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No data on doctors who died due to Covid-19, Centre tells Rajya Sabha
The statement, however, contradicts the government’s claims from February 2021 that 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 ASHA workers died due to the virus.
There is no data on the number of doctors who died due to the coronavirus disease since the pandemic broke out in India in March 2020, according to the Centre’s statement in the Rajya Sabha on Tuesday.
On Tuesday, Minister of State for Health Bharati Pawar said in a written reply: “Government of India maintains data of total cases and deaths due to Covid-19 as reported by States/UTs. As on 23rd July 2022, a total of 5,25,997 deaths due to Covid-19 have been reported in the country. Disaggregated data on deaths due to Covid-19 by profession or otherwise is not maintained centrally.”
She was responding to questions by Trinamool Congress MP Abir Ranjan Biswas. He had sought details of the number of doctors who died due to Covid-19 and compensation to their families.
Pawar’s statement, however, contradicts the Centre’s claims from February 2021 that 162 doctors, 107 nurses and 44 Accredited Social Health Activists workers had died due to the virus.
The Indian Medical Association had refuted the Centre’s data, claiming that 734 doctors died due to the disease during that period.
On Tuesday, Pawar also told the Upper House that the government was providing insurance of Rs 50 lakh to healthcare workers, including doctors, under the Pradhan Mantri Garib Kalyan Package. The package is meant for those who may have been in direct contact and care of Covid-19 patients, the minister said.
She added that the National Disaster Management Authority has recommended giving Rs 50,000 as compensation to those who died due to the infection. | https://scroll.in/latest/1029168/no-data-on-doctors-who-died-due-to-covid-19-centre-tells-rajya-sabha?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=public | 2022-07-27T13:01:16Z | https://scroll.in/latest/1029168/no-data-on-doctors-who-died-due-to-covid-19-centre-tells-rajya-sabha?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=public | true | 2 |
Paddy Pimblett has ‘Conor McGregor vibe’ and could fight on PPV next, says UFC president Dana White
The Liverpudlian submitted Jordan Leavitt at UFC London this month to further raise his profile
UFC president Dana White has said Paddy Pimblett has a ‘Conor McGregor vibe’ and will likely fight on a pay-per-view next time out.
Liverpudlian Pimblett is 3-0 in the UFC with three stoppage wins, having most recently submitted Jordan Leavitt at UFC London last Saturday. The 27-year-old was the star of the show at the O2 Arena, as he was in March, and followed his win with a powerful speech on men’s mental health.
Pimblett claimed after the fight that he would not fight at the O2 again, calling the 17,000-seater venue “too small” and saying his next bout would probably be on a UFC pay-per-view. The Liverpool FC fan also has dreams of fighting at his club’s Anfield ground.
“This kid... to talk about championship stuff right now, it’s a little too soon, but he’s got that Conor McGregor vibe,” White said at a press conference on Tuesday.
“When he walks out, when he’s in the arena, the way that the fans receive him, the way that the media covers him, the way that the people who search for content...
“I wanna show you something, this is pretty amazing. On my Instagram – this is me, not UFC or whatever – the face-off for the main event, the heavyweights [Curtis] Blaydes and [Tom Aspinall] did 203,000 views on my Instagram. Paddy Pimblett’s face-off did 1.7 million. Isn’t that crazy?
“I think what we do next is we take him to either Boston or New York and he ends up on pay-per-view, then you bring him to Vegas.”
Pimblett won his UFC debut last year by knocking out Luigi Vendramini in the first round, before submitting Rodrigo Vargas in Round 1 this March and similarly beating American Leavitt with a rear naked choke.
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On Wednesday, the federal cabinet issued a notification for replacing the director general of the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). According to the notification, the federal cabinet approved the appointment of Mohsin Butt as the FIA director general. Mohsin Butt is a Police Service of Pakistan (PSP) officer in grade 22. Moreover, the federal cabinet also approved the appointment of Muhammad Tahir Rai as the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Authority (NACTA). Tahir Rai was serving as the FIA director general. Furthermore, the schedule for appointing the governor of the State Bank of Pakistan (SBP) was postponed. The prime minister had constituted a six-member committee for the appointment of the SBP governor. | https://dailytimes.com.pk/973098/federal-cabinet-approves-appointment-of-mohsin-butt-as-new-fia-director-general/ | 2022-07-27T13:05:09Z | https://dailytimes.com.pk/973098/federal-cabinet-approves-appointment-of-mohsin-butt-as-new-fia-director-general/ | true | null |
CHICAGO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- HUB International Limited (Hub), a leading full-service global insurance brokerage and financial services firm, announced today that it has acquired the assets of Stop Loss Insurance Brokers, Inc. and Berkeley Insurance Brokers, Inc. (collectively, Stop Loss Insurance Brokers). Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Located in Boston, Massachusetts, Stop Loss Insurance Brokers is a leading independent broker for medical stop loss for the self-funded municipal market and businesses throughout Massachusetts and New England.
"We are thrilled to add such a talented team which expands our expertise in both product and the Public Entity industry," said Shawn McLaughlin, President of Hub New England. "We are thrilled to have Denise Doyle and the talented Stop Loss Insurance Brokers team join Hub's benefits practice."
"Hub is a good fit for our organization," said Denise Doyle, President of Stop Loss Insurance Brokers. "We are pleased to be partnering with Hub to be able to provide our clients with access to their many programs and markets."
Stop Loss Insurance Brokers was represented by the consulting firm Authentic Advisors for the transaction.
Hub International Limited is committed to growing organically and through acquisitions to expand its geographic footprint and strengthen industry and product expertise. For more information on the Hub M&A experience, visit WeAreHub.com.
Headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, Hub International Limited is a leading full-service global insurance broker and financial services firm providing risk management, insurance, employee benefits, retirement and wealth management products and services. With more than 14,000 employees in offices located throughout North America, Hub's vast network of specialists brings clarity to a changing world with tailored solutions and unrelenting advocacy, so clients are ready for tomorrow. For more information, please visit www.hubinternational.com.
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Potentially toxic algal mats discovered at Kaweah River
Potentially toxic algal mats were discovered at Kaweah River, according to state and local health officials.
Recently, state officials notified the Tulare County Environmental Health Division that an algae bloom was spotted at Three Rivers' Skyline Pond, and the site was tested. Algal mats were also discovered in the Slick Rock area, west of Dinely Bridge.
Following the discovery, Three Rivers Community Service District posted “Toxic Algae Alert” signs at recreational areas along the river.
These blooms can produce toxins that make people and animals sick, according to Centers for Disease Control. People, dogs and horses frequent the area.
"Because children and dogs are most susceptible to serious health impacts, it is recommended they avoid touching any suspicious-looking algal material found in the water or along riverbanks," health officials stated in a press release.
Water board staff will conduct more tests in these areas and post the results on the California HAB Reports Web Map. Regular updates will be provided to the public postings are removed on the map.
In the meantime, boaters and swimmers are asked to "to be alert" when they enter the water.
Harmful algal blooms are caused by algal or cyanobacteria that grow floating in the water. Additionally, some algae or cyanobacteria grow attached to the bottom surface of waterways and can form algal mats.
There are health risks associated with the toxins produced by algal organisms, health officials said. The potentially toxic algal mats can be found either attached to the bottom, floating in the water, or stranded on the riverbank.
Algal mats ranges from bright to dull-green, orange, brown, and maroon material.
If you see algal mats, avoid touching or swallowing any algal mat material in the water or on the riverbanks. Dogs shouldn't drink water from the rivers. If your dog is exposed, wash them immediately, health officials said.
People exposed to cyanotoxins may experience the following symptoms:
- Stomach pain
- Headache
- Neurological symptoms
- Vomiting
- Diarrhea
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amid the ongoing infant formula shortage, families are experiencing additional stress as they struggle to find nutritious options for their babies. Superior HealthPlan is encouraging families to exercise caution with alternative feeding options while providing guidance to help keep infants safe and healthy.
"At Superior HealthPlan, we understand how critical infant formula is to a newborn's health and development, as it has the right balance of nutrients needed for growth," said Dr. David Harmon, Chief Medical Director at Superior HealthPlan. "That's why the increased cost and scarce availability of infant formula is distressing for families, especially those living in rural and underserved regions of Texas."
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), only 1 in 4 parents exclusively breastfeed their children up to the age of 6 months, leaving a majority of parents and caregivers at least partially dependent on formula.
If impacted by infant formula shortages, Superior HealthPlan is encouraging families to follow these guidelines and seek out community resources for additional support, as needed:
- DO talk with your pediatrician and ask if they have supplies of formula. Your local WIC office may also be able to suggest places to look.
- DO check smaller stores and local community pharmacies, which may not be out of supply when the bigger stores are.
- DO try new formulas as many babies can switch brands of formula, including generic store brands, unless your infant is on a specific extensively hydrolyzed or amino acid-based formula. Ask your pediatrician about recommended specialty formula alternatives available for your infant.
- DO NOT make a homemade formula or use imported formulas. This is not safe for your infant, as there are specific nutritional needs for an infant. The FDA reviews and makes sure all infant formula sold in U.S. stores meets strict rules related to ingredients to ensure it supports healthy growth and development.
- DO NOT switch to cow's milk or other milk substitutes from the dairy section of the grocery store, such as almond or soy beverages (sometimes labeled as milk). This is true for babies 0 – 12 months of age.
- DO NOT water down formulas or use toddler formulas for infants younger than 12 months. This includes adding more water when mixing powdered formula or adding extra water to ready-to-serve, non-concentrated liquid formula. Both practices affect the nutrition your infant is getting.
- DO NOT purchase expired or damaged cans. Check expiration dates.
Superior members are encouraged to visit https://superiorhealthplan.findhelp.com/ to search for local resources to address infant formula supply issues, food insecurity, or other critical needs. Families impacted by infant formula shortages can also contact the Community Connections Help Line at 1-866-775-2192 from 9 – 6 p.m.
Founded in 1999, Superior HealthPlan is a managed care company that delivers quality health care throughout Texas. Committed to transforming the health of the community, one person at a time, Superior supports active local involvement in all 254 Texas counties with nearly 4,000 employees throughout the state. Superior is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise that is committed to helping people live healthier lives. More information on Superior can be found at www.SuperiorHealthPlan.com.
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Medicaid expansion has made total hip arthroplasty (THA) more accessible to patients. Given the continuous attention on the opioid problem, researchers wanted to see if patients with Medicaid insurance had different postoperative pain and painkiller needs than privately or Medicare-insured individuals.
Adult patients who received elective THA between 2016 and 2019 were identified using a single-institution database. Patients in the Medicaid group received Medicaid insurance, but those who did not qualify for Medicaid were covered commercially or via Medicare. A subgroup analysis was performed, distinguishing private pay patients from Medicare patients.
There were a total of 5,845 instances detected, including 326 Medicaid (5.6%) and 5,519 non-Medicaid cases (94.4%). About 2,635 people in the non-Medicaid category were covered by private insurance. Medicaid patients were younger (56.1 compared to 63.28 versus 57.4 years; P<0.001, P<0.05), less likely to be White (39.1 versus 78.2 versus 76.2%; P<0.001), and more likely to be active smokers (21.6 versus 8.8 between 10.5%; P<0.001). For Medicaid patients, surgical time (113 against 96 compared to 98 minutes; P<0.001) and length of stay (2.7 versus 1.7 versus 1.4 days; P<0.001) were longer, with the lower home release (86.5% versus 91.8% between 97.2%; P<0.001). Medicaid patients had greater total opioid intake (178 morphine milligram equivalents [MMEs] compared 89 MME versus 82 MME; P<0.001) and average MME/day in the first 24 hours and 24 to 48 hours (52.3 versus 44.7 versus 44.45; P<0.001 & 73.8 versus 28.4 versus 29.8; P<0.001). Higher pain scores (2.71 vs. 2.31 vs. 2.38; P<0.001) and lower Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care scores (18.77 vs. 20.98 vs. 21.61; P<0.001) were seen in correlation with this. Higher pain ratings (2.71 compared to 2.31 versus 2.38; P<0.001) and lower Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care scores (18.77 versus 20.98 versus 21.61; P<0.001) mirrored this. Medicaid patients who presented for THA had higher postoperative pain and required more narcotics than non-Medicaid patients. It emphasized the need for preoperative counseling and optimization in this high-risk population. These individuals may benefit from multidisciplinary management to assure pain control while reducing the risk of long-term opiate usage.
When undergoing THA, Medicaid patients showed higher postoperative pain and needed more narcotics than non-Medicaid patients. It demonstrated the need for preoperative counseling and optimization in this population at risk. Multidisciplinary care may be beneficial for these individuals to manage their pain and reduce the risk of continued long-term opiate usage. | https://www.physiciansweekly.com/effects-of-medicaid-status-and-patient-point-of-entry-on-postoperative-opioid-consumption-pain-after-primary-tha/ | 2022-07-27T13:08:59Z | https://www.physiciansweekly.com/effects-of-medicaid-status-and-patient-point-of-entry-on-postoperative-opioid-consumption-pain-after-primary-tha/ | false | 1 |
HARTFORD, Conn., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Virtus Investment Partners, Inc. (NASDAQ: VRTS), which operates a multi-manager asset management business, has expanded its investment capabilities to include systematic quantitative investing and multi-asset allocation with the addition of two experienced portfolio management teams within Virtus Investment Advisers.
Virtus Systematic uses a state-of-the-art technology platform that is powered by artificial intelligence and natural language processing. The team's process incorporates a proprietary investment-return forecasting model that combines behavioral factors with intrinsic and valuation factors. Kunal Ghosh, chief investment officer and senior managing director, leads the team, working with three other experienced investment professionals, Lu Yu, managing director and lead portfolio manager, Jie Wei, director and senior portfolio manager, and Yang Zhang, assistant director and data scientist.
Virtus Multi-Asset assesses changing market, macroeconomic, and other factors to dynamically allocate across asset classes while incorporating environmental, social and governance factors into their investment process. The team consists of three experienced investment professionals, Paul Pietranico, CFA, chief investment officer and senior managing director, Heather Bergman, Ph.D., managing director and senior portfolio manager, and Michael Rothstein, director and portfolio manager.
"The Systematic and Multi-Asset teams further expand our investment capabilities, allowing us to continue to deliver individual and comprehensive investment solutions for our clients," said George R. Aylward, president and chief executive officer of Virtus. "The Systematic team's use of a quantitative, AI-based process to generate alpha, and the Multi-Asset team's specialization in asset allocation strategies that provide differentiated investment solutions, have proven to be distinguishing factors for their clients. We look forward to making these investment strategies available for institutional and individual investors and broadening their strategies into other asset classes and investment vehicles."
Virtus Systematic manages U.S. and non-US investment strategies across the market cap spectrum for institutional and retail clients. These strategies are available to clients in multiple investment vehicles including individually managed accounts as well as the Virtus Emerging Markets Opportunities Fund (I: AOTIX), Virtus Small-Cap Fund (I: AZBIX), and Virtus International Small-Cap Fund (I: ALOIX).
Pietranico and Bergman of Virtus Multi-Asset are portfolio managers of Virtus Global Allocation Fund (I: PALLX), which they have managed since 2009 and 2017, respectively, with a previous subadviser, and the team provides asset allocation recommendations for the CollegeAccess 529 Plan. Ghosh is also a portfolio manager of the equity sleeve of the Global Allocation Fund.
About Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
Virtus Investment Partners (NASDAQ: VRTS) is a distinctive partnership of boutique investment managers singularly committed to the long-term success of individual and institutional investors. We provide investment management products and services from our affiliated managers, each with a distinct investment style and autonomous investment process, as well as select subadvisers. Investment solutions are available across multiple disciplines and product types to meet a wide array of investor needs. Additional information about our firm, investment partners, and strategies is available at virtus.com.
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Allocation: The risk that the portfolio's exposure to equities and fixed income securities, or to different asset classes, may vary from the intended allocation or may not be optimal for market conditions at a given time. Issuer Risk: The portfolio will be affected by factors specific to the issuers of securities and other instruments in which the portfolio invests, including actual or perceived changes in the financial condition or business prospects of such issuers. Underlying Fund Risk: The portfolio will be indirectly affected by factors, risks and performance specific to any other portfolio in which it invests. Debt Instruments: Debt instruments are subject to greater levels of credit and liquidity risk, may be speculative and may decline in value due to changes in interest rates or an issuer's or counterparty's deterioration or default. Interest Rate: The values of debt instruments may rise or fall in response to changes in interest rates, and this risk may be enhanced for securities with longer maturities. Derivatives: Derivatives may include, among other things, futures, options, forwards and swap agreements and may be used in order to hedge portfolio risks, create leverage, or attempt to increase returns. Investments in derivatives may result in increased volatility and the portfolio may incur a loss greater than its principal investment. Market Volatility: Local, regional, or global events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues, recessions, or other events could have a significant impact on the portfolio and its investments, including hampering the ability of the portfolio manager(s) to invest the portfolio's assets as intended. Sustainable Investing: Because the portfolio focuses on investments in companies that the Manager believes exhibit strong environmental, social, and corporate governance records, the portfolio's universe of investments may be smaller than that of other portfolios and broad equity benchmark indices. Equity Securities: The market price of equity securities may be adversely affected by financial market, industry, or issuer-specific events. Focus on a particular style or on small or medium-sized companies may enhance that risk. Foreign & Emerging Markets: Investing in foreign securities, especially in emerging markets, subjects the portfolio to additional risks such as increased volatility, currency fluctuations, less liquidity, and political, regulatory, economic, and market risk.
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Please consider a fund's investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. For this and other information about any Virtus Fund, contact your financial representative, call 800-243-4361, or visit virtus.com for a prospectus or summary prospectus. Read it carefully before investing.
Virtus Mutual Funds are distributed by VP Distributors, LLC, member FINRA and subsidiary of Virtus Investment Partners, Inc.
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Every month, NPR Music asks our friends from public radio stations across the country — hosts, music directors and writers — for the new songs they simply can't stop listening to. Sometimes they're hot tracks that have dropped just the week before, and sometimes they're songs that have taken a couple months to slow-burn into our memories. Either way, the result is a mix that's perfect for the moment.
Click the audio link above to hear Nick Brunner of Capital Public Radio, Andrea Swensson of The Current and Art Levy of KUTX discuss their picks this month. Below you'll find the full list, which includes songs from emerging London singer Jade Bird, Rhode Island punk band Downtown Boys and West Virginia singer-songwriter-keyboardist Brad Goodall.
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South Africa is taking a new look into the death of an anti-apartheid activist 45 years after he died. Ahmed Timol died suspiciously in police custody. Timol was an activist for the African National Congress, the ANC, which is now the country's ruling party. The findings in this case might lead to other apartheid-era cases being re-opened. Peter Granitz reports from Pretoria.
PETER GRANITZ, BYLINE: Ahmed Timol plunged from the window of room 1026 at what was then John Vorster Square Police Station in central Johannesburg on October 27, 1971. An inquest in 1972 determined Timol jumped, that he committed suicide to escape his imprisonment, that, as the judge wrote, there was no one to blame.
IMTIAZ CAJEE: Surely we cannot just accept the rulings and findings that were made. Surely we can't just ignore and forget our loved ones.
GRANITZ: Imtiaz Cajee is Timon's nephew. He says his family has pushed the government for years to reopen the original inquest because they never believed Timol committed suicide. Cajee says he wants his uncle to be remembered as a martyr. And the family is not out for vengeance against the police.
CAJEE: If you asked me 10, 15 years ago, yes, I would have been the first to say prosecute them because we hate them for what they've done. But as the years move on and we begin to understand our short stay on Earth and we understand the broader picture, we then appreciate the fact that, look, we need to let things go.
GRANITZ: Ahmed Timol was a 29-year-old schoolteacher when he was arrested at a police roadblock in Johannesburg. He was working underground recruiting for the African National Congress, which was banned by the government for fighting apartheid. Timol's mother, Hawa, testified in 1996 at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission. The TRC gave victims and their families the chance to confront those who committed abuses during the apartheid era. Perpetrators could apply for amnesty. None of the police who interrogated Timol attended, and none asked for amnesty. Through an interpreter, Hawa Timol told a TRC panel chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu that apartheid police tortured her son, that his fingernails were ripped out before he died.
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HAWA TIMOL: (Through interpreter) I want to know who assaulted him. And I want to know who lodged the complaint about my son.
GRANITZ: It's unclear whether the current inquest will answer her questions. It's not a trial. It's a government fact-finding exercise. And it's the first time in democratic South Africa that the government has reopened an inquest into apartheid police crimes. George Bizos has, for decades, represented the families of anti-apartheid activists killed in detention, including the Timol family in the 1972 inquest. He says in that hearing, the apartheid state knew it could trust a junior judge to rule in the government's favor. Bizos, now 89, says if the judge overturns the original 1972 finding, it would set a new precedent and open the door to legal cases.
GEORGE BIZOS: There may be criminal and civil proceedings against government prison and also criminal proceedings of those who may still be alive.
GRANITZ: Already, forensic pathologists have testified that Timol's skull may have been crushed before the fall. And it's possible the last police officer who was in room 1026 with Timol before he fell out of the window will take the stand. The inquest continues next week, and the judge is expected to announce his findings in mid-August. For NPR News, I'm Peter Granitz in Pretoria. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2017-07-30/after-45-years-late-anti-apartheid-activist-could-get-another-chance-in-court | 2022-07-27T13:17:07Z | https://www.wyomingpublicmedia.org/2017-07-30/after-45-years-late-anti-apartheid-activist-could-get-another-chance-in-court | true | 4 |
ICon Arts: Music festival returns to southern Transylvania for two weeks
Jul 26, 2022
ICon Arts: Music festival returns to southern Transylvania for two weeks.
ICon Arts Transilvania, a music festival covering a variety of genres, takes place this year between July 25 and August 7 in ten localities in southern Transylvania. The public will be able to attend chamber music, opera, jazz, and new music concerts in venues inside gardens and fortified (...)
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HealthMin Rafila: Romania’s COVID-19 daily cases rise by 12,000 in last 24h
Jul 26, 2022
HealthMin Rafila: Romania’s COVID-19 daily cases rise by 12,000 in last 24h.
As many as 12,353 new cases of people infected with SARS-CoV-2 were recorded in the last 24 hours in Romania, up 7,398 from the previous day, Health Minister Alexandru Rafila informed on Tuesday. Of the new cases, 2,502 were in re-infected patients, who tested positive more than 90 days (...)
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These melt-in-your-mouth polvorones (Mexican wedding cookies) get a chocolate makeover by replacing all the nuts in the traditional version with ground chocolate. Addictive just as they are, you can also grate a little cinnamon stick over them before serving.
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Whole-grain teff flour (made from a tiny ancient grain) has a nuance of cocoa flavor to start with, making it a natural choice for brownies. These gluten-free brownies are moist and satisfying, intensely chocolaty and have a tender texture.
Soufflés are easier to make than anyone thinks and you can do everything--except bake them--up to three days in advance. These chocolate soufflés are impossibly light, but wildly flavorful. The batter contains a small amount of rice flour, which is more delicate than wheat flour and won't dull the chocolate flavor. Guests should be ready so that you can serve the soufflés directly from the oven. | https://www.eatingwell.com/author/alice-medrich/ | 2022-07-27T13:18:20Z | https://www.eatingwell.com/author/alice-medrich/ | false | 1 |
Minecraft is, at its core, a resource management game. There are dozens of different resources that players can collect and craft, including but not limited to the following:
- Wood
- Stone
- Iron
- Diamond
Thus, players are always on the hunt for potential resources. Thankfully, Minecraft’s resources are renewable and farmable, from more useless materials like rotten flesh to the game’s best materials such as iron, gunpowder, emeralds, and totems of undying.
5) Wither farm
The Wither is one of the hardest mobs to defeat in the entire game. With the ability to fly, regenerate health, and launch explosive skulls that can destroy blocks, an unprepared player will surely fall to the Wither.
The Wither is a farmable enemy, thankfully for players who want easy access to either wither roses or nether stars for beacons. These farms typically take advantage of the portal back to the overworld found in the End and then entity cramming to quickly defeat the Wither. These farms can be more difficult to make due to the amount of redstone needed to fit in a small area.
4) Raid Farm
Raids were an addition to Minecraft from the 1.14 Village and Pillage update. This happens when a player enters the borders of a village with the Bad Omen effect. Players must fight off waves of illagers attempting to attack the village.
These raids allow players to get large quantities of totems of undying and emeralds, both of which are useful items. Totems of undying to avoid death in fights and emeralds to create powerful beacons or trade with villagers.
Raid farms allow for players to experience these raids in total AFK ways, allowing for mass amounts of totems of undying and emeralds to be collected in short periods.
These farms use a single villager that counts as a village to start a raid. It is only a small platform that mobs can potentially spawn on before they are forced into a long chute, where they are killed by a combination of fall damage and entity cramming.
3) Enderman XP farm
XP farms are vital to a good survival world. They allow players to quickly get XP, which is needed to enchant items such as tools and armor. It repairs any items that have the mending enchantment, which converts XP to durability in almost no time. Enderman drops a lot of XP and spawn in considerable numbers in the End, making them an excellent choice for a farm.
Enderman XP farms are late-stage Minecraft XP farms that can be made once the ender dragon has been defeated at least once. These farms take advantage of the End’s void to force everyone to spawn onto a single platform. A suspended endermite stands in the center that the endermen will attempt to attack before falling into a hole. The drop will leave them with half a heart for players to kill.
2) Iron Farm
Iron is a precious resource. Players can use iron to make armor, buckets, cauldrons, hoppers, pressure plates, crossbows, minecarts, pistons, and shields. This means that having large quantities of iron is vital to building other farms and players defending themselves properly.
Thankfully, Minecraft iron farms are quite simple. The one found in the video above uses three panicking villagers around a center zombie to spawn iron golems in flowing water on the roof of the fire. The water pushes this golem into a chamber that will use lava to kill the golem and hoppers to collect the iron and poppies and bring them to the output chests.
1) Witch Farm
Witches have many good drops. The full list of potential drops includes sticks, glass bottles, glowstone dust, gunpowder, redstone, spider eyes, and sugar. These drops are helpful for redstone contraptions, firework rockets, and potion brewing, making witch farms an excellent way to sustain many of Minecraft’s most interesting and powerful features.
The farm shown in the above video is a simple and basic design. Three small spawning platforms are occasionally flushed out by water released by opening trapdoors with a redstone clock. The witches are then pushed into a different stream of water, feeding them into a single block filled with minecarts, causing them to die due to entity cramming.
The rate of the farm is about 2500 items per hour, which is not the most efficient witch farm in Minecraft but is efficient enough for how simple it is to build.
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Russia and Ukraine signed a deal on Friday, brokered by Turkey and the United Nations, to reopen grain and fertiliser exports that have been blocked by war to ease an international food crisis
"Following the agreement between Russia and Ukraine on the export of grain, we're working quite hard with market participants to make sure we can develop policies that can support it," Bruce Carnegie-Brown told Reuters.
"We are expecting to see the announcement from brokers and underwriters of some products that will support this in the next few days."
Risks remain following a Russian missile attack on the Ukrainian port of Odesa, a day after the grain deal was signed.
"It is crucial that the agreement holds," Carnegie-Brown said. "A number of mines have already been planted in the Black Sea - insurers can get their arms around that but they wouldn't be able to get their arms around serious breaches of the agreement."
Premiums to go into the broader Black Sea area have risen sharply since the invasion, to as much as 5% of the value of the ship from 0.025% before the invasion
Insurers have already shown interest in underwriting ships passing through the grain corridor, provided there are arrangements for international navy escorts and a clear strategy to deal with sea mines.
Alex Maloney, chief executive of Lancashire, told Reuters on Wednesday the insurer would consider providing such cover.
"We are not risk averse, it's definitely something we are interested in."
The Ukraine conflict is likely to hit the energy sector hardest, Lloyd's and insurance broker Aon said in a report on Wednesday.
The conflict, which has led to inflation and supply chain issues, was also creating problems in other sectors such as technology - including from the risk of cyber attacks - food and beverages and transport.
More than 2,100 U.S.-based firms and 1,200 European firms have at least one direct supplier in Russia, the report said.
"People are trying to compartmentalise what's happening in Ukraine, and what our research shows is that it's very interconnected," Carnegie-Brown said.
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EP: 150 Goodwood – Thursday
The fillies take centre stage in the Nassau Stakes at Goodwood on Thursday when Hollie Doyle teams up again with recent group 1 winning filly Nashwa for John & Thady Gosden.
On today’s podcast, trainers Thady Gosden (Nashwa) & James Ferguson (Deauville Legend) discuss their chances of a winner in their respective races at the West Sussex course.
City AM Racing editor Bill Esdaile previews Thursday’s action with another in-depth look at some of the World Pool betting markets. Hosted by Chris Barnett.
The Punter
‘The Punter’ has been City AM’s dedicated sports betting section for over a decade with a primary focus on horseracing. Throughout the season ‘The Punter’ will preview the weekend’s action every Friday along with in-depth coverage of all the major racing festivals. In a partnership with the Hong Kong Jockey Club, ‘The Punter’ also previews every midweek Wednesday Hong Kong meeting as well as all the major meetings.
Every Friday, and for all major racing Festivals, the City AM racing podcast will give you in-depth analysis of the action. Featuring interviews with leading trainers, jockeys and owners, the podcast is hosted by well-known racing broadcaster Chris Barnett who is joined by Bill Esdaile and Hong Kong racing expert Wally Pyrah.
Bill Esdaile
City AM’s racing editor Bill Esdaile has written for the paper since 2008. He had previously written for publications including the Sporting Life, Racing Post and The Sportsman. Each week he picks out his best bets for the weekend’s big racing action.
Chris Barnett
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BURR RIDGE, Ill., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SkinCure Oncology, the world leader in providing a comprehensive model for the delivery of Image-Guided Superficial Radiotherapy (Image-Guided SRT), the most advanced non-surgical technology for the treatment of common skin cancers, today announced the availability of the technology in Iowa. That state's first installation is at the Cedar Valley Center for Skin Cancer in Waterloo, where the announcement was made earlier today.
Image-Guided SRT is the only treatment for nonmelanoma skin cancer (basal and squamous cell carcinomas) that uses ultrasound images to help clinicians direct low-level X-ray energy to targeted areas of the skin, killing cancer cells. A study published in the peer-reviewed journal Oncology and Therapy showed that Image-Guided SRT produces a 99.3 percent cure rate, making it just as effective as traditional Mohs surgery.
"I've been practicing medicine since 2003, and in all those years, no technological innovation has been as exciting for my team and my patients as this new non-surgical treatment for common skin cancers," said David Congdon, M.D., founder of the Cedar Valley Center for Skin Cancer. "I'm delighted to offer this breakthrough treatment, and I'm proud that Waterloo is home to the state's first installation of the technology."
Today's event comes as Iowa Governor Kim Reynolds formally proclaimed this as Nonmelanoma Skin Cancer Awareness Week, noting that individuals with this disease "should discuss their treatment options with their doctors and other healthcare providers in a timely fashion."
Joining Dr. Congdon at the announcement was Waterloo Mayor Quentin Hart, Senator Charles Grassley via video remarks, and representatives of Senator Joni Ernst and Congresswoman Ashley Hinson.
Mayor Hart said, "As the regional hub for healthcare, the City of Waterloo congratulates the Cedar Valley Center for Skin Cancer on their expansion of services, and we thank them for their investment in our community and commitment to providing the most advanced treatments available to our residents and to the hundreds of thousands of Iowa residents who travel to Waterloo seeking specialized medical services. This investment demonstrates a strong level of confidence in the Waterloo economy."
Senator Grassley said, "We all need to be sun smart, protect our skin, and see our doctors regularly to minimize the chance of getting skin cancer. When we do get nonmelanoma skin cancer, it's good to know that the newest, non-surgical cancer [treatment] called Image-Guided Superficial Radiotherapy is available to us right here in the Cedar Valley. I commend you all for being the first healthcare provider in Iowa to offer this safe, effective, and gentle cure for common skin cancers."
"Some 32,000 Iowans are estimated to be diagnosed with nonmelanoma skin cancer this year alone, and we're pleased to be partnering with the Cedar Valley Center for Skin Cancer to offer a highly effective, non-surgical treatment option for their patients," said Kerwin Brandt, CEO of SkinCure Oncology, the company which brought the technology to the state.
SkinCure Oncology is the world leader in providing a comprehensive model for the delivery of Image-Guided Superficial Radiotherapy (Image-Guided SRT), the most advanced non-surgical technology for the treatment of common skin cancers. The company partners with quality-focused dermatologists and Mohs surgeons to bring cancer center-level radiotherapy treatment to physician offices. To date, SkinCure Oncology is working with more than 240 dermatology practice locations across the country, and more than 40,000 patients have been treated with Image-Guided SRT over the last five years. Learn more about the company at skincureoncology.com, and visit gentlecure.com for helpful consumer and patient information.
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Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc. raised its stake in shares of Union Pacific Co. (NYSE:UNP – Get Rating) by 16.3% during the 1st quarter, Holdings Channel.com reports. The institutional investor owned 8,603 shares of the railroad operator’s stock after acquiring an additional 1,206 shares during the quarter. Benjamin F. Edwards & Company Inc.’s holdings in Union Pacific were worth $2,351,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC increased its stake in shares of Union Pacific by 13.8% in the fourth quarter. Kavar Capital Partners Group LLC now owns 1,650 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $416,000 after purchasing an additional 200 shares during the period. Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management increased its stake in shares of Union Pacific by 53.5% in the fourth quarter. Livingston Group Asset Management CO operating as Southport Capital Management now owns 2,201 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $554,000 after purchasing an additional 767 shares during the period. Canal Capital Management LLC bought a new position in shares of Union Pacific in the fourth quarter worth about $208,000. Paragon Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of Union Pacific in the fourth quarter worth about $91,000. Finally, Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC increased its stake in shares of Union Pacific by 17.5% in the fourth quarter. Cedar Brook Financial Partners LLC now owns 1,303 shares of the railroad operator’s stock worth $328,000 after purchasing an additional 194 shares during the period. 80.26% of the stock is currently owned by institutional investors.
Union Pacific Stock Performance
NYSE:UNP opened at $215.97 on Wednesday. Union Pacific Co. has a 1 year low of $195.68 and a 1 year high of $278.94. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $214.45 and a 200-day moving average of $235.99. The company has a current ratio of 0.66, a quick ratio of 0.53 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.33. The stock has a market capitalization of $135.63 billion, a P/E ratio of 20.13, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.85 and a beta of 1.17.
Union Pacific Increases Dividend
The company also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, June 30th. Stockholders of record on Tuesday, May 31st were paid a $1.30 dividend. The ex-dividend date was Friday, May 27th. This represents a $5.20 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.41%. This is a boost from Union Pacific’s previous quarterly dividend of $1.18. Union Pacific’s payout ratio is 48.46%.
Analyst Ratings Changes
UNP has been the topic of a number of recent analyst reports. Susquehanna lifted their price objective on Union Pacific from $235.00 to $240.00 in a research note on Friday, July 22nd. Stifel Nicolaus decreased their target price on Union Pacific from $254.00 to $225.00 in a research report on Friday, July 15th. Morgan Stanley decreased their target price on Union Pacific from $210.00 to $207.00 and set an “equal weight” rating on the stock in a research report on Friday, July 22nd. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft decreased their target price on Union Pacific from $260.00 to $232.00 in a research report on Friday, July 22nd. Finally, Citigroup downgraded Union Pacific from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and decreased their target price for the stock from $287.00 to $235.00 in a research report on Thursday, May 19th. Twelve equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, six have issued a buy rating and one has given a strong buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock has an average rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $247.18.
Union Pacific Profile
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, and other agricultural users; petroleum, and liquid petroleum gases; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers.
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Drought continues to pummel the American West and shows little sign of relenting as the country heads deeper into another hot, dry summer.Nowhere is the drought more apparent than in Lake Mead, the country’s largest reservoir, located along the Colorado River in Arizona and Nevada behind the Hoover Dam.It’s just the latest turn in the decades-long “megadrought” that has decimated the region, and a symptom of the unfolding climate crisis.New and horrifying photos from the lake show just how bad conditions have become.This year, the lake has reached record low levels — currently at just 27 per cent of... | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2677131133290/race-to-mackinac-draws-sailors-from-around-the-u-s-to-lake-michigan | 2022-07-27T13:31:57Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2677131133290/race-to-mackinac-draws-sailors-from-around-the-u-s-to-lake-michigan | false | null |
Twitter shareholders to vote on Musk's takeover on September 13
It is time for a very crucial shareholder meeting at Twitter. On September 13, shareholders will vote on Elon Musk's $44 billion takeover proposal, said the company in an SEC filing. The meeting will start at 10:30pm IST and will be made live. The microblogging platform's directors urged shareholders to vote in favor of the deal. Musk had withdrawn his bid on July 9.
- Twitter's shareholders have forever been watching the Musk-Twitter saga from the sideline. They will get their chance to be part of the story in September when they vote on the merger.
- The vote will have no consequence on the current status of the deal as it is in the court. However, a favorable vote will certainly strengthen Twitter's position in the trial.
In the September 13 meeting, Twitter's shareholders will vote on whether to go through with Musk's $44 billion takeover bid or not. They will also be asked to vote on a proposal to approve compensation payable by Twitter to certain executives related to the acquisition, said Tuesday's filing. Shareholders will be able to attend the meeting online and vote remotely.
Twitter's board of directors has always strongly urged the shareholders to vote in favor of the deal. The directors showed the same urgency in the SEC filing as well. "We are committed to closing the merger on the price and terms agreed upon with Mr. Musk. Your vote at the special meeting is critical to our ability to complete the merger," said the company.
To recall, Musk had agreed to buy Twitter at $54.20/share in April for a total of $44 billion. The deal's topsy-turvy journey since then concluded with Musk terminating the deal citing "misleading" statements over bot count issue. The microblogging platform then sued Musk in the Delaware Court of Chancery to force Musk to complete the acquisition. The court has agreed to fast-track proceedings.
Amid the Musk saga, Twitter released its Q2 report. It posted $1.18 billion in revenue, which is 1% down YoY and 2% less than the last quarter. The company also posted a net loss of $270 million in contrast to the $66 profit million a year ago. Among other things, it blamed the complications of the Musk deal for poor performance in the quarter. | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/twitter-to-hold-shareholder-vote-on-musk-merger/story | 2022-07-27T13:36:36Z | https://www.newsbytesapp.com/news/business/twitter-to-hold-shareholder-vote-on-musk-merger/story | true | 1 |
WILMINGTON, Del., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- YorkTest has secured investment in its food sensitivity testing business as part of a $11 million investment by Private Equity backers, NVM.
YorkTest is a leading health and wellness company with over 40 years of expertise in the provision of home-to-laboratory tests in the US and the UK, with a focus on food sensitivity testing. The company operates in a rapidly growing market with revenues having grown significantly over the last two years, reflecting a growing awareness of health, nutrition and wellbeing and the trend towards increased home health testing.
The investment from NVM will enable YorkTest to expand its current product range in the US, together with further investment in laboratory equipment. Each food sensitivity test comes with a 30-minute consultation with an expert nutritional therapist and are HSA and FSA accepted.
As part of the transaction Richard Millman will join the Board as Non-Executive Chair. Having worked with a number of established retail businesses, Richard is the former Managing Director of a PC World group business, part of the Dixon's Retail Group and the former CEO of Total Fitness, the PE backed gym chain. He also chairs Protein Works, a global direct to consumer sports nutrition business and Vivify Venues, a tech enabled sports and leisure venue marketplace.
CEO of YorkTest, Richard Dawson, said:
"It's an exciting time for the food sensitivity testing market, as consumers look to take more control of their own health and nutrition, following the challenges of the pandemic.
"YorkTest is well positioned to continue its growth in the food sensitivity testing market and expand its range of health tests.
"Alongside NVM, we'll be at the forefront of positive change for the US home-to-laboratory health testing market."
Richard Millman, adds:
"I am delighted to be joining YorkTest as Non-Executive Chair. It's an exciting time for the sector, as people take more ownership of their own health, particularly following the challenges of the pandemic. The business is already seeing a shift in consumer behavior and the rise in online sales across its portfolio of home health tests. With significant investment in cloud-based technology, laboratory expertise and strong scientific credentials at its core, YorkTest is well positioned to achieve significant growth over the coming years."
The transaction has been led by Andy Leach, Mauro Biagioni and Oliver Wildig. Mauro and Andy will represent NVM's interest on the Board.
Mauro Biagioni, added:
"Under the leadership of CEO, Richard Dawson, the management team has built a robust business which is extremely well regarded in the food sensitivity testing market. We are confident that with today's investment the business is now suitably capitalized to enable the team to deliver their vision and we are delighted to be able to support them on that journey."
For more information about YorkTest, visit www.yorktest.com/us.
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Manchester United have signed Ajax centre-back Lisandro Martinez who stands at 5ft 9in tall.
Some are already taking a look at the deal with surprise especially given on two occasions, at least, he could come up against 6ft 5in man forged from fjord – Erling Haaland.
Former Man City star Trevor Sinclair has his fears about the match-up, for sure.
“I’m just looking back at when Haaland was signed by Man City, and he said the club he’d most like to play against is Man United…,” he told talkSPORT.
“And I’m looking at Martinez – he’s 5ft 9in. Imagine Haaland, who is a 6ft 5in giant, against him in a one-on-one.
“He’s that tall and he’s a centre-half. I know people say he plays in midfield too, well let’s hope for Man United’s sake he’ll be playing in midfield that day, because I wouldn’t like to see that mismatch.
“Martinez is my height. It’s like me marking Lukaku with a ball into the box!”
Interesting thing is, the one time the two have played against each other was a 4-0 Ajax Champion League win with Martinez putting his enormous opponent into his back pocket.
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Proof, thankfully, football is a game for all heights.
From Peter Crouch’s gangly 6ft 7ins frame to former Barcelona forward Ludovic Giuly, who’s a mere 5ft 3ins, you’ve got a chance if you’re good enough regardless of physical stature.
Lionel Messi being 5ft 5ins shows a smaller frame should never hold you back from achieving greatness, however, you’d never catch the Argentine maestro playing in defence like his compatriot Martinez.
But there have been plenty of defenders who became legends of the game despite being under six feet tall and they will no doubt inspire Martinez at Old Trafford.
Franco Baresi
Nicknamed ‘Piscinin’, which translates as ‘Little One’, but there’s no doubt Baresi achieved big things in his career.
Baresi was a one-club man, representing AC Milan for 20 years and the Italian national team for 12 years.
In that time he won six Serie A titles, three European Cups/Champions Leagues and was runner-up to former Milan teammate Marco van Basten in the 1989 Ballon d’Or award.
But perhaps Baresi’s biggest honours saw him get voted AC Milan’s ‘Player of the Century’ in 1999 and the Serie A Player of the Century in 2000.
Fabio Cannavaro
A World Cup always evaded Baresi but Italian compatriot Cannavaro has one of those to his name.
He captained the Azzurri to glory in Germany back in 2006 with one of the finest defensive performances the game has ever witnessed.
In the same year, Cannavaro scooped the Ballon d’Or award, beating the likes of Ronaldinho, Thierry Henry and Zinedine Zidane to the prize.
Unlike Baresi, Cannavaro wasn’t a one-club man. He represented seven sides including Inter Milan, Juventus and Real Madrid. He won fewer club trophies than Baresi, winning two LaLiga titles with Real Madrid and three pieces of silverware with Parma.
But they are the same in terms of height, with both 5ft 9ins tall – just like Martinez.
Carles Puyol
From two of Italy’s best defenders to one of Spain’s in Puyol, who enjoyed a stellar 18-year career with Barcelona.
Puyol, who stands at 5ft 10ins, has countless medals to his name, including six LaLiga titles, two Copa del Reys and three Champions League crowns.
He’s been there, done that and got the t-shirt on the international scene too, playing a key role in Spain’s first World Cup triumph in 2010 and also winning Euro 2012 with La Roja.
His individual accolades are also impressive, Puyol being named in the UEFA Team of the Year six times in the space of nine years and being named in the UEFA Euro All-time XI back in 2016.
Javier Mascherano
Puyol was entering the twilight years of his career under Pep Guardiola, but he had a more than competent Mascherano to call upon too.
The Argentine was signed as a defensive midfielder but was promptly converted to centre-back in a Barcelona side that won everything.
And he continued winning more after Guardiola left.
His Barca career came to an end in 2018, and he left with 19 trophies in his suitcase before finishing his career two years later.
Ronald Koeman
It’s testament to Barcelona’s famed philosophy that they’ve had a number of top centre-backs who aren’t tall.
Before the likes of Puyol and Mascherano came Koeman, who captained them to their first European crown in 1992.
As well as winning ten trophies in six years at Barca, Koeman won a number of trophies with Ajax and PSV Eindhoven in his native Netherlands.
Koeman, who stands at 5ft 11ins, was also part of the national team’s Euro 1988 winning campaign and has won Dutch Footballer of the Year twice.
Bobby Moore
And where better to finish than England legend Moore, who captained England to their, to date, only major trophy.
His height of 5ft 11ins may come as a surprise as he often looked an imposing figure on the pitch.
Although he doesn’t boast the same trophy haul as players above, the former West Ham man was a defender ahead of his time.
Moore would frequently play the ball out from the back or go on a dribble any striker would be proud of during an era where English defenders were encouraged to boot the ball out the ground at the first opportunity.
And like many more after him, Moore was never going to let his height, or lack of it, hold him back.
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MIAMI, July 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- BeMe, a mobile app that supports the mental health of all teens, is announcing today Christine Ellis Purcell has joined as Chief Business Officer. Ms. Purcell is known throughout her marketing career for building distinct brands, driving growth and enhancing experiences across consumer and commercial products.
Most recently, as Chief Marketing Officer at Twin Health, where she was the first marketing hire, Ms. Purcell drove growth and brand for the company. She was previously an executive at Facebook for ten years where she led product and brand marketing for Messenger and Messenger Kids, as well as Community Operations, including safety and integrity across global markets.
At BeMe, Ms. Purcell will lead BeMe's marketing and brand strategy, as well as develop a robust sales process, driving health plan sales and increasing growth in the payor market, a key growth driver for the company.
"Christine is a best-in-class marketing executive with incredible experience building brands and driving brand and product marketing for Fortune 500 and health care startups alike," said Nicki Tessler, Chief Executive Officer of BeMe. "I am thrilled Christine has joined our leadership team and excited to partner with someone with such exceptional acumen and deep knowledge of our industry. Most importantly, Christine brings great passion for helping improve teen's mental health."
Prior to Facebook, Ms.Purcell was an engagement manager at McKinsey & Company, leading consultant and client teams, servicing strategy, marketing and innovation. At the beginning of her career, in true alignment with BeMe's mission of improving teen mental health, she was a group counselor for adolescents with severe behavioral and emotional issues.
Ms.Purcell graduated from Cornell University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in psychology and holds an MBA from Harvard Business School.
BeMe is a mobile mental health platform — made for and "With Teens In Mind" — to improve teen well-being by bringing together the best aspects of social, gaming, and streaming engagement along with human coaching and clinical care. BeMe was created to make teens happier — to intervene early and prevent the need for more intensive levels of care while democratizing emotional health for those who don't always engage or have access to resources.
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STARBURST® Invites Fans to Win Stylish Inflated Essentials to Elevate the Office, Wherever That May Be
NEWARK, N.J., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Everyone's workday can get monotonous, but STARBURST® believes summer is the time to have fun no matter where the office is. Whether working outside of the home, from an at-home workstation or adopting a hybrid schedule, STARBURST – in celebration of its new STARBURST Airs Gummies – is giving fans the chance to win a limited-edition "Work from AnywAIRS" essentials kit, complete with everything needed to inflate some flavor, fun and childlike wonder into the "9-to-5."
Between now and August 12, fans can visit starburst.com/WFA to enter for a chance to win an exclusive "Work From AnywAIRS" essentials kit, complete with the following inflated necessities: STARBURST Airs Gummies, a FUNBOY Rainbow Chaise Lounger, FUNBOY electric air pump, collapsible water bottle and work notebook.
"While people have acclimated to a multitude of different work environments over the last two years, we know that repetitive routines can set in wherever you are – even during the beautiful summer months," said Justin Hollyn-Taub, Senior Director, Mars Wrigley. "To help combat the mundane, we're excited to give fans the chance to win a kit that pairs our inflated-with-flavor gummies with other inflated summer essentials to help add some levity to the workday. STARBURST prides itself on being able to infuse moments of childlike wonder into the world around us, and our STARBURST Airs Gummies do just that – thanks to their soft and squishy texture."
Putting its "Work from AnywAIRS" mantra into practice, STARBURST will also be popping up poolside in New York City with a "SummAIRS Workday" event on Wednesday, August 3, giving local fans a chance to ditch their typical office set-ups and work from an inflated rooftop oasis. People can sign up for a designated timeslot here to enjoy a change of scenery and an afternoon of inflated workday fun, complete with FUNBOY inflatables, craft coffee drinks, light bites, focus-centric beats and, of course, STARBURST Airs Gummies as an afternoon treat.
STARBURST Airs are the first-of-its-kind aerated gummi candy that features a unique, inflated and squishy texture, with all of the iconic juicy flavor of original STARBURST. STARBURST Airs are available in Original flavors, including strawberry, lemon, orange and cherry, and Sour Tropical, which includes sour kiwi, strawberry, pineapple, passion fruit and mango. These soft and airy gummies are available in 4.3oz PEG bags at retailers nationwide now.
For more information about the STARBURST "Work From AnywAIRS" kits and to view the full giveaway rules, visit starburst.com/wfa. For more information about STARBURST Airs and to keep up with the latest news, visit STARBUST on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook.
ABOUT MARS, INCORPORATED
Mars, Incorporated is driven by the belief that the world we want tomorrow starts with how we do business today. As a global, family-owned business, Mars is transforming, innovating, and evolving to make a positive impact on the world.
Across our diverse and expanding portfolio of quality confectionery, food, and pet care products and services, we employ 140,000+ dedicated Associates. With almost $45 billion in annual sales, we produce some of the world's best-loved brands including Ben's Original™, CESAR®, Cocoavia®, DOVE®, EXTRA®, KIND®, M&M's®, SNICKERS®, PEDIGREE®, ROYAL CANIN®, and WHISKAS®. We are creating a better world for pets through our global network of pet hospitals and diagnostic services – including AniCura, BANFIELD™, BLUEPEARL™, Linnaeus and VCA™ – using cutting edge technology to develop breakthrough programs in genetic health screening and DNA testing.
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Chris Evans is teaming up with Jinx—the leading dog nutrition brand—to make better, healthier dog food.
LOS ANGELES , July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The brand announced that the actor, entrepreneur, and dog dad will play an active role in the business and creative direction of the brand. Evans' introduction to Jinx was first as a customer, after searching for a safer food brand for his beloved best friend, Dodger. "I was thrilled to find Jinx – a food Dodger loves to eat and that I know is safe and healthy for him," says Evans. "I'm excited to come on board and help grow awareness for the company so all dogs can have the highest quality food possible at an accessible price point."
In his role, Evans will be involved in the brand's strategy and marketing campaigns, including a commercial campaign launching later in the year.
This is just the beginning: Jinx aims to be a single destination for all things relating to dog wellness. Jinx recently closed a Series A round of funding reaching over $28M, allowing the company to expand its product portfolio to move beyond a direct-to-consumer model and bringing on high profile investors including Halsey, Odell Beckham Jr., Zachary Quinto, Trevor Noah, Lily Singh, NAS, and more.
Jinx is redefining dog nutrition with better, healthier, and tastier food for dogs across the country, already available in over 2,000+ Walmart locations and on walmart.com. Every Jinx product has a transparent approach to ingredients; full of real, nutrient-rich superfoods, and free from preservatives or fillers. Formulated by animal nutritionists and approved by certified veterinarians, Jinx's rigorous vetting makes sure that dogs are getting the balanced nutrition they need, without anything they don't.
They're also expanding their audience in partnering with Evans: "We are thrilled to have Chris on our team. His entrepreneurship and his love for his dog, makes him a valuable addition to the Jinx leadership team," says Sameer Mehta, Co-Founder of Jinx. "Our vision is to elevate the way we care for our dogs by providing premium, clean-label nutrition at an attainable price point."
With this new addition to the team, Jinx has its short- and long-term focus set on making a high-impact difference in the lives of American dogs and their pet parents.
The full line of Jinx premium pet products includes all-natural kibble ($10.88-$45.88), limited-ingredient dental chews ($8.97), slow-cooked jerky treats ($4.98-$9.48), and freeze-dried meal toppers ($9.99).
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About Jinx: Jinx is a healthier alternative to dog nutrition, using superfood-packed recipes with functional ingredients to make food, treats, chews, and toppers. Backed by science and rigorously tested, Jinx provides balanced options for dogs of all breeds, ages, and sizes. Co-founded by members of the founding team at Casper and backed by celebrity investors, Jinx is more than just a dog food company: it's the future of pet wellness. Learn more at ThinkJinx.com and follow Jinx on Instagram @thinkjinx.
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- First Be Kind Tech Fund investment on its mission to support startups that mitigate the misuse of technology and create a kinder digital world
- ping technology lets commercial drivers hear messages out loud in 105 languages, making processes hands-free, reducing texting while driving, and helping improve overall driving habits
- Be Kind Tech Fund's investment will help fund ping's business development and expand availability worldwide
SAN FRANCISCO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globant (NYSE: GLOB), a digitally native company focused on reinventing businesses through innovative technology solutions, today announced that its Be Kind Tech Fund has invested in ping, a U.S.-based voice platform company that helps enterprises eliminate distracted driving by enabling commercial drivers to hear their smartphone messages and emails read out loud in more than 105 languages, creating a safer experience for drivers, passengers, and pedestrians.
As the Be Kind Tech Fund's first investment – alongside investments from other firms – the fund has helped ping raise a $5M joint seed round, which will enable the company to roll out its patented technology to hundreds of gig economy companies around the world. In addition to expanding ping's reach, the Be Kind Tech Fund's investment will enable the company to leverage Globant's existing network globally.
Founded in 2021, the Be Kind Tech Fund is the first and only corporate venture fund wholly focused on supporting startups that seek to mitigate the misuse of technology. Since its launch, the Be Kind Tech Fund has established partnerships with The George Washington University, as well as investors including Riverwood Capital, IDB Lab, Nazca, and entrepreneurial organizations such as Endeavor, LAVCA, and Newlab. The Center for Humane Technology also joined the Fund as an advisor. By establishing an ecosystem of like-minded organizations across influential sectors – from education to venture capital – the Be Kind Tech Fund is leading the creation of a new support system for mission-based technology startups.
"ping is a perfect example of the type of startup that we had in mind when creating the Be Kind Tech Fund," said Guibert Englebienne, Globant Co-Founder, President for Latam and Globant X. "We want to make sure that technology is harnessed for the benefit of society, and we admire ping's innovative use of patented voice technology to help drivers get home safely – an increasing issue as the gig economy continues to grow exponentially. We look forward to helping ping meet its goals, providing its team with expert guidance from our ecosystem, and contributing to its success."
"Millions of gig economy drivers are put in danger every day by the constant notifications and alerts delivered to their smartphones across a variety of apps, which contribute to distracted driving and often lead to accidents," said Garin Torin, CEO, ping. "Our goal is to keep drivers and passengers safe by eliminating distractions and helping them get home safely. The Be Kind Tech Fund's mission to prevent the misapplication of technology is perfectly aligned with the purpose of our platform, making this support from the Fund and its ecosystem especially meaningful."
According to the Department of Transportation's National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA), distracted driving costs the economy $129 billion per year and 11 lives per day. To help mitigate this risk, ping developed a patented Drive Mode voice platform that can integrate directly into the apps of automakers, insurers, music services, podcast platforms, and fitness apps, as well as on-board telematics and commercial fleet management software. In addition, ping can be white-labeled to create branded apps for cities, insurers, and wireless carriers. Besides reading messages out loud, ping can also coach drivers to be safer by alerting them to hard braking and acceleration, excessive lane changing, speeding, and phone handling while driving.
CameraMatics, a vehicle operations cloud platform, integrated ping's voice technology to enhance safety and help commercial and fleet drivers avoid distractions that can cause accidents. "ping's technology unlocks a new phase of fleet safety with its proven ability to reduce distractions while still ensuring critical updates are communicated," said Mervyn O'Callaghan, CEO, CameraMatics. "With ping's integration into CameraMatics, we are now able to provide the most comprehensive safety solution on the market."
For more information about the Be Kind Tech Fund or to join the ecosystem, please visit www.bekindtechfund.com. For more information about ping, please visit www.pingloud.com.
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- We were named a Worldwide Leader in CX Improvement Services by IDC MarketScape report.
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Launched in 2021, the Be Kind Tech Fund is a $10 million USD corporate venture fund administered by Globant Ventures. The fund seeks to assist global startups looking for support in developing apps, products, and platforms that are focused on mitigating the negative effects of technology, such as online harassment and abuse, data privacy and security, AI bias, screen time abuse, and information bubbles and polarization.
If you are an entrepreneur or startup focused on mitigating the negative impacts of tech, or are interested in knowing more about the Be Kind Tech Fund, please visit www.bekindtechfund.com and join the revolution.
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BEIJING (AP) — China’s government on Wednesday rejected as a “political lie” a report by The Wall Street Journal that Beijing tried to recruit informants in the Federal Reserve system to obtain U.S. economic data.
The report, citing an investigation by a Senate panel, adds to accusations of Chinese computer hacking and other efforts to steal U.S. commercial and government information.
The report “has no factual basis,” said a foreign ministry spokesman, Zhao Lijian.
The Journal said Chinese authorities tried to recruit employees of regional Fed banks by offering contracts. It said an employee who visited Shanghai in 2019 during U.S.-Chinese trade tension was threatened with prison to pressure the employee to disclose data including about tariffs.
“The report you mentioned is a political lie fabricated by a few Republican lawmakers who harbor ill intentions,” Zhao said in response to questions at a regular news briefing. He blamed “China-phobia and persecution mania.”
The Journal said the Senate panel’s report gave no indication whether sensitive information was lost in the decade-long effort that began in about 2013. It said internal Fed information could give insight into economic analysis, financial system oversight and interest rate policy. | https://www.kxan.com/news/international/china-rejects-report-it-tried-to-obtain-federal-reserve-data/ | 2022-07-27T13:44:59Z | https://www.kxan.com/news/international/china-rejects-report-it-tried-to-obtain-federal-reserve-data/ | false | 34 |
In this newly formed role, Picard and the Investment Solutions group will support advisors by expanding access to best-in-class private-market investment opportunities and custom portfolio consulting.
CHICAGO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hightower today announced that it has named Robert Picard to a newly created executive role of Managing Director, Head of Alternative Investments in the Hightower Investment Solutions group, where he will focus on providing Hightower advisors with expanded access to best-in-class private-market investments, preferred opportunities and custom portfolio consulting to support them in delivering differentiated strategies to their affluent clients.
The Investment Solutions group is available to Hightower's nationwide community of advisory businesses as a value-added, optional resource they can utilize to enhance their portfolio construction and asset allocation in both public and private investments. In his new role focusing on alternatives, Mr. Picard will leverage his deep relationships with asset managers in private equity, private credit, real estate, venture capital and other alternative asset classes to identify a diverse range of opportunities for Hightower advisors and their clients. He will also collaborate with advisors to incorporate their own investment ideas, while working closely with Hightower's due diligence team on all alternative strategies.
"As our advisors look to attract more high-net-worth and ultra-high-net-worth clients, the Investment Solutions group is here to support them in creating distinctive portfolios with institutional-class opportunities, preferred relationships and rigorous due diligence," said Stephanie Link, Hightower Chief Investment Strategist, Portfolio Manager and head of the Investment Solutions group. "Robert has many decades of experience consulting with advisors through multiple market cycles, bringing them new ideas to complement their portfolio allocations. He adds an exciting dimension to our team of senior investment leaders, and we're thrilled to welcome him to Hightower."
Mr. Picard has 32 years' experience on both the buy and sell side, having built multi-billion-dollar alternative investment programs at First Republic Private Wealth Management, The Carlyle Group/Rock Creek, Optima Fund Management, RBC Capital Markets and InfraHedge/State Street. In his most recent role as First Republic's managing director and head of alternative investments, he consolidated two alternative investment businesses into one platform and generated meaningful growth in both wealth management team participation and fund offerings across all asset classes. Prior to that, he spent more than a decade as founder and CEO of The Rumson Ridge Group, a consultancy focused on building alternative investment platforms. He is a graduate of the College de Geneve, and attended the University of Geneva Law School. Mr. Picard has spent much of his career performing due diligence on manager strategies, visiting over 1,000 firms globally in the last 25 years.
"Hightower's Investment Solutions group is playing an increasingly critical role in helping advisors identify new and disruptive private investments for families with complex financial needs," Picard said. "Through our expanded program, Hightower advisors will gain even greater access to preferred, hard-to-find alternative investment strategies with a level of professional portfolio consulting that would otherwise be unavailable to them. Those that choose to tap our group for ideas will gain significant additional insight that will help them distinguish themselves and grow their businesses."
The expanded alternatives program is part of Hightower's broader strategy of offering its advisory businesses streamlined access to institutional-class family-office services for their sophisticated clients. These services include access to a National Trust Company, estate & financial planning team and business management services such as personal CFO, bookkeeping, bill pay and tax preparation.
Hightower has 125 advisory businesses in 34 states and the District of Columbia. As of March 31, 2022, the firm's assets under management (AUM) were $117.7 billion, and assets under administration were approximately $141.5 billion.
Hightower is a wealth management firm that provides investment, financial and retirement planning services to individuals, foundations and family offices, as well as 401(k) consulting and cash management services to corporations. Hightower's capital solutions, operational support services, size and scale empower its vibrant community of independent-minded wealth advisors to grow their businesses and help their clients achieve their vision of "well-th. rebalanced." Based in Chicago with advisors across the U.S., the firm operates as a registered investment advisor (RIA). Learn more about Hightower's collaborative business model at www.hightoweradvisors.com.
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TOKYO, Japan — People in a southwestern Japanese city have come under attack from monkeys that are trying to snatch babies, biting and clawing at flesh, and sneaking into nursery schools.
The attacks — on 58 people since July 8 — are getting so bad Yamaguchi city hall hired a special unit to hunt the animals with tranquilizer guns.
The monkeys aren’t interested in food, so traps haven’t worked. They have targeted mostly children and the elderly.
“They are so smart, and they tend to sneak up and attack from behind, often grabbing at your legs,” city official Masato Saito said Wednesday.
When confronted by a monkey, the instructions are: Do not look them in the eye, make yourself look as big as possible, such as by spreading open your coat, then back away as quietly as possible without making sudden moves, according to Saito.
A woman was assaulted by a monkey while hanging laundry on her veranda. Another victim showed bandaged toes. They were taken aback and frightened by how big and fat the monkeys were.
The monkeys terrorizing the community are Japanese macaque, the kind often pictured peacefully bathing in hot springs.
One male monkey, measuring 1.6 feet in height and weighing 15 pounds, was caught Tuesday by the team with the tranquilizer gun. It was judged by various evidence to be one of the attacking monkeys and put to death.
But more attacks were reported after the capture.
No one has been seriously injured so far. But all have been advised to get hospital treatment. Ambulances were called in some cases.
Although Japan is industrialized and urban, a fair portion of land in the archipelago is mountains and forests. Rare attacks on people by a bear, boars or other wildlife have occurred, but generally not by monkeys.
No one seems to know why the attacks have occurred, and where exactly the troop of monkeys came from remains unclear.
“I have never seen anything like this my entire life,” Saito said. | https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/attacking-monkeys/507-e1ccbeb2-38c3-44b8-b43a-6d4b22337cc9 | 2022-07-27T13:47:30Z | https://www.cbs8.com/article/news/nation-world/attacking-monkeys/507-e1ccbeb2-38c3-44b8-b43a-6d4b22337cc9 | false | 78 |
ADDIS ABABA, Ethiopia (AP) — Russia’s foreign minister on Wednesday denied his country is responsible for the global surge in food prices following its invasion of Ukraine, dismissing the “so-called food crisis" as he completed a visit to several African nations on a continent hit especially hard.
Addressing reporters and African diplomats in Ethiopia's capital, Addis Ababa, Sergei Lavrov accused the United States and European countries of driving up prices by pursuing “reckless” green policies and even hoarding food during the COVID-19 pandemic.
“The situation in Ukraine did additionally negatively affect food markets, but not due to the Russian special operation, rather due to the absolutely inadequate reaction of the West, which announced sanctions,” Lavrov said.
Western countries, for their part, have repeatedly pointed out that food is exempt from their sanctions on Russia and have blamed Moscow for the global crisis.
Lavrov said last week's breakthrough deal to provide safe corridors through the Black Sea for tons of trapped grain out of Ukraine “could have been announced long, long ago if not for the Western stubbornness in insisting they are always right." He said Russian and Turkish ships will escort ships that have been trapped in Ukrainian ports through the Black Sea once Ukraine demines its coastline.
Many African countries rely heavily on wheat imports from Russia and Ukraine, and African leaders weeks ago visited Moscow to express their food concerns while a looming famine stalks the Horn of Africa, including Ethiopia, during the worst drought in decades.
But many African nations haven't openly criticized Russia over its invasion of Ukraine. Experts have cited Moscow's support for some African nations dating back to the Soviet Union or Russia's role as a major arms supplier to the continent while sending relatively little humanitarian aid.
Ethiopia is Africa's diplomatic hub and second most populous country, and later this year it is expected to host the second Russia-Africa summit. Ukraine's president earlier this year addressed the Addis Ababa-based African Union continental body about Russia's invasion, but few heads of state reportedly tuned in.
Lavrov on his African tour has sought to reassure leaders concerned about a spike in grain prices and justify Russia's invasion of Ukraine, which he called a “threat” on Russia’s border.
He also claimed most countries do not support Western sanctions on Russia, calling it “basically evident from the fact that, except for two or three countries, no one in Africa, Asia or Latin America” has joined them.
Ethiopia's government made no public comment about the war in Ukraine or the food crisis during Lavrov's visit, with state media reporting only that Russia and Ethiopia had agreed to strengthen economic ties.
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Health system leverages innovative data and analytics technology to further drive improvements in quality and patient safety in communities nationwide
SALT LAKE CITY, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Health Catalyst, Inc. ("Health Catalyst," Nasdaq: HCAT), a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations, today announced a multi-year partnership with LifePoint Health, a diversified healthcare delivery network that operates 63 community hospital campuses, more than 30 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals, and 170 additional sites of care from coast to coast.
The partnership will leverage Health Catalyst's robust technology and solutions to help reduce variation in clinical outcomes for patients, improve the overall quality of care, and further advance LifePoint's data and analytics capabilities to support its award-winning National Quality Program. It also further strengthens and builds upon LifePoint's strategy for driving innovation, called "LifePoint Forward." LifePoint Forward represents existing and new capabilities to identify, invest in and deploy solutions to improve quality, access and patient outcomes while lowering costs.
"Partnering with Health Catalyst will enable us to better leverage important clinical data that can drive meaningful improvements in patient care, safety and satisfaction while advancing our mission of Making Communities Healthier," said Christopher Rehm, MD, senior vice president and chief medical officer of LifePoint Health. "We are committed to taking a data-driven approach to improving care delivery through our National Quality Program and look forward to the many ways our collaboration with Health Catalyst will help support and accelerate this critical work."
LifePoint Health has selected the Health Catalyst Data Operating System (DOS™) platform, Pop Analyzer™, Pop Insights™, Healthcare.AI™, Patient Safety Monitor™, MeasureAble™, Instant Data Entry Application (IDEA), and Analytics Accelerators. Together, these technologies and solutions will empower LifePoint Health to discover and share performance insights with self-service dashboards, enable self-service data science within business intelligence (BI), improve quality measurement and reporting, and ultimately, make better clinical, operational, and financial decisions, among other benefits.
"We have great admiration for LifePoint Health and are honored to have the opportunity to support the organization's efforts to improve quality and safety as a leader in community-based care," said Dan Burton, CEO of Health Catalyst. "The Health Catalyst DOS platform, along with our technology product suites and applications, and improvement expertise, will best position LifePoint Health to achieve, sustain, and scale the highest standards of care across its network."
About Health Catalyst
Health Catalyst is a leading provider of data and analytics technology and services to healthcare organizations committed to being the catalyst for massive, measurable, data-informed healthcare improvement. Its customers leverage the cloud-based data platform—powered by data from more than 100 million patient records and encompassing trillions of facts—as well as its analytics software and professional services expertise to make data-informed decisions and realize measurable clinical, financial, and operational improvements. Health Catalyst envisions a future in which all healthcare decisions are data informed.
About LifePoint Health
LifePoint Health is a leading healthcare provider that serves patients, clinicians, communities and partner organizations across the healthcare continuum. Driven by a mission of Making Communities Healthier®, the company has a growing diversified healthcare delivery network comprised of more than 50,000 dedicated employees, 63 community hospital campuses, more than 30 rehabilitation and behavioral health hospitals and 170 additional sites of care, including managed acute rehabilitation units, outpatient centers and post-acute care facilities. Through its innovation strategy, LifePoint Forward, the company is developing meaningful solutions to enhance quality, increase access to care, and improve value across the LifePoint footprint and communities across the country. For more information, visit www.lifepointhealth.net.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Long dreamed about and in development for longer than the big league career of the man it honors, the Jackie Robinson Museum opened Tuesday in Manhattan with a gala ceremony attended by the widow of the barrier-breaking ballplayer and two of his children.
Rachel Robinson, who turned 100 on July 19, watched the half-hour outdoor celebration from a wheelchair in the 80-degree Fahrenheit (27-degree Celsius) heat, then cut a ribbon to cap a project launched in 2008.
Her 72-year-old daughter, Sharon, also looked on from a wheelchair and 70-year-old son David spoke to the crowd of about 200 sitting on folding chairs arrayed in a closed-off section of Varick Street, a major thoroughfare where the 19,380-square-foot museum is located. It opens to the public on Sept. 5
“The issues in baseball, the issues that Jackie Robinson challenged in 1947, they’re still with us,” David Robinson said. “The signs of white only have been taken down, but the complexity of equal opportunity still exists.”
Rachel Robinson announced the museum on April 15, 2008, the 61st anniversary of Jackie breaking the big league color barrier with the Brooklyn Dodgers at Ebbets Field. Robinson became NL Rookie of the Year, the 1949 NL batting champion and MVP, a seven-time All-Star and a World Series champion in 1955. He hit .313 with 141 homers and 200 stolen bases in 11 seasons and was elected to the Hall of Fame in 1962.
Robinson, who died in 1972, had an impact beyond baseball, galvanizing a significant slice of American public opinion and boosting the civil rights movement.
“There’s nowhere on the globe where dream is attached to our name — or our country’s name,” New York City Mayor Eric Adams said. “There’s not a German dream. There’s not a French dream. There’s not a Polish dream. Darn it, there’s an American dream. And this man and wife took that dream and forced America and baseball to say you’re not going to be a dream on a piece of paper, you’re going to be a dream in life. We are greater because of No. 42 and because he had amazing wife that understood that dream and vision.”
A gala dinner was held Monday night to preview the museum, which contains 4,500 artifacts, including playing equipment and items such as Robinson’s 1946 minor league contract for $600 a month and his 1947 rookie contract for a $5,000 salary. The museum also holds a collection of 40,000 images and 450 hours of footage.
A 15-piece band played at the ceremony, attended by former pitcher CC Sabathia, former NL president Len Coleman and former Mets owner Fred Wilpon, along with players’ association head Tony Clark and Hall of Fame president Josh Rawitch.
“Without him, there would be no me,” Sabathia said. “I wouldn’t have been able to live out my dream of playing Major League Baseball.”
Yankees general manager Brian Cashman, director Spike Lee (wearing a Brooklyn Dodgers cap) and former tennis star Billie Jean King also were on hand.
“It seems like we’re more divided than ever,” King said. “People like Jackie Robinson was a great reminder every single morning, every single evening that we have to do the right thing every day.”
Original projections had a 2010 opening and $25 million cost. The Great Recession caused a delay.
Ground finally was broken on April 27, 2017, when the Jackie Robinson Foundation said it had raised $23.5 million of a planned $42 million and the museum was intended to open in 2019. The pandemic caused more delays, and the total raised has risen to $38 million, of which $2.6 million was contributed by New York City.
Tickets will cost $18 for adults and $15 for students, seniors and children. The second floor includes an education center, part of a plan envisioned by Rachel Robinson.
“She wanted a fixed tribute to her husband, where people could come and learn about him, but also be inspired,” said foundation president Della Britton, who headed the project. “We want to be that place, as young people now say, a safe space, where people will talk about race and not worry about the initial backlash that happens when you say something on social media.”
David Robinson said his father would have been proud.
“He was a man who used the word ‘we,’” David said. “I think today Jackie Robinson would say I accept this honor, but I accept this honor on behalf of something far beyond my individual self, far beyond my family, far beyond even my race. Jackie Robinson would say don’t think of you standing on my shoulders, I think of myself as standing on the shoulders of my mother, who was a sharecropper in Georgia, my grandmother, who was born a slave.”
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(NewsNation) — U.S. President Joe Biden is planning to speak with his Chinese counterpart Xi Jinping for the first time in four months, with a wide range of bilateral and international issues on the table.
But Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi’s potential visit to Taiwan is looming over the conversation. China warns a severe response is in store if Pelosi travels to the self-governing island democracy Beijing claims as its own territory.
“If the U.S. insists on going its own way and challenging China’s bottom line, it will surely be met with forceful responses,” Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson Zhao Lijian told reporters at a daily briefing. “All ensuing consequences shall be borne by the U.S.”
China has in recent years boosted its threat to use force to annex Taiwan, so it objects to all U.S. arms sales and contacts with the island government. The sides split after a civil war in 1949.
Pelosi’s office has not yet said when or if she will proceed with the visit. The timing of it is especially sensitive amid heightened tensions between Beijing and Washington over trade, human rights and Taiwan.
“If Speaker Pelosi goes to Taiwan, the Chinese view it as a real slap in their face and a challenge to their leadership, which, by the way, is the reason that she should go,” NewsNation’s Leland Vittert said. “If she doesn’t go and we back down, that says pretty much all that the world needs to know about who decides what America does and does not do. So we’re at a very critical crossroads.”
Maj. Glenn Ignazio, a retired U.S. Air Force Special Operations commander, told NewsNation he thinks if Pelosi and the Taiwanese government want her to visit, she “absolutely” should.
“We should not give them even the inkling that they have an ability to control our narrative or our objectives, especially in the Indo-Pacific realm,” he said.
China has not said what specific actions it would take should Pelosi visit Taiwan, but experts say it could launch additional incursions into waters and airspace near Taiwan, or even cross the center line of the Taiwan Strait dividing the two. Some have said China could even prevent her plane from landing, though this is considered unlikely.
If China does end up proceeding with these actions, Ignazio said it would be an “act of war.”
“China has been very, very negative in their approach to anybody that is facing them in the Pacific realm,” he said.
U.S. officials told The Associated Press that if Pelosi goes to Taiwan, the military will increase movement of forces and assets in the Indo-Pacific region.
Even if there are consequences for Pelosi’s possible trip, the consequences of not going are even greater, Vittert said.
Using a baseball metaphor, Vittert explained: If a pitcher keeps hitting one team’s players over and over, and they never come out of the dugout, it will keep happening, and “eventually somebody gets really hurt.”
However, “If the first time somebody hits your player, everybody runs out and shows the other side that they’re ready to fight, then maybe next time the pitcher doesn’t hit your player. So that tends to be the issue here with the Chinese: which is that they’re bullies,” Vittert said.
Pelosi would be the highest-ranking U.S. elected official to travel to Taiwan since Republican Newt Gingrich visited the island in 1997 when he served as House speaker.
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Investment in hybrid-electric propulsion innovator to accelerate transformational technologies for advanced air mobility applications
ARLINGTON, Va., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Raytheon Technologies' (NYSE: RTX) corporate venture capital group, RTX Ventures, today signed an agreement to invest in VerdeGo Aero to accelerate the development of hybrid-electric propulsion technologies for advanced air mobility applications. This investment will also provide opportunities for VerdeGo Aero to collaborate with Pratt & Whitney on future product development.
Established in 2017, the Daytona Beach, Fla.-based company specializes in delivering powerplants that efficiently convert jet fuel or sustainable aviation fuel into electric power, enabling greater performance and mission capability for a wide range of electric aircraft segments including drones, electric vertical-take-off-and landing (eVTOL), short-take-off-and-landing (STOL) aircraft, regional aircraft, and high-speed VTOL airframes. VerdeGo Aero's current hybrid powertrain programs range from 150kW up to multiple megawatts of continuous electrical output.
"Delivering sustainable aviation technologies to help our customers bend the emissions curve remains one of Raytheon Technologies' most important priorities," said Daniel Ateya, managing director of RTX Ventures. "Our investment represents one of the ways we're working to deliver a more sustainable future."
RTX Ventures is the lead investor in VerdeGo Aero's $12 million Series A funding round, which will support VerdeGo Aero's expansion and development of its growing portfolio of hybrid-electric powertrain systems, including the VH-3 185kW powerplant. Other investors participating in the funding round include DiamondStream Partners, Avfuel Technology Initiatives Corporation, Seyer Industries, and Standish Spring Investments.
"VerdeGo Aero is excited about the opportunity to continue to develop technologies that convert aircraft engines into hybrid powerplants, and to expand our portfolio offerings and customer base," said Eric Bartsch, CEO of VerdeGo Aero. "As VerdeGo continues its recruiting of technical and commercial aerospace experts, our growing team is looking forward to leveraging a strong relationship with Pratt & Whitney to address the needs of the hybrid-electric aircraft segment at multiple power levels."
VerdeGo Aero is currently developing its third generation of full-scale hybrid-electric powerplant hardware, having already delivered pre-production powerplants for flight test operations. Employing a high-speed development culture, the company is significantly expanding its team of industry-leading electric propulsion experts, creating numerous opportunities for engineering, marketing, finance, and project management professionals working among a world-class team of innovators.
"VerdeGo Aero is helping to pioneer the emerging field of hybrid-electric propulsion technology, which has an important role to play in enabling the aviation industry's goal of reaching net zero CO2 emissions by 2050," said Graham Webb, chief sustainability officer at Pratt & Whitney. "This investment has promising potential to enhance our technology and capability in segments of our small engine business while moving quickly and nimbly to advance our hybrid-electric propulsion strategy."
Raytheon Technologies Corporation is an aerospace and defense company that provides advanced systems and services for commercial, military and government customers worldwide. With four industry-leading businesses ― Collins Aerospace, Pratt & Whitney, Raytheon Intelligence & Space and Raytheon Missiles & Defense ― the company delivers solutions that push the boundaries in avionics, cybersecurity, directed energy, electric propulsion, hypersonics and quantum physics. The company, formed in 2020 through the combination of Raytheon Company and the United Technologies Corporation aerospace businesses, is headquartered in Arlington, Virginia.
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Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC boosted its stake in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF (NYSEARCA:VIOO – Get Rating) by 5.8% in the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 3,436 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 188 shares during the period. Steward Partners Investment Advisory LLC’s holdings in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF were worth $680,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Several other institutional investors and hedge funds have also added to or reduced their stakes in the stock. CWM LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $28,000. Bellwether Advisors LLC bought a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $29,000. Paragon Capital Management Ltd bought a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $39,000. Tyler Stone Wealth Management bought a new position in shares of Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF during the fourth quarter valued at $39,000. Finally, Creative Financial Designs Inc. ADV bought a new position in Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF during the fourth quarter worth $46,000.
Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF Price Performance
Shares of NYSEARCA VIOO opened at $179.22 on Wednesday. Vanguard S&P Small-Cap 600 ETF has a twelve month low of $163.11 and a twelve month high of $223.78. The firm has a fifty day simple moving average of $176.10 and a 200 day simple moving average of $187.57.
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True Drinks Holdings, Inc (OTCMKTS:TRUU – Get Rating) passed below its fifty day moving average during trading on Tuesday . The stock has a fifty day moving average of $0.10 and traded as low as $0.09. True Drinks shares last traded at $0.09, with a volume of 1,180 shares traded.
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RALEIGH — Gov. Roy Cooper has signed a new state budget, which includes funds for major projects, water and sewer improvements, wage increases and mental health programs.
Along with the July 11 signing of the bill, Cooper also announced that the State of Emergency in North Carolina will be lifted on Aug. 15.
“Today, I signed the state budget that includes critical investments in education, economic development, transportation and the state workforce,” Cooper said in a press release. “This budget does not include Medicaid expansion, but the leadership in both the House and the Senate now support it and both chambers have passed it.”
According to Cooper, negotiations about Medicaid expansion are ongoing and legislators are “closer than ever to agreement” on the expansion, so it would have been “counterproductive” to veto the budget, he said.
Under the new budget, teachers will receive a 4.2% average pay increase this fiscal year, and over the next two years their total average pay increase will be 9.1%. School employees will receive either a 4% pay increase or a raise to $15 an hour, whichever is greater.
“I am grateful for the raises for our hard working teachers and all other school employees, and I hope the legislature will work hard in next year’s long session to find a way to provide even more competitive compensation for all state employees,” Watauga County Schools Superintendent Scott Elliott said in a statement.
State employees will see a 1% raise, increasing their salaries by 3.5% total this fiscal year. The budget provides funding for salary adjustments to help address staffing shortages and to aid in recruitment and retention of employees, NC Labor Commissioner Josh Dobson wrote in a statement.
A total of $876 million was allotted to fund major projects in the state, and $600 million was devoted to water and sewer improvements. The budget included $32 million in school safety grants and another $14.8 million to go toward mental health programs.
For Appalachian State University, the budget includes $9 million for phase one upgrades to the App State Hickory campus; sustained enrollment growth funding; additional funding for the lab school programs App State operates; sustained funding in the amount of $200,000 for the Appalachian Energy Center; and a non-recurring funding amount of $225,000 to support App State’s Blue Cross NC Institute for Health and Human Services.
“These latest allocations amplify an unprecedented level of support for our university in the best biennial budget in App State’s history,” App State Chancellor Sheri Everts said in one her her weekly update emails. “We greatly appreciate our elected officials who have ensured that your accomplishments have been recognized throughout the biennial budget process.”
The budget also includes funds for the Agriculture Crop Loss Program Expansion, which includes allocations to Watauga County.
It also contained money for the North Carolina Land and Water Fund and the Parks and Recreation Trust Fund. Both will now receive $24.2 million annually, essentially doubling their annual appropriation. Blue Ridge Conservancy will receive a $950,000 appropriation for the Middle Fork Greenway to develop the Boone Gorge Park fro the budget.
“This appropriation is a huge step forward in the development of the next section of trail, assisting with the parking area and ecological enhancements needed at the new Boone Gorge Park,” MFG Director Wendy Patoprsty said.
BRC will also receive $100,000 for the development of Paddy Mountain Park in Ashe County, a cooperative project of BRC, the Town of West Jefferson, and Ashe County.
“The impact on conservation in North Carolina cannot be understated,” said BRC Executive Director Charlie Brady, “This increase in funding will support local conservation and public access projects throughout the state. We are grateful the Governor and Legislature are committed to supporting the important work of the trust funds.”
“These funds will help accelerate our plans to prepare our land on Paddy Mountain for public access, including a trailhead for the Northern Peaks State Trail,” continues Brady. “These direct appropriations would not have been included in the budget without the advocacy and support of Senator Deanna Ballard and Representative Ray Pickett. We are very grateful for their hard work and dedication in supporting these two major public recreation projects.”
Representatives for Sen. Deanna Ballard (R) and Rep. Ray Pickett (R) did not return multiple requests for comment.
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TALLINN, Estonia, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Crypto SNACK, the world's fastest growing iGaming token, today announced they've secured a $50 million investment commitment from GEM Digital Limited, a digital asset investment firm that actively sources, structures, and invests in utility tokens listed on over 30 CEXs and DEXs worldwide.
Earlier this year, Crypto SNACK partnered with RCD Espanyol, making the team the first La Liga club to accept payments in cryptocurrencies, the first of many future partnerships designed to bring the efficiency of digital assets further into the world of sports, entertainment, and beyond by onboarding crypto payments for real-world experiences.
The company plans to invest its new funding from GEM into further connectivity with top crypto exchanges, add to its growing portfolio of global professional sports partnerships, as well as continue to build out its blockchain technology and infrastructure.
"Together we are taking the right steps for #SNACK to become the #1 token in the iGaming industry," Stuart Morrison, CEO of Crypto SNACK, said. "This investment will further accelerate our plans to make the future of decentralised finance possible."
About Crypto SNACK
Founded in 2021, Crypto SNACK is based in Estonia with offices around Europe. Crypto SNACK seeks to be a transparent, community-focused utility token, connecting the digital and physical worlds. Crypto SNACK is accepted as a method of payment for more than 800 businesses online. Snack holders enjoy the cheapest and fastest transactions in the crypto e-commerce and gaming network.
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About GEM Digital
GEM Digital Limited is a Bahamas-based digital asset investment firm that actively sources, structures, and invests in utility tokens listed on over 30 CEXs and DEXs worldwide. Global Emerging Markets (www.gemny.com) was founded in 1991. GEM is a USD 3.4 billion investment group having completed 540 transactions in 70 countries. The firm is an alternative investment group that manages a diverse set of investment vehicles across the world. Each investment vehicle has a different degree of operational control, risk-adjusted return, and liquidity profile. Our family of funds and investment vehicles provide GEM and its partners with exposure to Small-Mid Cap Management Buyouts, Private Investments in Public Equities (PIPEs), and select venture investments. GEM's funds include CITIC-GEM Fund (matured in December 2015), Kinderhook Industries (GP and LP non-voting stakes), GEM Global Yield Fund LLC SCS, GEM India and VC Bank/GEM Mena Fund (GEM exited both its GP and LP stakes in these funds in 2015 and 2010 respectively).
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Former Love Island star Shaughna Phillips has revealed that she is more than £40,000 in debt due to her spiralling university student loan.
The 28-year-old, who appeared on the hit ITV dating show for the winter season in 2020, also explain that she “did not know” what she was signing up for when taking out the loan.
Taking to Twitter, Shaughna said she was “speechless” after finding out that her amount owed had actually increased after making more than 70 months of payments.
She said: “I’ve just done some digging into my student loan, and I’m speechless I started paying my student loan back in 2016, my outstanding balance was £38,040.
“Since then I’ve made 75 payments, there’s 75 months in between then and now, and my current outstanding balance is £41,120.”
She added: “There were a few years where I hadn’t even paid off half of the interest added, let alone the actual loan.
“After interest, I paid of a whole £40 last year.
“Also for reference, the year before me tuition fees were £3k per year.”
Some criticised the telly star, asking what she thought she was signing up for when she applied for her university course.
“I was 17 and got a C in GCSE maths, I did not know what the f**k I was agreeing to lol,” she hit back.
She added: “I can speak for myself and say that I had absolutely no idea that the loan repayments were going to be based on my future income, and not the amount I actually borrowed.
“Which isn’t surprising considering I was 17-years-old.”
One fan replied: “This is why I dislike the system, it relies on people essentially not knowing what they’re signing up for.
“The two options are pay it off manually like most loans or repay the minimum and be in debt forever. Nasty choice which people need more info on before signing up.”
Seeing the funny side, the ex-Islander joked that she would be "using BA (Hons) in every single thing I sign from now on” including parcels and prescriptions.
Asked if she’d recommend university, Shaughna said: “Mmm it’s a difficult question.
“It looks good on your CV, but not £40k good lol.
“I personally think it’s the worst quality of education I’ve received and it’s the only one I’ve paid for. However, my media training / knowledge definitely helps me in my current career.”
Another agreed with Shaughna, saying: “It's ridiculous. I went to uni 2007-2010, borrowed £18,000.
“I've been in full-time employment in every month, except three, since Aug 2011 – so will have made 127 payments. Outstanding balance as of Aug 2022: £18,908.”
Naomi Smith, the chief executive of Best for Britain, a cross-party advocacy group focussing on human rights and equality, also weighed in on the Twitter thread.
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LOS ANGELES, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- "This Is for You" is an adult-contemporary duet starring Mattimus and the amazingly talented singer-songwriter and actress, Jackie Paladino. Available now on Apple Music, Spotify, and 150+ worldwide streaming and download services.
Jackie Paladino is one of the leading voices of a new generation of empathetic, socially aware artists. By fusing the timeless, uplifting power of soul and gospel with futuristic electro pop, she has created a safe space for the historically oppressed. "Ms. Paladino has been going the extra mile to make the world a better place by helping others step into their light," wrote Victor Williams of NY Weekly.
"When I heard her voice, I knew she would be perfect for this song. She was key to bringing our vision to life." said Mattimus. He continued, "This song will help people get through tough times. We've all been knocked to the floor and felt like this is it, I'll never get up. Have faith that we're loved by someone or something out there. We may feel lost at times, but we're never truly alone."
Ms. Paladino stated, "I hope "This Is for You" reminds listeners, especially those wrestling with grief and misfortune, that even in their lowest and loneliest moments they are not alone. I hope it influences others to view themselves as the precious miracle that they are, given the 1/400 trillion chance of having been chosen to exist at all, and inspires us all to lead with love."
In collaboration with Tokyo Kyz, the dynamic duo turned a dream into reality for 13-year-old, new singer-songwriter, Alyssah George. "It's a song I wrote to help other people going through the same rough emotions I was going through. I hope to write more and more songs for people, and to inspire people who have dreams and goals that they can accomplish them," said Ms. George.
"The song was so positive and beautiful it gave me the chills. This is Alyssah's debut as a primary lyricist and composer. I really look forward to working with her again on future materials." says Mattimus.
Love the song? Tell Mattimus and Jackie about your experiences. Visit Mattimus at https://linktr.ee/mattimus and Jackie Paladino at https://linktr.ee/jackiepaladino to learn more.
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SOUTH Korea logged the highest deaths amid a rapid spread of the COVID-19 sub-variant, statistical office data showed on Wednesday.
The data showed that the number of deaths was 28,859 in May, up to 12.8 per cent from the same month of 2021.
However, this marked the highest May figure since data began to be compiled.
The deaths recorded were attributable to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic, recently driven by a sub-variant.
In addition, the number of newborn babies was 20,007 in May, down by 8.8 per cent from a year earlier.
The childbirth has been on the decline since December 2015 amid the growing trend of delayed marriage and the lower number of women of childbearing age.
The number of marriages gained 5.5 per cent over the year to 17,041 in May, while the number of divorces retreated 0.9 per cent to 8,372.(Xinhua/NAN)
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LAS VEGAS, July 27, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Asia Broadband Inc. (OTC: AABB) (“AABB” or the “Company”) is pleased to announce that the Company has reinstalled the Convert feature within the AABB Wallet to allow users to purchase AABBG gold-backed tokens in exchange for other cryptocurrencies. The Convert feature was temporarily disabled several months ago to facilitate the further development of the Company’s AABB Exchange.
The launch of the Company’s AABB Wallet in 2021 introduced its AABBG token’s initial release to the market that is backed by $30 million in physical gold the Company currently holds. Any future token releases will continue to be backed 100% by additional physical gold acquired from the Company’s future mining production, gold purchased from cash reserves or credit. At today’s market price of gold, the one-tenth (0.1) gram of gold backing the AABBG token price is approximately $5.50 USD. The token price is tied to and supported by the Company at the market price of gold at a minimum. As the price of gold fluctuates, the minimum supported price of the AABBG token will increase or decrease. However, the potential upside price of AABBG will be driven by market demand.
Through the AABBG token and AABB Exchange, the Company embraces a pioneering philosophy with its truly unique Mine-to-Token vertical integration operational approach that strives toward complete independence from FIAT currency.
In other news, the highly anticipated launch of the Company’s online payment processing solution PayAABB is expected in the coming weeks.
About Asia Broadband
Asia Broadband Inc. (OTC: AABB) is a resource company focused on the production, supply and sale of precious and base metals, primarily to Asian markets. The Company utilizes its specific geographic expertise, experience and extensive industry contacts to facilitate its innovative distribution process from the production and supply of precious and base metals in Mexico to client sales networks in Asia. This vertical integration approach to sales transactions is the unique strength of AABB that differentiates the Company and creates distinctive value for shareholders. Additionally, the Company has added a digital assets business segment and released its AABBG freshly minted mine-to-token gold-backed cryptocurrency within its AABB Wallet and a proprietary digital exchange AABBExchange. AABB expects its token to become a world-wide standard of exchange that is stable, secured and trusted with gold backing, while having the added benefit of demand based price appreciation. These are unique and outstanding qualities relative to other cryptocurrencies.
Forward-Looking Statements are contained in this press release within the meaning of the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the Asia Broadband Inc.’s (the “Company”) expected current beliefs about the Company’s business, which are subject to uncertainty and change. The operations and results of the Company could materially differ from what is expressed or implied by the statements made above when industry, regulatory, market and competitive circumstances change. Further information about these risks can be found in the annual and quarterly disclosures the Company has published on the OTC Markets website. The Company is under no obligation to update or alter its forward-looking statements as future circumstances, events and information may change. | https://www.eagletribune.com/region/asia-broadband-reintroduces-convert-feature-within-the-aabb-wallet-to-purchase-aabbg/article_a42d466c-89ce-5623-bef0-ef8c298dbd1b.html | 2022-07-27T14:00:03Z | https://www.eagletribune.com/region/asia-broadband-reintroduces-convert-feature-within-the-aabb-wallet-to-purchase-aabbg/article_a42d466c-89ce-5623-bef0-ef8c298dbd1b.html | true | 6 |
Agreement expands the all-in-one marketing platform's artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities to improve marketing opportunities for modern financial professionals.
SAN DIEGO, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FMG, a SaaS company specializing in marketing software and services for financial advisors and insurance agents, today announced its acquisition of Vestorly, a company specializing in AI-driven content curation for wealth management firms.
As a trusted leader in the marketing and financial services industry, Vestorly's award-winning content management system uses artificial intelligence to curate personalized content to help financial professionals increase audience engagement.
"Vestorly pioneered the use of artificial intelligence to help financial advisors create an engaging and personalized content experience for their clients and prospects," said Scott White, CEO of FMG. "We're excited to enhance our AI capabilities through this acquisition and look forward to expanding the functionality available to Vestorly's customers by leveraging the full FMG platform. With the integration of this technology, we can apply AI to every aspect of advisor marketing."
No stranger to the benefits of AI, FMG's Curator™ employs similar technology to help financial advisors fuel their content engine and automatically source and personalize their content feed, significantly reducing the time and effort required to engage clients and prospects.
Together, FMG and Vestorly seek to improve the scalability of personalization available to financial professionals by augmenting FMG's already robust, all-in-one solution to include more AI-driven products and features across multiple marketing channels.
"We've long admired FMG for its innovation and market leadership in helping financial advisors leverage marketing to grow their brands and businesses," said Ralph Pahlmeyer, CEO of Vestorly. "The combination of our platform makes perfect sense and will extend capabilities for both of our customer bases. We are thrilled to be part of the clear market leader in advisor marketing technology and excited for what the future holds for our customers."
With this agreement, FMG will acquire Vestorly's client base, reinforcing its leading market share position. The seventh acquisition in six years, the purchase represents a continuation of FMG's expansion strategy.
About FMG
FMG powers an all-in-one marketing platform that helps financial advisors and insurance agents attract new leads, stay connected with clients and grow their businesses. Rated first in market share and customer satisfaction in the 2019, 2020 and 2021 T3 Software Survey Reports, FMG helps its customers develop comprehensive marketing strategies and automate their most effective marketing tactics. FMG is headquartered in San Diego, CA, with satellite offices across the United States.
About Vestorly
Vestorly was founded in 2012 to help wealth management firms improve workflows and make business sense of their digital content. Vestorly has been at the forefront of using AI, machine learning and NLP technologies to leverage content across different business activities. It has built a robust and award-winning AI-driven Content Management Engine (CME) that combines the primary components of content marketing and management. Vestorly is headquartered in New York, NY.
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HONOLULU (AP) — A Hawaii man accused of using counterfeit bank checks totaling $1.2 million to try to bail three people out of a jail has been arrested and ordered held without bail, according to court records.
Samuela Tuikolongahau Jr. was detained by federal authorities on Monday. A U.S. Secret Service affidavit filed in court alleged that he presented the bank checks for $760,000, $400,000 and $50,000 in 2020 during the attempt to post bail for the three people held at the Oahu Community Correctional Center.
He left a Honolulu courthouse after being told the checks would need verification, the court document said. Officials determined the checks were counterfeit and the two men and woman he tried to get out of jail were not released.
Court documents did not specify his relationship to the three jailed people.
In August 2020, Tuikolongahau obtained a counterfeit cashier’s check for $36,000 purported to be from a credit union and tried to use it, and someone else’s identification, to purchase a Land Rover from a Honolulu used car lot, the affidavit said.
He also used someone else’s identification to open an account online at Charles Schwab and tried to deposit counterfeit and altered checks into that account, the court document said.
Tuikolongahau appeared in federal court Tuesday for a hearing, where a judge appointed defense attorney Walter Rodby to represent him.
Tuikolongahau consented to be detained without bail as prosecutors requested, according to court records.
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US basketball star Griner testifies at Russia drug trial
KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — American basketball star Brittney Griner testified Wednesday at her drug trial in Russia that a language interpreter translated only a fraction of what was said during her questioning and officials instructed her to sign documents without providing an explanation.
Griner was arrested at a Moscow airport in February. She acknowledged in court earlier this month that she had vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage when she arrived in Russia but contends she had no criminal intent and packed the cartridges inadvertently.
During her testimony, the Phoenix Mercury standout described making a grueling 13-hour flight to Moscow from Arizona while recovering from COVID-19. Griner said she still does not know how the cannabis oil ended up in her bag but explained she had a doctor’s recommendation for it and had packed in haste.
She recalled getting pulled aside at the airport on Feb. 17 after inspectors found the cartridges.
Along with the interpreter who provided an incomplete translation, Griner said she received neither an explanation of her rights nor access to a lawyer and was instructed to sign documents without an explanation of what they implied.
After hours of proceedings she did not understand, she was allowed to hand over her personal belongings to a lawyer before being led away in handcuffs, Griner said. She said she received only a cursory translation of the allegations during a Feb. 19 hearing where a court sanctioned her arrest.
Griner faces up to 10 years in prison if convicted of transporting drugs. Her trial started July 1, and Wednesday was her first appearance as a witness. The court outside Moscow held five previous sessions that were short, some lasting only about an hour.
It is unclear how long the trial will last, but a court has authorized Griner’s detention until Dec. 20. She went to Russia to play for a Russian team in the WNBA’s off-season.
During Tuesday’s court session of about 90 minutes, a Russian neuropsychologist testified about worldwide use of medicinal cannabis, which remains illegal in Russia. Griner’s defense team has submitted a U.S. doctor’s letter recommending the basketball player use medical cannabis to treat pain.
Griner testified Wednesday that she was suffering from pain from injuries sustained during her basketball career. She emphasized that cannabis oil is widely used in the United States for medicinal purposes and has less negative effects than some other painkillers
A Russian Foreign Ministry spokesperson said last week that the legalization of cannabis for medical and recreational use in parts of the U.S. had no bearing on what happens in Russia.
The slow-moving trial and Griner’s five months of detention have raised strong criticism among teammates and supporters in the United States, which has formally declared her to be “wrongfully detained,” a designation sharply rejected by Russian officials.
Griner was arrested in February amid high U.S.-Moscow tensions ahead of Russia sending troops into Ukraine later that month. Some supporters contend she is being held in Russia as a pawn, possibly for a prisoner swap. American soccer notable Megan Rapinoe last week said “she’s being held as a political prisoner, obviously.”
Russian media have speculated that Griner could be exchanged for prominent Russian arms trader Viktor Bout, who is imprisoned in the United States, and that Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia for espionage, may also figure in an exchange.
U.S. officials have not commented on the prospects for such a trade. Russian officials have said no exchange could be discussed until the conclusion of the legal proceedings against Griner.
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Newcastle United supporters are all saying the same thing after Miguel Almiron netted a brace against Benfica to continue his impressive pre-season form. The Paraguay international scored just once for the Magpies last season but his impressive pre-season form has lead Eddie Howe to predict a prosperous campaign.
Almiron has scored six goals and notched two assists so far this pre-season and has sent a message to the Magpies boss after the club were previously told to sell the winger. The Newcastle forward scored a spectacular goal against Crystal Palace as he ended the season in a strong vein of form.
However, at the end of the season Jack Grealish took aim at the Magpies winger with some crude comments as Man City celebrated the Premier League title. The City playmaker came under fire for his comments aimed towards the Newcastle man and supporters aren't likely to forget them any time soon.
READ MORE: Eddie Howe tells of disappointment at Joelinton's red card in Benfica defeat
Here's what Newcastle United supporters had to say after another impressive display against Benfica.
@mrthompson81 said: "Looks like Grealish has motivated Almiron in a way that no manager could. Eddie Howe has had his job done for him."
@roguer0id tweeted: "Grealish should insult Almiron every week when the season starts."
@LewisBowden_ said: "I’m calling it now, Almiron is going to have a better season than Grealish."
@StevenNUFC said: "6 goals and 2 assists for Almirón so far in pre-season - probably better than what Grealish has done in his City career so far."
@TheToonarmy39 tweeted: "Almiron to have a better season than Grealish is written in the stars."
@Charlie3Hood said: "It’s Miggy Almiron's world and Jack Grealish is just living in it."
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DALLAS, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Globally recognized Micro-Influencer marketing company VizSense, launches Consumer Insights Reporting as a standalone offering to clients. This novel technology and reporting blends data science and computer science techniques to produce accurate and actionable insights into a particular consumer brand, product, and industry. Unlike simple social media listening or self-service platforms, VizSense's AI-driven technology integrates natural language processing and deep learning to extract meaning from data. Coupled with VizSense's managed services, Consumer Insights Reporting provides brands with a better ability to understand and discover unique brand traits consumers are talking about and leverage these insights through micro-influencer marketing.
"I'm incredibly proud of our entire team whose countless hours, brainstorming, and commitment to challenge what is possible has made this powerful capability come alive," said VizSense Founder and CEO Dr. Jon Iadonisi. "With this exciting product, we are now able to discover actionable insights previously hidden among the billions of bits of data we process. For example: we discovered a matte color of lipstick was popular among Latin X audiences for a recent client."
Consumer Insights Reporting will be available as a standalone offering or as a part of VizSense's managed service partnership. Consumer Insights Reporting is integrated with VizSense's Client Dashboard to access deliverables and progress updates. "Over the hundreds of partnerships we've conducted, our clients consistently value the comprehensive and data-first approach we take, elevating their marketing team's ability to hyper-target consumers," adds VizSense VP of Sales and Marketing, Jessica Koop. "Unlike passive social listening platforms, our insights uncover product attributes and consumer conversations that impact beyond influencer marketing programs, into a brand's entire marketing mix and strategy."
VizSense continues to encourage brands to ensure they have a plan to integrate data science as part of their overall marketing panoply in today's ultra-connected world. Successful micro-influencer partnerships require managed service expertise and world-class technological support, something self-service platforms alone cannot achieve. With the ever-changing social media content landscape, brands looking to remain at the forefront of consumer interest, need to use data to accurately target and reach their consumers.
VizSense puts the consumer and data at the forefront of its managed services offering, empowering brands to learn more about their audiences. Since being founded in 2015, VizSense has provided turn-key influencer marketing solutions and cross-platform promotions for over 80 different clients ranging from emerging brands to the world's leading CPG giants. As one of the original and most innovative influencer-as-a-service technology platforms, To see more of VizSense's work, visit www.vizsense.com/results-delivered or follow @VizSense on LinkedIn, Instagram, and Twitter.
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Kelly Khumalo’s Team Considers Her an Important “National Treasure”, Singer Explains Hiring Extra Bodyguards
- Kelly Khumalo has been in the headlines as her name stays embroiled in the Senzo Meyiwa murder trial
- The court of public opinion has been gunning for Kelly Khumalo to be investigated in connection with soccer star Senzo Meyiwa's murder
- Kelly Khumalo is worried about her physical safety, and on an episode of Life with Kelly, she explained why she's taking precautions
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Kelly Khumalo is due to have a concert in the Vaal and is not taking chances with security. South African singer Kelly Khumalo explained why she has resorted to hiring a myriad of bodyguards.
Kelly Khumalo will have ample security during her Vaal concert. The singer Kelly Khumalo opened up about why she feels like she is in danger.
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Kelly Khumalo and her team explain why the singer needs extra security
According to ZAlebs, Kelly Khumalo says that she got death threats before her performance in KwaZulu-Natal. On Life With Kelly, the singer says she still does not know how Senzo Meyiwa died and worries when she gets messages threatening her life.
Kelly Khumalo got herself a dedicated safety team. The singer's manager said that all the security is necessary because Kelly Khumalo is "a national asset because of the kind of person she is and the value she has in the music industry.”
Kelly Khumalo's fans continue to support the singer through all controversies. Kelly Khumalo plans on having more performances in September as fans were excited with her announcement when she serenaded them.
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@viantonm commented:
"Your voice bakithi. That time you are so tiny. Angazi Le voice emnandi kanje iphumaphi."
@phila514 commented:
"I'm your biggest fan Kelly I look up to you as a single parent myself❤️love you superwoman."
@choncononhlanhla commented:
"Beautiful indeed."
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"Beautiful ❤️"
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"Yeses that voice❤️"
Zandile Khumalo encourages Mzansi as many start to suspect Senzo's ex Mandisa
Briefly News previously reported that Senzo Meyiwa's murder is a hot topic as there have been many speculations surrounding his death. Most have been clamouring for Kelly Khumalo to be the main suspect, but a recent interview with the singer Zandie Khumalo turned the tables.
The court of public opinion has set its sights on Kelly Khumalo as responsible for Senzo Meyiwa's fatal shooting. Zandie Khumalo went on national TV recently to share more details about the night that soccer star Senzo Meyiwa died.
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Good Girls' Retta Raises Eyebrows With Comment About Show's Cancellation
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The star of Good Girls shared some bad news. Retta, who starred on the NBC comedy alongside Christina Hendricks and Mae Whitman for four seasons from 2018 to 2021, confirmed that the...
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Consumers who pull up to the pump at participating gas stations will receive a gift card for up to $50 worth of free gas, Kinder Bueno bars, and travel swag
PARSIPPANY, N.J., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Kinder Bueno®, the crispy, creamy chocolate bar with a taste experience that defies expectation, is celebrating the busy summer road trip season with "Summer Gets Bueno" a new program that will help summer travelers fill up their gas tanks and enjoy Kinder Bueno chocolate bars for free at participating gas stations. Beginning on July 29, Kinder Bueno is giving the consumers who pull up to the pump at participating gas stations in Westchester County, New York and on Long Island, New York the chance to receive a gift card with up to $50 worth of free gas while supplies last. A Kinder Bueno gas station attendant will also surprise drivers with a white glove service gas pumping experience, free Kinder Bueno chocolate bars and top fans also have the chance to receive additional road trip and travel swag.
"Nothing says summer like a road trip with friends and family, however, these days that can come with a hefty price tag," said Shalini Stansberry, Vice President of Marketing, Kinder Snacking. "That is why we launched "Summer Gets Bueno" as part of our ongoing "Life Gets Bueno" campaign, to help people get where they need to go and to savor their summer road trips by taking a crispy, creamy Kinder Bueno along for the ride. With one chocolatey bite of Kinder Bueno, the journey is sure to be extraordinary."
The Kinder Bueno "Summer Gets Bueno" event will be open for fans to enjoy on Friday, July 29 at the Shell at 1000 Central Park Avenue in Scarsdale, New York 10583 and on Saturday, July 30 at the Ocean Gas & Mini Mart at 980 Montauk Highway in Shirley, New York 11967 from 1:00PM to 4:00PM ET or while supplies last.
In addition to experiencing the "Summer Gets Bueno" event in person, Kinder Bueno is also hosting a "Summer Gets Bueno Sweepstakes" through 8/11/22. Starting today, chocolate lovers from across the nation can enter for a chance to win one of hundreds of summer prizes like a Kinder Bueno gas gift card, a Kinder Bueno tumbler, a cooler and more from 12 a.m. ET on 4/22/22 through 11:59 p.m. ET on 8/11/22. Consumers must be 18 years or older to participate in the Summer Gets Bueno Sweepstakes. For more information and full sweepstakes rules, please visit www.summergetsbueno.com.
Kinder Bueno comes in individually wrapped, shareable packaging that is perfect for sharing and creating special moments on the road all summer long. Share your summer fun with Kinder Bueno by using #SummerGetsBueno and tagging @KinderBuenoUS.
About Kinder Bueno
Kinder Bueno is a crispy creamy chocolate bar that comes with a creamy hazelnut filling in a crispy wafer, enrobed in milk chocolate and a dark chocolate drizzle. Since launching in the US, Kinder Bueno has reached more than 15 million households and is ranked in the Top 10 of 2020 Food and Beverage New Product Pacesetters by IRI1. Kinder Bueno is available nationwide at retail, grocery, drug and convenience stores.
For more information on the Kinder Bueno brand and where to find Kinder Bueno in stores, please visit www.Kinder.com. You can also check out Kinder Bueno Facebook, Twitter and Instagram pages for additional updates.
About Ferrero
For over 70 years, Ferrero has created products loved by generations. We've grown from a bakery in Alba, Italy into the third largest confectionery company in the world. Ferrero entered the North American market in 1969 and continues to spread joy with Ferrero Rocher®, Nutella®, Kinder®, Tic Tac® and Fannie May® chocolates. Ferrero Group expanded its portfolio in 2018 with the addition of Butterfinger®, CRUNCH®, Baby Ruth®, 100Grand® and other legendary chocolate brands.
We are a family-owned company with 3,000 employees in eight offices and ten plants and warehouses in North America, including a cocoa processing plant in Brantford, Ontario and a planned chocolate processing factory in Bloomington, Illinois. Instilled in every aspect of our business is the entrepreneurial spirit of our founders, and their passion for quality, creativity, and innovation. Follow @FerreroNACorp on Twitter and @FerreroNACorp on Instagram. www.ferreronorthamerica.com.
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SEATTLE, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Latchel, an award-winning property management platform modernizing maintenance operations and resident amenities, has raised $16.7 million in Series A fundraising led by F-Prime Capital with participation from RiverPark Ventures and existing investors, MetaProp, Bain Capital Ventures, 1984 Ventures, and Hack VC. As part of the round, John Lin of F-Prime Capital will join the board.
The funding will be used to accelerate product development, deepen third party property management integrations, and expand platform customizability across maintenance automation solutions so any property manager can enhance resident service levels and reduce their operating cost. Latchel recently implemented fintech into their product with a Vendor Pay feature, allowing property managers to easily manage and automate invoicing for service providers.
As residents spent more time at home during the pandemic, property managers saw an increase of spontaneous maintenance requests. With units distributed across different geographic locations and needing to minimize contact, both residents and managers needed a better way to troubleshoot maintenance issues, and a faster way to manage incoming requests.
Latchel's plug and play maintenance operations and virtual resident amenity platform significantly simplifies resident management for property managers, raising the bar for rental service levels, and reimagining the status quo for resident offerings. Maintenance inquiries and questions are answered by experienced professionals in 60 seconds, 24/7/365 - a long overdue departure from voicemails and elongated periods between request and response. With a fully customizable resident amenity platform, Property Managers can offer their residents a full suite of benefits that elevate the rental experience through Latchel's curated partners - things like cashback on rent, insurance policies (rental, auto, pet, etc), and resident caused damages. Property Managers can reduce resident attrition and drive up overall efficiency and revenue.
"There is a massive opportunity to impact rental management in a meaningful way. There has been a lot of investment in the proptech space, but most of it has been around customer acquisition rather than how property managers can better serve their residents." said John Lin, Investor at F-Prime Capital. "Latchel is one of the few companies that is focused on the day to day operations management and creating a better experience for the resident."
Property managers can now eliminate the backlog of maintenance requests and watch confidently as maintenance requests move through Latchel's workflow. By including Latchel's resident benefits offering as a resident paid amenity in lease addendums, managers can also create a new revenue stream to boost their profitability and growth potential. Overall, property managers get to spend less time firefighting in a hyper-reactive state, and more time proactively improving the health of their business.
"The most rewarding part of being able to build solutions in this industry is the relief, reassurance, and empowerment we've been able to give to our customers and their residents, and the difference it has made in both their businesses and personal lives," said Ethan Lieber, CEO and Founder of Latchel. "We're excited to have more fuel to continuously improve the solutions we build, expand, and allow more property managers to provide better and more competitive resident service levels, and to operate more doors with less overhead cost."
Latchel's platform is used in over 100k homes nationwide and processes over 12,000 maintenance requests every month with a 4.8/5 star rating across all work orders. Latchel recently won Proptech Breakthrough's 2021 Property Management Innovation Award.
Latchel is an award winning property management technology company that empowers property managers to provide unbeatable customer experience with streamlined maintenance operations, and top-tier resident amenities. With built in layers that elevate the resident experience, property managers are also able to increase their revenue by implementing the service as a resident paid amenity. Renters get better service levels that average a 4.8/5 star rating, and property managers can increase both operational efficiency and overall profitability. For more information, visit www.latchel.com
F-Prime Capital is a global venture capital firm investing in healthcare and technology. For the past 50 years, our independent venture capital group has had the privilege of backing great entrepreneurs building groundbreaking companies.
With over two billion dollars under management and a global portfolio of more than 160 companies, we champion those dedicated to creating positive change in the world. In healthcare, we focus on therapeutics, medtech, and health IT & services in a stage-agnostic fashion. In technology, we focus on enterprise software, fintech and frontier tech; while we're early-stage investors by choice, we'll back exceptional teams at any stage. Our team of investors, engineers, doctors, and scientists is committed to bringing the insight, domain expertise, and relationships required to help our companies make a transformational impact.
F-Prime is headquartered in Cambridge, MA, with offices in London, UK and San Francisco, CA. For more information, please visit fprimecapital.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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A couple who had a Monty Python-themed wedding brought props including a bloodied 'killer rabbit' so they could recreate scenes from the Holy Grail on location in Scotland for their honeymoon. John Wood, 62, and wife Gemma, 38, fell in love after her uncle spotted a story in The Sun about a Monty Python-themed dating site that John set up after getting divorced.
Gemma got in touch and the couple hit it off. They wed on October 5 2019 with the day themed around Monty Python and the Holy Grail, with props including a china white rabbit which they painted with blood.
Gemma, who works as a social media manager, made a hand grenade which was used by ringbearers, and which they also brought to Scotland for their honeymoon. They visited Doune Castle, Stirling, where much of the cult classic was filmed, and were delighted to find there were real swallows there.
They also visited Stalker Castle, Argyll and Bute - named the Castle of Aaargh in the film. At the Tomnadashan mine near Killin, Perthshire, which featured as the Cave of Caerbannog, they recreated the 'Killer Rabbit of Caerbannog' scene.
They had also hoped to visit the Bridge of Eternal Peril but were unable to as it was too remote and a guide wasn't available. John, from East Grinstead, West Sussex, said: "The Holy Grail was filmed in Scotland, Doune Castle was where they filmed most of it.
"We were waiting for covid to go away and had booked the hotels and had to cancel. Eventually we said 'lets just go'.
"We went to the castle at the end of the film where it ends and the police arrest them." Documentary maker John got hooked on the comedy shows aged nine, in 1969.
He used to listen to vinyl records on repeat because there was no video at that time. The honeymoon lasted from July 11 to 14.
John, who found his love of Monty Python was not shared by his ex-wife, has seen Spamalot 20 times. He added: "It is a fantastic mix.
"They are using contemporary language with ancient language. It is all about taking life less seriously.
"We talk about it all the time. Things happen in life that remind us of the sketches.
"I've loved it ever since I was a kid, when I first watched it I was nine. A lot of people tell me that they've grown out of it as they've got older, I can't understand that.
Gemma brought a homemade hand-grenade with her from the wedding. The rings were in it and the best man took the lid off and got the rings out.
"We brought it up with us, as well as a white rabbit which had blood painted on it. We did silly things at the cave, we had a fantastic time." | https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/real-life/inside-couples-monty-python-themed-24599140 | 2022-07-27T14:23:52Z | https://www.coventrytelegraph.net/news/real-life/inside-couples-monty-python-themed-24599140 | true | 6 |
Rail services in Lincoln have ground to a halt due to strike action from a trade union who feel they are being ‘attacked’ by industry bosses – leaving the city with no trains on Wednesday.
The National Union of Rail, Maritime and Transport Workers has called another day of strike action across the country on Wednesday, July 27, protesting over pay and job security concerns.
This day of action follows on from three days of strikes in June, which again saw the nation’s rail network brought to its knees in the largest rail dispute in over 30 years.
In Lincolnshire, the East Coast Main Line is the primary service running on Wednesday, but even that is a reduced service that will not pass through Lincoln.
The strikes have caused Lincoln train station to close entirely on Wednesday, with a sign in the entrance door saying there will be “no trains from this station due to industrial action”.
A picket line has been set up outside Lincoln rail station by RMT workers, who say they are fighting for their rights as workers – after the government asked the rail sector to reduce costs by around 10% due to a COVID-19 pandemic-imposed lull in footfall.
The RMT argue this is not possible without thousands of redundancies, while also arguing that workers have not been given a pay rise in three years – despite Network Rail reporting a £1.6 billion profit before tax in the 2020/21 financial year.
Some 40,000 members of the RMT union, working at Network Rail and 14 other train operators, are taking part in the strike, with just 20% of the country’s services being able to run.
It comes at a busy time nationally, with the Commonwealth Games starting in Birmingham this week, as well as a series of music festivals taking place over the weekend.
Stan Herschel, regional organiser at the RMT accused the rail industry of trying to “attack workers” with poor pay and working conditions, stating that as a trade union they could not stand for it any longer.
He told The Lincolnite: “Action is taking place because the industry decided to attack workers for calling out poor terms and conditions, the looming threat of 1000s of redundancies and not being given a pay rise for three years.
“We are doing this to protect workers. I feel for those not able to travel of course I do, but I am sure the general public understand, particularly in this current climate, why this had to be done.”
When pressed on what it will take for these strikes to stop, Mr Herschel said: “All we want is to get round the table for fair negotiations and so far that has not been happening.
“I want to thank the public for their tremendous support of our action, many understand that this is the way of the world right now and we are doing all we can to protect the rights of our workers.”
The Lincolnite spoke to one resident outside the train station, who was heading to the entrance to catch a train for a job interview in Scunthorpe.
They said they had no idea the strikes were taking place, as East Midlands Railway’s online timetable still showed a running train from Lincoln to Scunthorpe.
It is expected that the strikes will have a knock-on effect on the rail sector, with delays and busy services expected to roll into Thursday as people alter their travel plans around Wednesday’s action. | https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/07/not-enough-space-man-lincolnshire-unlikely-to-host-eurovision/ | 2022-07-27T14:30:02Z | https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2022/07/not-enough-space-man-lincolnshire-unlikely-to-host-eurovision/ | false | 1 |
WFO DALLAS / FT. WORTH Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Wednesday, July 27, 2022
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HEAT ADVISORY
URGENT - WEATHER MESSAGE
National Weather Service Fort Worth TX
755 AM CDT Wed Jul 27 2022
...HEAT ADVISORY REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 9 PM CDT THIS EVENING...
* WHAT...Heat index values up to 107.
* WHERE...Portions of north central and northeast Texas.
* WHEN...Until 9 PM CDT this evening.
* IMPACTS...Hot temperatures and high humidity will increase the
risk for heat-related illnesses to occur, particularly for
those working or participating in outdoor activities.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
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.
Take extra precautions if you work or spend time outside. When
possible reschedule strenuous activities to early morning or
evening. Know the signs and symptoms of heat exhaustion and heat
stroke. Wear lightweight and loose fitting clothing when
possible. To reduce risk during outdoor work, the Occupational
Safety and Health Administration recommends scheduling frequent
rest breaks in shaded or air conditioned environments. Anyone
overcome by heat should be moved to a cool and shaded location.
Heat stroke is an emergency! Call 9 1 1.
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Democracy in peril due to BJP's 'monstrous' political ambitions: Uddhav Thackeray
"A conspiracy to eliminate all opposition & regional parties in the country is going on in full swing... The ruling party is scared of the opposition. It indicates their inefficiency," said Thackeray
Shiv Sena President and former Maharashtra Chief Minister Uddhav Thackeray on Wednesday warned that democracy in India is at peril owing to the "monstrous ambitions" of the Bharatiya Janata Party to control everything.
"A conspiracy to eliminate all the opposition and regional parties in the country is going on in full swing... The ruling party (BJP) is scared of the opposition. It indicates their inefficiency," said Thackeray, in the concluding part of a marathon "birthday interview" to Sanjay Raut, Executive Editor of the Sena mouthpieces- "Saamana" and "Dopahar Ka Saamana" newspapers.
He pointed out that democracy does not mean winning (elections) everytime, be it any party - Shiv Sena, Congress, NCP, BJP, etc - nobody gets consecutive victories, all have to win or lose, new parties keep emerging, shine for some time - "that is the real democracy".
However, the gargantuan aspirations (of the BJP) of keeping everything under their heels coupled with whatever they say is right, makes them apprehensive of the opposition, he said.
Recalling the late Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee's refrain - "Power comes and goes, but the country should remain", Thackeray said: "I was the CM yesterday, I am not today and am sitting in front of you... What's the difference? Power comes and goes... and returns, but it doesn't matter to me."
He emphasised the need for all political parties to unite and work for the country, or they shall be labelled as "enemies" of our nation, as there are stupendous problems like inflation, unemployment, etc, that confront the people.
Thackeray took a swipe at the BJP-government on how various central investigation agencies are harassing the Opposition, arresting their leaders first and framing the charges later, "defaming them in a dirty and perverted manner intended to ruin their careers".
Referring to BJP leader and Union Minister Nitin Gadkari's statement that his party was like a "washing machine" which makes people facing allegations "virtuous", Thackeray said this is not really the sign of a strong ruler, but one in fear.
He said the Shiv Sena is willing to fight, but it cannot go alone and all the states of the country must join together for the struggle which will "awaken" the people, and without making too many enemies, must ensure healthy politics.
In this context, Thackeray mentioned the Shiv Sena-Nationalist Congress Party-Congress's Maha Vikas Aghadi, and termed it as "a successful experiment supported by the masses".
"The MVA was not wrong. The people have welcomed it. Many in the state cried when I left 'Varsha' (the CM's official residence, on June 22). I will not allow those tears go in vain," he said.
The Sena leader rued how the very same people (Eknath Shinde) who were opposed to joining hands with the BJP in 2014 have now allied with that party, and called him "a power-hungry" person.
Thackeray said he had offered Shinde the post of CM, after discussing with the NCP-Congress, provided he could get some replies from the BJP, "but he had no guts".
He again challenged the Shinde-Fadnavis government for elections and predicted that the "state will again get a Shiv Sena CM".
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By Jeff Lowenfels
One of the biggest mistakes gardeners make is not starting to harvest their vegetable gardens early enough.
You don’t have to wait until the announcement of an impending frost before reaping what you have sown. Vegetable gardens should be harvested over a long period of time starting as early as late spring.
By now, you should be in full harvest mode, gathering the fruits (if you will) of having a vegetable garden. If you do the chore properly, you will have a long season of fresh produce.
Start with thinnings. All plants need room to fully develop, so eating the thinned plants is the first of the garden’s harvest. Thinning starts in spring, but it should continue as plants grow.
Carrots, beets, radishes and leafy lettuces such as romaine and arugula, for example, must be thinned or they will be stunted. Collards, turnips and even Brussels sprouts need to be thinned, too.
Many new gardeners are scared to thin out seedlings. How much space to provide? Well, you know how big these crops are when you buy them at the supermarket. Ultimately, there should be enough room between your seedlings for them to reach that size.
Ah, but don’t thin all at once. The trick is to give seedlings an inch or so between each other to start. Then thin several more times as the plants grow. This way you get bigger and thus more thinnings to eat.
Next, some vegetables need to be harvested before they get too mature and stop producing. Snap peas, snow peas and green beans, for example, slow and then stop flowering if their pods get too old. So don’t let that happen. Continually harvest young pods, and plants will continue flowering.
If you want actual peas instead of pods, stop harvesting a few weeks before the end of the season, or dedicate a few plants to it.
Then there are the “grow-back” plants. These are vegetables that will produce a new crop after the previous one has been harvested.
There are two types. The first are those vegetables you don’t want to flower, because once they do, they concentrate on seed development and the harvest ends. Mustard greens, arugula, garlic chives, romaine lettuce, spinach and Swiss chard are in this group. They can be continually harvested by carefully cutting leaves back so not to damage the crown. As the plant grows back, there is new harvestable material.
The second group of grow-back plants requires flowering, but cutting back the flowers encourages new ones to grow.
Broccoli is the prime example. Cut the flowers off the main stalk (before they open, preferably), but let the plant continue to grow. New flowers will appear, and you can harvest these the same way until the end of the season. Similarly, indeterminate tomatoes, the ones that vine, will continue to produce better if you harvest tomatoes as they mature. The plant is encouraged to develop new flowers and thus tomatoes.
Finally, there are those plants that simply can’t wait until the end of the season to be harvested. Kohlrabi and radish become pulpy if they get too mature. Cucumbers can become bitter.
You know how big a vegetable is supposed to be. Harvest yours when they reach that size, even if it is in the middle of the season.
I am betting there is something in your garden that needs harvesting right now. Personally, I always have a sharp knife and a basket with me when I go out to water and fuss around in ours. Isn’t this what the garden is for?
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Jeff Lowenfels writes regularly about gardening for The Associated Press. His books include “Teaming With Microbes,” “Teaming With Fungi,” “Teaming With Nutrients” and the upcoming “Teaming With Bacteria” (Timber Press, September 2022). He can be reached at jeff@gardener.com. | https://www.sgvtribune.com/2022/07/27/gardening-start-harvesting-your-garden-vegetables-now-and-keep-it-going/ | 2022-07-27T14:31:24Z | https://www.sgvtribune.com/2022/07/27/gardening-start-harvesting-your-garden-vegetables-now-and-keep-it-going/ | false | 31 |
New Vietnam War memorial coming to World’s Fair Park
A new Vietnam War memorial is coming to World’s Fair Park in downtown Knoxville.
KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (WVLT) - A new Vietnam War memorial is coming to World’s Fair Park in downtown Knoxville. Officials are set to host an unveiling ceremony for Aug. 2 at 9:30 a.m.
Local supporters donated to establish the memorial.
“This monument would not be possible without the enthusiastic support and dedication of the Vietnam Veterans of America Captain Bill Robinson Chapter 1078 of Knoxville and the many local supporters who contributed both financially and with in-kind gifts,” officials said.
Those interested in attending the ceremony are invited to do so. Parking will be available at the Knoxville Museum of Art, the Blackstock parking lot or at L&M Stem Academy, which is at World’s Fair Park. The academy parking will open at 8 a.m.
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YouTuber Charleston White Claims He Maced Soulja Boy
YouTuber Charleston White is admitting to macing Soulja Boy after rumors of the two men getting into a physical altercation in Miami. On Friday (July 22), the former gang member-turned-internet personality went on social media to explain his side of the story. "They don't know if they'd been tased....
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An affiliate of global real estate powerhouse Hines has scooped up a swanky new office tower in the River Oaks area for $145 million in what could be a record-setting deal for Houston's commercial real estate sector that is still recovering from the pandemic.
Hines Global Investment Trust announced Tuesday it acquired the 15-story, 206,000+ square-foot tower known as 200 Park Place office from developer Stonelake Capital Partners. The sales price equates to roughly more than $690 per square foot, which could be one of the highest, if not the highest prices per square foot for an office building in Houston across publicly-known deals, not including medical office space.
Previously earlier records have been set by Skanska USA's 2019 deal when it sold a 90 percent stake in the downtown tower 800 Capitol for $531 per a square foot, according to commercial real estate data firm CoStar. (Skanska later sold its remaining stake.) Including medical office space, the priciest office deal for years in Houston has been the 2018 sale of Memorial Hermann Plaza in the Texas Medical Center, which sold for about $793 per square foot, according to CoStar.
The fact that Hines was willing to pay a premium for the fully-leased space is a vote of confidence for Houston's office market that is still facing uncertainty as it recovers from the pandemic. Despite Houston's chronically high office vacancy rates, leasing activity is beginning to recover and more companies are sending workers back to the office, albeit mostly in a hybrid fashion.
While there is a glut of empty office space in Houston, particularly older buildings that have not been updated, new buildings such as 200 Park Place continue to attract tenants.
"When you dial down into what tenants are designing and wanting, it’s not that (older) office space," said William Peeples, principal at Stonelake Capital Partners in an interview. "It’s new, it’s efficient, it’s thoughtfully designed. It provides access to outdoors, is walkable and has brand recognition."
Stonelake substantially completed construction on 200 Park only a month into the pandemic, and then managed to fully lease up the office space despite the challenges of the past two years for the sector.
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200 Park Place adds to the more than $3 billion portfolio of Hines Global Investment Trust, which invests in industrial, office, residential/living, retail and other properties worldwide.
“As high-profile companies continue to look to Houston for best-in-class, well-amenitized buildings, and Houston continues to lead the U.S. on return-to-office rates, our acquisition of 200 Park Place allows us to strategically capitalize on these trends and the ongoing evolution of commercial real estate,” said Janice Walker, chief operating officer of Hines Global Income Trust, said in an announcement. “We are focused on continued diversification of the portfolio with institutional-quality, next-generation assets in dynamic locations, because tenants are eager for this kind of product.”
The tower is located inside Loop 610, about a mile east of the Galleria between shopping and dining venues Highland Village and River Oaks District. Tenants include JLL, Buckeye Partners, Compass Real Estate, Stonelake Capital Partners, plus Charles Schwab, Veritas Title Partners and the upcoming Ten Sushi + Cocktail Bar on the ground floor. The office tower sits above eight levels of parking with additional office and retail on the ground floor.
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Jeff Hollinden and Kevin McConn of JLL Capital Markets represented Stonelake Capital in the sale.
The 200 Park Place building has a landscaped terrace for tenants, a conference center and tenant lounge. Stonelake Capital broke ground on the building in February 2019 when there was already a surplus of empty space on the market. It was substantially completed in April 2020 as many companies started to downsize their offices as employees worked from home and the demand for oil plunged as people stayed home early in the pandemic.
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"Substantial completion was four days after oil went to negative $37 a barrel," Peeples said. "At the end of the day, we leased it up 100 percent within eight months of delivery."
Houston ranked 16th in the nation for office investments in the first half of 2022, with investors spending nearly $1.2 billion on office properties, according to MSCI Real Assets, a commercial real estate research firm. The investments were up 95 percent compared to the first half of 2021. Dallas and Austin ranked higher at No. 4 and No. 13, respectively.
Hines has experienced the "flight to quality" trend at its own developments as employers seek spaces with amenities and locations where their employees want to be. Hines, which completed Texas Tower in downtown Houston at the end of 2021, recently announced several tenants, including a new headquarters for Cheniere Energy.
“Houston’s River Oaks District is a centrally located submarket that is continuing to see interest from those looking to work and play in an engaging, upscale neighborhood,” said John Mooz, senior managing director at Hines. “200 Park Place’s modern design and walkable amenities differentiate it from other office and retail opportunities along Westheimer Road, making it a strategic location for investment in this key submarket.”
Stonelake Capital, which has offices in Houston, Austin and Dallas, plans to break ground on 100 Park Place, a 17-story, 260,000-square-foot office building on a 1.4-acre site next to 200 Park Place. The time frame has not been set, but construction will likely start in 2023, according to Peeples.
The Park Place River Oaks mixed-use development also includes The Ivy and The James apartment buildings on 11.5 acres at Westheimer and Mid Lane.
Stonelake Capital recently leased the top two floors of its new 24-story Domain Tower 2 building in north Austin to PayPal. | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Hines-buys-River-Oaks-area-office-building-from-17330531.php | 2022-07-27T14:32:13Z | https://www.houstonchronicle.com/business/real-estate/article/Hines-buys-River-Oaks-area-office-building-from-17330531.php | false | 1 |
Editor’s note: This op-ed first appeared on palabra, the digital news site by the National Association of Hispanic Journalists. It is jointly published in partnership with Prism.
By Tina Vasquez
In the weeks since the Supreme Court issued its decision in the Dobbs v. Jackson Women’s Health Organization case that overturned Roe v. Wade and struck down our Constitutional right to abortion, the country has turned into an even more hostile place for marginalized people.
The risk of criminalization is so great that abortion funds have paused operations in states with trigger bans and laws that target people who provide abortion support. In states like Arizona and Texas, which have some of the largest undocumented populations in the nation, providers have stopped offering abortion care or packed up and moved to neighboring states, leaving undocumented people who cannot risk Border Patrol checkpoints with virtually no options. In effect, the Supreme Court ruling that the right to abortion is not “deeply rooted in this Nation’s history or tradition” has strapped a ticking time bomb onto other fundamental human rights. How long before right-wing lawmakers come for contraception? How long before they come for interracial marriage and gay marriage? How will this ruling be used as justification to further whittle away at trans rights?
Abortion experts knew that overturning Roe would be a slippery slope. Harder to anticipate was how quickly the ruling would affect First Amendment rights — a gravely serious issue that should concern every newsroom operating today.
Last month, Prism editor-in-chief Ashton Lattimore reported on new anti-abortion model legislation released by the National Right to Life Committee (NRLC), one of the oldest and most powerful anti-choice groups in the nation. The multimillion-dollar organization not only helps elect anti-choice lawmakers, but also shapes and influences state laws—and hopes that state legislatures nationwide will soon adopt its new model legislation that would subject people to criminal and civil penalties for “aiding or abetting” abortion. This includes “hosting or maintaining a website, or providing internet service, that encourages or facilitates efforts to obtain an illegal abortion.”
As Lattimore noted, the text offers no guidance on how broadly or narrowly the provision might be interpreted. Take, for example, a piece of reporting our newsroom published last year about accessing abortion medication by mail, or this reporting about abortion doulas navigating criminalization in a post-Roe world that concludes with a series of helpline numbers for confidential abortion support and legal aid. Does this constitute aiding and abetting abortion? As residents of the U.S., we know our right to abortion care has been stripped away. As journalists and editors, it would also be helpful to know if we are subject to draconian laws that place newsrooms in legal crosshairs for producing evidence-based reporting on abortion.
Even before the Supreme Court ruling, there was evidence of abortion information censorship. Jezebel reported last month that in states set to ban abortion when Roe fell, Google appeared to actively sabotage people’s searches — giving results for anti-abortion “crisis pregnancy centers” in searches about abortion care. A study from the Center for Countering Digital Hate found that in Arkansas, Idaho, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, North Dakota, South Dakota, Tennessee, Utah, Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming, a whopping 37% of Google Maps search results for abortion care led to crisis pregnancy centers. To the unknowing, these faith-based organizations at first appear to be clinics, but soon it becomes apparent they don’t actually offer abortion services. For decades, these deceptive fake clinics have received tax payer money to disseminate dangerous health care misinformation that targets low-income pregnant people for the sole purpose of dissuading them from accessing abortion care.
Our newsroom has not been immune to Google’s harmful practices. Even though Prism has a Google Ads grant that allows us to run free ads that use keywords highlighting our most prominent coverage areas, the search engine blocked and denied our ads that used keywords like “abortion” and “abortion rights.” Even more chilling, in the immediate aftermath of the Roe decision, Instagram and Facebook began removing posts about abortion pills, including those that noted that the medication mifepristone could be obtained through the mail. Users who tried to repeatedly post about abortion medication were banned. Abortion Finder, a website that allows people to search for care providers, was also suspended from Instagram. The account was restored after a tweet about the incident went viral.
Abortion censorship is well underway, and if states adopt the kind of model legislation proposed by the NRLC, it would be a striking blow to the First Amendment and would prevent newsrooms from producing accurate, reliable information about abortion when it’s needed most. It would also have dire consequences for people in need of abortion care — an overwhelming percentage of whom are low-income Black and Latinx women who already have children.
There is a recurring theme in the most recent anti-abortion legislation, which does not target the person seeking an abortion, but everyone on their periphery who makes the care possible. This includes health care providers, abortion doulas, and abortion funds. This trend largely began with Texas’ Senate Bill 8, which was signed into law last year by Gov. Greg Abbott. Even before abortion was banned in the state as a result of the fall of Roe, SB 8 severely restricted abortion by banning the procedure once electrical activity in the embryo was detected, which occurs at about six weeks. But the law also allows anyone — regardless of whether they live in Texas or have any association with the patient — to sue an abortion provider who violates the ban or anyone who helps a patient obtain an abortion. In the 10 months since SB 8 went into effect, over a dozen states have introduced or signaled their intent to introduce copycat legislation. In recent weeks, Idaho and Oklahoma passed laws that deputize private citizens to sue people who aid and abet abortion. Republican lawmakers have also signaled their desire to adopt model legislation from anti-abortion groups that would allow private citizens to sue anyone who helps a person access abortion care outside of their state of residence — a current necessity for people in many states.
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The anti-abortion movement shaping our nation’s abortion laws have a clear goal: to create a terrifying and isolating environment for people seeking abortion care. Current laws and proposed legislation cut prospective abortion patients off from health care they need; practical support networks that offer information, guidance, and resources; and friends and loved ones. Abortion remains highly stigmatized. When you throw in the risk of criminalization, how many people can afford to take on the risk of driving someone to a clinic or across state lines to access abortion care if it means potentially facing a $10,000 lawsuit? How many small newsrooms can afford to take on the State if laws make it illegal to host or maintain a website “that encourages or facilitates efforts to obtain an illegal abortion”?
The anti-abortion movement knows that criminalizing pregnant people seeking abortion care would be a bad look for their movement, which purports to care deeply for women. But championing legislation that targets people who provide abortion support is part of a larger strategy to make people seeking abortion care feel desperate and alone. The anti-abortion movement — and the many lawmakers in their pockets — know that it’s easier to force someone to have a child with laws that incite fear and legitimize the surveillance and policing of trusted and established abortion support networks. The way we fight back is also the way we become targets: by educating people on the legal risks associated with self-managed abortion, and sharing information about abortion medication.
In the coming weeks, newsrooms should seriously assess the proposed legislation coming from anti-choice groups. It’s also time for journalists to push for conversations with newsroom leaders about the protections available to journalists who aid and abet abortion — otherwise known as providing accurate and timely information about abortion, a basic function of our jobs.
The dragnet of abortion criminalization will only expand further and further — largely because the people with the power to codify Roe into law and meaningfully combat abortion criminalization don’t seem particularly invested in doing either. It took President Joe Biden two weeks to substantially address the end of Roe in the form of an executive order aimed at protecting “reproductive health care services.” Democrats’ inaction — and the president’s toothless plan—do little to instill hope that the nation has the leadership it needs to navigate the rising tide of white Christian fascism that’s primed to swallow us all.
If you’re a journalist who assumed the Supreme Court’s decision to overturn Roe would not affect your work, you haven’t been paying attention. The anti-choice movement’s decades-long fight was never just about abortion. As a movement deeply rooted in white supremacy, it was about social control through attacks on bodily autonomy. History shows us that to be successful, fascist projects require stifling the media, controlling the narrative, and limiting access to information. Increasingly, proposed anti-abortion legislation doesn’t just criminalize people who provide abortion support; it seeks to expand the definition of what it means to provide support. The road out of this mess is unclear, but one thing is certain: Unless serious action is taken, we should prepare to enter a new era of criminalization — and a very dark chapter in our nation’s history.
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Tina Vasquez is a movement journalist with more than a decade of experience reporting on immigration, reproductive injustice, gender, food, labor, and culture. Currently, she is the editor-at-large at Prism, where she reports on immigration, reproductive injustice, and labor. She is a 2021 McGraw Center Fellow reporting on back wages owed to migrant farmworkers. Tina also serves on the board of Press On, a Southern journalism collective that strengthens and expands the practice of journalism in service of liberation. She is based in North Carolina. | https://www.syracuse.com/palabra/2022/07/overturning-roe-is-slippery-slope-to-eroding-first-amendment-rights.html | 2022-07-27T14:33:57Z | https://www.syracuse.com/palabra/2022/07/overturning-roe-is-slippery-slope-to-eroding-first-amendment-rights.html | false | 10 |
After my first visit to Cyprus, the words that spring to mind about the island are romantic, friendly, unexpected, beautiful and relaxing.
My stay at two Louis hotels - in Limassol and Paphos - highlighted that there’s so much to offer on this island steeped in thousands of years of turbulent history spiced up with myth and legend.
And, indeed, this destination, a four-hour flight away, is already a firm favourite with us holiday-loving islanders.
My first luxury stay was at the Royal Apollonia Hotel in Limassol. Right on the beach, it’s one of Louis Hotels’ Elegant Collection of five star offers. It’s equally a good choice for families with youngsters, couples or groups of friends. Cocktails and a cooling towel and lots of smiling faces greeted our small party of female friends when we arrived.
As if my large and stylish room was not enough to make me feel special, stepping out on a balcony with my own spa and ‘70s-style stylish basket chair was heaven. And the view? Priceless - sea, sand and sunsets.
The breakfast, lunch and dinner buffet here is award-winning, and with all the very varied international dishes catering to all tastes I can see why. With the Cypriots’ love of salads and the diverse dishes of a typical ‘meze’ meal, there was always a vast selection to choose from.
You can also choose to eat in the signature restaurants for a change and a treat - Asian and Greek-themed.
My skin was also given a treat thanks to a covering of beneficial and therapeutic mud in the Dead Sea Climatological Room in the Royal Spa. And after my skin was smoothed out, it was the turn of the knots in my shoulders with a massage. Relaxation complete.
I was sad to say goodbye to the Royal Apollonia, but Paphos beckoned and the five star, adults-only Ivi Mare.
This new hotel is right on the seafront with another gorgeous view of the Med from my balcony. The pool here is the longest in Paphos and the spa also has a lovely indoor pool.
With the hotel’s white leather furniture and stylish decor, this definitely has an upmarket feel and the Mirrors bar proved to be an alluring place for, yes, yet more cocktails. The gorgeous-looking drinks were very reasonably priced.
The buffet offering was, again, delicious, but I particularly loved dining at the Japanese restaurant on site - Akakiko. We watched enthralled as the sushi chef created delicacies for us. We dined as a super smooth saxophonist serenaded us through the evening.
The bright blue and white decor in my bedroom had a very cool feel and all our party noted with glee how we could shower and slightly open a clever blind to see the sea at the same time without losing modesty.
The path along by the sea here can take you to one of the town’s favourite spots for watching the sunset or, the other way, to the harbour. But we preferred to spend most of our time at the luxury haven of the hotel.
I think Aphrodite herself, the Greek goddess of love, pleasure, and beauty, who rose from the sea off the Cyprus coast, would have lingered longer here too.
Things to do
Ancient sites
On a 45 minute trip into the impressive Troodos Mountains, visit the ruins of Amathous royal city and 13th Century Kolossi Castle, a former Crusader stronghold, before marveling at the beauty of Kourion. The Greco-Roman amphitheatre here overlooking Episkopi Bay was built in the 2nd century BC and is still used for musical and theatrical performances. Next to this are the excavations of Eustolios House with its impressive mosaics, which date back to the 10th century BC.
Pretty villages
Take the opportunity to eat at the highly authentic family-owned Lofou Tavern in Lofou village, which is home to only 40 people, and wander the quaint cobbled streets.
Wine tasting
A scenic drive into the mountains to the Vassiliades vineyard in Omodos is rewarded by a glass or two of the local wine, and a tour of the winery, with experts on hand to explain the process.
Boat trip
Swimming or snorkelling in the dazzling turquoise waters of the Blue Lagoon greets those taking the Nafsika II trip after passing the Baths of Aphrodite, Platzi, the caves of Manolis and Fontana Amorosa along the Akamas coastline. Free local wine and music on board adds to the fun. On dry land enjoy an unforgettable and ‘couldn’t be fresher’ fish lunch at Y+P fish tavern in pretty Latchi harbour where the boat docks.
Island of cats
Brought to the island thousands of years ago to deal with pests, you’ll see them roaming around, even in the hotels, where they are well cared for.
Outdoor activities
Take your pick from four wheel drive tours to quad bikes, and every type of action on the sea. Visit Cyprus also recommends special cultural and agrotourism trails and hiking routes on the island.
Top tip
You can use your UK plugs in Cyprus, so no adapters needed!
Travel facts
Seven nights at the five star Ivi Mare – Designed For Adults on a bed and breakfast basis is £947 per person, including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Gatwick on September 23, 2022, www.ivimare.com
Seven nights at the five star Royal Apollonia on a half board basis for £1,075 per person, including 23kg of luggage per person, transfers and flights from London Gatwick on September 11, 2023, www.theroyalapollonia.com
Book with easyJet holidays: www.easyjet.com/en/holidays or call: 0330 365 5005.
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WHAT TO WATCH FOR: 32nd Prairie Dirt Classic Awaits World of Outlaws Late Models
A potential $100,000 is on the line at Fairbury Speedway
FAIRBURY, IL – July 27, 2022 – All eyes are on Central Illinois this weekend for one of the highly anticipated events on the World of Outlaws CASE Construction Equipment Late Model schedule. The Most Powerful Late Models on the Planet return to Fairbury Speedway in Fairbury, IL, for the 32nd running of the Prairie Dirt Classic, July 29-30.
For the second straight season, the 100-lap event will pay $50,000-to-win. However, each lap also pays $500, meaning if a driver leads every lap, they’ll walk away with $100,000 from the 1/4-mile bullring.
The event kicks off on Friday, July 29, with My Place Hotels Qualifying, followed by four 25-lap, $3,000-to-win Prairie Dirt Showdowns to help set Saturday’s field.
On Saturday, July 30, drivers who haven’t transferred to the 100-lap finale will run in three Last Chance Showdowns.
Drivers who don’t transfer from those Last Chance Showdowns have one more chance in the 25-lap Prairie Dirt Shootout, where the winner can take home $2,500 or start the Prairie Dirt Classic.
The 100-lap, $50,000-to-win finale will cap off the night as drivers hope to etch their name into Fairbury Speedway’s history.
Joining the World of Outlaws CASE Late Models for the weekend are the DIRTcar Summit Racing Equipment Modified Nationals, who will finish their summer tour with a 40-lap, $5,000-to-win Feature.
If you can’t make it to the track, you can watch all the action live on DIRTVision – either online or through the DIRTVision App.
Here are the top storylines this weekend:
ERB’S TIME TO SHINE: Dennis Erb Jr. is having one of the best seasons of his career. He’s reached Victory Lane five times in World of Outlaws CASE Late Models competition, along with 14 top-fives and 21 top-10s in 26 races.
The Carpentersville, IL driver has previously found success in the Prairie Dirt Classic, winning the event in 2004. He’s also found success on bullrings in 2022. Erb won at Marion Center Speedway with the World of Outlaws and at Spoon River Raceway, another Illinois bullring in May.
Erb enters the weekend with a 186-point lead over second-place Max Blair in the chase for the World of Outlaws championship.
ENGLISH LESSON: World of Outlaws Rookie of the Year contender Tanner English may have a leg up on his competition heading into the Prairie Dirt Classic.
The Benton, KY driver already found Victory Lane at Fairbury this season, winning the Pappy and Bob Allen Memorial at the 1/4-mile bullring in June. If he can find Victory Lane again at the Illinois facility, it would be a career-defining moment for the Bluegrass State competitor.
He’s also closing the gap on Max Blair in the battle for Rookie of the Year—only eight points behind the Centerville, PA driver entering the weekend.
OPERATING FOR VICTORY: Bobby Pierce has won some of dirt Late Model racing’s most notable events. However, one event has eluded the Oakwood, IL driver — the Prairie Dirt Classic.
The “Smooth Operator” has knocked on the door to Victory Lane twice in the previous two events, finishing second to Kyle Larson last year, and finishing third after a thrilling battle with Brandon Sheppard for the win in 2019.
A Prairie Dirt Classic win would also be the sixth win for the Pierce family, as his dad Bob has won the event five times.
If Pierce wins at Fairbury this weekend, it’ll be his third World of Outlaws win of the season — his last coming on June 3 at Tri-City Speedway (IL).
THE STARS OF FAIRBURY: When the World of Outlaws CASE Late Models head to the Prairie Dirt Classic, they’re battling some of the best drivers Late Model racing has to offer and also a stout field of Fairbury track regulars.
Ryan Unzicker, from El Paso, IL, currently leads the track’s points standings entering the weekend and already has a World of Outlaws top five this season (Tri-City). Unzicker has three wins at Fairbury in 2022 so far.
A couple of drivers battling Unzicker who have also won at Fairbury in 2022 are hometown driver McKay Wenger, and Manhattan, IL driver Mike Spatola, who scored a World of Outlaws victory last season at Farmer City Raceway.
Along with those three names is veteran campaigner Kevin Weaver in his patented #B12 car. The Gibson City, IL driver won the Prairie Dirt Classic in 1991.
BEWARE OF ILLINOIS: While Fairbury Speedway boasts a stout field of drivers, that’s not all Illinois has to offer.
An Illinois driver has won 16 of the 31 Prairie Dirt Classics, most recently Brandon Sheppard in 2019.
Out of the Prairie State drivers projected to run this weekend’s event, Shannon Babb has more wins than any other driver, with three. Sheppard, who makes his return to World of Outlaws CASE Late Models competition with Rocket1 Racing this weekend, has won the event twice.
Jason Feger, from Bloomington, IL, has also won the event, finding Victory Lane in 2012.
DAVENPORT’S DOMINANCE: Perhaps no driver enters the Prairie Dirt Classic with more momentum than Jonathan Davenport.
The Eldora Million winner has already won $73,000 this week, including his $20,000 Hawkeye 50 triumph at Boone Speedway.
“Superman” has also found success at Fairbury, winning the Prairie Dirt Classic in 2015. A win on Saturday would be his fourth World of Outlaws CASE Late Models Feature win of the season.
WHEN AND WHERE
Friday-Saturday July 29-30 at Fairbury Speedway in Fairbury, IL
ABOUT THE TRACK
Fairbury Speedway is a 1/4-mile semi-banked dirt oval
ONLINE –
Fairbury Speedway: www.fairburyspeedway.com
PREVIOUS WINNERS
2021 – Kyle Larson on July 31
2019 – Brandon Sheppard on July 27
2018 – Devin Moran on July 28
2017 – Brandon Sheppard on July 29
2016 – Josh Richards on July 30
2015 – Jonathan Davenport on July 25
2014 – Tim McCreadie on July 26
2013 – Shannon Babb on July 27
TRACK RECORD
12.143 set by Kyle Strickler on 9/15/20
On the Internet
World of Outlaws CASE Late Models Series
Twitter – Twitter.com/WoOLateModels – @WoOLateModels
Instagram – Instagram.com/WoOLateModels – @woolatemodels
Facebook – Facebook.com/WorldofOutlawsLateModelSeries
YouTube – Youtube.com/WorldofOutlaws
DIRTVision – DIRTVision.com – Platinum annual FAST PASS for $299 or monthly FAST PASS for $39/month
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Feature Winners: (15 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins
- Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-4
- Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-3
- Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA- 2
Max Blair, Centerville, PA-2
Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-2
Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-2
Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-2 - Ashton Winger, Hampton, GA-1
Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-1
Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-1
Michael Brown, Lancaster, SC-1
Tyler Erb, New Waverly, TX-1
Ricky Weiss, Headingley, MB-1
Jared Miley, Pittsburgh, PA-1
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-1
Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA-1
Heat Race Winners (44 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins
- Brandon Sheppard- New Berlin, IL-8
Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-8 - Chris Madden-Gray Court, SC-7
Brandon Sheppard- New Berlin, IL-7
Max Blair, Centerville, PA-7 - Dale McDowell-Chickamauga, GA-6
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-6
Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-6 - Devin Moran-Dresden, OH-4
Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-4 - Tyler Erb, New Waverly, TX-3
Gordy Gundaker, St. Charles, MO-3
Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA-3 - Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY-2
Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-2
Ricky Thornton Jr., Chandler, AZ-2
Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC-2
Kyle Hammer, Clinton, IL-2
Ricky Weiss, Headingly, MB-2
Rick Eckert, York, PA-2
Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-2
Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL-2
Tanner English, Benton, KY-2 - Ashton Winger, Hampton, GA-1
Ross Robinson, Georgetown, DE-1
Mark Whitener, Middleburg, FL-1
Frank Heckenast, Jr., Frankfort, IL-1
Michael Brown, Lancaster, SC-1
Daulton Wilson, Fayetteville, NC-1
Ross Bailes, Clover, SC-1
Josh Rice, Verona, KY-1
Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, IN-1
Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, NM-1
Chad Simpson, Mt. Vernon, IA-1
Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-1
Spencer Hughes, Meridian, MS-1
Jeff Rine, Danville, PA-1
Gregg Satterlee, Indiana, PA-1
Rick Eckert, York, PA-1
Josh Richards, Houston, OH-1
Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL-1
Ryan Unzicker, El Paso, IL-1
Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR-1
Daryn Klein, Trenton, IL-1
Logan Martin, West Plains, MO-1
Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL-1
Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-1
Last Chance Showdown Winners (38 Drivers)
Rank- Driver- Hometown-Wins
- Max Blair, Centerville, PA-3
- Cade Dillard-Robeline, LA-2
Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-2
Boom Briggs, Bear Lake, PA-2
Kyle Hammer, Clinton, IL-2
Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-2
Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA-2
Jake Timm, Winona, MN-2
Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV-2
Tanner English, Benton, KY-2 - Hudson O’Neal- Martinsville, IN-1
Logan Martin, Plains, MO-1
Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-1
Chris Simpson, Oxford, IA-1
Spencer Hughes, Meridian, MS-1
Mike Norris, Sarver, PA-1
Chase Osterhoff, Kankakee, IL-1
Tyler Erb, New Waverly, TX-1
Anthony Sanders, Spartanburg, SC-1
Banjo Duke, Sumter, SC-1
Steve Casebolt, Richmond, IN-1
Austyn Mills, Cincinnati, OH-1
Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL-1
Andy Bond, Coolville, OH-1
Garrett Alberson, Las Cruces, NM-1
Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS-1
Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL-1
Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-1
Shaun Jones, Shermansdale, PA-1
Ryan Montgomery, Fairmont, WV-1
Chad Myers, Hempstead, MD-1
Mason Zeigler, Chalk Hill, PA-1
John Garvin, Sarver, PA-1
Johnny Scott, Las Cruces, NM-1
Trevor Gundaker, St. Charles, MO-1
Stormy Scott, Las Cruces, NM-1
Brad Seng, Grand Forks, ND-1
Chad Mahder, Bloomer, WI-1
Podium Finishes (32 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Podiums
- Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-10
- Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-6
- Max Blair, Centerville, PA-5
- Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA-4
Josh Richards, Houston, OH-4
Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-4
Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-4
Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA-4
Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-4 - Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-3
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-3
Tyler Erb, New Waverly, TX-3
Ricky Weiss, Headingly, MB-3 - Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-2
Darrell Lanigan, Union, KY-2
Kyle Bronson, Brandon, FL-2 - Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA-1
Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-1
Ashton Winger, Hampton, GA-1
Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS-1
Michael Brown, Lancaster, SC-1
Ross Bailes, Clover, SC-1
Daulton Wilson, Fayetteville, NC-1
Josh Rice, Verona, KY-1
Tanner English, Benton, KY-1
Stormy Scott-Las Cruces, NM-1
Jared Miley, Pittsburgh, PA-1
Gregg Satterlee, Indiana, PA-1
Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR-1
Frank Heckenast Jr., Frankfort, IL-1
Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL-1
Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL-1
Fox Factory Hard Charger (19 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – H.C.
- Tanner English, Benton, KY-5
- Gordy Gundaker, St. Charles, MO-3
- Brent Larson, Lake Elmo, MN-2
- Hudson O’Neal, Martinsville, IN-1
Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-1
Max Blair, Centerville, PA-1
Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-1
Carson Ferguson, Concord, NC-1
Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-1
Jimmy Owens, Newport, TN-1
Ross Bailes, Clover, SC-1
Garrett Alberson, Las Cruces, NM-1
Chase Junghans, Manhattan, KS-1
Josh Richards, Shinnston, WV-1
Kyle Hammer, Clinton, IL-1
Jordan Bauer, St. Jacob, IL-1
Ryan Unzicker, El Paso, IL-1
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-1
Jimmy Mars, Menomonie, WI-1
Quick Times (16 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – QTs
- Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA-4
- Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-2
Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-2
Ricky Weiss, Headingly, MB-2
Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-2
Max Blair, Centerville, PA-2 - Kyle Hammer, Clinton, IL-1
Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA-1
Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-1
Trent Ivey, Union, SC-1
Josh Rice, Verona, KY-1
Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-1
Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-1
Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-1
Kyle Larson, Elk Grove, CA-1
Logan Martin, West Plains, MO-1
Tanner English, Benton, KY-1
Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-1
CASE Feature Lap Leaders (26 Drivers)
Rank – Driver, Hometown – Laps Led
- Max Blair, Centerville, PA-123
- Dennis Erb Jr., Carpentersville, IL-119
- Tyler Erb, New Waverly, TX-99
- Bobby Pierce, Oakwood, IL-80
- Shane Clanton, Zebulon, GA-66
- Dale McDowell, Chickamauga, GA-65
- Brandon Sheppard, New Berlin, IL-61
- Mike Marlar, Winfield, TN-60
- Jonathan Davenport, Blairsville, GA-59
- Ricky Weiss, Headingley, MB-54
- Ashton Winger, Hampton, GA-39
- Chris Madden, Gray Court, SC-31
- Billy Moyer Jr., Batesville, AR-28
- Jason Feger, Bloomington, IL-27
- Shannon Babb, Moweaqua, IL-27
- Brandon Overton, Evans, GA-25
- Kyle Hammer, Clinton, IL-24
- Michael Brown, Lancaster, SC-22
- Jared Miley, Pittsburgh, PA-20
Rick Eckert, York, PA-20 - Ryan Gustin, Marshalltown, IA-16
- Kyle Strickler, Mooresville, NC-15
- Tyler Bruening, Decorah, IA-14
- Devin Moran, Dresden, OH-11
- Cade Dillard, Robeline, LA-10
- Spencer Hughes, Meridian, MS-1
2022 World of Outlaws Late Model Schedule & Winners
No./ Day, Date / Track / Location / Winner (Total Wins)
1. Thursday, Jan. 20 / Volusia Speedway Park / Barberville, FL / Dale McDowell (1)
2. Friday, Jan. 21/Volusia Speedway Park/Barberville, FL/Ashton Winger (1)
3. Wednesday, Feb. 16/Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FL/Brandon Overton (1)
4. Thursday, Feb. 17/Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FL/Dale McDowell (2)
5. Friday, Feb. 18/Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FL/Dennis Erb Jr. (1)
6. Saturday, Feb. 19/Volusia Speedway Park, Barberville, FL/Chris Madden (1)
7. Friday, March 25/Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, SC/Michael Brown (1)
8. Saturday, March 26/Cherokee Speedway, Gaffney, SC/Max Blair (1)
9. Friday, April 22/Atomic Speedway, Waverly, OH/Tyler Erb (1)
10. x, April 23/Atomic Speedway, Waverly, OH/ Brandon Sheppard (1)
11. Friday, April 29/ Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN/Jonathan Davenport (1)
12. Saturday, April 30/Bristol Motor Speedway, Bristol, TN/Ricky Weiss (1)
13. Thursday, May 5/Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI/Bobby Pierce (1)
14. Friday, May 6/Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI/Jonathan Davenport (2)
15. Saturday, May 7/Mississippi Thunder Speedway, Fountain City, WI/Mike Marlar(1)
16. Thursday, May 19/Bloomsburg Fair Raceway/Bloomsburg, PA/Max Blair (2)
17. Friday, May 20/Marion Center Raceway/Marion Center, PA/Dennis Erb Jr. (2)
18. Saturday, May 21/Port Royal Speedway/Port Royal, PA/Jared Miley (1)
19. Saturday, May 29/Sharon Speedway, Hartford, OH/Ryan Gustin (1)
20. Friday, June 3/Tri-City Speedway, Granite City, IL/Bobby Pierce (2)
21. Friday, June 24/Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Pevely, MO/ Dennis Erb Jr. (3)
22. Saturday, June 25/Federated Auto Parts Raceway at I-55, Pevely, MO/Dennis Erb Jr. (4)
23. Sunday, June 26/Jacksonville Speedway, Jacksonville, IL/Brandon Sheppard (2)
24. Friday, July 15/River Cities Speedway/ Grand Forks, ND/ Shane Clanton (1)
25. Sunday, July 16/Red Cedar Speedway/ Menomonie, WI/Mike Marlar(2)
26. Monday, July 25/Boone Speedway/Boone, IA/Jonathan Davenport(3) | https://www.stlracing.com/2022/07/27/32nd-prairie-dirt-classic-awaits-world-of-outlaws-late-models/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=32nd-prairie-dirt-classic-awaits-world-of-outlaws-late-models | 2022-07-27T14:40:10Z | https://www.stlracing.com/2022/07/27/32nd-prairie-dirt-classic-awaits-world-of-outlaws-late-models/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=32nd-prairie-dirt-classic-awaits-world-of-outlaws-late-models | false | 1 |
New Delhi, Jul 27 (PTI) Volvo Car India on Wednesday said the entire inventory of of its locally assembled electric SUV XC40 Recharge for this year got booked in just two hours of commencing the process.
Bookings for the model opened on the company's website at 11 am on July 27 and 150 cars were sold out within 2 hours of commencing the process, the automaker stated.
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The company plans to deliver the 150 units by December-end after starting the deliveries in October, it added.
In India's luxury electric car segment, this is the first time that such bookings have been achieved in such a short span of two hours, the Swedish carmaker noted.
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Volvo Car India managing director Jyoti Malhotra said the company's strategy of showcasing the car across sales network has helped in achieving the response.
The company said it would continue to take customer orders for further deliveries. PTI MSS
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JOHANNESBURG (AP) — A big pink diamond of 170 carats has been discovered in Angola and is claimed to be the largest such gemstone found in 300 years.
Called the “Lulo Rose,” the diamond was found at the Lulo alluvial diamond mine, the mine’s owner, the Lucapa Diamond Company, announced Wednesday on its website.
The Lulo mine has already produced the two largest diamonds ever found in Angola, including a 404-carat clear diamond.
The pink gemstone is the fifth largest diamond found at the mine, where 27 diamonds of 100 carats or more have been found, according to Lucapa, which is based in Australia.
The pink diamond will be sold by international tender by the Angolan state diamond marketing company, Sodiam. Angola’s mines make it one of the world’s top 10 producers of diamonds.
“This record and spectacular pink diamond recovered from Lulo continues to showcase Angola as an important player on the world stage for diamond mining and demonstrates the potential and rewards for commitment and investment in our growing diamond mining industry,” Diamantino Azevedo, Angola’s Minister of Mineral Resources, Petroleum and Gas said, according to the Lucapa website.
The pink diamond is an impressive size but many clear diamonds are larger than 1,000 carats. The Cullinan diamond found in South Africa in 1905 tips the scales at 3,106 carats, and it’s in the British Sovereign’s Scepter. | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/national/170-carat-pink-diamond-found-in-angola-may-be-largest-in-300-years/ | 2022-07-27T14:42:20Z | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/national/170-carat-pink-diamond-found-in-angola-may-be-largest-in-300-years/ | false | 28 |
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Crystal Palace vs. Arsenal, 3 p.m.
Fulham vs. Liverpool, 7:30 a.m.
Bournemouth vs. Aston Villa, 10 a.m.
Leeds vs. Wolverhampton, 10 a.m.
Newcastle vs. Nottingham Forest, 10 a.m.
Tottenham vs. Southampton, 10 a.m.
Everton vs. Chelsea, 12:30 p.m.
Leicester vs. Brentford, 9 a.m.
Man United vs. Brighton, 9 a.m.
West Ham vs. Man City, 11:30 a.m.
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Huddersfield vs. Burnley, 3 p.m.
Blackburn vs. QPR, 10 a.m.
Blackpool vs. Reading, 10 a.m.
Cardiff vs. Norwich, 10 a.m.
Hull vs. Bristol City, 10 a.m.
Luton Town vs. Birmingham, 10 a.m.
Millwall vs. Stoke, 10 a.m.
Rotherham vs. Swansea, 10 a.m.
Wigan vs. Preston, 10 a.m.
Middlesbrough vs. West Brom, 12:30 p.m.
Sunderland vs. Coventry, 7 a.m.
Watford vs. Sheffield United, 3 p.m.
Birmingham vs. Huddersfield, 2:45 p.m.
Norwich vs. Wigan, 7:30 a.m.
Bristol City vs. Sunderland, 10 a.m.
Burnley vs. Luton Town, 10 a.m.
Preston vs. Hull, 10 a.m.
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As presidential candidates deliver their messages across the nation, Bruce Springsteen is traveling the country delivering his.
Springsteen and his E Street Band just resumed a tour for their latest album, Magic. Since the band last performed a few months ago, the presidential field has narrowed from many candidates to a few.
The author of "Born in the U.S.A." and "The Rising" performed last week in Hartford, Conn. He also sat down to talk with Steve Inskeep about mixing music and politics.
Which Springsteen was, in 2004. He campaigned for Democrat John Kerry, who lost. The song "Last to Die" on Springsteen's new album refers to a 1971 quotation from the Vietnam veteran: "How do you ask a man to be the last to die for a mistake?"
At 58, Springsteen still swings around the microphone stand like a gymnast on a sawhorse. Backstage, he sits on the edge of a couch. He keeps his hands on the seat behind him. He doesn't always make eye contact. So he seems almost shy as he talks about the politics in his music.
"It's a tricky bit of business because for me the song has to have a life both outside of its political context and at the same time contain your politics," Springsteen says. "Otherwise, you're stuck with a headline, or you're stuck on a soap box. And there are times for that, but for me, I want the music to have a variety of lives."
Springsteen has written songs about a variety of characters, many deeply troubled. But those characters are also often oppressed by circumstances beyond their control.
"I guess it was just a story I learned early on, that I told well, you know?" Springsteen says. "I was drawn to those specific questions, I think probably because of the way I grew up, because I could feel these forces."
The difficulty of his parents' lives, Springsteen says, was a major influence on his outlook.
"My father struggled very hard to sustain a job and to hold on to work," he says. "And they both barely scraped by. I always remember my mother — we had a finance company that was like 100 yards from our house. ... My mother would go in March, and she would borrow until the summer, then she would pay off, and when she got it paid off, she would go and borrow again, and it would get us through the next. It was this constant cycle of financial struggle."
In the song "Long Walk Home," from Magic, a father speaks to his son: "Your flag flyin' over the courthouse / means certain things are set in stone / Who we are, what we'll do, and what we won't," Springsteen sings. The song is ostensibly about returning to one's hometown but is also a commentary on American civil liberties.
"If you look back through the last six years, you see what's happening," Springsteen says. "I don't need to spiel through the litany — no habeas corpus, the curtailing of civil rights — you realize how easy it is for those ideals to be subverted.
"So the idea was: That guy is trying to talk to his son and say, 'Look, there are these things that are supposed to be sacred. And they make us who we are. And they direct us and guide us in what we do.' Those things are important to remember, never more so than when the country is under stress and when times are hard. And that's where we are right now."
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Urgent warning for 10MILLION Android phone users – check your Google and Samsung now
EXPERTS have warned millions of Android smartphone users about a batch of apps found to be riddled with viruses.
Worryingly, almost 10million devices are thought to have installed the dodgy apps that were on the Google Play Store, according to Dr Web.
The list of seemingly innocent apps includes everything from image editing tools to wallpaper changers.
There are even some virtual keyboards and system optimiser apps in the mix.
Once installed, they can flood your device with annoying ads and cause all sorts of havoc.
"They can display full-screen ads and block other apps’ windows, show various notifications, create shortcuts, and load websites," researchers warned.
Some can go even further, subscribing victims to paid mobile services without them even knowing it.
Meanwhile, others may ask you to log into your Facebook account.
But going ahead enables hackers to access your profile.
The vast majority have been pulled from the Google Play Store since the report was published.
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But that doesn't protect anyone who's already installed them.
The apps in question have quite general names, such as Photo Editor: Beauty Filter and Cashe Cleaner.
Dr Web has published a full list on its website.
If you think you've downloaded one of the apps, it's best to delete it immediately, install a trusted antivirus software and change passwords to any accounts you think may have been compromised.
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Wednesday, 27 July 2022 – Reality star, Ifu Ennada, took to Instagram to share these sexy photos of herself posing in a two piece bikini which showcased her backside.
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Nothing political about Udhayanidhi-starrer 'Kalaga Thalaivan', says director
By IANS | Published: July 27, 2022 06:45 PM2022-07-27T18:45:02+5:302022-07-27T18:55:06+5:30
Chennai, July 27 "Kalaga Thalaivan", featuring Tamil actor, producer and politician Udhayanidhi Stalin in the lead, will be ...
Chennai, July 27 "Kalaga Thalaivan", featuring Tamil actor, producer and politician Udhayanidhi Stalin in the lead, will be an action thriller and not a political film, its director Magizh Thirumeni has explained.
Talking to , Magizh, who is known for his critically acclaimed superhit films such as "Thadam" and "Thadaiyara Thaaka", said: "Many people seem to have the opinion that 'Kalaga Thalaivan' will be a political entertainer, but the fact is that this will be an action entertainer. This film is not about a guy getting into politics and reforming society."
Udhayanidhi, who is Tamil Nadu Chief Minister M.K. Stalin's son, is a member of the state Legislative Assembly.
The film's title "Kalaga Thalaivan", which was disclosed only recently, got many to think that it may well be a political entertainer. Magizh, however, clarified: "Kalagam has many equivalents in English. The one that we think will be the most appropriate translation for our 'Kalaga Thalaivan' would be 'Rebel Leader'."
Magizh said the unit has completed the work on the entire film. "Post-production is now on in full swing and is on the verge of being completed," he added.
Sources in the industry, meanwhile, have said the unit is considering getting actress Nidhhi Aggarwal, who plays the female lead in the film, to dub for her character as she has a good voice.
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Shannon Martin is a sixth-generation Boone County resident but a first- generation politician.
Her family has called the county home for six generations, and Martin graduated from Hallsville High School and Columbia College. She's lived in Columbia since she entered the work force after high school, raised her child as a single mother and is currently a caretaker for her father.
Martin, 52, has worked as a deputy recorder of deeds for four years and said "it was just natural. It was some place I just loved to be. I loved the records. I love what they stand for."
Prior to working in the recorder's office, Martin worked at the Boone County Courthouse, as a legal assistant for several attorneys and for the university.
She saw running for the recorder of deeds position as the natural next step in her career. She said she sees it as a position where she can continue to learn, as well as support the office employees.
"They're family," she said and added, "It's about the integrity of the office."
If elected, she said she will prioritize upholding the excellent reputation that the Boone County recorder's office has built over the years among other other counties in Missouri.
At conferences with other recorder's offices from around the state, she said, "I've heard them speak of Boone County and all the standards that Boone County has set."
Martin said she has seen how smaller counties call the office in Boone County for advice or questions about documents, and said that if elected, she plans to "continue that level that they expect from Boone County."
She agrees with other candidates that digitizing records and staying up-to-date with technology is important. She recently attended a conference with the office software provider to learn details of the technology and ensure that the office is using is as efficiently as possible.
Martin said she believes in providing quality customer service to everyone who walks into the office. It's important for the community to know that the records are free and available to search and that the employees are available to help, she said.
Records and books are available online, and there are computers in the office where employees can show customers how to search. Employees can also help find records on the phone for those out of state, she said.
"She's just one of those people that goes above and beyond to help," said Shannon Spradling, longtime friend and owner of Spradling Engineering.
"I've completely stepped out of any boundary that I'd ever set for myself," said Martin, who has been campaigning in addition to her full-time job.
She said she never imagined herself running in a local government election when she began working in the recorder's office, but it "turned into so much more."
Martin's former employer, local attorney Lorri Kline, described her as a "dedicated, dependable" employee who "has experience."
"It's a learning position, it never stops, there's always change that comes with it," Martin said, "but having the base knowledge is going to set me apart." | https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elections/meet-the-candidate-shannon-martin-makes-a-run-for-recorder-of-deeds/article_1a0f8f20-09f7-11ed-a909-1f34df741554.html | 2022-07-27T14:48:38Z | https://www.columbiamissourian.com/news/elections/meet-the-candidate-shannon-martin-makes-a-run-for-recorder-of-deeds/article_1a0f8f20-09f7-11ed-a909-1f34df741554.html | true | 1 |
Actress cum movie producer, Yvonne Nelson, has subtly warned social media users to continue messing around on social media after an interview she granted a young man revealed something she didn’t expect.
According to the mother of one, she recently cross-examined a young man who came to her for a job interview, but to her surprise when she asked for the guy's handle, she got to know that she had blocked him.
In a tweet shared on July 27, 2022, “Stay on Twitter and continue fooling and insulting people you’ve never met. Your future self will regret it.
“One guy came for a job interview and I asked him for his Twitter handle, guess what, I had blocked him. Well….you know the rest. Keep fooling wai.”
However, some social media users after sighting the post have shared their thoughts.
“This bi true Charlie cool to troll but going deeper and to extend of insulting and disrespecting the person de33 ain't good at all everyone has feelings same as the celebrities there are limitations in everything those are who keep on this is the benefit,” a user said.
“Everyone has feelings, celebs have too. I won’t say the guy wasn’t smart, he wasn’t himself after seeing you. I would have told you I do’t have a Twitter handle Chale,” another added.
A third asserted, “Next time! We've got to be more responsible and decorous on these streets.”
Stay on twitter and continue fooling and insulting people you’ve never met. Your future self will regret it. One guy came for a job interview and i asked him for his twitter handle, guess what, i had blocked him. Well….you know the rest. Keep fooling wai.
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The Gibraltar Fire and Rescue Service (GFRS) was called to a fire affecting tunnels behind the old incinerator site yesterday.
The GFRS posted the following on Twitter at 12:14pm: ‘Crews dealing with a fire call within a tunnel behind the old incinerator. 3 fire appliance 2 and 12 Firefighters committed.
Trying to ascertain exact location of the seat of the fire.’
They later added: ‘Fire crews continue to investigate and monitor the tunnel structure as a result of clear signs of collapse. This is hampering operations and officers on scene doing their utmost to implement a safe and effective action plan’.
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Extreme Networks (EXTR) Matches Q4 Earnings Estimates
Extreme Networks (EXTR) came out with quarterly earnings of $0.15 per share, in line with the Zacks Consensus Estimate. This compares to earnings of $0.19 per share a year ago. These figures are adjusted for non-recurring items.
A quarter ago, it was expected that this maker of network infrastructure equipment would post earnings of $0.18 per share when it actually produced earnings of $0.21, delivering a surprise of 16.67%.
Over the last four quarters, the company has surpassed consensus EPS estimates three times.
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The sustainability of the stock's immediate price movement based on the recently-released numbers and future earnings expectations will mostly depend on management's commentary on the earnings call.
Extreme Networks shares have lost about 29.6% since the beginning of the year versus the S&P 500's decline of -17.7%.
What's Next for Extreme Networks?
While Extreme Networks has underperformed the market so far this year, the question that comes to investors' minds is: what's next for the stock?
There are no easy answers to this key question, but one reliable measure that can help investors address this is the company's earnings outlook. Not only does this include current consensus earnings expectations for the coming quarter(s), but also how these expectations have changed lately.
Empirical research shows a strong correlation between near-term stock movements and trends in earnings estimate revisions. Investors can track such revisions by themselves or rely on a tried-and-tested rating tool like the Zacks Rank, which has an impressive track record of harnessing the power of earnings estimate revisions.
Ahead of this earnings release, the estimate revisions trend for Extreme Networks: mixed. While the magnitude and direction of estimate revisions could change following the company's just-released earnings report, the current status translates into a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) for the stock. So, the shares are expected to perform in line with the market in the near future. You can see the complete list of today's Zacks #1 Rank (Strong Buy) stocks here.
It will be interesting to see how estimates for the coming quarters and current fiscal year change in the days ahead. The current consensus EPS estimate is $0.17 on $279.5 million in revenues for the coming quarter and $0.93 on $1.21 billion in revenues for the current fiscal year.
Investors should be mindful of the fact that the outlook for the industry can have a material impact on the performance of the stock as well. In terms of the Zacks Industry Rank, Computer - Networking is currently in the top 36% of the 250 plus Zacks industries. Our research shows that the top 50% of the Zacks-ranked industries outperform the bottom 50% by a factor of more than 2 to 1.
Lantronix, Inc. (LTRX), another stock in the same industry, has yet to report results for the quarter ended June 2022.
This company is expected to post quarterly earnings of $0.08 per share in its upcoming report, which represents a year-over-year change of +33.3%. The consensus EPS estimate for the quarter has remained unchanged over the last 30 days.
Lantronix, Inc.'s revenues are expected to be $33.4 million, up 61.8% from the year-ago quarter.
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Former Bank of Ireland building, Thomastown, County Kilkenny
The former Bank of Ireland premises at Market Street in Thomastown, recently purchased by Kilkenny County Council, will be leased to the Design & Crafts Council of Ireland (DCCI) for a period of twenty years.
This property is seen as an ideal opportunity to facilitate a Ceramics Centre of Excellence in conjunction with a new Jewellery & Goldsmithing Course to be located at the Sessions House in the town.
Cllr Deirdre Cullen was delighted to formally propose leasing the old bank premises to the DCCI at this week’s sitting of Kilkenny County Council.
“DCCI have stated that having the Ceramics Centre located in close proximity to the Jewellery and Goldsmithing Centre of Excellence will allow the development of an accredited BA Degree programme through GMIT,” she said.
“The new Centres of Excellence, a gallery in the Sessions House and the establishment of international craft, art and design seminars, symposiums and professional training, will create a must see attraction in Thomastown in Ireland's Ancient East tourism initiative,” she added.
“This will contribute positively to the town centre and the local economy.”
The proposal was seconded by Cllr Martin Brett.
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Vince McMahon announces retirement from WWE
Vince McMahon announced his retirement as chairman and CEO of World Wrestling Entertainment, a position he has held since the 1980s, amid an inquiry into sexual assault allegations.
"As I approach 77 years old, I feel it's time for me to retire as Chairman and CEO of WWE. Throughout the years, it's been a privilege to help WWE bring you joy, inspire you, thrill you, surprise you, and always entertain you. I would like to thank my family for mightily contributing to our success, and I would also like to thank all of our past and present Superstars and employees for their dedication and passion for our brand. Most importantly, I would like to thank our fans for allowing us into your homes every week and being your choice of entertainment," McMahon said in a statement through the WWE website.
McMahon has served as chairman and CEO of WWE since 1982, transforming the organization into an entertainment empire. On June 17, McMahon announced that he was temporarily stepping back from his position as CEO until the investigation into alleged misconduct was finished. His daughter, Stephanie McMahon, took over his position.
Beginning in March, WWE was made aware of sexual misconduct allegations against McMahon from a series of anonymous emails coming from someone claiming to know the victims. The CEO apparently paid $12 million to four women, previously affiliated with WWE, to cover up allegations of sexual misconduct.
In his statement announcing his retirement, Vince McMahon said co-CEOs Stephanie McMahon and Nick Khan would be taking over his responsibilities, though he would remain a majority stakeholder.
On the same day, WWE announced the return of beloved wrestler Paul "Triple H" Levesque to WWE. Keeping his previous promise to stay away from getting back into the ring, however, Levesque will return only as an executive of talent relations "effective immediately," a statement on WWE's website read. His return follows a near-death experience last September, when a case of viral pneumonia escalated to heart failure.
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MUNCIE, Ind. (AP) — A 6-year-old boy fatally shot his 5-year-old sister in their home in eastern Indiana and their parents have been arrested in the killing, police said.
First responders discovered the girl with a gunshot wound to the head early Tuesday afternoon at the home in Muncie, 60 miles (100 kilometers) northeast of Indianapolis. She was taken to IU Health Ball Memorial Hospital, where she was pronounced dead, The Star Press reported.
Jacob Grayson told investigators his 6-year-old son removed one of two loaded handguns from a safe and shot his sister, police said.
Grayson, 28, and his 27-year-old wife, Kimberly Grayson, were preliminarily charged with neglect of a dependent resulting in death and three other counts of neglect, Deputy Police Chief Melissa Criswell said.
The boy told police he found the key to the safe in his parents' bedroom and removed the gun while his mother was napping.
The parents told police their son had opened the safe before, and Kimberly Grayson said she and her husband had taken the boy to a shooting range and to teach him how to fire a handgun. | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Police-Boy-6-fatally-shoots-sister-5-parents-17332137.php | 2022-07-27T14:53:45Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Police-Boy-6-fatally-shoots-sister-5-parents-17332137.php | true | 17 |
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COLOMBO, Sri Lanka (AP) — Sri Lanka’s Parliament on Wednesday approved a state of emergency that had been declared by President Ranil Wickremesinghe as his government cracks down on demonstrators it accuses of violence while trying to find a way out of the country’s worst economic crisis.
The vote passed 120-63 in the 225-member Parliament. The other lawmakers abstained. The decree, which gives the president the power to make regulations in the interest of public security and order, has to be approved every month.
Wickremesinghe declared a state of emergency last week as acting president before lawmakers elected him to serve the remainder of Gotabaya Rajapaksa's five-year term until 2024. Rajapaksa fled Sri Lanka after thousands of protesters stormed the president’s official residence and other buildings. He later resigned from Singapore.
Ruling party members who back Wickremesinghe said that while protests were reasonable at the beginning of the crisis, groups that don't believe in parliamentary democracy and want to capture power through unconstitutional means had infiltrated the demonstrators and were creating disturbances.
Opposition parties criticized the emergency as a government move to stifle dissent.
Within a day of Wickremesinghe' s election, the military raided and dismantled the camps the protesters had set up for more than 100 days opposite the president's office. Some protesters were beaten up.
Courts issued travel bans against six protest leaders and some were arrested.
On Tuesday, police arrested a man accused of entering the state television station during massive rallies on July 9, ordering employees to air programs supporting the protests and causing a brief disruption in transmission. He was pulled out of a plane while trying to leave for Dubai.
Four other protesters were arrested for trespassing the area of a former prime minister's statue after police had secured a court order prohibiting people from entering the area, fearing the monument may be damaged.
Sri Lankans have been protesting for months demanding Rajapaksa's resignation and holding him and his powerful family members responsible for the country's economic crisis. Some also oppose Wickremesinghe's election, saying he is too close to Rajapaksa.
Protests have almost dismantled Rajapaksa domination with all six family members who held top government positions since 2019 having been forced to resign.
Sri Lanka is bankrupt and has suspended repayment on its $51 billion foreign loans, of which $28 billion must be paid by 2027. The crisis has led to severe shortages of fuel, cooking gas and medicine and long lines for essential supplies.
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Two held for decamping with jewellery after performing 'black magic' on patient
With the arrest of Naeem 45 and Hannan 32, the GTB Enclave police station claimed to have cracked seven more incidents of Shahdara district.The duo targeted old and sick people, police said.
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Two men were arrested over a month after they made away with gold earrings of a patient by ''hypnotizing'' and performing ''black magic'' on her, police said on Wednesday. With the arrest of Naeem (45) and Hannan (32), the GTB Enclave police station claimed to have cracked seven more incidents of Shahdara district.
The duo targeted old and sick people, police said. Police have also arrested Sumit Verma (39), who runs a jewellery shop in New Seelampur, for buying stolen ornaments from the accused. The jewellery item belonging to the victim has been recovered, police said. According to police, the arrests were made after a complaint was received by one of the victims on June 22 who alleged that she was targeted while she was waiting near a medical store when she had come to the GTB Hospital for her treatment. ''An unidentified person came to me and asked about my illness and whispered in the ears. In the meantime, his other associate came and asked me to close the eyes. Both of them induced me and took away my gold earrings,'' she alleged in her complaint. Deputy Commissioner of Police (Shahdara) R. Sathiyasundaram said that secret informers were deployed in different areas of trans Yamuna. CCTV footage of the camera installed at different places of GTB Hospital was checked by the team of GTB Enclave. After analyzing the CCTV footage, two people involved in the crime were detected.
''On July 18, a secret information was received that the duo would come to GTB Hospital for committing the offence. The team then nabbed Naeem and one illegal weapon, button-operated knife was recovered from his possession,'' he said.
On his instance, co-accused Hannan was also held in the case, he added. ''They induced old age and sick people in the name of black magic and took gold articles of the victim and fled the spot. He used to sell the items to a jeweller in New Seelampur,'' the DCP said.
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In Las Vegas, one of the best weekend parties is at a steakhouse. This, of course, is no ordinary meatery.
At Chica, celebrity chef Lorena Garcia lives out her live-fire dreams with a Josper oven, a rotisserie and a custom-made Mibrasa wood-fired grill. On a recent Saturday night, she arrives at our table to present a tomahawk steak that’s been cooked in the Josper over Brazilian oak and charcoal. She stirs queso fundido with Oaxaca cheese and housemade spicy salsa in a molcajete. She gives us tortillas and encourages us to make a quesadilla. While this is happening, guests are dancing to live music near the front of the restaurant. And all around us we hear servers greet customers by saying, “Welcome to Chica, a Latin steakhouse.”
And then, after being sliced, our tomahawk is engulfed in flames alongside an array of colorful peppers for a Vegas steakhouse spectacle. The food is delicious, the fun is undeniable.
Chica, which recently went through an extensive renovation and was rebranded as a steakhouse, is part of a meaty movement in Las Vegas. Great chefs on and off the Strip are redefining the idea of a steakhouse. Think hot seafood towers, Wagyu cheesesteak bites and even a literal smoke show before you swish steak in a hot pot.
Here’s a look at four new Vegas steakhouses that are changing the game.
Chica
“I think there is a whole segment of people who would prefer to go to a fantastic meal with great service and great wine, and stay and drink and have fun and not go to a nightclub,” says 50 Eggs Hospitality Group CEO John Kunkel, who’s merging dining with entertainment at his Vegas restaurants like Chica and the new Wakuda.
At Chica inside the Venetian resort, guests can see the action in a new live-fire kitchen where cowboy steaks and a parrillada with skirt steak, tenderloin, pinchos, lamb, chorizo and chicken are cooked. During Chica Nights on the weekends, live bands or DJs encourage revelry with Latin, pop and crossover music. Chef Lorena Garcia’s Latin steakhouse menu includes watercress Caesar salad, Nikkei-style tuna tartare, oven-roasted Peruvian octopus, wood-fired mushroom barbacoa, Wagyu empanadas, roasted street corn and papas bravas. For dessert, there’s tres leches cake and a churro bouquet. And it turns out that a flaming skull with warm lava cake, horchata ice cream, fruit and corn marshmallows is more festive and memorable than any baked Alaska you can find at old-school steakhouses.
“We didn’t want to dumb down the food or the music or the cultural experience, but we did recognize that we had to make it approachable,” explains Kunkel, who says the evolution of Chica into a Latin steakhouse was driven by listening to his customers in both Miami and Las Vegas. “When you introduce food that’s outside of the mainstream, you have to make it approachable.”
And, really, what’s more approachable than eating with your hands and making a quesadilla?
Harlo
Chef Gina Marinelli’s classically elegant but thoroughly modern steakhouse has the energy of the most bustling Strip restaurants even though it’s more than 11 miles away from the Las Vegas Boulevard action. Located at Downtown Summerlin—a new-school shopping, dining, entertainment and events center development—Harlo stands out with its over-the-top interpretations of steakhouse fare.
A fire-roasted seafood tower is loaded with lobster, king crab, bay scallops, prawns, mussels, clams and the distinct flavors of smoked chili butter and charred lemon. You’ll obviously want to dip the accompanying toasted baguette into the spicy and briny liquid or ask for a pasta add-on that soaks up the essence of this show-stopping seafood presentation.
Marinelli’s luxury-minded playfulness and creativity shows up in a caviar trio that includes a caviar taco, caviar cannoli and caviar deviled egg. Or you can order caviar service with spiced crisps, gnocco fritto and potato latkes. A wedge salad is topped with house-smoked pastrami, and a Caesar salad has delightful anchovy croutons (yes, anchovies inside the croutons). Snake River Farms rib eye cap, 28-day dry-aged Flannery Beef bistecca alla fiorentina and Icon Wagyu New York strips are among the impressive steak options that you can pair with lobster tails, king crabs or grilled tiger prawns for a surf-and-turf extravaganza. Harry’s Berries strawberry cheesecake and the Harlo chocolate dream with four different chocolate preparations (cake, mousse, croquant and ganache) are a perfect ending.
Carversteak
Long-time Vegas scene-maker Sean Christie has opened the best new steakhouse on the Strip. At Carversteak inside the Resorts World Las Vegas casino, chef Daniel Ontiveros displays fine-dining finesse with a 2-pound Maine lobster en croûte that’s plated and sauced tableside. You’ll obviously want to break the puff pastry into little pieces and enjoy it with the lobster-Cognac cream.
Another tableside show is brought to you by high-profile mixologist Francesco Lafranconi, who recently launched a Martini cart with drinks that are shaken, stirred or rolled in front of you. This is a lot of Instagrammable fun, and everything from the Vespers to the dry Martinis is made with care and beautifully balanced.
The steak selection, including dry-aged Flannery Beef and Japanese, Australian and American Wagyu, is strong. And Ontiveros upgrades cheesesteaks by making appetizer-size Wagyu sandwiches with aged provolone mornay. Mac-and-cheese gratin with aged cheddar is a terrific side. For a big finish, get the Cookie Monster with three different oversized cookies that are designed to spark childlike joy. For a different kind of spark, an ice cream sundae topped with macarons, a sparkler and sauce that’s poured tableside will remind you that you’re on the Vegas Strip.
The X Pot
In the way that Cote created a steakhouse with top-tier Korean barbecue in New York and Miami, the X Pot has created a steakhouse with top-tier hot pot in Las Vegas
This restaurant and nightlife destination, located at the Grand Canal Shoppes in the Venetian resort, flies in beef from Japan daily and features an A5 Miyazaki-Gyu Wagyu feast with cuts that include rib eye cap you swish in spicy hot pot broth, filet mignon nigiri and short rib cubes that are grilled on a Himalayan salt block. The presentation, involving tableside smoke and Wagyu that shows up on a bronze cow, is pure Vegas excess and a fun alternative to popping bottles at XS. For even more excess, there are dancing-noodle shows and private rooms where you can enjoy immersive backgrounds projected from every angle.
If your idea of a great night out involves Wagyu dumplings, Wagyu tartare, Wagyu sashimi, Wagyu sushi, Wagyu truffle macaroni, Wagyu katsu, Wagyu skewers and Wagyu sukiyaki along with your Wagyu hot pot, then the X Pot is your spot.
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CARMEL, Ind., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Syra Health Corp., an emerging health care and life sciences leader, today announced the creation of its new Telehealth Solution, SyraPsych, which primarily targets those with behavioral and mental health issues. Mental health issues are impacting all segments of the population, especially college students. SyraPsych is an on-demand telehealth platform for mental health services. With SyraPsych, mental health professionals are available when you need them most. These services are convenient, professional, safe, and secure. Nearly half of all students believe that mental health issues have impacted their education and during COVID nine in ten students experienced negative mental health symptoms. SyraPsych provides On Demand 24/7 access to this necessary Telehealth Service. They provide scheduled counseling and care coordination with many types of licensed medical health professionals
Mental health concerns are rapidly growing on a global scale, yet the shortage of mental health professionals and access to treatment is leaving millions of people left to fend for themselves. Almost half of all counties in the United States do not provide access to even one psychiatrist and 111 million people live in areas where there is a mental health professional shortage.
Telehealth has played an oversized role meeting mental health needs recently. During the COVID-19 pandemic telehealth represented 13% of all outpatient visits, up from under 1% prior to COVID. As in-person care has returned and telehealth visits have dropped off to represent just 5% of other outpatient care visits, telehealth use has remained strong for mental health and substance use treatment, still representing 36% of these outpatient visits. Telehealth is providing a way to improve access to mental health and substance use disorder care, particularly for people living in areas with fewer providers.
Syra Health can provide similar services and solutions for employers and their employees. Employers that support mental health see a return of $4 for every dollar invested in mental health treatment and the employees are more productive and engaged. The platform provides an interactive patient experience that can be translated into over one hundred languages.
"Unfortunately, we have seen a significant rise in mental health issues at a time when access to mental health professionals is declining. Through our Telehealth platforms and solutions, we can help provide convenient, timely care to those that need it," said Sandeep Allam, President of Syra Health.
"Syra Health is a minority and women-owned scientific and medically oriented professional services company that leverages deep healthcare and managed-care industry expertise to create solutions for our clients based on real-world evidence and insights from advanced analytics. Syra Health has a growing service line with numerous solutions," said Deepika Vuppalanchi, CEO of Syra Health.
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Nearly 90 percent of small businesses said they're worried about the impact of inflation. Almost half in a different survey said that inflation and high gas prices are the top threats to their business.
Many of us don't have extra money to spend right now, but you can make an impact just by where you choose to shop.
“I’ve noticed working with local businesses is actually more convenient in most cases than working with big box retailers or doing something online because they're right there,” said Eric Rea, CEO of Podium. “It's available; they figured out how to make it seamless. You have a personal interaction.”
Rea works with tens of thousands of small businesses through a technology platform. It found just over 7 in 10 owners said they're feeling burned out from the pandemic's impact on their business.
But small businesses are finding ways to be more efficient with fewer employees. Some have turned to technology like using text and web chat for communicating with customers.
“Even in an economic downturn, experience still trumps price for consumers,” Rea said. “This has been true in pretty much every survey that the small business institutions have done. Experience matters; it matters the most.”
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The United States Attorney’s Office announced that Dr. Don Flanagan, D.D.S., and his affiliated companies, Dental Center, Inc. and Dental Center, P.C. d/b/a Cloudland Dental, have agreed to pay $1.5 million to resolve allegations that they knowingly and improperly submitted false claims for dental services to TennCare in violation of the False Claims Act (“FCA”) and the Tennessee Medicaid False Claims Act.. Franci Raines, who was formerly employed as Cloudland Dental’s business manager, also agreed to resolve similar allegations against her.
Dr. Flanagan formerly owned Cloudland Dental, which operated dental clinics located in Chattanooga, Cleveland, Crossville and Sweetwater.
Officials said, "TennCare requires that dentists apply for and receive approval before billing for services rendered to beneficiaries. This approval process, which is known as credentialing, requires, among other things, that applicants submit relevant information about their educational background, licensure status, insurance coverage, as well as information about any criminal history, malpractice claims, and state board disciplinary history. The credentialing process is intended to ensure that beneficiaries receive the highest quality of care from competent providers who have been vetted prior to rendering services."
The settlement resolves allegations that, from January 2015 through February 2019, Cloudland Dental knowingly submitted, or caused to be submitted, to TennCare claims for payment that falsely identified Dr. Flanagan as the rendering provider for services that were actually rendered by uncredentialed dentists who were ineligible to bill TennCare, at Cloudland Dental’s offices located in Cleveland, Crossville, and Sweetwater.
United States Attorney Francis M. Hamilton III said, “When healthcare providers agree to participate in federal healthcare programs such as TennCare, they must adhere to the requirements of the program just like everyone else. The credentialing requirement for participating providers is not a mere formality; rather, it is an important requirement that is intended to ensure that services are rendered by qualified providers. Today’s settlement should send a message to all providers who participate in government sponsored healthcare programs that they must follow the rules when they elect to participate in publicly funded programs.”
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. and CHARLESTON, S.C., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- South Street Partners ("South Street") a leading private equity real estate investment firm headquartered out of Charlotte, NC and Charleston, SC, announced the final close of SSP GP Fund I (the "Fund") yesterday. The firm's inaugural discretionary commingled fund raised over $225 million, significantly exceeding an original target of $100 million. The Fund was formed to continue South Street's established track record of executing on opportunistic, value added and special situation investment opportunities in real estate assets located in the Southeastern United States as well as select U.S. and international markets.
The Fund's GP structure enables South Street to scale its successful 13-year strategy of partnering with institutional investment firms on large cap transactions as well as to pursue small and mid-cap deals utilizing the Fund's balance sheet. In addition, the firm expects to generate co-investment opportunities for its limited partners. The Fund could provide South Street with as much as $2.25 billion of unlevered buying power via these partnerships and co-investment vehicles.
The Fund can invest across the entire spectrum of real estate asset classes but will be primarily focused on upscale and luxury resort and residential opportunities including its first two investments:
- Palmetto Bluff – a ~20,000-acre private residential club and resort community located in Bluffton, SC just north of Savannah, GA featuring 32 miles of river frontage, a 5-star 200-key Montage Hotel, the Palmetto Bluff Club and May River Golf Club, Palmetto Bluff Realty and entitled land for approximately 2,500 additional residences.
- Kiawah Partners – a portfolio of real estate and operating assets including much of the remaining residential land on Kiawah Island, a 10,000-acre resort community off the coast of Charleston, SC featuring 10-miles of beachfront, the world class Kiawah Island Club, Kiawah Island Real Estate, the island's dominant residential brokerage, and Two Meeting Street Inn, a 130-year-old bed-and-breakfast located South of Broad in Charleston, SC.
The Fund secured commitments from a broad range of high-quality limited partners including family offices, Registered Investment Advisors, wealth management firms, funds of funds and high-net-worth investors through an oversubscribed fundraising process.
"As a former fund-less sponsor raising capital on a deal-by-deal basis, reaching the closing of our inaugural U.S. discretionary commingled fund is a major achievement," said Chris Randolph, Partner. "Raising this fund through the pandemic certainly created challenges but we are honored by the outsized investor demand the fund received, which we believe is not only related to compelling opportunities that we are seeing but also the reputation and track record we've built over the past 13 years."
The Fund will seek to generate attractive risk-adjusted returns for its limited partners by:
- Sourcing unique acquisition opportunities through a deep network of owners, advisors, managers, and developers of real estate created over decades of operational and investment experience
- Acquiring properties at attractive prices (often below replacement cost), usually as a result of distress or underperformance at the asset level, improper capitalization, or unique management or ownership dynamics which limit a seller's ability to effectively bring the asset to market
- Instituting and managing a repositioning or redevelopment program
- Adding value through hands-on asset management through in house operational expertise
"The current environment and demographic trends in our markets of focus create significant opportunities for the Fund's investment strategy," said Patrick Melton, Co-Founder and Managing Partner of South Street. "We believe our history of sourcing and executing a wide range of complicated transactions throughout various stages of the market cycle while providing excellent returns to our investors over the last decade is one of the main reasons investor appetite was so strong."
Todd Whitenack, Co-Managing Partner of BBR Partners, whose firm's clients anchored the Fund, stated, "Our firm was delighted to be part of this raise and we believe the strong interest from our clients is related to South Street's track record, unique value proposition as well as the relevance of the strategy in the post Covid world."
Since its founding in 2009, South Street has established itself as one of the country's preeminent private residential club and resort investors. The firm has executed on some of the industry's most recognizable trades over the last decade, including North Beach Towers, Kiawah Partners, Doonbeg, Christophe Harbour, The Cliffs Communities, The Residences at Salamander and Palmetto Bluff.
South Street Partners is a private equity real estate investment firm headquartered in Charlotte, NC, and Charleston, SC and the largest owner of private residential club and resort communities in the Southeast – including Kiawah Island Club and Kiawah Island Real Estate, Palmetto Bluff, The Cliffs, and the Residences at Salamander. Founded in 2009, South Street has deployed over $500 million of equity across resort, residential and commercial properties and has over $1.3 billion of assets under management. South Street acts as a principal investment platform as well as an operating partner and co-investor for institutional partners interested in special situations, opportunistic and value add real estate investments in the Southeastern United States as well as select continental US and international markets. SouthStreetPartners.com
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Aeon (AEON) traded down 0.9% against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 9:00 AM ET on July 27th. One Aeon coin can currently be bought for approximately $0.0915 or 0.00000428 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges. Aeon has a market cap of $1.45 million and $4.00 worth of Aeon was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last week, Aeon has traded down 3.3% against the dollar.
Here’s how similar cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- Monero (XMR) traded 7.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $152.76 or 0.00714419 BTC.
- Coalculus (COAL) traded up 4.7% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0031 or 0.00000014 BTC.
- Bytecoin (BCN) traded down 4.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Monero Classic (XMC) traded up 2.6% against the dollar and now trades at $0.46 or 0.00002143 BTC.
- DigitalNote (XDN) traded up 6.2% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000001 BTC.
- Sumokoin (SUMO) traded 1.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0182 or 0.00000085 BTC.
- Karbo (KRB) traded 10.6% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0407 or 0.00000190 BTC.
- ZUM TOKEN (ZUM) traded up 25.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0000 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Digital Insurance Token (DIT) traded 6.1% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.0010 or 0.00000005 BTC.
- BitTube (TUBE) traded 31.5% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.0006 or 0.00000003 BTC.
Aeon Profile
Aeon (AEON) is a proof-of-work (PoW) coin that uses the Cryptonight hashing algorithm. It was first traded on June 6th, 2014. Aeon’s total supply is 15,831,459 coins. Aeon’s official Twitter account is @AeonCoin and its Facebook page is accessible here. The Reddit community for Aeon is /r/aeon and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official website for Aeon is www.aeon.cash.
Buying and Selling Aeon
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While some workers return to the office this year, many others continue to work remotely indefinitely. This seismic shift has changed where people live and work and, increasingly, how they travel.
In the first quarter of 2022, nearly 25% of job postings at the 50,000 largest companies in the U.S. and Canada were for permanently remote positions, according to the job listing service Ladders. That’s up from a mere 4% before the pandemic.
“It has enabled us to extend trips, leave early and work different hours,” says Kirsten Reckman, a credit risk manager based in Tampa, Florida, who works remotely. “My boss is very accommodating as long as the work gets done.”
Reckmen’s experience reflects a larger trend. One in five travelers this summer plan to do work on the road, according to a report from Deloitte, an international professional services network. Of these so-called “laptop luggers,” 4 in 5 plan to extend the length of their trips because of schedule flexibility.
THE RISE OF ‘BLEISURE’ TRAVEL
Remote work has blurred the line between business and personal travel. Rather than leaving home rarely for vacation, remote workers can travel at any time. This has the potential to upend longstanding travel trends.
“Many travelers who have the opportunity are choosing to combine remote working with trips for a change of scene as well as maximizing PTO,” or paid time off, explains Mark Crossey, traveler expert at Skyscanner, a travel search engine and agency. “Workations allow people with flexible home and work lives to become ‘half tourists’ for a period of time.”
This kind of freedom appeals to Lisa Wickstrom, a mortgage underwriter based in Arizona who now works from around the world with only a suitcase.
“I got three weeks of vacation before,” says Wickstrom, “But I never feel like I have to take vacation time because … I’m always on vacation.”
For the travel industry, these nomads offer enormous opportunities. Remote workers can spend far more time — and money — at far-flung destinations. Yet “bleisure” travelers don’t fit the typical tourist mold.
“You can’t just go freely everywhere,” explains Derek Midkiff, a patent attorney who left San Diego during the pandemic and never looked back. “You’re living somewhere but also working. Someone asks me, ‘Did you do this and this,’ and I have to say, ‘No, I’m working, it’s not the same as when you’re on vacation.’”
TRAVEL DAYS ARE CHANGING
Before the pandemic, it was expensive to fly on the weekends and cheaper during the week. That could all be shifting with remote work.
According to data from Hopper, a travel booking app, the cost of domestic flights on Sundays and Mondays has risen 5.90% and 2.97%, respectively, in 2022 compared to 2019, while the cost of flying on Friday and Saturday has dropped by 3.04% and 1.60%. It’s now cheaper to fly on a Saturday than a Monday, on average.
Further, remote workers can take longer trips during busy holidays, flattening the “peak” of peak travel dates.
“Since 2020, we’ve observed a small but noticeable shift toward Thursday departures for Memorial Day weekend itineraries,” says Craig Ewer, spokesperson for Google Flights, “which suggests that location flexibility is indeed having an impact on traveler behaviors.”
AN INDUSTRY ADAPTS
Many workers fled large cities during the pandemic, filling the suburbs and rural areas. But remote work has changed the calculus more drastically for some, freeing up budgets to allow more travel.
“I save over $2,000 a month after taxes by living in Florida,” says Reckman. “We’re traveling a lot more because of that.”
Lower cost of living and tax incentives means more freedom for some remote workers. And some companies are seeing a potential windfall.
Airbnb, the vacation rental platform, reports that the number of long-term stays (over 28 days) doubled in the first quarter of 2022 compared to 2019. The company has even introduced an “I’m Flexible” search functionality for travelers who don’t need to get back to an office on a specific date.
“I’ve found Airbnb to be cheaper, and have better rules,” says Midkiff, explaining why he chooses vacation rentals over hotels. “And I like to stay a month to get the discount.”
REMOTE WORK IS HERE
No longer constrained by vacation days and getting back from a trip by Monday, remote workers have shifted the travel landscape, maybe for good. While executives continue to hem and haw over return-to-office plans, remote workers are happily sending emails from afar.
“I think about the office politics, the baby showers, all that,” says Wickstrom with a shudder. “I can’t even imagine doing all that again.”
This article was provided to The Associated Press by the personal finance website NerdWallet. Sam Kemmis is a writer at NerdWallet. Email: skemmis@nerdwallet.com.
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In the last trading session, 7.89 million Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) shares changed hands as the company’s beta touched 0.86. With the company’s per share price at $23.75 changed hands at $0.39 or 1.67% during last session, the market valuation stood at $10.42B. VST’s last price was a discount, traded about -15.33% off its 52-week high of $27.39. The share price had its 52-week low at $16.51, which suggests the last value was 30.48% up since then. When we look at Vistra Corp.’s average trading volume, we note the 10-day average is 4.5 million shares, with the 3-month average coming to 5.46 million.
Analysts gave the Vistra Corp. (VST) stock a consensus recommendation rating of a Buy, calculated at a mean rating of 1.70. If we narrow down to specifics, the data shows that 0 out of 11 analysts rate the stock as a Sell, with a further 0 assigning it an Overweight rating. Of the remaining, 1 recommended VST as a Hold, 10 felt it is a Buy and 0 rated the stock as Underweight. Vistra Corp.’s EPS for the current quarter is expected to be $0.15.
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Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) trade information
Instantly VST was in green as seen at the end of in last trading. With action 0.51%, the performance over the past five days has been green. The jump to weekly highs of 23.76 on Tuesday, 07/26/22 added 1.67% to the stock’s daily price. The company’s shares are showing year-to-date upside of 4.30%, with the 5-day performance at 0.51% in the green. However, in the 30-day time frame, Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST) is 1.54% up. Looking at the short shares, we see there were 13.7 million shares sold at short interest cover period of 2.6 days.
The consensus price target for the stock as assigned by Wall Street analysts is $31.90, meaning bulls need an upside of 25.55% from its current market value. According to analyst projections, VST’s forecast low is $28.00 with $35.00 as the target high. To hit the forecast high, the stock’s price needs a -47.37% plunge from its current level, while the stock would need to soar -17.89% for it to hit the projected low.
Vistra Corp. (VST) estimates and forecasts
Data shows that the Vistra Corp. share is performing relatively much better than most of its peers within the same industry. As can be gleaned from the statistics, the company’s share value shot 8.15% over the past 6 months, a 182.20% in annual growth rate that is considerably higher than the industry average of 1.20%. Moreover, analysts have looked to higher expectations by upgrading its fiscal year 2022 revenue estimates. The rating firms predict current quarter revenue for Vistra Corp. will rise 103.60%, while the growth in revenue is estimated to hit 257.10% for the next quarter. Year-over-year growth is forecast to reach 25.80% up from the last financial year.
Consensus estimates given by 3 financial analysts project the company’s revenue in the current quarter to hit an average of $3.12 billion. 4 analysts are of the opinion that Vistra Corp.’s revenue for the quarter ending Jun 2022 will be $3.49 billion. The company’s revenue for the corresponding quarters a year ago was $1.9 billion and $2.56 billion respectively. According to analysts, the company will likely register a growth in its current quarter sales, forecast at 64.70%. The estimates for the next quarter sales put growth at 35.90%.
Looking at the company’s year-on-year earnings, data shows that the past 5-year has an earnings growth rate of -15.40%. The 2022 estimates are for Vistra Corp. earnings to decrease by -304.00%, but the outlook for the next 5-year period is at 20.30% per year.
VST Dividends
Vistra Corp. is expected to release its next quarterly earnings report between February 24 and February 28. The 2.98% annual yield figure for the share gives it an annual dividend of 0.71. It is important to note, however, that the 2.98% dividend yield ratio should serve as a guide only, as you should also take into consideration many other aspects of a company’s operations and fundamentals before making any investment decision.
Vistra Corp. (NYSE:VST)’s Major holders
If we look at who the major shareholders are, we find that insiders hold 0.50% of Vistra Corp. shares while 104.57% of the shares are in the hands of institutional holders. The share float percentage for the stock currently stands at 105.09%. There are 104.57% institutions holding the Vistra Corp. stock share, with Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) the top institutional holder. As of Dec 30, 2021, the company held 10.79% of the shares, roughly 46.58 million VST shares worth $1.06 billion.
Vanguard Group, Inc. (The) holds the second largest percentage of outstanding shares, with 10.56% or 46.58 million shares worth $1.06 billion as of Dec 30, 2021.
Among Mutual Funds, the top two as of Dec 30, 2021 were Vanguard Total Stock Market Index Fund and Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund. With 13.72 million shares estimated at $312.4 million under it, the former controlled 3.18% of total outstanding shares. On the other hand, Vanguard Mid-Cap Index Fund held about 2.53% of the shares, roughly 10.91 million shares worth around $248.49 million. | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/07/27/could-vistra-corp-nyse-vst-be-the-biggest-winner/ | 2022-07-27T15:08:00Z | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/07/27/could-vistra-corp-nyse-vst-be-the-biggest-winner/ | true | 1268 |
GTA 6 Report Reveals New Details on Female Protagonist and Release
A high-profile new report associated with GTA 6 has detailed a number of new aspects associated with the next Grand Theft Auto game. Notably, the long-awaited title has once again been said to center around a female protagonist, which is something that we have heard rumors of in the past. Additionally, the game will also be set in a much different setting compared to that of GTA 5, and should instead have much more in common with Grand Theft Auto: Vice City.
According to a report from Bloomberg, GTA 6 is indeed going to have a playable female protagonist, which will be a first for the series. This character is said to be Latin American in descent and also won't be the only playable character. Instead, GTA 6 will center around a pair of protagonists, both of whom are thieves. The report in question compared the two characters to that of Bonnie and Clyde.
Rockstar removed transphobic jokes from the most recent re-release of GTAV and quietly canceled an online mode called Cops 'n' Crooks after the George Floyd protests. Grand Theft Auto VI will have a female Latina protagonist — the first playable woman in modern Rockstar history
— Jason Schreier (@jasonschreier) July 27, 2022
As for the setting, GTA 6 is said to primarily take place in a fictitious version of Miami. As mentioned, this is a setting that Rockstar has explored in the past with GTA: Vice City, so it seems like the next Grand Theft Auto title could take us back to this locale. The report from Bloomberg doesn't specifically state that GTA 6 will be set in Vice City, but we have heard other reports and rumors in the past claim that this will be the case.
Lastly, in regard to the release of GTA 6, Bloomberg states that work on the project has been going slower than expected. However, the reason for this pace is because Rockstar as a whole has been trying to overhaul its culture. Some of these alterations include a company-wide push to eliminate crunch and minimize overtime, which should lead to developers feeling less burnt out. So while GTA 6 might take a bit longer to release than expected, at least the game's creation isn't coming at the cost of its creators.
For now, Bloomberg states that GTA 6 is two years from release at a minimum, which means that 2024 is the earliest in which we could play it for ourselves. Given how many games have been delayed in recent years, though, it seems more likely that the title won't arrive until after this window. Either way, whenever Grand Theft Auto 6 does release, it should come to PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X, and potentially PC.
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Woodlands Crafts Event Management, which has been operating Christmas markets in the city for 11 years, has made plans to return for the festive season.
The company is seeking street trading consent from Chichester District Council to set up a number of stands in North Street and East Street from December 3 to 23.
A announcement on the company’s website reads: “Visitors will be able to choose from an eclectic mix of unique and quality gifts, fascinating and beautiful crafts, and stunning artwork. With scrumptious speciality food and drink stands, offering delicious temptations to take home, as well as the chance to enjoy food-on-the-go, from our amazing festive caterers, this will be Christmas with a difference in Chichester!
“You’ll find a carefully handpicked selection of exhibitors offering high quality, interesting products.
Among a host of superb gift ideas will be handmade ceramics, original artwork, seasonal gifts, glassware, unique jewellery, giftware, traditional toys, artisan cheeses, homemade pickles and chutney, seasonal decorations and so much more. This event and this inspiring location form a fantastic combination of all good things when it comes to Christmas shopping, all with the reassurance of quality and service you can expect at a Woodland Crafts event.
“When it comes to Christmas shopping, what could be easier? Why not make Chichester your destination this year? As well as the Christmas Market, you’ll find some of the country’s finest shops, cafés and restaurants in this beautiful historic city.
"Many of your favourite major stores are here, alongside some fascinating and varied independent shops all around the area.” | https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/business/big-plans-as-christmas-market-set-to-return-to-chichester-3784041 | 2022-07-27T15:10:34Z | https://www.sussexexpress.co.uk/business/big-plans-as-christmas-market-set-to-return-to-chichester-3784041 | false | 1 |
The death of a British tourist killed by a helicopter rotor blade could lead to an overhaul of safety measures for what has become an increasingly popular form of travel around the Greek islands.
As investigations into the incident intensified, Greece’s chief air accident investigator said his main concern was why the aircraft’s engines were still engaged when Jack Fenton and his friends disembarked from it on Monday.
“That was the question I asked the pilot and the ground engineers: why were the engines still running?” said Ioannis Kondylis, who heads the country’s Air Accident Investigation and Aviation Safety Board. “And they responded they have two procedures, both approved by civil aviation.”
The first, he said, allowed passengers to disembark when the aircraft’s propellers were still in motion if doors were opened from the outside and ground staff escorted them to the terminus. The second required engines being switched off.
“I think as a precaution, for obvious safety reasons, we will be recommending the procedure is changed and the engines are turned off,” he added, saying the state-run organisation would be sending the results of its own investigation not only to the Greek government but also to the UK Civil Aviation Authority.
Fenton, 22, was killed instantly when he was struck by the rear rota of a Bell 407 helicopter that, at the end of a birthday celebration holiday, had brought him and a group of friends from Mykonos. The privately chartered aircraft, part of a fleet operated by the Magara-based company Superior Air, had only minutes earlier landed at the Lolos helipad close to Athens international airport.
Spinning at up to 500 rotations a second, the propeller would have been virtually invisible, experts say.
Greek police initially suggested the incident had occurred when the Oxford Brookes student, defying regulations, had attempted to take a selfie after safely disembarking. Local media reported Fenton had been running back towards the aircraft’s tail with his mobile phone in hand as horrified onlookers shouted at him to stop.
But a schoolfriend travelling with Fenton has reportedly denied that version of events, claiming they had neither been escorted to the helipad’s terminus nor given any instructions as they exited the aircraft.
“All they did was open the doors for us,” Jack Stanton-Gleaves was quoted as telling Mail Online. “We disembarked on our own and no one stopped Jack from going to the rear of the helicopter.”
The aircraft’s pilot and two ground engineers were briefly arrested but were released pending the results of an emergency inquiry ordered by a Greek public prosecutor. All could face charges of involuntary manslaughter if alleged to have been negligent.
Kondylis conceded ongoing investigations would ultimately hinge on witness testimony and any other factual information because, unlike planes, helicopters did not have flight data and cockpit voice recorders.
“We cannot just accept what they say,” he said, referring to Superior Air. “They have to show proof. We are waiting for evidence of their written procedures and their airways’ manual. I have learned that there were five other passengers waiting in the [airstrip] terminus [to board helicopters] and they will have seen what happened. Their evidence will be very important. Perhaps one of them took a video, factual information that cannot be denied.” | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/jack-fenton-helicopter-death-greece-investigation | 2022-07-27T15:14:10Z | https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/27/jack-fenton-helicopter-death-greece-investigation | true | 1 |
Whether it’s discerning a distant brown blob from a lioness on a safari, looking for inclement weather over the horizon while boating, or figuring out who’s warming up in the bullpen, binoculars’ only job are to bring details into focus. So it’s ironic that shopping for a pair is full of numbers, mathematical equations, optical jargon, and marketing nonsense. Any pair will bring things into focus, but you want ones that fit your budget, and pack everything you need and nothing you don’t. Here’s a quick primer on what those numbers actually mean and how they can inform your purchase depending on your needs.
Just how close and clear your view will get mostly depends on two numbers: The first is magnification power. The higher the number, the more powerful the binoculars. All 8 power binoculars (8×21, 8×32, 8×42, etc.) will make an object appear eight times closer than with the naked eye. The second number is the objective lens width. The higher this number, the wider the binoculars’ lens is and the more light enters the optics. A high number like 50mm is best for low-light situations, while 21 is better for packability.
For many, the next most important number is cost. Binoculars range in price from less than $100 to several thousand dollars. The spectrum reflects materials and workmanship—while all 8×32 binoculars will bring the same object into focus, like with cameras and watches, the high-end ones have noticeably better clarity, function, and durability.
After that, shopping for binoculars is all about the little details. The more specific a purpose, the more you’ll want to focus on things like construction, field of view, exit pupil, and prism design. Go ahead and nerd out—or keep it simple. Either way, binoculars will greatly enhance your viewing pleasure, no matter the application.
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Taal Thok Ke: Are Owaisi's allegations of discrimination between Kanwariyas and Namazis correct?
The Kanwar Yatra is over. Everyone saw how flowers were showered on the Kanwariyas. But AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi didn't take this well. Asaduddin Owaisi's statement has come on the warm welcome of Kanwariyas. Attacking the Yogi government, he has said that if a Muslim offers prayers in an open space even for a few minutes, then it becomes a dispute.
The Kanwar Yatra is over. Everyone saw how flowers were showered on the Kanwariyas. But AIMIM chief Asaduddin Owaisi didn't take this well. Asaduddin Owaisi's statement has come on the warm welcome of Kanwariyas. Attacking the Yogi government, he has said that if a Muslim offers prayers in an open space even for a few minutes, then it becomes a dispute. | https://zeenews.india.com/video/india/taal-thok-ke-are-owaisis-allegations-of-discrimination-between-kanwariyas-and-namazis-correct-2490196.html | 2022-07-27T15:15:53Z | https://zeenews.india.com/video/india/taal-thok-ke-are-owaisis-allegations-of-discrimination-between-kanwariyas-and-namazis-correct-2490196.html | true | null |
C.Vijaykumar, highest paid IT CEO of India, here’s a list of other highest-paid CEOs
IT giant HCL Technologies Ltd provided a remuneration of Rs 130 crores to its chief executive officer C. Vijayakumar which makes him the highest-paid Indian CEO among India’s software companies.
IT giant HCL Technologies Ltd provided a remuneration of Rs 130 crores to its chief executive officer C. Vijayakumar which makes him the highest-paid Indian CEO among India’s software companies. | https://zeenews.india.com/video/news/c-vijaykumar-highest-paid-it-ceo-of-india-here-s-a-list-of-other-highest-paid-ceos-2490197.html | 2022-07-27T15:16:00Z | https://zeenews.india.com/video/news/c-vijaykumar-highest-paid-it-ceo-of-india-here-s-a-list-of-other-highest-paid-ceos-2490197.html | true | null |
Nearly 39,000 applications have been made to the Fodder Support Scheme, latest figures from the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine show.
The online application system for the €56m scheme opened for applications on June 17, and will close on August 2. The purpose of the scheme is to incentivise and support farmers to grow sufficient grass and conserve sufficient silage and hay ahead of this winter.
“This is to reduce the risk of animal welfare issues in the coming winter as a result of the Russian invasion of Ukraine in February 2022 and the impact this has had on agricultural input costs,” the Department of Agriculture said.
The payment rate will be up to €100 per eligible hectare, on up to a maximum of 10 hectares. Payments are expected to begin issuing to cleared cases in late November 2022.
As of 9am on Friday, July 22, there were a total of 38,737 applications to the scheme. County Galway had the highest number of applicants at 4,086, followed by Co. Mayo with 3,417, Co. Cork with 3,168, Co. Roscommon with 2,922, and Co. Clare with 2,126.
According to Teagasc, the overall position of farmers in relation to having adequate stocks of fodder on farms for next winter is “positive”. The Teagasc Fodder Survey Results were presented to the National Fodder and Food Security Committee earlier this month.
Teagasc dairy and drystock advisors completed feed budgets with a selection of over 500 farmer clients on PastureBase Ireland. Head of the drystock knowledge transfer department in Teagasc, Pearse Kelly, said that feedstocks on drystock and dairy farms are “positive overall, with an average of 119% of predicted demand, on average”.
However, he pointed out that there was some variation between regions, and between individual farms. One-in-eight farms has not saved sufficient quantities yet, and these farmers need to take steps during the remainder of the summer and in early autumn, to ensure they have adequate stocks of fodder for the winter, Teagasc advised.
The Fodder Support Scheme is open to all farmers who submitted a BPS application in 2022 and are not, as of May 16, in a milk supply contract. Grassland declared on the applicant's 2022 BPS is eligible for the scheme. Tillage land is not eligible for the scheme.
Meanwhile, there has been a call this week for the introduction of a fodder crop incentive scheme for tillage farmers. Kieran McEvoy, Irish Farmers' Association national grain committee chairman said this should be considered "urgently" over the next two weeks by the Department of Agriculture.
"With the very favourable weather in July, a very significant area of winter barley is now harvested and even baled across the country, and progress running at least seven to 10 days ahead of a typical year,” Mr McEvoy said.
"There is a great opportunity for tillage farmers to get forage crops sown after winter barley at an optimal time, but a financial contribution towards establishment and fertiliser costs is urgently needed for this to happen at a meaningful level.
"A fodder crop incentive scheme similar to the one launched in 2018 is critical for certain livestock sectors such as the store lambs." | https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-40927601.html | 2022-07-27T15:18:54Z | https://www.irishexaminer.com/farming/arid-40927601.html | true | 1 |
X-NAND Gen2 enables 3D NAND flash memory with 20X faster write performance
SAN JOSE, Calif., July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- NEO Semiconductor, a leading developer of innovative architectures for NAND flash and DRAM memory, today announced the release of its second-generation X-NAND architecture. X-NAND Gen2 builds upon the award-winning X-NAND technology unveiled in 2020. New patent-pending technology developed by NEO advances X-NAND architecture, allowing 3D NAND flash programming (i.e., data writes) to occur in parallel using fewer planes. As a result, X-NAND Gen2 delivers twenty times faster performance than conventional 3D NAND flash. The X-NAND architecture deploys as a design solution compatible with current manufacturing technologies and processes, providing impressive competitive advantages to semiconductor manufacturers.
Today, NEO Semiconductor revealed the new X-NAND Gen-2, which doubles throughput over X-NAND Gen1, delivering SLC-like performance with larger capacity and lower cost QLC memory. X-NAND Gen2 incorporates zero-impact architectural and design changes that do not increase manufacturing costs while offering extraordinary throughput and latency improvements. "The launch of X-NAND Gen2 is a prime example of NEO executing on its market-disruptive approach," says Andy Hsu, Founder and CEO of NEO Semiconductor and an accomplished technology inventor with more than 120 granted U.S. patents. "Our goal is to give the industry a wide array of solutions that address the growing performance bottlenecks in IT systems and consumer products."
NEO Semiconductor designed and developed X-NAND, the world's fastest 3D NAND flash memory architecture, in response to the inefficiencies of conventional 3D NAND flash, which lead to performance bottlenecks in business systems and consumer devices. X-NAND improves the performance of all generations of 3D NAND flash, including SLC, MLC, TLC, QLC, and PLC. By making non-disruptive architectural and design changes to 3D NAND flash, X-NAND significantly increases throughput and lowers latency.
"NAND fab manufacturers have made major advances with 3D stacking technology by increasing the number of layers while delivering greater memory density and enhancing memory packaging," said Jay Kramer, President of Network Storage Advisors. "While each generation of flash memory substantially lowers costs, the 2nd generation of X-NAND significantly increases flash memory performance and enables NAND flash solutions that can achieve even greater compelling value."
In 2020, Flash Memory Summit presented NEO Semiconductor with the 'Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup' award. The company will attend Flash Summit 2022 in Santa Clara, California, on August 2-4, 2022, and showcase X-NAND Gen2 to visitors.
About NEO Semiconductor
NEO Semiconductor is a high-tech company focused on advancing 3D NAND flash and DRAM memory technologies. The company was founded in 2012 by Andy Hsu and a team in San Jose, California, and owns more than 20 U.S. patents. In 2020, the company made a breakthrough in 3D NAND architecture named X-NAND that can achieve SLC performance at TLC and QLC densities to provide high-speed, low-cost solutions for many applications, including 5G and AI. The company presented the X-NAND architecture at Flash Memory Summit 2020 conference and won the Best of Show Award for the Most Innovative Flash Memory Startup.
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Reformed opera play celebrates life of President Ho Chi Minh
Binh Phuoc (VNS/VNA) - A cai luong (reformed opera) play about the late President Ho Chi Minh will be staged in southern provinces to celebrate the 75th War Invalids and Martyrs Day (July 27).
The play, called Nuoc Non Van Dam (The Country), features artists of Vietnam Cai Luong Theatre, a leading traditional art troupe in Hanoi.
The 120-minute show depicts the childhood and first years of revolutionary activity of President Ho Chi Minh, from when the President used his birth name Nguyen Sinh Cung living in Nghe An province to when he went by the alias Van Ba and left Vietnam to France on a steamer to find ways for the country’s salvation.
The President’s revolutionary spirit and views in 1908 and 1909 when he studied in Hue are also highlighted.
The play’s director is People’s Artist Trieu Trung Kien, who has more than 30 years in the industry and is also the theatre’s director.
Kien and his actors have worked to present Nuoc Non Van Dam, as a cai luong play using modern performance techniques.
Talented actor Minh Hai plays President Ho Chi Minh. His performance left a very strong impression on the audiences and theatre critics after the premiere in May in Hanoi.
Hai said: “I watched documentary films and videos featuring President Ho Chi Minh. This enabled me to learn the spirit and character of the President and improve my own performance as well.”
“I hope to encourage young audiences to learn more about Vietnamese history through the play Nuoc Non Van Dam.”
The opera Nuoc Non Van Dam is the first show of a special stage project by Vietnam Cai Luong Theatre.
The project includes three plays on President Ho Chi Minh and Vietnamese revolutionaries. It praises the President’s life and revolutionary career, and his contributions to the revolutionary cause of the Party, the liberation of the nation and to the movement of international communists and workers.
The project will complete in 2024.
“Our project introduces cai luong in both old and new styles,” said Kien, the project’s art director.
The play Nuoc Non Van Dam will be staged on July 27 in Binh Phuoc province. It will be released on July 29 and 30 in Long An and Dong Nai./. | https://en.vietnamplus.vn/reformed-opera-play-celebrates-life-of-president-ho-chi-minh/234514.vnp | 2022-07-27T15:20:37Z | https://en.vietnamplus.vn/reformed-opera-play-celebrates-life-of-president-ho-chi-minh/234514.vnp | false | 1 |
Reactions as Inmates Sing Praise and Worship Songs inside Prison in Viral Video: "So Touching"
- A video showing a group of inmates singing and praising God melodiously has melted hearts online
- The inmates are reportedly serving a minimum of 20 years in prison, yet they have praised God against all odds
- A heartwarming video shows the inmates in uniform singing at the top of their voices while being recorded
A group of inmates was recently spotted praising God at the top of their voices inside a correctional facility.
The inmates who were spotted donning their prison uniforms, sang melodiously despite being held captive.
An inmate played the piano so perfectly while the rest surrounded him and supported him with their voices.
Godbehindbars who shared the video via Instagram revealed that each inmate of that particular prison is facing a minimum of 20 years behind bars.
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In his words:
"Listen to the inmates sing Jehovah Jireh despite being confined in prison. These are the faces of men who are serving 20 years in prison but still worshipping. These men are proclaiming, Jireh.
The Lord provides. No matter what situation you are in, the Lord provides. God is so good. These men are teaching us lessons on how to be contented in every circumstance (even in prison)."
Social media users react to the emotional video
Mskirad said:
"I am crying so loud. This is so beautiful."
Runwithgritandgrace stated:
"Hearing them sing, “I will be content in every circumstance” while being in prison is such a powerful testimony!"
Rasheedamaxineofficial noted:
"They mean what they sing, they are free in Christ so there is indeed hope in Christ for all men!"
Leggzfordaze reacted:
"The word that came to mind in the 10 second of watching this…redemption. Enough said! God is so good"
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Jengracerobinson wrote:
"So beautiful!!! Nothing better than men worshiping ."
Thegodlymom said:
"This! This! This is what a prison system should offer! Incarceration should teach and reshape a life! And, only Jesus can do what we see here! God is restoring them to their full potential! Hallelujah!!! Ohhhh give God some praise up in this internet!!! ."
Freedom at last
In a related story, TUKO.co.ke previously reported that President Uhuru Kenyatta gave 3,908 inmates serving sentences of less than three months a second chance to make things right in their life after pardoning them.
During the national celebrations to mark Kenya’s 59 years of self-rule at Uhuru Gardens in Nairobi on Wednesday, June 1, Uhuru urged those pardoned to be a good example in the community.
He urged them to restore the confidence and faith that society had lost in the criminal justice system.
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"To those that have been pardoned, mine to you is that you should now be change-makers in our society and restore faith and confidence in our criminal justice system. Reciprocate the generosity shown by your motherland through this act of mercy with a high sense of civic duty and service to your country," he said.
The head of state told the pardoned inmates that when they go back home to try and win the society's trust, they had lost when they committed the offense.
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