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What is Trinny Woodall doing now?
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Trinny Woodall has just launched her newest Trinny London makeup and skincare concession, in Harvey Nichols, Manchester
Trinny Woodall, with her friend Susannah Constantine, tumbled onto our screens in 2001, with the first of five series of What Not To Wear, where their fashion makeovers, backed by ‘harsh but true’ commentary and fruity language, made women across the UK rethink their fashion choices – advised to aim to dress for their shape, and the colours that work best for them, not to slavishly follow the trends. A global career in fashion advice followed, but in 2017 Trinny took what might seem to be a sideways leap into skincare and cosmetics, launching Trinny London, a brand that grabbed hold of social media and made it its own.
‘It was out of the box for people who had last seen me on the telly, giving style advice, but I hadn’t actually been on UK telly for some years, I had been abroad making similar shows. And it was really interesting as it gave me a sense of women around the world and what we all have in common, and what I noticed is all the women - thousands and thousands from India to Israel to Poland, Australia, America - when we had completed the makeovers, the first thing every woman looked at was their face, their makeup, and seeing themselves refreshed and ageless, so I knew then that this is what it would be.’
Trinny says she’s always been somewhat obsessed with makeup and skincare since a teenager struggling with acne, which lasted into her 30s.
‘I had really bad acne from 13 to 30, then we grow out of the skin troubles but we don’t change the way we do our makeup. That’s the same for all women, in fact, bad skin or not – we learn to do our makeup when we’re young and vibrant and the time we find our sexual confidence, then don’t change it and it can age us, wearing the same makeup in our 40s as we wore in our 20s. It gave us security and it gave us confidence, and we want to stick with the things we know – and making the change around makeup is a difficult one.’
Trinny has always been one for the hard challenge, she says, so when deciding to launch a new business, she knew that just adding yet another brand to an already overcrowded market wouldn’t be good enough for her, she would create something that met her own challenging requirements, and really be of use to the thousands of women she had met, and the many more thousands of women just like them.
‘The question I have been asked most, is “does this suit me?”. I asked myself – how can I make it easy for women to come online and know what suits them? I really think that the greatest responsibility you have as a makeup brand is to demystify it, to get rid of the vast amount of noise in front of a woman in front of a makeup counter with hundreds of choices facing her. I spent a long time with hundreds of women really working on this and it led to the creation of Match2Me. ’
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Match2Me asks a few simple questions to get down to your colour ‘settings’ - hair, eyes and skin – and then makes recommendations for every single piece of makeup you could need.
‘It works,’ Trinny says. ‘We have 750,000 customers and 500,000 have bought, and re-bought, by using Match2Me online. So we have it, alongside our makeup artists, in store too.’
Which brings us to Trinny London’s newest permanent cosmetics store concession in the UK, in Harvey Nichols Manchester. A light and vibrant space, with Trinny’s signature colour yellow throughout, there are makeup artists in abundance, all trained in Trinny’s Match 2 Me and ready to show you the Trinny approach to makeup for women of all ages, but perhaps especially the over 40s, feeling a little lost, a little overwhelmed and a lot ready for change.
‘We want to demystify and simplify routines, with products that work really hard. Our Lip2Cheek, for example – if the colour suits you, you can use it on lips and cheeks. Women want to feel we can explore colour, like we’re in a painting class, but we also like to have some guidelines and some understanding of what it will do for us and where we should put it.
‘Match2me is a free resource for any woman who wants to know what colours will suit her, whether she then chooses to buy Trinny London, or not. I say don’t be scared of wearing colour on your face, as it just brings the face alive.
‘Women just want to navigate looking their best, and I am talking to those women.’ | https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/trinny-woodall-takes-trinny-london-to-manchester-9153786 | 2022-07-19T15:00:07Z | https://www.greatbritishlife.co.uk/people/celebrity-interviews/trinny-woodall-takes-trinny-london-to-manchester-9153786 | true | 1 |
AKRON, Ohio, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FirstEnergy Corp. (NYSE: FE) will release financial results for the second quarter and first half of 2022 after markets close on Tuesday, July 26. These results will be discussed by FirstEnergy management during a conference call with financial analysts at 11 a.m. EDT on Wednesday, July 27. A question-and-answer session will follow.
Investors, customers and other interested parties are invited to listen to a live webcast of the call and view presentation slides via FirstEnergy's Investor Information website, www.firstenergycorp.com/ir. The webcast and presentation will be available for replay on the site for up to one year.
The company plans to post its second quarter presentation and supporting materials to the investor section of the website after markets close on July 26.
FirstEnergy is dedicated to integrity, safety, reliability and operational excellence. Its 10 electric distribution companies form one of the nation's largest investor-owned electric systems, serving customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, West Virginia, Maryland and New York. The company's transmission subsidiaries operate approximately 24,000 miles of transmission lines that connect the Midwest and Mid-Atlantic regions. Follow FirstEnergy on Twitter @FirstEnergyCorp or online at www.firstenergycorp.com.
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CHICAGO, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Innovative start-up, Planterra Foods, announced today an exclusive partnership between OZO and the Chicago Cubs, becoming the official plant-based protein of the Chicago Cubs and Wrigley Field.
Starting this week, Cubs fans can now purchase OZO products at select concession stands throughout the ballpark for plant-based meal options, including burgers and Mexican seasoned ground and shredded chicken. The endless options allow fans to choose their flexitarian or vegan-friendly ballpark meal without sacrificing the same delicious taste.
"We are ecstatic to partner with the Chicago Cubs at such an iconic ballpark," said Darcey Macken, Planterra Foods CEO. "At OZO Foods, we know consumers are looking for delicious and healthy protein alternatives, which is why we are bringing as many options as possible to Wrigley Field."
OZO products use high-quality ingredients to bring delicious plant-based options that deliver on the True Bite™ Experience, which is the promise to delight the senses with the look, smell, taste, and texture of the food you know and love. OZO products are non-GMO, certified vegan by BeVeg and are more nutritious in comparison to traditional meat. OZO combines cutting-edge capabilities with culinary expertise to develop creative innovations and fresh takes on classic favorites through signature recipes.
"We're thrilled to partner with OZO to provide the best fans in baseball with new protein alternative options here at Wrigley Field," said Chicago Cubs Vice President of Corporate Partnerships Alex Seyferth. "Being able to provide our fans with a variety of choice when it comes to food and beverage options at the ballpark is a priority to ensure a great guest experience at Wrigley Field and we hope fans enjoy this new plant-based option."
For additional information, visit PlanterraFoods.com and OZOFoods.com, and join the conversation on Facebook, Instagram, Pinterest, Twitter and LinkedIn.
OZO is owned by Planterra Foods, an innovative, plant-based foods company based in Colorado dedicated to bringing exceptional variety and thoughtful plant-based protein choices - that are beneficial to both you and the planet - to the table. Innovation, convenience and taste are at the forefront of Planterra Foods and OZO, the first retail brand now available at local grocery stores and for purchase online at OZOFoods.com. With its True Bite brand promise, OZO delivers total eating enjoyment from first site to last bite. Planterra Foods is owned by JBS USA, one of the world's leading food companies. For additional information, visit www.PlanterraFoods.com.
The Chicago Cubs franchise, a charter member of Major League Baseball's National League since 1876, has won the National League pennant 17 times and was the first team to win back-to-back World Series titles in the 1907 and 1908 seasons. In 2016, the Chicago Cubs made history again when the team won its first World Series in 108 years, ending the longest championship drought in North American sports. Known for its ivy-covered outfield walls, hand-operated scoreboard and famous Marquee, iconic Wrigley Field has been the home of the Chicago Cubs since 1916 and is the second oldest ballpark in Major League Baseball. In 2009, the Ricketts family assumed ownership of the Chicago Cubs and established three main goals for the organization: Win the World Series, Preserve and Improve Wrigley Field, and Be a Good Neighbor. For more information, visit www.cubs.com.
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WARSAW, Poland (AP) — Ukraine became an association country of the International Energy Agency on Tuesday, with both stressing that closer cooperation will help Europe face what is expected to be a hard winter amid an energy crisis tied to Russia’s war in Ukraine.
“I believe this winter may become a historic test of European solidarity,” IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol said during the ceremony in Warsaw, Poland.
The move reflects Ukraine’s crucial role for European and global energy security and shows the Paris-based agency’s support for the country as it battles Russia’s invasion. Russia has cut off or reduced natural gas supplies to a dozen countries in Europe, including Poland, in retaliation for sanctions on Moscow.
There are also fears that a key natural gas pipeline from Russia to Germany won’t reopen after scheduled maintenance this week. A further drawdown in flows of natural gas used to power industry, generate electricity and heat homes threatens European efforts to refill storage for the cold months and avert an economic crisis.
“When there is not enough gas (due to cuts by chief supplier Russia), Europe may be called to show the full strength of its union,” Birol said.
Ukraine became the 11th association country of the organization, joining Argentina, Brazil, China, Egypt, India, Indonesia, Morocco, Singapore, South Africa and Thailand. There are 31 full member countries, including most big economies such as the U.S., United Kingdom, Germany, France and Japan.
Birol and Ukrainian Minister of Energy German Galushchenko signed the documents in the capital of Poland, which supports neighboring Ukraine in its fight and has taken in millions of refugees from the war.
The move will allow Ukraine to work closer with the IEA on data-sharing, analysis and best practices as well as managing energy demand. It also will support Ukraine’s reconstruction efforts.
Galushchenko said his country wants to rebuild its energy system in a new way, using the most advanced technologies, and that the support of the IEA may be crucial for the task.
Birol said he was impressed with the unanimous support that all member governments gave last month to Ukraine’s application and to bringing it into the “IEA family.”
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Company Provides Updates
CAMBRIDGE, Mass, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Matterworks, Inc., developers of the world's most powerful metabolomics platform, which accelerates the discovery, development, and manufacturing of biologics and gene therapies, today announces updates to its Board of Directors.
"Expansion of our Board of Directors is particularly timely as we approach the beta release in early 2023 and commercial launch in the summer of 2023 of Pyxis™, our next-generation machine learning software platform,'' said Mimoun Cadosch Delmar, Founder & CEO of Matterworks.
Lena Wu, Ph.D., an Independent Director since October of 2021, will serve in an expanded role as Executive Chairman of the Board, utilizing her extensive experience in business and corporate development and her network in biomanufacturing across the pharmaceutical industry to facilitate and accelerate strategic partnerships in support of streamlining metabolomics in bioprocessing with Pyxis.
Having seen rapid technology development translate into a successful alpha product, Dr. Wu shared her enthusiasm for her growing role with Matterworks, noting, "The success of our early technical access program has exceeded customers' expectations, and showed that Pyxis is the holy grail of metabolomics they have been searching for."
Jack Geremia, Ph.D., Co-Founder and currently Advising CTO, brings extensive experience building early-stage companies, driving innovation strategy, and leading new technologies from concept through commercialization to his role as Board Director. Dr. Geremia is currently the Global Head of Microbiome Discovery at DSM Nutritional Products, following DSM's acquisition of Midori Animal Health, where he was Founder and CSO. He has authored more than 100 patents, patent applications, and scientific publications.
"With customers already eager to use Pyxis to gain metabolomic insights into their bioprocessing workflows, the next 12 months will be monumental as our platform progresses to beta and commercialization. I look forward to providing guidance to the team in my role as Board Director," said Dr. Geremia.
At home in the Boston-area biotech hub, Matterworks, Inc. is a venture-backed startup enabling real-time quantitative metabolomics through novel machine learning-powered technologies.
The field of metabolomics sits today where genomics was positioned in the early 2000's: ripe for a breakthrough that drives explosive adoption of metabolomics as an essential tool for the life sciences. To realize this opportunity, our platform combines mass spectrometry with advanced AI to systematize, scale, and accelerate metabolomics workflows.
Visit https://www.matterworksbio.com/ to learn more
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Over the past 3 months, 10 analysts have published their opinion on Bank of New York Mellon BK stock. These analysts are typically employed by large Wall Street banks and tasked with understanding a company's business to predict how a stock will trade over the upcoming year.
According to 10 analyst offering 12-month price targets in the last 3 months, Bank of New York Mellon has an average price target of $47.55 with a high of $53.00 and a low of $43.00.
Below is a summary of how these 10 analysts rated Bank of New York Mellon over the past 3 months. The greater the number of bullish ratings, the more positive analysts are on the stock and the greater the number of bearish ratings, the more negative analysts are on the stock
This current average represents a 11.37% decrease from the previous average price target of $53.65.
How Are Analyst Ratings Determined?
Benzinga tracks 150 analyst firms and reports on their stock expectations. Analysts typically arrive at their conclusions by predicting how much money a company will make in the future, usually the upcoming five years, and how risky or predictable that company's revenue streams are.
Analysts attend company conference calls and meetings, research company financial statements, and communicate with insiders to publish their ratings on stocks. Analysts typically rate each stock once per quarter or whenever the company has a major update.
Some analysts publish their predictions for metrics such as growth estimates, earnings, and revenue to provide additional guidance with their ratings. When using analyst ratings, it is important to keep in mind that stock and sector analysts are also human and are only offering their opinions to investors.
This article was generated by Benzinga's automated content engine and reviewed by an editor.
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Arabella Foss-Yarbrough and her two children, ages 2 and 4, survived shooter Andrew Tekle Sundberg who repeatedly shot into their apartment and later shot at the police. Black Lives Matter (BLM) is protesting because a police sniper took him down.
After a six hour standoff with Sundberg shooting into Yarbrough’s apartment and shooting at them, police shot and killed him.
The shooter was black. It didn’t matter to BLM that he was shooting up this woman’s apartment with her and her two children inside.
“My kids have to deal with this and probably have a mental illness now because they almost lost their lives. There’s bullet holes in my kitchen because he sat in the f-ing hallway watching me move,’ the single mother said. “He tried to kill me in front of my kids.”
Police helped evacuate her and as they tried to evacuate the building, they came under fire. After six hours, a sniper shot the would-be killer.
Ms. Foss-Yarbrough lost her job after the standoff, and a GoFundMe was set up on her behalf. One was set up for the shooter too.
Sundberg had been “harassing and stalking her for months,” Fox News reports.
BLM Supports the Killer
BLM came out protesting on Sundberg’s behalf because the police shot and killed him. The protesters didn’t care about the poor woman and her children who were terrorized.
“I have black children, I am a woman of color! if I would have lost my life, would you guys do this for me?” she asked as they loudly protested.
BLM also doesn’t care about all the black people dying in big cities at the hands of black criminals. They only care when a cop, especially a white cop, shoots a black criminal or someone thought to be a criminal.
BLM is a good example of the cultural rot in our society.
BLM said Sundberg was going through a mental health crisis so they demand to know why police didn’t take him alive. For them, shooting at a woman and her two children and the police are not enough.
The Star Tribune was sympathetic towards the shooter and promoted the BLM protest.
The parents of the shooter keep telling the public that the police didn’t allow them to talk with their son, but here is dad talking to his son.
The parents of Andrew Tekle Sundberg are telling media that the MPD didn’t allow any communication with their son.
However, video from a livestream shows Mark Sundberg speaking on the PA system to his son.
“Tekle, this is your dad again. I need you to talk to negotiators.” pic.twitter.com/k6cldYzxd9
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) July 18, 2022
MS. YARBROUGH TAKES ON THE PROTESTERS
The real victim, Ms. Yarbrough tried to get the protesters to go home but they turned around and mocked her. Some told her to “shut up.” When she said there are bullet holes in her kitchen, one protester snarked, “Not in you though.”
BLM cares about nothing but this one issue. They don’t want to see black criminals shot by police – ever.
People in Black Lives Matter are fine examples of the cultural rot in Minneapolis.
The GoFundMe for Sundberg’s family says, “His life was taken too soon by the Minneapolis Police Department.” Relatives have retained ‘civil-rights lawyer’ Ben Crump who gets big payouts for black criminals’ families.
Ms. Yarbrough was terrorized and distraught. Her children were terrorized and BLM mocked her. She tried to explain what Sundberg did to her, but they didn’t care.
Arabella Foss-Yarbrough, who survived the shooting from Andrew Tekle Sundberg argued with protesters to go home.
“He tried to kill me in front of my kids!…There’s bullet holes in my kitchen!—”
“—Not in you though!”
— Rebecca Brannon (@RebsBrannon) July 17, 2022 | https://www.independentsentinel.com/blm-protests-killing-of-man-shooting-at-woman-and-police/ | 2022-07-19T15:04:46Z | https://www.independentsentinel.com/blm-protests-killing-of-man-shooting-at-woman-and-police/ | false | 1 |
Biden order aims to punish captors of Americans held abroad
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US President Joe Biden signed an executive order on Tuesday aimed at increasing the flow of information to families of Americans detained abroad and at imposing sanctions on the criminals, terrorists or government officials who hold them captive.
It is unclear if the new order will result in bringing home more Americans jailed in foreign countries, but senior Biden administration officials who previewed the action to reporters said they regard it as an important way to raise the cost of hostage-taking and to punish captors.
The executive order is being announced as the administration faces criticism from some families over a perceived lack of creativity and aggressiveness in getting their loved ones home.
It also comes as the ongoing detention in Russia of WNBA star Brittney Griner has brought increased attention to the population of Americans who are jailed abroad and designated by the US as wrongfully detained.
The action relies on a section of the Robert Levinson Hostage Recovery and Hostage-Taking Accountability Act — named after a retired FBI agent who vanished in Iran 15 years ago and is now presumed dead — that authorizes the president to impose sanctions, including visa revocations, on people believed to be involved in the wrongful detention of Americans.
In this case, officials said, that could apply to government officials or to criminals or terrorists unaffiliated with a government.
Since sanctions may not always help facilitate a jailed American's release — Russia's invasion of Ukraine, for instance, has proceeded despite a wave of economic sanctions from Western allies — such punishment is expected to be used judiciously, according to one official who briefed reporters on the condition of anonymity under ground rules set by the administration.
Another element of the order will direct federal agencies to do better at sharing information and intelligence with families of detainees about the latest status of their case and efforts to get their loved one home.
In addition, the State Department is adding a new risk indicator to its country-specific travel advisories to warn travellers about nations where there's believed to be an elevated risk of detention.
The department already uses foreign travel risk indicators for categories including crime, health and kidnapping.
Officials said the new risk indicator, marked as “D” for detention, will be applied at least initially to the following countries: Burma, China, Iran, North Korea, Russia and Venezuela.
Relatives of jailed Americans are gathering in Washington, D.C., this week for the unveiling of a mural to honour the detainees. Administration officials would not say whether Biden would meet with the families.
Jonathan Franks, a spokesman for the Bring Our Families Home Campaign, a group that advocates for the interests of hostages and detainees, said in a statement that the “families continue to await a reply to their requests for meetings with President Biden”.
Franks said that rather than engaging with the families in a meaningful way, “the White House is taking executive action to direct itself to follow existing law”.
(This story has not been edited by Devdiscourse staff and is auto-generated from a syndicated feed.)
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HUL Standalone June 2022 Net Sales at Rs 14,272.00 crore, up 19.78% Y-o-Y
July 19, 2022 / 06:09 PM IST
Reported Standalone quarterly numbers for Hindustan Unilever are:Net Sales at Rs 14,272.00 crore in June 2022 up 19.78% from Rs. 11,915.00 crore in June 2021.
Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. 2,289.00 crore in June 2022 up 11.06% from Rs. 2,061.00 crore in June 2021.
EBITDA stands at Rs. 3,384.00 crore in June 2022 up 16.13% from Rs. 2,914.00 crore in June 2021.
HUL EPS has increased to Rs. 9.74 in June 2022 from Rs. 8.77 in June 2021.
HUL shares closed at 2,552.60 on July 18, 2022 (BSE) | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/earnings/hul-standalone-june-2022-net-sales-at-rs-14272-00-crore-up-19-78-y-o-y-8851721.html | 2022-07-19T15:08:35Z | https://www.moneycontrol.com/news/business/earnings/hul-standalone-june-2022-net-sales-at-rs-14272-00-crore-up-19-78-y-o-y-8851721.html | true | null |
Three Indoor Theme Parks Join Growing Portfolio of Family Entertainment Centers
LEXINGTON, Ky., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Five Star Parks & Attractions has completed the acquisition of three locations of Malibu Jack's Indoor Theme Parks in the cities of Lexington, Louisville, and Ashland, Kentucky. This brings Five Star's holdings to 16 family entertainment centers (FEC's)* in eight states.
Since June 2021, Five Star has sought out FEC partners that are already employing creative practices within the industry, but that have a desire to grow or improve and can therefore benefit from the expertise and financial backing offered by Five Star and its leadership team. The new arrangement ensures a continued relationship with the original Malibu Jack's leadership team, which will build and open additional parks under the Five Star brand.
Five Star was drawn to Malibu Jack's because of the company's innovative approach to creating "indoor theme parks" by transforming vacant buildings into entertainment spaces rather than building new venues from the ground up. The Hatton family – brothers Steve, Terry and Jeff – opened the first Malibu Jack's location in Lexington nine years ago, then expanded into Louisville. Both sites quickly gained popularity and were relocated to the two larger facilities that exist today. The third site opened in December 2021 in Ashland.
"Our goal has always been to find a way that we, as entrepreneurs, could also make a positive impact on our communities, turning what had been an eyesore or empty store into a place that brings joy to residents and visitors alike," said Terry Hatton. "We love that challenge, and what appeals to us about this partnership with Five Star is that we'll be able to expand our reach, bringing our original vision to families across the country."
Though attractions vary by site, the Malibu Jack's indoor theme parks feature bowling alleys, go-kart tracks, miniature golf, laser tag, a variety of rides, arcades and a signature kids' play area known as Bounce Beach. Each new site creates about 100 jobs for its local community and prides itself on offering a clean, safe and fun environment for family entertainment.
"This is an exciting time for the brand," said David Hasler, the CEO of Malibu Jack's. "In the last six months we'd been preparing our team for growth – realigning roles, optimizing systems and enhancing existing processes. We are energized about working alongside the Five Star team to realize Malibu Jack's brand potential."
"Since our inception, Five Star Parks & Attractions has been focused on finding partners who have developed creative ways to really make a difference in our industry," said John Dunlap, Five Star's CEO. "With Malibu Jack's, the Hatton family found a way to not only deliver on a promise of year-round family fun but also to repurpose existing buildings and make a positive impact on their communities. We look forward to collaborating with them to see what we can do to make Malibu Jack's a household name from coast to coast."
Other Five Star partners include all three locations of The Track Family Fun Parks in Branson, Missouri; two locations of Dubby's Attractions in Branson and three in Pigeon Forge, Tennessee; and all five locations of Celebration Station, in the prime suburban locations of Clearwater, Florida; Baton Rouge, Louisiana; Greensboro, North Carolina; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma; and Mesquite, Texas.
*What Is an "FEC"?
Family Entertainment Centers are an important part of the global amusement industry. They bring families together by offering an array of activities, which can include arcades and games, batting cages, bowling alleys, bumper boats and cars, go-karts, laser tag, miniature golf, rides, roller rinks, VR experiences, ziplines, and more. Often FEC's include dining elements, from ice cream stands and snack bars to full-service restaurants and food trucks.
About Malibu Jack's
Malibu Jack's operates massive indoor theme parks with attractions and games for guests of all ages. Annually, nearly 1 million guests experience go-karts, miniature golf, bowling, thrill rides, kid's zones, virtual reality attractions, arcade games and more. Malibu Jack's locations offer space for large corporate events, field trips, birthday parties and holiday events.
About Five Star Parks & Attractions
Five Star Parks & Attractions is a platform created to partner with and invest in leading family entertainment centers (FEC's), instituting positive changes aimed at creating superior entertainment experiences for families. Properties partnering with Five Star benefit from the passion and expertise of leaders who have spent their careers in the amusement and hospitality industries, and from the financial backing necessary to create improved guest experiences and long-term success. As part of its ongoing growth strategy, Five Star is interested in hearing from existing FEC's that may be interested in joining the team and learning about the group's future plans.
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Guwahati, Jul 19 (PTI) A case was registered here on Tuesday against a self-proclaimed traditional medicine expert of Assam for his "derogatory" social media post against a woman journalist, police said.
The accused, who is a member of the Asom Gana Parishad (AGP), an ally of the ruling BJP, has been suspended from the party following the development.
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An FIR was registered against the man, a known face in local television programmes where he prescribes traditional medicines for the treatment of various ailments, after the journalist filed a written complaint against him on Monday.
Police said an investigation has started.
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Recently, the accused made some alleged unsavoury comments against women in general in a video uploaded on social media. A digital media house, in which the journalist's husband works in a senior position, criticised his views in a news post.
Apparently offended by the negative news coverage, the traditional medicine expert attacked the journalist's husband on Facebook.
"He then dragged my name into the accusations and started character assassination, making lewd comments. I am under extreme mental duress and want the person to be arrested and prosecuted as per law," the woman journalist who works for a local satellite channel told PTI.
The AGP has suspended the accused from the party with immediate effect.
The Gauhati Press Club has demanded stringent action against the accused.
In a statement, the club said it "feels that such personal attacks on social media and that too against a woman are in bad taste."
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Ricky Williams unpacks Aaron Rodgers’ tattoo in painstaking detail
Last offseason, Aaron Rodgers demanded a trade, threatening to retire if the Packers didn’t meet his demands. This offseason, he got a tattoo. He also might be dating a witch, but that’s a subject for another day.
Rodgers caused quite the stir when he unveiled his tattoo earlier this month. Some admired its complexity while others mocked it, suggesting the four-time MVP has begun a midlife crisis of sorts. What does Rodgers’ body art actually mean? Luckily for us, former NFL running back Ricky Williams is on the case.
Williams, who led a controversial career spanning 11 eventful seasons (most as a Miami Dolphin), has, in his post-playing life, developed a passion for astrology, making him uniquely qualified to make sense of Rodgers’ tattoo.
According to Williams, Rodgers’ tattoo features three astrological signs—Sagittarius, Scorpio and Aquarius—and their corresponding constellations.
“He’s a Sagittarius and he’s got a lot of Scorpio. Obviously, he’s been learning astrology. That’s the first thing that he’s communicating to us, that he’s into the esoteric or the occult studies,” said Williams. “The other thing that’s obvious to me is the amount of circles in this tattoo. I think there’s like 20-something circles.”
“A circle is a symbol for wholeness,” said Williams, of the circle’s significance. “This is really the main purpose of astrology. It’s how we learn about the different parts of ourselves and integrate them so we can be one being instead of compartmentalized beings, like most of us are. So, the circles really jump out.”
The tattoo also shows two dueling lions (which Williams interprets as his “inner fire”), a single eye (synonymous with the “inner world”) and a sun that Williams quickly identified as Rodgers’ Libra moon. “The symbol for Libra is the sun setting, so my sense is, this is a more realistic rendition of the Libra glyph,” noted Williams. “It’s an expression of who he feels like he is on the inside, that’s not necessarily able to express itself in everyday behavior because he’s an NFL quarterback. It means that he’s a deep, esoteric kind of guy.”
That may elicit eyerolls, though it’s clear Rodgers put a lot of thought into this tattoo, which Williams sees as a metaphor for his internal conflict, coming to grips with who he is now versus who he was, both as a football player and a human being. “I find that most of us, we get into our 30s and we start to think more holistically because we have more information,” said Williams. “We have maturity. We have more experiences, and part of thinking holistically is bringing the different, disparate parts of ourselves together in some integrative whole.”
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Summer camp offers early insight to valuable tech skills
The Gibraltar Digital Skills Foundation’s Roblox Game Development Summer Camp ended on Friday, with local children able to create their own games in a process that taught them valuable tech skills for the future. Using Lua programming, the children aged between seven and 12 got the opportunity to write scripts, set parameters, functions and events...
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Texas indoor football game erupts into chaos as fight breaks out, escalates into stands
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An indoor football league game in Texas erupted into chaos Saturday as a brawl broke out between the two teams and players started fighting some fans in the stands.
The incident occurred during a game between the Dallas Prime, of the Texas United Football league, and the West Texas Warbirds, of the Arena Football Association. Video showed the fight taking place behind one of the end zones, and players could be seen battling into the locker room and some fighting fans in the stands.
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Tate Smith, who coaches the Warbirds, told the Odessa American that player ejections initially started the brawl, and interactions from both sides leading into the locker room escalated tensions.
“We were told by the officials that if there were any problems on the field that players would be ejected,” Smith said. “That’s what happened, and it carried over after the game was finished. That team hadn’t lost in more than two years, and we handled them pretty good.”
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The Warbirds also released a statement on Sunday in the aftermath of the brawl.
“What happened last night was embarrassing, regrettable, and inexcusable. Due to the ongoing criminal investigation, we are unable to provide many details. We are fully cooperating with Ector County Sheriffs Office, as well as Odessa Police. We are confident that once details emerge many items will be cleared up,” the Warbirds said.
According to CBS Austin, the Ector County Sheriff’s Department made no arrests that night, but an investigation was ongoing into a person who hit a player with a chair.
“No matter where fault, blame, or culpability lies, we owe the people of the Permian Basin an apology,” the Warbirds President Leif Kertis added. “You should never be concerned for your safety or your child’s safety at our games. We are taking the appropriate steps to mitigate any possibility of reoccurrence in future seasons by working with the Coliseum and ECSO on improved proactive measures as well as response management.”
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 360training.com, Inc., a leading online training and compliance platform, today announced a significant strategic equity partnership between the company, GreyLion Partners LP, and Vestar Capital Partners. Harris Williams served as a financial advisor through this transaction.
The addition of Vestar Capital Partners and additional capital commitment by GreyLion provides 360training with significantly more capital supporting its aggressive growth through acquisitions and organic growth. 360training's investments in technology and enhanced course offerings will continue to meet the needs of its corporate and individual customers today and in the future.
Investments by Vestar and GreyLion will help accelerate the consolidation of the fragmented online regulated training market resulting in higher quality offerings and more consistent regulatory compliance. Customers and Business professionals will benefit from this new strategic partnership as 360training continues to add capabilities across its online learning platform, enhances existing courses, and adds new courses. Business professionals and end-users will have access to higher quality and a constantly growing catalog of regulated training courses within a singular Learning Management System (LMS).
"We are thrilled to have not one, but two long-term equity partners aligned with our strategic objectives, company values, and operating philosophies. They bring us extensive experience and expertise partnering with other portfolio companies in the online education, healthcare, B2B, and e-commerce markets," says Tom Anderson, CEO of the company.
The 360training team has grown the equity value by approximately 350 percent since acquiring the company in 2018. "We have our dedicated employees to thank for this impressive growth as the team continues to integrate acquisitions and successfully scale our brands," continued Mr. Anderson.
The Executive team of Samantha Montalbano COO, Ryan Linders CMO, William Paape CFO, and Venkat Gaddipati CTO will continue to lead the company alongside Tom Anderson, GreyLion, and its new equity partner Vestar Capital Partners. Ryan Linders adds "Our employees are the driving force behind our company's success. We intend to continue attracting top-quality people who believe in our core values of "Deliver Results" and "Do The Right Thing". Their enthusiasm is evident in our employee satisfaction scores that are off the charts."
360training is an integrated digital training and compliance platform for highly regulated industries. Through a unique combination of differentiated technology and deep regulatory expertise, 360training enables professionals to attain jobs and maintain industry-mandated requirements while helping organizations develop their workforces and remain compliant. 360training's robust, proprietary content library offers over 6,000 courses across major business verticals: Environment Health & Safety, Food & Beverage, Real Estate, Healthcare, Financial Services, and more.
Since 1997, 360training.com, Inc. has delivered over 11 million training plans across multiple brands, including HIPAA Exams, Meditec, AgentCampus, VanEd, TIPS, OSHAcampus, OSHA.com, and Learn2Serve. Please visit www.360training.com or their social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to learn more.
GreyLion focuses on investing in high-growth businesses in the lower middle market. We seek to partner with existing owners and management teams across the consumer, industrial, healthcare, software, and services sectors to deliver capital in tailored and flexible minority and control structures. GreyLion invests $25-$125 million of capital per investment, primarily within the United States. We currently manage private equity funds with approximately $1.7 billion in aggregate commitments.
Vestar Capital Partners is a leading U.S. middle-market private equity firm specializing in management buyouts and growth capital investments. Vestar invests and collaborates with incumbent management teams and private owners to build long-term enterprise value, with a focus on Consumer, Business & Technology Services, and Healthcare. Since its inception in 1988, Vestar funds have invested $11 billion in 89 companies – as well as more than 200 add-on acquisitions – with a total value of approximately $52 billion. For more information on Vestar, please visit www.vestarcapital.com.
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- 360training.com, Inc., a leading online training and compliance platform, today announced a significant strategic equity partnership between the company, GreyLion Partners LP, and Vestar Capital Partners. Harris Williams served as a financial advisor through this transaction.
The addition of Vestar Capital Partners and additional capital commitment by GreyLion provides 360training with significantly more capital supporting its aggressive growth through acquisitions and organic growth. 360training's investments in technology and enhanced course offerings will continue to meet the needs of its corporate and individual customers today and in the future.
Investments by Vestar and GreyLion will help accelerate the consolidation of the fragmented online regulated training market resulting in higher quality offerings and more consistent regulatory compliance. Customers and Business professionals will benefit from this new strategic partnership as 360training continues to add capabilities across its online learning platform, enhances existing courses, and adds new courses. Business professionals and end-users will have access to higher quality and a constantly growing catalog of regulated training courses within a singular Learning Management System (LMS).
"We are thrilled to have not one, but two long-term equity partners aligned with our strategic objectives, company values, and operating philosophies. They bring us extensive experience and expertise partnering with other portfolio companies in the online education, healthcare, B2B, and e-commerce markets," says Tom Anderson, CEO of the company.
The 360training team has grown the equity value by approximately 350 percent since acquiring the company in 2018. "We have our dedicated employees to thank for this impressive growth as the team continues to integrate acquisitions and successfully scale our brands," continued Mr. Anderson.
The Executive team of Samantha Montalbano COO, Ryan Linders CMO, William Paape CFO, and Venkat Gaddipati CTO will continue to lead the company alongside Tom Anderson, GreyLion, and its new equity partner Vestar Capital Partners. Ryan Linders adds "Our employees are the driving force behind our company's success. We intend to continue attracting top-quality people who believe in our core values of "Deliver Results" and "Do The Right Thing". Their enthusiasm is evident in our employee satisfaction scores that are off the charts."
360training is an integrated digital training and compliance platform for highly regulated industries. Through a unique combination of differentiated technology and deep regulatory expertise, 360training enables professionals to attain jobs and maintain industry-mandated requirements while helping organizations develop their workforces and remain compliant. 360training's robust, proprietary content library offers over 6,000 courses across major business verticals: Environment Health & Safety, Food & Beverage, Real Estate, Healthcare, Financial Services, and more.
Since 1997, 360training.com, Inc. has delivered over 11 million training plans across multiple brands, including HIPAA Exams, Meditec, AgentCampus, VanEd, TIPS, OSHAcampus, OSHA.com, and Learn2Serve. Please visit www.360training.com or their social media accounts on Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to learn more.
GreyLion focuses on investing in high-growth businesses in the lower middle market. We seek to partner with existing owners and management teams across the consumer, industrial, healthcare, software, and services sectors to deliver capital in tailored and flexible minority and control structures. GreyLion invests $25-$125 million of capital per investment, primarily within the United States. We currently manage private equity funds with approximately $1.7 billion in aggregate commitments.
Vestar Capital Partners is a leading U.S. middle-market private equity firm specializing in management buyouts and growth capital investments. Vestar invests and collaborates with incumbent management teams and private owners to build long-term enterprise value, with a focus on Consumer, Business & Technology Services, and Healthcare. Since its inception in 1988, Vestar funds have invested $11 billion in 89 companies – as well as more than 200 add-on acquisitions – with a total value of approximately $52 billion. For more information on Vestar, please visit www.vestarcapital.com.
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Creating that crucial ‘I’ve-lost-my-marbles-and-live-with-seven-sheep’ vibe
When it came to creating the award-winning short film Herd Immunity, there was one important moral of the tale: when you’re forced to employ sheep that have been in Star Wars, trust in their talent.
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EPRO Advance Technology has developed new silicon materials for hydrogen production, while Helmholtz-Zentrum Hereon researchers have shown that hydrogen storage materials can be produced from recycled industrial waste.EPRO Advance Technology (EAT) has developed Si+, a porous silicon material, to generate ultra-pure hydrogen with volumetric energy density of 140 kg/m³ from a water source. The Hong Kong-based renewables company said that Si+ is a suitable material because it is compact and easily transportable. It generates ultra-pure hydrogen through the reaction, starting from a molecule of Si ...Den vollständigen Artikel lesen ...
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MONTRÉAL, July 19, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Elevent, North America’s leading provider of sponsorship lifecycle management software, consulting services, and research, today unveiled the results of a recent survey of adults in the U.S. designed to uncover the impact of sports sponsorship on consumer perspectives. Key findings include a positive correlation between sponsorship and purchase intent, and that brand commitment to Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR) and an athlete’s issue advocacy are both net positives. More information about the survey methodology can be found at the end of this announcement.
Sponsorship and Purchase Intent
The survey reveals a positive correlation between consumer purchase intent and brand sponsorship of sporting events. When asked how often consumers will buy from companies that are sponsoring a sport or sports organization that they like, 59% responded that they are more likely to purchase from sponsors they like. Moreover, 21% of respondents noted that they chose to do business with a brand only because it sponsors a sport or sporting organization.
In contrast, 15% responded that they have stopped doing business with a brand that sponsors a sport or sports organization that they don’t like. An additional 17% reported that while they have not stopped doing business with a brand based on sponsorship, they have thought about it.
“Sports sponsorship matters to consumers. The results of this survey confirm that – good or bad – brand sports sponsorships and purchase intent are connected,” said Francis Dumais, Managing Partner of Elevent. “As a premier provider of sponsorship intelligence, Elevent is uniquely positioned to gather and analyze data that both consumer and sports brands need to evaluate partnership opportunities. This is why leading brands rely on our sponsorship lifecycle management platform to confidently identify, select, measure, and maximize the ROI of strategic sponsorships.”
Corporate Social Responsibility and Athlete Advocacy
The survey also reveals that CSR and athlete advocacy impact consumer perception, particularly with younger respondents (18-34 years old). When asked to rank 12 of the most important social and economic issues in order of importance, consumers identified human rights, health and wellness, and the environment. The least important issues as identified by the survey include gender equality, access to education, and supporting youth.
When asked how important it is that a professional athlete use their platform to voice personal beliefs and feelings, 51% of consumers responded that it is important, 33% that it is not important, and 16% felt indifferent. When asked about specific advocacy issues, the athlete issues that had the most positive impact on consumers were prioritizing mental health, being vocal about causes they believe in, and publicly admitting addiction challenges. The athlete issues that had the least positive impact on consumers included embracing sexual orientation and admitting marital problems.
Additional Findings
This comprehensive survey uncovered a host of additional consumer perspectives of interest, including:
- Runners have a better perception of sports sponsors than the general public - and they are more willing to engage with sponsors at events (see: Runners Value Sports Sponsors More than the General Public)
- Despite the hype, ESports remain niche by the numbers, but fans are more aware, engaged, and responsive to sponsors than the general population.
- The top five sports franchises by fanbase are the National Football League (NFL), the Olympics, Major League Baseball (MLB), the National Basketball Association (NBA), and the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) out of the 16 franchises listed. Professional cycling and women’s Professional Golf ranked lowest, along with ESports and Women’s Professional Tennis
- Stadium naming rights have little to no impact on the sponsor brand for specific sponsors according to two-thirds of the consumers surveyed, and less than one-third of those surveyed were aware of recent stadium naming-rights changes at high-profile NFL, MLB, and NBA stadiums.
Dumais concluded, “While many of the survey findings were in line with expectations, there is no substitute for real-world data when it comes to consumer perception of sponsorship impacts. Likewise, there is no substitute for using real-world data to take the guesswork out of strategic sponsorship investments to maximize ROI.”
Methodology
Elevent conducted an online survey of adult Americans (18 years of age and over) with 2,000 surveys completed in Q1 2022. The purpose of the survey was to understand how sports sponsorships impact American consumers. The comprehensive survey included questions on a broad range of topics including sports sponsorship impact, CSR and athlete advocacy, stadium naming rights, sports fanbase and more. The results were weighted using Census Bureau data based on age, gender, race, and region of residence of respondents with a margin of error of ±2% (based on probability, with a confidence level of 95%).
To learn more about Elevent, this survey of consumer perspectives on the impact of sports sponsorship, or to arrange a demo of its Sponsorship Lifecycle Management platform, contact info@elevent.co.
About Elevent
Elevent is the leader in sponsorship intelligence: technology-assisted and data-focused sponsorship evaluation, selection, measurement, and management. Combining breakthrough technology development, deep marketing domain expertise, and world-class research capabilities, Elevent takes the guesswork out of strategic sponsorship investment, maximizing ROI. Headquartered in Montreal, with a growing presence in the U.S., Elevent works with name brands across North America in the consumer goods, financial services, hi-tech, and non-profit spheres. For more information, see: elevent.co. | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/07/19/2482067/0/en/Brand-Sponsorship-Positively-Correlated-to-Consumer-Purchase-Intent-According-to-Recent-Survey-by-Elevent.html | 2022-07-19T15:29:11Z | https://www.globenewswire.com/news-release/2022/07/19/2482067/0/en/Brand-Sponsorship-Positively-Correlated-to-Consumer-Purchase-Intent-According-to-Recent-Survey-by-Elevent.html | true | 2 |
iReferral℠ platform automates the organ donor referral process to expedite coordination between hospitals and organ procurement organizations (OPOs).
SALT LAKE CITY, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Intermountain Healthcare, DonorConnect, and InVita Healthcare Technologies announce the launch of iReferral℠ interoperability in Utah and Idaho to streamline the critical first step in the organ, tissue and eye donation-transplantation process. iReferral℠ automates the identification and referral of potential donors and helps to liberate hospital and donation resources while strengthening donation and transplant activity.
"Streamlining the donor referral process for the Intermountain teams gives our caregivers critical time back to spend more time with patients," said Diane Alonso, MD, transplant surgeon and medical director of Intermountain Healthcare's abdominal transplant program. "Collaborating and improving our workflow will also result in more donors, especially for those waiting for a critical life-saving donor organ."
Utilizing targeted algorithmic clinical triggers and secure interoperability, iReferral eliminates the need for manual, phone-based referral processes. iReferral sends time-sensitive information from the hospital's electronic health record (EHR) system directly to the OPO's iTransplant℠ donation management system. OPO confirmation is immediate and automatically logged into the hospital's EHR, helping to streamline regulatory compliance requirements, including those of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS).
"DonorConnect is excited to embrace any tool that helps streamline the organ recovery and transplant process, and ensure positive outcomes for transplant recipients," explained Tracy Schmidt, Executive Director and President of DonorConnect. "We've been eager to implement iReferral, and experience the improved efficiencies that the system will deliver."
Following a successful pilot launch at Intermountain Medical Center in early 2022, iReferral℠ has been launched across Intermountain Healthcare's critical care units at Intermountain Medical Center and Intermountain McKay-Dee Hospital, with plans to deploy to additional facilities and units later this year.
Wade Liu, Vice President of Product for InVita Healthcare Technologies' Transplant division said, "iReferral represents a unique win and step forward for all involved in the donation-transplantation ecosystem. Hospitals can bolster compliance to federal requirements to refer potential donors. Nurses and providers can stay at the bedside and focus on patient care instead of telephonically regurgitating information that is already in the EHR. OPOs can automatically and reliably receive referrals that are critical to assess every possible donation opportunity. Families can be offered the opportunity to donate at the appropriate and right time. All of this helps maximize the gift of organ, tissue, and eye transplantation for the many currently in need."
Based in Utah with facilities in seven states and additional operations across the western U.S., Intermountain Healthcare is a nonprofit system of 33 hospitals, 385 clinics, medical groups with some 3,800 employed physicians and advanced practice providers, a health plans division called SelectHealth with more than one million members, and other health services. Helping people live the healthiest lives possible, Intermountain is committed to improving community health and is widely recognized as a leader in transforming healthcare by using evidence-based best practices to consistently deliver high-quality outcomes at sustainable costs.
DonorConnect (formerly Intermountain Donor Services), headquartered in the Salt Lake City area, is the federally designated, nonprofit community service organization dedicated to the recovery and transplantation of organs and tissues for Utah, southeastern Idaho, western Wyoming, and Elko, Nevada. Our service area encompasses more than 3.9 million residents, 90+ hospitals, and three transplant centers – Primary Children's Hospital, Intermountain Medical Center, University of Utah Hospital (along with the George E. Wahlen Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center).
InVita provides mission-critical and chain of custody software technologies for complex medical, forensic and community care environments. InVita's solutions streamline clinical workflows, optimize supply chains, sample tracking, and visibility across donation and transplantation, blood and plasma operations, the tissue and implant lifecycle, and environments spanning DNA and forensics. InVita continues to expand the iReferral℠ and iTransplant℠ platforms, supporting nearly 75% of all OPOs in the United States, and is used by more than 12,500 medical professionals across more than 100 organ, tissue, eye and birth tissue organizations around the world.
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New Delhi [India], July 19 (ANI): India has a total of 13.34 lakh electric vehicles while the number of non-electric vehicles stood at 27.81 crore, Minister of State for Heavy Industries Krishan Pal Gurjar said on Tuesday.
In a written reply to a question in the Lok Sabha Gurjar said the centre is taking a number of steps to promote use of electric vehicles in India.
The government introduced the Faster Adoption and Manufacturing of (Hybrid and Electric Vehicles in India (FAME India) scheme in 2015 with an aim to reduce dependency on fossil fuels and address issues of vehicular emissions.
At present, Phase-II of FAME India Scheme is being implemented for a period of 5 years w.e.f. 1st April, 2019 with a total budgetary support of Rs 10,000 crore.
The Government on 12th May, 2021 approved a Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for manufacturing of Advanced Chemistry Cell (ACC) in the country in order to bring down prices of battery in the country. Drop in battery price will result in cost reduction of electric vehicles.
Electric vehicles are covered under Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme for Automobile and Auto Components, which was approved on 15th September 2021 with a budgetary outlay of Rs 25,938 crore for a period of five years.
GST on electric vehicles has been reduced from 12 per cent to 5 per cent; GST on chargers/ charging stations for electric vehicles has been reduced from 18 per cent to 5 per cent.
The Ministry of Road Transport & Highways (MoRTH) announced that battery-operated vehicles will be given green license plates and be exempted from permit requirements.
MoRTH issued a notification advising states to waive road tax on EVs, which in turn will help reduce the initial cost of EVs. (ANI) | https://www.aninews.in/news/business/over-13-lakh-electric-vehicles-in-use-in-india-government20220719200441/ | 2022-07-19T15:32:41Z | https://www.aninews.in/news/business/over-13-lakh-electric-vehicles-in-use-in-india-government20220719200441/ | false | 5 |
(WXYZ) — Three new Chick-fil-A's are coming to the metro Detroit area! The franchise will open this fall in Southfield, Monore, and Livonia.
In honor of the latest editions, the fast food franchise will be donating $25,000 on behalf of each new restaurant to local Detroit food banks.
The $75,000 donation is aimed at fighting against hunger.
According to Chick-fil-A the new restaurants will add approximately 300 jobs to the Detroit area.
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In recognition of their impact, Talenti is celebrating the four culinary creators by providing monetary grants to support their work and creating a limited-edition tasting menu
ENGLEWOOD CLIFFS, N.J., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As a brand that sources inspiration from the culinary world, Talenti is committed to supporting diverse culinary creators and celebrating their heritage, culture and contributions to their communities. That's why, this National Culinary Arts Month, Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto is partnering with Black Food Folks to amplify the voices of and provide monetary grants to four trailblazing Black culinary creators. This is the third consecutive year that Talenti has partnered with Black Food Folks, a fellowship of Black professionals in food and drink, to provide grants and recognition to culinary creators and celebrate their craftsmanship.
Talenti is honoring Maya-Camille Broussard, a native of Chicago's South Side and founder of Justice of the Pies, as the Culinary Creator Hero. Maya-Camille founded Justice of the Pies in honor of her late father and gives back to her community in his memory through her culinary workshop I KNEAD LOVE which supports children who reside in lower income communities affected by food insecurities. This fall, Maya-Camille plans to achieve her dream by opening her first-ever Justice of the Pies storefront on the South Side of Chicago. In addition to selling delicious pies, Maya-Camille hopes to create a space that brings together her community and fosters relationships. In addition to Maya-Camille, three additional individuals are receiving grants and being recognized as the brand's Culinary Creator Honorees: Jasmine Macon, Felicia Mayden and Ashleigh Pearson.
Together with the Culinary Creator Honorees, Talenti is releasing a limited-edition Tasting Menu that will include delicious treats created by Jasmine, Felicia, and Ashleigh, using their favorite Talenti Gelato. The limited-edition recipes can be found at each of their establishments from July 18th to August 14th.
"At Talenti, we are so inspired by the work Maya-Camille, Jasmine, Felicia and Ashleigh are doing in their communities and sharing their love of food and giving back in meaningful ways," said Russel Lilly, General Manager, North American Ice Cream at Unilever. "We are proud to continue supporting local businesses and celebrating the successes of the Black culinary community, while giving them a platform and resources to amplify their voices and expand their culinary reach."
Talenti is celebrating Maya-Camille's impact with a video that highlights her background, personal story and contributions to the culinary world. Read more on Maya-Camille on OprahDaily.com as part of Oprah Winfrey's "The Life You Want" program.
More on the Culinary Creator Honorees and their recipes:
- Jasmine Macon from Charlotte, NC is paving her own culinary path and chasing her dream of opening her own donut shop, Beyond Amazing Donuts (B.A.D.), this summer. Jasmine created a Mango Donut with Basil Caramel and Ginger Crumb with Talenti Alphonso Mango Sorbetto. Available at Hex Coffee (1824 Statesville Ave. 101, Charlotte, NC 28206), every Saturday from July 23 to August 13 from 10 a.m. – 1 p.m.
- Felicia Mayden, executive pastry chef at The Emily Hotel in Chicago, IL, participates in #BakersAgainstRacism, which connects Bakers across the globe to fight against racism, amongst other community outreach and fundraisers. Felicia's recipe incorporates Talenti Madagascan Vanilla Bean Gelato in a Banana Pudding Ice Cream Sandwich. Available at The Emily Hotel (311 N Morgan St, Chicago, IL 60607).
- Ashleigh Pearson, of Petite Soeur in Washington D.C., has taken her background in science and turned it into a business that delivers on her belief that luxury chocolate should be more accessible without sacrificing quality. Ashleigh created a Coconut Lime Brownie Pop with Talenti Caribbean Coconut Gelato. Available at Petite Soeur (1332 Wisconsin Ave NW, Washington, DC 20007).
"We are so thankful for our ongoing partnership with Talenti, a brand that shares our vision for supporting and lifting up Black culinary creators," said Clay Williams and Colleen Vincent, founders of Black Food Folks. "The grants from Talenti will allow these four women to continue the incredible work they are doing in their communities and invest in their growing culinary endeavors."
Learn more about the Culinary Creators and their recipes at TalentiGelato.com.
About Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto
Talenti® Gelato & Sorbetto is crafted for taste – using only the highest quality ingredients sourced from around the world, and using a slow-cooking process that's so unmistakable – it's "Clearly Talenti." It's with this unique focus on real ingredients and craftsmanship that the brand has grown from a small gelateria in 2003 to the best-selling gelato in the United States. Packaged in recyclable and reusable containers, Talenti is not only the difference you can see, but the one you can taste.
For a full list of Talenti products and to find retail locations that sell Talenti, please visit www.TalentiGelato.com. To keep up with Talenti news, visit Talenti on Facebook, Instagram or follow us on Twitter.
About Unilever North America
Unilever is one of the world's leading suppliers of Beauty & Personal Care, Home Care, and Foods & Refreshment products, with sales in over 190 countries and products used by 3.4 billion people every day. We have 148,000 employees and generated sales of €52.4 billion in 2021. Over half of our footprint is in developing and emerging markets. We have around 400 brands found in homes all over the world – including iconic brands like Dove, Knorr, Hellmann's, Magnum, Axe, Ben & Jerry's, Degree, Seventh Generation, St. Ives, Suave, TRESemmé, and Vaseline.
Our vision is to be the global leader in sustainable business and to demonstrate how our purpose-led, future-fit business model drives superior performance. We have a long tradition of being a progressive, responsible business. It goes back to the days of our founder William Lever, who launched the world's first purposeful brand, Sunlight Soap, more than 100 years ago, and it's at the heart of how we run our company today.
The Unilever Compass, our sustainable business strategy, is set out to help us deliver superior performance and drive sustainable and responsible growth, while:
- improving the health of the planet;
- improving people's health, confidence and wellbeing; and
- contributing to a fairer and more socially inclusive world.
While there is still more to do, in the past year we're proud to have achieved sector leadership in S&P's Dow Jones Sustainability Index, 'Triple A' status in CDP's Climate, Water and Forest benchmarks, and to be named as the top ranked company in the GlobeScan/SustainAbility Sustainability Leaders survey for the eleventh consecutive year.
For more information on Unilever U.S. and its brands visit: www.unileverusa.com
For more information on Unilever Canada and its brands visit: www.unilever.ca
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Leading Optical Retailer Offers New Family-friendly Deals to Help Parents and Kids get Ready for the 2022 School Year
PALM SPRINGS, Fla., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- My Eyelab, leading retail brands of Now Optics offering accessible and affordable eye care and eyewear, is celebrating back-to-school season with new family-friendly deals and promotions. The full-service retail eye care center will offer promotions on prescription eyewear; top brand contact lenses; and kids' specials on Disney, DC and Marvel frames.
From July 24 to September 3, My Eyelab will be offering a pair of Free Kids Glasses including polycarbonate lenses with the purchase of any prescription glasses. Other offers include an Acuvue Oasys 6 Month Supply (two 12-Packs) and an eye exam for $125 or an Acuvue Oasys for Astigmatism 6 Month Supply (four 6-packs) and Eye Exam for $150. The brand is also offering a special deal to buy 3 pairs of Blue Blocker Glasses for $39 and is also offering 50% off lenses with the purchase of any Disney, DC or Marvel frames.
For this back-to-school shopping season, My Eyelab locations in the U.S are offering kids a wide assortment of fun, colorful and affordable eyewear products that fit every budget and style. This includes their line of color-changing frames called Color Rays. Kids can enjoy the novelty of having two looks for the price of one when they step outdoors in the sun and their frames change into a different color. Featuring popular colors like Sky Blue to Green, Pink to Purple, and Teal to Navy Blue, these frames are designed for kids ages 6-12 and qualify for the Buy One Get One Free promotion.
The brand will also offer popular character-themed frames with inspired designs from Disney and Marvel geared toward ages 4-10. For example, character-themed eyeglasses feature Frozen with blue snowflakes in the inside of the arms and Spiderman with a Spiderman detail at the outside of the arms. These frames qualify shoppers to receive 50% off lenses after purchasing a pair. The character-themed glasses will also include a complementary glow-in-the-dark, character-branded case and microfiber cloth for cleaning.
"We felt it was important to give value-added promotions to the communities My Eyelab serves during these difficult economic times," said Daniel Stanton, CEO of Now Optics, parent company of My Eyelab. "The aim of our back-to-school promotions is to help families take care of their eyecare needs in one convenient place, especially those that have multiple members that require a prescription. We want to ensure that every child is ready for the new school year which is why we are offering free kids' glasses with the purchase of any prescription glasses."
The launch of these new back-to-school deals and promotions falls right in line with Now Optics' mission to make eyecare easy and more accessible for all. For convenience, My Eyelab offers same day eye exams and walk-ins. They accept most insurance; offer Buy Now, Pay Later options; and even without insurance, eye exams are free with the purchase of eyeglasses.
For more information about the brands, and ongoing Back-to-School specials, visit www.myeyelab.com.
ABOUT NOW OPTICS:
Now Optics is a leader in the eye care industry. Its retail brands, My Eyelab and Stanton Optical, are among the nation's fastest growing, full-service retail eye care centers. The company continues to expand its retail footprint with over 250 corporate and franchise locations in 28 states while delivering affordable eye health and eyewear solutions. The company consistently ranks among the largest optical retailers in the country by Vision Monday and was ranked #3 on Entrepreneur's list of Top New Franchises in 2021. Visit myeyelab.com or stantonoptical.com for more information. Find details about franchise opportunities at myeyelabfranchise.com.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — The Mexican government has invoked national security powers to forge ahead with a tourist train along the Caribbean coast that threatens extensive caves where some of the oldest human remains in North America have been discovered.
President Andrés Manuel López Obrador is racing to finish his Maya Train project in the remaining two years of his term over the objections of environmentalists, cave divers and archaeologists.
The government had paused the project earlier this year after activists won a court injunction against the route, because it cut a swath through the jungle for tracks without previously filing an environmental impact statement.
But the government invoked national security powers Monday to resume the track laying. López Obrador said Tuesday the delay had been very costly and the decree would prevent the interests of a few from being put above the general good. In November, his government had issued a broad decree requiring all federal agencies to give automatic approval for any public works project the government deems to be “in the national interest” or to “involve national security.”
“I never knew we lived in a country where the president could just do whatever he wants,” said Jose Urbina Bravo, a diver who filed one of the court challenges.
Activists say the heavy, high-speed rail project will fragment the coastal jungle and will run often above the roofs of fragile limestone caves known as cenotes, which — because they’re flooded, twisty and often incredibly narrow — can take decades to explore.
Inside those water-filled caves are archaeological sites that have lain undisturbed for millennia.
The cave systems have mainly been through the efforts of volunteer cave divers working hundreds of yards (meters) inside the flooded caverns. Caves along the Caribbean coast have yielded treasures like Naia, the nearly complete skeleton of a young woman who died around 13,000 years ago.
She was discovered in 2007 by divers and cave enthusiasts who were mapping water-filled caverns north of the city of Tulum, where the train line is heading.
“Just in this one stretch of 60 kilometers (36 miles of planned train tracks), there are 1,650 kilometers of flooded caves full of pure, crystalline water,” said Octavio del Rio, a diver and archaeologist who has been exploring the region for three decades. In 2004, Del Rio himself participated in the discovery and cataloguing of The Woman of Naharon, who died around the same time, or perhaps earlier, than Naia.
“I don’t know what could be more important than this, right?” said Del Rio. “We are talking about the oldest remains on the continent.”
The 950-mile (1,500- kilometer) Maya Train line will run in a rough loop around the Yucatan peninsula, connecting beach resorts and archaeological sites.
The government's National Institute of Anthropology and History is tasked with protecting relics along the route but its experts largely aren't able to take the deep, long, extended dives needed to reach the flooded caves. Even near the surface, where most of the government's archaeological work has been done, there have been stunning discoveries along the proposed path of the train.
Government archaeologist Manuel Perez has acknowledged that an almost fully preserved small Mayan temple — complete with wood roofing — has been located in a cave near the train's path. He has suggested the route be changed.
But his boss, Diego Prieto, the head of the institute, appeared to rule out changing the path of the train, for which workers have already cut down a 50-yard (meter) wide swath of jungle dozens of miles long. He suggested most of the relics, in the few months left before the train is built, can simply be picked up and moved.
“The problem isn't the route ... even if the route is changed, there are going to be lots of discoveries anyway,” said Prieto. “The problem is the archaeological work to gather the material found, and conserve those structures that should remain on site.”
The caves along the coast were probably dry 13,000 years ago, during the last ice age, and so once sea levels rose at the end of the ice age and they flooded, they acted as time capsules — very fragile ones. The government’s plan is to sink beams and cement columns through the roofs of the caves, probably collapsing them — and the invaluable relics they hold — to support the railway.
That’s not to mention the 42-mile (68-kilometer) swath of jungle that is being cut down to make way for this segment of the train line, in addition to the tons of crushed rocked that will have to be piled atop the soil to create a bed for the 100 mph (160-kilometer-per-hour) train.
Urbina Bravo, a diver and environmentalist who has worked on the Caribbean coast for decades, said “making decisions without the support of science, without the backing of specialists has cost us very dearly” in projects around the world. “We continue and will continue to pay the price for these errors.”
But López Obrador dismisses critics like Del Rio and Urbina as “pseudo-environmentalists” acting on behalf of business interests or political opponents. The president attacks experts, activists and anyone who questions his sudden and unplanned decision to run the railway line through the jungle, which he dismissively calls “acahual,” (roughly, ‘second-growth forest’).
Fernando Vázquez, the spokesman for the government tourism agency building the train line, says “there are people who in essence are not necessarily working in favor of the environment, but rather are specifically activists against the Maya Train.”
Activists say theirs is a labor of love.
To find the Woman of Naharon remains, divers had to snake through almost a half-kilometer of utterly dark, sinuous caverns; the process took months.
But the government archaeologist who is responsible for ensuring the train won’t damage such artifacts, Helena Barba, told local media her team will catalogue all the dozens of sites in the few weeks or months before the heavy machinery rolls in.
That strikes divers and cave explorers as preposterous.
“Quite possibly none of them have the experience or technical preparations to do this kind of dive in the most extensive flooded caves in the world," Del Rio said.
So obsessed is López Obrador with his pet projects — a huge oil refinery on the Gulf coast, a rail link between the Gulf and a seaport on the Pacific, and the Maya Train — that he issued a decree stating that priority government projects no longer needed environmental impact statements, or EIS, to start work; they could start construction, cut down trees and excavate, and submit an EIS later to justify damage already done.
Urbina and environmentalists and divers challenged that in court, winning an injunction that stopped the jungle rail line between the resorts Cancun and Tulum in mid-May.
Authorities tried to overcome that problem by submitting a hastily-drafted EIS on May 19. Mexico’s Environment Department approved the impact statement just one month later.
The EIS treats the cave systems largely as a construction problem, in the few paragraphs in which it even discusses them. If construction crews come across caves and sinkhole lakes known as cenotes in the train’s path, they will “be able to mitigate” the damages, according to the impact statement.
What that means in plain language is already visible along the highway between Cancun and Tulum where the rail line was originally projected to run as an elevated rail line.
López Obrador changed the plan after stripping trees and laying foundations for the elevated line, purportedly when hotel owners and residents along the coast complained the construction work would affect tourism and their properties. (In fact, the government never explained why the route was suddenly changed or how much the change cost.)
To repair the collapsed cave roof on the highway, Vázquez, the spokesman for the tourism agency, said the government used a quick and intrusive fix.
“This is an engineering solution based on sinking pilot (columns) and pouring a concrete covering,” Vázquez said.
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Have you ever dreamt of leaving the hustle and bustle of the city and moving to a quaint and serene place, starting a fresh life there along with, maybe, starting your own business? Or maybe move to some other place for a change of scenery? Well, then you are in luck, because there are several places around the world which are ready to pay youngsters to move there. Have a look!
1. Tulsa, Oklahama
Well, you could be the next Chandler. The city of Tulsa is looking for remote workers and is paying as much as $10,000 or around ₹8,00,000 to join their community. Not just that, you will also be provided with free desk space and access to networking events.
To be eligible, you need to be at least 18 years old with full-time remote employment or self-employed outside of Oklahoma. You should be able to move within the next 12 months and should be eligible to work in the US.
2. Albinen, Switzerland
The quaint town of Switzerland, Albinen, is inviting people to move there and even paying for it to increase its population. It is offering ex-pats under the age of 45 lucrative amounts for the move, 20,000 francs or around ₹20,00,000 per adult and 10,000 francs or around ₹8,00,000 per child, to be exact.
The few catches are that you will have to live there for 10 years. Considering that a year back the population of this village was only 240 residents, this does make sense. In addition, your new Swiss home must cost at least 200,000 francs or around ₹1.5 crores, and be your permanent place of residence.
3. Sicily, Italy
The decreasing population of Sicily is proving to be a good opportunity for the ex-pats to move there. Two towns in Sicily, Sambuca di Sicilia and Troina are selling homes for as low as €1. In return, you just have to agree to renovate the home within three years and pay a security deposit of around $6,000, or around ₹4,80,000, which will be refunded upon the completion of the renovation.
4. Antikythera, Greece
The picturesque Greek Island of Antikythera has a population of around 20 residents and is paying people to move there. If chosen to be part of the program, people will be given land, a house, and a monthly stipend of about $565, or around ₹45,000, for the first three years.
5. Alaska
Located in the Western United States on the northwest extremity of North America, Alaska is the place for you, if you love the cold weather. Alaska runs a program called the Alaska Permanent Fund, which allots an equal amount to every resident through an annual dividend. If you live in the state for an entire year, you will be granted about $1,600, or around ₹1,30,000.
6. Ireland
If you are looking to move to a new place and start a business, then Ireland can be a good option for you. Ireland has a scheme called Enterprise Ireland, which awarded €120 million to start-up businesses in 2020. You don’t have to be Irish to apply, but you will have to register your business in Ireland, so check for the eligibility criteria here.
7. Chile
The Government of Chile has a seed accelerator program called Start-up Chile, which offers equity-free investment to startups with unique business ideas. Entrepreneurs over 18 can apply to one of Startup Chile’s three programs: Build, Ignite and Growth.
Build is a four-month program, which helps entrepreneurs launch their businesses in Chile, and provides $14,000 USD, or around ₹11,00,000 in equity-free funding and a 1-year resident visa. Similarly, Ignite is also a four-month program that takes businesses to the next level and provides $30,000, or around ₹24,00,000. The Growth program is for established technology businesses and offers $80,000, or around ₹64,00,000 funding.
8. Ponga, Spain
The small village of Ponga in the mountainous region of Northern Spain is also offering money to lure young couples to move there. It gives young couples approximately $3,600, or around ₹3,00,000 to move there, along with another $3,600 for every child born in the village.
9. Candela, Italy
Candela in Italy is a southeastern village that is giving people good money to move there, especially young couples and families. It is giving around $950, or ₹75,000, to young people, and $1400, or over ₹1,00,000 to young couples. If you are a family, it's even better.
A family of three is paid $2100, or over ₹1,60,000 whereas a family of four or over is paid $2300, or around ₹1,80,000, all just to attract a younger demographic. In return, you must rent a house in Candela and have a job paying $8,800, or around ₹7,00,000 per year.
10. Santo Stefano di Sessanio, Italy
Santo Stefano di Sessanio is a comune and hill town in the province of L'Aquila in the Abruzzo region of southern Italy. Due to its ageing population, it's paying young entrepreneurs to set up businesses there. More than a third of its population is over 65 years, hence the move to attract a younger demographic.
It will pay entrepreneurs up to $52,022, or over ₹40,00,000 to relocate, including roughly $23,000, or around ₹18,00,000 to start a business there. To be eligible, you need to be over 18 years old and under 40 years, and live for at least 5 years in Santo Stefano along with operating a business there.
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BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sam's Club has announced its participation in Unlock Potential, an intentional hiring program designed to provide real career opportunities for young people at the greatest risk of incarceration. Funded by Walmart through the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity, this initiative works with companies to use employment to promote racial equity, disrupt the prison pipeline and inclusively create the next generation of business leaders.
Unlock Potential will focus on the individuals aged 16-24 who are most likely to end up in the prison system: those who have been in the juvenile justice system, experienced sex or human trafficking, had a parent incarcerated before the age of 18, or grown out of foster care.
"We know that at-risk youth have limited opportunities and often find themselves unemployed or out of school, and as a society we have to intervene before it reaches that point," said Sam's Club CEO Kathryn McLay. "Programs like this help. We can put young people on a positive path as they begin adult life. And even if they move on after their time with us, we've provided them with real-world job and life skills they can take anywhere."
Walmart's support of Unlock Potential is part of the Walmart.org Center for Racial Equity's creation of national networks of community leaders, nonprofits and policymakers focused on kickstarting criminal justice prevention initiatives in communities across the country. The new partnership with Unlock Potential complements Sam's Club's existing internship program for high school students in underserved communities, which provides on-the-job training and basic life skills, as well as access to free college education through their Live Better U program. To date, Sam's Club has seen an almost 70% conversion rate for interns moving into full-time roles and they have added more than 300 high school interns to the program this summer.
Through Unlock Potential, companies can help advance racial equity while preventing the devastating – and lifelong – economic consequences of a criminal record. A first-time sentence can decrease lifetime earnings by more than 30 percent. A criminal record reduces the likelihood of a callback or job offer by nearly 50 percent, and the magnitude of the criminal record penalty is twice as large for Black applicants as for white applicants. Black Americans are currently incarcerated at five times the rate of whites, and Black youth are up to six times as likely as whites to be "opportunity youth" - a term which refers to individuals aged 16-24 who are not in education or employment. By creating career pathways to prevent incarceration, businesses joining Unlock Potential can disrupt intergenerational cycles of poverty.
Sam's Club joins American Family Insurance, Ben & Jerry's, and Delta Air Lines in Unlock Potential's design phase - providing feedback about the structure of the program with input from experts and community-based organizations. Unlock Potential will then launch a 12-month pilot program in October. Placements will be supported by the Responsible Business Initiative for Justice, one of the co-founders of Unlock Potential with national non-profit Persevere, who will connect participants with local wraparound support services.
More information about the program can be found at www.unlock-potential.org.
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- Consuming a proprietary, resistant-starch fiber blend daily reduces blood sugar levels, improves sleep and even elevates energy levels, according to first-of-its-kind study
- Resistant starch is an all-natural form of non-digestible prebiotic fiber largely missing in Western diets; it nourishes beneficial bacteria, balancing the gut microbiome and boosting metabolic health
- Participants in comprehensive clinical trial consumed a daily meal-replacement shake from Supergut, which makes a full line of shakes, bars, and fiber mixes with its clinically proven, patented proprietary resistant starch blend
LOS ANGELES, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- A first-of-its-kind study shows that daily intake of a proprietary, resistant-starch fiber blend reduces blood sugar levels, improves sleep and elevates energy levels.
The results of a comprehensive clinical trial, completed in June and announced today by Los Angeles-based functional food startup Supergut (formerly Muniq), validate a growing body of scientific evidence showing that resistant starch is the key to transforming the gut microbiome, boosting metabolic health, improving digestion and even enhancing mood.
Resistant starch is an all-natural form of prebiotic fiber that does not get digested in your small intestine like traditional carbohydrates. Instead, it ferments in your large intestine and feeds beneficial gut bacteria, which strengthens the gut microbiome and produces important metabolic by-products, including short-chain fatty acids (SCFAs) such as butyrate.
An abundance of evidence shows that health-promoting SCFAs like butyrate are a major source of energy for colon cells; and they play an important role in preventing "leaky gut," decreasing overall inflammation, and regulating metabolism. Resistant starch has relatively few calories and helps reduce blood sugar; it helps regulate gut, metabolic, immune, and neurologic health.
The gut-balancing benefits of resistant starch underscore the outsized role the gut microbiome plays in overall health, helping control digestion and satiety, supporting prevention of diseases and improving physiologic and mental functioning in humans. The gut microbiome also helps regulate blood sugar levels and neurologic health.
"Over the past decade, the medical community has come to appreciate the gut microbiome's central role in driving a wide range of health and wellness outcomes," said Dr. Christopher Damman, MD, MA, gastroenterologist, Chief Medical and Science Officer at Supergut and former head of the microbiome program at the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. "We were further impressed with the clinical trial results, which demonstrate that regular consumption of the resistant starch-based shake was more effective than a placebo shake and dietary advice at addressing gut, metabolic, and inflammatory dysfunction."
Despite its wide-ranging benefits, resistant starch is rare in Western diets; it is found in unripe, green bananas, cold cooked rice, and a few other starchy plant foods in modest quantities. Supergut formulated its proprietary fiber blend using diverse and highly concentrated sources of resistant starch to create highly functional and convenient foods that incorporate these essential missing nutrients, with a growing lineup of products.
Last month, Supergut launched Supergut Bars – a convenient, grab-and-go snack you can stash in your car, backpack or desk. The company also launched their gut balancing Supergut Fiber Mix – an unflavored, unsweetened, smooth powder you can mix into coffee, soup, baked goods or nearly any other home-cooked dish. All Supergut products include the company's proprietary resistant starch fiber blend.
Supergut's study is the first clinical trial on resistant starch from a food tech company. The goal was to provide definitive evidence that its products deliver measurable results – establishing a higher standard relative to the growing category of "functional foods" and nutraceutical fads without clinical substantiation.
Supergut's clinical trial was a three-arm, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial conducted over three months with 192 participants. The study included a placebo shake with matched protein and calorie profiles but missing the fiber blend, as well as a control group which did not consume meal-replacement shakes; all participants received the same dietary advice.
Participants who drank the Supergut meal-replacement shakes every day for three months experienced a statistically significant reduction in hemoglobin A1C of 0.7% relative to placebo. Participants with a baseline hemoglobin A1C of 8.5% or greater saw an absolute reduction in A1C of 0.8%.
Hemoglobin A1C measures your average blood sugar levels over the past three months, and is a commonly used test to diagnose prediabetes and diabetes. A reduction of 0.5% or greater is considered a clinically significant improvement in blood sugar control.
Supergut's clinical trial builds on the growing body of evidence indicating the importance of gut health on various dimensions of health. The trial was one of the rare studies showing that a non-pharmaceutical product can reduce A1C levels with both clinical and statistical significance.
A1C levels are notoriously difficult to lower through diet and exercise alone, and most clinical trials of non-pharmaceutical "functional foods" have either shown very small reduction in A1C or focused on other aspects of blood sugar control (like near-term blood sugar levels after a meal).
While a growing body of evidence points to the benefits of resistant starch, the Supergut study is also unusual in that it focuses on a commercially available finished product that incorporates resistant starch. Other studies on resistant starch focus on the impact of a specific ingredient containing resistant starch, such as high-amylose maize flour, which is less practical to incorporate into your daily diet.
In addition to lowering blood sugar levels, the Supergut results showed that 86% of participants reported a significant improvement in at least one of the following health and wellness indicators: sleep, immune health, energy levels, mental health and mood, clarity of thought (and decreased brain fog), and quality of life as measured by the World Health Organization 5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5) and the Diabetes Distress Assessment System. In addition, 60% reported an improvement in at least one area of digestive health, including reduced bloating, reduced heartburn, satisfactory bowel movements, and less nausea.
The study, conducted October 2021 through March 2022, also showed that people who had Supergut shakes experienced lower levels of depression and anxiety, maintained healthier weight, and reduced blood pressure levels.
The principal investigator of the trial, Dr. Juan Pablo Frias, Velocity Clinical Research, commented, "As a physician and clinical researcher who has conducted hundreds of clinical trials for diabetes and metabolism-related medications, I am very impressed to see such clinically significant results with a real food intervention."
Participants in the study represented a range of metabolic profiles including people who were overweight or obese and those with elevated blood sugar levels. The clinical trial included diverse representation with minorities representing nearly 40% of the 192 participants throughout the United States.
Supergut is conducting additional work to further understand how changes in the gut microbiome and other biomarkers (including butyrate, metabolic hormones such as GLP-1, and inflammatory markers) might impact these improvements.
Supergut was founded by Marc Washington in 2019 with initial funding from The Production Board (TPB), the San Francisco-based business foundry focused on food, agriculture, biomanufacturing, human health, and the broader life sciences. At the time, TPB CEO and Founder Dave Friedberg was researching the growing body of scientific evidence on the human microbiome – and he was keen to help create a data-driven, evidence-based business that could popularize gut-friendly resistant starch.
"Our goal was to set a new, extraordinarily high bar for scientific credibility in the food industry – and in so doing create a new category of truly functional food," Friedberg said.
Supergut has been selling its proprietary resistant starch-based products directly to consumers for two years under the Muniq brand name. During this time Supergut has helped thousands of people, many of whom previously struggled with metabolic disorders, regain better control over their health through the brand's patented line of gut balancing products.
Seven out of 10 of Americans are overweight or obese. Half of American adults have cardiovascular disease. And more than 50% of American adults have diabetes or prediabetes, according to the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Real-world and clinical evidence now demonstrate that Supergut not only improves metabolic health outcomes, but also positively impacts a broad range of wellness and quality of life measures including mood, sleep, and energy. These wide ranging benefits indicate the brand's potential to positively impact the health and wellness of the public at large.
"Supergut has already been a game changer for more than 10,000 customers, many of whom previously struggled to stay in control of their health," said Supergut Founder and CEO Marc Washington. "The broad-ranging findings from our clinical study bring our long-term goal of improving public health on a global level into clearer focus. That means we need to make delicious, nutritious, truly functional food accessible for everybody. Our goal is to empower everyone to reclaim and sustain control over their bodies."
Supergut is the leading evidence-based nutrition brand designed to empower consumers to reclaim and sustain control over their bodies through the science of the gut microbiome, offering delicious and convenient functional foods. Harnessing the power of superfood resistant starch, Supergut offers scientifically-backed food products that are clinically proven to improve metabolic and gut health while boosting overall quality of life. Supergut uses breakthrough research and their own gold-standard clinical study to create products that deliver measurable health results for customers, including shakes, fiber mixes, and bars which were recently recognized as Best Nutritional Bar of 2022 by Good Housekeeping. Founder Marc Washington launched Supergut (formerly Muniq) in 2020 on a mission to fix the broken food system and create alternative methods for individuals looking to transform their health through their gut. To learn more, visit supergut.com or follow the brand on Instagram at @supergut.
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Agricultural education in India dates back to the pre-medieval period when it was part of the curricula of Nalanda and Takshashila Universities. Formal agriculture education in India started with the establishment of six agricultural colleges at Kanpur, Lyalpur (now in Pakistan), Coimbatore and Nagpur in 1905, at Pune in 1907 and at Sabour in 1908 under general universities.
The pressing challenges of food insufficiency soon after Independence accentuated the government’s policy focus on strengthening Indian agriculture. Parallelly, meeting quality human resource requirements in the sector became an overriding priority. The concerted efforts of government coupled with able assistance of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research (ICAR) led to impressive capacity building in agricultural research and education.
The country has 75 agricultural universities (AUs) enrolling more than 45,000 students — around nine times that in 1960, at graduate and post-graduate levels. The four deemed universities of ICAR — Indian Agricultural Research Institute, New Delhi; National Dairy Research Institute, Karnal; Indian Veterinary Research Institute, Izatnagar, and Central Institute on Fisheries Education, Mumbai — are the milestone in the field of quality human resource development in agricultural research and education.
The number of applicants for under-graduate courses in agriculture has significantly increased in the recent past, but for each seat at the under-graduate level in 2019-20, there were only around 85 applicants — far below that for medical courses where for each seat there are about 50,000 candidates.
Further, the All India Survey on Higher Education report for 2018-19 indicates that tbhe gross enrolment ratio for higher education in India is 26.3 per cent, while for agricultural education it is only 0.03 per cent indicating that there is still a long way to go.
According to the recent report of Agriculture Education Division of ICAR, around 52 per cent of students admitted at the under-graduate level in agricultural universities through the All India Entrance Examination for Admission, 2019-20 had secured 80 per cent and above marks in their qualifying Intermediate board examinations.
It is encouraging to see many talented students opting for agriculture as a choice for the profession. But agriculture is not a career option for urban students and is largely opted by those who do not get admission in medical or veterinary courses. Therefore, talent within the available pool needs to be nurtured by providing excellent teaching environment and facilities.
Critical concerns
Despite significant contributions made so far by the ICAR and AUs, the existing Indian higher agricultural education is fraught with challenges.
Since, State agricultural universities (SAUs) are established through the respective State Legislature Acts with major financial support from them, the administrative and policy control primarily rests with the State governments.
Various reports suggest that inadequate State funding, reduced faculty strength, basic pay to new faculty during probation period in some SAUs, inadequate faculty development programmes, lack of modern infrastructure for education and research, etc., have affected the pace and quality of human resource development in many of the agricultural universities.
Nonetheless, the budget of Agricultural Education has constantly increased, however, with time, the number of agricultural universities and their constituent colleges and departments has also increased, but there has been no commensurate increase in the budgetary provisions. Sectoral division of SAUs into different subject areas has also contributed to their rising numbers and falling financial share.
Consequently, the financial health of SAUs, in general, is precarious. It is imperative to enhance budgetary support both at the Centre and the State levels to attain and sustain enhanced capacity for technology development and quality of research and education.
Inbreeding in the faculty recruitment is a well known problem. Studies show that 51 per cent of the faculty in agricultural universities have degrees from their alma mater. Further a long gap between advertisement of faculty posts in universities and final selection process demoralises potential applicants.
Ashok Dalwai, Chief Executive Officer of the National Rain-fed Area Authority, in his address at the national conference on ‘National Education Policy 2020’, also pointed out that roughly 30 per cent of students who graduate from agricultural institutions choose to work in fields other than agriculture.
Establishment of new SAUs and new faculty/colleges without providing necessary financial and faculty support is another serious concern. The Paroda Committee (2019) report also said that the recent mushrooming of private colleges and universities is a serious threat to the goals and objectives of present day agricultural education.
These institutions entice academically mediocre students into various courses and charge them exorbitant fee, which is disproportional to the infrastructural facilities and quality of education they offer. Therefore, the Paroda Committee recommended the urgent establishment of an Agricultural Education Council of India (AECI) by Parliament which will be a regulatory authority to maintain quality of agricultural education on the lines of the Veterinary Council of India (VCI).
Strengthening agri education
Agricultural education must evolve with the rapidly changing national and international scenario. Instead of being the world’s largest ICAR-AU system, the country needs to have the world’s finest ICAR-AU system.
Agricultural is a state subject and so is agricultural education, but higher education is on the concurrent list in our Constitution, and therefore, the modus operandi for implementation has to be modified accordingly. Agricultural universities have the mandate of research, education and extension, which makes them different from traditional universities.
Thus, while aligning with the National Education Policy 2020 (NEP 2020), the ICAR must continue to strive for the quality of agriculture education. It is perhaps the right time to bring agriculture on the concurrent list.
World class agricultural institutions on the lines of IITs and IIMs, focussing post-graduation teaching and research, need to be established to attract and nurture the best talent from across the world.
Success of an educational institute also depends on demand and marketability of its product, i.e. quality of students and their placement in market. Focus should be shifted to instill employable skills in agriculture graduates which are expected by the employers in today’s competitive business scenario.
Rather than increasing the supply of graduates, both the ICAR and SAUs need to focus more on skill and professional capabilities of students to deal with the concerns confronting farmers and other stakeholders.
Choudhary is a scientist at ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi; and Sharma is Principal Scientist at ICAR-IGFRI, Jhansi. Views expressed are personal
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CLEVELAND and BOSTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MPE Partners ("MPE" or "Morgenthaler Private Equity") along with portfolio company Hi-Tech Industries ("Hi-Tech"), today announced a strategic investment in 3D International, LLC d/b/a 3D Car Care ("3D" or the "Company"), a vertically-integrated designer and manufacturer of premium vehicle care and detailing products sold through professional and consumer channels. 3D offers a comprehensive line of innovative and highly efficacious compounds, polishes, waxes, ceramic coatings, liquid chemicals, and hard good accessories serving customers across the United States and over fifty countries worldwide.
MPE partnered in the transaction with 3D's founder, Tunch Goren, as well as its management team, led by President Juan De Rada. Nathan Iverson, Chief Executive Officer of Hi-Tech, said, "Tunch and his team have established 3D as an industry leader in product innovation and abrasive technology coupled with a go-to-market strategy that appeals directly to the most highly skilled paint, body, and equipment and detailing professionals as well as discriminating enthusiasts. Hi-Tech is excited to welcome 3D as a sister company in the MPE portfolio."
Constantine Elefter, Principal at MPE, added, "3D is well positioned for organic growth by capitalizing on historical investments made in branding, new product formulation, omni-channel sales development, and manufacturing capabilities. We are thrilled about extending the foundation laid by Tunch to reach new professional customers and do-it-yourselfers in combination with Hi-Tech."
Tunch Goren noted, "We are enthusiastic to join with MPE and Hi-Tech and are confident that this strategic partnership will further accelerate 3D's growth trajectory and continued evolution."
Apogem Capital provided financing to support the transaction. Jones Day served as legal advisor to MPE. Parcrest Advisors acted as the investment banking advisor to 3D.
About 3D International
Headquartered in Santa Clarita, CA, 3D is a leading manufacturer of car care and detailing products. 3D's comprehensive line of innovative and high-quality compounds, polishes, ceramic coatings, cleaning supplies, and accessories serves customers across the United States and over fifty countries worldwide. For more information, please visit www.3Dproducts.com.
About Hi-Tech
Headquartered in Farmington, MI, Hi-Tech is a leading provider of innovative car care accessories, appearance liquids, and specialty aerosols. With over 2,300 SKUs sold across eight highly-recognized brands, Hi-Tech is the preeminent one-stop solution in the detailing and reconditioning market. For more information, please visit www.htiusa.com.
About MPE Partners
MPE Partners ("MPE" or "Morgenthaler Private Equity") seeks to be the preferred partner for entrepreneur- and family-owned companies. Based in Cleveland, OH, and Boston, MA, MPE invests in profitable, lower middle market companies with transaction values up to $250 million. MPE has two primary target investment areas: high-value manufacturing and commercial & industrial services. For more information, please visit www.mpepartners.com.
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Slow Capital Inc. increased its stake in Twist Bioscience Co. (NASDAQ:TWST – Get Rating) by 85.3% during the 1st quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The fund owned 50,114 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 23,076 shares during the period. Slow Capital Inc. owned 0.10% of Twist Bioscience worth $2,475,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission.
Several other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in TWST. ARK Investment Management LLC raised its holdings in Twist Bioscience by 39.7% in the 1st quarter. ARK Investment Management LLC now owns 5,264,255 shares of the company’s stock worth $259,949,000 after purchasing an additional 1,497,052 shares during the period. Ardevora Asset Management LLP purchased a new stake in Twist Bioscience in the 4th quarter worth $54,103,000. Allspring Global Investments Holdings LLC purchased a new stake in Twist Bioscience in the 4th quarter worth $33,584,000. William Blair Investment Management LLC increased its stake in Twist Bioscience by 34.1% in the 4th quarter. William Blair Investment Management LLC now owns 1,606,330 shares of the company’s stock worth $124,314,000 after buying an additional 408,746 shares in the last quarter. Finally, NanoDimension Inc. purchased a new stake in Twist Bioscience in the 4th quarter worth $23,816,000.
Wall Street Analyst Weigh In
TWST has been the subject of a number of research analyst reports. Barclays raised their price objective on Twist Bioscience from $40.00 to $45.00 and gave the company an “overweight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 13th. Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Twist Bioscience from $70.00 to $43.00 in a research report on Friday, May 6th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their price target on Twist Bioscience from $105.00 to $55.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research report on Wednesday, April 13th.
Insider Activity at Twist Bioscience
Twist Bioscience Stock Performance
Twist Bioscience stock traded up $1.23 during mid-day trading on Tuesday, hitting $41.63. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 10,549 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,107,980. Twist Bioscience Co. has a one year low of $25.07 and a one year high of $139.99. The company has a 50 day moving average of $34.50 and a 200-day moving average of $45.28.
Twist Bioscience (NASDAQ:TWST – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings data on Thursday, May 5th. The company reported ($1.24) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of ($1.26) by $0.02. The company had revenue of $48.13 million during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $45.25 million. Twist Bioscience had a negative net margin of 114.96% and a negative return on equity of 28.88%. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 54.2% on a year-over-year basis. During the same period in the previous year, the company earned ($0.78) EPS. As a group, analysts expect that Twist Bioscience Co. will post -4.85 earnings per share for the current year.
Twist Bioscience Profile
Twist Bioscience Corporation, a synthetic biology company, manufactures and sells synthetic DNA-based products. The company's DNA synthesis platform enables the manufacturing of synthetic DNA by writing DNA on a silicon chip. It offers synthetic DNA-based products, including synthetic genes, tools for sample preparation, antibody libraries for drug discovery and development, and DNA as a digital data storage medium.
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Borussia Dortmund striker Sebastien Haller has left their pre-season training camp in Switzerland after a tumour was found in his testicle.
The 28-year-old Ivory Coast striker joined the Bundesliga side from Ajax this month.
Dortmund said Haller "complained that he felt unwell after training on Monday" and, following medical tests, "a testicular tumour" was discovered.
Further examinations will take place "over the coming days".
Haller said on Tuesday: "Thank you all for your many messages of support and affection since yesterday's announcement. My family and I thank you. I will now focus on my recovery to come back stronger."
Dortmund sporting director Sebastian Kehl said: "This news came as a shock to Sebastien Haller and everyone else.
"The entire BVB family hopes that Sebastien makes a full recovery as soon as possible and that we can give him a hug again soon.
"We'll do everything in our power to ensure that he receives the best possible treatment."
Merci à tous pour vos nombreux messages de soutien et d’affection depuis l’annonce d’hier.
Ma famille et moi même vous remercions.
Je vais maintenant me concentrer sur mon rétablissement pour revenir plus fort 💪🏽❤️ pic.twitter.com/crbtOfZAXM
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Russian gas flows via the Nord Stream 1 pipeline are seen restarting on time on Thursday after the completion of scheduled maintenance, two sources familiar with the export plans told Reuters.
The pipeline, which accounts for more than a third of Russian natural gas exports to the European Union, was halted for 10 days of annual maintenance on July 11.
Earlier on Tuesday, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing European Budget Commissioner Johannes Hahn, that the European Commision did not expect the pipeline to restart after the maintenance.
The sources, speaking on condition of anonymity because of the sensitivity of the issue, told Reuters the pipeline was expected to resume operation on time, but at less than its capacity of some 160 million cubic metres (mcm) per day.
Kremlin-controlled energy giant Gazprom, cut gas exports through the route to 40 per cent capacity last month, citing delays in the return of a turbine Siemens Energy was servicing in Canada.
“They (Gazprom) will return to the levels seen before July 11,” one of the sources said of the gas volumes expected via Nord Stream 1 from Thursday.
The Kommersant newspaper reported on Monday, citing people familiar with the situation, that Canada had sent the turbine to Germany by plane on July 17 after repair work had been completed.
One of the sources said the turbine was unlikely to be re-installed by July 21. Gazprom and Nord Stream 1 had not replied to requests for comments on Tuesday.
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Ukraine War Has Upended ESG
Fossil fuels are far from synonymous with ESG investing, but Russia’s invasion of Ukraine has upended the market. While many countries have made vows to cut global emissions and be net zero by 2050, that is getting put on pause as they are considering energy security first. Many euro funds have underweighted fossil fuels historically, but as of late almost 6% of ESG funds now own Shell which was previously zero at the end of 2021. The underperformance of funds is certainly a part of this and many are leaning on commodities surge in order to help recover. Moreover, the euro area has passed a regulation that includes gas and nuclear power as part of ESG. While some believe this is a good step because it encourages cleaner ffs such as natural gas others are worried it’s a slippery slope.
Finsum: This is a radical step in ESG regulation, and appears to be on pause as inflation has all countries concerned.
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(CNN) — Former US President Donald Trump told golfers that they should join the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series and “take the money now,” as the breakaway series prepares for its next event at Trump National Golf Bedminster, New Jersey, from July 29-31.
“All of those golfers that remain ‘loyal’ to the very disloyal PGA, in all of its different forms, will pay a big price when the inevitable MERGER with LIV comes, and you get nothing but a big ‘thank you’ from PGA officials who are making Millions of Dollars a year,” Trump wrote on Truth Social Monday.
“If you don’t take the money now, you will get nothing after the merger takes place, and only say how smart the original signees were.”
His comments come as families of 9/11 victims urged him to cancel the tournament, citing LIV Golf’s Saudi backing, according to a letter sent to Trump Sunday.
The allegations of Saudi government complicity with the attacks on September 11, 2001, have long been the subject of dispute in Washington. Fifteen of the 19 al Qaeda terrorists who hijacked four planes were Saudi nationals, but the Saudi government has denied any involvement in the attacks.
The 9/11 Commission established by Congress said in 2004 that it had found “no evidence that the Saudi government as an institution or senior Saudi officials individually funded” al Qaeda.
Still, the victims’ families have pushed for further disclosures, and last year, the FBI released a document that details their work to investigate the alleged logistical support that a Saudi consular official and a suspected Saudi intelligence agent in Los Angeles provided to at least two hijackers.
“The Saudi nation is largely responsible for the death of our loved ones and for the horrific attack on America. And you know it,” 9/11 Justice, which represents survivors and family members of the terrorist attacks, said in the letter.
Brett Eagleson is an advocate for the group and his father, John Bruce Eagleson, was among those who died during the World Trade Center attacks. Eagleson told CNN the decision to host the tournament is “unconscionable.”
In the letter, he says the decision has caused “deep pain and anger” among constituents, given Saudi Arabia’s alleged role in the attacks and material support of al Qaeda, as outlined by FBI reports.
“The FBI notes that much information has come to light since the 9/11 Commission published its report in 2004,” Eagleson writes in the letter, “and refers repeatedly to the existence of US-based Saudi ‘support networks’ for the 9/11 hijackers.”
In an email, Eagleson emphasized that the golf course where LIV is slated to play is “in the backyard of where 750 New Jersey residents were murdered.”
“The former President correctly speculated in 2016 that Saudi Arabia knocked down the towers and now the FBI has released the documents to prove him right,” Eagleson told CNN, “yet he is choosing money over America. So much for America First. A sad day.”
The group is requesting to have members visit the former president in the coming days to discuss their concerns and urge him to “cease further business with the regime that was complicit in the murder of our loved ones,” according to the letter.
LIV Golf released a statement responding to the letter Monday.
“As we have said all along, these families have our deepest sympathy. While some may not agree, we believe golf is a force for good around the world.”
CNN has reached out to representatives for Trump and the Trump National Golf Club in Bedminster for comment.
Notably, last year, the PGA Tour voted to terminate the agreement to play the 2022 PGA Championship at Trump Bedminster. The decision came after the violent attack on the US Capitol by supporters of Trump.
What is LIV Golf?
The tour has held two tournaments so far — in London and near Portland, Oregon. The circuit’s season-ending event is set for late October at Trump National Doral Miami in Florida.
In June, PGA Tour commissioner Jay Monahan announced that all member golfers playing in the controversial Saudi-backed LIV Golf Invitational Series were suspended and would no longer be eligible to participate in PGA Tour tournaments.
The US Justice Department is investigating the PGA Tour over possible antitrust violations involving LIV Golf, the PGA Tour confirmed to CNN last week.
Several top golfers such as Phil Mickelson, Dustin Johnson, Bryson DeChambeau and Brooks Koepka have joined LIV, which is fronted by former world No. 1 Greg Norman and backed by Saudi Arabia’s Public Investment Fund (PIF) — a sovereign wealth fund chaired by Mohammed bin Salman, the Crown Prince of Saudi Arabia.
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A “selfless” Grenfell Tower resident died after risking her life to check on another family who had escaped minutes before, an inquiry heard.
Khadija Khalloufi, then 52, had been fleeing from the 17th floor with her husband, Sabah Abdullah, when she retreated on the 11th floor to knock on the door of a mother she was close with.
Born in Mohammedia, Morocco, Ms Khalloufi studied her university degree in Casablanca before moving to Holland and later London.
She met Mr Abdullah, her husband of 27 years, while working at a centre assisting immigrants to integrate through learning, after struggling to fit in herself when she first arrived in the capital.
The couple married in the 1990s and had lived in flat 143 of Grenfell Tower since then.
Ms Khalloufi has been described as “irreplaceable” to her husband, as “the apple of her mother’s eye”, and “like a second mother” to her six younger siblings.
She was also remembered by neighbours as someone who “selflessly cared for those around her” and as “beautiful, friendly and kind”.
Her story was told by Danny Friedman QC at the Grenfell Tower Inquiry on Tuesday, following a trigger warning for disturbing content.
Mr Friedman said that CCTV footage showed Ms Khalloufi carrying a large DKNY bag and entering the North Kensington tower at around 4pm on June 13, 2017.
Nine hours later, she was among those fleeing the burning building, initially with her husband, before she went to check on her friend, Mouna El Ogbani – who had escaped with her husband Youssef Khalloud and their three children.
Mr Friedman told the inquiry: “Although it cannot be known for sure, it appears that Khadija entered floor 11 in order to ensure that the Moroccan family who lived at flat 85 had safely left the building.
“Khadija and Mouna were friends, and as you have heard, it would have been just like Khadija to help her friends in this way.
“However, Mouna’s family had left their flat just a few minutes earlier.”
Meanwhile, on the floor below, a faulty door failed to close behind another fleeing family, and “the communal lobby rapidly filled with dense, deadly, toxic fumes from the fire”, Mr Friedman said.
After checking for her friend, Ms Khalloufi entered a lift containing four other residents – but it stopped “unexpectedly” on floor 10, letting in the smoke.
Mr Friedman said it was later found that the lift did not meet safety requirements.
He said: “The Chair has found in his Phase 1 report that crew managers attempted unsuccessfully to use a drop key to bring the Grenfell lifts under the firefighters’ exclusive control, leaving residents who used the lift exposed to the fatal risk of being taken to the floor affected by fire.
“Moreover, the lift did not meet the technical standards of firefighting lifts which may have avoided the problem.
“The inquiry’s findings of reasons and responsibility for this are important to the circumstances of the death of Khadija Khalloufi, as they are to others.”
“Eventually the lift doors closed and the lift descended to the ground floor.
Mr Friedman said the doors closed after around 25 seconds, but when they reopened on the ground floor, CCTV showed “black smoke billowing from the lift”.
He said footage also showed Ms Khalloufi being carried into the foyer by firefighters at around 2.30am, with the large DKNY bag she had been seen wearing the day before attached to her arm.
Despite resuscitation efforts by paramedics, Ms Khalloufi was pronounced dead at 2.41am.
Tributes have poured in for the resident, and her husband previously shared a video he had made in her memory.
Speaking about this, Mr Friedman said: “At the end of his video for his commemoration of his beloved and loving wife, Sabah Abdullah told the chair that when Khadija died: ‘I lost a part of me’.
“His face on the video of a proud but openly affectionate man is powerful even if it is gentle.
“Khadija’s death is an unbearable loss to her husband, as it was to her wider family and friends.
“Khadija was her mother’s soulmate, confidante and adviser.
“For her sisters and brothers, Khadija was their second mother who they all loved and respected.
“Khadjia cared for her friends, even to the point of risking her life.
“Like so many others in the tower that night, she did not truly realise how dangerous the conditions were, until it was too late.”
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Which fashionable smartwatch is best?
Wearable technology is becoming a more significant part of everyday life. With smartwatches now able to text, answer phone calls and browse the internet, owning one is becoming more attractive. With dozens of different smartwatches on the market, finding the right one can be difficult. Furthermore, finding the proper smartwatch with all the best features and fits with the right outfits can be even more difficult. However, there are several smartwatches available that fit in with any fashion ensemble.
What to consider before you buy a fashionable smartwatch
Compatibility with smartphone
The most crucial factor to keep in mind when buying any smartwatch is how well it connects and works in tandem with a smartphone. While smartwatches have several capabilities without a smartphone, they have significantly more when connected. For iPhone users, an Apple Watch will have the most compatibility, while for Samsung users, Galaxy Watches would have the same effect.
Battery life
Another primary consideration when buying a smartwatch is how long you can use it before recharging. Some watches will need to be recharged every day, with the same frequency as a smartphone, while others can last for a few days without running low on battery. Depending on how much you use the smartwatch is a significant factor in how long it lasts.
Fitness features
Smartwatches and fitness trackers have slowly begun taking on several features from one another, allowing most smartwatches to track steps, monitor heart rates and offer many statistics on other health data.
App availability
The scope of any smartwatch is how many applications and different programs can be run on the watch. For more established brands, there is a more extensive selection of apps available for use and download. Smaller brands of smartwatches tend to have fewer apps that you can use. However, they usually have unique brand-specific benefits that help them stand out.
Band variety and style
The fashion and design of smartwatches are increasingly important factors. Most smartwatch brands come with many different band colors and styles to help the watch fit in with several different types of outfits. Several smartwatches come with interchangeable leather bands, silicone, metal brackets and many more. The availability of these additional bands plays a large part in the fashion of the smartwatch.
Best fashionable smartwatches 2021
Top fashionable smartwatch
What you need to know: The newest smartwatch from Apple comes with several top-of-the-line features, including a blood oxygen monitor and a U1 Ultra Wideband chip.
What you’ll love: The watch is available in several different colors and styles, including pink silicone and stainless steel. The smartwatch also can take calls and respond to texts from the face.
What you should consider: The smartwatch is only compatible with other Apple products, so only iPhone users will easily access its features.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Top fashionable smartwatch for the money
Fitbit Versa 2 Health and Fitness Smartwatch
What you need to know: This is a clean and affordable smartwatch with advanced health data and fitness tracking capabilities built for active users.
What you’ll love: The smartwatch connects with different types of smartphones to provide notifications and more advanced health and sleep data to the phone. The watch also has several various bands, including woven options.
What you should consider: Some users report having issues connecting and disconnecting from their phones.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Worth checking out
Fossil Gen 5 Julianna Stainless Steel Touchscreen Smartwatch
What you need to know: Google’s Wear OS powers Fossil’s sleek smartwatch with a 24-hour battery life.
What you’ll love: The smartwatch can pay for goods, answer calls and monitor heart rates, among many other tasks. The watch also can be bought with metal clasps or gold mesh for a high fashion design.
What you should consider: The straps will get dirty without proper cleaning, and the watch has trouble connecting to Apple devices.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Diesel On Men’s Full Guard 2.5 Smartwatch
What you need to know: Diesel’s smartwatch has a clean, traditional face and conventional designs that would make it imperceivable from a regular watch.
What you’ll love: The leather band and light-up display are very fashionable. The watch can also monitor health data, connect to all smartphones and has a rapid charger.
What you should consider: Some users report that the interface is slow, and the watch can be unresponsive at times.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Samsung Galaxy Watch 4 Classic 46mm Smartwatch
What you need to know: Samsung’s flagship smartwatch is perfect for Android devices and comes in a sleek, modern silver or black.
What you’ll love: The smartwatch offers advanced fitness and health monitoring for workouts. The watch also has a compatible charger that works with Android smartphones as well.
What you should consider: The smartwatch is currently only available for pre-order until later in the year.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
Emporio Armani Men’s Stainless Steel Hybrid Smartwatch
What you need to know: This is one of the most stylish smartwatches available on the market with a traditional watch face.
What you’ll love: The watch comes with a connected app for additional health data and controls. The watch is also compatible with both Apple and Android smartphones.
What you should consider: The traditional watch face lacks the same amount of interface that other smartwatches have.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
What you need to know: This is a durable smartwatch that uses solar power to extend battery life and comes in dozens of different colors.
What you’ll love: The smartwatch has global navigation and multiple health monitors that work perfectly for hiking. The smartwatch is also fully waterproof.
What you should consider: The durable design makes the watch bulkier and less fashionable.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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Britain must “keep ramping up the specification” of its railways to cope with extreme temperatures, the Transport Secretary has said as passengers faced more disruption in the record-breaking heat.
Grant Shapps conceded the UK’s transport network cannot cope with the intense heat, saying that the Victorian-era infrastructure “just wasn’t built to withstand this type of temperature”.
He said such weather events will happen more frequently and insisted “we need to be ready”.
On Tuesday, London Heathrow saw a provisional high of 40.2C – the first time on record that temperatures have reached 40C in the UK.
Mr Shapps has admitted it will take decades to upgrade existing lines to be more resilient.
He told the PA news agency: “Because the spec (specification) has been minus 10 degrees to plus 35 degrees – and we’re now suffering 40 degrees plus – clearly we need to keep ramping up the specification.
“But as new lines go in, as new overhead cables go in, all of that is now spec’d at a higher level than it would have been when those electric cables originally went in.
“We need to drive up the standards. We’re going to see these events more frequently, and as a result we need to be ready.”
The hottest railway track reached a scorching 62C on Monday.
Network Rail said temperatures on rails can rise to 20C higher than air temperature, sometimes causing them to “expand, bend and break”.
All services to and from London Euston were suspended as emergency services were called to a lineside fire caused by overhead electric cables coming down in Harrow.
Network Rail said passenger numbers on Tuesday were around 40% lower than the same day last week.
Overhead electric wires were down in Rugby, Birmingham and Carlisle, leading to a number of trains being trapped and emergency evacuations of passengers.
Network Rail Wales apologised for having to close the Cambrian Line between Dovey Junction and Aberystwyth “due to extreme heat”.
No rail services were running into or out of London King’s Cross on Tuesday, and no Thameslink or Great Northern services were planned to run north of London all day.
East Midlands Railway was running limited services between Derby, Nottingham, Luton, Bedford and London, which were due to stop completely between lunchtime and 7pm – the hottest period of the day.
A spokesperson for Heathrow Airport said things were flowing smoothly, with no major problems despite the intense heat.
London Luton airport’s runway closed for a time on Monday after a “surface defect” was found amid a high of 36C.
Meanwhile, road congestion in several cities was down on last week, figures showed, as people avoided travelling in the heat.
RAC Breakdown spokesperson Rod Dennis said Monday saw breakdown volumes around 8% higher than normal for a Monday in mid-July – down on what they expected, suggesting “drivers are heeding the warnings and only setting out if they’re confident their vehicles won’t fail them”.
Police described a section of the A14 dual carriageway in Cambridgeshire as looking like a “skatepark” after it warped in the heatwave on Monday.
The westbound section of the A14 at Bottisham was closed overnight on Monday into Tuesday for emergency carriageway repairs, with a National Highways spokesperson explaining that it was an older road surface and that they “do not anticipate any further significant issues”.
Mr Shapps said issues on the rails and roads will continue for decades during extreme heatwaves.
Asked how long it will take to upgrade existing rail infrastructure to be more resilient, he told Sky News: “Decades, actually, to replace it all.
“Ditto with Tarmac on the roads.”
He told BBC Breakfast that the UK’s infrastructure “much of it built in Victorian times, just wasn’t built to withstand this type of temperature”.
Asked if the transport system can cope with the weather, he said: “The simple answer at the moment is no.”
Transport for London (TfL) said around 1.03 million entries and exits were made by London Underground passengers up to 10am on Tuesday – down 30% compared with the same period last Tuesday, and also lower than Monday’s figure of 1.06 million.
Some 1.04 million bus journeys were made up to 10am, a decrease of 16% week on week, and down from Monday’s figure of 1.07 million.
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Will the UPND government answer the cries of the majority of Zambians who are hungry and poor, in the 2023 Budget and adequately address their cries about hunger, rent and the escalating cost of living? These Zambians, after all, voted the Patriotic Front (PF) out of government to have these human needs addressed, urgently.
The World Bank has degraded us, correctly, to a very poor country, the lowest of its four-income group classification: we are now a low-income economy, or “low-income country”. This means we are among the countries of the world with the lowest income per person per year – USD1,085, or less. In the high-income countries, individual incomes are USD13,205 or more, per year, per year. The difference between Zambia and high-income countries is therefore more than 1,217%! There are only three countries more unequal than Zambia in the world today. Poverty, grinding, spirit and dignity sapping poverty, is the fate of the majority of Zambians. More than 60 percent of Zambians are poor, very poor.
Among the 28 countries we share the distinction of having the lowest income with are Syria, Yemen, Somali, Afghanistan, South Sudan, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Mali, Ethiopia, The Gambia, Niger– these countries are at war, or coming out of war. It must exercise our minds what our classification would be should we actually experience war. The majority of the 28 countries are in the so called “Sub Sahara Africa” – former colonial possessions.
Most of our politicians know the immediate causes of our extreme poverty. They all tell us they have the answers to our poverty. All our political parties promise us they will address our urgent needs, urgently, when elected into government. The UPND in opposition took this practice of promising us solutions to our hunger, poverty, unemployment, inequalities and high cost of living to a new level: they created in us the impression they had all the solutions on their fingertips, and soon after assuming office, we would immediately see change in our lives. It is not too much to ask them to prioritise, in the 2023 budget, food, rent, and transport above all else? Hunger eats away the dignity of a human being. Even animals have a place of their own to sleep. Without transport, without mobility, it is impossible to look for work or carry out many meaningful income generating activities. We are failing to transport the sick to hospital. It is too expensive to pay for transport for school children.
On 6th July 2022, Fr. Alex Muyebe, S.J., Executive Director of the Jesuit Centre for Theological Reflections issued a passionate call for a pro-poor 2023 National Budget. This plea is available on the JCTR website at: https://www.jctr.org.zm/ It is impossible not to be possessed with a sense of urgency about the need to do something, about the hunger and poverty that is torturing millions of Zambians, upon reading this call, from Fr. Muyebe.
Father Muyebe makes this profound observation about us: “Poverty has always been one of the major barriers to human development in Zambia since independence in 1964. No country can achieve sustained economic growth for national development without effectively addressing wide-spread poverty in its population. Unfortunately, in Zambia today we have become so much accustomed to co-existing peacefully with poverty that we no longer get alarmed when we hear of stressful stories of our brothers and sisters in poor households around the country who are struggling to barely survive due to the rising cost of living. Something is not adding up. Even if the speed at which prices are increasing is on the slowdown, the fact is that commodity prices are very high and are likely to remain that way for some time given the ever increasing fuel pump prices. This is happening in a context where incomes are very low and in some instances very miserable, especially for the unskilled category of employees such as domestic workers and shop workers. The minimum wage has remained unrevised for many years. For instance, the legal minimum wage for a domestic worker in Zambia has remained at 53 USD per month since 2011(The Minimum Wages and Conditions of Employment (Domestic Workers) Order 2011(S.I. No. 3 of 2011)).”
It is the condition, most worrisome, of the teeming unemployed, the domestic workers, the casual workers, the seasonal farm labourers, the urban piece work hustlers, the mothers at home who must watch their children drift into a hunger induced sleep – all the majority of whom are largely young –that the loss of human dignity because of extreme poverty and hunger surely must move any government to “do something urgently” about it? It is this mass of suffering humanity ironically which is also the bulk of the “voting folder” for all our politicians and political parties. This is the bulk of Zambia’s young working class. How long must they suffer thus?
Interestingly, to illustrate how tough and distressing life has become for the majority of our lowly paid workers after the 2021 elections, Fr. Muyebe uses the example of his friend Bernard who is a security guard. This is what Bernard is going through, for risking his life to protect property at a private firm:
“Bernard is employed as a guard at a private firm in Kabulonga and he lives with two dependants in Chipata township where he managed to find a small house befitting his income. Bernard’s monthly income has remained static for four years at K1,500 with a take home pay of K1,432 after NAPSA and NHIMA deductions. Meanwhile Bernard’s expenses have continued to grow exponentially, especially since January 2022. In the period between December 2021 and June 2022, Bernard’s rentals for a very small two-bedroomed house have increased from K550 (for the house) and K75 for electricity (ma lights) to K600 (for the house) and K150 for electricity (ma lights). His other regular monthly expenses include 25kg bag of breakfast mealie-meal (increased from K110 to K140), kapenta (increased from K120 to K220 per meda or measured in a small plate (kambale) increased from K12 to K20, cooking oil increased from K35 to K50 per a 750 ml bottle or measured in a tiny freezit sachet for single cooking (yopimisa) increased from K2 to K5, and transport from Chipata to town increased from K7 to K15 one way and from town to Kabulonga increased from K11 to K17 one way”.
Bernard at least has a “job”. Millions of other Zambians depend on “Bernards” and “Charitys” wo are struggling to subsidise their jobs by forgoing many life’s necessities, including walking long distances to work because they cannot afford transport, just to sustain a “job” We respect the mathematics of the World Bank and what they have found, about us – that we belong to the poorest countries in the world with the lowest income per person; we have known this all along, since our independence in 1964! We expect the rest of the world to respect the fact that this is the burning, most urgent question we face, and our government must be fully occupied with it, as priority number one.
We are experiencing a national disaster of mass hunger, poverty, unemployment and inequalities. Food, rent, transport and a minimum basket of basic human needs to guarantee the dignity and sanity of millions of Zambians are what the voters cried out for in the 2021 elections. Politicians are elected to solve human problems; politics, after all, is the art of the impossible, in our circumstances. No economic or social priority is superior to human dignity, human life. It is impossible for the UPND government not to respond to the urgent plea for relief from hunger, high rentals, costly transport and a cluster of other urgent basic needs, in the 2023 National Budget, for the masses of Zambia.
This, I must differ with Fr. Muyebe, is not about “option for the poor”! It is “service to Zambians” precisely because hunger and poverty are the conditions of the majority of Zambians, and the UPND and president Hakainde Hichilema were elected to address these conditions for the majority, and not advance the interests of a rich minority, of Zambians. Will the UPND listen to the cries of their electors?
Hunger and poverty dehumanise, acute chronic hunger and absolute poverty dehumanises absolutely.
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Young, Theegala lead a strong class of PGA Tour rookies
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) - This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.
The lone winner among PGA Tour rookies is Chad Ramey in the Dominican Republic. His only other top-10 finish was in Puerto Rico, both opposite-field tournaments.
Cameron Young is the front-runner with three events left before the tour's postseason based on two numbers. His runner-up finish in the British Open - his second close call in a major - moved him up to No. 19 in the world. He also is No. 13 in the FedEx Cup.
It's not just missing a playoff by one shot in the PGA Championship or finishing one back in his links debut at St. Andrews. Young also was runner-up in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera and the Wells Fargo Championship. He has six finishes in the top three.
Right behind is Sahith Theegala, who was a fraction away from two wins this year - a tough finish in the Phoenix Open, a double bogey on the final hole at the Travelers Championship. He was No. 437 in the world when he finished the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Now he's at No. 62, and he's No. 38 in the FedEx Cup.
Davis Riley is playing the 3M Open this week and can join the fray. He lost in a playoff at the Valspar Championship, had two other close calls at Colonial and Mexico and has been so steady this year that he is No. 23 in the FedEx Cup.
Cameron Young of the US plays out of the rough on the 13th fairway during the final round of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Sunday July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)
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MAJOR CUTS
Fortunes can change quickly in golf, and Louis Oosthuizen can attest to that. A year ago, he had the 54-hole lead in the British Open and was tied going into the final round at the U.S. Open. He was runner-up at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
This year, he never played a weekend at a major.
Oosthuizen was the only player who played all four majors without making the cut. That includes a withdrawal after the first round of the Masters with a bad back and a 76.
Rory McIlroy was on the other side. He was the only player to finish in the top 10 at all four majors, not much of a consolation without a trophy to show for it. McIlroy was among 10 players who made the cut in all four majors.
The others were Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Joaquin Niemann, Tony Finau, Patrick Reed and Tyrrell Hatton.
Rahm now has the longest active streak of making cuts in the majors at 13. Harris English had 15 in a row before missing the cut at St. Andrews.
CHAMBERS BAY
Bruce Charlton was one of the lead designers on the construction of Chambers Bay, with the intention it would become a regular in the rotation of USGA championships.
Chambers Bay, where Jordan Spieth won the 2015 U.S. Open, hosts its fourth USGA championship in early August with the U.S. Women´s Amateur.
"I´m really anxious to see how the USGA sets it up for the women players to take some attack angles because there´s a lot of that out there," said Charlton, the president and chief design officer of Robert Trent Jones II Golf Architects. "It´ll be fun to watch that."
But its future beyond this championship remains as cloudy as the Seattle area in the fall.
Chambers Bay believed it was going to be part of a progression that potentially would lead it back to another U.S. Open. The public course held the USGA Four-Ball Amateur last year and was widely praised. It was the first event on renovated greens that were the ire of players - and an eyesore for spectators - during the 2015 Open.
Next up is the Women´s Amateur, which was thought to be followed by a Women´s Open. But when the USGA announced future Women´s Open sites earlier this year and went out through 2031 - and in some years beyond - Chambers Bay was nowhere to be found.
Charlton said while there was disappointment, he remains hopeful one of the major USGA championships will return to the course.
"I really do believe it´s a matter of time. Obviously, you would like to see that kind of major championship come back and test the course again. I think it will," Charlton said. "Indications are that it´s still very strong in the consideration for those kinds of championships. ... We know it´s on the radar screen."
PAYNE STEWART AWARD
Billy Andrade has been selected to receive the Payne Stewart Award this year, which has become one of the highest honors for PGA Tour players.
The award honors Stewart, who died in a plane crash in October of 1999, the year he won the U.S. Open. It is given to players to demonstrate character, sportsmanship and a commitment to charity.
"It´s very special. Payne was unbelievable to me and I got to know him very well. I´m speechless really, to think that now I´m part of this elite group of past recipients who have all done it the right way," Andrade said.
After winning his first PGA Tour title in 1991, Andrade joined with fellow Rhode Islander Brad Faxon to create the Billy Andrade/Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc. for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It has generated more than $30 million through its various efforts, which include the CVS Health Charity Classic.
Each May at East Lake Golf Club, which hosts the Tour Championship, Andrade and fellow Atlanta resident Stewart Cink host the East Lake Invitational, a charity pro-am that benefits neighborhood revitalization efforts.
Andrade will be honored Aug. 23, the Tuesday night before the Tour Championship.
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE
Marc Hammer of Germany moved up 734 spots in the world ranking to No. 380 by winning twice in the same week.
Hammer won the Weihenstephan Open on the German-based Pro Golf Tour, where Martin Kaymer long ago got his start. That ended last Tuesday. And then he played the Euram Bank Open in Austria on Europe's Challenger Tour. That ended Sunday.
The good news for Hammer? Now that he's won on the Challenge Tour, he is exempt.
"This win shows me that I am doing the right things and I am on the right track," Hammer said. "I'm so happy because now I can play Challenge Tour every week instead of Pro Golf Tour."
DIVOTS
Rory McIlroy had 10 two-putt birdies for the week at St. Andrews, a record for the Old Course in the British Open. ... The PGA Tour Champions has its final major of the year at the Senior British Open with a chance to have five different winners. That hasn't happened since 2011 ... With her team title in Michigan, Jennifer Kupcho has three LPGA Tour titles this year to lead the tour. She has pulled to within 292 points of Minjee Lee in the Race to CME Globe. ... Only three players from the top 10 in the FedEx Cup have played 20 or more tournaments this season - Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns and Will Zalatoris.
STAT OF THE WEEK
For the first time since the Masters began, the four professional majors were won by different players all in their 20s - Masters champion Scottie Scheffler (25), PGA champion Justin Thomas (29), U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick (27) and British Open champion Cameron Smith (28).
FINAL WORD
"When you win golf tournaments, you have friends that you didn´t even know were friends." - British Open champion Cameron Smith.
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AP Sports Writer Tim Booth in Seattle contributed to this report.
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Sahith Theegala of the US plays from the 3rd tee during the third round of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Saturday July 16, 2022. (AP Photo/Alastair Grant)
South Africa's Louis Oosthuizen on the 9th hole during the first round of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Thursday July 14, 2022. The Open Championship returns to the home of golf on July 14-17, 2022, to celebrate the 150th edition of the sport's oldest championship, which dates to 1860 and was first played at St. Andrews in 1873. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
Rory McIlroy of Northern Ireland plays the 15th hole during the final round of the British Open golf championship on the Old Course at St. Andrews, Scotland, Sunday July 17, 2022. (AP Photo/Peter Morrison)
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WASHINGTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- GM Defense, a subsidiary of General Motors, was selected by the U.S. Army to provide a battery electric vehicle for analysis and demonstration. GM Defense will leverage the GMC HUMMER EV, featuring GM's Ultium Platform, to meet the U.S. Army's requirement for a light to heavy duty battery electric vehicle to support reduced reliance on fossil fuels both in the operational and garrison environments.
"This award showcases GM Defense's ability to leverage the best battery electric technology in the commercial marketplace," said Steve duMont, president of GM Defense. "With access to GM's advanced technologies, GM Defense is able to provide proven commercial technologies adapted to meet specific defense requirements and the needs of our customers."
The GMC HUMMER EV Pickup is the world's first and only all-electric supertruck that features a 24-module, double-stacked Ultium battery pack and zero-tailpipe emissions. The vehicle features 1,000 horsepower, 11,500 lb-ft of wheel torque and is capable of full 350 kilowatt/800-volt DC fast charging, enabling up to nearly 100 miles in 12 minutes. The GMC HUMMER EV Pickup offers 329 miles of combined driving range for Edition 1, with 0-60 mph acceleration times as quick as 3 seconds.
"Leveraging GM's advanced technology, this demonstration will prove to our U.S. Army customer what an all-electric supertruck can do and how the underlying technology can be leveraged for future defense needs, whether on an installation or in a tactical environment," continued duMont.
GM Defense is leveraging GM's $35 billion investment in electric vehicle and autonomous vehicle technology to help lead global defense and government customers' transition to a more electric, connected and autonomous future.
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'Big' John McCarthy weighed in on UFC Long Island's controversial main event that saw Brian Ortega's shoulder dislocate, handing Yair Rodriguez the victory.
There has been debate amongst fans about the manner in which Ortega was injured. 'T-City' was on the ground attempting to wrap 'El Pantera' in a submission before his shoulder popped out. Some fans believe it was a submission from Rodriguez and not a freak accident.
Former octagon referee and Bellator color commentator John McCarthy disagrees that it was a submission from Yair Rodriguez, admitting he's seen plenty of fighters' shoulders dislocate throughout his career:
"His shoulder popped out. I've seen it happen too many times, it's part of the sport. It's an injury. I've seen people out there saying 'No, that was a submission!' No it wasnt, but okay, whatever you want to say."
McCarthy's co-host and retired UFC fighter Josh Thomson added:
"It's very unfortunate what happened. Oh, man. It was shaping up to be a good fight though. What I took away from that is that Yair is fast. He was fast, he was touching him. He was landing some clean hard shots... It was a significant difference."
Post-fight, Ortega appeared understandably deflated but congratulatory to his opponent. The 31-year-old hoped that Rodriguez would do him the courtesy of running the fight back as he and the fans felt robbed of what was shaping up to be an excellent main-event.
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Yair Rodriguez believes he felt Brian Ortega tap
Fans were left bewildered at the UFC Long Island's main event when it appeared Yair Rodriguez let go of Britan Ortega for no reason. Replays then showed the moment when Ortega's shoulder popped out of place, ending the fight and rewarding Rodriguez with the victory.
'El Pantera' has hit back at fans, however, who don't believe his victory was a submission. The 29-year-old has revealed that he felt Brian Ortega tap out, which is why he let go:
"Take a close look at the video. He [Brian Ortega], like, tapped once. He tapped once, and then I realize, like, he released the pressure, so I let go. You can take a look at the video, and you'll see the quick tap... I let go, and I saw he was in pain, so I didn't want to keep on punching or anything."
The bout was officially registered as a TKO victory for Rodriguez and not a submission, meaning it's very unlikely Ortega tapped out.
Fans will hope the pair can run the fight back, but Josh Emmett has also been named a potential opponent for the 29-year-old.
Watch Yair Rodriguez's full interview here: | https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-big-john-mccarthy-brian-ortega-s-shoulder-popped-submission | 2022-07-19T16:02:42Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/mma/news-big-john-mccarthy-brian-ortega-s-shoulder-popped-submission | false | 1 |
At 961 Roberts Branch Parkway, Suite 113
COLUMBIA, S.C., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BenchMark Physical Therapy opened an outpatient clinic Monday at 961 Roberts Branch Parkway, Suite 113.
The clinic is open 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Monday, Wednesday and Friday. To make an appointment, call 803-675-5111 or visit benchmarkpt.com.
BenchMark offers in-clinic and telehealth options for outpatient orthopedic physical therapy, including manual therapy, injury prevention, return to performance, total joint replacement, concussion management and vestibular rehabilitation programs.
Clinic director Mike Lacey earned a master's degree in physical therapy from Stockton University and a master's degree in healthcare administration from Webster University.
Lacey has advanced experience with geriatric physical therapy and a clinical focus on rehab for amputees. He is trained in Graston soft-tissue therapy.
BenchMark, part of the Upstream Rehabilitation family of clinical care, offers access to care within 24 hours and works with all insurance types.
A BenchMark sister brand, Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, operates a dozen outpatient clinics in the Columbia region.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) _ The winning numbers in Tuesday morning's drawing of the Texas Lottery's "All or Nothing Morning" game were:
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Closing speeches in trial of Burwell man accused of sexually assaulting 14-year-old Newmarket girl
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LEARN MORELawyers for the prosecution and defence today delivered closing remarks in the trial of a man accused of engaging in sexual activity with an underage girl from Newmarket.
In the dock at Ipswich Crown Court is Michael Savage, 34, of Garden Court, Burwell.
Savage has been charged with two counts of sexual assault over allegations he engaged in intercourse with a 14-year-old.
The prosecution claims that, after meeting the girl at a shop in 2018, the defendant pursued her over an extended period of time, spending over £300 on gifts.
This included an iPhone, which, the prosecution argue, Savage purchased for the girl so that he could communicate her without her family knowing.
A number of texts from a phone belonging to the defendant were read out in court yesterday.
In these, the sender proclaimed their 'love' for the girl, and threatened to take their own life if she did not agree to meet up with them.
After being arrested, Savage told police that he did not send the texts, and that the device they were sent from had been stolen.
He maintains that the relationship he had with the girl was non-sexual, and that he believed her to be 16.
But prosecutor Richard Potts said: "The prosecution suggests to you that you may have little doubt that this [sexual activity] did, in fact, happen."
In regards to Savage, Mr Potts asked: "Why would he spend £240 on a phone for a person he barely knows? Why would he launch into declarations of love on the first day the phone is used?"
In addition to the texts, Mr Potts drew attention to a 'love letter' from Savage found in the girl's possession.
Savage has confirmed he wrote the letter, but insists it was not a romantic gesture, and that he only 'loved' the girl as a friend.
Defending, Ruth Becker set out to highlight inconsistencies in the girl's account.
She said: "It's probably fair to say that neither the defendant nor the complainant are particular good with timeframes.
"From the complainant, there's been suggestions of things happening over weeks, happening over days. One witness suggested he was under the impression her and Michael had known each-other for a matter of months!
"We've got a spectrum there for a matter of days to a matter of months."
Mrs Becker suggested Savage could have been reasonably led to believe the girl was 16 - even though the defendant denies having sex with her.
She noted that the only evidence the girl disclosed her true age was provided by the complainant herself when interviewed by police.
She said: "Whilst it's still not right for a 30-year-old man to be in a relationship with a 16-year-old girl, that's not the criminality that's alleged.
"The criminality that's alleged was having sex with her knowing she was 14. Wouldn't it be reasonable to think that she told him she was older than 14?"
Rounding off the trial, Judge Emma Peters told jurors that they would be sent out to deliberate tomorrow. | https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/newmarket/news/sex-assualt-trial-jury-set-to-be-sent-out-9264767/ | 2022-07-19T16:04:22Z | https://www.suffolknews.co.uk/newmarket/news/sex-assualt-trial-jury-set-to-be-sent-out-9264767/ | true | 1 |
There's been a lot of talk about who won't be at the 3M Open this weekend. But the field does include last year's Masters champion, a member of the most recent U.S. Ryder Cip team and a former No. 1 golfer in the world rankings.
Here's a list of five players to watch at the tournament in Blaine, which starts Thursday, as well as details about the three-hole celebrity exhibition that will tee off on Wednesday evening.
Rickie Fowler: The fan favorite returns to Blaine for a second consecutive summer in search of a resurgence. He shot a blistering first-round 64 here last summer before fading to tie for 34th. Fowler has won five PGA Tour events, including the 2015 Players Championship, and enters the week hovering on the FedEx Cup Playoff qualification line. The top 125 make it; he's at 124.
Hideki Matsuyama: A two-time winner this season who was fourth at the U.S. Open, the 2021 Masters champion returns for the first time since a tie for seventh in the inaugural 3M Open. He is the highest-ranked FedEx Cup playoffs player in this week's field (eighth).
Tony Finau: The only member of the victorious 2021 U.S. Ryder Cup team to be here this week, Finau enters with a pair of top-five finishes in the past five events. He finished the British Open tied for 28th at 8 under.
Sahith Theegala: The 24-year-old with serious game has enjoyed a breakout season. He shot 62 in the second round of the American Express in January and has five top-10 finishes in 27 events played. He comes to the 3M off a tie for 34th in the British Open, his first made cut in a major.
Jason Day: The former No. 1 player in the world returns to the course after a four-week summer break. Day last played in the Travelers Championship, missing the cut. Before that, Day recorded back-to-back top 15 finishes at the Zurich Classic and Wells Fargo Championship.
Local connections: Fargo's Tom Hoge, a former two-time Minnesota State Amateur champion, finally got his first PGA Tour win at the Pebble Beach Pro-Am in February and tied for ninth at the PGA Championship a few months later. But it's been a struggle since. He comes to this week's 3M Open with six consecutive missed cuts. Spring Lake Park graduate Troy Merritt is back on U.S. soil after a 30th-place finish at the Scottish Open two weeks ago. Former Gophers golfer Erik van Rooyen withdrew; he is battling injuries and has made just three cuts since March.
Pro-am names to know: The Compass Challenge, a three-hole celebrity exhibition, returns for a third year. It's scheduled for 5:30 p.m. Wednesday. This year's participants include Larry Fitzgerald Jr., Kyle Rudolph, Adam Thielen, Justin Morneau, Ronde Barber, Mardy Fish, Jake Owen and Roger Steele.
Ticket information: Find it here. | https://www.startribune.com/3m-open-five-top-players-and-local-golfers-to-watch/600191353/ | 2022-07-19T16:06:49Z | https://www.startribune.com/3m-open-five-top-players-and-local-golfers-to-watch/600191353/ | false | 2 |
Matt Rowley, from the hope Community Church on the estate, who was ordained at Blackburn Cathedral this month, said he was delighted and looking forward to serving the people of Grange Park
In 2018, as part of the Church of England’s Renewal and Reform initiative in partnership with Church Army, Matt Rowley came to Grange Park to build a Christian Community for all ages.
Originally from Stoke-on-Trent, the avid Stoke City fan, said he had long had an ambition to come to a place like Grange and set up a Church community where there had not been one before, and was looking forward to serving the community as an ordained Deacon and sharing the hope that Jesus brings to the residents.
He said: “Being ordained in front of my family was wonderful, really special. Grange has made us welcome and this is the start of a new, exciting ministry.
"I have worked on urban estates before and it is important to take the Church out of the building and into the community, particularly in places where there is deprivation.
"We have had lots of help there, from the Boathouse Youth, from the people at Argosy and the school, which has been wonderful.”
He said since becoming a Christian, he has felt called to share his faith in Jesus Christ and has worked with Church Army in various places, including Liverpool and Northern Ireland.
Matt said he has a passion to see people set free from past hurts and have a purpose and reason for living.
In recent years, Matt has felt a calling to ordained ministry and has spent the last two years training for his ordination.
Matt, 47, and his wife, Lucy, and their three children, Emily, Isaac and Daniel, live on Grange Park and over the last few years the Church in Grange Park has grown and set up a series of community events.
On Sundays, the Church meets weekly at The Boathouse Youth centre along with Hope Kids and Hope Youth.
Last year, Matt and the team launched Hope Café running from Argosy Community Centre every Friday with other activities, such as bingo in the afternoon. Every Wednesday the group meets for prayer, often followed by a community activity.
On Fridays Hope Café runs from 11 to 1.30 pm, providing refreshments and a lunch. | https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/delight-of-first-ordained-minister-at-a-blackpool-community-for-14-years-3773655 | 2022-07-19T16:07:16Z | https://www.blackpoolgazette.co.uk/lifestyle/family-and-parenting/delight-of-first-ordained-minister-at-a-blackpool-community-for-14-years-3773655 | false | 1 |
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Two South American Horned Frogs made their television debut on More in the Morning today!
You can see the frogs at the Shell Factory in Fort Myers.
FORT MYERS, Fla. – Two South American Horned Frogs made their television debut on More in the Morning today!
You can see the frogs at the Shell Factory in Fort Myers.
We had a very special guest join us on More...
Felipe’s boasts fresh, hand squeezed margs, and premium ingredients and...
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File photo of Cardinal Bechara Raï, the Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch. (Photo:MaxPPP)
Cardinal Bechara Raï, the Maronite Catholic Patriarch of Antioch has warned that delaying the formation of a new government in Lebanon is an act of "sabotage" against the nation.
"The tactics of the parties are again paralyzing the political and institutional life of the country," said Cardinal Raï recently during his Sunday homily.
Despite holding general elections in May, Lebanon has not been able to form a government up to now.
The May 15 polls had provided a chance for the country to regain a semblance of normalcy, following a social, economic and political paralysis.
It was the first election since the government resigned in August 2020 following protests over a devastating explosion in the capital Beirut which claimed at least 200 lives.
Lebanon is passing through an economic crisis, making essential items dearer, medicines scarce, blackouts the order of the day and a massive currency depreciation since 2019, which the World Bank described as one of the top three worst economic crises of the last 150 years.
Unfortunately, caretaker Prime Minister Najib Mikati, who is tasked with government formation, and the incumbent President Michael Aoun, who must consent on the cabinet list given by Mikati, are in disagreement.
Under the country's constitution, the president is Christian, the prime minister a Sunni, and the parliamentary speaker a Shia.
Aoun, the Maronite Christian head of state, is backed by the Iran-backed Lebanese Shia Muslim group Hezbollah.
The May 15 elections for the country's 128-seat house left his ruling Hezbollah movement and its allies short of their earlier majority.
Lebanese society is largely compartmentalized -- the Sunnis with Saudi Arabia, the Christians with the West and the Shia with Iran.
The Maronite Church is the largest Christian denomination in the country of 6.83 million people and Christians, constituting some 35 percent, continue to be politically decisive.
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has agreed to jump start a political and economic reform process with a rescue package by spring 2023.
However, the delay in government formation weakens Lebanon's bargaining power in negotiations with the IMF, Cardinal Raï pointed out.
"It threatens the resilience of the state, fuels the anger of the people and exposes Lebanon to interference, manipulation and a new subordination to regional and global geopolitical actors," Cardinal Raï said, Fides reported.
Aoun's term as president comes to an end on October 31.
A failure to find a replacement for Aoun's will leave Mikati's cabinet as the remaining caretaker executive power. Aoun will be 89 years old by October.
This is a situation "that could deteriorate further if the current stalemate also affects the election of a new head of state, scheduled for next October," Cardinal Raï warned.
He noted that a president must be elected who is "politically committed and experienced, courageous and bold, a statesman who is neutral in its integrity and is guided by its patriotism."
He urged the current president to stand "above the alliances between the parties and the dialectics between the opposing political axis."
Cardinal Raï also urged the political leadership to come out with an institutional deadline to tide over the crisis.
The Shia Mufti, Sheikh Ahmad Kabalan, also called for the rapid formation of a government on a priority basis and on the occasion of the Islamic festival Eid al Adha (Feast of Sacrifice) he urged people to guard against external influences. | https://international.la-croix.com/news/politics/lebanese-cardinal-seeks-government-formation-at-the-earliest/16407 | 2022-07-19T16:09:07Z | https://international.la-croix.com/news/politics/lebanese-cardinal-seeks-government-formation-at-the-earliest/16407 | false | 1 |
Jacksonville Mayor Curry will propose property tax rate cut as residents battle inflation
As Jacksonville residents struggle to keep up with the nation's highest inflation in 40 years, Jacksonville Mayor Lenny Curry will propose a cut in the city's property tax rate when he delivers his budget to City Council on Thursday.
The city has used the same millage rate since 2013, even as the tax rates for the Duval County School District, St. Johns River Water Management District and Florida Inland Navigation District went down.
The booming real estate market has caused the city's property tax base to grow in leaps and bounds this year, prompting calls from some City Council members for a reduction in the millage rate when residents are facing soaring costs for everyday expenses such as gas and groceries.
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City Council member Danny Becton said he's pleased Curry will use a lower tax rate for next year's budget.
"I hope it’s something meaningful because the economy and the taxpayers of our city are certainly in positions where they’re getting hit in all different directions with historic increases in inflation — costs of rent and mortgages and everything going up," Becton said.
Curry said in a tweet on Monday that when he unveils his budget, it will include a "reduction in our city's property tax rate" in addition to "investments in public safety, infrastructure and economic development" along with debt reduction and "reserves against future challenges."
He did not specify how much he would reduce the property tax rate that has stood at $11.44 per $1,000 of assessed taxable value for nine straight years. Every budget proposed by Curry since he became mayor in 2015 has been built around that same tax rate.
For the owner of a $150,000 home with a $50,000 homestead exemption, the current tax rate equates to a $1,144 bill for city taxes. That doesn't include other property taxes such as for schools.
Becton pushed in May for City Council to go on record calling for Curry to use a lower rollback tax rate in his proposed budget. Council defeated that resolution on a 16-3 vote. Curry's staff said the resolution was premature because City Council has the ability to make whatever changes it wants to after receiving Curry's proposed budget.
"I'm glad my resolution didn't fall on deaf ears," Becton said.
The latest preliminary figures from the Duval County Property Appraiser's Office show taxable values for the city of Jacksonville are at $81.86 billion, a whopping 14% increase compared to the $71.77 billion amount for 2021.
Duval County Property Appraiser Jerry Holland said that because the tax base has grown so much, it would take a proportionately large cut in the tax rate to keep tax bills the same overall for property owners.
Holland said it's the largest year-over-year increase he's seen in his time as property appraiser.
"It's a seller's market," he said. "They're getting a premium, and there's a lot of investors in the market when it comes to the residential. We have a lot of new residents with new apartments being built."
While the city has kept the same tax rate since 2013, the millage rate for the Duval County School District has dropped from 7.388 in 2013 down to 5.808 last year. The state Legislature controls the local tax rate for school districts across Florida.
The St. Johns River Water Management District reduced its millage rate from 0.3283 to 0.2189 over that time, and the Florida Inland Navigation District dropped its millage rate from 0.0345 to 0.032 between 2013 and 2021.
Curry is scheduled to present his budget to City Council at 9 a.m. Thursday at City Hall. | https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/07/19/jacksonville-mayor-lenny-curry-propose-property-tax-rate-cut/10094323002/ | 2022-07-19T16:10:26Z | https://www.jacksonville.com/story/news/local/2022/07/19/jacksonville-mayor-lenny-curry-propose-property-tax-rate-cut/10094323002/ | false | 2 |
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Bayern Munich make third transfer approach for wonderkid Tel as Rennes pressured to cash in on youngster
Bayern Munich are in France on Tuesday to hold talks with Rennes over a possible deal for striker Mathys Tel, GOAL can confirm. The German team are eager to sign the 17-year-old and have already had two offers turned down by the Brittany club.
A third offer has been made by Bayern as they look to enhance their attack even further following Serge Gnabry's contract extension and the signing of Sadio Mane as well as defender Matthis De Ligt.
What do we know about Bayern's bid for Mathys Tel?
The German champions made an initial offer of €7 million plus (£6m/$7m) €10m (£9m/$10m) in bonuses.
They then followed that up with a second offer of €22.5m (£19m/$23m), which was also turned down by Rennes.
They are still determined to lure the young Breton striker to Bavaria, however, and have fielded another bid.
Rennes will respond quickly to the offer.
GOAL understands that Bayern sports director Hasan Salihamidzic arrived in Brittany on Tuesday morning to meet with Rennes' leaders and find out their expectations.
Rennes will reflect on the offer for a few hours and should give a quick answer by the end of the day.
How has Tel performed for Rennes?
Tel made his first senior appearance for Rennes in the 2021-22 season when he came off the bench to play five minutes against Stade Brest in their second Ligue 1 match of the campaign.
He went on to play six more times in the French top-flight, plus two more in the Europa Conference League and one in the Coupe de France.
Overall, he has featured 10 times for the club.
NXGN correspondent Asad Raza adds:
What’s this, we hear you say? There’s another French wonderkid coming out of Rennes? Yes there is, and we’re glad you asked. NXGN luminaries such as Eduardo Camavinga, Ousmane Dembele and Jeremy Doku have all come of age at Roazhon park. Some of the finest talent to emerge from anywhere, but trust us when we tell you that Tel may be the best of the lot. It all began last August when, aged 16 years and 110 days, he became the youngest player in Rennes history, breaking Camavinga’s record.
From then on, Tel hasn’t looked back. A striker who combines elastic dribbling with great acceleration, Tel began the season by scoring six goals in six games for Stade Rennais B. That kind of form doesn't go unnoticed. Ten senior appearances followed, but it was for France where Tel really made his mark. Three goals en route to captaining France to glory at the Under-17 Euros was the exclamation mark affixed to a breakout season. Bayern Munich have made an offer this summer, and promised Tel first-team action. From Bretagne to the Bundesliga, you can be sure he’ll take it in his stride. In the meantime, you’ll find us wandering around Brittany, trying to bottle whatever they’ve got in the water over there.
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Where to find the Red, Yellow, and Purple Flowers for Malo in Stray
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You’ve survived the horde of Zurks in the Sewers and made your way to Antvillage. This shanty town is home to many robots seeking refuge from the outside threat. Among these robots is Malo, a simple robot who loves to garden. Aunt Clementine revealed to him the secret of growing flowers in the city’s darkness. Malo’s collection of flowers is extensive, but he is still missing three colors: Red, Yellow, and Purple. Complete his collection by finding the colored flowers for him.
Red Flower location in Stray
The Red Flower is the furthest down in Antvillage. To reach it, you must go beneath the village to the water below. This can be done by locating the robots that are playing mahjong on the lowest level. Use the bucket behind them to get down to the tree below with the Red Flowers below. Grab the flower and use the wooden pillars to get back up.
Purple Flower location in Stray
The most obvious of all the flowers are the Purple Flowers. The tree containing these flowers can be found just past the robot who is painting. You may notice this tree as you make your way up to Zbaltazar, but you won’t be able to get it until after you talk to him.
Yellow Flower location in Stray
The Yellow Flowers are the hardest to locate of the three. To find the Yellow Flowers, go to the area where the small restaurant is located. This can easily be found by riding the bucket down from the level that Malo is on. Go past the restaurant and jump on the pipe that hugs the wall leading over to the flower to pick it up. After you have all three flowers, return to Malo to get the Plant Badge. | https://www.gamepur.com/guides/where-to-find-the-red-yellow-and-purple-flowers-for-malo-in-stray | 2022-07-19T16:14:11Z | https://www.gamepur.com/guides/where-to-find-the-red-yellow-and-purple-flowers-for-malo-in-stray | true | 1 |
Operatives of Delta State Police Command have arrested a 23-year-old man, Godspower Adigheti, who allegedly macheted his girlfriend, Gift Oloku, a student of Delta State Polytechnic, Ozoro, to death for destroying his iPhone 11 PRO MAX mobile phone.
The incident was said to have occurred on Saturday, July 16, 2022 at Ozoro, Isoko North Local Government Area of the state.
PUNCH Metro gathered that Adigheti and the deceased lady, Gift Oloku, had had an altercation, which resulted in a fight.
A source, who craved anonymity, said the lady, until her death, cohabited with the suspect and had a baby girl for him.
The source said the lady “had gone out and when she returned home, the boyfriend demanded to know where she was coming from”.
In the process, the source said a fight broke out, and the girl destroyed the screen of his iPhone 11 Pro Max mobile phone.
“That was how he attacked her with a cutlass,” the source stated.
Confirming the incident in a signed statement made available to journalists, the Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO) for Delta State Command, Bright Edafe, said that on July 16, 2022, the Divisional Police Officer in charge of Ozoro Division received a distress call that one Godspower Adigheti, 23 years, of Oramudu quarters inflicted machete cuts on his 22-year-old girlfriend, one Gift Oloku.
According to the PPRO, the lady was taken to the hospital “where she was confirmed dead.”
The police spokesman disclosed that investigations revealed that a fight ensued between them over a disagreement, and “the suspect claimed that she damaged his iPhone 11 Pro Max phone while they were fighting, which angered him, and he used a machete on her”.
Meanwhile, the suspect is in custody, and an investigation is ongoing in the matter, the PPRO affirmed. | https://punchng.com/police-arrest-man-who-killed-lover-over-iphone/ | 2022-07-19T16:14:42Z | https://punchng.com/police-arrest-man-who-killed-lover-over-iphone/ | false | 2 |
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VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Having a bad day is common, but how you choose to deal with it, especially behind the wheel, can draw the line between a life-and-death situation.
“Road rage is often confused with aggressive driving”, says Kate Wilson, AAA Tidewater traffic safety manager.
Here are some tips for drivers recommended by AAA if you find yourself near a driver who is angry:
- Do not respond to that driver and avoid eye contact.
- Be tolerant and forgiving; they may just be having a really bad day.
- Be sure to allow enough room around your vehicle so you can escape if you need to.
- Do not get out of your vehicle.
- If necessary, call 911 for assistance or dial #77 to call Virginia State Police.
- Remember, you can only control your own behavior.
- Make sure you behave wisely and always make good judgment decisions.
“Aggressive driving can be characterized as excessive speeding, following too closely, failing to obey traffic laws and making improper turns and maneuvers," said Wilson. "Road rage is characterized by motorists turning to violence – throwing objects at a vehicle or using their vehicle as a weapon.”
According to AAA, these are some tips that you can do or to prevent a nearby drivers from becoming aggressive:
- Communicate early and clearly. Use your turn signals and turn them off when you are done.
- Make sure the space you’re moving into is clear, and that nobody is about to enter that space.
- Do not encroach on another diver’s space.
- Dim your headlights down from high beam when oncoming traffic is approaching.
- Stay to the right – do not block the left lane, so faster traffic can move by.
- If you need to use your horn, a couple of quick taps is often better than one long blast.
- Consider investing in a dash camera so that there are no discrepancies in case of an incident.
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Flavored e-cigarette companies lose challenge to FDA marketing denials
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(Reuters) - A federal appeals court has concluded that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration did not act unreasonably in barring two makers of flavored liquid for e-cigarettes from marketing their products as the regulator combated a spike in youth vaping.
A 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel on Monday on a 2-1 vote ruled that the FDA did not act arbitrarily or capriciously when it rejected premarket tobacco product applications by Triton Distribution and Vapetasia LLC.
The companies had applied to market products with flavors like sour grape, pink lemonade, crème brulee and milk and cookies and names such as "Jimmy The Juice Man Strawberry Astronaut" and "Suicide Bunny Bunny Season."
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The FDA in 2016 deemed e-cigarettes to be tobacco products like traditional cigarettes subject to agency review under the Tobacco Control Act, a law U.S. Circuit Judge Catharina Haynes said Congress passed to protect public health.
"In serving that purpose, we cannot say that FDA acted arbitrarily and capriciously by disagreeing with Petitioners as to the significance of the evidence they presented" about their products' benefits, Haynes wrote.
Eric Heyer, a lawyer for the companies at Thompson Hine, said they will "promptly" ask the entire 5th Circuit to rehear the case.
The FDA had no immediate comment. The agency recently moved to block sales of Juul Labs Inc's e-cigarettes but put those plans on hold for further review of its application.
The FDA initially considered e-cigarettes as having some promise in helping adult smokers transition from conventional cigarettes, but faced pressure from anti-smoking groups to restrict flavored e-cigarettes amid a rise in youth vaping.
In August 2021, the FDA rejected applications to market 55,000 flavored e-cigarette products from various companies and said applicants would likely need to conduct long-term studies establishing their products' benefits to win approval.
It soon after denied the applications by Triton Distribution and Vapetasia, citing a lack of scientific evidence demonstrating their products' benefits to adult smokers that outweighed risks to youths.
A different 5th Circuit panel in October allowed Texas-based Triton to keep selling its products pending its appeal, saying requiring long-term studies was a "surprise switcheroo" following earlier FDA guidance saying they were not needed.
But in Monday's ruling, Haynes said the FDA had not required studies of how e-cigarettes could help with smoking cessation, only suggesting they would be helpful, and was within its rights to reject the companies' studies as unreliable.
U.S. Circuit Judge Edith Jones dissented, noting that three other 5th Circuit judges from October's ruling would have agreed with her that the FDA's actions were "a "mockery of 'reasoned' administrative decision-making."
The case is Wages and White Lion Investments LLC dba Triton Distribution v. FDA, 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 21-60766.
For Triton: Eric Heyer of Thompson Hine
For FDA: Noah Katzen of the U.S. Department of Justice Civil Division
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Slow Capital Inc. trimmed its stake in shares of Autodesk, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADSK – Get Rating) by 2.4% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 14,091 shares of the software company’s stock after selling 343 shares during the quarter. Slow Capital Inc.’s holdings in Autodesk were worth $3,020,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission.
A number of other hedge funds also recently added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. Curi Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Autodesk in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $25,000. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management lifted its holdings in shares of Autodesk by 1,136.4% in the 1st quarter. Hanson & Doremus Investment Management now owns 136 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $29,000 after buying an additional 125 shares during the period. Equitec Proprietary Markets LLC acquired a new stake in shares of Autodesk in the 4th quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Bank of New Hampshire acquired a new stake in shares of Autodesk in the 1st quarter valued at approximately $33,000. Finally, CVA Family Office LLC lifted its holdings in shares of Autodesk by 81.4% in the 1st quarter. CVA Family Office LLC now owns 156 shares of the software company’s stock valued at $33,000 after buying an additional 70 shares during the period. 89.55% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Autodesk Trading Up 2.7 %
Autodesk stock traded up $4.79 during midday trading on Tuesday, reaching $182.01. The stock had a trading volume of 9,608 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,382,875. Autodesk, Inc. has a twelve month low of $163.20 and a twelve month high of $344.39. The stock has a market capitalization of $39.55 billion, a PE ratio of 80.55 and a beta of 1.46. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 3.35, a quick ratio of 0.62 and a current ratio of 0.62. The stock’s 50-day simple moving average is $185.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $208.29.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
Several analysts have recently commented on ADSK shares. Royal Bank of Canada reduced their price target on Autodesk from $295.00 to $255.00 in a report on Monday, May 23rd. Citigroup dropped their price objective on Autodesk from $264.00 to $258.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Friday, May 27th. Piper Sandler dropped their price target on Autodesk from $298.00 to $242.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 27th. Morgan Stanley dropped their price target on Autodesk from $258.00 to $245.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Friday, May 27th. Finally, Robert W. Baird raised their price target on Autodesk from $255.00 to $260.00 in a research report on Friday, May 27th. One analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, three have assigned a hold rating and sixteen have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $263.74.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Autodesk news, CAO Stephen W. Hope sold 327 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.43, for a total transaction of $58,019.61. Following the transaction, the chief accounting officer now owns 4,186 shares in the company, valued at $742,721.98. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, EVP Rebecca Pearce sold 1,608 shares of Autodesk stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 31st. The stock was sold at an average price of $207.86, for a total transaction of $334,238.88. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 19,325 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $4,016,894.50. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which can be accessed through this hyperlink. Also, CAO Stephen W. Hope sold 327 shares of Autodesk stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $177.43, for a total value of $58,019.61. Following the sale, the chief accounting officer now directly owns 4,186 shares in the company, valued at $742,721.98. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.11% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Autodesk Company Profile
Autodesk, Inc provides 3D design, engineering, and entertainment software and services worldwide. The company offers AutoCAD Civil 3D, a surveying, design, analysis, and documentation solution for civil engineering, including land development, transportation, and environmental projects; BIM 360, a construction management cloud-based software; AutoCAD, a software for professional design, drafting, detailing, and visualization; AutoCAD LT, a drafting and detailing software; computer-aided manufacturing (CAM) software for computer numeric control machining, inspection, and modelling for manufacturing; Fusion 360, a 3D CAD, CAM, and computer-aided engineering tool; and Industry Collections tools for professionals in architecture, engineering and construction, product design and manufacturing, and media and entertainment collection industries.
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MORRIS PARK, the Bronx (WPIX) – A sinkhole large enough to swallow an entire van opened up on a street in the Bronx during a rainy Monday in New York City.
Police cordoned off the area in the neighborhood of Morris Park after the sinkhole formed, with bits of street continuing to slowly fall away as spectators stood and watched. Pieces of the pavement eventually began to crumble under the wheels of a white van parked along Radcliff Avenue.
The entire van later fell into the hole, its alarms going off as tumbled toward the bottom. Another car parked near the van also looked to be in danger of falling into the hole, but ultimately remained on the pavement.
No injuries were reported as a result of the sinkhole, FDNY officials said. Work crews were set to remain on scene overnight, according to Bronx Borough President Vanessa Gibson.
Gibson said 75 customers were left without water service because of the hole.
“I have never seen a sinkhole so big in my life,” Gibson tweeted.
The Department of Environmental Protection (DEP) at the site of the sinkhole investigation on Monday. The department had initially said the sinkhole was “not likely weather-related,” according to told NY1, an NYC news outlet, but officials later said they were investigating all possible causes.
Monday’s heavy rains, meanwhile, had wreaked havoc on traffic and public transportation in the area, flooding intersections in New York and New Jersey and sending waters pouring into some MTA subway stations. | https://fox8.com/news/watch-van-falls-into-sinkhole-on-rainy-day-in-nyc/ | 2022-07-19T16:24:13Z | https://fox8.com/news/watch-van-falls-into-sinkhole-on-rainy-day-in-nyc/ | false | 40 |
The livestream shopping craze is coming to Australia
By Emma Koehn
Tech giants are hoping the global craze of livestream shopping will catch on in Australia, as e-commerce platform Shopify becomes the latest company to roll out tools for customers to buy products while watching videos from their favourite content makers.
NYSE-listed Shopify, which makes technology for businesses to build websites and process online transactions, will roll out an integration with YouTube Shopping this month so that viewers can view and purchase items at the same time a company or influencer references them in videos.
Streaming has increasingly become a valuable tool for online retailers as consumer sentiment falters and brands look to target shoppers more precisely.
‘Live commerce’ trends have taken off strongly in China over the past two years, with customers increasingly turning to online broadcasts and chat rooms as places to shop online. Projections from McKinsey Digital suggest China’s live commerce sector could be worth $US423 billion by the end of this year.
Shopify’s director of technology services and strategic merchants for the APAC region, James Johnson, said the company sees an opportunity to help those in the “creator economy”, including content producers and influencers, sell products via video.
“It’s moving from inspiration to transaction and making that as simple as possible,” he told The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age.
The company’s new tools will let businesses tag products during a livestream on YouTube so that viewers can buy them while still watching the feed, or add a list of products on a “shelf” underneath an on-demand video.
Across the globe, big tech firms have been expanding their focus on live commerce. Instagram has a live shopping feature, while Amazon Live lets shoppers view reviews and videos on everything from skincare to baby goods.
Closer to home, Australian start-up Brauz partnered with Zoom earlier this year to offer shoppers virtual shopping appointments in the face of COVID restrictions.
Influencers and YouTube content creators are increasingly a target for products like Shopify’s, with VP of shopping product at YouTube, David Katz, saying many of these video makers end up launching their own brands.
“It hasn’t been as seamless to reach their audience with these products directly on YouTube,” he said.
Online shopping has become indispensable in the post-COVID era, but consumer tech stocks have taken a hit in the recent market sell-off. E-commerce juggernaut Amazon is down 33 per cent for the year, while Chinese e-commerce platform Alibaba has declined 12.3 per cent.
Shopify, which is listed on the Toronto and New York Stock Exchange, has seen its shares drop 76 per cent year-to-date.
Documents filed with the Australian Securities and Investments Commission show its Australian operations posted a $780,000 profit in 2021, off the back of $16.2 million in revenue.
Johnson said that retail businesses were now facing macroeconomic challenges and ‘customer lifetime value’, or how much profit each customer contributes to a business over the course of all their interactions with a brand.
“As businesses adapt they need to figure out how they can build that lifetime value for their customers,” he said.
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WASHINGTON (Dow Jones)--The U.S. Treasury plans to auction $55 billion in reopened 4-week bills Thursday.
The debt will settle on July 26, 2022 and will mature Aug. 23, 2022.
The debt is a reopening of an issue first sold on April 26, 2022.
The Federal Reserve holds $6.619 billion of maturing securities for its own account. Amounts bid by the Federal Reserve banks for their own account will be in addition to the public offering amount.
Noncompetitive tenders for the 4-week bills, available in minimum denominations of $100, must be received by 11:00 AM Eastern Time Thursday. Competitive tenders available in minimum denominations of $100, must be received by 11:30 AM Eastern Time.
The CUSIP number is 912796XN4.
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YARDLEY, Pa., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crown Holdings, Inc. (NYSE: CCK) announced today that it will construct a second high-speed line at its Parma, Italy aluminum beverage can facility. Commercial production is expected to commence during the first quarter of 2023, and the additional capacity will serve expanding customer requirements in Italy and surrounding markets. The new line will produce more than one billion cans annually and add 80 jobs to the Parma plant. The first line in Parma began operations in early 2019.
Infinitely recyclable beverage cans, the world's most recycled and responsible beverage packaging option, are increasingly preferred among both customers and consumers in Italy, resulting in accelerating market growth. The new line will meet expanding demand in the carbonated soft drink, sparkling water, beer and wine segments of the market.
About Crown Holdings, Inc.
Crown Holdings, Inc., through its subsidiaries, is a leading global supplier of rigid packaging products to consumer marketing companies, as well as transit and protective packaging products, equipment and services to a broad range of end markets. World headquarters are located in Yardley, Pennsylvania. For more information, visit www.crowncork.com.
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- IVX Health, a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for adult and pediatric patients with multiple sclerosis, Crohn's disease, rheumatoid arthritis, and other complex chronic conditions, proudly announced today it has achieved national accreditation through the Accreditation Commission for Health Care (ACHC) for the services of Ambulatory Infusion Centers. The accreditation approvals apply to each of its now 57 centers across the country.
To achieve accreditation, an organization must demonstrate their dedication to not only meeting – but also continued compliance – with standards that facilitate a higher level of performance and patient care. The standards of excellence set forth by ACHC showcase the commitment to outstanding quality achieved by those elite health care companies receiving this distinction.
ACHC is a nonprofit organization that has stood as a symbol of quality and excellence since 1986. ACHC is ISO 9001:2015 certified and has CMS deeming authority for Home Health, Hospice, and DMEPOS.
"We are honored to receive national accreditation from ACHC, as that organization truly is the gold standard for infusion center quality and safety standards," noted Andrew Lasher, chief medical officer for IVX Health. "Gaining accreditation for each of our centers nationwide reflects the confidence and support of the physicians across the country who entrust IVX Health with their most vulnerable patients."
"IVX Health demonstrates its commitment to quality and patient safety," said José Domingos, president and CEO of ACHC. "We base ACHC Ambulatory Infusion Center Accreditation on the findings of an extensive and thorough review against rigorous standards for patient safety, quality improvement, environmental safety, and operational effectiveness. IVX Health has achieved this award of ACHC Accreditation through its performance in successfully meeting those standards."
IVX Health exclusively cares for patients with a variety of autoimmune diseases, reimagining the traditional infusion experience with an intentionally designed care model that drives clinical excellence and superior patient outcomes. IVX Health never exceeds a 1:3 nurse-to-patient ratio, which ensures high-quality interactions between its patients and team of nurses and nurse practitioners at every encounter. IVX also provides patient-focused amenities such as private suites, evening and weekend appointment availability, and conveniently located centers near home and work.
"To be recognized with national Ambulatory Infusion Center Accreditation by ACHC is a milestone we couldn't have achieved without our incredibly talented clinicians and their focus on high-quality care across the country," said Katie Thackston, senior vice president of strategy and product at IVX Health. "The IVX team cares for every patient in a personalized, professional, and thoughtful manner, ensuring a truly unique experience when compared to other infusion site of care alternatives."
For more information, please visit the IVX Health website.
IVX Health is a national provider of infusion and injection therapy for those with complex chronic conditions such as rheumatoid arthritis, Crohn's disease, multiple sclerosis and other conditions.
IVX Health's national footprint of outpatient infusion centers are conveniently located in the communities where patients live and work. IVX Health's experience-first model includes amenities such as flexible appointment scheduling with evening and weekend availability, guaranteed private suites, high-speed Wi-Fi, flat screen TVs with streaming TV and movies, and comfortable recliners with room for guests.
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Polkalokr (LKR) traded 1.8% higher against the U.S. dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 11:00 AM Eastern on July 19th. Polkalokr has a total market capitalization of $1.41 million and approximately $728,455.00 worth of Polkalokr was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Polkalokr coin can now be bought for approximately $0.0551 or 0.00000121 BTC on exchanges. During the last week, Polkalokr has traded up 2.6% against the U.S. dollar.
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- JUMPN (JST) traded down 54% against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded 0% higher against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004386 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 91.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $82.45 or 0.00361635 BTC.
- CV SHOTS (CVSHOT) traded down 19.2% against the dollar and now trades at $8.35 or 0.00039799 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 0.8% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.36 or 0.00001586 BTC.
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- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded 4.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $4.34 or 0.00019024 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded down 0.6% against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
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OTTAWA, ON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - Replica Analytics, an Aetion company, has unveiled a novel approach to use synthetic data for a more accurate assessment of re-identification risks in datasets, to better manage privacy risks and enable greater data sharing in healthcare and other sectors.
"Re-identification risk is the probability that an adversary will correctly match a record in a dataset with a real person and until now, there has been no sufficiently reliable measure of this risk," said Dr. Khaled El Emam, Senior Vice-President and General Manager of Replica Analytics, the premier science-based synthetic data generation technology provider to the healthcare industry. "Access to data and sharing de-identified datasets remain a challenge, in part due to privacy concerns. The re-identification risk estimator we have developed should help data custodians overcome those challenges."
Most existing estimators provide a proxy for risk based on strong assumptions, as they cannot calculate the risk on a population because real population data is rarely available. Replica's estimator leverages data synthesis technology to simulate the unavailable population dataset, so that re-identification risks can be calculated much more accurately. Synthetic data generation (SDG) involves training a machine learning model to master the statistical patterns and properties of a real dataset. The trained model, when implemented properly, is then used to create a synthetic dataset which maintains the traits of the original dataset, but with no one-to-one mapping back to a person, so the synthetic data mitigates privacy risks.
Measuring re-identification risk using a synthetic estimator to enable data sharing, a study recently published by the journal, PLOS ONE, includes a detailed analysis of the concepts behind Replica's new risk estimator, an evaluation of its performance and relevant case studies. The results show that the estimator reliably outperforms other approaches, across different dataset sizes and varying complexity, achieving a high degree of accuracy, and offering a consistent estimate of the probability of re-identification risk. The study was also the focus of a webinar and blog post.
The new approach is another example of the usefulness and effectiveness of SDG technology in assessing and mitigating privacy risks and enabling data sharing. Replica's estimator can now be used through the Replica Synthesis software to better assess re-identification risks in real datasets. If the risk is deemed too high, organizations can choose to synthesize the data and then use the company's privacy assurance functionality to measure any risk in the synthetic data to demonstrate that it is much lower than the real data.
Replica Analytics is the premier science-based SDG technology provider to the healthcare industry. The company is a pioneer in the development of unique technologies for generating privacy-protective synthetic data that maintain the statistical properties of real-world data (RWD). The company was acquired in late 2021 by Aetion, the leading regulatory-grade real-world evidence (RWE) technology provider. Replica Synthesis software provides a full suite of synthetic data generation and evaluation capabilities that can solve multiple grand challenges facing the life sciences industry, and health research in general. For more information, visit: https://replica-analytics.com/.
Aetion is a healthcare analytics company that delivers real-world evidence for the manufacturers, purchasers, and regulators of medical treatments and technologies. The Aetion Evidence Platform® analyzes data from the real world to produce transparent, rapid, and scientifically validated answers on safety, effectiveness, and value. Founded by Harvard Medical School faculty members with decades of experience in epidemiology and health outcomes research, Aetion informs healthcare's most critical decisions—what works best, for whom, and when—to guide product development, commercialization, and payment innovation. Learn more at aetion.com and follow us at @aetioninc.
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FARNBOROUGH, United Kingdom, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Eve Holding, Inc. ("Eve") (NYSE: EVEX; EVEXW) announced today at the Farnborough Airshow a non-binding Letter of Intent ("LOI") with Embraer and BAE Systems to explore the potential order of up to 150 electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) vehicles with the aim of examining the aircraft application for the defence and security market. In a separate announcement, BAE Systems and Embraer signed a Memorandum of Understanding ("MoU") at Farnborough International Airshow to potentially form a joint venture to collaboratively develop an innovative defence eVTOL variant using Eve's platform.
"Teams from BAE Systems and Embraer will continue working together to explore how the aircraft, designed for the urban mobility market, can provide cost-effective, sustainable, and adaptable capability as a defense variant," said Jackson Schneider, President and CEO of Embraer Defense & Security.
"Our customers' operating environment is increasingly complex and eVTOL is just one example of how we're looking at emerging technologies, including those from the commercial market. We are exploring how we can adapt these solutions to bring vital operational capability to our customers quickly and at a lower cost - whilst also supporting environmental and sustainability goals," commented Ian Muldowney, Chief Operating Officer of BAE Systems Air.
In December 2021, Embraer and BAE Systems disclosed plans to collaborate on developing Eve's eVTOL as a potential defence variant. This agreement reinforces the trust of the leading aerospace organisations in Eve's vehicle and its adaptability for purposes other than urban air mobility.
Andre Stein, Co-CEO of Eve, added: "We are thrilled that Embraer and BAE Systems have chosen Eve as their platform for this collaboration. Our eVTOL can be adapted to meet various essential applications in this market, such as humanitarian response and disaster relief. This collaboration also indicates that the defence market can be more sustainable and at the same time allows Eve to remain focused on exploring the Urban Air Mobility market."
The potential order will be added to Eve's current backlog of 1,910 eVTOLS, the largest within the Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) industry.
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Eve is dedicated to accelerating the Urban Air Mobility ecosystem. Benefitting from a start-up mindset, backed by Embraer S.A.'s more than 50-year history of aerospace expertise, and with a singular focus, Eve is taking a holistic approach to progressing the UAM ecosystem, with an advanced eVTOL project, a comprehensive global services and support network and a unique air traffic management solution. Since May 10, 2022, Eve is listed on the New York Stock Exchange where its shares of common stock and public warrants trade under the tickers "EVEX" and "EVEXW". For more information, please visit www.eveairmobility.com.
A global aerospace company headquartered in Brazil, Embraer has businesses in Commercial and Executive, Defense & Security and Agricultural Aviation. The company designs, develops, manufactures, and markets aircraft and systems, providing Services & Support to customers after-sales.
Since it was founded in 1969, Embraer has delivered more than 8,000 aircraft. On average, about every 10 seconds an aircraft manufactured by Embraer takes off somewhere in the world, transporting over 145 million passengers a year.
Embraer is the leading manufacturer of commercial jets up to 150 seats and the main exporter of high value-added goods in Brazil. The company maintains industrial units, offices, service, and parts distribution centers, among other activities, across the Americas, Africa, Asia and Europe.
BAE Systems provides some of the world's most advanced, technology-led defence, aerospace and security solutions and employs a skilled workforce of some 89,600 people in more than 40 countries. Working with customers and local partners, we develop technology that helps to save lives, protect borders and people, strengthen nations, and keep critical information and infrastructure secure.
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These forward-looking statements are subject to a number of risks and uncertainties, including: (i) changes in domestic and foreign business, market, financial, political and legal conditions; (ii) failure to realise the anticipated benefits of the announced agreement between Eve, Embraer and BAE Systems; (iii) risks relating to the uncertainty of the projected financial information with respect to Eve; (iv) the outcome of any legal proceedings that may be instituted against Eve; (v) future global, regional or local economic and market conditions; (vi) the development, effects and enforcement of laws and regulations; (vii) Eve's ability to grow and manage future growth, maintain relationships with customers and suppliers and retain its key employees; (viii) Eve's ability to develop new products and solutions, bring them to market in a timely manner, and make enhancements to its platform; (ix) Eve's ability to successfully develop, obtain certification for and commercialise its eVTOL; (x) the effects of competition on Eve's future business; (xi) the outcome of any potential litigation, government and regulatory proceedings, investigations and inquiries; (xii) the impact of the global COVID-19 pandemic and (xiii) those factors discussed in Eve's Registration Statement on Form S-1 filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (the "SEC") on June 1, 2022 under the heading "Risk Factors," and other documents of Eve filed, or to be filed, with the SEC. If any of these risks materialise or our assumptions prove incorrect, actual results could differ materially from the results implied by these forward-looking statements. There may be additional risks that Eve does not presently know or that Eve currently believes are immaterial that could also cause actual results to differ from those contained in the forward-looking statements. In addition, forward-looking statements reflect Eve's expectations, plans or forecasts of future events and views as of the date of this press release. Eve anticipates that subsequent events and developments will cause Eve's assessments to change. However, except as required by applicable law, Eve disclaims any obligation to update any such forward-looking statements in the future. These forward-looking statements should not be relied upon as representing Eve's assessments as of any date subsequent to the date of this press release and undue reliance should not be placed upon the forward-looking statements.
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Emmett Till’s house, Black sites to get landmarks funds
CHICAGO (AP) — Emmett Till left his mother’s house on Chicago’s South Side in 1955 to visit relatives in Mississippi, where the Black teenager was abducted and brutally slain for reportedly whistling at a white woman.
A cultural preservation organization announced Tuesday that the house will receive a share of $3 million in grants being distributed to 33 sites and organizations nationwide that are important pieces of African American history.
Some of the grant money from the African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund will go to rehabilitate buildings, such as a bank in Mississippi founded by a man described by Booker T. Washington as the “most influential business man in the United States,” the first Black masonic lodge in North Carolina, and a school in rural Oklahoma for the children of Black farm workers and laborers.
The money will also help restore the Virginia home where a tennis coach helped turn Black athletes such as Arthur Ashe and Althea Gibson into champions, rehabilitate the Blue Bird Inn in Detroit that is considered the birthplace of bebop jazz, and protect and preserve African American cemeteries in Pennsylvania and a tiny island off the coast of South Carolina.
Brent Leggs, executive director of the organization that is in its fifth year of awarding the grants, said the effort is intended to fill “some gaps in the nation’s understanding of the civil rights movement.”
Till’s brutal slaying helped galvanize the civil rights movement. The Chicago home where Mamie Till Mobley and her son lived will receive funding for a project director to oversee restoration efforts, including renovating the second floor to what it looked like when the Tills lived there.
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“This house is a sacred treasure from our perspective and our goal is to restore it and reinvent it as an international heritage pilgrimage destination,” said Naomi Davis, executive director of Blacks in Green, a local nonprofit group that bought the house in 2020. She said the plan is to time the 2025 opening with that of the Obama Presidential Library a few miles away.
Leggs said it is is particularly important to do something that shines a light on Mamie Till Mobley. After her 14-year-old son’s lynching, Till Mobley insisted that his body be displayed in an open casket as it looked when it was pulled from a river, to show the world what racism looked like.
It was a display that influenced thousands of mourners who filed by the casket and the millions more who saw the photographs in Jet Magazine — one of whom was Rosa Parks whose refusal to give up her seat on a Montgomery, Alabama, bus to a white man about three months later remains one of the pivotal acts of defiance in American history.
“It was a catalytic moment in the civil rights movement and through this we lift and honor Black women in civil rights,” Leggs said.
And the news follows a recent revelation about the discovery of an unserved arrest warrant of the woman whose accusation put in motion the chain of events that led to the teen’s lynching.
The house and the story of the casket highlight the risks that the remnants of such history can vanish if not protected. As recently as 2019 when it was sold to a developer, the red brick Victorian house built more than a century earlier was falling into disrepair before it was granted landmark status by the city of Chicago. And the glass-topped casket that held Till’s remains was only donated to the Smithsonian Institution because it was discovered in 2009 rusting in a shed at a suburban Chicago cemetery where it was discarded after the teen’s body was exhumed years earlier.
That discovery of the casket, which only happened because of a scandal at the cemetery, underscores how easily significant pieces of history can simply vanish, said Annie Wright, whose late husband, Simeon, was sleeping with his cousin, Emmett, the night he was abducted.
“We got to remember what happened and if we don’t tell it, if people don’t see (the house) they’ll forget and we don’t want to forget tragedy in these United States,” said Wright, 76.
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Tealwood Asset Management Inc. cut its position in Nasdaq, Inc. (NASDAQ:NDAQ – Get Rating) by 2.4% during the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The fund owned 7,408 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after selling 180 shares during the quarter. Tealwood Asset Management Inc.’s holdings in Nasdaq were worth $1,320,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds and other institutional investors have also bought and sold shares of NDAQ. Norges Bank acquired a new position in Nasdaq in the 4th quarter valued at $223,655,000. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. grew its stake in Nasdaq by 46.9% in the 4th quarter. Diamond Hill Capital Management Inc. now owns 1,551,748 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $325,883,000 after buying an additional 495,357 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. grew its stake in Nasdaq by 4.4% in the 4th quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 8,546,784 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $1,794,911,000 after buying an additional 362,632 shares during the last quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. grew its stake in Nasdaq by 14.1% in the 4th quarter. Robeco Institutional Asset Management B.V. now owns 1,595,414 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $335,058,000 after buying an additional 197,553 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Acadian Asset Management LLC grew its stake in Nasdaq by 12,935.6% in the 4th quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 193,187 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $40,560,000 after buying an additional 191,705 shares during the last quarter. 74.91% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity at Nasdaq
In related news, EVP Pc Nelson Griggs sold 500 shares of Nasdaq stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $161.64, for a total transaction of $80,820.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 35,086 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $5,671,301.04. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available at the SEC website. In other Nasdaq news, EVP Jeremy Skule sold 1,400 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, June 24th. The shares were sold at an average price of $160.00, for a total value of $224,000.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 21,504 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $3,440,640. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, EVP Pc Nelson Griggs sold 500 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Wednesday, April 27th. The stock was sold at an average price of $161.64, for a total transaction of $80,820.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the executive vice president now directly owns 35,086 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $5,671,301.04. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 0.68% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Nasdaq Price Performance
NDAQ stock traded up $2.39 during trading on Tuesday, hitting $157.17. 1,951 shares of the stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 787,438. Nasdaq, Inc. has a one year low of $140.31 and a one year high of $214.96. The stock has a market cap of $25.88 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 22.55, a P/E/G ratio of 2.97 and a beta of 0.90. The company has a 50 day simple moving average of $151.90 and a 200 day simple moving average of $167.17. The company has a current ratio of 0.92, a quick ratio of 0.92 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.80.
Nasdaq (NASDAQ:NDAQ – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 20th. The financial services provider reported $1.97 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.93 by $0.04. Nasdaq had a net margin of 20.31% and a return on equity of 20.05%. The firm had revenue of $892.00 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $892.18 million. During the same period last year, the firm posted $1.96 EPS. The firm’s quarterly revenue was up 4.8% on a year-over-year basis. Equities analysts expect that Nasdaq, Inc. will post 7.82 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Nasdaq Increases Dividend
The company also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, June 24th. Investors of record on Friday, June 10th were issued a dividend of $0.60 per share. This is an increase from Nasdaq’s previous quarterly dividend of $0.54. This represents a $2.40 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.53%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 9th. Nasdaq’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 34.43%.
Nasdaq Profile
Nasdaq, Inc operates as a technology company that serves capital markets and other industries worldwide. The Market Technology segment includes anti financial crime technology business, which offers Nasdaq Trade Surveillance, a SaaS solution for brokers and other market participants to assist them in complying with market rules, regulations, and internal market surveillance policies; Nasdaq Automated Investigator, a cloud-deployed anti-money laundering tool; and Verafin, a SaaS technology provider of anti-financial crime management solutions.
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NEW YORK, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Soundcore Capital Partners, LP ("Soundcore"), a New York based private equity firm, is pleased to announce that Jonathan Tanenbaum has joined the firm as a Partner on its Investment Team.
Prior to joining Soundcore in April, Mr. Tanenbaum was with TZP Group where, in addition to primary transaction execution and portfolio oversight responsibilities, he also helped to initiate and lead the firm's diversity, equity and inclusion program, among other firm initiatives. Mr. Tanenbaum brings over 14 years of finance and private equity experience to Soundcore in relevant sectors and investment strategies. He will help lead the Investment Team and work closely to build firm processes and manage strategic initiatives at Soundcore.
"We are thrilled to have Jonathan join the Soundcore team," said Jarrett Turner, Managing Partner at Soundcore. "His transaction experience, process orientation, entrepreneurial drive and analytical rigor will be valuable assets to Soundcore as we continue to grow. Having known Jonathan for 12 years and previously worked together at Sun Capital Partners including on several deals, I am delighted to call him a partner and colleague again."
Earlier in his career, Mr. Tanenbaum worked in private equity at The Beekman Group and Sun Capital Partners. He began his career at J.P. Morgan in its Diversified Industries and Leveraged Finance investment banking groups. Mr. Tanenbaum received a Master of Business Administration from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics from The University of Chicago.
Mr. Tanenbaum joins an experienced team at Soundcore as the firm continues to expand, including actively growing the Investment and Origination Teams at all levels.
About Soundcore
Soundcore Capital was founded in 2015 by Jarrett Turner and is based in New York, NY. Soundcore is a thesis-driven private equity firm that specializes in buy-and-build investments in the lower middle-market that are headquartered in the United States and Canada. Soundcore has completed 70 acquisitions across nine platforms and focuses primarily on business & outsourced services, industrial services, specialty manufacturing and value-added distribution sectors. For more information, please visit: https://www.soundcorecap.com/home.
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NetBase Quid® adds TikTok and Instagram Reels, enhanced language processing, and new visualizations
SANTA CLARA, Calif. , July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NetBase Quid®, a global leader in AI-powered consumer and market intelligence, announced a multitude of platform enhancements including expanded TikTok Certified Topics, expanded forum content and global language coverage, among other key updates. The quarterly updates further cement NetBase Quid's global footprint by analyzing social conversations, as well as forums, in a variety of regions and languages.
"The advancement of social media capabilities, combined with the imperative need of brands to engage with their community and understand how they are being perceived, is a continual challenge," said Mike Baglietto, Global Head of Product Marketing at NetBase Quid®. "These in-demand improvements meet our customers where their audiences are geographically and socially. The updates are critical to helping us continue to deliver the best in class social analytics and consumer intelligence platform."
Enhanced consumer and market intelligence capabilities include:
- Expansion of the industry's most comprehensive channel and data coverage
- Unmatched accuracy and data quality improvements for global language
- Even faster time to insight with quick views and streamlined capabilities
Key product highlights this quarter include:
- TikTok Certified Topic and pre-curated industry dashboards: Certified topics in NetBase now cover Trending TikToks for popular hashtags such as #fashion, #beauty, #travel, and thousands of channels covering brands and influencers across industries.
- Global Language Interface and NLP Improvements: Natural language processing (NLP) enhancements to support global enterprise and regional customers in Arabic, Spanish, French, German, Italian, and Japanese.
- Expanded AI and Geo Classification: Out-of-the-box geo-classification enhancements through metadata-based approaches and advanced AI classification using machine learning (ML). Enhanced AI-based dialect classification improves coverage for French content now with others to follow.
- Expanded Forum Content: Enhanced coverage for global forum data, including coverage for France, Germany, Spain, Italy, United Arab Emirates, Saudi Arabia, Egypt, Brazil, and Japan from an additional forum feed provider.
- Audience Analytics: Incorporation of additional author data into Quid Social networks through ingested author interests, professions, and meta data intersected with discovered themes and trends.
- Quick Views and New Visualizations: Set of 13 curated key views (Fundamental Views and Inspirational Views) showcasing what users are saving often as their go-to view and their exposure to outliers and advanced Quid metrics.
In addition, NetBase Quid® announced earlier this year the enhancement of Quid cluster formation, naming, entity recognition, and the ability to match quote tweets enabling users to auto-expand queries to retrieve authors' quoted tweets.
To read more about the updated capabilities, please visit: https://netbasequid.com/blog/summer-product-update/
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We make the world make sense™.
We deliver AI-powered consumer and market intelligence to enable business reinvention in a noisy and unpredictable world.
Our platform uses advanced artificial intelligence to process billions of indexed resources across all forms of structured and unstructured data, empowering brand, agency, and consulting services customers to make smart, data-driven decisions accurately, quickly, and efficiently.
We are the trusted partner of Ogilvy, T-Mobile, United Airlines, Yum! Brands, Walmart, Hyundai, Wunderman Thompson, Microsoft, BCG, and The New York Times.
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Jurors see gruesome video of Florida school shooting
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. (AP) — Jurors in the penalty trial of Florida school shooter Nikolas Cruz viewed graphic video Tuesday of him murdering 17 people as he stalked through a three-story classroom building at Parkland’s Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School four years ago.
The video, compiled from 13 security cameras inside the building, was not shown to the gallery, where parents of many of the victims sat. Prosecutors say it shows Cruz shooting many of his victims at point-blank range, going back to some as they lay wounded on the floor to kill them with a second volley of shots.
The 12 jurors and 10 alternates stared intently at their video screens. Many held hands to their faces as they viewed the 15-minute recording, which has no sound.
Some started squirming. One juror looked at the screen, looked up at Cruz with his eyes wide and then returned to the video.
Cruz looked down while the video played and did not appear to watch it. He sometimes looked up to exchange whispers with one of his attorneys.
The video was played over the objection of Cruz’s attorneys, who argued that any evidentiary value it has is outweighed by the emotions it would raise in the jurors. They argued that witness statements of what happened would be sufficient.
Circuit Judge Elizabeth Scherer dismissed the objection, saying a video that accurately reflects Cruz’s crimes does not unfairly prejudice his case. Prosecutors are using the video to prove several aggravating factors, including that Cruz acted in a cold, calculated and cruel manner.
Cruz, 23, pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of first-degree murder, and 17 more counts of attempted murder for those he wounded. The jury must decide if he should be sentenced to death or life without parole for the nation’s deadliest mass shooting to go before a jury.
Later during day two of the trial, jurors heard testimony from Christopher McKenna, who was a freshman during the Feb. 14, 2018, shooting. He had left his English class to go to the bathroom and exchanged greetings with two students, Luke Hoyer and Martin Duque, as they crossed paths in the first-floor hallway. McKenna then entered a stairwell and encountered Cruz assembling his AR-15 semiautomatic rifle.
“He said get out of here. Things are about to get bad,” McKenna recalled.
McKenna sprinted out to the parking lot as Cruz went into the hallway and began shooting. McKenna alerted Aaron Feis, an assistant football coach who doubled as a security guard. Feis drove McKenna in his golf cart to an adjacent building for safety, and then went to the three-story building McKenna fled from.
By then, the sounds of gunfire were already ringing out across the campus. Feis went in and was fatally shot immediately by Cruz, who had already killed Hoyer, 15, and Duque, 14, and eight others. Cruz then continued through the second floor, where he fired into classrooms but hit no one. When he reached the third-floor, he killed six more.
The jurors also heard testimony from two students who were wounded as they sat in their English class when Cruz fired through a window in the door.
William Olson was writing an essay when “all of a sudden I hear a bunch of noise in the hallway. I did not know what it was.”
Olson said he looked over and saw another freshman draped over a desk, blood pouring out of him as he died.
At that point, Olson said he and other students scrambled next to the teacher’s desk.
“While I’m laying in front of the desk I realize there’s blood all over me,” he said. He had suffered arm and leg wounds.
Alexander Dworet said he originally thought the loud bangs were the school’s marching band, but then he felt a “hot sensation” on the back of his head where he had been grazed by a bullet and “I realized I was in danger.”
Dworet’s 17-year-old brother, Nick, was across the hall in his Holocaust studies class. Cruz fired into that classroom, too, killing him.
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Associated Press writer Freida Frisaro in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, contributed to this report.
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A Jewish group is waging a fight in federal court to keep the officials of a beach community on Long Island, New York, from turning their worship and outreach property into a lifeguard center.
The village of Atlantic Beach has other options for building the lifeguard center closer to the beach but chose to take the property in violation of the Jewish group’s constitutional rights, the federal lawsuit alleges.
“The government must have a very compelling reason to seize a religious organization’s property. Taking a religious organization’s property to use it as the operations center for lifeguards is not a compelling reason,” said Jeremy Dys, senior counsel at First Liberty Institute, which is representing the Jewish group. “This is not a neutral act by an indifferent city council but seems to be the type of religious hostility that has no place in our country.”
Chabad Lubavitch of the Beaches, a Hasidic Jewish movement affiliate, purchased the property in November 2021 to use for worship, outreach and Jewish education.
The property, 2025 Park Street, had been vacant for years — and was up for sale or lease for two years before the purchase.
After the deal was completed and the group had held a lighting of a menorah outdoors, village officials moved in February to take the property through eminent domain, which allows the government to take private property for public use with fair compensation.
A spokesperson from the village did not immediately respond to a request for comment about the dispute.
The south shore village has a population of about 1,700 people.
Last week, U.S. District Judge Joanna Seybert, a Clinton appointee, issued a temporary restraining order against the village from taking further action against the land and set a hearing on the matter for later this month.
Robert Tuttle, a law and religion professor at George Washington University, said this case appears to be a long shot for the Jewish group, noting that such challenges to eminent domain don’t typically succeed. | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/19/jewish-group-sues-long-island-beach-town-over-turn/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS | 2022-07-19T16:43:43Z | https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2022/jul/19/jewish-group-sues-long-island-beach-town-over-turn/?utm_source=RSS_Feed&utm_medium=RSS | false | 1 |
Muireann Duffy
Tánaiste Leo Varadkar has said Ireland has passed the peak of a summer wave of Covid-19 infections as hospital numbers have started to fall once again.
Tweeting on Tuesday afternoon, the Fine Gael leader said the reduction in the number of people in hospital with the virus was "encouraging".
The latest data from the HSE showed there were 815 confirmed cases of Covid in hospital on Tuesday, a reduction of 88 since Monday.
Of the total figure, 35 Covid-positive patients were receiving treatment in Intensive Care Units (ICUs).
"Encouraging to see Covid hospital numbers falling," Mr Varadkar said.
"The peak of the summer wave has passed thankfully without any need for restrictions.
"Hospital have been very busy. Preparing now for the winter wave," he added.
Encouraging to see #covid hospital numbers falling. The peak of the summer wave has passed thankfully without any need for restrictions. Hospitals have been very busy. Preparing now for the winter wave. pic.twitter.com/enccfTIzYz
— Leo Varadkar (@LeoVaradkar) July 19, 2022
In a follow-up tweet, the Tánaiste added that a winter wave is "likely to be more serious" and coincide with flu season, which also puts a strain on hospital services.
In anticipation of a further surge in Covid cases later this year, Mr Varadkar warned that "vaccines, ventilation, surveillance, capacity, good public health measures" will all be vital in the months ahead. | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40921823.html | 2022-07-19T16:45:01Z | https://www.echolive.ie/nationalnews/arid-40921823.html | true | 1 |
Netflix still actively seeking a ‘Star Wars’ or ‘Harry Potter’ level franchise
Netflix has money to burn, as evidenced by the $200+ million funneled into the Russo brothers’ upcoming espionage epic The Gray Man, which is poised to become the latest blockbuster original to split opinion between critics and fans right down the middle, at least based on its current trajectory.
While the globetrotting spy saga could indeed launch a multi-film franchise that spins out into prequels, sequels, and TV shows, which is also the plan with the Russo-backed Extraction, the company has bigger things in mind. It’s no secret that Netflix doesn’t quite have a top-tier marquee property on the feature film side of things, similar to how Stranger Things operates in the episodic landscape.
It’s a search that’s been going on for a while, and in an interview with Reuters, vice president Matthew Thunell confirmed that he will not rest until something monolithic emerges from the platform’s relentless churn of content.
“We want to have our version of Star Wars or our version of Harry Potter, and we’re working very hard to build that. But those are not built overnight. At a traditional studio, there are these big walls between the feature team and animation team and series team. Because Netflix is a very young organization, those walls just never had time to be built.”
In all honesty, there’s nothing that jumps out as a prime Netflix candidate to become an A-grade brand that spans generation and cultivates a vociferous fanbase all over the world from every demographic. Like Thunell said, though, these things don’t happen quickly, even if his two benchmarks were pretty much overnight cinematic sensations. | https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/netflix-still-actively-seeking-a-star-wars-or-harry-potter-level-franchise/ | 2022-07-19T16:46:04Z | https://wegotthiscovered.com/movies/netflix-still-actively-seeking-a-star-wars-or-harry-potter-level-franchise/ | false | 1 |
Liberal group lands $171M gov’t contract that could reach $1B to help illegal immigrants avoid deportation
A left-wing nonprofit working to end mass incarceration landed a $171.7 million taxpayer-funded government contract that could potentially hit $1 billion to help unaccompanied minors avoid deportation, Fox News Digital has discovered. The Vera Institute of Justice, a New York-based group that supports defunding police and views immigration enforcement...
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New Delhi, Jul 19 (PTI) Cases of frauds on public sector banks have come down by about 50 per cent in FY'22 to 2,369 as against 4,680 recorded in the previous fiscal, Rajya Sabha was informed on Tuesday.
The amount involved in the frauds too declined to Rs 3,204 crore from Rs 7,306 crore in 2020-21.
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Comprehensive steps have been taken to tackle banking frauds, including an online searchable database of frauds reported by banks in the form of Central Fraud Registry to enable timely identification, control and mitigation of fraud risk and also to carry out due diligence during the credit sanction process, Minister of State for Finance Bhagwat Karad said in a written reply.
"Public sector banks (PSBs) have been advised to strictly ensure rotational transfer of officials/employees," he added.
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A National Cyber Crime Reporting Portal has been launched by the Ministry of Home Affairs to enable the public to report incidents pertaining to all types of cybercrimes. A toll-free number has also been operationalised to get assistance in lodging complaints, he said.
Replying to another question, Karad said the government last month launched the 'Jan Samarth' Portal, which hosts loans under 13 credit linked government schemes catering to youths, students, entrepreneurs and farmers for education loans, agriculture loans, business activity loans, and livelihood loans.
Any applicant/beneficiary can register, check eligibility under various government schemes and apply for digital loan approval through the Jan Samarth Portal, he said.
The use of Jan Samarth portal will ease the loan application and disbursement process.
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Swatch Group Upbeat as China Comes Out of Lockdown
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ZURICH (Reuters) -Swatch Group stuck to its forecast for double-digit sales growth this year after pandemic lockdowns in China had less impact than feared on the world's biggest watchmaker's first-half results on Thursday. The maker of Omega watches, which generated more than 40% of its sales in Greater China...
HONG KONG (Reuters) - China has demanded that the United States immediately cancel its latest arms sale to Taiwan, the Chinese state broadcaster reported on Monday, citing the country's Ministry of National Defence. The Pentagon said on Friday that the U.S. State Department had approved the potential sale of military...
(Reuters) -Oilfield services provider Halliburton Co on Tuesday posted a 41% increase in second-quarter adjusted profit compared to the first quarter, and predicted years of growth in demand for drilling. Driven by high oil prices, the gain was in spite of a $344 million hit from the company winding down...
LONDON (Reuters) - The Ukraine war shows that the West's dominance is coming to an end as China rises to superpower status in partnership with Russia at one of the most significant inflection points in centuries, former British Prime Minister Tony Blair said. The world, Blair said, was at a...
BEIJING (Reuters) -China's government warned on Tuesday it would take "forceful measures" if U.S. House of Representatives Speaker Nancy Pelosi visited Taiwan, after the Financial Times said https://on.ft.com/3B0jKgc she would go to the Chinese-claimed island next month. Pelosi and her delegation will also visit Indonesia, Japan, Malaysia and Singapore, and...
BEIJING (Reuters) - China's foreign ministry said on Tuesday that a visit to Tawian by U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi would seriously undermine China's sovereignty and territorial integrity, and the United States would bear the consequences of its response. Chinese foreign ministry spokesman Zhao Lijian, who was speaking at regular...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Department of Defense agreed with Lockheed Martin Corp to build about 375 F-35 fighter jets over three years, the two parties said on Monday, amid expectations the price of the most common version of the aircraft would increase due to inflation and slower production. "We...
BOSTON (AP) — A popular Chinese-made automotive GPS tracker used in 169 countries has severe software vulnerabilities, posing a potential danger to users’ safety, national security and supply chains, cybersecurity researchers have found. A report by the Boston cybersecurity firm BitSight says the flaws could let attackers remotely hijack device-equipped vehicles, cutting off fuel to them and otherwise seizing control while they travel. The researchers say users should immediately disable the MV720 GPS tracker until a fix becomes available. The report was released Tuesday to coincide with an advisory from the U.S. Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency listing five vulnerabilities. BitSight said it tried unsuccessfully for months — beginning in September, with CISA joining it in late April — to engage the manufacturer, Shenzen-based MiCODUS, in discussion addressing the vulnerabilities. The Associated Press telephoned and emailed the company but got no response. A person who answered a phone number listed on its website was unable to respond in English.
STOCKHOLM (Reuters) - Swedish engineering group Atlas Copco reported second-quarter earnings on Tuesday which beat market forecasts on the back of strong demand, sending its shares 3% higher. The company has seen rising demand from chipmakers amid a global shortage of semiconductors over the past quarters, but higher costs and...
LONDON, July 19 (Reuters) - Hot night time temperatures are hindering firefighting responses across Europe and worsening health conditions as bedtime fails to provide a cooling reprieve, experts said on Tuesday.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A Russian natural gas embargo would cause deep recessions in Hungary, Slovakia, the Czech Republic and Italy unless countries can cooperate more to share alternative supplies, the International Monetary Fund said on Tuesday. IMF researchers said in a blog posting that some countries could face shortages of...
BRUSSELS (AP) — Expecting that Russian President Vladimir Putin will cut off vast natural gas supplies to the European Union, the bloc’s head office is set to propose energy cuts and savings Wednesday that might make for a much colder winter, but one without massive disruptions. Since Russia...
JEDDAH, Saudi Arabia (Reuters) - President Joe Biden and Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman took a step to mending their troubled relationship with a fist bump, but the U.S. leader left the kingdom on Saturday with few big successes and doubts as to whether the visit was worth it.
NEW YORK (Reuters) -Two New York state residents were charged with illegally using funds from Chinese and Singaporean investors to donate $600,000 to then-President Donald Trump's re-election campaign in 2017, U.S. prosecutors said on Monday. The scheme was part of an effort by Sherry Li and Lianbo Wang to showcase...
HAVANA (Reuters) - Cash-strapped Cuba delivered the bad news to residents Monday evening that there was no end in sight to blackouts disrupting their lives and the economy. Power outages were a major cause of widespread social unrest a year ago and have continued to plague the island in recent months even as the protest movement mostly died out.
(Reuters) - President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said he had told Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday that Ukrainians would never accept Canada's decision to return a gas turbine intended for a Russian pipeline because it would encourage more sanctions violations. Zelenskiy said in his nightly video address that he had talked...
MOSCOW (Reuters) -Russia may reinstate the budget rule that diverts excess oil revenues into its rainy-day fund, setting a new cut-off oil price of $60 per barrel, a source close to the Kremlin said on Tuesday, confirming an earlier report. The rule was fully suspended after harsh Western sanctions imposed...
GEORGETOWN (Reuters) - For the poor, small South American country of Guyana, there's no time like the present when it comes to reaping the rewards of its offshore oil jackpot. With sky-high oil prices, a transition to renewable energy on the horizon and 750,000 citizens desperate for better lives, Guyana is putting its foot on the gas to exploit it vast oil reserves, even if that means sacrificing some longer-term gains.
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Brazilian planemaker Embraer SA on Tuesday announced new aircraft orders from Porter Airlines and Alaska Air Group Inc as it participates in the Farnborough Airshow in the UK. Embraer said Canada-based Porter Airlines has ordered an additional 20 E195-E2 aircraft to support its expansion plan in...
(Reuters) - British military intelligence said on Tuesday Russia has struggled to sustain effective offensive combat power since the start of its invasion of Ukraine and the problem is likely becoming increasingly acute. "As well as dealing with severe under-manning, Russian planners face a dilemma between deploying reserves to the... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2666832829556/swatch-group-upbeat-as-china-comes-out-of-lockdown | 2022-07-19T16:52:18Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2666832829556/swatch-group-upbeat-as-china-comes-out-of-lockdown | false | 2 |
SUN (SUN) traded flat against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 10:00 AM E.T. on July 19th. One SUN coin can currently be bought for about $0.0265 or 0.00000076 BTC on popular exchanges. SUN has a total market cap of $152,338.63 and approximately $24.10 million worth of SUN was traded on exchanges in the last day. In the last week, SUN has traded flat against the US dollar.
Here is how other cryptocurrencies have performed in the last day:
- JUMPN (JST) traded down 54% against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004513 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded 600.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded 92.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $75.73 or 0.00341825 BTC.
- CV SHOTS (CVSHOT) traded 19.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $8.35 or 0.00039799 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 0.2% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.36 or 0.00001631 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded up 1.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.50 or 0.00002250 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded down 5% against the dollar and now trades at $4.31 or 0.00019468 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Qommodity (QAA) traded up 3.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.42 or 0.00001917 BTC.
About SUN
SUN was first traded on September 7th, 2020. SUN’s total supply is 19,900,730 coins and its circulating supply is 5,740,800 coins. SUN’s official Twitter account is @Sun_Coin_Net and its Facebook page is accessible here. SUN’s official message board is medium.com/@TronFoundation/an-open-letter-to-the-community-about-sun-genesis-mining-fa8a743eca1f. The official website for SUN is sun.io/#/home.
Buying and Selling SUN
It is usually not currently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as SUN directly using US dollars. Investors seeking to acquire SUN should first purchase Bitcoin or Ethereum using an exchange that deals in US dollars such as GDAX, Gemini or Coinbase. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Bitcoin or Ethereum to purchase SUN using one of the exchanges listed above.
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An arrest has been made in connection with a five-vehicle wreck in Ocean Springs that left two New Orleans women dead.
Joseph Leo Nangle, 43, faces two counts of aggravated DUI, Ocean Springs police announced Monday. Nangle is being held at the Jackson County jail on a $500,000 bond set by Municipal Court Judge Calvin Taylor.
The fatal crash happened July 9 on Bienville Boulevard near the intersection of South Ocean Springs Road, where authorities found at least two vehicles on fire, according to a press release from the mayor's office.
The victims were later identified as sisters Mary "Julie" Kelley, 52, and Elizabeth "Lisa" Conners, 54. One woman died on the scene, and another died at a hospital.
The wreck is still under investigation, and anyone with information is asked to call Mississippi Coast Crime Stoppers at 1-877-787-5898. | https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_a223594c-077b-11ed-8f8d-536fba748254.html | 2022-07-19T16:54:43Z | https://www.nola.com/news/crime_police/article_a223594c-077b-11ed-8f8d-536fba748254.html | false | 1 |
ST. ANDREWS, Scotland (AP) — This is turning out to be a strong group of rookies on the PGA Tour, including three players with one thing in common down the home stretch: None has won yet.
The lone winner among PGA Tour rookies is Chad Ramey in the Dominican Republic. His only other top-10 finish was in Puerto Rico, both opposite-field tournaments.
Cameron Young is the front-runner with three events left before the tour’s postseason based on two numbers. His runner-up finish in the British Open — his second close call in a major — moved him up to No. 19 in the world. He also is No. 13 in the FedEx Cup.
It’s not just missing a playoff by one shot in the PGA Championship or finishing one back in his links debut at St. Andrews. Young also was runner-up in the Genesis Invitational at Riviera and the Wells Fargo Championship. He has six finishes in the top three.
Right behind is Sahith Theegala, who was a fraction away from two wins this year — a tough finish in the Phoenix Open, a double bogey on the final hole at the Travelers Championship. He was No. 437 in the world when he finished the Korn Ferry Tour Finals. Now he’s at No. 62, and he’s No. 38 in the FedEx Cup.
Davis Riley is playing the 3M Open this week and can join the fray. He lost in a playoff at the Valspar Championship, had two other close calls at Colonial and Mexico and has been so steady this year that he is No. 23 in the FedEx Cup.
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MAJOR CUTS
Fortunes can change quickly in golf, and Louis Oosthuizen can attest to that. A year ago, he had the 54-hole lead in the British Open and was tied going into the final round at the U.S. Open. He was runner-up at the U.S. Open and PGA Championship.
This year, he never played a weekend at a major.
Oosthuizen was the only player who played all four majors without making the cut. That includes a withdrawal after the first round of the Masters with a bad back and a 76.
Rory McIlroy was on the other side. He was the only player to finish in the top 10 at all four majors, not much of a consolation without a trophy to show for it. McIlroy was among 10 players who made the cut in all four majors.
The others were Will Zalatoris, Justin Thomas, Matt Fitzpatrick, Hideki Matsuyama, Jon Rahm, Joaquin Niemann, Tony Finau, Patrick Reed and Tyrrell Hatton.
Rahm now has the longest active streak of making cuts in the majors at 13. Harris English had 15 in a row before missing the cut at St. Andrews.
CHAMBERS BAY
Bruce Charlton was one of the lead designers on the construction of Chambers Bay, with the intention it would become a regular in the rotation of USGA championships.
Chambers Bay, where Jordan Spieth won the 2015 U.S. Open, hosts its fourth USGA championship in early August with the U.S. Women’s Amateur.
“I’m really anxious to see how the USGA sets it up for the women players to take some attack angles because there’s a lot of that out there,” said Charlton, the president and chief design officer of Robert Trent Jones II Golf Architects. “It’ll be fun to watch that.”
But its future beyond this championship remains as cloudy as the Seattle area in the fall.
Chambers Bay believed it was going to be part of a progression that potentially would lead it back to another U.S. Open. The public course held the USGA Four-Ball Amateur last year and was widely praised. It was the first event on renovated greens that were the ire of players — and an eyesore for spectators — during the 2015 Open.
Next up is the Women’s Amateur, which was thought to be followed by a Women’s Open. But when the USGA announced future Women’s Open sites earlier this year and went out through 2031 — and in some years beyond — Chambers Bay was nowhere to be found.
Charlton said while there was disappointment, he remains hopeful one of the major USGA championships will return to the course.
“I really do believe it’s a matter of time. Obviously, you would like to see that kind of major championship come back and test the course again. I think it will,” Charlton said. “Indications are that it’s still very strong in the consideration for those kinds of championships. … We know it’s on the radar screen.”
PAYNE STEWART AWARD
Billy Andrade has been selected to receive the Payne Stewart Award this year, which has become one of the highest honors for PGA Tour players.
The award honors Stewart, who died in a plane crash in October of 1999, the year he won the U.S. Open. It is given to players to demonstrate character, sportsmanship and a commitment to charity.
“It’s very special. Payne was unbelievable to me and I got to know him very well. I’m speechless really, to think that now I’m part of this elite group of past recipients who have all done it the right way,” Andrade said.
After winning his first PGA Tour title in 1991, Andrade joined with fellow Rhode Islander Brad Faxon to create the Billy Andrade/Brad Faxon Charities for Children Inc. for southeastern Massachusetts and Rhode Island. It has generated more than $30 million through its various efforts, which include the CVS Health Charity Classic.
Each May at East Lake Golf Club, which hosts the Tour Championship, Andrade and fellow Atlanta resident Stewart Cink host the East Lake Invitational, a charity pro-am that benefits neighborhood revitalization efforts.
Andrade will be honored Aug. 23, the Tuesday night before the Tour Championship.
DOUBLE THE PLEASURE
Marc Hammer of Germany moved up 734 spots in the world ranking to No. 380 by winning twice in the same week.
Hammer won the Weihenstephan Open on the German-based Pro Golf Tour, where Martin Kaymer long ago got his start. That ended last Tuesday. And then he played the Euram Bank Open in Austria on Europe’s Challenger Tour. That ended Sunday.
The good news for Hammer? Now that he’s won on the Challenge Tour, he is exempt.
“This win shows me that I am doing the right things and I am on the right track,” Hammer said. “I’m so happy because now I can play Challenge Tour every week instead of Pro Golf Tour.”
DIVOTS
Rory McIlroy had 10 two-putt birdies for the week at St. Andrews, a record for the Old Course in the British Open. … The PGA Tour Champions has its final major of the year at the Senior British Open with a chance to have five different winners. That hasn’t happened since 2011 … With her team title in Michigan, Jennifer Kupcho has three LPGA Tour titles this year to lead the tour. She has pulled to within 292 points of Minjee Lee in the Race to CME Globe. … Only three players from the top 10 in the FedEx Cup have played 20 or more tournaments this season — Scottie Scheffler, Sam Burns and Will Zalatoris.
STAT OF THE WEEK
For the first time since the Masters began, the four professional majors were won by different players all in their 20s — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler (25), PGA champion Justin Thomas (29), U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick (27) and British Open champion Cameron Smith (28).
FINAL WORD
“When you win golf tournaments, you have friends that you didn’t even know were friends.” — British Open champion Cameron Smith.
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AP Sports Writer Tim Booth in Seattle contributed to this report.
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'Functional unemployment' drops to lowest level in more than 25 years
WASHINGTON, July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inflation-adjusted earnings remained steady for the second quarter of 2022 while the percentage of the American workforce finding full-time, living-wage jobs is at the highest level in 25 years, according to an analysis by the Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP).
"It is encouraging to see that even in the face of inflationary pressures, earnings for working families are holding steady with some modest gains, and meanwhile more Americans are moving into full-time, living-wage jobs," said LISEP Chair Gene Ludwig. "We are hopeful that this trend will continue beyond the current inflationary cycle, ultimately lifting LMI families out of poverty and into a better quality of life."
LISEP issued its monthly True Rate of Unemployment (TRU) for June in conjunction with the quarterly True Weekly Earnings (TWE) report for the second quarter of 2022. TRU is a measure of the functionally unemployed -- the jobless, plus those seeking but unable to secure full-time employment paying above the poverty line. TWE is a measure of real median weekly earnings after adjusting for inflation, and differs from the data issued by the Bureau of Labor Statistics (BLS) through inclusion of all members of the workforce, including part-time workers and those actively seeking employment.
In LISEP's latest TWE report, overall median weekly earnings remained unchanged over the first quarter of 2022 at $895 after adjusting for inflation. (These numbers, and all earnings numbers in this report, are recorded in inflation-adjusted 2022 Q2 dollars). Meanwhile, the percentage of workers seeking but unable to find a full-time, living-wage job – the "functionally unemployed," as defined by TRU – plummeted nearly a full percentage point, from 23.0% to 22.1% – the lowest level since January 1995, the first year for which LISEP has calculated TRU.
By comparison, the BLS reported a drop in median earnings, from $1,063 to $1,041, and a steady official unemployment rate for June, holding at 3.6% for the fourth consecutive month.
The encouraging TRU report is tempered somewhat by the TRU Out of Population (TRU OOP) data, defined as the percentage of the total adult population (age 16 and older) who do not hold a full-time job, works part-time but desires full-time, and does not earn a wage paying above the poverty level. The TRU OOP only decreased by 0.5 percentage points, with the labor participation rate dropping by 0.1 percentage points, indicating that a small percentage of workers have dropped out of the labor force.
"This is a movement in the right direction," Ludwig said. "We are cautiously optimistic that when inflationary pressures cool, this could spell some real gains for middle- and lower-income workers if this trend continues."
Living-wage employment improved for most every major demographic, with the exception of Black workers, who saw a slight increase in functional unemployment, from 25.2% to 25.5%. Hispanic workers saw the biggest improvement at 1.9 percentage points, dropping from 27.1% to 25.2%, while White workers improved 0.4 percentage points, dropping from 21.1% to 20.7%. Both male and female workers saw improvement, down 1.5 percentage points to 17.7% and 0.5 percentage points to 26.9%, respectively.
Q2 weekly median wages as reported by TWE, while completely flat compared to Q1 at $895, saw some notable gains for lower income workers. The lowest quartile of earners was up $18 a week (3.3%), from $552 to $570. The upper decile of earners was also up, from $2,364 to $2,381, a 0.7% increase. However, this was offset by a decline in inflation-adjusted earnings for the third quartile of earners – representing the middle and upper-middle class – by 1.3%, dropping from $1,500 to $1,479.
Ludwig noted that while the overall report for both earnings and employment is encouraging, there remains room for improvement.
"This report represents some important improvement in terms of earnings and living-wage employment for lower-income workers, a trend that must be sustained if we are to continue along the path of an equitable economic recovery," Ludwig said. "Of course the rising costs for necessities will continue to be a factor in maintaining this trend, so we can only hope that policymakers will take measures to blunt inflation without killing jobs and wages."
LISEP issued the white paper "Measuring Better: Development of 'True Rate of Unemployment' Data as the Basis for Social and Economic Policy'' upon announcing the new statistical measure in October 2020. The paper and methodology can be viewed here. LISEP issues TRU one to two weeks following the release of the BLS unemployment report, which occurs on the first Friday of each month. The TRU rate and supporting data are available on the LISEP website at https://www.lisep.org/tru.
LISEP issues the TWE quarterly following the release of the BLS Median Weekly Earnings report. The full white paper, "Understanding the Status of American Workers Through Analysis of Current Population Data," can be viewed here. The TWE rate and supporting data are available on the LISEP website at https://www.lisep.org/earnings.
The Ludwig Institute for Shared Economic Prosperity (LISEP) was created in 2019 by Ludwig and his wife, Dr. Carol Ludwig. The mission of LISEP is to improve the economic well-being of middle- and lower-income Americans through research and education, and seeks to advance the dialogue around policy solutions to improve the well-being of all Americans.
In addition to his role as LISEP chair, Gene Ludwig is founder of the Promontory family of companies and Canapi LLC, a financial technology venture fund. He is the CEO of Promontory MortgagePath, a technology-based mortgage fulfillment and solutions company. Ludwig is the former vice chairman and senior control officer of Bankers Trust New York Corp., and served as the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency from 1993 to 1998. He is also author of the book The Vanishing American Dream, which investigates the economic challenges facing low- and middle-income Americans. On Twitter: @geneludwig.
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Coming up Wednesday is the Rice County Fair’s Senior Spotlight Day. There are many things planned for those in attendance, including:
• A shuttle ride from the parking lot and around the grounds.
• Many senior specials throughout the fairgrounds
• 11:30 a.m. spotlight meal in the Straight River Room at minimal cost
• 1 p.m. presentation of the Rice County Outstanding Senior Volunteer in the Straight River Room or on the Sellner Stage as weather allows.
CIA visit
David Sauer, of Faribault, is a retired senior Central Intelligence Agency officer who served as chief of station and deputy chief of station in multiple overseas command positions in East Asia and South Asia.
Because of his role in that area of the world, he is particularly well-versed in issues that are currently happening with China and Taiwan. Join us at 1:30 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 at Buckham West when we will hear his insights about this situation and we’ll also hear how he came to work for the CIA, what that career looked like and what has brought him back to Faribault.
The presentation is open to the public. Registration is requested. There is no cost for Buckham West members and $3 for non-members.
Care directives
If you had a health crisis and were unable to communicate with your loved ones and medical care providers, who would make decisions for you? Advance care planning is a process of thinking about what’s important to you, talking with those who matter to you, and writing down your wishes for health care and treatment in a health care directive.
Don’t know where to start? Attend a free Honoring Choices Advance Care Planning education series to learn more. The two-session course will walk with you through the process of advance care planning and facilitate the completion of your health care directive. Plan to attend both sessions. You will be asked to complete activities between the sessions.
• Session 1 from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 2 will address the who, what, where, when, why and how of advance care planning.
• Session 2 from 10-11 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 16 will answer questions and provide guidance on complete a directive.
Registration is required for these free classes. Class size is limited. Call 507-332-7357 to sign up.
Vision loss
Vision loss due to conditions like macular degeneration, diabetic retinopathy, glaucoma and other age-related eye conditions can be a frustrating and difficult part of aging. The good news is that while it may require learning some new skills and making some adaptations, vision loss need not destroy quality of life, ability to live independently, or ability to be involved in the community.
The Aging Eyes Initiative is an award-winning program of Minnesota State Services for the Blind. The program partners with individuals and organizations throughout Minnesota to help seniors adjust to vision loss by providing:
• Information about eye conditions common to seniors,
• low-vision aids and devices at no charge, and
• referrals for more extensive assistance at State Services for the Blind.
Betsy Shallbetter, Aging Eyes Initiative community partner, will join us at Buckham West at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Aug. 10 to discuss the resources available in our community through the Aging Eyes Initiative. This free program is open to the public. Please register by calling 507-332-7357.Drop-ins are welcome
Shallbetter is retired from teaching at the Minnesota State Academy for the Blind in Faribault. Vision-impaired herself, she hopes to provide reassurance to those who live with vision loss and to help them simplify and improve their quality of life.
Fashions on Central
Cleaning out your closets? Why not donate your gently-used women’s clothing to Fashions on Central? You can be assured that we will treat your clothing and accessories with the same love you bought them with. Remember that all proceeds from sales at Fashions on Central are used for the operation of Buckham West. Our store hours are Tuesday-Fridays from 11:00-5:00pm for shopping and donating.
WWII drawings
On Wednesday, Aug. 31 beginning at 1:30 p.m., Buckham West is hosting a special program featuring an extraordinary collection of pencil drawings by premier pencil artist Al Smith. The program will feature scenes and images that portray WWII soldiers and also the women who have served in the armed forces.
Artist Al Smith will present a program based on his drawings of those who served during time of war. He found that by drawing their pictures and telling their stories, he could express his respect and appreciation for them. This is one way he honors all veterans.
The program is open to the public. Registration required by calling 507-332-7357. There is no cost for Buckham West members and $3 for non-members.
Trips
Buckham West partners with the Owatonna Senior Center for all day trips, you may sign up by calling 507-444-4321.
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Lemanski Hall has been watching Myles Murphy work up close going on three years now, and Clemson’s defensive ends coach believes one of his prized pupils is in line for his most productive season this fall.
In fact, Hall made a prediction about what he expects out of Murphy’s junior season.
“I think he’ll be a double-digit guy sack-wise,” Hall said. “I think he’s proven he has all of the ability to do that.”
Widely projected to be a first-round pick in next year’s NFL Draft, Murphy has been a significant contributor along Clemson’s defensive front joining the program in 2020 as a blue-chip recruit. Murphy had 38 tackles last season and led the Tigers in sacks (7) and tackles for loss (14), but with just 11 career sacks, the 6-foot-5, 275-pounder has yet to record a double-digit sack season.
Hall said the key to Murphy changing that is simple in theory.
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IRVINE, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Animal Dermatology Group (ADG), announced its expansion into the Florida market with the opening of Animal Dermatology Clinic – Bradenton. Dr. Brian Scott has joined the company to lead ADG's veterinary dermatology specialty care at the new facility.
Dr. Scott is a graduate of the Tuskegee University College of Veterinary Medicine and undertook his dermatology residency with the American College of Veterinary Dermatology (ACVD) at McKeever Dermatology Clinic in Eden Prairie, Minnesota, achieving Diplomate status with the ACVD in 2011. As a board certified veterinary dermatologist, Dr. Scott has practiced in Texas and most recently Florida, while also lecturing extensively throughout the US and internationally. Prior to pursuing his true passion as a specialist in veterinary dermatology, Dr. Scott practiced veterinary medicine for 20 years at his highly successful AAHA-accredited companion animal clinic in Central Florida.
"I'm excited to join my many friends and colleagues at ADG," said Dr. Scott, "It's an opportunity to work in a dynamic, collaborative environment practicing innovative veterinary dermatology alongside leaders in the field."
Animal Dermatology Clinic – Bradenton, a state-of-the art facility featuring the latest diagnostics and therapies for the management of chronic and acute skin and ear conditions pets, is ADG's first veterinary dermatology specialty practice in Florida. This follows recent ADG expansion into New York, New Jersey, North Carolina, South Carolina and Texas. ADG intends to continue their robust growth efforts as part of our ongoing mission to help make unsurpassed veterinary dermatology care available to pet owners throughout the country.
"We are proud to add Dr. Scott's expertise and leadership to our team," added Steve Mrha, CEO of ADG. "With our new medical facility in Bradenton, we look forward to partnering with referring veterinarians throughout the area to provide cutting edge testing and treatment techniques in veterinary dermatology that will enhance the quality of life for our patients and clients on the Gulf Coast of Florida."
Animal Dermatology Group ("ADG") is the largest veterinary dermatology business in the U.S., providing the highest quality care to pets with acute and chronic skin conditions. ADG has over 50 veterinarians supporting more than 40 primary and satellite locations where its specialists are actively involved in providing clinical care, research and academic training. For more information, please visit www.animaldermatology.com.
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Commissioner Greg Sankey addressed the media Monday during day one of Southeastern Conference Media Days in Atlanta, and the impending arrival of Oklahoma and Texas to the league was a hot topic.
After incoming Big 12 commissioner Brett Yormark said he was open to negotiating an earlier departure for the two schools last week in Arlington, Sankey was asked about OU and Texas possibly joining before 2025.
“That's not up to me,” Sankey said. “That's about the relationship between Oklahoma, Texas and the Big 12. We are focused on the addition being effective July 1, 2025.”
"Look, I know people are asking a lot of those questions and it's fair," Castiglione said. "There's a lot changing around us. If that facilitates a conversation that needs to take place about an earlier departure then it does.
"But I have said very consistently, I know my counterpart Chris Del Conte said the same thing, as have our presidents, that we informed the conference that we would leave after '25 and we plan on fulfilling our obligations and do the honorable thing."
Sankey also spoke about the Big Ten adding USC and UCLA in 2024, and how the Sooners and Longhorns were more natural SEC fits geographically. The move also reunites traditional rivals such as Texas-Texas A&M, Texas-Arkansas, and will pit the Sooners against old foes Missouri, the Aggies and the Razorbacks.
“We're in contiguous states, southeast quadrant,” Sankey said. “I do have a few letters about what 'southeast' means. We are in the southeast quadrant of the United States. Those two additions actually restore rivalries. The Texas-Arkansas game last year was pretty special, but that goes back a long way. Obviously Texas and Texas A&M rivalry will be like our in-state rivalries across the league.
“You have Missouri and Oklahoma that are a quarter of the Big Eight that are now part of the Southeastern Conference and the opportunity for Arkansas and Oklahoma to play regularly.”
Mississippi coach Lane Kiffin also addressed USC and UCLA moving to the Big Ten and OU and Texas joining the SEC.
“I don’t know if it’s a big jump to the Big Ten,” Kiffin said. “But going to the SEC is a whole 'nother animal. It’s a whole different world."
Lane Kiffin on USC/UCLA to Big Ten & OU/Texas to SEC: "I don't know if it's a huge jump to the Big Ten, but going to the SEC is a whole nother animal. It's a whole different world."
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Lyon, 19 July 2022, 6:00 p.m. Visiativ, a digital transformation and innovation expert for small and medium-sized businesses, is listed on Euronext Growth in Paris (FR0004029478, ALVIV).
Visiativ announced the acquisition of Braithwaite, the innovation financing consulting firm based in Canada (Toronto) and in Ireland (Dublin). This acquisition will strengthen the management and financing consulting activities of the Visiativ group (under the ABGI brand) in North America (Canada - Ontario) and will provide the group with a new presence in Europe (in the Republic of Ireland). Bringing together around 30 consultants, Braithwaite generated revenue of CAD 2.5m (€1.9m) in 2021.
For nearly 30 years, Braithwaite has been supporting major companies in all business sectors in financing their R&D in Canada (Scientific Research and Experimental Development (SR&ED) and in Ireland (R&D Tax Credit) to promote their innovation and development.
This new acquisition will enable the strengthening of the local and international presence of ABGI thanks to the acquisition of one of the global pioneers in the business with a strong reputation with both customers and Canadian taxation and grants authorities.
Since 2017, ABGI has been present in the United States (Houston), Brazil (Sao Paulo) and in Canada (Montreal). In 2019, the group continued its international expansion with the acquisition of Jumpstart and MSC Associates in the United Kingdom, as well as IFTC in Northern Ireland. Since 2021, ABGI has been present in Germany with the German pioneer in innovation financing, Partner Für Innovation & Förderung (PFIF).
Braithwaite generated revenue of around CAD 2.5m (€1.9m) in 2021, as well as profitability on a par with that of ABGI.
The acquisition of 100% of the capital of Braithwaite, which will be consolidated from 1 July 2022, was agreed to be fully funded from cash.
Bruce Braithwaite, Founder and Chairman of Braithwaite, declared:
" We are delighted to join the teams at ABGI and Visiativ, who will enable our company to continue its development, enshrining similar values to those our company and our employees have always upheld: ethics, service quality and customer satisfaction. We share the same vision of our business in the service of innovation and corporate funding."
ABOUT VISIATIV
Visiativ's mission is to make digital transformation a performance lever for companies. We do this by co-building alongside our customers, over the long term. We call this our promise: "Sharing, is growing".
We support our customers by providing solutions and services to plan, implement, manage and monitor transformations with a unique and innovative approach through three pillars: Consult (consulting & support), Engage (solutions & deployment) and Connect (communities for exchange and sharing). With over 35 years of proven experience working with more than 21,000 Small & Mid-Market customers, Visiativ has achieved revenues of €214 million in 2021. Visiativ is present in 11 countries (Belgium, Brazil, Canada, France, Germany, Luxembourg, Morocco, the Netherlands, the United Kingdom, USA and Switzerland) and has more than 1,100 employees.
Visiativ (ISIN code FR0004029478, ALVIV) is listed on Euronext Growth in Paris. The share is eligible for PEA and PEA-PME.
For further information visit www.visiativ.com
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A recovery in the Canadian equities market gained steam on Monday, as strengthening oil and base metals prices helped commodity-linked stocks inch up. The TSX Composite Index advanced by 201 points, or 1.1%, to 18,596.
WTI crude oil futures prices rose by 4.5% yesterday to settle well above the $100 level for the first time in nearly a week, triggering a sharp rally in Canadian energy stocks. While precious metals ended the session on a mixed note, a rally in copper prices helped the shares of most metals and mining companies climb. Apart from these commodity-linked stocks on the TSX, other key sectors like healthcare, real estate, financials, and technology also showcased strength.
Top TSX movers and active stocks
Shares of Canopy Growth (TSX:WEED)(NYSE:CGC) popped by more than 15% in the last session to $3.36 per share, making it the top-performing TSX stock for the day. This rally came after the Ontario-based cannabis company announced the final closing of its previously announced exchange transaction. This transaction aims to reduce Canopy’s debt obligations by nearly $263 million, strengthening its balance sheet and preserving cash to support its future growth plans. Despite yesterday’s big rally, WEED stock still trades with heavy 70% year-to-date losses.
Commodity-linked stocks like Athabasca Oil, Precision Drilling, Ballard Power Systems, Capstone Copper, and Headwater Exploration were also among the top gainers yesterday, as they rose by more than 8% each.
On the flip side, Wesdome Gold Mines stock was the worst-performing TSX Composite component, as it fell by 4.6% to $9.31 per share after Royal Bank of Canada slashed its target price on the stock from $17 to $15 per share.
Based on their daily trade volume, Suncor Energy, Enbridge, Toronto-Dominion Bank, and Athabasca Oil were the most active stocks on the exchange.
TSX today
Most key Asian and European stock indexes — except Japan’s Nikkei — traded on a mixed to slightly negative note on Tuesday, and commodity prices were going sideways in early morning trade. Given these mixed signals, TSX stocks are likely to remain flat at the open today. But the speculations about Canadian inflation numbers due on Wednesday and expectations from corporate earnings season could keep stocks volatile. | https://www.fool.ca/2022/07/19/tsx-today-what-to-watch-for-in-stocks-on-tuesday-july-19/ | 2022-07-19T16:59:26Z | https://www.fool.ca/2022/07/19/tsx-today-what-to-watch-for-in-stocks-on-tuesday-july-19/ | false | 1 |
Casting Spells: Spelling Bees Around the World
It’s a persistent source of joy to follow spelling bee news. With Zaila Avant-garde’s star-making turn last year and this year’s exciting spell-off in which Harini Logan won the day, the Scripps National Spelling Bee allows us to marvel at the vastness of the English language and the youngsters who wield it with such aplomb. But it made me wonder where else in the world has turned spelling into a sport.
It’s not surprising to see that spelling competitions are popular outside the United States. It seems to be a nearly universal human drive to make a competition out of just about anything. Eating hot dogs. Solving Rubik’s cubes. Building dry stone walls (full-size or miniature). What’s somewhat surprising is that the majority of international spelling competitions also use the English language.
It’s a Small World After All
English is uniquely good for spelling competitions precisely because it’s such a messy language. Anyone who has learned English as a new language could tell you that. In English, a word’s spelling doesn’t always relate to its pronunciation — how fun is it that the three C’s in “Pacific Ocean” are all pronounced differently? Moreover, English has borrowed tons of words from so many other languages. Quinoa comes from Quechua, a language spoken primarily in Peru. Banjo is borrowed from the Mandinka language spoken in western Africa. English: it’s a true hodge-podge!
Because many other languages have more consistency between sound and spelling, English is arguably the best language for spelling bees. Moreover, English has become something of a lingua franca globally, and young people are encouraged to learn it. So it makes sense that most spelling bees around the globe are in English. The MaRRS International Spelling Bee, for example, allows students from Asia to compete at spelling English words. The African Spelling Bee, also in English, currently includes 16 member nations. Countries like Benin compete, even though French and Indigenous languages are more commonly spoken there than English.
Keeping the Home Fires Burning
One notable African country in the world of spelling bees is Uganda. Enjuba, an education organization, counts a spelling bee among its efforts to improve literacy and retain students in schools. While they do host English spelling bees, they also have competitions in sign language and local languages, acknowledging the duality students face navigating local culture and global society.
While spelling bees are not the only way to spur young kids into developing language skills, they will certainly attract the kids with a competitive drive. That makes them one of many possible avenues to get kids engaged. For languages that have dwindling numbers of speakers, spelling bees can be a fun way to connect the keepers of the language with young learners. This is the case in Alaska, where spelling bees in Yup’ik and Iñupiaq are helping keep those languages alive.
Native Alaskan languages are not the only Indigenous languages in the United States for competitive spellers. Farmington, New Mexico hosts the Diné Spelling Bee for students of the Navajo language. Unsurprising to anyone familiar with its history as an unbreakable code during the Second World War, Navajo uses vowels and consonants not represented in English orthography or not used in the English language at all. This means spellers have to go beyond the English alphabet. They will, for example, identify glottal stops (the sound in the middle of “uh-oh”) and the sound represented in Navajo writing by ł. That sound is a voiceless alveolar lateral fricative for my fellow phonology nerds.
Indeed, if you can think of a place where people were subjugated into learning English, you may be able to now find spelling bees in a local language. That even includes the British Isles. There’s at least one Irish language spelling bee, and the now defunct Word Wizard competition incorporated Scottish Gaelic. Let’s pause to reflect on the irony of promoting language learning by borrowing a competition style best suited for the language that has tried to extinguish so many others. Nevertheless, spelling competitions are great fun and I will never knock them.
What Else Can You Do?
For languages ill-suited to spelling bees, how else can one test their language mettle? One way is competitive dictation. That is to say, correctly writing down a word or passage spoken aloud. This is a competition that works well in French, for example. In French, some grammatical elements, like the conjugations of some verbs, appear in spelling but not in the sound of the word. Likewise, Chinese, a language that uses characters for words instead of an alphabet, requires intense study to master the language fully. Most people know and use around 4,000 characters, but the language contains upwards of 100,000.
Like the Scripps National Spelling Bee, these competitions can even draw in television audiences. From 1990-2016, there was a televised dictation contest for adult Dutch speakers. While viewership shrank, ending that show’s run, China has kept their dictation competition show going. Chinese Characters Dictation Competition has been on the air since 2013.
The Final Word
If you want to know more about spelling bees, check out our own history of the bee. American Bee is an older nonfiction book that profiles top spellers, as the fantastic documentary Spellbound also does. Beeline is a more recent book that connects spelling bees to Gen-Z culture. I will always hold a soft spot in my heart for Myla Goldberg’s novel Bee Season. And I’ve seen the musical The 25th Annual Putnam County Spelling Bee twice and laughed all the way through it both times.
Additionally, if you get a chance to compete in a spelling bee at any age in any language, I suggest that you do. I will never forget the glory of winning my classroom spelling bee in 4th grade, dazzling everyone with my ability to spell “extinguisher.” And I’m forever humbled by publicly misspelling the word “butyraceous” (of or pertaining to butter) at an adult spelling bee. The ties I have to these particular words are everlasting and unique, my personal lexicon of agony and ecstasy. I love to think of the words all these spellers around the world have, correctly spelled or not, in a home language or one they’re learning, etched onto their souls. | https://bookriot.com/spelling-bees-around-the-world/ | 2022-07-19T16:59:39Z | https://bookriot.com/spelling-bees-around-the-world/ | true | 1 |
Slow Capital Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Equinix, Inc. (NASDAQ:EQIX – Get Rating) by 40.8% during the first quarter, according to its most recent filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The firm owned 3,226 shares of the financial services provider’s stock after acquiring an additional 934 shares during the period. Slow Capital Inc.’s holdings in Equinix were worth $2,393,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
A number of other institutional investors have also recently modified their holdings of the business. Rational Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Equinix by 123.1% in the 4th quarter. Rational Advisors LLC now owns 29 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $25,000 after purchasing an additional 16 shares during the last quarter. Amplius Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new stake in Equinix in the fourth quarter valued at $25,000. Lee Financial Co purchased a new stake in Equinix in the fourth quarter valued at $30,000. Earnest Partners LLC purchased a new stake in shares of Equinix in the fourth quarter valued at about $32,000. Finally, Bellevue Group AG acquired a new position in Equinix during the fourth quarter worth about $34,000. 92.68% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Insider Activity
In related news, CFO Keith D. Taylor sold 1,000 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Monday, May 23rd. The stock was sold at an average price of $658.39, for a total value of $658,390.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now directly owns 21,120 shares in the company, valued at $13,905,196.80. The transaction was disclosed in a document filed with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is available through this link. In other news, Director Christopher B. Paisley sold 50 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, May 17th. The stock was sold at an average price of $651.91, for a total transaction of $32,595.50. Following the completion of the sale, the director now owns 17,563 shares in the company, valued at approximately $11,449,495.33. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is accessible through the SEC website. Also, CFO Keith D. Taylor sold 1,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Monday, May 23rd. The shares were sold at an average price of $658.39, for a total value of $658,390.00. Following the sale, the chief financial officer now owns 21,120 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $13,905,196.80. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Insiders have sold 1,126 shares of company stock worth $742,362 over the last ninety days. Corporate insiders own 0.32% of the company’s stock.
Equinix Stock Performance
Equinix (NASDAQ:EQIX – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, April 27th. The financial services provider reported $1.62 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $6.46 by ($4.84). Equinix had a net margin of 7.25% and a return on equity of 4.57%. During the same period in the prior year, the business posted $6.98 EPS. Analysts anticipate that Equinix, Inc. will post 25.86 EPS for the current year.
Equinix Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, June 15th. Stockholders of record on Wednesday, May 18th were given a $3.10 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Tuesday, May 17th. This represents a $12.40 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.98%. Equinix’s payout ratio is 228.78%.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of equities analysts have weighed in on EQIX shares. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft increased their price target on shares of Equinix from $780.00 to $785.00 and gave the stock a “buy” rating in a research note on Friday, April 8th. Jefferies Financial Group upgraded shares of Equinix from a “hold” rating to a “buy” rating and boosted their price target for the stock from $750.00 to $790.00 in a research report on Thursday, June 30th. BMO Capital Markets reduced their target price on shares of Equinix from $825.00 to $770.00 in a research note on Thursday, May 26th. JPMorgan Chase & Co. boosted their price objective on shares of Equinix from $860.00 to $880.00 in a research note on Friday, April 29th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group lowered their price target on shares of Equinix from $875.00 to $765.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 12th. Six analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, ten have given a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Equinix currently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average target price of $841.50.
About Equinix
Equinix (Nasdaq: EQIX) is the world's digital infrastructure company, enabling digital leaders to harness a trusted platform to bring together and interconnect the foundational infrastructure that powers their success. Equinix enables today's businesses to access all the right places, partners and possibilities they need to accelerate advantage.
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The Uvalde, Texas, gunman gave off so many warning signs that he was obsessed with violence and notoriety in the months leading up to the attack that teens who knew him began calling him “school shooter.”
He was once bullied as a fourth-grader in one of the same classrooms where he killed 19 children and two teachers. And in the planning for the May 24 massacre, he collected articles about the Buffalo, New York, supermarket shooting and played video games with a young student while quizzing him about the school schedule.
A state investigative report that highlighted law enforcement’s bungled response to the mass shooting at Robb Elementary School has also provided the most in-depth account to date about missed red flags and possible motivations surrounding 18-year-old Salvador Ramos. Despite many warning signs, he still managed to legally amass more than $5,000 in guns, ammunition and gear in the weeks leading up to the killings.
Just days before the attack, Ramos spoke out on social media of his plans to do something that would “put him all over the news.” He wrote of a desire to kill himself, shared online videos of beheadings and violent sex, and sent footage of himself driving around with “someone he met on the internet” holding a plastic bag containing a dead cat and pointing BB guns at people out the window.
“The attacker became focused on achieving notoriety,” according the interim report released Sunday by an investigative panel of the Texas House of Representatives. “He believed his TikTok and YouTube channels would be successful. The small number of views he received led him to tell those with whom he interacted that he was ‘famous,’ that they were mere ‘randoms’ by comparison.”
The 77-page report — based on interviews with family members, testimony and data from Ramos’ phone — lays out a long trail of missed signals prior to the massacre but notes these clues were known only to “private individuals” and not reported to authorities. It also found Ramos had no known ideological or political views that would have made his rantings more widely known.
The report traces the descent of a shy, quiet boy once thought by a teacher as a “wonderful student” with a “positive attitude” into a mass murderer who gave plenty of signs online and to family members that he was prone to violence as he amassed an arsenal of rifles, body armor and ammunition.
A former girlfriend told the FBI that she believed Ramos had been sexually assaulted by one of his mother’s boyfriends at an early age, the report said, but when Ramos told his mother at the time, she didn’t believe him.
Without assigning a specific motive, the report noted that Ramos talked about painful fourth-grade memories to an acquaintance weeks before the shooting.
Family members told investigators how Ramos had been bullied as a fourth-grader in one of the same linked classrooms where he carried out the attack. They said he faced ridicule over his stutter, short hair and for wearing the same clothing nearly every day.
At one point, the report said, a fellow student tied his shoelaces together and Ramos fell on his face, injuring himself. The report noted that Ramos was flagged by school officials as “at risk,” but never received any special education services.
Failing grades soon were accompanied by frequent absences — more than 100 a year beginning in 2018. The report noted it was unclear if a school resource officer ever visited Ramos’ home. Uvalde High School officials involuntarily withdrew him last fall, when he had only completed the ninth grade. That was about the same time he moved out of his mother’s house and began living with his grandmother, just blocks from the elementary school.
Months before the shooting, Ramos began contacting acquaintances with “vague but ominous messages” about doing something soon.
In March 2022, two months before the shooting, a student on Instagram told him that “people at school talk (expletive) about you and call you school shooter.”
The next month Ramos asked in a direct message on Instagram, “Are you still gonna remember me in 50 something days?” After the answer — “probably not” — Ramos replied, “Hmm alright we’ll see in may.“
Crystal Foutz, who attended school with Ramos, told The Associated Press he was frequently angry and gave off “vibes” like he could shoot up the place, though it was taken more as joke than serious.
“You heard people joke and say, ‘He looks like a school shooter,’” said Foutz, though she quickly added, “I’ve heard it said about other people.”
Ramos took jobs at two fast-food restaurants to save money for what he told acquaintances was “something big,” which family members assumed was his own apartment or car. Instead it was guns and bullets, which he tried to get two people to buy for him while he was 17 and unable to obtain legally.
But on May 16, the gunman turned 18, and began purchasing firearms and ammunition, persuading an uncle to drive him to a gun store. He eventually spent more than $5,000 on two AR-style rifles, ammunition and other gear. And with no criminal history or even arrest, Ramos passed all background checks.
He had earlier written online “10 more days,” eliciting speculation from readers that he was planning to “shoot up a school or something” or commit “mass murder.” A friend told him that an acquaintance was “telling everyone u shooting up the school.”
He also spent time playing the children’s videogame Roblox with his cousin’s son, a student at the Robb Elementary, and “elicited from him details about his schedule and how lunch periods worked at the school.”
“I got a lil secret,” Ramos wrote on Snapchat to a German teenager he had befriended days before the May 24 shooting, adding that first he was waiting for something “being delivered” on Monday. His order of 1,740 hollow-point bullets that expand in bodies upon impact, more easily killing, arrived later that day.
“None of his online behavior was ever reported to law enforcement,” the report said, “and if it was reported by other users to any social media platform, it does not appear that actions were taken to restrict his access or to report him to authorities as a threat.”
Shortly before entering Robb Elementary, the gunman reached out to the German teenager he had befriended earlier, posting a message that he had just shot his grandmother in the face and was about to “shoot up” an elementary school.
Not sure he was serious, the German teenager replied: “Cool.”
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Condon reported from New York. AP reporter Jim Mustian in New York contributed to this report.
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Training Camp Position Preview: Quarterback
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Quarterbacks
It is not a secret that Syracuse struggled to pass the football last year. When the rushing yards outnumber the passing yards in a season, that indicates an issue at the quarterback position. There is not much a team can do to fix a quarterback that prefers the run, but one thing that can happen is an open quarterback competition at camp in August. There is immense talent below the projected starter for Syracuse next season.
The Cavalry
Garrett Shrader: In 2021, the 6-4, 230-pound junior stole the starting job in week four against Liberty and never looked back. With nine starts and appearances in all 12 games, Shrader completed just 52.6% of passes (lowest in the ACC) for 1,444 yards and nine touchdowns. While those numbers are not gaudy by any means, he threw just four interceptions and had an incredibly productive rushing season. Shrader’s 14 rushing touchdowns is the fourth-most by any Syracuse player in history and ranked second in the ACC last season (19th in the country). Knowing his strong suit is on the ground, teams will try to eliminate the possibility of a quarterback scramble heightening the importance for the former Mississippi State Bulldog to work on his passing ability for this upcoming season. Shrader is most likely the starter come week one, but that does not he has a stranglehold on the position without marked improvement as a passer. Especially if the offense sputters with teams keying on the rushing attack.
Carlos Del Rio-Wilson: In late May, Rio-Wilson announced his transfer to Syracuse over Instagram. The former Florida Gator is a redshirt-freshman and enters this upcoming year standing at 6-2, 225 pounds. The reason for his departure from the University of Florida is mainly a fresh start. The Gators’ quarterback Anthony Richardson had a spectacular spring and with the addition of Ohio State transfer Jack Miller III, Rio-Wilson would have been the third option at best. Florida coach Billy Napier told USA Today that the former four-star quarterback is “first class” and carries a strong work ethic with him wherever he goes. He may be the most talented quarterback on the roster, which could be a sign of a quarterback competition in the weeks leading up to the beginning of the season.
Dan Villari: The Michigan transfer comes to a Syracuse team that has had a tumultuous quarterback resume in the past. While Villari slotted in behind three different Wolverines on the depth chart last season, he certainly has the talent to take over for Shrader if the situation arises. With last year being a redshirt season, Villari has four years of eligibility remaining making him a potential long-term option for Babers.
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Justin Lamson: Also a redshirt-freshman, Lamson did not appear in any games in 2021. During spring practice, the California product suffered a non-contact knee injury. While there is still no timetable for his return, Lamson made immense progress and turned heads at the beginning of spring sessions. His availability for the upcoming season is unknown as is his status for the start of training camp. If healthy and given his performance this spring, he is one to watch in the quarterback competition.
JaCobian Morgan: The reserve quarterback from Canton, Mississippi has played in six total games in his Syracuse career. In 2020, Morgan became the seventh true freshman to start a game at quarterback in program history. Otherwise, his career has consisted of spotty appearances of being third on the depth chart. After Tommy DeVito departed from Syracuse in December, Morgan moved up to second on the depth chart. Now, with Rio-Wilson and Villari in the mix, Morgan will likely drop back down to a reserve.
Luke MacPhail: MacPhail is another reserve play-caller who has not seen much action to this point in his young career. As a redshirt-freshman walk-on, there is no guarantee he will see any field-action this year with the slew of quarterbacks in line ahead of him.
A New Playbook
As previously mentioned, Garrett Shrader did not put on an award-winning season at quarterback by any means last year. The solution, although it may seem simple, is not to pass more and run less. Shrader is fantastic on his feet and is considered one of the more mobile quarterbacks in the ACC. It also does not mean a quarterback change needs to happen. A lot of the solution boils down to new offensive coordinator, Robert Anae.
With almost 40 years under his belt developing strong offenses, Anae produced the third best offensive unit in the FBS in total offense last season at Virginia. Under his tutelage from 2013 to 2021, quarterbacks have averaged 3,368 passing yards and 513 rushing yards per season—double the total passing yardage the Orange clocked last season. Anae has helped guide his offenses to bowl games in 19 of the last 21 seasons which certainly proves his system works. But will it work with whoever is under center for the Orange? The hopes are high in Syracuse but that remains to be seen.
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TalkTalk goes down leaving hundreds of customers with no internet
TALKTALK has gone down leaving hundreds of customers unable to access the internet.
The mobile phone and broadband provider is suffering technical problems as the rest of the UK struggles in a heatwave.
Furious TalkTalk customers took to social media to complain about the issues..
One said on Twitter: "No email coming through, is the site down again?"
Another said: "If the TalkTalk network is down, how do we contact TalkTalk. Is there a phone number?"
A third person added: "Internet been out for the past two hours. Can't even log into my TalkTalk account to report a fault."
TalkTalk responded to comment on Twitter addressing the problems.
It said: "Some of our systems are down, meaning our customer service teams are unable to support with queries at this time."
It told people to head to its community forum if they needed supported.
This web page gives a service status report depending on your area - if it's green, it should mean there are no issues.
When we checked, the only issue flagged was a yellow warning on "websites and support", which said there were delays in the Customer Service team answering calls currently.
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The firm added: "Your patience is greatly appreciated while we resolve this issue."
The issues appear to have started around 2pm on Tuesday July 19, according to website Downdetector.
By 4.30pm there were more than 650 reports logged.
Some 55% of the issues reported related to internet, 38% to email, and 8% to phone signal.
This isn't the first time the network has suffered technical issues.
Earlier this year, the mobile phone provider had an outage, with hundreds of customers complaining they had no internet or email.
And on a separate occasion, a "mystery outage" left customers unable to check their messages.
The Sun has contacted TalkTalk for comment.
Can I get compensation for an outage?
You might be entitled to compensation if you have issues with your internet or mobile phone services.
Your first step should be to report the outage to your provider.
Compensation should be allocated without you having to apply under the Automatic Compensation Scheme.
Broadband and phone providers are signed up to this, and under it their customers can get money back when things goes wrong.
How much you get will vary depending on the situation, but internet firms usually pay out £8 for each full day that broadband or phone services are not repaired after two full days of no service.
Elsewhere, a number of mobile phone firms have reintroduced EU roaming charges this year.
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Daniel Kaluuya Will Not Appear in ‘Black Panther 2’
If you predicted that Daniel Kaluuya would become the Marvel Cinematic Universe’s new Black Panther in Black Panther: Wakanda Forever I hope you didn’t bet any money it.
According to Kaluuya himself (during an interview with Rotten Tomatoes’ Jacqueline Coley), “schedule conflicts” with his upcoming movie Nope prevented him from returning for Wakanda Forever.
In the first film, Kaluuya played W’Kabi, an ally to Chadwick Boseman’s T’Challa, and the husband of Danai Gurira’s Okoye. W’Kabi and Okoye briefly wound up on opposite sides of the big battle at the end of the film, before they ultimately reconcile. The pair was supposed to have more screen time together, but their big scene was deleted from the finished film.
Since appearing in the first Black Panther, Kaluuya won his first Oscar for Best Supporting Actor for his performance as Black Panther Party leader Fred Hampton in Judas and the Black Messiah.
Even by Marvel’s standards, the plot details around Black Panther: Wakanda Forever are unusually vague. Franchise star Chadwick Boseman passed away during the film’s script-writing process, and it’s yet to be made clear who exactly will become the new Black Panther in the movie. Even without Kaluuya, the film will still star Gurira, Lupita Nyong’o, Letitia Wright, Winston Duke and Angela Bassett, all from the first Black Panther. And the movie will also include an appearance from Dominique Thorne as Riri Williams, who will become the armored hero known as Ironheart. The movie opens in four months and still does not have a trailer.
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