will remain free of charge through VTT.
To learn more about the new applications of Serpent in the partnership between VTT and Studsvik, please reach out to alina.reyzelman@studsvik.com and matti.paljakka@vtt.fi.
Serpent is a multi-purpose three-dimensional continuous-energy neutron and photon transport code, developed at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland since 2004. The continuous-energy Monte Carlo method can be used for a wide range of particle transport applications. The physics model in Serpent covers neutron, photon and coupled neutron-photon simulations. Serpent has more than 1,000 users in 250 organizations around the world.
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Ukraine-Russia war news: Putin’s sick forces launch brutal strike on APARTMENT block leaving 18 dead including children
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VLADIMIR Putin is facing a "big disaster" as his as Russian forces are "grinding at First World War levels of advancement", the UK's Defence Secretary claims.
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said Russia had lost 25,000 troops in 120 days and added: “They’re grinding at First World War levels of advancement, a few metres a day.
“It’s a pretty big disaster and they haven’t even begun to occupy.”
It comes as Britain handed Ukraine a £1billion arms boost — as the West built its own Iron Curtain against Russia.
Sweden and Finland were cleared to join Nato, Britain put thousands more troops on stand-by in Estonia, and US President Joe Biden agreed to more planes at UK bases.
Read our Ukraine war live blog below for the latest up-to-date news...
Boris says he would rather have a smaller army with the top-of-the-range kit
In Madrid the PM also batted away questions about why the size of Britain's armed forces has shrunk.
Mr Johnson said he'd rather have a smaller army with the top-of-the-range kit they deserve.
Alongside defence spending at home, in Spain world leaders discussed what more they can do to band together and help out hero President Zelensky abroad.
Today the UK pledged an extra billion pounds in funding to aid the Ukrainian war effort.
Boris Johnson says Putin has pushed the West closer together
The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has just defended the "robust health" of Nato during his conference speech in Madrid.
He once again stated that Russia's invasion has brought Nato closer to its doorstep, adding Putin's actions had made the alliance "stronger".
Boris Johnson vows to hike defence spending by billions
Boris Johnson has pledged a whopping 20 per cent hike in UK military spending by 2030.
Speaking from Madrid where he is attending the NATO summit, the Prime Minister said the government will aim to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence in the next eight years.
The massive increase will be welcomed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who called on the PM to make the important commitment to our forces this week.
Mr Johnson said: "We need to invest for the long term in vital capabilities like future combat air, while simultaneously adapting to a more dangerous and more competitive world.
"The logical conclusion of the investments we propose to embark, of these decisions, is 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of the decade."
The PM's major funding pledge follows huge pressure from cabinet ministers Liz Truss and Mr Wallace, who over the past few months have begged him to hike spending.
Ukraine says Russia ramped up missile strikes during 2nd half of June
Oleksii Hromov, a brigadier general in Ukraine's armed forces, said on Thursday that Russia had ramped up missile strikes in the second half of June.
Hromov told a news conference that more than half of the missiles were from Soviet reserves and less precise, adding that was why Russia was hitting residential buildings.
Russia has denied targeting civilians since invading Ukraine in late February. Reuters was not immediately able to verify Hromov's remarks.
Russia's Medvedev says sanctions could be justification for war
Russia's Deputy Security Council Chairman Dmitry Medvedev said on Thursday that in certain circumstances, sanctions against Moscow may be seen as an act of aggression and a justification for war.
"I would like to point out once again that under certain circumstances such hostile measures can also qualify as an act of international aggression. And even as a casus belli (justification for war)," Medvedev said, adding that Russia has the right to defend itself.
Russia has faced a barrage of crippling economic sanctions from Western countries in response to its Feb. 24 invasion of Ukraine, which it calls a "special military operation".
Medvedev, a former Russian president who was once seen as a liberal, has emerged as one of the most hawkish proponents of the war, delivering a series of scathing denunciations of the West.
Bernie Ecclestone condemned over comments on Putin
Former Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone drew condemnation on Thursday after the 91-year-old defended Russian President Vladimir Putin in a television interview as a "first class person" he would "take a bullet" for.
The Briton, who is no longer involved in Formula One, also told ITV's Good Morning Britain that Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy could have ended the Russian invasion of his country by talking to Putin.
British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said the comments were "absolutely extraordinary".
Formula One said in a statement they were "his personal views and are in very stark contrast to the position of the modern values of our sport".
Ecclestone had warm relations with Putin, establishing the now-cancelled Russian Grand Prix.
"He's a first-class person and what he's doing is something that he believes is the right thing he was doing for Russia," said Ecclestone, who has a history of controversial statements.
"Unfortunately he's like a lot of business people, certainly like me, that we make mistakes from time to time and when you've made the mistake you have to do the best you can to get out of it."
Captured Azov fighters will face trial, Putin ally says
Captured members of Ukraine's armed forces who served in the Azov battalion will face trial, the speaker of Russia's lower house of parliament said on Thursday.
"These nationalists, who hands are covered in blood, are not humans.
"They are awaiting trial," said Vyacheslav Volodin, an ally of President Vladimir Putin, in a post on Telegram.
Russia says forces have destroyed command centre near Dnipro
Russia's Defence Ministry said on Thursday its forces had destroyed a Ukrainian military control centre near the city of Dnipro in a missile strike on Tuesday.
Alongside other regions of Ukraine, the central city of Dnipro and the surrounding Dnipropetrovsk region has seen an increase in Russian shelling in recent days.
Russia claims over 6,000 Ukrainian servicemen captured or surrendered
Russia says over 6,000 Ukrainian servicemen have been captured or surrendered, RIA news agency cited the defence ministry as saying on Thursday.
The ministry said the exchange of 144 prisoners of war with Ukraine, announced on Wednesday by Ukrainian intelligence, was organised by direct order of President Vladimir Putin, RIA cited the ministry as saying.
Putin: Russia is open to dialogue on nuclear non-proliferation
Despite Russia's invasion of Ukraine, both Moscow and Washington have stressed the importance of maintaining communication on the issue of nuclear arms.
The two countries are by far the world's largest nuclear powers with an estimated 11,000 nuclear warheads between them.
"Russia is open to dialogue on ensuring strategic stability, preserving non-proliferation regimes for weapons of mass destruction and improving the situation in the field of arms control," Putin said in remarks to a legal forum in his home city of St. Petersburg.
He said the efforts would require "painstaking joint work" and would go towards preventing a repeat of "what is happening today in the Donbas".
The Russian leader says Moscow invaded Ukraine to protect ethnic Russians and Russian-speakers in the eastern Donbas region from persecution from Kyiv. He repeated those claims on Thursday, accusing Ukraine of "crimes against humanity."
Ukraine and the West say Russia's invasion of its neighbour was an unprovoked act of aggression, aimed at seizing Ukrainian territory and toppling President Volodymyr Zelenskiy.
Russian Duma passes law on retaliation against foreign media
Russia's top prosecutor will be empowered to shut down media from countries that ban or restrict Russian news organisations under a law passed by the lower house of parliament on Thursday.
The bill - following bans by some Western governments on Russian media they regard as mouthpieces for President Vladimir Putin and cheerleaders for his war in Ukraine - creates a legal basis for Moscow to retaliate against the media of any country that restricts the activity of Russian journalists.
Under the bill, such media will lose their accreditation and be banned from operating in Russia or distributing content there. These measures would only be lifted when the country in question allows Russian media to work without restrictions.
"This law is very important. We are creating an instrument for symmetrical response measures in the event of liquidation of our media abroad," said lawmaker Sergei Boyarsky, the bill's co-author.
The move by the lower house, the State Duma, follows threats by Russia to strip U.S. news organisations of their accreditation in retaliation for alleged harassment of Russian reporters in the United States and the withdrawal of broadcasting licences for Russian channels there.
Why is it called Snake Island?
Prior to being known as Snake Island, the land was named "White Island" by the Greeks.
The writings of Greek poet Arctinus of Miletus insinuate that the remains of Achilles and Patroclus were brought to the island by the sea nymph Thetis, and ancient inscriptions eventually led to the Greeks renaming the island Fidonisi, which stands for Snake Island, during the Ottoman Empire, according to Ukraine.com.
The Soviets claimed the land in 1948, but following the collapse of the Soviet Union in 1991, ownership was granted to Ukraine by the Court of Justice in February 2009.
Why did Russia withdraw its forces from Snake Island?
It was announced on June 30, 2022, that Russia would be withdrawing its forces from Snake Island.
The decision came over four months after the country took control of the land.
Russian military spokesman, Lt. Gen. Igor Konashenkov, said the decision was a "goodwill gesture" to show that Russia is not interfering with the United Nation's attempts to find space for Ukraine so they can export agricultural products, according to USA Today.
Where is Snake Island?
Snake Island, also known as Serpent Island or Zmiinyi Island, belongs to Ukraine.
It is located in the Black Sea, near the Danube Delta, just 30 miles from the coast.
The 46 acres of land are typically covered with rocks and grass, but following Russia's invasion of the island, it was left "covered in fire," according to The New York Times.
Prior to the invasion, it was known for its igneous rock formations and was home to an Odessa National University research facility, which students and scientists used to study flora, fauna, meteorology, geology, hydrobiology, and atmospheric chemistry, according to Ukraine.com.
It was also home to a popular lighthouse, which was built by the Russian Empire's Black Sea Fleet in the fall of 1842.
At this time, it is unclear if Ukraine will restore the island.
Biden pledges to beef up military
Speaking at a Nato summit last night in Madrid, US president Joe Biden pledged to beef up US military might in Europe amid the growing threat of all-out war with Russia.
The US will also send two extra squadrons of F-35 jets to the UK, base two more destroyers in Spain and establish a permanent 5th Army headquarters in Poland.
Putin promises Russia will respond if NATO deploys troops in Finland & Sweden
VLADIMIR Putin has promised Russia will respond if NATO deploys troops in Finland & Sweden after they joined the military alliance.
"With Sweden and Finland, we don't have the problems that we have with Ukraine. They want to join NATO, go ahead," Putin told Russian state television yesterday amid the war in Ukraine.
"But they must understand there was no threat before, while now, if military contingents and infrastructure are deployed there, we will have to respond in kind and create the same threats for the territories from which threats towards us are created."
The evil despot said it was "inevitable" that Moscow's relations with Helsinki and Stockholm would sour over their NATO membership.
He warned: "Everything was fine between us, but now there might be some tensions, there certainly will. It's inevitable if there is a threat to us."
Putin made his comment a day after NATO member Turkey lifted its veto over the bid by Finland and Sweden to join the alliance after the three nations agreed to protect each other's security. read more
The move means Helsinki and Stockholm can proceed with their application to join NATO, marking the biggest shift in European security in decades.
Putin blames the West for any potential global food crisis
Speaking at a news conference with Widodo in Moscow following their meeting Putin said: "I am convinced that the agreements reached today will further strengthen the Russian-Indonesian partnership."
He added: "We have repeatedly stressed that the imbalance of food markets is a direct consequence of many years of irresponsible economic policies of a number of countries, uncontrolled emission and accumulation of unsecured debts, and the situation has worsened since the beginning of the coronavirus pandemic.
"However, Western countries, not wanting to admit the fallacy of their economic course, are further destabilising global agricultural production by imposing restrictions on the supply of Russian and Belarusian fertilisers."
Indonesian President asks for war to end soon
Indonesian President Joko Widodo, says his country would like the war to end soon.
Speaking at a news conference with Putin in Moscow following their meeting, AFP quoted Widodo as saying: "Although the external situation is still difficult, it is still important to move towards a settlement and open dialogue.
"I call on all world leaders to revive the spirit of co-operation."
'Big disaster' for Putin
Defence Secretary Ben Wallace has said Russia had lost 25,000 troops in 120 days and added: “They’re grinding at First World War levels of advancement, a few metres a day.
“It’s a pretty big disaster and they haven’t even begun to occupy.”
It comes as Britain handed Ukraine a £1billion arms boost yesterday — as the West built its own Iron Curtain against Russia.
Sweden and Finland were cleared to join Nato, Britain put thousands more troops on stand-by in Estonia, and US President Joe Biden agreed to more planes at UK bases.
Luhansk facing 'endless air strikes'
According to the governor of the Luhansk region, Serhiy Haidai, the city "suffers from endless air strikes".
He says in a post on Telegram the Russians are using "almost all their forces" to try to capture the city.
Haidai says "there is a lot of destruction" in Lysychansk, the police department has been destroyed and the city's oil refinery damaged.
Haidai says: "It is difficult to find a safe place in the city".
"People dream of at least half an hour of silence, but the occupiers do not stop firing from all available weapons," he added.
Zelensky meets Sir Richard Branson in Kyiv
Sir Richard Branson has travelled to Ukraine to meet president Volodymyr Zelensky.
Following an invitation from the Ukrainian leader, the entrepreneur met with Zelensky, foreign minister Dmytro Kuleba and a group of Ukrainian business leaders.
Sir Richard said the purpose of the meeting was to “learn what business, in partnership with civil society and governments, can do to support Ukraine most effectively”.
US will offer more aid to Ukraine
Joe Biden says he will be announcing a further $800m (£658m) worth of military aid for Ukraine in the coming days to help Ukranian defences.
The money is likely to cover air defence, artillery, counter-battery systems and other weaponry.
It's the latest in a series of announcements of support the US has given Ukraine since Russians' invasion began.
Boris says he would rather have a smaller army with the top-of-the-range kit
In Madrid the PM also batted away questions about why the size of Britain's armed forces has shrunk.
Mr Johnson said he'd rather have a smaller army with the top-of-the-range kit they deserve.
Alongside defence spending at home, in Spain world leaders discussed what more they can do to band together and help out hero President Zelensky abroad.
Today the UK pledged an extra billion pounds in funding to aid the Ukrainian war effort.
Boris Johnson says Putin has pushed the West closer together
The UK's Prime Minister Boris Johnson, has just defended the "robust health" of Nato during his conference speech in Madrid.
He once again stated that Russia's invasion has brought Nato closer to its doorstep, adding Putin's actions had made the alliance "stronger".
Boris Johnson vows to hike defence spending by billions
Boris Johnson has pledged a whopping 20 per cent hike in UK military spending by 2030.
Speaking from Madrid where he is attending the NATO summit, the Prime Minister said the government will aim to spend 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence in the next eight years.
The massive increase will be welcomed by Defence Secretary Ben Wallace, who called on the PM to make the important commitment to our forces this week.
Mr Johnson said: "We need to invest for the long term in vital capabilities like future combat air, while simultaneously adapting to a more dangerous and more competitive world.
"The logical conclusion of the investments we propose to embark, of these decisions, is 2.5 per cent of GDP on defence by the end of the decade."
The PM's major funding pledge follows huge pressure from cabinet ministers Liz Truss and Mr Wallace, who over the past few months have begged him to hike spending. | https://www.the-sun.com/news/5664342/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-putin-health-ww3/ | 2022-07-01T07:43:07Z | https://www.the-sun.com/news/5664342/ukraine-news-russia-war-latest-putin-health-ww3/ | false | 6 |
Today
Produce and Bakery Giveaway: 9 a.m.-noon, Jacksonville Food Center, 316 E. State St. Free | For Morgan County residents.
Summer Bookmobile for Kids: 9:30 a.m.-4:30 p.m., various locations, Jacksonville. | The library is coming to various locations in Jacksonville every Friday. Anyone from age 2 to seniors in high school can check out two books a week. Library card not required, no late fees and no registration. For more information, call 217-243-5435 or email bspradlin@jaxpl.org.
Baby Storytime: 10 a.m., Jacksonville Public Library Meeting Room, 201 W. College Ave. | For caregivers and babies 0-24 months. Meets every Friday. For more information, contact Courtney at 217-243-5435 or clangdon@jaxpl.org.
Archaeology Fridays: 10-11:30 a.m., Old Kampsville Grade School. Free | For children Kindergarten through third grades. Sessions held each Friday through Aug. 8. Make-and-take craft activity and game. Registration suggested by emailing education@caa-archeology.org or calling 618-653-4316.
Getting a Tour in Edgewise: An Interactive Art and History Experience: 11 a.m., Illinois State Museum, 502 S. Spring St., Springfield. | Guided tour of art and history exhibitions.
Free Noon Meal: 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m., The Salvation Army, 331 W. Douglas Ave. | Meals in to-go containers can be picked up at side door.
Produce and Bakery Giveaway: 12:30-1 p.m., The Salvation Army, 331 W. Douglas Ave. Free.
Claudia: 7-10 p.m., Grafton Pub, 225 W. Main St. | Live music.
Exit 52: 7-10 p.m., Waters Edge Winery & Bistro, 1061 E. Morton Ave. | Live music.
Saturday
Farmers Market: 7 a.m.-noon, Pathway Plaza, 1905 W. Morton Ave. Prices vary. | Every Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday through Oct. 31. Link cards accepted.
Pike County Museums: Noon-4 p.m., Pike County Museums, 340 E. Jefferson St., Pittsfield. | Historic East School and Museum, Pike County All-Wars Museum, and Pike County Military Heritage Museum open for the season every Saturday and Sunday.
Woodlawn Farm Tours: 1-4 p.m., Woodlawn Farm, 1463 Gierke Road. Suggested donation $5 for adults, $3 for children under 10. | Educational tour of an 1840s farm home that was a site on the Underground Railroad.
Jake Weber and the Lonesome Drifters: 2 p.m., Hawg Pit, 821 W. Main St., Grafton. | Live music.
Backwoods Burden: 2 p.m., Grafton Pub, 225 W. Main St. | Live music.
Ivas John Band: 3 p.m., Grafton Winery and Brewhaus, 300 W. Main St. | Live music.
Soulard Blues Band: 5 p.m., The Loading Dock, 401 E. Front St., Grafton. | Live music.
Firewords Sunset Cruise: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Grafton Harbor, 215 W. Water St. | For more information, call 618-786-7678 or go to graftonharbor.com.
White Lightnin': 7-10 p.m., Crazy Horse Campground, 2113 Crazy Horse Road, Ashland. | Live music.
Worth the Fight: 7 p.m., Grafton Oyster Bar, 215 W. Water St. | Live music.
Roaming Home: 7 p.m., Grafton Pub, 225 W. Main St. | Live music.
To submit items to the calendar, go to myjournalcourier.com and select “calendar,” or email jjcsocial@myjournalcourier.com. Items must be submitted at least 48 hours in advance. | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/What-s-going-on-around-town-today-17276526.php | 2022-07-01T07:43:09Z | https://www.myjournalcourier.com/news/article/What-s-going-on-around-town-today-17276526.php | false | 1 |
Street Scene 2022 Photo Contest: Send us your best candid street photos for a chance to win great prizes!
posted Thursday, June 30, 2022 at 11:30 AM EDT
Street photographers, ready your camera gear or start sorting through your photo library, our Street Scene Photo Contest is back! Imaging Resource is once again teaming up with our sister publication, Digital Photo, to co-host our annual photo contest celebrating all things street photography. This year's contest has just opened for submissions, and we're asking you to send us your best candid street photos for a chance to win some fantastic prizes!
Candid street photography is a widely varied genre and can encompass all sorts of interesting, dramatic or even humourous moments -- ones that often happen in the blink of an eye. Some, on the other hand, take a bit of patience and clever timing. Street photography is more than just taking a camera with your as you walk down the street and taking a quick snapshot, too. It takes a keen eye for spotting interesting subjects and compositions, quick reflexes and sound knowledge of working with your camera gear to get excellent street photos.
If you're passionate about street photography, we ask that you send us your best street photos. You'll have a chance to win some great prizes, including a $500 first place cash prize as well as several exciting items thanks to our wonderful sponsors. First Place winners also receive a BenQ SW270C 27-inch 2K Photo Editing Monitor and a Datacolor SpyderX Pro monitor calibrator. Other prizes include Skylum Luminar AI photo editing software, a flash accessories kit, photo placement in a Bay Photo winners calendar and more!
Photo entries start at $25 for the first photo submission and then $15 for each additional entry -- and you can enter as many photos as you'd like. Digital Photo Annual Members ($49/year) receive a free entry to two photo contests per year ($50 value).
For all of the contest rules as well as a few articles to help get the creative juices flowing, visit the 2022 Street Scene Photo Contest page.
Good luck! | https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2022/06/30/street-scene-2022-photo-contest-send-us-your-best-candid-street-photos | 2022-07-01T07:46:13Z | https://www.imaging-resource.com/news/2022/06/30/street-scene-2022-photo-contest-send-us-your-best-candid-street-photos | true | 1 |
SHENYANG, China, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neusoft Corporation (Neusoft, SSE:600718) has recently released its milestone product in the automotive electronics field, OneCoreGo3.0. As a navigation solution aiming for the global market, the product has integrated Neusoft's more than 30 years of mass production and overseas project experience in the professional navigation field. It will provide strong support for the global sales and service of automobile brands, and serve global users with its advanced navigation technology.
Compared with its previous versions, OneCoreGo3.0, with openness, flexibility and a high degree of expansibility, further integrates its technical capabilities such as high-precision map rendering, virtual and real image fusion, big data analysis and processing, and multi-ecological cloud services. It brings innovative changes by realizing the expansion of important functional modules such as Lane-level Navigation, AR Navigation and AI Navigation.
Neusoft has been in the global automobile industry since establishment, and after more than 30 years of development, it has grown into an important partner for automobile enterprises that seek innovation in an era of software-empowered automobiles. Over the years, Neusoft has built a global product R&D and delivery network centered in China, Germany, the United States, Japan and Malaysia.
In the global navigation field, Neusoft is dedicated to creating smarter and more active differentiated navigation products for automobile enterprises and users. Meanwhile, it hones the details according to user preferences that vary in different regions, which greatly reduces the costs for auto manufacturers to expand new markets and fully supports them to develop international markets. Supporting more than 20 languages, Neusoft's global navigation products have been chosen by more than 50 well-known automobile brands, assembled in more than 100 car models and applied in more than 120 countries.
The launch of OneCoreGo3.0 marks the comprehensive upgrade of Neusoft's smart and eco-friendly global navigation solution, and the product is another innovative technological achievement made by Neusoft which realizes the globalized service. Facing the major trend of software-empowered automobiles, Neusoft will continue to explore and make breakthroughs in various sub-sectors, and contribute to the transformation of the global automobile industry.
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SOURCE Neusoft Corporation | https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/07/01/neusoft-releases-automotive-electronics-milestone-product-onecorego30/ | 2022-07-01T07:47:45Z | https://www.kwtx.com/prnewswire/2022/07/01/neusoft-releases-automotive-electronics-milestone-product-onecorego30/ | true | 23 |
In their first cabinet meeting held hours after coming to power, Maharashtra Chief Minister Eknath Shinde and his deputy Devendra Fadnavis took the first step towards overturning the previous Uddhav Thackeray-led MVA government's decision of relocating the proposed Mumbai Metro Line-3 car shed from Aarey Colony.
During the meeting held here on Thursday evening, soon after the swearing-in ceremony, Fadnavis directed the state Advocate General and the administration to submit a proposal on building the Metro-3 car shed in Aarey Colony instead of Kanjurmarg.
Incidentally, Shinde's predecessor Uddhav Thackeray, immediately after becoming the chief minister in November 2019, had announced a stay on the construction of the proposed Metro-3 car shed in Aarey Colony.
The decision to set up the car shed in the wooded Aarey area had faced opposition from environmental groups as it entailed cutting down hundreds of trees. The Thackeray government had later shifted the site to Kanjurmarg, but it is embroiled in a legal dispute.
Shinde was on Thursday sworn in as the 20th chief minister of Maharashtra, while Fadnavis took oath as the deputy chief minister, just 24 hours after the collapse of the Maha Vikas Aghadi (MVA) government led by Thackeray.
During the cabinet meeting, Fadnavis also directed the state administration to revive the Jalyukt Shivar Scheme, which was discontinued by the Thackeray government on charges of corruption. This water conservation scheme was Fadnavis government's flagship programme.
Fadnavis asked the advocate general to represent the government's side of building the car shed in Aarey Colony. Officials in the urban development department said the matter is currently in the court and the next hearing will be held 15 days later.
The advocate general was asked how can the project be shifted to Aarey Colony as the previous MVA government had proposed to shift the car shed to Kanjurmarg and designated Aarey Colony as a reserve forest, they said.
Fadnavis told the officials that the 33-km-long Colaba-Bandra-Seepz underground Metro project is getting delayed due to the court case.
Meanwhile, the NCP objected to the new government's proposal to shift the Metro car shed to Aarey Colony. In a tweet, NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto said, "With so many important issues that need to be looked into in Maharashtra, what does the new Dy. CM Devendra Fadnavis do? He proposes to move Metro car shed back to Aarey.
Re-creating a problem solved by MVA Govt. Green lung of Mumbai in danger once again. What will he gain?" In a tweet, NCP spokesperson Clyde Crasto said, "With so many important issues that need to be looked into in Maharashtra, what does the new Dy. CM Devendra Fadnavis do? He proposes to move Metro car shed back to Aarey.
(With PTI inputs) | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/in-first-cabinet-meet-eknath-shinde-devendra-fadnavis-seek-to-shift-proposed-metro-3-car-shed-back-to-aarey-colony-revive-jalyukt-scheme-8766171.html | 2022-07-01T08:03:16Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/politics/in-first-cabinet-meet-eknath-shinde-devendra-fadnavis-seek-to-shift-proposed-metro-3-car-shed-back-to-aarey-colony-revive-jalyukt-scheme-8766171.html | true | 5 |
2022-2027 Global and Regional Synbiotic Foods Industry Status and Prospects Professional Market Research Report Standard Version
The global Synbiotic Foods market is expected to reach US$ XX Million by 2027, with a CAGR of XX% from 2022 to 2027.
The prime objective of this report is to provide the insights on the post COVID-19 impact which will help market players in this field evaluate their business approaches. Also, this report covers market segmentation by major market verdors, types, applications/end users and geography(North America, East Asia, Europe, South Asia, Southeast Asia, Middle East, Africa, Oceania, South America).
By Market Verdors:
By Types:
By Applications:
Key Indicators Analysed
Key Reasons to Purchase
Table of content
Chapter 1 Industry Overview
1.1 Definition
1.2 Assumptions
1.3 Research Scope
1.4 Market Analysis by Regions
1.4.1 North America Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.2 East Asia Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.3 Europe Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.4 South Asia Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.5 Southeast Asia Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.6 Middle East Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.7 Africa Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.8 Oceania Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.9 South America Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.5 Global Synbiotic Foods Market Size Analysis from 2022 to 2027
1.5.1 Global Synbiotic Foods Market Size Analysis from 2022 to 2027 by Consumption Volume
1.5.2 Global Synbiotic Foods Market Size Analysis from 2022 to 2027 by Value
1.5.3 Global Synbiotic Foods Price Trends Analysis from 2022 to 2027
1.6 COVID-19 Outbreak: Synbiotic Foods Industry Impact
Chapter 2 Global Synbiotic Foods Competition by Types, Applications, and Top Regions and Countries
2.1 Global Synbiotic Foods (Volume and Value) by Type
2.1.1 Global Synbiotic Foods Consumption and Market Share by Type (2016-2021)
2.1.2 Global Synbiotic Foods Revenue and Market Share by Type (2016-2021)
2.2 Global Synbiotic Foods (Volume and Value) by Application
2.2.1 Global Synbiotic Foods Consumption and Market Share by Application (2016
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KYIV, Ukraine — Russian missile attacks on residential areas in a coastal town near the Ukrainian port city of Odesa early Friday killed at least 18 people, including two children, authorities reported, a day after Russian forces withdrew from a strategic Black Sea island.
Video of the pre-dawn attack showed the charred remains of buildings in the small town of Serhiivka, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) southwest of Odesa. Ukrainian news reports said missiles struck a multi-story apartment building and a resort area.
The deputy head of the Ukrainian presidential office, Kirill Tymoshenko, said 18 people died, including two children. A spokesman for the Odesa regional government, Serhiy Bratchuk, said on the Telegram messaging app that another 30 had been injured.
Sixteen of the 18 victims died in the strike on the apartment building, Ukrainian emergency officials said.
The airstrikes followed the pullout of Russian forces from Snake Island on Thursday, a move that was expected to potentially ease the threat to nearby Odesa. The island sits along a busy shipping lane. Russia took control of it in the opening days of the war in the apparent hope of using it as a staging ground for an assault on Odesa.
The Kremlin portrayed the pullout from Snake Island as a "goodwill gesture." Ukraine's military claimed a barrage of its artillery and missiles forced the Russians to flee in two small speedboats. The exact number of withdrawing troops was not disclosed.
Russian bombardments killed large numbers of civilians earlier in the war. There were fewer mass casualties as Moscow concentrated on capturing eastern Ukraine's Donbas region.
However, a missile strike that hit a shopping mall in Kremenchuk in central Ukraine killed at least 19 people Monday and injured another 62, authorities said.
Copyright 2022 NPR. To see more, visit https://www.npr.org. | https://www.kmuw.org/2022-07-01/deadly-missile-strike-hits-residential-buildings-in-ukraine | 2022-07-01T08:05:03Z | https://www.kmuw.org/2022-07-01/deadly-missile-strike-hits-residential-buildings-in-ukraine | false | 18 |
Murdered student Abrar’s brother Faiyaj passes BUET admission test
Faiyaj, the brother of murdered BUET student Abrar Fahad, has passed the admission test for the varsity's engineering courses for 2021-22 session.
Abrar was tortured to death by some Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders on Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology (BUET) premises three years ago.
His brother Faiyaj has secured 450th position in the admission test result, the result of which was published on Thursday, and will get a chance to study mechanical engineering at the university.
Faiyaj said, "I will make the final decision after discussing the same with my family."
His mother, Rokeya Khatun, however, said that she was reluctant to send her second son to Buet.
In 2019, Abrar, then 21, a second-year student of electrical and electronic engineering, was beaten to death by some Bangladesh Chhatra League leaders at Sher-e-Bangla Hall of the university.
He was found dead on the staircase of the hall in the early hours of October 7, after he was taken to room No-2011 around 8pm on October 6 and beaten mercilessly.
On October 7, Abrar's father Barkat Ullah filed a complaint at the Chawkbazar police station accusing 19 people of her son's death, following which a murder case was registered.
On November 13, 2019, Detective Branch (DB) inspector and investigation officer of the case Wahiduzzaman submitted a chargesheet against some 25 accused.
On September 15, 2020, the court framed charges against the accused.
The court recorded the statements of 47 of the 60 witnesses in the case.
On March 14, 2021, the arrested 22 accused in the case pleaded not guilty. Three of them – Jishan, Rafid and Tanim – however remained absconding.
On December 8 last year, a Dhaka court sentenced 20 of them to death and five others to life imprisonment for killing Abrar in October 2019.
On January 6, some of the convicts moved the High Court against the trial court's judgment. | https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/murdered-student-abrars-brother-faiyaj-passes-buet-admission-test-451002 | 2022-07-01T08:11:27Z | https://www.tbsnews.net/bangladesh/murdered-student-abrars-brother-faiyaj-passes-buet-admission-test-451002 | true | 1 |
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WA Spokane WA Zone Forecast for Thursday, June 30, 2022
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1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
WAZ031-011100-
Northeast Blue Mountains-
Including the cities of Anatone and Peola
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. A chance of sprinkles. Lows in
the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Chance of
precipitation 30 percent.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the 70s. Chance of precipitation
40 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
lower to mid 50s. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s
to mid 80s. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
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WAZ034-035-011100-
Moses Lake Area-Upper Columbia Basin-
Including the cities of Moses Lake, Ephrata, Othello, Quincy,
Ritzville, Grand Coulee, Odessa, Wilbur, and Coulee City
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Northeast
wind 5 to 10 mph.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s. East wind
5 to 10 mph shifting to the southwest in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s. West
wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper 80s to lower 90s.
Southeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
Northeast wind 5 to 10 mph.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Chance of precipitation 50 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Cooler. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain showers. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT THROUGH TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the
50s. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the lower
80s to lower 90s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
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WAZ038-011100-
Okanogan Highlands-
Including the cities of Republic, Inchelium, and Wauconda
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in the 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of rain showers in
the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
.SATURDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Cooler. Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Chance of
precipitation 50 percent.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT THROUGH WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Lows in
the 50s. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
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WAZ041-044-011100-
Wenatchee Area-Waterville Plateau-
Including the cities of Wenatchee, Chelan, Entiat, Cashmere,
Waterville, and Mansfield
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
Northwest wind 5 to 15 mph.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid to upper 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s. Chance of precipitation
50 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the mid to upper 50s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Cooler. Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent
chance of rain showers. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower 50s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to
mid 70s. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY...Mostly clear. Highs in the mid 70s
to mid 80s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s.
$$
WAZ043-011100-
Okanogan Valley-
Including the cities of Omak, Okanogan, Brewster, Bridgeport,
Oroville, and Nespelem
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny in the morning, then partly cloudy with a
20 percent chance of rain showers in the afternoon. Highs in the
80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid 80s to lower 90s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the lower to mid 60s.
.SUNDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s. Chance of precipitation
70 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Cooler. Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 60s to lower 70s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the lower to
mid 70s. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the
upper 70s to lower 80s. Lows in the 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the 80s.
$$
WAZ047-011100-
Central Chelan County-
Including the cities of Leavenworth, Plain, and Lake Wenatchee
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s. Gusts up to 20 mph
in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Lows in the mid 50s to lower 60s. Chance of
precipitation 40 percent.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Highs in the 70s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower 60s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY AND MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a
50 percent chance of rain showers. Highs in the 60s. Lows in the
mid 40s to mid 50s.
.TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the upper
60s to mid 70s. Lows in the mid 40s to mid 50s.
.WEDNESDAY AND WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy. Highs in the mid
70s to lower 80s. Lows in the upper 40s to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly sunny with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s.
$$
WAZ048-011100-
Western Chelan County-
Including the cities of Stevens Pass, Holden Village,
and Stehekin
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s.
.FRIDAY...Sunny. Highs in the mid 70s to mid 80s. Gusts up to
20 mph in the afternoon.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the lower to mid 50s. Gusts
up to 20 mph in the evening.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 70s to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the 50s.
.SUNDAY AND SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Some thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall.
Highs in the upper 60s to mid 70s. Lows in the lower 50s to lower
60s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Rain showers likely. Highs in the upper 50s
to mid 60s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 40 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Warmer. Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the upper 60s to lower 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the upper
40s to lower 50s. Highs in the 70s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
$$
WAZ049-011100-
Western Okanogan County-
Including the cities of Mazama, Winthrop, Twisp, Methow,
and Conconully
1133 PM PDT Thu Jun 30 2022
.REST OF TONIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
.FRIDAY...Partly cloudy. A 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms in the afternoon. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.FRIDAY NIGHT...Mostly clear. Lows in the 50s.
.SATURDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 80s.
.SATURDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of
showers and thunderstorms. Lows in the upper 50s to lower 60s.
.SUNDAY...Rain showers likely and a chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Highs in the mid 70s to
lower 80s. Chance of precipitation 70 percent.
.SUNDAY NIGHT...Rain showers and a chance of thunderstorms. Some
thunderstorms may produce heavy rainfall. Lows in the mid to
upper 50s. Chance of precipitation 80 percent.
.INDEPENDENCE DAY...Cooler. Rain showers likely and a chance of
thunderstorms. Highs in the mid to upper 60s. Chance of
precipitation 70 percent.
.MONDAY NIGHT...Mostly cloudy with a 50 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the upper 40s to lower 50s.
.TUESDAY...Mostly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Highs in the lower to mid 70s.
.TUESDAY NIGHT AND WEDNESDAY...Partly cloudy. Lows in the lower
to mid 50s. Highs in the mid 70s to lower 80s.
.WEDNESDAY NIGHT...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of rain
showers. Lows in the mid to upper 50s.
.THURSDAY...Partly cloudy with a 20 percent chance of showers and
thunderstorms. Highs in the upper 70s to lower 80s.
$$
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Craig Green’s SS23 adidas Collaboration is a Lesson in Restraint
As Craig Green’s collaboration with adidas enters its seventh season, their work together is going from strength to strength. The latest collaboration, which was unveiled as part of Green’s Spring/Summer 2023 show in Paris, focused on the Stan Smith and Retropy silhouettes, incorporating themes of uniform, protection and masculinity that regularly...
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India’s (SEBI) regulation banning the use of brokers’ pool accounts for mutual fund transactions will come into effect from July 1 after a deadline extension.
In a circular issued by SEBI last year, it prohibited the pooling of funds for mutual funds transactions from April 1.
However, the deadline was later extended to July 1 to facilitate an efficient technology overhaul and its smooth transition to serve the growing investor needs after many complained of failing SIP transactions.
From July 1, all non-exchange transaction platforms including mutual fund transactions utility have already implemented this strategy. There have been some glitches and issues, but the situation is improving, and this may become error-free in the long run.
Here’s all you need to know about SEBI’s new rules.
What is a pool account?
A pool account is a kind of electronic wallet facility provided by the brokers. It is essentially a bank account where the broker pools money from the individual investors to buy MF units in a particular scheme.
What is going to change?
From July 1, mutual fund investment transactions cannot be made through a pool account. As per the SEBI regulation, the money must go from the investor's bank account to the bank account of the mutual fund house directly.
SEBI has ordered mutual fund firms to make sure that no mutual fund distributor, online platform, stockbroker, or investment advisor accumulates money from investors in a bank account (pool account) and then transfers it to the fund house to buy units for investors. This is being implemented to guarantee that the funds are not misappropriated.
Regarding the new rules, mutual fund investors and distributors have raised some issues such as delayed confirmations about allotment of units, inability to pay using cheque, RTGS and NEFT, and SIP transaction failures among others. However, these problems are expected to be resolved shortly.
How will it impact mutual fund investors?
The above-mentioned problems can cause trouble for MF investors. However, MF Utilities, which is an industry-promoted, widely used platform for transacting units has clarified that the registrars and transfer agents systems are now better equipped, and the situation has improved. There is no delay in the allotment of units where the rules are followed. Checks with distributors also indicate that the delay in confirmation of transactions was of up to six days earlier this month which has come down to a day or two, according to a report by Moneycontrol.
For MF investors using SIP (Systematic Investment Plan), all the SIPs will stop where your broker used to transfer funds from your broking account balance to the mutual fund house as per the new regulation.
SIP investors will need to sign up for fresh National Automated Clearing House (NACH) mandates in favour of the clearing corporation, which can be done online.
Also, investors need to make sure that their details such as their mobile number and email are correct at the fund folio level. This is essential as the regulator has mandated double factor authentication (2FA) using a one-time password (OTP), sent to the email and mobile phone number of the investor.
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SHENYANG, China, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Neusoft Corporation (Neusoft, SSE:600718) has recently released its milestone product in the automotive electronics field, OneCoreGo3.0. As a navigation solution aiming for the global market, the product has integrated Neusoft's more than 30 years of mass production and overseas project experience in the professional navigation field. It will provide strong support for the global sales and service of automobile brands, and serve global users with its advanced navigation technology.
Compared with its previous versions, OneCoreGo3.0, with openness, flexibility and a high degree of expansibility, further integrates its technical capabilities such as high-precision map rendering, virtual and real image fusion, big data analysis and processing, and multi-ecological cloud services. It brings innovative changes by realizing the expansion of important functional modules such as Lane-level Navigation, AR Navigation and AI Navigation.
Neusoft has been in the global automobile industry since establishment, and after more than 30 years of development, it has grown into an important partner for automobile enterprises that seek innovation in an era of software-empowered automobiles. Over the years, Neusoft has built a global product R&D and delivery network centered in China, Germany, the United States, Japan and Malaysia.
In the global navigation field, Neusoft is dedicated to creating smarter and more active differentiated navigation products for automobile enterprises and users. Meanwhile, it hones the details according to user preferences that vary in different regions, which greatly reduces the costs for auto manufacturers to expand new markets and fully supports them to develop international markets. Supporting more than 20 languages, Neusoft's global navigation products have been chosen by more than 50 well-known automobile brands, assembled in more than 100 car models and applied in more than 120 countries.
The launch of OneCoreGo3.0 marks the comprehensive upgrade of Neusoft's smart and eco-friendly global navigation solution, and the product is another innovative technological achievement made by Neusoft which realizes the globalized service. Facing the major trend of software-empowered automobiles, Neusoft will continue to explore and make breakthroughs in various sub-sectors, and contribute to the transformation of the global automobile industry.
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'Jan. 6 Committee Tried to Jussie Smollett the Country': Dems Ruthlessly Mocked for Supposed 'Key Witness'
A bombshell witness for the Jan. 6 committee is being mocked as a dud.
On Tuesday, Cassidy Hutchinson, an aide to former White House Chief of Staff Mark Meadows delivered testimony that has since been contradicted in at least two cases.
Eric Herschmann, a former Trump White House lawyer, has contradicted her claim of having taken dictation from Meadows and said a note she insisted under oath she wrote was in fact written by him.
The handwritten note J6 Star Witness testified she wrote was actually written by Eric Herschmann. She flat out lied. The committee knew it because Eric testified under oath that he wrote that note. Cheney questioned him about it. She knew Cassidy was lying https://t.co/56vRvA64Uk
— Donald Trump Jr. (@DonaldJTrumpJr) June 29, 2022
Former Trump Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations Tony Ornato has poured a generous dose of cold water on her claim that former President Donald Trump wanted to take control of his presidential SUV, according to reports that say he wants to testify that no such thing took place, according to The Guardian.
Carol Leonnig of The Washington Post, who wrote about the Secret Service, said, “Sources tell me agents dispute that Donald Trump assaulted any agent or tried to grab the steering wheel on Jan. 6. They agree Trump was furious about not being able to go to Capitol with his supporters. They offer to testify under oath,” according to The Guardian.
“The Jan. 6 committee’s ‘smoking gun’ is literally female Jussie Smollett,” commentator Caleb Hull noted.
The Jan. 6 committee’s “smoking gun” is literally female Jussie Smollett
— Caleb Hull (@CalebJHull) June 29, 2022
Many on Twitter proceeded to riff on that theme.
Remember yesterday when the Jan 6 committee tried to Jussie Smollett the country?
— The Partyman (@PartymanRandy) June 29, 2022
The Jan 6 committee overplayed their hand, pulled a smollett and ushered in a trump nomination. Please let it be a hillary vs trump rematch!!
— park bench statesman (@postmodernFX) June 29, 2022
Jussie Smollett reports to Jan 6 committee that Trump attacked him inside the limo
— CatoTheYounger (@catoletters) June 29, 2022
Jussie Smollett testifies to Jan 6 Commission two Donald Trumps wearing MAGA hats attacked him • Genesius Times #January6thCommitteeHearings #CassidyHutchinson #magacountry #January6thCommiteeHearings https://t.co/izhPSTNhkJ
— Genesius Times (@Genesius_Times) June 29, 2022
Attorney Jody Hunt, who is representing Hutchinson, said that the testimony was essentially hearsay.
“Ms. Hutchinson testified, under oath, and recounted what she was told. Those with knowledge of the episode also should testify under oath,” Hunt tweeted.
In her response to Hutchinson’s testimony, former White House adviser Kellyanne Conway noted that it is a major step for Secret Service agents to say they will go public.
Conway said on Fox News that Trump’s enemies “really make folk heroes out of anyone who’s willing to become go from working for Donald Trump, wanting to continue to work for Donald Trump to becoming part of the resistance.”
“Look, she was under oath today, but I think it’s pretty remarkable that you have Secret Service agents and in this case, the deputy chief of staff for the White House also willing to go under oath just to dispute the firsthand account they were in the vehicle. They can tell us what happened and what didn’t happen.
“It’s pretty remarkable that they would do that. I mean, often law enforcement doesn’t really want to get involved, doesn’t like to testify and get involved in anything seen political. But they were watching what you were watching,” she concluded.
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PARIS (AP) — Flights from Charles de Gaulle Airport in Paris and other French airports faced disruptions Friday as airport workers held a strike and protests to demand salary hikes to keep up with inflation.
The labor action is the latest trouble to hit global airports this summer, as travel resurges after two years of virus restrictions.
French airports have been largely spared the chaos seen recently in London, Amsterdam and some other European and U.S. cities. But on Friday, striking workers sought to call attention to the pain of inflation with a walkout on the first big day of France’s domestic summer travel season.
France's civil aviation authority said 17% of scheduled flights out of Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports in Paris were canceled between 7 a.m. and 2 p.m. Friday, primarily short-haul routes.
Protests were planned at both airports, and the Paris airports authority warned of potential delays in getting into terminals and at check-in, passport control and security stations.
Unions said the strike could last through Sunday.
Paris airport workers are seeking a raise of 6% raise retroactive to Jan. 1, while management is proposing 3%, according to French media reports. Airport firefighters at Charles de Gaulle are also on strike with specific salary demands, forcing the airport to close some runways. | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/French-airport-workers-strike-for-higher-pay-amid-17278440.php | 2022-07-01T08:22:06Z | https://www.newstimes.com/news/article/French-airport-workers-strike-for-higher-pay-amid-17278440.php | false | 18 |
Insights on the Pertussis Vaccination Market Report & Forecast to 2028 – by Players, Types, Applications and Region
QY Research latest released a report about Pertussis Vaccination(country), players, by Type and by Application. Players, stake holders, and other participants in the global Pertussis Vaccination will be able to gain the upper hand as they use the report as a powerful resource. The segmental analysis focuses on revenue and forecast by region (country), by Type and by Application for the period 2017-2028.
For United States market, this report focuses on the Pertussis Vaccination size by players, by Type and by Application, for the period 2017-2028. The key players include the global and local players, which play important roles in United States.
This report focuses on global and United States Pertussis Vaccination, also covers the segmentation data of other regions in regional level and county level.
Key Market Segmentation
Pertussis Vaccination(country), players, by Type and by Application. Players, stake holders, and other participants in the global Pertussis Vaccination will be able to gain the upper hand as they use the report as a powerful resource. The segmental analysis focuses on revenue and forecast by region (country), by Type and by Application for the period 2017-2028.
For United States market, this report focuses on the Pertussis Vaccination size by players, by Type and by Application, for the period 2017-2028. The key players include the global and local players, which play important roles in United States.
(country), players, by Type and by Application. Players, stake holders, and other participants in the global Pertussis Vaccination will be able to gain the upper hand as they use the report as a powerful resource. The segmental analysis focuses on revenue and forecast by region (country), by Type and by Application for the period 2017-2028.
For United States market, this report focuses on the Pertussis Vaccination size by players, by Type and by Application, for the period 2017-2028. The key players include the global and local players, which play important roles in United States.
For more information about this report, visit
https://us.qyresearch.com/reports/364166/pertussis-vaccination
Breakup by Type
Acellular Vaccines
Whole-cell Vaccines
Segment by Application
12 Months Below
12 Months Above
Breakup by Region
North America
United States
Canada
Europe
Germany
France
U.K.
Italy
Russia
Asia-Pacific
China
Japan
South Korea
India
Australia
China Taiwan
Indonesia
Thailand
Malaysia
Latin America
Mexico
Brazil
Argentina
Middle East & Africa
Turkey
Saudi Arabia
UAE
Breakup by Company
Sanofi Pasteur
GSK
Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
KM Biologics
Wuhan Institute of Biological Products
Walvax Biotechnology
Chengdu Institute of Biological Products
Minhai Biotechnology
Key Questions Answered in This Report
Ø How has the Global and United States Pertussis Vaccination performed so far and how will it perform in the coming years?
Ø What are the key regional markets?
Ø What is the breakup of the market based on the Pertussis Vaccination type?
Ø What is the breakup of the market based on the application?
Ø What is the breakup of the market size based on the region?
Ø What is the breakup of the market based on the region Level & country Level?
Ø What is the structure of the Global and United States Pertussis Vaccination and who are the key players?
1 Study Coverage
1.1 Pertussis Vaccination Product Introduction
1.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Outlook 2017 VS 2022 VS 2028
1.2.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in US$ Million for the Year 2017-2028
1.2.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume for the Year 2017-2028
1.3 United States Pertussis Vaccination Outlook 2017 VS 2022 VS 2028
1.3.1 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales in US$ Million for the Year 2017-2028
1.3.2 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume for the Year 2017-2028
1.4 Pertussis Vaccination Market Size, United States VS Global, 2017 VS 2022 VS 2028
1.4.1 The Market Share of United States Pertussis Vaccination in Global, 2017 VS 2022 VS 2028
1.4.2 The Growth Rate of Pertussis Vaccination Market Size, United States VS Global, 2017 VS 2022 VS 2028
1.5 Pertussis Vaccination Market Dynamics
1.5.1 Pertussis Vaccination Industry Trends
1.5.2 Pertussis Vaccination Market Drivers
1.5.3 Pertussis Vaccination Market Challenges
1.5.4 Pertussis Vaccination Market Restraints
1.6 Study Objectives
1.7 Years Considered
2 Market by Type
2.1 Pertussis Vaccination Market Segment by Type
2.1.1 Acellular Vaccines
2.1.2 Whole-cell Vaccines
2.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Type
2.2.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Value, by Type (2017, 2022 & 2028)
2.2.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume, by Type (2017, 2022 & 2028)
2.2.3 Global Pertussis Vaccination Average Selling Price (ASP) by Type (2017, 2022 & 2028)
2.3 United States Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Type
2.3.1 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Value, by Type (2017, 2022 & 2028)
2.3.2 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume, by Type (2017, 2022 & 2028)
2.3.3 United States Pertussis Vaccination Average Selling Price (ASP) by Type (2017, 2022 & 2028)
3 Market by Application
3.1 Pertussis Vaccination Market Segment by Application
3.1.1 12 Months Below
3.1.2 12 Months Above
3.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Application
3.2.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Value, by Application (2017, 2022 & 2028)
3.2.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume, by Application (2017, 2022 & 2028)
3.3.3 Global Pertussis Vaccination Average Selling Price (ASP) by Application (2017, 2022 & 2028)
3.3 United States Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Application
3.3.1 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Value, by Application (2017, 2022 & 2028)
3.3.2 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume, by Application (2017, 2022 & 2028)
3.3.3 United States Pertussis Vaccination Average Selling Price (ASP) by Application (2017, 2022 & 2028)
4 Global Pertussis Vaccination Competitor Landscape by Company
4.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Company
4.1.1 Top Global Pertussis Vaccination Manufacturers Ranked by Revenue (2021)
4.1.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Revenue by Manufacturer (2017-2022)
4.1.3 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales by Manufacturer (2017-2022)
4.1.4 Global Pertussis Vaccination Price by Manufacturer (2017-2022)
4.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Concentration Ratio (CR)
4.2.1 Pertussis Vaccination Market Concentration Ratio (CR) (2017-2022)
4.2.2 Global Top 5 and Top 10 Largest Manufacturers of Pertussis Vaccination in 2021
4.2.3 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Share by Company Type (Tier 1, Tier 2, and Tier 3)
4.3 Global Pertussis Vaccination Manufacturing Base Distribution, Product Type
4.3.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Manufacturers, Headquarters and Distribution of Producing Region
4.3.2 Manufacturers Pertussis Vaccination Product Type
4.3.3 Date of International Manufacturers Enter into Pertussis Vaccination Market
4.4 Manufacturers Mergers & Acquisitions, Expansion Plans
4.5 United States Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Company
4.5.1 Top Pertussis Vaccination Players in United States, Ranked by Revenue (2021)
4.5.2 United States Pertussis Vaccination Revenue by Players (2020, 2021 & 2022)
4.5.3 United States Pertussis Vaccination Sales by Players (2020, 2021 & 2022)
5 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Region
5.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size by Region: 2017 VS 2022 VS 2028
5.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size in Volume by Region (2017-2028)
5.2.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume by Region: 2017-2022
5.2.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Volume Forecast by Region (2023-2028)
5.3 Global Pertussis Vaccination Market Size in Value by Region (2017-2028)
5.3.1 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Value by Region: 2017-2022
5.3.2 Global Pertussis Vaccination Sales in Value by Region: 2023-2028
6 Segment in Region Level & Country Level
6.1 North America
6.1.1 North America Pertussis Vaccination Market Size YoY Growth 2017-2028
6.1.2 North America Pertussis Vaccination Market Facts & Figures by Country (2017, 2022 & 2028)
6.1.3 United States
6.1.4 Canada
6.2 Asia-Pacific
6.2.1 Asia-Pacific Pertussis Vaccination Market Size YoY Growth 2017-2028
6.2.2 Asia-Pacific Pertussis Vaccination Market Facts & Figures by Region (2017, 2022 & 2028)
6.2.3 China
6.2.4 Japan
6.2.5 South Korea
6.2.6 India
6.2.7 Australia
6.2.8 China Taiwan
6.2.9 Indonesia
6.2.10 Thailand
6.2.11 Malaysia
6.3 Europe
6.3.1 Europe Pertussis Vaccination Market Size YoY Growth 2017-2028
6.3.2 Europe Pertussis Vaccination Market Facts & Figures by Country (2017, 2022 & 2028)
6.3.3 Germany
6.3.4 France
6.3.5 U.K.
6.3.6 Italy
6.3.7 Russia
6.4 Latin America
6.4.1 Latin America Pertussis Vaccination Market Size YoY Growth 2017-2028
6.4.2 Latin America Pertussis Vaccination Market Facts & Figures by Country (2017, 2022 & 2028)
6.4.3 Mexico
6.4.4 Brazil
6.4.5 Argentina
6.5 Middle East and Africa
6.5.1 Middle East and Africa Pertussis Vaccination Market Size YoY Growth 2017-2028
6.5.2 Middle East and Africa Pertussis Vaccination Market Facts & Figures by Country (2017, 2022 & 2028)
6.5.3 Turkey
6.5.4 Saudi Arabia
6.5.5 UAE
7 Company Profiles
7.1 Sanofi Pasteur
7.1.1 Sanofi Pasteur Corporation Information
7.1.2 Sanofi Pasteur Description and Business Overview
7.1.3 Sanofi Pasteur Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.1.4 Sanofi Pasteur Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.1.5 Sanofi Pasteur Recent Development
7.2 GSK
7.2.1 GSK Corporation Information
7.2.2 GSK Description and Business Overview
7.2.3 GSK Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.2.4 GSK Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.2.5 GSK Recent Development
7.3 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma
7.3.1 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Corporation Information
7.3.2 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Description and Business Overview
7.3.3 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.3.4 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.3.5 Mitsubishi Tanabe Pharma Recent Development
7.4 KM Biologics
7.4.1 KM Biologics Corporation Information
7.4.2 KM Biologics Description and Business Overview
7.4.3 KM Biologics Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.4.4 KM Biologics Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.4.5 KM Biologics Recent Development
7.5 Wuhan Institute of Biological Products
7.5.1 Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Corporation Information
7.5.2 Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Description and Business Overview
7.5.3 Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.5.4 Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.5.5 Wuhan Institute of Biological Products Recent Development
7.6 Walvax Biotechnology
7.6.1 Walvax Biotechnology Corporation Information
7.6.2 Walvax Biotechnology Description and Business Overview
7.6.3 Walvax Biotechnology Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.6.4 Walvax Biotechnology Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.6.5 Walvax Biotechnology Recent Development
7.7 Chengdu Institute of Biological Products
7.7.1 Chengdu Institute of Biological Products Corporation Information
7.7.2 Chengdu Institute of Biological Products Description and Business Overview
7.7.3 Chengdu Institute of Biological Products Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.7.4 Chengdu Institute of Biological Products Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.7.5 Chengdu Institute of Biological Products Recent Development
7.8 Minhai Biotechnology
7.8.1 Minhai Biotechnology Corporation Information
7.8.2 Minhai Biotechnology Description and Business Overview
7.8.3 Minhai Biotechnology Pertussis Vaccination Sales, Revenue and Gross Margin (2017-2022)
7.8.4 Minhai Biotechnology Pertussis Vaccination Products Offered
7.8.5 Minhai Biotechnology Recent Development
8 Industry Chain and Sales Channels Analysis
8.1 Pertussis Vaccination Industry Chain Analysis
8.2 Pertussis Vaccination Key Raw Materials
8.2.1 Key Raw Materials
8.2.2 Pertussis Vaccination Distributors
8.3 Pertussis Vaccination Production Mode & Process
8.4 Pertussis Vaccination Sales and Marketing
8.4.1 Pertussis Vaccination Sales Channels
8.4.2 Pertussis Vaccination Distributors
8.5 Pertussis Vaccination Customers
9 Research Findings and Conclusion
10 Appendix
10.1 Research Methodology
10.1.1 Methodology/Research Approach
10.1.2 Data Source
10.2 Author Details
10.3 Disclaimer
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Kelowna RCMP wants boaters on Okanagan Lake to stay safe during busy long weekend
Safety on the lake during the Canada Day long weekend is everyone’s responsibility and one of the RCMP’s top priority.
The RCMP’s vision is to eliminate senseless and preventable deaths on our waterways.
The majority of accidents are caused by the boat operator and not by mechanical, equipment failure or environmental causes. Human carelessness and failure to keep a proper lookout are the two primary causes of boating accidents.
Don’t push your limits when playing in water. Many drowning instances are a result of fatigue and being too far from shore.
Boaters, tubers and swimmers alike should always wear life jackets or personal floatation devices when on the water. This can save lives. Tubers: be sure to wear a life jacket and a helmet.
Before heading out on the water, boaters should make sure their boat is equipped with enough Canadian approved lifejackets to fit themselves and everyone on board.
Wearing a life jacket or Personal Flotation Devices is the best defense for surviving cold-water shock and hypothermia.
Drinking and driving which includes the use of cannabis, whether on land or water, is illegal and punishable under the Criminal Code. It is well known that using these and taking to the water can lead to dangerous situations. Operators are responsible for the safety of their guests and should consider other users of the waterway.
Beware of fatigue, sun, wind and boat motion. All can dull your senses and impair fine motor skills and judgment.
Watch your speed and don’t race on the lake. Speed is a major contributor to incidents on the roadways and on the water. Slow down.
Make sure your vessel is equipped with the proper required safety equipment such as sound signals, bailers, oars/paddles/anchor, flares, fire extinguishers, etc. Please check the Safety Boating Guide or Canada Shipping Act, 2001 to see the requirements for the size of your vessel. Items such as navigation lights are a must when operating the vessel in restricted visibility or at night. Also, ensure that the vessel is registered/licenced and the operator has a proper operator licence such as Pleasure Craft Operator Card for pleasure crafts with engine over 10 hp.
More tips on safe boating can be found here, https://tc.canada.ca/en/marine-transportation/marine-safety/office-boating-safety.
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What to do in and around Montreal this long weekend
Looking for fun things to do in and around Montreal this long weekend?
Here are a few ideas:
O CANADA
In the mood to celebrate Canada?
Check out all the events happening in and around Montreal here.
JAZZ IT UP
Montreal's beloved Jazz Festival is back from June 30 to July 9.
Check out the full schedule of performers and reserve tickets at the festival's website.
WHERE: Quartier des spectacles
PRICE: Varies
LIGHT UP THE SKY
After a two-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Montreal's annual international fireworks competition is back every Saturday from June 25 to Aug. 6.
WHERE: La Ronde
PRICE: Free
LET'S EAT
Starting July 1, Montreal's food trucks return to the Olympic Park every Friday... Need we say more?
WHERE: Esplanade of the Olympic Park
PRICE: Varies
ART FOR EVERYONE
Mtl en Arts brings together hundreds of artists and transforms Montreal's Gay Village into the largest open-air art gallery in eastern Canada from June 29 to July 3.
WHERE: Sainte-Catherine Street East between Saint-Hubert and Papineau streets
PRICE: Free
OLDIES BUT GOODIES
As always, Montreal has lots to offer each summer, whether it be picnicking on Mount Royal Park, flying a kite at Beaver Lake or visiting one of the city's public markets.
If you're in the mood to be in nature, consider supporting local and picking your own fruit and vegetables at one of the city's many farms (just search for the one closest to you).
On a hot day, pack a towel (and some sunscreen) and spend the day at a beach -- you have a choice of Verdun Beach, Jean-Doré Beach on Parc Jean-Drapeau, Plage Boucherville, the Cap-Saint-Jacques Nature Park, just to name a few.
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Duke of Cambridge Prince William and his wife Kate Middleton are so sad to hear the heartbreaking news about Dame Deborah, who died at the age of 40.
Taking to their official Twitter handle, the royal couple tweeted, “We are so sad to hear the heartbreaking news about Dame Deborah. Our thoughts are with her children, her family and her loved ones.”
They further said, “Deborah was an inspirational and unfalteringly brave woman whose legacy will live on. W & C.”
The podcast host and cancer campaigner Deborah’s family announced on Wednesday that she had died “peacefully… surrounded by her family”.
In May, a day after Queen Elizabeth approved a Damehood for Deborah James, Prince William visited her and handed over the medal.
Taking to Twitter, Deborah had shared multiple pictures with the Duke and wrote, "That time when @KensingtonRoyal came to tea to give me my Damehood! surreal."
The Duke and Duchess of Cambridge had also praised her on Twitter a couple of days before the Queen approved the Damehood.
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NYKÖPING, Sweden, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- To address the growing need for Quality Assured neutronic simulation in the Advanced Reactor market, Studsvik Scandpower, the global leader in neutronic simulation software, and VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland, the cutting-edge leader in the development of advanced software for nuclear reactor and power plant modelling such as the Serpent Monte Carlo code, initiated a strategic partnership to expand the commercial uses of Serpent software to the advanced civil nuclear community around the globe. The partnership will continue the growth of the Studsvik product line with a new version of Serpent under Studsvik's NQA-1 and 10 CFR50 Appendix B Quality Assurance program, Serpent-SSP.
In recognition of the regulatory challenges for advanced reactor designers today, Studsvik aims to provide the quality assurance, software support and engineering feature development in Serpent to enhance advanced reactor designer's regulatory submittals with confidence and enable VTT to provide their expert consultation in the global advanced reactor industry.
Studsvik and VTT will work together to develop new methodology for the modeling of advanced reactors through this partnership with Serpent. The partnership will provide ease of access to the VTT organization and expertise for Studsvik customers. Studsvik and VTT aim to expand applications and support of Serpent into new fields including medical physics, radiation shielding, and other neutron and radiation transport applications.
"VTT is the Scandinavian leader in nuclear technology and their world-renowned Serpent software is used by advanced reactor designers globally. Studsvik is proud to bring Serpent into the product line in our quality assurance program.", says Rob Whittle, Business Area President of Studsvik Scandpower. "This partnership will enhance the value to the nuclear industry and other civilian industry transport applications for commercial neutronics software. Studsvik is excited to broaden its product line to support the strong growth in advanced nuclear reactor deployment."
"Partnering with Studsvik Scandpower will broaden the reach of Serpent applications in a highly regulated environment", says Tommi Nyman, Vice President of Nuclear Energy at VTT. "We are proud to partner with Studsvik Scandpower in this endeavor. Studsvik is the worldwide leader with in commercial neutronics software with a 40 year track record of excellence in the rigorous NQA-1 environment which will enable Serpent to better meet customer needs."
Industry customers need a QA version of Serpent to aid them in obtaining regulatory approval and performing safety related work. SSP has expertise in both regulatory QA processes and in regulatory licensing and can apply this expertise to Serpent. In addition, SSP can reach and support many new customers through its worldwide marketing channels which will broaden the overall Serpent distribution. Non-commercial research and educational use of Serpent will remain free of charge through VTT.
To learn more about the new applications of Serpent in the partnership between VTT and Studsvik, please reach out to alina.reyzelman@studsvik.com and matti.paljakka@vtt.fi.
Serpent is a multi-purpose three-dimensional continuous-energy neutron and photon transport code, developed at VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland since 2004. The continuous-energy Monte Carlo method can be used for a wide range of particle transport applications. The physics model in Serpent covers neutron, photon and coupled neutron-photon simulations. Serpent has more than 1,000 users in 250 organizations around the world.
Facts about Studsvik
Studsvik offers a range of advanced technical services to the global nuclear power industry. Studsvik's business focus areas are fuel and materials technology, reactor analysis software and technical platforms for handling, conditioning and volume reduction of radioactive waste. The company has over 70 years nuclear technology and radiological service experience. Studsvik has 500 employees in 7 countries and the company's shares are listed on the Nasdaq Stockholm.
About Studsvik Scandpower (business area of the Studsvik Group)
Studsvik Scandpower is the global leader in the development and support of fuel vendor-independent reactor analysis software. We offer a full suite of licensing-grade software and engineering services to support operating utilities, fuel vendors, safety authorities, next generation reactor developers and research organizations. Our products are used throughout the world for reactor fuel and core design, analysis, and operational support.
About VTT
VTT is one of Europe's leading research institutions. We advance the utilization and commercialization of research and technology in commerce and society. Through scientific and technological means, we turn large global challenges into sustainable growth for businesses and society. We bring together people, business, science and technology to solve the biggest challenges of our time. This is how we create sustainable growth, jobs and wellbeing and bring exponential hope.
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Homemade Chicken Salad
A classic chicken salad recipe, fit for lunches, teas, or afternoon snacks.
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Chicken salad has always been a lunch-time favorite in the Southern household. It's a great dish to make with your leftover chicken. You simply can't go wrong with this flavorful dish. It can be served on a sandwich, in lettuce cups, or even spread on crackers.
To liven up this savory chicken salad, add a few dashes of your favorite spices, herbs, or nuts to cater to your specific cravings. Chopped celery adds the ideal amount of textured crunch to this homemade chicken salad. Grapes and dried cranberries are welcome additions to this cuisine, but feel free to get creative with your mix-ins.
This creamy chicken salad is versatile enough to pack for a simple lunch or to dress up to serve at a neighborhood gathering. Not to mention it's perfect for all seasons, just mix the chicken salad with your favorite holiday spices. Trust us, the first bite won't be your last. | https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/homemade-chicken-salad | 2022-07-01T08:45:16Z | https://www.southernliving.com/recipes/homemade-chicken-salad | true | 1 |
StockNews.com assumed coverage on shares of Biocept (NASDAQ:BIOC – Get Rating) in a research note issued to investors on Tuesday morning. The brokerage issued a hold rating on the medical research company’s stock.
Several other research analysts have also commented on the company. Maxim Group set a $4.00 price target on Biocept in a research report on Monday, June 20th. TheStreet lowered Biocept from a c- rating to a d rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 27th.
Shares of BIOC stock opened at $0.94 on Tuesday. Biocept has a 12-month low of $0.84 and a 12-month high of $4.53. The company has a current ratio of 3.38, a quick ratio of 3.15 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.03. The stock’s 50-day moving average price is $1.38 and its 200-day moving average price is $2.23. The stock has a market capitalization of $15.91 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of -2.09 and a beta of 0.66.
Large investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Taylor & Morgan Wealth Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Biocept during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $43,000. PDT Partners LLC purchased a new position in shares of Biocept during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $130,000. Bailard Inc. purchased a new position in shares of Biocept during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $152,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC purchased a new position in shares of Biocept during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $225,000. Finally, Renaissance Technologies LLC boosted its position in shares of Biocept by 27.1% during the first quarter. Renaissance Technologies LLC now owns 116,400 shares of the medical research company’s stock valued at $270,000 after buying an additional 24,800 shares during the period. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 13.52% of the company’s stock.
About Biocept (Get Rating)
Biocept, Inc, a molecular oncology diagnostics company, develops and commercializes proprietary circulating tumor cell and circulating cell-free tumor DNA and RNA assays utilizing a standard blood sample. Its cancer assays provide information to healthcare providers to identify oncogenic alterations that qualify a subset of cancer patients for targeted therapy at diagnosis, progression, and monitoring to identify resistance mechanisms.
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England Women vs South Africa Women, Only Test: Key stats
Rain played spoilsport as the one-off Test involving England Women and South Africa Women in Taunton ended in a draw. Resuming from 55/3, SA managed additional 126 runs on Day 4. Tumi Sekhukhune (33*) and Marizanne Kapp (43*) kept the hosts at bay. For England, pacers Kate Cross and Isabelle Wong put the visitors in a spot of bother. Here are the stats.
England restricted SA to 284 after electing to bowl. Cross (4/63) was the pick of the English bowlers. Kapp put up a fight against the hosts, dishing out a hostile-looking 150. England compiled 417/8d, taking a 133-run lead. Hundreds from Natalie Sciver and Alice Richards put the hosts in a dominating spot. Later, SA were left reeling at 181/5 but managed to stay put.
Kapp managed 150(213) and 43*(58) in the Test. She bashed a total of 34 fours in the concluded fixture. Playing only her second Test, Kapp cracked her maiden ton in whites, including a crucial 72-run stand alongside Anne Bosch for the sixth wicket. The all-rounder now has 212 Test runs at 70.66. Versus England, Kapp now has 193 runs while averaging a prolific 193.00.
Sciver had class written all over her in the Taunton Test. Coming in to bat at 74/2, Sciver held her fort and slammed 169* off 263 deliveries (21 fours). It was her maiden Test ton. She managed 1/29 later in the game. She eventually bagged the Player of the Match title. The middle-order batter now has 512 Test runs at 46.54.
Richards, who was playing her maiden Test, bashed up a sublime-looking hundred in Taunton. The bowling all-rounder smacked 107 off 194 deliveries. She smashed 17 fours before being dismissed on the penultimate ball of Day 2. She threw her wicket while trying to slice a delivery outside off only to get caught at backward point. Richards had managed figures of 1/39 early on.
As per ESPNcricinfo, Sciver now holds the record for the fourth-highest score by an Englishwoman in Tests. Betty Snowball (189 vs NZ, 1935), Rachael Heyhoe Flint (179 vs Australia, 1975), and Claire Taylor (177 vs SA, 2003) rank above her. Most notably, Sciver now has the sixth-highest score by a number four or a lower batter in Tests.
Sciver and Richards played an invaluable part in England's fight-back. They added 207 runs for the sixth wicket. As per ESPNcricinfo, it is the joint-ninth-highest partnership in the history of women's Tests. They have equaled the record previously held by Janette Brittin and Carole Hodges.
Cross was disciplined with her line and lengths throughout. She notched figures worth 4/63 and 2/56 in Taunton. The right-armer has now raced to 21 Test scalps at 24.67. Spinner Sophie Ecclestone bagged figures worth 1/33 and 1/26. She now has 17 wickets at 37.70. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/sports/england-women-vs-sa-women-test-records-broken/story | 2022-07-01T08:59:37Z | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/sports/england-women-vs-sa-women-test-records-broken/story | true | 1 |
Bernie Ecclestone, 91, gives ANOTHER bizarre TV interview as he slams Lewis Hamilton for talking 'rubbish' after F1 star called for 'older voices' to be silenced amid Nelson Piquet N-word racism row - and insists Putin is a 'good guy' and 'sensible person'
- Billionaire Bernie Ecclestone said the thousands of civilian deaths in the Ukraine war were 'not intentional'
- The Ex-Formula One owner made the bizarre comments during an interview with Good Morning Britain (GMB)
- He also said the N-word comment made by Nelson Pique was just 'part of the conversation' for the Brazilian
- Ecclestone then doubled down on his comments in another car-crash interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV
Bernie Ecclestone doubled-down on his controversial defence of Vladimir Putin and racing driver Nelson Piquet's use of the N-word in a row with Lewis Hamilton by claiming the term was 'the same' as calling someone fat.
In a bizarre interview on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning, the ex-Formula 1 owner branded 69-year-old dictator Putin a 'first class person' and 'sensible', before telling Hamilton he should 'brush aside' Piquet's racial slur and 'be happy' with his apology.
Ecclestone was then challenged further over his comments in a discussion with Piers Morgan on the broadcaster's Talk TV show, Uncensored, later that evening.
The 91-year-old mogul insisted he 'stood behind' the comments he made about taking a bullet for Putin and denied he was a racist - insisting 'I've never met a coloured person that I've found I don't like' - as he backed Piquet in the row.
Morgan told him: 'Bernie, there is no equivalent between somebody calling a black person the N word and saying that you are undersized – there is no equivalent, you must see that?'
Ecclestone replied: 'It's terribly rude to say somebody undersized or a fat person. If, for example, they're black and they're saying your fat, I suppose it's the same sort of thing.'
Asked for a response to Hamilton's comments that people like him shouldn't have a platform, he said: 'Complete load of rubbish. Because if he's referring to me, he should think a little bit. His father and myself had talked about going into business for a while. I'm not racist, quite the opposite to be honest. His comments are crazy.'
It comes after his former colleagues quickly distanced themselves from his remarks, with F1 releasing a statement to say they were 'in very stark contrast to the position of the modern values of our sport.'
Bernie Ecclestone doubled-down on his controversial defence of Vladimir Putin and racing driver Nelson Piquet's use of the N-word in a row with Lewis Hamilton by claiming the term was 'the same' as calling someone fat
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone (R) attend the Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix competition October 11, 2015 in Sochi, Russia
Ecclestone had been invited on the show to discuss the latest racism storm engulfing F1, after a video surfaced of Nelson Piquet (pictured with Ecclestone) calling Lewis Hamilton the N-word while discussing his crash with Max Verstappen at Silverstone last year
Ecclestone and his 45-year-old wife Fabiana Flosi photographed with friends leaving fish restaurant Es Xarco in ibiza, last summer
In a bizarre interview on Good Morning Britain on Thursday, former Formula 1 owner Bernie Ecclestone, 91, branded 69-year-old dictator Vladimir Putin a 'first class person' and 'sensible'
The ex-F1 boss previously said he thought Putin should be running Europe and that the invasion of Crimea was just to 'bring Russia back together'
Mr Eccelstone is a known admirer of the Russian President, and the duo have been seen at sporting events together. (Pictured at F1 event in Sochi, Russia, in 2018)
Earlier this week, Russia launched attacks on apartment buildings and a shopping mall in Ukraine, the latter of which was branded a war crime by western leaders.
Ecclestone, however, said such civilian losses were 'not intentional', despite tens of thousands of innocents feared dead at the hands of indiscriminate shelling.
The billionaire is a long-time admirer of Putin and the duo have been seen at sporting events together, often in deep conversation or laughing.
Their friendship blossomed following the introduction of the Russian Grand Prix in 2014.
Even the day after Russian troops stormed Ukraine in February this year, Ecclestone described Putin as 'honourable' and someone who 'did exactly what he said he was going to do without any arguments.'
Ecclestone had appeared from a sunny rooftop in Ibiza on Thursday morning to give his thoughts on the racism storm engulfing F1, defending Piquet, 69, after he branded Hamilton the N-word in an interview.
Ecclestone discovered Piquet, the son of a prominent Brazilian politician, more than 40 years ago, when he would sneak him onto the track in the boot of his car.
Looking back on how he helped shape him into the champion he became, Ecclestone said in a 2020 interview that Brazilian Piquet was 'special', and a 'super competitor' who 'wanted to win.'
Ecclestone's wife, Fabiana, 45, is also Brazilian. They met in 2009 when she was in the marketing department for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
She was elected vice-president of the motoring governing body FIA last year, covering the South American region, which raised eyebrows among industry leaders.
Speaking this morning, Ecclestone sparked outrage when he took a shot at Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he was a comedian before the Ukraine war and appeared to 'want to continue being one.'
He then insisted the invasion 'could have ended differently' if Zelensky had 'talked with Putin'.
When pressed by journalist Kate Garraway, who asked if he believed a change in Zelensky's actions, rather than Putin's, could have avoided war, Ecclestone replied: 'Absolutely.'
He added: 'What he's doing is something he believed was the right thing for Russia.
'Unfortunately, like a lot of business people, certainly like me, we make mistakes from time to time, and when you've made the mistake you have to do the best you can to get out of it.'
He added: 'I think if it had been conducted properly - I mean the other person in Ukraine... I understand he used to be a comedian, and I think he seems to want to continue that profession... I think if he had thought about things he would have definitely made a big enough effort to speak to Mr Putin, who is a sensible person and would have listened to him and probably done something about it.'
Presenter Ben Shephard quizzed Ecclestone about the thousands of innocent lives killed in Ukraine, asking him: 'You can't justify that, surely?'
Ecclestone responded: 'I don't. It wasn't intentional - look at all times America has moved into different countries which is nothing to do with America.'
He added: 'And I'm quite sure Ukraine, if they'd wanted to get out of it properly, could have done.'
Asked if he has had a chance to speak to Putin about 'what a mess' the situation is or urged him to rethink what he is doing, Ecclestone said: 'No. He's probably thought about that himself. He probably doesn't need reminding.
'I'm absolutely sure he now wishes he hadn't started this whole business, but didn't start as a war.'
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has led the condemnation of his remarks, telling GMB: 'I think those comments are extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary.'
She added: 'This is a man who has perpetrated an appalling war, involving the systematic rape of women, the targeting of civilians in shopping centres.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton arrives at the paddock ahead of the British Grand Prix 2022 at Silverstone, Towcester, on June 30, 2022
Ecclestone said Lewis Hamilton (pictured arriving to British Grand Prix at Silverstone today) should be 'happy' with Piquet's apology for using a racial slur against him
Max Verstappen pictured at Silverstone today. Lewis Hamilton's race rival is dating Nelson Piquet's daughter Kelly
Nelson Piquet, left, at dinner with his daughter Kelly, right, and her F1 world champion boyfriend Max Verstappen, centre
'I find those comments absolutely extraordinary by Bernie Ecclestone. Clearly Vladimir Putin is toxic, the Prime minister is right to have said that.'
Ms Truss said she found 'apologists' for Putin 'absolutely shocking', when they can clearly see the 'appalling' atrocities unfolding in Ukraine.
Formula One added: 'The comments made by Bernie Ecclestone are his personal views and are in very stark contrast to the position of the modern values of our sport.'
Ecclestone had been invited on the show to discuss the latest racism storm engulfing F1, after a video surfaced of Nelson Piquet calling Lewis Hamilton the N-word while discussing his crash with Max Verstappen at Silverstone last year.
While the Brazilian has apologised and insisted his language had no racist intent, he faces being banned from the F1 paddock. But Ecclestone, his long time pal, rushed to his defence today.
He told GMB: 'I've known Nelson for an awful long time. I was with him a couple of weeks ago.
Social media users branded Ecclestone a 'small minded idiot' for his comments on Ukraine and the latest F1 drama involving the N-word and Lewis Hamilton
'It's not the sort of thing Nelson would say meaning something bad.
'He probably thinks lots of things he says which might upset us or might feel a little bit offensive.... to him it's nothing. It's just part of conversation.
'Nelson would never go out of his way to say anything bad, certainly.
'I think what probably happened, knowing Nelson as I know him, as his daughter is the girlfriend of Max Verstappen, probably after seeing the accident, he probably exploded and carried that forward.'
At a press conference today head of this weekend's Silverstone Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said: 'I don't know why we are giving the older voices a platform.
'We are looking to go somewhere different and they are not representative of who we are now in the sport.
'If we are looking to grow our audiences and give the younger people a platform that are more representative of today's times... it is not just about one individual or the use of that term but the bigger picture.'
Hamilton continued:: 'I am incredibly grateful to all of those who have been supportive within the sport, particularly the drivers.
'It has been two years since many of us took the knee at the first race in Austria and we are still faced with challenges.
'I have been on the receiving end of racism and criticism and that negativity and archaic narratives for a long time and undertones of discrimination, so there is nothing new for me.'
Social media users reacted furiously to Piquet's comments, with one tweeting: 'What a small minded idiot', while others accused him of being 'racist.'
It is not the first time Ecclestone has courted controversy after first offering to take a bullet for Putin, a longtime friend of his, in 2019.
He said at the time that he would 'stand in front of a machine gun' to save him, because he is a 'good guy.'
He said he did not believe he was behind the infamous Novichok attack in Salisbury, accusing people of making things up.
He said: ''He didn't do that. He would be too busy to be worrying about that sort of thing. Storytellers make these things up.'
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok on March 4 2018.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she came into contact with a perfume container used to carry the Novichok on June 30.
The two suspects - known by their aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov - were caught on CCTV in Salisbury the day before the attack, and in an interview claimed they were just visiting to see the town to see the cathedral.
The Russian government has always denied any involvement in the incident.
The ex-F1 boss also said he thought Putin should be running Europe and that the invasion of Crimea was just to 'bring Russia back together.'
He added: 'I would like him running Europe,' he says. 'We haven't got anybody, so it couldn't be any worse. He does what he says he is going to do . . .
'I am not a supporter of democracy. You need a dictator. As a dictator, you say, 'This is what I am going to do.' In a democracy, it gets watered down.'
Mr Eccelstone is a known admirer of the Russian President, and the duo have been seen at sporting events together.
They were spotted deep in conversation at the Russian Grand Prix in 2014 and Mr Eccelstone previously described Putin as a 'first-class person'.
It is not the first time Mr Ecclestone - who stood down at the CEO of Formula One in 2017 - has stirred controversy.
He was previously forced to apologise when speaking in praise of Adolf Hitler, saying he was a man that could 'get things done.'
At the same time, he accused Jews of failing to solve the banking crisis, even though 'they have a lot of influence everywhere'.
A spokesman for Germany's Central Council of Jews said: 'No team should work with him any more - a boycott would be more than appropriate.'
Later, Ecclestone said he was 'so sorry' and called himself 'an idiot'.
He insisted 'things were taken a little bit wrong' and his praise of the German tyrant was 'not what he meant' before adding: 'Those who don't know me think I support Hitler's atrocities; those who do know me have told me how unwise I was to articulate my points so badly that it should have been so widely misunderstood.
'During the 1930s Germany was facing an economic crisis but Hitler was able to rebuild the economy, building the autobahns and German industry.
'That was all I meant when I referred to him getting things done.
'I'm an admirer of good leadership, of politicians who stand by their convictions and tell the voters the truth.
'I'm not an admirer of dictators, who rule by terror.'
Mr Ecclestone is a known admirer of the Russian President. They have previously attended sporting events together, and were spotted deep in conversation at the Russian Grand Prix in 2014
In another interview, he added: 'Hitler brought a country that was bankrupt into a country that was very strong and that was really demonstrating what someone could do if they had the power and didn't have to keep back and referring every five minutes.
'The trouble with politicians and democracy is they all the time have to compromise, they can't do what they want to do because there is somebody in opposition. I regret it didn't come out like that.'
In The Times interview, Ecclestone also referred to close friend Max Mosley, who was President of the motor racing body, the FIA, before taking his own life last May.
He then suggested the son of British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley would do a 'super job' as Prime Minister.
Mosley fought a privacy battle with a Sunday newspaper after he was exposed enjoying what was described as a Nazi-themed sadomasochistic orgy.
However, a judge later ruled there was no evidence of the 'Nazi theme' and Ecclestone said of Mosley: 'He's a good leader with people.
'I don't think his background would be a problem.'
In 2014, Mr Ecclestone was cleared of bribery charges after he paid a German criminal court £60million.
The case has caused anger in Germany where critics said Ecclestone – who was accused of paying a banker a £27million bribe – had been 'washed clean' thanks to his 'spectacular' payment.
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The EU introduces new crypto rules to protect against fraud and climate impact
Europe and its member states have provisionally agreed on new crypto regulations that aim to protect consumers and service providers, the European Parliament announced. Called "MiCA" (markets in crypto-assets), it's designed to guard against things like fraud, criminal activity, climate impact and more.
"In the Wild West of the crypto-world, MiCA will be a global standard setter," said Germany's MEP Stefan Berger in a statement. "MiCA will ensure a harmonised market, provide legal certainty for crypto-asset issuers, guarantee a level playing field for service providers and ensure high standards for consumer protection."
A new legal framework is designed to protect market integrating by regulating public crypto offerings. A key provision is a public register administered by the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) to address money laundering concerns. Major crypto-asset service provider (CASPs) will also have to disclose energy consumption and declare environmental and climate impact data to their national authority, which will in turn inform ESMA.
This new regulation strengthens the European framework to fight money-laundering, reduces the risks of fraud and makes crypto-asset transactions more secure. The EU travel rule will ensure that CASPs can prevent and detect sanctioned addresses and that transfers of crypto-assets are fully traceable.
The law covers cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin and Ether, but NFTs (nonfungible tokens) including "cinema tickets, digital collectibles from clothing brands or in-game items in computer games" will be exempt. However, those could later be re-classified as financial instruments or crytpo assets subject to MiCA, according to the rules.
The law is still provisional, with key details like whether CASPs will need to be located in the EU still being debated, according to Bloomberg. Earlier version of the draft, first proposed in 2020, included a provision to ban Bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies that used energy-intensive mining processes. However, those were subsequently removed following industry complaints.
The news follows a a bad run for crypto, with the collapse of TerraUSD and other tokens, the freezing of withdrawals at Celsius and a general decline in the market. The US has yet to implement its own rules on crypto, but US senators recently introduced a bipartisan bill designed to do just that. | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-eu-introduces-new-crypto-rules-to-protect-against-fraud-and-climate-impact-083250933.html | 2022-07-01T09:01:41Z | https://finance.yahoo.com/news/the-eu-introduces-new-crypto-rules-to-protect-against-fraud-and-climate-impact-083250933.html | false | 3 |
Papua New Guinea steps up security ahead of Monday's polls
SYDNEY, July 1 (Reuters) - Voting in Papua New Guinea's national election begins on Monday, with police mounting a major security operation in an effort to stop a repeat of violence that saw more than 200 people killed during the Pacific island nation's last election five years ago.
Voting will take place from July 4 to 22, with ballots airlifted to remote constituencies with assistance from the Australian Defence Force.
PNG's general election is among the world's most challenging, because of difficult terrain, punishing
weather conditions, poor transport infrastructure and extreme linguistic and cultural diversity, an independent observer's report on the last poll said.
The Australian National University observer group documented 204 deaths from election-related violence in 2017.
PNG's electoral commission, in its report to parliament, said some electorates had faced election violence, intimidation and fraud in 2017, and there was a significant problem with the electoral roll.
"We have lost too many people to election-related violence," Police Commissioner David Manning said on Monday, the Post Courier newspaper reported.
In Mt Hagen township in the western highlands, supporters of rival political candidates stoned and set fire to each other's vehicles last month, and armoured vehicles arrived on Monday to restore stability, police said.
"As we go to the polls on Monday, I wish to again appeal to candidates, their supporters and the general public to take responsibility and make this a free, fair, safe and corruption-free election," Manning said in a statement.
The two main contenders for prime minister, in the 10th election since independence, are incumbent Prime Minister James Marape of the Pangu Party, and former Prime Minister Peter O'Neill of the People's National Congress Party.
Marape pledged to make PNG "the richest black Christian nation" and "make our nation economically independent", the Post Courier reported on Friday, the last day of campaigning.
Marape became prime minister in 2019 after O’Neill resigned amid unhappiness at the handling of a gas deal in the resource-rich but poverty-stricken country.
O'Neill told voters he had used his time out of government to "reflect on what we can do better".
Australia has donated 3,000 helmets and pieces of body armour to assist security for the election, police said in a statement.
The donation in June came after reports China would donate 2,000 pieces of body armour during a visit by China's foreign minister in May.
O'Neill criticised any donation of security equipment by China as "improper", amid criticism by Australia and the United States of China's security deal with neighbouring Solomon Islands.
A police spokesman was could not confirm whether China followed through on its donation. In 2017, China donated 130 trucks for the election.
(Reporting by Kirsty Needham. Editing by Gerry Doyle)
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Jota joins Celtic on permanent transfer as Hoops hero hails ‘tremendous’ step forward in career
CELTIC have confirmed the signing of Jota on a permanent deal from Benfica.
The Portuguese forward, who arrived on loan from Benfica last season and soon became a huge fan favourite at Parkhead, has agreed a five-year deal with the Hoops.
The 23-year-old scored a total of 13 goals and proved 14 assists in his 40 appearances for the Hoops last season.
One of the most impressive parts of Jota's game is his versatility, as Postecoglou regularly deployed him on both the left and right wings last season.
He also scored in some of Celtic's biggest games - including the final Old Firm match of the campaign, which ended in a crucial draw.
It's a key signing for Ange Postecoglou as his side look to retain their title next season and compete in the Champions League.
He has penned a five-year deal as he becomes Celtic's FIFTH signing of the summer.
And he reckons that swapping Benfica for the Hoops is a tremendous step forward in his career.
He told Celtic TV: “I’m feeling great. It’s a tremendous step in my career.
"I’m really happy to have joined Celtic and I just want to give some joy to the fans, to our team and conquer as many things as we can.
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“It was a great experience last season. I already knew, more or less, how big Celtic was but I think people only realise once you are inside the club and inside the structure.
“With the season that we had with all the winning and all the trophies, I think it was very good for everyone, and I just got to know the club in another perspective, and I just fell in love. So I think it’s a good time to be here and I just want to develop.”
The Hoops got the ball rolling when they confirmed the permanent transfers of Cameron Carter-Vickers and Daizen Maeda.
Postecoglou also recruited cover and competition for Joe Hart as he added former Dundee United goalkeeper Benji Siegrist on a four-year-deal.
The arrival of former Lanus left-back Alexandro Bernabei will now also add depth to the side and can challenge Greg Tayor for the starting spot.
He becomes the first EVER player from Argentina to wear the Celtic jersey.
The Celtic boss was confident of bringing in solid competition in that position to the Scotland international as he allowed Liam Scales to go join Aberdeen on a season-long loan for the upcoming campaign before his new star's arrival.
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Samsung announced that as of today Samsung Gaming Hub available to everyone Smart TV 2022 for the South Korean company. All-in-one platform allows users to enjoy Xbox Cloud gamesand GeForce Now, Utomik, Google Stadia and in the future Amazon Luna (in the US) directly through the TV without the need for a console or special hardware.
Certainly the most interesting feature of the Samsung Gaming Hub is the presence of the Xbox Cloud Gaming app. While Google Stadia and GeForce Now are now available for many smart TVs, Microsoft’s service is actually a temporary exclusive to Samsung models. With Xbox Cloud Gaming, a huge catalog of Xbox and PC games can be played for subscribers Xbox Game Pass Ultimate And free in Fortnite, all in the stream, so without the need to use an Xbox Series X or S.
Gamers can use their favorite accessories, such as headphones and Bluetooth controllers, with the Samsung Gaming Hub without having to purchase new hardware, making accessing games very simple. It also integrates music and streaming services such as Twitch, YouTube, and Spotify. Players can also get the latest game news, watch tutorials, listen to their favorite music and podcasts, and watch trailers for the most anticipated games, all via the Hub.
As mentioned at the beginning, the Samsung Gaming Hub is available for TVs released in 2022, including those of the Neo QLED 8K Series, Neo QLED 4K, QLED (Smart TV 2022 above BU8000), and Smart Monitor 2022.
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WFO NEW YORK CITY Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 1, 2022
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AIR QUALITY ALERT
Air Quality Alert Message
Relayed by National Weather Service New York NY
352 AM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...AIR QUALITY ALERT IN EFFECT FROM 11 AM THIS MORNING TO 11 PM EDT
THIS EVENING...
The Connecticut Department of Energy and Environmental Protection
has issued an Air Quality Action Day for the following counties:
Northern New Haven, Northern Middlesex, and Southern Fairfield.
from 11 AM to 11 PM EDT Friday.
An Air Quality Action Day means that Ground Level Ozone within the
region may approach or exceed unhealthy standards. For additional
information, please visit the Connecticut Department of Energy and
Environmental Protection Web site at http://www.ct.gov/deep/aqi
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Cheryl and Liam Payne split as their son Bear reached his first birthday but they have shared how they now have a 'very healthy good relationship'. The couple parted ways in 2018 by announcing it with joint statements.
Over the last few years they have managed to assess what went wrong and built a better relationship from it. Cheryl who turned 39 yesterday (June 30) has explained that the former One Direction star's solo career was a big part of the split.
The Mirror reports that Liam, 28, had dreamed of becoming a dad since he was 16 years old. Liam was determined to settle down and have a quiet life with Cheryl and their son Bear, five, but things didn't work out.
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"So he wanted to settle down and have a family and not do the solo thing," she told Sunday Times Magazine. "Then we encouraged him to do that. And then it didn't work out."
Admitting Liam may have felt somewhat excluded by her intense bond with the baby, when asked if Liam changed his mind about wanting domestic bliss, she responded, "You'll have to ask him that."
For Liam's part, he recently claimed that Bear's arrival 'ruined' their relationship, but for 'all the right reasons', and has said the first problems arose when the pressure of fatherhood knocked him for six.
"Becoming a dad at such a young age, it's such a difficult thing," he said in his documentary, Ant Middleton and Liam Payne: Straight Talking. And I think I built fatherhood up so much in my head that it kind of messed me up to start with. I started in a bad place with it," he continued.
"I think it spooked me out early on, and I was just worried I would not be enough to look after the both of them. They're so important to me - Cheryl as well."
The second issue, he said, was that he didn't "understand" what Cheryl was going through as a new mum. The one thing I was missing as a man in the relationship I had, was a level understanding about what she was feeling about stuff," he admitted.
"I think I learnt through away being that, while I want to protect her, there's a big part of her that wants to protect me." Liam has recently been linked to his ex, Danielle Peazer, but has insisted that Cheryl remains the number one person in his life.
"She's one of the most, if not the most, important people in my life. I'm lucky I have someone who understands what I'm going through," he added. Like Liam, Cheryl was just a teenager when she found fame on a reality show, winning a place in Girls Aloud on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002.
She first met Liam in 2008 when he was a 14-year-old hopeful on The X Factor and she was a judge. Their paths crossed again in 2015 when he returned to perform with One Direction and the rest is history.
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Cheryl has credited Liam with being the only man not to have cheated on her. Like Liam, she harbours no ill will, insisting: "There's no animosity whatsoever. We are learning all the time. We're just like any other couple that have gone through this, but we have a few more eyes watching us... Just a few."
She told The Sun in 2019: “I’m actually really happy that we can be the way we are. We love and care about each other a lot and we share a child. It’s really important that we’re able to have a very healthy good relationship.”
She added: “We’re going to be in each other’s lives forever so we’ve got to figure it out and be grown-up about it.” And Liam recently gave fans an insight into their co-parenting agreement. The exes live close to each other, and while Liam spends quality time with Bear, he says Cheryl gives him free rein to do what he wants.
"She is the best mum in the world. I couldn't ask for someone better," he told Logan Paul’s podcast Impaulsive. I get to take my son to school one or two times a week and it's the best thing. The relationship we have now as friends has only grown more.
"We broke up for a reason and now she gives me full autonomy of my life and to do what I do and I know he's [Bear's] taken care of. He is all she cares about and I couldn't ask for more. They live like three minutes from my house. 'I always glue myself to where he is. My life now is his. My money is his. He's a lovely, lovely boy. We've been blessed."
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NY Marine Warnings and Forecast for Saturday, July 2, 2022
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service New York NY
401 AM EDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 2 PM THIS
AFTERNOON TO 8 PM EDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...Southwest winds 10 to 20 kt with gusts up to 25 kt and
seas 3 to 6 feet expected.
* WHERE...Sandy Hook NJ to Montauk Point NY out 20 nm.
* WHEN...From 2 PM this afternoon to 8 PM EDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Inexperienced mariners, especially those operating smaller
vessels, should avoid navigating in hazardous conditions.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT FROM 6 PM THIS EVENING
TO 6 AM EDT SATURDAY...
seas 1 to 3 feet expected.
* WHERE...Long Island Sound east of Orient Point and the
Connecticut River, and Peconic and Gardiners Bays.
* WHEN...From 6 PM this evening to 6 AM EDT Saturday.
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A Russian firm Lysterra LLC engaged in making crop protection products has evinced interest in the encapsulation technology (bio-capsule) developed and patented by the Indian Institute of Spices Research (IISR) Kozhikode for crops.
Microbial encapsulation technology ensures the successful delivery of biologically competent beneficial microbes. IISR inked the agreement with Lysterra LLC for the commercialisation of this technology.
“Lysterra LLC is the first foreign company to commercialise the technology from IISR,” said CK Thankamani, Director of the Institute.
Indication of effectiveness
Emphasising the need for technology generation and commercialisation to go hand in hand, T Mohapatra, Director-General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research, said the demand for the technology even among the foreign entities is indicative of its effectiveness.
AK Singh, Deputy Director General (Hort), said microbial encapsulation technology has been used across several crops including spices, cereals, fruits, vegetables and plantation crops enabling it to reach millions of farm holdings across the country within a short time.
IISR has already issued non-exclusive licenses to four firms in India for the commercial production of bio-capsules using encapsulation technology.
Increased acceptance
The product has gained increased acceptance among the farming community across the country as it finds usage in the cultivation of spices, vegetable cultivation, and other crops. The Institute alone has distributed 1.5 lakh capsules to the farming community.
Unlike the traditional microbial formulations, encapsulation makes it easy to store, use and transport while maintaining a high microbial count. “One capsule can be diluted using 100-200 litres of water based on the micro-organism present in the capsule,” IISR scientists said.
There has been an encouraging trend in the usage of cost-effective bio capsules among traditional farmers and young and trained farmers. “It does not contain any harmful residual and the use of chemical fertilisers or pesticides can be minimised,” the scientists added.
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The Centre has decided to set up Financial Services Institutions Bureau (FSIB) as a single entity for making recommendations for appointments of Wholetime Directors and Non-Executive Directors in public sector banks (PSBs), public sector insurers (PSIs) and financial institutions (FIs), said sources.
This new entity, which will be headed by former Banks Board Bureau Chairman Bhanu Pratap Sharma for two years, will also make recommendations for selection of General Managers and Directors in non-life PSIs.
The Appointments Committee of the Cabinet (ACC) headed by the Prime Minister has approved the establishment of FSIB, the sources added.
The ACC has also approved the appointment of part-time, non-government members for matters relating to PSBs and FIs on FSIB for a term of two years, they said.
Animesh Chauhan, former Chairman and Managing Director of Oriental Bank of Commerce, has been appointed as Member of FSIB in the ex-banker from public sector category.
Shailendra Bhandari, former Managing Director & CEO of ING Vysya Bank, has been appointed as Member of FSIB in the ex-banker from Private Sector category.
With the ACC giving its approval for constituting the FSBI by appointing Chairperson and two Members, the Department of Financial Services (DFS) in the Finance Ministry is expected to carry out necessary modifications in the Nationalised Banks (Management and Miscellaneous Provisions) Scheme of 1970/1980 with the approval of the Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman, sources added.
Future of BBB
The establishment of FSIB could also mean the end of the road for the Banks Board Bureau (BBB), which was formed in April 1, 2016 as an autonomous body to search and select personages for the Board of Public Sector Banks, Public Sector Financial Institutions and Public Sector Insurance Companies and recommend measures to improve corporate governance in these institutions, banking industry observers said.
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Travis Barker's ex-wife Shanna Moakler has wished that he makes a "speedy recovery" after he was rushed to hospital earlier this week with suspected pancreatitis.
The Blink-182 drummer, 46, worried fans on Tuesday when he was accompanied by his new wife, Kourtney Kardashian, to West Hills hospital before being later admitted to Cedars-Sinai Medical Centre.
On the day he was admitted into hospital, the drummer wrote on Twitter: "God save me".
Reports from TMZ have suggested that he was hospitalised because of pancreatitis, with doctors believing it was triggered by a colonoscopy.
Pancreatitis is a rare potential complication following a colonoscopy, with symptoms including intense stomach pain, vomiting, and fever.
With both family and fans of the rock star drummer sharing their best wishes as he recovers, Travis' ex-wife Shanna, 47, has sent positive wishes to him – joining kids Alabama and Atiana.
The former model, who was married to the drummer between 2004 and 2008, told TMZ : "Thank you to everyone who has reached out with concern to my ex and father of my children, I know he is in great hands and surrounded by loving support and the best medical teams available and his beautiful wife Kourtney.
"I pray for a speedy recovery and for the comfort of my children as I know they are very concerned and worried.
"Travis has beat the odds numerous times and I know with his support system he will do it again. I will always be there for him and my children."
Following her dad's hospitalisation, Alabama, 16, posted on her Instagram story asking her 1.4 million fans to "send your prayers" to her father.
She later posted on the social media platform on Wednesday to thank fans for the prayers and let them know she appreciates all of the love shared.
Travis's step-daughter Atiana De La Hoya, 23 - the daughter of Shanna and former boxing champ Oscar De La Hoya - also took to social media to thank everyone for the "outpouring of love" for the musician.
Posting on her Instagram story, she wrote: "Thank you for the outpouring of love and prayers sent our way at this time. It is heard, felt and appreciated Xx."
Reports have said that Travis' pain had gotten to the point where he "could barely walk" and that both he and Kourtney were both "really worried" - but he is now "doing better".
A source told E! News: "He was in extreme pain, and he and Kourtney were both really worried, it was to the point where he could barely walk."
The insider added Travis is expected to be "ok and is doing better," before explaining how new wife Kourtney, 43, "is trying to lift his spirits and hates seeing him in excruciating pain".
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Train ticket prices rise in Romania from July 1
Travelling by train has become a more expensive option in Romania starting July 1, as state-owned rail operator CFR Calatori increased the prices of tickets. The company said it implemented the provisions of an order of the Minister of Transport and Infrastructure issued on May 25.
“The measure supports the recovery and balancing of the economic activity of all railway passenger transport operators in Romania amid rising prices for various materials with a large share in the railway transport activity: fuel, energy, parts, etc.,” CFR Calatori said.
According to the same source, the tariff for rail travel, applicable to all rail passenger transport operators, was previously adjusted in 2013.
Thus, following the July 1 hike, a 2nd class ride by InterRegio (IR) train from Bucharest to Constanta costs RON 67 (up from RON 55.7 before). Meanwhile, the fare for a train ride on the Bucharest-Brasov route increased by almost RON 10 to RON 54.
Regio (R) train trips are a bit cheaper, but they also take longer. For example, a 2nd class ride between Bucharest and Brasov costs RON 29 (up from RON 24 before the hike).
CFR Calatori also said that the travel facilities granted so far, such as discounts for season tickets for commuters and students, remain valid after July 1. In addition, those who purchase tickets online benefit from a 5% discount, while buying a ticket more than 10 days in advance brings a discount of up to 10%.
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Matt Damon and Ben Affleck are working together again on a movie about the most iconic sneakers in history
When the world is running at full speed, it is comforting to see that something remains constant, like the old friendship between Matt Damon Y Ben Affleckwho work together again.
The couple, who were seen on Wednesday strolling through a set shooting in the sunny city of Los Angeles, is in full shooting of the film, still untitled, about the crusade of Nike to get a contract with Michael Jordan. This deal would spawn the Air Jordan empire and mark the birth of sneaker culture as we know it. In addition to co-writing the script, Matt Damon and Ben Affleck -also director of the film- will respectively play Sonny Vaccaro, a shoe salesman who noticed Jordan in the 1980s and a former Nike executive, and Phil Knight, co-founder of the signature. Damon nails the iconic and eighties look of Vaccaro, with his polo shirt and pager hooked to his belt.
The project is his third four-handed script after The irrepressible Will Hunting, Oscar winner in 1997, and the last duel (2021), and also the first time Ben directs his old friend.
As reported Varietyin the cast they are accompanied by many important names: Jason Bateman plays Rob Strasser, a former Nike executive who oversaw marketing for the Jordans; Chris Tucker stars as junior executive and former University of Maryland basketball player Howard White. On Michael Jordan’s team are Viola Davis, who plays her mother Deloris de ella; Chris Messina, who plays his original agent, and Marlon Wayans as legendary basketball coach George Raveling, a mutual friend of Jordan and Vaccaro who helped get the deal off the ground.
According to The Hollywood Reporter, Michael Jordan’s character will be treated as a “mythical figure” and will not appear on screen.
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Michael Vaughan ‘steps back’ from BBC work after staff raise concerns
Michael Vaughan has decided to step back from his commentary work with the BBC “for the time being”.
Former England cricket team captain Vaughan had been suspended by the BBC after he was implicated in allegations of racism at Yorkshire , in the scandal sparked by Azeem Rafiq’s claims of prolonged abuse at the county.
Vaughan was stood down by the BBC in November last year after allegations of racism from Rafiq, who claimed the former England skipper told a group of Muslim players in 2009 there were “too many of you lot, we need to do something about it”.
Earlier this month, Yorkshire and “a number of individuals” were charged by the England and Wales Cricket Board following an investigation into allegations of historic racism.
Vaughan has not been named among those charged and categorically denies all allegations.
The 47-year-old returned to the BBC’s Test Match Special coverage for England’s three-Test series against New Zealand.
The BBC subsequently acknowledged staff had “raised concerns” after an in-house diversity group reportedly criticised the former Yorkshire batter resuming commentary duties.
On Tuesday evening, Vaughan posted a statement on his Twitter account explaining why he felt it best to temporarily remove himself from the spotlight.
Vaughan said: “On numerous occasions, I have put on record my views on the issues concerning YCCC.
“It is always regrettable when commentary on matters off the field take the focus away from what’s happening on the field.
Michael VaughanStepping back temporarily is also in the interests of the game and I hope that it will minimise any difficulties for my work colleagues
“In view of the ongoing dialogue on the subject, I have taken the decision to step back from my work with the BBC for the time being.
“The key driver for this is my concern for the wellbeing of my family members and my wish to protect their family life.
“Stepping back temporarily is also in the interests of the game and I hope that it will minimise any difficulties for my work colleagues.”
Following Vaughan’s announcement, the BBC said in a statement: “Following conversations with Michael Vaughan we have accepted his decision to step away from our cricket coverage.
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In conformity with DTR5.6.1R, the Company notifies the market of the following:
As at the date of this announcement, the Company's issued share capital consists of 212,509,334 ordinary shares with a nominal value of 11.205105 pence each ("Ordinary Shares"), with voting rights. The Company does not hold any Ordinary Shares in Treasury.
Therefore, the total number of Ordinary Shares with voting rights is 212,509,334.
The above figure of 212,509,334 Ordinary Shares may be used by shareholders in the Company as the denominator for the calculations by which they will determine if they are required to notify their interest in, or a change in their interest in, the share capital of the Company under the Financial Conduct Authority's disclosure and transparency rules.
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2022 Primary election voter guide: Candidates, issues and how to vote in Southern Utah
With the primary election on Tuesday likely shaping southwest Utah's political future for the next two years, here is a guide on key information on how to vote and on the candidates.
An unusually high number of local races will come down to primary elections for 2022, with 13 primary elections across Washington and Iron County, including contests for federal, state and county positions. And while the primary officially takes place on June 28, most voters received their ballots in the mail well in advance.
The Spectrum has assembled this guide to inform voters on key information for these primary elections, including registration deadlines, voting rules and candidate information. Below, you can navigate our past coverage to learn more about these elections. To read more about each race, visit this story online at TheSpectrum.com.
In Washington County, of the four state house elections, three will have a primary and the only senate district in the county will also have a primary. That senate primary is for Senate District 28, which covers a vast geographic area that starts in central Washington County and ends in Juab County.
All the primary races in southwestern Utah are between Republican candidates, with several of these primaries likely to crown the winner of the general election in November since only Republican candidates filed to run in some cases. The races where the primary will decide the final candidate are the primary elections for House District 73 and 74, as well as the primary election for the two open seats on the Iron County Commission.
Important dates and deadlines
With Utah primarily conducting its elections through mail-in voting, ballots were already sent to registered voters. In order for a mail-in ballot to be counted, it needed to be postmarked by Monday, June 27, one day before election day.
But if a voter doesn't get a mail-in ballot postmarked in time, there are other options to vote. A voter can go to an in-person voting center to cast a ballot on election day or take a ballot and place it in a county drop box. These boxes will accept ballots until 8 p.m. on election day.
To participate this year, voters must be registered as Republicans, since every local primary is for Republican nominations and the Utah Republican Party conducts a closed primary that only allows registered party members to vote.
There are still options to vote in this primary for unregistered or unaffiliated voters, though. The deadline to register with the Republican Party was June 17 and anyone interested can register to vote by visiting the vote.utah.gov website. But you're out of luck when it comes to voting in Republican primaries if you're already affiliated with another political party, since in 2021 lawmakers passed HB 197 , which made March 31 the deadline to switch political affiliations before an election.
Unregistered voters also have the option to register at in-person voting centers on election day. These centers are the Dixie Convention Center and the Hurricane Community Center. Both of these locations will also have in-person voting on election day from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m.
Iron County will have three election day vote centers the Iron County Courthouse in Parowan and the other two will be the city offices for Enoch and Cedar City. These in-person vote centers will be open from 7 a.m. - 8 p.m. on election day.
New voting districts
Utah just went through a redistricting process that changed the lines and some of the numbers of the legislative districts, including in Washington County.
House District 72, which covers the eastern portion of the county, was formerly district 71 and was represented by Rep. Brad Last, who isn't seeking re-election. House District 71 now is exclusive to Iron County and Rep. Rex Shipp (R-Cedar City) is running against Dallas Joseph Guymon, a Democrat, for the seat.
House District 73 covers the middle section of Washington County and was district 62 before redistricting. Rep. Travis Seegmiller was the representative for this district but recently announced he won't be seeking re-election although his name will appear on the ballot since he withdrew after the ballots were printed. A vote for Seegmiller will not count in this primary.
Live voting results online
Tune in to www.TheSpectrum.com for live coverage of local election results as they came in.
U.S. House District 2
This race is between the five-term incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Stewart and Erin Rider, a Salt Lake City-based attorney. Stewart easily beat Rider at the state Republican Convention earlier this year but Rider collected signatures to force Stewart into his first-ever primary election.
The winner of this election will face Nick Mitchell, a Democrat, and some third-party candidates including Jay McFarland of the United Utah Party and Cassie Easley of the Constitution Party.
Read more about this race:
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U.S. Senate GOP primary
This election also features a long-time incumbent facing a Republican primary for the first time. The incumbent is Sen. Mike Lee who has been able to lock down the Republican nomination at the state convention but the two challengers for this seat, Ally Isom and Becky Edwards, were each able to gather the 28,000 required signatures to appear on the primary ballot. Lee also collected signatures.
Another unique feature about this race is the winner won't face a Democrat in the general election. The Utah Democratic Party decided not to put a candidate in this race and instead opted to back the unaffiliated Evan McMullin, who rose to political prominence in 2016 when he challenged then-Republican nominee Donald Trump for the White House and saw some success with Utah voters.
There are also some third-party candidates in the general election, Tommy Williams is running for the Independent American Party and James Arthur Hansen is running for the Libertarian Party.
Read more on this election:
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Washington County
There are five different partisan elections in Washington County, three for the county's four state house districts, one for a county commission seat and one for a multi-county state senate seat.
County Commission Seat A
This primary election is a rematch from the 2018 primary with Gil Almquist and Allen Davis once again trying to secure the GOP nomination. In 2018, Davis won the county convention election but lost in the primary to Almquist. This election cycle, Almquist was able to win a majority of the delegate vote but not enough to avoid a primary.
Before his time on the commission, Almquist was on the St. George planning commission for 16 years and was a member of the St. George City Council for eight years. His professional career outside of government revolved around landscaping. Outside of politics, Davis works for the Energy Services Department with the City of St. George.
One main difference between the candidates is that Davis wants to expand the Washington County Commission to five full-time commissioners, saying this would create more representation for county residents on the commission. Almquist opposes expansion, saying the current makeup of the commission is well equipped to handle the county's problems and that he is opposed to the increased costs that would come with an expanded commission.
The winner of this election will face Robert Ford, a Democrat, in the general election.
Read more on this election:
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House District 72
(New Harmony, Hurricane, Virgin, Springdale, Apple Valley and a sliver of St. George)
This election is to replace Rep. Brad Last, who isn't running for reelection, to represent the eastern portion of Washington County in the statehouse. Both candidates in this race, Willie Billings and Joseph Elison, are self-employed in the finance industry.
Both candidates tout themselves as traditional conservatives who want to focus on responsible government spending and education policies.
Billings is the husband of Hurricane Mayor Nanette Billings. He has deep ties to the county Republican Party since he used to be the chairman and has also been the vice-chair for the Utah Republican Party, according to his website .
Billings has co-opted the popular conservative message "America first" and tweaked it for his campaign by going with "Southern Utah first" on his website. This site also lists Billings as being against gay marriage, the Dixie State University name change, transgender athletes competing in sports and abortion unless it's in cases of rape or incest.
Elison is a candidate that says "socialism and marxism" have infiltrated public institutions and that he wants to fight against any "woke" movements in those institutions, according to his website . Some of Elison's goals are to eliminate the income tax and taxes collected from social security, stopping environmental, social and governance criteria from influencing policy and for Utah to cut ties with the National Education Association — one of America's largest labor unions that represents school teachers and staffers.
The winner of this primary will face Ila Fica, a Democrat, in the general election.
Read more on this election:
- Republican primary debates feature new faces, discussions on water, growth and education
2022 Primary Q&A: GOP Candidates in House District 72, Joseph Elison and Willie Billings
2022 primary election: Campaign finance reports show thousands spent in Washington County
House District 73
(Washington and Leeds)
This race has already had its share of drama before the primary. The defacto incumbent for this seat, Rep. Travis Seegmiller, abruptly announced he would resign from the Legislature on July 1 since he is moving out of the district. This announcement came after the ballots were printed for the primary, so Seegmiller's name will appear on the ballot but any vote for him won't be counted, according to the Washington County Clerk.
The other two candidates disagreed on how to find Seegmiller's interim replacement. Colin Jack followed the Washington County Republican Party and filed to fulfill Seegmiller's current term in an interim capacity and was elected to be the replacement at a June 1 Republican meeting, a full month before Seegmiller officially resigned.
Nina Barnes said the county party should've waited to pick an interim candidate until Seegmiller's resignation became official.
At the county convention, Jack secured a majority of the delegate vote but Barnes collected signatures to ensure her place on the primary ballot.
Jack is currently the chief operating officer for Dixie Power and has been an influential member of the county Republican party by holding several key positions including district chair and vice-chair for the party.
Barnes is involved in the real estate industry and is currently the vice-chair of the Utah Board of Higher Education. In this role, Barnes voted for the change of Dixie State University to Utah Tech University, a decision that's been loudly criticized by staunch supporters of the Dixie State name.
Unless something unforeseen happens the winner of this primary election will take control of the seat in the November election since only Republican candidates filed to run.
Read more on this election:
2022 Primary Election Q&A: GOP Candidates in House District 73, Nina Barnes and Colin Jack
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2022 primary election: Campaign finance reports show thousands spent in Washington County
House District 74
(St. George, Ivins, Shivwits and Santa Clara)
This election is between two newcomers who are seeking to replace Rep. Lowry Snow, who announced he wouldn't seek reelection. The candidates are Neil Walter, the CEO of the real estate company ERA Brokers, and Kristy Pike, the director of the Washington County Children’s Justice Center.
During the county convention, Walter was able to gain the support of a strong majority of the delegates' votes, while Pike was able to force a primary by collecting signatures.
Pike labels herself as a "mainstream Republican" who wants to focus on issues around the welfare of first responders and children. Other issues stated by Pike on her website include being against abortion and for the 2nd amendment.
Walter says on his website he would an independent voice for Washington County since the county only has four of the 75 state house districts. He also has said he would focus on what gets taught in schools, saying he is against progressive ideas, as well as defending liberty. He has said he is against the signature-gathering method for a candidate to appear on a primary ballot.
Unless something unforeseen happens the winner of this primary election will take control of the seat in the November election since only Republican candidates filed to run in this election.
Read more on this election:
- 2022 primary election Q&A: GOP candidates for House District 74, Kristy Pike and Neil Walter
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- 2022 primary election: Campaign finance reports show thousands spent in Washington County
Iron County
County Commission
For Iron County's Commission, two of the three seats are open during this election cycle and both seats will have a primary election. Both races have the R incumbents defending their seats for another four-year term.
Unless something unforeseen happens the winner of this primary election will take control of the seat in the November election since only Republican candidates filed to run in this election. So the partisan make-up of the Iron County Commission will also not likely change no matter the result of this election.
Seat A
This race is between the incumbent Mike Bleak and Destry Griffiths, both of whom have a background in law enforcement.
At the Iron County Republican Convention, Bleak secured a majority of the delegate vote but not enough to avoid a primary.
Bleak has been on the county commission and has a background in law enforcement including working for the Cedar City Police Department for 23 years, he retired from that position in 2018 and now splits his time between the county commission and the Enoch Police Department, according to his website .
Bleak touts that his six years on the county commission has allowed him to build a relationship with other local, state and federal officials. Bleak also points to his work on economic development, mental health services, heritage preservation and tax disbursement on his website.
Griffiths, like Bleak, has also worked for the Cedar City Police Department in the past but Griffiths doesn't plan on working outside of the county commission if elected. On his website Griffiths says he would work full-time as a commissioner since Iron County is growing so fast county commissioners need to work full-time to do the job.
Griffiths has some experience as an elected official by being on the Enoch City Council.
Other issues Griffiths would focus on is improving the county's infrastructure and ways to recharge the Cedar Valley Aquifer. He says he supported the Tea Party movement and is focused on preserving individual liberties, according to his website.
Read more on this election
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Seat B
This election is between Paul Cozzens, the incumbent, and a political newcomer Steve Miller.
At the Iron County Republican Convention Cozzens secured a majority of the delegate vote but Miller gathered signatures to ensure his place on the primary ballot.
Cozzens has been on the Iron County Commission since 2018 and before that was a city council member on the Cedar City council for two terms. On his website Cozzens says his priorities are improving infrastructure and protecting individual liberties, saying that he will do what he believes is right even if "that means taking a less-diplomatic approach and making enemies when tough decisions need to be made."
Miller is an owner of a insurance agency with the Farm Bureau Financial Services and spends a lot of time fishing and has organized the charity event Fish and Fun which provides an opportunity for disabled people to get a day of fishing.
The issues Miller wants to focus on are improving Iron County's credit rating, creating different zones of housing in the county that will allow for rural and urban housing and addressing issues around law enforcement like building a new county jail, according to his website .
Read more on this election
Three Iron County GOP debates focus on future of the county at Southern Utah University
Multiple Iron County GOP candidates break six-figures in contributions, finance reports show
Senate District 28
This race is between a veteran of southern Utah's political scene, Sen. Evan Vickers and a political newcomer, Patrick Larson, who fashions himself politically like former President Donald Trump, his official headshot features him wearing a tie that is emblazed with Trump's face.
At the state convention, Vickers had more delegate votes than Larson, getting just over 57.3% of the delegate vote compared to Larson's 42.7%.
Vickers is the current Senate majority leader in the Utah Legislature and has held several different elected offices. From 1987 to 1999 he was a member of the Cedar City Council and he has been in the legislature since 2009. The first three years in the legislature Vickers served as a state representative before being elected to the state Senate in 2012.
On Vickers' website, he touts himself as someone who's committed to keeping taxes low, fighting for more authority to be given to the state legislature, getting less land in Utah to be owned by the federal government and changing laws around healthcare.
Outside of politics Vickers runs several pharmacies in southern Utah and is involved in some building companies, according to the conflict of interest report he filed with the state.
Larson is running since he wants a change in Utah's leadership. His website cites the regulations imposed during the early stages of the coronavirus pandemic "tyrannical," according to his website .
He has several policy promises on his website, including repealing SB 54 which allows candidates to gather signatures to get on a primary ballot, stopping encouragement of party switching and recalling anyone that is a RINO (Republican in name only).
Read more on this election.
2022 primary elections: Candidate Q&A Senate District 28, Evan Vickers and Patrick Larson
Three Iron County GOP debates focus on future of the county at Southern Utah University
Multiple Iron County GOP candidates break six-figures in contributions, finance reports show
School Districts races
The races for local school districts in both Washington and Iron County have a few primary elections since more than two candidates filed to run.
These school board elections are non-partisan meaning that candidates don't share connections with any political party on the primary ballot.
Washington County School District
Washington County District 5
There are three candidates in this race, Willard "Jake" Peart, Edyth Lang and David Stirland.
Peart is still on the primary ballot despite being arrested in April of 2021 for his involvement in the January 6th insurrection that happened at the U.S. Capitol. He pleaded guilty in January this year to entering a restricted building and disorderly conduct in the Capitol Building and surrounding area. Peart was sentenced by a federal court to 60 days of home detention and three years of probation, meaning if elected he would be a member of the school board while on probation.
Peart works as a real estate agent for ERA Brokers. He's been endorsed by the right-wing group the Liberty Action Coalition and in statements of support on social media they say Peart is for school vouchers, more teachers but less school buildings, cars, administrators and sports facilities.
Lang is a 2nd and 3rd-grade teacher working at Springdale Elementary, according to the school's faculty list .
Stirland is the incumbent in this race and is seeking his third term on the board after winning elections in 2014 and 2018.
Washington County District 6
Like the other school district race in Washington County, there are three candidates in this race — Susan Gilman-Hasenwinkel, Kelly Blake and Burke Staheli.
Gilman-Hasenwinkel is a former teacher with 40 years of experience and recently worked for 17 years as an English teacher at Hurricane High School and left that job in 2021, according to her Facebook profile .
Blake is the incumbent for this seat and currently serves as the president of the school board. He has served on the school board for a long time since he was the incumbent in the 2014 election and was unopposed in the 2018 general election.
Staheli is currently the principal at Riverside Elementary in Washington City. On his Facebook page, Staheli says one of his main goals if elected to the board is to promote American patriotism in schools.
Iron County School District
Iron County District 4
In Iron County, there will be a primary for district 4 between the incumbent Dale Brinkerhoff and two challengers, Mary Foremaster and Stephanie Hill.
Brinkerhoff is the current vice president of the school board.
Foremaster has a background in banking and is a student working towards a master's degree in Public Administration at Southern Utah University. She says having two daughters in school inspired her to run for the school board and she describes herself as "strong supporter" for teachers, according to her website .
Hill is a former English and Spanish teacher. On her website, Hill says she wants to focus on literacy for every student, improving parental access to the curriculum and preparing students for secondary education.
Iron County District 5
There are three candidates for this seat, Tiffany Christiansen, Billy Davis and Steve Merrill.
Christiansen is currently the vice president of marketing for the Leavitt Group, an insurance agency. Christiansen says she has volunteered in many different ways in the community and wants to be on the school board to continue her service, according to Christiansen's website . If elected she says her priorities would be educating the whole student both academically and emotionally, managing the growth of the district and creating clear lines of communication.
Davis is a realtor for ERA Brokers and recently has spent time as a substitute teacher in the school district, according to his website . Davis says if he were elected he would focus on being a steward of the tax dollars, focusing on protecting parental rights in education and using "southern Utah values and ethics" to find solutions.
Merrill is a software development manager and says he would prioritize the need of students if elected to the school board, according to his website . But Merrill also wants to protect teachers and give them the right tools to educate students. He also emphasizes teaching the whole child around physical, mental and emotional wellbeing.
Sean Hemmersmeier covers local government, growth and development in Southwestern Utah. Follow on Twitter @seanhemmers34. Our work depends on subscribers so if you want more coverage on these issues you can subscribe here: thespectrum.com/subscribe .
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On June 27, was the following headline "Where can I see fireworks July 4th weekend?
The paper states that Kingsport, Johnson City, Abingdon, Damascus, Elizabethton, Gate City, Big Stone Gap, Norton, Coeburn, Lebanon, Honaker, Wytheville and Saltville will showcase fireworks to the celebrate the Fourth.
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By A Correspondent- The State has withdrawn domestic violence charges against DJ Fantan before plea after his wife, Gamuchirayi Nemukuyu, deposed an affidavit stating that she was no longer pursuing the matter.
DJ Fantan, whose real name is Arnold Kamudyariwa, and his wife were back in court on Thursday where she withdrew the case before Mbare Magistrate Rangarirai Gakanje.
Nemukuyu testified under oath that she understood her action and that it was her decision to withdraw the case.
In her initial complaint, Nemukuyu accused DJ Fantan of breaking teapots, wine glasses, dishes and jugs that had a value of US$250.
The incident allegedly occurred on Monday 2 May 20222 between 6.30 PM and 7.20 PM and was recorded at the police station the following day on Tuesday, 3 May 2022 at 9.02 AM.
Nemukuyu had also told the police that DJ Fantan became violent after she had opened a restaurant business at Stoddart, Mbare.
She alleged that DJ Fantan, who wanted her to become a housewife, not only broke pots and pans but also soaked their bedroom and children’s blankets in a bathtub.
In a social media post, DJ Fantan claimed he would never raise his hand on a woman, adding:
I was raised by a strong woman zvekuti in my heart it hurts to be called a wife beater. God knows the truth.
Magistrate Gakanje accepted Nemukuyu’s withdrawal and dismissed the charges against DJ Fantan.
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Bernie Ecclestone, 91, gives ANOTHER bizarre TV interview as he slams Lewis Hamilton for talking 'rubbish' after F1 star called for 'older voices' to be silenced amid Nelson Piquet N-word racism row - and insists Putin is a 'good guy' and 'sensible person'
- Billionaire Bernie Ecclestone said the thousands of civilian deaths in the Ukraine war were 'not intentional'
- The Ex-Formula One owner made the bizarre comments during an interview with Good Morning Britain (GMB)
- He also said the N-word comment made by Nelson Pique was just 'part of the conversation' for the Brazilian
- Ecclestone then doubled down on his comments in another car-crash interview with Piers Morgan on TalkTV
Bernie Ecclestone doubled-down on his controversial defence of Vladimir Putin and racing driver Nelson Piquet's use of the N-word in a row with Lewis Hamilton by claiming the term was 'the same' as calling someone fat.
In a bizarre interview on Good Morning Britain on Thursday morning, the ex-Formula 1 owner branded 69-year-old dictator Putin a 'first class person' and 'sensible', before telling Hamilton he should 'brush aside' Piquet's racial slur and 'be happy' with his apology.
Ecclestone was then challenged further over his comments in a discussion with Piers Morgan on the broadcaster's Talk TV show, Uncensored, later that evening.
The 91-year-old mogul insisted he 'stood behind' the comments he made about taking a bullet for Putin and denied he was a racist - insisting 'I've never met a coloured person that I've found I don't like' - as he backed Piquet in the row.
Morgan told him: 'Bernie, there is no equivalent between somebody calling a black person the N word and saying that you are undersized – there is no equivalent, you must see that?'
Ecclestone replied: 'It's terribly rude to say somebody undersized or a fat person. If, for example, they're black and they're saying your fat, I suppose it's the same sort of thing.'
Asked for a response to Hamilton's comments that people like him shouldn't have a platform, he said: 'Complete load of rubbish. Because if he's referring to me, he should think a little bit. His father and myself had talked about going into business for a while. I'm not racist, quite the opposite to be honest. His comments are crazy.'
It comes after his former colleagues quickly distanced themselves from his remarks, with F1 releasing a statement to say they were 'in very stark contrast to the position of the modern values of our sport.'
Bernie Ecclestone doubled-down on his controversial defence of Vladimir Putin and racing driver Nelson Piquet's use of the N-word in a row with Lewis Hamilton by claiming the term was 'the same' as calling someone fat
Russian President Vladimir Putin (L) and F1 Supremo Bernie Ecclestone (R) attend the Formula 1 Russian Grand Prix competition October 11, 2015 in Sochi, Russia
Ecclestone had been invited on the show to discuss the latest racism storm engulfing F1, after a video surfaced of Nelson Piquet (pictured with Ecclestone) calling Lewis Hamilton the N-word while discussing his crash with Max Verstappen at Silverstone last year
Ecclestone and his 45-year-old wife Fabiana Flosi photographed with friends leaving fish restaurant Es Xarco in ibiza, last summer
In a bizarre interview on Good Morning Britain on Thursday, former Formula 1 owner Bernie Ecclestone, 91, branded 69-year-old dictator Vladimir Putin a 'first class person' and 'sensible'
The ex-F1 boss previously said he thought Putin should be running Europe and that the invasion of Crimea was just to 'bring Russia back together'
Mr Eccelstone is a known admirer of the Russian President, and the duo have been seen at sporting events together. (Pictured at F1 event in Sochi, Russia, in 2018)
Earlier this week, Russia launched attacks on apartment buildings and a shopping mall in Ukraine, the latter of which was branded a war crime by western leaders.
Ecclestone, however, said such civilian losses were 'not intentional', despite tens of thousands of innocents feared dead at the hands of indiscriminate shelling.
The billionaire is a long-time admirer of Putin and the duo have been seen at sporting events together, often in deep conversation or laughing.
Their friendship blossomed following the introduction of the Russian Grand Prix in 2014.
Even the day after Russian troops stormed Ukraine in February this year, Ecclestone described Putin as 'honourable' and someone who 'did exactly what he said he was going to do without any arguments.'
Ecclestone had appeared from a sunny rooftop in Ibiza on Thursday morning to give his thoughts on the racism storm engulfing F1, defending Piquet, 69, after he branded Hamilton the N-word in an interview.
Ecclestone discovered Piquet, the son of a prominent Brazilian politician, more than 40 years ago, when he would sneak him onto the track in the boot of his car.
Looking back on how he helped shape him into the champion he became, Ecclestone said in a 2020 interview that Brazilian Piquet was 'special', and a 'super competitor' who 'wanted to win.'
Ecclestone's wife, Fabiana, 45, is also Brazilian. They met in 2009 when she was in the marketing department for the Brazilian Grand Prix.
She was elected vice-president of the motoring governing body FIA last year, covering the South American region, which raised eyebrows among industry leaders.
Speaking this morning, Ecclestone sparked outrage when he took a shot at Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky, saying he was a comedian before the Ukraine war and appeared to 'want to continue being one.'
He then insisted the invasion 'could have ended differently' if Zelensky had 'talked with Putin'.
When pressed by journalist Kate Garraway, who asked if he believed a change in Zelensky's actions, rather than Putin's, could have avoided war, Ecclestone replied: 'Absolutely.'
He added: 'What he's doing is something he believed was the right thing for Russia.
'Unfortunately, like a lot of business people, certainly like me, we make mistakes from time to time, and when you've made the mistake you have to do the best you can to get out of it.'
He added: 'I think if it had been conducted properly - I mean the other person in Ukraine... I understand he used to be a comedian, and I think he seems to want to continue that profession... I think if he had thought about things he would have definitely made a big enough effort to speak to Mr Putin, who is a sensible person and would have listened to him and probably done something about it.'
Presenter Ben Shephard quizzed Ecclestone about the thousands of innocent lives killed in Ukraine, asking him: 'You can't justify that, surely?'
Ecclestone responded: 'I don't. It wasn't intentional - look at all times America has moved into different countries which is nothing to do with America.'
He added: 'And I'm quite sure Ukraine, if they'd wanted to get out of it properly, could have done.'
Asked if he has had a chance to speak to Putin about 'what a mess' the situation is or urged him to rethink what he is doing, Ecclestone said: 'No. He's probably thought about that himself. He probably doesn't need reminding.
'I'm absolutely sure he now wishes he hadn't started this whole business, but didn't start as a war.'
Foreign Secretary Liz Truss has led the condemnation of his remarks, telling GMB: 'I think those comments are extraordinary, absolutely extraordinary.'
She added: 'This is a man who has perpetrated an appalling war, involving the systematic rape of women, the targeting of civilians in shopping centres.
Mercedes' Lewis Hamilton arrives at the paddock ahead of the British Grand Prix 2022 at Silverstone, Towcester, on June 30, 2022
Ecclestone said Lewis Hamilton (pictured arriving to British Grand Prix at Silverstone today) should be 'happy' with Piquet's apology for using a racial slur against him
Max Verstappen pictured at Silverstone today. Lewis Hamilton's race rival is dating Nelson Piquet's daughter Kelly
Nelson Piquet, left, at dinner with his daughter Kelly, right, and her F1 world champion boyfriend Max Verstappen, centre
'I find those comments absolutely extraordinary by Bernie Ecclestone. Clearly Vladimir Putin is toxic, the Prime minister is right to have said that.'
Ms Truss said she found 'apologists' for Putin 'absolutely shocking', when they can clearly see the 'appalling' atrocities unfolding in Ukraine.
Formula One added: 'The comments made by Bernie Ecclestone are his personal views and are in very stark contrast to the position of the modern values of our sport.'
Ecclestone had been invited on the show to discuss the latest racism storm engulfing F1, after a video surfaced of Nelson Piquet calling Lewis Hamilton the N-word while discussing his crash with Max Verstappen at Silverstone last year.
While the Brazilian has apologised and insisted his language had no racist intent, he faces being banned from the F1 paddock. But Ecclestone, his long time pal, rushed to his defence today.
He told GMB: 'I've known Nelson for an awful long time. I was with him a couple of weeks ago.
Social media users branded Ecclestone a 'small minded idiot' for his comments on Ukraine and the latest F1 drama involving the N-word and Lewis Hamilton
'It's not the sort of thing Nelson would say meaning something bad.
'He probably thinks lots of things he says which might upset us or might feel a little bit offensive.... to him it's nothing. It's just part of conversation.
'Nelson would never go out of his way to say anything bad, certainly.
'I think what probably happened, knowing Nelson as I know him, as his daughter is the girlfriend of Max Verstappen, probably after seeing the accident, he probably exploded and carried that forward.'
At a press conference today head of this weekend's Silverstone Grand Prix, Lewis Hamilton said: 'I don't know why we are giving the older voices a platform.
'We are looking to go somewhere different and they are not representative of who we are now in the sport.
'If we are looking to grow our audiences and give the younger people a platform that are more representative of today's times... it is not just about one individual or the use of that term but the bigger picture.'
Hamilton continued:: 'I am incredibly grateful to all of those who have been supportive within the sport, particularly the drivers.
'It has been two years since many of us took the knee at the first race in Austria and we are still faced with challenges.
'I have been on the receiving end of racism and criticism and that negativity and archaic narratives for a long time and undertones of discrimination, so there is nothing new for me.'
Social media users reacted furiously to Piquet's comments, with one tweeting: 'What a small minded idiot', while others accused him of being 'racist.'
It is not the first time Ecclestone has courted controversy after first offering to take a bullet for Putin, a longtime friend of his, in 2019.
He said at the time that he would 'stand in front of a machine gun' to save him, because he is a 'good guy.'
He said he did not believe he was behind the infamous Novichok attack in Salisbury, accusing people of making things up.
He said: ''He didn't do that. He would be too busy to be worrying about that sort of thing. Storytellers make these things up.'
Former Russian spy Sergei Skripal and his daughter, Yulia, were poisoned with the nerve agent Novichok on March 4 2018.
Dawn Sturgess, 44, died after she came into contact with a perfume container used to carry the Novichok on June 30.
The two suspects - known by their aliases Alexander Petrov and Ruslan Boshirov - were caught on CCTV in Salisbury the day before the attack, and in an interview claimed they were just visiting to see the town to see the cathedral.
The Russian government has always denied any involvement in the incident.
The ex-F1 boss also said he thought Putin should be running Europe and that the invasion of Crimea was just to 'bring Russia back together.'
He added: 'I would like him running Europe,' he says. 'We haven't got anybody, so it couldn't be any worse. He does what he says he is going to do . . .
'I am not a supporter of democracy. You need a dictator. As a dictator, you say, 'This is what I am going to do.' In a democracy, it gets watered down.'
Mr Eccelstone is a known admirer of the Russian President, and the duo have been seen at sporting events together.
They were spotted deep in conversation at the Russian Grand Prix in 2014 and Mr Eccelstone previously described Putin as a 'first-class person'.
It is not the first time Mr Ecclestone - who stood down at the CEO of Formula One in 2017 - has stirred controversy.
He was previously forced to apologise when speaking in praise of Adolf Hitler, saying he was a man that could 'get things done.'
At the same time, he accused Jews of failing to solve the banking crisis, even though 'they have a lot of influence everywhere'.
A spokesman for Germany's Central Council of Jews said: 'No team should work with him any more - a boycott would be more than appropriate.'
Later, Ecclestone said he was 'so sorry' and called himself 'an idiot'.
He insisted 'things were taken a little bit wrong' and his praise of the German tyrant was 'not what he meant' before adding: 'Those who don't know me think I support Hitler's atrocities; those who do know me have told me how unwise I was to articulate my points so badly that it should have been so widely misunderstood.
'During the 1930s Germany was facing an economic crisis but Hitler was able to rebuild the economy, building the autobahns and German industry.
'That was all I meant when I referred to him getting things done.
'I'm an admirer of good leadership, of politicians who stand by their convictions and tell the voters the truth.
'I'm not an admirer of dictators, who rule by terror.'
Mr Ecclestone is a known admirer of the Russian President. They have previously attended sporting events together, and were spotted deep in conversation at the Russian Grand Prix in 2014
In another interview, he added: 'Hitler brought a country that was bankrupt into a country that was very strong and that was really demonstrating what someone could do if they had the power and didn't have to keep back and referring every five minutes.
'The trouble with politicians and democracy is they all the time have to compromise, they can't do what they want to do because there is somebody in opposition. I regret it didn't come out like that.'
In The Times interview, Ecclestone also referred to close friend Max Mosley, who was President of the motor racing body, the FIA, before taking his own life last May.
He then suggested the son of British fascist Sir Oswald Mosley would do a 'super job' as Prime Minister.
Mosley fought a privacy battle with a Sunday newspaper after he was exposed enjoying what was described as a Nazi-themed sadomasochistic orgy.
However, a judge later ruled there was no evidence of the 'Nazi theme' and Ecclestone said of Mosley: 'He's a good leader with people.
'I don't think his background would be a problem.'
In 2014, Mr Ecclestone was cleared of bribery charges after he paid a German criminal court £60million.
The case has caused anger in Germany where critics said Ecclestone – who was accused of paying a banker a £27million bribe – had been 'washed clean' thanks to his 'spectacular' payment.
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The Wordle answer for today is not an easy one. In fact, it might be one of the hardest ones of this week. As per the WordleBot tool of NYT, it takes an average of 3.8 guesses for the users to get it right. While this may suggest that it is more accessible, we’d like to differ.
How many times did you have to look up the word in the dictionary after completing the Wordle of the day? Not many! But this time, you might as it is not a common word. So, instead of using up all your six guesses, why not look at hints for Wordle 377 to get it right.
Wordle 377 Hints for Today
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Wordle 377 Answer for Today- July 1, 2022
So, the answer for Today’s Wordle game #377 is PINTO.
The meaning of this word is a horse or pony of different breedings. It usually has white patches and some other colour patches. The word is derived from the Latin American language, meaning marked or spotted.
You can play Wordle on the New York Times Games site. It does not have an app, so you must use your web browser to play it. Stay tuned for the answer and hints to the next puzzle tomorrow.
How many times did you have to look up the word in the dictionary after completing the Wordle of the day? Not many! But this time, you might as it is not a common word. So, instead of using up all your six guesses, why not look at hints for Wordle 377 to get it right.
Wordle 377 Hints for Today
- It has two vowels
- The first letter is ‘P.’
- There aren’t any repeated letters
- It means a particular type of horse
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Wordle 377 Answer for Today- July 1, 2022
So, the answer for Today’s Wordle game #377 is PINTO.
The meaning of this word is a horse or pony of different breedings. It usually has white patches and some other colour patches. The word is derived from the Latin American language, meaning marked or spotted.
You can play Wordle on the New York Times Games site. It does not have an app, so you must use your web browser to play it. Stay tuned for the answer and hints to the next puzzle tomorrow.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court declined on Thursday to take up a case involving a COVID-19 vaccine requirement for health care workers in New York that does not offer an exemption for religious reasons.
The court’s action follows a decision in December in which the justices declined an emergency request to halt the requirement. At the time, doctors, nurses and other medical workers who said they were being forced to choose between their jobs and religious beliefs.
Three conservative justices — Neil Gorsuch, Clarence Thomas and Samuel Alito — dissented earlier and did so again Thursday.
New York is one of three states, along with Maine and Rhode Island, that do not accommodate health care workers who object to the vaccine on religious grounds.
The court had previously turned away health care workers in Maine, who filed a similar challenge, with the same three justices in dissent. | https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/politics/high-court-rejects-covid-19-shot-mandate-case-from-new-york/ | 2022-07-01T09:57:47Z | https://www.abc27.com/news/us-world/politics/high-court-rejects-covid-19-shot-mandate-case-from-new-york/ | false | null |
The Samaritans Newry and Dundalk branch have launched their summer challenge, the 26.2 mile ‘Samarathon’ taking place throughout July.
Samaritans of Newry and Dundalk are encouraging people to sign up for the event and set themselves the challenge of walking, jogging or running the equivalent of a marathon distance during July, helping the charity’s volunteers continue to provide vital emotional support.
Take part by running, jogging or walking 26.2miles over the next few weeks.
Volunteers at the branch are encouraging people from across Dundalk, South Armagh and North Louth to make the most of the long summer days by getting active and outdoors, which has the added bonus of helping to boost physical and mental wellbeing.
Participants can choose how, when and where they complete their marathon – and can sign up to complete the challenge solo or join a team to complete it alongside their colleagues, friends and family.
Branch Director, Oonagh Brown, said: “We all know that times are tough right now for lots of people. Taking part in Samarathon is not only a fun way to help look after your own mental health and wellbeing but will help ensure Samaritans volunteers are there to support others in need of our help."
Michelle, 41, and her son signed up to take part in Samarathon this year after taking part in 2021: “My son wanted to raise money for Samaritans in memory of his dad. Sadly, he took his own life and our son wants to do as much as he can to make sure he is helping people that might be finding life tough."
She added: “It worked so well because its so flexible. I’m a single mum, work full-time and it was really good to have that extra time with my son at the end of the day, chatting about what we’ve been up to whilst clocking the miles for this amazing cause. We’ll probably be walking it. There’s no downside to taking part.”
Stephen, a listening volunteer for Newry & Dundalk branch is running a marathon in July for Samarathon: “I’m not a natural runner so doing the marathon in small chunks is perfect for me. I know there are a huge number of personal benefits to running and on top of them, I get to raise vital funds for our local branch.”
To help support your local branch of Samaritans, sign up at https://samarathon.enthuse.com and click 'Fundraise for us' and then select 'Samaritans of Newry' as the branch you want to support.
Oonagh appealed for local people to consider taking part. “Your support means everything to us - not only will you help vital funds, but you will also spread the message that Samaritans are there 24/7 for people who need somebody to talk to."
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For too long, some American corporations have pursued profits in China by trying to walk a fine line between America’s values rejecting unfair trade competition, and China’s desire to undermine American jobs.
But that delicate dance may soon be coming to an end. In May of last year, Senators Rob Portman and Sherrod Brown introduced their Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 legislation to strengthen U.S. trade remedy laws and support Ohio businesses and their workers who face unfair foreign competition from countries like China. And in February, the House of Representatives passed an American economic competitiveness bill that included Leveling the Playing Field 2.0.
It’s about time.
The worst offenders are names familiar to us all: Amazon, GE, Apple, Microsoft and Intel. The concessions they have made to China’s government violate the spirit of American law, puts American jobs at risk and may even endanger our national security.
That’s a high price to pay for access to Chinese markets, especially considering Beijing demands companies support state censorship, invest in R&D for oppressive technologies, and even give the communist party access to proprietary source code.
Consider the moves Apple, Amazon, and Microsoft have made in China.
Earlier this year, Apple hit its highest-ever market share in the Chinese market, pushing its 2021 earnings up roughly 90 percent over the previous year. But to achieve that success, Apple kowtowed to Chinese pressure. User data is now stored on servers in China. And, since 2017, more than 55,000 apps have been blocked by Apple from being featured in the Chinese app store. Meanwhile, Amazon was forced by the Chinese government to take down bad reviews of President Xi’s book (a collection of speeches and writings) under threat of retaliation. And even though Amazon has ended its domestic Chinese e-commerce business, its cloud-based system AWS continues to grow, recently landing the Chinese developer of TikTok as a major client.
Meanwhile Microsoft has invested heavily in China since the 1990s when it first opened a research center there. Today, the company has six Chinese data centers with plans to build four more, and while maintaining deep relationships with the communist party and state enterprises. Microsoft runs a version of its Bing search engine in China that blocks any content flagged by the Communist Party, and its subsidiary Linkedin has been covered by major news outlets for censoring U.S journalists, academics, and political staffers. Perhaps most outrageously, Bing recently transferred Chinese censorship to American shores when it blocked Americans from accessing images of the heroic “Tank Man” on the anniversary of the Tiananmen Square Massacre.
These companies demonstrate a depressing willingness to partner with the Chinese Community Party and China’s corporations at all costs, supporting the regime’s authoritarian rule at the expense of their domestic market.
The trade imbalance between China and the U.S. – and China’s high-handed demands for American intellectual property and concessions by American companies – is a direct affront to American workers. Ohio’s senators have committed to making sure Leveling the Playing Field 2.0 is in any final bill the House and Senate negotiate. That’s only step one.
Paul Rosenzwieg is the former Deputy Assistant Secretary for Policy at the Department of Homeland Security.
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Penrith are getting the job done in reggies as well, getting past the Bears in what was a 1 v 3 clash as the curtain raiser. The Panthers second grade side go have been sitting pretty at the top of the ladder for most of the year - Dolphins-bound half Sean O’Sullivan and Fijian kid Sunia Turuva particularly strong in this one.
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A miserable old night in Sydney, not a bad one to be blogging from under the blanket to be honest as the Roosters look to spark their season and the Panthers plan to just keep on keepin’ on.
The Chooks haven’t found themselves this far down the ladder this late in the season - they’re currently sitting 10th - since their 2016 campaign went sideways.
Trent Robinson has shifted Joey Manu into the halves to try and get them going, here’s the coach’s explanation of that one: ‘It’s a good spot to be in’: Robinson welcomes Manu entering halves battle | https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2022-live-updates-penrith-panthers-v-sydney-roosters-20220701-p5ay9v.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed | 2022-07-01T10:03:06Z | https://www.theage.com.au/sport/nrl/nrl-2022-live-updates-penrith-panthers-v-sydney-roosters-20220701-p5ay9v.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed | false | 4 |
Taiwan yesterday morning took delivery of its first shipment of the Novavax COVID-19 vaccine through the COVAX vaccine sharing alliance.
The shipment of 504,000 Novavax doses arrived at Taiwan Taoyuan International Airport on board China Airlines Flight CI-74 from Amsterdam at 7:03am.
The vaccines were transported to a cold-storage warehouse, where they were to be inspected ahead of an expected rollout on Friday next week.
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The doses, which are to expire on Sept. 30, are the first part of Taiwan’s order of 2.268 million Novavax vaccines from COVAX, the rest of which would be delivered by the end of the year.
The Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization (EUA) for the Novavax jab on June 18, after reviewing its quality, safety and efficacy data.
Under the EUA, people aged 18 or older would receive two 0.5-milliliter doses given three weeks apart.
The vaccine can also be used as a first and second booster shot.
To date, 91.28 percent of Taiwan’s population has received at least one COVID-19 vaccine, 83.31 percent has received at least two doses, and 70.1 percent has received a booster shot, Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) data showed.
Taiwan yesterday reported 38,846 new local COVID-19 cases and 118 deaths from the disease, the CECC said.
The people who died were aged from their 20s to 90s, and included 115 who had chronic illnesses or other severe diseases, and 53 who were unvaccinated, it said.
The CECC also reported eight new cases of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children (MIS-C), including a seven-month-old boy, the youngest child who has to date been diagnosed with the condition.
The boy, who has no chronic illnesses, on Monday last week began displaying symptoms of MIS-C, including a fever, a cough, a runny nose, bloodshot eyes, vomiting and a rash, said Centers for Disease Control Deputy Director-General Philip Lo (羅一鈞), deputy head of the CECC’s medical response division.
The boy was taken to hospital two days later, where he tested positive for COVID-19, Lo said.
As the test result indicated that the boy had contracted COVID-19 some time ago, doctors concluded that his symptoms were likely due to MIS-C, Lo said.
MIS-C is a rare, but potentially serious inflammatory reaction that affects children — typically those aged six to 12 — two to six weeks after they contract COVID-19.
The inflammation can affect the lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes, gastrointestinal organs and other parts of the body.
However, the boy’s condition improved, and he was discharged from hospital on Monday, Lo said.
The other seven new MIS-C cases reported yesterday included two children who are still in hospital, while the other five have recovered and been discharged from hospital, Lo said.
Liya Chu (朱如茵), whose parents are New York-based Taiwanese restaurateurs, has been crowned the champion of US television cooking competition MasterChef Junior, after wowing the judges, including celebrity chef Gordon Ramsay, with a feast of fusion cuisine. In the finale of the show’s eighth season, broadcast on Thursday, Chu walked away with US$100,000 after serving a spread of spiced duck breast with scallion pancakes and miso eggplant, followed by coconut pandan panna cotta with a passion fruit coulis and sesame tuille. Chu, who was 10 years old at the time of filming three years ago, faced off against then-11-year-old Grayson Price from
A university student has gained the spotlight for an interactive map he designed detailing all of China’s military bases and installations throughout the Indo-Pacific region. Soochow University music student Joseph Wen (溫約瑟), who calls himself an amateur military enthusiast, said he created the map to “help people better understand the cross-strait situation.” Wen originally posted the map online on June 14 last year, but it gained greater attention after he mentioned it during an appearance on a China Television talk show. On the show, Wen said he had gathered information on the locations from publicly available Web sites, as
RISK FACTORS: ‘We hope people can cooperate and endure it ... it is possibly the very important last mile,’ Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung said Taiwan’s COVID-19 restrictions and mask regulations are to remain the same next month, the Central Epidemic Command Center (CECC) said yesterday. The center reported 42,112 new local COVID-19 cases and 85 deaths, saying that the number of hospitalized COVID-19 patients has dropped to a new low this month. Minister of Health and Welfare Chen Shih-chung (陳時中), who heads the CECC, said that the center is keeping COVID-19 restrictions and mask regulations the same due to the local virus situation, and an increase in the number of imported cases of the new Omicron subvariants BA.4 and BA.5 of SARS-CoV-2, among other risk factors. Easing
GLOBAL STRATEGY: Indo-Pacific alliances need reinforcement to prevent Chinese occupation of Taiwan, which would threaten Japan, Hawaii and Australia, Pompeo said The US should officially recognize Taiwan as a free, independent nation and establish official diplomatic ties, former US secretary of state Mike Pompeo told an event at the Hudson Institute in Washington on Friday. Every US president since Harry Truman has considered Taiwan’s existence to be of utmost importance to US national security, Pompeo said. Taiwan is a principal US partner in technology and economic matters, and if China were to capture Taiwan’s semiconductor supply chain, it would severely hamper the US economy, Pompeo said. Should China occupy Taiwan, it would severely weaken US influence in the Indo-Pacific region and its surrounding areas, | https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/07/01/2003780925 | 2022-07-01T10:05:08Z | https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/taiwan/archives/2022/07/01/2003780925 | false | 1 |
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LONDON (AP) — Britain's government is facing another boozy scandal after the deputy chief whip resigned from his post following a drunken incident this week, with Prime Minister Boris Johnson facing calls on Friday to expel him from the Conservative Party.
Chris Pincher, whose role was to maintain discipline among Tory members of Parliament, submitted a letter of resignation to Johnson on Thursday.
“I drank far too much" on Wednesday night, Pincher said in his letter. “I’ve embarrassed myself and other people which is the last thing I want to do and for that I apologize to you and to those concerned.”
But he said he would remain as a Conservative lawmaker and continue to support Johnson from the back benches of Parliament.
Pincher’s resignation as deputy chief whip added to Johnson’s woes, which have included other scandals like “ partygate ” and a Conservative lawmaker resigning over watching pornography on his phone in the House of Commons.
Johnson, who also recently survived a no-confidence vote, had just returned from the Group of Seven and NATO summits and was looking to put those embarrassments and two recent byelection defeats behind him.
British tabloid The Sun reported that Pincher groped two men Wednesday night at a private members club in London for the Conservative Party. It was the second time that Pincher quit a government whip job. In November 2017, he resigned as a junior whip after a complaint that he made an unwanted pass at former Olympic rower and Conservative candidate Alex Story.
But Pincher was eventually brought back into a government position by Prime Minister Theresa May in 2018 as deputy chief whip. When Johnson took over in July 2019, Pincher was moved to the Foreign Office as a junior minister before returning to the government whips office again.
Britain's opposition Labour Party said that Johnson's government had questions to answer about why Pincher was put into the position in the first place.
“This latest episode shows how far standards in public life have been degraded on Boris Johnson’s watch,” Labour deputy leader Angela Rayner said. "The Conservative Party is so mired in sleaze and scandal that it is totally unable to tackle the challenges facing the British people.” | https://www.lakecountystar.com/business/article/UK-government-faces-new-boozy-scandal-as-deputy-17278586.php | 2022-07-01T10:06:22Z | https://www.lakecountystar.com/business/article/UK-government-faces-new-boozy-scandal-as-deputy-17278586.php | true | 12 |
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A generation ago, the words "union shop" were synonymous with auto factories and steel plants.
How the world has changed.
Today, coffee shops have become the face of a new labor movement as spirited union campaigns march through Starbucks stores from coast to coast.
Union elections have soared 70% in 2022 over last year, with Starbucks alone accounting for half of the growth.
But organizing in coffee did not begin at Starbucks. It kicked off several years ago in independently owned coffeehouses — the kind of small businesses one might think of as the least likely of workplaces to unionize, whose owners are a far cry from billionaire Howard Schultz.
In Milwaukee, two different union drives, one year apart, reveal the kind of power that unions can wield, whether the campaigns are successful or not.
In one case, the coffee company's founder sat down with his staff, heard their grievances, and made significant changes. His cafés have remained union-free.
In the other, an entrepreneur's long-cherished dream of owning his own café and running it his own way turned dark the day his employees voted yes to a union.
A certified letter brings a big surprise to a small business
Eric Resch got his start in coffee just out of college. He worked as a barista and then an assistant manager for Starbucks before investing in a coffee roaster and striking out on his own.
He founded Stone Creek Coffee in 1993 with a vision for his business as a force for good, as a company with an obligation to care for those around it — everyone from the farmers who grow the beans to the staff who brew the coffee.
Over the years, his business grew. But even when he was overseeing 13 cafés instead of one, Resch thought of himself as a boss who was accessible, someone who listened and learned.
In early 2019, something happened that shattered that view.
It started with the arrival of a certified letter from a local branch of the Teamsters, informing him that members of his staff had been organizing. They were asking for voluntary recognition of a union.
It was a jolting surprise.
"Oh wow. This is something I've never encountered before," he remembers thinking.
The union campaign started with one barista
The organizing at Stone Creek Coffee predated the Starbucks union campaign by more than two years.
But elsewhere in the service industry, workers were speaking out.
The Fight for $15, a movement of fast food workers demanding $15 an hour, made a big impression on Kellie Lutz, then a college student and part-time barista at Stone Creek. She reflected on her own wage at the time — $8.25 an hour before tips — and came to a frustrating conclusion:
"What I make can't even pay for two lattes."
It didn't make sense to her. After all, she thought, baristas are the ones who take on the stress when someone calls out sick, when the lines are long, or when the air conditioning isn't working.
"That all adds up over time," Lutz says.
Then a Facebook post from the Teamsters Local 344 popped up on her feed. She got in touch with an organizer there and began spreading the word across Stone Creek cafés about her union bid.
For Resch, it was a humbling moment. He thought he'd put systems in place at Stone Creek to capture all sorts of feedback from employees, good and bad. Now he realized, those systems were broken.
Cries of union busting as the boss pushes back
A week after receiving the certified letter, Resch began holding workshops. He wanted a chance to make things right — without a union.
"I stood before my team," he says. "I said, 'Talk to me. What is it that I missed? What is it that you all are asking for?'"
Resch believed strongly that a union had no place at Stone Creek. He feared it would interfere with relationships he'd built with his staff. So he said no to voluntary recognition and hired lawyers to help him get through the next steps.
For that, Resch was labeled a union buster. His workshops were disparaged as captive audience meetings.
It was an emotionally draining time. But he emerged from those workshops with a clear sense of what had gone wrong. People felt unseen and unheard. There were not enough ways for workers to get their ideas and perspectives across.
"Organizing as a union was certainly a way to do it, but there are certainly other ways to come at the problem," Resch says.
He was relieved that a majority of his employees agreed. The staff voted down the union, allowing him to take a deep breath and reflect.
"I learned a lot," Resch says. "I changed the company a lot."
A failed union drive nevertheless prompts change
Reach took four months to ponder what he'd heard from employees. Then he got to work.
He took significant steps to address some of the pressures staff faced on the job. He created two traveling positions — two baristas who are available to cover shifts in any Stone Creek café when someone calls out.
He also created new pathways for employees to speak up. He formed an employee council that he meets with every other month and holds regular company-wide meetings where anyone can take the floor. Now it's someone's job to report back on what's being done with the feedback collected.
Resch wants his employees to have a better understanding of the challenges he faces, including financial uncertainty. He'll open the company's books to any employee who asks. And whenever the business is facing a significant decision — such as ending its mask requirement — Resch asks the staff for input.
"I want them to understand that there's not exactly a right decision, but a decision has to be made, and I want their participation," he says.
More than three years on from the union drive, Resch is proud of the company that Stone Creek has become. And, he says, he's committed to getting even better.
Still, he wants his employees to remember that working there is a choice.
"I have a choice to run and own this company, and I will continue to do it as long as I love it, and I'm healthy," he says. "And they have a choice, whether this is a good environment for them to work in."
In 2020, a similar campaign, different outcome
Just across the Milwaukee River, less than a mile away, another union campaign the following year took a very different path.
For 12 years, Scott Lucey built up his coffee credentials as a barista and a trainer while working for a different Milwaukee coffee chain.
Lucey lived and breathed coffee, winning barista competitions and chairing the Barista Guild of America.
"I would tell people my inevitable end would be to own my own café," Lucey says.
In 2015, he made that happen. He partnered with two guys who were specialty coffee wholesalers in Viroqua, Wisconsin, several hours away. He borrowed large sums of money and put his own house on the line to open the café of his dreams.
A smooth start gives way to staff tension
Lucey was one of three owners, but the only one who worked in Milwaukee alongside the staff. It was important to him that the staff were happy. It was the vibe he wanted for his café.
"The first couple years... I'm pretty sure I had days where everyone liked me," he says.
But a few years ago came a turning point. Lucey had called a staff meeting to discuss work schedules. Given many of his employees were college students, he would ask them to put their availability in writing once their school schedules were set.
It didn't seem like a big deal, until one of his newer employees balked. They pressed Lucey on why they needed to sign such a document.
He tried to explain that working in the café is a commitment. When someone's availability is constantly changing, it creates scheduling problems and makes it harder to run the business. But he didn't force the issue. He didn't want a fight.
He stepped back and told the staff, "Fine, if you guys don't want to sign these, I'm not going to make you. I'm just trying to show you how important this is to me."
In the pandemic, discontent soared to new levels
The discontent that had been brewing among the staff only grew with the onset of the pandemic.
A couple of Lucey's employees felt underpaid, undervalued, and excluded from important decisions about how the café would operate amid COVID.
"I felt like I was drowning. I felt like we were all drowning," says Steph Achter, a barista. "We weren't getting the support we needed in so many ways. And it wasn't just 2020."
Lucey knew there was distrust, a lot of it directed at his business partners who were in a different part of the state. But he wasn't prepared for what would come next.
In the summer of 2020, Achter and a coworker presented the owners with some demands. "A more equitable work environment that promotes holistic wellness, fair wages, and a structure of accountability within its leadership team," they wrote in a document Achter shared with NPR.
"I felt like it was me kind of trying to reach out and be like, 'Help, please,'" Achter says.
But sales had fallen in the pandemic. Lucey was already paying himself less than he'd made at his old job. So the answer was no, not now.
The union election was decided by one vote
Achter turned to the Teamsters Local 344 — the same union that had attempted to organize Stone Creek Coffee a year earlier — and asked coworkers to sign union cards.
Lucey didn't know what to say, or what he could say. Under federal law, employers can't question employees about their union activities or make any promises.
"Like what if I say the wrong thing?" he recalls thinking.
Starbucks and Amazon have spent huge amounts of money fighting union campaigns. At Lucey's café, it was mostly on him. His business partners kept checking in on him, asking if he'd talked with the staff.
It was the last thing he wanted to do.
"I need to be having conversations with people about a contentious topic? No thanks! I'll pass. I want to brew coffee and dial in espresso," he thought at the time.
The staff asked for voluntary recognition of the union. He said no, let it go to a vote. That led to accusations of union busting.
On December 16, the votes were counted. The final tally: three to two for the union. One person didn't vote.
Days later, the owners closed the café indefinitely, citing issues due to the pandemic.
The following spring, Lucey bought out his business partners, a move the three owners agreed was better for everyone. He renamed the café Likewise and hired back staff. Under federal law, the union remained intact.
A union contract becomes a source of conflict
Working with the Teamsters, Lucey's six employees negotiated a contract that includes some of what they'd been seeking: One-month schedules posted 10 days in advance. A clause preventing Lucey from firing or disciplining anyone without just cause. A $20 monthly wellness stipend to cover things like yoga classes and bike share fees. All things Lucey says he largely supported.
But there are other parts of the contract he regrets agreeing to, including a 50-cent an hour raise every year. He doesn't think the business can afford it.
Most irritating to him is what he calls the red tape. The union contract dictates how much time he's allowed to spend behind the bar in his own café. And when he wants to make changes that affect the staff, such as extending store hours, he's supposed to negotiate it through the union, even after he's gotten the go ahead from everyone on his team.
"I don't want an additional contract giving me rules," says Lucey. "That's why I quit my job and started my own job, because I wanted to do things my way."
Achter, now the union shop steward at Likewise, understands his frustration — to an extent.
"I think it has to be very hard for him to feel like he has to let go of some control over his business," Achter says.
But the veteran barista believes having rules spelled out in a contract makes for a better working environment now that expectations are clear.
Achter has been holding Lucey to the contract, filing grievances whenever he skirts the rules. "After everything that we went through to get this first contract, I feel really invested in making sure it works."
Meanwhile, sales at Likewise are still down close to 30% compared to pre-pandemic times, and Lucey worries every day about whether the café will survive.
"The positive vibe in there is amazing, and it keeps me going," Lucey says. "But sometimes, I want to tell people — if only you knew."
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A new podcast — Imperfect Paradise: The Forgotten Revolutionary — tells the story of a Chicano student-led protest movement in California, and organizer Oscar Gomez's mysterious death.
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In a phone interview Sunday night after being bailed out, the pro-choice organizer, Kejuan Goldsmith, called the arrest "bogus" and "wrong." He said he was accused of "obstruction of justice and resisting arrest."
Two Racine teenagers were charged for allegedly having 175 grams of marijuana as well as fentanyl and guns in a car.
A group home employee was allegedly found passed out in his car from taking fentanyl after his shift. He said he thought the drug he took was heroin, a complaint states.
A Racine man has been accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 8.
A man charged with a 2020 shooting death in a biker bar was acquitted of the charges Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court.
In an advertisement for the not yet released Kyle Rittenhouse's Turkey Shoot game, the 19-year-old raps about the "laser gun" his avatar is to carry in game.
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US officials say a trio of assassination attempts targeting pro-Russian officials over the past two weeks suggests a burgeoning resistance movement against pro-Russian authorities occupying parts of southern Ukraine.
While it is just a few incidents isolated to the town of Kherson so far, US officials say the resistance could grow into a wider counterinsurgency that would pose a significant challenge to Russia's ability to control newly captured territory across Ukraine.
The Kremlin "faces rising partisan activity in southern Ukraine," Avril Haines, the director of national intelligence, said during a conference in Washington, DC, on Wednesday.
The US believes that Russia does not have enough forces in Kherson to effectively occupy and control the region, one US official said, especially after pulling forces from the area for the fight to the east in Donbas. Another US official told CNN that move may have provided Ukrainian partisans with a window in which to attack locally installed Russian officials.
Ukraine has also conducted limited counterattacks near Kherson, further straining Russian forces.
The region is critical to Russia's hold on Ukraine's Black Sea coast and controls access to the Crimean peninsula. It's unclear how many Russian forces are in or near Kherson, but an occupation against a hostile local population requires far more soldiers than a peaceful occupation of territory.
Russia's leaders have prioritized the military campaign at the expense of any semblance of government. "It's clearly not something they're able to invest in right now," one US official said.
Trio of assassination attempts
The first attack in Kherson occurred on June 16, when an explosion shattered the windows of a white Audi Q7 SUV. The vehicle was left seriously damaged, but the target of the attack survived.
Eugeniy Sobolev, the pro-Russian head of the prison service in occupied Kherson, was hospitalized after the attack, according to Russian state news agency RIA Novosti.
Less than a week later, a second pro-Russian official in Kherson was targeted. This time, the attack succeeded. On June 24, Dmitry Savluchenko, the pro-Russian official in charge of the Department of Youth and Sports for the Kherson region, was killed, RIA Novosti reported. Serhii Khlan, an adviser to the head of the Ukrainian Kherson Civil Military administration, called Savluchenko a "traitor" and said he had been blown up in his car. Khlan proclaimed, "Our partisans have another victory."
On Tuesday, the car of a third pro-Russian official was set on fire in Kherson, according to Russian state news agency Tass, though the official was not injured. It's unclear who committed the attacks.
There does not appear to be a central command guiding an organized resistance, officials said, but the attacks have increased in frequency, particularly in the Kherson region, which Russia occupied in March at the beginning of its invasion.
A source familiar with Western intelligence was more skeptical about whether the resistance could develop from partisan attacks to a more organized campaign capable of managing the attacks and supplying weapons and instructions
So far, the resistance has not dented Russia's control over Kherson, the source familiar with Western intelligence emphasized.
But in the long term, the US assesses that Russia will eventually face a counterinsurgency from the local Ukrainian population.
"I think Russia is going to have significant challenges in trying to establish any sort of stable administration for these regions, because likely collaborators -- more prominent ones -- are going to be assassinated and others will be living in fear," said Michael Kofman, director for Russia studies at the Center for Naval Analyses, a Washington-based think tank.
Making Russian governance difficult
On Tuesday, Russian-appointed authorities in the Kherson region arrested the elected Ukrainian mayor of the city, Ihor Kolykhaiev, hours before announcing plans for a referendum to join Russia. The pro-Russian military-civilian administration accused Kolykhaiev of encouraging people to "believe in the return of neo-Nazism."
Kolykhaeiv's adviser said Russian authorities also had seized hard drives from computers, ransacked safes and searched for documents. Earlier this month, Ukraine's military said "invaders" had broken into Kherson State University and abducted the rector.
Russian forces have gradually instituted the ruble as the local currency and issued Russian passports.
In Mariupol, pro-Russian authorities celebrated the so-called "liberation" of the city in May. The Russian-aligned Donetsk People's Republic changed road signs from Ukrainian to Russian and installed a statue of an elderly woman grasping a Soviet flag. Meanwhile, the iconic Mariupol sign painted in Ukrainian colors was repainted in Russian colors.
Despite Russia's efforts to eliminate Ukrainian history, ethnicity and nationalism from Kherson and other occupied territories, the Ukrainian population shows a willingness to resist.
"The occupiers and local collaborators are making more and more loud statements about [the] Kherson region joining Russia," a Ukrainian official said last week, "but every day, more and more Ukrainian flags and inscriptions appear in the city."
The attempts to forcibly erase Ukrainian culture and dictate a Russian hegemony have produced the opposite effect in some cases, according to a senior NATO official.
"There have been reports of assassination attempts against some of the quislings that have been put in place to be governors, mayors [and] business leaders," said the NATO official. A quisling is a traitor who collaborates with an enemy force, named after a Norwegian official in World War II who collaborated with the Nazis. "That almost certainly has deterred Russian sympathizers or Russians or whoever they're going to bring in there to take these posts from taking them up in the first place."
As an occupying force in Kherson -- in particular, one that seems intent on maintaining control -- Russia has to provide basic services in the territories it manages, like clean water and trash pickup. But the US assesses that acts of resistances are making it difficult to provide governance and basic services, one of the US officials said.
The US knew there was a "serious resistance network" within Ukraine that would be able to take over if and when the military had failed, the official said. Before the invasion, the US anticipated the insurgency would emerge, coupled with guerrilla warfare, after a brief period of intense fighting in which Russia prevailed. But the war has now dragged on for months, with many analysts predicting a far lengthier conflict.
A senior US official warned a Russian counterpart before the conflict that they would face an insurgency if they invaded Ukraine and tried to occupy territory, the official said. But the warning fell on deaf ears and the invasion proceeded, driven in part by hubris and bad intelligence.
Russia believed its forces would be greeted with open arms and would crush any resistance quickly, erroneous fantasies that fell apart quickly but did little to change Russian President Vladimir Putin's calculations.
Kofman says it's unclear what type of governing framework Russia will try to create to exert control, but there is no doubt that it intends to retain the territories. After facing prolonged, bloody insurgencies in Afghanistan and Chechnya, the Kremlin knew to anticipate another potential insurgency in Ukraine.
"They did see it coming," Kofman said. "That's why they set up filtration camps and shipped out a lot of the population out of occupied areas."
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WA Marine Warnings and Forecast for Friday, July 1, 2022
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SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY
URGENT - MARINE WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Seattle WA
245 AM PDT Fri Jul 1 2022
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 5 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
6 AM PDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...South winds 15 to 25 kt.
* WHERE...Northern Inland Waters Including The San Juan Islands.
* WHEN...From 5 PM this afternoon to 6 AM PDT Saturday.
* IMPACTS...Conditions will be hazardous to small craft.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
A Small Craft Advisory means that wind speeds of 21 to 33 knots
and/or seas 10 feet or higher are expected to produce hazardous
wave conditions to small craft. Inexperienced mariners,
especially those operating smaller vessels should avoid
navigating in these conditions.
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 5 AM PDT EARLY
THIS MORNING...
...SMALL CRAFT ADVISORY IN EFFECT FROM 4 PM THIS AFTERNOON TO
11 AM PDT SATURDAY...
* WHAT...For the first Small Craft Advisory, west winds 15 to 25
kt. For the second Small Craft Advisory, west winds 20 to 30
kt.
* WHERE...Central U. S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca and East
Entrance U. S. Waters Strait Of Juan De Fuca.
* WHEN...For the Small Craft Advisory, until 5 AM PDT early this
morning. For the Small Craft Advisory, from 4 PM this
afternoon to 11 AM PDT Saturday.
* WHAT...Northwest winds 15 to 25 kt.
* WHERE...Admiralty Inlet.
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In a phone interview Sunday night after being bailed out, the pro-choice organizer, Kejuan Goldsmith, called the arrest "bogus" and "wrong." He said he was accused of "obstruction of justice and resisting arrest."
Two Racine teenagers were charged for allegedly having 175 grams of marijuana as well as fentanyl and guns in a car.
A group home employee was allegedly found passed out in his car from taking fentanyl after his shift. He said he thought the drug he took was heroin, a complaint states.
A Racine man has been accused of sexually assaulting a child under the age of 8.
A man charged with a 2020 shooting death in a biker bar was acquitted of the charges Tuesday in Racine County Circuit Court.
In an advertisement for the not yet released Kyle Rittenhouse's Turkey Shoot game, the 19-year-old raps about the "laser gun" his avatar is to carry in game.
Two men allegedly had more than 3½ pounds of marijuana in their car and labeled a bag containing $25,000 in cash as "bud $."
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The Supreme Court limited the ways in which the EPA could regulate greenhouse gas pollution from power plants, jeopardizing President Biden's goal for an emissions-free power sector by 2035.
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HONG KONG, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- This is a report from chinadaily.com.cn:
President Xi Jinping delivered an important speech at a meeting celebrating the 25th anniversary of Hong Kong's return to the motherland and the inaugural ceremony of the sixth-term government of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. Here are some of the highlights:
On progress, democracy since return to China
Over the past 25 years, Hong Kong has enjoyed robust economic growth and maintained its status as a global financial, shipping and trade center.
Hong Kong has fostered a rapidly-growing innovation and technology sector and built a world-class business environment.
Moreover, Hong Kong's pre-existing laws have been preserved and developed, and its society has remained stable as a whole.
Hong Kong has enjoyed true democracy since its return to the motherland. The democratic system of the HKSAR, which conforms to the "one country, two systems" policy and Hong Kong's constitutional status, is conducive to safeguarding the democratic rights of Hong Kong residents and maintaining prosperity and stability in Hong Kong.
On 'one country, two systems'
The practice of "one country, two systems" has achieved success in Hong Kong recognized by all.
"One country, two systems" has been tested and proved time and again, and there is no reason to change such a good system and it must be adhered to over the long run.
Upholding national sovereignty, security and development interests is the paramount principle in the policy. On the basis of this prerequisite, Hong Kong and Macao maintain their capitalist system over the long run and enjoy a high degree of autonomy.
On 'patriots administering Hong Kong'
To keep the power to administer the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region firmly in the hands of patriots is essential for safeguarding the long-term stability and security of Hong Kong. "At no time should this principle be allowed to be compromised."
On central authorities' overall jurisdiction
It is imperative to ensure both overall jurisdiction by the central authorities and a high degree of autonomy in the SAR.
The central authorities exercise overall jurisdiction over the SAR, which constitutes the source of a high degree of autonomy in the SAR; at the same time, the central authorities fully respect and firmly safeguard the high degree of autonomy enjoyed by the SAR as enshrined in law.
On the future
Hong Kong is in a new stage of transitioning from chaos to order and to greater prosperity, and the next five years will be crucial for Hong Kong to break new ground and launch a new take-off.
The central government fully supports Hong Kong in maintaining its unique status on a long-term basis.
The central government fully supports Hong Kong in consolidating its role as an international financial, shipping and trade center, in maintaining its free, open and sound business environment, in retaining its common law system, and in expanding smooth and convenient linkages with the rest of the world.
The central government fully supports Hong Kong in aligning with national development strategies, developing more extensive and closer exchanges and cooperation with the world, advancing reforms in an active and prudent manner and fully unleashing the enormous creativity and development vitality of Hong Kong society.
With the strong support of the motherland and the solid implementation of "one country, two systems," Hong Kong will achieve even greater accomplishments.
On improving governance of HKSAR
Enhancing the system and capacity for governance and boosting its efficacy is of pressing importance for the development of the HKSAR.
The sixth-term government of the HKSAR should live up to people's expectations and give top priority to meeting the aspirations of the whole community, especially ordinary people.
More efforts should be made to help young people in Hong Kong overcome difficulties in education, employment, business start-up and home-buying, and more opportunities should be created for them to grow and shine.
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- North Atlantic Acquisition Corporation ("NAAC") (NASDAQ: NAAC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today that its business combination agreement with TeleSign, Inc. ("TeleSign") has terminated, effective immediately. As a result, the special meeting of NAAC stockholders to approve the proposed transaction has been cancelled and NAAC will seek an alternative business combination.
Gary Quin, Chief Executive Officer of NAAC, said, "We are disappointed that current market conditions made it impossible to complete our proposed merger, but TeleSign is a great company with a strong management team and we are confident that it has a bright future."
About North Atlantic Acquisition Corp.
NAAC is a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with a company with global ambition, with a primary focus on the consumer, industrials and TMT sectors in Europe or North America, where its Board of Directors has multiple decades of experience.
NAAC closed its initial public offering on January 26, 2021 and has 24 months from such date to complete its initial business combination.
About TeleSign
TeleSign provides continuous trust to leading global enterprises by connecting, protecting and proactively defending their digital identities. TeleSign verifies over five billion unique phone numbers a month, representing half of the world's mobile users, and provides critical insight into the remaining billions. The company's powerful AI and extensive data science deliver identity with a unique combination of speed, accuracy and global reach. TeleSign solutions prevent fraud, secure communications and enable the digital economy by allowing companies and customers to engage with confidence.
Forward-Looking Statements
This communication includes "forward-looking statements" within the meaning of the "safe harbor" provisions of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995 with respect to the proposed business combination between NAAC and TeleSign. Words such as "expect," "estimate," "project," "budget," "forecast," "anticipate," "intend," "plan," "may," "will," "could," "should," "believe," "predict," "potential," "continue," "strategy," "future," "opportunity," "would," "seem," "seek," "outlook" and similar expressions are intended to identify such forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements are predictions, projections and other statements about future events that are based on current expectations and assumptions and, as a result, are subject to risks and uncertainties that could cause the actual results to differ materially from the expected results. These statements are based on various assumptions, whether or not identified in this communication. These forward-looking statements are provided for illustrative purposes only and are not intended to serve as, and must not be relied on by an investor as, a guarantee, an assurance, a prediction or a definitive statement of fact or probability. Actual events and circumstances are difficult or impossible to predict and will differ from assumptions. These forward-looking statements include, without limitation, TeleSign's and NAAC's expectations with respect to anticipated financial impacts of the proposed business combination, the satisfaction of closing conditions to the proposed business combination, and the timing of the completion of the proposed business combination. You should carefully consider the risks and uncertainties described in the "Risk Factors" section of NAAC's Form 10-K and initial public offering prospectus, and its subsequent quarterly reports on Form 10-Q. In addition, there will be risks and uncertainties described in the Form S-4 and other documents filed by NAAC or NewCo from time to time with the SEC. These filings would identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are outside TeleSign's and NAAC's control and are difficult to predict. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward-looking statements in this communication, including but not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against NAAC or TeleSign following the announcement of the proposed business combination; (2) the inability to complete the proposed business combination, including due to the inability to concurrently close the business combination and related transactions, including the private placement of common stock or due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of NAAC; (3) the risk that the proposed business combination may not be completed by NAAC's business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by NAAC; (4) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the proposed business combination, including the approval by the shareholders of NAAC, the satisfaction of the minimum cash requirement following any redemptions by NAAC's public shareholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (5) delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals or complete regulatory reviews required to complete the proposed business combination; (6) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (7) volatility in the price of NAAC's or TeleSign's securities; (8) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the business combination; (9) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain key employees; (10) costs related to the proposed business combination; (11) changes in the applicable laws or regulations; (12) the possibility that the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (13) the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive industry in which TeleSign operates; (14) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic; (15) the potential inability of TeleSign to raise additional capital needed to pursue its business objectives or to achieve efficiencies regarding other costs; (16) the enforceability of TeleSign's intellectual property, including its patents, and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others, cyber security risks or potential breaches of data security; and (17) other risks and uncertainties described in NAAC's Annual Report, its initial public offering prospectus, and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic uncertainty. TeleSign and NAAC caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive or exhaustive and not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, including projections, which speak only as of the date made. Neither TeleSign nor NAAC gives any assurance that TeleSign or NAAC will achieve its expectations. None of TeleSign or NAAC undertakes or accepts any obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, or should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jakubowitz Law announces that a securities fraud class action lawsuit has commenced on behalf of shareholders of First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. (NYSE: FHS).
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This lawsuit is on behalf of all persons or entities who purchased FHS American Depositary Shares in or traceable to the Company's March 2021 initial public offering.
Shareholders interested in acting as a lead plaintiff representing the class of wronged shareholders have until July 11, 2022 to petition the court. Your ability to share in any recovery doesn't require that you serve as a lead plaintiff.
According to a filed complaint, First High-School Education Group Co., Ltd. issued materially false and/or misleading statements and/or failed to disclose that: (a) the new rules, regulations and policies to be implemented by the Chinese government following the Two Sessions parliamentary meetings were far more severe than represented to investors and posed a material adverse threat to the Company and its business; (b) contemplated Chinese regulations and rules regarding private education were leading to a slowdown of government approval to open new educational facilities which would have a negative effect on FHS's enrollment and growth; and (c) as a result, representations made in connection with the Company's initial public offering regarding FHS's historical financial and operational metrics and purported market opportunities did not accurately reflect the actual business, operations, and financial results and trajectory of the Company at the time of the initial public offering, and were materially false and misleading and lacked a factual basis.
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Hyundai has revealed the second model in its Ioniq EV family, the ultra-sleek Ioniq 6. With a likely range of more than 300 miles, prices for the Tesla 3 model rival are expected to start around £45,000 when it enters UK showrooms in 2023.
Building on the success of the retro-looking Ioniq 5 crossover hatchback — which itself has become something of a favourite in the all-electric car world — the new Ioniq 6 is a rakish-looking, aero-optimised saloon.
The newcomer is also the latest in Hyundai’s EV evolution, following on from the Kona electric, the Ioniq hatch and, most recently, the Ioniq 5. In terms of size, the Ioniq 6 is 4,855mm long, 1,880mm wide and 1,495mm tall. And with a wheelbase of 2,950mm, it closely matches that of the Tesla Model 3. That also puts it in line with the wheelbase of the BMW i4 and Polestar 3.
Utilising Hyundai Motor Group’s E-GMP skateboard architecture — the platform which not only underpins the Ioniq 5, but also the Kia EV6 and Genesis GV60 — the company has yet to confirm technical details.
But expect a continuation of the 800V hardware seen elsewhere and which will be standard fitment for rapid charging at speeds of up to 350kW. Also like the Ioniq 5, vehicle-to-load compatibility for powering external appliances will also be incorporated.
As for powerplants, and following those fitted to other cars on the same platform, it’s fair to assume the Ioniq 6 will be offered with a choice of batteries ranging from 58kWh to 77.4kWh. Models fitted with the larger battery pack should be capable of in excess of 300 miles on a single charge, especially given its ultra-sleek silhouette. The entry-model is expected to be a rear-wheel drive 226bhp.
It also makes sense that the Hyundai’s new model will be available with a choice of single-motor/rear-wheel-drive or twin-motor/four-wheel-drive powertrains; again both options are available on the Ioniq 5, EV6 and GV60. Expect the newcomer to include a midrange 321bhp 4WD version, as well as a performance range-topper delivering 577bhp. That could see the Ioniq 6 ’N’ cover 0-62mph in under 3.5 seconds.
With its low-slung front end, Hyundai’s latest EV benefits from a drag coefficient of just 0.21; that means it’s one of the most aerodynamically efficient production cars available. According to the Koream carmaker, that makes the Ioniq 6 single-curve silhouette a “streamliner” rather than a conventional saloon.
There’s no denying the aesthetic influence of the Prophecy concept. While the styling of the Ioniq 6 is definitely more practical, in that it is taller than the concept — the roofline is roughly 200mm higher off the ground than that of the show car, primarily as a result of accommodating the 150mm-thick battery pack— there are strong resemblances from the Prophecy in the shape of the subtle ducktail rear spoiler, curved shoulder line and pixel-style light clusters.
Inside, the minimalistic cabin is dominated by a pair of 12-inch screens in one panel. These form part of a new “user-centric” architecture and the centre console floats to free up space in the front cabin. In the rear, the long wheelbase allows for competitive levels of leg room.
The interior is trimmed in an array of eco-friendly materials — in keeping with Hyundai’s sustainability ethos — including vegetable oil-based paints, recycled PET plastics, flaxseed-dyed artificial leather, and even recycled fishing nets.
When it arrives in UK showrooms next year, buyers will be able to choose from an array of 12 exterior colours, including one shade of green made from bamboo charcoal pigment. There will also be a choice of 18-inch and 20-inch alloy wheels.
The Ioniq 6 world premier will take place in July, at which time we can expect full specifications, including the electrified streamliner’s features and advanced technologies. UK-specific spec won’t be confirmed till closer to the Ioniq 6’s UK launch, scheduled for the first quarter of next year. Of course, Hyundai is yet to confirm UK prices, but factoring in those for the Ioniq 5 and the cars the ‘6’ will compete against, it’s fair to guesstimate prices stating around £45,000. | https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/lifestyle/cars/hyundai-ioniq-6-fastback-rival-to-tesla-model-3-and-bmw-i4-price-range-performance-3751927 | 2022-07-01T10:38:14Z | https://www.hartlepoolmail.co.uk/lifestyle/cars/hyundai-ioniq-6-fastback-rival-to-tesla-model-3-and-bmw-i4-price-range-performance-3751927 | false | 15 |
QUITO, Ecuador (AP) — Ecuador’s government and the country’s main Indigenous group reached an agreement Thursday to end 18 days of often-violent strikes that had virtually paralyzed the country and killed at least four people.
The deal, which includes a decrease in the price of fuel and other concessions, was signed by Government Minister Francisco Jiménez, Indigenous leader Leonidas Iza and the head of the Episcopal Conference, Monsignor Luis Cabrera, who acted as mediator.
The agreement sets out that gasoline prices will decrease 15 cents to $2.40 per gallon and diesel prices will also decline the same amount, from $1.90 per gallon to $1.75.
The deal also sets limits to the expansion of oil exploration areas and prohibits mining activity in protected areas, national parks and water sources.
The government now has 90 days to deliver solutions to the demands of the Indigenous groups.
“Social peace will only be able to be achieved, hopefully soon, through dialogue with particular attention paid to marginalized communities, but always respecting everyone’s rights,” Cabrera said.
He went on to warn that “if state policies do not resolve the problem of the poor, then the people will rise up.”
“We know we have a country with a lot of divisions, a lot of problems, with unresolved injustices, with important sectors of the population that are still marginalized,” Jiménez said.
The two sides had started negotiations on Monday and an agreement appeared to be within reach until an attack allegedly carried out by Indigenous people against a fuel convoy killed one military officer and left 12 others wounded, leading the government to abandon talks.
Authorities have directly attributed four deaths to the 18-day strike.
The Confederation of Indigenous Nationalities had launched an indefinite national strike on June 13, demanding a decrease in the price of fuel and increase in the health and education budget as well as price controls on certain goods, among other demands.
Amid increasing shortages of food and fuel and millions in losses for farmers and business leaders, the two sides agreed to start negotiations.
The protests have been characterized by stringent road blockades that prevented the transportation of food, fuel and even ambulances. As a result, there has been a sharp increase in the price of the food that did manage to reach the cities, particularly in the Andean north, which has been one of the areas most affected by the strike. | https://www.wboy.com/news/world/ecuador-agreement-ends-18-days-of-strikes/ | 2022-07-01T10:39:51Z | https://www.wboy.com/news/world/ecuador-agreement-ends-18-days-of-strikes/ | true | 29 |
David Branch is making some changes to his Fourth of July celebration menu this year.
"I'm not doing ribs. I'm not doing beef brisket and other things that probably I would normally do," Branch said.
He's not alone. Rising inflation means that it's gotten more expensive to stock a party with the holiday's classic foods — about 11% more expensive than last year, to be exact. That's according to a new study that Branch co-authored, which calculated how much prices have risen for certain Fourth of July foods for a 10-person party. He's a food and agribusiness adviser for Wells Fargo, which means he follows industry price trends.
The costs of red meat and chicken are hitting wallets hard this year. Branch recommends being creative with other proteins, like shrimp or pork butt. The study, which uses data from May, shows that shrimp is 8.2% more expensive than it was in July 2021, and the price of pork has grown by 3.1%.
Sure, that's painful. But these increases pale in comparison to chicken breasts, which are a whopping 24% more expensive than they were in July last year.
Even though chicken or ground beef may still be less expensive per pound than, say, shrimp, Branch said it's important to factor in how many people you're feeding and how much protein you need for each serving. For example, you might need two pounds of ground beef for burgers but only one pound of shrimp for tacos, making burgers more expensive per person (and that's not even counting condiments or other toppings).
His advice? Do some research and calculate the costs per meal. You may find a certain kind of meat has much more bang for its buck, or that you're better off going vegetarian. Branch is having shrimp tacos this year after scoring frozen bags that were buy one, get one free.
There are many reasons why food prices have shot up. The pandemic has disrupted global supply chains. The costs of corn and soybeans, which are used in animal feed, have skyrocketed. In recent months, U.S. poultry farmers have culled millions of chickens as a bout of bird flu swept through flocks.
At the same time, the war in Ukraine is affecting wheat prices. Ukraine is one of the world's top wheat exporters, and Russian blockades have stopped millions of tons of grain from leaving the country.
With inflation at its highest rate since 1994, looking for sales and being creative with menus are good ways to lessen the economic sting this holiday weekend. And while the economic roller coaster continues, Branch recommends being flexible.
"It's just a difficult time," Branch said. "You can look for opportunities out there and still have a fun gathering with family and friends to celebrate the Fourth of July and not break the bank."
After all, enjoying a fireworks display doesn't cost a thing.
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What Kind Of Investors Own Most Of Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (NYSE:EVTL)?
If you want to know who really controls Vertical Aerospace Ltd. (NYSE:EVTL), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Generally speaking, as a company grows, institutions will increase their ownership. Conversely, insiders often decrease their ownership over time. I generally like to see some degree of insider ownership, even if only a little. As Nassim Nicholas Taleb said, 'Don’t tell me what you think, tell me what you have in your portfolio.
Vertical Aerospace is not a large company by global standards. It has a market capitalization of US$659m, which means it wouldn't have the attention of many institutional investors. In the chart below, we can see that institutional investors have not yet purchased much of the company. Let's delve deeper into each type of owner, to discover more about Vertical Aerospace.
Check out our latest analysis for Vertical Aerospace
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Vertical Aerospace?
Institutional investors commonly compare their own returns to the returns of a commonly followed index. So they generally do consider buying larger companies that are included in the relevant benchmark index.
Since institutions own only a small portion of Vertical Aerospace, many may not have spent much time considering the stock. But it's clear that some have; and they liked it enough to buy in. If the company is growing earnings, that may indicate that it is just beginning to catch the attention of these deep-pocketed investors. We sometimes see a rising share price when a few big institutions want to buy a certain stock at the same time. The history of earnings and revenue, which you can see below, could be helpful in considering if more institutional investors will want the stock. Of course, there are plenty of other factors to consider, too.
Vertical Aerospace is not owned by hedge funds. With a 72% stake, CEO Stephen Fitzpatrick is the largest shareholder. This essentially means that they have significant control over the outcome or future of the company, which is why insider ownership is usually looked upon favourably by prospective buyers. For context, the second largest shareholder holds about 5.4% of the shares outstanding, followed by an ownership of 4.7% by the third-largest shareholder.
While it makes sense to study institutional ownership data for a company, it also makes sense to study analyst sentiments to know which way the wind is blowing. There is a little analyst coverage of the stock, but not much. So there is room for it to gain more coverage.
Insider Ownership Of Vertical Aerospace
The definition of company insiders can be subjective and does vary between jurisdictions. Our data reflects individual insiders, capturing board members at the very least. Management ultimately answers to the board. However, it is not uncommon for managers to be executive board members, especially if they are a founder or the CEO.
I generally consider insider ownership to be a good thing. However, on some occasions it makes it more difficult for other shareholders to hold the board accountable for decisions.
It seems that insiders own more than half the Vertical Aerospace Ltd. stock. This gives them a lot of power. So they have a US$486m stake in this US$659m business. Most would argue this is a positive, showing strong alignment with shareholders. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
The general public-- including retail investors -- own 16% stake in the company, and hence can't easily be ignored. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.
Public Company Ownership
It appears to us that public companies own 5.4% of Vertical Aerospace. We can't be certain but it is quite possible this is a strategic stake. The businesses may be similar, or work together.
Next Steps:
It's always worth thinking about the different groups who own shares in a company. But to understand Vertical Aerospace better, we need to consider many other factors. Case in point: We've spotted 3 warning signs for Vertical Aerospace you should be aware of, and 1 of them is potentially serious.
If you are like me, you may want to think about whether this company will grow or shrink. Luckily, you can check this free report showing analyst forecasts for its future.
NB: Figures in this article are calculated using data from the last twelve months, which refer to the 12-month period ending on the last date of the month the financial statement is dated. This may not be consistent with full year annual report figures.
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be as strong as Mark Wahlberg
It is likely that Uncharted be the most anticipated adaptation of a video game (with permission of thelastofus, in agreement). It is not for less, because having Tom Holland as the protagonist and with Mark Wahlberg as his adventure partner It’s very good news, and although we loved the trailer (at least, I’m talking about myself), we can’t help but have certain doubts about how this film produced by sony pictures Y naughty dog...
Leaving these fears behind, today I am going to talk to you about what was the biggest challenge of Tom Holland on the set of Unchartedbecause it was not exactly an easy one: imagine that you arrive at your work and see enter Mark Wahlberg, which will be your companion for the next few months and is stronger than vinegar. That’s what happened to the young performer.
Tom Holland’s reaction to seeing Mark Wahlberg in person
In an interview that Tom Holland has granted to GQand in which he has talked about topics as diverse as when will he retire from spider-man or of his relationship with Zendayahas referred to this challenge he had in Uncharted like this:
- “I saw enter Mark Wahlberg on set in his costume and I thought: ‘fuck it’s twice me‘“. ❤️
- “After the lockdownin which we were unemployed for 5 months and all I did was eat and trainWhen I returned to the shoot, the first thing he said to me was: ‘come on, someone has been training‘“. ✅
Come on, that forced him to see someone as strong as his co-star, who decided to put himself at his level so as not to lose balance on the screen. And we appreciate it! | https://codelist.biz/2022/07/01/be-as-strong-as-mark-wahlberg/ | 2022-07-01T10:44:01Z | https://codelist.biz/2022/07/01/be-as-strong-as-mark-wahlberg/ | false | 1 |
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On the morning of May 25, Julie Burkhart got a call that her soon-to-open clinic, Wellspring Health Access, was on fire.
The clinic would have become the second in Wyoming to provide abortions and the only one to provide the surgical procedure for people who were past being able to end a pregnancy through pills. The clinic was set to begin patient services on June 13, according to Burkhart. But the destruction made that impossible.
Almost immediately, officials concluded that the fire had not been caused by an accident or electrical malfunction. It was arson.
A woman — described as white and wearing jeans, a dark hoodie and a mask — had broken into the clinic carrying a large red gasoline container and had set the place ablaze.
"It was a terrorist act. There's no other word for it," Burkhart told NPR.
"It's heartbreaking but also appalling that someone so recklessly would come in and start a fire when you could almost touch the wall of the apartment building next door where people were sleeping in their beds."
She added, "It just showed me that there is this grave disregard for the lives of the people right there in the neighborhood."
Burkhart notes that the clinic would likely have been in operation for only a few weeks, given what she read in May's leaked Supreme Court draft opinion on Dobbs v. Jackson Women's Health Organization, a case that last Friday resulted in the overturning of Roe v. Wade.
"We knew with this decision coming down that we probably wouldn't have long, but it would be something," she said.
It's not lost on Burkhart that the extremist violence of the arson serves as a painful metaphor for the situation that reproductive health advocates currently find themselves in. With every state legislature that passed tight abortion restrictions over the last few decades and with every win by conservatives who gained greater influence over presidents and other elected leaders, it has been like watching a raging fire get closer and closer — putting innocent people's lives at risk — and all while equipped with a measly fire extinguisher.
That's especially true for abortion-rights supporters in the 13 states that preemptively passed "trigger laws" designed to immediately ban or severely limit abortion in the event of Roe's reversal.
In the week after six conservative judges undid a half-century of legal protections for people seeking an abortion, NPR spoke with a handful of reproductive rights supporters — activists, doctors, abortion clinic escorts and women who made the choice to end a pregnancy — to gauge how they're feeling and what their plans are, moving forward in a post-Roe world.
What we found is a group of people bound together by immense grief, frustration and outright fury, but who are all committed to continuing to fight in whatever ways they can. They say the battle over what they believe is the fundamental right of people to choose an abortion is far from over, only now it will be fought in courtrooms and legislatures at the state level.
Already they see a few glimmers of hope — or at least temporary reprieves. As of the publication of this story, a half-dozen states have challenged the new restrictive abortion laws, arguing they are in violation of state constitutions. And some courts have already responded, issuing stays or restraining orders against them.
Arkansas — Rachel Marsala
As an abortion clinic escort in Little Rock, Ark., Rachel Marsala willingly endured months of harassment.
The 28-year-old volunteered at Little Rock Family Planning Services for nearly a year, walking pregnant people across the parking lot and into the clinic. During those months, she heard what she described as vile things from the anti-abortion protesters who would gather outside the clinic every day.
"They would say things like, 'Don't kill me, Mama!' " Marsala said.
In the days after the Supreme Court's draft opinion overturning Roe v. Wade was leaked, the protesters became even more aggressive, she said. And last Friday, when the court's official decision came down and Arkansas' trigger ban kicked in, at least one man went from protester to vigilante.
"He was copying down the license plate of every single vehicle that drove in and out of the clinic so he could then turn them in to the police so they could be prosecuted," Marsala said.
Since last week, abortion is banned statewide, except for cases in which a patient's life is in danger.
At the moment, Marsala said, she is focusing on her breathing and remembering to exhale. She's also in therapy, which she recommends for everyone, especially activists like her who may feel defeated over the court's ruling and the people who will suffer as a consequence.
"[Last] Friday, we had to turn away a woman who had rescheduled her procedure because she couldn't afford to pay the first time she came in," Marsala said. "That's just one devastating story."
She offers this advice for beleaguered reproductive rights advocates fighting anti-abortion activists: "These people are out there and they are mobilized and they're ready to go. We as defenders of choice have to match their energy. We've got to be ready to show up!"
— Vanessa Romo
Idaho — Loren Colson
Loren Colson, a physician specializing in family medicine, is worried about the many ways a ban on most abortions in Idaho could risk the health and safety of his patients. He also has legal questions.
"There are just so many scenarios in pregnancy that are not straightforward that the legislators did not think of when they created this law," he told NPR, referring to a trigger ban that will likely take effect sometime in August.
If it does, it will replace the state's current law, which allows most abortions up to about 24 weeks, with one that will allow abortion only in cases of rape or incest — so long as the victim can prove they've filed a police report — or when the pregnant individual's life is at risk.
Colson provides "comprehensive reproductive health care," including "options counseling" — that means he talks to patients about ending their pregnancies. He said he's outraged by the burden Idaho's new laws place on victims of assault. But it's the lack of clarity about what constitutes a "risk to life" that he says will likely affect most people seeking an abortion in the future.
In many cases, a pregnant individual might have an issue that doesn't put their life in immediate danger but that could be a life-threatening complication later in pregnancy. Should they wait until that happens? he asks. That's the type of complex legal gray area that legislators still need to hash out, Colson said.
He added: "Pregnancy is in itself a risk and carries a higher mortality rate to it than abortion."
More personally, he and his wife are trying to have a child. They have been undergoing fertility treatment that has produced embryos they hope to use.
"If we don't use all of those embryos, are they protected under this law — and what do we do about those?" he wondered. "The state hasn't defined what is considered viable, what is considered a fetus in cases where it's not a straightforward pregnancy."
— Emma Bowman
Kentucky — Miranda Cisneros
Miranda Cisneros frequently participates in protests in Louisville, Ky. But when she heard the news that the Supreme Court had overturned Roe v. Wade, it took her a bit before she was ready to go out.
"When I first heard the news, I was completely numb," she told NPR.
"Usually when we hear things, we're just automatically ready to spring into action, but I really had to take a moment," she said, adding that by the following day she was "feeling a lot of anger."
Much of that anger goes back to the election of Donald Trump, when many people told her she was overreacting, Cisneros said.
"I felt so gaslit in the 2016 election. So many people were telling us that we were overreacting and it was not going to be a big deal, but we're really seeing the aftereffects," Cisneros said, in part referring to Trump's legacy, which includes Supreme Court Justices Neil Gorsuch, Brett Kavanaugh and Amy Coney Barrett, who all voted to strike down Roe.
Kentucky moved swiftly to enact state laws prohibiting nearly all abortions. But on Thursday, a state judge ordered a temporary restraining order on them, allowing abortions to resume for now.
When looking at who is going to be most affected by the decision, Cisneros said it is not necessarily the same people, specifically women, who voted for Trump. She said she's worried about the Black, trans and disabled communities.
"I mean, the health care system is already designed to work against disabled folks," she said. "What about disabled folks who now become pregnant? You know, that is also a conversation I think a lot of people aren't having either."
Cisneros said she wants to see more of these conversations happen. She also wants to see people get uncomfortable and have conversations with their family members or friends, in addition to protesting.
— Wynne Davis
Louisiana — Arséne DeLay
Arséne DeLay is done crying.
The 42-year-old New Orleans-based musician and activist says she ran out of tears lamenting conservatives' steady gains against abortion access years ago.
"I shed my tears in 2016," she told NPR, adding that loss of abortion rights was the inevitable outcome of Donald Trump's victory in the election that year. With disdain, DeLay added, "We did this to ourselves as far as the societal thing goes."
Moments later she continued: "As a Black woman living in the South, this is nothing new."
Louisiana's trigger law, which went into effect immediately last Friday following the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade, is now on hold. A state judge has issued a temporary restraining order blocking Louisiana's abortion bans from being enforced.
However, if the trigger law does go back to being enforced, it will limit abortion to cases in which the pregnant individual's life is in danger. Anyone who is in violation could face a felony punishable by up to 10 years in prison and a fine of $100,000, according to the Guttmacher Institute, a reproductive health research organization that supports abortion rights.
For DeLay, it leaves only one path forward: civil disobedience.
"At the end of the day, the Supreme Court depends on society's agreement of this construct, and quite frankly, I have no business or interest in following laws that are unjust and laws that put women in harm's way, especially Black, brown, Indigenous," she said. "I'm talking from my own experiences — in times when these situations have come up."
DeLay also said the fight for abortion rights comes down to access.
"No one needs to go and invent the wheel — look for the helpers and you support them if there needs to be some kind of a setup to get people the access that they need," she said.
"At the end of the day, that's what all of this is about."
— Shauneen Miranda
Mississippi — Rebecca Meador
The story of Rebecca Meador's abortion begins with the story of the pregnancy that came before it. When she was 19 years old and living in Mississippi, she gave birth to a baby boy with her then boyfriend, she told NPR.
She couldn't afford to raise the baby and she didn't want to have an abortion, so she chose to place the baby for adoption.
"Carrying a child and growing it in your womb, knowing the entire time that you wouldn't be a part of its life, is traumatic and incredibly stressful, and I did the best I could to continue to work and go to school while pregnant," she said.
She developed severe postpartum depression and agoraphobia following the birth and adoption of her baby boy. That led her to get an abortion a year later when she found out she was pregnant again.
"I knew that I wouldn't survive the possible postpartum depression and agoraphobia again after delivering another baby, and the shadow I lived in of the grief of losing a child to adoption — being a mother just wasn't an option. It would cost me my life," she said.
This week, Mississippi Attorney General Lynn Fitch certified the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade. Doing so triggered a state law that bans almost all abortions in Mississippi. It goes into effect this month. Meador now fears that women will have to live through the same pain she did.
"Taking away abortion care is nothing less than violence towards women," she said. "The lack of access to health insurance, the inequality of pay for women, the continued victim blaming when a woman is assaulted and the condemnation of a woman's soul to hell for being in an impossible situation in life are clear indicators of the devaluation of women's lives."
— Jaclyn Diaz
Missouri — Hanz Dismer
Every day when Hanz Dismer goes to work, they have to leave Missouri, the state they live in, and drive across the Mississippi River to the Hope Clinic for Women in Granite City, Illinois.
Dismer is the education and research coordinator at the clinic and a licensed clinical social worker. Before the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade came down, Dismer said it was something that they and many other abortion providers knew was coming — which is why they started preparing way before last Friday's decision.
"In 2021, we saw patients from 19 different states already, so we're not new to having patients travel from all across the Midwest and South to access care," Dismer said. "We know that's going to get worse."
Dismer said that a lot of telehealth protocols instituted to mitigate COVID-19 are helping to streamline things today and that the Hope Clinic is working with a Planned Parenthood location in Illinois to better serve the influx of patients.
Even so, Dismer said some conversations are still tough as patients go back to their home states and wonder about post-abortion care.
"These are things that, of course, we want you to be honest with your health care providers, if you can. And we acknowledge that sometimes that's not safe," Dismer said. Sometimes it's not safe to tell your health care provider that you had an abortion because they may judge you or they may report you or they may compromise the care you're getting.
— Wynne Davis
North Dakota — Sarah Haeder
When Sarah Haeder was growing up, her summer vacations were not the most traditional. Instead of picking a place to visit based on an attraction, Haeder's Irish Catholic family chose their destinations based on clinics offering abortion, specifically so they could protest outside them.
"So most of my life I grew up reinforcing the stigma and telling people abortion was wrong," Haeder told NPR. "And then I came to college and I took a women's studies class and I read a bell hooks novel and it changed my life."
Haeder, who lives in North Dakota, said she realized not everything she grew up learning was what it seemed to be. Then when she found herself pregnant in a brand-new relationship, she decided to get an abortion — something she never thought she would do.
"I had an abortion here at Red River Women's Clinic, and that was in 2006," she said. "Ever since coming into this clinic and having that abortion care, I wanted to work here."
Eventually, Haeder got a job as a patient educator and quit her full-time job to work at the clinic. But she didn't stop there. She was inspired to go back to school for a nursing degree.
"Now I am the head nurse here, and I couldn't be more proud of where I'm at or what I do," she said.
But amid that pride, the Supreme Court's decision to overturn Roe v. Wade has been weighing on her.
"Of course, I feel it is a travesty," she said. "If a human being doesn't have autonomy over their own body, how do they have autonomy over their own life?"
"I'm just thinking about all the women who already have so many obstacles and then to have this one put up is just — it's like a really big blow and it's really hard to keep emotions in check."
— Wynne Davis
Oklahoma — Alan Braid
Dr. Alan Braid provided abortion care before the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, back when abortion was widely illegal.
"I was an intern in 1972 before Roe and saw injured women and women who died from back alley or botched abortions," he explained to NPR.
Braid, an OB-GYN, said he must now reconsider his clinic in Tulsa, Okla., after the state's trigger ban.
The trigger ban, which comes after a separate Oklahoma anti-abortion law that was at one point the strictest in the nation, now makes it a felony to provide an abortion and includes a penalty of up to five years in prison. The only exception is if the pregnant patient's life is in danger.
Braid is not sure what's next for his Oklahoma clinic or his practices in San Antonio, Texas. That's where he currently lives, and there he is facing two lawsuits for performing an abortion in defiance of the state law enacted there last year that bans most abortions after about six weeks of pregnancy.
In addition to being sued, he's also suing. "I've been a part of [opposing] almost every lawsuit challenging the right for women to choose their options," he said. At the moment, he's one of several challengers seeking to nullify the Oklahoma ban.
But it's clear he's exhausted by the fight he has been waging in the 50 years he has been in reproductive health care. In some respects, it seems a burden has been lifted from his shoulders now that Roe has been overturned, even if it goes against his beliefs.
"I don't want to desert the women in Texas and the people [who] work for me," but, he added, he will feel some relief "not having to worry about the next session of the Texas legislature, which has plagued this state since 1978, when they started passing all the [targeted regulation of abortion providers] laws."
— Shauneen Miranda
South Dakota — Evelyn Griesse
Evelyn Griesse traveled to New York to get an abortion decades ago.
Now, the abortion-rights activist and co-founder of South Dakota Access for Every Woman faces a new challenge after the state's trigger ban went into effect hours after the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade was announced last Friday.
"We will do the best we can," Griesse told NPR.
"We have already been, for years, encouraging and helping women across South Dakota state lines because access has been so limited, so restrictive and so punitive, that there is no reason for us to have any kind of loyalty to this kind of law," she said.
South Dakota Access for Every Woman has been around since 1985, and last year more than 140 women got abortions with financial help from the organization.
She has always felt a duty to the women whose lives were lost in illegal abortions and to the doctors and nonmedical professionals who risked their own lives performing them.
"Women now are still feeling that sense of desperation," Griesse noted.
"It is primarily that sense of desperation that continues to go forward in women's lives and that obligation to others before me who gave so much of their energy and their lives to helping women in need," she said.
Now that South Dakota's trigger ban is in effect, anyone who provides or attempts to provide an abortion will face a felony charge, according to the Guttmacher Institute.
There are no exceptions for pregnancies resulting from rape or incest. The only exception to the ban is if the pregnant individual's life is in danger.
South Dakota Gov. Kristi Noem praised the new ban. "We have prayed for this day, and now it's here," Noem tweeted last Friday, adding that legislators have plans "for a special session to save lives and help mothers later this year."
— Shauneen Miranda
Tennessee — Aaron Campbell
Dr. Aaron Campbell always knew he wanted to be an OB-GYN — so much so that when he was 14, he dressed as one for Halloween.
Campbell had been inspired by his father, who was an OB-GYN and worked as the medical director of the Knoxville Center for Reproductive Health in Tennessee before experiencing a stroke that ultimately led to his death.
With his father gone, Campbell returned to Knoxville to continue the work his father had started. Now, Campbell has taken his place as the director of that same clinic.
"From the perspective of someone who just finished OB-GYN residency right over a year ago, this is going to amount to a public health crisis," Campbell told NPR in reference to the Supreme Court's decision overturning Roe v. Wade.
"From the perspective of someone who does this work regularly, it's a disaster and devastating for people who might need these services. And from my personal perspective, it's very disappointing and frustrating."
Even before the Supreme Court's decision came down, Campbell had started making plans to travel and continue his work in reproductive health care in areas adjacent to those impacted by the decision. He said his goal is to provide safe abortions to those who need and want them.
"The people that are going to be hurt from this decision are not the policymakers or any political elites. The people who are going to get hurt from this are the people who don't have the resources to obtain an abortion elsewhere," Campbell said.
He is worried about the long-term effects for those who will now be denied access to abortion, including lasting physical and mental health damage, as well as potentially life-long financial consequences.
"So this is not a decision that just affects them in real time. This decision or the denial of that decision truly has long-term consequences not just for their health but for their entire life."
— Wynne Davis
Texas — Adiana Vega
Even before the overturning of Roe v. Wade last week, Adiana Vega knew what it was like to live in a post-Roe world.
Texas' restrictive SB 8 law, which prohibits abortion after the detection of embryonic or fetal cardiac activity, or about six weeks into a pregnancy, and which requires several state-mandated interim steps, made it all but impossible for Vega to end her pregnancy in the state, despite the fact that she found out she was pregnant unusually early.
"I was about four weeks," the 26-year-old Dallas native told NPR. But even that was too late to get an abortion before the deadline, she explained.
While Texas lawmakers have moved to reinstate a nearly century-old abortion ban, a court has issued a temporary restraining order that blocks its enforcement. But that has left SB 8 in place.
"On paper, it sounds like I would have been able to get it, but a pregnant person is mandated to look at their ultrasound and then is required to enter a waiting period," Vega said. "Basically, all of that would have taken more than two weeks. Plus, on top of that, I had COVID at the same time."
But Vega is among the lucky group of people who have the means and resources to access abortion outside the state. So she called her boyfriend, who lives in Washington, D.C., and together they bought a plane ticket for her to get an abortion at the Planned Parenthood clinic there.
"We get to sweep it under the rug and move on with our lives simply because we have the means to make it go away and then we don't have to talk about it," she said, noting that many women who seek abortions are not so fortunate.
Vega said when considering where to go, she had to factor in cost, the amount of time she'd have to take off work and where she'd face "the least humiliating process."
When she eventually arrived in D.C. — a place she has always associated with progressive values — she was stunned to be confronted by the same type of anti-abortion activists she'd seen in Dallas.
"It's just more evidence that there's no place where pregnant people are completely safe," she said.
— Vanessa Romo
Utah — Angela Romero
Angela Romero, a Democratic state representative in Utah, used to be against abortion.
Raised Catholic in the small town of Tooele, Utah, she grew up in an environment in which women were made to feel ashamed of their decision to end their pregnancy.
"I've had women who have had abortions in my family, and it was very hush-hush — it was very secret," she told NPR.
Her outlook changed by the time she earned a bachelor's degree in political science at the University of Utah.
"Once I was exposed to just other thoughts and other worldviews, it just really changed the way I view the world," she said.
As a college student without health insurance, Romero had relied on the services provided by Planned Parenthood. Now, the politician said, she's worried about what will happen if people, especially those in poor and marginalized communities, lose that kind of "lifesaving" care under Utah's trigger law banning abortion.
The law, which makes inducing an abortion a felony, took effect last Friday, the same day Roe v. Wade was overturned. It has exceptions, including if the pregnancy is the result of rape or incest, though sexual assault victims must report the crime before seeking an abortion. The ban has since been put on temporary hold, however, as courts prepare to hear challenges to the trigger law.
Romero noted she's speaking up to ensure that vulnerable women "are not left behind."
"I have women come up to me all the time, saying, 'Thank you for saying what I wish I could say.' "
Romero said no one should need to file a police report to show that they were raped or violated by someone within their family.
"This goes back to trusting women and the decisions they make," she said. "It's problematic for them to jump through all those hoops, and also a person might be in a situation where it's dangerous and they don't want their partner to know that they're seeking an abortion."
— Emma Bowman
Wyoming — Julie Burkhart
Even after reading the Supreme Court's leaked draft opinion, which indicated that the court would overturn Roe v. Wade, Julie Burkhart still had plans.
Burkhart, the founder of Wellspring Health Access, runs clinics in Kansas and Oklahoma that offer abortion. Up until about a month ago, she was on track to open a facility in Wyoming — a state with only one existing clinic that offers abortion, until a trigger law will likely take effect this month.
The planned wellness center had been about two years in the making and was set to begin patient services on June 13. But on May 25, it all turned to ash.
"In the early morning hours, someone broke into the clinic and set it on fire," she calmly told NPR.
The hope, she said, had been that they'd have at least a few weeks to help women in and around Casper get abortions without having to travel all the way to Jackson, which is about a five-hour drive west of Casper.
"We knew with this decision coming down that we probably wouldn't have long, but it would be something," she added.
That was before a woman set fire to the clinic. Police have not captured the culprit, but they have released video footage of the suspect — described as a medium-build white woman about 5 feet, 6 inches tall — and are asking the public for help.
Meanwhile, a trigger law is poised to be enacted in a few weeks, effectively banning abortion in all circumstances except rape, incest or if the mother is at serious risk of death or injury.
Burkhart noted the political shift that has taken place in Wyoming, a traditionally libertarian state.
"Here you've had this small government staying out of people's private lives and their business, and then you fast-forward to when Trump was elected and that is when the real s*** began," she said.
Looking to the future, Burkhart is determined not to quit.
"We're going to be fighting tooth and nail to provide reproductive health care services in Wyoming," she said.
— Vanessa Romo
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The Federal Emergency Management Agency is releasing the largest update to its mobile application in a decade, the agency announced today. FEMA is releasing the app at the beginning of a hurricane season that experts predict will be above average and a wildfire season that’s already devastating, for example, In New Mexico.
The update makes the app more like social media and includes options for users to personalize the information they get when disasters hit. It also makes makes the app more user friendly to people with disabilities.
“We are better helping communities plan, protect and recover from disasters through clear, effective and relatable communication,” FEMA administrator Deanne Criswell said in a statement.
The previous version of the app had a list of categories for notifications and looked like a directory or listserv. In the updated version, users can customize what they see based on their preferences and location.
For accessibility, the app now works with technologies like screen readers and voiceovers, is scaled for different screen sizes and has a more consistent layout. Gloria Huang, digital engagement and analytics branch chief for FEMA, said improvements for people with disabilities will continue.
“This is part of our commitment to always include accessibility as a key part of our design and development,” rather than just trying to be compliant with disability laws, Huang told the Associated Press.
Huang said in the future the agency plans to make the app more accessible for people with visual impairments or reading disabilities and make some features usable offline.
The app also features a section called “Recover” where users can learn more about federal disaster declarations in their area that indicate federal assistance will be available and how to apply for it. Huang said the agency took feedback from disaster survivors because that was one major intended audience for the redesign.
The app mainly gets downloaded immediately before, during and after disasters, she said, which suggests that people are using it specifically as a tool to help them adapt and survive these events.
“It does seem that if you’re going through recovery this could be a useful tool to organize potential FEMA aid,” Samantha Montano, assistant professor of emergency management at Massachusetts Maritime Academy, told the AP.
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The U.S. Justice Department said Thursday it has reached a settlement for Delta Air Lines to pay $10.5 million to resolve an investigation into alleged false reporting of international mail delivery times that were reported to the U.S. Postal Service.
Atlanta-based Delta collected mail in the U.S. and at Defense Department and State Department locations abroad for delivery to international and domestic destinations under a contract with USPS. That includes mail sent to military personnel deployed overseas.
The airline was required to scan mail receptacles to report when the mail was delivered. If the mail was late or delivered to the wrong place, there are penalties.
The Justice Department said the settlement “resolves allegations that scans submitted by Delta falsely reported the time and fact that it transferred possession of the mail.” The claims covered a period from April 1, 2010 through Jan. 25, 2016 under the postal contract.
The settlement terms also note that it is not an admission of liability by Delta. Half of the settlement amount, or $5.25 million, is restitution.
Delta issued a statement saying: “Delta Cargo is a longstanding partner of the U.S. Postal Service. With this matter now concluded, we look forward to continuing to move USPS mail and freight for our shared customers across our global network.”
The resolution is the latest in a series of settlements of federal investigations into international delivery issues under airline postal service contracts. Sandy Springs-based UPS in March agreed to pay $5.3 million, United Airlines last year agreed to pay $49 million, and American Airlines agreed to pay $22.1 million in 2019 to settle similar allegations.
“The United States expects the air carriers with which the USPS contracts to accurately report the services they provide,” Brian M. Boynton, principal deputy assistant attorney general in the Justice Department’s civil division, said in a written statement. He added that the settlement reflects a commitment to “pursuing contractors that do not meet their contractual obligations to the United States and misrepresent their failure to perform.”
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Which ceramic dog bowl is best?
Ceramic dog bowls give you a great opportunity to dress up your dog’s eating area. They come in different patterns, from simple black-and-white motifs to extra-colorful rainbow designs.
If you’re looking for one for your best friend, check out the Waggo Gloss Ceramic Dog Bowl. It’s an attractive and well-designed dish that comes in three different sizes and four colors.
What to know before you buy a ceramic dog bowl
Materials
Ceramic is made from fired clay. It has a hard surface and is easy to clean. Ceramic dog bowls are heavier than stainless steel dog bowls, and you don’t have to worry about harmful chemicals leaking into the food the same way you do with some plastic bowls.
The weight of it keeps your dog from pushing the bowl around on the floor while they eat, but it is easier to break than other materials. A protective glaze preserves the colors and usually means it’s dishwasher-safe.
Height considerations
A ceramic bowl flat at floor level is about 2-3 inches in height, but there are also elevated options. Some bowls come with a metal or wooden stand that adds about 1/2 -1 inch to the height.
There’s a style of ceramic bowl that is made with that extra height built into the design. All one piece, the bowl sits atop a ceramic base that adds about 2-3 inches to the overall height.
Filling capacity
The standard ceramic dog bowl holds 1.5-3.5 cups of food or 12-28 ounces of water but some bowls come in small, medium and large sizes. These bowls can hold anywhere from 1-8 cups of food or 6-58 ounces of water.
What to look for in a quality ceramic dog bowl
Easy to use
Even though ceramic bowls are less likely to get pushed around on the floor as your dog eats than plastic or stainless steel, it still happens. The best way to avoid this is to look for ceramic bowls with no-skid rubber on the base.
Alternatively, there are tilted bowls designed to angle the food toward your dog’s face. This makes it easier for your dog to eat without going full-faced into the bowl, which is better for the dog’s neck. The tilt keeps food from sticking to the bottom of the bowl and makes it easier to eat, which is better for a dog’s digestion.
Lead-free glaze
The protective glaze on ceramic bowls usually makes them easier to wash and dishwasher-safe, but you want to make sure that the glaze is lead-free. Most pet bowls will state clearly if they are lead-free, but if you’re not sure or want to be safe, you can purchase a lead test kit separately to check.
Microwave-safe
A microwave-safe ceramic bowl is convenient, especially if you want to heat up some water in order to soften dry food in it for a pup that has trouble chewing. For a ceramic bowl to be microwave safe, it can’t have a metal rim and it can’t be too porous. Most microwave-safe bowls are labeled as such on the bottom of the bowl.
Single bowl vs. bowl set
You can purchase ceramic dog bowls individually or in sets of two. The set is usually more cost-effective and ensures that your dog’s food and water bowl match. A single bowl comes in useful when you need an extra water dish for another room or if you have multiple dogs who eat meals out of different bowls but share a water bowl.
How much you can expect to spend on a ceramic dog bowl
A single ceramic dog bowl costs $5-$40 and a set of two ceramic dog bowls costs $15-$50. Some specialty ceramic bowls can cost as much as $60.
Ceramic dog bowl FAQ
What’s the difference between ceramic and stoneware?
A. Ceramic is earthenware. Stoneware and earthenware are made from the same clay materials but stoneware is fired at a higher temperature.
How frequently should dog bowls be washed?
A. Your dog’s food bowl should be cleaned lightly after every meal or at the end of the day and cleaned thoroughly once a week. The water bowl should also be cleaned regularly but doesn’t have to be washed as often.
What’s the best ceramic dog bowl to buy?
Top ceramic dog bowl
What you need to know: This heavyweight ceramic bowl comes in three sizes with a two-cup, four-cup or eight-cup capacity. Depending on the capacity you choose, the height ranges from 2.75-4.25 inches.
What you’ll love: It’s well-made with an attractive shine to it. It can go in the dishwasher and the microwave. It’s lead-free and also comes in four colors.
What you should consider: Bowls are sold individually instead of in sets, which can lead to slight color variations if you buy more than one. This bowl is also not always packaged well.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Top ceramic dog bowl for the money
Bone Dry Lattice Collection Pet Bowl Set
What you need to know: This two-bowl set comes in three sizes with a 3/4-cup, 1.5-cup or 3-cup capacity, and the height ranges from 2-2.4 inches.
What you’ll love: It has a cute lattice and paw-print pattern on the outside. The base has non-skid rubber, and it’s FDA food safe and lead-free. It’s dishwasher- and microwave-safe. It comes in seven colors, all with white interiors.
What you should consider: These bowl sizes aren’t suitable for larger dogs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon and Chewy
Worth checking out
Fukumaru Tilted And Raised Ceramic Bowls
What you need to know: This set comes with two white ceramic bowls and a bamboo stand. It has a 1-cup capacity per bowl and a total height of 5.9 inches, including the stand.
What you’ll love: These bowls are well-made and both dishwasher- and microwave-safe. The ceramic is food-grade and lead-free. The bamboo stand also features an adjustable handle so you can control how much the bowls tilt.
What you should consider: It’s designed for small dogs and cats, not large dogs.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NEW YORK, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- North Atlantic Acquisition Corporation ("NAAC") (NASDAQ: NAAC), a publicly-traded special purpose acquisition company, announced today that its business combination agreement with TeleSign, Inc. ("TeleSign") has terminated, effective immediately. As a result, the special meeting of NAAC stockholders to approve the proposed transaction has been cancelled and NAAC will seek an alternative business combination.
Gary Quin, Chief Executive Officer of NAAC, said, "We are disappointed that current market conditions made it impossible to complete our proposed merger, but TeleSign is a great company with a strong management team and we are confident that it has a bright future."
About North Atlantic Acquisition Corp.
NAAC is a blank check company, also commonly referred to as a SPAC, formed for the purpose of effecting a business combination with a company with global ambition, with a primary focus on the consumer, industrials and TMT sectors in Europe or North America, where its Board of Directors has multiple decades of experience.
NAAC closed its initial public offering on January 26, 2021 and has 24 months from such date to complete its initial business combination.
About TeleSign
TeleSign provides continuous trust to leading global enterprises by connecting, protecting and proactively defending their digital identities. TeleSign verifies over five billion unique phone numbers a month, representing half of the world's mobile users, and provides critical insight into the remaining billions. The company's powerful AI and extensive data science deliver identity with a unique combination of speed, accuracy and global reach. TeleSign solutions prevent fraud, secure communications and enable the digital economy by allowing companies and customers to engage with confidence.
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In addition, there will be risks and uncertainties described in the Form S-4 and other documents filed by NAAC or NewCo from time to time with the SEC. These filings would identify and address other important risks and uncertainties that could cause actual events and results to differ materially from those contained in the forward-looking statements. Many of these factors are outside TeleSign's and NAAC's control and are difficult to predict. Many factors could cause actual future events to differ from the forward-looking statements in this communication, including but not limited to: (1) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against NAAC or TeleSign following the announcement of the proposed business combination; (2) the inability to complete the proposed business combination, including due to the inability to concurrently close the business combination and related transactions, including the private placement of common stock or due to failure to obtain approval of the shareholders of NAAC; (3) the risk that the proposed business combination may not be completed by NAAC's business combination deadline and the potential failure to obtain an extension of the business combination deadline if sought by NAAC; (4) the failure to satisfy the conditions to the consummation of the proposed business combination, including the approval by the shareholders of NAAC, the satisfaction of the minimum cash requirement following any redemptions by NAAC's public shareholders and the receipt of certain governmental and regulatory approvals; (5) delays in obtaining, adverse conditions contained in, or the inability to obtain necessary regulatory approvals or complete regulatory reviews required to complete the proposed business combination; (6) the occurrence of any event, change or other circumstance that could give rise to the termination of the business combination agreement; (7) volatility in the price of NAAC's or TeleSign's securities; (8) the risk that the proposed business combination disrupts current plans and operations as a result of the announcement and consummation of the business combination; (9) the inability to recognize the anticipated benefits of the proposed business combination, which may be affected by, among other things, competition, the ability of the combined company to grow and manage growth profitably, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain key employees; (10) costs related to the proposed business combination; (11) changes in the applicable laws or regulations; (12) the possibility that the combined company may be adversely affected by other economic, business, and/or competitive factors; (13) the risk of downturns and a changing regulatory landscape in the highly competitive industry in which TeleSign operates; (14) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic; (15) the potential inability of TeleSign to raise additional capital needed to pursue its business objectives or to achieve efficiencies regarding other costs; (16) the enforceability of TeleSign's intellectual property, including its patents, and the potential infringement on the intellectual property rights of others, cyber security risks or potential breaches of data security; and (17) other risks and uncertainties described in NAAC's Annual Report, its initial public offering prospectus, and its subsequent Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q. These risks and uncertainties may be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic, which has caused significant economic uncertainty. TeleSign and NAAC caution that the foregoing list of factors is not exclusive or exhaustive and not to place undue reliance upon any forward-looking statements, including projections, which speak only as of the date made. Neither TeleSign nor NAAC gives any assurance that TeleSign or NAAC will achieve its expectations. None of TeleSign or NAAC undertakes or accepts any obligation to publicly provide revisions or updates to any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments or otherwise, or should circumstances change, except as otherwise required by securities and other applicable laws.
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Ohio mother arrested after kids found padlocked in apartment
NORWOOD, Ohio (WXIX/Gray News) - A mother was arrested after her children were found padlocked inside an apartment, according to court documents.
The documents state a caseworker went to the home for an unannounced visit.
Upon arrival, she saw a padlock on the outside of the door and heard children inside.
“I knocked on the door and noises stopped. After knocking again, the kids asked, ‘Who is it?’ and I stated ‘Children’s Services,’” the caseworker said in a statement.
She then asked the children if their mother was home and got no response.
The caseworker proceeded to call her supervisor and the police.
Nicole Jones, 29, was charged with two counts of child endangerment.
Tamara Cook, who lives next door to Jones, said she knew the children well and even offered to help.
Cook said she does not know the details behind the charges but did say she thinks there is more to the story.
“She’s got a padlock on the door, too, because the door doesn’t close,” Cook said. “I know that she’s asked the landlord to fix the door, and apparently, that hasn’t been done yet.”
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The first seven episodes of Stranger Things season 4 were all about expansion. Four separate storylines interplaying with one another, the main characters – now over a dozen of them – each dealing with the fallout of Starcourt Mall, and, all the while, a new danger brewing in Hawkins. That juggling act, balancing so many threads, came with a set of problems. While some stories hurtled along, particularly Dustin, Steve, Robin, and the gang's search for Vecna, there were other parts that dragged, mainly the segments in California.
Volume 2 picks up moments after the major reveal that Vecna, Henry Creel, and One are the same. Nancy is being held hostage in the Upside Down, the reporter trapped in a nightmare of traumatic memories, the others trying desperately to free her. And she’s not the only one in danger: Hopper, Murray, and Joyce are stuck with a Demogorgon in Russia; Eleven is reeling after discovering the truth about how she helped create Vecna; and Will, Mike, Jonathan, and Argyle are racing to find out where Eleven's being held.
As the final two episodes progress, the Duffer brothers elegantly weave these plots together – and soon enough, everyone is heading in the same direction. By shifting the focus back onto Hawkins, rather than the wider world, the finale makes for an epic ending that's a near-perfect conclusion to the season.
Both episodes are visually stunning, with truly cinematic sequences that will have you wishing Netflix released the almost two-and-a-half-hour finale in cinemas. And yet, the episodes maintain that same terrifying atmosphere that the Duffers have nurtured and expanded upon this season. Around every corner, danger lingers, and there's a sense that anything could happen to anyone at any moment. That's felt all the more thanks to the larger, more grandiose scenes being counterbalanced with ones that are smaller, more intimate.
Importantly, these moments give screentime to those characters left behind through the first half of the season. Noah Schapp puts in a scene-stealing performance as the vulnerable Will, while David Harbour continues to bring gravitas to Hopper, and Gaten Matarazzo’s Dustin offers one of the show's most heartbreaking performances yet. And despite the finale being centered on a battle, there's a hell of a lot of romance in the air. When the heartbreak comes, then, it's all the more powerful. We were told before the episodes arrived that we should be "very concerned" for these characters, and that warning is indeed founded. You'll struggle to keep a dry eye.
My one major gripe is with the length of the last episode. A lot has been made of the inflated episode lengths this season, though I would argue they have been justified so far, allowing for deeper and more emotional stories without the shackles of the hour-long deadline. However, keeping the pace up through a movie-length finale is hard. A TV show doesn't have the same narrative structure as a big-screen film, and there are many loose ends to get to. The pace, as a result, keeps slowing down, especially as we reach the tail end of the show. I can't help but think splitting the episode into two may have allowed for some of the scenes to have a bit more breathing room.
What's clear, though, is that Stranger Things has not lost any of its magic. Volume 2 has all the elements that made this show a phenomenon: witty dialogue, heartfelt characters dealing with growing pains, and a whole lot of '80s nostalgia. But this is also a new Stranger Things. Both the series and the characters are coming of age. As we leave the Duffers to prepare for the final season of this landmark Netflix series, the stakes have never been higher. The cast has grown older, the battles bolder, and the terror even colder – the ingredients are there for a season 5 that could conclude one of the best sci-fi series ever created. If they can keep up the quality after season 4, then that's exactly what's down the line.
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CHICAGO, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT), a global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food and beverage industry, announced today it has acquired Alco-food-machines GmbH & Co. KG (Alco), a leading provider of further food processing solutions and production lines.
"Alco has been a family business for generations and over time has built an excellent reputation in the market for providing leading further processing technology solutions with strong ties in the DACH region," said Brian Deck, President and Chief Executive Officer. "Alco represents the ideal fit for JBT where our family of brands approach and our broad food and beverage platform offers a compelling succession opportunity for companies with leading technology and food domain expertise."
"The acquisition of Alco complements and expands our product offering in further processing, in particular, expanding our offering in convenience meal lines as well as alternative and plant-based protein technology," said Bob Petrie, EVP and President, Protein. "Bringing our companies and technologies together supports our vision to be the preferred solutions partner for our customers, backed by unparalleled application expertise and best-in-class local service support. Alco also further strengthens our presence and capabilities in the important German market," added Petrie.
Alco was founded in Bad Iburg, Germany in 1977 based on the idea from Heinz and Gertrud Algra to make the best machines in the industry, which today, produce everything from noodle sauces, and pizza to convenience and snack foods. "JBT has always been viewed as a leader in food processing, and its approach to preserving the Alco brand and continuing the family legacy of technology and service was of the utmost importance in finding the right partner to acquire the business," said Isabelle Kleine-Ausberg, former shareholder of Alco. "We are excited about the possibilities in the next phase of growth for Alco," added Thomas Kleine-Ausberg, Managing Director.
Alco expects 2022 revenue of approximately $35 million with EBITDA margins in the low double digits prior to synergies. The transaction is expected to be slightly dilutive to 2022 GAAP earnings per share but approximately two cents accretive on an adjusted basis, which excludes transaction-related costs and purchase price accounting. The purchase price was undisclosed.
JBT Corporation (NYSE: JBT) is a leading global technology solutions provider to high-value segments of the food & beverage industry with focus on proteins, liquid foods and automated system solutions. JBT designs, produces and services sophisticated products and systems for multi-national and regional customers through its FoodTech segment. JBT also sells critical equipment and services to domestic and international air transportation customers through its AeroTech segment. JBT Corporation employs approximately 6,800 people worldwide and operates sales, service, manufacturing and sourcing operations in more than 25 countries. For more information, please visit www.jbtc.com.
This release contains forward-looking statements as defined in the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. Forward-looking statements are information of a non-historical nature and are subject to risks and uncertainties that are beyond JBT's ability to control. Forward-looking statements include, among others, statements relating to the expected impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on our business and our results of operations, our plans to mitigate the impact of the pandemic, our strategic plans, our restructuring plans and expected cost savings from those plans, our liquidity and our covenant compliance. The factors that could cause our actual results to differ materially from expectations include but are not limited to the following factors: the duration of the COVID-19 pandemic and the effects of the pandemic on our ability to operate our business and facilities, on our customers, on our workforce resulting in higher labor absenteeism, on our supply chains due to extended delivery times and unavailability of required components and freight, on our cost of labor due to higher labor turnover and shortage of skilled labor and on the economy generally; fluctuations in our financial results; unanticipated delays or acceleration in our sales cycles; deterioration of economic conditions; disruptions in the political, regulatory, economic and social conditions of the countries in which we conduct business; changes to trade regulation, quotas, duties or tariffs; risks associated with acquisitions or strategic investments; fluctuations in currency exchange rates; increases in energy or raw material prices, freight costs, and inflationary pressures; changes in food consumption patterns; impacts of pandemic illnesses, food borne illnesses and diseases to various agricultural products; weather conditions and natural disasters; impact of climate change and environmental protection initiatives; our ability to comply with the laws and regulations governing our U.S. government contracts; acts of terrorism or war, including the recent conflict between Russia and Ukraine; termination or loss of major customer contracts and risks associated with fixed-price contracts, particularly during periods of high inflation; customer sourcing initiatives; competition and innovation in our industries; difficulty in implementing our business strategies, including the timing of our previously announced review of strategic alternatives for the AeroTech platform, our ability to identify or develop any strategic alternatives, execute on material aspects of such strategic alternatives, and whether we can achieve the potential benefits of such strategic alternatives. our ability to develop and introduce new or enhanced products and services and keep pace with technological developments; difficulty in developing, preserving and protecting our intellectual property or defending claims of infringement; catastrophic loss at any of our facilities and business continuity of our information systems; cyber-security risks such as network intrusion or ransomware schemes; loss of key management and other personnel; potential liability arising out of the installation or use of our systems; our ability to comply with U.S. and international laws governing our operations and industries; increases in tax liabilities; work stoppages; fluctuations in interest rates and returns on pension assets; availability of and access to financial and other resources; and other factors described under the captions "Risk Factors" and "Management's Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations" in the Company's most recent Annual Report on Form 10-K filed by JBT with the Securities and Exchange Commission and in any subsequently filed Form 10-Q. In addition, many of our risks and uncertainties are currently amplified by and will continue to be amplified by the COVID-19 pandemic. Given the highly fluid nature of the COVID-19 pandemic, it is not possible to predict all such risks and uncertainties. JBT cautions shareholders and prospective investors that actual results may differ materially from those indicated by the forward-looking statements. JBT undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise any forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future developments, subsequent events or changes in circumstances or otherwise.
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Utilties stocks were trading in red, with the S&P BSE Utilities index falling 26.47 points or 0.78% at 3369.49 at 13:47 IST.
Among the components of the S&P BSE Utilities index, Rattanindia Power Ltd (down 3.82%), Power Grid Corporation of India Ltd (down 2.88%),GAIL (India) Ltd (down 2.66%),Va Tech Wabag Ltd (down 2.17%),JSW Energy Ltd (down 2.15%), were the top losers. Among the other losers were NTPC Ltd (down 2.06%), NLC India Ltd (down 2.04%), Jaiprakash Power Ventures Ltd (down 1.24%), PTC India Ltd (down 0.72%), and BF Utilities Ltd (down 0.7%).
On the other hand, Tata Power Company Ltd (up 1.38%), Torrent Power Ltd (up 0.64%), and Adani Green Energy Ltd (up 0.59%) moved up.
At 13:47 IST, the S&P BSE Sensex was down 306.02 or 0.58% at 52712.92.
The Nifty 50 index was down 90 points or 0.57% at 15690.25.
The S&P BSE Small-Cap index was down 52.52 points or 0.21% at 24733.9.
The S&P BSE 150 Midcap Index index was up 3.32 points or 0.04% at 7682.21.
On BSE,1495 shares were trading in green, 1682 were trading in red and 148 were unchanged.
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Lesaka Released Connect Group Historical Results and Unaudited Pro Forma Financial Statements
Company to Host Webcast to Discuss Results on July 7, 2022
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa, July 01, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Lesaka Technologies, Inc. (“Lesaka” or the “Company”) (NasdaqGS: LSAK; JSE: LSK) today announced that the Company released Connect Group’s audited historical financial statements for the two years ended February 28, 2022 (“Connect Financial Statements”) and unaudited pro forma combined financial statements which can be found on the SEC.gov website at https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1041514/000156276222000288/0001562762-22-000288-index.htm.
In addition, the Company announced it will host a webcast on July 7, 2022, at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the results.
Selected Highlights from Connect Financial Statements for the Year Ended February 2022:
Revenue increased to R5.1 billion, up 22%, underpinned by strong performance across all product lines;
Gross Profit grew to R570 million up 37%, supported by strong revenue growth as well as an improvement in margins;
Operating Profit for the year reached R241m up by 41% year on year; and
EBITDA grew to R382m up 26%, outperforming EBITDA warranted in the Connect Group Transaction agreements (“Warranted EBITDA”).
“Following the completion of the acquisition, we are delighted to report that Connect Group has comfortably exceeded the warranted fiscal year 2022 EBITDA of R 375 million ($24.6 million), which was part of the agreed consideration when we announced the acquisition on November 1, 2021,” said Chris Meyer, Group CEO “Our companies have been working closely together now for a few months and we are very excited about the prospects for the combined group and our vision to become the leading Fintech platform in Southern Africa - improving lives by driving financial inclusion.”
Summary Financial Metrics
Periods used in preparing Pro Forma Financial Statements:
The pro forma accounts have been prepared using the following periods, in accordance with SEC rules:
the unaudited pro forma combined balance sheet, which combines the historical balance sheets of the Company as of December 31, 2021, and Connect Group as of February 28, 2022 as if the acquisition had occurred on December 31, 2021.
the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the six months ended December 31, 2021, which combines the historical statements of operations of the Company for the six months ended December 31, 2021, and of Connect Group for the six months ended February 28, 2022, as if the acquisition had occurred on July 1, 2020.
the unaudited pro forma combined statement of operations for the twelve months ended June 30, 2021, which combines the historical statements of operations of the Company for the year ended June 30, 2021, and of Connect Group for the twelve months ended August 31, 2021, as if the acquisition had occurred on July 1, 2020.
The full Form 8-K/A can be found on our investor relations website at SEC Filings | Lesaka Technologies.
Webcast & Conference Call Information:
The Company management will be hosting a webcast and conference call on July 7, 2022 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Time to discuss the Connect Group results. The presentation will include
an overview of the combined group post acquisition;
a discussion of the Connect Group strategy and key products;
an analysis of the Connect Group’s audited 28 February 2022 financial statements, including:
a revenue analysis by key product,
an adjusted gross profit calculation and discussion,
an EBITDA and cash flow analysis,
a review of the pro forma net debt position after transaction closing,
a review of the acquisition rationale and combined group strategy,
a questions and answers session.
Participating on the webcast from Lesaka’s management team will be Chris Meyer, Group CEO, Naeem Kola, CFO, Lincoln Mali, CEO, Southern Africa and Steve Heilbron, CEO, Connect Group.
Participants have the option to either:
Watch the live results presentation by webcast using the webcast link below; or
Listen to an audio only broadcast of the results, using the conference call information below.
The Connect Group results webcast can be accessed by using the following link:
https://www.corpcam.com/Lesaka30062022. Participants who want to submit their questions real-time will be able to do so utilizing the question functionality included in this link.
The conference call can be accessed by dialing in real time. Questions can be submitted through the conference call functionality. Below are the conference call access details:
The event will be webcast live on the Company’s investor relations website at https://ir.lesakatech.com. A replay of the webcast will be made available on the investor relations website.
Use of Non-GAAP Measures
U.S. securities laws require that when we publish any non-GAAP measures, we disclose the reason for using these non-GAAP measures and provide reconciliations to the most directly comparable GAAP measures. The presentation of EBITDA is a non-GAAP measure.
Earnings Before Interest Tax, Depreciation and Amortization “EBITDA”
EBITDA is GAAP operating profit adjusted for depreciation and amortization.
Management believes that the EBITDA metric enhances its own evaluation, as well as an investor’s understanding, of the Company’s financial performance. Attachment 1 presents the reconciliation between GAAP operating profit and EBITDA.
About Lesaka (www.lesakatech.com)
Lesaka Technologies, (Lesaka™) is a South African Fintech company that utilizes its proprietary banking and payment technologies to deliver superior financial services solutions to merchants (B2B) and consumers (B2C) in Southern Africa. Lesaka’s mission is to drive true financial inclusion for both merchant and consumer markets through offering affordable financial services to previously underserved sectors of the economy. Lesaka offers cash management solutions, growth capital, card acquiring, bill payment technologies and value-added services to formal and informal retail merchants as well as banking, lending, and insurance solutions to consumers across Southern Africa. The Lesaka journey originally began as “Net1” in 1997 and later rebranded to Lesaka (2022). The Connect Group was acquired in 2022. As Lesaka, the business continues to grow its systems and capabilities to deliver meaningful fintech-enabled, innovative solutions for South Africa’s merchant and consumer markets.
Lesaka has a primary listing on NASDAQ (NasdaqGS: LSAK) and a secondary listing on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange (JSE: LSK). Visit www.lesakatech.com for more information about Lesaka Technologies (Lesaka ™).
Forward-Looking Statements
This announcement contains forward-looking statements that involve known and unknown risks and uncertainties. A discussion of various factors that may cause our actual results, levels of activity, performance or achievements to differ materially from those expressed in such forward-looking statements are included in our filings with the Securities and Exchange Commission. We undertake no obligation to revise any of these statements to reflect future events.
Investor Relations Contact:
ICR
Email: LesakaIR@icrinc.com
Media Relations Contact:
Janine Bester Gertzen
Email: Janine@thenielsennetwork.com
Attachment 1
Reconciliation of operating profit to EBITDA for the years ended February 28, 2022 and 2021, under US GAAP and IFRS for SMEs:
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An exploration of the human foot produced by T Brand Studio, the three-part documentary shines a light on the importance of foot health and reveals why healthy shoes look exactly the way they do
LINZ AM RHEIN, Germany and LONDON, July 1, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "Ugly for a Reason" - with this provocative message, BIRKENSTOCK draws attention to its first global brand campaign – a three-part video documentary that shines a light on the human foot, raising the awareness of consumers all around the world on the importance of foot health and the role footwear plays to maintain it. The purpose-driven campaign is in the tradition of the lectures in which master shoemaker Konrad Birkenstock educated his peers in Germany and parts of Europe in the 1920s about diseases of the foot related to wrong footwear and the means to alleviate them - a tradition that was later to be continued by his son Carl Birkenstock and his grandson Karl.
Produced by T Brand, the content studio of New York Times Advertising, the paid content campaign will be published on nytimes.com, BIRKENSTOCK.com and all other online channels of the global lifestyle brand and inventor of the footbed. The first episode of the campaign will premiere on July 1, 2022. The campaign will be supported by a media activation initiative over the entire four-month campaign period, making the foot visible in every corner of The New York Times through a launch takeover in print and online displaying the higher purpose BIRKENSTOCK has been serving for almost two and a half centuries: foot health.
Oliver Reichert, CEO of the BIRKENSTOCK Group: "Foot health is at the heart of everything we do at BIRKENSTOCK. This campaign has been developed to inform consumers about the marvels of the foot. The evolution of mankind is deeply grounded on the development of our feet. Without an upright walk the human species would not have survived. It is all the more surprising how little research has been done on the human foot. With our campaign, we want to stage the human foot - and address the role of proper footwear for our health. Most people are born with healthy feet and develop painful foot issues because the shoes we're wearing are often too small, too narrow or have heels that are too high. We want to draw attention to this and enable consumers to make better-informed decisions - no matter which footwear brand they ultimately choose."
HOW FEET MADE US HUMAN: WHAT ROLE DOES THE FOOT PLAY IN EVOLUTION?
The series' opening chapter delves into what role the feet play in evolution. Another important aspect is the importance of foot health. The first episode shows different activities in which feet are used, using shots of runners and dancers, highlighting how our feet are our only inherent mode of transport. Medical diagrams and spectacular animations of feet cast an educational light over the video. The documentary includes insightful interview sequences from conversations with the two distinguished scientists Carol Ward, Curator's Professor of Paleontology at the University of Missouri, and Benno M. Nigg, Professor of Biomechanics at the University of Calgary.
EPISODE 2 WILL BE LAUNCHED ON AUGUST 11, EPISODE 3 ON SEPTEMBER 21
Episode two ("Finding Our Feet") looks at how to fix the future of foot health, through the lens of BIRKENSTOCK's heritage in orthopedics. It will be published on August 11, 2022. Episode three ("Stepping into the Details") investigates why functional design, quality and responsibility are important for foot health. The last episode of the serial will be launched on September 21, 2022.
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https://www.nytimes.com/paidpost/birkenstock/how-feet-made-us-human.html
https://www.birkenstock.com/us/ugly-for-a-reason
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In last trading session, SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) saw 1.28 million shares changing hands with its beta currently measuring 2.45. Company’s recent per share price level of $15.67 trading at -$0.32 or -2.00% at ring of the bell on the day assigns it a market valuation of $607.53M. That closing price of SD’s stock is at a discount of -86.85% from its 52-week high price of $29.28 and is indicating a premium of 68.73% from its 52-week low price of $4.90. Taking a look at company’s average trading volume for last 10-days demonstrates a volume of 1.61 million shares which gives us an average trading volume of 1.08 million if we extend that period to 3-months.
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SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) trade information
Upright in the red during last session for losing -2.00%, in the last five days SD remained trading in the red while hitting it’s week-highest on Tuesday, 06/28/22 when the stock touched $15.67 price level, adding 13.57% to its value on the day. SandRidge Energy Inc.’s shares saw a change of 49.81% in year-to-date performance and have moved -7.11% in past 5-day. SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD) showed a performance of -33.52% in past 30-days. Number of shares sold short was 0.9 million shares which calculate 1.07 days to cover the short interests.
Wall Street analysts have assigned a consensus price target of $6.62 to the stock, which implies a fall of -136.71% to its current value. Analysts have been projecting $6.62 as a low price target for the stock while placing it at a high target of $6.62. It follows that stock’s current price would jump 57.75% in reaching the projected high whereas dropping to the targeted low would mean a gain of 57.75% for stock’s current value.
SandRidge Energy Inc. (SD) estimates and forecasts
Weighing up company’s earnings over the past 5-year and in the next 5-year periods, we find the company posting an annual earnings growth rate of -44.10% during past 5 years. In 2022, company’s earnings growth rate is likely to be around 140.30% while estimates for its earnings growth in next 5 years are of 5.00%.
SD Dividends
SandRidge Energy Inc. is more likely to be releasing its next quarterly report between March 01 and March 07 and investors are confident in the company announcing better current-quarter dividends despite the fact that it has been facing issues arising out of mounting debt.
SandRidge Energy Inc. (NYSE:SD)’s Major holders
Insiders are in possession of 1.40% of company’s total shares while institution are holding 64.31 percent of that, with stock having share float percentage of 65.22%. Investors also watch the number of corporate investors in a company very closely, which is 64.31% institutions for SandRidge Energy Inc. that are currently holding shares of the company. Icahn, Carl, C. is the top institutional holder at SD for having 4.82 million shares of worth $50.4 million. And as of Dec 30, 2021, it was holding 13.12% of the company’s outstanding shares.
The second largest institutional holder is Vanguard Group, Inc. (The), which was holding about 1.4 million shares on Dec 30, 2021. The number of shares represents firm’s hold over 3.82% of outstanding shares, having a total worth of $14.69 million.
On the other hand, Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Fidelity Strategic Advisors Small-Mid Cap Fund are the top two Mutual Funds which own company’s shares. As of Dec 30, 2021, the former fund manager was holding 0.92 million shares of worth $9.62 million or 2.51% of the total outstanding shares. The later fund manager was in possession of 0.48 million shares on Feb 27, 2022, making its stake of worth around $6.4 million in the company or a holder of 1.30% of company’s stock. | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/07/01/after-a-149-52-jump-this-year-is-sandridge-energy-inc-nysesd-a-better-buy-than-others/ | 2022-07-01T11:13:20Z | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/07/01/after-a-149-52-jump-this-year-is-sandridge-energy-inc-nysesd-a-better-buy-than-others/ | false | 1922 |
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