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Can any team loaded on superstar talent really have that one “secret superstar” on their roster? Including a team stockpiled in stardom like the Los Angeles Rams?
Turns out every team according to Pro Football Focus, including the defending Super Bowl champs, has that one “secret superstar” as noted by PFF writer Sam Monson on Wednesday, July 27. But this representative is a Rams starter who had to fight back from what was called “an ugly 2019 season” and is now one of the key cornerstones of what the Rams want to accomplish in 2022.
Who is this “secret superstar” inside the “Rams House?” Let’s just say — he’s going to play a pivotal role in helping out Matthew Stafford and Sean McVay ignite this offensive juggernaut with his hands and feet.
Veteran & ‘Steadfast Performer’ Called the ‘Secret Superstar’
As star-oriented the Rams are, it’s right tackle Rob Havenstein who received the PFF label of “secret superstar” by the national analytics website.
Why was the label given to the towering 6-foot-8, 330-pounder? Monson pointed out how he’s been this “steadfast performer” after a dismal 2019 campaign.
“Havenstein suffered through an ugly 2019 season, likely due to injury, but outside of that year has been a steadfast performer at right tackle for the Rams,” Monson wrote.
In tracing back to that 2019 campaign Monson was referring to, that was the season the former Wisconsin Badger lineman was limited to nine games. He was dealing with a knee ailment that season. His injury also snapped a 25-game starter streak that ended on November 17, 2019 as he was declared inactive versus the Chicago Bears. Before that, Havenstein was on the field when the Rams started the season 3-0 before losing their next three games.
Per PFF, Havenstein accounted for 616 offensive snaps that season but his overall grades in running blocking were rated at 53.8 and his pass block grade stood at 51.1…ultimately giving him an overall PFF grade of 50.9.
But since then, Havenstein has established himself as one of the more underrated Ram performers…who will soon play an even more integral role on the champs with a certain All-Pro no longer starting.
How Havenstein Has Improved & How He’ll Energize the Rams
Clearly, that 2019 injury-marred campaign became an immediate afterthought for Havenstein and the Rams.
In 2020, Havenstein stayed healthy for the whole season — taking 1,239 total offensive snaps including playoffs and earning an 80.6 overall grade. And, his run blocking ascended to 83.9. Even before PFF gave him his new label, there were Ram fans who saw how under-appreciated “Big Hav” was.
Then, he put together his finest season to date as the Rams went on their run to the Vince Lombardi Trophy.
“He finished 2021’s Super Bowl campaign with the best overall PFF grade of his career (83.4),” Monson wrote. “His run blocking is typically excellent, and he is one of the best right tackles in the game, with three of the past four years earning 80.0-plus overall grades.”
But now, the 30-year-old is facing this new order: Being the elder statesman and the newest leader of the Rams’ front five now that Andrew Whitworth is retired and entering the broadcast studio for Amazon.
And there’s this more telling detail attached to Haventein: He’s entering a contract year, with this being the final season of his four-year, $32.5 million contract he signed, which makes him an unrestricted free agent for 2023 per Spotrac.
But with “Big Whit” retired and Havenstein showing steady improvement, he’s emerged as one of the best kept secrets on the Rams — and now will be trusted more than ever to keep Stafford healthy in 2022. | https://heavy.com/sports/los-angeles-rams/rob-havenstein-secret-superstar/ | 2022-07-28T03:10:05Z | https://heavy.com/sports/los-angeles-rams/rob-havenstein-secret-superstar/ | false | 1 |
Barack Obama is listening to songs by Beyoncé and Tems. What are you jamming to?
Another summer, another playlist by Barack Obama. From songs by artists like Beyoncé, Bad Bunny and Harry Styles to Rosalía, Kendrick Lamar and Rakim - the playlist features 44 songs that are an eclectic mix of recent hits and classics stretching across genres and eras. And music lovers should take a crack at these, along with sharing their favourite tunes that they have been listening to this summer.
"Every year, I get excited to share my summer playlist because I learn about so many new artists from your replies—it's an example of how music really can bring us all together," read the text posted alongside the list. The caption added, "Here's what I've been listening to this summer. What songs would you add?"
On Barack Obama's summer 2022 playlist are some recent hits, which even you might be jamming to, including Beyonce's "Break My Soul", "Vibe Out" by Tems, and "Ojitos Lindos" by Bad Bunny and Bomba Estéreo.
Check out Barack Obama's complete summer 2022 playlist below:
The tweet was shared a few hours ago. It has since gathered 1.4 lakh likes. The share has also raked up more than 20,200 retweets and a flurry of comments.
"Respectfully, I love you," shared an individual. "This has been mine for the month of July," wrote another while sharing his list of songs. "As a Memphian, my only possible suggestion for this summer would be Nelly on repeat," suggested a third. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/barack-obama-s-eclectic-summer-playlist-features-songs-by-beyonc-tems-bad-bunny-and-harry-styles-101658905847604.html | 2022-07-28T03:11:09Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/trending/barack-obama-s-eclectic-summer-playlist-features-songs-by-beyonc-tems-bad-bunny-and-harry-styles-101658905847604.html | true | 2 |
On Sunday we will celebrate National Tree Day, Australia's largest tree planting and nature care event.
Originally started by Planet Ark in 1996, National Tree Day is a call to action for all Australians to get their hands dirty and give back to the environment.
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Since 1996, 26 million trees have been planted by 5 million volunteers who donated 10 million hours of their time to do their bit for nature.
The Orange 2022 National Tree Day planting event is organised by Orange City Council and sponsored by West Orange Motors/ Toyota. Roger Smith, Orange City Council's Natural Resources Coordinator is the main organiser for the day.
He says, "National Tree day 2022 is being held this Sunday, July 31 at Lake Canobolas from 10am to 1pm. The community is invited to come along and plant some native trees for the environment. This will enrich the local biodiversity and enhance local wildlife habitat. The new plantings will complement the trees and shrubs planted at the lake on National Tree Day 2019".
Replacing native vegetation is more important than ever, considering the damming findings of the recently released State of the Environment report which records the dire state of our native biodiversity, mostly through land clearing.
Because of this wildlife corridors and remnant stands of vital habitat are disappearing nationwide.
Continued loss of native vegetation will continue to seriously impact our native species, and in urban areas affect ourselves, as diminished natural environment will jeopardise the capacity of our towns to be resilient, liveable and sustainable in the face of climate change.
Vegetation needs to be valued both for wildlife habitat and the benefit to urban residents.
Loss of trees in the urban landscape renders cities more susceptible to the impacts of climate change, such as heat island effects, and increased heat related illnesses.
As a community we need to ensure that our local planning policies are adequate for protection of our native vegetation, parks and reserves.
Orange City Council is to be congratulated for organising National Tree Day. However, the situation cannot be dealt with by local government alone.
Our State and Federal governments need to do better when it comes to legislating policy and regulation to protect our native vegetation.
It is our duty as a community to send all levels of government a strong message that we want our native vegetation protected. | https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/7838043/earth-first-national-tree-day-is-almost-here-and-heres-why-you-should-get-involved/ | 2022-07-28T03:21:10Z | https://www.centralwesterndaily.com.au/story/7838043/earth-first-national-tree-day-is-almost-here-and-heres-why-you-should-get-involved/ | true | 1 |
2021 was a great year for crypto. The market hit an all-time high, and more people than ever started investing in digital currencies. But what does 2022 brings? In this article, we'll discuss ways you can earn free crypto today. So read on to find out how you can start generating returns on your investments!
There are many ways to earn free cryptocurrency these days. Here are some of the most popular methods:
1. Airdrops
Airdrops are one of the easiest ways to get free crypto. Many projects will distribute tokens or coins to early adopters and supporters for simply holding or being involved with another cryptocurrency project. For example, the popular project Stellar often airdrops lumens (XLM) to holders of bitcoin (BTC).
2. Bounty programs
Bounty programs are another great way to earn free crypto. These programs usually involve participating in marketing or other tasks for a cryptocurrency project in order to receive a reward in tokens or coins.
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4. Mining
Mining is another way to earn free cryptocurrency. This involves using your computer’s processing power to help verify transactions on a blockchain. In return, you usually receive a small amount of the cryptocurrency you are mining.
5. Staking
Staking is a process that involves holding onto a certain amount of cryptocurrency in order to support the network. In return, you usually receive rewards in the form of interest or additional tokens.
6. Trading
Trading is a great way to earn free cryptocurrency if you know what you’re doing. By buying low and selling high, you can turn a profit in any market. However, this method does come with risks, so be sure to educate yourself before getting started.
7. Social media
Social media is a great way to connect with like-minded people and learn about new projects in the cryptocurrency space. It can also be a great way to earn free crypto. Many projects will offer rewards for creating or sharing content about their project on social media.
8. Surveys and Quizzes
There are a number of websites and apps that offer rewards in cryptocurrency for completing surveys or quizzes. This is a great way to earn free crypto if you have some spare time and want to learn more about the space.
9. Tipping
Tipping is a way to support your favorite content creators and get rewarded with cryptocurrency. Many platforms, such as YouTube and Twitch, now have built-in tipping functionality that makes it easy to send tips.
10. Wallets
Wallets are a way to store your cryptocurrency and earn rewards at the same time. Some wallets, such as Coinbase Wallet and Blockchain Wallet, offer rewards in cryptocurrency for completing certain tasks or holding a certain balance.
These are just some of the many ways to earn free cryptocurrency in 2021. With so many options available, there’s sure to be a method that suits you. So get out there and start earning! | https://hackernoon.com/how-to-earn-free-crypto-in-2022 | 2022-07-28T03:24:36Z | https://hackernoon.com/how-to-earn-free-crypto-in-2022 | true | 1 |
GreenPower Motor Company (GP) Climbs in Pre-Market Trading for July 27
Equities Staff Follow |GreenPower Motor Company Inc (NASDAQ:GP) is active in pre-market trading today, July 27, with shares up 7.06% from the last closing price.
The stock is down 65.61% year-to-date and posted 2.98% loses over the last 5 days.
For technical charts, analysis, and more on GreenPower Motor Company visit the company profile.
Pre-market prices and movements as of 06:16:44 est.
About GreenPower Motor Company Inc
GreenPower Motor Company began in 2010 with the vision to advance the adoption of EVs by making battery-electric buses and trucks affordable, durable, and easy to deploy. GreenPower offers commercial vehicles for delivery, public transit, schools, vanpools, micro-transit, shuttles, and more. The Company's battery electric buses can perform almost any route their fossil fuel burning competitors are able to, but with a much quieter and more efficient ride. GreenPower’s corporate headquarters is located in Vancouver, Canada. The Company has a sales and administration office in Rancho Cucamonga, CA; US assembly takes place in Porterville, CA (San Joaquin Valley).
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This is our farm column from farmer Casey O’Neill. O’Neill is the owner operator of HappyDay Farms north of Laytonville, and a long time advocate for the cannabis community in Mendocino Co; more of his writing can be found here. The opinions expressed in this column are those of the writer. If you would like to submit a letter to the editor feel free to write to [email protected].
Fire. It’s an ever-present reality during summers in Northern California, but you never really think it’s gonna happen to you…until it does. It was a mellow Sunday, futzputtering around the garden, getting ready to plant winter squash in the evening. After 4 o’clock, thinking about a cider. Phone call comes in: “there’s a fire at Brett’s.” I see the smoke column rising and realize that this is the real thing.
My heart starts pounding and I have to work hard to control myself. I gather my fire gear and change into my boots and Nomecs. I head north to the scene, a mere two parcels from my home and farm. The fire is raging, wind blowing from the south towards the ranch with the hundred year-old barn that we cherish.
I meet Echo, he has the quick attack fire engine and I park my truck off the road and jump in with him. We hit the fire at the head, spraying water on the burning grass and moving down the line. My brother Lito joins me and we add additional lengths of hose, putting out fire as we work our way along. Echo remains with the engine tending the pump and serving as a lookout.
The fire spots and flames leap around our hose, burning through the canvass as the water from the engine runs out. We switch to hand tools, looking around to reassess and regroup. I am breathing hard from the exertion and smoke, trying to fight down the panic. My mind shouts that these are our homes, our livelihoods, but I push it down.
The wind shifts and the fire changes direction; it is burning towards my neighbor’s, with my home and farm just beyond his parcel. We gather ourselves for the next attack. My uncle arrives with the Ford flatbed with a pump and 275 gallon tank on the back. The water saves my neighbor’s home and motorhome as we cut line around it and knock back the flames.
As we get a secure perimeter around the home, I realize that the wind is pushing the fire hard towards our family compound and my uncle and I jump into my truck. I race back to my place where I find the flames licking the end of my veggie tunnels and threatening the sheep pasture and pig barn.
As I come down the driveway I am filled with a deep foreboding; a voice whispers deep in my head “it’s all gonna burn.” I push the panic away and stop the truck, jumping out and shouting to my uncle to take the vehicle down to his house. I race to the back of the greenhouse and turn on the sprinklers and the hose and I spray out the burning grass and plastic.
I look towards my house and see the flames reaching towards the driveway that separates my life from the fire. A neighbor arrives at the same time and he is calm and ready, which brings my racing emotions back under control. We get a hose run from the garden and he starts to spray water while I run to get the fire pump and hook it into the system. I now have 11,000 gallons at the ready and I start the pump. The fire sprinklers come on around my house, wetting the garden and me and the neighbor hooks in the fire hoses and starts to push the flames back.
I sprint back to the upper pasture, past the hoophouse that has begun to catch fire again. The sheep are milling and bleating in fear and Cal Fire is arriving and opening their enclosure to give them an escape route. The fire is burning the pasture, and my hose that I water the sheep with is starting to melt. I grab it up and spray the flames, stopping the hose from melting and knocking the front down. I run down to the hoophouse again and spray it out for the second time, then I run back down to see how Pops’ place is faring.
Brother Lito and I run a hose lay out to fight the oncoming flames, moving across steep and rugged terrain as best we can and putting down a good wet line. We coordinate with brother Ben, as he is helping oversee the attack. Resources are arriving; I see the tide turning, and a deep emotion of pride and gratitude overwhelms me. Our preparedness, our hours of training, our practice is winning the battle. I have kept my head and we are fighting the fire. The Cal Fire chopper starts dropping bucket loads and we are gleefully soaked by falling water.
The fire came right to us. But for grace and luck, our farm, our livelihood, our lives would have burned. I feel all the feels, but we are OK and stronger for the effort. I am deeply grateful to Cal Fire for arriving with the cavalry to save the day as my strength and energy faded with the pounding adrenaline, smoke inhalation and heat. We couldn’t have done it alone, but we also wouldn’t still be standing had we been unprepared to fight. As always, much love and great success to you on your journey! | https://mendovoice.com/2022/07/oneill-fighting-the-flames-together-column/ | 2022-07-28T03:30:38Z | https://mendovoice.com/2022/07/oneill-fighting-the-flames-together-column/ | true | 1 |
The Tampa Bay Rays can’t escape the Baltimore Orioles these days, either in individual games or in the American League wild-card race.
Baltimore rallied past the visiting Rays 5-3 on Tuesday and will look to clinch the four-game series on Wednesday night.
The comeback kids managed only two hits — both solo home runs — off Tampa Bay starter Shane McClanahan in seven innings Tuesday night, but Ramon Urias sparked a three-run eighth with a two-run homer off reliever Colin Poche.
“I don’t think there was a single time tonight that I thought we didn’t have a chance to win the game, and I think everybody throughout the clubhouse thinks that, as well,” Orioles starter Spenser Watkins said. “As long as there’s an out up on the board, we have a chance. A ton of confidence in these guys.”
The Orioles improved to 14-6 in July, following a 14-12 June and guaranteeing them consecutive winning months for the first time since April-June, 2016.
Baltimore moved ahead of Boston into fourth place in the AL East and trails the Rays by three games for the final AL wild-card spot.
“It’s one game at a time,” Orioles manager Brandon Hyde said. “A lot of season left. We’re just really focused on trying to win the series tomorrow.”
Tampa will look to end a four-game losing streak behind starter Drew Rasmussen (6-3, 3.13 ERA).
The right-hander allowed one run on seven hits over five innings with four strikeouts and a walk in a 7-3 victory over the Royals on Friday, his first win since May 25.
“I felt pretty good,” he said. “They battled and they did a really good job of fouling off good pitches with two strikes and finding some holes. I gave up one hard-hit ball in the second, but other than that I didn’t think I allowed many.”
Against Baltimore, Rasmussen has gone 1-0 with a 2.19 ERA in four games (two starts) in his career.
Baltimore right-hander Tyler Wells (7-6, 3.69) went 17 straight starts allowing three runs or less before giving up five runs on five hits in five innings of a loss against the Yankees on Friday night.
Wells is 0-2 with a 6.00 ERA in seven games against the Rays, three of them starts.
Isaac Paredes had a single and a homer for Tampa Bay on Tuesday.
Rays outfielder Luke Raley, 27, started his fourth straight game for the first time in his short major league career. He had a hit and robbed Ryan Mountcastle of a potential home run with a leaping catch in the first inning.
“I’m excited to be out there,” Raley said. “I’m trying to make the most of each opportunity.”
Before the game, the Rays lost another starter as primary catcher Francisco Mejia was placed on the 10-day injured list with a right-shoulder impingement.
Baltimore’s Trey Mancini will bring an 0-for-25 skid into Wednesday’s game, though he drove in a key insurance run with a sacrifice fly in the eighth inning on Tuesday.
–Field Level Media | https://www.ketk.com/sports/behind-tyler-wells-orioles-go-for-series-win-vs-rays/ | 2022-07-28T03:32:26Z | https://www.ketk.com/sports/behind-tyler-wells-orioles-go-for-series-win-vs-rays/ | false | 13 |
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Mike Trout appreciated all the support he received Wednesday after the Los Angels Angels’ head trainer revealed the three-time AL MVP had a “rare” spinal condition that could affect him for the rest of his career.
Even if Trout thought the whole thing was blown out of proportion.
“I think he meant that I have to stay on top of the routine I do on a daily basis to keep it from coming back,” Trout said after watching his Angels beat the Kansas City Royals 4-0 to clinch their first series win in nearly a month.
“I’m appreciative of all the prayer requests,” he added, “but my career is not over.”
The 10-time All-Star left a game against Houston on July 12 with what was first called back spasms, then went on the injured list a week later with what was called rib cage inflammation.
On Wednesday, Angels trainer Mike Forstad revealed it to be a rare spinal condition, saying it’s something Trout “has to manage not just through the rest of the season.”
“I got back and my phone was blowing up: ‘My career is over,’” Trout said, smiling at the absurdity of the overreactions he’d been seeing online. “It’s just rare for a baseball player. I just have to stay on top of it.”
Trout has been examined by Dr. Robert Watkins III, a top back specialist and the co-director of the Marina Spine Clinic in Los Angeles, and received a cortisone injection last week that has already begun to produce results.
He has a follow-up visit next week and “we’ll go from there,” he said, though he has every intention of being back this year.
“Of course,” he said. “That’s my goal.”
The Angels have had no discussions about shutting him down.
“I don’t think we’re at a point where we’re going to make that decision,” Frostad said. “He’s going to have a follow-up here once we get back and we’ll just kind of see what the doctor thinks at that point.”
Trout, the second-highest paid player in the game at $37.1 million, had been enjoying a nice bounce-back season after a calf injury limited him to just 36 games last season. He was hitting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs through 79 games, a rare bright spot in what has been a dismal season for the Angels.
“He’s been a great teammate,” Angels interim manager Phil Nevin said. “He’s been the dugout, helping out his teammate — he’s obviously a good sounding board for a lot of young players. For them to have him here and know that he’s supporting them is huge, I’m sure, for some younger guys.”
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SEOUL, South Korea — North Korean leader Kim Jong Un warned he's ready to use his nuclear weapons in potential military conflicts with the United States and South Korea, state media said Thursday, as he unleashed fiery rhetoric against rivals he says are pushing the Korean Peninsula to the brink of war.
Kim's speech to war veterans on the 69th anniversary of the end of the 1950-53 Korean War were apparently meant to boost internal unity in the impoverished country suffering pandemic-related economic difficulties. North Korea will likely intensify its threats against the United States and South Korea as the allies prepare to expand summertime exercises the North views as an invasion rehearsal, some observers say.
"Our armed forces are completely prepared to respond to any crisis, and our country's nuclear war deterrent is also ready to mobilize its absolute power dutifully, exactly and swiftly in accordance with its mission," Kim said in Wednesday's speech, according to the official Korean Central News Agency.
He accused the United States of "demonizing" North Korea to justify its hostile policies. He said U.S.-South Korea military drills show the U.S.'s "double standards" and "gangster-like" aspects because it brands North Korea's routine military activities — an apparent reference to its missile tests — as provocations or threats.
Kim also called new South Korean President Yoon Suk Yeol "a confrontation maniac" who's gone further than past South Korean leaders and said Yoon's conservative government was led by "gangsters." Since taking office in May, the Yoon government has moved to strengthen Seoul's military alliance with the United States and bolster its capacity to neutralize North Korean nuclear threats including a preemptive strike capability.
"Talking about military action against our nation, which possess absolute weapons that they fear the most, is preposterous and is very dangerous suicidal action," Kim said. "Such a dangerous attempt will be immediately punished by our powerful strength and the Yoon Suk Yeol government and his military will be annihilated."
This year, Kim has been increasingly threatening its rivals with his advancing nuclear program in what some foreign experts say is an attempt to wrest outside concessions and achieve greater domestic unity.
In April, Kim said North Korea could preemptively use nuclear weapons if threatened, saying they would "never be confined to the single mission of war deterrent." Kim's military has also test-launched nuclear-capable missiles that place both the U.S. mainland and South Korea within striking distance.
Kim is seeking greater public support as his country's economy has been battered by pandemic-related border shutdowns, U.S.-led sanctions and his own mismanagement. North Korea also admitted to its first COVID-19 outbreak in May, though the scale of illness and death is widely disputed in a country that lacks the modern medical capacity to handle it.
"Kim's rhetoric inflates external threats to justify his militarily focused and economically struggling regime," Leif-Eric Easley, a professor at Ewha University in Seoul, said. "North Korea's nuclear and missile programs are in violation of international law, but Kim tries to depict his destabilizing arms buildup as a righteous effort at self-defense."
North Korea has rejected U.S. and South Korean offers to resume talks, saying its rivals must first abandon its hostile polices on the North in an apparent reference to U.S.-led sanctions and U.S.-South Korean military drills.
South Korea's Defense Ministry said last week that this year's summertime military drills with the United States would involve field training for the first time since 2018 along with the existing computer-simulated tabletop exercises.
In recent years, the South Korean and U.S. militaries have cancelled or downsized some of their regular exercises due to concerns about COVID-19 and to support now-stalled U.S.-led diplomacy aimed at convincing North Korea to give up its nuclear program in return for economic and political benefits. | https://m.startribune.com/kim-threatens-to-use-nukes-amid-tensions-with-us-s-korea/600193628/ | 2022-07-28T03:39:50Z | https://m.startribune.com/kim-threatens-to-use-nukes-amid-tensions-with-us-s-korea/600193628/ | true | 37 |
FAQ: Tyler Morning Telegraph's new distribution schedule
The Tyler Morning Telegraph has announced an evolution in its distribution schedule starting the week of Aug. 15. Beginning that Monday, print distribution of the paper will include a Wednesday, Friday and an expanded weekend publication. An e-edition will be available daily Monday through Friday, along with a weekend edition. The...
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ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Night" game were:
5-3-5-4, WB: 3
(five, three, five, four; WB: three)
ROCKY HILL, Conn. (AP) _ The winning numbers in Wednesday evening's drawing of the Connecticut Lottery's "Play4 Night" game were:
5-3-5-4, WB: 3
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Meghan Markle has said through her lawyers that she did not lie to Oprah Winfrey about her upbringing.
According to reports, the lawyers spoke on behalf of the Duchess in a case filed against her by her half sister Samantha Markle.
The lawyers said in her Oprah interview about her childhood she made a subjective statement of her feelings.
Commenting on her remarks, senior royal biographer Angela Levin wrote, " It was not 'objective fact.' Surely that should apply to the Royal family too. It wasn't what they said or did it was all about her feelings."
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Meghan Markle is well on her way to superstardom with her multimillion dollar deals with Netflix and Spotify
The Bridgerton actor's visit to 'The Tonight Show with Jimmy Fallon' marked his first in-studio show appearance | https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/977562-meghan-markle-lawyers-arguments-render-her-views-about-royal-family-meaningless | 2022-07-28T03:57:13Z | https://www.thenews.com.pk/latest/977562-meghan-markle-lawyers-arguments-render-her-views-about-royal-family-meaningless | true | 1 |
Mets Morning News: Mets get catching help, May begins rehab assignment
The Mets dropped their third straight game, losing to the Padres 2-1. Chris Bassitt was excellent, striking out eleven Padres over seven innings of work. Bassitt’s only mistake came on the pitch following a pitch that should have been strike three to Manny Machado, but Machado sent the next pitch over...
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Jammu: The ongoing Amarnath Yatra is showing a decreasing trend in the number of yatris as a batch of only 11470 of them left the base camp here Wednesday for the twin base camps of the cave shrine in south Kashmir, officials said.
While 3862 yatris had left Jammu for the cave shrine located at a height of 3880 metres on Monday, 2189 and 1147 yatris embarked on the annual yatra from here on Tuesday and Wednesday.
In the 26th batch of yatris, 1147 people left the Bhagwati Nagar Yatri
Niwas here Wednesday morning in a convoy of 47 vehicles amid heavy security provided by the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF), the officials said.
They said 476 yatris headed for Baltal were the first to leave the Bhagwati Nagar camp in 18 vehicles, followed by a second convoy of 29 vehicles carrying 671 yatris for Pahalgam.
The number of yatris has drastically fallen in the last three days mostly due to bad weather conditions, the officials said.
The annual 43-day yatra commenced on the traditional 48-km Nunwan-Pahalgam route in south Kashmir's Anantnag and the 14-km shorter Baltal route in central Kashmir's Ganderbal on June 30.
Over 2.3 lakh yatris have so far offered their prayers at the cave shrine, housing a naturally formed ice-stalagmite, the officials said.
A total of 1,38,921 yatris have left the Bhagwati Nagar base camp since June 29, the day the first batch of yatirs was flagged off by Lieutenant Governor Manoj Sinha.
The yatra is scheduled to be concluded on August 11 on the occasion of Raksha Bandhan.
A total of 36 people, mostly yatris, have died during the ongoing yatra, excluding 15 yatris who were killed in flash floods near the cave shrine on July 1. | https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/front-page/1147-yatris-leave-jammu-for-cave-shrine | 2022-07-28T04:04:57Z | https://www.greaterkashmir.com/todays-paper/front-page/1147-yatris-leave-jammu-for-cave-shrine | false | 5 |
Joe Strummer Mescaleros box set announced for his 70th birthday
August 21 would've been the late Joe Strummer's 70th birthday, and to celebrate that, and his musical legacy, a new box set has been announced, collecting all the music he made with The Mescaleros. Joe Strummer 002: The Mescaleros Years will be out September 16 via Dark Horse Records.
"There's so much great music that Joe left us in his archive,” says Joe’s widow and executive producer of this box set, Lucinda Tait. “We started this work with '001', so to focus on Joe's work with The Mescaleros was the natural second step on '002' because those songs he made with them just seemed to resonate so strongly and reinvigorated his connection with his audience at a level he hadn't experienced since his days with The Clash."
The box set includes remastered editions of all three of the band’s studio albums -- 1999's Rock Art and the X-Ray Style, 2001's Global A Go-Go and 2003's Streetcore -- plus Vibes Compass, a 15-track collection of demos, outtakes, rarities and previously unreleased songs, including "Ocean Of Dreams," featuring Steve Jones of the Sex Pistols on guitar, and outtakes of several tracks of Joe’s final recordings with The Mescaleros. It also includes a 72-page book featuring new interviews with Joe’s friends, collaborators and Mescaleros bandmates, as well as never-before-seen handwritten notes, lyrics, and drawings by Strummer taken from the Joe Strummer Archive, and an exclusive 12”x12” art print. Check out the packaging and tracklist below.
One of the rare and unreleased tracks is a demo of "The Road to Rock 'N' Roll," which would appear on the first Mescaleros album. You can watch the video, which uses Joe's drawings and handwritten lyrics. Check that out below.
You can pick up classic albums from The Clash on vinyl and CD in the BV shop.
JOE STRUMMER 002: THE MESCALEROS YEARS
Rock Art and the X-Ray Style
1. Tony Adams
2. Sandpaper Blues
3. X-Ray Style
4. Techno D-Day
5. The Road to Rock 'N' Roll
6. Diggin' The New
7. Nitcomb
8. Forbidden City
9. Yalla Yalla
10. Willesden To Cricklewood
Global A Go-Go
1. Johnny Appleseed
2. Cool ’N’ Out
3. Global A Go-Go
4. Bhindi Bhagee
5. Gamma Ray
6. Mega Bottle Ride
7. Shaktar Donetsk
8. Mondo Bongo
9. Bummed Out City
10. At The Border, Guy
11. Minstrel Boy (full-length version)
Streetcore
1. Coma Girl
2. Get Down Moses
3. Long Shadow
4. Arms Aloft
5. Ramshackle Day Parade
6. Redemption Song
7. All In A Day
8. Burnin' Streets
9. Midnight Jam
10. Silver and Gold
Vibes Compass
1. Time And The Tide
2. Techno D-Day (Demo)
3. Ocean Of Dreams (feat. Steve Jones)
4. Forbidden City (Demo)
5. X-Ray Style (Demo)
6. The Road To Rock ‘N’ Roll (Demo)
7. Tony Adams (Demo)
8. Cool ‘N’ Out (Demo)
9. Global A Go-Go (Demo)
10. Secret Agent Man
11. All In A Day (Demo)
12. London Is Burning
13. Get Down Moses (Outtake)
14. Fantastic
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KEN mode announce tour with Frail Body
Winnipeg noisy post-hardcore greats KEN mode have announced a tour in support of their upcoming album NULL, and they'll be joined by Illinois screamo band Frail Body, which makes for an awesome double bill. The tour goes down in October and November, hitting Chicago, Austin, Brooklyn, Montreal, Toronto, and more. All dates are listed below. KEN mode guitarist/vocalist Jesse Matthewson says:
We needed to get out and pound the pavement, as it's the only way we know to properly launch a record. We're thankful we're able to bring out a killer younger band like Frail Body, who embodies everything that is right in this music: sick riffs, passion, and emotion. We've been working on this one for a while, and are super excited to announce this run, all the way down to Texas, up the East Coast, and back up through the Midwest. I can hear the 'what about ______?!' already! Since we're a day job band these days, we can't afford to take off 4-6 weeks to do full territory runs anymore, so we try to cover as much range as we can without having our businesses completely fall apart in our absence. Being an adult sucks, but in terms of appropriate distractions from the day to day, we've set up an ideal run to showcase all of the new material, and are super excited to get to see Frail Body every night for three weeks! We're playing a lot of our favorite venues, and are super stoked to see so many of our American friends. More to come, as we continue to navigate this entertaining pandemic performance landscape!
The Brooklyn date is November 5 at Saint Vitus. Tickets will be on sale soon. All dates are listed below.
KEN mode / Frail Body -- 2022 Tour Dates
Oct 20 - St Paul, MN @ Turf Club
Oct 21 - Davenport, IA @ Raccoon Motel
Oct 22 - Chicago, IL @ Beat Kitchen
Oct 23 - Indianapolis, IN @ Black Circle Brewing Co.
Oct 24 - Columbus, OH @ Big Room Bar
Oct 25 - Nashville, TN @ DRKMTTR
Oct 26 - Little Rock, AR @ Vino's
Oct 27 - Oklahoma City, OK @ 89th Street
Oct 28 - Austin, TX @ The Lost Well
Oct 29 - Houston, TX @ Black Magic
Oct 30 - Denton, TX @ No Coast Fest
Oct 31 - New Orleans, LA @ Gasa Gasa
Nov 2 - Atlanta, GA @ The Earl
Nov 3 - Charlotte, NC @ Snug Harbor
Nov 4 - Philadelphia, PA @ Silk City
Nov 5 - Brooklyn, NY @ Saint Vitus
Nov 6 - Cambridge, MA @ Middle East
Nov 7 - Montreal, QC @ Turbo Haus
Nov 8 - Toronto, ON @ The Baby G
Nov 9 - Detroit, MI @ Sanctuary
Nov 10 - Milwaukee, WI @ Cactus Club
Nov 12 - Fargo, ND @ The Aquarium | https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ken-mode-announce-tour-with-frail-body/ | 2022-07-28T04:06:55Z | https://www.brooklynvegan.com/ken-mode-announce-tour-with-frail-body/ | true | 1 |
A man sexually assaulted two women in terrifying separate incidents in Manhattan and Brooklyn, police said Wednesday.
In the first incident, the man rode an electric scooter and crept up behind a 33-year-old woman on W. 69 St. near Broadway on the Upper West Side about 12:55 a.m. July 20, cops said.
The suspect grabbed the woman and dragged her to a secluded garbage area outside an apartment building where he molested and attempted to rape her.
The assailant sprinted away on on foot but eventually hopped back on the scooter and fled, cops said.
The woman suffered cuts and scrapes in the attack and was treated by EMS at the scene.
Three days later, the man struck again in a subway station in Brooklyn.
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He grabbed his next victim inside the Carroll St. Station at Smith St. and President St. in Carroll Gardens about 5:55 a.m. July 23, cops said.
The man groped the 20-year-old woman from behind. When she screamed, he put his hand over her mouth to muffle the sound, cops said.
The woman fought back, removed his hand and yelled for help. Her screams spooked the man, who ran out of the station.
The woman suffered minor injuries and refused medical attention.
Police were still searching Wednesday for the attacker described as between 20 and 25 years old and thin. He was last seen wearing a white t-shirt with an American flag print, a Brooklyn Nets hat and white sneakers.
Anyone with information is asked to call Crime Stoppers at (800) 577-TIPS.
Citywide, people have reported 2,876 sex crimes to police so far this year. The figure is an 11.7% uptick from the same time in 2021, when 2,574 victims filed police reports, according to the most recent NYPD data. | https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-man-assaults-two-women-brooklyn-manhattan-20220728-l5h4dwnulvgtrasaojd6xmqifa-story.html | 2022-07-28T04:13:33Z | https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-man-assaults-two-women-brooklyn-manhattan-20220728-l5h4dwnulvgtrasaojd6xmqifa-story.html | true | 2 |
Due to maintenance work, the Tamil Nadu Generation and Distribution Corporation (Tangedco) declared a power cut in several parts of Chennai on July 28.
The power supply will be suspended from 9 am to 2 pm in several areas of Chennai on Thursday. However, it will get restored before 2 pm, if the work gets completed.
CHECK FULL LIST OF AFFECTED AREAS
MYLAPORE AREA :
LUZ Warran Road, Ranga Road and Baskarapuram MYLAPORE EAST Dr.Radhakrishnan Salai, Royapettah High Road, V.M.Street MRC Nagar Karpagam Avenue 1st to 4th Streets.
T. NAGAR AREA :
WEST MAMBALAM Ganapathy Street One part, Thambiah Road Extn one part and Baroda Street one part.
TAMBARAM AREA :
SITHALAPAKKAM Rice Mill Road, Jeyachandran Nagar, Anna Salai, Jalladianpet, Medavakkam Panchayat Office back side, Padmavathy Nagar, Maheswari nagar.
AMBATTUR AREA :
AYYABAKKAM ICF colony, Ayyapakkam TVK Road, TG Anna Nagar Road AMBATTUR SIDCO Railway station Road Lane 1,2,3,4,5 KORATTUR R.S.Road, Bharathi Nagar, East Avenue, Central Avenue, K.R.Nagar, Sivasakthi Nagar, M.T.H Road, 1st Main Road, IE.
PERAMBUR AREA :
GANDHI NAGAR Portus road, Officer colony, GNT Road, lakshmiamman koil, Muthamizh Nagar, Kodungaiyur, Sembium, kamaraj nagar odai part, Moolakadai and above all surrounding areas. | https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/chennai/story/chennai-power-cut-today-check-here-1980836-2022-07-28 | 2022-07-28T04:14:49Z | https://www.indiatoday.in/cities/chennai/story/chennai-power-cut-today-check-here-1980836-2022-07-28 | true | 1 |
HANOI, Vietnam, July 27, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- As of June 2022, the number of GameFi projects has reached 1,551 games according to Binance's half-yearly research report. With that huge choice, people might assume that GameFi market has already been at its peak. However, time may tell a different story when many of GameFi products are proved to be weak in economy structure and less interesting in gameplay.
Come to the scene a different competitor: MetaDoge. Despite how humble it looks, this is a high-quality project consisting of different game modes. With the vision of becoming an expandable ecosystem,what MetaDoge does is create a product heavily focusing on the user's experience like a traditional game, instead of just putting earning above everything.
The biggest of MetaDoge's advantage is that besides owning a healthy ecosystem via the reinvestment encouragement mechanism, it also aims at bringing the excitement to the players. Rather than struggling to identify its position, MetaDoge shows the color of a familiar casual mobile game, easy to play but hard to master, possible to get the hearts of millions of players.
The modes of MetaDoge right now are:
- Endless Runner - The skill-based mode, in which the players show off their skills to control the Space Doges to overcome obstacles, collect coins and level up.
- Runner Tracker: A move-to-earn app dedicated to MetaDoge, designed to help players both increase their health and get resources to upgrade their Space Doge.
- Virtual Racing: A PVP game between players. Instead of focusing on player's skill, this is the race for Doges with the best stats.
And those are not all. Since MetaDoge is an expandable ecosystem, more features, like SocialFi or Explore-to-Earn, will be integrated in the future, as stated by its development team.
In August, a series of important events related to MetaDoge's official launch will take place. The timeline is as follow:
- August 03 - 04: INO on multiple launchpads (Gate, Babylons, etc.)
- August 06 - 11: IDO Whitelist Open
- August 08: Beta Earn Launch
- August 13 - 14: IDO on multiple launchpads (BSCS, KDG, Diviner Protocol, etc.)
- August 15: Listing on exchange
- August 28: Official Game Mainnet
Besides, many AMAs, mini games and giveaways will also be organized alternatingly. Players can join MetaDoge to discover its universe via different ways. However, no matter how they proceed, more surprises are still waiting for them.
Information links:
- Website: https://metadoge.ai/
- Linktree: https://linktr.ee/MetaDogeBSC
- Whitepaper: https://metadogebsc.gitbook.io/metadoge-whitepaper/
- Pitchdeck: https://docsend.com/view/f847haeet8hsqrjs
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JUAREZ, Mexico (Border Report) – Juarez police have arrested four men allegedly transporting 90 Guatemalan nationals in vehicles from Chihuahua City to the U.S. border.
Municipal officers patrolling Oscar Flores Boulevard on Tuesday night spotted a four-vehicle caravan carrying more passengers than was safe in each truck, the city police said in a statement.
The drivers failed to stop when prompted to do so by police, so a brief chase ensued ending at the intersection of Barranco Azul street, police said. The drivers were arrested and 52 men, nine women and 29 minors, all from Guatemala, were detained. City officials told local news media the migrants were taken to a municipal facility for a medical screening and that they would be sent to the “appropriate instance” for processing.
Police identified the drivers as Ramon Lorenzo G.F., 41, Victor P.N., 40, Julio Cesar C.A., 34, and Hugo B.C., 29. The four are facing migrant smuggling charges. Police said the men charged the migrants “large amounts of money” to transport them from a hotel in Chihuahua City to Juarez. | https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/police-arrest-alleged-smugglers-transporting-90-guatemalans-to-juarez/ | 2022-07-28T04:19:04Z | https://www.borderreport.com/immigration/border-crime/police-arrest-alleged-smugglers-transporting-90-guatemalans-to-juarez/ | true | 19 |
Los Angeles, Jul 28 (PTI) "Game of Thrones" author George R R Martin gave the premiere of "House of the Dragon" here a miss after he tested positive for COVID-19.
Martin contracted the virus in the days following his appearance at the San Diego Comic-Con panel of "House of the Dragon", based on his book "Fire & Blood" set generations before the events of "Game of Thrones".
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According to Variety, HBO and HBO Max's chief content officer Casey Bloys on Wednesday evening informed the audience at the Los Angeles premiere of the upcoming fantasy series about Martin's absence.
"I was going to start today by introducing George R R Martin and tell you how great it is to have George on the journey with us. Unfortunately, George got COVID at Comic-Con, so he's not here. I think he's feeling fine, so nothing to worry about," said Bloys.
"I wanted to tell you what a pleasure it is and how lucky we are to have the architect of this world on this journey with us. He has been fantastic," he added.
Last Saturday, Martin had directly addressed the topic of COVID-19 during the show's Comic-Con panel, sharing that he had been exercising caution and remaining socially distanced throughout the pandemic.
He had said he spent a lot of time at his Santa Fe home and chose not to visit the "House of the Dragon" set during production.
During the premiere, Ryan Condal and Miguel Sapotchnik, who serve as co-executive producer and co-showrunners on "House of the Dragon", introduced the evening's screening of the series pilot.
"'House of the Dragon' could not exist without the beautiful work and words of George R R Martin. We are incredibly grateful that he was bold enough to entrust his opus to me as the writer and Miguel as the director," said Condal.
"House of the Dragon" will air on HBO and HBO Max in the US on August 21. In India, the series will start streaming on Disney+ Hotstar from August 22.
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FTC files to block Facebook-parent Meta from buying a VR company
The Federal Trade Commission on Wednesday moved to block Facebook-parent Meta from acquiring virtual reality company Within, offering the clearest signal yet that the agency could take a tougher stance on Silicon Valley deals involving newer technologies.
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In an injunction filed Wednesday, the FTC said Meta has the resources to build its own VR apps similar to those made by Within, the company behind virtual fitness program Supernatural. Instead, the FTC claims, Meta is trying to buy the upstart company, which would "[dampen] future innovation and competitive rivalry."
The agency, which is responsible for enforcing U.S. antitrust laws, accused the tech giant of illegally attempting to expand its "virtual reality empire."
Meta has bet its future on virtual and augmented reality technologies, and the injunction comes as the company seeks to build out use cases for its VR headsets. Supernatural is among the most popular apps on Meta's headset, in some cases turning users on to the idea of exercising in VR for the first time.
"Instead of competing on the merits, Meta is trying to buy its way to the top," FTC Bureau of Competition Deputy Director John Newman said in a statement Wednesday. "This is an illegal acquisition, and we will pursue all appropriate relief."
Meta spokesperson Stephen Peters said in a statement that the FTC's case is "based on ideology and speculation, not evidence."
"The idea that this acquisition would lead to anticompetitive outcomes in a dynamic space with as much entry and growth as online and connected fitness is simply not credible," Peters said in the statement. "By attacking this deal in a 3-2 vote, the FTC is sending a chilling message to anyone who wishes to innovate in VR. We are confident that our acquisition of Within will be good for people, developers and the VR space."
Meta is currently battling another FTC antitrust lawsuit that is seeking to break up the tech giant, centering on its years-old acquisitions of Instagram and WhatsApp. The FTC's action also comes as lawmakers consider legislation that could rein in the power of dominant big tech companies, including Meta.
Meta, then known as Facebook, got its start in VR when it acquired headset maker Oculus in 2014. More recently, it has made a slew of VR-related acquisitions, including game development platform Unit 2 Games and Beat Games, the developer behind the popular game Beat Saber. Meta announced its planned acquisition of Within for an undisclosed sum in October 2021.
Within, a six-year-old VR app developer, released Supernatural in April 2020. Unlike a number of other VR apps, it requires a subscription; rather than simply paying a one-time fee for the app, users must pay $19 per month or $180 per year to keep working out in virtual space.
In its complaint, the FTC claims that Meta already controls "the top-selling device, a leading app store, seven of the most successful developers, and one of the best-selling apps of all time" in the VR space. The agency pointed to a publicly-reported email Zuckerberg sent to Meta executives in which he is said to have told them it is "critical for the company to also be 'completely ubiquitous in killer apps,'" referring to apps that will prove the underlying value of new technologies.
The FTC also notes that Meta already competes in some ways with Supernatural with the Beat Saber app, adding that "the two companies currently spur each other to keep adding new features and attract more users, competitive rivalry that would be lost if this acquisition were allowed to proceed."
The FTC's main argument in the complaint — that the deal would reduce competition by eliminating a competitor — reflects decades of established antitrust thinking, said Charlotte Slaiman, competition policy director at the consumer group Public Knowledge and a former FTC antitrust official.
"Under today's law, that's usually the strongest legal argument," Slaiman said. "But I think they are also taking seriously the role of these particular games as a 'killer app' for winning the broader metaverse."
The complaint plainly recognizes Meta's potential to dominate the virtual reality space, Slaiman added. "It's really refreshing to see the FTC is not 'waiting to see what happens' in VR."
Slaiman also said the timing of the FTC's complaint could renew pressure on Congress to pass a tech-focused antitrust bill that erects new barriers between tech giants' various lines of business.
That bill, the American Innovation and Choice Online Act, is awaiting a Senate floor vote, but Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer has not put the legislation on the agenda and proponents face a shrinking window of time before Congress breaks for summer recess. | https://www.kmbc.com/article/ftc-files-block-facebook-parent-meta-buying-vr-company/40733710 | 2022-07-28T04:21:30Z | https://www.kmbc.com/article/ftc-files-block-facebook-parent-meta-buying-vr-company/40733710 | false | 13 |
Surgery addict Mary Magdalene returns to the same airline where she was thrown off a flight for 'appearing intoxicated' and heads straight to the airport BAR before boarding
Plastic surgery addict Mary Magdalene made headlines in June after she was thrown off an American Airlines flight for 'appearing intoxicated' on board.
And this week, the social media star returned to American Airlines for the first time since the incident to catch a flight from Canada to Los Angeles.
Before catching her flight, the 30-year-old was spotted sitting alone at the airport bar.
Social media star Mary Magdalene returned to American Airlines this week, two months after being thrown off one of their flights because she 'appeared intoxicated'
She later indulged in some duty-free shopping, browsing some colourful printed tops and accessorised for heading back to the terminal.
Mary was hard to miss in the airport, donning a busty sports bra that could barely contain her enormous cleavage.
The bra was similar to the one she wore when she was kicked off her American Airlines flight in early June.
At the time, she claimed that the reason behind the booting was because she looked 'too explicit' in the revealing top.
Before catching her flight, the 30-year-old was spotted sitting alone at the airport bar
But sources close to American Airlines told TMZ at the time that Mary 'appeared to be intoxicated' and 'was sitting in several different seats before takeoff', which caused her to be removed.
TMZ also obtained footage of Mary leaving an airport restroom before her flight with a large orange drink in her hand, but it's unclear if the beverage contained alcohol or not.
The Canadian model, who was in Los Angeles to celebrate her birthday at the time, responded to the TMZ report in a series of videos and posts.
She later indulged in some duty-free shopping, browsing some colourful printed tops and accessorised for heading back to the terminal
The voluptuous model was fixated on some of the colourful prints in the store
'Why wouldn't I be drunk now, it's my birthday weekend, girl bye,' she wrote.
'Why would the airline say, "oh yeah, I kicked her off for discrimination." That's illegal. The f**k. So I don't care what they say,' Mary told fans in a video.
'If I was being ratchet or making a scene or being like crazy, I get it. I got no warnings for nothing, I was literally just... I got on the plane, the moment I got on the plane I fell asleep.
'I woke up to the lady poking me, asking, "Oh, can we talk to you?" And then they walked me off the plane and I didn't think anything of it.
'I'm like, "Why am I kicked out?" And that's when she's like, "Oh, your headphones." Which didn't even make sense.'
Mary was hard to miss in the airport, donning a busty sports bra that could barely contain her enormous cleavage
The 30-year-old's enormous curves were visible from a mile away
Mary then demanded that the airline 'show the cameras on the plane' so that people can see what really happened on board.
In another post, Mary said: 'I may look fake but one thing about me I'm real as f**k. I have no reason to lie!! If I was being a mess I deserved to get kicked out. But I was literally just minding my own business.'
'I was kicked off the flight for how I look,' she raged to her thousands of followers.
'Please stop discrimination, please this is disgusting. I feel so embarrassed and dehumanised right now, you guys have no idea.'
Mary made global headlines in June after she was thrown off an American Airlines flight for 'appearing intoxicated' on board
She then shared a selfie that she took on-board the flight, which showed wearing wired headphones and a low-cut sports bra that could barely contain her extreme cleavage.
'Obviously this is why she kicked me off, cos I look too explicit but that's not legal so she had to say it's because I was sleeping and wouldn't hear her,' she captioned it.
Mary shot to fame after undergoing an operation to get the world's 'fattest vagina'.
Shortly after being thrown off the flight, Mary posted this image and caption, which was filled with typos
Over the years, her surgeries have included a brow lift, fat transfers, multiple nose and boob jobs, veneers, liposuction, butt implants, porcelain veneers and more.
Her breast implants are currently over 5000cc, giving them a combined weight of more than 10kg.
Mary's already undergone three separate Brazilian butt lift procedures in addition to butt implants, and as a result was turned down by doctors for further work on her behind, causing her to get 'under the table' silicone injections.
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Samsung has always been known for making high-end smartphones. It is also one of the first companies to launch mainstream folding smartphones in India. If you are looking for the best possible smartphone from Samsung, then you will be surprised that the brand has multiple smartphones that excel in various aspects.
The Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra is currently the non-folding flagship smartphone from the company. Similarly, we have the Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 3 as the folding flagship smartphone. Check out this list of some of the best Samsung smartphones that are currently on sale in India.
Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra
Price: Rs. 1,09,99
Key Specs
- 6.8-inch (3088 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ Infinity-O-Edge Dynamic AMOLED Display
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 8 Gen 1 4nm Mobile Platform / Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 2200 processor
- 8GB RAM with 128GB storage
- 12GB RAM with 256GB/512GB/1TB storage
- Android 12 with One UI 4.1
- 108MP + 12MP + 10MP + 10MP Rear Camera
- 40MP front camera
- 5G SA/NSA, 4G VoLTE
- 5,000 mAh battery
- 6.8-inch (3200 x 1440 pixels) Quad HD+ Infinity-O-Edge Dynamic AMOLED Display
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform / Octa-Core Samsung Exynos 2100 processor
- 12GB / 16GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB/256GB/512GB storage
- Android 11 with One UI 3.1
- 108MP + 12MP + 10MP + 10MP Rear Camera
- 40MP front camera
- 5G SA/NSA, 4G VoLTE
- 5,000 mAh battery
- 7.6-inch (2208 x 1768 pixels) QXGA+ 22.5:18 Dynamic AMOLED 2X Display
- 6.2-inch (2268 x 832 pixels) 24.5:9) HD+ Dynamic AMOLED 2X Cover Display
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 888 5nm Mobile Platform
- 12GB LPDDR5 RAM, 256GB / 512GB (UFS 3.1) storage
- Android 11 with One UI 3.1
- Dual SIM (nano + eSIM)
- 12MP + 12MP + 12MP Rear Camera
- 10MP front-facing camera
- 4MP Under display camera
- 5G SA/NSA, Sub6 / mmWave, Dual 4G VoLTE
- 4,400 mAh battery
- 6.9-inch Quad HD+ (3088 × 1440 pixels) Dynamic AMOLED Infinity-O Display
- Octa-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon 865+ 7nm Mobile Platform with Adreno 650 GPU
- LTE- 8GB LPDDR5 RAM with 256GB/512GB (UFS 3.1) storage, expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
- 5G - 12GB LPDDR5 RAM with 128GB/256GB/512GB (UFS 3.1) storage
- Expandable memory up to 1TB with microSD
- Android 10 with OneUI
- Hybrid Dual SIM (nano + nano / microSD)
- 108MP + 12MP + 12MP Rear Camera
- 10MP front-facing camera
- 5G SA/NSA, Dual 4G VoLTE
- 4,500 mAh (typical) battery
- 6.4 Inch QHD+ Dynamic AMOLED Display
- Octa Core Exynos 9820/Snapdragon 855 Processor
- 8/12GB RAM With 128/512/1024GB ROM
- WiFi
- NFC
- Bluetooth
- Dual SIM
- 12MP + 12MP + 16MP Triple Rear Camera
- 10MP + 8MP Dual Front Camera
- Fingerprint
- IP68
- 4,100 MAh Battery
Samsung Galaxy S21 Ultra
Price: Rs. 128,999
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Today in History
Today is Thursday, July 28, the 209th day of 2022. There are 156 days left in the year.
Today’s Highlights in History:
On July 28, 1945, the U.S. Senate ratified the United Nations Charter by a vote of 89-2. A U.S. Army bomber crashed into the 79th floor of New York’s Empire State Building, killing 14 people.
On this date:
In 1609, the English ship Sea Venture, commanded by Adm. Sir George Somers, ran ashore on Bermuda, where the passengers and crew founded a colony.
In 1914, World War I began as Austria-Hungary declared war on Serbia.
In 1932, federal troops forcibly dispersed the so-called “Bonus Army” of World War I veterans who had gathered in Washington to demand payments they weren’t scheduled to receive until 1945.
In 1943, President Franklin D. Roosevelt announced the end of coffee rationing, which had limited people to one pound of coffee every five weeks since it began in Nov. 1942.
In 1965, President Lyndon B. Johnson announced he was increasing the number of American troops in South Vietnam from 75,000 to 125,000 “almost immediately.”
In 1976, an earthquake devastated northern China, killing at least 242,000 people, according to an official estimate.
In 1984, the Los Angeles Summer Olympics opened.
In 1995, a jury in Union, South Carolina, rejected the death penalty for Susan Smith, sentencing her to life in prison for drowning her two young sons (Smith will be eligible for parole in 2024).
In 2015, it was announced that Jonathan Pollard, the former U.S. Naval intelligence analyst who had spent nearly three decades in prison for spying for Israel, had been granted parole.
In 2016, Hillary Clinton accepted the Democratic presidential nomination at the party’s convention in Philadelphia, where she cast herself as a unifier for divided times as well as an experienced leader steeled for a volatile world while aggressively challenging Republican Donald Trump’s ability to lead.
In 2019, a gunman opened fire at a popular garlic festival in Gilroy, California, killing three people, including a six-year-old boy and a 13-year-old girl, and wounding 17 others before taking his own life.
In 2020, President Donald Trump issued a stout defense of the disproved use of a malaria drug, hydroxychloroquine, to treat COVID-19, hours after social media companies took down videos shared by Trump, his son and others promoting its use; Trump also retweeted several attacks on the credibility of Dr. Anthony Fauci, a leading member of the White House coronavirus task force.
Ten years ago: Syria’s government launched an offensive to retake rebel-held neighborhoods in the nation’s commercial hub of Aleppo. At the London Olympics, Chinese swimmer Ye Shiwen set the first world record, winning the women’s 400-meter individual medley in 4:28.43. Ryan Lochte of the U.S. won the men’s 400-meter individual medley in 4:05.18.
Five years ago: The Senate voted 51-49 to reject Majority Leader Mitch McConnell’s last-ditch effort to dismantle President Barack Obama’s health care overhaul with a trimmed-down bill; John McCain, who was about to begin treatments for a brain tumor, joined two other GOP senators in voting against the repeal effort. President Donald Trump announced he was appointing Homeland Security Secretary John Kelly to be his chief of staff. Defrocked priest Paul Shanley, who was at the center of Boston’s Roman Catholic clergy sex abuse scandal, was released from prison at the age of 86.
One year ago: The Senate voted to begin work on a nearly $1 trillion national infrastructure plan after the White House and a bipartisan group of senators agreed on major provisions of the package, a key part of President Joe Biden’s agenda. New guidance from the federal government calling for even vaccinated people to wear masks indoors in parts of the country set off a cascade of mask rules across the nation as cities, states, schools and businesses raced to restore mandates and others pushed back against the guidelines. The Texas blues rock trio ZZ Top announced that long-bearded bassist Dusty Hill had died at age 72.
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Katie Ledecky didn’t swim the 200m freestyle at last month’s world championships, but her winning time at the U.S. Championships on Wednesday would have won the world title by nearly a half-second.
Ledecky prevailed in 1 minute, 54.50 seconds at nationals in Irvine, California, distancing Erin Gemmell by 1.64 seconds. Ledecky is undefeated in domestic 200m free races for eight years.
“I’m really happy with that time,” she said on Olympic Channel. “I didn’t feel so great today, so really wasn’t expecting to go that fast.”
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Ledecky swam the fourth-best time of her career. Only Australian rival Ariarne Titmus has gone faster this year — a 1:53.31 at her national championships in May. Titmus, who also broke Ledecky’s 400m free world record at Australian nationals, skipped worlds to focus on the Commonwealth Games that start later this week.
Ledecky passed on the 200m free at worlds in part because the 200m free semis were the same night as the 1500m free final.
China’s Yang Junxuan won the world title in 1:54.92. Neither American made the final.
Ledecky hasn’t decided whether she will re-add the 200m free to her program ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics.
Last year, she was fifth in the 200m free, her shortest event, at the Tokyo Olympics, when she also won the 1500m free in the same session. For Paris, the 1500m free and 200m free are separated by two days, which betters the chances that Ledecky puts it back into her program at Olympic Trials.
Ledecky’s last victory in the 200m free at a major international meet was at the 2016 Rio Games.
In Wednesday’s men’s 200m free, 19-year-old Luke Hobson upset Olympian Kieran Smith and won in 1:46.14. Hobson, who was seventh at April’s world championships trials, lowered his personal best by 78 hundredths.
Matt Fallon, a rising Penn sophomore, won the men’s 200m breaststroke in a personal best by one second, 2:07.91, which would have won silver at the world championships. Fallon skipped April’s world team trials to focus on academics.
Mackenzie Looze, daughter of Indiana coach Ray Looze, won the women’s 200m breast in 2:25.35, a personal best by 2.14 seconds.
Isabelle Stadden upset world team members Rhyan White and Claire Curzan in the women’s 200m backstroke, prevailing in 2:07.29. She now ranks sixth in the world this year and fourth among Americans.
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Erling Haaland And Jack Grealish Already Have A Bromance As Tunnel Footage From Bayern Win Emerges
Erling Haaland and Jack Grealish are developing a strong bromance and tunnel footage from Manchester City's 1-0 victory over Bayern Munich proves it. Check out the video below. Haaland missed City's 2-1 win against Club America earlier this week but started against Bundesliga giants Bayern in the early hours...
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Cryptocurrency Ethereum Classic's price rallies 30% in 24 hours while ether jumps 16%. What's driving the surge?
2 min read . 09:48 AM IST- Cryptocurrency ether's price, on the other hand, surged more than 16% in the last 24 hours
Ethereum Classic rallied over 30% to $33 in the last 24 hours, as per CoinGecko, whereas, Ether, on the other hand, surged more than 16% to $1,655 as Ethereum’s long-anticipated software upgrade has pushed up the prices of the respective cryptocurrencies in the recent days.
Ethereum Classic rallied over 30% to $33 in the last 24 hours, as per CoinGecko, whereas, Ether, on the other hand, surged more than 16% to $1,655 as Ethereum’s long-anticipated software upgrade has pushed up the prices of the respective cryptocurrencies in the recent days.
Ethereum Classic, which was created after a 2016 software change known as a hard fork on Ethereum’s blockchain. Ether price has also surged as the crypto industry awaits the blockchain’s biggest transition, also called the Merge, which could take place in September after being kicked down the road for several years.
Ethereum Classic, which was created after a 2016 software change known as a hard fork on Ethereum’s blockchain. Ether price has also surged as the crypto industry awaits the blockchain’s biggest transition, also called the Merge, which could take place in September after being kicked down the road for several years.
The Merge is set to take Ethereum to a system called Proof of Stake, in which staked Ether tokens will order transactions, from its current system called Proof of Work, a mechanism which uses powerful computers to order transactions.
The Merge is set to take Ethereum to a system called Proof of Stake, in which staked Ether tokens will order transactions, from its current system called Proof of Work, a mechanism which uses powerful computers to order transactions.
Soon, the current Ethereum Mainnet will merge with the Beacon Chain proof-of-stake system. This will mark the end of proof-of-work for Ethereum, and the full transition to proof-of-stake. This sets the stage for future scaling upgrades including sharding. The Merge will reduce Ethereum's energy consumption by around 99.95%, it claims in its website.
Soon, the current Ethereum Mainnet will merge with the Beacon Chain proof-of-stake system. This will mark the end of proof-of-work for Ethereum, and the full transition to proof-of-stake. This sets the stage for future scaling upgrades including sharding. The Merge will reduce Ethereum's energy consumption by around 99.95%, it claims in its website.
The offshoot’s outperformance first came after Ethereum blockchain’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin mentioned it at the annual Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, in Paris on July 21.
The offshoot’s outperformance first came after Ethereum blockchain’s co-founder Vitalik Buterin mentioned it at the annual Ethereum Community Conference, or EthCC, in Paris on July 21.
Ethereum Classic is nearly 42% in the last seven days, placed as number 20 largest cryptocurrency in terms of market value. ETC is the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum Classic, a blockchain project that was created in 2016 when Ethereum’s blockchain split into two separate chains following a disagreement among members of its community, as per CoinDesk.
Ethereum Classic is nearly 42% in the last seven days, placed as number 20 largest cryptocurrency in terms of market value. ETC is the native cryptocurrency of Ethereum Classic, a blockchain project that was created in 2016 when Ethereum’s blockchain split into two separate chains following a disagreement among members of its community, as per CoinDesk.
Buterin revealed that the Ether network will be 55% complete once they finish the upgradation of Merge. Earlier this month, Ethereum Foundation member Tim Beiko suggested September 19 as the provisional launch date for the Merge.
Buterin revealed that the Ether network will be 55% complete once they finish the upgradation of Merge. Earlier this month, Ethereum Foundation member Tim Beiko suggested September 19 as the provisional launch date for the Merge.
Ethereum Classic, which still uses the Proof-of-Work mechanism, may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Ethereum’s migration, which is expected to cut off earnings for as many as one million people. Miners who are looking for a platform for their costly mining equipment may turn to Ethereum Classic.
Ethereum Classic, which still uses the Proof-of-Work mechanism, may be one of the biggest beneficiaries of the Ethereum’s migration, which is expected to cut off earnings for as many as one million people. Miners who are looking for a platform for their costly mining equipment may turn to Ethereum Classic.
The original Ethereum was pushed further into the limelight after AntPool, the mining pool affiliated with mining giant Bitmain Technologies Ltd, said it has invested $10 million to support it, reported Bloomberg.
The original Ethereum was pushed further into the limelight after AntPool, the mining pool affiliated with mining giant Bitmain Technologies Ltd, said it has invested $10 million to support it, reported Bloomberg.
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Trinidad: Rohit Sharma and Shikhar Dhawan are arguably the best ODI openers of the generation, but it is not certain the two would be opening for India in the next year’s 50-overs World Cup. With India being spoilt for choices for the opening slot, Dhawan has done well for himself by getting among the runs in the Caribbean tour where he led the side in the absence of Rohit.Also Read - Shubman Gill's MONSTROUS 104-m Six Sends Ball Out of Stadium; Watch Viral VIDEO
With much speculation over Dhawan’s World Cup chances, ex-India cricketer Pragyan Ojha has weighed in on the topic recently. Ojha reckoned Rohit would certainly want Dhawan as they have good partnerships. Also Read - Rohit Sharma's Presence in Team India's Dressing-Room Picture After Series Win Delight Fans | VIRAL TWEETS
“I am seeing the right signs. When you look at a senior player, you have to see what is happening to them. He’s in the mix [for the 2023 ODI World Cup] and now, when the seniors are not there and he is just playing one format. He’s the captain, the leader of the pack, and the batting which looked rusty in England is now looking better… he is trying to get into that space. It is clear that Rohit Sharma wants Shikhar because they both have very good partnerships,” Ojha told Jamie Alter on his Glance chat show, The Alternate View. Also Read - Shikhar Dhawan Equals MS Dhoni's MASSIVE Record With 29th ODI Fifty-Plus Score Outside Asia
“They have both done a brilliant job together. I think in world cricket they are third or fourth [sic: fourth highest in ODIs as an opening pair] and Rohit believes that if someone is consistently performing or has done really well over the years, he can’t be discarded. Rohit definitely gives you that cushion and it’s a good thing, because in ICC events, you need that little bit of experience,” he added. | https://www.india.com/sports/rohit-sharma-wants-shikhar-dhawan-because-they-both-have-very-good-partnerships-pragyan-ojha-on-ind-openers-wc-chances-5539116/ | 2022-07-28T04:56:43Z | https://www.india.com/sports/rohit-sharma-wants-shikhar-dhawan-because-they-both-have-very-good-partnerships-pragyan-ojha-on-ind-openers-wc-chances-5539116/ | true | 1 |
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Church apologies: Top leaders say sorry for historical sins
When Pope Francis apologizes to Indigenous groups on Canadian soil this week, he will make another effort toward healing harms inflicted at church-run residential schools — and add to the Catholic Church's growing ledger of atonement for past transgressions.
Like the papacy, top Protestant leaders also have gradually issued institutional mea culpas for their churches' historical wrongs. Many of the apologies on behalf of Christian denominations are for grave offenses: genocide, sex abuse, slavery, war and more.
While increasingly common, the ecclesial apology is a relatively modern phenomenon, said Jeremy Bergen, a church apology expert and professor of religious and theological studies at Conrad Grebel University College in Waterloo, Ontario.
“For 1,900 years, churches didn’t apologize for the bad things that they did,” Bergen said.
He pinpoints the pivot to significant apologies coming in the aftermath of World War II, especially a declaration by Germany's Protestant churches that they failed to adequately oppose the Nazis. It was among the first in a series of recognitions that Christian institutions themselves committed wrongs, Bergen said. In the 1990s, church apologies increased as more attention was paid to human rights following the Cold War, he said.
The pope flew to Canada on Sunday to apologize for abuses Indigenous people suffered in the country's state-funded residential Christian schools. From the 1800s to the 1970s, Native children were forced to attend the schools where abuse was rampant.
The apology follows a similar one Francis made in April in Rome to members of Canada's First Nations, Inuit and Metis communities.
The setting matters, said Fernie Marty, a member of the Papaschase, a Cree nation in Alberta. The 73-year-old is a survivor of a day school — part of a system that, like residential schools, aimed to assimilate Indigenous children.
He appreciated the pope’s Rome apology, but “this is where all the atrocities happened,” Marty said. It’s “more meaningful coming on Canadian soil."
Marty, an elder at Sacred Heart Church of the First Peoples in Edmonton, a Catholic parish in Alberta's capital oriented toward Indigenous people and culture, said the pope’s visit offers “a tremendous opportunity for my own personal healing.”
But George Pipestem, 79, a member of the Montana First Nation and a survivor of the Ermineskin Indian Residential School, questioned the relevance of a papal apology, just as he questioned apologies by Canadian prime ministers for the government’s role in the schools.
He said the abusers should be the ones apologizing: “They’re all gone, though. This apologizing, it doesn’t matter to me. It’s like nothing. It’s only a word."
It is not uncommon for a leader who was neither involved nor alive when a wrong was committed to deliver a church's apology. Some took generations to say sorry.
Graham Dodds, a political science professor at Concordia University in Montreal who researches political apologies, says institutional responsibility can extend beyond the present day or any one person's lifetime.
“It’s part of being a leader to accept that connection with things past,” he said.
St. John Paul II embraced that responsibility and left a legacy of papal apologies. None were more significant than his list of mea culpas issued as the Catholic Church opened its 2000 Jubilee and entered its third millennium.
John Paul apologized for Catholics' sins through the ages, including against women, Jews and other religious minorities. In his most memorable act, he tucked a prayer note into the Western Wall in Jerusalem asking God’s forgiveness for those who "have caused these children of yours to suffer.”
He wanted “something of a clean slate,” Dodds said.
The following year, when John Paul sent his first-ever email, it was an apology for colonial-era abuses of Aboriginal peoples in Australia and the Pacific, as well as for the sexual abuse of children by Catholic clergy.
His successor, Pope Benedict XVI, also apologized for clerical abuse, most significantly in a 2010 letter to Irish faithful. He said he was “truly sorry” for the hurt and blamed Irish bishops, though he was silent on Vatican responsibility.
Francis has gone further, first apologizing for his own errors in defending a Chilean bishop who covered up abuse by the country’s most notorious pedophile priest. That 2018 scandal was a turning point in the pope's understanding of abuse, and he continued to apologize for it.
Juan Carlos Cruz, who was abused by that priest, received both a church apology and a personal one from Francis. It felt like finally the church recognized the harm he suffered, and he could start healing, Cruz said. It also motivated Cruz, now a member of the Pontifical Commission for the Protection of Minors, to continue advocating for survivors.
“Pope Francis had a sincerity that it was hard not to believe. And it’s not because you’re sitting in front of a pope. ... It's because of his humility and sincerity,” Cruz said. “Trust me. I’ve received apologies from many people in the church that are as fake as you can imagine.”
Francis has also apologized, in 2015 in Bolivia, for wrongs committed by the church against Indigenous peoples during the conquest of the Americas.
Timing, word choice and contrition are important elements for an apology to be effective, Dodds said. Bad apologies try to justify or explain away wrongs, while good ones admit fault and convey, "It was wrong. ... It won’t happen again. Please, forgive me,’” he said.
What comes next also matters, said the Rev. Dwight McKissic Sr., senior pastor of Cornerstone Baptist Church in Arlington, Texas. He is a Black minister in the predominately white Southern Baptist Convention, which was founded in 1845 in support of slaveholding missionaries.
It took SBC delegates 150 years to repudiate slavery and apologize for racism, in 1995. It was overdue and the right thing to do, McKissic said, but he wanted to see if the SBC would follow up with more leadership diversity.
He recalled visiting convention headquarters in Nashville in 2007 and being told the top African American working in the building was a custodian. When he returned recently, the top post was held by Willie McLaurin, the first Black man to head the SBC's Executive Committee.
“That's progress,” McKissic said, while cautioning that there is still room for “a lot of improvements” such as more diversity among leadership and seminary professors.
This year SBC delegates also apologized for harm caused to church sexual abuse survivors.
The United Church of Canada, the nation's largest Protestant denomination, apologized more than 20 years ago for its role in operating 15 residential schools for Indigenous youths.
The Right Rev. Richard Bott, who is now the church’s moderator and top spiritual leader, said the institutional repentance and reparations his predecessor set in motion in 1998 remains a work in progress.
“This is not work that’s done in a day,” Bott said. “This is the work of a lifetime of response and an institutional lifetime of response. The only way we will get there is to begin each day in a good way with Indigenous neighbors. So that’s really central to our understanding of apology.”
When Francis apologized at the Vatican in April to the visiting delegation of Indigenous Canadians, he also listened to their personal stories of residential school abuse.
“They spoke truth,” Edmonton Archbishop Richard Smith said, and they told the pope they needed “to hear words from you that will heal.”
But when the pontiff comes to Canada, Smith said, it's important that he doesn't just read from a carefully vetted script: “Everybody wants him to speak from his heart.”
Smith said it can't stop there. The Catholic Church in Canada will have to do much more than apologize to heal the wrongs at the schools. “This is about one step in a very long journey.”
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Nicole Winfield in Vatican City contributed to this report.
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COLORADO SPRINGS— Widefield School District 3 (WSD3) received $1.1 million from School Access For Emergency Response (SAFER) grant funding.
State legislature in 2018 created SAFER grants by Senate Bill 18-158.
“At the time what the legislature was seeking to do was increase interoperable communications between school districts and emergency responders,” said Austin Geddis, School Emergency Response Program Manager.
School districts applied for SAFER grant funding online and a grant selection committee chose the recipients.
“The state legislature appoints a number of members to the selection committee,” said Geddis. “We created an application that fit the tone in between the responsibilities of the legislation that school districts complete.”
Seven school districts and two boards of cooperative educational services were selected to receive SAFER grant funds including WSD3.
“It’s a great opportunity for us to just add another layer of support for us with when it comes to crisis situations in our school district,” said Aaron Hoffman, Executive Director Secondary Student Learning.
WSD3 partnered with SchoolSAFE to create two-way radios to improve crisis communication.
“Essentially what it does is it gives us the opportunity to get some infrastructures in our school district with radios, tech towers, different types of hardware and software in each of our schools,” said Hoffman.
All 18 school sites in the WSD3 district will recieve these funds.
“It’ll give us the opportunity to communicate directly with first responders,” said Hoffman. “It gives us an unique opportunity to protect the students and staff for whom we serve.”
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AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - OtO's smart sprinkler and lawncare solutions will make their retail debut exclusively to Walmart customers in select Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles, California stores, and nationwide on Walmart.com.
OtO, Inc. is the maker of the world's first smart home sprinkler and lawn treatment system and was recognized earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show with the CES Best of Innovation Award in the Smart Home category. This launch will offer Walmart customers with an innovative, cost effective, and convenient option for lawncare, pest control, and backyard pet odor management.
This launch comes at a critical time where inflation, rising fuel costs, labor shortages, and water restrictions are making maintaining a healthy lawn and garden more costly and less convenient. Recent surveys of landscapers have shown average prices for lawncare have increased by over 20% to offset rising input costs.1
"We're partnering with Walmart to deliver customers the most convenient and cost-effective option when it comes to lawncare. Walmart's mission to save people money so they can live better could not be more timely in this climate," said Ali Sabti, Founder and CEO of OtO. "Walmart is an ideal partner given their commitments to innovation and sustainability, and their trusted relationship with the largest retail customer base in the U.S. We are excited to grow with them this year and for many years to come."
Founded in 2019 by Sabti, an entrepreneur and inventor, OtO provides customers with an alternative to expensive or very time consuming lawncare options. By leveraging the latest in smart home technology, OtO not only provides customers with money and time savings, but can also reduce lawncare-related water consumption by up to 50%.
"Walmart has a strong track record of supporting innovative sustainability initiatives. Walmart's Journey Towards Regeneration is an exciting opportunity. We see OtO as contributing towards this goal by advancing responsible outdoor water use and accelerating the transition to natural outdoor solutions." said Sabti.
OtO's offering includes hardware products, such as their innovative smart home sprinkler, and people, planet, and pet safe natural yard treatments. These products are designed to provide homeowners with a transformation: a beautiful, lush garden; an outdoor environment safe from ticks and mosquitoes; and a convenient and all-natural way to deodorize and clean up after pets. OtO delivers these transformations at the best price and with the lowest environmental impact, in line with the company and Walmart's mission.
About OtO
OtO is redefining the future of outdoor living. By taking the smart home outdoors, the company is ushering in a new era of convenience and sustainability. OtO partners with homeowners to solve expensive and time-consuming pain points with maintaining a beautiful and rewarding outdoor space. OtO is focused on leveraging cutting-edge technology to offer products that are better for customers and the planet.
For more information visit OtOLawn.com.
Contacts
OtO Partnerships
646-701-4134 | partnerships@otolawn.com
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A football club has successfully gained planning permission to fence off a field used by its players after a compromise was reached and agreed with councillors.
Skelton United FC’s original proposal for near two-and-a-half metre high fencing, along with the addition of an overflow car park, triggered 40 objections from local residents with some likening the fencing to a "prison camp". The club’s supporters said pitches on the De Brus Centre field, off Marske Lane, Skelton, east Cleveland, were “covered in excrement and rubbish” and games had also been cancelled due to damage from motorbikers.
Redcar and Cleveland Council’s regulatory committee deferred the plans in May after concerns that the layout of the fencing meant residents would be forced to walk around a nearby housing estate in order to reach a wildlife pond and also restrict access for wheelchair users and people with pushchairs.
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The club and its agent subsequently submitted amended plans which were approved by committee members at a recent meeting. But two councillors, Anne Watts and Philip Thomson, abstained in the vote, amid continued concern over disabled access.
Cllr Watts said: “Too many football clubs are limiting residents’ access to open spaces which we should not support.”
The revisions agreed include a lockable pedestrian gate in the fence on the east side of the site being replaced by a so-called ‘A frame’ access barrier. The planned fencing to the west and north has now been offset from the boundary of the site to allow pedestrian access from east to west and vice versa.
The fence to the south of the site will now be set off the boundary of the residential properties adjacent to the site on Ennerdale Crescent by between 25 and 55 metres and again include an A frame access barrier.
Skelton East ward councillor Cliff Foggo had said the field was leased from the council for football games, but also for use by the public as a general park, and allowing the original application would have a detrimental effect on residents attempting to visit the pond from the field.
Cllr Foggo told the Local Democracy Reporting Service that he had been in discussions with the club’s chairman to find an acceptable solution and he had not objected to the revised plans.
He said: “There’s a top section of the field outside of the fencing which is accessible by disabled people wanting to get to the pond. The compromise is that the pitches continue to be available for all to use and there is access to the wildlife pond via a path all the way down the side.
“The fencing is to stop motorbikes getting on the field, not to stop public access.”
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Candidates who appeared for the UPPSC PCS Prelims exam check their results and UPPSC PCS cut off on the official website: uppsc.up.gov.in.
Here are the steps to follow to check the results.
- Go the official site uppsc.up.nic.in
- On homepage click on 'LIST OF CANDIDATES QUALIFIED FOR THE COMBINED STATE/UPPER SUBORDINATE SERVICES(MAINS) EXAM-2022'
- New page opens with the file of selected candidates
- Scroll down and see if your roll number is there
Those who have qualified are those who have managed to to score above the cutoff.
The UPPSC PCS Prelims 2022 exam was held on June 12, 2022. More than 3 lakh candidates appeared. As many as 5,964 candidates have made it to the UPPSC PCS Mains 2022.
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The government raised another ₹4,000 crore on the second day of the 5G spectrum auctions, taking its total proceeds from the sale to ₹1.49 lakh crore. The action on Wednesday was muted, though some circles saw intense bidding in the mid band or C-band (3.3-3.67 GHz), and high band (26 GHz) for the second successive day.
Airtel, Jio Select 5G Gear Partners, Voda Idea in TalksBharti Airtel and Reliance Jio Infocomm are believed to have finalised their 5G equipment partners, awarding contracts to Finland’s Nokia, Sweden’s Ericsson and Korea’s Samsung, officially shutting out Chinese vendors Huawei and ZTE from the rollouts of the next-gen technology.
SC Upholds PMLA Provisions’ ValidityThe Supreme Court has upheld the constitutional validity of the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), calling it a “unique and special legislation” and underlining the powers of the Directorate of Enforcement (ED) to hold inquiries, arrest people and attach property.
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Chiefs RB Isiah Pacheco ready to play any role needed this season
The start of every NFL player’s career has its share of challenges and obstacles to reaching the pinnacle. A player selected in the late rounds of the NFL draft is usually facing an uphill climb to not only make a name for himself but also make the team.
The Kansas City Chiefs selected Rutgers speedster running back Isiah Pacheco in the seventh round of this year’s draft, banking on his impressive ability. The new No. 10 for the Chiefs expressed his willingness to play any role if called upon by the coaches this season. He’s recently used the hot weather in his hometown as motivation for training camp and discussing with reporters on Saturday.
“Training in South Jersey is really hot out there right now in the hundreds,” said Pacheco. “So just taking advantage of the heat, practicing back at home, getting prepared for the camp, is something I took advantage of.”
Pacheco was a team captain during his tenure at Rutgers, showcasing his skills on the field but also his determination and toughness. He is open to adapting to new positions and starting on special teams to help the team succeed without changing his character.
“Nothing makes me different,” said Pacheco. “Just be the same guy, like I did before at Rutgers. And, you know, be a team player, whatever coach wants me to do, I’m gonna do it. And take advantage of any opportunities. Coming from an offensive coach at the running back position, coach Augie (Hoffmann) definitely prepared me for the next level, and I feel like I’m at a good size to where I could take on blocking.”
Pacheco has the right attitude to start his first training camp and will be pushing to carve a consistent spot on the team. The arrival of veterans soon will be another measuring stick for the rookie running back. | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2678761396019/chiefs-rb-isiah-pacheco-ready-to-play-any-role-needed-this-season | 2022-07-28T05:20:41Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2678761396019/chiefs-rb-isiah-pacheco-ready-to-play-any-role-needed-this-season | true | 1 |
WELLINGTON, New Zealand (AP) — The family of a Tennessee pharmacist who died on her honeymoon in Fiji decided to cremate her in the South Pacific nation rather than bring her home because her body was badly damaged, a lawyer representing the family said Thursday.
Christe Chen, 36, died earlier this month at the exclusive Turtle Island resort. Her husband Bradley Robert Dawson, 38, has been charged with her murder and made his first appearance Wednesday at Fiji's Lautoka High Court.
The case has been adjourned until next month and Dawson, who remains in jail, has not yet entered a plea. If found guilty, he could face a sentence of life imprisonment.
Lawyer Ronald Gordon, who is representing Chen's family, said Chen's parents traveled to Fiji after their daughter's death but didn't embalm her body and take her to the U.S. as they'd hoped. Instead, they took home her ashes.
Gordon said the newlyweds, who were based in Memphis, had arrived in Fiji on July 7 for their honeymoon at the resort, which is on a 500-acre island and limited to 14 couples at a time.
Gordon said the couple were heard arguing over dinner on July 8, and following an incident in their room, Dawson fled on a kayak to another island, taking his wallet but not his phone or GPS watch.
It wasn't until the following afternoon, after the couple had missed breakfast and lunch, that staff discovered Chen's body, Gordon said. He said she had multiple blunt trauma wounds to her head.
Dawson was found by police about 36 hours later, Gordon said. He said Dawson may have trying to get to Fiji's main island but stuck out on the remote island inhabited only by Indigenous people who had alerted others to Dawson's presence.
Dawson's lawyer Iqbal Khan said that from what he knows so far, he doesn't see the elements of murder. He said investigators haven't yet released to him all the information in the case, including the post-mortem report, but that what happened could have been an accident.
Khan said Dawson left the resort because “he panicked, he was shocked.” He said Dawson was distressed at losing his wife and had been slowly recovering.
NBC News reported Dawson worked as an information technology specialist for a nonprofit organization, Youth Villages, while Chen had worked as a pastry chef before returning to school to become a pharmacist, and had worked in that capacity at a Kroger supermarket in Memphis.
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SOUTH Africa: A Zimbabwean man has been arrested in the Free State for allegedly murdering a man who was believed to be his girlfriend’s lover.
The 37-year-old Zimbabwean, who is believed to have been in the country illegally, allegedly stabbed Jonas Lesolia, 57, to death in Vaal Park, Sasolburg on Monday.
The suspect is due to appear in court on Wednesday on a murder charge and immigration-related charges.
“It is alleged that the girlfriend was pursuing both Jonas Lesolia and [the] suspect… as partners at the same time,” Free State police spokesperson Constable Langa Maselela said.
He added that the suspect traced the movements of his girlfriend and caught her with the 57-year-old on their way to work.
Maselela said he stabbed the victim multiple times using a sharp object and fled on foot, leaving the girlfriend at the scene.
Maselela said the man was traced and arrested on the same day. | https://www.newzimbabwe.com/sa-zim-man-arrested-for-allegedly-stabbing-girlfriends-suspected-lover-to-death/ | 2022-07-28T05:35:33Z | https://www.newzimbabwe.com/sa-zim-man-arrested-for-allegedly-stabbing-girlfriends-suspected-lover-to-death/ | false | null |
AUSTIN, Texas, July 28, 2022 /PRNewswire/ - OtO's smart sprinkler and lawncare solutions will make their retail debut exclusively to Walmart customers in select Austin, Texas, and Los Angeles, California stores, and nationwide on Walmart.com.
OtO, Inc. is the maker of the world's first smart home sprinkler and lawn treatment system and was recognized earlier this year at the Consumer Electronics Show with the CES Best of Innovation Award in the Smart Home category. This launch will offer Walmart customers with an innovative, cost effective, and convenient option for lawncare, pest control, and backyard pet odor management.
This launch comes at a critical time where inflation, rising fuel costs, labor shortages, and water restrictions are making maintaining a healthy lawn and garden more costly and less convenient. Recent surveys of landscapers have shown average prices for lawncare have increased by over 20% to offset rising input costs.1
"We're partnering with Walmart to deliver customers the most convenient and cost-effective option when it comes to lawncare. Walmart's mission to save people money so they can live better could not be more timely in this climate," said Ali Sabti, Founder and CEO of OtO. "Walmart is an ideal partner given their commitments to innovation and sustainability, and their trusted relationship with the largest retail customer base in the U.S. We are excited to grow with them this year and for many years to come."
Founded in 2019 by Sabti, an entrepreneur and inventor, OtO provides customers with an alternative to expensive or very time consuming lawncare options. By leveraging the latest in smart home technology, OtO not only provides customers with money and time savings, but can also reduce lawncare-related water consumption by up to 50%.
"Walmart has a strong track record of supporting innovative sustainability initiatives. Walmart's Journey Towards Regeneration is an exciting opportunity. We see OtO as contributing towards this goal by advancing responsible outdoor water use and accelerating the transition to natural outdoor solutions." said Sabti.
OtO's offering includes hardware products, such as their innovative smart home sprinkler, and people, planet, and pet safe natural yard treatments. These products are designed to provide homeowners with a transformation: a beautiful, lush garden; an outdoor environment safe from ticks and mosquitoes; and a convenient and all-natural way to deodorize and clean up after pets. OtO delivers these transformations at the best price and with the lowest environmental impact, in line with the company and Walmart's mission.
About OtO
OtO is redefining the future of outdoor living. By taking the smart home outdoors, the company is ushering in a new era of convenience and sustainability. OtO partners with homeowners to solve expensive and time-consuming pain points with maintaining a beautiful and rewarding outdoor space. OtO is focused on leveraging cutting-edge technology to offer products that are better for customers and the planet.
For more information visit OtOLawn.com.
Contacts
OtO Partnerships
646-701-4134 | partnerships@otolawn.com
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Covid: Professor warns of two new ‘telltale’ symptoms as cases rise
Professor Tim Spector of the Covid Zoe app warned that people should get tested immediately if they see these two symptoms
A leading professor has warned people to assume they have Covid if they wake up with two telltale symptoms.
Professor Tim Spector, founder of the Covid Zoe app, warned that fatigue in the morning, even after a good night’s sleep, and a sore throat might be signs of infection.
He added that a sore throat was more commonly reported in people with coronavirus than a regular common cold.
It comes as Covid infections in the UK increased in the week to 14 July by 7 per cent to almost 3.8 million, from 3.5 million in the week before, according to the Office for National Statistics. This is the highest estimate for total infections since mid-April, but is still below the record of 4.9 million reached at the end of March.
If you spot these two symptoms you should assume it’s Covid, Professor Spector wrote.
“There are twice as many Covid cases as common colds currently,” he tweeted. “The ratio has never been so high.
“Symptoms much the same except generally more fatigue and sore throat – so best to assume it’s Covid!
“Hopefully, this wave will be over soon.”
Professor Spector added: “Try to get tested if you can. If you can’t get tested, assume you’ve got a cold and stay away from other people until you feel better.”
Last week he said: “New study suggests that new BA4 and BA5 variants work by both evading the existing immune defences and also neutralising some of them. No surprise they are so successful as UK cases soar to record levels.”
Coronavirus remains most prevalent in Scotland, where 340,900 people were estimated to have had the virus in the week to 14 July, or around one in 15.
This is up slightly from 334,000, or one in 16, and is the highest estimate for Scotland since the start of April, although the ONS describes the trend here as “uncertain”. In England, 3.1 million people were likely to have had the virus in the week to 13 July, the equivalent of around one in 17. This is up from 2.9 million, or one in 19, a week earlier.
According to the ONS, there has been a large increase in the number of reinfections during this current Omicron wave. Analysis showed that in England infection levels were higher than during the first Covid wave, though hospital admissions during that “Alpha” wave were twice as high and the number of deaths 14 times higher.
However, Professor Paul Hunter, professor in medicine at the University of East Anglia, said that infections were probably falling because the ONS data was about two or three weeks behind.
“It is worth restating that the ONS infection survey primarily publishes prevalence of Covid – ie, the proportion of the population testing positive – and a week or more later than the samples were taken on which the results are based. Because people can remain positive for about 11 days after first becoming positive for Covid, the ONS data is always about two to three weeks behind the epidemic curve, as far as new infections – incidence – are concerned,” Prof Hunter said.
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On July 26, PinkVilla published a video interview of veteran actress Ratna Pathak Shah. During the interview, while talking about society and how difficult it is for women in India, she made a bizarre statement and targeted the Hindu festival Karwa Chauth. Shah pointed out that India is moving towards becoming a conservative society and might become like Saudi Arabia. The reason she gave was someone had asked her last year if she observed Karwa Chauth fast or not. To the question, Shah had replied, “Am I mad?” Ratna Pathak Shah is wife of actor Naseeruddin Shah.
Karwa Chauth is an age-old tradition followed by North Indian Hindu women in which they observe fast and pray for long life for their husbands. She said, “Nothing has changed for women, or very little has changed in very crucial areas. Our society is becoming extremely conservative. We’re becoming superstitious, we’re being forced into accepting and making religion a very important part of one’s life. Someone asked me for the first time last year if I’m keeping ‘karwa Chauth ka vrat (observing karwa Chauth)’. I said, ‘Am I mad?'”
She further added, “Isn’t it appalling that modern educated women do karwa Chauth, praying for the lives of husbands so that they can have some validity in life? A widow in the Indian context is a horrible situation, isn’t it? So anything that keeps me away from widowhood. Really? In the 21st century, we are talking like this? Educated women are doing this.”
Shah said that when a country becomes more conservative, it clamps down its women first. She said, “Look at all the conservative societies in this world. Women are the ones who are most affected. What’s the scope of women in Saudi Arabia? Do we want to become like Saudi Arabia? And we will become because it’s very, very convenient. Women provide a lot of unpaid labour within the home. If you have to pay for that labour, who will do it? Women are forced into that situation.”
Referring to other Hindu practices like Kundali (Astrology) and Vastu, she claimed that ads for such services were a sign that India was becoming conservative. She also pointed toward the mushrooming of Godmen like Nityananda to express her concerns about India becoming more and more conservative.
Furthermore, she talked about the murder of Dhaborkar and the delay in the trial of the case, she said, “When a rationalist like Dhaborkar gets killed in broad daylight, and nothing can be done about it. His trial is still going on. We are moving towards an extremely conservative society.”
Netizens react to Shah’s statement on Karwa Chauth
Twitter user Sheetal Chopra said, “Ratna Pathak Shah finds Karwa Chauth extremely conservative & compares India with Saudi Arabia. But the hypocrite was completely silent on Hijab issue. What else can we expect from a typical elite Bollywood Secularist.”
Ratna Pathak Shah finds Karwa chauth extremely conservative & compares India with Saudi Arabia
— Sheetal Chopra 🇮🇳 (@SheetalPronamo) July 27, 2022
But the hypocrite was completely silent on * [email protected]@b issue”
What else can we expect from a typical elite Bollywood Secularist
Twitter user Batla G said, “I genuinely thought Ratna Pathak was more sensible than Naseeruddin Shah.”
I genuinely thought Ratna Pathak was more sensible than Naseeruddin Shah 🤦🏻♂️
— Batla_G (@Batla_G) July 28, 2022
Twitter user Sweetgirl said Shah lost all her respect.
This ratna pathak shah just lost all her respect and admiration as an artost from me. Such stupod statement on karwa chauth
— sweetgirl (@somewoman007) July 28, 2022
Twitter user Karuna Tyagi said, “So guys Halala, Mutah, hijab, polygamy, triple talaq r symbols of progressive society & Karva Chauth is regressive for secular #RatnaPathakShah waise she is married with a Islamist #naseeruddinshah so feel her pain..she is still in marriage yahi bahut badi baat hai.”
So guys Halala,Mutah,hijab, polygamy, triple talaq r symbols of progressive society & Karva chauth is regressive for secular #RatnaPathakShah waise she is married with a Islamist #naseeruddinshah so feel her pain..she is still in marriage yahi bahut badi baat hai😂#KarvaChauth pic.twitter.com/C5xpbFmTaM
— karuna Tyagi(Proud Hindu) (@K_tyaagii) July 28, 2022
Bollywood and its hypocrisy
In recent years, a number of Bollywood celebrities have received flak for trying to preach morality and modernity only to Hindus. Not just Ratna Pathak Shah, but many others have made it a habit to specifically target Hindu festivals and rituals while keeping total silence on the conservative practices of other religions in India.
Furthermore, the superstitions that Ratna mentioned are not limited to Hindus either. It is not understood why would an accomplished actress like Ratna would forget the fact that observing the rituals of Karwa Chauth is an option that Hindu women choose to do, it is not forced upon them. As some social media users pointed out, no woman has been killed for not following the rituals and no Hindu organisation has made it mandatory for Hindu women to observe fast on Karwa Chauth. Moreover, as the festival gained popularity in recent years, in many families, even men observe a day-long fast for the health and wellbeing of their life partner. | https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/actress-ratna-pathak-shah-claims-india-is-becoming-like-saudi-arabia-appalling-modern-women-doing-karwa-chauth/ | 2022-07-28T05:47:48Z | https://www.opindia.com/2022/07/actress-ratna-pathak-shah-claims-india-is-becoming-like-saudi-arabia-appalling-modern-women-doing-karwa-chauth/ | false | 1 |
JODHPUR: Persistent government apathy towards the city's drainage system and failure of the civic bodies to expedite the work to link six major nullahs (drainage outlets) to Jojari river has been turning the city areas into islands every monsoon.
All the six nullahs have been incomplete for over a decade. Of these, Nehru Park nullah is 6.5 km long, Bhairav nullah is 13 km long, RTO nullah is 7 km long, Mata ka Than nullah is 9.5 km long, Paota nullah is 9.3 km long and Balsamand nullah is 7.4 km long. Almost all of them are waiting for either budgetary sanctions or clearance of land or other issues.
The city has been receiving hundreds of crores for various projects and the administration has constantly been monitoring the progress of these projects as they are dream projects of the chief minister
Ashok Gehlot, but a surprising ignorance to work out an effective drainage system in the city has been wreaking havoc on the people, especially from low lying areas, during heavy rains.
Former mayor of the city, Rameshwar Dadhich had chalked out a master plan for the drainage system of the city during his stint in 2009-2014, but over a decade since then, this master plan is gathering dust. He had also worked out alternative routes for the nullahs.
According to former commissioner of erstwhile Jodhpur Municipal Corporation, Tarachand Gosai, until this master plan is executed, the city will continue to be flooded during monsoon.
Rajasthan Urban Infrastructure Development Project (RUIDP) has taken up the work of two of these nullahs (Bhairav and Mata ka Than) for a long time but lack of funds has kept the work under suspension for over three years.
MLA (city) Manish Panwar said that the work on these nullahs will soon start as the state government has recently sanctioned Rs340 crores for the sewerage system of the city and the remaining work of these nullahs will be completed under this grant.
On the other hand, flawed engineering and lack of knowledge is another threat for the drainage system. The administrative officials take to the roads as a routine with the officials and engineers of civic bodies but even these visits have not helped the city to find out effective solutions.
In a similar bid, a joint survey had been accomplished by the engineers of JMC, PWD, JDA, PHED and DISCOM etc three years back, who had identified 36 points in the city having issue of water logging.
Work had begun to address the issue and Rs 15 crore had been spent on these works. But this exercise ultimately failed to bring any result and turned out to be a sheer waste of time and money. | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jodhpur/faulty-drainage-floods-jodhpur-during-monsoon/articleshow/93175054.cms | 2022-07-28T05:50:22Z | https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/jodhpur/faulty-drainage-floods-jodhpur-during-monsoon/articleshow/93175054.cms | true | 1 |
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Editorial: Subsidy bill will make U.S. firms less competitive
The Senate on Tuesday voted 64-32 to advance a $280 billion “chips plus” subsidy bill, and as ever in politics there’s a lot of plus. Money from Washington always comes with strings attached, and we hope the semiconductor CEOs know what they’ve signed up for.
That message couldn’t have been clearer from President Joe Biden on Tuesday when he told business and labor leaders on a conference call that the bill’s $52 billion in grants for Intel and other chip makers would not be “a blank check to companies.” The president said he will “personally have to sign off on the biggest grants.”
Hint to companies applying for money: Locate that new factory in a swing state with more than a handful of electoral votes. Biden or the vice president may want to swing by during the 2024 election campaign.
The president also underscored that the law requires companies to pay union prevailing wages to build the semiconductor fabrication facilities funded by the bill. Communications Workers of America president Chris Shelton said this will ensure “there isn’t a race to the bottom.” Translation: Construction will be more expensive, and non-union contractors won’t benefit.
Some companies that lobbied for the bill have nonetheless expressed frustration that it forbids recipients of federal largesse from expanding advanced-chip production in China. But what did they expect? The politicians are selling the bill as a national-security necessity to compete with China to make sure that more chips are made in the U.S. in case of conflict with Beijing.
Biden also made clear his administration will impose its own conditions on the money. For instance, “we’re not going to allow companies to use these funds to buy back stock or issue dividends.” Biden threatened to claw back subsidies from those that do. This means companies that take federal money won’t be allowed to reward shareholders if the investments succeed.
The president also noted that companies whose future innovations derive in part from the bill’s $200 billion in authorized spending on research and development in areas like green energy and artificial intelligence will be required “to deploy that technology” and invest “in a facility here in America.” This requirement will make CEOs add a political calculation to their investment choices.
Industrial policy and the political allocation of capital invariably distort investment. Don’t be surprised if the conditions that Congress and the Biden administration impose on these companies make the firms and the United States less competitive with China.
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Liberty Energy Inc. (NYSE:LBRT – Get Rating) was up 7.3% during mid-day trading on Tuesday following a stronger than expected earnings report. The company traded as high as $14.47 and last traded at $13.79. Approximately 70,419 shares were traded during mid-day trading, a decline of 97% from the average daily volume of 2,612,899 shares. The stock had previously closed at $12.85.
The company reported $0.55 EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of $0.16 by $0.39. Liberty Energy had a return on equity of 0.63% and a net margin of 0.17%. The company had revenue of $942.62 million during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $870.62 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the firm earned ($0.29) earnings per share. Liberty Energy’s revenue was up 62.2% on a year-over-year basis.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
Several research analysts have recently commented on LBRT shares. Royal Bank of Canada raised Liberty Energy from a “sector perform” rating to an “outperform” rating and boosted their price objective for the stock from $21.00 to $25.00 in a report on Wednesday. Barclays upped their target price on Liberty Energy from $19.00 to $25.00 and gave the stock an “overweight” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Capital One Financial upped their target price on Liberty Energy to $23.00 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research note on Wednesday. Stifel Nicolaus upped their target price on Liberty Energy from $15.00 to $18.00 in a research note on Friday, April 8th. Finally, The Goldman Sachs Group cut their target price on Liberty Energy from $18.00 to $14.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a research note on Wednesday, July 13th. Three investment analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and seven have assigned a buy rating to the company’s stock. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Liberty Energy presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $20.67.
Insider Activity
Hedge Funds Weigh In On Liberty Energy
Hedge funds and other institutional investors have recently made changes to their positions in the business. Point72 Hong Kong Ltd bought a new position in shares of Liberty Energy during the fourth quarter valued at approximately $26,000. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. raised its holdings in Liberty Energy by 5,231.5% in the fourth quarter. Advisor Group Holdings Inc. now owns 10,663 shares of the company’s stock worth $104,000 after purchasing an additional 10,463 shares in the last quarter. AlphaCrest Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Liberty Energy in the fourth quarter worth $110,000. Seven Eight Capital LP bought a new position in Liberty Energy in the first quarter worth $193,000. Finally, GSA Capital Partners LLP bought a new position in Liberty Energy in the first quarter worth $196,000. Institutional investors own 88.18% of the company’s stock.
Liberty Energy Stock Performance
The business has a fifty day simple moving average of $14.17 and a 200-day simple moving average of $14.06. The company has a quick ratio of 1.00, a current ratio of 1.22 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.17. The firm has a market cap of $2.70 billion, a P/E ratio of -1,445.00 and a beta of 2.37.
About Liberty Energy
Liberty Energy Inc provides hydraulic fracturing and wireline services, and related goods to onshore oil and natural gas exploration and production companies in North America. It also offers hydraulic fracturing pressure pumping services, including pressure pumping and pumpdown perforating services, as well wireline services, proppant delivery solutions, data analytics, related goods and technologies.
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Fox News Panel Monkeypox Furious After Pundit Advises Avoiding ‘Gay Orgies’
July 27, 2022 | Tags: LIBERTY DAILY
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Chance for change ‘squandered’: Former Liberal MP resigns from party
By Rachel Eddie and Paul Sakkal
A former member of parliament has resigned from the Victorian Liberal Party, claiming it has “squandered the opportunity for renewal” by preselecting an anti-abortion candidate to run for the upper house.
Melton City councillor Moira Deeming was preselected by local members on Saturday to replace conservative MP Bernie Finn in the top position of the western metropolitan district, despite being rejected as a candidate for the federal election over concerns she would generate too much controversy, as revealed by The Age on Thursday.
Finn, a friend of Deeming, was expelled from the Liberal Party’s parliamentary team in May for repeated unbecoming conduct, mostly on social media. The behaviour included depicting Premier Daniel Andrews as a Nazi and advocating that abortion should be prohibited for rape victims.
Andrew Elsbury, who represented the western metropolitan district for the Liberal Party alongside Finn between 2010 and 2014, said party members had preselected someone who was “basically going to spout the same stuff as Bernie Finn used to”.
He resigned as a member of the party on Wednesday because Deeming’s preselection confirmed his long-held concern that his views no longer aligned with the party.
Elsbury, who wished Opposition Leader Matthew Guy the best at the November election, had considered vying for preselection but decided against it to give the party a chance for renewal.
Elsbury backed another candidate but said he could have supported anyone but Deeming, and now believes the Coalition will never claw back a second upper house seat in the western metro region.
“We had an opportunity for change, and we’ve squandered it. We’ve squandered it,” Elsbury told The Age. “I don’t know what this means for the party in the future.”
Deeming, a high school teacher and mother of four, has said the new consciousness about gender fluidity and the implications of additional rights for trans people were her “number-one issue”. She has also taken a public stance against COVID-19 vaccination and mandates.
In 2020, Deeming wrote online that “no amount of tragedy and no amount of money can justify the deliberate taking of an unborn child’s life”.
In March, the Victorian branch’s administrative committee voted for Deeming to run in the federal seat of Gorton. But after the preliminary vote and before the meeting formally endorsed her, a top party official in the meeting relayed the view of Morrison’s office, which was that negative media coverage of Deeming’s hardline social views could distract from the then prime minister’s campaign.
Another vote was conducted, and a different candidate picked, according to five sources who confirmed the events of the March 26 meeting. All were speaking anonymously because party rules prohibit public commentary.
Finn told The Age it would be fair to describe Deeming – who he endorsed ahead of the preselection vote involving about 45 party members – as his protégé. He described her as intelligent and politically shrewd and said the vote proved people in Melbourne’s west wanted a socially conservative MP.
He has now joined the Democratic Labour Party.
Deeming was contacted for comment.
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Whistleblowers: FBI Officials Are ‘Pressuring’ Agents to ‘Artificially Pad’ Domestic Violence Extremist Data
July 27, 2022 | Tags: LIBERTY DAILY
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California Supreme Court chief justice won't seek a second term
SACRAMENTO -- The California Supreme Court's chief justice said Wednesday that she will not seek a second 12-year term in November and will conclude her current term of office on January 1.
The announcement by Chief Justice Tani Gorre Cantil-Sakauye will give Gov. Gavin Newsom, a Democrat, his third opportunity to appoint a justice to the seven-member high court, and his first to pick a new chief justice.
Cantil-Sakauye was sworn in to office in January 2011 after she was nominated by former Republican governor Arnold Schwarzenegger and was elected in the November 2010 general election.
She is the first Asian-Filipina American and the second woman to serve as the state's chief justice. She said Newsom will be able to select from a diverse pool of qualified successors and that she believes she is leaving the courts "in a solid, sustainable place."
Cantil-Sakauye told reporters that she is still having anxiety about her decision, but "I've accomplished much and started the ball rolling on many things that are of interest to us as a (judicial) branch."
"It's just time after 12 years as chief and 32 years total wearing a black robe," she said.
Unlike U.S. Supreme Court justices and federal judges, California judges do not hold lifetime positions. She would have had to run for retention by voters in November's election.
Cantil-Sakauye, 62, made her announcement as the filing deadline is approaching.
Four associate justices on the seven-member court plan to seek retention in November.
It could be the largest crowd of justices on any one ballot in more than three decades, according to David Ettinger, an appellate lawyer who writes a blog about the California Supreme Court.
California voters simply vote "yes" or "no" on retaining justices in office, and they don't run against anyone.
Aside from Cantil-Sakauye, the four associate judges who plan to go before voters are:
• Justice Martin Jenkins, the first openly gay Black man on the state's high court. He was appointed by Gov. Gavin Newsom in 2020 to replace Justice Ming Chin.
• Justice Patricia Guerrero, the first Latina to serve on the California Supreme Court. Newsom appointed her earlier this year to succeed Justice Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar.
• Justice Joshua Groban, who was appointed by then-Gov. Jerry Brown in 2019.
• Justice Goodwin Liu, who was appointed by Brown in 2011.
Justices are up for retention in the first gubernatorial election after their appointment, and again if they fill an unexpired term for a previous justice.
Cantil-Sakauye is one of two remaining justices appointed by a Republican. Schwarzenegger also appointed Associate Justice Carol Corrigan.
In a statement, Newsom called her "a fierce defender of access to the courts," noting that she opposed federal immigrant enforcement raids at courthouses. He did not disclose his plans to replace her.
Aside from heading the most populous state's high court, Cantil-Sakauye also because of her position heads the Judicial Council of California, which is the administrative arm of the state courts, and the Commission on Judicial Appointments that considers governors' nominees to fill judicial vacancies.
The judicial council received unusual attention during the early months of the coronavirus pandemic when it ordered $0 bail for misdemeanors and lower-level felonies.
By the time the council lifted the order months later, it had reduced jail populations by more than 20,000 suspects. But the council allowed individual counties to keep $0 bail as they saw fit, and some law enforcement officials faulted the practice for contributing to a surge in organized shoplifting, including mass smash-and-grab assaults on stores.
Cantil-Sakauye also supported ending California's cash bail system, which lawmakers approved until the law was overturned by voters in 2020.
Ettinger said he wasn't terribly surprised that she's retiring, given her taxing job and longevity.
She "performed extraordinarily well under extraordinary conditions," he said, first with "a drastically slashed budget" after the Great Recession and more recently during the pandemic.
He also credited her for setting the court's collegial tone and what he called its "remarkable degree of unanimity" even on controversial cases.
Cantil-Sakauye indirectly contrasted the California justices' good working relationship to the vitriol and distrust on the U.S. Supreme Court particularly since a leak of the high court's pending abortion decision earlier this year
"That trust and respect and collegiality ... makes for, I think, why California at the high court operates so well together," she said.
The daughter of farmworkers, she recalled in a statement that her first exposure to the justice system "was when my family faced eviction from our home and my mother felt helpless." And as a wife, she said, "I felt the impact of unjust Japanese Internment on my in-laws."
The Sacramento native was appointed to Sacramento Municipal Court by then-Gov. George Deukmejian in 1990 and to the Sacramento County Superior Court by then-Gov. Pete Wilson in 1997, where she created and presided over the county's first court dedicated to handling domestic violence cases.
Schwarzenegger nominated her for the Third District Court of Appeal in Sacramento in 2005 before tapping her for the Supreme Court to succeed retiring Chief Justice Ronald George.
She is the second female chief justice, after Rose Elizabeth Bird, who served from March 1977 to January 1987 until she was rejected by voters.
Cantil-Sakauye said she has not yet considered her future while she focuses on her months left in office. But she categorically ruled out one option: "There will be no politics in my future."
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Jammu-Srinagar national highway news: The strategic 270-kilometres Jammu-Srinagar national highway was blocked on Thursday due to mudslides and shooting stones in Ramban district early Wednesday, leaving hundreds of vehicles stranded, officials said.
"People are advised not to travel on Jammu-Srinagar highway without confirmation," a traffic police advisory said.
"The debris struck the only all-weather road linking Kashmir with the rest of the country at Mehaar, Cafeteria Moore and Pantiyal areas, thereby blocking the highway," officials added. "The convoy of Amarnath yatra which was on its way from Jammu to Kashmir was halted at Chanderkoot Yatra Niwas due to the highway blockade."
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Shares of Incyte Co. (NASDAQ:INCY – Get Rating) have been assigned a consensus recommendation of “Hold” from the twelve analysts that are covering the company, Marketbeat Ratings reports. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell recommendation, three have issued a hold recommendation and five have given a buy recommendation to the company. The average 1-year price objective among brokers that have issued ratings on the stock in the last year is $87.60.
Several equities analysts have recently weighed in on the company. Morgan Stanley lifted their price target on Incyte from $73.00 to $76.00 and gave the company an “equal weight” rating in a research report on Wednesday, April 20th. TheStreet cut Incyte from a “b” rating to a “c” rating in a research report on Tuesday, May 3rd. StockNews.com cut Incyte from a “strong-buy” rating to a “buy” rating in a research report on Saturday, May 14th. SVB Leerink lifted their price target on Incyte from $58.00 to $63.00 and gave the company an “underperform” rating in a research report on Wednesday, July 20th. Finally, Stifel Nicolaus lifted their price target on Incyte from $75.00 to $77.00 in a research report on Tuesday, May 3rd.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Incyte news, insider Thomas Tray sold 1,564 shares of Incyte stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 22nd. The stock was sold at an average price of $83.13, for a total transaction of $130,015.32. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now owns 17,702 shares of the company’s stock, valued at $1,471,567.26. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at the SEC website. In other news, EVP Vijay K. Iyengar sold 5,787 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Thursday, July 7th. The stock was sold at an average price of $79.38, for a total value of $459,372.06. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now owns 40,313 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $3,200,045.94. The transaction was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Also, insider Thomas Tray sold 1,564 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, July 22nd. The shares were sold at an average price of $83.13, for a total value of $130,015.32. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 17,702 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $1,471,567.26. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. Corporate insiders own 15.80% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Investors Weigh In On Incyte
Incyte Stock Performance
Shares of Incyte stock opened at $80.68 on Thursday. The company has a current ratio of 3.71, a quick ratio of 3.67 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.01. The business’s fifty day simple moving average is $76.32 and its 200 day simple moving average is $75.19. Incyte has a 12 month low of $61.91 and a 12 month high of $84.86. The firm has a market capitalization of $17.87 billion, a P/E ratio of 19.21, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 0.97 and a beta of 0.66.
Incyte (NASDAQ:INCY – Get Rating) last released its earnings results on Tuesday, May 3rd. The biopharmaceutical company reported $0.40 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.34 by $0.06. Incyte had a return on equity of 12.77% and a net margin of 29.95%. The business had revenue of $733.20 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $753.54 million. During the same period last year, the business posted $0.50 earnings per share. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 21.3% on a year-over-year basis. As a group, analysts anticipate that Incyte will post 2.31 EPS for the current year.
About Incyte
Incyte Corporation, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the discovery, development, and commercialization of proprietary therapeutics in the United States and internationally. The company offers JAKAFI, a drug for the treatment of myelofibrosis and polycythemia vera; PEMAZYRE, a fibroblast growth factor receptor kinase inhibitor that act as oncogenic drivers in various liquid and solid tumor types; and ICLUSIG, a kinase inhibitor to treat chronic myeloid leukemia and philadelphia-chromosome positive acute lymphoblastic leukemia.
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Martin Lewis has warned "it gets worse" as the updated price cap predictions for October are up by a staggering 78% meaning households could face the cost of £3,500 a year on typical bills.
Earlier this month, the Money Saving Expert urged the government to step in after data published by energy analysts suggested Ofgem's price cap could rise to 64% by October 1. Last night (July 27) he took to Twitter to warn 'it gets worse' after receiving updated price cap predictions from Cornwall Insight who provide an independent analysis of the energy market.
The new predictions suggests that the October price cap is up by 78% meaning billpayers could be paying £3,500 a year on typical bills. He also warns a further rise is 'likely up again' in January 2023.
Sharing the news on Twitter, Martin said: "NEWS: It gets worse! I've just got updated price cap predictions from @CornwallInsight
"The latest spike in year-ahead wholesale price means the OCT cap prediction is now UP 78% (so £3,500/yr on typical bills) & likely up again in Jan. Its will be desperate. Intervention needed."
He then tweeted: "Many asking "how is it a price cap if its going to rise a predicted 77% in Oct?" The main impact of the price cap is to forestall rises. If there were no cap most bills would already be over double what they are now It will also forestall price drops if and when they happen."
Earlier this week, the founder of the Money Saving Expert website warned the country was "getting close to a Poll Tax moment" as seen in the 1990s. He believes the cost of living crisis and surging prices are triggering calls for a "consumer strike".
Speaking on ITV's Peston programme at the time, he said he was seeing increasing numbers of people calling for a mass non-payment of energy bills. He said: "The big movement that I am seeing is an increase of growth in people calling for a non-payment of energy bills, mass non-payment.
"Effectively a consumer strike on energy bills and getting rid of the legitimacy of paying that." He described the movement as "small at the moment", but added: "We are getting close to a Poll Tax moment on energy bills coming into October and we need the Government to get a handle on that because once it starts becoming socially acceptable not to pay energy bills people will stop paying energy bills and you’re not going to cut everyone off."
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Electric truck maker Rivian laying off 6% of its workforce
By Peter Valdes-Dapena, CNN Business
Rivian, the Amazon-backed manufacturer of electric pickups, SUVs and delivery vans, is laying off about 6% of its workforce as the company adjusts as the “world has dramatically changed,” according to an email sent by CEO RJ Scaringe to Rivian’s roughly 14,000 employees.
About 840 of those employees were told Wednesday that they will be leaving the company.
Scaringe pointed to inflation, rising interest rates and increased commodity prices as factors that led the startup automaker to trim its workforce.
Rivian only recently started production of its three initial products, the R1T pickup, the R1S luxury SUV and an electric delivery van for which Amazon, a major Rivian investor, is the primary customer.
The R1T pickup and R1S SUV have been well received by critics, with the truck getting MotorTrend’s Truck of the Year award. The company has faced some struggles with ramping up its manufacturing with Scaringe pointing to supply chain issues and the tight labor market, specifically, as challenges.
Rivian’s electric vehicles are currently manufactured in a former Mitsubishi factory in Normal, Illinois, but the automaker is already planning a second factory near Atlanta. The Georgia factory is expected to eventually employ as many as 7,500 workers.
“We are financially well positioned and our mission is more important than ever, but to fully realize our potential, our strategy must support our sustainable growth as we ramp towards profitability.” Scaringe wrote in an email to employees announcing the layoffs.
The Irvine, California-based company offered departing employees 14 weeks of regular pay as well of continuing healthcare coverage through the end of the year.
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Trinseo PLC (NYSE:TSE – Get Rating) shares reached a new 52-week low on Wednesday after Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft lowered their price target on the stock from $52.00 to $42.00. The stock traded as low as $33.21 and last traded at $33.34, with a volume of 1521 shares trading hands. The stock had previously closed at $33.52.
A number of other brokerages have also recently issued reports on TSE. Morgan Stanley reissued an “equal weight” rating and set a $12.30 price objective on shares of Trinseo in a report on Monday, May 16th. Haywood Securities lowered their target price on Trinseo from $8.50 to $7.00 in a research note on Monday, May 16th. Barclays lowered their price objective on Trinseo from $34.00 to $33.00 and set an “overweight” rating for the company in a research report on Monday, May 16th. Laurentian Bank of Canada decreased their target price on Trinseo from $16.00 to $14.00 in a research report on Monday, May 16th. Finally, ATB Capital boosted their target price on Trinseo from $5.50 to $6.25 and gave the stock an “outperform” rating in a research report on Monday, May 16th. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and nine have assigned a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, Trinseo presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $30.59.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, major shareholder M&G Investment Management Ltd sold 3,000 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction on Tuesday, July 19th. The stock was sold at an average price of $43.51, for a total transaction of $130,530.00. Following the completion of the sale, the insider now directly owns 7,625,044 shares in the company, valued at approximately $331,765,664.44. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the SEC, which is available through this link. 1.00% of the stock is owned by corporate insiders.
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Trinseo Trading Up 6.5 %
The company has a market cap of $1.29 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 3.66 and a beta of 1.35. The firm has a 50 day moving average price of $41.87 and a two-hundred day moving average price of $47.49. The company has a quick ratio of 1.39, a current ratio of 2.11 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 2.37.
Trinseo (NYSE:TSE – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, May 4th. The basic materials company reported $2.08 earnings per share for the quarter, beating the consensus estimate of $1.73 by $0.35. The company had revenue of $1.39 billion during the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $1.38 billion. Trinseo had a return on equity of 36.17% and a net margin of 7.37%. As a group, equities analysts forecast that Trinseo PLC will post 6.99 earnings per share for the current year.
Trinseo Announces Dividend
The business also recently declared a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Thursday, July 21st. Stockholders of record on Thursday, July 7th were paid a $0.32 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Wednesday, July 6th. This represents a $1.28 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 3.59%. Trinseo’s payout ratio is 13.11%.
Trinseo Company Profile
Trinseo PLC, a materials solutions provider, manufactures and sells plastics and latex binders in the United States, Europe, the Asia-Pacific, and internationally. The company operates through six segments: Engineered Materials, Latex Binders, Base Plastics, Polystyrene, Feedstocks, and Americas Styrenics.
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Reported Consolidated quarterly numbers for Thirumalai Chemicals are:
Net Sales at Rs 621.05 crore in June 2022 up 56.4% from Rs. 397.10 crore in June 2021.
Quarterly Net Profit at Rs. 60.05 crore in June 2022 down 7.77% from Rs. 65.11 crore in June 2021.
EBITDA stands at Rs. 99.74 crore in June 2022 down 4.42% from Rs. 104.35 crore in June 2021.
Thirumalai Chem EPS has decreased to Rs. 5.86 in June 2022 from Rs. 6.36 in June 2021.
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The Baltimore Ravens took the field for the first time during at 2022 training camp on Wednesday in front of excited fans that have been ready to see the team in action since the Week 18 loss at home against the Pittsburgh Steelers to end the 2021 season. Injuries played a big role in Baltimore’s record from last year, which ended up being below .500 at 8-9, missing the playoffs for the first time since 2017 as a result.
Ravens cornerback Marlon Humphrey met with the media after practice, and was asked what excites him the most about the first day of training camp. He discussed how he’s ready to grow with his teammates and start a journey of where they want to be.
"We're all excited to be back." @marlon_humphrey pic.twitter.com/RQlcm2HoZy
— Baltimore Ravens (@Ravens) July 27, 2022
“Just being back. It feels good to be back with the guys. Some new energy, some new players. A lot of guys just talked with the other guys in the locker room and we’re all just excited to get back. Not too many guys had a great end last year, with just the team in general and individual players, player success. But we’re all just really excited to get back. I’m really excited to grow with these guys, take it day-by-day and start that journey to where we want to be”
The Ravens have a revamped secondary with the additions of safeties Marcus Williams and Kyle Hamilton, as well as cornerback Kyle Fuller. Cornerback Marcus Peters should be returning from a torn ACL at some point as well, so the back end of the Baltimore defense should be a lot better than in 2021, where they struggled in multiple areas. Health and depth will be key in regards to keeping that unit together, but they have the talent to put together a special season. | https://ravenswire.usatoday.com/2022/07/27/ravens-cb-marlon-humphrey-discusses-excitement-level-of-team-to-be-back/ | 2022-07-28T06:31:42Z | https://ravenswire.usatoday.com/2022/07/27/ravens-cb-marlon-humphrey-discusses-excitement-level-of-team-to-be-back/ | false | 2 |
Hartford’s Main St. experiences second shooting within 18 hours
HARTFORD, Conn (WTNH) – Hartford’s Main Street was home to another shooting, marking the second such incident in 18 hours.
Hartford police said they responded to a ShotSpotter activation at around 2:27 a.m. at 3229 Main Street. Police said they found evidence of gunfire upon arrival.
A call to dispatch from a nearby hospital informed police of a man in his 40s being treated for a gunshot wound. He was listed in stable condition.
The Hartford Police Major Crimes and Crime Scene Divisions is actively investigating the case. Anyone with any information regarding the case is asked to call the HPD Tip Line at 860-722-TIPS (8477).
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Chester;Mostly clear;72;SSW;5;93%
Danbury;Mostly clear;72;Calm;0;75%
Groton;Mostly clear;71;WSW;1;89%
Hartford;Mostly clear;70;SE;1;81%
Meriden;Mostly cloudy;69;ENE;1;91%
New Haven;Partly cloudy;73;SSW;3;90%
Oxford;Cloudy;68;S;3;89%
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This longtime Gig Harbor market was in danger of closing. Locals rallied to help
Patterson’s Farm Market at the corner of Olympic Drive and 55th Street has been in Gig Harbor for 42 years.
This family-run market is known for its fall pumpkin patch, Christmas tree lot, and Mother’s Day flower baskets.
Leigh Yuhasz, a 35-year customer of Patterson’s, discovered the market was experiencing financial strain, resulting in it staying closed for almost two years.
This year there weren’t any Mother’s Day flowers or June strawberries, but the market was able to open for business July 2, according to Hailey Patterson, daughter of the owners.
Yuhasz created a GoFundMe campaign for the family and the market July 13.
According to the GoFundMe page, Yuhasz learned an “international supplier had cashed their deposit check and ran, leaving them no inventory nor profits. Insurance did not cover international vendors. After drained savings, not qualifying for Paycheck Protection Program (PPP), and loss of Mother’s Day sales, they are in a precarious position of losing the business they have spent a lifetime building.”
Yuhasz told The Gateway July 15 that she wasn’t certain they’d be able to hit the fundraising goal of $8,000. At that time the fundraising balance was at about $1,000.
By July 18, the fundraiser had exceeded the $8,000 goal with donations from the community. As of July 22, the fundraising balance was at $10,286.
Once the original goal was hit, Yuhasz wrote, in part, on the fundraising page:
“You did it, you helped hit the original goal! A heartfelt ‘thank you’ to everyone. The Patterson family is bursting with gratitude … and finally feeling hopeful. Your generous support has exceeded what I imagined would be accomplished. Patterson’s need goes beyond the stolen funds, it is much greater, they are not out of the woods. If we keep this fundraiser alive, an additional $6,000 will go to pay off back debt and a deposit on pumpkins for their famous Pumpkin Patch ensuring their next season.”
Asked about the campaign, Patterson told The Gateway: “We are beyond words. We are more than grateful for the support and incredible encouragement we have received from the community.” | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2678560917295/this-longtime-gig-harbor-market-was-in-danger-of-closing-locals-rallied-to-help | 2022-07-28T06:41:32Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2678560917295/this-longtime-gig-harbor-market-was-in-danger-of-closing-locals-rallied-to-help | true | 1 |
The Noida police detained five Chinese nationals residing in the country on expired visas Wednesday and sent them to a detention centre in Delhi, officials said.
The five Chinese nationals—all men in their mid-twenties—have been identified as Wang Zhonghuang, Guan Zhiwu, Ji Mengqiang, Jiang Shunyong, and Hu Yalin.
“As per information provided by the Local Intelligence Unit (LIU) Noida, five Chinese nationals who were illegally residing in the country on expired visas were detained and sent to a detention centre in Delhi on Wednesday. All five nationals are engineers working in a construction company and were residing in Beta 2 Police station area in Greater Noida,” said Vishal Pandey, Additional Deputy Commissioner of Police, Greater Noida.
“Till now (until Wednesday), 27 Chinese nationals residing in the country on expired visas have been detained by the police and sent to a detention centre in Delhi,” added Pandey.
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The men had entered India in 2020 on an employment visa for a year, the police said adding that they had applied for an extension of their visa but it was not granted. They were working on a project for a China-based construction company, they added.
The Noida police said that they will continue to conduct intensive campaigns against the activities of foreign nationals domiciled after the expiry of their visas in the district.
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2 cops face sentencing for violating George Floyd’s rights
By AMY FORLITI
Associated Press
ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — The last two former Minneapolis police officers to be sentenced for violating George Floyd’s civil rights are scheduled to learn their penalties Wednesday, which could set in motion another round of plea deal discussions in state court over a killing that sparked a reckoning on racial injustice.
J. Alexander Kueng and Tou Thao were convicted in February of two counts of violating Floyd’s civil rights in the 2020 slaying. The jury found they deprived the 46-year-old Black man of medical care and failed to stop Derek Chauvin as he knelt on Floyd’s neck for 9 1/2 minutes while Floyd gasped for air.
Kueng held Floyd’s back, former Officer Thomas Lane held his feet and Thao kept back bystanders, some of whom recorded video that led to worldwide protests.
Chauvin, who pleaded guilty last year to violating Floyd’s civil rights and the civil rights of a teenager in an unrelated case, was sentenced to 21 years in federal prison. Lane, who twice asked if Floyd should be rolled onto his side so he could breathe, was convicted of one count and was sentenced to 2 1/2.
Prosecutors have not made specific recommendations for Kueng and Thao’s sentence, but have requested less time than Chauvin and “substantially” more than Lane. Thao’s attorney is asking for two years; Kueng’s request is sealed.
Kueng and Thao got a victory last week when U.S. District Judge Paul Magnuson issued rulings that affect how their federal sentences will be calculated and could mean far less prison time. The rulings — particularly one that cross-references their crimes with involuntary manslaughter instead of murder — mean the men head into Wednesday’s hearing with a recommended range of 4 1/4 years to 5 1/4 years. They might have faced a life sentence.
“It made a huge difference,” Mark Osler, a professor at the University of St. Thomas School of Law and former federal prosecutor, said. “The impact of it is already baked in now.”
Osler said one key is if Magnuson determines that Kueng and Thao were “minor” or “minimal” participants in the crime. Magnuson found Lane was a minimal participant, resulting in a lower sentence. Osler said a minor participant would be more culpable.
“You have one officer who at least made some effort to change the trajectory, and that’s Lane. You have one most directly involved in the killing of George Floyd, and that’s Derek Chauvin — and then you have these two in the middle,” Osler said.
The potential for lower sentences for Kueng and Thao raises questions about whether they will consider a plea deal or risk trial Oct. 24 in state court, where they face counts of aiding and abetting second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter.
Osler said once the men know what their federal sentence is, they will likely seek a plea deal on the state charges that won’t exceed the federal sentence and will let them serve the sentences concurrently.
Kueng and Thao can still appeal their federal convictions. If they plead guilty in state court, any federal appeal would be moot, said Mike Brandt, a criminal defense attorney who has been following the case. But it’s also hard to win a federal appeal, he said.
“Those are some of the calculuses they are going to have to make in terms of, `Do I go to trial and risk something worse? Do I think I have a good shot at appeal on the federal case?'” Brandt said.
Kueng, who is Black, and Thao, who is Hmong American, likely will remain free on bond after Wednesday sentencing and be allowed to self-report to prison, especially since they have a pending trial and will need to be in contact with their attorneys and be present for court proceedings.
Lane, who is white, pleaded guilty to a state charge of aiding and abetting second-degree manslaughter and is awaiting sentencing in that case. He was allowed to remain free on bond after his federal sentencing.
Chauvin, who is white, was convicted of second-degree murder and second-degree manslaughter in state court and is serving a 22 1/2-year state sentence. His federal and state sentences are being served simultaneously.
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The following is an extract from the "Iveco Group 2022 Second Quarter and First Half Results" press release. The complete press release can be accessed by visiting the media section of the Iveco Group corporate website: https://www.ivecogroup.com/media/corporate_press_releasesor consulting the accompanying PDF:
Iveco Group consolidated revenues of €3.4 billion (up ~2% year on year).
Adjusted net income of €60 million and adjusted EBIT of €118 million.
Net cash of Industrial Activities at €625 million.
Consolidated revenues of €3,371 million, up 1.5%. Net revenues of Industrial Activities of €3,329 million, up 1.1%, mainly due to strong positive price realization.
Adjusted EBIT of €118 million (€126 million in Q2 2021), with a 3.5%margin (3.8% margin in Q2 2021). Adjusted EBIT of Industrial Activities of €91 million (€110 million in Q2 2021), with positive price realization close to offset higher raw material and energy cost.
Adjusted net income of €60 million (adjusted net income of €77 million in Q2 2021), which excludes a negative after-tax impact of €15 million from the first time adoption of the hyperinflationary accounting in Turkey. Adjusted diluted earnings per share of €0.20 (adjusted diluted earnings per share of €0.26 in Q2 2021).
Reported income tax expense of €29 million, with adjusted effective tax rate (adjusted ETR) of 33% in Q2 2022 (35% in H1 2022). The adjusted ETR reflects the different tax rates applied in the jurisdictions where the Group operates and other discrete items.
Net cash of Industrial Activities at €625 million (€1,063 million at 31st December 2021 or €765 million at 31st March 2022). Free cash flow of Industrial Activities was negative €111 million, €293 million lower compared to Q2 2021 due to working capital absorption deriving from the impact of component shortages on inventory level and lower production vs Q2 2021.
Available liquidity at €3,495 million as of 30th June 2022, up €105 million from 31st March 2022, including €2,000 million of undrawn committed facilities.
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Hewick provided trainer John 'Shark' Hanlon with a dream Galway Plate win on Wednesday after being purchased for just €850 as a two-year-old.
It was an action-packed renewal of the €270,000 race as Hewick looked to have the race won turning for home before loose horse Exelerator Express carried him to the rail and looked like costing Hanlon's runner the win.
But Hewick held on to narrowly beat the fast-finishing Darasso and land the the two-mile-six-furlong event under Jordan Gainford.
READ MORE:Galway Races day 4 tips: Robbie Power's selections for Ladies Day at Ballybrit
It's Ladies Day at Ballybrit on Thursday and the stands look set to bepacked to the rafters, with the Galway Hurdle the feature race.
The action starts earlier today with the first race starting at 2.10pm.
Here are the runners and riders for Thursday:
2.10pm: 2m6½f (2m6f111y) Guinness Beginners Chase (5yo+)
1 Alfa Mix Mark Walsh
2 Calagogo (IRE) J C Gainford
3 Captain Kangaroo (IRE) Paul Townend
4 Charlie Siringo (IRE) J J Slevin
5 Chinx Of Light (IRE) Simon Torrens
6 Fakiera (FR) Jack Kennedy
7 Oscar Academy (IRE) K E Buckley (5)
8 Our Patron Saint (IRE) Conor Maxwell
9 Rambranlt'jac (FR) Brian Hayes
10 Western Run (IRE) Keith Donoghue
11 Zalika (IRE) Danny Mullins
Peter O'Hehir's tip: Fakiera
2.45pm: 2m2f (2m2f54y) Guinness Open Gate Brewery Novice Chase (Grade 3) (4yo+)
1 Call Me Lyreen (IRE) Jack Kennedy
2 Ganapathi (FR) Paul Townend
3 Sole Pretender (IRE) Simon Torrens
4 The Dara Man (IRE) Danny Mullins
5 Champagne Gold (IRE) Rachael Blackmore
6 Visionarian (IRE) Denis O'Regan
7 Mind Your Money Mr H C Swan
Peter O'Hehir's tip: Sole Pretender
3.20pm: 1m½f (1m98y) Rockshore Handicap (4yo+)
1 Onlyhuman (IRE) Shane Foley
2 Whatharm (IRE) Conor Hoban
3 Flaming Moon (IRE) Sam Ewing (3)
4 Big Baby Bull (IRE) Colin Keane
5 Aurora Princess (IRE) Scott McCullagh (5)
6 One Cool Poet (IRE) Dylan McMonagle
7 Plunkett Billy Lee
8 Soaring Monarch (IRE) Declan McDonogh
9 Ampeson Wayne Lordan
10 Dedillon (IRE) Andy Slattery
11 Comfort Line (IRE) W Joyce (7)
12 Cosmic Vega (IRE) Ronan Whelan
13 Takeachancejimmy (IRE) Jamie Powell (7)
14 Imposing Supreme (IRE) Gary Carroll
15 Sherkin Island (IRE) Chris Hayes
16 Crescent Lake Rory Cleary
17 Church Mountain (IRE) S D Bowen (7)
18 Miss Myers (IRE) Robbie Colgan
19 Ransom Reserve 1
20 Mulgrave (IRE) Reserve 2
21 Starting Monday (IRE) Reserve 3
Peter O'Hehir's tip: Plunkett
3.55pm: 7f Arthur Guinness Irish EBF Corrib Fillies Stakes (Listed Race) (Fillies & Mares) (3yo+)
1 Cool Leader Kevin Manning
2 Emilie Gray (IRE) Chris Hayes
3 Himalayan Beauty (IRE) Tom Madden
4 Milestone Payment (IRE) Billy Lee
5 Night Of Romance Dylan McMonagle
6 Red Heel (IRE) W Joyce
7 Sh Boom Mark Enright
8 Surrounding (IRE) Ronan Whelan
9 Affogato (IRE) Colin Keane
10 Contarelli Chapel (IRE) Wayne Lordan
11 Karkiyna (IRE) Shane B Kelly
12 Nectaris Shane Foley
13 Prettiest (USA) Seamie Heffernan
14 Siesta Beach Leigh Roche
15 Silken Ladder (IRE) Gary Carroll
16 Voice Of Angels Declan McDonogh
Peter O'Hehir's tip: Night Of Romance
4.30pm: 2m4½f (2m4f156y) Guinness Novice Hurdle (4yo+)
1 Salvador Ziggy (IRE) Davy Russell
2 Another Choice (IRE) Bryan Cooper
3 Arabian King Keith Donoghue
4 Falcon Eight (IRE) Darragh O'Keeffe
5 The Friday Man Jack Kennedy
6 Whatdoyawanttoknow (IRE) Gearoid Brouder (5)
7 Hors Piste (FR) Paul Townend
8 Must Be Dreaming (IRE) Brian Hayes
9 Beavis Donagh Meyler
10 She Is Electric (IRE) J J Slevin
Peter O'Hehir's tip: Hors Piste
5.05pm: 2m (2m11y) Guinness Galway Hurdle Handicap (Grade A) (4yo+)
1 Ballyadam (IRE) Rachael Blackmore
2 Felix Desjy (FR) Jack Kennedy
3 Santa Rossa (IRE) Darragh O'Keeffe
4 Shewearsitwell (IRE) Jack Foley (3)
5 Embittered (IRE) Mr H C Swan (7)
6 Party Central (IRE) Non Runner
7 Anna Bunina (FR) Peter Jay Kavanagh (5)
8 My Mate Mozzie (IRE) Sean Flanagan
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10 Farout (IRE) Danny Mullins
11 The Very Man (IRE) Keith Donoghue
12 Jesse Evans (IRE) Bryan Cooper
13 Adamantly Chosen (IRE) Paul Townend
14 Vina Ardanza (IRE) J C Gainford
15 Tudor City (IRE) Liam McKenna (7)
16 Top Bandit Kevin Sexton
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21 Prairie Dancer (IRE) J J Slevin
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Peter O'Hehir's tip: Adamantly Chosen
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2 King Arthurs Sword (IRE) Leigh Roche
3 Magnetic North (IRE) Cian MacRedmond (5)
4 Millford Sound (IRE) Sam Ewing (3)
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10 Star Image Jake Coen (5)
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12 Na Caith Tobac (HOL) Luke McAteer (3)
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17 Komedy Kicks (IRE) Shane Foley
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21 Eagle Terrace Reserve 3
Peter O'Hehir's tip: Darkened
6.10pm: 2m2½f (2m2f59y) Guinness Time INH Flat Race (5yo+)
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21 Cyndi's Girl (IRE) Reserve 1
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As many as 30 students were allegedly vaccinated by a single injection syringe. The incident took place during a covid-19 vaccination drive at a school in Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. Parents of the children who had accompanied them had noticed that the syringe was not being changed and complained to the organizers.
Jitendra Rai, ANM who had injected the students said that the authorities did not provide him with more needles. “They gave just one syringe to me for administering the vaccine jabs and I was asked to do the same. That is why I gave vaccines to 30 children from a single syringe," Jitendra Rai, ANM told ANI.
The administration has lodged an FIR against the vaccinator at Gopalganj police station for negligence in work under the Vaccination Maha Abhiyan. Health Ministry officials claim that they have received complaints and ensured stringent action.
“We have got the complaint, and the probe is underway. Stringent action will be taken against those found guilty, " DK Goswami, CMHO was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI.
Reusing a needle can put patients in danger of contracting several diseases including Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, HIV, and other infections. A probe has been ordered in this matter.
According to Health Ministry data, over 3.87 crore children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines. More than 6.10 crore adolescents in the age group 15-18 years have been given the first dose, the health ministry stated.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 203.17 crore mark on Wednesday with over 36 lakh vaccine doses being administered till 7 pm, the Union health ministry said. More than 32 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on Wednesday.
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NORRISTOWN — A Norristown man has admitted to selling fentanyl or heroin in the borough and awaits his fate from a judge.
Brian M. Collier, 33, of the 1000 block of Green Street, pleaded guilty in Montgomery County Court to a felony charge of possession with intent to deliver heroin/fentanyl in connection with incidents that occurred between February and May 2020 in the borough.
Judge Wendy G. Rothstein deferred sentencing so that court officials can complete a background investigation report about Collier.
The open plea means Collier has no deals with prosecutors regarding his potential sentence. Rothstein will have sole discretion in fashioning the sentence after hearing arguments from prosecutors and Collier’s lawyer.
Collier was permitted to remain free on bail pending his sentencing hearing later this year.
An investigation of Collier began in February 2020 when county and Norristown detectives received information from a confidential source that Collier was actively selling heroin or fentanyl to his customers in the area of his residence, according to court documents.
Detectives then conducted at least four so-called controlled buys between February and May 2020 during which confidential sources met with Collier at locations in the borough and purchased drugs from him, court papers indicate.
Detectives also listened in on some of the phone conversations Collier had with the confidential sources and recognized the conversations as “being consistent with arranging a purchase of fentanyl,” according to the criminal complaint.
Investigators also conducted surveillance, watching Collier walk from his residence to the area of the proposed meeting locations, and observed the drug transactions, which were video recorded, court papers indicate.
In court documents, detectives explained that fentanyl is a synthetic opioid that is 80 to 100 times stronger than morphine.
“Fentanyl is commonly added to heroin to increase its potency, or be disguised as highly potent heroin,” detectives wrote in the arrest affidavit, adding fentanyl, even when introduced to the human body in small amounts, can be deadly.
On May 14, 2020, detectives obtained a warrant to search Collier’s residence. During that search, investigators seized drug packaging materials and digital scales commonly used to weigh controlled substances, items authorities alleged Collier was using to further his fentanyl sales.
Other charges of criminal use of a communication facility, possession of drug paraphernalia and dealing in proceeds of unlawful activities are slated to be dismissed against Collier at time of sentencing. | https://www.timesherald.com/2022/07/27/norristown-man-admits-to-illegal-drug-activity-awaits-fate-from-judge/ | 2022-07-28T06:57:12Z | https://www.timesherald.com/2022/07/27/norristown-man-admits-to-illegal-drug-activity-awaits-fate-from-judge/ | false | 3 |
As many as 30 students were allegedly vaccinated by a single injection syringe. The incident took place during a covid-19 vaccination drive at a school in Sagar in Madhya Pradesh. Parents of the children who had accompanied them had noticed that the syringe was not being changed and complained to the organizers.
Jitendra Rai, ANM who had injected the students said that the authorities did not provide him with more needles. “They gave just one syringe to me for administering the vaccine jabs and I was asked to do the same. That is why I gave vaccines to 30 children from a single syringe,” Jitendra Rai, ANM told ANI.
The administration has lodged an FIR against the vaccinator at Gopalganj police station for negligence in work under the Vaccination Maha Abhiyan. Health Ministry officials claim that they have received complaints and ensured stringent action.
“We have got the complaint, and the probe is underway. Stringent action will be taken against those found guilty, ” DK Goswami, CMHO was quoted as saying by the news agency ANI.
Reusing a needle can put patients in danger of contracting several diseases including Hepatitis C, Hepatitis B, HIV, and other infections. A probe has been ordered in this matter.
According to Health Ministry data, over 3.87 crore children in the age group of 12-14 years have been administered the first dose of Covid-19 vaccines. More than 6.10 crore adolescents in the age group 15-18 years have been given the first dose, the health ministry stated.
The cumulative number of COVID-19 vaccine doses administered in the country crossed the 203.17 crore mark on Wednesday with over 36 lakh vaccine doses being administered till 7 pm, the Union health ministry said. More than 32 lakh vaccine doses have been administered till 7 pm on Wednesday.
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Madang Provincial Police Commander Acting Superintendent Mazuc Rubiang said the arms were discovered after police and soldiers acted on a tip-off. They had had stopped the eight in a vehicle at Walium Station, Usino Bundi District, and found two Winchester shotguns and some live ammunition.
"The eight were then ordered to drive to Jomba Police Station where they were formally charged and detained in the cell. They were charged with two counts under the firearms Act for having in their possession live ammunition and firearms respectively. They were allowed on K500 police bail by the bail authority and will appear in court when their court papers are ready," said the PPC.
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5-year-old dies in Comstock Township crash; MSP investigating
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BY MELISHA YAFOI
The half-a-day operations for all businesses in the nation’s capital has yet again cost them close to a million kina.
With many not operating at all while others became the victims of opportunists who looted one fast food outlet and rest have had to put the safety of the staff members first by closing their operations and sending staff home early.
The cost of loss to business due to election related violence not only in the capital city but nationwide have now run into a billion mark since the polling period.
PNG Chamber of Commerce and Industry President Ian Tarutia said most business houses, main shops and retail outlets shops were closed early yesterday and sent staff home.
He said this came after reports of pockets of trouble and opportunists harassing the public and motor vehicles around the city.
“So far we have heard nothing from the police or appropriate authorities on what actions are being taken to bring the situation under control,” he said earlier yesterday.
BSP Financial Group chief executive officer Robin Fleming said the bank has endeavored to keep all its NCD branches open to maintain service for customers notwithstanding the security incidents which have been occurring across Port Moresby.
“We have had to close some branches such as Boroko, Waigani Banking Centre and Gordon Commercial Centre temporarily while there was fighting outside of the branches but we then re-opened and had restricted access for security reasons,” Mr Fleming said.
He said with majority of the business houses closing yesterday with public transport not being available, BSP have closed all its branches in Port Moresby early between 1pm and 2pm to get staff back home safely.
“We are hoping the situation stabilises tomorrow (today) with the objective of operations being normal and branches open in the morning,” he said. | https://postcourier.com.pg/businesses-held-at-ransom-tarutia/ | 2022-07-28T07:01:16Z | https://postcourier.com.pg/businesses-held-at-ransom-tarutia/ | true | 1 |
Sean McVay Confident Rams Can Avoid Super Bowl Hangover
No team has repeated as Super Bowl Champions since the New England Patriots went back-to-back in 2003 and 2004. Now, the Los Angeles Rams have the opportunity to break that streak as they enter the season as the reigning Super Bowl champions.
Doing so will not be easy, however, as the Rams must avoid the dreaded Super Bowl hangover, which coach Sean McVay believes they are more than capable of.
"What I have respect for is how competitive the league is," McVay said. "So, whether it’s a hangover – to me what that entails is guys think they are better than they are. They stop working the right way, complacency sets in, and the previous success you think has anything to do with your future success."
If any team is capable of repeating as Super Bowl champions from a pure talent perspective, it is the Rams. They boast a roster stacked with talent across the board, and McVay believes they have the guys to get the job done.
"We got the right kind of guys in our locker room, the right kind of coaches that are intrinsically motivated," McVay said. "They care about each other enough that they don’t want to let each other down, so I don’t worry about that."
There is little doubt that on paper the Rams should be the favorites to repeat as Super Bowl champions with their roster. However, repeating as champions is hard in today's NFL, which is why it hasn't been done in so long. What can be said for sure though, is that under McVay there will be no Super Bowl hangover for this Rams team.
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Congress tries to prevent another January 6
By Fredreka Schouten
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In a rare instance of bipartisan accord, a group of 16 Democratic and Republican senators recently reached a deal on legislation that aims to make it harder to overturn a presidential election. It represents the most consequential move in Congress to address former President Donald Trump’s repeated attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat — although its passage is far from guaranteed in a Senate that is split 50-50, along party lines.
The agreement seeks to overhaul the archaic 1887 law known as the Electoral Count Act that Trump tried to exploit last year by demanding that then-Vice President Mike Pence reject the electoral votes in several states that Trump had lost to Joe Biden.
The proposal, spearheaded by Republican Sen. Susan Collins of Maine and Democratic Sen. Joe Manchin of West Virginia, would make clear that a vice president’s role in counting those votes is merely ceremonial. And it would make it harder for members of Congress to object to a state’s presidential results by requiring that one-fifth of the House and Senate mount objections — rather than just one House member and one senator.
The bill, backed by nine Republicans and seven Democrats, also identifies state governors, unless otherwise specified in the state law or constitution in effect on Election Day, as the officials responsible for certifying presidential electors. That’s an effort to thwart moves by partisan actors to put forward alternate slates of electors if they don’t like the election results, and it eliminates the opening for Congress to choose among competing slates.
(As you’ll recall, Trump’s allies convened false electors in several key states as part of an effort to subvert the Electoral College.)
A separate Senate bill, backed by five Republicans and seven Democrats, tries to combat ongoing threats to election administration by increasing federal penalties for anyone who threatens or intimidates election officials or tampers with voting systems.
Early Reaction
A group of five election law professors recently hailed the proposed Electoral Count Act rewrite as a “major improvement” on the antiquated law.
But a coalition of leading civil rights groups issued a statement over the weekend, arguing the proposal “is not enough to protect our democracy in this fragile moment.”
They want Congress to confront what they call “increasing racial discrimination in voting,” following court rulings that have eroded the power of the 1965 Voting Rights Act. (Repeated efforts by Senate Democrats to go bigger on voting, however, have failed in the face of Republican opposition and the reluctance of moderate Democrats to change Senate filibuster rules.)
Additionally, the Senate version is unlikely to be the final word.
Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, a Republican who serves as vice chairwoman of the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, assault on the US Capitol, and California Rep. Zoe Lofgren, a Democrat on the panel, say the committee will have its own recommendations on shoring up the Electoral Count Act.
Will election deniers gain ground in more states?
Next week kicks off a new round of primary elections across the country, and upcoming editions of the CITIZEN newsletter will offer guides by CNN’s campaign team of the key races to watch each week.
Perhaps the biggest test of whether election denial has firmly taken root among the Republican faithful will come in Arizona’s August 2 primary.
Trump has endorsed several candidates in the Grand Canyon State who have embraced his baseless claims that widespread election fraud led to his 2020 defeat, including Republican gubernatorial candidate Kari Lake, secretary of state contender Mark Finchem and venture capitalist Blake Masters, who is vying to take on Democratic Sen. Mark Kelly in the general election.
(As CNN’s Alex Rogers recently reported, Masters has even begun to question whether the 2022 election will be legitimate as he works to shore up his bona fides among Trump supporters.)
And Karrin Taylor Robson, the Arizona Republican gubernatorial candidate endorsed by Pence, told CNN’s Brianna Keilar this week that she does not believe the 2020 election was fair to Trump and would not she say that she accepts the 2020 results.
At the local level in Arizona, meanwhile, a four-way race for a seat on the Maricopa County Board of Supervisors includes candidates who have advanced election conspiracy theories.
One, Republican Thayer Verschoor, a former state senator who served in Trump’s administration, says on his campaign website that the 2020 election “was corrupt and a win was stolen” from the former President.
The Arizona Republic’s Sasha Hupka recently noted that the outcome of this contest in Arizona’s most populous county — home to Phoenix — could change the united front that the board in Maricopa has steadfastly presented in defending the integrity of President Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.
(Election conspiracies about the 2020 election sparked Republicans in the state Senate to order a sprawling probe of Maricopa’s ballots. It became the butt of national jokes last year as the reviewers pursued wild conspiracy theories, such as hunting for signs of bamboo, based on a claim that 40,000 ballots had arrived from Asia. In the end, the recount concluded that Biden had actually won the county by a bigger margin than the official tally.)
Biden captured Arizona by nearly 10,500 votes of out of more than 3 million cast statewide.
Whoever wins the Maricopa seat will serve until January 2025 and help oversee the 2024 presidential election in the county.
You need to read
- These stories in Reuters and The New York Times about new moves by conservative sheriffs’ organizations to investigate the conspiracy theory that the 2020 election was rigged against Trump. As Reuters notes, election officials fear that partisan probes into baseless allegations of election fraud will undermine public confidence in elections.
- CNN’s story on the busy month ahead of fact-finding and decision-making for the House select committee investigating the January 6, 2021, attack on the US Capitol. Cheney, the No. 2 lawmaker on the panel, told CNN’s Jake Tapper on “State of the Union” over the weekend that the committee could “contemplate a subpoena” for Virginia “Ginni” Thomas, a conservative activist and wife of Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas.
- This story by CNN’s Eric Bradner on how the GOP gubernatorial primary in Arizona has turned into a proxy war between Trump and his former vice president.
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Daniel Alberto Passarella, who captained Argentina to their first ever World Cup title, on home soil in 1978, has been reported to have a neurodegenerative condition with combined signs and symptoms of Parkinson's and Alzheimer's disease, which keeps him isolated at home most of the time.
Passarella, 69, is also the only player to have won both World Cups, since he was on the 1986 winning roster, although he did not play at all in the Mexico event. His case is but one of many retired athletes who have this type of ailments, which only manifest themselves long after retirement.
According to the sports newspaper Olé, the 69-year-old Passarella suffers today a process of cognitive deterioration similar to that experienced by his father. Passarella's inner circle admitted he sometimes forgets things and is unable to manage even his own house.
Besides his participation in the national team both as a player and coach, in Argentina he is most remembered for his spells at River Plate, as a defender, then as coach, and at last as club president. During his tenure, one of the two most important clubs in Argentina together with Boca Juniors was relegated from the top category in 2013 for the first and so far only time in its history.
One of his last public appearances was in December 2020 during the Alejandro Sabella memorial, who had been his playing colleague and assistant both at River Plate and the national squad. Sabella eventually coached Argentina to the 2014 World Cup final in Brazil.
Juan Manuel Herbella, like Passarella a former defender with a less vibrant career in a number of clubs in Argentina and in Latin America, who is also a medical doctor and TV commentator, pointed out that Passarella's case was just the tip of the iceberg among athletes.
Although head collisions in football are commonplace, there is very little scientific evidence in case studies on the impact of skull microtraumatisms, both from headers and collisions, on the brain health of players, Herbella explained. Cases of association between traumatic brain injuries and degenerative diseases have been known in boxers for half a century, he added.
But evidence has emerged in other sports such as American football, rugby, ice hockey, and soccer, he went on.
Herbella also noted that the case of Hilderaldo, the world champion captain with Brazil, was the first in Latin America.
In Europe, English rugby players are suing the federation for injuries of this origin. How long will it take for soccer players to realize this and make a big collective claim?, Herbella wondered.
The Argentine expert also cited in an article published 442.perfil.com an exhaustive study by Geoff Manley and colleagues (A systematic review of potential long-term effects of sport-related concussion) had concluded that concussions and repetitive microtrauma are a risk factor for cognitive impairment and mental health problems in some individuals who play sports at a competitive level.
Herbella also noted Australians created the Australian Sports Brain Bank, a medical research laboratory within the neuropathology department at the Royal Prince Alfred Hospital (RPA) in Sydney, to study the relationship between brain injury, repetitive concussions and chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE).
In Herbella's opinion, cases like Passarella's go unnoticed or are mistaken for an age-related deterioration, despite the recurrent number of cases. The physician-footballer was also critical of the players' union for not addressing the issue. After all, soccer players have medical insurance up until a few months past their playing years, and the consequences of the blows are only seen when they have been ex-players for years.
Last but not least, the former defender quoted the chief medical officer of the soccer players' union worldwide, Dr. Vincent Gouttebarge: It is essential to improve the recognition and management of concussion in professional soccer, so that the players' health can be protected both in the short and long term.
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Organ concert at All Saints July 30
All Saints by-the-Sea is pleased to present an organ recital by Henry Lowe at 4 p.m. on Saturday, July 30. Mr. Lowe is a world renown organist having performed at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London, Notre Dame in Paris and venues in Germany and the Netherlands. During his long career as...
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Australia’s longest-running soap is wrapping up its run with an extra-long episode to celebrate its incredible legacy. Beloved at home and even more so in the UK, Neighbours is getting a star-studded send off, with dozens of former cast members returning to play their iconic characters. Below we explain how to watch Neighbours final episode online now FREE on 10 Play in Australia (opens in new tab) and abroad.
When: Thursday, July 28 (Aus) | Friday, July 29 (UK)
Where: Channel 10 (Aus)|Channel 5 (UK)
Time: 7.30pm AEST | 9pm BST
Stream online FREE: 10 Play (opens in new tab) (Aus) | My5 (opens in new tab) (UK)
Watch anywhere: try a 100% risk-free VPN (opens in new tab)
It'll be an emotional affair as we depart Ramsey Street forever. The show featured almost 9,000 episodes from its 1985 debut, and launched the fledgling careers of many aspiring actors into the stratosphere.
The stunning rollcall of celebrities returning to pay their dues includes pop superstar Kylie Minogue and actor Jason Donovan as Charlene and Scott, whose TV wedding in 1987 amassed 20 million UK viewers. Hollywood heartthrob Guy Pearce will reprise his role as Mike Young, in addition to former cast members Margot Robbie, Natalie Imbruglia, and Chicago Fire actor Jesse Spencer.
Fans might have a harder time saying goodbye to good friends Susan and Karl Kennedy, a mainstay of the show for a whopping 28 years, as well as married couple David and Aaron, Harold Bishop, and series legend Madge (Anne Charleston), who, although dead, is to make one final appearance as an apparition.
So, hankies at the ready as we wave off one of TV’s most beloved soaps. Just read on below for how to watch Neighbours final episode online and absolutely free.
How to watch Neighbours online FREE in Australia
How to watch Neighbours final episode from abroad
While Aussies at home can easily catch the final episode of Neighbours, TV soap fans travelling abroad will find the situation a little more complicated. Trying to log in to 10 Play online won’t be possible due to geo-blocking restrictions, which will inform you you're in the wrong country.
Luckily, there’s an easy fix: simply download and use a VPN to watch it. A VPN is a nifty bit of kit changes your IP address, allowing you to connect to your favourite on-demand services and watch all of its premium content regardless of where you’re streaming from.
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Indian Army SSC Tech Recruitment 2022: Notification for various posts released at joinindianarmy.nic.in- Check vacancies and other details here
Indian Army SSC Recruitment 2022: Interested candidates can check their eligibility and apply for the posts on the official website-- joinindianarmy.nic.in, scroll down for more details.
- The notification for the Indian Army Short Service Commission, SSC Tech Recruitment 2022 has been released
- Eligible unmarried male and female candidates can apply on the official website
- The application period began on July 26 at 3 p.m. and will end on August 24, 2022 at 3 p.m
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Indian Army SSC Recruitment 2022: The notification for the Indian Army Short Service Commission, SSC Tech Recruitment 2022 has been released. The Indian Army has begun the online application process for Short Service Commission (SSC)-Technical positions. Eligible unmarried male and female candidates can apply on the official website joinindianarmy.nic.in until August 24, 3.00 PM. The Indian Army is looking to fill 191 vacancies, with 175 for SSC (Tech) Men, 14 for SSC (Tech) Women, and 2 for Widows of Defence Personnel. Interested candidates should check their eligibility and apply for the positions at joinindianarmy.nic.in. The application period began on July 26 at 3 p.m. and will end on August 24, 2022 at 3 p.m.
Indian Army SSC Tech Recruitment 2022: Vacancy Details
India Army Recruitment 2022: Age Limit
- Candidates for SSC(Tech)- 60 Men and SSCW(Tech)- 31 Women must have been born between 02 April 1996 and 01 April 2003 (both days inclusive), i.e. 20 to 27 years old as of 01 April 2023.
- Only for widows of service members who died in harness. SSCW (Non Tech) [Non UPSC] and SSCW (Tech) - A maximum age of 35 as of April 1, 2023.
Indian Army SSC Tech Recruitment 2022: Educational qualification
In terms of education, candidates must hold a B.E/B.Tech degree. The official website contains detailed eligibility criteria.
Indian Army Tech Recruitment 2022: Vacancy Details
- SSC (Tech)-60th Men: 175
- SSCW (Tech)-31st Women: 14
- Widows of Defence Personnel Only 02
Indian Army Tech Recruitment 2022; download the official notification here
Indian Army tech Recruitment 2022: Eligibility Criteria
Age: 20-27 years as on April 1, 2023.
Indian Army Recruitment 2022: Here’s how to apply
- Visit the official website joinindianarmy.nic.in
- Click on “Officer Entry Apply/Login” and then click “Registration”
- Once registered, click “Apply Online” under dashboard
- Now click on “Apply” shown against Short Service Commission Technical Course
- Fill the application form and submit
- Take a printout for future reference
Indian Army SSC Tech Recruitment 2022, Direct link here
Selected candidates will be detailed for training at Officers Training Academy, Chennai based on their position in the final order of merit (engineering stream-wise), subject to meeting all eligibility criteria. The training period is scheduled to last 49 weeks.
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A 56-year-old man from Murcia has accepted a sentence of two years in prison (although he will not go to jail) after admitting at trial that he is guilty of a crime of possession and distribution of child pornography, as stated in the sentence issued by the Third Section of the Provincial Court of Murcia. The events that the man has recognized took place more than five years ago, although they ended up being judged in 2022. The subject, a resident of Las Torres de Cotillas, was in a group of WhatsApp in which there were 569 participants. Using his number, which was registered to a drugstore in town, she proceeded to share images of child pornography. In the snapshots they appeared under 12 years of agevictims of sexual abuse. The individual sent them to the group “with the intention of satisfying his libidinous desires,” says the court ruling. His action led to an investigation being opened. Court order in hand, issued by the Court of First Instance and Instruction No. 1 of Molina de Segura, the Security Forces and Bodies proceeded to search the address of this man, whose mobile phone was seized, to analyze it and see what criminal material he kept. The oral hearing was resolved with a consent. The subject is sentenced to two years behind bars, although you are granted the benefit of suspension of the custodial sentence with the condition that for 24 months he does not commit any crime, to which he promised. The sentence was notified in court and is firm.
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Tory leadership LIVE: Boris' route back to No10 exposed as he now risks LOSING his seat
ALLIES are drafting plans to get Boris Johnson back into No10 with a list of Tory MPs in safe seats willing to stand down.
Boris Johnson should be on Tory member ballot says MP
Mr Johnson is said to be "testing the water" over moving seats after polls suggest he is at risk of losing his Uxbridge seat. One source said: "They’re prepared to dangle honours in front of ultra-loyalists and those who might be thinking about standing down anyway." Earlier this week Tory peer Lord Cruddas, who is spearheading a campaign to put Mr Johnson on the Ballot claimed the Prime Minister "wants to fight the next general election leaders" and "does not want to resign".
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Plot to get Boris Johnson back in No10 exposed
Allies are drafting plans to get Boris Johnson back into No10 with a list of Tory MPs in safe seats willing to stand down.
Mr Johnson is said to be "testing the water" over moving seats after polls suggest he is at risk of losing his Uxbridge seat.
One source told the Mirror: "They’re prepared to dangle honours in front of ultra-loyalists and those who might be thinking about standing down anyway."
PM removed 'via a coup', says Nadine Dorries
Nadine Dorries said Boris Johnson was removed "via a coup" after being asked out the Prime Ministers resignation.
Speaking from the Commonwealth Games, which kicks off today, the Culture Secretary said was "very disappointed" and the Tory party is making a "huge mistake".
Ms Dorries, who is supporting Liz Truss said the Foreign Secretary is "able to pick up the batton" to "take the country forward"
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Analysis of the main downstream markets of global Spherical Zirconium Powder in 2022-2028
Global Info Research has conducted comprehensive and in-depth research on the global Spherical Zirconium Powder market.This market report provides a detailed analysis of global market size, regional and country-level market size, segmentation market growth, market share, competitive Landscape, sales analysis, impact of domestic and global market players, value chain optimization, trade regulations, recent developments, opportunities analysis, strategic market growth analysis, product launches, area marketplace expanding, and technological innovations.
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According to our (Global Info Research) latest study, due to COVID-19 and Russia-Ukraine War influence, the global Spherical Zirconium Powder market size was valued at USD million in 2021 and is forecast to a readjusted size of USD million by 2028 with a CAGR of % during review period.
The Spherical Zirconium Powder market in the USA. is estimated at USD million in 2022, which currently accounts for a % share in the global market. China, the world`s second largest economy, is estimated at USD million in 2022 and holds a % percent.
Refractory occupied for % of the Spherical Zirconium Powder global market in 2021, and it is projected to value USD million by 2028, growing at a % CAGR in next six years. In terms of product type, 99% – 99.5% segment is altered to a % CAGR between 2022 and 2028.
Global key manufacturers of Spherical Zirconium Powder include SkySpring Nanomaterials, Hunan Rheniumet Ltd., Nanoshel, Hunan Huawei aerospace special materials Co., Ltd. and AEM Deposition. etc. In terms of revenue, the global top four players hold a share over % in 2021.
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Nanoshel
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＞ 99.5%
Segment by Application
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This section covers regional segmentation which accentuates on current and future demand for Spherical Zirconium Powder market across North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America, and Middle East & Africa. Further, the report focuses on demand for individual application segment across all the prominent regions.
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‘I love you, mija’: Abilene woman mourns loss of daughter, 13-year-old granddaughter
ABILENE, Texas ( KTAB/KRBC ) – The tragic vehicle accident near Littlefield, Texas on Wednesday morning claimed the lives of Carmen Michelle Rodriguez, 30, and Rosalin Rodriguez, 13, both of Abilene.
While two of Rodriguez’s other children in the vehicle survived it was a devastating moment for the mother of Carmen Rodriguez, Olga Martinez.
“The last thing I told my daughter when she left when she was going to pick up my granddaughter was I love you, mija,” Martinez says.
Abilene woman and teen killed, child injured in Lubbock area crashAs of Thursday afternoon, Carmen’s 5-year-old son Gabriel was in stable condition following surgery on his lower body, and according to the 5-year-old, he had one last interaction with his mother.
“From when he started waking up and talking,” said family friend Jessie Lachowitzer. “I was going to the light with mom and sister and my mom told me that I couldn’t go and that I needed to come back and take care of my little sister.”
Family friend and co-worker Jessie Lachowitzer said that she was at work the day before. “My reaction was utter devastation,” said Lachowitzer. “There was just no believing it.”
Lachowitzer along with co-workers of Keen Cleaners on Danville Drive in Abilene will be hosting a bake sale on Friday and Saturday to raise donations to go towards funeral costs.
Watch the video above as the mother of Carmen Rodriguez, Olga Martinez, and family friend, and co-worker Jessie Lachowitzer share their memories of Carmen and her daughter Rosalin.
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The Delhi High Court has denied bail to a person accused in a double murder case noting that one of the eyewitnesses was yet to be examined.
Justice Anu Malhotra dismissed the bail plea of Akshey Dagar who had sought relief on the ground of delay in the trial.
The bench while dismissing the bail plea of the petitioner noted the contention of the additional public prosecutors and the accused’s alleged involvement in other criminal cases.
The bench noted in the order dated July 21 that one of the witnesses Sumitra Devi has been examined but another eyewitness Darshana Devi is yet to be examined.
In view thereof, the court said it does not consider it appropriate to grant bail to the accused. Delhi Police had filed a status report that there are two public witnesses Darshana Devi and Sumitra who had identified the accused in the CCTV footage and that the trial court has also granted these witnesses protection.
On the other hand advocate Rishabh Jain, counsel for the petitioner Dagar, submitted that the petitioner had been in custody since 2018. There are 70 prosecution witnesses.
Out of these witnesses, only three have been examined in court. The trial would take a decade to complete at this pace. Therefore the petitioner should be granted bail during the pendency of the trial.
The bench ordered that the State shall ensure the production of the witness Darshna Devi as the next witness in the case before the learned trial court.
The trial court shall ensure that in terms of the direction of the Supreme Court passed on August 26, 2021, the trial of the instant case is completed expeditiously.
Delhi Police said that the petitioner was involved in three other criminal cases registered for different offences like murder and others. The counsel for the petitioner had submitted that he is on bail in all cases except the present one.
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Morocco Defense Market – Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2026
Morocco Defense Market – Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2026
Summary
“Morocco Defense Market – Attractiveness, Competitive Landscape and Forecasts to 2026”, report provides an overview of the Morocco defense market, outlining future programs and predicted expenditures. Over the historic period, defense expenditure has been driven by the ongoing rivalry with neighbouring Algeria, the conflict in Western Sahara, and security concerns related to both the drugs trade and terrorism. During 2017-2021, Morocco's defense expenditure grew at a CAGR of 8.67% to reach US$6.5 billion in 2021. Whilst persistent geopolitical drivers necessitate continued spending, the economic impacts of COVID-19 are expected to dampen the rate of defense expenditure growth over the forecast period. However, major procurement programs such as the F-16, AH-64, and Avante-class offshore patrol vessel (OPV) will sustain expenditure growth in this period.
Drivers of Defense expenditure include: Modernization of the Moroccan Royal Armed Forces, conflict in Western Sahara and rivalry with Algeria Equipment modernization: Morocco needs a collection of advanced and high-tech weaponry in order to combat the threat from extremists and ensure adequate security along the Moroccan borders. Given the need to enhance effectiveness and ensure that the country's arsenal is technologically advanced, Morocco has opted for equipment modernization, under which the country will procure better designed, cutting-edge technology arms and ammunitions.
Who Should Buy
– Defence Startups, Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Defence Planners, Aerospace and Defence Integrators, Venture Capital Firms, Government Agencies, Head of Marketing, Head of Sales, CEOs and Senior Executives.
– The concerned stakeholders can utilize the report to identify high growth segments and customize their offerings to match the project requirements.
– The Venture Capital Firms can utilize the project details, growth rate, and market size to identify and fund high potential startups.
Scope
This report offers detailed analysis of Morocco's defense market with market size forecasts covering the next five years. This report will also analyze factors that influence demand for the industry, key market trends, and challenges faced by industry participants. In particular, it provides an in-depth analysis of the following –
– Morocco's defense budget: detailed analysis of Morocco's FY2021 defense budget broken down into market size and market share. This is coupled with an examination of key current and future acquisitions.
– Regulation: the procurement policy and process is explained. This is coupled with an analysis of Morocco's military doctrine and strategy to provide a comprehensive overview of Norwegian military regulation.
– Security Environment: political alliances and perceived security threats to Morocco are examined; which will help to explain trends in spending and modernisation.
– Import and Export Dynamics: analysis of prevalent trends in the country's imports and exports over the last five years
– Competitive landscape and strategic insights: analysis of the competitive landscape of the Moroccan defense industry.
Reasons to Buy
– Determine prospective investment areas based on a detailed trend analysis of the Moroccan defense market over the next five years
– Gain in-depth understanding about the underlying factors driving demand for different defense and internal security segments in the Moroccan market and identify the opportunities offered.
– Strengthen your understanding of the market in terms of demand drivers, market trends, and the latest technological developments, among others
– Identify the major threats that are driving the Moroccan defense market providing a clear picture about future opportunities that can be tapped, resulting in revenue expansion
– Channel resources by focusing on the ongoing programs that are being undertaken by the Moroccan government
– Make correct business decisions based on in-depth analysis of the competitive landscape consisting of detailed profiles of the top defense equipment providers in the country. The company profiles also includes information about the key products, alliances, recent contract awarded, and financial analysis, wherever available
Table of content
Table of Contents
Executive Summary
Defense Budget Assessment
Budgeting Process
Defense Market Size Historical And Forecast
Drivers Of Defense Expenditure
Analysis Of Defense Budget Allocation
Key Market Trends and Insights
Military Doctrine And Security Environment
Military Doctrine And Strategy
Primary Threat Perception
Political And Strategic Alliances
Geopolitical Social And Economic Scenario
Market Entry Strategy And Regulations
Procurement Policy and Process
Market Regulations
Market Entry Route
Key Challenges
Major Deals and M&A
Market Attractiveness And Emerging Opportunities
Market Attractiveness, 2020 2025
Top Defense Segments By Value
Import And Export Market Dynamics
Import Market Dynamics
Export Market Dynamics
Defense Platform Acquisitions
AH 64E Apache Attack Helicopter
F 16C/D Block 72
MIM 104 Patriot
Offshore Patrol Vessel
CAESAR
Fleet Size
Competitive Landscape
Defense Companies Operating In Morocco
Main Defense Companies
Appendix
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'Zero Journalistic Integrity:' Elon Musk Hits Back at MSM 'Hit Piece' Alleging Adulterous Affair
Elon Musk is hitting back at the Wall Street Journal after the outlet accused him of an adulterous affair, encouraging a defamation lawsuit and sharing photo evidence that casts doubt on the outlet’s report.
A Sunday article, which Musk described as a “hit piece,” accused the Tesla billionaire of engaging in an adulterous affair with Nicole Shanahan, the then-wife of Google co-founder Sergey Brin, in fall of 2021.
The article claimed that the adulterous affair ruptured a longtime friendship between Brin and Musk, ultimately contributing to a divorce between the couple.
Musk even went so far as to have “dropped to one knee” and begged forgiveness from Brin for encroaching upon his then-wife, according to the Wall Street Journal article.
Brin and Musk are two of the world’s wealthiest people, with the former providing early investment for Tesla.
Musk quickly denied the veracity of the article after its publication.
Yeah, that was Sergey and me yesterday afternoon!
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
He shared a picture of himself and Brin together, saying that the photo was taken over the weekend, seemingly refuting claims that the men were no longer friends.
A lawyer for Shanahan released a statement rejecting the Wall Street Journal’s report as an “outright lie” and “defamatory,” the New York Post reported.
The Wall Street Journal, which cited “people familiar with the matter,” has stood by its reporting in the story.
Kirsten Grind and Emily Glazer are listed on the article’s byline.
Lawyer for Sergey Brin’s wife Nicole Shanahan backs @elonmusk saying, “Make no mistake, any suggestion that Nicole had an affair with Elon Musk is not only an outright lie but also defamatory.”
Yet @wsj says “We are confident in our sourcing, and we stand by our reporting.”
🤦🏻♂️
— Dave Lee (@heydave7) July 27, 2022
Musk accused Wall Street Journal investigation editor Michael Siconolfi of having “zero journalistic integrity” for his role in publishing what he called a “hit piece.“
The real problem here is that @michaelsiconolf has zero journalistic integrity
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
Musk suggested that Shanahan could sue the outlet for defamation, arguing that his own public profile would make it difficult to win a defamation case as a litigant.
Musk shared a picture of himself hanging out with Brin in response to a tweet from Siconolfi claiming their friendship had been destroyed, seemingly catching the mainstream media editor red-handed.
______, ______ your 👖 are on 🔥 pic.twitter.com/Ioq3EGOQj3
— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 25, 2022
Musk has claimed that dishonest media coverage of him is motivated by demand for clicks and internet traffic.
Truth and Accuracy
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2022-2027 Global and Regional Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Industry Status and Prospects Professional Market Research Report Standard Version
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Table of content
Chapter 1 Industry Overview
1.1 Definition
1.2 Assumptions
1.3 Research Scope
1.4 Market Analysis by Regions
1.4.1 North America Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.2 East Asia Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.3 Europe Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.4 South Asia Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.5 Southeast Asia Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.6 Middle East Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.7 Africa Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.8 Oceania Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.4.9 South America Market States and Outlook (2022-2027)
1.5 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Market Size Analysis from 2022 to 2027
1.5.1 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Market Size Analysis from 2022 to 2027 by Consumption Volume
1.5.2 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Market Size Analysis from 2022 to 2027 by Value
1.5.3 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Price Trends Analysis from 2022 to 2027
1.6 COVID-19 Outbreak: Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Industry Impact
Chapter 2 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Competition by Types, Applications, and Top Regions and Countries
2.1 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) (Volume and Value) by Type
2.1.1 Global Railway Overhead Catenary System (OCS) Consumption and Market Share by Type (2016-2021)
2.1.2 Global Railway Overhead Catenar
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"With volatile energy markets and the ongoing need for action to tackle climate change, 2022 continues to present huge challenges for consumers, governments, and companies alike. Consequently, we are using our financial strength to invest in secure energy supplies which the world needs today, taking real, bold steps to cut carbon emissions, and transforming our company for a low-carbon energy future.
And, crucially, our Powering Progress strategy is delivering strong results for our shareholders on the back of years of portfolio high grading, combined with robust operational performance. We are increasing shareholder distributions through a $6 billion share buyback programme which is expected to be completed by Q3 2022 results."
Shell plc Chief Executive Officer, Ben van Beurden
DISCIPLINE DELIVERING RESULTS: MORE CASH, MORE RESILIENCE
- Strong performance in a turbulent economic environment with Adjusted Earnings of $11.5 billion in Q2 2022. Adjusted EBITDA of $23.1 billion in Q2 2022 versus $19.0 billion in Q1 2022.
- Announced $6 billion share buybacks are expected to be completed by Q3 2022 results; total distributions significantly in excess of 30% of CFFO for the last four quarters. With the current energy sector outlook and subject to Board approval, shareholder distributions are expected to remain in excess of 30% of CFFO.
- In the first half of 2022 shareholder distributions have doubled from those in the first half of 2013, a decade ago, when Brent prices were similar, with increased discipline, integrated value delivery and improved resilience driving better results.
- Strengthening energy security through natural gas investments in Pierce and Jackdaw (UK), participation in the North Field LNG expansion (Qatar) and Crux FID (Australia). Positioning for the future of energy with a final investment decision for Holland Hydrogen I (Netherlands) and progressing the completion of the acquisition of Sprng Energy (India).
- Disciplined cash capex: expected to be in the $23 - 27 billion range in 2022.
1 Income/(loss) attributable to shareholders for Q2 2022 is $ 18.0 billon. Reconciliation of non-GAAP measures can be found in the unaudited results, available on www.shell.com/investors.
- CFFO increased by $3.8 billion versus Q1 2022 to $18.7 billion, driven by higher Adjusted EBITDA and lower working capital outflows. In Q2 2022, Tax paid & other includes tax payments of $3.2 billion, offset by current cost of supplies adjustment and other movements. Working capital in Q2 2022 is mainly impacted by inventory price and volume hurt of $6.8 billion, offset by favourable accounts receivable and payable movements and initial margin inflows.
- Net debt reduced by ~$2.1 billion (~4%), to $46.4 billion in Q2 2022.
Q2 2022 FINANCIAL PERFORMANCE DRIVERS
INTEGRATED GAS
- Adjusted Earnings below Q1 2022, reflecting lower trading and optimisation results as well as impact of Sakhalin derecognition partly offset by higher realised prices and Pearl Train 1 and Prelude returning to operations in Q2 2022.
- Trading and optimisation results in Q2 2022 were strong, but lower than Q1 2022, driven by lower sales volumes and fewer portfolio optimisation opportunities.
- Q3 2022 outlook includes substantially more planned maintenance compared with Q2 2022 and uncertainty around the impact of "Permitted Industrial Actions" at Prelude.
UPSTREAM
- Production was lower than in Q1 2022, mainly driven by higher scheduled maintenance.
- Adjusted Earnings benefited from higher prices and a gain related to storage and working gas transfer effects in a joint venture.
- The Q3 2022 production outlook reflects that Salym-related volumes in Russia are no longer recognised.
MARKETING
- Marketing margins were higher than in Q1 2022, with seasonal impact of higher volumes in Mobility, partly offset by lower Lubricants margins due to higher feedstock costs.
- Marketing Adjusted Earnings also impacted by deferred tax charges.
CHEMICALS & PRODUCTS
- Higher realised refining margins reflecting the dislocation in product markets, particularly middle distillates.
- Trading and optimisation results in Q2 2022 were strong as demand outpaced supply, but below exceptional Q1 2022 results.
- Lower chemicals margins due to higher feedstock and utility costs and higher turnaround activities.
**With effect from Q2 2022, the methodology applied in calculating both Chemicals manufacturing plant utilisation and Refinery utilisation has been revised. For details, see the Quarterly Results Announcement.
RENEWABLES & ENERGY SOUTIONS
*Segment Earnings for Q2 2022 is -$ 0.2 billion. Reconciliation of non-GAAP measures can be found in the unaudited results, available on www.shell.com/investors
- Exceptionally strong Adjusted Earnings and Adjusted EBITDA resulting from higher trading and optimisation margins for gas and power, due to extraordinary gas and power price volatility in North America, Europe and Australia.
- Final investment decision taken to build a 200 MW electrolyser Holland Hydrogen I, Europe’s largest renewable hydrogen plant once operational in 2025.
- Progressing with the acquisition of Sprng Energy group, one of India’s leading renewable power platforms.
- Signed 10-year renewable energy supply agreement with Air Liquide to provide 52 GWh of solar energy per year to power industrial and medical gas production operations in Italy.
- Launched the Shell Energy brand into the residential power market in the United States of America, offering 100% renewable electricity plans to eligible customers in Texas.
- Acquired minority stake in Carbonext, Brazil’s largest developer of REDD+ carbon credit generating projects.
The Renewables and Energy Solutions segment includes Shell’s Integrated Power activities, comprising electricity generation, marketing, trading and optimisation of power and pipeline gas, and digitally enabled customer solutions. The segment also includes production and marketing of hydrogen, development of commercial carbon capture & storage hubs, trading of carbon credits and investment in nature-based projects that avoid or reduce carbon.
CORPORATE
- The Adjusted Earnings outlook is a net expense of $2,000 - 2,400 million for the full year 2022. This excludes the impact of currency exchange rate effects.
UPCOMING INVESTOR EVENTS
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Shell’s Net-Zero Emissions Target
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It’s time to manifest a clear night’s sky because Australia is getting front row seats to not one, not two but three meteor showers this week. The new moon coinciding with the trio meteor groups — the Piscis Austrnids, the Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids — has created possibly the most perfect viewing conditions for the space show.
Per The Guardian, the meteor showers are expected to kick off their strongest showing with the Piscis Austrinids peaking on Thursday night. The Southern Delta Aquariids and the Alpha Capricornids are set to hit their peaks on July 30 and give everyone a good late-night show on the weekend.
Macquarie University’s Professor Orsola De Marco told The Guardian that the Southern Delta Aquaniids are likely going to be the biggest show-offs with the most meteors zooming across the sky.
It’s expected it’ll yeet 20 meteors across the sky at it’s peak while the Piscis Austranids will have five per hour and the Alpha Capricornids will have four per hour.
So tonight’s peak shower will be more of a support act to the big dazzling set on Saturday night.
When Will The Meteor Showers Begin?
The Piscis Austrinids will peak on Thursday night (July 28) and will kick off around 8pm east coast time. They’ll likely be at their best around 11pm and you’ll be able to spot them towards the east about 45 degrees up from the horizon.
Saturday night (July 30) is when we’ll get the Southern Delta Aquariids and Alpha Capricornids popping off like there’s no tomorrow.
11pm is the time to get outside and pray for clear skies because both showers will be in full flight around then. The Southern Deltas will be to the east-northeast about 45 degrees above the horizon, while the Alpha Capricornids will be a little higher in the sky and about as bright as Venus is at dusk and dawn.
But that’s not the end of the show — if you miss out on the showers this week there will be another one coming in August.
Dr De Marco told The Guardian that the Perseids will be peaking in mid-August and will light up the night’s sky with up to 100 meteors an hour.
“You’re going to see [meteors] going upwards from the north horizon,” she said.
“They’re going to look like they are rising as opposed to falling.”
That meteor shower will be one for the early risers — or those wandering home from a Friday night hoon — because the best viewing time is set to be 5am on August 13.
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Politics at times throws up such extremes of situations and circumstances, and within such short spans of time, that it’s like watching a celluloid rendition of ‘truth is stranger than fiction’!
On July 21, 2022, the heart of the city of Kolkata saw a political rally by West Bengal’s ruling Trinamool Congress (TMC) party that exceeded the expectations of even the most die-hard TMC supporters in terms of the size of the turnout. Every nook and corner, every lane and alley, leave alone the major thoroughfares, and even the rooftops that hemmed the central podium of TMC’s ‘Martyrs’ Day’ observance that afternoon, was just a sea of humanity — literally!
With Mamata Banerjee’s rise as Bengal Chief Minister (CM), July 21 has metamorphosed from merely being a day of sombre remembrance to a measure of the TMC supremo’s stranglehold on the mood of the people in her state. And make no mistake — if turnouts at political rallies are anything to go by, if enthusiasm of supporters and party workers is any yard stick, then this July 21 was yet again a validation of ‘Brand’ Mamata’s unwavering appeal among her target audience.
But remember what was said at the start of this article: Politics at times throws up such extremes of situations and circumstances, and within such short spans of time, that it’s like watching a celluloid rendition of ‘truth is stranger than fiction’!
Horrifying cash seizures
Barely a few hours after the TMC supporters reached home from that massive show of support on July 21, early on July 22, live video footage on local and national television channels started beaming horrifying, yes ‘horrifying’ is the term, images of heaps of ill-gotten cash recovered during a raid conducted by Enforcement Directorate on the city apartment of Arpita Mukherjee, said to be a close acquaintance of Partha Chatterjee — TMC secretary-general and the de facto No 2 in Mamata’s Cabinet.
Chatterjee himself was also being quizzed by ED officials as simultaneous raids were conducted by the federal agency at 14 locations across Bengal to get to the root of the Staff Selection Commission (SSC) scam over recruitment of school teachers in the state, which reportedly dates back to the time when Chatterjee was the state’s higher education minister.
According to an ED statement in court — following the seizure of nearly Rs220 million (Dh10.12 million) in cash, apart from foreign currency and gold jewellery, from Arpita Mukherjee’s apartment in southern Kolkata — the quantum of corruption in the teacher recruitment scam is to the tune of Rs2 billion! As if that was not enough, on July 27, an additional Rs280 million in cash and 6kg of gold was confiscated by ED during a raid on a second apartment belonging to Arpita Mukherjee in the northern fringes of Kolkata! These figures are not just shocking, but they strike at the very core of trust and confidence that the man on the street confers on a public servant and the administration.
How the tables turned! Worse
From late afternoon of July 21 to the early-morning hours of July 22, in barely 12 hours, Bengal’s political narrative had turned on its head and how! So much so, that Mamata — who was conspicuous in her silence on the issue even 48 hours after Partha Chatterjee was formally arrested by ED — had to finally ‘disengage’ the mute mode at a state government-sponsored awards function and launch a counter-attack.
She was scathing in her tirade against her political opponents, she was even emotional at times in raising the pitch against what she termed as a “political vendetta”. And in her inimitable style, she even threatened to strike back at her detractors.
Tactical lacunae
The anguish in her voice and the apparent earnestness with which she vowed not to ever compromise on issues of honesty and ethics were understandable and even appreciable from her personal perspective. But the tactical lacunae, notwithstanding her zealous reaffirmation not to have ever sided with the corrupt, was also all too palpable and there lies the crux of the matter.
The Bengal government and TMC have made their stand on the issue of Partha Chatterjee’s arrest quite clear: That no action will be taken against him unless evidence on his involvement in the scam is accepted by the court.
Now, while this stance certainly does pay more than a lip service to the ‘innocent-until-proven-guilty’ adage, what it also tantamounts to is a gross trust deficit on two counts: Firstly, the spirit of ‘collective responsibility’ — to which the Council of Ministers is committed, in keeping with constitutional propriety in a parliamentary democracy, whereby, any transgression on the part of any one minister is seen as a blot on the entire Council of Ministers and the group is required to act (adopt remedial measures) on it collectively — has been betrayed by allowing Chatterjee to continue as a minister, that too with multiple portfolios. By allowing a senior Cabinet minister, who has been arrested by a federal agency over suspicions of gross financial irregularities, to retain all his ministerial portfolios, the credibility of the entire Council of Ministers has been put at stake. And that's a risk that's just not worth taking.
Time to walk the talk
Secondly, there is an even bigger matrix on which this entire episode is now being played out. And that is — staying committed to the trust of the people and being answerable to them, come what may.
This very same Mamata had once quit as the Railways minister from former prime minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee’s Cabinet, citing the then Defence minister George Fernandez’s alleged role in the ‘Coffin Scam’. Mamata storming out of the Vajpayee ministry was one of the surest signs of her integrity and a fearless commitment to politics that was not merely agenda-driven, but built on the bedrock of trust and honesty.
Politics, not just in India but for that matter anywhere in the world, is a lot about public perception and a lion’s share of that perception is based on a leader’s ability to walk the talk. Mamata had done that on the George Fernandez issue, but with her own party colleague she has faltered miserably. For her, stripping Partha Chatterjee of all his ministerial berths and his party position, until absolved of all charges in court, would have only helped boost public perception and consolidated her stature as a ‘take-no-prisoner’ commander for whom compromise has never been an option. Instead, she has tried to turn this battle over her beleaguered Cabinet colleague into a personal one. She ought to have realised that every ‘battle’ cannot and should not be her personal ‘war’ — notwithstanding the attacks on her by her political opponents.
She also must remember that by claiming to have “no knowledge” in the massive black-money trail in the SSC scam, she has actually opened the door and made herself susceptible to further damage in public domain. If the highest public servant in a state says that she had no clue about financial irregularities of such gargantuan proportion in a section of her ministry, then it is a sad commentary on the overall state of affairs and reeks of a systemic failure.
Time to act
Even now, the vast majority of the electorate in Bengal reposes its trust and faith in her and that is all the more reason for Mamata to rise above and beyond the ruse of ‘vendetta’ politics and playing the ‘victimhood’ card. She has been a true fighter all her life, a fighter who has scaled many a seemingly insurmountable wall without ever balking at its height. That is why she is loved and respected so much.
If the money trail in Bengal’s teacher recruitment scam indeed stops at Partha Chatterjee’s door and no other, then the onus should be on him to explain that. But until he comes out clean or otherwise, let the Bengal CM shut the Cabinet and TMC door on him. Let Mamata sort the ‘perception’ angle out by being exemplary with her actions — NOW — because that is what will actually blunt her opponents’ weapons — before it’s too late.
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An immersive art experience issuing a call to arms to protect and restore the natural world is set to open in Bristol this weekend.
Wake The Tiger, from the creators of music festival Boomtown, occupies a former warehouse in the industrial neighbourhood of St Philip’s and styles itself as the first-ever “amazement park”.
It takes the public on a journey through the parallel universe of Meridia, which is flooded with a constant stream of junk from our own world.
Like us, the Meridians are facing the looming spectre of climate change but, unlike us, are living in harmony with their forests, soil, water and climate.
The story begins on a dismal housing development promising luxury living, where the only truly living thing is a solitary tree.
Visitors are then sucked into Meridia’s labyrinthine network of tunnels and dens, where thousands of knick-knacks line the walls as inhabitants try to make sense of the tat flowing in from Planet Earth.
The route passes through the “mycelium room”, the dense network of fungal threads vital to soil health and almost all plant life, before entering glades dense with huge, psychedelic flowers.
The mycelium room in the Wake The Tiger ‘amazement park’ which is gearing up to open in Bristol (Ben Birchall/PA)
Twenty-seven different spaces branch off from the path, including dark forests, ice caves, and an eerie underwater world, populated by nightmarish mermaids and clogged with plastic.
The attraction is dotted with chambers and workshops belonging to the never-seen Meridians, which are full of levers and buttons that trigger a host of animatronic surprises.
The intense visual experience is accompanied by a dense soundscape, where the cacophony of a healthy ecosystem is interspersed with the sound of ticking clocks and clicking machinery.
Wake The Tiger’s creators said the driving force behind the idea was to inspire people to reconnect with their environment and the community.
Visitors to Wake The Tiger are pulled into a parallel world (Ben Birchall/PA)
They said they aimed to create an experience of “creativity, discovery and play” which mixes lessons in science with spiritual messages about the planet.
More than 100 installation artists, robotic experts, costume-makers, architects, videographers and prop-makers collaborated to make the fantasy landscape.
Lak Mitchell, the project’s creative director, said: “Wake The Tiger is an abandoned time capsule of fantastical experiences just waiting to be discovered.
“It will invite you to explore connections with the environment around you as well as challenge you to transform the world we all live in.”
A woman stands in a mirror room in the fantasy world of Meridia (Ben Birchall/PA)
He added: “This is a vision that plays into and expands on everything we have spent our lives building, taking raw underground art and fusing it with the latest technology.
“We can’t wait for guests to explore what we have created in the heart of Bristol.”
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