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6th Circ. Affirms Trucking Co.'s Coverage For $2M Settlement
By Shane Dilworth · July 7, 2022, 5:00 PM EDT
The Sixth Circuit upheld a jury's decision ordering a general liability insurer to cover a trucking company's $2 million settlement over an accident that required the amputation of a man's legs,...
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A pedestrian hit Wednesday night in the Alexandria area of Fairfax County has died.
Doris McPhail, 56, of Alexandria was struck by a vehicle on Richmond Highway near Huntington Avenue about 10:20 p.m., Fairfax County police said.
McPhail was crossing Richmond Highway outside of a crosswalk.
The driver did not stop but later called police and notified dispatchers of involvement in the crash.
Neither alcohol nor speed appear to be factors, investigators said.
The information will be presented to the commonwealth's attorney for possible charges.
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Zhou Guanyu said he was “all clear” after a frightening first-lap crash that brought the British Grand Prix to an immediate halt as safety crews attended to the only Chinese driver in Formula One.
Zhou's car slid upside-down across the gravel and his Alfa Romeo seemed to be wedged between fencing and a tire barrier at the first corner. The race was red flagged and George Russell, one of the drivers involved in the crash, sprinted from his car to the tire barrier to check on Zhou.
Zhou was taken to the track's medical center for observation and credited the head-protecting “halo” device on the cars for protecting him.
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“I’m OK, all clear. Halo saved me today. Thanks everyone for your kind messages!” he wrote on Twitter.
Alex Albon of Williams was also taken to the medical center and then his team said he'd been transferred by helicopter to Coventry Hospital for a precautionary check. Albon had spun into the pit wall after being struck by Sebastian Vettel from behind as drivers tried to avoid the incident involving Zhou. Williams said Sunday evening Albon had been “given the all clear” and discharged from hospital.
Russell appeared to be hit from behind at the start and was knocked into Zhou, whose car went flying across a gravel trap and over a tire wall into the retaining fence. The car was skidding on the halo, then went airborne. It was stuck between the tire wall and the fence, delaying efforts to extricate Zhou.
Russell, who ran from his car to help Zhou, called it “one of the scariest crashes I’ve ever seen.”
Russell was declared out of the race by the FIA because his Mercedes was loaded onto a truck to be taken back to pit lane while he was checking on Zhou. Mercedes protested the call, but the FIA did not budge.
The drivers returned to the pits to await a restart.
After the crash, but while cars were still on the track, protesters from an environmental group called Just Stop Oil ran onto the track and sat down. The group said that five of its activists reached the track. Local police said seven arrests were made and that the actions had put lives at risk.
The Just Stop Oil group also tried to disrupt some Premier League soccer games in England in recent months.
The halo device around the cockpit played a prominent role earlier Sunday in a Formula Two race at Silverstone when Dennis Hauger's car landed on top of rival Roy Nissany's car. The incident was reminiscent of a crash in F1 involving Max Verstappen and Lewis Hamilton at the Italian Grand Prix last year.
“You see the crash in F2 this morning and what happened with the halo, today they saved probably two lives,” race winner Carlos Sainz Jr said.
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Aotearoa’s youngest national choir, the New Zealand Secondary Students’ Choir (NZSSC) won the title of Children’s Choir of the World at last night’s prestigious Llangollen Eisteddfod in Wales.
Regarded as one of the world’s most inspirational cultural festivals this event has been staged every summer in Llangollen since 1947. Each year around 4,000 performers and as many as 35,000 visitors converge on this picturesque small Welsh town and its International Pavilion.
NZSSC had been selected to submit a pre-recorded digital entry for this year’s competition and not only did the choir win 1st place in the Senior Children’s Choir category, but was also crowned Children’s Choir of the World, the best of all children’s choirs competing this year. While all other competitors from England, Wales and the USA appeared live on the Llangollen Pavillion stage, NZSSC’s video performance was played to the judges and audiences live during the competition session.
"We are over the moon to win this incredible title." says Music Director Sue Densem. "I’m grateful to all the singers and the team to reach this quality of performance during 2 years of pandemic and disruptions. It’s just incredibly exciting and it will be such a boost for our upcoming tour".
NZSSC is the national choir for secondary school students, aged 13 to 18 years, with up to 60 members. Audition are held nationwide every second year. NZSSC only gathers each school holidays for a week of rehearsals and concerts throughout the country. Many students find membership a life-
changing experience, making clear their future path as a singer/musician. They go on to join the more advanced New Zealand Youth Choir, study voice or music at university, and become strong components of the New Zealand choral and wider music community.
"Receiving the news this morning has unearthed a raft of emotion hidden away for the last two years," says Choirs Aotearoa New Zealand Chief Executive Arne Herrmann. "Like all other choirs around the world there has been heartache, disappointment and resignation. To get recognition for not giving up, not letting go of our values and goals is balm on our wounds. I’m proud of our artistic team, management and singers."
The news reached the choir on the eve of its Farewell tour ‘Southern Stars’ through the South Island starting in Nelson tomorrow. Audiences around the South Island will now have the opportunity to see our own internationally awarded choir live in Nelson, Blenheim, Christchurch, Wanaka and Queenstown.
The programme will include the pieces that won them the Children’s Choir of the World title, the waiata Te Mura O Te Ahi from Christchurch’s Puanaki WhÄnau and David N. Childs’ The Moon is Distant from the Sea.
Dates:
11 July Nelson Centre of Music Arts, 5.30pm 12 July Blenheim, Nativity Church, 76 Alfred Street, 7.30pm (With special guest, Ovation Choir of Marlborough Girls College) 14 July Christchurch, St Mary’s Pro-Cathedral, 373 Manchester Street, 7.30pm 17 July Wanaka, Lake Wanaka Centre, 4pm
Ticket info: www.nzsschoir.com/events/
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ISLAMABAD (AP) — The Taliban’s supreme leader offered prayers Friday for Afghanistan’s earthquake victims during a speech to Islamic clerics in Kabul.
The tremor in June killed more than 1,000 people in the eastern part of the country. State radio aired Haibatullah Akhundzada’s speech live Friday from the gathering in Kabul, where thousands of Islamic clerics and tribal elders are together for the first time since seizing power in Afghanistan in August. Women were not allowed to attend.
Akhundzada’s appearance added symbolic heft to the meeting and the decisions the group is considering about Afghanistan’s future. The Taliban are under international pressure to be more inclusive as they struggle with Afghanistan’s humanitarian crises.
The powerful earthquake killed more than 1,000 people in eastern Afghanistan, igniting yet another crisis for the struggling country and further underscoring the Taliban’s limited capabilities and isolation. Overstretched aid groups already keeping millions of Afghans alive rushed supplies to the quake victims, but most countries responded tepidly to Taliban calls for international help.
In his hour-long speech, Akhundzada called the Taliban takeover a “victory for the Muslim world.”
He added that, “Afghan businessmen should return and invest in the country.”
Akhundzada has been the spiritual chief of the Islamist movement but has remained a reclusive figure.
He rose from low-profile to leader of the Taliban in a swift transition of power after a 2016 U.S. drone strike killed his predecessor, Mullah Akhtar Mansour.
After being appointed leader, Akhundzada secured the backing of Al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, who showered the cleric with praise, calling him “the emir of the faithful.”
The endorsement by Osama bin Laden’s heir helped seal his jihadist credentials with the Taliban’s longtime allies.
Akhundzada told the gathered clerics and leaders that during the bloody takeover, the Taliban “never intended to fight the Afghans” allied with the U.S.-led force. “We fought them because they became the shield of the invaders,” he said.
The Taliban, who have kept a complete lock on decision-making since taking over the country, touted the gathering in the capital of Kabul as a forum to hear a range of voices on issues facing Afghanistan.
But all those who addressed the assembly — and, it appeared, the overwhelming majority of attendees — were Taliban officials and supporters, mostly Islamic clerics.
Women were not allowed to attend, although media reports suggested that the reopening of the girls’ schools would be discussed. The Taliban’s supreme leader earlier this year banned girls after sixth grade from attending school and issued a decree requiring women in public to cover themselves completely, except for their eyes.
The Taliban’s Deputy Prime Minister Abdul Salam Hanafi told state broadcaster RTA on Wednesday that male delegates would represent women. “When their sons are in the gathering it means that they are also involved,” he said.
The gathering was held in the Loya Jirga Hall of Kabul’s Polytechnic University. A Loya Jirga is a gathering of tribal leaders and prominent figures, a traditional Afghan way for local leaders to have their grievances heard by rulers. However, the Taliban notably did not call the gathering a Loya Jirga, instead titling it “the Great Conference of Ulema,” the term in Islam for religious scholars and clerics.
The international cut-off of Afghanistan’s financing has deepened the country’s economic collapse and fueled its humanitarian crises. Millions in the country rely on international aid to have enough food to live.
The meeting comes as finance and central bank officials from the Taliban-led government are meeting with U.S. officials in Qatar to discuss economic and aid issues following last week’s earthquake.
The Washington Post first reported Tuesday that senior Biden administration officials are working with the Taliban leadership on a mechanism to allow Afghanistan’s government to use its central bank reserves to deal with the country’s severe hunger and poverty crises while erecting safeguards to ensure the funds are not misused. | https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/us-and-world/ap-international/taliban-supreme-leader-prays-for-afghanistans-quake-victims/ | 2022-07-08T01:50:04Z | https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/us-and-world/ap-international/taliban-supreme-leader-prays-for-afghanistans-quake-victims/ | true | 21 |
Shares of Motorola Solutions Inc. MSI rallied 1.15% to $219.41 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around positive trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index SPX rising 1.50% to 3,902.62 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average DJIA rising 1.12% to 31,384.55. This was the stock's fourth consecutive day of gains. Motorola Solutions Inc. closed $54.24 short of its 52-week high ($273.65), which the company achieved on December 30th.
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After a month of review, the Crown is charging four more people with criminal contempt following their arrest last fall near a Coastal GasLink (CGL) pipeline worksite in Houston.
Among the four is Sleydo’ (Molly Wickham), key leader and spokesperson of the pipeline opposition group Gidimt’en Checkpoint, who was arrested with 27 others in Nov. 2021 from Coyote camp in northwest B.C. for breaching a 2019 court injunction.
In a social media update, Sleydo’ confirmed she will be charged with criminal contempt.
“Their [Crown] reasoning for this was that the four of us should have sufficient knowledge of the injunction and therefore they didn’t have to read the injunction to us,” she said in a video message on Facebook, adding that the Crown said they did not read the injunction to the rest of those arrested and therefore could not prove they had sufficient knowledge.
The July 7 decision totals the number of those charged with criminal contempt to 19 people out of the 27 who were arrested for breaching the Court’s 2019 injunction by participating in blockades, and other anti-pipeline activities between September and November 2021.
The decision comes four weeks after the Crown decided to pursue criminal charges against 15 people on June 1. While it excused two people who were involved in a blockade, citing insufficient evidence, the Crown prosecutor sought more time to review charges for 10 more people arrested on site.
The Crown’s proceedings against the 27 arrested began in June after an invitation by the Supreme Court to consider criminal contempt charges.
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DETROIT (AP) — Vinnie Pasquantino took a most unusual path to the plate on his first big league home run — a furious sprint, a desperate slide and even a tag.
Pasquantino and Hunter Dozier hit back-to-back homers, leading Brad Keller and the Kansas City Royals over the Detroit Tigers 3-1 on Friday night.
Playing his third game in majors, Pasquantino was 0 for 6 overall when he hit Michael Pineda’s first pitch of the fourth inning to deep right. The ball hit the top of the fence, bounced off a railing and back onto the field.
Thinking the ball was in play, Pasquantino tried to get a double out of it, but Javy Baez took Willi Castro’s throw and tagged the rookie as he slid into the bag. The Tigers shortstop then told Pasquantino to get up and enjoy the last half of his home-run trot.
“I got tagged out at second base by Javy Baez” on home run No. 1, Pasquantino said. “How cool is that?”
“I’m glad that all got captured on video, because I’m going to be showing that to my grandkids someday,” he said.
Thanks to Baez, Pasquantino got the ball from his first homer, but he was also hoping to get another memento from the occasion.
“I sent Javy a jersey and I hope he’ll sign it for me,” he said. “I never really pictured my first major league hit, but there’s no way it could be any better than what happened.”
Keller (3-9) allowed five hits and two walks in six-plus scoreless innings. He’s won two of his last three starts.
“When he’s on, he can really move the ball around,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “We really couldn’t get the ball off the ground against him for the first five innings, and then we couldn’t get a big hit later on.”
Keller exited after hitting rookie Spencer Torkelson in the helmet with an 88 mph changeup in the seventh. Torkelson stayed on his feet and walked off the field under his own power.
“I really hate that my outing ended like that,” Keller said. “You never want to see someone get hit in the head, but I sent a (clubhouse attendant) over to their clubhouse and they said he’s fine.”
Torkelson passed concussion tests and could be available off the bench on Saturday.
“It was scary, but he’s going to be fine,” Hinch said. “We just weren’t going to take any chances after he got hit in the head.”
The Tigers scored in the ninth on Eric Haase’s sacrifice fly. Royals closer Scott Barlow walked Riley Greene, bringing the winning run to the plate, but he retired Willi Castro on the next pitch for his 11th save.
Pineda (1-3) threw 65 pitches in his return from the injured list, giving up three runs and seven hits in five innings. He struck out three without a walk.
“He did a good job — they just ambushed him in the fourth inning,” Hinch said. “He didn’t get a rehab start, so he was never going past the fifth.”
The Royals took a 1-0 lead in the third when Whit Merrifield doubled, stole third without a throw against the shift and scored on Andrew Benintendi’s single.
After Pasquantino homered, Dozier sent a 2-0 pitch into the Kansas City bullpen. It was the second time this season the Royals have hit back-to-back homers.
The Tigers put their first two runners on in the sixth, but Keller retired Javier Baez, Miguel Cabrera and Harold Castro to escape the inning.
“I put myself in a tough spot there, especially having to facing Baez, Miggy and Castro,” Keller said. “Striking out Miggy on a 3-2 slider was a huge moment, because he’s still such a great hitter.”
Detroit did the same thing in the seventh. After Robbie Grossman walked, Keller hit Torkelson in the helmet. Taylor Clarke replaced Keller and retired the next three hitters to keep Detroit scoreless.
“The whole game can change right there if we can get a hit in one of those two innings,” Hinch said.
ROSTER MOVES
Royals: Kansas City recalled RHP Wyatt Mills from Triple-A Omaha and designated RHP Matt Peacock for assignment. In addition, the Royals claimed RHP Ryan Weiss off waivers from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Tigers: Detroit activated Pineda from the injured list. He had been sidelined since May 15 with a fractured middle finger on his right hand. RHP Alex Faedo was optioned to Triple-A. Faedo will be back soon — he will start in Monday’s doubleheader against the Cleveland Guardians as Detroit’s 27th player.
NO NEWS ON RODRIGUEZ
Hinch said before the game he has no new information on LHP Eduardo Rodriguez, who has been on the restricted list since leaving the team on June 13. Rodriguez is in Florida dealing with family issues.
“There’s been no movement whatsoever and no communication,” Hinch said. “It’s been pretty quiet and we’ve respected his privacy.”
UP NEXT
The teams play the second game of their weekend series on Saturday afternoon, with Detroit’s Beau Brieske (1-6, 4.55) facing Brady Singer (3-3, 4.50).
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William Seth Arpan, II was born July 6, 1993, in Columbus, Ohio to William I "Billy" and Brooke Arpan. He passed away Friday, July 1, 2022, at his home in Independence, LA. William worked for River City's Total Maintenance in Harahan, LA along side with his brother the last 10 months. Will's family includes his momma, Brooke Arpan, his Angel-Daddy, William Seth Arpan I, (deceased), loving siblings, Big sister, Bethany Brooks, William's twinny – Thea Marie Kyle and Joshua Bourgeois, his devoted brother in law; baby brothers "Bub" Joey Cain and Placida Fraley and little brother, Max Wesson Arpan, still at home; grandmothers, Mrs. Susan Kraus and Mrs. Willa Roe (deceased), neighborhood grandparents, Mr. Ron and Mrs. Donna. William loved his nieces and nephews, Brookelyn November, Markyss William Joshua, Brennden Joelyne-Marie, Kai Michael Joseph, Nolan Keith Michael and Michael Fraley, aunt, Tami, Megan and Zach, and uncle Troy, Ryan and Reed. William graduated in 2012 from Hillsboro High School. He was a gifted athlete from kindergarten thru his Junior year. He was talented in football, baseball, but mostly he loved wrestling, five times placing in the championship thru 7 Hill Wrestling in Hillsboro. Boy, he could fly. William has many friends. He was a social bug, goofy with a beautiful infectious smile that captivated everyone in his presence. To mee him was to be his friend. He lived his whole life in Hillsboro, OH on Candy Cane Lane until August 2021. He moved to Louisiana with his brother and sister, to change his live and to live. William passed away happy and peacefully in his sleep from kidney failure. His kidneys were destroyed from years of addiction. William battled from losing his beloved Bubba. He has been in recovery since his move and was finding strength and hope everyday to keep moving forward with his life. He was very proud of his recovery and his life he was building. We never left his side in the addiction war. He will be missed dearly by everyone and never forgotten. William is with Bubba, fly my Angels, my Sunshines, remember the good times. William would say, see you later, never goodbye. I love you a whole bunch, don't tell Mom. A visitation will be held at Harry McKneely & Son Funeral Home, Ponchatoula, LA, Thursday, July 7, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. until 2:00 p.m. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2657286637342/former-custodian-accused-of-touching-student-inappropriately-arrested-for-sexual-battery | 2022-07-08T02:00:40Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2657286637342/former-custodian-accused-of-touching-student-inappropriately-arrested-for-sexual-battery | true | 6 |
Shares of PPG Industries Inc.
PPG,
-0.25%
slipped 0.25% to $119.10 Thursday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+1.50%
rising 1.50% to 3,902.62 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.12%
rising 1.12% to 31,384.55. The stock's fall snapped a three-day winning streak. PPG Industries Inc. closed $58.22 below its 52-week high ($177.32), which the company reached on January 5th.
The stock demonstrated a mixed performance when compared to some of its competitors Thursday, as Sherwin-Williams Co.
SHW,
-1.34%
fell 1.34% to $239.49, BASF SE ADR
BASFY,
+2.44%
rose 2.44% to $10.51, and Owens Corning
OC,
+3.31%
rose 3.31% to $79.30. Trading volume (1.5 M) remained 3,545 below its 50-day average volume of 1.5 M.
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KARACHI: The State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) Thursday forecast that inflation is likely to remain on the higher side ranging 18-20 percent during this fiscal year (FY23) due to reversal of fuel and electricity subsidies.
According to SBP’s Monetary Policy Statement issued after the meeting of the Monetary Policy Committee (MPC), headline inflation rose significantly from 13.8 percent (YoY) in May to 21.3 percent in June, the highest since 2008.
The increase was broad-based with energy, food and core inflation all rising significantly and more than 80 percent of the items in the CPI basket experiencing inflation of above 6 percent. Strong domestic demand and second-round effects of supply shocks are reflected in the rise of core inflation to 11.5 percent in urban areas and 13.5 percent in rural areas, the SBP mentioned.
At the same time, measures of both short and long-term inflation expectations continue to tick up. Despite the dampening effect of fiscal and monetary tightening on demand-pull inflation, the SBP expects that inflation is likely to remain elevated around current levels for much of FY23 due to the large supply shock associated with the necessary reversal of fuel and electricity subsidies. “Inflation during FY23 is forecast at around 18-20 percent before declining sharply during FY24”, the SBP said.
With inflation running high, majority expects SBP to hike key interest rate by at least 100bps
According to SBP this baseline outlook is subject to significant uncertainty, with risks arising from the path of global commodity prices, the domestic fiscal policy stance, and the exchange rate. MPC said that it will continue to carefully monitor developments affecting medium-term prospects for inflation, financial stability, and growth and will take appropriate action to safeguard them.
In nominal terms, private sector credit grew by a further 2 percent (MoM) in May, driven by favorable developments in sectors like power, edible oil, construction-allied industries, as well as wholesale and retail trade.
Demand for fixed investment and consumer loans also picked up, reflecting robust economic activity. Since the last MPC meeting, secondary market yields and cut-off rates in the government’s auctions have ticked up in the wake of the high inflation reading in June.
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(The Hill) – At least 47 multinational companies with a presence in Russia, including gas giant BP and aircraft behemoth Boeing, are at risk of having key assets seized by the Russian government.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February spurred dozens of major international companies to pull out of the country amid sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.
A report that will be published next week from the Russian monitoring organization the Moral Rating Agency says the Kremlin may soon seize or redirect assets of those companies to a friendlier firm.
Other at risk firms include Shell, Samsung, PepsiCo, Nissan, Intel, Microsoft, Toyota and Ford. In total, the 47 companies at risk of losing assets to Russia make up 24 percent of the 200 largest corporations in the world, according to the Moral Rating Agency.
The founder of the agency, Mark Dixon, said in a statement the organizations anticipates “a tsunami of expropriations or blackmailed concessions over the next couple of months,” potentially affecting the U.S. stock market, which recently dipped into bear market territory.
“Even corporations with a mix of assets at risk and non-asset activities may suffer on both lines of business because it will be difficult for corporations to keep trading with a country that illegally expropriates its factory or assets,” Dixon said.
The report comes after Russia has already moved to seize assets from some companies.
On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing a new Russian firm to take complete control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil energy project in Russia’s east, according to Reuters. The gas project accounts for about four percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas.
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell and Japanese corporations Mitsui and Mitsubishi together held just under a 50 percent stake in the Sakhalin Energy Investment company, the outlet noted.
Moscow is also set to pass a law that will allow the Kremlin to seize assets from other western and international corporations.
Russia has been adapting to its new reality as a corporate pariah. In May, a Russian business owner — who purchased 850 restaurant stores from McDonalds— launched a rebranded restaurant chain using its buildings.
The Moral Rating Agency, which earlier this month called out companies for not following through to pull services out of Russia, ranked the 47 corporations in its upcoming report with a threat level rate ranging from one to 10.
On the top of the list is energy giant BP, which has a nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil and gas company Rosneft. BP announced it would end its shareholding stake with Rosneft shortly after the Russian invasion.
Snack and drink corporation PepsiCo, which has two plants in Moscow that make up around five percent of its total revenue, is also at the top of the threat list. In March, PepsiCo announced it was suspending the sale of its beverages in Russia.
LG Electronics, which makes Android smartphones, is at a medium threat risk with one production plant in Moscow. Nestlé, known for its candy and chocolate drinks, also holds a medium risk of Russia seizing a subsidiary company that makes up about two percent of its total revenue. Nestlé suspended KitKat and Nesquik sales in Russia, while LG also halted shipments to the country.
Other major corporations — Microsoft, Boeing, Toyota, Volkswagen, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Ford —are at a low risk of the Kremlin seizing or redirecting a small share of assets the companies hold in Russia.
The Moral Rating Agency said several companies made the correct decision when they exited early and sold their assets, including McDonalds, Alphabet (which owns Google), Amazon and Honda.
In his statement, Dixon said Putin is using the threat of expropriation, or seizing assets, as part of his plan to “follow his usual pattern of dividing the enemy.”
“In this case, he will seek to drive a wedge between the corporate and public sectors,” Dixon said. “He’s aware that companies are free to act independently of their governments and will often act selfishly if they are being threatened.”
“He is probably hoping that large corporations will lobby governments not to act in ways that will lose them their assets,” he added. “Putin is trying to throw a cat among the pigeons.” | https://www.yourerie.com/news/at-least-47-top-companies-at-risk-of-having-russia-seize-key-assets-report/ | 2022-07-08T02:12:16Z | https://www.yourerie.com/news/at-least-47-top-companies-at-risk-of-having-russia-seize-key-assets-report/ | false | 19 |
Does any one have unlimited sick leave at their workplace? We are thinking of throwing that in the mix when the next contract negotiations come up later this year.
I had it years ago in one of my jobs straight out of uni and nobody seemed to abuse it, in fact instead of people taking their "5 days leave" regardless of whether they were sick, people only used it when they were actually sick.
How does it work at your workplace and if someone is willing to share the wording of it/policy documents that would be super helpful (even pm if you don't want to make it public) | https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=48&topicid=295557 | 2022-07-08T02:12:23Z | https://www.geekzone.co.nz/forums.asp?forumid=48&topicid=295557 | true | null |
Ohio Drug Dealer Hid Meth In Teddy Bear At Home Where Children Lived
By Taylor Linzinmeir
July 7, 2022
A Cincinnati man has been sentenced to 230 months in prison for selling drugs out of an apartment where children lived, according to WTRF 7 News. He was also in possession of illegal firearms.
The FBI, Warren County Drug Task Force, the DEA and the Northeast Hamilton County Drug Task Force began investigating 34-year-old Bryce Montrea Hodges in January 2021. The Department of Justice said agents made five controlled buys of methamphetamine and fentanyl over a matter of weeks. They then arrested Hodges without incident after arranging a sixth purchase.
Investigators found a stuffed teddy bear with a hidden compartment containing a plastic bag filled with about 72.5 grams of acetyl fentanyl when they searched his car. After searching Hodges' apartment, investigators also found a hidden compartment in a bathroom that stored a loaded handgun, more fentanyl and other drug paraphernalia. They also found a blender used to "cut" fentanyl in a child's bedroom closet.
According to WTRF 7 News, a grand jury charged Hodges with "five counts of illegal distribution of a controlled substance, two counts of possession with intent to distribute a controlled substance, and one count each of possession of a firearm in furtherance of a drug offense and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon." He pleaded guilty to all counts charged. | https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-07-07-ohio-drug-dealer-hid-meth-in-teddy-bear-at-home-where-children-lived/ | 2022-07-08T02:12:38Z | https://www.iheart.com/content/2022-07-07-ohio-drug-dealer-hid-meth-in-teddy-bear-at-home-where-children-lived/ | false | 1 |
(NASDAQ: RDFN) —After months of tipping heavily in sellers’ favor, the scales of the housing market are finally balancing out, according to a new report from Redfin (redfin.com), the technology-powered real estate brokerage.
Soaring housing costs caused many house hunters to drop out in recent months, which is now providing some relief for buyers who remain. Today’s buyers are seeing the housing shortage ease, price growth slow, competition decline and mortgage rates drop from their 2022 high. The share of sellers slashing their asking prices hit a record high during the four weeks ending July 3, and the portion of homes going for above list price fell for the first time since June 2020 as sellers responded to waning homebuyer demand.
“Conditions for homebuyers are improving. Housing remains expensive, but mortgage rates just posted their biggest weekly drop since 2008, which makes buying a home a bit more affordable,” said Redfin chief economist Daryl Fairweather. “One way buyers can take advantage of the shift in the market is seeking concessions from sellers. That could include asking the seller to buy down your mortgage rate, pay for repairs or cover some of your closing costs.”
“The market slowdown is giving buyers more opportunities to negotiate, especially with sellers whose homes have been on the market for a while,” said Columbia, SC Redfin real estate agent Jessica Nelson. “I tell my sellers that they need to price their homes realistically from the get-go. If they don't, their home may end up sitting on the market and they may have to drop their price—possibly more than once—to attract buyers.”
Leading indicators of homebuying activity:
- For the week ending July 7, 30-year mortgage rates fell to 5.3%—the largest 1-week drop since 2008. This was down from a 2022 high of 5.81% but up from 3.11% at the start of the year.
- Fewer people searched for “homes for sale” on Google—searches during the week ending July 2 were down 2% from a year earlier.
- The seasonally-adjusted Redfin Homebuyer Demand Index—a measure of requests for home tours and other home-buying services from Redfin agents—was down 15% year over year during the week ending July 3.
- Touring activity as of July 3 was down 14% from the start of the year, compared to a 7% increase at the same time last year, according to home tour technology company ShowingTime.
- Mortgage purchase applications were down 17% from a year earlier during the week ending July 1, while the seasonally-adjusted index was down 4% week over week.
Key housing market takeaways for 400+ U.S. metro areas:
Unless otherwise noted, this data covers the four-week period ending July 3. Redfin’s weekly housing market data goes back through 2015.
- The median home sale price was up 13% year over year to $396,000. This growth rate is down from the March peak of 16%.
- The median asking price of newly listed homes increased 15% year over year to $399,973, but was down 2.1% from the all-time high set during the four-week period ending June 5.
- The monthly mortgage payment on the median asking price home hit $2,342 at the current 5.3% mortgage rate, up 40% from $1,668 a year earlier, when mortgage rates were 2.9%. That’s down slightly from the peak of $2,487 reached during the four weeks ending June 12.
- Pending home sales were down 13% year over year, the largest decline since May 2020.
- New listings of homes for sale were down 1.4% from a year earlier.
- Active listings (the number of homes listed for sale at any point during the period) fell 2% year over year—the smallest decline since October 2019.
- 45% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within the first two weeks on the market, down from 49% a year earlier.
- 32% of homes that went under contract had an accepted offer within one week of hitting the market, down from 35% a year earlier.
- Homes that sold were on the market for a median of 18 days, flat from a year earlier and up slightly from the record low of 15 days set in May and early June.
- 52% of homes sold above list price, down from 53% a year earlier. This measure peaked in mid-May and has declined 3.8 points since then.
- On average, 7% of homes for sale each week had a price drop, a record high as far back as the data goes, through the beginning of 2015.
- The average sale-to-list price ratio, which measures how close homes are selling to their asking prices, declined to 101.9%. In other words, the average home sold for 1.9% above its asking price. This was down from 102.2% a year earlier.
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About Redfin
Redfin (www.redfin.com) is a technology-powered real estate company. We help people find a place to live with brokerage, instant home-buying (iBuying), rentals, lending, title insurance, and renovations services. We sell homes for more money and charge half the fee. We also run the country's #1 real-estate brokerage site. Our home-buying customers see homes first with on-demand tours, and our lending and title services help them close quickly. Customers selling a home can take an instant cash offer from Redfin or have our renovations crew fix up their home to sell for top dollar. Our rentals business empowers millions nationwide to find apartments and houses for rent. Since launching in 2006, we've saved customers more than $1 billion in commissions. We serve more than 100 markets across the U.S. and Canada and employ over 6,000 people.
For more information or to contact a local Redfin real estate agent, visit www.redfin.com. To learn about housing market trends and download data, visit the Redfin+Data+Center. To be added to Redfin's press release distribution list, email [email protected]. To view Redfin's press center, click+here.
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By Sabela Ojea
Time Finance PLC said Thursday that it expects to report a decrease in pretax profit and revenue for fiscal 2022.
The AIM-listed provider of finance to U.K. small-and-medium-sized enterprises said that pretax profit for the year ended May 31 is expected to fall to 1.1 million pounds ($1.3 million) compared with GBP2.0 million for the same period a year earlier.
Revenue for the year is also anticipated to fall 2% to GBP23.6 million, it added.
"The results, while satisfactory, reflect the organic growth we anticipated in relation to the commercial own-book lending, but are impacted by the continued underperformance of the non-core consumer brokerages and wider macro-economic headwinds," the company said.
Write to Sabela Ojea at sabela.ojea@wsj.com; @sabelaojeaguix | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/time-finance-fy-2022-pretax-profit-revenue-set-to-decline-271657184203 | 2022-07-08T02:19:25Z | https://www.marketwatch.com/story/time-finance-fy-2022-pretax-profit-revenue-set-to-decline-271657184203 | true | null |
Four people injured after vehicle falls onto MLK from I-96 overpass; all expected to survive
LANSING – Four people were injured when a vehicle crashed onto Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard from the Interstate 96 overpass Thursday evening, but police said none of the injuries appeared to be life-threatening.
Police believe a medical emergency might have caused a driver on westbound I-96 to go into the median and launch off the overpass shortly after 6 p.m., Lansing police Sgt. Damian Manson said.
"That's where the investigation is heading right now," he said.
The falling vehicle struck another vehicle heading south on MLK, Manson said.
Three people in one of the vehicles and one in the other were taken to the hospital with serious, but non-life-threatening injuries, Manson said.
Both vehicles were severely damaged. MLK was closed for a time but has since been reopened, he said
Contact Ken Palmer at kpalmer@lsj.com. Follow him on Twitter @KBPalm_lsj. | https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/07/four-people-injured-after-vehicle-falls-onto-mlk-96-overpass-all-expected-survive/10010141002/ | 2022-07-08T02:20:29Z | https://www.lansingstatejournal.com/story/news/local/2022/07/07/four-people-injured-after-vehicle-falls-onto-mlk-96-overpass-all-expected-survive/10010141002/ | false | 1 |
KOCHI: Kochi city police have launched a probe after filmmaker Joshiy lodged a complaint that an unidentified person was demanding money from his friends using a fake Instagram account created in his name. Joshiy had sent an e-mail to Kochi city police cyber police.
According to police officers, the film director requested the police to remove the fake Instagram in his name immediately. “We have launched a preliminary probe to trace the person behind the fake account. We have requested Instagram to provide details related to the fake profile ID. We have also requested to take down the account soon,” an official said. | https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2022/jul/07/probe-on-into-fake-ig-page-of-dir-joshiy-2473705.html | 2022-07-08T02:21:56Z | https://www.newindianexpress.com/cities/kochi/2022/jul/07/probe-on-into-fake-ig-page-of-dir-joshiy-2473705.html | true | null |
Teenage drug dealer from Brighton given chance to go straight
A teenage drug dealer from Brighton has been spared prison after being caught with heroin, crack cocaine and cannabis, hundreds of pounds in cash and a lock-knife.
Damien Burns, 18, of Stanmer Park Road, Brighton, was given a suspended prison sentence when he appeared at Hove Crown Court yesterday (Thursday 7 July).
He pleaded guilty to having heroin and crack cocaine with intent to supply at an earlier hearing in Brighton Magistrates’ Court.
Julie Whitby, prosecuting, said that Burns was spotted as he carried out what looked like a drugs deal between Borough Street and Norfolk Square, by the Brighton and Hove border, last September.
He boarded a bus and officers followed him and, when they arrested him, they searched him and his home address.
Miss Whitby said that Burns had 24 wraps each of heroin and crack cocaine. They contained a total of more than 3 grams of cocaine, with 92 per cent purity, and more than 3 grams of heroin, with 15 per cent purity.
She said: “He had a burner phone on him with links to the ‘Zeus’ line which had been active in the Brighton and Hove area since 2018.”
She added that Burns was a street dealer and a cannabis user.
Pierce Power, defending, said that Burns was only 17 at the time of the offence, pleaded guilty promptly and was previously of good character.
He had been a cannabis user, Mr Power said, adding: “He got into debt and was asked to pay off his debt by dealing harder drugs.”
The court was told that he faced the prospect of a custodial sentence, adding: “He is afraid of going to prison.”
The judge, Recorder Quincy Whitaker, said: “You have lost your good character at a young age. You are at a crossroads. I hope that you understand that.”
She said that it was “an incredibly stupid and dangerous thing that you did”.
She sentenced Burns to a year in prison, suspended for 18 months, for having crack cocaine with intent to supply and the same for having heroin with intent to supply. The sentences were concurrent.
And Burns was given a two-month prison sentence, also suspended for 18 months, for having a lock-knife in public. Recorder Whitaker said that the two-month sentence was consecutive, making 14 months in total.
There was no separate sentence for having cannabis or £440 – the proceeds of his criminal activities.
But Burns, who is currently at college, was ordered to complete 60 hours of unpaid work and attend 20 rehabilitation sessions.
Recorder Whitaker ordered the forfeiture of the phone and cash and the forfeiture and destruction of the drugs and knife, adding after the sentence: “How you respond will be critical.”
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How to Watch Toronto FC vs. San Jose Earthquakes: Live Stream, TV Channel, Start Time
Saturday's schedule in MLS will see San Jose Earthquakes take on Toronto FC. The game at BMO Field begins at 7:30 PM ET. Toronto FC is 24th in the league in points, with 18. San Jose is 25th, with 18.
How to Watch Toronto FC vs. San Jose
- Match Day: Saturday, July 9, 2022
- Match Time: 7:30 PM ET
- TV: NBC Sports Networks (Regional restrictions may apply)
- Stadium: BMO Field
- Live Stream on fuboTV:Start your free trial today!
Toronto FC and San Jose Stats
- Toronto FC has scored 24 goals in 18 matches (13th in MLS), and San Jose has given up 35 in 17 (28th in league).
- San Jose is 10th in MLS offensively (1.6 goals per match), and Toronto FC is 27th defensively (1.9 conceded per match).
- Toronto FC has a goal differential of -10 for the season, which is 27th in the league.
- San Jose's goal differential (-8) is 23rd in the league.
Toronto FC Key Players
- Jesus Jimenez has eight goals in 18 games -- tops on Toronto FC, and sixth in the league.
- Jonathan Osorio is Toronto FC's second-leading scorer, with four goals in 14 league games.
- Toronto FC's leader in assists is Alejandro Pozuelo, who has five (on 25 chances created) in 16 league appearances.
San Jose Key Players
Toronto FC Schedule
San Jose Schedule
How To Watch
July
9
2022
San Jose Earthquakes at Toronto FC
TV CHANNEL: NBC Sports Networks
Time
7:30
PM/EST
Live Stream: FUBOTV
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CuriosityStream- Class A (CURI) Rises 10.30% for July 7
Equities Staff Follow |Shares of CuriosityStream Inc- Class A (NASDAQ:CURI) traded 10.30% up on July 7 to close at $1.82.
182,172 exchanged hands. Their current average 30 day volume is 581,336 shares.
CuriosityStream- Class A is down 72.18% year-to-date in 2022.
The company anticipates its next earnings on 2022-08-09.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on CuriosityStream- Class A visit the company profile.
About CuriosityStream Inc- Class A
Launched by media visionary John Hendricks, CuriosityStream is a leading global independent factual media company. CuriosityStream's documentary series and features cover every topic from space exploration to adventure to the secret life of pets, empowering viewers of all ages to fuel their passions and explore new ones. With thousands of titles, many in Ultra HD 4K, including exclusive originals, CuriosityStream features stunning visuals and unrivaled storytelling to demystify science, nature, history, technology, society, and lifestyle. CuriosityStream reaches over 13 million subscribers and is available worldwide to watch on TV, desktop, mobile and tablets. Find us on Roku, Apple TV Channels and Apple TV, Xbox One, Amazon Fire TV, T-Mobile, Google Chromecast, iOS and Android, as well as Amazon Prime Video Channels, YouTube TV, Sling TV, DISH, Comcast Xfinity on Demand, Cox Communications, Altice USA, Suddenlink, Sony, LG, Samsung and VIZIO smart TVs, Liberty Global, Com Hem, Tata Sky, MultiChoice, StarHub, Totalplay, Millicom, Okko and other global distribution partners and platforms.
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- Block8 received the NFT Excellent Brand Company Award selected by the SNS Journalist Federation of 1,300 media associations around the world
- British Vocalist Paul Potts came to Korean National Assembly Building and received World's Best Person Award
- Sheikh Salem, the Crown Prince of Ras Al Khaimah received World's Best Person Award
- Karla Drenner, Georgia Congresswoman received World's Best Person Award
- Sung-hwan Son, Chair of WWF-Korea received Proud Korean Award
- Jae-chang Choi, UNDSS Supervisor received Proud Korean Award
- Woo-taek Jung, Kyung-tae Cho, Jung-sik Cho, and Sang-hyun Yoon, Member of the National Assembly Korea received Proud Korean Award
SEOUL, South Korea, July 7, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A conference hosted by the SNS Journalist Federation to expand NFT, Metaverse, and blockchain actualization was held in the main hall of the Parliament Building on June 21, 2022 with 7000 participants online and offline, according to Daily Associate News. The CEO of Block 8 Sung-gyo Yook received the grand prize in the NFT section of the International Leader Award with the presentation of INOFi.
At this international event, held in the US, Canada, Türkiye, the UK, Germany, and Korea, there were announcements of the UN Youth SDG action plan, startup nurturing plan, and NFT, Metaverse, and blockchain actualization plans.
In the International Leader Awards, Pol Potts came to Korea and received the award, along with foreign politicians and university professors who also received awards.
InnoDream's Innovation Finance INOFi project, a joint venture between Block8, a blockchain company, and Dream Freedom, which has an online and offline marketing network, is an NFT 2.0 equity/ funding platform that was created to manage/transact real financial assets based on blockchain NFT.
The core blockchain technologies, e.g., NFT Action, Fractional, De-Fi, Ticket, funding, and Staking, are possible to use within the platform. And users can easily trade NFTs and tokens without coding, so digital content and real assets can be funded in units of projects. It is rapidly gaining attention as a platform that has accelerated the commercialization of blockchain because transactions are possible across country borders.
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MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Badger 5" game were:
09-10-15-19-29
(nine, ten, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $10,000
¶ Maximum prize: $45,000
MADISON, Wis. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Wisconsin Lottery's "Badger 5" game were:
09-10-15-19-29
(nine, ten, fifteen, nineteen, twenty-nine)
Estimated jackpot: $10,000
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Safety, Income and Growth Inc. (NYSE:SAFE) Q3 2018 Earnings Conference Call October 25, 2018 10:00 AM ET
Executives
Jason Fooks - IR
Jay Sugarman - Chairman and CEO
Andy Richardson - CFO
Marcos Alvarado - President and CIO
Analysts
Collin Mings - Raymond James
Rich Anderson - Mizuho Securities
Anthony Paolone - JP Morgan
Joshua Dennerlein - Bank of America Merrill Lynch
John Massocca - Ladenburg Thalmann
Operator
Good morning and welcome to Safety, Income and Growth's Third Quarter 2018 Earnings Conference Call. [Operator Instructions]
At this time, for opening remarks and introductions, I would like to turn the conference over to Jason Fooks, Vice President of Investor Relations and Marketing. Please go ahead, sir.
Jason Fooks
Thanks, Lisa. Good morning, everyone and thank you for joining us to review SAFE's third quarter 2018 earnings. With me today are Jay Sugarman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer; Andy Richardson, Chief Financial Officer; and Marcos Alvarado, President and Chief Investment Officer. This morning, we plan to walk through a presentation that details our third quarter 2018 results. The corresponding presentation can be found on our website at safetyincomegrowth.com in the Investor Relations section. There'll be a replay of this conference call beginning at 1:00 P.M. Eastern Time today. Dial-in for the replay is 855-859-2056 with a confirmation code of 8496197
Before I turn the call over to Jay, I'd like to remind everyone that statements in this earnings call, which are not historical facts may be forward-looking. SAFE's actual results may differ materially from these forward-looking statements, and the risk factors that cause these differences are detailed in our SEC reports. SAFE disclaims any intent or obligation to update these forward-looking statements, except as expressed or required by law.
Now with that, let’s turn the call over to our Chairman and CEO, Jay Sugarman. Jay?
Jay Sugarman
Thanks, Jason. During the third quarter, we saw growing interest in our modern ground lease structure from both new and repeat customers with an increasing recognition that working with SAFE can lead to more efficient capital structure and reduced levels of interest rate and maturity risk. The market is getting choppy, faced with market leading expertise, customer focused approach and committed sponsorship from iStar have enabled us to grow our footprint and begin expanding across more markets, as we continue to grow and diversify the portfolio.
This quarter included office, multifamily and hospitality ground leases in three of our target markets, Washington DC, San Diego and Phoenix and we have a strong pipeline going into the end of the year and into the first quarter of next year. We've also been working on several new approaches to help us capture the largest market share possible and further demonstrate the superior returns our customers enjoy by making their capital structures more efficient. Because we believe the market will begin to understand the power and value of our platform as our portfolio reaches scale, we've spent most of our time working on building our business and getting in front of potential customers, but with our portfolio approaching $1 billion in assets and value bank approaching the $2 billion mark, we should be able to better demonstrate the significant value of the company, as it reaches scale. This value is driven by the high quality cash flows, thrown off by our ground leases and the significant capital appreciation potential embedded in the future residual interests.
As you can see in our earnings deck, quarterly cash rents have grown over 30% year-over-year and our future capital appreciation potential has reached almost $1.6 billion.
So with that, I’ll turn it over to Andy to walk through the quarter in more detail. Andy?
Andy Richardson
Thank you, Jay and good morning, everyone. My remarks this morning will refer to the slides from the earnings deck that we posted on our website earlier today. Let me begin with slide three. Over the past year, our focus has been working to create solutions that unlock value for our customers and enable them to make higher returns. During that time, we have worked with customers, advisors, lenders and brokers to understand their unique needs and address their concerns. As Jay mentioned, now, we are ready to shift our emphasis towards scaling the business.
For the quarter, net income was $0.11 per share versus a loss of $0.04 for the third quarter last year. FFO was $0.24 per share versus $0.08 in the prior year period and AFFO was $0.07 per share versus $0.11 in the prior year period. AFFO this quarter includes $0.05 of cost from investments in growth and efficiency, which I will discuss later. Also, if the annual park hotels participation payment received during the first quarter was recognized ratably during the year, we would have recognized an additional $0.05 of earnings during the third quarter.
Adjusting for these items, AFFO would have been $0.17. In addition, AFFO this quarter now includes the reimbursable expenses owed to our manager that had been waived in prior periods. Year-to-date, net income was $0.41 per share, FFO was $0.78 per share and AFFO was $0.53 per share.
In terms of investment activity, this quarter, we closed 106 million of new ground leases, comprised of four fully funded investments and one forward funding commitment, which brought our aggregate portfolio to $770 million. And at the end of the quarter, value bank was $1.6 billion or $86 per share. Furthermore, we hired an experienced investment professional, [indiscernible] to focus on West Coast expansion and added a new bank to our revolving credit facility, upsizing it by 50 million to $350 million. We also made additional investments in marketing and R&D, all of which should help facilitate growth. Currently, our pipeline has over $400 million of deals under LOI.
Slide 4 shows our portfolio rent growth. For the third quarter, quarterly cash rent was 7.6 million, up 34% from a year ago. Quarterly cash rent shown on the slide allocates the Park Hotel annual percentage rent on a pro rata basis to each quarter and at September 30, our annualized in place cash rents, which gives full quarter credit to the ground leases we closed in the middle of the quarter stood at 31.2 million.
Slide 5 details our G&A for the quarter. As a reminder, iStar previously weighed our management fees and reimbursable expenses owed through June 30, 2018. This quarter, we began to pay iStar quarterly management fee equal to 1% of total equity per annum in the form of SAFE stock. For the third quarter, the fee equated to approximately 46,000 shares, which will be issued in the fourth quarter. G&A this quarter includes approximately $0.02 of costs related to having our current auditors Deloitte and Touche issue audit opinions on financial statements for the years prior to 2018, which were previously ordered by PricewaterhouseCoopers.
We believe this upfront investment will result in future cost savings and efficiencies when accessing the capital markets. We also invested $0.03 per share on R&D targeted towards scaling the business. Separately, the board granted iStar waiver to increase its ownership limit from 39.9% to 41.9% and iStar subsequently purchased an additional 130,000 shares of SAFE in the open market, bringing its current ownership to 40.5%.
Moving ahead to slide 6, which shows our dividend payments. For the third quarter, we paid a $0.15 per share dividend for a total of $0.60 over the trailing 12 months. Our target is to payout between 95% and 100% of AFFO. As we continue to invest and scale the portfolio, we expect to be able to grow the dividend.
Let’s turn to our new portfolio investments on slide 8. The third quarter consisted of 106 million of investment activity that was comprised of four new ground lease investments that totaled 76 million and one forward purchase commitment for 30 million, bringing our aggregate portfolio to $770 million, 16% sequential increase and more than double what it was when we went public.
The aggregate portfolio includes 706 million of ground lease investments that we currently own and 64 million of deals we have closed as forward purchase commitments. Creating a faith brand lease on a 2b built development project is one of the innovative ways we've been able to help developers reduce their risk and increase their returns. This new structure provides a portion of the capital required for development, resulting upon completion in a brand new building securing our ground lease position.
Slide 9 describes the metrics for the quarter’s investments. 72 million of the investment activity this quarter related New State ground leases that we originated. These generally had metrics and structures in line with our targets, such as the weighted average going in cap rate of 4.1% with weighted average fixed annual rent escalations of 2% and periodic CPI lookbacks to provide additional inflation protection.
Ground rent to underlying property NOI coverage of 4.4 times and our basis as a percentage of combined property value was 30.7%. These leases all have 99-year terms. In addition, we purchased an existing ground lease in Washington DC for 34 million. What’s particularly attractive about this investment is that it includes a rent reset in 7 years, based on 8% of the fair market value of the land and a similar reset every 10 years thereafter until 2075.
Slides 10 and 11 provide some detail in the deals we closed. Our Balboa Executive Center is a five story Class A office building and SAFE’s second ground lease in the San Diego MSA. We've also seen nice demand in Washington DC MSA and now have five ground leases in the market, including the third quarter investment in ground leases under the high Hyatt Centric Hotel and the Jefferson and our forward purchase commitment on the ground lease underlying a multifamily asset in the area. Lastly, we expanded our geographic footprint with the Madison, a class A Office Building and our first ground lease in the Phoenix market.
Slides 12 and 13 detail a diversification in our portfolio. Slide show that we sell with our investment in Washington DC and expanded our ground lease offering into Phoenix.
Slide 14 highlights some of the key credit metrics that we believe demonstrate the safety embedded in the portfolio. Just a few things that I would like to note. Our annualized cash rent including percentage rent was 31.2 million or 4.4% return on our basis. When you include straight line rent, our annualized GAAP rent is 51 million. All of our leases have some form of rent escalators embedded in their structure, such as fixed rate -- fixed rent bumps, DPI linked bumps, percentage rent or a combination of these.
Of the leases with fixed bumps, the average annual bump is 1.8%. The safety derived from our ground leases is highlighted in the credit metric shown on the bottom part of the slide. Annual cash flow from the properties sitting on top of our land covers our annual cash rent by 4.7 times and our cost basis represents 34% of the combined property value. For comparison, the average AAA loan to value in commercial mortgage backed securities is approximately 42%.
Moving to slide 15, which presents our pipeline. Our near term pipeline consists of 853 million of deals, including 408 million of deals with signed LOI compared to 141 million under LOI at the end of last quarter. We're very encouraged by the growth in the pipeline. The deals under LOI, assuming they are completed, are expected to close during the fourth quarter this year through the first quarter next year.
Slide 16 provides an update on value bank. Value bank grew 16% during the third quarter to $1.6 billion or $86 per share. Recall at the expiration of a ground lease the building and all improvements revert to SAFE and our investment was only the cost of the ground, the value of the building as our cost basis in the land is what we refer to as value bank. To calculate value bank, we rely in part on annual independent appraisals from CDRE on our properties and we use our underwritten total development cost on forward purchases. In effect, we use value bank to track the embedded capital appreciation potential at least maturity, which should grow with every ground lease we originate or acquire.
On to slide 18, let me discuss our debt and leverage. Our debt is straightforward. 227 million of long term fixed rate debt due in 2027 secured by our initial $314 million and 71 million of asset specific debt against our Hollywood investments. We upsized our revolver by 50 million, increasing total capacity to 350 million. We drew down the revolver facility by 64 million during the quarter to partially fund origination activity, bringing the revolver to an outstanding balance of 74 million at the end of the quarter.
Based on our two to one leverage target, 15 million of cash on hand and undrawn excess borrowing capacity on our credit facility as of September 30, we have a little over $200 million of dry powder for additional investments.
Finally, let me provide an update on our interest rate protection. We put in place interest rate protection, covering all of our ground leases that are not yet financed or that are finance with floating rate debt. This includes deals for which we have forward purchase commitment. Our interest rate protection consists of both long-term fixed rate debt and long term rate lock hedges that afford more than 10 years of interest rate protection, sufficient to allow protected two times leverage on the existing portfolio.
In sum, it was a solid quarter, as we further expanded the portfolio through the pipeline and brought in new talent and resources. SAFE continues to educate the marketplace on a better way to invest, own and operate real estate.
And with that, I'll turn it back to Jay.
Jay Sugarman
Thanks, Andy. I want to point out that one of the benefits of having a company with iStar sizable resources as both our manager and largest shareholder is our ability to utilize and leverage off of iStar’s scale as the SAFE platform scale and we continue to see places where the companies can work together and provide solutions that are mutually beneficial for both companies. This is another reason we are convinced SAFE will be able to grow successfully into a very large business and begin to see a significant value recognized by the marketplace.
So now, let's go ahead and open it up for questions. Operator?
Question-and-Answer Session
Operator
[Operator Instructions] Our first question comes from the line of Collin Mings from Raymond James.
Collin Mings
First question for me, just you mentioned roughly $200 million of dry powder, just given kind of where the debt levels stand, but just in context, the 400 million under LOI, just share with us how you're thinking about your current cost of equity at this point to fund additional growth and then just the potential for iStar to continue to grow its ownership?
Jay Sugarman
We're very pleased that the pipeline continues to grow. On the capital side, I’d also make three points. One is, as you saw, we remain under leverage relative to our targets, need more diversity to get the best execution, so a bigger portfolio will get us better execution, which will get us closer to our leverage targets. Two, I would agree with you, iStar has a lot of firepower, as obviously demonstrated an interest in acquiring more as evidenced by their open market purchases. So that's been certainly a supportive feature. And then, fundamentally, we believe there's a larger pool investors have expressed interest in providing capital once we reach some of our scaling milestones.
We believe that’s sort of a double barrel thing, when we re-scale, not only do we have a lot more investors interested, but it comes at a much higher, hopefully price that recognizes the value of the platform. So in terms of cost of capital, right now, we're more focused on building the business and bringing in the types of investors who understand where the value exists inside the portfolio, but we do have capacity across a number of different fronts.
Collin Mings
And then just as we're talking about the LOI or the deals on the LOI, and the fact that again you're very focused on growing that pipeline, just can you share this what that mix between originations and acquisitions is, as you think about that pipeline funnel that you referenced?
Jay Sugarman
I think we said in the past, the business is very much about creating ground leases, not just buying them. We do have a couple interesting acquisition opportunities on the table in the pipeline. But by number of transactions, it's materially weighted towards new ground leases, but by dollar volume, it really depends on the size of the things we think we can acquire attractively. So you'll see a mix, again, by number, you'll see more time, effort and execution around new ground leases. And by dollar, we will continue to acquire things, but that tends to be a little more episodic.
Collin Mings
Okay. And just maybe on the acquisition front and recognize that you put some details on the prior press release as well as touched on a bit in the slide, but can you just expand on that opportunity you see with the high ground lease in DC. Obviously, a low initial cap rate, how much that was a function of kind of the reset feature or is that also maybe a little indicative of the cap rates you're seeing as you're pursuing some high quality acquisition opportunity?
Jay Sugarman
I guess, two things. One, we’re driven mostly by LTV coverage, quality of land, quality of operators and buildings, markets. So, if we can acquire something long term that we think has very strong metrics, we think that's a good place for SAFE to play. This one has some unusual, obviously, lease dynamics. It’s a relatively short term lease, it’s only got 56 years left. The next big bump and reset takes place in about 7 years and you have a sponsor that has a significant amount of capital invested junior to us and an institutional lender with significant capital, in fact, junior to us.
So, that was a one off in terms of an unusual combination of metrics that we kind of like. More often than not, the stuff we create is a longer and a little more similar in nature. I wouldn't tell you on the acquisition side we can give you specific guard posts around where things are, but when we look at the IRR, we look at the LTV, we look at the coverage, we look at the amount of capital in the leasehold envelope, it kind of lines up with everything else we've been trying to do.
Collin Mings
And then just, I guess, maybe just one more for me, just, Jay, kind of looking at some of the interview that you did with Reed magazine and some of the talking points there, just more broadly, just talk on the education process and how the reception to this ground lease platform is being received, just given as you continue to kind of your outreach and education efforts.
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. I think that is a critical part of this path for us. As I said, we've been spending a lot of time really in an education phase, knowing full well that some of these education processes would not lead to deals, but we felt it was worth the time and effort to go out and really help people understand the very basic logic of splitting two fundamentally different investments apart. It's a logic that is endemic to every other part of the investment world. Somehow in real estate, we've continued to require people to own fundamentally different investments, one high return, a five to ten year holding period, very actively managed, together with a much lower return passive, very long term hold period asset and I think that message is getting through.
We feel pretty good about that. One of the things that we're doing and will continue to try and I mentioned some new approaches just to try to simplify the process for folks, so that once they understand the merits and the logic, it becomes relatively easy for them to execute with us. So, we're looking at some of these one stop shop capabilities that we can put together with iStar that really minimize the variables in the deal. Andy talked about this pre-construction commitment to get in earlier in the process, so we're not trying to educate people at the end of a process, but very early in the game and the deal we did on that multifamily transaction in DC was a good indicator of how we'd like to get in, explain it and then actually put our stake in early.
We don't mind closing a ground lease a year from now or two years from now, if the whole capital structure has already been put together and we know the construction is taking place. So, there's a lot of ways we can actually take that education component and amplify it by making the process simpler, easier, earlier for customers and I think you'll continue to see us try to push deeper into the marketplace with that kind of thinking and that should open up more and more of the opportunity, based again on this logic and merit that we see people grasping relatively quickly.
Operator
Our next question comes from the line of Rich Anderson from Mizuho Securities.
Rich Anderson
So Jay, on the forward commitments, 64 million currently in the portfolio, if think just kind of said, they could be extended out to one or two years, is that sort of the timeframe you're thinking about on those?
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. It depends on the construction period on the West Coast, the approval processes are longer. On the East Coast, it’s a little bit shorter.
Rich Anderson
But you're not recognizing any rent or are you in your cash flow or your rent numbers that you described in the press release here?
Jay Sugarman
No. But we try to highlight for you in the portfolio composition, which are how many assets are on that forward commit basis.
Rich Anderson
On the $0.05 in AFFO, is that -- is there anything about, particularly the $0.03 of R&D spend, is anything about that recurring or is that all like a one-time event type of thing for the third quarter?
Jay Sugarman
The expenses, I would describe it as a one time in nature, but it may extend over a couple of periods. We have some interesting ideas that we need to do state by state legal work and really understand what we can achieve if we're able to kind of come up with these new approaches. We want to be able to sit in front of customers and say, we work through all the pieces. This is how it works, this is the document you'll be looking at. You don't want to show up and go, we're figuring this out with you, so we're putting in the time and money upfront to make sure we've really thought through all the iterations for our customers. So when we show up and say, this is an executable idea, we're not trying to play catchup.
Rich Anderson
Make it easy for them to smooth out the process? If I can get back to the dry powder question, you said you have a bunch of different opportunities, once you get past the 200 million of remaining dry powder to raise some form of equity. Could that include sort of like private equity coming in through joint venture channel, something of that sort or can you describe some of the alternatives or is it not appropriate this time to sort of get into some of your strategies to keep the engine going?
Andy Richardson
I think you can imagine the full range of things we consider, we're just looking for the best execution for the business, but I feel good about the number of people who have expressed the interest in the business, I like the fact that we're under levered right now, I like the fact that there's a lot of firepower sitting at our sponsor and largest shareholders. So if we’re fortunate enough to be able to put money out faster and actually get this diversification and scale that we've been really trying hard to reach, I think that will give us a lot of good options.
Rich Anderson
Okay. And then last for me, I was just looking back at the second quarter and you had 141 million under letter of intent. Is it safe to assume that all of the 106 million came from that pocket or is there ever a time where you can move so fast where it moves, it circumvents the LOI bucket and gets -- becomes a hard investment in the following quarter or is it all from that 141.
Andy Richardson
I wish they were true more often that we can move really quickly with a customer. So far, it's proven out as it does take a little bit of time. So yes, you're right, most of those deals came from the preexisting bucket. But I will tell you as the word spreads and as more and more people use this to really create better capital structures with less risk and demonstrate the higher IRRs they're going to deliver, I think the timeframes will shorten. But right now, there's definitely a cycle of education working through the documents, getting the deals done, but even now, we're starting to feel that some of our repeat customers, we're seeing deals get done in 30 days. So I would just tell you, it feels like the funnel, as it gets bigger, will start to include deals, where everything's already in place and they can close much quicker.
Rich Anderson
So 30 days will be in the short end of that range, is it a year for the long run, once you begin a discussion or is it something smaller than that?
Marcos Alvarado
It’s Marcos. I think the groundwork that we've laid over the past year has helped to educate the market. So I would say, here, it’s definitely not the case, it's probably three months to four months on the outside case. I think, what gives me a lot of excitement as we move forward, the last 9 transactions we’ve closed, 8 have been organic, five of those have been with repeat customers. On those repeat customer transactions, it's basically step and repeat, because we use the same knocks. Their legal bills are $10,000. And so, it is a much more efficient closing process than closing a financing. So, we're excited about the prospects going forward.
Operator
Our next question comes from the line of Anthony Paolone from JP Morgan.
Anthony Paolone
Just would like to go back to the overhead, just want to make sure I understand. So in the quarter, you had G&A of the 2.8 million on the income statement and then another $300,000 of other expenses. Where was the $0.03? I think that you talked about that, you called out like how did it divvy up among those two arms?
Jay Sugarman
The $0.03. Yeah. The $0.03 is in the public company and other costs, 1.05 million. If that’s your question. The reimbursables are -- that line item is primarily people cost.
Anthony Paolone
I was just looking at the appendix of the deck and I’m just seeing the general and administrative of 2,779,000 and then other expenses of 303.
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. All of that is in the 2779.
Anthony Paolone
Okay. And so then, if I would get those combined, basically, I like to just think about those two lines being your overhead, so a little over $3 million and then you add it back, 932, so sort of the non-cash piece of it and so forth. So, that the net right here to put overhead to AFFO, it’s like a little over $2 million. And so I guess I’m trying to understand, like what does that like on a normalized basis, like 4Q and going into next year, because I understand investing in the platform and doing some hiring stuff, just trying to understand where it lands?
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. I'd say like basically, what we're trying to telegraph here is that that $800,000 plus or minus, 300 of that -- 350 of that is not going to recur anymore. The other 500 was related to R&D. As Jay said, that could -- we could have a portion of that come through also in the fourth quarter. But ultimately, I would say that, if you’re running an expectation, I would expect that there would be a limited amount of that every quarter going forward. I can't tell you if that's 200,000 or 300,000 or 100,000, but I would eliminate from this run rate about, at least $0.5 million based on what we know today.
Anthony Paolone
Okay. So then, as we start to look out into next year, the overhead that impacts your AFFO seems -- should run somewhere in the 1.5 million-ish range quarterly?
Jay Sugarman
So if you take the 2.8, right, less the management fee, right, which is just over $900,000, all right, you're kind of in the range, 1.5 million, 1.3 million to 1.5 million.
Anthony Paolone
And just that other expense item on the income statement, the 303, that kind of stays at about the same going forward?
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. Those are primarily deal pursue costs. So as we scale the business, that number could increase a little bit, but it's just on a deal by deal basis. If we don't close a transaction that we're pursuing, we have to expense the costs associated with that in the quarter that the deal dies effectively.
Anthony Paolone
Okay. And then to shift over to some other stuff then, there is certainly the balance of this year, just to button that up, it sounds like the four words are a little bit further out into the future. Do you think you're going to close much in 4Q and actually get some capital out the door?
Andy Richardson
Look, we're pleased with what we see, just in terms of the number of dialogs, number of LOIs, number of people proceeding apace to use the ground lease as part of their capital stacks. We are a customer centric business, so we work on their timeframes, not our ideal timeframe. Some of those will definitely close in the fourth quarter, some of them, as I said, I think we have a nice pipeline, even going into the first quarter of next year. So hopefully that LOI gives us a pretty steady stream of business closings from now till the end of the first quarter and we’ll probably be adding to that pile as the dialogs freshen across the country, we're now in 10 or 12 markets, our target market size is approximately 20 to 25. So we're putting conversations and see into a lot of new markets and we certainly hope to be able to harvest those. So I can't give you exact timing, but yeah, it'll be definitely be some sizable growth in the near term.
Anthony Paolone
And in the near term, when you think about yields, how much -- where do you see those trending and I guess with the idea being, it seems like you have in the mix some of these deals like the Washington DC, one where the going in yields are pretty low, because you've got some other circumstances at play?
Jay Sugarman
That deal is somewhat of a one-off, but I would say, we consistently talk about the trophy type gateway city assets still are in the 3.5-ish range and the more flow business solid. Citizen stuff is more in the 4.25, 4.5 range. That continues to be the general AAA quality alternative that we can play pretty comfortably in. You'll see some anomalies, some that will be hopefully higher and some where there's unique underlying leads characteristics that allow us to take a lower yield initially, because the IRRs are compelling.
Anthony Paolone
And then last question and on that, as you look at IRRs, how did something like the DC Hotel IRR compare to the other deals in the quarter when you think through what that reset might look like and the value bank there versus the other ones, like what are those levels of IRRs which you're underwriting today?
Jay Sugarman
I'm going to give you an answer just on a general approach on our lower yielding acquisitions. As we look out in the future and try to project what those resets will be, we make sure we have a cushion, so we are adequately compensated for the risk of taking that lower yield upfront. So we think as we go forward that those yields in the future will be additive to an organic origination of an example building that’s immediately adjacent to that asset.
And generally on those deals, we are at lower leverage points at lower land basis. So, we feel we're getting compensated for the low initial yield.
Anthony Paolone
I mean, do you think the deals just broadly speaking you're underwriting to IRRs that are 6, 7, 8, like order of magnitude?
Jay Sugarman
Well, I think if you take our baseline, it’s a 4% initial cash on cash return on an unlevered basis and the bump structures on average have been around 2% on a long term growth basis. So that math is pretty straightforward. These reset deals, it's a little trickier, but as Marcos said, we’re lining up side by side and going -- can we get a similar or in fact better return with reasonable assumptions. And if we can get both a risk profile we like and an IRR profile that matches a four plus two kind of number, we feel pretty good about that.
Operator
Your next question comes from the line of Joshua Dennerlein from Bank of America Merrill Lynch.
Joshua Dennerlein
I noticed, it seems like, you had a lot of office ground lease acquisitions this quarter and it looks like your pipeline on the office front grew. What’s driving that? Do you think there's something that's becoming more attractive to office users at the ground lease or where you’re actually kind of reaching out for office deals?
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. I guess, at this point, we're again going where our customers need us and we're seeing a lot of opportunities to work with players who don't have long term hold ideas and need long term capital, not just this quarter multifamily and office seem to be the two that we've been spending the most time with. It was not a proactive decision on our part. We certainly like the asset class in the right markets, in the right locations, but we think that there's a lot of attributes that protect the long term value.
But if you're asking, did we go out actively to seek that? No, we didn't.
Joshua Dennerlein
And then, I guess, you -- it looks like you hired someone to run kind of the West Coast side of the business. How do you think that kind of increases your pipeline going forward and what's the overall strategy there? There are certainly markets that you'll be looking at or just kind of a bigger presence out there is just better.
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. Look, as we said, this is an idea that can be used by almost any owner of a high quality institutional asset, that means kind of plus 30 million and above to really maximize the returns and hopefully reduce their interest rate maturity risk. So almost every type of product works multifamily, we’re seeing a lot of make-up from office, hospitality, I’ve done some industrial. So getting out into more markets of our 25 targets, you can see we've closed deals in Miami, and Orlando and Atlanta and DC and Raleigh, Durham and LA and San Diego and Phoenix and San Jose.
So we want to cover the map as effectively as we can and because we're somewhat East Coast centric, New York centric, we need to have a strong presence on the West Coast. We've got a great team out there and we wanted to add additional resources that could really push our ground lease business further and faster. We'd like to be in Portland, we'd like to do more in Seattle, San Francisco markets, we'd like to be in San Diego and LA, core markets for us. So, it will really help us create a constant presence up and down the coast, together with our existing team that is already starting to use their network in their relationships to bring deal flow, you've got a slightly different network in relationship. So, definitely expect to see a pickup in activity out there.
Operator
[Operator Instructions] Our next question comes from John Massocca from Ladenburg Thalmann.
John Massocca
So I know you've talked in the past about kind of like sizable whale type transactions that maybe exist outside the pipeline. Are those types of transactions still floating out there and will those typically be on existing kind of ground leases or would they be done with kind of a safe ground lease format?
Andy Richardson
So as Jay has discussed in the past, those are few and far between and are episodic. I think fortunately for us, as we look at our pipeline, we have two of those transactions. One of them is organic we created on an acquisition with a new sponsor. And the other one is an existing ground lease. So, I would say it’s a combination of both strategies that we deploy.
John Massocca
Okay. And then maybe kind of on the financing side, I know you're under-levered at this point and have a lot of capacity in the revolver, so maybe, this is not top of mind right now. What are some of kind of the long term debt financing solutions you're looking at as the portfolio continues to grow?
Jay Sugarman
Yeah. On the financing front, it's actually interesting, right, because this business we talk about, how unique it is and on the right side of the balance sheet, we're also actually thinking it's top of -- it's a priority on developing longer term financing solutions for these assets. Our Capital Markets Group is actually working with a lender right now and documenting a transaction financing that we think is going to be unique in the marketplace. That's at a very attractive rate and it also has an interesting feature in that the interest rate will actually step and mirror the underlying rent bumps in the collateral that's going to go in there. So that's something we'll talk about more in the fourth quarter, but that's the type of thing. Those are the types of things that we're also working on for that the financing is -- matches the investments that we're doing.
Andy Richardson
And I would say more longer-term, Andy touched upon this, when you look at the look through LTV to our portfolio in the low-30s and you look at AAA CMBS bonds in the low-40s range, we think as we get to scale those sort of securitization options, will lead to very accretive financing solutions.
John Massocca
Understood. And then is some of that kind of looking into those type of debt financing is part of the R&D spend that's been happening or is that separate from that?
Andy Richardson
Yes. The R&D bucket covers the left and the right side of the balance sheet.
Operator
Mr. Fooks, we have no further questions.
Jason Fooks
Okay. Thank you. And if you should have any additional questions on today's earnings release, please feel free to contact me directly. Lisa, would you please give the conference call replay instructions once again? Thanks.
Operator
Thank you for participating in today’s Safety, Income and Growth third quarter 2018 earnings conference call. This call will be available for replay, beginning at 1 PM Eastern Time today through 11:59 PM Eastern time on November 8. The conference ID number for the replay is 849-6197. Again, the conference ID number for the replay is 849-6197. The number to dial for the replay is 1855-859-2056. Again 855-859-2056. This concludes today's conference call. You may now disconnect. | https://seekingalpha.com/article/4214810-safety-income-and-growth-inc-safe-ceo-jay-sugarman-on-q3-2018-results-earnings-call?source=feed_sector_transcripts | 2022-07-08T03:01:51Z | https://seekingalpha.com/article/4214810-safety-income-and-growth-inc-safe-ceo-jay-sugarman-on-q3-2018-results-earnings-call?source=feed_sector_transcripts | false | 1 |
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (KELO) — What’s up, Doc? Whether it’s Bugs Bunny, Roger Rabbit or Peter Cottontail, you typically think of bunnies as cute. But for residents of one South Dakota neighborhood, cute’s not the word that comes to mind.
Neighbors in Sioux Falls have seen the poor rabbit: its head and face covered in growths that resembled tentacles. Resident Dennis Schorr walks his dog in the neighborhood and saw the animal on Thursday morning.
“I’ve never seen nothing like that before, I walk my dogs every day and I see lots of rabbits — but today was very unusual,” said Schorr.
It turns out the growths are caused by a form of the papillomavirus found only in cottontail rabbits.
Game Fish and Parks Biologist Josh Delger says the condition in rabbits is more common than you might think, though it rarely progresses to this stage. Delger says the most common way the infection is spread is through ticks and mosquitoes.
Cottontail rabbit papillomavirus (CRPV) is very similar to the sexually transmitted human papillomavirus (HPV), according to research published by the scientific journal Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B. Researchers studied CRPV in rabbits to learn how papillomavirus operates inside of its hosts. Scientists write that CRPV causes “large warty structures” on soft skin areas. These growths are similar to genital warts seen in humans.
Delger says cases this severe are seen every few years. He assures concerned dog owners that it’s unlikely the disease would spread from a rabbit to a dog. The disease can, however, be passed from wild rabbit to pet rabbit.
The average life span of a cottontail is three years. The neighborhood rabbit will likely die of natural causes unless the growth interferes with its feeding or makes it more vulnerable to predators. | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/very-unusual-rabbit-with-tentacle-like-growths-found-in-south-dakota/ | 2022-07-08T03:06:27Z | https://www.ourquadcities.com/news/national-news/very-unusual-rabbit-with-tentacle-like-growths-found-in-south-dakota/ | false | 23 |
STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. — The New York City Health Department said Thursday that 141 people have tested positive for orthopoxvirus, adding that all cases are likely monkeypox.
The latest totals are an increase of 30 from Tuesday, when the department last updated its data.
On Wednesday, the city Health Department announced the arrival of 6,000 new monkeypox vaccine doses. Shortly after the announcement, the online booking portal was overwhelmed, causing it to crash. Appointments for the vaccine are fully booked for Thursday and Friday this week. The city Health Department said there will be another opportunity to get an appointment in the coming days.
“The window to book appointments again will open up this weekend for a short period. It can’t have so many people all at once, and they need to keep track of appointments and doses,” said a Health Department representative, adding that the city expects to receive additional doses soon.
The agency said the majority of cases have been mild and the individuals affected have not been hospitalized. Symptoms of mild cases of monkeypox include itchy and painful rashes and sores.
The Health Department previously said cases were primarily spreading among social networks of gay, bisexual and other men who have sex with men.
Monkeypox is spread between two people through skin-to-skin contact when one of the individuals has an active rash, as well as respiratory droplets if there are mouth lesions. It can also be spread through contaminated materials and animals that have been infected.
The spread of the disease, which has been reported in numerous countries, has prompted several urgent care and doctors’ offices on Staten Island to post signs asking patients with a rash, or a rash accompanied by a fever, to remain outside for an initial evaluation before entering the facility. | https://www.silive.com/news/2022/07/monkeypox-in-nyc-141-people-have-now-likely-tested-positive-up-30-from-tuesdays-total-health-department-says.html | 2022-07-08T03:08:39Z | https://www.silive.com/news/2022/07/monkeypox-in-nyc-141-people-have-now-likely-tested-positive-up-30-from-tuesdays-total-health-department-says.html | true | 2 |
By Thandiwe Garusa
GOVERNMENT has defended the appointment of Zanu PF Vice President Kembo Mohadi’s daughter, Abigail, as a Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) commissioner, saying she has a right to serve the nation just like anyone else.
Abigail Millicent Ambrose’s appointment has raised questions on the election body’s impartiality and independence.
She is Mohadi’s daughter from his marriage with ex-wife, Tambudzani, and was sworn in by President Emmerson Mnangagwa on Thursday at State House alongside five other commissioners.
“Children and relatives of high-profile people have the right to employment and service to their country as everyone else. That’s why it is called, “equal opportunities,” Mangwana said.
Mangwana dismissed claims there could be a conflict of interest, with fears Abigail could be biased in favour of her father’s political party.
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He added: “It is called professionalism. Secondly, no single commissioner can override the work of the whole commission, they work as a collective.
“Thirdly, is it not that people were openly interviewed by parliament? Was there a more qualified applicant who was excluded?”
Opposition Citizen’s Coalition for Change (CCC) has demanded that the appointment be reversed as it betrays independence of the election management body.
Children and relatives of high profile people have the right to employment and service to their country as everyone else. That’s why it’s called, “Equal Opportunities”.
— Nick Mangwana (@nickmangwana) July 7, 2022
ZEC is already under heavy scrutiny from civic society organisations (CSOs) and opposition parties, who accuse it of attempting to rig the 2023 polls in favour of the ruling party.
Its independence has been a constant issue, with the 2018 elections eventually settled in court after it was accused of failing to handle the plebiscite.
Much recently, comments that Zanu PF will lead ZEC’s delimitation process further raised questions of its impartiality. | https://www.newzimbabwe.com/government-defends-appointment-of-mohadis-daughter-as-zec-commissioner/ | 2022-07-08T03:10:27Z | https://www.newzimbabwe.com/government-defends-appointment-of-mohadis-daughter-as-zec-commissioner/ | false | 2 |
(The Hill) – At least 47 multinational companies with a presence in Russia, including gas giant BP and aircraft behemoth Boeing, are at risk of having key assets seized by the Russian government.
Russia’s invasion of Ukraine in February spurred dozens of major international companies to pull out of the country amid sweeping sanctions imposed by the United States and its allies.
A report that will be published next week from the Russian monitoring organization the Moral Rating Agency says the Kremlin may soon seize or redirect assets of those companies to a friendlier firm.
Other at risk firms include Shell, Samsung, PepsiCo, Nissan, Intel, Microsoft, Toyota and Ford. In total, the 47 companies at risk of losing assets to Russia make up 24 percent of the 200 largest corporations in the world, according to the Moral Rating Agency.
The founder of the agency, Mark Dixon, said in a statement the organizations anticipates “a tsunami of expropriations or blackmailed concessions over the next couple of months,” potentially affecting the U.S. stock market, which recently dipped into bear market territory.
“Even corporations with a mix of assets at risk and non-asset activities may suffer on both lines of business because it will be difficult for corporations to keep trading with a country that illegally expropriates its factory or assets,” Dixon said.
The report comes after Russia has already moved to seize assets from some companies.
On July 1, Russian President Vladimir Putin signed a decree allowing a new Russian firm to take complete control of the Sakhalin-2 gas and oil energy project in Russia’s east, according to Reuters. The gas project accounts for about four percent of the world’s liquefied natural gas.
Energy giant Royal Dutch Shell and Japanese corporations Mitsui and Mitsubishi together held just under a 50 percent stake in the Sakhalin Energy Investment company, the outlet noted.
Moscow is also set to pass a law that will allow the Kremlin to seize assets from other western and international corporations.
Russia has been adapting to its new reality as a corporate pariah. In May, a Russian business owner — who purchased 850 restaurant stores from McDonalds— launched a rebranded restaurant chain using its buildings.
The Moral Rating Agency, which earlier this month called out companies for not following through to pull services out of Russia, ranked the 47 corporations in its upcoming report with a threat level rate ranging from one to 10.
On the top of the list is energy giant BP, which has a nearly 20 percent stake in the Russian oil and gas company Rosneft. BP announced it would end its shareholding stake with Rosneft shortly after the Russian invasion.
Snack and drink corporation PepsiCo, which has two plants in Moscow that make up around five percent of its total revenue, is also at the top of the threat list. In March, PepsiCo announced it was suspending the sale of its beverages in Russia.
LG Electronics, which makes Android smartphones, is at a medium threat risk with one production plant in Moscow. Nestlé, known for its candy and chocolate drinks, also holds a medium risk of Russia seizing a subsidiary company that makes up about two percent of its total revenue. Nestlé suspended KitKat and Nesquik sales in Russia, while LG also halted shipments to the country.
Other major corporations — Microsoft, Boeing, Toyota, Volkswagen, Walgreens Boots Alliance and Ford —are at a low risk of the Kremlin seizing or redirecting a small share of assets the companies hold in Russia.
The Moral Rating Agency said several companies made the correct decision when they exited early and sold their assets, including McDonalds, Alphabet (which owns Google), Amazon and Honda.
In his statement, Dixon said Putin is using the threat of expropriation, or seizing assets, as part of his plan to “follow his usual pattern of dividing the enemy.”
“In this case, he will seek to drive a wedge between the corporate and public sectors,” Dixon said. “He’s aware that companies are free to act independently of their governments and will often act selfishly if they are being threatened.”
“He is probably hoping that large corporations will lobby governments not to act in ways that will lose them their assets,” he added. “Putin is trying to throw a cat among the pigeons.” | https://www.cbs17.com/russia-ukraine-conflict/at-least-47-top-companies-at-risk-of-having-russia-seize-key-assets-report/ | 2022-07-08T03:11:13Z | https://www.cbs17.com/russia-ukraine-conflict/at-least-47-top-companies-at-risk-of-having-russia-seize-key-assets-report/ | false | 19 |
Canada’s Invasive Species Centre (ISC) hopes to eradicate an aquatic plant that forms extremely dense floating mats of vegetation that shades out native vegetation and decreases plant biodiversity first discovered in the Welland River two years ago.
The European water chestnut also makes recreational activities such as swimming, fishing and boating almost impossible if it takes hold in a waterway.
ISC policy manager Colin Cassin said the plant has been found roughly between Welland and Wellandport in slowing moving sections of the Welland River, which eventually empties into the Niagara River.
“It’s an aquatic invasive plant that is rare within Ontario. There is a population in the Kingston area that’s been under control and management for the better part of a decade,” Cassin said Thursday morning from E.C. Brown Memorial Park (Conservation Area) in Pelham.
He said in 2020, the first report of it being found elsewhere in the province outside of Kingston was made in the Welland River.
“Finding it this far south and east was a bit of a notable concern because of the distance to this population and the other.”
Cassin said it crowds out other species and occupies habitat and other resources used by native aquatic life, including fish.
If left unchecked, it could spread into tributaries, important sources for native species, and choke them out.
Not only is the plant harmful to the natural ecosystem, but its seeds can be a literal pain to humans.
“The (triangular) seeds have pointy edges on them. They can pierce the skin and can go through thin sandals. People stepping on them are not going to like it. It’s quite the nasty experience.”
Cassin said the plant is found in slow-moving water and in small bays on the river, anywhere between 0.6 and 1.2 metres deep.
“That’s where we’d expect it to grow. Unfortunately, that’s where some of the most important habitats on the river are as well.”
He wouldn’t expect to see full coverage across the width of the river due to deeper parts where the water flow is stronger.
In 2021, mapping was carried out along the river to locate European water chestnut populations.
On Thursday Cassin led a group of volunteers from various communities and university student researchers out on the river to look for the plants. He said that would help them understand what the plant looks like and learn about its impact.
He said the volunteers would be trained on how to remove it from the river.
More eyes on the river knowing what they are looking for can help ISC and Niagara Peninsula Conservation Authority, which tends to the health of the river, stay ahead of the invasive species and eradicate it.
NPCA community outreach worker Kerry Royer said the agency is happy to work with ISC staffers.
“They knew two of our sites had access to the river, E.C. Brown and Chippawa Creek Conservation Area, which is important. There are only three (access) sites along the area where it’s been found. This was an important starting point for us to begin working together,” said Royer, adding the third launch site into the river is at Wellandport Community Centre.
She said as the two agencies worked out a plan to dispose of the European water chestnut safely away from the river and allow it to compost, “which is the best method of getting rid of it.”
Royer said there are a number of invasive species in Niagara, some that have been established for the past 100 years, that are hard to eradicate.
“This is an opportunity to get rid of one before it becomes a bigger problem. It’s important to the health of the river and the tributaries connected to it.
“We certainly wouldn’t want it getting into the Niagara River and then move into the Great Lakes.” | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/life/2022/07/07/european-water-chestnut-threat-to-welland-river.html | 2022-07-08T03:11:29Z | https://www.wellandtribune.ca/life/2022/07/07/european-water-chestnut-threat-to-welland-river.html | true | 3 |
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Amid rising religious intolerance in the country, Nigerians of different faiths have been urged to imbibe the culture of mutual trust and sincerity to ensure freedom of religion.
The chief missioner of Nasrul-Lahi-l-Fatih Society (NASFAT), Imam Abdul-Azeez Onike, gave the admonition in his goodwill message to Nigerians as Muslims set to celebrate Sallah.
He said only the culture of mutual trust and sincerity to one another would guarantee good interfaith relations and peaceful co-existence, stressing that the continuous accusation and counter accusations of religious persecution and intolerance will not do the nation any good.
Citing the presentation of Prof Usman Yusuf who represented the president of Supreme Council of Islamic Affairs and Sultan of Sokoto, Muhammad Abubakar Sa’ad, at the 2nd Annual International Religious Freedom (IRF) Summit in Washington DC on June 28-30, 2022, Onike said: “The situation where the religion of Islam is painted as the aggressive party, violators of peaceful coexistence and religious freedom by people who profess other faith, will not assist our resolve to fight our common enemy: those who are involved in banditry, kidnapping and other vices.
“As the people of faith, we are not expected to fan the embers of discord and heat up the polity by feeding our members and the outside world with distorted facts about the insecurity situations in the country, which evidently does not discriminate on the basis of religion or ethnicity.
Both Muslims and Christians and their worship centers have fallen victims to the dastardly acts of haters of peace, and we all should work together to defeat the enemies of peace. We need peace, security, love and tranquility, our Noble Prophet (SAW) says.” | https://leadership.ng/islamic-cleric-harps-on-religious-tolerance/ | 2022-07-08T03:22:30Z | https://leadership.ng/islamic-cleric-harps-on-religious-tolerance/ | false | 1 |
Seiya Suzuki’s inside-the-park homer highlights his return to the Chicago Cubs lineup, but they fall to the Milwaukee Brewers in 10 innings
Seiya Suzuki sprinted around the bases at American Family Field.
He planned to keep running until told otherwise.
Chicago Cubs third base coach Willie Harris did not hesitate, emphatically waving him home. Suzuki dodged the Milwaukee Brewers’ relay throw and tag attempt by catcher Victor Caratini as his hand swiped the plate while eluding Caratini’s mitt.
When he saw Caratini move slightly up the third-base line to catch the relay throw, Suzuki did not want to get injured again, particularly in another baserunning situation. His inside-the-park home run in the ninth inning Monday marked a thrilling return to the lineup for Suzuki, who was activated from the injured list before the 5-2, 10-inning loss to the Brewers.
“Great swing,” manager David Ross said. “He was running out of the box; it’s a lot of credit to the trainers and his group that pushed him to be able to be on the back end of a game like that, first game back, and score on an inside-the-parker. It’s pretty impressive.”
Suzuki had not played since suffering a sprained left ring finger May 26. So as he sprinted during the ninth, he had one thought.
“Stop me,” Suzuki joked through interpreter Toy Matsushita. “My legs were getting pretty tired. I was getting ready for somebody to say, ‘Stop.’”
The Cubs, however, wasted Suzuki’s hustle. They were on the verge of pulling out a late victory thanks to the go-ahead inside-the-park homer with one out in the ninth.
Ahead 2-0 in the count against tough Brewers lefty Josh Hader, Suzuki sliced a 95 mph fastball off the left-center-field wall. The ball caromed and rocketed past center fielder Jonathan Davis, allowing Suzuki to scamper around the bases and put the Cubs ahead 2-1.
It’s one of the most exciting and rarest offensive plays in baseball: Suzuki’s inside-the-park homer marked the Cubs’ first since Javier Báez on Aug. 7, 2017, and only their eighth since 2000. It was also only the second game in 28 appearances this season that Hader has given up a home run. The other two homers off Hader came in the same June 7 game.
Suzuki, who also singled in the seventh, missed 35 games because of his injury.
“Obviously my injury prolonged my time out from this team, and I was very frustrated,” he said. “So this game meant a lot to me. I just wanted to get into the game, really excited being able to be back here. The fact that I was able to display what I did today was something that I’m very satisfied with.”
Monday’s performance was an encouraging return for Suzuki after the long layoff. Three rehab games with Triple-A Iowa helped — he went 4-for-9 with a homer, two doubles and three RBIs — but the majors is a different beast, especially for a player who still was adjusting to new pitchers, league and environment before sustaining the injury.
Suzuki’s return gives the Cubs lineup more depth and another balanced hitter. He showed his good approach in the loss. His hard-hit ball (109.9 mph exit velocity) against a tough pitcher like Hader is worth noting as he continues to adjust.
“I did feel some fatigue in the late innings in this game, but I was able to get over and I’m glad I was able to display some good results,” Suzuki said.
Cubs reliever David Robertson couldn’t lock down the bottom of the ninth in one of his worst outings of the season. He struck out three but was hurt by two hits, a hit by pitch and a four-pitch, bases-loaded walk to Christian Yelich to bring home the tying run.
“I felt like I was throwing the ball well, and then I just lost the strike zone for a second,” Robertson said. “I mean, it happens. Threw a lot of curveballs in a row and then could get a fastball in the zone. Just needed to make quality pitches and I wasn’t able to.
“I needed to give Yelich a tough at-bat and instead I gave him a free pass to first and cost us a loss.”
Robertson struck out Wily Adames to force extra innings, but the Cubs failed to take advantage of loading the bases in the 10th. Willson Contreras and Ian Happ struck out to strand the runners. Contreras came out of the game after his at-bat because of left hamstring tightness.
Former Cubs catcher Caratini ended the game with a three-run homer against right-hander Scott Effross.
Left-hander Justin Steele delivered a standout performance in which he appeared to tire near the end of his career-high 108 pitches in 6⅔ innings. He held the Brewers hitless through four innings. They finally tallied a hit on Luis Urias’ well-placed grounder down the first-base line to lead off the fifth.
Steele was one strike from finishing the seventh when the Brewers scored their lone run against him on Pedro Severino’s double that knotted the game at 1. Two walks by Steele sandwiched the tying hit. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2656545793481/seiya-suzuki-s-inside-the-park-homer-highlights-his-return-to-the-chicago-cubs-lineup-but-they-fall-to-the-milwaukee-brewers-in-10-innings | 2022-07-08T03:22:44Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2656545793481/seiya-suzuki-s-inside-the-park-homer-highlights-his-return-to-the-chicago-cubs-lineup-but-they-fall-to-the-milwaukee-brewers-in-10-innings | true | 3 |
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NUSA DUA, Indonesia, July 7 (Reuters) – Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov was on the Indonesian island of Bali on Thursday preparing for a G20 gathering that will be his first face-to-face meeting with the fiercest critics of his country’s invasion of Ukraine.
The G20 foreign ministers’ meeting runs until Friday in host country Indonesia, which has this year grappled with the tough balancing act of running a global summit buffeted by geopolitical pressures and a global food crisis blamed on the Ukraine war.
There was tight security on Thursday as foreign diplomats descended on the tropical island for a meeting where the Russia-Ukraine conflict will be front and centre.
Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong said her country and like-minded nations would use the G20 meeting to highlight the impact of the war.
“We will be making very clear collectively our views about Russia’s position and Russia’s behaviour,” she said.
Thursday’s welcome dinner will be the first time President Vladimir Putin’s long-serving foreign minister Lavrov will be up close with the most vocal opponents of the Ukraine invasion, which Moscow has called a “special military operation”.
Lavrov planned to meet some G20 counterparts on the sidelines of the summit, Russian news agency TASS reported, but ministers including Germany’s Annalena Baerbock and U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken have ruled out separate meetings with Lavrov.
The Group of 20 includes Western countries that have accused Moscow of war crimes in Ukraine and imposed sanctions, but also countries like China, Indonesia, India and South Africa that have been more muted in their response.
Some U.S. and European officials have stressed the gathering would not be “business as a usual”, with a spokesperson for the German foreign minister saying G7 countries would coordinate their response to Lavrov.
In 2014, the G7 excluded Russia from the G8 over its annexation of Crimea.
Top officials from Britain, Canada and the United States walked out on Russian representatives during a G20 finance meeting in Washington in April.
Despite early talk of boycotting subsequent G20 meetings, some analysts say Western nations may have decided it would be counterproductive to cede the floor to Russia.
A senior U.S. State Department official said on Thursday it was important to maintain a focus on what Indonesia had set out for its G20 presidency and “not let there be any disruptions or interruptions to that.”
Discussion of energy and food security are on the agenda in the two-day meeting, with Russia accused of stoking a global food crisis and worsening inflation by blockading shipments of Ukrainian grain. Russia has said it ready to facilitate unhindered exports of grain.
Indonesian Foreign Minister Retno Marsudi discussed with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi the need to protect regional stability and solve global issues related to the Russia-Ukraine conflict.
“The solidity of the voices of developing nations are needed to stop the war, and to reintegrate food exports of Ukraine and Russia into the global supply chain,” Indonesia’s foreign ministry said in a statement.
Trying to leverage Indonesia’s neutrality, President Joko Widodo undertook an ambitious peace-brokering mission last week, visiting Kyiv and Moscow to meet his Ukrainian and Russian counterparts. | https://cde.news/u-s-keen-to-prevent-g20-disruption-avoid-legitimising-russia-actions/ | 2022-07-08T03:28:05Z | https://cde.news/u-s-keen-to-prevent-g20-disruption-avoid-legitimising-russia-actions/ | false | 3 |
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Mississippi's last abortion clinic — and the one at the center of the Supreme Court case used to overturn Roe v. Wade — shut its doors for the last time.
Earlier this week, the Jackson Women's Health Organization lost their bid to temporarily block the state's trigger law that bans most abortions from going into effect. Now, they are packing up and moving out, Diane Derzis who owned the clinic said.
They served the last crowd of patients on Wednesday.
The patients are "devastated" by the clinic's closure, said Derzis who spoke to NPR's Morning Edition.
"And you would be surprised at how many have no idea that this bill has passed and that abortion is now illegal in Jackson, as well as other states surrounding. So lots of anger," she said of the response.
On Thursday, the clinic's attorneys filed paperwork asking the Mississippi Supreme Court to step in and effectively allow the organization to reopen, according to The Associated Press.
The center had long been Mississippi's only abortion provider. In 2018, the state enacted a law that bans abortion after 15 weeks. The Jackson clinic and one of its doctors sued state officials, saying the law was unconstitutional. The case made its way to the U.S. Supreme Court, where judges ultimately declared there is no constitutional right to an abortion.
In the meantime, Derzis is not swayed. She intends to continue providing abortion services to women who need it.
The clinic is now headed to Las Cruces, New Mexico, about 40 miles north of El Paso, Texas, to help people there, she said.
"New Mexico, for the time being, is a very receptive state. We've been welcomed. And that obviously is closer to the Texas and Oklahoma borders and Arizona. So it seemed like one of the places we need to be," Derzis said.
Those states have enacted, or plan to establish, near-total abortion bans following the Supreme Court case this summer.
Derzis' organization will be providing surgical abortions in New Mexico, she said.
In the meantime, her clinic is referring patients in Mississippi that are still calling the Jackson Women's Health Organization for help to other locations out of state.
"We've probably referred 100 people yesterday to a nearby state," she said. Many of her patients ended up in Columbus, Ga. She believes many women in states without access to the procedure will need to travel to get an abortion now.
"So, you know, that's the future of abortion care in America," she said.
In Las Cruces, Derzis said she is preparing to handle a lot of cases. Those will likely be women further along in their pregnancies.
"You don't normally find out you're pregnant until you're further along than six weeks in a pregnancy. So by the time travel and all of the rest of those things occur, you're talking about women who are going to be further in their pregnancy, so we're certainly expecting that," she said. "And that, again, is another problem with these type of laws. You're forcing women into later gestational ages, and the risks do increase at that stage."
Derzis doesn't believe the legal fight will end anytime soon. She believes even as she moves to another more receptive state, she has a target on her back.
"I see many, many years of litigation ahead of us," she said. "But as long as it is legal in the state in which we are providing the service, I intend to do that."
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Boris Johnson, the now outgoing prime minister of the United Kingdom, had wanted to follow in the footsteps of his idol Winston Churchill and be remembered as a leader of consequence. He aspired to greatness and desired to stay in office longer than the 11 years enjoyed by Conservative icon Margaret Thatcher.
It wasn’t to be.
Instead, on July 7, 2022, Johnson announced that less than three years after becoming prime minister, he was resigning and would remain in office only until a successor emerged. It marks a stunning repudiation of a leader who had delivered Brexit to his supporters and scored a major electoral mandate a mere two and half years previously.
The scandal that brought his downfall wasn’t Johnson’s first. Indeed, throughout his career – and time in office – Johnson has been regarded as a political Houdini, skilled at political survival and endlessly able to rebound from mishaps.
But even he could not overcome the succession of scandals in recent months, not least “Partygate,” which involved revelations around his government’s repeated and brazen ignoring of its own COVID-19 lockdown rules. In the end it was his handling of a tawdry affair involving the promotion of a member of parliament accused of serious sexual wrongdoing that proved the final straw. That scandal precipitated a rash of cabinet resignations that made clear Johnson could no longer rely on the support of his own party.
Yet, Johnson’s legacy will not be confined to the scandals. His tenure coincided with major challenges in the U.K. Some, like the COVID-19 pandemic and the outbreak of war in Europe, were not of his making. Others, notably Brexit, were of his own hand.
First Came Brexit
Boris Johnson and Brexit will forever be inextricably bound.
Johnson had long been a prominent political figure before Britain’s exit from Europe came to dominate U.K. politics. Aside from serving as a member of parliament, he was also the mayor of London as well a well-known media personality. Throughout, Johnson, a fiscal conservative by nature, developed a reputation for being polarizing – witty and charming to some, but dishonest and untrustworthy to others.
He was long talked of as a future prime minister. But it was the 2016 Brexit referendum on whether the U.K. should remain in the European Union that eventually propelled Johnson to power. He became the face of the Leave campaign, at times taking liberties with the truth to make his case for exiting the EU. While he did not become prime minister immediately after the U.K. public opted to exit the EU, his time would come three years later.
When Prime Minister Theresa May resigned in summer 2019, weakened by major divisions over how to implement Brexit within the Conservative Party, Johnson seized his chance.
He promised to “Get Brexit Done” and to end the major deadlock in British politics over what sort of relationship the country would have with the EU.
On that front, he delivered. The December 2019 election was a resounding success for Johnson, earning a substantial majority for the Conservative Party and enabling him to force through his vision of Brexit. His brand of populism, charm, disregard for rules and effective communication not only shored up the Conservative base in that election, but also helped attract many traditional left-wing Labour voters, securing a clear mandate for his party.
With that victory in hand, Johnson was free to complete the formal departure of the U.K. from the EU on Jan. 31, 2020. Later that year, after tumultuous talks, his government negotiated the Trade and Cooperation Agreement with the EU – defining the future relations between the U.K. and its European partners.
Brexit was and remains very divisive in the U.K. But neither supporters nor opponents would deny how consequential that decision was, and it could not have happened without Johnson’s involvement.
…Then the Pandemic
Any hopes that Johnson could bask in the glory of Brexit came quickly crashing down within weeks of it becoming a reality.
The start of the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically changed the situation for the U.K. Johnson and his government fumbled its initial pandemic response, acting slowly and in a lackluster manner – Johnson himself was absent for some of the crucial meetings called to discuss the pandemic in its early days.
According to a government report released in October 2021, the government’s decision to delay a strict lockdown allowed the virus to circulate widely and caused many thousands of additional deaths. And it nearly killed Johnson himself, who spent a week in the hospital in April 2020.
While Johnson recovered from his own bout with the virus, his government also managed to steady the ship. It introduced a series of stringent lockdowns and restrictions in the following year and presided over a successful vaccination rollout. But these same COVID-19 restrictions would also ironically highlight one of Johnson’s main character traits: a disregard for rules that would eventually lead to his political undoing.
…And on to the Lies
Prior to becoming prime minister, Johnson was no stranger to controversy and to a delicate relationship with the truth.
The Times newspaper, where he once worked as a reporter, sacked him for inventing a quote. And in 2001 he lost his senior position in the Conservative Party for lying about an affair.
Yet despite many setbacks usually of his own doing, Johnson had an uncanny ability to rebound, leading former prime minister David Cameron to liken him to a “greased piglet” who could not be caught.
His time in office was in keeping with precedent, littered by multiple scandals that continually led to questions about Johnson’s credibility. That included, among other unfavorable stories, that Johnson had received a secret undisclosed loan to pay for the costs of the renovation of his private quarters at 11 Downing Street, beyond his public allowance; or the reports of a close ally in parliament breaking lobbying rules by accepting payments from companies he was promoting.
Yet, those paled in comparison to the repercussions from “Partygate.”
The revelations in late 2021 and early 2022 that Johnson and his government had been repeatedly breaking COVID-19 restriction rules over the course of a year – including many alcohol-fueled parties and accusations that Johnson lied to Parliament over his attendance at some gatherings – shocked the U.K. public. This scandal led to Johnson’s approval rating plummeting in 2022. It also, slowly but surely, resulted in Johnson losing the support of his own party.
The war in Ukraine gave him temporary reprieve, and he narrowly survived a vote of no-confidence in early June. But he was now vulnerable. His latest scandal, which surfaced when it became apparent Johnson was lying about what he knew about the transgressions of another close ally in Parliament, Chris Pincher, was the final nail in his political coffin.
Deserted by most of his allies, Johnson had to accept the inevitable.
A Second Act?
Churchill famously lost the parliamentary elections in the summer of 1945, shortly after leading the U.K. to victory in World War II.
Ousted by an electorate wanting a break with Churchill’s old-world policies, and a different post-war Britain, he was still able, six years later, to return to office.
Such a second act seems unlikely for Johnson. Yes, he delivered on Brexit, and his supporters will remember that. But his chaotic departure, leaving his country and party very divided, as well as the legacy of his scandals, will be extremely hard to shake off – even for a “greased piglet.”
By Garret Martin, Senior Professorial Lecturer, Co-Director Transatlantic Policy Center, American University School of International Service
This article is republished from The Conversation under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article. | https://heavy.com/news/boris-johnson-political-legacy/ | 2022-07-08T03:42:24Z | https://heavy.com/news/boris-johnson-political-legacy/ | false | 15 |
Grêmio is prepared to face Náutico at 9:30 pm on Friday, at the Arena, for the 17th round of Serie B. Roger led training behind closed doors this Thursday afternoon and defined the replacement of Janderson, suspended by the three yellow cards. Elias is most likely to take the position. Ferreira is focused, but should start on the bench.
The starting lineup should not present any news. The idea is to continue the 4-2-3-1 scheme, with the presence of an articulator. Campaz continues with the task of being the cerebral midfield player. Biel returns to the team after serving suspension. The lineup was defined by the active coach without the presence of the press.
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Probable Guild: Gabriel Grando; Rodrigo Ferreira, Geromel, Bruno Alves and Nicolas; Villasanti, Bitello and Campaz; Elias, Biel and Diego Souza
Brenno (right calf injury), Edilson (right thigh muscle injury), Kannemann (left calf injury) and Elkeson (left thigh muscle injury) remain in the medical department. In addition to the quartet, Janderson is absent by suspension.
What stands out in the related list is the imbalance of options between the midfield roles. Roger will have six defensive midfielders at his disposal, one of them reserve for the side, and only three creative midfielders, among them the boy Pedro Lucas.
Without losing for 10 games in the B series, Tricolor will have two consecutive games in the Arena to add six points and definitively assert itself among the top four. Against Náutico, the expectation is 20 thousand fans.
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- goalkeepers: Gabriel Grando and Adriel
- Sides: Rodrigo Ferreira, Nicolas and Diogo Barbosa
- defenders: Geromel, Bruno Alves, Rodrigues and Natã
- steering wheels: Villasanti, Bitello, Thiago Santos, Lucas Silva, Matheus Sarará and Jonata Varela
- Socks: Campaz, Biel and Pedro Lucas
- Attackers: Diego Souza, Elias, Ferreira and Emerson | https://thegoaspotlight.com/2022/07/08/gremio-lineup-elias-should-be-jandersons-replacement-and-roger-lists-six-defensive-midfielders-guild/ | 2022-07-08T03:43:24Z | https://thegoaspotlight.com/2022/07/08/gremio-lineup-elias-should-be-jandersons-replacement-and-roger-lists-six-defensive-midfielders-guild/ | true | 2 |
J-Hope unveils track list for his first formal solo album
SEOUL, July 8 (Yonhap) -- "Jack in the Box," the upcoming first solo album by BTS' J-Hope, will contain a total of 10 tracks, the group's agency Big Hit Music said Friday.
According to the list unveiled by the agency, the album will have "Intro," "More," "Pandora's Box," "Stop," "=," "Music Box: Reflection," "What if…," "Safety Zone," "Future" and "Arson."
"More," the single prereleased a week ago, and "Arson" were chosen to be the album's two main tracks, the agency said.
"Jack in the Box" will be the first-ever official solo album from the K-pop superband that recently announced a new chapter of its career. It represents J-Hope's bold aspirations to break the mold and grow further, Big Hit said.
It also said the two main singles represent the central message of the album that has consistency in genre and the flow of the story from the beginning to the end.
"More" is an old-school hip-hop song combining strong drum beats and guitar sounds. The rapper-dancer boldly proclaims he wants "more" in the song brimming with dark, intense and edgy sounds.
"Arson" is about him meeting the harsh world after breaking out of the "box." It depicted the agony of J-Hope as he stands at a career crossroads.
The album will be uploaded on music services next Friday and become available in a "Weverse Album" format, not a full-fledged physical album, on July 29. A Weverse Album is a digital album that can be played after downloading an app of the same name and scanning the QR code.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — Prosecutors said Thursday that soldiers found two men who were kidnapped in June by a drug gang boss who is alleged to have gone on to kill two Jesuit priests and a tour guide.
One of the two brothers was dead when authorities found them in the mountains of the northern state of Chihuahua. The discovery raised the death toll in the bloody rampage blamed on the gang boss to four.
During an air and ground search in the remote mountains of the Sierra Tarahumara, troops found the pit where the gang buried one brother, Paul Berrelleza Rábago. They then found his brother, Jesús Armando, alive in the mountains.
Prosecutors said the dead brother had been shot, abducted along with his brother, and their house burned down at the start of a rampage by fugitive suspect José Noriel Portillo Gil, alias El “Chueco,” or “The Crooked One.”
Authorities have have said the rampage alledgedly started when a local baseball team that Portillo Gil sponsored lost a game to a team that included the two brothers. Portillo Gil allegedly attacked them on the following Monday in the town of Cerocahui.
He then allegedly abducted and beat a tourist guide who then sought refuge in the church facing the town’s central square. Two Jesuit priests, the Revs. Javier Campos, 79, and Joaquín Mora, 80, tried to protect the guide.
Portillo Gil allegedly killed all three, and took their bodies away in a pickup truck. The bodies were later found, but the suspect remains at large. | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Soldiers-find-2-men-kidnapped-in-Mexico-by-killer-17291555.php | 2022-07-08T03:46:13Z | https://www.chron.com/news/article/Soldiers-find-2-men-kidnapped-in-Mexico-by-killer-17291555.php | false | 15 |
In case you haven’t noticed, it’s NAIDOC Week, aka one of the best weeks of my life. As an Indigenous person, I absolutely love seeing all the beauty, creativity and Blak excellence showcased on every platform. To me, there is no better way to celebrate NAIDOC Week than by watching some iconic Indigenous movies and TV Shows.
It’s important to me to note that you should be watching and engaging with Indigenous movies and TV shows every week out of the year, not just on NAIDOC.
We have a privilege here in Australia to live alongside the oldest surviving (and thriving) culture in the world. Part of that privilege is being able to hear the stories of First Nations peoples and be part of the storytelling experience.
For this week’s Gizmodo Movie Night, here are some of the examples of this powerful storytelling through cinema and television to bring our stories to light.
The Sapphires (2012)
The Sapphires is one of the best Indigenous movies I have ever seen and tells a completely different story than what we are used to hearing.
Gail, Cynthia, Julie and Kay are four young Indigenous singers that are discovered by a talent agent who takes them from their remote Aboriginal town and drops them in the middle of the Vietnam War.
Obviously, they aren’t there to fight, but to entertain the U.S. troops.
While a musical movie may not be some people’s cup of tea, The Sapphires is a heartfelt and intense exploration of racial discrimination against Indigenous women (that still happens today).
It’s also got some really catchy songs.
A bonus is the film’s stellar cast with all my favs, Deborah Mailman, Jessica Mauboy, Shari Sebbens and Miranda Tapsell.
The Sapphires is currently streaming on Apple TV.
Total Control (2019-)
I know, I know, I’ve already included Total Control in one of my Gizmodo Movie Nights before, but I can’t help but add it on this one, too.
If you haven’t watched Total Control yet I strongly recommend that you do. It’s one of the best TV shows I’ve seen lately and showcases strong, staunch Blak women (which we love).
Alex Irving, an Indigenous woman, gets media attention after her heroic action. Her life then changes when the prime minister recruits her as a senator. Alex then starts to shake the entire political system down one step at a time.
A certain scenario that we don’t get to see play out in movies and TV shows, let alone our actual lives, is Indigenous people entering the Australian political system and taking over power.
Total Control is gripping in the way it explores how fragile the Australian Parliamentary system is and how it’s built against Indigenous people.
As I mentioned in the other Gizmodo Movie night, having a strong Indigenous woman turn the Australian political landscape on its head is something I want to see more of. Total Control is also a very accurate portrayal of Australian politics and how Indigenous and rural Australians are often forgotten and trodden on when it comes to policies.
Total Control is currently streaming on iView.
Cleverman (2016-2017)
Cleverman is probably one of the coolest Indigenous TV shows I have ever seen because it blends First Nations storytelling and Dreaming into the world of sci-fi.
Set in the (near) future, creatures from ancient mythology must live among humans and battle for survival in a world that wants to silence, exploit and destroy them. Sound familiar?
One thing I particularly love about Cleverman is that it showcases the power, might and strength of Indigenous people in a way that feels otherworldly.
Like the others, Cleverman has strong roots in Indigenous history and culture. It also explores the struggles of finding strength and comfort in your racial identity when it is at odds with the mainstream population.
I would also love to see more Indigenous characters in Marvel and those superheroes become just as popular as Thor or Spiderman.
Cleverman is currently streaming on Stan.
Preppers (2021)
Preppers isn’t as well known as other Indigenous TV shows but it deserves to be.
Written by legend and icon Nakkiah Lui with Gabriel Dowrick and directed by Steven McGregor, Preppers is one of the funniest shows I’ve seen.
Charlie, the only Indigenous person on an all-white TV morning show, finds herself at the centre of a mismatched community of doomsday preppers after she escapes the fallout of a personal catastrophic event.
My personal favourite part of this show is the self-help affirmations Charlie uses to deal with her crippling feelings of inadequacy. I relate heavily. Although this show is brilliantly hilarious and takes the piss out of everything in our society, it flips the racial powers on its head. What follows is an interesting engagement between the different types of people at the camp.
Preppers is currently streaming on iView.
Toomelah (2011)
It’s not very often you watch a movie that genuinely moves you and shifts your perspective. For me, and for many others, Toomelah did just that.
Ivan Sen, the writer and director, draws from his own life experiences living in a remote Aboriginal community.
Toomelah plays more like a documentary than it does a film, but I think that makes it more raw and captivating.
We follow Daniel, a ten-year-old boy who wishes to become a ‘gangster’ just like the town’s local drug dealer Linden. However, a turf war erupts which leaves Daniel all alone, figuring out what to do with his life.
Toomelah was actually an official selection at Cannes in 2011 and received a two-minute long standing ovation. Once you watch the movie, you’ll understand why.
It’s both heartwarming and heartbreaking and will leave you in silence long after it’s finished. To me, that’s the power of Indigenous story and truth-telling.
Toomelah is currently streaming on Netflix.
Charlie’s Country (2013)
Charlie’s Country is another Indigenous movie that will leave you questioning how you interact with the world.
By revealing the truth of the impacts of colonisation on Indigenous identity, Charlie’s Country is a deep exploration of the complicated relationship between current Australian society and Indigenous culture.
Charlie himself is an Indigenous man who lives in an extremely remote community in Arnhem Land who is struggling to reconcile living on Blak country under white, European laws.
It’s hard to convey the impact this film will have on you, so it’s best you watch it and understand how much colonisation has, and still is, impacting Indigenous communities.
Charlie’s Country is currently streaming on Netflix.
Gizmodo Movie Night is our fortnightly roundup of movie and TV recommendations for the weekend. If you’re ever stuck and looking for inspiration, check out our list and see what’s in store.
Stay tuned for the next edition of the column and check out our last one which was sequels that took way too long to get to us. | https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/07/indigenous-movies-tv-shows/ | 2022-07-08T03:54:09Z | https://www.gizmodo.com.au/2022/07/indigenous-movies-tv-shows/ | false | 1 |
Which outdoor ping-pong table is best?
Ping-pong matches can get intense, whether it’s in a competitive league or just for fun. Having a reliable table that can withstand many matches is crucial so you don’t need frequent replacements. While some people use any random table to play ping-pong, outdoor ping-pong tables can offer a variety of features that are specific to the activity.
Outdoor ping-pong tables also tend to be built for outdoor conditions. If you’re looking for a weather-resistant outdoor ping-pong table, the Joola Nova Outdoor Table Tennis Table with Waterproof Net Set is the top choice.
What to know before you buy an outdoor ping-pong table
Playing surface
Not all playing surfaces are built the same, especially when it comes to outdoor ping-pong tables. Most ping-pong tables are made out of wood; however, this material isn’t suitable for outdoor tables. Look for tables with an aluminum surface, as they tend to offer features such as UV resistance. Thickness is also important — the top of a ping-pong table should range from 12-25 millimeters thick. Anything thinner than 12 millimeters may not provide a good bounce when playing and can damage easily.
Assembly
Some outdoor ping-pong tables are easy to set up, but there are various models that require numerous steps, which can be difficult for some people. The manufacturer usually provides instructions with the table, but if you don’t want to do it yourself, you can always hire an assembly company to put the table together for you.
Playing space
The standard ping-pong table dimensions are 9 feet wide x 5 feet long x 2.5 feet high. It’s recommended to have at least 4 feet of extra space on either end of the table, and 3 feet of space on the sides. The extra space gives you the proper space to play the game, and the more space, the better. Ensure that you have enough space for the table to fit and to play with.
What to look for in a quality outdoor ping-pong table
Wheel locks
Some outdoor ping-pong tables don’t have wheels, and you should stay away from these models, as they’re more difficult to move around when needed. For models that have wheels, ensure that they have wheel locks to keep the table in place when it’s standing where you want it.
Weather resistance
Some type of weather-resistant design for an outdoor ping-pong table is a must. This means your table will fare well on sunny days with UV resistance and be able to withstand moisture with water resistance. Most aluminum tables have some amount of weather resistance.
Playback mode
Playback mode means you’re able to fold one side of the table upwards, allowing you to play ping-pong by yourself. It’s similar to if you were practicing tennis against a wall. Tables with playback mode are great if you have no one to play with or just want to improve your game.
How much you can expect to spend on an outdoor ping-pong table
For those on a small budget, you can find tables on the low end for $100-$450, but the legs and material of the table may not be reliable. You can find reliable mid-range tables that can be used for tournaments ranging from $450-$600, and if you want something that will last for years, high-end and luxury tables cost $600 and up.
Outdoor ping-pong table FAQ
Is there a difference between table tennis and ping-pong?
A. Table tennis and ping-pong are essentially the same things, except table tennis is played in competitive events and tournaments and abides by standard table tennis rules. Ping-pong is more of a friendly competition that can abide by table tennis rules as well, but the rules can be adjusted when playing with friends.
Can you sit at a ping-pong table?
A. Even if the table has a high enough weight capacity to hold you, you should never sit on a ping-pong table as you risk weakening the table and possibly damaging it.
What are the best outdoor ping-pong tables to buy?
Top outdoor ping-pong table
Joola Nova Outdoor Table Tennis Table with Waterproof Net Set
What you need to know: This weather-resistant table has a waterproof net that won’t slow down games when in wet conditions.
What you’ll love: The regulation tournament size allows you to play official tournaments. The locking wheels and safety hatch keep the table secure and stable.
What you should consider: It could be a few millimeters thicker.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top outdoor ping-pong table for the money
PRO SPIN Midsize Ping-Pong Table
What you need to know: With a lightweight build and easy assembly, this table is perfect when you want to bring it to a party.
What you’ll love: When folded, the top edge of the table has a handle so you can carry it with ease. The table comes with a set of ping-pong balls, paddles, and a table cover, so you’ll be ready to play as soon as you get it.
What you should consider: The table can become unstable after frequent use.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Stiga XTR Series Table Tennis Table
What you need to know: This table sets up quickly, as 95% of it is pre-assembled.
What you’ll love: Folding is easy with this table, and it also has a playback mode so you can practice. The aluminum top layer provides UV and weather resistance for outdoor conditions.
What you should consider: The edges can warp when exposed to significant moisture.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Nearly 200 people suspected of murders, sexual assaults and other serious crimes in Los Angeles are behind bars following a joint effort by police and U.S. Marshals to hunt down fugitives in 10 of the nation’s largest cities, officials said Thursday, July 7.
Operation North Star resulted in the total arrest of 192 men and women between June 1 and June 30 in Los Angeles, LAPD Chief Michel Moore said during a news conference Thursday afternoon at the department’s headquarters downtown.
Among them were 61 homicide suspects, 26 people wanted for sexual assault and two suspected of kidnapping.
“These arrests might not bring back what was taken,” Moore said. “But they offer some measure of comfort to the victims, some measure of comfort to their families and a sense of closure.”
Fugitives were found in all 11 subdivisions patrolled by the LAPD, and some had been on the lam anywhere between a period of several days to several months, Police Capt. Lillian Carranza said. Moore and David Singer, the head of the U.S. Marshal for the District of California, described many of those targeted by their operation as career criminals with the potential for more violence.
One of the cases involved a sexual assault in the San Fernando Valley on April 2, Carranza said. A man went into a home through an unlocked back door in an area patrolled by the LAPD’s Foothill Division, and assaulted a 13-year-old girl while her family was asleep.
Police and U.S. Marshals identified a 25-year-old Ontario man as a suspect, and took him into custody on June 28.
Another case involved the shooting of a California Highway Patrol officer who was conducting a traffic stop in Studio City at Laurel Canyon Boulevard, just south of the 101 Freeway, on June 13. A struggle broke out and the driver, later identified as 33-year-old Pejhmaun Iraj Khosroabadi, drew a gun and wounded the officer multiple times, authorities said.
Khosroabadi, a combat veteran who was reeling with depression at the time, according to his relatives, was found by police and marshals about 12 hours later in a homeless encampment. He has since been charged with attempted murder of a peace officer.
Authorities participating in the operation also seized 47 firearms in Los Angeles, Moore said. Several ghost guns, weapons assembled from parts that can be nearly impossible to trace, were among those that were taken off the streets.
A total of 89 agencies in Los Angeles as well as Washington D.C., New York City, New Orleans, Chicago, Philadelphia, Memphis, Houston, Indianapolis and Baltimore participated with U.S. Marshals in Operation North Star. Those communities were chosen in part because they have experienced notable increases in violent crime in recent years, Moore said.
Nationwide, about 1,400 arrests were made during the month-long joint effort, including 230 homicide suspects. And over 160 guns were seized. | https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/07/fugitive-roundup-61-homicide-suspects-among-nearly-200-people-arrested-in-los-angeles/ | 2022-07-08T04:05:11Z | https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/07/fugitive-roundup-61-homicide-suspects-among-nearly-200-people-arrested-in-los-angeles/ | true | 10 |
Hughes Replaces Nicholl As Ballymena Head Coach
Ballymena RFC have brought in Andy Hughes as their new head coach, with John Nicholl stepping down to concentrate on his new role at Ballymena Academy.
Hughes is highly regarded in Ulster rugby circles and brings with him over 10 years of Energia All-Ireland League coaching experience.
Formerly a player and then head coach at Dungannon RFC, he also had a stint in between at City of Armagh.
Ballymena’s director of rugby Jamie Smith commented: “We are delighted to welcome Andy to the club. I think this is a step in the right direction and brings a fresh approach to our set-up.
“We have worked hard in the past few seasons to build a certain culture at the club, and Andy fits the bill perfectly.”
Ballymena have plenty to build on after an encouraging 2021/22 campaign during which they finished fourth in the Division 2A table. They lost out to Queen’s University in the league play-offs.
With news that they have reportedly retained the vast majority of their first team squad, Hughes should be able benefit from that continuity, especially with Nicholl set to assist with coaching the backs.
Ulster prop Andy Warwick and Darrell O’Kane, an All-Ireland League winner with the Braidmen back in 2003, will continue to coach the forwards.
Ballymena’s 2nd XV will once again be coached Gareth Fisher, and they also welcome the return of Mike Stevenson. Stephen Shaw continues to coach the 3rd XV after a cup-winning season. | https://www.irishrugby.ie/2022/07/08/hughes-replaces-nicholl-as-ballymena-head-coach/ | 2022-07-08T04:09:53Z | https://www.irishrugby.ie/2022/07/08/hughes-replaces-nicholl-as-ballymena-head-coach/ | true | 1 |
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
6-7-9, FIREBALL: 2
(six, seven, nine; FIREBALL: two)
AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Thursday evening's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "Pick 3 Night" game were:
6-7-9, FIREBALL: 2
(six, seven, nine; FIREBALL: two) | https://www.manisteenews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17291661.php | 2022-07-08T04:11:52Z | https://www.manisteenews.com/lottery/article/Winning-numbers-drawn-in-Pick-3-Night-game-17291661.php | true | null |
Mass Shooting Stopped In Virginia
With all of the recent mass shootings, finally there is news of a similar incident that was caught in time, and prevented.Richmond, Virginia Police Chief Gerald Smith says investigators received an anonymous tip that a mass shooting was being planned.
Smith says the suspect intended to carry out his plan on the 4th of July, and it may have succeeded if not for a tip police received from an alert citizen.
A 52 year old non U.S. citizen was arrested, along with a 38 year old suspect officers had been watching.
2 rifles and a pistol were confiscated along with 200 rounds of ammunition.
– Tony Lee | https://www.knzr.com/mass-shooting-stopped-in-virginia/ | 2022-07-08T04:12:20Z | https://www.knzr.com/mass-shooting-stopped-in-virginia/ | false | null |
The ‘Godmother of Soul’ Patti LaBelle is now expanding her food brand vision from pleasing appetites on thanksgiving day with her infamous pies to now delivering an easier breakfast option with her new mini pancake sandwiches.
During the 2022 ESSENCE Festival of Culture, the 78-year-old singer, actress, and entrepreneur introduced some of her Patti’s Good Life delectables to taste and preview. Her newest offerings boasts a whole meaning to breakfast time including her frozen southern buttermilk mini pancakes and mini pancake sandwiches stuffed with PB&J or chocolate hazelnut.
The new items are sold in Walmarts and Targets all over the country.
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Inspired by her grandchildren, who loves breakfast, LaBelle’s new pancakes offers an easier and quicker option to feed any busy family. They can be heated up in the microwave, and indulged in the comfort of one’s home or even on the go.
LaBelle also brought her brand’s upcoming additions to the convention center. From syrup to pancake and waffle mix, Patti’s Good Life is celebrating all good things with delicious meals. As a diabetic, LaBelle will also be offering sugar-free syrup.
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Back in 2021, the “Lady Marmalade” singer opened up about her diabetes story to advocate for improved access to diabetes care, BLACK ENTERPRISE previously reported. She gave a compelling virtual testimony to Congress about being diagnosed with Type 2 after passing out on stage more than two decades ago.
“I was scared because my mother had amputations, my aunt lost her eyesight, and so many of my family members dealt with diabetes but they didn’t have the provisions that I have today to make diabetes livable.”
The Pattie’s Sweet Potato Pies creator has made it her business to help spread awareness and improve healthcare services for people battling diabetes amid her foodie entrepreneurial ventures. | https://www.blackenterprise.com/patti-labelle-expands-her-pattis-good-life-offerings-from-pies-to-easier-breakfast-options/ | 2022-07-08T04:20:51Z | https://www.blackenterprise.com/patti-labelle-expands-her-pattis-good-life-offerings-from-pies-to-easier-breakfast-options/ | false | 1 |
Cops hit a stone wall after they track IP addresses and app back ends to Chinese cities as 11-state investigation enters rough waters
In some cases, scammers used broadband services in Nepal and Bangladesh to activate WhatsApp numbers. Representation pic
The investigation into the loan app case following the arrest of five men by the Maharashtra cybercops appears to have hit the dead end with the emergence of Chinese links. Maharashtra Cyber, the nodal agency for cyber security and cybercrime investigation in the state, has found that one of the Gmail IDs used to upload the Handy Loan app on Google Play Store was activated from China.
The cyber police have also found that the WhatsApp numbers used to harass borrowers of the Handy Loan app were active in at least 11 states other than Karnataka from where the five accused were arrested last month. The action followed a series of reports by mid-day that highlighted the harassment of borrowers with their morphed pictures.
Also read: Two more loan app cases with Nepal link come to the fore
The arrested recovery agents last month. File pic
Sources in Maharashtra Cyber said the agency has tracked the IP address of the Handy Loan app to China. “There are two email IDs which were used to activate the Handy Loan app and one belongs to China,” said an officer of Maharashtra Cyber.
The investigation has shown that the kingpins behind the digital lending scam used broadband connections in Nepal and Bangladesh to activate multiple WhatsApp numbers, which were then used to harass and threaten borrowers. “This is basically their tactics to dodge law enforcement agencies and delay the investigation if any case has been registered,” said the officer.
Earlier, mid-day had visited the office of Oasis Broadband in Kathmandu whose services had been used to activate a few WhatsApp numbers by the loan sharks. However, the company staff refused to share the details of the owners of the WiFi routers involved in the racket.
A Maharashtra Cyber officer said the criminals behind several digital lending apps use fake addresses to register their products. In the case of Handy Loan, Maharashtra cybercops visited Gujarat to check the address given on the app but it turned out to be fake.
Too many layers to peel
The police have come across layers of conduits to move the ill-gotten money coughed up by borrowers to its final destination, which in some cases is China.
Recovery agents of mobile loan apps often morph borrowers’ pics to blackmail them. Representation pic
“The UPI payments were in multiple layers such as the first account in which the payment was received belonged to Karnataka and then the money was transferred to accounts in Uttar Pradesh before being sent to another account in Mumbai. We are verifying all the details but it takes time to get a response from the banks concerned and the fraudsters are taking advantage of these procedural bottlenecks,” added the officer.
The police said unravelling the money trail is crucial as that will help them establish the larger conspiracy. The Enforcement Directorate which has also investigated a few cases under the money laundering legislation has Chinese links. “If the money trail also confirms the involvement of China, we will surely intimate ED to probe money laundering in this case as well.”
Considering that some of the WhatsApp numbers used by the accused were earlier with people in at least 11 states—reflected in the national cyber portal—Maharashtra Cyber has also alerted authorities in these states, including Punjab, Telangana, Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh, Bihar, Delhi and Haryana.
A screenshot of the Handy Loan app on Play Store. Its Gujarat address was found to be fake
Working on the inputs by Maharashtra cyber, the Pune rural police recently took custody of the five arrested men for their alleged role in a similar case registered with the Lonavala and Daund police. “We took their custody for making harassment calls and morphing pictures of loan borrowers,” said an officer from Pune rural police.
Five tracked so far
The Maharashtra cyber last month arrested five youth, including an MBA, from Karnataka for allegedly making harassment calls and morphing pictures of loan borrowers on behalf of the Handy Loan app. All five have told the court that they simply made reminder calls based on the information shared by their employer. “All are well qualified and belong to good families. They were jobless and were working from home, one of them was arrested a day after he joined,” their lawyer Advocate Rajesh Khobragade had told a city court.
Khobragade said that the main accused in the case who harass borrowers are still at large.
“Now, other police are also taking their custody based on the cases registered against the Handy Loan app. So far, Lonavala and Daund police have taken their custody and the court has already granted bail to them after giving sufficient time to interrogate,” said Khobragade.
The accused are lodged at Arthur road jail. “All are now in judicial custody and lodged again at Arthur road jail and I am hearing that other police is also going to take their custody,” said Khobragade. | https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-cybercops-track-ip-address-of-handy-loan-app-to-china-23234875 | 2022-07-08T04:25:37Z | https://www.mid-day.com/mumbai/mumbai-news/article/maharashtra-cybercops-track-ip-address-of-handy-loan-app-to-china-23234875 | true | 1 |
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The only abortion clinic is the US state of Mississippi has shut down as a "trigger law" has come into force following the Supreme Court's decision to overturn the the landmark Roe v. Wade decision that safeguarded women's reproductive rights.
In Mississippi, the state ban that has been triggered prohibits abortions at any point of a pregnancy, forcing the Jackson Women's Health to stop giving the procedure, the BBC reported.
On Wednesday, its last day of operations, pro-choice and anti-abortion clashed outside the clinic as it sought to see as many patients as possible before ending its services.
"It was crazy busy, for obvious reasons," Cheryl Hamlin, who worked at the clinic, told the BBC.
"It was definitely a full day, and it was emotional on the way out. Today is a little bit surreal. I don't even know how I'm feeling right now," she said.
The Mississippi "trigger law" was passed in 2007 and written to go into effect ten days after a Supreme Court reversal of Roe v Wade.
The law carries penalties of up to 10 years in prison for violations, and provides exceptions only in cases of danger to the life of the mother or rape that has been reported to law enforcement.
The law was due to come into effect on Thursday, after a last-minute effort to block it failed.
Some 13 states, primarily in the south and mid-west, had similar laws designed to come into effect after Roe v. Wade was overturned last month.
At least nine states have instituted a near-total ban, with the only exception being danger to the life of the mother.
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Fairness, transparency key to success of public-private partnerships: conference
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Bồ Xuân Hiệp
HCM CITY — Fairness, transparency and flexibility are among the decisive factors to win investors’ trust in the public-private partnership model, a conference heard in HCM City yesterday.
Leif D. Schneider, vice chairman of the European Chamber of Commerce in Việt Nam’s legal sector committee, said: “Rapid changes in laws such as the Investment Law, Land Law, Enterprise Law, and PPP Law create uncertainties about the legal conditions for foreign investment.
“Uncertainty and unpredictability are the natural enemies of PPP.”
There are certain minimum standards that must be guaranteed by the Government to lower risks and costs for foreign investors, he said.
It is vital to be flexible about the contents and terms, and conditions of PPP agreements because rigid contract templates discourage investors, he said.
“Transparent bidding procedures are also needed to foster investor trust.”
Risk-sharing mechanism
Other experts said the lack of a “comprehensive risk-sharing mechanism” would reduce the attractiveness of PPP transactions in Việt Nam despite the huge potential for growth as the country ramps up efforts to build modern infrastructure.
It is important to develop a mechanism which would harmonise the benefits of the Government, investors and users to create favourable conditions and trust to attract investors and credit institutions to PPP projects, they said.
Lê Nết, an arbitrator at the Việt Nam International Arbitration Centre in HCM City, said the risks in PPP projects must be equally shared between the Government, investors and banks.
“Risks must go together with benefits.”
Risks could occur in any aspect of a PPP project like budget, resources, processes, and technology, he said.
Other participants said it is important to ensure fairness between the State and investors.
Trương Trọng Nghĩa, another arbitrator at the Việt Nam International Arbitration Centre, said Việt Nam spends up to 5.7 per cent of its GDP on infrastructure, the highest in Southeast Asia.
The country needs to attract private investment to help narrow the gap in infrastructure with other countries, he added.
Vũ Quỳnh Lê, deputy director of the Ministry of Planning and Investment’s Public Procurement Agency, said the 2021 Law on PPP provides a legal framework for all PPP projects.
It is expected to help resolve investors’ concerns and contribute to a trusting relationship between the Government and investors, and address major problems faced by infrastructure projects such as slow progress, cost overruns and poor quality, she said.
Experts called for a comprehensive review of the law and detailed guidelines in the meantime to regulate the relationship between Government agencies and private investors.
Huge investments needed
The Asian Development Bank (ADB) has estimated Việt Nam would need US$480 billion worth of investment in infrastructure by 2030.
In 2021-25 the Government plans 157 projects including in transport infrastructure, industrial parks and economic zones, energy, IT, waste and wastewater treatment, education, health, manufacturing, and services.
Of them, 34 are transport projects, 23 of them under the PPP model.
By 2050 Việt Nam is expected to have 9,014km of national highways and 29,795km of national roads, according to the Directorate for Roads of Việt Nam.
By 2025 the country would need VNĐ390 trillion of which the Government would be able to provide only VNĐ250 trillion, and the rest has to be mobilised from the private sector.
The meeting was organised by the HCM City Investment and Trade Promotion Centre and the Vietnam International Arbitration Centre. — VNS | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/580311006/fairness-transparency-key-to-success-of-public-private-partnerships-conference | 2022-07-08T04:33:01Z | https://www.einpresswire.com/article/580311006/fairness-transparency-key-to-success-of-public-private-partnerships-conference | false | 1 |
PHOENIX (AP) — Diana Taurasi and Sophie Cunningham each scored 23 points and the Phoenix Mercury beat the New York Liberty 84-81 on Thursday night.
Skylar Diggins-Smith hit four free throws in the final 22.6 seconds for Phoenix (10-14). Diggins-Smith finished with 13 points and nine assists, and Shey Peddy had 13 points and four steals.
The Mercury never trailed.
Sabrina Ionescu led New York (9-13) with 22 points and 10 rebounds. Natasha Howard and Stefanie Dolson each scored 16 points.
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MONTREAL (AP)Juraj Slafkovsky waited and wondered if the Montreal Canadiens would take him with the first pick in the NHL draft.
When the moment came, he didn’t even hear general manager Kent Hughes call his name. Shock overwhelmed the big, charismatic winger as soon as he heard Hughes say, ”From the Slovakian national team.
”I didn’t even listen anymore,” he said. ”I was like shaking and I had goosebumps.”
Months after leading Slovakia to its first Olympic gold medal and being named tournament MVP, Slafkovsky made more history by becoming the first player from the country to be taken No. 1. Minutes later, countryman and Beijing Games teammate Simon Nemec went second to the New Jersey Devils.
Slafkovsky and Nemec became the highest-drafted players from Slovakia, 22 years after Marian Gaborik went third to Minnesota in 2000.
”I lost the words,” Nemec said. ”We were kids when we dream about NHL draft.”
Nemec was all smiles later when he and Slafkovsky embraced Filip Mesar, the third Slovak taken in the first round, also by Montreal at No. 27. It’s the first time Slovakia has had three players taken in the the first round, which also matched a record with 16 prospects born outside of North America being selected.
The crowd at Bell Centre was fired up for the league’s first in-person draft since 2019, booing Commissioner Gary Bettman each time he stepped up to the microphone – until he said he had a trade to announce. There were some oohs and ahhs when Shane Wright, long projected to be the top pick in this draft even before the Canadiens won the draft lottery, was not taken in the top three.
The Arizona Coyotes made forward Logan Cooley the highest-drafted player from Pittsburgh when they took him third. Wright’s fall, reminiscent of Seth Jones in 2013 – the last draft with this level of uncertainty about the top pick – ended when the Seattle Kraken took him fourth.
Wright said he’d have a chip on his shoulder and play with ”a little more fire” after getting passed over by three teams at the top of the draft.
The Canadiens kept everyone guessing in saying they were considering Slafkovsky, Wright and Cooley before the draft. And after answering that question by choosing the 6-foot-4 winger, Montreal made another splash by completing a trade.
The Canadiens traded defenseman Alexander Romanov to the New York Islanders for the 13th pick and moved that selection and the 66th to the Chicago Blackhawks for young forward Kirby Dach.
It was the second dismantling move made Thursday by the Blackhawks, who also traded high-scoring winger Alex DeBrincat to the Ottawa Senators for three picks.
Slafkovsky, who has drawn comparisons to late Hockey Hall of Famer Clark Gillies and plays a bit like a young Jaromir Jagr, said he told the Canadiens on Thursday morning to take him. Confident as that sounded, Slafkovsky acknowledged he didn’t expect it to actually happen.
”It was a really big surprise for me,” Slafkovsky said. ”We had meetings but we don’t get to know almost anything from that meeting. I still could just guess when I was waiting for this. But now it’s reality.”
Slafkovsky, who turned 18 in March, is among the most NHL-ready players in the draft after playing against grown men in Finland this past season and impressing at the Olympics with seven goals in seven games. The youngest player in the tournament was the biggest reason Slovakia won an Olympic bronze medal for the first time.
Chuck Fletcher, whose Philadelphia Flyers picked forward Cutter Gauthier fifth, said Wednesday he expected a lot of trades at the draft. Other GMs around the league didn’t want for the draft to begin to start dealing.
The Stanley Cup champion Colorado Avalanche got things started by acquiring goaltender Alexandar Georgiev from the New York Rangers for a third- and a fifth-round pick in this draft and a third-rounder next year. Then Chicago sent DeBrincat to Ottawa for the seventh and 39th picks and a third-rounder in 2024.
Bettman opened the draft in French by saying, ”Bon soir, Montreal.” When fans booed him as is tradition, he said: ”Thank you for that welcome. It is a return to normalcy.”
It’s also the first time the host team picked first since the Toronto Maple Leafs in 1985 when they got Wendell Clark. The Leafs got the loudest boos during roll call, with some in the crowd chanting, ”’67!” in reference to the last year Toronto won the Stanley Cup.
Recent deaths in hockey were also recognized before the Canadiens went on the clock. Bettman asked those on the draft floor and in the stands to hold a moment of silence for retired defenseman Bryan Marchment, who died at age 53 Wednesday in Montreal where he was attending the draft as a scout for the San Jose Sharks.
Children of late Hall of Famers Guy Lafleur and Mike Bossy also addressed the crowd, along with Canadiens coach Martin St. Louis, who was serenaded by chants of ”Ole! Ole! Ole!” Famously undrafted before having a Hall of Fame career, St. Louis joked: ”It took me 45 years to finally be at my first draft. It was worth the wait.”
The opposite pressure now belongs to Slafkovsky, who could soon play alongside top Montreal forwards Nick Suzuki and Cole Caufield. That could be the plan for Hughes and St. Louis, who did their homework on Slafkovsky before picking him.
”They knew me pretty well,” he said. ”They knew almost everything, how I play, what I do where on the ice, so I think it’s a really good organization and the important thing is they know what they want and I know what I want. It’s just good for me that they picked me.”
Rounds 2-7 are Friday.
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Monster, Keep Your Head Up and Breaking News all featured on the posthumous 2010 compilation album Michael.
They have since been the subject of a court case brought by a fan, who claims the vocals are by a session singer.
Sony Music and Jackson's estate said their removal from streaming sites had nothing to do with their authenticity.
In a statement, they described the action as "the simplest and best way to move beyond the conversation associated with these tracks once and for all".
The continued: "The focus remains where it belongs - on the exciting new and existing projects celebrating Michael Jackson's legacy", including the Broadway musical MJ and a recently-announced biopic.
"The album's remaining tracks remain available," the statement concluded. "Nothing should be read into this action concerning the authenticity of the tracks - it is just time to move beyond the distraction surrounding them." | https://www.looptonga.com/entertainment/three-contested-michael-jackson-songs-removed-streaming-services-114073 | 2022-07-08T04:48:16Z | https://www.looptonga.com/entertainment/three-contested-michael-jackson-songs-removed-streaming-services-114073 | true | 4 |
Facing pressure, Biden to sign order on abortion access
WASHINGTON (AP) — President Joe Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, according to three people familiar with the matter, as he faces mounting pressure from Democrats to be more forceful on the subject after the Supreme Court ended a constitutional right to the procedure two weeks ago.
Biden will speak Friday morning “on protecting access to reproductive health care services,” the sources said. The actions he was expected to outline are intended to try to mitigate some potential penalties women seeking abortion may face after the ruling, but are limited in their ability to safeguard access to abortion nationwide. Biden is expected to formalize instructions to the Departments of Justice and Health and Human Services to push back on efforts to limit the ability of women to access federally approved abortion medication or to travel across state lines to access clinical abortion services. The people spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss Biden’s actions before they were officially announced.
Biden’s executive order will also direct agencies to work to educate medical providers and insurers about how and when they are required to share privileged patient information with authorities — an effort to protect women who seek or utilize abortion services. He will also ask the Federal Trade Commission to take steps to protect the privacy of those seeking information about reproductive care online.
The order, coming two weeks after the high court’s June 24 ruling that ended the nationwide right to abortion and left it to states to determine whether or how to allow the procedure, comes as Biden has faced criticism from some in his own party for not acting with more urgency to protect women’s access to abortion. The decision in the case known as Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization overturned the court’s landmark 1973 Roe v. Wade ruling.
Since the ruling, Biden has stressed that his ability to protect abortion rights by executive action is limited without congressional action.
“Ultimately, Congress is going to have to act to codify Roe into federal law,” Biden said last week during a virtual meeting with Democratic governors.
The tasking to the Justice Department and HHS is expected to push the agencies to fight in court to protect women, but it conveys no guarantees that the judicial system will take their side against potential prosecution by states that have moved to outlaw abortion.
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Calif. Got 'Short Shrift' In Nazi Art Theft Suit, 9th Circ. Told
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“Stranger Things” fans won’t have to leave the Upside Down any time soon.
A live-action spinoff series and a “Stranger Things” stage play are both in development, Netflix announced.
Few details about either project were included in the announcement, which says the spinoff show will be “based on an original idea” by franchise creators Ross and Matt Duffer.
The stage play, too, will be set “within the world and mythology” of “Stranger Things,” Netflix said.
Netflix debuted the first seven episodes of “Stranger Things” Season 4 in May, and released the season’s final two episodes last week.
A fifth and final season of the popular supernatural show has been picked up by the streaming service but doesn’t have a release date yet.
The 1980s-set series centers on strange phenomena that wreak havoc in the Hawkins, Ind., after portals to an alternate dimension are opened.
The Duffer Brothers previously teased in February that there are “many more exciting stories to tell within the world of Stranger Things” beyond the main series. | https://www.nny360.com/artsandlife/artsandentertainment/stranger-things-spinoff-series-stage-play-in-the-works/article_ddc1bbb7-c45a-5342-aa24-8eb8edf207eb.html | 2022-07-08T05:04:29Z | https://www.nny360.com/artsandlife/artsandentertainment/stranger-things-spinoff-series-stage-play-in-the-works/article_ddc1bbb7-c45a-5342-aa24-8eb8edf207eb.html | false | 2 |
Zhou Guanyu said he does not know he survived his horrendous opening-corner accident at the British Grand Prix.
The Chinese rookie ended up wedged between a steel barrier and metal catch fencing after he was flipped upside down and out of control at 160mph.
Zhou, 23, has been given the all-clear to take part in this weekend’s Austrian Grand Prix in Spielberg – a week after he emerged unscathed from one of the biggest crashes in recent Formula One memory.
“When I was rolling on the ground I knew I’d be facing a massive impact because the car wasn’t stopping,” said Zhou, speaking for the first time since his extraordinary smash at Silverstone.
“I was trying to get myself in a position that was as safe as possible, just waiting for the last impact.
“Once I stopped, I didn’t know where I was because I was upside down and the next thing I felt was leaking. I wasn’t sure if I was my body or the car.
“I was stuck. I had to hold my head because it was leaning against the left-hand side, and I was more worried about if the engine caught on fire.
“I tried to switch the engine off. I knew if the fire started it would be difficult to get out. It did not hurt but the liquid was very cold on my left-hand side. I didn’t know if it was blood or if I had no feeling.
“I don’t think it can get much bigger. Nothing was going through my mind. I don’t know how I survived. Looking back, the Halo obviously saved me.”
Following Sunday’s round at the Red Bull Ring, there are two further races in France and Hungary before the sport’s August shutdown.
“I was quite happy to have a back-to-back race because if we’d have had the summer break after that it would have been terrible,” he said.
“You’d have been repeating the crash again and again, even though you’d be trying to avoid it.”
The Halo – a three-pronged titanium safety device which sits above the driver’s head – became mandatory in 2018 and has been credited with saving as many as four lives.
Lewis Hamilton avoided grave injury when Max Verstappen’s Red Bull sat on top of his Mercedes at last year’s race in Monza.
The seven-time world champion said: “The Halo saved my life last year and several drivers’ lives.
“While we were not initially supportive of it because of how it looked, we were told that it provides a 17 per cent improvement on safety, and you can’t argue with that.
“There are still areas to improve – a car getting stuck behind a barrier, and a driver getting stuck, is something we’ve got to make sure doesn’t happen again.
“But it is a reminder to all those that are watching that it is a dangerous sport. We take real risks out there at crazy speed, and that shouldn’t be taken for granted.” | https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/sport/4514236/zhou-guanyu-admits-he-does-not-know-how-he-survived-british-gp-accident/ | 2022-07-08T05:06:57Z | https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/sport/4514236/zhou-guanyu-admits-he-does-not-know-how-he-survived-british-gp-accident/ | true | 12 |
ONE swiss bank SA - H1 2022 financial results - Profit warning
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Ad hoc announcement pursuant to Article 53 of SIX Exchange Regulation Listing Rules
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Profit Warning – Expected financial results as of 30 June 2022
ONE swiss bank (ONE) announces that it is likely to report positive earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) and an improved net result for the period ending on 30 June 2022 compared to the period ending on 30 June 2021 (EBITDA of CHF-144 thousand / net results of CHF -2.78 million). As a consequence, ONE shall strengthen its regulatory equity.
Financial results as of 30 June 2022 will be published on 13 July 2022 instead of 28 July 2022 as previously announced, after approval by the Board of Directors.
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A Leeds greengrocer has grown sick and tired of street drinkers snatching his fruit and running away with it.
Scowling beneath the glare of the sun as it shone down on his fruit and vegetable stall in Harehills Lane, Ahmed Ali held up two bowls of his most prized products, the apples – which thieves keep running away with. Bananas are also victim to hands of peckish thieves, adds the father-of-three.
The 42-year-old, the eponymous owner of Ahmed Fruit and Veg, spoke of how “sad and broken down” it made him feel when it happens. Often they’ll jeer and swear at him once they’ve pinched the fruit, swaggering away across the lane.
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Ahmed doesn’t want to chase after the thieves or get in a fight for the sake of “20p” but he wants them to reflect on their actions and better themselves.
Harehills Lane has been plagued with street drinkers treating it as a “holiday resort,” say West Yorkshire Police. Drinkers have been known to travel from as far as Morley to drink in the busy neighbourhood due to the high amount of off-licenses available.
Heightened powers have been granted to the police to crack down on street-drinkers and off-licenses in the neighbourhood but the antisocial behaviour is still present, say residents.
Ahmed said: “They’ve stolen fruit, there’s fighting and swearing. They’ve stolen apples and bananas, they’ll take it and run away. We don’t want this situation. Sometimes when we tell them to put it back, they swear at us and use very bad language.
“It makes me feel and sad, it breaks me down sometimes. They need to look after themselves, they need to be like that. They have to change their life, so their life is not only drink.
“I don’t want to fight them for 20p, I don’t want to make a scene. We tell them ‘Don’t do it!’ and they’re swearing. They don’t have any education or something. You have to respect yourself and other people.”
Ahmed said the street drinkers have only ever stolen single pieces of fruit, rather than a whole bunch of bananas or a bundle of apples. Plus, he says the street-drinking situation has much improved since police began to crack down more severely on the anti-social behaviour in the area.
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After a turbulent start to the 2022 season, Novak Djokovic is just one victory away from claiming his first, and perhaps only, major title of the year at Wimbledon.
With his status for the US Open still in doubt due to pandemic-related restrictions for entry into the United States and having had a disappointing result -- by his standards anyway -- at the French Open with a loss in the quarterfinals, the success of Djokovic's season might very well hinge upon how he fares in the final after his TKTKTK performance against Cameron Norrie in the semifinals on Friday.
For much of the early part of the year, it was uncertain how much he would be able to play due to his very public unvaccinated status. Djokovic, 35, arrived at the Australian Open in January and quickly found himself at the center of a global media storm and legal battle. Ultimately, his visa was revoked by the Australian government and he was deported before play got underway. He then watched as the Grand Slam title record was broken by Rafael Nadal in Melbourne, and in February, he was temporarily supplanted atop the rankings by Daniil Medvedev.
Prior to April, Djokovic had played in just one tournament (a quarterfinal run in Dubai). But he was able to play in four tournaments during the European clay-court swing leading into the French Open, and won his first title of the year in Rome. Because he was ultimately unable to defend his title in Paris, he fell again in the rankings -- this time to No. 3. Djokovic opted to skip the grass events leading into Wimbledon, but has been in mostly prime form throughout his time at the All England Club thus far.
No matter what happens on Sunday, Djokovic will drop to No. 7 in the rankings following Wimbledon due to the ATP not awarding points to the tournament as a result of the ban of Russian and Belarusian players. But that ranking slide would undoubtedly be easier for Djokovic to accept were he to win his fourth straight Wimbledon title and 21st major trophy.
So how exactly did we get here? Here is a refresher on everything that has led up to the present situation for Djokovic.
July 5, 2022: Djokovic advances to semifinal at All England Club
Djokovic lost the first two sets to Jannik Sinner in his Wimbledon quarterfinal match, before finding a way to rally for the 5-7, 2-6, 6-3, 6-2, 6-2 victory on Centre Court.
"I always believed that I could turn the match around," Djokovic said at its conclusion. The win clinched his 11th semifinal berth at the All England Club and set up the clash with Norrie.
This is how champions play 💫
— Wimbledon (@Wimbledon) July 5, 2022
Over to you, @DjokerNole... #Wimbledon | #CentreCourt100 pic.twitter.com/fn5KXfpxUo
May 31, 2022: Djokovic falls to Nadal at Roland Garros
After having not dropped a set en route to the quarterfinals at the French Open, Djokovic fell short in a late-night clash that lasted over four hours with Nadal. It was a revenge match from 2021 in which Djokovic defeated Nadal at the tournament in the semifinals and went on to win the Roland Garros title. "To win against Novak, there is only one way," Nadal said after the match. "It's to play at your best since the first point 'til the last, no? Tonight has been one of these magic nights for me. Unexpected level."
Nadal ultimately hoisted the trophy for his 22nd major title, extending his lead over Djokovic and Federer, who remain at 20. Djokovic's ranking fell to No. 3 at the end of the tournament, behind Medvedev and Alexander Zverev.
May 15, 2022: Djokovic wins his first title of 2022 at the Italian Open
Djokovic proved he had rediscovered his form on clay with a dominant performance in Rome, defeating top-10 players Casper Ruud and Felix Auger-Aliassime on his way to the final. He held off then-No. 5 Stefanos Tsitsipas 6-0, 7-6 (5) in a rematch of the 2021 French Open title match.
Djokovic. Is. BACK 🙌@DjokerNole | @InteBNLdItalia | #IBI22 pic.twitter.com/HSSHQ4gh4l
— ATP Tour (@atptour) May 15, 2022
Djokovic didn't drop a set throughout the week. He later told reporters he was happy about his clay preparation leading into the year's second major.
"I could not ask for a better lead-up to Roland Garros really," Djokovic said. "Serbian Open finals, really working my way through the tournament physically. Then Madrid, better performances, but still maybe not as sharp in those decisive moments. And here everything kind of came together and clicked.
"I'm going to Paris with definitely confidence and good feelings about my chances there."
His semifinal victory over Ruud marked his 1,000th career victory on tour.
April 24, 2022: Djokovic reaches his first final of the year
Playing in front of an adoring crowd in his hometown of Belgrade at the Serbia Open, Djokovic advanced to his first final since the Paris Masters in November. Djokovic lost the opening set in all three of his victories en route to the title match. He did that again in the final but, despite forcing a decider and having the distinct home-court advantage, Djokovic appeared to have nothing left in the final set and lost to Andrey Rublev, 6-2, 6-7 (4), 6-0.
April 12, 2022: Djokovic makes his return to competition
Playing in his first tournament since Dubai in February and in just his second event of the year, Djokovic lost in three sets in his opener at Monte Carlo to Alejandro Davidovich Fokina, then-ranked No. 46 in the world. Djokovic later told reporters he "ran out of gas completely" by the third set.
"I was just physically, completely -- I collapsed. You know, I couldn't move anymore. ... Obviously disappointing to lose a match and to feel this way on the court.
"But again, I'm not gonna stop here. I'm going to keep going and hopefully build my form for Roland Garros. You know, that's the big goal of the clay season."
March 21, 2022: Djokovic reclaims the No. 1 ranking
Despite not being able to play at Indian Wells, Djokovic took back the world's top ranking following Medvedev's third-round loss to Gael Monfils at the tournament.
Medvedev's reign atop the rankings lasted just three weeks. "Is it better to be No. 1 for let's say one week in your life or never touch it? You know, I think it's still better to at least touch it," Medvedev said after the loss to Monfils.
March 9, 2022: Djokovic announces he is out of BNP Paribas Open and Miami Open
Djokovic tweeted that he would not be playing in Indian Wells or in Miami due to the vaccine regulations in place required for entrance to the United States:
While I was automatically listed in the @BNPPARIBASOPEN and @MiamiOpen draw I knew it would be unlikely I'd be able to travel. The CDC has confirmed that regulations won't be changing so I won't be able to play in the US. Good luck to those playing in these great tournaments 👊
— Novak Djokovic (@DjokerNole) March 9, 2022
Both tournaments released statements following Djokovic's announcement. "We understood from the beginning that Novak's participation at the Miami Open was determinant on his entry into the United States, which we knew would be a long shot," said James Blake, tournament director of the Miami Open.
March 1, 2022: Djokovic reveals he is no longer working with longtime coach
In a post on his website, Djokovic announced he and Marian Vajda had "agreed to end their partnership" after 15 years and 20 major titles together. Djokovic said the decision was made after the 2021 ATP Finals in November.
"Marian has been by my side during the most important and memorable moments in my career," Djokovic said in the statement. "Together we have achieved some incredible things and I am very grateful for his friendship and dedication over the last 15 years. While he might be leaving the professional team he will always be family and I can't thank him enough for all he has done."
Djokovic later shared a similar message on his Instagram account.
Feb 28, 2022: Djokovic falls to No. 2 in ATP rankings
Djokovic was replaced by Daniil Medvedev after his quarterfinal loss in the Dubai Championships. His latest stay in the top spot began on Feb. 3, 2020, and Djokovic's total of 361 weeks there are the most for any man since the tour's computerized rankings began in 1973.
Feb. 21, 2022: Djokovic wins his first match of the year
Djokovic defeated Lorenzo Musetti 6-3, 6-3 to open the Dubai Championships. "I have to be satisfied with my tennis, especially after not playing for two and a half, three months," Djokovic said on court. "Of course, there were moments when I played great, there were moments when I made a couple of unforced errors in a row uncharacteristically. But it's normal to expect that [in my] first match after a while."
Three days later, he loses 6-4, 7-6 (4) to Czech qualifier Jiri Vesely in the quarterfinals.
Feb 15, 2022: Djokovic says he will opt out of future Grand Slams with vaccine mandates
In his first interview after being deported from Australia, Djokovic reiterated his stance on not getting vaccinated against COVID-19 and said he would opt out of playing in future majors that would require him getting inoculated. "Yes, that is the price that I'm willing to pay," he told the BBC.
Jan. 16, 2022: Djokovic loses appeal, out of Australian Open
Three Federal Court judges upheld a decision made earlier by the immigration minister to cancel the 34-year-old Serb's visa on public interest grounds.
Jan. 6, 2022: Djokovic denied entry into Australia; visa canceled
After being detained for about eight hours at the airport upon arrival, the 20-time major winner is denied entry to the country and his visa is canceled. The Australian Border Force says Djokovic failed to meet entry requirements. Health Minister Greg Hunt says the visa cancellation followed a review of Djokovic's medical exemption -- which was expected to shield him from the strict COVID-19 vaccination regulations in place -- by border officials who looked "at the integrity and the evidence behind it."
Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison tweets: "Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders.''
Mr Djokovic's visa has been cancelled. Rules are rules, especially when it comes to our borders. No one is above these rules. Our strong border policies have been critical to Australia having one of the lowest death rates in the world from COVID, we are continuing to be vigilant.
— Scott Morrison (@ScottMorrisonMP) January 5, 2022
The tennis star is brought to a hotel used to house immigration detainees in Carlton, an inner-northern suburb of Melbourne, where he remains for four nights. Fans gather in protest outside the hotel.
Djokovic's wife, Jelena, takes to Twitter to share her thoughts on the situation.
Thank you dear people, all around the world for using your voice to send love to my husband. I am taking a deep breath to calm down and find gratitude (and understanding) in this moment for all that is happening. 🙏
— Jelena Djokovic (@jelenadjokovic) January 7, 2022
Jan. 4, 2022: Djokovic announces he is heading Down Under with medical exemption
Djokovic reveals he will compete at the tennis season's opening Grand Slam event after receiving a medical exemption from getting vaccinated against COVID-19. He posts a photo of himself at an airport on Instagram with a caption that reads, in part: "I'm heading Down Under with an exemption permission." Tennis Australia follows with a statement confirming Djokovic is on his way to the country with a medical exemption that has been "granted following a rigorous review process involving two separate independent panels of medical experts."
Neither Djokovic nor Tennis Australia reveals the basis for his exemption. Australian Open tournament director Craig Tiley says a "handful" of exemptions had been granted out of 26 applications from players or others.
Dec. 29, 2021: Djokovic pulls out of ATP Cup
Days before the competition is due to begin in Sydney, Djokovic withdraws from Serbia's team for the ATP Cup. No reason is given.
"Novak Djokovic has officially withdrawn from the ATP Cup in Sydney, we have no update as yet on his plans for the Australian Open," a Tennis Australia spokeswoman said in an emailed statement.
Dec. 22, 2021: Djokovic tests negative
According to court documents, Djokovic tests negative for COVID-19 in Serbia.
Dec. 18, 2021: Djokovic does interview and photo shoot for L'Equipe
Knowing he tested positive, Djokovic does an interview and photo shoot with the French newspaper L'Equipe. He acknowledges weeks later: "On reflection, this was an error of judgment."
Dec. 17, 2021: Djokovic attends Belgrade event
The nine-time Australian Open champion attends an event in Belgrade, Serbia, honoring youth tennis players. Parents post photos on social media showing Djokovic and the young players without masks. Djokovic later says he was asymptomatic, had taken an antigen test before the event that showed he was negative, and only received a positive PCR result after the event.
Dec. 16, 2021: Djokovic tests positive
Djokovic tests positive for COVID-19 in Serbia, although that is not public knowledge until it is revealed by court documents in January. He later says he did not know the result until Dec. 17.
Dec. 14, 2021: Djokovic attends a basketball game
The tennis star takes in a professional basketball game in Belgrade, Serbia. He is photographed hugging several players from both teams, including some who later tested positive for COVID-19.
June 2020: The Adria Tour is called off, Djokovic contracts COVID-19
Djokovic announces that he and his wife, Jelena, have tested positive for COVID-19 after he played in a series of exhibition matches he organized in Serbia and Croatia with no social distancing or masking required amid the coronavirus pandemic.
The Adria Tour is canceled as Djokovic is the fourth player to test positive for the illness after participating in the matches held in Belgrade and Zadar, Croatia.
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Oldest panda in Mexico dies at zoo on her 35th birthday
MEXICO CITY (AP) — Shuan Shuan, the oldest panda in Mexico, has died at the age of 35. Mexico City’s Environment Department says the panda died at the Chapultepec Zoo in the capital. The department hasn’t given a cause of death. But it says Shuan Shuan lived well beyond her species’ life expectancy in the wild, which it puts at 15 years. The department said Wednesday that the panda died exactly on her 35th birthday, and had enjoyed a cake of dates and apples, “her favorite food.” Shuan Shuan was born in 1987, and the department says she was one of the longest-lived pandas outside pandas’ native habitat, China. | https://keyt.com/news/2022/07/07/oldest-panda-in-mexico-dies-at-zoo-on-her-35th-birthday/ | 2022-07-08T05:09:00Z | https://keyt.com/news/2022/07/07/oldest-panda-in-mexico-dies-at-zoo-on-her-35th-birthday/ | false | null |
Vivo sent Rs 62,476 crore worth turnover to China to avoid getting taxed in India: ED
These remittances were made in order to "disclose huge losses in Indian incorporated companies to avoid payment of taxes in India," the Enforcement Directorate said.
Published: 07th July 2022 08:56 PM | Last Updated: 07th July 2022 08:56 PM | A+A A-
NEW DELHI: A whopping Rs 62,476 crore has been "illegally" transferred by smartphone maker Vivo to China in order to avoid payment of taxes in India, the Enforcement Directorate said Thursday, as it claimed to have busted a major money laundering racket involving Chinese nationals and multiple Indian companies.
This money is almost half of Vivo's turnover of Rs 1,25,185 crore, it said without stating the time period of the transaction.
The crackdown on the leading Chinese company came after the federal probe agency found that three Chinese nationals, all of whom "left" India during 2018-21, and one other person from that country incorporated as many as 23 companies in India in which they were also helped by a Chartered Accountant, Nitin Garg.
Among the foreigners, one identified as Bin Lou was an ex-director of Vivo and, according to the ED, he left India in April 2018. Two others -- Zhengshen Ou and Zhang Jie -- left the country in 2021, it said.
"These (23) companies are found to have transferred huge amounts of funds to Vivo India. Further, out of the total sale proceeds of Rs 1,25,185 crore, Vivo India remitted Rs 62,476 crore or almost 50 per cent of the turnover out of India, mainly to China," the ED said in a statement.
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These remittances, it added, were made in order to "disclose huge losses in Indian incorporated companies to avoid payment of taxes in India."
The action is being seen as part of the Union government's steps to tighten checks on Chinese entities and the continued crackdown on such firms and their linked Indian operatives that are allegedly indulging in serious financial crimes like money laundering and tax evasion while operating here.
The stepped-up action against the Chinese-backed companies or entities operating in India comes in the backdrop of the military stand-off between the two countries along the Line of Actual Control (LAC) in eastern Ladakh that has been ongoing for more than two years now.
The statement came after the ED raided 48 locations of Vivo Mobiles India Pvt. Ltd. and its associated companies across the country on July 5. Vivo had said on Tuesday that "as a responsible corporate, we are committed to being fully compliant with laws."
ALSO READ | Top Vivo executives may have fled India amid ED's money laundering probe
The agency said while it followed "all due procedures as per law" during the raids conducted under the criminal sections of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), it alleged that "employees of Vivo India, including some Chinese nationals, did not cooperate with the search proceedings and tried to abscond, remove and hide digital devices which were retrieved by the search teams."
Recently, Indian intelligence agencies found that the data of domestic customers was being "illegally" transferred by Chinese companies to servers kept in that country. The ED also said that post the raids, it seized funds worth Rs 465 crore kept in 119 bank accounts by various entities involved in the case, Rs 73 lakh cash and 2 kg gold bars.
The agency filed an Enforcement Case Information Report (ECIR), the ED equivalent of a police FIR, on February 3 after studying a Delhi Police FIR (registered at Kalkaji police station) of December last year against an associated company of Vivo, Grand Prospect International Communication Pvt Ltd (GPICPL), its directors, shareholders and some others professionals.
ALSO READ | ED conducts raids against Vivo, related companies in money laundering probe
The police complaint was filed by the Ministry of Corporate Affairs alleging that GPICPL and its shareholders used "forged" identification documents and "falsified" addresses at the time of incorporation of the company in December 2014.
This company had its registered address in Solan (Himachal Pradesh), Gandhinagar (Gujarat) and Jammu (J&K).
The three Chinese nationals, mentioned above, incorporated this company while a fourth one, Zhixin Wei, also opened four companies to carry out similar transactions.
"The allegations (made by the ministry) were found to be true as the investigation revealed that the addresses mentioned by the directors of GPICPL did not belong to them, but in fact it was a government building and house of a senior bureaucrat," the ED said.
It said Vivo Mobiles Pvt Ltd was incorporated on August 1, 2014 as a subsidiary of Multi Accord Ltd, a Hong Kong-based company.
The ED identified the other 22 companies as: Rui Chuang Technologies Pvt Ltd (Ahmedabad), V Dream Technology & Communication Pvt Ltd (Hyderabad), Regenvo Mobile Pvt Ltd (Lucknow), Fangs Technology Pvt Ltd (Chennai), Weiwo Communication Pvt Ltd (Bangalore), Bubugao Communication Pvt Ltd (Jaipur), Haicheng Mobile (India) Pvt Ltd (Delhi), Joinmay Mumbai Electronics Pvt. Ltd (Mumbai), Yingjia Communication Pvt Ltd (Kolkata) and Jie Lian Mobile India Pvt. Ltd. (Indore).
The rest are Vigour Mobile India Pvt Ltd (Gurugram), Hisoa Electronics Pvt Ltd (Pune), Haijin Trade India Pvt Ltd (Kochi), Rongsheng Mobile India Pvt Ltd (Guwahati), Morefun Communication Pvt Ltd (Patna), Aohua Mobile India Pvt Ltd (Raipur), Pioneer Mobile Pvt Ltd (Bhubaneswar), Unimay Electronic Pvt Ltd (Nagpur), Junwei Electronic Pvt Ltd (Aurangabad), Huijin Electronic India Pvt Ltd (Ranchi), MGM Sales Pvt Ltd (Dehradun) and Joinmay Electronic Pvt Ltd (Mumbai). | https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/jul/07/vivo-sent-rs-62476-crore-worth-turnover-to-china-to-avoid-getting-taxed-in-india-ed-2474021.html | 2022-07-08T05:10:25Z | https://www.newindianexpress.com/nation/2022/jul/07/vivo-sent-rs-62476-crore-worth-turnover-to-china-to-avoid-getting-taxed-in-india-ed-2474021.html | false | 11 |
- Asian equities have carry-forwarded their positive tone on positive Wall Street.
- The DXY is aiming to recapture its fresh 19-year high at 107.26.
- Investors have ignored the lower consensus for the US NFP and have underpinned the DXY.
Markets in the Asian domain have carry-forwarded their buying spree on Friday after tracking strong cues from Wall Street and other global markets. Indices in Wall Street displayed a stellar performance on optimism over the result season for the second quarter of CY2022.
At the press time, Japan’s Nikkei225 surged 0.75%, China A50 added 0.31%, Hang Seng advances 0.17%, and Nifty50 jumped 0.65%.
The US dollar index (DXY) has displayed a firmer rebound in the Asian session and is near to recapturing its 19-year high at 107.26, recorded this week. Investors have ignored the lower expectations for the US Nonfarm Payrolls (NFP) and have started channelizing funds into the safe-haven asset. The market participants are expecting the release of the US NFP at 270k, much lower than the prior print of 390k. In spite of that, investors are underpinning the DXY. Apart from that, the Unemployment Rate is expected to remain unchanged at 3.6%.
The figures for Average Hourly Earnings will remain critical for the US economy. The inflation rate is skyrocketing in New York and stagnancy in the economic data will put more burden on the paychecks of the households. This may also result in a loss of overall demand in the economy quantity-wise.
In early Tokyo, ex-Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe was shot during his speech at a rally in Nara. The ex-Japan PM is unconscious and is showing no signs of recovery yet.
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James Charles Miller passed away Monday, July 4. He was born on Dec. 27, 1942.
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A WOMAN who had brushes with bushrangers, while advocating for education and building the foundations for the township of Canowindra will be recognised with a Blue Plaque.
Known as 'the mother of Canowindra' Elizabeth Jane (Bessie) Robinson's contribution to Canowindra and NSW will be recognised by the plaque which is similar to those which mark historical sites of interest in the UK.
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The plaque will be placed at Canowindra's Old Vic Inn, which now occupies the site of Bessie's Victoria Hotel, and owners of the current landmark Alison and Graeme Beasley said they were looking forward to it's installation in the next few months.
"She was a great a old girl," Alison Beasley said. "We're very proud to have her plaque at the Inn."
Bessie Robinson's blue plaque is one of 17 to be displayed on buildings honouring the contributions of NSW pioneers. Others to be recognised include aviatrix Nancy Bird Walton, writer Ethel Turner, author of Seven Little Australians, and artist Brett Whiteley.
President of the Canowindra Historical Society Jan Harrison was also delighted with Bessie's recognition.
"Back then Canowindra was sort of a frontier town and her efforts were quite extraordinary for a woman but maybe that was because women had to be like that back then," Mrs Harrison said.
Great great granddaughters Donna and Gemma Rygate nominated Bessie for the honour through Orange's state member Phil Donato, after the NSW Government announced the $5 million heritage initiative last year.
Donna Rygate, who lives in Canowindra, said they were surprised and delighted when informed the nomination had been successful.
"There are some pretty important people on that list," Ms Rygate said but added Bessie deserved her place.
"Our grandmother spoke very, very highly of her," Ms Rygate said. "We grew up knowing we had a very special link in Canowindra."
A member of the influential Robinson family which owned a number of pubs in Canowindra, Bessie became known for advocating for quality public education in the community.
Born on October 1, 1844, in Carcoar, her family moved to Canowindra when she was 8 and there her father became the inn keeper.
It's through that life she frequently came into contact with the bushrangers led by Ben Hall, and was reportedly 'doctor and nurse for the district' in those pioneer times.
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Donna Rygate's recalls her grandmother's story of Bessie's family frequently attending its stables where one thoroughbred would be missing, replaced by another horse, only to have the original animal returned days later.
She was also believed to have been present when Ben Hall's gang 'took over' Canowindra in 1863.
Bessie was the prime mover for the establishment of Canowindra's first school. Inititally she engaged private tutors for children before she built a school and invited all the children in the surrounding district to attend, often footing the bill.
She went on to organise the 1872 application for Canowindra's first state school which was approved in 1875.
Bessie was married three times, folklore has it that despite owning the hotel and substantial property, a woman could not hold a hotel licence.
She later owned and developed much of the land on which the present town is built, and ran the Victoria Hotel from 1867 until its sale in the early 1900s.
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Her first marriage was to John James Flanagan. After his death, Bessie married Thomas Clyburn, and when Thomas Clyburn died, Bessie married Jim Marshall.
Bessie died in Canowindra on February 7, 1922.
The text for her Blue Plague will read:
Elizabeth Jane (Bessie) Robinson
1844-1922
Community and education advocate
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PLEASANTON, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--There are openings for participants in evidenced based, equine guided workshops exploring how activities with horses benefit people with dementia along with their care partners. The workshops are offered by Connected Horse, a nonprofit organization working with local barns and therapeutic equine centers.
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Initial research conducted at UC Davis highlights the benefits of this type of work, including improved quality of sleep and reduction in feelings of depression, anxiety and burden. The program is now being offered in other barns and therapeutic centers.
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Poll: Which rumored Apple Watch Series 8 feature are you most excited to see?
We are probably only two months away from the official announcement of the next generation iPhone and Apple Watch. When it comes to the new Apple Watch Series 8, rumors suggest that this year’s model won’t be a significant upgrade compared to the Series 7, but there will certainly be some...
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Japan's former prime minister Abe shot, says senior official
Public broadcaster NHK said he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun
Tokyo — Japanese former prime minister Shinzo Abe was shot on Friday while campaigning in the city of Nara, a government spokesperson said, with public broadcaster NHK saying he appeared to have been shot from behind by a man with a shotgun.
Chief cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he did not know Abe's condition. Kyodo news agency and NHK said Abe, 67, appeared to be in a state of cardiac arrest when taken to hospital.
Shots were heard and a white puff of smoke was seen as Abe made a stump speech for a Sunday upper house election outside a train station in the western city, NHK said.
An NHK reporter on the scene said they could hear two consecutive bangs during Abe's speech.
Matsuno, told a briefing Abe had been shot at about 11:30am (0230 GMT), adding, “Such an act of barbarity cannot be tolerated.”
TBS Television reported that Abe had been shot on the left side of his chest and apparently also in the neck.
Abe served two terms as prime minister to become Japan's longest-serving premier before stepping down in 2020 citing ill health.
But he has remained a dominant presence over the ruling Liberal Democratic party (LDP) party, controlling one of its major factions.
His protégé, Prime Minister Fumio Kishida, goes into an upper house election on Sunday hoping, analysts say, to emerge from Abe's shadow and define his premiership.
Kishida suspended his election campaign after Abe's shooting and was returning to Tokyo, media reported.
The ambassador of the US, Rahm Emanuel, said he was saddened and shocked by the shooting of an outstanding leader and unwavering ally. The US government and people were praying for Abe's wellbeing, he said.
Abe has been best known for his signature “Abenomics” policy featured bold monetary easing and fiscal spending.
He also bolstered defence spending after years of declines and expanded the military’s ability to project power abroad.
In a historic shift in 2014, his government reinterpreted the postwar, pacifist constitution to allow troops to fight overseas for the first time since World War 2.
The following year, legislation ended a ban on exercising the right of collective self-defence, or defending a friendly country under attack.
Abe, however, did not achieve his long-held goal of revising the US-drafted constitution by writing the Self-Defense Forces, as Japan’s military in known, into the pacifist Article 9.
He was instrumental in winning the 2020 Olympics for Tokyo, cherishing a wish to preside over the Games, which were postponed by a year to 2021 because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
Abe first took office in 2006 as Japan’s youngest prime minister since World War 2. After a year plagued by political scandals, voter outrage at lost pension records, and an election drubbing for his ruling party, Abe quit citing ill health.
He became prime minister again in 2012.
Abe hails from a wealthy political family that included a foreign minister father and a great-uncle who served as premier.
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Gunshots Punctuate Fourth of July and Leave One Man Wounded
Gun related incidents continued unabated through the Fourth of July holiday. According to radio reports, gunshots were heard in the vicinity of 90 Neptune Avenue at 3:50 am yesterday. At 11:20...
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Shares of Hasbro Inc.
HAS,
+2.97%
inched 0.04% higher to $82.20 Wednesday, on what proved to be an all-around great trading session for the stock market, with the S&P 500 Index
SPX,
+1.50%
rising 0.36% to 3,845.08 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average
DJIA,
+1.12%
rising 0.23% to 31,037.68. This was the stock's second consecutive day of gains. Hasbro Inc. closed $23.53 short of its 52-week high ($105.73), which the company achieved on January 5th.
The stock outperformed some of its competitors Wednesday, as Walt Disney Co.
DIS,
+1.41%
fell 1.13% to $96.08, Nintendo Co. Ltd. ADR
NTDOY,
+0.06%
fell 0.04% to $54.04, and Activision Blizzard Inc.
ATVI,
+0.31%
fell 0.63% to $78.37. Trading volume (829,083) remained 234,641 below its 50-day average volume of 1.1 M.
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Global Polyurethane Foams Industry Market Research Report 2022
The Polyurethane Foams market revenue was xx.xx Million USD in 2017, grew to xx.xx Million USD in 2021, and will reach xx.xx Million USD in 2027, with a CAGR of x.x% during 2022-2027. Based on the Polyurethane Foams industrial chain, this report mainly elaborate the definition, types, applications and major players of Polyurethane Foams market in details. Deep analysis about market status (2017-2022), enterprise competition pattern, advantages and disadvantages of enterprise Products, industry development trends (2022-2027), regional industrial layout characteristics and macroeconomic policies, industrial policy has also be included. From raw materials to downstream buyers of this industry will be analyzed scientifically, the feature of product circulation and sales channel will be presented as well. In a word, this report will help you to establish a panorama of industrial development and characteristics of the Polyurethane Foams market.
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Bank of Baroda defers application deadline for IT Professionals posts; here’s apply link
Interested candidates will now be able to apply for the vacancies on the official website bankofbaroda.in till July 22.
Bank of Baroda has deferred the online application deadline for recruitment to various posts of IT Professionals for IT-ACoE on Fixed Term Engagement on contract basis. Interested candidates will now be able to apply for the vacancies on the official website bankofbaroda.in till July 22.
The recruitment drive is being conducted to fill up a total of 14 vacancies, of which, 2 vacancies are for the post of Dy. Vice President - Data Scientist, 6 for Asst. Vice President - Data Scientist, 2 for Dy. Vice President - Data Engineer, and 4 for Asst. Vice President - Data Engineer post.
Eligibility Criteria
Age Limit: Candidates applying for Dy. Vice President posts (Data Scientist/Data Engineer) should be between the age of 28 years to 35 years and the age limit for the post of Asst. Vice President (Data Scientist/Data Engineer) is 25 years to 32 years as on June 1, 2022.
Educational Qualification:
Dy. Vice President/ Asst. Vice President (Data Scientist): B. Tech/ B.E./ M Tech/ M.E. in Computer Science/ IT/ Data Science/ Machine Learning and AI (Minimum 60% marks compulsory in B. Tech/ B.E.) from AICTE/UGC recognized university.
Dy. Vice President/ Asst. Vice President (Data Engineer): A Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering in Computer Science/Information Technology from AICTE/UGC recognized university. Preference shall be given to candidates who possess Cloudera Certified Administrator credentials.
Direct link to the notification.
Application Fee
The application fee for general/EWS/OBC category is Rs 600, whereas Rs 100 is applicable to candidates from SC/ST/PWD and Women candidates.
Steps to apply for the vacancies
- Visit the official website www.bankofbaroda.in
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9,848 polling stations will be set up in 16 districts during LG polls: CS
KARACHI – Sindh Chief Secretary Dr Muhammad Sohail Rajput chaired a meeting on Thursday to review security and other arrangements for the second phase of local body elections in Karachi and Hyderabad divisions.
Provincial Election Commissioner Aijaz Anwar Chohan informed the meeting that 9848 polling stations will be set up in 16 districts and 60,000 employees would be part of the electioneering process.
Chohan said that violation of election’s code of conduct would not be tolerated under any circumstances.
The CS while calling for installation of CCTV cameras at the most sensitive polling stations directed all the deputy commissioners to ensure facilities at all polling stations as per the instructions of the Election Commission.
He also directed commissioners of Karachi and Hyderabad divisions to monitor all arrangements for LG polls.
The CS said that action would be taken against all the employees who remain absent from the election duty. He directed the Secretary General Administration to hand over the details of employees of all departments to the Election Commission.
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BBC QT: 'Couldn't afford to!' Audience member demands greater support for youth
A QUESTION TIME audience member has slammed the Tory Government as their levelling up policy is failing to adequately support young people.
Boris Johnson: 'No one is shedding a tear' says Morgan
Question Time was held in Barnsley on Thursday, the same day Boris Johnson resigned as Prime Minister after succumbing to weeks of pressure.
Fiona Bruce presented alongside a panel made up of Conservative MP for Bishop Auckland Dehenna Davison, Labour’s Shadow Education Secretary Bridget Phillipson, Daily Telegraph columnist Tim Stanley, former press secretary to Tony Blair Alistair Campbell and musician Winston Marshall.
While addressing Ms Davison, the woman in the audience made clear that there was not sufficient funding in place to allow young people to achieve.
She said: “How are our kids going to get skills when they’ve not got access to youth clubs?
“The local boxing gyms haven’t got any funding from the Government or anything like that.
“Cost of living for them and university fees, education, everything else is just a massive massive factor, not just in Barnsley but I think around the country.
“For our kids’ future… I think we need a different pathway for them, we need to support them a lot better.”
— BBC Question Time (@bbcquestiontime) July 7, 2022
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“They can’t afford to go to university, they’re coming out with £50,000 worth of debt when they finish their degree.
“And I just think for our kids’ future, for future politicians and things like that, I think we need a different pathway for them.
“We need to support them a lot better.”
The Government’s handling of the cost of living crisis and soaring bills has added to the pressure on Boris Johnson, who has now officially resigned.
He hopes to stay on as leader until a replacement has been elected, however, many Tories are in favour of him leaving immediately.
Parliament goes on summer recess on July 21 and it remains to be seen whether the top two candidates will have emerged by then.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Concerns about inflation and personal finances have surged while COVID has evaporated as a top issue for Americans, a new poll shows, marking an upheaval in priorities just months before critical midterm elections.
Forty percent of U.S. adults specifically name inflation in an open-ended question as one of up to five priorities for the government to work on in the next year, according to a June poll from The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. That's a sharp rise from 14% in December and less than 1% the year prior. Seventy-seven percent mention the economy in any way, up from 68% in December.
Now, too, Americans increasingly call their personal finances a major issue: 44% mention it, up from 24% in December and 12% the year before. That includes more mentioning gas or energy prices (33% now vs. 10% in December) and food costs (9% vs. less than 1%).
Those shifts may be advantageous to Republicans as they campaign to win control of Congress in this year's midterms; the economy has increasingly been a sore subject for President Joe Biden. Still, the economy isn’t the only issue getting more attention this year. Many also prioritize other issues that are core to Biden and Democrats’ agenda, including abortion, women’s rights and gun policy, which could help Democrats as they try to pad — or at least protect — their razor-thin majority.
In a troubling sign for both parties, the poll finds many Americans say they think neither side of the aisle is better at focusing on the issues important to them or getting things done.
Sara Rodriguez said she’s concerned about the impact of rising prices of goods, gas and oil on her household’s finances, especially because her income isn’t keeping up.
“We’ve had a savings built up and we’re noticing that it’s definitely going down fast because we don’t make enough money to cover how much the cost of everything has risen,” the 43-year-old quality control coordinator in Bristol, Connecticut, said.
Rodriguez and her husband and son have had to get to their workplaces and run errands using one car over the last couple of months because of her husband’s broken-down truck.
“We just haven’t had the money to get it back on the road,” she said.
The rise in concerns about the economy is paired with a steep decline in the percentage naming COVID-19 as a top issue, even as new variants continue to emerge: Now just 4% mention it, down from 37% in December 2021 and 53% in December 2020.
Republicans remain more likely than Democrats to mention the economy and inflation or personal finances and gas prices as top issues, but the sharp changes since December are bipartisan.
Daniel Collier, a 39-year-old construction worker in Waynesville, Missouri, thinks lowering gas prices should be a priority.
“It’s hurt me financially,” he said. “I worry about being able to pay the rent, pay utilities.”
He blames Biden for inflation and “poor” economic conditions, saying he thinks the president is “incompetent.”
The poll shows 69% of Americans disapprove of how Biden is handling the economy, including 93% of Republicans and 43% of Democrats. In May, facing an inflation rate at a 40-year high, most Americans said in an AP-NORC poll that they worried about the impact of higher than usual prices on their finances.
For 22-year-old Jakyra Green, rising prices have been prohibitive.
“It's become very hard to even pay for anything, like rent, gas, and none of our wages are going up," the college student in Goshen, Indiana, said. “I just spend less or try to not go out the house anymore."
But Green identified other issues that concern her more. Abortion has long been on her mind as a priority, and it “feels real now” that the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. She also identified racism in the U.S. as an important problem.
Mentions of abortion or women’s rights increased sharply to 22% from just 8% in December following the Supreme Court’s decision to strike down Roe v. Wade. The poll shows 12% of U.S. adults mention racial issues, similar to December 2021, but a notable decline from 2020, when 24% called out racism as a chief priority.
“I have these two compounding identities being Black and a woman," Green said, adding that it's very concerning that Black women experience higher maternal mortality rates than white women. “It’s just so overwhelming right now in America."
Mentions of gun issues also ticked up to 30% from 24% in December 2021 — both significantly higher compared with 5% in December 2020. The December 2021 poll was conducted just after a deadly shooting at a Michigan high school, which likely explains the sharp increase from 2020.
Charles Hagemeyer sees “so many different issues” facing the country. The economy affects him the most personally, but he called out the mass shooting in Highland Park on July 4 as evidence of a guns problem in the U.S. The poll was conducted before that attack, but after tragedies in Buffalo and Uvalde, Texas.
“Gun violence is another big issue that’s on my mind constantly,” the 68-year-old Jacksonville, Florida, resident said. “You’re afraid to go out anymore.”
Hagemeyer thinks the country is past the point where gun control legislation could even be effective; still, he doesn’t see lawmakers coming together to solve any problem. Both sides have an “us versus them” mentality, he said.
The poll shows a majority of Americans — 57% — don’t think one party is better than the other at getting things done. Thirty-seven percent don’t think either is better at focusing on their priorities; the remainder split about evenly between the two parties. Politics is mentioned in some way as a top problem facing the country by 29% of Americans.
“It just doesn’t seem like anybody in government wants to work with each other and try to solve some of the issues that the American people face,” Hagemeyer said.
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Morgan County Fair: 8 a.m., Morgan County Fairgrounds, 110 N. Westgate Ave. | Variety of events throughout the day. For more information, go to themorgancountyfair.com.
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.
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.
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.
Backwoods Deuce: 2 p.m., Grafton Pub, 225 W. Main St. | Live music.
Scott and Karl: 6 p.m., The Loading Dock, 401 E. Front St., Grafton. | Live music.
Caribbean and Reggae Dinner Cruise: 6:30-8:30 p.m., Grafton Harbor, 215 W. Water St. $47 | For more information, go to graftonharbor.com or call 618-786-7678.
Walker Hayes: 7:30 p.m., Morgan County Fairgrounds, 110 N. Westgate Ave. | With guest Cooper Alan. Doors open at 6 p.m.
Exit 52: 9:30 p.m., Morgan County Fairgrounds, 110 N. Westgate Ave. | Live music following concert.
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.
Morgan County Fair: 8 a.m., Morgan County Fairgrounds, 110 N. Westgate Ave. | Variety of events throughout the weekend. For more information, go to themorgancountyfair.com.
Cookout Fundraiser: 10 a.m.-1 p.m., Fast Stop, northwest corner of Illinois routes 125 and 78, Virginia. | Hosted by Virginia Masonic Lodge. Menu features grilled bratwurst and jumbo hot dogs. All proceeds benefit Log Cabin Kids Summer Program.
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.
Hookie: 2 p.m., Grafton Pub, 225 W. Main St. | Live rock and roll music.
Rogers and Nienhaus: 3 p.m., Grafton Winery and Brewhaus, 300 W. Main St. | Live music.
Caribbean and Reggae Sunset Cruise: 6:30 p.m., Grafton Harbor, 215 W. Water St. $31 | For more information, call 618-786-7678 or go to graftonharbor.com.
Vintage Brotherhood: 7 p.m., Grafton Pub, 225 W. Main St. | Live music.
Backwoods Burden: 7 p.m., Grafton Oyster Bar, 215 W. Water St. | Live music.
Cody Johnson: 7:30 p.m., Morgan County Fairgrounds, 110 N. Westgate Ave. | With guest Drew Parker. Doors open at 6 p.m.
The Longmeyer Band: 9 p.m., Morgan County Fairgrounds, 110 N. Westgate Ave. | Live music following the concert.
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2 airlifted after multi-vehicle crash on Summit Valley Road in Hesperia
HESPERIA, Calif. (VVNG.com) — A multi-vehicle crash along Summit Valley Road left several people critically injured Wednesday evening.
It happened at about 6:35 pm, on July 6, 2022, about 3 miles west from the Hesperia Airport.
The crash involved a white Honda Civic, a white four-door Subaru, and a lime-green Jeep Rubicon.
Firefighters from San Bernardino County Fire arrived on scene and reported they had a total of four patients. Two of them were critical and the other two had less severe injuries. Among the injured was a pregnant woman.
Firefighters requested two helicopters to land at the Hesperia Airport. Reach 13 responded and airlifted one person to Loma Linda University Medical Center and a CHP helicopter airlifted the other patient to Arrowhead Regional Medical Center.
Summit Valley Road was closed in both directions for approximately two hours wile officers investigated and the vehicles were towed away.
The official cause of the accident is under investigation by the California Highway Patrol Victorville station.
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To the Editor:
In follow-up to your reporting, “Selectboard chair removed amid library resignations” in the June 16, 2022, issue of the News & Citizen, and in view of references to my role in the library controversy, I feel the need to apprise your readers of the final chapter as it applies to my good name.
Below is a copy of an email I sent to the Cambridge Selectboard on June 6, 2022, after I was informed of a public accusation lodged against me by Krista Huling:
To Cambridge Selectboard members:
In view of Ms. Huling’s accusations I feel a need to offer some comment to set the record straight from my perspective. First, regarding her accusation.
• She provides no hard evidence of any “threat” from me to use my position on the finance committee to torpedo the Varnum’s next funding request. I made no such threat.
• She says she acted alone in lodging this accusation. So, it is personal and not coming from the library trustees.
• Two days after lodging her accusation Huling has now inexplicably withdrawn it.
In view of these points, I will make no further comment on her questionable accusation.
However, it unfairly undermines my personal integrity and raises the specter of a conflict of interest on my part as a Cambridge Finance Committee member. I do have thoughts to share with you on this point.
Anyone who has dialed into local social media in the last two months knows of my strongly held position in opposition to the library trustees’ factually unsubstantiated and seemingly arbitrary decision to cancel Varnum’s participation in the highly regarded and expanding HomeCard program. I won’t litigate that any further.
However, that public stance can legitimately call into question whether I do harbor a conflict of interest with regard to the future financial viability of the Varnum.
I offer the following. Upon returning to Vermont after a 35-year absence I chose to buy my home in this village for many reasons, one of which was my proximity to this charming library. Also, those of you who know me may recall that I worked in a paid position at the Varnum following my retirement from my position as human resources director for Lamoille North Supervisory Union.
While I mounted a spirited — some might say excessive; others have said right on — campaign in opposition to the cancelation of the HomeCard, that issue is dead. I have moved on and as a person of integrity I bear no animus toward the Varnum Library trustees or staff, nor do I wish to undermine the otherwise fine work of the trustees in setting that organization on the right path. I simply and sadly will not be patronizing it any longer.
Finally, to ease anyone’s lingering concern about this, I will declare right now that when the Varnum team comes to the finance committee next fall to pitch its funding request my vote will be recorded as abstained. However, I will retain my right as a committee member to engage with others in the ensuing discussion, unrelated to and without any reference to the HomeCard decision.
I hope this brings this tempest in a teapot to an end. However, if you feel a need for further discussion just let me know.
Gary S. Chicoine
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Governors offer Democrats aggressive reply on guns, abortion
As President Joe Biden runs up against the limits of what he can do on abortion, gun control and other issues without larger Democratic majorities in Congress, some in his party want more fire and boldness than the president’s acknowledgement of their frustration and calls imploring people to vote in November
Governors offer Democrats aggressive reply on guns, abortion
Show all 3Hours after a gunman killed seven people at a July 4th parade in suburban Chicago, Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker tapped into the frustration of many fellow Democrats at the seeming inability of the U.S. to curb gun violence.
“If you’re angry today, I’m here to tell you: Be angry. I’m furious,” Pritzker said.
But at the White House, President Joe Biden was more focused on reassurance than anger.
“I know it can be exhausting and unsettling,” he said, adding that “we’re going to get through all of this.”
In a summer marked by anger among Democrats over a string of mass shootings and the Supreme Court’s decision to strip women of the constitutional right to an abortion, several governors, including Pritzker, are emerging as the party’s leading voices of outrage. Their willingness to speak — and act — in aggressive terms stands in contrast to Biden, who is coming under growing criticism from some Democrats for lacking a sufficiently robust response to what some in his party see as existential threats.
Some Democrats warn that the lack of a strong response will be a problem if the party hopes to turn out enough voters to maintain their narrow grip on Congress in the fall midterm elections.
“The people that you’re telling to vote aren’t going to listen until we prove that we are handling this moment with urgency,” Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y., said in an interview, referring to the party generally. “We have a lot of tools at our disposal, I think we have a lot of assets at our disposal, and we have to use them.”
In this moment, governors may have tools that are more conducive to swift action than the president. Well positioned heading into the fall campaign and presiding over statehouses where Democrats are in control, Pritzker and Govs. Kathy Hochul of New York and Gavin Newsom of California have wide latitude.
In New York, for instance, Hochul was undeterred by a U.S. Supreme Court ruling that struck down a state law and allowed most people to carry a handgun for personal protection. She called a special session last week in which lawmakers passed new measures limiting where those licensed to have guns can carry them and toughening rules for obtaining the permits. The regulations include a novel requirement to screen applicants’ social media accounts for threats.
“They may think they can change our lives with the stroke of a pen, but we have pens too,” Hochul said defiantly of the Supreme Court’s gun ruling.
In Illinois, Pritzker has said he would convene a special legislative session in coming weeks, with support of Democratic legislative leaders, to “more firmly protect” abortion rights and address some of the challenges the state faces as one of the few places in the Midwest where abortion remains legal.
Abortion rights will be on the California ballot in November, after legislators with Newsom’s blessing agreed last month to place a proposal before voters that would guarantee a right to an abortion in the state constitution. The constitutional amendment is certain to drive turnout on both sides of the debate.
Newsom has been especially vocal in rallying against the repeal of abortion rights even before the Supreme Court ruled. When a draft Supreme Court opinion surfaced in May suggesting the conservative majority was poised to overturn Roe v. Wade, he delivered a withering critique of the national party, suggesting it was suffering from collective lethargy.
“Where is the Democratic Party?” he asked at the time, without naming anyone specifically but appearing to exclude Biden from criticism. “Why aren’t we standing up more firmly? More resolutely? Why aren’t we calling this out?”
With just a tenuous grip on Congress, however, Biden can’t move legislation quickly. And even criticizing Republicans could be politically dangerous if he needs their support on key votes.
“Forcefully calling out the other side isn’t a luxury he has if he wants to get anything done the rest of the year on anything,” said Democratic strategist Joe Trippi. “If you’re Gavin Newsom, whose votes are you going to lose in the state senate or California assembly?”
The White House insists Biden isn’t backing away from a fight. In a passionate prime-time speech last month, he lamented that gun violence had turned schools, supermarkets and other everyday places into “killing fields” and asked, “How much more carnage are we willing to accept?”
Shortly after the Supreme Court's abortion ruling, Biden called the decision the “realization of an extreme ideology and a tragic error." He's expected to deliver remarks on Friday about “protecting access to reproductive health care services,” according to the White House.
White House press secretary Karine Jean-Pierre said Thursday that “you will hear more from him” on issues including abortion as she underscored the administration’s central message that winning the midterms is the best path forward.
“The president has been very clear that he’s going to do everything he can, that he has the legal authority to do, from here in the executive side,” she said. “But we believe and he believes that the way that Roe goes into law or gets codified is if Congress acts. ... And so we have to continue to use our political capital, if you will, to fight as hard as we can. And to make sure we do the work that we need to have pro-choice congressional members.”
Under increasing pressure, Biden will take executive action Friday to protect access to abortion, three people familiar with the situation said. They spoke anonymously to discuss his plans before they were announced.
Still, Biden is turning to governors. He convened a virtual roundtable last Friday with Pritzker, Hochul and seven other Democratic governors to discuss what steps were being taken in their states to protect abortion rights.
Biden reiterated that his administration will protect the rights of women to travel to other states for abortion services and ensure that abortion medication is available as widely as possible. But he acknowledged he didn’t have votes in the U.S. Senate for more sweeping actions and laid out the stakes for November’s elections and the need to increase Democrats’ majorities.
“In the meantime, I want to hear what the governors are doing,” he said.
With their reelections essentially secure, the aggressive action from some of the governors is sparking speculation about potential future presidential campaigns.
Pritzker, a billionaire businessman seeking his second term, raised chatter about a possible presidential bid when he spoke last month at the state Democratic party convention in New Hampshire, one of the early presidential nominating states. He has said he is focused on his job as governor and his reelection bid.
Newsom drew even more attention by running a television ad on Independence Day in Florida that was critical of Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis, a potential 2024 presidential candidate. In the ad, which features images of DeSantis and former President Donald Trump, Newsom warns viewers that “freedom is under attack in your state.”
“I urge all of you living in Florida to join the fight. Or join us in California, where we still believe in freedom — freedom of speech, freedom to choose, freedom from hate and the freedom to love,” Newsom said.
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Associated Press writers Sara Burnett in Chicago and Michael R. Blood in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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BEIJING (AP) — China has demanded the U.S. cease military “collusion” with Taiwan during a virtual meeting between the joint chiefs of staff from the two countries whose relationship has grown increasingly fractious.
Gen. Li Zuocheng told Gen. Mark Milley on Thursday that China had “no room for compromise” on issues affecting its “core interests,” which include self-governing Taiwan, which Beijing claims as its own territory to be annexed by force if necessary.
“China demands the U.S. ... cease reversing history, cease U.S.-Taiwan military collusion and avoid impacting China-U.S. ties and stability in the Taiwan Strait," Li said.
The Chinese military would “resolutely safeguard national sovereignty and territorial integrity,” he said. “If anyone creates a wanton provocation, they will be met with the firm counterattack from the Chinese people."
Such language is fairly routine and Li was also quoted in a Defense Ministry news release saying China hoped to “further strengthen dialogue, handle risks, and promote cooperation, rather than deliberately creating confrontation, provoking incidents and becoming mutually exclusive."
The meeting follows fiery comments by Chinese Defense Minister Wei Fenghe at a regional security conference last month that was also attended by U.S. Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin.
Wei accused the United States of trying to “hijack” the support of countries in the Asia-Pacific region to turn them against Beijing, saying Washington is seeking to advance its own interests “under the guise of multilateralism.”
At the same meeting in Singapore, Austin said China was causing instability with its claim to Taiwan and its increased military activity in the area.
And in May, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken called China the “most serious long-term challenge to the international order” for the United States, with its claims to Taiwan and efforts to dominate the strategic South China Sea, prompting an angry response from Beijing.
The U.S. and its allies have responded with what they term “freedom of navigation" patrols in the South China Sea, prompting angry responses from Beijing.
Despite not having formal diplomatic relations in deference to Beijing, Washington remains Taiwan’s chief ally and supplier of defense weapons. U.S. law requires the government to treat all threats to the island as matters of “grave concern,” although it remains ambiguous on whether the U.S. military would defend Taiwan if it were attacked by China.
The latest round of heated rhetoric comes ahead of a meeting between Blinken and his Chinese counterpart, Wang Yi, on Saturday at a gathering of foreign ministers from the G20 bloc of industrialized nations in Indonesia that is expected to be overshadowed by disagreements over Russia's invasion of Ukraine.
China has refused to criticize Moscow's aggression or even term it an invasion, while condemning Western sanctions against Russia and accusing the U.S. and NATO of provoking the conflict.
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The NFL's Las Vegas Raiders have hired the first Black female team president in the league's history.
Sandra Douglass Morgan, a Las Vegas native, is not new to firsts. She was the first Black city attorney in Nevada, when she served for the City of North Las Vegas, and she was the first person of color named chair of the Nevada Gaming Control Board, the team said Thursday.
She is also an independent director at Allegiant Airlines, Caesars Entertainment and Fidelity National Financial, Inc.
"It is the honor of a lifetime to join the Raiders at one of the most defining times in the team's history," Morgan said. "This team's arrival in Las Vegas has created a new energy and opportunities we never dreamed possible. I look forward to taking this team's integrity, spirit and commitment to excellence on the field into every facet of this organization."
Morgan is a graduate of Eldorado High School; the University of Nevada, Reno; and the University of Nevada, Las Vegas.
"The Las Vegas connection was not a criteria, but it was something that was on the positive side of the ledger," team owner Mark Davis said. "Obviously, somebody that knows this community, knows the people in it I think is very important for us to continue to build out foundation in Las Vegas."
The hire of Morgan comes less than a year after Jon Gruden was dismissed as head coach of the team. In October 2021, a league investigation into the Washington Football Team examining workplace misconduct uncovered emails Gruden had sent years earlier that showed he used racist, misogynistic, and homophobic slurs.
Davis said the search for a new president took 10 months.
Morgan said while she has experienced many firsts throughout her career, she never wants to be the last person breaking barriers.
"I want to get to a point, obviously, where there is no more firsts," she said. "If I could be an inspiration, or help, or open doors for any other woman and girl out there, then that's an incredible accomplishment for me."
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What are the best Prime Day deals for your pet?
During Prime Day 2022, the deals for pet products are just as good as the ones for people, so don’t forget to get something for your favorite member of the family. Whether it’s a dog, cat, fish or frog, you can find a special treat to make it as happy as it makes you every day of the year. You’ll find special deals on treats, toys, grooming kits and more.
What is Prime Day?
Prime Day offers deals on products throughout Amazon for a two-day period. The actual start date varies but it usually occurs in mid-July. If you don’t have an Amazon Prime subscription, this is the time of year to get one to take full advantage of the savings. If you have never had a subscription, you can try it free for 30 days and cancel anytime.
What kinds of Prime Day deals can I find on pet products?
The specific Prime Day deals are unknown until Amazon releases them. However, it covers an assortment of pet products. Each year toys, pet beds, treats and food, vacuums and travel carriers are marked down for the two-day sale event. Additionally, in the days leading up to Prime Day, Amazon offers teaser pet deals for Prime members.
Best dog deals
Top dog deal
What you need to know: This is a grooming set with clippers and a rechargeable shaver for dogs or cats.
What you’ll love: The electric shaver comes with a charging cord and continues to work while plugged in to charge. It is designed to be quiet, with a low vibration that won’t scare your pet. Six guard shaving heads and a comb are included with the kit.
What you should consider: If your pet has long hair, you will need to clip it with scissors first to prevent the shaver from jamming.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top dog deal for the money
What you need to know: This durable, flavored chew toy will keep your dog busy and encourage appropriate chewing.
What you’ll love: It is made of durable nylon making it difficult to destroy. This chew bone is also helpful with freshening breath and keeping your dog’s teeth clean. There are multiple sizes to choose from to accommodate your dog no matter how big or small.
What you should consider: A few people reported that their dogs were able to chew pieces off of the bone, which created sharp edges.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best cat deals
Top cat deal
Sherpa Original Deluxe Travel Pet Bag
What you need to know: This is a machine-washable travel bag perfectly sized for a cat or small dog.
What you’ll love: This bag comes in gray or black and has multiple sizes to accommodate several breeds. It includes a pocket in the back for leashes, treats or other supplies, a seat belt strap and a padded carrying strap for easy transfer.
What you should consider: It is not recommended to contain an agitated animal in this as they can easily scratch their way out.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top cat deal for the money
Hartz Delectable Squeeze Up Packs
What you need to know: Your cat will love these lickable squeeze treats, which are available in assorted flavors.
What you’ll love: There are 48 treats to a pack with chicken, tuna, chicken with shrimp and chicken with veggie flavors. Each pack is made with real poultry or fish, all of which are delicious to your cat.
What you should consider: It may not be ideal for cats with delicate stomachs and cannot be used as a replacement for wet food.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best fish deals
Top fish deal
Marineland Portrait Glass LED Aquarium Kit
What you need to know: This 5-gallon fish tank has a three-stage filtration system.
What you’ll love: This tank has smooth round corners and a glass canopy to let you have easy access to your fish. View them from many directions at any time of day with the LED light.
What you should consider: A few people who bought this stated that the filter did not work as expected.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top fish deal for the money
What you need to know: This is a traditional net that comes in blue or green and can be used for any personal fish tank.
What you’ll love: This net is durable and safe to use to catch your fish for cleaning or other needs. It comes in several sizes and is safe to use in saltwater or freshwater tanks. It can be used repeatedly but will not bend or break from use.
What you should consider: Be sure to check the size needed, as a few customers reported their net to be too small on delivery.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best bird deals
Top bird deal
What you need to know: A bird cage with a perch for birds as large as parrots or as small as parakeets.
What you’ll love: This cage rolls on wheels for easy adjustment as needed. It is made from strong metal and rust-resistant paint that is safe for birds. It has latched doors on top for a secure roof. You can remove the tray at the bottom for cleaning.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that the cage was too small for larger birds.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top bird deal for the money
Wild Harvest Bird Seed Selection
What you need to know: This is a nutrient-rich blend for small birds to enjoy daily.
What you’ll love: There are several seed types including flax seed and canary grass seed. It is intended for parakeets, finches and smaller birds to each cup worth every day. It supports healthy feathers, skin and a well-balanced diet.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that their birds did not enjoy this seed blend.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best reptile and amphibian deals
Top reptile and amphibian deal
Zilla Tropical Vertical Habitat Starter Kit
What you need to know: An ideal habitat for a small amphibian or reptile complete with a warm lamp on top.
What you’ll love: It has a rocklike foam background with a front opening door to allow easy access. Coconut husk bedding is included along with a halogen dome, bulb, front locking latch, locking pin and a screen top.
What you should consider: It is not recommended for large reptiles like boa constrictors, iguanas or monitors.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top reptile and amphibian deal for the money
Fluker’s Freeze Dried Reptile Treats
What you need to know: These treats are the ideal alternative to treating your pet with live grub.
What you’ll love: They are full of protein, fat and fiber to keep your pet healthy and to add variety to their diet. Reptiles, birds, and some small animals can enjoy these dried insects.
What you should consider: A few customers felt this to be too messy and that the insects had too many broken pieces.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Best rodent deals
Top rodent deal
What you need to know: This colorful, fluffy bedding is made of natural paper for small animals and rodents to burrow in.
What you’ll love: This crumbled paper is 99% dust-free and free of chemicals that could harm your pet. It is twice as absorbent as wood shavings and makes a comfortable bed for any small animal.
What you should consider: This bedding does not have a scent and may not dilute the smell from rodent droppings.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top rodent deal for the money
Kaytee Food From The Wild Medley
What you need to know: This is a well-rounded treat for gerbils, guinea pigs and other small pets.
What you’ll love: This treat is a medley of pumpkin seed, rose petal, sunflower seed and carrot. It is naturally made to imitate what your pet would find as they are foraging in the wild. There are no added sugars, fillers or artificial preservatives.
What you should consider: A few customers reported that their rodents did not enjoy the treat.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Japan's former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe has been taken to hospital bleeding after being shot while delivering a speech in the city of Nara in western Japan, public broadcaster NHK reported on Friday.
Abe was shot at about 11:30 a.m. in the prefecture of Nara, chief cabinet secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said.
"Former prime minister Abe's condition is not currently known, and we are checking the situation," Matsuno told reporters at an emergency news briefing at the Prime Minister's office.
Authorities have arrested one man who appeared to have shot Abe in the back.
Meanwhile, PM Modi expressing his shock over the firing said that he is "distressed by the attack".
Japan Prime Minister Fumio Kishida addresses reporters on this assassination attempt against former Japanese PM. He said that Abe is in hopsital in critical condition. 'We are hoping and praying that Mr Abe will survive this'
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After enduring two years of restrictions, millions are looking forward to a hard-earned summer getaway. But with airports in chaos and inflation running rampant, many holidaymakers are at risk of running seriously over-budget at a time when they can least afford to.
Here, Telegraph Money breaks down the most common money traps holidaymakers fall into and how to avoid them.
Use the right card
Every year, British holidaymakers spend £2.7bn in foreign exchange fees, according to travel card company Currensea. Some of this is eaten up by ATMs. Analyst Moneyfacts estimates that withdrawing £250 from a cash machine overseas costs £11.88.
To avoid unnecessary charges, plan your spending money in advance and find the best rates with an online comparison service. Using your ordinary bank card abroad could leave you with steep – and unnecessary – bills, as many carry transaction charges of up to 3pc.
To avoid these, take out a fee-free travel card, such as Halifax Clarity credit card or Virgin Money M Plus. Pay in the local currency because your card provider’s exchange rate will likely beat the retailer’s.
If you don’t want to open a new current account, a prepaid travel card could be your next best bet. But the worst will charge you between £2 and £5 a month just for holding the card. And beware other fees such as redemption charges. Currensea found that travellers will return home with on average £55 unspent on their prepaid cards, and may have to pay up to £10 just to get their own money back.
Get the right insurance
Being on the wrong policy could cost you dearly – either because you’ve overpaid for add-ons you don’t need, or because your cheap insurance offers very little protection.
Travellers on specialist trips should take extra care to make sure they’re sufficiently covered, said Anna-Marie Duthie, of financial researcher Defaqto. “If you’re going on a cruise or skiing holiday, it’s important to choose a policy that includes cover for these types of trips,” she said. According to Defaqto’s research, 88pc of annual policies don’t protect against risks specific to these trips as standard.
Most policies offer protection if you miss your flight through no fault of your own and have to pay for another. But Ms Duthie warned that you may be left to foot the bill if you miss a connecting flight with a different airline due to delays. “In these circumstances, over a quarter of annual travel insurance policies offer no cover,” she said.
Watch for roaming charges
Since Brexit, nearly all major mobile phone companies have reintroduced charges for data roaming in Europe. EE, Three, Sky Mobile and Vodafone now charge their customers £2 a day; for a family of four on a two-week break, that would add up to over £100.
O2, Virgin, BT Mobile and Smarty still allow free roaming, but that doesn’t mean you should switch providers just for the savings – as they may soon jump on the bandwagon. If you’re travelling for longer than a fortnight, a package deal like EE’s £10 30-day “Roam Abroad” pass could work out cheaper. The most important thing is not to exceed your data allowance. Even streaming YouTube for just one minute will eat up more than 3MB, according to Uswitch.
Cut the cost of car hire
Global vehicle shortages have pushed up the cost of car hire this summer. While there’s not much you can do about this, you can save about £150 on your car insurance.
If your hire car gets damaged, you have to pay an excess to cover the costs – even if it’s not your fault. This could be as high as £2,000. Many people fall into the trap of buying excess insurance with the car hire. But the average rental car company charges £189, more than five times the price of policy from a specialist insurance provider, such as iCarhireinsurance.com, which charges £35.48 for a week’s cover. | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/how-make-sure-dont-get-stung-holiday/ | 2022-07-08T06:06:11Z | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/money/consumer-affairs/how-make-sure-dont-get-stung-holiday/ | true | 1 |
It’s all Sienna Miller’s fault apparently. She rocked up to Glastonbury in 2004 wearing Ugg boots with a studded belt over a tiered black dress and we’ve never got over it.
In that moment boho became de rigueur for a summer festival and secured its place in the mainstream.
Now boho is never completely out of style and it is probably no accident that it’s currently everywhere just as the UK’s summer music festivals are returning with a bang.
Boho fashion has a relaxed silhouette and is characterised by floaty skirts and long dresses, furry gilets, embroidery, cardigans, slouchy bags, fringing plus ethnic and paisley prints but it is as much an attitude as a list of clothing items.
Short for bohemian, it’s about freedom, creativity and a rejection of the conventional.
What that means when trying to put an outfit together is that one should not try at all, but simply go with the flow, literally and metaphorically.
Sienna Miller insisted that she had put little thought into her Glasto ensemble.
“I think I’d just come back from traveling or something,” she said later, “Also, I did not start the trend.”
Model Kate Moss and singer Florence Welsh also put the look centre stage as did Jade Jagger who was described by Tatler as “the original boho”, although the daughter of Mick and Bianca said she was just putting things together in an “unexpected” way.
The historian A N Wilson argued that Winston Churchill, “in his dress-sense as in much else” was a “bohemian” after he arrived in Canada in 1943 wearing a natural linen suit.
Boho’s spiritual home was 1967’s Summer of Love, and it had a major moment in 1969 when Patrick Lichfield took a photograph of Talitha Getty on a rooftop in Marrakesh.
In the photograph that would later hang in the National Gallery, Talitha wore white harem trousers, white boots and a multi-coloured coat while John Paul Getty Jr looked shifty in a hooded kaftan in the background.
Her wardrobe choices would later be described by the Sunday Times as “the luxe bohemian look”.
Ironic that the word Bohemian should be associated with the wife of an oil billionaire, when it was originally used to describe those who eschewed wealth and convention in favour of a simpler, more frugal existence, even becoming, on occasion, voluntarily poor.
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- Depression impacts millions of people in the United States alone.
- Treatment for depression is often complex and may involve a combination of many therapies.
- New research suggests that probiotics may be a helpful supplemental treatment in improving depressive symptoms.
With an estimated 21 million adults in the U.S. thought to have experienced one or more major depressive episodes in 2020, according to the
A recent
The study adds to current evidence demonstrating a link between gut health and mental health.
According to the NIMH, a major depressive episode is defined as:
“A period of at least two weeks when a person experienced a depressed mood or loss of interest or pleasure in daily activities, and had a majority of specified symptoms, such as problems with sleep, eating, energy, concentration, or self-worth.”
- Support from groups, friends, and family members
- Cognitive behavioral therapy, which involves learning to change thought patterns and actions to help manage symptoms
- Medications such as the use of antidepressants
Improving other areas of health and supporting overall well-being can also help treat depression. For example, utilizing relaxation techniques and exercise can benefit people with depression.
However, researchers are still working to understand how to best help people with depression, including using supplemental treatments.
The study in question was a randomized controlled trial that delved deeper into the relationship between the natural bacteria in the gut and its connection to the brain. The study authors note that previous research has shown that among people with depression, there are also changes to the composition of the bacteria in the gut.
Participants included in the study were adults who currently had depression. Researchers used the Hamilton Depression Rating Scale to evaluate participants’ depression.
The participants were in one of two groups: one group received probiotics over four weeks while the other received a placebo.
Probiotics, as per the National Institutes of Health, are “live microorganisms (such as bacteria and yeasts) that provide health benefits when you consume them.” They can have an impact on the bacteria in the gut and people can get them through supplements or certain types of food.
The researchers found that the participants who received the probiotic had a higher reduction in their depressive symptoms. They also saw an increase in a group of bacteria called Lactobacillus among the gut flora of the participants who received the probiotic.
Dr. André Schmidt, study author and neuroscientist, noted that among the highlights of the study were the supportive effect probiotics had on antidepressants in patients with major depressive disorder.
“A 4-week intervention period further facilitated clinical decision-making, i.e., to decide whether the combination of antidepressants [and] probiotics worked or not. The amelioration of depressive symptoms went along with [an] increased abundance of Lactobacillus,” he explained to Medical News Today.
Dr. Schmidt said that these findings could help develop better, more efficient, and individually-tailored probiotics for treating depression.
The study provides valuable data and indicates that the use of probiotics may be helpful in the treatment of depression. However, the study also had several limitations.
First of all, the study included a limited number of participants. The authors also note that participant compliance in taking the probiotic or placebo wasn’t perfect, which may have impacted the results. Further research can include longer follow up and more participants.
In addition, the results may be impacted by numerous probiotic strains and their interaction with the body, so investigating the specifics will be important in future research. Another area researchers can work to understand is the distinct interaction between antidepressants and probiotics.
Dr. Schmidt told MNT that further research could focus on “identifying biomarkers for treatment guidance. i.e., to know which patient benefits from which treatment, based on specific biomarkers.”
Dr. Graham Rook, emeritus professor of medical microbiology with the University College London, who was not involved in the study, found the study’s results encouraging.
“[There was] modest evidence for reduced symptoms of depression at least in a high-compliance subgroup (remission rate of 55%) compared to a 40% remission rate in the placebo group,” he pointed out.
Dr. Rook noted that researchers could work toward understanding why these particular results happened.
[I]t seems probable that probiotics can be of benefit in depression, but there are many candidate mechanisms. Perhaps, if we could pinpoint the mechanism, we would be able to enhance the effect to a more useful level.”
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- There is a distinct correlation between metabolic diseases such as diabetes, and heart disease.
- Researchers from Tufts University presented evidence that a person’s genetic disposition toward specific food tastes may impact their overall food choices, ultimately affecting their overall cardiometabolic health.
- Researchers hope their research will help healthcare providers offer personalized nutrition guidance to patients in the future.
There is a distinct connection between diabetes and heart disease. Diabetics are
Because of this correlation, much research is now centering around a person’s cardiometabolic health, which refers to both heart conditions and metabolic conditions such as diabetes that affect a person’s metabolism.
Previous studies have examined the impact of different lifestyle modifications such as diet,
Now, researchers from the Cardiovascular Nutrition Lab at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University suggest a person’s genetic preference toward different tastes may impact their overall food choices, resulting in an influence on their overall cardiometabolic health.
The researchers presented the study at Nutrition 2022, the annual meeting of the American Society for Nutrition.
A person’s ability to taste different foods and beverages starts with the taste buds located on their
- sweet
- sour
- bitter
- salty
umami
Past research has looked at how a person’s sense of taste impacts their risk for obesity and Type 2 diabetes and how obesity in turn impacts taste.
For this new research, Julie E. Gervis, a doctoral candidate in the Cardiovascular Nutrition Lab at the Jean Mayer USDA Human Nutrition Research Center on Aging at Tufts University and the lead author of this study, said they wanted to look at why people find it difficult to make healthy food choices, and therefore increase their risk for diet-related chronic diseases.
They also wanted to examine why people do not always eat what is good for them but eat what tastes good to them.
“We wondered whether considering taste perception could help make personalized nutrition guidance more effective, by leveraging drivers of food choices and helping people learn how to minimize their influence,” she told MNT.
“And since taste perception has a strong genetic component, we wanted to understand how taste-related genes were involved,” she added.
First, the researchers used prior data from genome studies to identify genetic variants related to the five basic tastes. From there, they developed a tool called the polygenic risk score, which they also dubbed the ‘polygenic taste score’.
The higher the score for a specific taste, the more the person is genetically predispositioned to recognize that taste.
Then, Gervis and her team examined data — including polygenic taste scores, diet quality, and cardiometabolic risk factors — from over 6,000 adult participants of the Framingham Heart Study. Cardiometabolic risk factors included waist circumference and blood pressure, as well as
The researchers found a correlation between a person’s polygenic taste score and the types of foods they chose.
For example, the research team documented those with a higher bitter taste score consumed almost two servings less of whole grains each week than those with a lower bitter taste score. And those with a higher umami score ate fewer
They also found links between polygenic taste scores and certain cardiometabolic risk factors.
For example, researchers reported participants with a higher sweet score tended to have lower triglyceride levels than those with a lower sweet score.
When asked how these findings might aid healthcare professionals in providing nutritional guidance to patients with diet-related diseases, Gervis said that as these findings are preliminary, the next step is to replicate these findings in independent cohorts to confirm their validity.
“My hope is that clinicians will be able to leverage our understanding of how taste-related genes impact food choices, to provide more effective personalized nutrition guidance,” she explained.
How the findings may be used“For example, if individuals who are genetically predisposed to have high bitter perception eat less whole grains, it might be recommended that they add certain spreads or spices, or choose other types of foods that better align with their taste perception profile.”
— Julie E. Gervis, lead author
Gervis said their ultimate goal was to help people understand why they made certain food choices, and how they could use this information to equip them with more control over their diet quality and cardiometabolic health.
MNT also spoke with Dr. Lee M. Kaplan, director of The Obesity, Metabolism & Nutrition Institute in Boston, Massachusetts, and director emeritus of the Massachusetts General Hospital Weight Center.
He said if the results can be reproduced in follow-up studies, assessing people’s polygenic scores for taste activity could allow healthcare providers to identify people who would benefit from counseling to overcome these biological differences.
“I would like to see that the polygenic scores used in this study are associated with differences in biological activity of the taste receptors themselves,” Kaplan said.
Kaplan added that it would also be helpful to see these findings reproduced in other populations, and whether “the apparent biological differences in food preferences that lead to dietary changes and increased cardiovascular risk are able to be overcome by nutritional counseling that aims to counteract these effects.” | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/your-taste-genes-might-determine-what-you-like-to-eat-and-your-health | 2022-07-08T06:13:05Z | https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/your-taste-genes-might-determine-what-you-like-to-eat-and-your-health | false | 1 |
Rotary Speaker | Sara Colbert
Originally Published: July 7, 2022 2:38 p.m.
Sara Colbert, a senior deputy probation officer with the Mohave County Probation Department, spoke about human trafficking at the Kingman Route 66 Rotary Club’s July 1 meeting. Colbert noted victims can be in plain sight, and can be any age, race, gender or nationality. She reviewed how traffickers operate and the signs of human trafficking to watch for. For more information or to have Colbert speak to your group, call 928-753-0720, ext. 4299.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Even without his best stuff, Tony Gonsolin solidified his case to start for the National League on his home mound in the All-Star Game later this month.
Gonsolin pitched seven strong innings for his 11th win, and Mookie Betts hit a pair of leadoff homers in the Los Angeles Dodgers’ 5-3 victory over the Chicago Cubs in the series opener on Thursday night.
Gonsolin is the first Dodgers pitcher to start a season 11-0 since Alex Wood in 2017. He and Houston’s Justin Verlander are tied for most wins in the majors.
“He was able to navigate,” Dodgers manager Dave Roberts said. “He worked behind more than he typically has.”
The NL West leaders won their fourth in a row.
Gonsolin allowed two runs and four hits, struck out three and didn't walk anyone for his second straight start and third time this season. His 1.62 ERA is the best in baseball.
“I feel like I fell behind on a lot of counts, but overall the fastball was really good,” he said. “The velo was there, early maybe not so much, but I found the rhythm in the third inning.”
The right-hander even did a little fielding in the sixth. Ian Happ hit a line drive that ricocheted off Gonsolin's glove and went behind the mound. Gonsolin raced to pick up the ball and fired to first base for the third out.
“I was fortunate enough that it hit the big part of my glove and not my wrist,” Gonsolin said.
Betts blasted solo shots in the first and the eighth for his 19th and 20th homers. He got hit by a pitch in the fifth and had his left hand examined but stayed in the game. He said the soreness eventually went away.
Hitting in the ninth spot, Gavin Lux extended the Dodgers' lead to 3-0 on a two-run shot with two outs in the second after Trayce Thompson doubled.
Justin Turner went deep in the fourth to make it 4-0.
The Cubs cut their deficit to 4-2 on Christopher Morel's two-run homer with two outs in the fifth.
They didn't have another hit until Happ's two-out single in the ninth off closer Craig Kimbrel. Rookie Seiya Suzuki hit a flare to right that Betts chased mightily, but it dropped for an RBI double that left the Cubs trailing 5-3.
“I wanted to dive, but something in my body didn't allow me to,” said Betts, who is recovering from a rib injury.
Suzuki took third on Kimbrel's wild pitch and Kimbrel walked Patrick Wisdom to put the potential tying run at first.
Alex Vesia retired pinch-hitter Nelson Velázquez on a called third strike to earn his first save.
Chicago starter Mark Leiter Jr. (2-3) gave up four runs and five hits in five innings. The right-hander struck out four and walked none.
TRAINER'S ROOM
Cubs: RHP Kyle Hendricks (right shoulder strain) had an MRI that showed no structural damage and he won't need surgery. There's no timetable for his return. ... LHP Justin Steele isn't with the team while he awaits the birth of his child.
Dodgers: RHP Blake Treinen (right shoulder) will continue throwing off a mound while expanding his full complement of pitches. He remains a couple weeks away from facing live hitters.
GRATEROL HURT
Dodgers reliever Brusdar Graterol left after throwing six pitches in the eighth. Roberts said he had a cramp in his rib area. Although he checked out fine, Roberts said Graterol may undergo more testing and the injured list is “not off the table” for him. Graterol got the first out of the inning and had a 2-1 count on Morel when he walked off. Phil Bickford came in and struck out Morel before Andrelton Simmons grounded out to end the inning.
THROWING IN STYLE
Rapper Saweetie tossed out a ceremonial first pitch. She took the mound in high heels and her extra long fingernails painted in the team's blue-and-white colors didn't interfere with her throw to Betts, who served as catcher.
UP NEXT
Cubs: RHP Keegan Thompson (7-3, 3.41 ERA) is 0-1 with a 2.16 ERA in his only other start against LA.
Dodgers: LHP Tyler Anderson (9-1, 3.09) has 73 strikeouts to 15 walks over 15 games, including 13 starts.
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Indian benchmark indices were trading higher amid positive cues from global markets. The BSE Sensex rose 300 points to 54,527, and the NSE Nifty 50 gained 90 points to 16,222. The broader markets were also in the positive zone with the BSE MidCap and SmallCap indices inching up to 0.3 per cent higher. Sectorally, Nifty Bank, Auto, Financials indices led gains, while metals index was the sole laggard. Markets continue to remain volatile and stock specific action is expected. Amid this, analysts at ICICI Direct have picked JSW Steel and DLF stocks among their top bets for July, based on technical and derivative data. The brokerage firm is projecting up to 8% potential rally within the next 30 days.
JSW Steel: Buy
Target price: Rs 620; Upside: 8%
Duration: 30 days
JSW Steel shares have tanked around 15 per cent so far this year, underperforming even benchmarks Sensex and Nifty 50 which have corrected over 7 per cent. Metal sector has undergone significant price, as well as time correction since its May 2021 peak and most large cap metal stocks are currently placed in extreme oversold zone on their momentum readings, according to the brokerage report. Analysts at ICICIDirect said that JSW Steel has retraced its January-May 2021 rally by 61.8% over the past 12 months and recently undergone a base formation at its key support of Rs 500. “We expect the stock price to post a technical pull back from oversold readings and head towards 38.2% retracement of May-June 2022 decline (790-520) placed at Rs 625,” they said. They recommend buying the stock in Rs 563-577 range with stop loss at Rs 540 and target price of Rs 620.
DLF: Buy
Target price: Rs 360, Upside: 7%
Duration: 30 days
D
JSW Steel shares have tanked around 14.5 per cent so far this year, underperforming benchmark indices. Analysts at ICICIDirect stated that the share price of DLF has witnessed trend line breakout recently and sustaining above it and 20 day EMA signaling resumption of up move and thus offers fresh entry opportunity. “We expect the stock to maintain positive bias and head towards Rs 360 levels in the coming sessions as it is the 61.8% retracement of the April-June decline,” they said. Immediate support is placed at Rs 302 levels being 80% retracement of the recent up move. “Among the oscillators the daily RSI is in rising trajectory above its 9 period average thus validates positive bias,” they added. They recommend buying the stock in Rs 317-327 range with stop loss at Rs 302 and target price of Rs 360.
Nifty may gradually head towards 16600 in coming months
According to the brokerage report, the formation of higher high-low underpinned by improving market breadth signifies revived upward momentum. Further, sharp decline in crude oil prices coupled with cool off in India VIX signifies improvement in market sentient that makes us believe index will challenge immediate hurdle of 16200 and gradually head towards 16600 in coming months
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Ranchi (Jharkhand) [India], July 8 (ANI): The Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Friday conducted raids at multiple locations in Jharkhand that were linked to Pankaj Mishra, a close aide of Chief Minister Hemant Soren. Mishra is also an MLA representative for Sahibganj constituency.
The raids are being carried out in connection with a tender scam at 18 locations, including Sahibganj, Berhait and Rajmahal in connection with the scam.
ED is raiding in connection with an alleged scam done in availing marketplace tender in Sahebganj's Barharwa in 2020.
Shambhu Bhagat, who was also bidding for the tender had registered a case against Pankaj Mishra and a few others. He had alleged he was beaten up on the instructions of Pankaj Mishra and even threatened to back off from bidding. In the same tender brother of Jharkhand minister, Alamgir Alam was also bidding.
The complainant had alleged that in order to get the tender allotted to the minister's brother, a big-scale scam was done through a fake company.
The ED had taken over the case which was registered at Barharwa police station and started an investigation under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002. (ANI) | https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/tender-scam-ed-raid-underway-at-18-locations-of-jharkhand-cms-mla-representative20220708112907/ | 2022-07-08T06:21:23Z | https://www.aninews.in/news/national/general-news/tender-scam-ed-raid-underway-at-18-locations-of-jharkhand-cms-mla-representative20220708112907/ | false | 1 |
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — College basketball season ended almost three months ago, the NBA draft lottery was more than a month ago and the draft itself is later this week.
Seems like the process should be winding down.
Orlando Magic President Jeff Weltman sees it differently.
“I tell you, it’s still early in the process,” Weltman said Monday.
Translated: The Magic haven’t decided yet what they’ll do on Thursday night, when the draft rolls around and they have the No. 1 pick. Other teams have called to gauge what the asking price would be if they want to trade for that selection, and the Magic have evaluated all the top candidates.
But Weltman sees no reason to decide anything before it’s absolutely necessary, especially given the opportunity Orlando has by holding this No. 1 pick.
“Dialogue is always ongoing,” Weltman said. “But, most importantly, we get to do what we want. That’s the real benefit of having the No. 1 pick.”
The top candidates for the pick are well-known: Auburn’s Jabari Smith Jr. worked out for Orlando earlier this month, Gonzaga’s Chet Holmgren met with the Magic for multiple days last week and Duke’s Paolo Banchero has been working out with former Magic guard Mike Miller.
Holmgren said he came away convinced that “great people” are leading the Magic.
“They’ve got a vision for what they’re trying to put together in Orlando,” Holmgren said.
Weltman wouldn’t say that those are the only three candidates Orlando would consider at No. 1.
“It’s confirmed that there are a lot of talented players at the top of this draft, that’s for sure,” Weltman said.
This is the fourth time that Orlando will be making the No. 1 pick. The Magic took Shaquille O’Neal with the top selection in 1992. Chris Webber was the No. 1 pick by Orlando in 1993, and he got traded that same night for Penny Hardaway and a package of future picks that were eventually turned into Vince Carter and, later, Miller. And in 2004, the Magic selected Dwight Howard with the first pick.
The No. 1 pick on Thursday will join a young core in Orlando that already includes 2017 top pick Markelle Fultz, a pair of top-eight picks from the 2021 draft in Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs, and Cole Anthony — the No. 15 pick in 2020.
Orlando also has the No. 6 picks from the 2017 and 2018 draft, Jonathan Isaac and Mo Bamba. It’s possible that when next season starts Orlando could have as many as six lottery picks, nine top-16 selections and 12 first-rounders on its roster.
This is all part of the challenge for the Magic — who also have the No. 32 and No. 35 picks this year — going into Thursday: Finding more youth that fits with the current core, finding ways to be better next season and sustainably better for years to come.
“We do want to get better but not at the expense of rushing back to mediocrity,” Weltman said. “And we do want to have something sustainable. But you have to elevate the standard to do that. You can’t just stay at the basement level, you know, interminably. So those are conversations that we’re having, which players do that for us.”
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SmartX Ranked 1st in China HCI SW Financial Vertical Market for 2 Consecutive Years
BEIJING, July 8, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IDC recently published "China SDS and HCI Market Overview, 2021Q4," in which SmartX shows rapid growth in HCI market share. Particularly, SmartX is recognized as one of the key vendors with the fastest growth in China HCI software market due to its achievement in the financial services industry (FSI). In fact, this is the 2nd year in a row that SmartX ranked 1st in China HCI software financial vertical market.
The report shows that SmartX is also the No.1 pure-play vendor in China HCI market. In 2021, SmartX claimed 2.6% of the China HCI market (with an 84.7% YoY growth), and 4.1% of the China HCI software market (with a 69.9% YoY growth), following large DC vendors and cloud providers.
IDC attributed SmartX's outstanding growth to its achievement in product performance & stability and financial vertical market:
"Software-driven HCI products have great potential in the Chinese market. Industries that seek flexibility, for example, telecommunications and financial services industries, have already increased the procurement of HCI software. Vendors such as SmartX took this opportunity and kept up the product stability and performance, which helped the company earn a good reputation among financial institutions and achieve an increase in the market share."
In 2021, SmartX made substantial market progress, especially in the FSI industry, as SmartX claimed 25% of the China HCI software financial vertical market share. SmartX HCI's stability and flexibility have been proven by customers, as they:
- Deployed SmartX HCI on large scale in production; one customer even deployed over 300 nodes in total, which has stably supported the systems for over 3 years.
- Deployed SmartX HCI on different servers to form heterogeneous clusters.
- Deployed SmartX HCI with various hypervisors, including VMware ESXi, SmartX's native hypervisor ELF (choice of over 40% of customers), and Citrix XenServer.
Beyond the FSI industry, SmartX is also actively working with industry leaders in healthcare, manufacturing, retail and real estate, etc., with a footprint across countries and regions including APAC, the Middle East, and Europe.
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Japanese yen rises as investors seek havens after Abe shooting
Japanese currency advances to 135.33 per dollar after former Japanese prime minister taken to hospital.
Japan’s yen rose on Friday as investors sought safe havens following reports that former Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe had been shot.
The yen advanced to 135.33 per dollar after Abe was taken to hospital after reportedly being shot by a man with a shotgun while giving a speech in the western city of Nara.
The benchmark Nikkei 225 fell, undoing an earlier 1.4 percent advance.
Chief Cabinet Secretary Hirokazu Matsuno said he did not know Abe’s condition, but Japanese broadcaster NHK said the 67-year-old former leader suffered cardiac arrest.
Abe, who resigned in 2020 following his second stint as prime minister, spearheaded a suite of economic policies, known as “Abenomics,” which aimed to jolt Japan’s economy out of more than decades of stagnation through monetary easing, stimulus spending and structural reforms.
The rush to the yen came as the euro languished at a 20-year low amid fears Europe could be on the verge of a recession.
“The Abe shooting this morning pushed USD/JP lower to 135.35, but it is already recovering, rising to 135.65,” Jeffrey Halley, senior market analyst for the Asia Pacific at OANDA, said in a note. “Despite the tragedy of these events, I do not expect them to provide anything but temporary strength.”
The Australian dollar rose 0.3 percent on Friday to $0.6850, while the British pound, while down 0.3 percent this week, rebounded overnight somewhat following the resignation of United Kingdom Prime Minister Boris Johnson.
The New Zealand dollar rose 0.3 percent to $0.6192. | https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/7/8/japanese-yen-rises-as-investor-seek-havens-following-abe-shooting | 2022-07-08T06:32:25Z | https://www.aljazeera.com/economy/2022/7/8/japanese-yen-rises-as-investor-seek-havens-following-abe-shooting | false | 2 |
New England Revolution (6-5-7, fifth in the Eastern Conference) vs. New York City FC (8-4-5, third in the Eastern Conference)
The Bronx, New York; Saturday, 1 p.m. EDT
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: NYCFC -157, New England +392, Draw +302; over/under is 2.5 goals
BOTTOM LINE: Valentin Castellanos leads New York City FC into a matchup with the New England Revolution after scoring two goals against Atlanta United.
NYCFC is 5-3-2 in conference matchups. NYCFC has an MLS-high 103 shots on goal, averaging 6.1 per game. NYCFC is also third in league play with 33 goals.
The Revolution are 3-4-5 against Eastern Conference opponents. Adam Buksa paces the fifth-ranked scoring team in the MLS with six goals. The Revolution have scored 29.
The teams meet Saturday for the first time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Castellanos has 10 goals and one assist for NYCFC. Talles Magno has scored three goals over the past 10 games.
Buksa has scored six goals and added two assists for the Revolution. Carles Gil has one goal and three assists over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: NYCFC: 5-1-4, averaging 1.7 goals, 5.1 shots on goal and 5.8 corner kicks per game while allowing 0.9 goals per game.
Revolution: 4-0-6, averaging 1.7 goals, 4.6 shots on goal and 5.7 corner kicks per game while allowing 1.2 goals per game.
NOT EXPECTED TO PLAY: NYCFC: Keaton Parks (injured), Thiago Martins Bueno (injured), Anton Tinnerholm (injured).
Revolution: Matt Polster (injured), Tommy McNamara (injured).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. | https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/Castellanos-leads-New-York-City-FC-against-the-17291810.php | 2022-07-08T06:41:21Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/sports/article/Castellanos-leads-New-York-City-FC-against-the-17291810.php | false | 10 |
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