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Market Movers: Berkeley Lights (BLI) Loses 5.08% to Close at $4.39 July 15
Equities Staff Follow |Shares of Berkeley Lights Inc (NASDAQ:BLI) moved 5.08% lower on July 15 to close at $4.39.
1,035,489 traded hands. Their current average 30 day volume is 1,102,589 shares.
Berkeley Lights is down 74.56% year-to-date in 2022.
The company expects its next earnings on 2022-08-10.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on Berkeley Lights visit the company profile.
About Berkeley Lights Inc
Berkeley Lights is a leading Digital Cell Biology company focused on enabling and accelerating the rapid development and commercialization of biotherapeutics and other cell-based products for its customers. The Berkeley Lights Platform captures deep phenotypic, functional, and genotypic information for thousands of single cells in parallel and can also deliver the live biology customers desire in the form of the best cells. Berkeley Lights' platform is a fully integrated, end-to-end solution, comprising proprietary consumables, including its OptoSelect chips and reagent kits, advanced automation systems, and application software. Berkeley Lights developed the Berkeley Lights Platform to provide the most advanced environment for rapid functional characterization of single cells at scale, the goal of which is to establish an industry standard for our customers throughout their cell-based product value chain.
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Rail network unable to cope with extreme heat as track hits 62C: ‘Just not built to withstand this temperature’
The hottest railway track reached a scorching 62C on Monday, as the Transport Secretary admitted it will take decades to upgrade existing lines to be more resilient.
Grant Shapps conceded the UK’s transport network cannot cope with the extreme heat, saying that the Victorian-era infrastructure “just wasn’t built to withstand this type of temperature”.
On Monday, the temperature peaked at 38.1C in Santon Downham, Suffolk, making it the hottest day of the year and the third hottest day on record.
A possible high of 41C is predicted for Tuesday.
Network Rail said temperatures on the rails can rise to 20C higher than air temperature, sometimes causing them to “expand, bend and break”.
The operator tweeted: “Our hottest rail recorded yesterday was 62C, in Suffolk! Rail temperature can be about 20C higher than air temperature, causing it to expand, bend and break.”
Rail users have been warned of further delays, cancellations and changes to train services.
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 is running limited services between Derby, Nottingham, Luton, Bedford and London, which will stop completely between lunchtime and 7pm – the hottest period of the day.
There are limited and disrupted services running into and out of London Euston (Avanti West Coast and West Midlands Railway) and London Marylebone (Chilterns Railway), Network Rail said.
Temporary speed restrictions are in place due to the hot weather.
Meanwhile, road congestion in several cities was down on last week, figures showed, as people avoided travelling in the heat.
In Birmingham, congestion levels fell from 48% on July 12 to 32%, while in London levels dropped from 60% to 44% and in Manchester they decreased from 59% to 44%, location technology firm TomTom said.
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.”
“There’s a long process of replacing it and upgrading it to withstand temperatures, either very hot or sometimes much colder than we’ve been used to, and these are the impacts of global warming.”
He urged people to “apply common sense” and “depending on the nature of your journey and reason for it you might want to consider rearranging your day around it”.
He told BBC Breakfast: “We’ve seen a considerable amount of travel disruption, we’re probably going to see the hottest day ever in the UK recorded today and infrastructure, much of it built in Victorian times, just wasn’t built to withstand this type of temperature – and it will be many years before we can replace infrastructure with the kind of infrastructure that could, because the temperatures are so extreme.”
Asked if the transport system can cope with the weather, he said: “The simple answer at the moment is no.
“Where those tracks are 40 degrees in the air, on the ground that could be 50, 60, 70 and more. So you get a severe danger of tracks buckling. What we can’t have is trains running over those and a terrible derailing.
“We’ve got to be very cautious and conscious of that, which is why there’s reduced speeds on large parts of the network.” | https://www.cityam.com/rail-network-unable-to-cope-with-extreme-heat-as-track-hits-62c-just-not-built-to-withstand-this-temperature/ | 2022-07-19T22:09:04Z | https://www.cityam.com/rail-network-unable-to-cope-with-extreme-heat-as-track-hits-62c-just-not-built-to-withstand-this-temperature/ | true | 7 |
Bennifer’s £77 bash is a good sign their marriage will last till death do them part
GIVEN that they only spent £77 on their Vegas nuptials, the marriage of Ben Affleck and Jennifer Lopez is likely to last longer than, say, that of Brooklyn Beckham and new wife Nicola Peltz, whose recent wedding cost millions.
I say this not as “Mystic Moore” but as a science-based prediction taken from the last study available on such weighty matters.
Namely the survey undertaken by the Marriage Foundation earlier this year which discovered that ten per cent of marriages that started with a wedding costing more than £20,000 broke down within three years — twice the overall divorce rate of five per cent in that time.
Of course, every one should have the wedding they wish to within the means at their disposal, but in a global cost-of- living crisis “Ben- nifer” perhaps felt it would be a little tone deaf to splash the cash on wedding number four for her, second for him.
So instead, they queued up with four other couples to get their licence and, along with the five kids they have between them, headed off to Vegas’s famous Little White Chapel just after midnight.
They didn’t even pay for an Elvis impersonator because, according to J-Lo, “that cost extra and he was in bed”.
What a far cry from 2003, when they were first engaged and planned a 400-guest extravaganza (called off just hours before the ceremony) with a diamond ring the size of a small planet and three decoy brides.
This time, Ben changed in to his tux in the loo, Jen wore a movie dress she’s had for ages, and the pair of them look wonderfully content and carefree — perhaps liberated from all the fuss and attention that usually goes hand in hand with high-profile weddings.
Brooklyn and Nicola seem happy.
But would they have been less so if they’d popped to Vegas for a quickie and donated some of the reported £5million cost of their lavish wedding to a good cause instead?
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And what about Kim Kardashian’s wedding to Kris Humphries that cost around $10million and lasted 72 days?
Or her later wedding to Kanye West that reportedly notched up a $12million bill and is now over?
Petra Ecclestone’s first marriage to James Stunt cost around £12million and ended in acrimony.
Last weekend, she married Sam Palmer in a “low-key” ceremony costing around £1million.
Cripes.
Perhaps if you’re an Ecclestone, that’s considered cheap.
Of course, there are plenty of lavish celebrity weddings where the couples are still together.
But cost aside, I wonder how many of them look at the simplicity of Bennifer’s big day and wish they’d done the same?
No fuss, no guests fretting about the table plan, no tricky relatives to deal with, no giant screens needed to shield the bride from prying eyes, no paparazzi helicopters circling overhead, no temperamental dress designer barking orders at flustered assistants, no vegetarian/vegan options to worry about and no giant rock you worry about being mugged for.
Just you two, your kids, and a cheap and cheerful ceremony with the minimum of fuss. Heaven.
Better still, the stats for it lasting the course are stacked in your favour.
'Words fail me'
A REPORT by the Police Foundation says that “low-risk” of-fenders who view child sexual abuse images online should be given conditional cautions rather than be prosecuted.
Words fail me.
Has anyone told them that those child abuse images online only exist because these sick voyeurs are creating the demand for them?
VILLA’S MAN BABIES
JUST to be clear, it wasn’t his ADHD that made Love Island contestant Jacques O’Neill behave like a petulant man-child towards Paige Thorne.
It was simply because he’s a petulant man-child. End of.
And fellow Islander Luca Bish, who doesn’t have ADHD, isn’t far behind him.
Ice dream
ACCORDING to one report, the “must have” accessory right now is a £3,000 “ice bath” for the back garden.
Right now, I can see the point.
But the second we’re all back to moaning how woeful the UK weather is, it will become the world’s most expensive bird bath full of algae, brown leaves and a few dead flies.
A COVER S-TORY?
PM contenders Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss pulled out of a proposed third TV debate scheduled for last night, reportedly because they fear Tory in-fighting could damage the party.
Or, given that they’ve already laid out their stalls twice before and the temperature gauge was nudging 40 degrees, did they correctly assume that no one except political geeks would be watching?
PS. Like everyone else, I’ll engage with it when it reaches the final two today and gets interesting.
'Age-old technique'
M&S is hoping to reduce household waste by removing best-before dates on hundreds of fresh products.
Quite right too. I’ve ignored them for years, preferring to use an age-old technique for determining whether food is still edible or not.
It’s called a nose.
BEAUTY AND BRAINS – GANDY IS MORE THAN JUST EYE CANDY
MALE supermodel David Gandy says the temptations to make easy money are everywhere but advises that: “Saying no to something is as important as saying yes.”
He adds: “Some offers I get are silly.
"Like ice cream, sweets or fizzy drinks ads, which I won’t do because I’m working with Jamie Oliver against obesity, so that would be wrong.
“And I turn down acting roles because . . . I can’t act.”
So, not only gorgeous and successful, but also principled, down to earth and realistic. Be still my beating heart.
'Far too much sex'
AUTHOR Jilly Cooper has re-read her hit book Riders and says there’s “far too much sex” in it.
Which is precisely why it sold 67squillion copies worldwide.
DANCE FUN, NO PHONES
ATTEND any large concert these days and you’ll see thousands of people viewing it through their phone screens as they record every song or utterance.
Which is why, last week, my outing with two friends to Secret Cinema’s Dirty Dancing event proved be to especially magical.
For not only were we propelled back to the 1950s via an expertly built replica of Kellerman’s holiday camp and its hideaway “Dirty Dancing” club, but the use of mobile phones was banned.
Consequently, hundreds of young people were “in the moment” and looked all the happier for it.
'Feeling flirty'
ACCORDING to emoji experts (other professions are available) the winking smiley face isn’t, as baby boomers might view it, a cheeky gesture that shows you’re joking.
For the Gen Z generation, it means “feeling flirty”.
Hence, one assumes, the “Twitter storm” (yawn) over Dominic Raab’s wink at Angela Rayner during PMQs while the rest of the country rolled their eyes and wondered what all the fuss was about.
'No respect'
ACTOR Mickey Rourke says of Tom Cruise: “The guy’s been doing the same effing part for 35 years. I got no respect for that.”
Given that Cruise’s latest movie Top Gun: Maverick has now taken more than £1billion at the box office, one imagines he’s not losing too much sleep over this churlishly narrow view of his talents.
HARRY’S BLUES
THEY say a picture can paint a thousand words.
In which case, this one of Harry and Meghan at a Mandela Day event paints the impression that she knows where the cameras are, while her husband stares miserably in to the middle distance seemingly oblivious to his surroundings.
It’s what’s known as “a brown study”. Or, as seems here, a distinctly blue one. | https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19254245/bennifer-bash-good-sign/ | 2022-07-19T22:10:35Z | https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/19254245/bennifer-bash-good-sign/ | false | 2 |
Bay principals are pleased to see the end of school deciles - with one describing the new Equity Index as a much "fairer, accurate and relevant tool to provide funding for equity".
Another school leader hopes the change will stop figures from being misused "as a proxy for quality of a school".
From next year, every school will have an Equity Index number ranging from 344 to 569. The higher the number, the more barriers students face in their educational achievement.
Sunset Primary principal Eden Chapman said the index was "more nuanced and fair" compared with the decile system but it was "too early to know" how the changeover would affect the school funding.
"I hope that we don't see any change. A school like mine was already at the extremes - being a decile 1a school. We already benefit from a lot of helpful interventions," he said.
"But I am very happy that as a system, we do recognise there are some extra barriers for some schools - and that resourcing is one important ingredient to dealing with that."
He could not recall the school's new number, however, said it was "reasonably high", in line with his expectations.
Chapman also expected it would create a change of mindset around using "deciles as a proxy for quality of a school".
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Like Chapman, Mount Maunganui College principal Alastair Sinton hoped the new system would "remove the stigma attached to deciles" - in particular, the misuse of the system when comparing schools.
He felt "generally positive" about the decile system being replaced and supported the staged approach to resourcing, which would help schools manage budget changes.
"My hope is the index will provide those schools in the most need with appropriate and proportional resourcing."
He did not want to disclose the school's equity number saying the effect of the change would become clear later in the year.
Rotorua Girls' High School principal Sarah Davis said the decile system was "fairly clunky" in terms of how it measured the student population using census data.
She was pleased the equity index numbers would be "more specific and tailored" to students actually attending the school.
"We are really happy - but with all of these things, the devil is in the detail. We are yet to know what our rating turns into."
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Advertise with NZME.Te Puke Intermediate principal Jill Weldon said decile ratings were now an "outdated, irrelevant tool for working out how to provide equity in schools".
Weldon was on the principal reference group with the Ministry of Education - involved in discussions, testing and review of the Equity Index.
"A brilliant piece of software created by a clever and passionate team in the Ministry of Education data team now provides a much fairer, accurate and relevant tool to provide funding for equity."
She said the number for Te Puke Intermediate was in the "late 400s", which was to be expected - however, it was still unclear what this would mean for funding.
"Either way, this portion of funding is designed to enable us to provide equity for those who need it and nurture their educational success."
Each school's number would determine its share of an equity funding pool, which it can use to counteract educational disadvantage among its students.
Previously, $161 million of equity funding was shared out among the country's 2500 schools each year, weighted towards the lowest deciles. This has increased by almost 50 per cent to $236m.
The numbers have been calculated using 37 socioeconomic factors, including everything from transience and parents' benefit history to the parents' education level, all of them with different weightings.
Regional data shows on average the most deprived schools are in Te Tai Tokerau - average Equity Index number 506 - followed by Tairawhiti (491) and Bay of Plenty (489). | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/bay-principals-welcome-new-system-replacing-school-deciles/JEYR7MSJXMVSRDAORDJAKZPVR4/ | 2022-07-19T22:10:35Z | https://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-plenty-times/news/bay-principals-welcome-new-system-replacing-school-deciles/JEYR7MSJXMVSRDAORDJAKZPVR4/ | false | 1 |
Three Katy restaurants were hit in a burglary spree early Monday morning, the restaurant owners have reported.
Roegels BBQ, Shogun Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi and Hunan Kitchen -- neighboring restaurants located at 20702 Katy Freeway -- were robbed at around 4 a.m. on July 18, said Russell Roegels, owner of Roegel’s BBQ.
The three restaurants all reported the same experience. The doors were smashed in with a large rock and cash registers were opened. The registers at all three eateries were already empty at the time of the break-in, and none of the employees were present.
Roegels said that his security footage shows the suspects wearing masks and hoodies.
“They knew what they were doing, and I don’t think the police will have much luck identifying them,” he said.
After breaking in, the suspects quickly looked into the two empty registers and then left, where they went on to hit the other two restaurants, Roegels said.
“If you watch the security camera footage, it’s like they just went door-to-door smashing the glass,” said John Thai, a Shogun Japanese Steakhouse and Sushi employee.
Hunan Kitchen employee Mingzui Vou said that while no money or other property was stolen, the eatery will now have to pay to replace the door, which could be costly.
“We never keep cash in the registers overnight,” explained Vou. “Our only loss is the door, but it still costs money to fix that.”
Roegels agreed. “It’s going to cost me about $500 to fix that door,” he said. “Restaurants are struggling enough as it is, and this just feels like a kick in the gut.” | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/Three-Katy-restaurants-hit-in-burglary-spree-17314802.php | 2022-07-19T22:15:34Z | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/neighborhood/katy/article/Three-Katy-restaurants-hit-in-burglary-spree-17314802.php | true | 1 |
There’s nothing like a naturally occurring optical illusion — and that’s exactly what Major League Baseball (MLB) delivered on Monday.
Chris Vannini, a senior writer for The Athletic, posted a puzzling picture to Twitter that night, showing a screenshot of ESPN hosts Chris Berman, Jeff Passan and Tim Kurkjian at the MLB Home Run Derby.
It may sound like an ordinary setup but puzzled viewers couldn’t help but notice a significant size disparity between the men.
Berman — on the left — looked to be the biggest, followed by Passan in the middle, while Kurkjian — on the far right — appeared to be the smallest.
“Is Chris Berman 2x the size of Jeff Passan and 4x the size of Tim Kurkjian?” a baffled Vannini asked on Twitter in a post that received more than 46,000 likes and topped 2,700 retweets.
Spoiler alert: Although Berman is reasonably taller than the others — he’s 6-foot-5, while Passan is 5-foot-9 and Kurkjian is 5-foot-5 — optical trickery via an extreme side angle played a part in creating the illusion that Berman was larger than life.
In another angle, however, Berman appeared to be closer in size to his co-hosts.
But that didn’t stop Twitter users from having some fun and answering Vannini’s hilarious question.
“This is an ESPN Matryoshka doll,” one user joked.
“Holy s–t – it certainly looks that way Russian nesting dolls style,” another agreed.
“[david attenborough voice] while their domesticated counterparts can be trained in sportscasting, in the wild Chris Bermans can grow up even larger—up to two and a quarter meters tall. Tim Kurkjians, meanwhile, use their small size to scavenge in rocky crevices,” joked another.
One viewer even compared the scene to a May 2021 photo of President Joe Biden and first lady Jill Biden with former President Jimmy Carter and his wife, Rosalynn, in which the Carters appeared diminutive compared to the current White House residents.
Berman, Passan and Kurkjian have yet to weigh in on social media regarding the illusion. | https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/espn-anchor-looks-like-a-giant-in-this-optical-illusion-why/ | 2022-07-19T22:19:32Z | https://nypost.com/2022/07/19/espn-anchor-looks-like-a-giant-in-this-optical-illusion-why/ | true | 1 |
Sometimes singing competition shows get right, other times they pass on Maren Morris.
"The Middle" singer was just 17 when she auditioned for "American Idol" in August 2007. Though Morris didn't get past the audition round, her mom, Kellie, saved her ticket -- then found it years later.
"My mom found my American Idol audition ticket from 2007," Morris wrote on Instagram Monday, along with a photo of the ticket. "I didn't make it past the first round cattle call."
"She added, "I wasn't really into sports growing up, but this feels like the equivalent of your mom saving your 10th place trophy."
The official "American Idol" Instagram account took notice, writing "And now our hopefuls are singing YOUR songs on the Idol stage!"
Morris also auditioned for "The Voice" and "America's Got Talent," then went on to become one of the biggest names in country and pop music. She's also won multiple Country Music Awards.
Her latest single, "Circles Around This Town," is currently a hit on country radio.
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Love Island's Jacques O'Neill has reportedly turned down £60,000 to be on Celebs Go Dating.
The rugby player, who left the villa last week after struggling with his mental health, allegedly said no to the rival show because he wanted to wait for love interest Paige Throne to return home.
Jacques, 23, who has ADHD (attention deficit hyperactivity disorder) was concerned about how he would react to new bombshell Adam Collard.
Jacques has decided to "work on himself" rather than throw himself into another reality tv show, according to The Sun.
The E4 dating show believes that they can help Jacques to have a shot at love, a source told the publication.
"An Islander always makes for a great signing and Jacques is a real stand-out, particularly because he's already shown that he's willing to put the work in and really change," the source said.
"That'll make him a really credible candidate for the agency's help, never mind be someone that fans would tune in for.
"But Jacques wants to wait for Paige so it may well be too late by the time she emerges."
In an interview after leaving he said that joining the dating show was "the worst decision of his life".
He had only just started to win Paige over after he went rogue after the girls went to Casa Amor when Adam entered the villa.
Adam, 26, who had been on the show in 2018, had made a beeline for Paige.
But after struggling with the intensity of the show, Jacques feared that he would get violent towards Adam.
"I thought if I don’t get myself out things could go horribly wrong and I could get physical," he told The Sun.
He explained: “It broke me and I was already broken. I was crying my eyes out. I couldn’t cope.
“I was literally feeling awful. It was the worst I’d ever felt in my life.”
The show's producers were made aware that he had ADHD and they came to speak with him after he walked out through the doors.
He told them that he wanted to be alone and that it was "more than just a TV show" to him.
After the show's bosses tried to encourage him to stay following a "welfare chat", he sobbed to them and told them that he wanted to go home.
After he left the main villa, Jacques stayed in a separate apartment with a security guard and two members of the production team.
Jacques has also been the victim of death threats since leaving the villa.
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He said that he has also been given huge support from fellow members of the ADHD community.
The former Islander said how he had messages from other men who called him "inspiring".
The Mirror has approached E4 for comment.
Do you have a story to sell? Get in touch with us at webcelebs@mirror.co.ukor call us direct 0207 29 33033. | https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/love-islands-jacques-turns-down-27525430 | 2022-07-19T22:25:08Z | https://www.irishmirror.ie/showbiz/celebrity-news/love-islands-jacques-turns-down-27525430 | false | 2 |
In their first rollouts of electric vehicles, America’s automakers targeted people who value short-range economy cars. Then came EVs for luxury buyers and drivers of pickups and delivery vans.
Now, the companies are zeroing in at the heart of the U.S. auto market: The compact SUV. In their drive to have EVs dominate vehicle sales in coming years, the automakers are promoting their new models as having the range, price and features to rival their gas-powered competitors.
Some are so far proving quite popular. Ford’s $45,000-plus Mustang Mach E is sold out for the model year. On Monday night, General Motors’ Chevrolet brand introduced an electric version of its Blazer, also starting around $45,000, when it goes on sale next summer.
Also coming next year: An electric Chevy Equinox, with a base price of about $30,000, whose price could give it particular appeal with modest-income households. There’s also the Hyundai Ioniq 5 and Volkswagen’s ID.4 in the $40,000s and Nissan’s upcoming Ariya around $47,000 with a lower-priced version coming.
All start off considerably less expensive than Tesla’s Model Y small SUV, the current top EV seller, with a starting price well into the $60,000s.
The new models, which can get about 300 miles per electric charge, are aimed at the largest segment of the U.S. market: Modest-size SUVs, representing about 20% of new-vehicle sales. Industry experts say entering the smaller SUV segment, with its reach into a broader demographic of buyers, is sure to boost electric vehicle sales nationally.
“Going to the smaller utility segment gives you the opportunity to access the most customers in one (market) segment,” said Stephanie Brinley, principal analyst for S&P Global Mobility. “To make a transition from (internal combustion engines) to electric, you have to be in more space. You have to be in more price points. You have to be in more sizes.”
Brinley noted that the small and midsize SUV segments meet many people’s needs, something that previous electric vehicles did not.
“If it’s a price you can reach but it’s a product that you can’t put your kids and your dog in, you’re not going to buy it,” she said.
Chevrolet says the Blazer will get a minimum of 247 miles (398 kilometers) per charge. Pricier high-end versions could go up to 320 miles (515 kilometers). The Blazer will be available with Chevrolet’s SS performance package with a zero-to-60 mph (97 kilometers per hour) time of under four seconds. There will be a police version, too.
“Early on, the demographic composition of an EV buyer was certainly someone that perhaps had higher education, higher household income,” said Steve Majoros, Chevrolet’s marketing director. “That’s very indicative of early adopters. But as we move up that curve, the intention and where we’re pricing this product is to certainly make it more available for more mainstream buyers.”
To attract buyers of modest means, EVs need to be priced even lower, in the $30,000-to-$35,000 range, GM CEO Mary Barra said in an interview this week with The Associated Press. Electric vehicles, she said, also have to have the range and charging network so they can be the sole vehicle that some people own.
“Most electric vehicle owners today own multiple vehicles, so they have an internal combustion vehicle to jump into depending on their needs,” Barra said.
Automakers have been pushing to fully restore a $7,500 tax credit for people who buy EVs to jump-start sales. But the measure is stalled in Congress. | https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/19/automakers-targeting-average-households-with-new-crop-of-evs/ | 2022-07-19T22:25:31Z | https://www.ocregister.com/2022/07/19/automakers-targeting-average-households-with-new-crop-of-evs/ | false | 78 |
A woman was taken aback after seeing the instruction for the delivery driver written on her cake.
Vaishnavi Mondkar from Mumbai city of India had ordered a cake and wrote “Bring (INR)500/- change”. The baker had written her instructions on the dessert.
She shared the cake’s picture on Facebook.
“Delivery instructions mein likha tha “Bring 500/- change” toh unhone cake pe likhke bheja,” Vaishnavi wrote.
Her Facebook post has hundreds of reactions and shares. Here’s what they said.
- “Oh bhai mera highlight of the day (This was the highlight of the day)”
- “Ye log aisa jaan bujh kar krte hai lagta hai (The people do such things on purpose)”
- “Happy birthday bring 500 change”
- “Totally cute moment”
- “Cooking instruction me likha hoga (It must have been written in the cooking instructions).”
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50-year History of Games Produced at Company's Canadian Facility Enters Next Era of Growth
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was named the primary instant games partner for
A new, five-year contract significantly expands the number of instant scratch games the company will design and produce locally for Loto-Québec players. Scientific Games recently invested millions of dollars to advance production technologies and innovation at its
facility.
The company is a trusted supplier to Loto-Québec for more than five decades, celebrating the Lottery's 50th Anniversary in 2020 and employing generations of workers at its Canadian operations in Québec. Scientific Games is certified globally by the World Lottery Association as a Responsible Gaming Supplier.
"Scientific Games is a longstanding Loto-Québec business partner and employer in Québec. The company's leaders understand what we are trying to accomplish by creating new, exciting instant game entertainment for our players. They also support us in creating greener scratch games to reduce our environmental footprint," said Isabelle Jean, Executive Vice-President and Chief Operating Officer of Lotteries at Loto-Québec.
"We have made a significant investment in production technologies at our Montreal facility to innovate new games for the enjoyment of Québec players and support the lottery in its mission," said John Schulz, President, Americas & Global Instant Products for Scientific Games. "With five instant game production facilities on four continents, our global scale allows us to support Loto-Québec and all of our customers with unparalleled game production capacity and distibution solutions that make Scientific Games the lottery business partner of choice."
Scientific Games has produced more than 4,500 instant games for Loto-Québec at its Montreal facility over the past 50 years, including the Lottery's very first game. Games for four Canadian provincial lotteries and the Interprovincial Lottery Corporation, as well as lotteries in the U.S., France, Hungary, Australia and other countries, are also produced at the facility.
Scientific Games is the world's largest instant games creator, producer and services provider, and the primary provider to nine of the Top 10 performing instant game lotteries in the world (La Fleur's 2022 World Lottery Almanac). The company's products generate more than 70% of global instant game retail sales.
Scientific Games provides games, technology and services to 130 lotteries in 50 countries around the globe, including nearly every North American lottery.
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Max Burgin is banking on the coaching manual that turned Seb Coe into a world beater doing the same for him.
Like Coe, he hails from Yorkshire and is trained by his dad. At just 20 he is the fastest in the world this year over 800 metres.
So far he might be best known for his fearless front running and unusual habit of projectile vomiting after his races. But according to pal and 800m Olympic silver medallist Keely Hodgkinson he has the class to follow Laura Muir's 1500m bronze medal with Britain’s first gold.
“If Max is healthy and he gets through the rounds okay I think he will walk away as world champion,” she said. “This is a bold statement but who’s going to catch him? I feel he’s got this aura around him that people are just scared of him.”
That is asking a lot of an athlete in his first senior championships, facing with three races in four days.
But Burgin is already fourth fastest 800m Brit of all time behind Coe, Steve Cram and Peter Elliott.
And he has done the hard yards on the hills of Yorkshire - just like a young Coe did to build his speed and power en route to winning back-to-back Olympic titles in the 1980s.
“A lot of dad’s influences have been from my granddad and from reading the coaching books of Peter Coe,” said the Halifax starlet.
“Hills are a big part of my training programme so it’s very useful being in Halifax as we’ve got some monster hills.”
“Going into the championships as the world lead, gives you amazing confidence. You know that you are faster than anyone going in. No-one else has shown they can run as fast as me yet.”
His gun to tape British title win evoked memories of David Rudisha's world record-breaking run at London 2012.
Comparisons are premature but Burgin admits that race is "everything that I look to for inspiration for running".
Asked if he is the Yorkshire Rudisha, he laughed and said: "That would be nice."
Holly Bradshaw is in a race against time to make the Commonwealth Games due to the hamstring she damaged when her pole snapped.
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Industrial furnace services and maintenance for reduced furnace downtime
SEYMOUR, Ind., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fives has opened a brand-new North American Construction Services, Ltd. maintenance center. This new facility will allow customers in the area to receive industrial furnace maintenance, repairs, upgrades, servicing and more. Furnace downtime during a scheduled or unpredicted outage means time, money and resources. The North American Construction Services Seymour facility helps minimize this downtime with timely and exceptional customer service. Conveniently located for customers along the Interstate 65 corridor, the maintenance and service center is just 50 miles north of Louisville, Kentucky and 50 miles outside Indianapolis. The 13,000 square foot facility will be equipped to help customers with:
- Precast Refractory Shapes and Dry Out
- Piping Assemblies
- Fuel Train Fabrication and Testing
- Demolition and Relining of Furnace Doors, Transfer Ladles, Launders, & More
- Fabrication of Cleaning Tools
- Combustion System Evaluations and Upgrades
- Equipment Audits
- Hardware and After Market Sales
Matt Owens, General Manager at North American Construction Services is excited to build relationships with nearby customers: "At the Indiana facility, we will be close to the customers to serve their thermal process needs, stock critical parts and materials, train critical resource trades and promote growth within the company. Our resources and integrated solutions are crucial to the sustainability of the industries we serve." Fives' is also reaching out to the community to hire and staff several positions at the Indiana location. To learn more about available job opportunities, Click Here. Positioned as an industry leader for industrial furnace solutions, Fives and the North American Construction Services Seymour facility look forward to providing the most professional services to current customers and new customers into the future.
As an industrial engineering Group with a heritage of over 200 years, Fives designs and supplies machines, process equipment and production lines for the world's largest industrial players in various sectors such as steel, aluminum, forge, heat treat, aerospace and manufacturing industries, like cement, energy, logistics and glass.
The effectiveness of its R&D programs enables Fives to design forward-thinking solutions that anticipate industrials' needs in terms of profitability, performance, quality, safety and respect for the environment.
In 2021, Fives achieved a turnover of €1.7 billion and employed more than 8,200 people in about thirty countries
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FRISCO, Texas (AP) — Andrej Sekera announced his retirement on Tuesday after almost two decades in the NHL.
The Slovak defenseman played the past 15 full seasons since making his debut in 2006. Sekera played 888 regular-season and playoff games for the Buffalo Sabres, Carolina Hurricanes, Los Angeles Kings, Edmonton Oilers and Dallas Stars.
He was a key member of the Stars during their run to the Stanley Cup Final in the playoff bubble in 2020, blocking 38 shots in 27 games.
Sekera skated in the Olympics twice and played for Team Europe at the 2016 World Cup of Hockey. He represented Slovakia eight times at the world championships, helping his country come away with the silver medal in 2012 and wearing the “C” as national team captain in 2019.
Now 36, Sekera played the past two seasons with Dallas after Edmonton bought out the remainder of his previous contract. He played almost 14 minutes a game for the Stars, helping them reach the playoffs for the third time in four years.
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Emmett Till's house, Black sites to get landmark funds
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 businessman Charles Banks, who won praise from Booker T. Washington; the first Black masonic lodge in North Carolina; and a school in rural Florida for the children of Black farm workers and laborers.
The money will also help restore the Virginia home where tennis coach Dr. Robert Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson 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.
"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 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. | https://www.koco.com/article/emmett-till-house-black-sites-landmarks-funds/40655724 | 2022-07-19T22:35:22Z | https://www.koco.com/article/emmett-till-house-black-sites-landmarks-funds/40655724 | true | 76 |
Home building stalls as the real estate market cools. That won't help affordability
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Home builders are hitting the brakes as building costs rise and prospective buyers get priced out of the market.
June housing starts, a measure of new home construction during the month, fell 2% month-over-month and 6.3% from a year ago, according to the U.S. Census Bureau.
Meanwhile, a separate survey released Monday found builder confidence this month plunged to its lowest level since the spring of 2020. The National Association of Home Builders/Wells Fargo Housing Market Index is meant to gauge market conditions and looks at current sales, buyer traffic and the outlook for sales over the next six months.
"Production bottlenecks, rising home building costs and high inflation are causing many builders to halt construction because the cost of land, construction and financing exceeds the market value of the home," said Jerry Konter, NAHB chairman and a home builder and developer from Savannah, Georgia.
The building slowdown comes as rising mortgage rates and home prices continue to discourage potential buyers, said Joel Berner, senior economic research analyst for Realtor.com.
"With mortgage rates at their highest levels since 2008, many prospective buyers are being priced out of the housing market, and builders are responding to this depressed demand by starting fewer construction projects," Berner said.
The average rate on a 30-year fixed-rate loan has risen more than two percentage points since January and is now at 5.5%.
Fewer new single-family homes in the pipeline
The drop in construction starts was most concentrated among single-family units, which were down 15.7% from a year ago.
The number of permits for construction of single-family homes and some multi-family buildings also fell in June from May, on a seasonally-adjusted basis. All new building permits fell 0.6% from May while single-family permits dropped more significantly by 8%. Compared to a year ago, all permits are actually up 1.4%, but those for single-family homes are down 11.4%
Multi-family building continues on largely because rents are so high.
"Given that nationwide rents have grown by 14% or more year-over-year in each month of 2022 so far and that active for-sale inventory is 28% higher than last year, it's unsurprising that builders are currently more keen on multi-family rental construction," said Berner.
This construction slowdown comes even as the price of lumber bottomed out in June, Berner said. But the relief in those prices might not last long.
"With lumber prices creeping back up in July and homebuyer demand being stifled by the rising cost of financing a home purchase, it's unlikely that much progress will be made toward closing the housing supply gap any time soon," Berner said. "In the meantime, prospective first-time homebuyers who are taking a pause from their search may find more options to rent if multifamily projects continue to receive more attention from builders."
Housing affordability issues remain
While 13% of builders in the NAHB/Wells Fargo survey reported that they have reduced home prices in the past month in order to bolster sales or limit cancellations, affordability challenges remain for buyers.
"Significant segments of the homebuying population are priced out of the market," said Robert Dietz, NAHB's chief economist. "Policymakers must address supply issues to help builders produce more affordable housing."
As builders halt or slow new construction, it will weigh even further on the housing market. Housing inventory was already extremely tight, pushing home prices higher. Slowing the supply of new homes will make it even worse.
New homes that are on the market are selling swiftly in 2.4 months. The norm is around 3 to 4 months, said Lawrence Yun, chief economist at the National Association of Realtors.
"Homebuilders have been facing supply-chain disruptions and many homes started multiple months ago have yet to be completed," said Yun. "Homebuilders are waiting to see how these homes will sell before starting new construction.
But overall affordability constraints may push more buyers into renting, he said.
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Costco is already ready for the spooky season with the roll-out of its Halloween-themed hot cocoa bombs.
The chocolate treats are made to look like bloodshot eyeballs
The cocoa bombs come 16 to a package and prices vary depending on location.
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LA TESTE-DE-BUCH, France (AP) — Investigators probing the suspected deliberate lighting of what has become a raging wildfire in southwest France detained a man for questioning, as firefighters and water-bombing planes on Tuesday fought ferocious flames there and in other parts of Europe that have baked in extreme heat.
Smoke from a large forest fire fanned by high winds blackened the skyline in Greece’s capital Tuesday. Firefighting aircraft buzzed over the flames and dropped water on the slopes of Mount Penteli, 25 kilometers (16 miles) northeast of the city. Officials ordered hundreds of people to evacuate their homes.
Wildfires also kept emergency crews busy in England, Germany, Portugal and Spain.
In the Gironde region of southwest France, two massive fires feeding on tinder-dry pine forests also have forced tens of thousands of people to flee homes and summer vacation spots since they broke out July 12.
One of the blazes, tearing through woodlands south of Bordeaux, is suspected to have been started deliberately. A motorist told investigators that before pulling over and trying unsuccessfully to extinguish the flames, he saw a vehicle speeding away from the spot where the fire started, the Bordeaux prosecutor’s office said.
Criminal investigators found evidence pointing to possible arson, the prosecutor’s office said.
The 39-year-old man being questioned Tuesday lives in Gironde and was detained Monday afternoon, the office said. He also was questioned in 2012 on suspicion of starting a forest fire but that investigation was shelved in 2014 for lack of evidence, the prosecutor’s office added.
Ten water-bombing planes and more than 2,000 firefighters worked day and night to contain that fire and another fierce blaze southwest of Bordeaux that police investigators were treating as accidental. The blazes have burned through more than 190 square kilometers (more than 70 square miles) of forest and vegetation, Gironde authorities said.
Thick clouds of smoke and the risk of flames spreading to buildings have forced the evacuations of more than 39,000 people, including 16,000 on Monday, authorities said. A smaller third fire broke out late Monday in the Medoc wine region north of Bordeaux, further taxing regional firefighting resources.
Swirling winds and extreme heat have complicated firefighting. Record-smashing temperatures eased along France’s Atlantic seaboard Tuesday while other parts of the country and the continent continued to broil.
In Paris, the thermometer in the French capital’s oldest weather station – opened in 1873 – topped 40 degrees Celsius (104 degrees Fahrenheit ) for just the third time. The 40.5 C (104.9 F) measured there Tuesday by weather service Meteo-France was the monitoring station’s second-highest reading ever, topped only by a blistering 42.6 C (108.7 F) in July 2019.
The first time the station topped 40 C – hitting 40.4 C (104.7 F) — was in July 1947, Meteo France said. After a 72-year gap, the station has now twice surpassed 40 C in the space of just three years.
The people evacuated Monday included 74 residents of a retirement home, authorities said. Another 80 care-home residents were among 2,000 people getting moved out Tuesday from the latest of more than a half-dozen towns and villages that were ordered to evacuate, authorities said.
Approaching flames also forced the emergency evacuation Monday of 363 animals from a zoo in the Arcachon maritime basin, southwest of Bordeaux, the government’s ecological transition ministry said Tuesday. About 10 animals died of heat and stress, the ministry said.
Five camping sites also went up in flames in that area, which is famous for its oysters and beach resorts, Gironde authorities said.
The double blow of heat waves and droughts exacerbated by climate change are making wildfires more frequent, destructive and harder to fight. In Spain, the prime minister has linked wildfires that have killed two people to global warming, saying Monday that “climate change kills.”
The head of Spain’s Civil Protection and Emergencies agency, Leonardo Marcos González, noted Tuesday that extreme heat and wildfires have hit the country three weeks earlier than usual this year and that many fires broke out at the same time.
“We are in the midst of the most significant civil protection emergency on record,” he told radio station SER.
In charred countryside near Barcelona, Ricardo Serra and Julia Garrido returned Tuesday to the wreckage of their home. They’d been renovating it for the upcoming wedding of Garrido’s son.
“Everything’s been burnt,” she said. “All of our wedding clothes.”
In Portugal, cooling temperatures have eased pressure on emergency crews, with just two major wildfires being tackled by around 800 firefighters Tuesday. But more torrid weather is forecast for Wednesday.
Authorities suspect a wildfire was to blame for the death of a couple in their 80s whose car went off the road and flipped over in a northern Portuguese village late Monday. Their charred vehicle with two bodies inside was found after a blaze engulfed the area. Officials suspect the couple died while trying to flee the flames.
The pilot of a water-dumping plane also died in Portugal last week when his aircraft crashed while fighting a wildfire.
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Leicester reported from Le Pecq, France. Associated Press journalists Derek Gatopoulos in Athens, Barry Hatton in Lisbon, Emilio Morenatti in Barcelona and Raquel Redondo in Madrid contributed. Jade Le Deley also contributed from Paris.
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Despite higher gas prices, Shirley Dutcher makes a weekly drive to the Community Food Club in Grand Rapids, Michigan.
"I'm one of those people that don't get food stamps or anything," she said. "So, I come here to get whatever vegetables and stuff I can get."
She likes to keep food on hand for her ten great-grandchildren when they visit. The higher prices are a challenge for her and the Food Club.
"Back in December, a case of eggs for us was $23," Community Food Club Executive Director A.J. Fossel said. "It's gotten as high as $94 for a case, and we go through six cases of eggs a day here at the food club."
Food banks were starting to feel some relief as people returned to work when pandemic shutdowns lifted. But the surge in food prices came as COVID-19 disaster declarations ended, along with several programs that provided food to people in need. Now food banks are seeing a spike in demand.
"We've seen an increase of about 30% of the members that we serve since December," Fossel continued. "So we're up to a thousand households a month."
"Inflation right now is not only hurting our recipients," San Diego Food Bank CEO Casey Castillo said. "It's hurting our donors and their disposable income and what they can give, and it's impacting us."
"We have seen lower donations," Feeding America West Michigan spokesperson Juliana Ludema said. "That means we need to purchase more food. With the higher food costs and inflation everywhere, that's definitely expensive for us."
While some food banks report steady donations, cash donations don't go as far because of inflation. And higher fuel costs are making food collection and distribution more expensive.
National food bank network "Feeding America" is calling on Congress and the U.S.D.A. to restore hundreds of millions of dollars worth of commodity foods that were lost when temporary food programs ended.
In the meantime, everyone is doing what they can to make ends meet.
"I've been coming here two years, I think now. So, it helps out a lot when you have nothing else," Dutcher said.
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Des Moines' long process to declare a dog as legally dangerous
KCCI is learning more about how the city of Des Moines investigates dangerous dog cases. This comes after a Postal Service worker was attacked by a pit bull on the city's south side.
Now, home mail delivery to that neighborhood is suspended because letter carriers don't feel safe.
Watch: Mail delivery paused in Des Moines neighborhood after dog attacked postal worker
Police tell KCCI there's a very high standard to declare a dog dangerous.
Police say one bite probably isn't enough to put a dog on the list, unless that one bite is extremely vicious. Then the dog would be required to have a behavioral evaluation. Then a recommendation is given to the court-- where they would decide whether or not to euthanize the dog.
"The frequency of bites is pretty low, and the actual times a dog gets declared dangerous and we take possession of it is even lower." Sgt. Paul Parizek of the Des Moines Police Department said. "It may happen once a year. It's a long process and it's a long process for a reason."
Des Moines police report there have been 307 dog bites so far this year. Postal workers were victims in two of those incidents.
KCCI reported on a similar case in West Des Moines in 2019 where a pit bull attacked a postal worker — and the neighborhood had to go to the post office for months to get their mail until the owner voluntarily gave up the dog.
They have since changed their process in West Des Moines. The process now removes a dog from a home immediately after a bite and has the dog evaluated by city staff.
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WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) — A total of 35 people, including 17 Democratic lawmakers, were arrested while protesting outside the Supreme Court on Tuesday. The group was demanding federal abortion protections.
Various news reports show the following 17 lawmakers were arrested:
- Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, D-N.Y.
- Rep. Alma Adams, D-N.C.
- Rep. Andy Levin, D-Mich.
- Rep. Ayanna Pressley, D-Mass.
- Rep. Barbara Lee, D-Calif.
- Rep. Bonnie Watson Coleman, D-N.J.
- Rep. Carolyn Maloney, D-N.Y.
- Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo.
- Rep. Ilhan Omar, D-Minn.
- Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif.
- Rep. Jan Schakowsky, D-Ill.
- Rep. Katherine Clarks, D-Mass.
- Rep. Madeleine Dean, D-Pa.
- Rep. Nydia Velazquez, D-N.Y.
- Rep. Rashida Tlaib, D-Mich.
- Rep. Sara Jacobs, D-Calif.
- Rep. Veronica Escobar, D-Texas
The demonstrators were arrested after refusing to leave the street and three warnings from Capitol police.
Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., was arrested during an abortion rights protest outside of the Supreme Court on July 19, 2022. (Nexstar) A total of 35 people, including 17 Democrat lawmakers, were arrested at an abortion rights protest outside of the Supreme Court on July 19, 2022. (Nexstar) Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., was arrested during an abortion rights protest outside of the Supreme Court on July 19, 2022. (Nexstar)
“We will not stop fighting,” said Cori Bush, who represents Missouri. “This is not just for us now, this is for our legacies, this is for our children’s children.”
A Missouri trigger law made abortions illegal following the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe v. Wade. The state law makes no exceptions for rape or incest.
“So many of our constituents have been reaching out to us afraid,” Bush said.
Despite push back from Republicans, California lawmaker Jackie Speier said their march from the steps of the Capitol was necessary to get their message out.
“We refuse to go back under any circumstances,” Speier said.
In the weeks since the ruling, Senate Republicans have blocked Democrats’ efforts to grant abortion rights nationwide or extend legal protections to women who cross state lines for abortion services.
Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said the Democrats’ calls are out of step with the public.
“After the Supreme Court’s decision, the people of Missouri get to write their own laws,” Hawley said. “They want to impose an agenda that is favored by than less than 10% of the population, it is an abortion on demand, abortion up to ninth month of pregnancy.”
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A 100th Birthday Celebration for Beloved Santa Barbara Artist Florence Russell
Finding — and Fêting — FiFi
How do you celebrate a centenarian? A Where’s Waldo?–style art journey through her watercolor paintings is the communitywide celebration dreamed up to honor the 100th birthday of longtime arts educator, watercolorist, and world traveler Florence “FiFi” Russell.
The month-long tribute runs through July 31 and scatters FiFi’s original watercolor paintings at 10 galleries and venues around town, including Corridan Gallery, 10 West Gallery, Gallery 113, Goleta Valley Art Association/Goleta Library, La Cumbre Center for Creative Arts/Fine Line and Illuminations Galleries, Larry Iwerks Studio Gallery, Santa Barbara Art Association/Faulkner Gallery, Santa Barbara Public Library, Santa Barbara Fine Art Gallery, and Westmont Ridley-Tree Museum of Art, in addition to the CLAY Studio, where one of FiFi’s 1942 ceramic sculptures is on display.
“I would only come out of retirement for my dear former landlady who once saved me by renting me her lovely home in S.B. for a short time for the going price of a S.B. garage,” said Rita Ferri, a longtime curator and arts advocate, who co-organized the exhibition with Larry Iwerks.
“I’m celebrating her spunky, creative, adventurous spirit,” said Ferri. “She often talks about Betty White and [referring to White’s death right before her 100th birthday] says, ‘17 days; can you imagine? She almost made it!’ Well, FiFi wants to make it and looks forward to each calendar page being turned over.”
Russell’s en plein air paintings reflect images of her travels to more than 25 countries: sketching along the Seine in Paris, public markets in Mexico, the Mont Sainte-Victoire in Provence, and the valley of temples in Myanmar. From bustling Greek harbors to bucolic barnyard scenes, she captured daily scenes repeated around the world with a fresh sense of color and an eye for composition.
She said her goal has always been “to make painting sing,” said Ferri.
Russell first moved to Santa Barbara as a child; her father was a physician and psychiatrist for Stanley McCormick at Riven Rock. She pioneered bringing arts education to Southern California museums and schools, where she worked in the early ’50s. She retired in 1998 and returned to Santa Barbara to continue a life of volunteerism, travel, and art. Her work has been exhibited in galleries and outdoor festivals throughout Southern California.
Russell’s birthday celebration reception will be held on Sunday, July 24 (FiFi’s actual birthday) from 2-4 p.m. at the Larry Iwerks Studio Gallery (958 Weldon Rd.) Call (805) 965-5486.
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Cori Bush among lawmakers arrested during abortion rights protest in DC
Several members of Congress — all Democrats and including Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri — were arrested on Tuesday, July 19, during a protest in support of abortion rights on the steps of the U.S. Capitol.
In a Tweet, U.S. Capitol Police said they arrested 34 people, including 16 members of Congress, because demonstrators were blocking traffic near the area.
“We have already given our standard three warnings,” police said. “Some of the demonstrators are refusing to get out of the street, so we are starting to make arrests.”
Protesters were wearing specially-made green bandanas printed with the words “Won’t Back Down,” CNN reported. They marched from the Capitol to the Supreme Court, but were told to “cease and desist” by police within minutes of arriving, the outlet reported.
The protest was organized by CPD Action, an affiliate of the Center for Popular Democracy, the Detroit Free Press reported. The office of Rep. Rashida Tlaib, a Michigan Democrat, who was among the lawmakers arrested, told the outlet that the members who were arrested were led away from the protest by Capitol Police and kept in a holding area outside the Capitol.
The office of Rep. Andy Levin, another Michigan Democrat, told the Free Press that the congressman’s charge sheet said he was arrested for the misdemeanor of “crowding, obstructing or incommoding,” the outlet reported.
The demonstration took place several weeks after the Supreme Court voted to overturn Roe v. Wade, a landmark ruling from 1973 that established that banning abortion violated an American’s constitutional right to privacy. The right to an abortion was protected until “approximately the end of the first trimester” of pregnancy, the court ruled.
The ruling was overturned on June 24, sparking national outcry and throwing abortion rights into limbo as each state moved to enforce its own policies on the procedure.
The complete list of lawmakers arrested, according to Axios and posts from their offices on social media, includes:
Rep. Madeleine Dean (D-Pa.)
Rep. Barbara Lee (D-Calif.)
Rep. Jackie Speier (D-Calif.)
Rep. Rashida Tlaib (D-Mich.)
Rep. Andy Levin (D-Mich.)
It’s expected that the lawmakers will be released and fined, Axios reported.
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NPR's Juana Summers talks with African American Cultural Heritage Action Fund's Brent Leggs and Maxwell Brown Chapel AME Church's Juanda about grants to preserve African-American cultural sites.
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Reno City Council extended the water Drought Contingency Plan at Stage 5 until all conditions are met for replenishing storage capacity for three consecutive days.
According to a letter dated July 11, the city entered Stage 5 of the Drought Contingency Plan because the water consumption reached at least 90% of the available amount for three consecutive weeks and because the water levels in any of the tanks can’t be replenished to capacity for three consecutive weeks.
The letter stated excessive water usage and lack of rain explained why the city was having trouble keeping the storage tanks full.
At the special meeting on Monday, City Administrator Scott Passmore said that one of the city’s wells is out of commission because of a broken pumping motor, and the other wells in Reno’s system have slowed down because they’re worn out. Passmore said that it will cost $30,000 to fix Well 6, and the part is expected to arrive in four to five months.
Passmore also said a water main on Quail Run is cracked and is scheduled for repair this week.
Reno is buying water from Azle and Walnut Creek Special Utility District during this time. Passmore told the city council on Monday that there were some days that Reno’s water tank only had two feet when it normally has 15-18 feet. As of Monday evening, the storage tank was at 11 feet.
“I begged and we pleaded with people to quit watering. They wouldn’t do it, so we put them on Stage 5,” Passmore said during the meeting.
Stage 5 is an emergency water shortage and is defined by the following restrictions:
-- No watering outdoors with sprinklers or irrigation systems. No hosing paved surfaces or other impervious surfaces, unless it’s to alleviate an immediate health or safety hazard.
-- No hosing buildings or structures unless for fire protection.
-- No allowance of runoff or other waste, such as failure to repair leaks.
-- No washing vehicles, motorbikes, boats, trailers or airplanes.
-- No flushing gutters or permitting water to run or accumulate in gutters or streets.
- No filling or refilling indoor or outdoor swimming pools or jacuzzi-type pools.
-- No using water in fountains or ponds for aesthetic or scenic purposes, unless it’s to support aquatic life.
-- No using water from fire hydrants unless for the purpose of firefighting, health, safety and welfare.
The exception to these rules is that the city will allow watering of foundations for house warranties that require that on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 8 p.m. to 6 a.m., according to the city’s letter.
Those who are caught violating these restrictions are subject to a citation and $500 fine per incident, Passmore said during the council meeting.
Reno residents are also being told to boil and cool water before consuming it – drinking, cooking with it and making ice – because of a water line break, low water pressures and mixing of waters. A notice from the city instructed residents to bring water to a vigorous, rolling boil and boil it for two minutes. Residents of Creek Forest do not have to boil water.
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The moment he laid eyes on Shinzo Abe's ashen face, Shingo Nakaoka knew that any attempt to revive the former Japanese prime minister was likely to be in vain.
By the time the 64-year-old doctor had rushed to the scene from his nearby clinic within minutes of Abe's shooting on July 8, the stricken lawmaker's face was bloodless from deep gunshot wounds to the neck.
"What struck me immediately was just how pallid his face was," Nakaoka told Reuters by phone days after the assassination. "When we massaged his heart, his body didn't twitch. He was barely conscious and he was just so pale, I knew immediately he was in critical danger."
A physician at his namesake clinic, Nakaoka said he sprang into action when a patient who had been present when Abe was shot rushed in, panicked, shouting for him to come and help.
With his nurses, Nakaoka ran down the three flights of stairs and short distance to the scene. Someone who appeared to be from Abe's entourage immediately handed him an automated external defibrillator (AED), but it did not turn on, he said.
One of his three nurses ran back to the clinic to fetch another machine.
But when he hooked it up to Abe, a voice message from the AED said "not applicable", Nakaoka said. That can happen when the heart is beating normally, or not at all.
The local fire department's log released last week showed that first responders supposed Abe was in cardiac arrest within minutes of the shooting.
With no other recourse, Nakaoka took turns with his nurses to pump Abe's chest manually.
But with too much blood lost, there was little chance of resuscitation on the spot, he said.
"At the time, I was just so desperate," Nakaoka said.
The 67-year-old Abe, who had been giving a pre-election campaign speech to support a fellow party member, was unresponsive throughout, Nakaoka said.
An ambulance arrived at 11:41 a.m., about 11 minutes after Abe went down, a Nara city fire department spokesperson said.
"It felt extremely long," Nakaoka said. "He needed to get to a major medical center fast, to stop the bleeding."
The helicopter carrying Abe's clinically dead body arrived at Nara Medical University Hospital - about 20 km - at 12:20 p.m.
"When I think back now, there are moments when I have no idea what my body was doing," Nakaoka said. "What I remember very clearly is frantically praying for a miracle so that somehow, this man - who was irreplaceable for Japan, and the world - could be saved."
Japan's longest-serving prime minister was declared dead at 5:03 p.m.
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Fans of quidditch are now fans of quadball, the new name for the real-life sport that was first inspired by the Harry Potter book series.
U.S. Quidditch and Major League Quidditch announced the name change on Tuesday as well as their own rebranding as U.S. Quadball and Major League Quadball. The groups announced their intention to find a new name for the sport in December, citing what they called anti-trans positions of Harry Potter author J.K. Rowling.
In addition to distancing themselves from the author, organizers hope the name change will give the sport more opportunities to grow and not be inhibited by the trademark for "quidditch" being owned by Warner Bros.
"Bringing full creative control of the name of our sport to the vibrant community of players and fans that has grown and sustained it will allow our organizations to take the next step," MLQ co-commissioner Amanda Dallas said in a statement. "We are now able to pursue the kinds of opportunities that our community has dreamed about for years."
Fans and players were polled as part of the name change process, MLQ said, with "quadball" receiving "strong support across demographic groups in the surveys."
The rules of the sport will remain the same, with four balls on the field and four different positions. Both of those are referenced in the new name.
The names of those positions and the balls will remain the same for now, but MLQ notes that both could change at a later date.
The first quidditch match took place at Middlebury College in Vermont in 2005, where the game was created by Alex Benepe and Xander Manshel. Benepe called the name change a "bold move."
"For me personally there is definitely some nostalgia to the original name, but from a long term development perspective I feel confident this is a smart decision for the future that will allow the sport to grow without limits into its own unique space for many years to come," he said in a statement.
During the sport's initial years, many were drawn to it because of the connection with the blockbuster book and movie series, but since then it has become known as an intense, full-contact sport full of athleticism. It's now played in at least 40 countries with nearly 600 teams in existence.
While the inspiration for Harry Potter may remain a draw for some, MLQ media outreach coordinator Jack McGovern said it's important for the sport to remain welcoming to everyone.
"I think our leagues have always and still attract people from lots of different backgrounds. People who come to the sport because they are Harry Potter fans and people who come to the sport because they are looking for an outlet for athletics in their life," McGovern said. "The sport has also always drawn heavily from the LGBTQ+ community and maintaining a welcoming space for all of those people who might be interested in the sport is really important to us."
The change in name has already been adopted by USQ and MLQ will officially adopt the new name after the 2022 MLQ Championship on Aug. 20 to 22 in Howard County, Md.
The International Quidditch Association also plans to adopt the sports news name following the conclusion of the IQA European Games this weekend.
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(NewsNation) — Friends and family of Ivana Trump will gather Wednesday at New York City’s St. Vincent Ferrer Church to celebrate her legacy.
At the age of 73, the former model was found dead near stairs in her apartment last week. A medical examiner ruled Trump’s death an accident. She died of “blunt impact injuries” to her torso, according to an official release from the medical examiner’s office.
Ivana was the first wife of former President Donald Trump. The couple was married from 1977 to 1992 and had three children together, as well as nine grandchildren.
Donald and Melania Trump landed in New York City on Monday night and will be in attendance at the funeral, senior story producer Paula Froelich with NewsNation’s “Banfield” confirmed.
There are rumors that Melania won’t attend the funeral.
“If Melania shows, and that’s a big ‘if,’ she’ll be there just to support Donald,” Froelich said.
People magazine also confirmed that Ivana’s three children, Donald Jr., Eric and Ivanka, all plan to attend the funeral.
Froelich believes that the funeral will be “fabulous” and compared it to Joan Rivers’ funeral, which attracted stars including Hugh Jackman, Whoopi Goldberg, Kelly Osbourne and Sarah Jessica Parker.
“Everyone in New York was there. Her coffin was led out by the New York police marching band, and they closed down 5th Avenue for it.”
Before the world knew Ivana as Mrs. Trump, she was a competitive skier, starting as a child, in Czechoslovakia.
During an interview with the New York Post, Ivanka Trump said that her mom Ivana was a “world-class athlete” before marriage.
Instead of bringing flowers to the funeral, the Trump family has requested that guests donate to Big Dog Ranch Rescue.
“Ivana was philanthropically involved with many charities throughout her entire life, but always remained steadfast and passionate in her love for animals. In lieu of flowers, we kindly ask you to support Ivana in her mission to help dogs and donate to Big Dog Rescue Ranch,” the donation page reads. | https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/national-news/ivana-trump-funeral-plans-are-set/ | 2022-07-19T22:57:20Z | https://www.bigcountryhomepage.com/news/national-news/ivana-trump-funeral-plans-are-set/ | true | 19 |
NEW GLASGOW, NS, July 19, 2022 /CNW/ - Crombie Real Estate Investment Trust ("Crombie") (TSX: CRR.UN) today announced changes to its leadership structure to continue the Company's strategic focus on its real estate priorities. These changes will enable continued delivery of strong operating performance, investment in Empire-related initiatives, and the successful execution of Crombie's development program.
As previously announced, Crombie's Executive Vice President ("EVP") and Chief Operating Officer Glenn Hynes is retiring on October 31, 2022. On September 1, Arie Bitton and Trevor Lee will be promoted into EVP roles, reporting to Don Clow, President and CEO. Arie will become the EVP Leasing and Operations, while Trevor will become the EVP Development and Construction.
"Arie and Trevor have successfully led their teams through many changes over their time with Crombie, including the unprecedented pandemic period of the last two years," says Don Clow, President and CEO. "Their strong leadership skills and commitment to Crombie's team and strategy will enable their success in these positions. While we will miss Glenn's guidance, I know that Crombie's core teams will continue to thrive under the leadership of Arie and Trevor."
Crombie invests in real estate that enriches local communities and enables long-term sustainable growth. As one of the country's leading owners, operators, and developers of quality real estate, Crombie's portfolio primarily includes grocery-anchored retail, retail-related industrial, and mixed-used residential properties in Canada's top urban and suburban markets. As at March 31, 2022, our portfolio contains 294 income-producing properties comprising approximately 18.5 million square feet, and a significant pipeline of future development projects. Learn more at www.crombie.ca.
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I tried Penney’s newest range – it’s perfect for summer or a festival & it won’t break the bank
AS thousands jet off on holidays or enjoy the Irish heat, Penneys have launched a brand new clothing range - and it won't break the bank.
A Dublin fashion and beauty fan treated herself to some of the new range and thinks they're perfect for summer time or a festival.
Taking to TikTok, Ciara Glynn, who posts under @ciaraaglynn95, modelled her purchases.
Firstly Ciara showed off a fabulous orange dress with puffy sleeves.
And after modelling the stunning piece, she revealed a green and white checkered dress that would be perfect for a summer day at home or abroad.
The fashion fanatic then styled a hot pink bandeau with a patterned blue and purple skirt - which we think would be perfect for a festival look if you paired it with sunglasses.
Ciara also showed off a purple co-ord with a vibrant mini skirt and sleeveless top.
The colorful pieces can be styled up or down and followers were in a frenzy over the summer staples.
One said: "Third one hard to say no too", whilst others simply added: "pretty!"
Meanwhile, a fashion fan has told how she tried on Dunnes' €5 bikini sets - and reckons it "fits way nicer" than her other ones.
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Tammy Whelan, who posts as @tammywhelan8, took to social media to share her latest purchase.
Trying on the matching two-piece, she said: "Don't walk, run to Dunnes Stores. They have bikinis - this is one of them."
The coral bikini is covered in beach-inspired patterns such as seashells and fish.
Coming with ties at the back and neck, the triangle style bikini is easily altered to fit as you desire. Tammy opted for them both in a size 8.
Tammy said: "The bottoms are tied at the side too so they’re adjustable. The top is €2.50, the bottoms are €2.50 - literally a fiver for the whole thing. It's so comfortable, it fits way nicer than most of my bikinis."
Also in the range there are baby blue and lime green bikinis in the same style - costing only €2.50 per piece.
Tammy added: "There were a couple of different ones too for the same price." | https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/9125566/tried-penneys-newest-range-perfect-summer-festival-cheap/ | 2022-07-19T22:58:43Z | https://www.thesun.ie/fabulous/9125566/tried-penneys-newest-range-perfect-summer-festival-cheap/ | false | 1 |
19-year-old man arrested after stealing multiple firearms from a Carson City home
CARSON CITY, Nev. (News 4 & Fox 11) — A 19-year-old Carson City man was arrested after stealing about a dozen firearms from a Carson City home Friday afternoon. At approximately 12:30 p.m. on July 15, the Carson City Sheriff's Office (CCSO) detectives responded to a report of residential...
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Emmett Till's house, Black sites to get landmark funds
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 businessman Charles Banks, who won praise from Booker T. Washington; the first Black masonic lodge in North Carolina; and a school in rural Florida for the children of Black farm workers and laborers.
The money will also help restore the Virginia home where tennis coach Dr. Robert Walter "Whirlwind" Johnson 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.
"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 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. | https://www.wdsu.com/article/emmett-till-house-black-sites-landmarks-funds/40655724 | 2022-07-19T23:00:20Z | https://www.wdsu.com/article/emmett-till-house-black-sites-landmarks-funds/40655724 | true | 76 |
Nelson City Council Talks Parking Changes
Nelson's Downtown Parking Strategy was adopted last March and last week's Regular Nelson City Council Meeting, July 12th, mulled over leading guiding principals and proposed changes.
One of six changes is reducing a $10,000 cash in-lieu fee in place of providing off-street parking to just $3000; aiming to increase usage of the mechanism over time for property owners and increase financial contributions to the City’s Active Transportation Reserve Fund.
City staff explains that on-street parking becomes less practical as Nelson’s density increases and eventually the roads need to be widened:
“…. So that’s why we’re very hesitant to kind of use that space as an ‘oh this is my parking’ because we do get some of these properties that have been developed 80 years ago, 60 years ago and the parking is on city boulevard and we’re trying to reclaim it for whatever reason….”
Mayor John Dooley expressed concern that seniors living on their own may feel furthered discouraged from developing extra suites:
“I happen to have the luxury of understanding how to go in here and get that done, plus I’ve worked in construction my whole life so it wasn’t a barrier to me. But if there are say a 100 seniors in our community that are living by themselves that might be interested in developing a suite, this is just one more thing where they might say ‘ah to heck’…..”
Councillor Janice Morrison hopes to see time windows for proposed winter-only parking permits extended:
“We have this shift in weather that seems to be moving ‘that way’ through the calendar and I’ve seen some pretty horrific snowstorms in the past in Nelson in the month of March. February (and) March; some of the best skiing at the ski hill which means there’s probably quite a bit of snow in the City.”
Other changes include doubling the amount of bicycle parking, blocking residential parking permits for long vehicles, blocking parking permits for multi-unit buildings, as well as boosting the numbers and ratio requirements of small-car only parking spaces. All three parking amendments received first three readings. | https://www.iheartradio.ca/bounce/kootenays/news/nelson-city-council-talks-parking-changes-1.18246005 | 2022-07-19T23:03:27Z | https://www.iheartradio.ca/bounce/kootenays/news/nelson-city-council-talks-parking-changes-1.18246005 | true | 1 |
Las Vegas Aces have found winning ways again under Hammon
The All-Star break came at a good time for the Las Vegas Aces and since play resumed they've been on a roll.
Las Vegas has won three straight - all on the road - averaging 102 points a game in those victories.
'We have so many weapons on offense," said Aces guard Kelsey Plum, who is having the best season of her career, averaging 20.3 points. That's second best in the league.
The Aces (18-7) have five starters scoring in double figures and are averaging a league-high 91.3 points a game. Chelsea Gray credits coach Becky Hammon for simplifying their offensive and defensive systems on both ends of the court as one reason for the team's success.
Las Vegas won 13 of its first 15 games before stumbling prior to the All-Star break with five losses in seven games.
Now the Aces are winning again.
'No one said it was going to be easy. If being great was easy, everyone would be doing it,' Hammon said. 'You have to hit some adversity. There should be some hiccups. We came out like a rocket and then hit some rough patches.
'The adversity will be beneficial to us more than the win-loss record down the road.'
They have three games at home before embarking on a six-game road trip that includes the Commissioner's Cup title game in Chicago next Tuesday.
This week's WNBA poll:
1. Chicago (19-6): The Sky keep winning, with four straight victories and nine of 10. Chicago was missing guard Courtney Vandersloot for concussion protocol in the last game, but hope to have her back soon.
2. Las Vegas (18-7): Riquna Williams has lately been providing solid minutes off the bench, averaging 7.2 points this season to give the Aces a spark.
3. Seattle (17-8): The Storm have won four straight and will be tested this week at Chicago and Phoenix.
4. Connecticut (16-9): The Sun were playing well following the All-Star break, then Jonquel Jones had to miss games because of COVID protocols. They hope to have the reigning MVP back soon.
5. Washington (16-11): Elena Delle Donne has been the pivotal to the Mystics' run lately. The 6-foot-5 former league MVP has been able to play more and rest her back less. Washington has just one game this week before playing four games in six days.
6. Atlanta (11-14): A big road win at Phoenix without All-Star rookie Rhyne Howard has the Dream feeling good. Howard has been bothered by a shoulder injury and they hope to have her back soon. Atlanta already has its most wins since 2018.
7. Dallas (11-14): The Wings are looking to rebound after losing two of their last three. Center Teaira McCowan has provided a huge lift for the Wings in limited minutes.
8. Minnesota (10-17): The Lynx have consecutive home games against the Sun that will be critical to their chances of keeping their 11-year run of making the postseason alive.
9 (tie). Los Angeles (10-14): After a challenging road stretch to start the season, Los Angeles has been playing in the comforts of home for most of July. The Sparks haven't been able to take advantage of it so far, going 2-3 during their seven-game homestand. Getting center Liz Cambage back from COVID protocols will help.
9 (tie). New York (9-15): The Liberty gave up 215 points in two games to Las Vegas and if they want to have any chance of making the postseason New York will need to clean up its defense - which sits near the bottom of the league. The Liberty are giving up 84.7 a game on average.
11. Phoenix (11-16): The Mercury haven't been able to establish any consistency on either end of the floor this season. Skylar Diggins-Smith is having another great year satistically and Diana Taurasi lately has been playing well. The Mercury haven't had much other production on the offensive end.
12. Indiana (5-22): Nine straight losses have the Fever looking towards the draft lottery and hopefully getting the No. 1 pick for the first time in franchise history.
PLAYER OF THE WEEK
Elena Delle Donne of Washington was voted the AP Player of the Week. She averaged 22 points, eight rebounds and 3.3 assists to help the Mystics win two of their three games. Kahleah Copper of Chicago, Breanna Stewart of Seattle, Kelsey Plum of Las Vegas and Jonquel Jones of Connecticut also received votes.
MEANINGFUL GESTURE
The WNBA All-Stars all switched to uniforms with Brittney Griner's name and number on them for the second half of the game. Griner held up a photo showing the players honoring her when she was in court last week during her trial for drug possession.
GAME OF THE WEEK:
Seattle at Phoenix, Friday. Sue Bird and Diana Taurasi will meet for the final time in the regular season after spending the last two decades linked together from their time at UConn and on the U.S. national team. The game will also serve as a return to Phoenix for Tina Charles, who left the Mercury last month..
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(The Hill) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says former President Trump will face a lot of competition in a Republican primary if he runs for president in 2024.
McConnell, who usually avoids commenting on the former president, predicted that the 2024 Republican primary won’t be a cakewalk for Trump if he runs again.
“I think we’re going to have a crowded field for president. I assume most of that will unfold later and people will be picking their candidates in a crowded primary field,” he told reporters when asked whether he would oppose Trump or stay neutral in the 2024 Senate Republican primary.
The relationship between Trump and McConnell has been strained since McConnell recognized that Joe Biden was elected president by a vote of the Electoral College in December 2020.
Trump routinely attacks McConnell, often using the nickname “Old Crow” and disparaging his leadership of the Senate Republican Conference.
Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Trump will announce his campaign for president this summer or in the early fall to freeze support for potential rivals, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Trump said recently that he has already made a decision about whether to launch another run for president and now is weighing only whether to announce his decision before or after the midterm election on Nov. 8.
“I feel very confident that if I decide to run, I’ll win,” he told New York Magazine. “Well, in my own mind, I’ve already made that decision, so nothing factors in anymore.”
Talk of Trump launching an early presidential bid has grown as polls have shown his support dipping among Republicans in the midst of a barrage of damaging revelations from the public hearings of the House Jan. 6 select committee, which has examined Trump’s role in inciting the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The latest example of Trump’s waning support among Republican voters came in Michigan, where a Glengariff Group poll conducted from July 13 to July 15 found that Trump’s favorable rating among Republican voters was 8 points lower than it was in May.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) are viewed as potential Republican candidates for president in 2024. | https://kfor.com/news/your-local-election-hq/mcconnell-trump-will-face-crowded-gop-field-if-he-runs-for-president/ | 2022-07-19T23:05:34Z | https://kfor.com/news/your-local-election-hq/mcconnell-trump-will-face-crowded-gop-field-if-he-runs-for-president/ | true | 21 |
(WTVO) — Extreme weather and temperatures in the triple digits are threatening lives at home and abroad.
Wildfires have broken out in California and Texas, but also overseas in France, Greece, Portugal and Spain. Officials said that there have been over 1,100 heat-related deaths in Spain and Portugal.
A UPS worker collapsed at a customer’s front door in Arizona’s 110 degree heat, and people in Texas are being asked to limit the use of electricity and water.
Experts said that climate change is to blame. The Washington Post reported that President Biden is considering declaring a “National Climate Emergency,” which would allow the administration to speed up its efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and promote renewable energy. | https://www.mystateline.com/news/international/over-1100-dead-in-worldwide-heat-wave/ | 2022-07-19T23:08:12Z | https://www.mystateline.com/news/international/over-1100-dead-in-worldwide-heat-wave/ | true | null |
WFO LAS VEGAS Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Friday, July 22, 2022
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EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Las Vegas NV
247 PM PDT Tue Jul 19 2022
...EXCESSIVE HEAT WATCH IN EFFECT FROM THURSDAY MORNING THROUGH
FRIDAY EVENING...
* WHAT...Dangerously hot conditions with temperatures of 115 to
120 possible.
* WHERE...In Arizona, Lake Havasu and Fort Mohave and Lake Mead
National Recreation Area. In California, San Bernardino County-
Upper Colorado River Valley. In Nevada, Northeast Clark
County and Lake Mead National Recreation Area.
* WHEN...From Thursday morning through Friday evening.
* IMPACTS...Extreme heat will significantly increase the
potential for heat related illnesses, particularly for those
working or participating in outdoor activities.
* ADDITIONAL DETAILS...Limit outdoor activities...drink lots of
water or other non-alcoholic...non-caffeinated beverages...wear
light weight...light colored clothing and if possible...spend
more time in air conditioned or well ventilated places.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
Monitor the latest forecasts and warnings for updates on this
situation. Be prepared to drink plenty of fluids, stay in an air-
conditioned room, stay out of the sun, and check up on relatives
and neighbors.
Young children and pets should never be left unattended in
vehicles under any circumstances. This is especially true during
warm or hot weather when car interiors can reach lethal
temperatures in a matter of minutes.
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How 5G Can Revolutionize India's Gaming Industry
Gaming experts say that 5G will accelerate esports and video gaming growth in India tremendously
India's telecom industry is waiting for the upcoming 5G spectrum auction with bated breath. Bharti Airtel, Reliance Jio, Vodafone Idea (Vi) and an Adani Group entity have all joined the race to disrupt the space. 5G is expected to bring a telecom revolution. For the gaming sector, this means super-fast downloads and uploads, glitch-free multiplayer video games, live streaming, and real-time gaming.
It is being said that 5G will accelerate esports and video gaming growth in India in multiple ways. We asked experts how.
"5G is powering new possibilities for professional players by maintaining a stable internet connection which is crucial. With a raw speed that is much higher than that of 4G, players can experience a smooth and uninterrupted playtime. With faster speed and improved latency, gamers will get a more competitive edge and will catapult the billion-dollar industry of esports, said Lokesh Suji, director, Esports Federation of India and Vice President of the Asian Esports Federation (AESF).
While traditionally, we need to download the games to play, with 5G, players can enjoy the games on the cloud without compromising their experience. "This will allow users to save space on their mobile devices, PC & Consoles. Video game updates are another big nightmare for our gamers, and these are no small 5-10 MB updates, these are like 1 GB updates and take decent time to download, while with 5G, downloads will happen in a jiffy," he added.
5G is expected to propel the gaming industry by democratizing access to high-end AAA games in the mainstream. "It will also offer gamers, easy access to newer and more unique experiences like AR and VR. Faster internet speed and reliable connection will encourage game developers, designers, and storytellers to work on grander, more complex, and engrossing stories. This freedom will result in more quality content with time," said Vishwalok Nath, director, Esports Premier League.
The rollout and proper adoption of 5G will take a while considering the complexities involved. However, once the rollout crosses a critical threshold, experts say that it will offer impressive flexibility to almost all industries across a wide spectrum.
"The upcoming metaverse, and all virtual reality technology that again would completely elevate the gaming experience, would be facilitated in large parts by 5G. One of the reasons why gaming has become so popular in the last few years is the multiplayer & social experience that games are now able to provide, and 5G is expected to make that even smoother. To be honest, 5G will impact gaming in more ways than one," said Animesh Agarwal, an ex-esports athlete and founder and CEO, 8bit Creatives, a gaming talent management agency.
Last year, telecom giant, Airtel, hosted a cloud gaming demo on a LIVE Airtel 5G test network. S8UL gamers were among a few to experience it firsthand and Agarwal also attended the event with the team. "Our pro gamers, Mortal aka Naman Mathur and 8bit Mamba aka Salman Ahmad tested cloud gaming on the Airtel 5G test network at Manesar. They used mid-segment smartphones connected to a 3500 MHz high capacity spectrum band, recording speeds of over 1 Gbps and a latency of 10 milliseconds. Both the gamers agreed that 5G technology would have an impact on the efficiency and experience of online multiplayer genre games such as battle royale and racing games," said Agarwal.
Further, tournament organizers will be able to organize more localized events with higher participation and reach a wider viewing audience. "This, in turn, will give brands more sponsorship opportunities, not only to reach out to a bigger audience base but also to experiment with more complex advertising formats which would otherwise be very data dependent," said Rohit Agarwal, founder and director, Alpha Zegus, the next-gen marketing agency specializing in the domains of gaming & lifestyle.
With 5G, experts are also sure of seeing more talent coming into the space. "I'm certain we will see more budding talent rise up the ranks since internet connection has always been a matter of concern for many avid esports enthusiasts. With that being said, 5G will definitely lay a huge emphasis on mobile gaming and esports provided the prices are affordable since India is a very price-sensitive market," said Rohit Jagasia, founder and CEO, Revenant Esports. | https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/431610 | 2022-07-19T23:11:55Z | https://www.entrepreneur.com/article/431610 | true | 1 |
JaMychal Green to sign with Warriors after buyout from Thunder
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Utah's Brant Kuithe and Dalton Kincaid named to PFF's Top 10 tight end list
On Tuesday Utah's Brant Kuithe and Dalton Kincaid were named to PFF's top 10 tight end list, joining an elite group of dangerous offensive weapons for the 2022 season.
Checking in at No. 7, Dalton Kincaid was one of Cameron Rising's favorite targets last season, recording 36 receptions for 510 yards and eight touchdowns. For his efforts, Kincaid led the Pac-12 in receiving touchdowns among tight ends and was also fifth in the FBS.
Additionally, His 14.2 yards per reception ranked third among tight ends in the Pac-12 and he was named a Pac-12 All-Conference honorable mention at the end of the season.
Checking in at No. 4, Brant Kuithe has been a staple of the Utah offense for several years and continued to be a reliable target no matter who was under center. In terms of his 2021 production, Kuithe recorded a team-high 611 yards on 50 catches with six touchdowns.
For his efforts, Kuithe ranked second amongst all Pac-12 tight ends in receiving touchdowns with six. He was also named to the Pac-12 All-Conference second-team at the end of the year.
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In what will be their final collegiate seasons, Kuithe and Kincaid are one of the most lethal tight end duo's in the country. Together, the two combined for 86 receptions, 1,121 yards, and 14 touchdowns in 2021. Now, they've both returned to run it back with the Utes one last time in order to complete some "unfinished business."
“I think [there’s] just a lot of unfinished business more than anything. We want to get back and win the Pac-12 championship again and finish what we couldn’t last year. Whether it's the championship or the Rose Bowl, whatever it is, just win that this year," Kincaid said.
Looking ahead to 2022, the two will no doubt continue to produce at a high-level as they aid Cameron Rising and the rest of the team in pursuit of another Pac-12 Championship with hopes of the programs first ever College Football Playoff berth.
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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 businessman Charles Banks, who won praise from Booker T. Washington; the first Black masonic lodge in North Carolina; and a school in rural Florida for the children of Black farm workers and laborers.
The money will also help restore the Virginia home where tennis coach Dr. Robert Walter “Whirlwind” Johnson 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.
“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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Jim Chalmers announces review into Reserve Bank amid surging inflation
With inflation tipped to reach 7 per cent by the year’s end, a major overhaul of Australia’s central bank has been flagged.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers says he’s “not interested in “taking pot shots”, as he announces the first review into the Reserve Bank of Australia in decades.
With warnings interest rates will continue to be hiked over the coming months to keep up with mounting inflation, Mr Chalmers says the review will be about ensuring the central bank is effective into the future.
The terms of reference for the wide-ranging review will include its primary task of keeping inflation between two and three per cent – well below governor Philip Lowe’s prediction of seven per cent; and its forecasting models.
The RBA lowered the cash rate to a record low of 0.1 per cent at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic, but in the last few months has hiked it multiple times to keep up with surging inflation.
Mr Chalmers said he was “really looking forward” to improving the Reserve Bank for the future, and would work collaboratively with Dr Lowe.
“My interest in setting up this review … isn’t to take pot shots at the Reserve Bank or its Governor or its board or to second-guess the decisions that it’s taken independently,” Mr Chalmers told ABC News.
“My job as the Treasurer is to make sure we give them the best set of institutional arrangements so they can make the right decisions into the future.”
Mr Chalmers said the RBA had served Australia “well” over the past six decades, but given the near-term economic challenges currently unfolding, now was the right time to have a review.
Mr Chalmers would not be drawn on how wrong the RBA got its predictions for interest rates and inflation, saying instead it was the aim of the review to ensure predictions in the future could be more accurate.
“Part of doing (this) is to make sure they have the right kind of institution that gives them the best chance to get the forecast right, to get the decisions right,” Mr Chalmers told the Nine Network.
“But also to recognise that the Reserve Bank can’t do all of this difficult heavy lifting in our economy on its own. There’s a role for government too.”
The announcement of the review comes after RBA deputy governor Michell Bullock warned homeowners who took advantage of record low fixed rates could be slugged with a 40 per cent repayment increase when they expire.
The analysis is based on the assumption that interest rates will rise by another 3 per cent, and also predicts just under 30 per cent of owners will struggle to make repayments.
Mr Chalmers said people were “doing it tough”, and the rising interest rates would be harder on those who had not been able to build a buffer in their home loans.
“I think in the main people will find it really hard to find room in their household budgets for these interest rate rises at the same time as they’re paying the skyrocketing costs of electricity and petrol and groceries at the same time,” he said.
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(The Hill) – Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) says former President Trump will face a lot of competition in a Republican primary if he runs for president in 2024.
McConnell, who usually avoids commenting on the former president, predicted that the 2024 Republican primary won’t be a cakewalk for Trump if he runs again.
“I think we’re going to have a crowded field for president. I assume most of that will unfold later and people will be picking their candidates in a crowded primary field,” he told reporters when asked whether he would oppose Trump or stay neutral in the 2024 Senate Republican primary.
The relationship between Trump and McConnell has been strained since McConnell recognized that Joe Biden was elected president by a vote of the Electoral College in December 2020.
Trump routinely attacks McConnell, often using the nickname “Old Crow” and disparaging his leadership of the Senate Republican Conference.
Speculation has mounted in recent weeks that Trump will announce his campaign for president this summer or in the early fall to freeze support for potential rivals, such as Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R).
Trump said recently that he has already made a decision about whether to launch another run for president and now is weighing only whether to announce his decision before or after the midterm election on Nov. 8.
“I feel very confident that if I decide to run, I’ll win,” he told New York Magazine. “Well, in my own mind, I’ve already made that decision, so nothing factors in anymore.”
Talk of Trump launching an early presidential bid has grown as polls have shown his support dipping among Republicans in the midst of a barrage of damaging revelations from the public hearings of the House Jan. 6 select committee, which has examined Trump’s role in inciting the 2021 attack on the U.S. Capitol.
The latest example of Trump’s waning support among Republican voters came in Michigan, where a Glengariff Group poll conducted from July 13 to July 15 found that Trump’s favorable rating among Republican voters was 8 points lower than it was in May.
Former Vice President Mike Pence, former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley, Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas), former Secretary of State Mike Pompeo and Sen. Tim Scott (S.C.) are viewed as potential Republican candidates for president in 2024. | https://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/mcconnell-trump-will-face-crowded-gop-field-if-he-runs-for-president/ | 2022-07-19T23:21:14Z | https://www.counton2.com/news/national-news/mcconnell-trump-will-face-crowded-gop-field-if-he-runs-for-president/ | true | 21 |
MADISON, Wis. — Filmmaker Steven Spielberg, the most commercially successful director of all time, donated $20,000 to Democratic Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers’ reelection campaign, a tally released Tuesday showed.
Spielberg and his wife, actress Kate Capshaw, were among 31 people who gave Evers the maximum $20,000 donation allowed under law, according information from the Wisconsin Democracy Campaign. Those 31 top donors gave Evers a total of $620,000.
Of the $10.1 million Evers raised over the first half of the year, about $4.3 million came in cash and in-kind donations from the Wisconsin Democratic Party, the Democracy Campaign said. That helped Evers report the highest amount of fundraising over that period for any incumbent governor, beating the previous record set by then-Gov. Scott Walker at about $5.5 million in 2018.
Evers beat Walker, a Republican, in 2018 and is running for a second term.
Spielberg, who directed such blockbusters as “E.T.”, “Jurassic Park” and “Jaws”, is a longtime supporter of Democratic candidates across the country. Earlier this year he and Capshaw also donated $10,000 each to Democratic Nevada Attorney General Aaron Ford’s campaign.
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The Aug. 9 Wisconsin primary will determine who Evers faces in November. One of the top Republican candidates in that race, construction company co-owner Tim Michels, has spent $7.9 million of his own money so far. Former Lt. Gov. Rebecca Kleefisch raised $3.6 million over the first half of the year and didn’t contribute any of her own money.
Other notable $20,000 donors to Evers, as tracked by the Democracy Campaign, include:
— Jeff and Erica Lawson, of San Francisco. Jeff Lawson is co-founder and chief executive officer of Twilio.
— Billionaire couple Dirk and Natasha Ziff, of New York City.
— David Rusenko, of San Francisco. He is founder and chief executive officer of Weebly and e-commerce general manager of Square.
— Monica Horan Rosenthal, of Los Angeles. She is an actress who appeared in the sitcom “Everybody Loves Raymond.”
— Jennifer Soros, of New York City, president of the Jennifer and Jonathan Allan Soros Foundation. | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-steven-spielberg-wisconsin-governor-20220719-raw46dq7ffd7tlzrrbl6x7azfm-story.html | 2022-07-19T23:21:23Z | https://www.sun-sentinel.com/news/nationworld/ct-aud-nw-steven-spielberg-wisconsin-governor-20220719-raw46dq7ffd7tlzrrbl6x7azfm-story.html | true | 21 |
Program Will Help Bring More Diverse Talent into Commercial Real Estate Industry
BETHESDA, Md., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Walker & Dunlop, Inc. announced today that it will be a corporate sponsor of the Rutgers Center for Real Estate, pledging to help students, especially those from minority backgrounds, to better prepare for careers in the commercial real estate industry. The partnership offers invaluable hands-on learning opportunities, mentorship by industry experts, paid internships with on-the-job experience, and one-on-one support from industry professionals.
Irelynne Estevez-Waller, vice president of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion at Walker & Dunlop said, "We want to open doors for students who otherwise may not have had this opportunity. Working with Rutgers allows us to lend our expertise to those who are interested in our industry and ultimately develop a new diverse talent pool."
Students will enter into competitions that test their knowledge of commercial reauity, vffl estate finance and development in real-world situations. One of the available internships is through Project Destined, a non-profit that specializes in training underserved youth about real estate and investments.
"Our corporate partners like Walker & Dunlop are extremely important because of the experiential learning opportunities and support they provide," Lei Lei, dean of Rutgers Business School, said in Rutgers' announcement of the new sponsorship. "Our students will be able to apply their knowledge in real-world situations offering them powerful learning experiences and strengthening their time in the classroom."
"Our alliance with Rutgers will provide students with the network and experience that will enhance their resumes and prepare them for jobs upon graduation. By supporting these students, we are helping to ensure a diversified talent pipeline in the commercial real estate industry," Estevez-Waller said.
"It is an honor for Rutgers to have Walker & Dunlop as a corporate partner, given its long history of excellence and its commitment to diversity in commercial real estate," said Morris A. Davis, the Paul J. Profeta Chair of Real Estate and academic director for the Rutgers Center for Real Estate. "We look forward to exploring all the possible benefits to our students."
Walker & Dunlop is committed to being a leader in diversity, equity and inclusion. Through our strong partnerships with organizations focused on education, our industry leadership through CRE United, and our own ambitious company goals, we strive to cultivate a more diverse industry that reflects the composition of the neighborhoods in which we live, work, shop, and play.
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Suicide is the act of intentionally causing one’s own death. It seems to be part of the human condition having been recorded for thousands of years. Hippocrates, Plato, and Aristotle wrote about the act. Socrates actually committed suicide after receiving his death sentence. Shakespeare’s work reflected life in Elizabethan times and some of his characters committed suicide, the most famous being the teenagers Romeo and Juliet.
The causes of suicide are now better understood and include mental disorders such as depression, bipolar disorder, personality disorders, anxiety disorders, physical disorders such as chronic fatigue syndrome and substance use disorders. Some suicides are impulsive acts due to stress such as academic difficulties, relationship problems or harassment and bullying.
In 2021, emergency departments across the United States noted a sharp rise in 12-17 year olds needing treatment for suicidal thoughts or actions. In a recent federal survey, more than 4 in 10 high school students reported feeling “persistently sad or hopeless,” while 1 in 5 said they had thought about suicide. Grief, isolation and fear caused by the COVID-19 pandemic are a part of the increase but pressures have been rising for years that have young people considering suicide.
Knowing risk factors can help families and their children cope when life feels overwhelming. Young people who have already tried to take their life may face higher risks for trying again because of the stigma and shame they feel after the first attempt. Research has also shown that after a suicide attempt that self-harm such as cutting, places the child at higher risks for suicide in the following year.
Other teen suicide risks are discussed in healthychildren.org and include the following: family issues such as other family members who have committed suicide, abusive and violent families, separation from loved ones due to death, divorce, deployment, incarceration or deportation, homelessness. Social pressures related to sexual orientation/gender identity or racism leads to discrimination, hostility, rejection and systemic bias that lead to suicide. The American Psychological Association offers tools and insights for strategies for overcoming the erosive effects of racism.
Adolescents who experience depression are more likely to attempt suicide. Because 1 in 5 adolescents will face depression, the American Academy of Pediatrics recommends depression screening in all children over 12. Other psychiatric disorders such as mood or eating disorders or substance use are at higher risk for suicide. Kids that are bullied and those who bully are at higher risks whether the bullying happens face to face or online.
Prevention of suicide includes knowing that it’s OK to ask and to talk about suicide. It is important to seek professional help and sometimes telehealth is a good option for care.
Starting July 16 there is a new number to contact the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 24/7. It is 988. This will help anyone experiencing a mental health crisis to connect with trained staff. It is free and confidential. If needed, connection to local support will be given.
Sally Robinson is a clinical professor of pediatrics at UTMB Children’s Hospital. This column isn’t intended to replace the advice of your child’s physician.
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AUSTIN (KXAN) — The Austin woman who allegedly shot and killed pro-cyclist Moriah Wilson could appear in an Austin courtroom for the first time Wednesday after spending 43 days on the run.
According to court records, Armstrong is scheduled for a pretrial hearing in the 403rd District Court for her first degree murder charge. Pretrial hearings are typically quick and procedural, but also offer attorneys the opportunity to file motions, ask for specific evidence to be included or not and set the stage for trial.
KXAN has reached out to Armstrong’s attorney, Rick Cofer, regarding the hearing and has not yet received a response. According to court documents, he is also representing Armstrong for her theft of service charge, a class B misdemeanor, after she allegedly did not pay for a Botox session in March 2018. Court records show Armstrong has a jail docket call on that case Wednesday morning, prior to her hearing.
Armstrong is being held on a $3.5 million bond in Travis County’s jail after police say she shot and killed Wilson in mid-May and then fled the country using someone else’s passport. She was captured in Costa Rica before being exported back to the United States for trial.
Find some of KXAN’s previous reporting on the case here:
- Slain cyclist Moriah Wilson, 25, ‘exceptional in every way’
- As federal agents search for Austin murder suspect, #RideLikeMo starts in honor of victim
- Family of slain cyclist clears up details of alleged romantic relationship
- Murder suspect flew out of Austin to New York days after cyclist’s death
- Suspect in cyclist’s murder dropped off at New Jersey airport, US Marshals say
- Kaitlin Armstrong captured in Costa Rica, records show bail set at $3.5 million
- Kaitlin Armstrong now in Austin from Houston jail
- How Austin murder suspect Kaitlin Armstrong tried to hide from authorities
Wilson was visiting Austin for a race. She was staying with a friend, who found her shot and bleeding the night of her murder.
“Moriah was a talented, kind, and caring young woman. Her life was taken from her before she had the opportunity to achieve everything she dreamed of. Our family, and all those who loved her, will forever miss her,” her family’s statement said in part.
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Russian tennis player Daria Kasatkina has said in a video interview released on Monday that she is dating a woman, coming out as gay amid a tense environment under the Russian government for the LGBTQ community across that country.
The French Open semifinalist's comments come as the Russian parliament discusses even more tightening of very stringent restrictions on public discussions of LGBTQ relationships. Kasatkina is the highest-placed Russian in the women's tennis rankings. She has also called for an end to Russia's invasion of Ukraine and the ongoing war there.
Kasatkina said that she believes that “living in the closet” would not be sustainable long-term. “There is no point, it would always be going round in your head until you say something. Obviously, each person decides how to open up and how much,” Kasatkina said.
"This notion of someone wanting to be gay or becoming one is ridiculous. I think there is nothing easier in this world than being straight," she said as quoted by CNN. "Seriously, if there is a choice, no one would choose being gay. Why make your life harder, especially in Russia? What's the point?"
"Living in the closet is impossible. It is too hard, it is pointless," Kasatkina said. "Living in peace with yourself is the only thing that matters."
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The eco-hypocrite jet set: Stars such as Oprah, Mark Wahlberg, Jay Z and Steven Spielberg lecture us about saving the planet... then use their private jets for flights that take just MINUTES instead of driving
- Kim Kardashian flew the same controversial route as sister Kylie days before she was hit with a backlash
- Legendary talk show host Oprah Winfrey has previously urged people to be more environmentally conscious
- Famous faces seem to plump for luxury multimillion dollar jets made by Gulfstream and Bombardier
- Rapper Drake, beauty billionaire Kylie Jenner and her sister Kim have all nicknamed the jets after themselves
They love to lecture about saving the planet with social media posts about going vegan, cutting CO2 emissions or ditching gas-guzzling vehicles.
But these celebrities then go and use their multi-million-dollar private jets to make journeys that take just minutes - and would often be quicker by car.
One website has exposed the eco-hypocrites for their not-so green credentials, with stars including Oprah Winfrey, Mark Wahlberg, Jay Z and Steven Spielberg among those outed.
Twitter handle @celebjets chronicled their journeys over the last few months, with many trips lasting less than 30 minutes from lift off to landing.
Wahlberg's plane took flight for just nine minutes as it jetted across LA, while Spielberg's clocked in at a staggering 17 minutes.
It comes after the social media page outed Kylie Jenner for a 12-minute flight across California, which saw her branded a 'climate criminal' by furious eco-warriors.
Meanwhile her sister Kourtney faced a huge backlash by fans for posting about carbon emissions in February, despite the family's excessive private air travel.
Aviation experts have said that the focus of private jets should be on 'responsible travel', by using 'carbon offset schemes.
Short haul flights of at least ten minutes can cause 1 ton of Co2 emissions to be created during the journey as well as gallons of fuel being burned off.
Here, DailyMail.com looks at some of the celebrities who have been exposed for their staggeringly short private jet flights:
Oprah Winfrey - Flew 37 minutes after saying the environment is the 'most precious jewel'
Talk show icon Oprah Winfrey, 68, has been an avid user of private jets for more than a decade, taking her beloved dogs on trips with her
Oprah flew her $70million Gulfstream G650 jet, which she bought in 2015, from DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta to Nashville International Airport in 37 minutes on June 30.
A hour-long commercial flight, from an airport less than 20 miles away, costs just $208, and results in 0.05 tons of Co2 emissions being used.
Oprah's flight, which cut out just eight miles in total, used up 312 gallons of jet fuel, cost $2,167 in fuel and added up to 3 tons of Co2 emissions.
The 68-year-old talk show host wrote an article for Oprah daily in 2019, explaining why the environment is the 'thing she values most in life.'
Billionaire Oprah wrote: 'Every morning I walk the bountiful acreage I call home. I take care of it as if it were the most precious jewel. Because to me, it is sacred.
'How fragile our existence. How enormous our potential. How much we take it all for granted.
'Every time I see a picture of an ocean creature caught in plastic, I'm heartsick. Every time I drink from a plastic bottle or use a paper towel, I'm aware of my contribution to the problem.'
She has regularly shared picture of herself enjoying the luxurious if her jet in the past, including comforting her beloved dog Luke as they fly.
Steven Spielberg - Jetted 17 minutes after saying 'I'm terrified of global warming'
Steven Spielberg has previously said he is 'terrified' of global warming, calling for 'everyone' to be mindful that it could 'pose a danger to your children and grandchildren.
But the director and film producer didn't let that stop him from taking his $70million Gulfstream G650 jet, the same as Oprah's, on a 17-minute flight on June 29.
His 28-mile trip from Amsterdam Airport to Rotterdam Airport would have taken him just 36 minutes by car, or an hour by public transport.
According to CelebrityJets, the flight used 145 gallons of jet fuel, cost him $1,011 for the fuel and resulted in 2 tons of Co2 emissions.
Speaking about his new movie Ready Player One in 2018, Spielberg said: 'I'm terrified of global warming. Global warming is a scientific reality it's not a political trick, it's a true piece of real measurable quantifiable since.
'And people have to come around to believing that were are going to have a confrontation with destiny unless we do something about it today.
'I think we have to blame everybody that is just, when you are not mindful of something that could pose a danger to your children and grandchildren.
'Then you just go blithely through life with aerosol cans and doing all sorts of things that are depleting the ozone.'
Jay Z and Beyoncé - 47-minute trip goes against their 'Greenprint Project'
Jay Z had a privte jet gifted to him by Puma, who even personalized the luxury Gulfstream IV with a tail number just for him
Power couple Beyoncé and Jay-Z have been encouraging the masses to switch to a plant-based diet with their Greenprint Project.
They want to share the 'positive impact we can have on the world by eating plant-based meals' according to the website.
The international stars own a $40million Bombardier Challenger 850, which can hold up to 19 passengers and has a kitchen, bedroom, two bathrooms, and a living room
But rapper Jay-Z also has access to a luxury Gulfstream IV, created and personalised for him by Puma – even created a tail number for him.
The Puma jet flew from Seattle International Airport to Eugene Airport in just 47minutes on July 17.
A commercial flight would set you back $178, and take an hour and five minutes to get to the destination.
Driving by car would take just under five hours, with the commercial flight taking one mile less and results in 0.07 tons of Co2 emissions being used.
The flight used up 353 gallons of jet fuel, costing $2,411 and ultimately creating 4 tons of Co2 emissions.
Speaking about the Greenprint Project, Beyonce said: 'The information is hard to ignore, the benefits of a single plant-based meal a day can have such a profound impact on our health and the environment, spanning from cutting carbon emissions to conserving water.
'We want to challenge you as we challenge ourselves to move towards a more plant-based lifestyle and acknowledge you for standing up for your health and the health of the planet.'
Drake - 18 minutes across Canada after launching partnership to 'reduce carbon footprint'
Drake had a Boeing 727 personalized for himself, with 'Air Drake' emblazoned on the engine of the multimillion dollar jet
Rapper Drake flew on his private plane for just 18 minutes from John Munro Hamilton International airport to Toronto Pearson International airport in Canada.
The 35-year-old could have driven between the two in 45 minutes, or 47 miles, but instead used 519 gallons of fuel on July 12.
According to CelebrityJets his Boeing 727, it would have cost him $3,590 for the short haul trip – adding up to 5 tons of Co2.
His plane, dubbed 'Air Drake' has gold detailing on the walls, a theatre room, three private suites, velvet couches and can hold a maximum of 30 passengers.
The star announced that he was partnering with Aspiration last year, after the start up also partnered with Leonardo DiCaprio and Robert Downey Jr.
Speaking about the project he said: 'It's exciting to partner with a company that's found an easy way to offer everyone the ability to reduce their carbon footprint.
'Aspiration's innovative approach to combating climate change is really inspiring and I hope together we can help to motivate and create awareness.'
Mark Wahlberg - Nine-minute flight across California
Wahlberg, who starred in M Night Shyamalan's climate change thrilled The Happening, jetted from LAX airport in LA, to Van Nuys Airport
Hollywood superstar Mark Wahlberg completely switched up his died in 2020 to a completely plant-based diet after years of eating huge amounts of animal products.
The Father Stu actor, 50, said that he felt 'really good' for the change, and advocated the removal of meat from his diet for the improvement.
Wahlberg, who starred in M Night Shyamalan's climate change thrilled The Happening, jetted from LAX airport in LA, to Van Nuys Airport at around 10pm on July 1.
He flew just nine minutes in his Bombardier BD-700 plane on the 19-mile trip, which would have taken around 40 minutes in a car with no traffic.
Alternatively, he could have taken a bus, which could have taken just over an hour, to get to his destination.
His flight used up 83 gallons of jet fuel, which cost $579 and created one ton of Co2 emissions.
Speaking to Boston.com in 2016 he said that he was 'very aware of the real world', after claiming that celebrities were 'in a bubble'.
Kim Kardashian - 10-minute trip on her $150million private jet
Kim was also slammed by fans for incessantly bragging about her own $150million private jet with cashmere from floor to ceiling and two luxury bathroom
More than a week before her sister Kylie Jenner faced a huge backlash for taking a 12 minute flight across California, Kim Kardashian flew the same route but two minutes quicker.
Kim, star of the Hulu show The Kardashians, flew from Van Nuys airport in Los Angeles to Camarillo Airport in ten minutes on July 7.
The 41-year-old jetted off on her $150million Gulfstream G650, fully personalised with cream carpets, on the 35-mile trip.
Experts revealed her trip would have cost $7200 for an hour if the private jet had been hired rather than owned by the star.
The trip would have taken her just 50 minutes to complete from one airport to the other with no traffic.
Using her private jet meant that 91 gallons of fuel were used, costing her $636 in fuel and creating 1 ton of Co2 emissions.
Previously the star has said that she wants to be more eco-friendly and has been making her various businesses environmentally friendly.
Her SKKN range stats on the website: 'To further reduce our environmental impact, Refills are packaged inside recycled materials and delivered to you inside compostable kraft bags.'
Kylie Jenner - 12-minute trip on 'Air Kylie' despite eco-conscious products
Kylie Jenner has been called a 'climate criminal' for reportedly taking a 12-minute flight on a private jet after coming under fire for boasting about her and Travis Scott's planes
Kylie Jenner has been slammed for taking a 12-minute flight on her private jet – for a 26-mile journey that would have taken just 39 minutes by car.
The 24-year-old billionaire was blasted as a 'climate criminal' for her short haul journey across California last week despite her lectures on protecting the environment.
She took her $70million 'Kylie Air' private plane twice across the county on July 13, and again just two days later on July 15.
The Bombardier Global 7500 jet travelled for 35 minutes from Palm Springs, just outside LA, to Van Nuys, near her $36million Hidden Hills mansion on July 15.
Two hours later the mum-of-two then flew from Van Nuys, to Camarillo in in Ventura County, California - a trip which took just 12 minutes .
Earlier, on July 13, Kylie had also flown from Camarillo to Van Nuys a trip of just 17 minutes. She had then taken a 29-minute flight, going from from Van Nuys to Palm Springs.
Experts revealed her trip would have cost around $1600 to just fuel the plane, but if the private jet had been hired it would have set her back about $7200.
Had the star driven the 26-mile trip from her home in Hidden Hills, to Camarillo it would have taken her just 39 minutes without the horrendous traffic that is usual in those areas.
But instead she drove 30 minutes in the wrong direction to Van Nuys airport, before jumping on the plane - with the journey taking longer despite the 12-minute flight.
She has consistently plugged the eco-friendly products she buys for her daughter Stormi, four, as well as telling her 359million social media she was going 'vegan and clean' with her products because it was 'time to elevate.'
The jet-setting hypocrisy of the super-rich climate preachers!
BY ISOLDE WALTERS for the Mail on Sunday
Katy Perry: Flew Kim’s false nails 2,451 miles
When Orlando Bloom accepted an award for environmental campaigning in 2018, he urged: ‘The urgency of climate change has never rung louder... The world is changing and we need to change our habits along with it.’
However, it later emerged the Hollywood actor, 45, had flown to the event in Monaco with his fiancée, pop singer Katy Perry, on a private jet.
In 2015, Perry, 37, told fans: ‘Share your story on how you are helping to reduce climate change with the hashtag #FightUnfair.’
Three years later she reportedly flew false nails for Kim Kardashian by private jet 2,451 miles from LA to New York after the reality star forgot to pack them.
Perry was seen leaving a private jet in France in July 2021.
Katy Perry, right, and with daughter Daisy, above, last July
Brooklyn: I cut back on water for tea
The whole Beckham family has advocated action on climate change.
David and Victoria’s eldest son Brooklyn told GQ Magazine in April last year: ‘I do the basics, like not letting the water run when I brush my teeth, measure out my water for tea and I do not let the water run when I shower. Easy things like that make a difference.’
Yet the 23-year-old and his wife, heiress Nicola Peltz, 27, travelled by private jet on their first Christmas together in 2019.
He also flew with his family by private jet to Miami in December 2020.
Victoria and David flew by private plane to Brooklyn and Nicola’s Palm Beach wedding in Florida in April.
Brooklyn Beckham, wife Nicola and one of their dogs on the runway in 2020
Harry: Fans urged to sign up to concert ‘eco villages’
Harry Styles may have launched a climate change campaign with his former One Direction bandmates – but that hasn’t stopped him zipping around the globe on private jets to venues where he is performing.
In July 2015, One Direction worked with Save The Children to urge young fans to play their part in protecting the Earth and ‘put pressure on our leaders’.
The Watermelon Sugar singer also set up ‘eco village’ stands at gigs on his Love On Tour, which encouraged fans to ‘take action for the climate’.
Yet last October, Styles, 28, was seen landing in Orlando, Florida, on a private jet.
He was also in attendance at the ‘Camp Google’ climate summit in 2019, where VIPs including Prince Harry arrived on 114 different private jets.
A source close to Styles said he uses commercial flights as well.
Last October, Styles, 28, was seen landing in Orlando, Florida, on a private jet
Sussexes: Barefoot speeches for Google
The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have spoken out to urge more action to protect the planet.
In June 2019, the couple told their nearly 10 million Instagram followers: ‘With nearly 7.7 billion people inhabiting this Earth, every choice, every footprint, every action makes a difference.’
A month later, Prince Harry, 37, travelled to the island of Sicily via private jet to make a barefoot speech at a Google summit on climate change.
In May last year, he said: ‘We need to do better about stopping or allowing the things that are causing so much harm.’
Yet in June, the couple hopped on a Bombardier Global 6000 – one of the most polluting types of private jet – back to California after a three-day stay in the UK for the Platinum Jubilee. In the past year, they’ve taken at least six private jet flights.
Meghan exiting a jet with Archie in 2019
Djokovic: Educate children to recycle
Novak Djokovic has spoken candidly about how much he cares for the natural world.
Last August, the Serbian tennis legend, right, said: ‘Environmental issues are essential. Not just for me, I think it should be essential for anybody else. This is the only planet we’ve got and so we might as well try to take care of it.’
A blog on his Novak Djokovic Foundation’s website in 2019 urged parents to be ‘eco role models’ for their children by getting them to recycle and not waste water.
Yet Djokovic, 35, flies around the world on a private jet supplied by rival Roger Federer’s firm NetJets, which hires its fleet to VIPs.
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9 These Soft, Lightweight Flats With A Breathable Floral Design These pretty ballet flats have floral-shaped cutouts on the outsole which don’t just add a cool design but also help with airflow, making these shoes nice and breathable. The soles are padded with memory foam, which makes it feel like you’re walking on a cloud all day, and the shoes are bendable, so they’ll move with your feet instead of feeling stiff and awkward.
Available sizes: 5 — 11 (including half sizes) Available colors: 13
10 These Durable Braided Sandals That Might Replace Your Others These braided sandals are so durable they might replace the more expensive braided options in your closet. They give you that athletic-style sandal moment that’s made for walking by the water, but there’s also arch support plus a bendy lightweight sole at the base of those adorable braided straps. You can also adjust the back strap to make these fit flawlessly, but there aren’t any buckles that will pinch your skin.
Available sizes: 5 — 12 Available colors: 21
11 These Cushiony Cloud Sandals With Buckle Straps Most cloud sandals have one big strap, but these cloud sandals keep your feet cooler, since the two smaller straps allow for more air flow. Plus, the matching buckles are actually adjustable, which helps these stand out in the crowded cloud sandal market. You’ll still get the waterproof and extra-cushioned cloud-like sole, which makes these ideal for wearing everywhere and with everything. They also come in plenty of colors to match your outfits.
Available sizes: 5 — 12 Available colors: 16
12 These Minimalist Flip Flops That Still Have Padded Soles If you want to wear flip-flops with your silky slip dress — these faux-leather flip-flops are the ones to go for. They have minimalist and thin straps that will totally match anything, but they have a thin yet cushiony sole that will support you as you walk. They also come in colors like beige, black, and snakeskin that will go with any classic outfit.
Available sizes: 5 — 15 (including half sizes and wide options) Available colors: 8
13 These Real Leather Loafers With A Stylish Yet Grippy Design The unique rubber dots on the bottom of these leather loafers actually make them way comfier. Instead of a stiff sole, like some loafers tend to have, this grippy design allows the loafers to bend as you walk. Plus, they have lightweight leather and a unique design that also lets you wear them as slides.
Available sizes: 4.5 — 12 (including half sizes) Available colors: 8
14 This Pair Of Breathable Pull-On Sneakers If you want to wear pull-on sneakers but still have the option to adjust them — grab these walking sneakers. Simply use the drawstring hardware to adjust the comfy elastic laces. These walking sneakers are also mesh and water-resistant, o, no worries if you step in a puddle while you’re walking your pup. The mesh is designed to let all of that puddle water drain right out of these breathable shoes.
Available sizes: 6 — 11 (including half sizes) Available colors: 28
15 These Stretchy, Strappy Sandals That Look More Expensive Than They Are All of the straps on these cushioned sandals are super stretchy, but they don’t look like elastic. How? The unique colors and textures (like leopard print) make these stretchy straps look like any fabric sandal. Even the simple black option in these vegan sandals won’t give away how stretchy they are — but your feet will know the difference.
Available sizes: 6 — 11 Available colors: 7
16 These Pull-On Sneakers That Look So Sleek These comfy sneakers give you that easy pull-on design without any unnecessary elastic straps for a truly seamless look and feel. Instead, you get a pull tab at the back that makes taking these off and on convenient. Plus, the top of these sneakers looks way more sleek with ventilated mesh and zero laces.
Available sizes: 5 — 13 Available colors: 33
17 The Durable Sandals That Feel Like You’re Standing On A Yoga Mat These are the durable sandals you need for long days of walking or standing. The black option looks as chic as anything in your closet, but they also give you athletic accents. They’re lightweight, skid-resistant, plush, and of course, they have super functional velcro straps. These straps are also complete with comfy padding for the back of your ankle.
Available sizes: 6 — 11 Available colors: 15
18 A Pair Of Beachy Sandals With A Unique Layered Platform Wedge These beachy sandals have a unique platform that doesn’t look too chunky. It’s all about the three layers that break up the 2-inch sole, adding dimension and a fab look to these shoes. There’s a cork insole, a braided rope accent, and finally, a white sole with plenty of tread for necessary grip when walking.
Available sizes: 6 — 11 (including half sizes and wide options) Available colors: 5
19 A Pair Of Ballet Flats With Knit Fabric That Are *So* Chic These memory foam ballet flats have a knit outsole that honestly just makes more sense than stiff faux-leather. I mean, you don’t have to worry about sweater-like fabric digging into the top of your foot or the back or your ankle. Plus, this fabric makes these flats lighter than faux-leather options, so you’ll feel like you’re wearing nothing even though you have a great style and support system on your feet.
Available sizes: 5 — 15 (including half sizes and wide options) Available styles: 5
20 These Super Soft Microfiber Sneakers With A Stretchy Slip-On Design These memory foam sneakers are already comfy, but you also get a stretchy, handy elastic band on the sides, so they aren’t super tight when you walk. These little add-ons also make them easier to pull on, which is great for days when you literally need to run out the door. Plus, the recycled fabric on top comes in trendy microfiber and faux-leather styles.
Available sizes: 5 — 12 (including half sizes) Available styles: 8
21 These Sneakers With Breathable, Low-Profile Vents These lightweight sneakers are packed with so many little vents on the bottom, which is always a plus with workout shoes. These vents are super low-profile, like ventilated mesh on top and small holes on the side, so they allow your feet to breathe while looking super seamless. The vents on the side are complete with a quilted pattern, so they simply look like part of the trendy design.
Available sizes: 6 — 10 (including half sizes) Available colors: 11
22 These Flats With A Fold-Up Design & Loafer Style If your closet (and bags... and car) are already filled with foldable shoes, grab these loafer-style flats . They have that bendy fold-up design, but they also have a unique loafer look that will totally stand out and easily dress up for the office. The inside of these shoes is remarkably soft, so you won’t feel put out if you stand all day.
Available sizes: 5 — 11 Available styles: 8
23 These Fabric Sandals That Hold Your Feet Like A Sling These super unique fabric sandals go with your leggings way more than your faux-leather sandals. The top is a sofy fabric that holds your foot like a sling, and the bottom is a cushiony sole that is actually made from yoga mats. Plus, the unique fabric straps come in 10 colors to really match your leggings.
Available sizes: 5 — 11 Available colors: 10
24 A Pair Of Classic White Sneakers That Keep Your Feet Cool & Dry These white sneakers are way better than your others because they genuinely keep your feet, cool, dry, and comfortable. The moisture-absorbing terry lining makes the inside super soft but also more functional than your other trendy sneakers. Don’t worry — these padded sneakers will still give you the same look with the white faux-leather.
Available sizes: 5 — 12 (including half sizes) Available colors: White
25 These Memory Foam Ballet Flats With A Sweater Texture These memory foam ballet flats have the coziest sweater-like texture — they’re even complete with a rib-knit accent at the top. Even though it looks like cozy fabric, these pointed flats are actually stretchy and breathable. This flexible sweater-like fabric also means you can fold up these mesh flats for easy packing and portability.
Available sizes: 5 — 11 (including half sizes) Available styles: 15
26 A Pair Of Supportive Sandals With Plenty Of Unique Styles If you don’t love the flower cutouts on these faux-leather sandals , they come in plenty of other options. There are styles with ankle straps, studs, and even one option that’s metallic and animal print. They’re all cushioned and complete with anti-slip soles, so these fashionable shoes will feel great on your feet. Best of all, each one has wide straps to keep them more secure.
Available sizes: 5.5 — 12 (including half sizes) Available styles: 12
27 These Braided Tie-Up Sandals That Are Actually Soft Tie-up sandals aren’t typically the comfiest, but these tie-up sandals are actually super soft. The braided straps are made with comfy suede fabric, so your ankles will be totally happy — even after wearing these all day. Plus, the straps are more flexible than most sandals, so they’re good for packing for a fun beach vacay.
Available sizes: 7 — 11 Available colors: 3
28 A Pair Of Athletic Sandals That Look Trendy Enough For Your Bike Shorts These athletic sandals actually look trendy. They even come in a bunch of patterns that will totally go with your bike shorts — even your super trendy colors and designs. You can wear them in the water, and they’re complete with shock absorption for whatever workout you’re doing. Plus, the velcro straps are lined with padding, which means these feel good all over your feet, not just on the bottom.
Available sizes: 6 — 11 Available colors: 15
29 These Retro Sneakers That You’ll Be Able To Wear Everywhere For Years These retro Puma sneakers come in so many neutral options as well as hot pink, dark green, and two different metallic accents. As for the fit, they have a nice low arch that’s supportive without being too obvious, and these classic kicks are well-made enough that you can wear them for years and years.
Available sizes: 5.5 — 11 Available colors: 12
30 These Comfy Braided Sandals That Aren’t Velcro If you already have way too many trendy velcro sandals, grab these comfy braided sandals . They still have a rubber sole to make them comfortable enough to hike in, but they’re still totally boardwalk-worthy, too. Plus, the water-resistant braided straps will look a little better than velcro with your flowy swimsuit coverup. These lightweight sandals even come in a brown and turquoise braided option for your favorite white coverup.
Available sizes: 5.5 — 11 Available colors: 5
31 These Running Shoes With A Comfier Ankle Design These Cloudfoam running shoes obviously have comfy cushioning inside, but they also have a comfier ankle design. It’s low on the sides and higher on the back of your ankle, so it won’t slip off or cause uncomfortable rubbing. Plus, the mesh fabric is soft and flexible on your ankles.
Available size: 4.5 — 12 (including kids sizes) Available colors: 31
32 These Waterproof Slides With A Soft, Flexible, Non-Slip Sole These waterproof slides are the ones to grab if you don’t love buckles or extra straps on your sandals. They give you an extra-thick 1.75-inch sole with a molded footbed to keep them secure without any annoying features. Plus, these cushiony shoes come in more muted and trendy colors than a lot of waterproof slides, but you can still grab them in tie-dye and leopard print for a wilder look.
Available sizes: 5 — 12 Available colors: 20
33 These Trendy Sneakers With A Super Unique, Trendy Design The bottom of these trendy sneakers are extra-unique with geometric cutouts. These supportive cutouts actually help with shock absorption, so they make the soles way easier to walk on, even in rough terrain. As for the top of these bold sneakers, you’ll get two easy pull tabs at the back and lightweight mesh fabric, and the logo is a trendy, loud look that will amp up any look.
Available sizes: 5.5 — 10.5 (including half sizes) Available colors: 17
34 These Neutral Sandals With Stretchy Straps These faux-leather sandals give you two faux-leather straps and two stretchy straps — so you don’t have to hook any buckles. The comfy insole matches the straps and has a wider toe cap, so you can pull these sandals on, and your toes will have plenty of room. Grab them in blue, black, beige, or brown faux-leather, and be prepared for these neutral shoes to match everything in your closet.
Available sizes: 5 — 11 Available colors: 4
35 A Pair Of Platform Sandals That Have Memory Foam Insoles These platform sandals are free of an uncomfortable ankle strap, and they even have memory foam. Yes — inside that Y2K-inspired platform is a memory foam insole that makes these sandals way comfier than most platforms. They come in black or beige, and both options are complete with soft rib-knit straps.
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(The Hill) – The House passed a bill on Tuesday to protect marriage equality, a direct response to an opinion from Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas last month that called for reversing multiple decisions that enshrined LGBTQ rights.
The legislation, titled the Respect for Marriage Act, passed in a 267-157 vote, with 47 Republicans joining all Democrats present in supporting the measure. Seven Republicans did not vote.
The measure, which faces a shaky future in the 50-50 Senate, calls for the repeal of the Defense of Marriage Act (DOMA), a bill former President Clinton signed into law in 1996 that recognized marriage as “only a legal union between one man and one woman as husband and wife.” The measure referred to the word spouse as “a person of the opposite sex who is a husband or a wife.”
DOMA had passed through both chambers of Congress with bipartisan support.
If passed by the Senate and signed into law, the Respect for Marriage Act would also require that individuals are considered married if they were wed in a state where marriage was legal. The provision, according to the House Judiciary Committee, ensures that same-sex and interracial couples are treated equally to other married individuals on the federal level.
Additionally, the bill gives the attorney general authority to launch civil action against any individuals who violate it and allows any individuals to take civil action if their rights as laid out in the bill are breached.
House passage of the bill comes less than one month after the Supreme Court issued a ruling overturning Roe v. Wade, the 1973 landmark case that protected access to abortion as a constitutional right.
Thomas penned a concurring opinion to the decision that called on the court to reconsider all substantive due process precedents established by the bench, including Lawrence v. Texas, the 2003 case that barred states from outlawing consensual gay sex, and Obergefell v. Hodges, the 2015 ruling that made same-sex marriage a constitutional right.
In the majority opinion, however, Justice Samuel Alito said that by striking down Roe, the bench was not calling for reversing other rulings.
House Democrats introduced the Respect for Marriage Act and brought it to the floor for a vote as a preemptive step to protect LGBTQ+ rights in case the court moves to chip away at the two cases in the future.
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A 19-Year-Old Woman was raped and brutally stabbed to death at her home in Agenebode, Edo State, NaijaCover Reports.
Precious Agbokhade was home alone on Sunday, July 17, after her parents and siblings went to church.
When the family returned, they found blood all over the house and Precious lying lifeless, NaijaCover Learnt.
They noticed she was raped before being killed.
A Video Shared Online As Sighted By NaijaCover, shows a woman believed to be her mother wailing beside her body.
Friends have taken to Facebook to mourn her.
Her loved ones are also asking the relevant authorities to fish out her killers and ensure they are brought to justice.
Watch Videos From The Scene Of The Murder, As Obtained By NaijaCover Below:
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Abia State Polytechnic, Aba, has lost its accreditation from the National Board for Technical Education (NBTE) for failing to pay staff salaries and allowances for over 30 months.
In a statement issued on Tuesday, a spokesperson for NBTE, Fatima Abubakar, said the accreditation was withdrawn because the polytechnic had not shown any commitment to offset the arrears and ensure regular payment of salaries.
“It is, therefore, with the utmost sense of responsibility that the board has decided to withdraw the accreditation status of the polytechnic to safeguard the quality assurance mechanism of the board,” Ms Abubakar said.
The NBTE official said the governing council and management of the polytechnic made several failed promises to settle the backlog of salary arrears.
She explained that regular salary payment was a key component of the board’s normative instruments for quality assurance in the polytechnics, technical, vocational education, and training (TVET) institutions.
Ms Abubakar also mentioned that the board had drawn the attention of the polytechnic’s management to the consequences of failing to pay salaries, including the suspension of quality assurance visits.
“The board went the extra mile of writing to Governor Okezie Ikpeazu of Abia state, informing him of the dire situation of the polytechnic, but all to no avail,” she added.
Meanwhile, the Board has warned the National Youth Service Corps that “no product of the Abia State Polytechnic should be mobilised for national service until the management of the polytechnic resolves the issue of nonpayment of salary to its staffers, while the Board promised to notify the NYSC once the accreditation status of the polytechnic is restored.”
The NBTE official said the board sent a similar notice of the withdrawal of the accreditation to the Tertiary Education Trust Fund and Industrial Training Fund to stop any official transaction with the polytechnic.
When contacted by ABN TV for a comment on the development, the Rector of Abia State Polytechnic, Professor Kalu Osonwa could not be reached.
Several calls on his phone line were not answered, and text messages were not responded to.
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Unresolved disputes between the Government and suppliers of poor quality personal protective equipment (PPE) could cost the taxpayer £2.7 billion, MPs have warned.
“Significant failings” by the Department of Health and Social Care (DHSC) in handling PPE contracts during the pandemic have also led to a surplus of four billion unneeded items, some of which will be burned, according to a new report by the Public Accounts Committee (PAC).
The powerful committee, which scrutinises Government spending, criticised the DHSC for taking little action against potentially fraudulent suppliers, despite an estimated 5% of PPE expenditure involving fraud.
As the DHSC failed to carry out sufficient due diligence checks before agreeing some contracts, it was paralysed from acting against suppliers who “may have made excessive profits whilst providing substandard PPE”, the PAC said.
The extent of suppliers’ profit margin was never considered, nor were potential conflicts between companies and the people referring them through the VIP lane, according to the report.
Progress on resolving disputes on 176 contracts worth up to £2.7 billion is slow, with no cases being moved into the litigation stage of the commercial dispute process.
PAC chairwoman Dame Meg Hillier said: “The departure from normal approaches to due diligence, record keeping, decision making and accountability in relation to PPE contracts puts a stain on the UK’s response to the pandemic.
“Even if you accept that some proper procedure will have to slip in times of crisis, the complete collapse of some of the most well-established civil service practices beggars belief. The taxpayer will be paying for these decisions for years to come”.
Of the 37.9 billion items of PPE purchased for more than £13 billion during the pandemic, the DHSC still holds more than 10% – 3.9 billion items – that it does not need, according to the report.
The department is spending an estimated £7 million per month on storing the excess equipment, much of which is faulty or past its use-by date.
The items are spread over 70 locations across the UK and China, with the department failing to set up a catalogue system that allows it to fully track what it has and where.
The DHSC should set out how much it intends to sell, donate, recycle and incinerate and should establish an effective stock management system, MPs on the PAC said.
They also urged the Government to put more robust and transparent practices in place because a rapid procurement on this scale could be necessary again in the future.
DHSC denied not knowing how much PPE it holds and said it takes fraud “extremely seriously”.
A spokesperson for the department said: “Despite massive inflation in prices and unprecedented global demand, we delivered over 21.4 billion items of PPE to frontline staff to keep them safe, with only 3% of the PPE we procured unusable in any context.
“It is simply wrong to suggest that the department does not know how much PPE it has, or where it is located. We have a comprehensive data system in place to allow us to oversee the storage network and dispose of any excess stock.
“The department also takes fraud extremely seriously and is exploring every available option – including working with law enforcement partners – to bring those who commit fraud to account and seek to recover losses.”
Opposition parties condemned the Government’s “incompetence” and “abysmal Covid response” revealed in the report.
Labour’s deputy leader Angela Rayner said: “This report exposes the Conservatives’ catalogue of scandalous waste, with Ministers opening the door for VIP fraudsters to rip off the British public.
“Billions of pounds of taxpayers’ money is now literally going up in smoke as the Government’s bonfire of useless PPE grows.”
Liberal Democrat deputy leader Daisy Cooper said: “The gross mismanagement of PPE and its procurement during the pandemic is nothing short of appalling and a damning indictment on this Government’s abysmal Covid response.
“Key workers were on the front line without adequate protection while taxpayers’ money has both been snatched away by fraudsters and will literally go up in flames. The sheer incompetence and level of waste is criminal.”
Unions called for PPE suppliers who profiteered during the pandemic to be held to account and for an investigation into the Government’s management of PPE procurement.
Unite general secretary Sharon Graham said: “The guilty profiteers must be held to account and so must the Government ministers who abused their position to fast track firms they had links with.”
Lynsey Mann, GMB health and safety officer, said: “NHS and care workers will be horrified by the news that £2.7 billion of public money is still at risk. That thousands of items of PPE could literally go up in smoke adds insult to injury.
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Representatives Ayanna Pressley and Katherine Clark were among 17 Democrats arrested in front of the Supreme Court during a protest over the recent ruling which overturned Roe v. Wade.
The two Massachusetts members of Congress joined dozens of people on Tuesday, July 19, including Reps. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez and Ilhan Omar.
They wore green bandanas that said "Won’t Back Down" and chanted "The people, united, will never be divided," as Capitol Police arrested them away for blocking traffic, CNN reported.
This comes after the Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade, the landmark 1973 decision that guaranteed a woman's right to an abortion, last month. Now, each state will decide the conditions of if and when a woman can terminate a pregnancy.
“The extremist Republican Party is determined to take us back in time and take away our rights. I refuse to stand on the sidelines as their rampage continues,” said Clark, who represents Massachusetts 5th District, following her arrest, per Yahoo. “I am furious and heartbroken, and I will proudly fight for our right to abortion and all of our Constitutional rights. They can arrest me, but we won’t allow them to arrest freedom.”
Pressley, who serves Massachusetts 7th-District, chanted, "If we don't get it, shut it down" and held a sign that read, "my body, my choice" as police led her away.
“This Supreme Court has been relentless in stripping away our reproductive freedom and bodily autonomy, but we’re not backing down," she said in a statement. "Today, we put our bodies on the line to defend abortion rights because the stakes in this fight could not be higher.
Other members of Congress arrested included Reps. Barbara Lee of California, Rashida Talib of Michigan, Cori Bush of Missouri, Jan Schakowsky of Illinois, Jackie Speier of California, Carolyn Maloney of New York, Veronica Escobar of Texas, Sara Jacobs of California, Alma Adams of North Carolina, Bonnie Watson of New Jersey, Nydia Velazquez of New York, Madeleine Dean of Pennsylvania and Andy Levin of Michigan, according to Yahoo.
Police arrested 35 in all and charged them with crowding, obstructing, and incommoding, CBS Boston said.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Police took three people into custody Tuesday in the fatal shooting of a pastor and leader of the United Methodist Church during a carjacking in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Rev. Autura Eason-Williams was shot Monday afternoon outside of her home, the Tennessee-Western Kentucky Conference of the United Methodist Church said.
Eason-Williams was taken to a hospital, where she died, Memphis police said on Twitter. Police searched for three men who were in a four-door hatchback car.
At a news conference Tuesday, Memphis Police Director Cerelyn “CJ” Davis said three juveniles had been taken into custody as people of interest in what she called a “heinous killing." Police were interviewing them, but it was not immediately clear if they would be charged.
The killing rocked the United Methodist Church community in Memphis. Church members attended a vigil for Eason-Williams on Monday night.
“We all are shocked and saddened by this senseless act,” the conference said in a statement.
Eason-Williams was a wife and the mother of four children, according to a biography posted on her website. She was superintendent of the conference’s Metro District.
She also was the pastor of Capleville United Methodist Church and a graduate of the Memphis Theological Seminary.
"Autura was a real light and a well of deep care,” seminary president Jody Hill said in a Facebook post.
Hill added that Eason-Williams would embrace people “with a warm smile, gentle hug, or encouraging word.”
Eason-Williams entered the ministry full-time in 1997 and has served under appointment in the United Methodist Church since 2002, according to her biography. She was commissioned Provisional Elder in 2003 and Ordained Elder in 2006, the biography said.
She led youth camps, retreats and women's events, and she preached for local church, district, and conference events.
Eason-Williams also served on several boards and on planning committees that created My Sister’s Keeper — an outreach that addresses health disparities of African American women — and The Congregational Health Network — a network of 600 churches that address health disparities and build relationships between hospitals, the faith community, and neighborhoods, according to the biography. | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/United-Methodist-Church-leader-killed-in-Memphis-17315823.php | 2022-07-19T23:44:49Z | https://www.ctinsider.com/news/article/United-Methodist-Church-leader-killed-in-Memphis-17315823.php | true | 11 |
Question: How do you know for certain that most antiabortion advocates want to ban the medical procedure not to protect, as they claim, the “sanctity of human life,” but in order to control women’s bodies and relegate them to the status of second-class citizens? Answer: Because they keep telling us! Over and over again!
One recent example would be the commentary of Matt Birk, Republican candidate for lieutenant governor of Minnesota. While Birk, a former professional football player has long made his position on abortion clear—in 2020 he called abortion “evil” and said undergoing the medical procedure to terminate a pregnancy resulting from rape “will only make things worse”—remarks he delivered on the day Roe v. Wade was overturned may be even more enlightening. Speaking at an antiabortion convention, Birk told the audience: “It’s not over. Our culture loudly but also stealthily, promotes abortion. Telling women they should look a certain way, have careers, all these things.” Would Birk prefer women be sent back to the kitchen, barefoot and pregnant? Sure sounds like it!
Naturally, he went on: “Rape is obviously a horrible thing,” Birk said. “But an abortion is not going to heal the wounds of that. Two wrongs, it’s not going to make it right…. One of the arguments that I saw probably 20 times online today was about rape. And you know, obviously, they always want to go to the rape card.” Ah yes, the old “rape card,” that thing people “go to” when, after experiencing a horrific act of violence, they decide they don’t want to be forced to carry their attacker’s child to term and then coparent with them.
But wait, there’s more: “Rape is obviously a horrible thing,” Birk repeated, before deploying perhaps one of the most bizarre non sequiturs in history. “Shortly after we won the Super bowl—did I mention I won the Super Bowl?… They said, well, abortion’s legal. And it was kind of an easy out for a lot of people…. A lot of things have been legal before that we’ve changed, right. We always hear about, I’m sure you’ve heard—I know I’m talking to a bunch of pro-life warriors here—you know slavery used to be legal, right. Which is an interesting comparison to make, because really the way that the other side treats an unborn child is basically that the unborn child is the property of the mother. Other laws, you know, women used to not be able to vote in our country. Now we let ’em drive. I mean, I have three teenager daughters that drive, I don’t know if that’s a good law or not. Just kidding. Sorry, kidding, kidding to all the women out there. And don’t tell my wife I used that joke, she hates that joke.”
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Marlins win fourth straight; Tobs fall at Wilmington
MOREHEAD CITY, NC (WNCT) — Make it four wins in a row for the Morehead City Marlins after their 5-2 victory over the Holly Springs Salamanders on Friday.
The Wilson Tobs were not as successful, falling to the Wilmington Sharks, 5-4. The Marlins have a seven-game lead in the standings overall going into Saturday’s game at the Tri-City Peppers and a half-game lead over the Sharks in the second-half standings.
In the second inning, the Marlins got the scoring started with a McGwire Tuffy RBI infield single. Holly Springs answered back with a two-run home run off the bat of Alberto Osuna. However, the lead would be short-lived because the Marlins put up a four spot in the bottom of the fifth.
Felker drove in Rogers with a double to tie the ballgame, followed by a fielding error that plated a run and an RBI walk from Tuffy and a single from Mason Maners.
Coach Sam Carel turned to Ty Bothwell in relief of Peter Allegro in the top of the fifth and Bothwell did not exit. The righthander went five innings earning the victory and keeping the Salamanders off the scoreboard in the process. Bothwell accumulated an impressive 12 strikeouts | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2669754987211/marlins-win-fourth-straight-tobs-fall-at-wilmington | 2022-07-19T23:57:53Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2669754987211/marlins-win-fourth-straight-tobs-fall-at-wilmington | true | 2 |
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A 7-year-old named Gloria gets her face painted at the fourth annual Camp Heart + Hands this past weekend which was held at Mission Springs Conference Center in Scotts Valley. Jacob’s Heart Children’s Cancer Support Services collaborated with Lucile Packard Children’s Hospital pediatric intensive care Darcy Swisher nurse to put on the free camp that gave children and adolescents who have faced cancer, along with their families, a three-day retreat. Camp time was filled with a carnival, swimming, arts and crafts, a costume dance party, and a train ride from Roaring Camp. The camp was funded through donations and was made possible through the generous effort of a huge team of volunteers, including nurses, to make it happen. This year’s theme was “Reach for the Stars.” (Laurie Aiello -contributed photo) | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/07/19/photo-campers-reach-for-the-stars-during-jacobs-heart-childrens-camp/ | 2022-07-20T00:03:16Z | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/07/19/photo-campers-reach-for-the-stars-during-jacobs-heart-childrens-camp/ | true | 1 |
EL PASO, Texas (Border Report) — Migrant encounters nationwide trended down for the first time in five months but have already surpassed all of last year’s total, according to new U.S. Customs and Border Protection data.
Monthly migrant encounters dropped 10 percent from May (274,831) to June (247,163), the first time they fell since a 14 percent drop from December to January.
Encounters this fiscal year, however, have already surpassed all of the last fiscal year with three months to go. CBP has reported 2,002,604 migrant encounters since Oct. 1; border authorities encountered 1,956,519 migrants in all of the Fiscal Year 2021, which ended Sept. 30.
Despite historically high numbers in recent months, including in June, CPB officials say the nationwide number of “unique individuals” encountered in June was 153,379.
At the Southwest border, the number of migrant encounters in June (207,416) fell 14 percent from 240,991 in May. According to CBP, 26 percent of those individuals had at least one prior run-in in the previous 12 months.
The data shows that Mexico continues to make up the largest nationality of migrants encountered at the border. In June, border authorities came across 66,557 Mexican nationals, about a third of all encounters at the Southwest border.
Individuals from Guatemala make up the second-largest group, with 24,765 encounters nationwide in June, followed by the 24,143 from Honduras. CBP labeled more than 18,000 encounters as “others.”
Meanwhile, single adults make up the largest demographic of migrant encounters.
On the Southwest border, single adults accounted for 68 percent of all encounters in June, with 140,197. That number represents a 16 percent decrease from the previous month.
CBP processed more than half of all Southwest encounters (115,142) under Title 8 and a little over 92,000 individuals (44 percent) under Title 42, the health order that allows border agents to immediately expel migrants without allowing them to request asylum on the grounds of preventing the spread of COVID-19.
The data also shows that border agents encountered 51,780 family units and 15,271 unaccompanied migrant children in June.
The majority of family units, 73 percent, are processed under Title 8.
CBP says that under Title 8, “those who attempt to enter the United States without authorization and are unable to establish a legal basis to remain in the United States (such as a valid asylum claim) will be quickly removed.”
CBP places unaccompanied migrant children in the custody of Health and Human Services. | https://www.wkrg.com/border-report-tour/migrant-encounters-top-2-million-surpass-total-for-last-fiscal-year/ | 2022-07-20T00:06:11Z | https://www.wkrg.com/border-report-tour/migrant-encounters-top-2-million-surpass-total-for-last-fiscal-year/ | true | 22 |
The second highest ranking administrator at Veterans Village of San Diego has resigned weeks after inewsource started reporting on concerns about the nonprofit’s renowned rehab center.
Veterans Village officials would not discuss what prompted the departure but indicated that the resignation was part of “problems that would not ordinarily exist within VVSD” if it were not for the media attention.
inewsource’s June investigation described troubling accounts from more than 40 Veterans Village residents and staff about the nonprofit’s drug and alcohol treatment center on Pacific Highway. The investigation revealed widespread illegal drug use on the campus, a toxic workplace culture and hazardous living conditions.
The day the investigation published, Veterans Village fired an employee who spoke out about her concerns. Soon after, lawmaker Toni Atkins, California Senate President pro Tempore, shared that she was looking into allegations about Veterans Village. Some members of Congress also began to make inquiries.
Then, on July 6, inewsource reported that a Veterans Village client was allegedly killed by her neighbor, an incident that did not surprise staff who had worried about safety issues at the transitional housing program where the residents lived. The victim, Jennelle Self, had previously shared safety concerns with inewsource about the apartment complex, which is owned by Veterans Village.
Five days after that, Veterans Village leadership told employees that John Laidlaw, the nonprofit’s chief operating officer, “has stepped away from his position here at VVSD.”
Laidlaw is a clinical psychologist who started his job at Veterans Village in August. He also serves on the executive board for the county’s Mental Health Contractors Association and was the director of clinical services at North County Lifeline, which helps youth and families with behavioral health, domestic violence prevention and other needs.
“We wish him well in his future endeavors no matter where his journey takes him,” said the Veterans Village email from July 11. “Until we find a replacement, the departments will report directly to Akilah,” referring to Chief Executive Officer Akilah Templeton.
In response to questions about the resignation, Templeton provided a statement that described the effects of recent media coverage on Veterans Village.
“Your organization’s constant reporting citing sources who have hostile motives is extremely disruptive and is causing problems that would not ordinarily exist within VVSD,” the CEO said. “We respectfully request that you look inward to see exactly how this reporting could negatively impact our ability to stay focused on the VVSD mission, which is providing life-changing services to over 3,000 San Diego veterans every year.”
Veterans Village has provided rehab, employment and housing services for veterans in the San Diego region for four decades. Dignitaries have praised the institution for being a national leader in addressing veteran homelessness.
The nonprofit founded Stand Down, an annual event that connects veterans with social services and community support, which has been replicated in more than 200 cities and endorsed by the Veterans Administration. This year’s Stand Down is scheduled to take place July 29 - 31 at Roosevelt Middle School in Balboa Park.
Templeton said she could not comment on personnel matters but explained that the organization is conducting a broad search for a new COO.
“In the meantime, the VVSD executive team will work together to ensure continuity of operations across all VVSD programs for the veterans we serve,” the statement said. | https://www.kpbs.org/news/2022/07/19/veterans-village-executive-resigns-after-inewsource-reporting | 2022-07-20T00:09:31Z | https://www.kpbs.org/news/2022/07/19/veterans-village-executive-resigns-after-inewsource-reporting | false | 1 |
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Harry Styles has inspired a university course. [Source: NZ Herald]
Harry Styles is about to make his college debut.
The British singer has captivated the masses for years, first for his time in the boyband One Direction and now as a solo artist and his popularity has inspired a university professor.
People Magazine reported Dr Louie Dean Valencia, a professor at Texas State University’s Honors College, announced he is introducing a new course in spring 2023, which will largely focus on Styles and the “cult of celebrity”.
Valencia made the announcement with a tweet that included an email from the college confirming the class and an official course description.
The tweet read, “It’s official, official. I’m teaching the world’s first ever university course on the work of Harry Styles is happening Spring 2023 at @TXSTUniversity,”
Valencia added, “This is what tenure looks like. Let’s gooooo!”
One of the attached photos gave an outline of the class, “This course focuses on British musician Harry Styles and popular European culture to understand the cultural and political development of the modern celebrity as related to questions of gender and sexuality, race, class, nation and globalism, media, fashion, fan culture, internet culture, and consumerism”.
The tweet quickly went viral, with many fans expressing their interest in the class. One said, “I have never wanted to be in the honours college so bad,” while another said, “damn, wish it was international.”
Another fan asked if the star was “okay with you teaching a course on his private life?” to which Valencia replied, “We will not focus on his private life, only his art and public activism and the film, literature, philosophy, music he has acknowledged as influential. Just in the way we study the work of Shakespeare, Toni Morrison, Virginia Woolf or any great artist.”
Speaking to NBC New York earlier this week, the professor revealed his inspiration for the course was sparked in mid-2020 during the pandemic when travelling was almost impossible.
“This class came out of research that I started when locked at home during the summer of 2020 listening to Harry’s music,” he explained.
“When I couldn’t travel to do my regular research, I started researching Harry — focusing on his art, the ways masculinity has changed in the last decade, celebrity culture and the internet.”
He also revealed to the news outlet he has always wanted to “teach a history class that is both fun but covers a period that students have lived through and relate to”.
Valencia added, “I think it’s so important for young people to see what is important to them reflected in their curriculum.”
While it is not yet known how Styles feels about the course, Valencia said it is his “dream” to have the star join the class for a session either in person or via Zoom. | https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/entertainment/how-a-texas-university-will-examine-the-stars-life/ | 2022-07-20T00:10:41Z | https://www.fbcnews.com.fj/entertainment/how-a-texas-university-will-examine-the-stars-life/ | true | 3 |
MOSCOW (AP) — Russian President Vladimir Putin said Tuesday it is the West's own fault that the flow of Russian natural gas to European customers has dwindled and warned that it could continue ebbing.
Putin's statement further cranked up pressure on the European Union, which fears Russia could cut off gas to wreak economic and political havoc in Europe in the winter.
Speaking to Russian reporters in Tehran, where he attended the talks with the leaders of Iran and Turkey, Putin said the amount of gas pumped through the Nord Stream pipeline to Germany will fall further from 60 million to 30 million cubic meters a day, or about one fifth of its capacity, if a turbine isn't quickly replaced.
He added that Russia could launch the recently completed Nord Stream 2 pipeline that has never entered service, but noted that it would only have half of its designated capacity because the rest has been used for domestic needs.
The Russian leader also warned the West that its plan to cap the prices of Russian oil as part of its sanctions over Ukraine will destabilize the global oil market and make prices soar.
“We are hearing some crazy ideas about restricting the volumes of Russian oil and capping the Russian oil price,” he said. “The result will be the same — a rise in prices. Prices will skyrocket.”
Since Russian troops rolled into Ukraine in February, the EU has approved bans on Russian coal and most oil to take effect later this year but did not include natural gas because the 27-nation bloc depends on it to power factories, generate electricity and heat homes.
However, Russia's Gazprom state-controlled natural gas giant reduced gas deliveries through the Nord Stream 1 pipeline to Germany by 60% last month, citing technical problems after a turbine that Siemens sent to Canada for overhaul couldn’t be returned because of sanctions. Canada and Germany made a deal to return the turbine, but Putin said Tuesday that Gazprom still hasn't received the relevant documents.
The Russian leader said that Gazprom was to shut another turbine for repairs in late July, and if the one that was sent to Canada isn't returned by that time the flow of gas will ebb even more.
As another reason for the supply reduction, he pointed out that Ukraine closed a branch of a transit pipeline carrying Russian gas to the West through territory controlled by Moscow-based separatists. | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/Putin-warns-EU-that-gas-supplies-could-keep-17315808.php | 2022-07-20T00:11:35Z | https://www.bigrapidsnews.com/news/article/Putin-warns-EU-that-gas-supplies-could-keep-17315808.php | true | 33 |
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Latest on the Home Run Derby (all times local):
___ 7:45 p.m.
Washington’s Juan Soto defeated Seattle’s Julio Rodriguez 19-18 in the final to capture the Home Run Derby title at Dodger Stadium.
Soto, who was competing in the Derby for the second time, had nine homers in the final minute of regulation in the two-minute final. He added four more in bonus time, his clinching blast coming with 19 seconds remaining. He threw his bat way in the air after the deciding shot cleared the fence.
Soto, the fourth seed, is the second Nationals player to win the Derby. Bryce Harper won it in 2018 in Washington.
Soto earns a $1 million prize and another highlight on his resume as his time with Washington possibly nears an end. The Athletic reported over the weekend that Soto turned down a $440 million, 15-year contract to stay with the Nationals, and he could be traded by the end of the month.
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7:30 p.m.
Washington’s Juan Soto advanced to the final with a 16-15 victory over St. Louis slugger and sentimental favorite Albert Pujols.
Soto, the fourth seed, hit a 405-foot shot with 31 seconds remaining in bonus time. He will face sixth seeded Julio Rodríguez of Seattle in the final.
The 42-year-old Pujols averaged 395 feet on his homers while 23-year-old Soto averaged 424 feet.
Soto is trying to become the second Nationals player to win the Derby. Bryce Harper won it in 2018 in Washington.
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7:05 p.m.
Mariners rookie Julio Rodríguez spoiled Pete Alonso’s bid to become the first player to win three straight Home Run Derbies by beating the Mets slugger 31-23 in the semifinals.
The 21-year-old Rodríguez hit 18 in the final minute of regulation and the 60 seconds of bonus time. His top blast was 450 feet and he averaged 410 feet.
Alonso had 18 during the three minutes of regulation time. Alonso had nine over 440 feet, including one that went 463, and averaged 427 feet.
Rodriguez will face either St. Louis’ Albert Pujols or Washington’s Juan Soto in the final.
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6:45 p.m.
Eighth-seed Albert Pujols pulled off the biggest surprise of the first round, defeating No. 1 seed Kyle Schwarber in overtime.
Pujols had a total of 20 homers, including seven in the extra round. None of his drives went over 440 feet, but he did enough to advance with an average of 406 feet per homer.
Pujols, who played for the Dodgers part of last season, was the sentimental favorite among the players and fans. After the three-minute regulation session, Pujols was swarmed by cheering All-Stars along the third-base line.
“It is pretty awesome to see the young generation and all that talent. This is for you guys,” Pujols said after he was done. “It is pretty awesome to come back here one last time.”
Pujols, sure that Schwarber would top his regulation total of 13, told ESPN that he had already given away his batting gloves before having to retrieve them for OT.
It is the fifth straight time the top seed has been knocked off in the opening round.
Schwarber trailed by three going into the one-minute bonus time. He tied it with a 385-foot homer with 15 seconds remaining but couldn’t get another one over the fence to force a swing-off.
Schwarber had six in OT. The Phillies’ slugger had five go over 440 feet and averaged 419 feet.
___
6:20 p.m.
Washington’s Juan Soto did not need bonus time in his matchup against Cleveland’s Jose Ramirez. Soto’s final home run as time expired gave the fourth seed an 18-17 victory.
Soto, the Derby’s No. 4 seed, established a quick pace with seven in the first minute. His 482-foot shot as time expired was the longest of the first three matchups. Soto established the Derby record with a 520-foot blast last year at Colorado.
Ramirez struggled to gain any consistency throughout his three minutes. He averaged 387 feet with a top blast of 421 feet.
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6 p.m.
Two-time defending Home Run Derby champion Pete Alonso needed bonus time, but the New York Mets’ slugger was able to keep alive his hopes of being the first player to three-peat with a 20-19 victory over Atlanta’s Ronald Acuña Jr.
Alonso — the Derby’s second seed — trailed by two going into bonus time, but he hit a 423-foot shot to center field with 31 seconds remaining to advance. He had seven go over 440 feet and averaged 429 feet per homer. He also had a 480-foot blast that bounced off the roof of the stands in left-center. Alonso had only five the first minute before warming up.
Acuña also only had five after the first minute. He averaged 408 feet per homer and only one that went over 440 feet — a 472-yard blast that also bounced off the roof in left field.
This is the second time Acuña has been eliminated by Alonso. The first was in the 2019 semifinals.
___ 5:40 p.m.
Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez advanced to the second round of the All-Star Home Run Derby with a 32-23 win over Texas’ Corey Seager.
The Mariners’ rookie, who has not played at Dodger Stadium, was an underdog against Seager, who was with the Dodgers for seven seasons. He didn’t seem fazed. With Seattle great and three-time Derby champion Ken Griffey Jr. snapping photos on the field, Rodriguez had 10 drives over 440 feet and hit 19 during the final two minutes of regulation.
Rodriguez’s 32 homers averaged 420 feet, with his longest going for 463.
Seager had seven in the first minute but only six in the second to fall off the pace. His homers averaged 418 feet with the longest going for 451. He had three over 440 feet.
Seager has not advanced out of the opening round in either Derby appearance. He lost to Mark Trumbo while a rookie in 2016.
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5:10 p.m.
Ronald Acuña Jr. and the rest of the All-Star Home Run Derby field got a fiery welcome to the competition Monday.
All-Star organizers arrayed a series of fire-blasting devices around the stage where the eight participants stood during introductions, and they set off the flames after the introduction of each matchup. The flames were big and bright, and their heat could be felt even in the press box on the third level of Dodger Stadium, more than 200 feet away.
The players were perhaps a few dozen feet away, and they were clearly taken aback by the intense heat. Acuña and Seattle’s Julio Rodríguez reacted with fright when a huge burst went off behind them during another pair’s introduction.
When all eight competitors reached the stage, the organizers set off another huge burst of flames that sent Acuña taking two steps toward the edge of the stage away from the flames.
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WFO BURLINGTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Tuesday, July 19, 2022
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SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING
Severe Weather Statement
National Weather Service Burlington VT
635 PM EDT Tue Jul 19 2022
...A SEVERE THUNDERSTORM WARNING REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 645 PM EDT
FOR SOUTHWESTERN ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY...
At 635 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Gouverneur,
moving southeast at 20 mph.
HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and quarter size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Minor hail damage to vehicles is possible. Expect wind
damage to trees and powerlines.
Locations impacted include...
Gouverneur, Oswegatchie, Fowler, Edwardsville, Richville, Hammond,
Star Lake, Fine, Rossie, Pitcairn, Edwards, Chippewa Bay, Talcville,
South Edwards, Jacques Cartier State Park, Newton Falls, North
Gouverneur, West Fowler, Lower Oswegatchie and South Hammond.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
For your protection move to an interior room on the lowest floor of a
building.
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WASHINGTON (WXIN) — Two companies are recalling their honey products after the FDA sent out a warning about selling products with undisclosed Viagra and Cialis.
Both Viagra and Cialis are FDA-approved drugs to treat men with erectile dysfunction but are restricted for use under the supervision of licensed health care professionals. Both recalls come from companies that the FDA sent warning letters to.
The latest recall comes from MKS Enterprise LLC. On Monday, the company announced that it is recalling its Dose Vital VIP Vital Honey product. The recall was initiated after FDA laboratory analysis confirmed that the product contains the undeclared active pharmaceutical ingredient Tadalafil. This is the active ingredient in Cialis.
The product was sold nationwide through the company’s website from March 2022 to July 2022. It came in a black box with 12 sachets of 15 grams of honey.
On July 13, Shopaax.com recalled its Kingdom Honey Royal Honey VIP. That recall was initiated after FDA laboratory analysis confirmed the product contained Sildenafil, the active ingredient in Viagra.
The product came in a golden box and contains 12 sachets of 20 grams of honey with different expiration dates stamped on the backside. It was promoted and sold for sexual enhancement on various websites and possibly in some retail stores.
The company said it stopped selling the product online and temporarily removed all other products on the website pending investigation. However, it may still be available on other websites and retail stores.
The FDA said it is finding an increasing number of illegally-marketed, adulterated honey-based or honey-flavored syrup products that test positive for active drug ingredients not listed on the label. This causes issues for people on medication for diabetes, as well as for those with high blood pressure, high cholesterol or heart disease.
“Products marketed with unidentified ingredients may be dangerous and, in some cases, deadly to consumers,” said McMeekin. We encourage consumers to remain vigilant when shopping online or in stores to avoid purchasing products that put their health at risk, and instead seek effective, FDA-approved treatments.”
Anyone who bought Vital Honey is urged to immediately discontinue use and return the recalled product for a full refund to MKS Enterprise, LLC, 59 Paulison Ave. Passaic, NJ 07055. Those with questions about the Vital Honey recall can contact wholesaleonline1.com at 201-206-0501 Monday to Friday from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM (EDT).
Anyone who bought Kingdom Honey Royal Honey VIP is urged to immediately discontinue use and return recalled product for a full refund to Shopaax.com, 2 Burleigh Court A5, Newark, DE 19702. Those with questions about the Kingdom Honey recall can contact Shopaax.com at 302-276-4406 Monday to Friday From 8:00 AM to 5:00 PM (EDT). | https://www.woodtv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/another-honey-product-recalled-over-undisclosed-erectile-dysfunction-drug/ | 2022-07-20T00:22:46Z | https://www.woodtv.com/news/nexstar-media-wire/another-honey-product-recalled-over-undisclosed-erectile-dysfunction-drug/ | false | 21 |
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Federal monitor accuses UAW of concealing misconduct probe
DETROIT (AP) — A monitor appointed by a federal judge in the wake of a United Auto Workers bribery and embezzlement scandal contends that the union has been uncooperative by withholding information on additional misconduct allegations.
The monitor, Neil Barofsky, made the assertion in his third report to Judge David Lawson in Detroit. Barofsky accused the union of concealing an investigation into the mishandling of cash by an assistant regional director of the UAW.
Barofsky alerted the U.S. Attorney’s Office in Detroit, which investigated the original scandal. U.S. Attorney Dawn Ison told the union that it was violating a court order by concealing the information, and the UAW has been behaving properly since, Barofsky wrote.
But he wrote that the union was obstructing him.
“The union’s concealment of evidence of the misconduct of one of its leaders and its own investigation into that misconduct interfered with the monitor’s ability to carry out his work,” Barofsky wrote.
His assertions raise questions about whether the union has reformed itself as it has announced, and whether Ison’s office has begun further investigations. A spokeswoman for Ison declined to comment.
In a statement, the union said it’s committed to rebuilding trust and transforming the UAW’s culture. “We have proven that with a myriad of already implemented changes to policies and the creation of processes that ensure accountability,” the statement said.
The union, the statement said, would balance the need to make reforms with the mandate of bargaining for equitable contracts.
Barofsky’s report said the union also refused to give him summaries of oral interviews involving investigations as required by the court. The monitor has 19 investigations under way and has referred two cases to Ison’s office after having received tips from a UAW ethics hotline.
At a meeting with Ison on March 31, UAW President Ray Curry denied the union had violated the consent order that it had agreed to in court, the report said. Ison cautioned that the union faced potential government action and insisted that it cooperate with Barofsky. Curry committed to “do a total reset” with Barofsky and said he had replaced the UAW’s top lawyer and outside counsel.
Since then, Barofsky reported that important progress has been made. “The union should be commended for its reaction and response to the meeting with the U.S. Attorney,” Barofsky wrote.
The monitor found out about the probe into the regional director while interviewing a UAW employee in another investigation, Barofsky wrote.
Part of the bribery scandal that brought down two former UAW presidents involved spending union money on conferences. But Barofsky wrote that the union still doesn’t have sufficient financial controls in place to watch conference spending, which can run over $1 million for over 1,000 attendees.
The union, he wrote, doesn’t require conference budgets and largely leaves spending decisions up to executive board members or staff. Plus, there are no guidelines for how much can be spent at conferences or on individual categories such as food, beverages and entertainment.
Union officials have told Barofsky that expenses are consistent with past conferences and are appropriate for a union the size of the UAW. Plus, no policy prohibits them, the officials said, according to the report.
A financial officer’s conference in New Orleans had a $300,000 dinner reception for about 1,000 people, and another $19,200 dinner party for 80-to-100 people attending the conference, Barofsky reported.
Curry, appointed a year ago to replace retiring Rory Gamble to lead the nearly 400,000-member union, is running for election this fall. Union members in December decided to directly vote on their leaders instead of having them elected by delegates to a convention. Candidates for top offices will be nominated at a convention that begins on Monday in Detroit.
Under the old system, convention delegates were picked by local union offices. But the new slate of leaders was picked by the outgoing president, and seldom was there any serious opposition.
Barofsky wil oversee the election of the union’s 13-member International Executive Board, which includes the president, three vice presidents, secretary-treasurer and regional directors.
Barofsky was appointed last year as part of a settlement that avoided a government takeover of the union after the wide-ranging bribery and embezzlement scandal.
Eleven union officials and a late official’s spouse have pleaded guilty in the corruption probe since 2017, including the two presidents who served before Gamble, Gary Jones and Dennis Williams. Both were sentenced to prison.
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Omaha and Indian Creek have earned their spurs as the pinnacle of the Korn Ferry Tour regular season.
But with the advent of the LIV Tour and the subsequent shakeups to the PGA and Korn Ferry Tours announced last month, it appears this will be the last time the Pinnacle Bank Championship determines the tour’s first 25 players to earn their PGA Tour cards for the following season.
The sixth PBC, and the 24th Korn Ferry Tour event held in Omaha, will be Aug. 11-14 with live telecasts on the Golf Channel daily (except for tape-delay on Aug. 13). The purse will be $850,000. There are no sponsor exemptions or Monday qualifiers. The 156 golfers in the field will be the highest on the tour’s point list.
The top 25 on the points list at the conclusion of the PBC qualify for the 2022-23 PGA Tour and will receive their tour cards on the 18th green at Indian Creek.
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“This is an awesome tournament each and every year and this is the tournament that I know every single player on the tour looks forward to, because of this golf course," said two-time Korn Ferry event winner Andres Gonzales Tuesday at the tournament’s media day.
“You’re going to get 90% of the players that think this is the best course we play on the Korn Ferry Tour. It’s the most like the courses that you’ll see on the PGA Tour.”
Gonzales, who was the PBC runner-up in 2019, is the chairman of the Korn Ferry Tour’s Player Advisory Council. But he couldn’t provide more details about the future scheduling of his tour’s events beyond what the tour released in a statement in late June.
Beginning in 2023, the Korn Ferry Tour finals no longer will be a competition for PGA Tour cards between the top 75 on the Korn Ferry Tour and Nos. 126-200 in the PGA Tour’s FedExCup standings. The PGA Tour is changing its structure and exemption system in an apparent reaction to the Saudi-financed LIV Tour.
The final four events on the 2023 Korn Ferry Tour event schedule will constitute the tour’s finals. Each of the four will feature $1.5 million purses and award 600 points to each winner. The preceding 22 events on the schedule will have a minimum purse of $1 million — a 67% increase from 2021 to 2023 — and award 500 points to winners. The top 30 after the last event would qualify for the new season on the PGA Tour.
The 2023 Korn Ferry Tour season is scheduled to run from January to October.
How does that impact the PBC? It’s been the fourth-to-last event, the three finals events coming after it, on the schedule this year and last. But with the season extending to October, it appears the PBC will have two options. Either keep summer dates and not be a finals event — and maybe not be on the Golf Channel — or move the tournament into football season.
Even being part of the finals, Omaha probably would not be the last event. Nebraska’s fickle weather in October would seem to rule that out.
The PBC’s tournament director, Jessica Brabec, said the contract between the sponsoring charity, Support Nebraska, and the tour through 2025 does not specific Omaha’s spot on the tour schedule.
What’s in store for the PGA Tour
September 2022-August 2023: All events count toward the FedExCup, with three playoff events next August. The top 70 players who qualify for the first playoff event are fully exempt for the 2024 season.
Fall 2023: Events will determine the rest of the 125 fully exempt players for 2024. For those who finished in the top 50 on the FedExCup points list, there will be three international, no-cut events late in the calendar year. For those outside the top 50, they can compete for spots in those new events and for those outside the top 70 will be the carrot of grabbing one of the 55 remaining spots.
2024: The FedExCup season runs from January through the playoffs in August, followed by the revamped fall schedule.
Volunteers needed: The Pinnacle Bank Championship is still in need of volunteers. Brabec said the signup “has been tracking well," but if the weather is hot during tournament week fewer volunteers will want to take longer shifts.
The available spots include hole marshals and standard bearers. She said 15 youths from the First Tee of Omaha/Hogan’s Junior Golf Heroes new forecaddie program have signed up already to be standard bearers, who operate and carry manual scoreboards for each group.
Volunteers must pay $50, which provides a shirt, hat, meals and cold drinks during shifts, admission to the tournament daily and five grounds tickets for others to use. A tournament sponsor, Brabec said, will cover the volunteer fee for youths who need financial assistance. Volunteer registrations are being taken through https://thepinnaclebankchampionship.com | https://omaha.com/sports/golf/pinnacle-bank-championships-could-be-entering-final-year-as-last-pga-qualifying-stop/article_d6b4a8e2-057c-11ed-9156-3f851764a1fd.html | 2022-07-20T00:49:08Z | https://omaha.com/sports/golf/pinnacle-bank-championships-could-be-entering-final-year-as-last-pga-qualifying-stop/article_d6b4a8e2-057c-11ed-9156-3f851764a1fd.html | true | 1 |
(The Hill) – The Senate on Tuesday confirmed Judge J. Michelle Childs to the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, the nation’s second-highest court, giving President Biden a promising option to nominate to the Supreme Court should another vacancy arise in the future.
The Senate approved Childs by a vote of 64 to 34.
If Democrats lose control of the Senate in the midterm election, Childs is a judge who could win bipartisan support if Biden has a chance to fill another Supreme Court vacancy.
Whether or not that happens, she will have an influential role on the D.C. Circuit, which now has five judges appointed by Democratic presidents and four appointed by Republicans.
Senate Majority Leader Charles Schumer (D-N.Y.) praised Childs’s confirmation as a significant accomplishment.
“It’s one of the most important votes we’re going to take all this year,” he said. “The D.C. Circuit is so important.
“It’s probably the second most important circuit in the country,” he added, noting the Supreme Court takes only about 75 cases a year. “So loads of decisions particularly those related to government and Congress and balance of power go through the D.C. Circuit.”
Childs was on Biden’s shortlist of potential nominees to the Supreme Court earlier this year after Justice Stephen Breyer announced his plans to retire.
Childs, a U.S. district court judge for South Carolina, had the strong support of Sen. Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.) as Biden mulled who to pick to replace Breyer.
But Biden instead nominated Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson, who had the strong support of Democratic activist groups. Childs ran into opposition from labor leaders.
Biden’s choice of Jackson over Childs angered Graham, who said he could have mustered 10 Republican votes for the South Carolina judge. Only three Republicans, Sens. Susan Collins (Maine), Mitt Romney (Utah) and Lisa Murkowski (R-Alaska) voted for Jackson.
Sen. John Cornyn (R-Texas), an adviser to the Senate GOP leadership team, who voted for Childs Tuesday, said her confirmation to the D.C. Circuit positions her well for a future Supreme Court nomination.
“It’s a pretty well-established pathway but obviously it depends on a lot of circumstances we can’t guess about but it probably doesn’t hurt her,” he said.
Cornyn added “it’s not the usual path” for a D.C. circuit nominee to come from a district court within another circuit’s jurisdiction. | https://cw39.com/cw39/senate-confirms-michelle-childs-possible-future-supreme-court-pick-to-dc-circuit/ | 2022-07-20T00:55:49Z | https://cw39.com/cw39/senate-confirms-michelle-childs-possible-future-supreme-court-pick-to-dc-circuit/ | false | 14 |
Updated July 19, 2022 at 9:06 AM ET
LONDON — Britain shattered its record for highest temperature ever registered Tuesday amid a heat wave that has seized swaths of Europe — and the national weather forecaster predicted it would get hotter still in a country ill prepared for such extremes.
The typically temperate nation was just the latest to be walloped by unusually hot, dry weather that has gripped the continent since last week, triggering wildfires from Portugal to the Balkans and leading to hundreds of heat-related deaths. Images of flames racing toward a French beach and Britons sweltering — even at the seaside — have driven home concerns about climate change.
The U.K. Met Office registered a provisional reading of 40.2 degrees Celsius (104.4 degrees Fahrenheit) at Heathrow Airport — breaking the record set just an hour earlier. Before Tuesday, the highest temperature recorded in Britain was 38.7 C (101.7 F), a record set in 2019.
The nation watched the mercury rise with a combination of horror and fascination. With several hours of intense sunlight ahead, the record could go even higher.
"Temperatures are likely to rise further through today,'' the forecaster said after the first record fell.
The sweltering weather has disrupted travel, health care and schools in a country not prepared for such extremes. A huge chunk of England, from London in the south to Manchester and Leeds in the north, remained under the country's first "red" warning for extreme heat Tuesday, meaning there is danger of death even for healthy people.
London streets saw less traffic, as many heeded advice to stay out of the sun, and trains ran at low speed out of concern rails could buckle, or did not run at all. The British Museum — which has a glass-roofed atrium — planned to shut its doors early. And the Supreme Court closed to visitors after a problem with the air conditioning forced it to move hearings online.
Many public buildings, including hospitals, don't even have air conditioning, a reflection of how unusual such extreme heat is in the country better known for rain and mild temperatures.
The capital's Hyde Park, normally busy with walkers, was eerily quiet — except for the long lines to take a dip in the park's Serpentine lake.
"I'm going to my office because it is nice and cool,'' said geologist Tom Elliott, 31, after taking a swim. "I'm cycling around instead of taking the Tube.''
London's King's Cross Station, one of the country's busiest rail hubs, was empty on Tuesday, with no trains on the typically bustling east coast line connecting the capital to the north and Scotland. London's Luton Airport closed its runway for several hours Monday because of heat damage.
Transport Secretary Grant Shapps said Britain's transport infrastructure, some of it dating from Victorian times, "just wasn't built to withstand this type of temperature — and it will be many years before we can replace infrastructure with the kind of infrastructure that could."
The dangers of extreme heat were on display in Britain and around Europe. At least six people were reported to have drowned across the U.K. in rivers, lakes and reservoirs while trying to cool off. Meanwhile, nearly 750 heat-related deaths have been reported in Spain and neighboring Portugal in the heat wave there.
The highest temperature previously recorded in Britain was 38.7 C (101.7 F), a record set in 2019. Tuesday's reading was provisional, which means they are produced as near to real time as possible with final readings issued after data quality-control, the Met Office said.
Climate experts warn that global warming has increased the frequency of extreme weather events, with studies showing that the likelihood of temperatures in the U.K. reaching 40 C (104 F) is now 10 times higher than in the pre-industrial era. In fact, that once unthinkable mark looked possible — even likely — Tuesday.
"This record temperature is a harbinger of things to come,'' said Bob Ward of the Grantham Research Institute at the London School of Economics. "The increase in the frequency and intensity of heat waves and other extreme weather events is the result of climate change, and these impacts will continue to grow" unless the world drastically reduces emissions.
Drought and heat waves tied to climate change have also made wildfires harder to fight.
In the Gironde region of southwestern France, ferocious wildfires continued to spread through tinder-dry pines forests, frustrating firefighting efforts by more than 2,000 firefighters and water-bombing planes.
More than 37,000 people have been evacuated from homes and summer vacation spots since the fires broke out July 12 and burned through 190 square kilometers (more than 70 square miles) of forests and vegetation, Gironde authorities said.
A smaller third fire broke out late Monday in the Medoc wine region north of Bordeaux, further taxing firefighting resources. Five camping sites went up in flames in the Atlantic coast beach zone where blazes raged, around the Arcachon maritime basin famous for its oysters and resorts.
But weather forecasts offered some consolation, with heat-wave temperatures expected to ease along the Atlantic seaboard Tuesday and the possibility of rains rolling in late in the day.
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TRINITY COUNTY, Texas (KETK) — First responders in Trinity County have been fighting several wildfires this month.
Sheriff Woody Wallace said he fears that a large fire in a neighboring county is moving toward their area. The fire is about 40% contained, but low humidity and wind can pose a problem.
The record-breaking heat and lack of rain have East Texas firefighters overworked.
“We’re tired, I’m physically exhausted, my guys are physically exhausted. We’ve been rolling left and right,” said Keith Johnson, the assistant fire chief of the Trinity Volunteer Fire Department.
The volunteer fire department in Trinity has been battling fire after fire, but the most intense one this week was in Walker County.
“They’re going around again I think a second time where the fire line with the dozers to try and contain it but they’re really fearful that the winds start blowing that it’s just gonna blow ash all across that and we’re gonna be back over starting it again,” said Wallace.
Sheriff Wallace said the Walker County fire has burned between 1,500 to 2,000 acres so far, but it is just one of the many that East Texas firefighters are seeing this month.
“This month we’re at 27 fires right now which is highly unusual for us. We’re usually half that amount. Last month we were almost 24 fires,” said Johnson
In the last month, the Trinity County area has seen little rain like the rest of East Texas. Unfortunately the storms that passed through caused more fires because of lightning.
“We had a fire a couple days ago that burned I think about 250 acres. It actually, they feel it was started with lightning,” said Wallace.
The sheriff said that this is the hottest summer he’s experienced in the area so far, reminding everyone that officials are taking the burn ban seriously.
On Monday, a man was arrested in Trinity County for an alleged burn ban violation, the sheriff said.
“He was burning garbage in his backyard, it got away from him and it crossed over his property line. He didn’t think it was very serious actually he kinda thought it was funny so we invited him to spend the night with us,” explained the sheriff.
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From High Point State Park at the “top” of the state to Cape May Point State Park at the southern tip, New Jersey has an incredible variety of public lands. Mountains, lakes, ocean beaches, bays, deciduous forests, pine barrens, beautiful rivers and streams, historic sites – we’ve got it all!
But you don’t have to be a math whiz to see that the numbers don’t add up when it comes to taking care of New Jersey’s state parks, forests and recreation areas.
Off-road vehicles cause extensive damage to state parks and forests. Credit: Pinelands Preservation Alliance
Fifty-one state parks, run by only 15 park superintendents. Staffing levels down 26 percent between 2006 and 2018, despite a 13 percent increase in park acreage. Only one park employee for every 36,000 visitors. State park budgets many times smaller than those of neighboring New York and Pennsylvania.
Despite the good efforts of state park managers, the lack of resources has resulted in reduced public access to parks, swimming areas, trails, campgrounds, fishing spots, nature centers, educational programs and more.
A study commissioned by the newly-formed “Fix Our Parks” campaign concluded this week that New Jersey needs to increase park spending and staffing – and accept help from a proposed “Friends” group that would raise funds and recruit volunteers for the parks.
“We have a great portfolio of parks,” said ecologist Dr. Michael Van Clef, who conducted the study. “It’s absolutely impressive on all the fronts: natural, cultural and historic. So I think it just begs the need for increased resources.”
The Fix Our Parks initiative was founded by four New Jersey nonprofits: the Pinelands Preservation Alliance, New Jersey Conservation Foundation, Highlands Coalition and NY NJ Trail Conference.
“The pandemic has taught us many things, and one of them is how much we rely on our open space,” said Elliott Ruga, policy director for the Highlands Coalition.
Van Clef was hired by the Pinelands Preservation Alliance to do an in-depth study of conditions at New Jersey state parks – and the spending decisions behind them. He was also asked to recommend actions needed to make state parks more accessible and enjoyable to the public. (Beach scene at Lake Hopatcong State Park)
According to Van Clef, Pennsylvania spends three times as much as New Jersey on parks, and New York spends six times as much. “Our neighbors are outpacing us,” he said. New Jersey state park visitation is dropping, he added, possibly because of closures and reduced services.
Van Clef said insufficient funding and staffing is “certainly not a uniquely New Jersey problem, by any stretch of the imagination.” The federal government, and other state governments, all face financial pressures.
But New Jersey has a budget surplus this year, which provides a fantastic opportunity to get this state we’re in back on the road to a better park system. And the state has already demonstrated that it wants the public to enjoy New Jersey’s outdoors by granting free admission to all state parks this summer.
Image shows extensive damage in wetlands from illegal off-road vehicle use in Wharton State Forest.
The Fix Our Parks study recommends three major steps:
· Establish a statewide parks “Friends” group with a diverse membership. The Friends group would raise funds from private sources and federal grants, support state efforts to obtain federal funding, recruit and coordinate park volunteers, and expend funds on park projects in coordination with the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (DEP). The Friends would complement and supplement the DEP, but would be independent.
· Increase state funding and staffing for state parks, and improve the staff’s efficiency through partnerships with other organizations. A comprehensive state park system plan should be developed, including a thorough evaluation of the structure, function and culture of the state park system. In addition, detailed plans should be developed for each individual park within the system.
· Work to mitigate the three biggest threats to state park lands: overabundant deer, invasive species and illegal off-road vehicles (ORVs). “Depending on where you are in the state, there are anywhere from 10 times to 20 times more deer than the forests can handle,” noted Van Clef. Illegal ORV riders, he added, are tearing apart and degrading New Jersey’s natural lands, making them poorer habitat for native plants and animals – and less attractive to visitors. Better enforcement of regulations restricting ORV use in sensitive areas and protecting park lands is needed.
As the Fix Our Parks report documents, we need to treat our parks and public lands as the precious gems they are! When run effectively, parks can be a powerful economic engine that benefits nearby communities.
New Jersey’s state park system includes 51 parks and forests, 122 wildlife management areas, 48 historic sites, 19 campgrounds and six marinas. Together, they cover 452,000 acres.
It’s past time for New Jersey to make an investment in the future of our state parks. New Jerseyans deserve a system that is well cared for and accessible to all – places where families can experience the joy of exploring the outdoors, and where natural resources are protected.
To learn more about the Fix Our Parks initiative and download a copy of Van Clef’s report, go to https://www.fixourparksnj.org/.
To see a list of state parks, go to https://nj.gov/dep/parksandforests/.
For more information on preserving New Jersey’s land and natural resources, visit the New Jersey Conservation Foundation website at www.njconservation.org or contact me at info@njconservation.org.
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by Alison Mitchell
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Investing in Washington H. Soul Pattinson (ASX:SOL) five years ago would have delivered you a 54% gain
While Washington H. Soul Pattinson and Company Limited (ASX:SOL) shareholders are probably generally happy, the stock hasn't had particularly good run recently, with the share price falling 14% in the last quarter. But at least the stock is up over the last five years. In that time, it is up 36%, which isn't bad, but is below the market return of 44%. While the long term returns are impressive, we do have some sympathy for those who bought more recently, given the 26% drop, in the last year.
Let's take a look at the underlying fundamentals over the longer term, and see if they've been consistent with shareholders returns.
View our latest analysis for Washington H. Soul Pattinson
To paraphrase Benjamin Graham: Over the short term the market is a voting machine, but over the long term it's a weighing machine. One imperfect but simple way to consider how the market perception of a company has shifted is to compare the change in the earnings per share (EPS) with the share price movement.
Over half a decade, Washington H. Soul Pattinson managed to grow its earnings per share at 2.3% a year. We do note that extraordinary items have impacted its earnings history. This EPS growth is lower than the 6% average annual increase in the share price. This suggests that market participants hold the company in higher regard, these days. And that's hardly shocking given the track record of growth.
You can see below how EPS has changed over time (discover the exact values by clicking on the image).
We like that insiders have been buying shares in the last twelve months. Even so, future earnings will be far more important to whether current shareholders make money. It might be well worthwhile taking a look at our free report on Washington H. Soul Pattinson's earnings, revenue and cash flow.
What About Dividends?
As well as measuring the share price return, investors should also consider the total shareholder return (TSR). Whereas the share price return only reflects the change in the share price, the TSR includes the value of dividends (assuming they were reinvested) and the benefit of any discounted capital raising or spin-off. So for companies that pay a generous dividend, the TSR is often a lot higher than the share price return. We note that for Washington H. Soul Pattinson the TSR over the last 5 years was 54%, which is better than the share price return mentioned above. And there's no prize for guessing that the dividend payments largely explain the divergence!
A Different Perspective
While the broader market lost about 6.1% in the twelve months, Washington H. Soul Pattinson shareholders did even worse, losing 24% (even including dividends). However, it could simply be that the share price has been impacted by broader market jitters. It might be worth keeping an eye on the fundamentals, in case there's a good opportunity. On the bright side, long term shareholders have made money, with a gain of 9% per year over half a decade. If the fundamental data continues to indicate long term sustainable growth, the current sell-off could be an opportunity worth considering. While it is well worth considering the different impacts that market conditions can have on the share price, there are other factors that are even more important. Consider risks, for instance. Every company has them, and we've spotted 1 warning sign for Washington H. Soul Pattinson you should know about.
There are plenty of other companies that have insiders buying up shares. You probably do not want to miss this free list of growing companies that insiders are buying.
Please note, the market returns quoted in this article reflect the market weighted average returns of stocks that currently trade on AU exchanges.
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Today's Wordle answer (Wednesday 20 July 2022): Wordle word of the day #396 and hints
Hints and the answer to today's Wordle wordLooking for the Wordle answer for Wednesday 20 July 2022? Wordle is one of the biggest games of 2022, but it's also one of the simplest. All you have to do is guess a random five letter word every day, with green and yellow tiles appearing to show you whether letters are in the correct position or need moving. However, simple doesn't mean easy. In fact, particularly difficult Wordle answers could be enough to complete ruin your day. Luckily, we're here to help.
In this guide, we've got three hints that you can use to solve today's Wordle answers. If you don't want to work on a puzzle but you aren't prepared to lose your streak, then simply scroll down a little further to find today's Wordle answer.
Wordle July 20 hints
Below, you'll find three clues that you can use to solve today's Wordle answer:
- Today's Wordle answer starts with a "T".
- It has two vowels.
- Of the three consonants in this word, two of them are the same.
Today's Wordle answer July 20
Today's Wordle answer is: TRITE.
Trite is an adjective that describes something that's boring. Overused. Lacking in originality. That could never be Wordle, of course - a new word every day always means there's a new challenge to face! However, it'd be a shame if people had the answer ruined before they had chance to play, so make sure you keep today's Wordle answer a secret until midnight. When the clock strikes 12, feel free to scream the word "Trite" at the top of your lungs, as there'll be a new Wordle to solve.
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Grains Research Development Corporation ‘grainstorming’ to develop five-year plan for $180m annual investment
Grains Research Development Corporation is in the middle of what its new boss says might be its most important consultation process yet — casting a wide net for input on its next five-year plan.
GRDC managing director Nigel Hart visited Perth in June as his first trip to WA since starting the role, to meet a range of stakeholders including WA Agriculture Minister Alannah MacTiernan.
The organisation is developing its five-year plan for 2023-28 and asking farmers and wider industry where its grains research, development and extension spend should focus during the next five years.
Mr Hart said answers to the multimillion dollar question would shape how GRDC invested the $180m to $200m it invests each year on behalf of the nation’s 22,000 grain growing operations.
“It is about making sure we are focusing on the areas - pre and post farm gate – critical for growers in terms of supporting their businesses to be profitable and sustainable on the longer term,” he said.
“We want to make sure we are capturing quite clearly, where people are looking for GRDC to invest during the next five years… in addition to the ongoing investments we have on the books.
“There are a lot of areas you can invest in, but we need to make sure we are getting the maximum amount of impact for every dollar spent by GRDC.”
Farmers pay a levy to GRDC worth 0.99 per cent of the farm gate value of their grain, with that figure matched by the Federal Government — up to 0.5 per cent of the three-year rolling average of the gross value of crop production.
The funds are used to invest in rural research, development and extension projects for the grains industry, with excess levies often kept as reserves to cover poorer production years.
Mr Hart said GRDC had been consulting with its National Grower Network in recent weeks and believed GRDC was “coming off a high base” in terms of delivering value to growers.
“I think it is important to recognise that GRDC has been delivering some really good impact and good results,” he said.
“But we are always looking for good ideas... it’s a combination of evolution and revolution, we know growers are happy in terms in what we have been doing around those continuous improvement areas where we are looking at a 2 per cent increase in productivity.”
Since starting in the role in April, Mr Hart said he had been doing “plenty” – including getting his head around GRDC’s 600-plus portfolio of projects, meeting the internal team, the board, research partners, growers, industry groups, and ministers.
Plans for his first trip to WA were sidelined when he came down with COVID-19 earlier this year, but he finally made it across the border in June.
While in WA, he attended a GRDC board meeting, met with UWA to learn about the Australian Herbicide Resistance Program, Murdoch University, Australian Grains Export Innovation Centre, Grains Australia, InterGrain, and the GRDC western region panel.
During the trip, GRDC announced $30m over five years for the Perth-based Centre for Crop and Disease Management and $12m for AEGIC – matched by the State Government – over four years.
His next trip will be to WA for the July 21 launch of the WA Agricultural Collaboration.
The long-time grains supply chain expert — who ran his own corporate advisory business until March this year — stepped into the role in April after being announced as the successful candidate in February.
He succeeded Cathie Warburton who had been serving as interim managing director and stepped back into her role as people, communications and governance general manager.
Mr Hart’s business Hart Supply Chain has worked with mid-to-large cap logistics, warehouse storage and port companies since its inception in 2019.
Prior to running the business, Mr Hart was a senior executive at Long-Term Asset Partners.
He earlier spent more than two years at ADM as global director of ports and director of ports and storage development for Asia Pacific, and previously spent more than 12 years at GrainCorp.
Originally from New South Wales, Mr Hart said he had always been involved in grain which was one of his “passions”, after farming with relatives after university before pursuing a corporate career.
He said taking on the role at GRDC was a “distinct privilege” after a career focused on delivering greater value to growers.
“GRDC plays such a critical role in terms of doing research, which helps farmers with enduring profitability and sustainability,” he said.
To have your say, visit rdeplan.grdc.com.au/consultation.
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Experience is on Elkanah Kibet’s side heading into World Championships 2020 marathon- RRW
EUGENE (16-Jul) — At 39 years-old with 14 marathons under his belt, Elkanah Kibet says he has never been in a better place, both physically and mentally, to run a great marathon. The Asics-sponsored athlete, who is a First Lieutenant in the U.S. Army where he works as a budget analyst,...
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ORLANDO, Fla. (Ivanhoe Newswire) – Even before the pandemic, the mental well-being of teens had declined.
The most recent CDC survey found 19.9% of all teens reported having seriously considered attempting suicide. Fifty five percent reported having experienced emotional abuse at home. The US Surgeon General says there is a “devastating” mental health crisis among American teens.
Grades, friends, the future. There’s a lot that teens worry about.
“There’s been countless moments of depression, anxiety, imposter syndrome,” Miami University student, Amitoj Kaur said.
Lakota West High School former student, Rachel Curry said, “Like everyone puts on a mask and not everyone is okay.”
More than one in three high school students experience persistent feelings of sadness or hopelessness and one in six youth reported making a suicide plan in the past year. Experts say one of best things parents can do is talk to your teen about their emotions.
“I just wanted to talk to you about how things are going. Even the new school year can be another great opportunity to say, you know, I just want to check in,” said Brandon Stratford, PhD, MSW, Director of Education Research.
Parents may also increase positive emotions and manage difficult feelings by getting their teens to follow SEEDS, which stands for sleep, exercise, education, diet, and self-care. Practicing elements of SEEDS, such as self-care, which focuses on hygiene, can increase confidence, boosts self-esteem, and reduce feelings of sadness.
The SEEDS guideline was created by Mind Chicago as an emphasis for kids to take care of their minds by taking care of their bodies.
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CANBERRA, Australia (AP) — A five-year government report found Australia’s environment continues to deteriorate due to climate change, resource extraction and other causes, prompting leaders on Tuesday to promise new laws and enforcement of them.
The State of the Environment report also adds political pressure on the government to set a more ambitious greenhouse gas reduction target when Parliament resumes next week for the first time since May 21 elections.
The previous conservative government received the report in December but decided against making it public before the elections.
The center-left Labor Party won on pledges including greater action on climate change.
It wants a target to reduce emissions by 43% below 2005 by the end of the decade enshrined in law when Parliament sits on July 26.
Several unaligned lawmakers want a more ambitious target. Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek said the report sent a “very strong message that we need to do better, but she rejected calls for deeper emission cuts.
“On the 43% target, we made a promise to the Australian people. We’re going to keep the promise we made to the Australian people,” Plibersek told the National Press Club.
She said she would introduce new environmental protection laws to Parliament next year and the government would create an agency to enforce them.
The government will also set a target of having 30% of Australia’s land and surrounding sea declared protected areas. It wants to create an east Antarctic marine park.
“I am optimistic about the steps that we can take over the next three years. Legislating strong action on climate change is a great start,” Plibersek said.
The wide-ranging report found the number of Australian species listed as threatened had increased by 8% since the 2016 report.
That number will increase substantially after wildfires in 2019 and 2020 destroyed vast tracts of southeast Australian forests, the report said.
Kelly O’Shanassy, chief executive of the Australian Conservation Foundation, an environmental organization, said land clearing was the major cause of habitat loss.
“There’s nothing in this report we don’t know. This is the fourth State of the Environment Report and every time it’s told us that the environment is getting worse and worse and worse because we’re not taking the type of action we need,” O’Shanassy told Australian Broadcasting Corp.
She welcomed the government’s commitment to law reform.
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Which Netgear wireless router is best?
Nearly every business or home these days needs high-speed internet to function properly. The best way to ensure that the internet will connect to everyone in the space easily is through Wi-Fi. Wireless internet connection runs through a wireless router that emits a connection to every device in a nearby vicinity. One of the biggest brands that provides wireless routers is Netgear. Finding the right wireless router from Netgear, such as the NETGEAR Nighthawk X10, will depend on the needs and space it will be used in.
What to know before buying a Netgear wireless router
Megabits per second capacity
Probably the most important feature on a wireless router for actual internet speed, megabits per second, or Mbps, determines how fast data transfers onto and out of a device. While internet plans play a part in how fast the speed a space has is, the capabilities of a wireless router are the biggest barrier between higher or lower internet speeds.
Single band or dual band
Another major factor for any wireless router is whether it has a single or dual-band ability. To optimize speed, dual-band routers connect some devices to one frequency and others to another or both. This allows for a more consistent and higher-speed connection than a single-band router. However, dual-band routers tend to be more expensive than their counterparts.
Number of devices being used
One of the external factors that helps determine what router to use is how many devices will be connected to the router at the same time. Some routers are built specifically to handle several different devices at once, while others are designed to provide high-speed internet to just a few at a time.
Router range
The range of the router gives a general estimate of how far away from the device a phone or computer can be and still connect at a solid internet speed. For larger homes or offices, having a router with several thousand square feet of range will be incredibly important; however, for an apartment or smaller home, the need for range above even 1,000 square feet may not be necessary.
How much you can expect to spend on a Netgear wireless router
The price for a wireless router depends heavily on its range, number of connected devices, speed capacity and frequency. For a lower-end device, users can find a wireless router for $100 or less. However, for a higher level of needs, expect to pay more than $200.
Best Netgear wireless router
Top Netgear wireless router
What you need to know: One of the best all-around wireless routers on the market that still offers wired ports for specific devices that may require LAN connection.
What you’ll love: The router provides tri-band connection for up to 4600 Mbps of internet speed for high-quality use. The wireless router also has four different antennas to help send a signal in every direction of a home.
What you should consider: Some users report droppages in connection on a semi-consistent basis is frustrating for those who stream videos or work at home.
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Top Netgear wireless router for the money
NETGEAR Nighthawk Smart Wi-Fi Router
What you need to know: This is a solid wireless router that works well for basic needs while costing significantly less than other models.
What you’ll love: Despite the reduction in prices, the wireless router can still comfortably connect with up to 25 devices at the same time. Additionally, the router is easy to set up, with most users only needing 5 minutes to have the device up and running.
What you should consider: With a max Mbps of 1750, the router is not going to work perfectly for users that play video games online.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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NETGEAR Nighthawk 8-Stream AX8 Wi-Fi 6 Router
What you need to know: This is one of the better routers available from Netgear, with a max speed of an impressive 6 Gbps.
What you’ll love: The wireless router is equipped with four antennas to provide 2,500 feet of range. The router can also connect to a storage device and create a personal cloud storage.
What you should consider: The difference between this router and more affordable models may not be large enough for shoppers to pay the $400 price tag.
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NETGEAR Nighthawk 4-Stream AX4 Wi-Fi 6 Router
What you need to know: This is a solid, mid-range router that offers above-average connection at an affordable price.
What you’ll love: The two adjustable antennas provide up to 1,500 feet of range. The router also supports Amazon Alexa voice control.
What you should consider: Some users report droppages in coverage every now and again.
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NETGEAR Nighthawk X6 Smart Wi-Fi Router
What you need to know: This is a powerful wireless router built for large spaces while still being semi-affordable.
What you’ll love: The router is capable of up to 3200 Mbps, alongside connecting to 50 devices at the same time. The device covers up to 3,500 feet due to its tremendous range.
What you should consider: Several users report having to reboot the router several times throughout their use of the device.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
NETGEAR Nighthawk Pro Gaming 6-Stream Wi-Fi 6 Router
What you need to know: This is a great gaming wireless router built to lower ping rate and lag times.
What you’ll love: It’s equipped with four antennas and Wi-Fi 6 to reduce ping rates by up to 93%. The router is also capable of 5.4 Gbps for very fast internet speeds.
What you should consider: At around $300, the router may not be worth the money for non-gaming internet users.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
NETGEAR Orbi Whole Home Tri-band Mesh Wi-Fi 6 System
What you need to know: This is a full Wi-Fi system that comes with satellite routers for optimal connection in large spaces.
What you’ll love: The Orbi can cover up to 5,000 square feet of space and connect with more than 100 devices at the same time. The router and satellites also come with an app to test speeds and manage devices from anywhere.
What you should consider: The router and two satellites cost nearly $700. At the same time, the users report just average internet speed.
Where to buy: Sold by Amazon
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The Bullet Train cast has stopped in Berlin, and star Brad Pitt brought the wow factor to the red carpet! The 58-year-old actor, who plays Ladybug, one of the assassins on the train, rocked a brown knee-length, rugged skirt for the German premiere of the film on July 19. Brad is part of a distinguished group of men who have rocked skirts on the carpet, including Pete Davidson and Kanye West, which can be seen in the above gallery. He paired the bold look with a muted pink button-up that was left untucked and a loose-fitting blazer made of the same material as the skirt. He accessorized with several layers of silver pendant necklaces and black sunglasses and completed the look with black combat boots. His several leg tattoos could be seen on his right shin and his left calf.
Pink seems to be Brad’s color in Berlin, as just hours before the official red carpet, he looked chic in a light pink tracksuit as he posed at a photo call. The sweater was a lighter pink and featured a green zipper with yellow trim on the collar, while the pants were made of a darker pink fabric that seemed to be light and airy. He wore a white tee under the sweat jacket and paired it with white sneakers, black aviator sunglasses, and a silver chain around his neck.
The night before, Brad also stole the carpet; but for his moves, rather than his fun ‘fits. The Ad Astra star gave the crowd a fun surprise when he dramatically but playfully Karate kicked toward the photographers in front of him. He looked like he was having a ball as he smiled in his office-casual look of dark slacks, a gray blazer, a dark blue V-neck tee, and white sneakers.
Joey King, who plays a fellow assassin, Prince, in Bullet Train, also showed up to the Berlin carpet in style. She stunned in a curve-hugging black ribbed jumpsuit with long sleeves and flared legs. While her outfit was very simple, her hair and makeup were nothing but. The 22-year-old Conjuring star looked cool and confident in a fun asymmetrical bob. Her hair was a pretty pastel pink color and was straightened. Her eye makeup seemed to be a balance between the black outfit and her colored hair, as she rocked a smokey metallic purple color on her eyelids and her eyes were framed with black eyeliner.
As noted above, the Bullet Train cast, which also includes Aaron Taylor-Johnson, 32, and Brian Tyree Henry, 40, among others, were promoting their highly anticipated project in Paris before entering Berlin. Joey shared a video of her time there, which was filled with fancy outfits, tasty-looking French food such as bread and escargot, and picturesque strolls in the streets of The City of Lights.
Aside from seemingly having a ball of a time while touring around Europe to promote Bullet Train, the Kissing Booth actress also had a phenomenal time on set and working with the Once Upon A Time In Hollywood lead. “I learned a lot from Brad, some incredible personal life lessons,” she recalled to the Free Press Journal on July 12. “He’s been in the public eye for so long. It’s such a weird thing to balance. Only a niche group knows exactly what it feels like. Brad was so gracious in helping someone like me.”
“It is a truly a larger-than-life film that I can’t believe I got to be a part of,” she continued. “I’ve been acting for a long time, but I had a zoom-out Hollywood moment of ‘Wow, this is insane. I’m in an action film directed by David Leitch with Brad Pitt.’”
Bullet Train is an adaptation of Kōtarō Isaka’s novel Maria Beetle, which revolves around an action-packed mission to locate and collect a briefcase from a train leaving Tokyo for Morioka. Several skilled assassins are onboard the train and realize their assignments and targets are all related. The film will be released in the US on August 5. | https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/07/19/brad-pitt-bullet-train-berlin-premiere-photo/ | 2022-07-20T01:39:37Z | https://hollywoodlife.com/2022/07/19/brad-pitt-bullet-train-berlin-premiere-photo/ | false | 1 |
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — Charlotte Hornets forward Miles Bridges is facing three felony domestic violence charges after being accused of assaulting his girlfriend in front of their two children last month, the Los Angeles County district attorney said Tuesday.
District Attorney George Gascón said his office filed one felony count of injuring a child’s parent and two felony counts of child abuse under circumstances or conditions likely to cause great bodily injury or death. Bridges is scheduled to be arraigned Wednesday.
“Children who witness family violence are especially vulnerable and the impact on them is immeasurable,” Gascón said.
Bridges was arrested on June 29 by Los Angeles police and was later released on $130,000 bond.
Bridges’ agent, Rich Paul, could not immediately be reached for comment Tuesday night.
Mychelle Johnson, the mother of Bridges’ two young children, addressed the incident on Instagram on July 1, posting several pictures of injuries and a medical report that read “adult victim of physical abuse by male partner; Assault by strangulation, Brain concussion; Closed fracture of nasal bone; Contusion of rib; Multiple bruises; Strain of neck muscle.”
“I hate that it has come to this but I can’t be silent anymore. I’ve allowed someone to destroy my home, abuse me in every way possible and traumatize our kids for life,” Johnson wrote on Instagram. “I have nothing to prove to the world, but I won’t allow anyone who could do something so horrible to have no remorse and paint a picture of something I’m not. I won’t allow the people around him to continue to silence me and continue to lie to protect this person.”
The 24-year-old Bridges is a restricted free agent who was expected to command big money in the free agent market this summer following a breakout season.
The 6-foot-7, 225-pound Bridges was the Hornets’ leading scorer last season, averaging 20.2 points and seven rebounds in his fourth NBA season.
The Hornets have extended Bridges a qualifying offer allowing them a chance to match any offer sheet made by another team. The team had indicated prior to knowledge of Bridges’ arrest that it wanted to re-sign him.
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Tom Colton, better known as The Psychic Swindler, looked set to write off a €2.7m in debt until Irish Independent Legal Editor Shane Phelan got on the case. The Indo Daily finds out more
Tom Colton is a medium, former accountant and property investor who is better known by his nickname The Psychic Swindler.
Coulton looked set to write off a €2.7m in debt until Irish Independent Legal Editor Shane Phelan got on the case.
Today on The Indo Daily Shane explains how his investigation uncovered a web of deceit and hidden assets. | https://www.independent.ie/incoming/the-indo-daily-the-psychic-swindler-the-secret-villa-and-the-newspaper-investigation-he-didnt-see-coming-41853235.html | 2022-07-20T01:45:18Z | https://www.independent.ie/incoming/the-indo-daily-the-psychic-swindler-the-secret-villa-and-the-newspaper-investigation-he-didnt-see-coming-41853235.html | true | null |
We will reign over Spain in Women’s Euro quarter final, vow England’s Lionesses
Temperatures at the Lionesses’ training camp reached 40C yesterday but the real sweating will begin tonight when they face their first serious challenge in the Uefa Women’s Championship.
The team scored 14 goals and conceded none in their first three matches, form that will be tough to maintain in tonight’s quarter-final against Spain at Brighton and Hove Community Stadium.
In footage posted on social media, Millie Bright, the Chesterfield-born defender, told viewers: “We’re all finished [with training]. Ready for Spain. Bring it on. It’s not even warm. I don’t know what everyone’s moaning at.”
The film included players playing rock-paper-scissors as part of exercises to test rapid responses.
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RiverNorth Specialty Finance Co. (NYSE:RSF – Get Rating) was the recipient of a large decrease in short interest during the month of June. As of June 30th, there was short interest totalling 7,200 shares, a decrease of 30.8% from the June 15th total of 10,400 shares. Based on an average daily volume of 9,800 shares, the short-interest ratio is currently 0.7 days.
Institutional Trading of RiverNorth Specialty Finance
Institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Raymond James & Associates lifted its stake in RiverNorth Specialty Finance by 18.4% during the fourth quarter. Raymond James & Associates now owns 37,885 shares of the company’s stock valued at $727,000 after purchasing an additional 5,875 shares during the last quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC lifted its stake in RiverNorth Specialty Finance by 2.9% during the first quarter. Capital Investment Advisors LLC now owns 45,018 shares of the company’s stock valued at $874,000 after purchasing an additional 1,251 shares during the last quarter. Shaker Financial Services LLC acquired a new stake in RiverNorth Specialty Finance during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,199,000. Twelve Points Wealth Management LLC acquired a new stake in RiverNorth Specialty Finance during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $1,539,000. Finally, Cresset Asset Management LLC lifted its stake in RiverNorth Specialty Finance by 279.4% during the first quarter. Cresset Asset Management LLC now owns 484,684 shares of the company’s stock valued at $9,408,000 after purchasing an additional 356,927 shares during the last quarter.
RiverNorth Specialty Finance Trading Up 1.1 %
Shares of NYSE:RSF traded up $0.19 during trading on Tuesday, reaching $17.94. The company had a trading volume of 6,670 shares, compared to its average volume of 13,873. The business’s fifty day moving average is $18.08. RiverNorth Specialty Finance has a twelve month low of $16.98 and a twelve month high of $20.04.
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Over 5,000 OTACA Tequila bottles digitized with Identiv's tap-and-go NFC in pilot launch
FREMONT, Calif., July 19, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Identiv, Inc. (NASDAQ: INVE), global digital security and identification leader in the Internet of Things (IoT), today announced the successful completion of the pilot launch of Identiv's near field communication (NFC)-enabled smart packaging for OTACA Tequila. With over 5,000 bottles of tequila successfully digitized during the pilot launch, OTACA plans to ramp its production plans with Identiv to an additional 50,000 bottles of Reposado tequila in the first quarter of 2023.
In October 2021, Identiv announced a collaboration with OTACA Tequila to expand smart packaging innovations with NFC-enabled authentication, transparency, customer loyalty, and brand awareness. High-performing NTAG 210u NFC tags power the new smart packaging solution attached to the top of OTACA Tequila bottles. OTACA is the first spirits company to fully digitize its product offerings with NFC.
"From the proof of concept to pilot and now the upcoming production phase, our collaboration with OTACA has delivered significant results," said Amir Khoshniyati, VP and GM, Transponders, Identiv. "The market demand for OTACA continues to grow. Our NFC tags on OTACA Tequila bottles are propelling global sales by facilitating re-orders, while delivering unparalleled insights into consumer habits and behaviors," added Khoshniyati.
"We have worked hard to create a highly personalized experience for our OTACA Tequila customers," said Anthony Accetta, CEO and Founder, OTACA Tequila. "Each purchased bottle maps a journey, inviting a digital touchpoint with product provenance and authentication upon every consumer NFC tag tap. We're looking forward to further growth with Identiv, including plans to expand with Anejo," stated Accetta.
The NFC tag, combined with blockchain technology, strengthens the validity of the tequila's origins. A true artisanal sipping spirit, OTACA Tequila has been recently recognized for multiple awards including 2022 Sip Awards Double Gold, 2021 Cigar and Spirits Magazine World Spirits competition, and 2022 Spirits Business Awards Gold, Tequila and Mezcal Masters category.
Identiv's NFC-enabled solutions feature a complete portfolio of tags and form factors allowing customers and partners of wine and spirits, high-end luxury goods, and sports jerseys to create their own NFC products, ecosystems, and experiences. Identiv is recognized for offering the highest quality NFC tags with innovative known designs, global scale, and depth of converting and encoding capabilities. Shop the portfolio at shop.identiv.com. For custom options, contact transponder_sales@identiv.com or +1 888-809-8880.
About Identiv
Identiv, Inc. is a global leader in digitally securing the physical world. Identiv's platform encompasses RFID and NFC, cybersecurity, and the full spectrum of physical access, video, and audio security. Identiv is a publicly traded company, and its common stock is listed on the NASDAQ Stock Market LLC in the U.S. under the symbol "INVE". For more information, visit identiv.com.
About OTACA Tequila
OTACA Tequila is a boutique agave spirits brand made from 100% Blue Weber agave piñas grown in the lowlands — Mexico's gateway to the blue agave region of the Jaliscan Lowlands. Each hand-selected agave piña is harvested once it reaches its optimum maturity after eight years and then fermented, twice filtered, and twice distilled through a proprietary chilling process. The result is a pristine, ultra-smooth sipping tequila presenting the purest expression of agave's natural flavors. For more information, visit otacatequila.com.
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Joe is one of many New Zealanders forced to sleep on the streets of Sydney
By Julie Power
New Zealander Joe Trueman arrived in Australia as a 14-year-old expecting his mother to meet him at the airport. She didn’t turn up.
Young and homeless, and with uncertain visa status and no access to government support, he scratched an existence from busking while self-medicating with “drinking and drugging”.
“You are not a resident, you are not a citizen,” Trueman said of his status for decades.
On Tuesday, a panel of homeless people without permanent residency – called non-residents – described themselves as invisible, as “nobodies” and “non-existent people”. They were often ineligible to work, or worked restricted hours, and couldn’t access government benefits or payments, healthcare or homeless shelters.
Health, refugee and community organisations and representatives from the City of Sydney on Tuesday called on the federal government to end discrimination against this group.
The treatment of non-residents was inhumane, said Graham West, the convener of End Street Sleeping.
They were the most vulnerable and over-represented among the homeless. It is estimated that 60 of the 330 or so people sleeping rough every night in Sydney are not permanent residents. Many are New Zealanders, which surprises many. Unless Kiwis apply for residency, they are considered non-residents of Australia and can’t access government payments.
“If we are to end rough sleeping there can be no discrimination between residents and non-residents,” said West. “All people sleeping on the streets need to be able to access safe accommodation and supports.”
West estimates there are hundreds of thousands of people in limbo as non-residents while they wait for the government to decide on their status. They include about 62,000 refugees and asylum seekers, undocumented visitors, students, temporary workers and people waiting for partner visas, and those refused visas but still in Australia.
Even those non-residents who can work, and have paid tax, don’t have access to Centrelink payments if they lose their jobs or are incapacitated.
Erin Longbottom, the nursing unit manager at St Vincent’s Hospital Sydney’s Homeless Health Service, said that, during the pandemic, the NSW government was quick to put homeless citizens and permanent residents in hotels to keep them safe from the virus.
“After we’d accommodated a large number of those in need, it became apparent that there was a core group of very vulnerable non-residents who, up until now, had been travelling under the radar,” Longbottom said.
But in a special one-off project, 34 non-residents – usually ineligible for support – were given housing and case management for a year. As a result, 16 were placed in other accommodation, two returned to their country of origin, one went to rehabilitation and only eight returned to rough sleeping.
Longbottom also said the number of non-residents staying at St Vincent’s Tierney House, for homeless people leaving hospital, increased every year. The average length of stay was three times longer than other patients because they had so few other places to go.
Non-residents said that being allowed to work would make a difference, and help Australia which has a labour shortage.
Longbottom said that, at the very least, non-residents should be allowed to access the same crisis support as Australian citizens.
“It is appalling that of two people sleeping rough on the same Sydney street, one can access a government-funded homeless shelter or receive Medicare-funded healthcare, but the other isn’t.”
Often women living in violent relationships continue to live at home because they can’t access shelters. When Bam’s relationship with her violent partner fell apart, she lost her working visa. Her last name has been withheld as she is a victim of domestic violence.
“I am not allowed to work, I am not allowed to travel, and I am not allowed to do anything. I feel like I am useless, like I am being tortured, psychologically abused by the system,” said Bams, who came to Australia to study before falling in love.
When she fled the abusive relationship, her attempts to get a spot in a domestic violence shelter failed.
“They couldn’t assist me because of my sexual orientation, and being a non-resident in Australia.
“When I rang the DV line, I said that I needed a place to say, and I am a trans woman,” she said. They couldn’t help.
She couldn’t believe the response when she called The Salvation Army’s Samaritan House, which gave her refuge.
“I called and talked to the manager. And I said, ‘I am a trans woman.’ She said, ‘Yes, you are welcome.’
“I said, ‘I have experienced domestic violence.’
“And she said, ‘Yes you’re welcome.’
“And I said, ‘I am non-resident,’ and she said, ‘Yes, you are welcome.’ ”
Comment was sought from Andrew Giles, the Minister for Immigration, Citizenship and Multicultural Affairs, but a reply was not received by deadline.
Support is available from the National Sexual Assault, Domestic Family Violence Counselling Service at 1800RESPECT (1800 737 732).
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