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Rebecca Calderon releases book of previously unpublished work
Local author Rebecca Calderon has published ‘Llévame Donde Nací – The Metamorphosis’ of a Play’ based on previously unpublished work.
In 2004 under her then-name Rebecca Faller, she published a full-length play The Civil Garrison in order to commemorate the Gibraltar Tercentenary.
The play was never produced due to many factors but primarily because of the sudden death of Dr. Leslie Zammitt who was directing the piece.
The work was put away until 2014 when Government Archivist Anthony Pitaluga proposed that it be staged to celebrate the 75th Anniversary of the WWII evacuation.
She teamed up with local theatre director Jackie Villa who suggested the play should be edited and developed using the same characters but focusing solely on the war years.
Rebecca renamed the piece Llévame Donde Nací after the famous song (which already appears in The Civil Garrison), and began work on multiple interviews and re-writes. The baton was then passed onto Jackie who along with producer Andrew Dark carried out further detailed work to the script until it was ready to be staged.
Ms Calderon saw nothing of the production until the last dress rehearsal. The play ran for a week in November 2015 to sell-out audiences.
“It was a very emotional moment and very rewarding to see my creation, The Ansaldo Family, brought to life so brilliantly,” she said in her introduction to this new work.
“The people who read my original script and those who do not understand Llanito and Spanish have since urged me to publish.”
Llévame Donde Nací – The Metamorphosis of a Play is the middle section of an interesting literary story spanning twelve years. It shows an arc where various people supported, developed and enhanced the germ of an idea created in The Civil Garrison culminating in the hugely successful 2015 production of Llévame Donde Nací at Ince’s Hall. In 2016 the final stage script by Dark-Faller-Villa was published and the theatre piece won the Gibraltar Heritage Trust Group Award.
“I urge you to read all three works and immerse yourself in the social and political history of Gibraltar; an interesting place which is much more than the average garrison,” said Ms Calderon.
‘Llévame Donde Nací – The Metamorphosis of a Play’ is available on Amazon Kindle. | https://www.chronicle.gi/rebecca-calderon-releases-book-of-previously-unpublished-work/ | 2022-08-04T16:30:42Z | https://www.chronicle.gi/rebecca-calderon-releases-book-of-previously-unpublished-work/ | false | 2 |
Fortnite Challenges: How to gain shields while emoting
THURSDAY brings a whole new collection of Fortnite challenges, with 15,000XP available for each completion.
Here’s the low-down on how to complete each one.
Bounce on three separate crash points without landing
Crash points are those bounce points that help change up Fortnite’s movement.
If you go near the Beach Party, you will see a few placed close enough together to bounce on three before you hit the floor.
Collect seeds from Reality Seed pods before they stop bouncing
Breaking open a Reality Seed pod will see seeds spray out before floating downwards.
Once they hit the ground, they will start bouncing around before settling entirely.
If you open a single pod, it’s fairly easy to grab three before they all lay to rest, you just have to be quick.
Deal damage to opponents while riding a Wolf or Boar
If you have been following previous Fortnite challenges, you will know you can ride a wolf or boar by jumping on it while it charges at you.
To complete this one, you simply have to deal damage while riding, and frankly they knock down everything in their path.
How to gain shields while emoting in Fortnite
This is probably the toughest of the lot as you can’t emote while you chug a jug.
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What you can do is eat some Klomberries, and then perform an emote while your shields are being topped up.
Hold a charge SMG at max charge for three seconds, then damage an opponent
Fortnite has just dropped a new charge SMG and it really wants you to use it.
For this one you will have to hide from enemies to give you time to fully charge the SMG before taking them down.
Open three Chests at Tilted Towers in a single match
While this one is easy, there will be plenty of other players aiming for the same objective.
Try to get to know the Tilted Towers and where all the chests spawn to give yourself an advantage.
You need to open up three in a single match so keep on your toes.
Plant or Summon a Reality Sapling 30 or more metres away from yourself
Once you have some Reality Seeds from your Reality Pod, this one is pretty easy to complete.
If you stand on top of a hill and throw one as far as you can, it will probably get more than 30 metres from you before planting in the ground.
Written by Georgina Young on behalf of GLHF.
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Air Force charges airman in Syria base explosion from April
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Air Force has filed criminal charges against an airman in connection with an April explosion that injured U.S. troops at a base in eastern Syria.
Tech. Sgt. David D. Dezwaan Jr. is facing several charges including dereliction of duty, destroying military property, reckless endangerment and aggravated assault in the blast that injured four service members. He has been held in confinement by the Air Force since June.
The U.S. military initially reported that the injuries were caused by artillery or another form of indirect fire. But the Pentagon later said the April 7 attack was carried out by the “deliberate placement of explosive charges” by one or more individuals at an ammunition holding area and shower facility on the base, known as Green Village.
The Air Force, in a statement Thursday, said a preliminary hearing date has been set for Aug. 23 at Hill Air Force Base in Utah.
Dezwaan, an explosive ordnance disposal specialist, also was charged with accessing a government computer with an unauthorized purpose and obtaining classified information.
The blasts hit two support buildings. Four service members were evaluated for minor injuries and possible traumatic brain injuries.
Officials have provided no insight into any motivation for the attack.
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Bill Russell, NBA great and Celtics legend, dies at 88
Bill Russell, the NBA great who anchored a Boston Celtics dynasty that won 11 championships in 13 years — the last two as the first Black head coach in any major U.S. sport — and marched for civil rights with Martin Luther King Jr., died Sunday. He was 88.
His family posted the news on social media, saying Russell died with his wife, Jeannine, by his side. The statement did not give the cause of death.
A Hall of Famer, five-time Most Valuable Player and 12-time All-Star, Russell in 1980 was voted the greatest player in the NBA history by basketball writers. He remains the sport’s most prolific winner and an archetype of selflessness who won with defense and rebounding while leaving the scoring to others. Often, that meant Wilt Chamberlain, the only player of the era who was a worthy rival for Russell.
The battles on the court between the centers were fierce — signature showdowns in the NBA. Russell led the University of San Francisco to NCAA championships in 1955 and 1956 and won a gold medal at the 1956 Olympics.
In Boston, Russell left a lasting mark as a Black athlete in a city — and country — where race is often a flash point. In 2011, President Barack Obama awarded Russell the Medal of Freedom. Two years later, a statue of Russell was unveiled on Boston’s City Hall Plaza.
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KHIMKI, Russia (AP) — U.S. basketball star Brittney Griner was convicted Thursday in Russia of drug possession and sentenced to nine years in prison following a politically charged trial that came amid soaring tensions between Moscow and Washington over Ukraine and could lead to a high-stakes prisoner exchange between the two world powers.
The 31-year-old Griner, a two-time U.S. Olympic champion and a eight-time all-star with the WNBA’s Phoenix Mercury listened with a blank expression as an interpreter translated the verdict by Judge Anna Sotnikova. The judge also fined her 1 million rubles (about $16,700) fine.
U.S. President Joe Biden denounced the verdict and sentence as “unacceptable.”
“I call on Russia to release her immediately so she can be with her wife, loved ones, friends, and teammates,” Biden said, adding that he would continue to work to bring home Griner and Paul Whelan, an American imprisoned in Russia on an espionage conviction.
Outside the court, the U.S. Embassy's charge d’affaires Elizabeth Rood called the verdict “a miscarriage of justice.”
Before the unusually swift verdict was reached, an emotional Griner apologized to her family, teammates and the Russian city of Yekaterinburg, where she plays in the WNBA offseason, “for my mistake that I made and the embarrassment that I brought on them.”
With her voice cracking, she added: “I hope in your ruling it does not end my life.”
A conviction is usually a prerequisite to arranging a prisoner exchange and also allows Griner to apply for a presidential pardon. Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov said last month that the “necessary judicial procedures” must be completed before any other steps can be taken.
The disclosure in July that the U.S. government was seeking a prisoner swap involving Griner reflected the growing pressure on the Biden administration to do more to bring her home. The U.S. State Department had earlier declared Griner to be “wrongfully detained” — a charge that Russia has sharply rejected.
Griner, recognized as one of the greatest players in WNBA history, has been detained since Feb. 17 after police said they found vape cartridges containing cannabis oil in her luggage upon landing at Moscow’s Sheremetyevo Airport. She was returning to Russia, where she has competed since 2014.
When she took the stand at her trial July 7, Griner said: “I would like to plead guilty on the charges against me. But I had no intention of breaking any Russian law.” She added that she brought the vape canisters into Russia because she had packed in haste for her flight.
In later testimony, Griner described a confusing scene while being held at the airport, saying an interpreter provided by authorities translated only a fraction of what was being said to her and that officials told her to sign documents, but “no one explained any of it to me.” She also said she was not informed of her rights.
Her lawyers introduced evidence that Griner was using the medicinal cannabis for chronic pain and injuries sustained during her career and included a letter from her doctor. Griner testified she was aware that cannabis oil was outlawed in Russia and had not intended to break the law or “plan to smuggle anything into Russia.”
Trials in Russia proceed even after admissions of guilt, and there has been speculation her actions were an attempt to move the legal process along in hopes of a possible prisoner swap.
Griner’s slow-moving case and her nearly six months behind bars have raised strong criticism among her supporters in the United States, including her wife, Cherelle, that President Joe Biden was not doing enough to win her freedom.
Griner sent a personal appeal to Biden, and more than 1,100 Black female leaders urged the administration to “make a deal to get Brittney back home swiftly and safely and to meet with Brittney’s wife Cherelle immediately.” Biden later called Cherelle Griner “to reassure her that he is working to secure Brittney’s release as soon as possible,” the White House said July 6.
Cherelle Griner, who also spoke with Vice President Kamala Harris, later said she was “grateful to the both of them for the time they spent with me and for the commitment they expressed to getting BG home,” using her wife’s initials.
On July 27, U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken said Washington has offered a deal to Russia aimed at bringing home Griner and Whelan in a sharp reversal of previous policy. Details of the proposal were not announced, though a person familiar with the matter said the U.S. has offered to trade convicted Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout for Whelan and Griner. The person insisted on anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
Her detention was made public only after Russian troops moved into Ukraine, as relations between Russia and the United States hit new lows after Washington led the West in bringing sanctions against Moscow.
Griner’s plight has been highlighted by her supporters at home, including top athletes, especially after little news emerged from her initial weeks of detention in Russia, where she had limited access to officials from the U.S. Embassy. It was only in May that the State Department designated her as wrongfully detained, moving her case under the supervision of its Special Presidential Envoy for Hostage Affairs, effectively the government’s chief hostage negotiator.
Elizabeth Rood, the U.S. Embassy’s charge d’affaires, has attended the trial in the Moscow suburb of Khimki, where the airport is located, and said that American officials are monitoring her case closely, along with those of all U.S. citizens detained or in prison in Russia.
At the ESPY Awards last month, soccer player Megan Rapinoe referred to Griner as “a political prisoner,” and tennis great Billie Jean King said, “First, bring BG home. Gotta do that.”
NBA Finals MVP Stephan Curry wore Griner’s jersey under his track suit at the awards show and urged “the entire global sports community to continue to stay energized on her behalf. She’s one of us, the team of athletes in this room tonight and all over the world. A team that has nothing to do with politics or global conflict.”
Griner, a 6-foot-9 center, has 12 of the 15 regular season dunks in WNBA history and set the single-year record for blocks with 129 in 2014. She led the league in scoring twice. She was a two-time Associated Press college basketball player of the year and led Baylor to a 40-0 season and the 2012 NCAA title. She was the No. 1 pick by Phoenix in the 2013 draft.
Russian media have speculated repeatedly that Griner could be swapped for Bout, nicknamed “the Merchant of Death,” who is serving a 25-year sentence in the U.S. after being convicted of conspiracy to kill U.S. citizens and providing aid to a terrorist organization. Russia has agitated for Bout’s release for years.
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Associated Press writer Eric Tucker in Washington contributed. | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Closing-arguments-in-Brittney-Griner-s-drug-case-17350363.php | 2022-08-04T16:40:52Z | https://www.lmtonline.com/news/article/Closing-arguments-in-Brittney-Griner-s-drug-case-17350363.php | true | 36 |
In the music industry world, there's a longstanding phrase: "Don't bore us — get to the chorus!" Perhaps said best by Dave Grohl while giving Tenacious D's Kyle Gass a songwriting lesson... "It's chorus, chorus... pre-chorus, chorus... verse (kinda), chorus, pre-chorus, chorus, chorus... chorus, finale, chorus... don't bore us, get to the chorus!"
And the songs in this playlist got the assignment!
Modern music can be adventurous, challenging and unique — and where the chorus comes doesn't matter. But today, we're celebrating the songs that hit you with their best shot, right at the front of the song. Songs from artists who knew they had something good on their hands and wanted you to hear it first. Songs that start with the chorus.
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Facials can be relaxing and they provide a glow to your skin. But during pregnancy, skin is extremely sensitive and chemical peel treatments can be harsh. Looking for pregnancy-safe skincare can be a daunting task, especially with the constant morning sickness, an upsurge of hormones, and dietary changes. Hence, it is best to opt for home remedies rather than buying products that may contain harmful ingredients which might cause complications or put you at risk during pregnancy. Here are some DIY facemasks that you can prepare and apply at home to continue following your skin-care routine without worrying too much:
Clay Mask
Add 1tbsp of mud or clay, water, honey and rose water into a bowl. Make a consistent paste and apply it to your face for 15 minutes. Then wash your face with lukewarm water. Clay masks work wonders on acne and blackheads and reduce blemishes. It also contains minerals like calcium, iron and phosphorus which are beneficial for the skin.
Aloe Vera, Rose Water And Lemon Juice
This mixture is great for people with dry skin. Aloe vera works the best to de-tan the skin which happens easily if you have dry skin. Take 1tbsp each of aloe vera gel, rose water and lemon juice and add them into a bowl. Mix them well and apply the mixture to your face, neck, and hands. Let it stay for 20 minutes before washing it off with water.
Milk And Honey
This mixture works as a moisturizing face mask. Milk makes the skin soft and honey hydrates it. Take 1 tbsp each of honey and milk and mix them well. Apply the mixture to your face and wash it off with lukewarm water after 20 minutes. This helps the skin get rid of all impurities and adds a glow to it.
Oats and Yogurt
Oats and yoghurt face mask helps exfoliate your skin and remove all dead cells. This makes it smooth, and the skin starts glowing. Add 1tbsp oats and half a bowl of yoghurt to a container and mix well. Then apply it to your face and let it stay for 15 minutes and later wash your face with lukewarm water.
Cucumber and Tomato Face Mask
This veggie face mask keeps your skin cool and hydrates it well. It enhances your skin tone, and you feel refreshed as soon as you apply it. Take 2 tbsp each of tomato and cucumber juices and apply the mixture of the two on your face. Let it stay for 15 minutes and then rinse it with lukewarm water.
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Just months after the fatal shooting of Breonna Taylor, two Louisville police detectives met in a parking garage and agreed to mislead investigators examining the botched raid that resulted in her death, the Justice Department alleged Thursday.
At a press conference, Attorney General Merrick Garland said the Justice Department charged four current and former Louisville police officers in connection with Taylor's death. Garland said the charges include allegations that Louisville police falsified an affidavit used to obtain a search warrant for Taylor's home, in violation of civil rights laws.
Garland said "those violations resulted in Ms. Taylor's death."
"Breonna Taylor should be alive today," he said.
Two of those officers — former Louisville police detective Joshua Jaynes and Detective Kelly Goodlett — met in the garage as investigators were probing Taylor's death and agreed to tell a "false story," Garland said.
The charges come more than two years after the March 2020 shooting of Taylor, a 26-year-old emergency medical technician who was asleep with her boyfriend when Louisville police officers forced their way into her apartment.
Her boyfriend, believing the officers were intruders, shot at them. Two officers responded by firing 22 shots into the apartment, Garland said.
"One of those shots hit Ms. Taylor in the chest and killed her," he said.
This is a developing story. Please check back for updates. | https://www.businessinsider.com/breonna-taylor-fatal-shooting-louisville-police-parking-fake-story-garage-2022-8 | 2022-08-04T16:45:08Z | https://www.businessinsider.com/breonna-taylor-fatal-shooting-louisville-police-parking-fake-story-garage-2022-8 | false | 1 |
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STILLWATER, Minn. (AP) — Hundreds of people gathered at a Minnesota golf course at dusk to remember a 17-year-old boy who was fatally stabbed during a recreational tubing trip on a Wisconsin river.
Family and friends said Isaac Schuman loved many things, including golf. Many who came for Wednesday’s candlelight vigil at Oak Glen Golf Course in Stillwater wore orange, the teen’s favorite color.
Friends from Stillwater High School, where Schuman was to have been a senior this year, were among about 500 attending the vigil. They described the teen as kind and compassionate.
Schuman was part of a group tubing on the Apple River in western Wisconsin’s St. Croix County on Saturday when a confrontation occurred with a man who is facing criminal charges as a result of the encounter. Schuman was killed and four others in his group were injured.
His brother, Jake Schuman, spoke at the gathering and thanked his sibling for “the best 17 years of our life.”
He told the crowd that he hoped they would keep Isaac’s spirit with them and love others as his brother had.
“Answer a phone call, answer a text message, go see somebody,” he said. “Because life is too short.”
Isaac’s mother, Alina Hernandez, said that everyone who knew her son “knew the force of his presence,” the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported.
“He is all that was good, kind, giving and forgiving,” she said. “He had a style all his own, an incredible work ethic and a smile he shared equally. I know Isaac can’t come back to me physically, but with his spirit I will always feel him with me. I pray every day he will guide me to forgive, to have his kindness, have his tender heart and the generous spirit of love and patience.”
Nicolae Miu, 52, of Prior Lake, Minnesota, was charged Monday with first-degree intentional homicide and four counts of attempted first-degree intentional homicide. Witnesses told authorities that Miu had been bothering young women and girls tubing on the river while wearing a snorkel mask.
Miu told investigators he was trying to defend himself after he was attacked while searching for a lost cellphone. | https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/08/04/hundreds-attend-vigil-for-minnesota-teen-killed-while-tubing.html | 2022-08-04T16:46:17Z | https://www.thestar.com/news/world/us/2022/08/04/hundreds-attend-vigil-for-minnesota-teen-killed-while-tubing.html | true | 13 |
Oatmeal Market Hitting New Highs By 2028 | Nature’s Path Foods Inc., General Mills Inc.
Oatmeal is made of hulled (husk) oat grains that have been rolled, steel-cut or milled (ground).
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6 Europe
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Lindsay Lohan Seen in 1st Photos With Mom Dina & Siblings Since Surprise Marriage
Marriage is certainly looking good on Lindsay Lohan! In the first photos with her family since she secretly married her beau Bader Shammas, the Mean Girls star, 36, was all smiles leaving a Broadway show on Saturday, July 30. Flanked by her mother Dina Lohan, sister Ali and brother Cody, Lindsay was spotted at the MJ The Musical wearing a lovely white summer frock, simple yet chic black flats and a plethora of jewelry including that wedding ring!
It was only a few weeks ago that the Herbie: Fully Loaded vet surprised fans by announcing she had said “I do” with her handsome entrepreneur hubby via an adorable Instagram post. “I am the luckiest woman in the world. You found me and knew that I wanted to find happiness and grace, all at the same time,” Lindsay wrote in a caption on the pic, which also showed off her ring. “I am stunned that you are my husband. My life and my everything…every woman should feel like this everyday,” she added, with a heart emoji.
The actress took to her Instagram in Nov. 2021 to reveal Bader just popped the question. While showing off her giant sparkler in several snaps of the gorgeous couple, the star wrote, “My love. My life. My family. My future. @bader.shammas #love.” Although the young couple have kept their relationship relatively private, it was reported the pair had been seeing each other for almost two years prior to their engagement. “Lindsay’s relationship with Bader is going strong,” a source told The Sun . “She has been with him for about two years now.”
While her father Michael Lohan wasn’t at the family gathering for the Broadway spectacular, he has previously co-signed the coupling of his eldest daughter and the baking whiz! “Based on what has been released by Lindsay so far, all I’ll say is that I’m so happy for her and Balor, and proud of all she’s doing in life,” the proud papa EXCLUSIVELY told HollywoodLife. “God Bless them.” Even her younger brother, Dakota, who also missed out on the Great White Way escapade, approved of the engagement, as he commented on Lindsay’s Instagram announcement, “My best friends!!!” | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2687231730970/lindsay-lohan-seen-in-1st-photos-with-mom-dina-siblings-since-surprise-marriage | 2022-08-04T16:49:03Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2687231730970/lindsay-lohan-seen-in-1st-photos-with-mom-dina-siblings-since-surprise-marriage | false | 1 |
Cardinals activate TE Maxx Williams from PUP list
The Arizona Cardinals activated tight end Maxx Williams from the physically unable to perform list on Thursday.
Williams, 28, landed on the PUP list on July 22. He has been recovering from a torn right ACL suffered last October.
He had 16 catches for 193 yards and one touchdown in five games last season. He signed a one-year, $1,272,500 contract in the offseason.
Williams has 102 receptions for 994 yards and six scores in 72 career games with the Baltimore Ravens (2015-18) and Cardinals.
--Field Level Media
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— Upcoming Projects Include "47," Starring Dan Lauria;
"I Met Her at Birkenau"; and "Pink Boa" —
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Laurel Harris, an award-winning producer and actress—best known as Willem Dafoe's wife in the screen adaptation of Dean Koontz's best selling novel, "Odd Thomas," and for the American Girl film, "Saige Paints the Sky," opposite Jane Seymour—announces the launch of Laurel Leaf Productions, a multimedia company aimed at creating conscious film and television content. On the heels of her recurring role on the hit television series, "Big Sky," Harris unites an award-winning team of collaborators to present the 2022 slate of projects, including "47," "Pink Boa," and "I Met Her at Birkenau."
Harris says, "Working with Nobel Peace Laureates—including His Holiness the Dalai Lama and Archbishop Desmond Tutu—in the 'Nobel Legacy Film Series' fueled a burning desire to create stories that uplift and empower humanity. At Laurel Leaf Productions, we spark intelligent conversations around delicate or less popular topics, while creating content that inspires and empowers people from all walks of life."
Laurel Leaf Production's first film, "47," which begins filming this month, focuses on the often lonely anguish facing women with infertility issues. It grapples with the complex social dilemma of what it means to be a woman and working professional over 40 in America struggling with the stigmas of motherhood.
Dan Lauria, who is set to star in "47," is a familiar face to the Broadway and off-Broadway scene, having performed, written or directed over fifty equity productions—including starring on Broadway as Vince Lombardi in "Lombardi," and as the narrator in "Christmas Story, The Musical." Lauria has a score of feature films and over 70 TV guest spots to his credit. He is most familiar to audiences as the dad on the Emmy-winning television show, "The Wonder Years."
"Pink Boa" examines the seedy world of sex-trafficking through the innocent eyes of a teen girl grappling with sexuality, family and social acceptance, while reminding us that predators are not always who they seem.
"I Met Her At Birkenau" explores the more obscure side of concentration camp life in Nazi Germany through the manipulation of a brilliant girl determined to save her family no matter what the cost.
"47" is co-written by Harris and Laurie Clemmens Maier, who also wrote "Pink Boa" and the award-winning screenplay, "I Met Her At Birkenau." Maier is an accomplished screenwriter whose lengthy awards list includes the American Movie Awards, New York City International Screenplay Awards, Scriptapalooza Screenplay Competition, and winner of Best Feature Script at the California Women's Film Festival, and a Silver Winner at the WRPN Women's International Film Festival.
Award-winning writer, director and producer Rick Ramage serves on the Laurel Leaf Productions Advisory Board. As an alumni of The American Film Institute, Ramage has numerous credits from his illustrious career as a screenwriter, including involvement in over 40 Hollywood scripts. He is perhaps best known for "The Proposition" starring Kenneth Branagh, William Hurt, Madeleine Stowe and Neil Patrick Harris, as well as "Stigmata," starring Patricia Arquette and Gabriel Byrne.
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About Laurel Leaf Productions
Founded in 2022 by Emmy-winning producer and renowned actress Laurel Harris, Laurel Leaf Productions explores bolder, often delicate topics, with grace, all the while seeking to inspire humanity to greater levels of connection with themselves and each other. The company's value for tolerance, compassion and creativity speaks to its vow to create entertainment that offers better human connections for and to the world around us.
Harris unites an award-winning team of entertainment professionals with her decades long experience in the entertainment industry. Working alongside teams from the BBC and PBS, she traveled the world to film such notable figures as Nobel Peace Laureates Archbishop Desmond Tutu and His Holiness the Dalai Lama, fueling her passion to create media content that highlights underserved populations. Harris has been recognized with an EMMY, multiple NATOA, and TELLY awards for producing.
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Senators Tammy Duckworth, D-Ill., and Patty Murray, D-Wash., introduced new legislation on Thursday to help bridge the gap in reproductive health care access for people with disabilities in the wake of the Supreme Court’s reversal of Roe v. Wade.
The bill, called the Reproductive Health Care Accessibility Act, would provide funding for training and education programs focused on reproductive health care specifically for this group of people. It also would add more doctors and nurses with disabilities to the workforce and call for a study analyzing reproductive health for disabled communities.
The new legislation comes weeks after the Supreme Court overturned the landmark Roe v. Wade ruling that guaranteed a constitutional right to abortion.
“I want it to restore bodily autonomy to the community of persons with disabilities,” Duckworth, a double-amputee who lost her legs while serving in the U.S. Army, told NBC News of the proposed law. “We constantly have our bodily autonomy questioned. There’s this horrendous history of forced sterilizations, refusal to allow access to fertility treatments or birth control or abortions. So we absolutely had to be clear to enshrine the rights of persons with disabilities to have their bodily autonomy and, in this case, to deal with their own reproductive rights.”
As of 2019, at least 12.7% of the U.S. population lived with a disability — from speech and limb differences to mobile and developmental disabilities, according to census data. About 1 in 10 people with disabilities are able to become pregnant, and there are more than 4 million parents with disabilities in the country, the senators note in the bill.
Duckworth and Murray are hoping the new legislation will address some of the overwhelming issues that people with disabilities must contend with. This group of the population is less likely to have health care providers and routine check-ups, and more likely to have unmet health care needs because of the cost, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Those with disabilities fare even worse when it comes to reproductive care access. Research from the Disability and Health Journal shows that people with disabilities get pregnant at similar rates to those without, but are more likely to experience blood clotting, hemorrhaging and infection during pregnancy. They also often receive inadequate health care and are at significantly higher risk of dying from pregnancy and childbirth, the research showed.
“Every single American deserves to have control over their own body, life, and future — and that, of course, includes Americans with disabilities,” Murray said in a statement. “But people with disabilities have long faced discrimination and truly unacceptable roadblocks to getting the reproductive care they need — and Republicans’ nonstop attacks on our rights have made matters so much worse. Our legislation will help ensure people with disabilities can access reproductive care that meets their needs.”
The legislation doesn’t go as far as to provide clear pathways for people with disabilities to access abortion services or address concerns about officials denying them medications that happen to be abortifacients — drugs that induce abortions. But Duckworth said she hopes the bill will ultimately create a more equitable and inclusive environment for people with disabilities when accessing reproductive health care.
“The long term [goal] is…to grow a community of clinicians that are sufficiently diverse; not just in terms of racial diversity, but also diverse in terms of disability, that have experience and expertise to deal with the range of concerns within the disability community when it comes to reproductive health care,” Duckworth said.
Following the reversal of Roe v. Wade, disability rights advocates spoke out about the lack of consideration for marginalized communities when it came to abortion access. Organizers and advocates say that, in order to have a more equitable reproductive health care system, there needs to be proper sex education for and about people with disabilities and more knowledgeable health care professionals.
To this end, the bill would provide funding to both public and private nonprofit groups to train people with disabilities to become health care professionals and provide sex education focused on the sexual and reproductive health care needs of people with disabilities. It would, through the Department of Health and Human Services, establish a technical assistance center to provide states and tribal organizations with best practices in sexual and reproductive health care. It also proposes to conduct a study to analyze reproductive health care for people with disabilities.
“Already, people with disabilities have a hard time accessing abortion ,whether it’s because they can’t travel to where there’s a clinic or because they get denied access to it,” Duckworth said. “This would say, ‘Hey, as we’re fighting the larger fight over access to abortions [and] we need to further lift up the disability community.” | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/senators-introduce-bill-help-people-disabilities-access-reproductive-h-rcna41504 | 2022-08-04T16:54:01Z | https://www.nbcnews.com/news/nbcblk/senators-introduce-bill-help-people-disabilities-access-reproductive-h-rcna41504 | false | 1 |
Inspira leverages ArmorCode for the governance and guardrails of its new threat vulnerability management solution
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArmorCode, the leader in AppSecOps, today announced its partnership with Inspira to solve one of the most complex and common cybersecurity challenges that organizations face today; fragmented solutions for vulnerability identification, prioritization and remediation. Inspira, a Global Cybersecurity leader, is paving the way for organizations to rapidly accelerate enterprise risk reduction with a unique and best-in-class solution that is Intelligent, Simplified, Measurable, Adaptive, Risk-Based, Threat-Centric, Tailored: "iSMART2 Vulnerability Management - in - the - box."
The solution is built around ArmorCode's platform for threat governance and security guardrails, and provides a comprehensive suite of services, helping organizations address the rapidly expanding attack surface. Organizations can only protect what they see and the current paradigm dictates that multiple solutions are purchased to gain the insight needed to meticulously manage security risks. This comprehensive solution will directly address the emerging risks and threats in real time.
"Threat vulnerability management is often an expensive and complex problem for businesses to solve," said Nikhil Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of ArmorCode. "This partnership between Inspira and Armorcode is focused at reducing both the cost and complexity of managing threats, ensuring that businesses are able to ship secure software and ship it fast."
This packaged offering includes governance, secure code testing both static and dynamic, infrastructure testing, closed loop remediation including patch management and integration with IT service management provided by partners including ShiftLeft, Qualys, Ivanti and Trellix.
With this innovative "one box" packaged solution, organizations will be able to unify fragmented IT ecosystems and digital assets such as applications, services, infrastructure and cloud. Additionally, they will get an overview of prevailing threat vectors and accordingly vulnerabilities can be remediated in the hybrid landscape.
"We are thrilled to bring our next-generation innovative Vulnerability Management SaaS platform that facilitates an accelerated path to enterprise risk identification and remediation, while providing enhanced visualization of risks, improved adherence to compliance standards and reduced cost of ownership," said Lalit Ahluwalia, Americas CEO and Global Cyber Security Head from Inspira. "In today's complex technology landscape, iSMART2 Vulnerability Management–in–the–box is a uniquely differentiated solution that is outcome driven and managed by our industry recognized global cybersecurity practice."
The partnership between these organizations will be celebrated at Black Hat 2022 with a Lunch & Learn session. To learn more about iSMART2 Vulnerability Management - in - the - box solution, please RSVP for the lunch and learn taking place August 10th and 11th: https://www.armorcode.com/blackhat
About ArmorCode
ArmorCode is the industry's leading AppSecOps platform. ArmorCode customers reduce application exposure and risk, while scaling AppSec effectiveness and impact by more than 10x across the organization. ArmorCode customers use the platform for AppSec Posture, Vulnerability, and Compliance Management and DevSecOps automation. ArmorCode AppSecOps platform is delivering a 10X AppSec Force Multiplier™ impact to several marquee enterprises. To learn more, please visit www.armorcode.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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Pinner's suit alleges fraud and corruption surrounding the construction of Los Angeles Valley College's performing and media arts center by project director Mark Strauss, architect Kevin Tyrell, and others, costing taxpayers over $20 million.
Arbitrator selected by Pinner and the School District found "bad faith" and wrongdoing after a six-week binding arbitration. Pinner attorney Newt Kellam demands that Board President Gabriel Buelna, who misled taxpayers to the Los Angeles Times saying this was just a "lawsuit" to "correct the record."
Pinner attorney Lanny J. Davis, former special counsel President Bill Clinton, calls on the state legislature, the governor, and the attorney general to open an immediate investigation – "A state audit is needed after the findings of bad faith and wrongdoing by the arbitrator," said Davis. "The young people who rely on community colleges are the real victims."
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pinner Construction ("Pinner"), a century-old Southern California construction firm, today filed a lawsuit against the Los Angeles Community College District (the "School District") and its construction project consultants, alleging fraud, corruption, and racketeering conduct surrounding the construction of the School District's performing and media arts center, following the findings of a prestigious arbitrator that the District "consultants" were guilty of bad faith and wrong doing.
Along with the School District, Pinner filed suit against DACM Project Management, QDG, Inc., ARCADIS U.S., Inc., Jacobs Engineering Group, Kevin Tyrell, Mark W. Strauss, and Gig Pukprayura (the "Racketeers") in Los Angeles County Superior Court.
The law suit was reported in a major front page story in California news section by the Los Angeles Times this morning. The Times headlined the story: "Corruption and fraud besets long-delayed L.A. Valley college theater, project lawsuit alleges."
The Times also reported the factual findings of an arbitrator, Deborah S. Ballet from JAMS, one of the most prestigious arbitration organizations in the nation comprised of many senior retired judges, selected by both Pinner and the School District, "found multiple management failures by college consultants." The arbitrator's finding includes the statement that this conduct violated California's "implied covenant of good faith and fair dealing" – i.e., bad faith.
Pinner Attorney calls out Board President Buelna for misleading comment
Pinner attorney, Newt Kellam, cited the misinformation in his comment to the Los Angeles Times by the Board President Gabriela Buelna, who stated "people file lawsuits." Said Kellam: "The Board president is either willfully ignorant or has intentionally ignored the facts, which he must know, that the arbitrator selected by Pinner and the District, after an extensive 6-week binding arbitration or, in effect, a trial, found definitively that the District's consultants had "violated their covenant of good faith and fair dealing"—i.e., acted in bad faith. "Now we at Pinner are suing the wrongdoers/consultant and the companies they work for, to be sure they pay out of their own pockets for their wrongdoing, not the "taxpayers."
"Instead of ignoring this finding by the arbitrator, the entire Board, not just the Board President, should be actively conducting an investigation of this wrongdoing by its own consultants costing taxpayers, we now know from the arbitrator's decision, millions of dollars."
Pinner attorney Lanny J. Davis, former special counsel to President Bill Clinton, called on the state legislature, the governor, and the attorney general to open an immediate investigation – "A state audit is needed after the definitive findings of wrongdoing by the arbitrator," said Davis. "The young people who rely on community colleges are the real victims."
According to the complaint, in September 2016, Pinner contracted with the School District, a state agency created by state legislation, to build a multi-building performing and media arts center on the campus of the Los Angeles Valley College campus ("the Project"). The center is to include three theatres, a lecture hall, a radio station, and several classrooms and studios. Pinner agreed to build the complex for a guaranteed maximum price of just over $78 million in 851 days.
To incentivize a timely completion of the Project, the contract provided limited additional compensation to Pinner if the Project was delayed by the School District and actually charged Pinner with financial penalties if Pinner was responsible for the delay. According to the complaint, that was not the case for the Racketeers:
"Unlike [Pinner], RACKETEERS essentially work hourly and are: (A) guaranteed to receive unlimited additional compensation if the Project is delayed by [Pinner]; (B) guaranteed to receive even more unlimited additional compensation if claims filed by [Pinner] are arbitrated; and (C) are not charged liquidated damages if Project delays are determined to have been caused by themselves or [the School District]."
The lawsuit then asserts that because of this payment structure, the Racketeers, beginning in March 2017, "maliciously conspired to delay the Project, blame it on [Pinner] and earn themselves millions of additional dollars in the process."
They did this, in part, by allegedly "interfering with needed approvals from the Department of State Architect ("DSA"), delaying needed design direction and/ or robbing the contractor and its subcontractors of the capital needed for manpower by cutting monthly payment applications, increasing the cost of performance and/ or refusing to pay change orders." This ultimately resulted in the breach of contract between the School District and Pinner.
Pinner also alleges that from March 2017 onwards, there was a conspiracy among the Racketeers, combined with various actions that are crimes under federal law, and thus, violated the federal Racketeer Influenced and Corrupt Organizations ("RICO") Act. California allows its citizens to file a civil case for damages under federal RICO Act. Pinner gives several examples of the Racketeers' allegedly illegal conduct:
"RACKETEERS commenced engaging in a wide-ranging and fraudulent scheme to concoct a false narrative that [Construction Change Directive 19] should not be resubmitted, that building the Project without splices in vertical reinforcing steel above 30' would not delay the Project, that the plans clearly precluded splicing above 30' and that Pinner and its subcontractors were not entitled to extra compensation. These statements were proven false and fraudulent at an arbitration which spanned the summer of 2021. Undaunted, [Pinner is] informed and believe[s] that RACKETEERS continue to willfully and maliciously delay the Project through misrepresentations and concealments made to [School District's] board and Chief Facilities Executive related to harvested wood, audio visual design and door hardware design and Trespa culminating with witness tampering related to executed DSA documents."
As a result of the allegedly corrupt overcharges by the Racketeers, Pinner alleges damages of nearly $25 million in extra construction costs, unnecessary consultant fees, attorney fees and loss of existing and future business opportunities.
Pinner also alleges this scheme to delay the project for increased consulting fees has defrauded the people of California. According to the lawsuit's estimates, taxpayers have already footed more than $20 million in wrongful payments to the consultants, extra construction fees, legal fees, and lost resources for students at Los Angeles Valley College – and Pinner says the number is only increasing as this matter goes unresolved.
"Community college students are among the most vulnerable, often learning part-time and coming from first-generation, low-income backgrounds," said Dirk Griffin, CEO of Pinner, who attended Riverside City College. "Resources are scarce at these institutions as they rarely have large endowments, sizeable state funding, or consistent alumni donations. That's what makes this alleged fraudulent scheme so devastating. We believe these consultants are taking advantage of an already vulnerable population just to earn more in fees for themselves. It has to stop."
"We allege this corrupt scheme among the named consultants ended up not just costing the taxpayers who, in the final analysis, fund these corrupt overpayments, but really, it's the students who pay tuition and in other ways are the victims of this corruption," attorney Davis said about the filed complaint. "That's why we are asking to meet with senior leaders of the California state legislature who are responsible for leading a state audit to consider initiating one. Davis went on to point out that it was the state legislature that created the School District and authorized the bonds to be sold to finance the LACCD. Davis concluded that he hopes leaders of the state legislature, supported by the governor and the attorney general, would start by initiating a state audit of this contract that the arbitrator found was riddled with over-billing and bad faith conduct."
About Pinner Construction
The people of Southern California have entrusted Pinner Construction with their building needs since 1919. Throughout the last century, the sustained growth of the firm, coupled with an unwavering commitment to excellence, has allowed it to provide top-tier customer service and truly one-of-a-kind project delivery to a variety of clients. Pinner is proud to celebrate 102 years of Pinner trust and looks forward to the next century and beyond. To learn more, please visit www.pinnerconstruction.com/
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OAK BROOK, Ill., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- LiftMaster®, the number one brand of professionally installed residential garage door openers, is expanding its line of Secure View™ garage door openers that include myQ® smart access technology and a built-in camera. The new LiftMaster Secure View 84505R comes with the same streaming videos, recorded events, motion detection and 2-way communication capabilities as the Secure View 87504-267. Plus, it provides homeowners who place a high importance around the security/safety of their home with a mid-tier price point.
"The garage is the main entry point to the home for 70 percent of today's homeowners," said Jackie Lorenty, LiftMaster's Executive Vice President, Residential Services & International. "Being able to monitor who is coming and going from the garage (kids, friends, extended family), while being able to control who you let in (the dog walker) or keep out (a family of raccoons) makes the Secure View garage door opener a must have smart home device that puts homeowners in control and enhances the security of the home."
As the desire to have a smart garage door opener with video capabilities continues to grow, LiftMaster is looking to meet those needs with its Secure View openers. In a recent survey of 1,000 homeowners, over half of young families would like a smart garage door opener with video capabilities. Eighty-six percent said they would feel better if they could visually confirm their garage door was closed and 77 percent believe having a smart garage door opener with video capabilities would make them feel their home is safer overall.
The Secure View line of smart garage door openers work with the myQ app so homeowners can check and SEE if they left the garage door open and close it – anytime, from anywhere. "With most smart cameras you can monitor your home from anywhere, but you don't have the control to do anything about what you see. With a LiftMaster Secure View garage door opener you get vision and control over what is happening in your garage no matter where you are," added Lorenty.
Secure View garage door openers also work with Amazon Key for secure and convenient in-garage delivery of Amazon packages and groceries. With Secure View's streaming video, recorded events and motion detection capabilities, homeowners will be alerted when there is a delivery taking place and can watch deliveries happen in real time for extra peace of mind.
Features of the Secure View 84505R include:
- Built-in camera – keep your family safe and take away all the guesswork with a built-in camera that adds streaming video, recorded events and 2-way communication to the myQ app so you can see what's happening from anywhere.
- Integrated LED lighting – dual lighting system provides 1,500 lumens of long-lasting LED light that brightens high-traffic areas of the garage.
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A whale with a lot of money to spend has taken a noticeably bearish stance on Fortinet.
Looking at options history for Fortinet FTNT we detected 14 strange trades.
If we consider the specifics of each trade, it is accurate to state that 35% of the investors opened trades with bullish expectations and 64% with bearish.
From the overall spotted trades, 8 are puts, for a total amount of $672,895 and 6, calls, for a total amount of $271,766.
What's The Price Target?
Taking into account the Volume and Open Interest on these contracts, it appears that whales have been targeting a price range from $30.0 to $70.0 for Fortinet over the last 3 months.
Volume & Open Interest Development
Looking at the volume and open interest is an insightful way to conduct due diligence on a stock.
This data can help you track the liquidity and interest for Fortinet's options for a given strike price.
Below, we can observe the evolution of the volume and open interest of calls and puts, respectively, for all of Fortinet's whale activity within a strike price range from $30.0 to $70.0 in the last 30 days.
Fortinet Option Volume And Open Interest Over Last 30 Days
Biggest Options Spotted:
Where Is Fortinet Standing Right Now?
- With a volume of 10,388,442, the price of FTNT is down -16.97% at $52.21.
- RSI indicators hint that the underlying stock may be approaching oversold.
- Next earnings are expected to be released in 91 days.
What The Experts Say On Fortinet:
- UBS has decided to maintain their Neutral rating on Fortinet, which currently sits at a price target of $65.
- Wells Fargo has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Fortinet, which currently sits at a price target of $70.
- Citigroup has decided to maintain their Buy rating on Fortinet, which currently sits at a price target of $78.
- Barclays has decided to maintain their Overweight rating on Fortinet, which currently sits at a price target of $77.
Options are a riskier asset compared to just trading the stock, but they have higher profit potential. Serious options traders manage this risk by educating themselves daily, scaling in and out of trades, following more than one indicator, and following the markets closely.
If you want to stay updated on the latest options trades for Fortinet, Benzinga Pro gives you real-time options trades alerts.
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AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — An attorney representing two parents who sued conspiracy theorist Alex Jones over his false claims about the Sandy Hook massacre said Thursday that the U.S. House Jan. 6 committee has requested two years' worth of records from Jones' phone.
Attorney Mark Bankston said in court that the committee investigating the attack on the U.S. Capitol has requested the digital records.
The House committee did not immediately return a request for comment.
A day earlier, Bankston revealed in court that Jones' attorney had mistakenly sent Bankston the last two years’ worth of texts from Jones’ cellphone.
Jones' attorney Andino Reynal sought a mistrial over the mistaken transfer of records and said they should have been returned and any copies destroyed.
He accused the Bankston of trying to perform “for a national audience.” Reynal said the material included a review copy of text messages over six months from late 2019 into the first quarter of 2020.
Attorneys for the Sandy Hook parents said they followed Texas' civil rules of evidence and that Jones’ attorneys missed their chance to properly request the return of the records.
"Mr Reynal is using a fig leaf (to cover) for his own malpractice,” Bankston said.
Bankston said the records mistakenly sent to him included some medical records of plaintiffs in other lawsuits against Jones.
"Mr. Jones and his intimate messages with Roger Stone are not protected,” Bankston said, referring to former President Donald Trump's longtime ally.
Rolling Stone, quoting unnamed sources, reported Wednesday evening that the Jan. 6 committee was preparing to request the data from the parents’ attorneys to assist in the investigation of the deadly riot.
A jury in Austin, Texas, is deciding how much Jones should pay to the parents of a child killed in the 2012 school massacre because of Infowars' repeated false claims that the shooting was a hoax created by advocates for gun control.
Last month, the House Jan. 6 committee showed graphic and violent text messages and played videos of right-wing figures, including Jones, and others vowing that Jan. 6 would be the day they would fight for Trump.
The Jan. 6 committee first subpoenaed Jones in November, demanding a deposition and documents related to his efforts to spread misinformation about the 2020 election and a rally on the day of the attack.
In the subpoena letter, Rep. Bennie Thompson, the Democratic chairman, said Jones helped organize the Jan. 6 rally at the Ellipse that preceded the insurrection. He also wrote that Jones repeatedly promoted Trump’s false claims of election fraud, urged his listeners to go to Washington for the rally, and march from the Ellipse to the Capitol. Thompson also wrote that Jones “made statements implying that you had knowledge about the plans of President Trump with respect to the rally.”
The nine-member panel was especially interested in what Jones said shortly after Trump’s now-infamous Dec. 19, 2020, tweet in which he told his supporters to “be there, will be wild!” on Jan. 6.
“You went on InfoWars that same day and called the tweet ‘One of the most historic events in American history,’” the letter continued.
In January, Jones was deposed by the committee in a hourslong, virtual meeting in which he said he exercised his Fifth Amendment right against self-incrimination “almost 100 times.”
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Associated Press journalist Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report from Washington, D.C. | https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Sandy-Hook-attorney-Jan-6-panel-asks-for-Alex-17351291.php | 2022-08-04T17:10:54Z | https://www.darientimes.com/news/article/Sandy-Hook-attorney-Jan-6-panel-asks-for-Alex-17351291.php | true | 30 |
SAN JOSE — A Motel 6 property in the South Bay has been bought by Texas-based real estate investors, a deal that extends a private equity firm’s sales of its lodging sites.
A 204-room Motel 6 in south San Jose has been bought by investors whose primary business is ownership of hotel properties, according to documents filed on Aug. 3 with the Alameda County Recorder’s Office.
The hotel was bought for $29.9 million, the county records show.
Jagmohan Dhillon and Amandeep Dhillon, acting through an affiliate, bought the hotel at 2560 Fontaine Road as well as a large adjacent surface parking lot, according to the public documents.
The Dhillons are based in the Dallas-area city of Frisco, state business records show.
New York City-based private equity firm Blackstone sold the property to the Dhillon-led group.
“Blackstone is attempting to sell off a lot of their Motel 6 properties,” Alan Reay, president of Irvine-based Atlas Hospitality Group, said in an interview with this news organization in early July.
Budget hotel brands have typically outperformed full-service hotels that are geared toward business travelers and convention events, which took an economic hit from coronavirus-related shutdowns and restrictions.
But it’s also possible that budget hotels that still require some levels of staffing aren’t viewed as being as profitable as other hotels that generate much more revenue with modest levels of employees to operate them.
Prior to the sale of the Motel 6 in south San Jose, Blackstone had completed the sales of several Motel 6 properties in Santa Clara County:
— Motel 6 at 3208 El Camino Real in Santa Clara, 100 rooms, bought for $13.5 million on July 7. The buyer was a Texas-based group led by Jagmohan Dhillon, principal executive with DMC Hotels and Dhillon Management.
— Motel 6 at 6110 Monterey Road in Gilroy, 127 rooms, bought for $10.5 million on June 23. The buyers were Jayesh Patel and Hemaben Patel, who are based in the Canoga Park district of Los Angeles.
— Motel 6 at 2081 N. First St. in North San Jose, 76 rooms, bought for $8.5 million on June 15. The hotel is about a block away from a huge tech campus that Google leased a few years ago. The buyer was Temple Santa Nella, a group headed up by Ravi Patel that’s based in the Merced County city of Gustine.
— Motel 6 at 1240 Camden Ave. in Campbell, 19 rooms, bought for $7.8 million on May 20. The buyer was San Francisco-based Ambika Enterprises, headed up by Devendra Patel.
In 2012, Blackstone bought G6 Hospitality, which launched the Motel 6 chain in 1962 with a hotel in Santa Barbara that offered stays for $6 a night. The purchase included more than 1,000 Motel 6 and Studio 6 hotels. The Studio 6 hotels are an extended-stay brand.
The transactions involving the Motel 6 properties are happening at a time when the lodging market is attempting to recuperate from an array of coronavirus-inflicted economic maladies.
“Leisure and resort markets in the Bay Area have recovered strongly and many are seeing record revenue,” Reay said in the prior interview. | https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/04/motel-6-hotel-lodging-property-buy-sell-san-jose-real-estate-covid/ | 2022-08-04T17:11:38Z | https://www.mercurynews.com/2022/08/04/motel-6-hotel-lodging-property-buy-sell-san-jose-real-estate-covid/ | false | 4 |
On this episode of Eating the Past, host Jamie Sanders reflects on the importance of Coca-Cola to his family and in his personal history. Listen to part one of this Eating the Past series.
On this episode of Eating the Past, host Jamie Sanders reflects on the importance of Coca-Cola to his family and in his personal history. Listen to part one of this Eating the Past series. | https://www.upr.org/show/eating-the-past/2022-08-04/eating-the-past-the-magic-of-a-summer-coke | 2022-08-04T17:12:07Z | https://www.upr.org/show/eating-the-past/2022-08-04/eating-the-past-the-magic-of-a-summer-coke | false | null |
Sant Kabir Nagar (UP), Aug 4 (PTI) Five people died here when a pickup van in which they were travelling overturned and collided with a tree, police said on Thursday.
The accident took place late Wednesday night near Belhsa village under the Bakhira Circle area, Circle Officer (CO) Anshuman Mishra said.
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A woman died on the spot and 16 people were injured, he said.
The injured were admitted to a hospital, where four more people died on Thursday, the CO said.
The deceased were identified as Luxmina (17), Anil (22), Ram Khushi (46), Matura Devi (77) and Ravi Kumar (11).
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(RTTNews) - Below are the earnings highlights for MBIA Inc. (MBI):
Earnings: -$36 million in Q2 vs. -$61 million in the same period last year. EPS: -$0.72 in Q2 vs. -$1.23 in the same period last year. Excluding items, MBIA Inc. reported adjusted earnings of -$47 million or -$0.93 per share for the period.
Analysts projected -$0.54 per share Revenue: $40 million in Q2 vs. $18 million in the same period last year.
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CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) _ Duke Energy Corp. (DUK) on Thursday reported second-quarter earnings of $907 million.
The Charlotte, North Carolina-based company said it had net income of $1.14 per share.
The results surpassed Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of four analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for earnings of $1.10 per share.
The electric utility posted revenue of $6.69 billion in the period, also surpassing Street forecasts. Three analysts surveyed by Zacks expected $6.02 billion.
Duke Energy expects full-year earnings in the range of $5.30 to $5.60 per share.
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This week’s cover art is the mesmerizing “Night Fell Upon Us (Up On Us)” by Christina Quarles, sent to us by Lex Weill, owner of Lex Weill Gallery in Southampton. Here, he discusses seizing the opportunity to purchase this painting, how it represents Quarles’ work as a whole and her promising career trajectory.
LEX WEILL DISCUSSES CHRISTINA QUARLES & MORE
What inspired you to purchase “Night Fell Upon Us (Up On Us)” by Christina Quarles?
The concise answer as to why I purchased “Night Fell Upon Us (Up On Us)” by Christina Quarles is that the opportunity to acquire one of the most desirable works from a generational talent only presents itself so often.
Luckily, I have been familiar with her work for years, as I chose her for my emerging artist project in 2019 while obtaining my Master’s in Post-War and Contemporary Art at Christie’s Education. It was as simple as her work catching my eye as something pure and totally unique.
In addition to this, I have to like the artist beyond just admiring their work. Some dealers/collectors can separate the artist from their work, but I personally can’t. I collect artists whose personal brand and values align with mine — possibly someone I can see myself as being friends with.
As opposed to prime examples of a Francis Bacon, Ed Ruscha or Warhol — all artists with whom the present work shared the physical stage with during Sotheby’s flagship evening sales, Quarles’ public market is in its nascent stage.
One could say her auction history has been sparse, even close to non-existent prior to the sale of this work. For this reason, the general art-buying public would have had a hard time precisely identifying the importance of both the artist and this work within her acclaimed practice.
However, for people inside the industry — dealers, advisors and museum curators alike — Quarles has been highly exalted as one of the most groundbreaking and deeply engaging artists of our time.
Her accolades more than qualify this reputation garnered within the industry and more importantly, among her peers. Quarles’ work has been included in The Milk of Dreams, a Cecilia Alemani curated exhibition at the Central Pavillion of the 2022 Venice Biennale.
Her paintings are also featured in some of the most acclaimed public collections including The Tate Modern in London, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York, Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles, Centre Pompidou in Paris, and Hirshhorn Museum & Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C. Quarles was also the focal point of a critically acclaimed exhibition at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago in 2021 and has joined Hauser & Wirth’s artist roster recently.
What makes this piece an ideal choice for Dan’s Papers cover art?
Dan’s Papers has a long tradition of having captivating artwork on its covers. Usually, these covers have featured local talent specific to the Hamptons and East End territories, and are highly representational of these locales in the work itself.
As the Hamptons have continued to develop into a more international scene, Dan’s Papers continues to expand its readership to a broader demographic that includes distribution in metropolitan areas such as downtown New York.
For this reason, I thought it would be appropriate to feature an artist of international acclaim on the cover, someone who is really capturing the times and current moment— what it means to be a person in the here and now.
In my opinion, Christina Quarles is one of the most innovative and totally unique artists on the global landscape. As Lex Weill Gallery’s and Dan’s Papers’ individual footprints continue to broaden, I couldn’t think of a better piece to encapsulate both brands’ trajectories in a visual medium.
How is this painting representative of Quarles’ style and work as a whole?
This work is an archetypal example of Christina Quarles’ oeuvre, in that it epitomizes the aggregate core pillars that make up her body of work. Some of these principal foundations include unorthodox depictions of the human body that explore de-racializing the human form, the indefinable multiplicity of identity and, lastly, the beauty of ambiguity.
Quarles elaborates, “Throughout my paintings, there are perspectival planes that both situate and fragment the bodies they bisect — location becomes dislocation. Fixed categories of identity can be used to marginalize, but paradoxically, can be used by the marginalized to gain visibility and political power. This paradox is the central focus of my practice.” (Christina Quarles’ artist statement, christinaquarles.com)
This paradox becomes even more evident when Quarles talks about her practice in relation to portraiture:
“I’ll often say that these are portraits, but they aren’t portraits of looking at a body — they’re portraits of living within your own body. So much of my work is about moments of intimacy when you can actually exist in all your contradictions and complications.” (Christina Quarles quoted in Claire Voon’s “Christina Quarles Paints the Complicated, Intimate Moments When We Feel like Ourselves,” artsy.net).
How do you foresee Quarles’ career trajectory moving forward?
Christina Quarles’ style is totally unprecedented and unique — she has every angle down both technically and conceptually. I have every reason to believe that she will continue this vertical trajectory and enjoy her rightful place among the most innovative and interesting artists of our time.
For this reason, “Night Fell Upon Us (Up On Us)” was purchased as a legacy piece for my own private collection and will hopefully be in my family for generations.
To learn more about Lex Weill Gallery, visit weillgallery.com. And to see more of Christina Quarles’ work, visit christinaquarles.com. | https://www.danspapers.com/2022/08/lex-weill-talks-christina-quarles-cover/ | 2022-08-04T17:17:14Z | https://www.danspapers.com/2022/08/lex-weill-talks-christina-quarles-cover/ | true | 1 |
Fintech Infrastructure Company Cited as a Small Company Stand Out for Fostering an Exceptionally Innovative and Welcoming Environment
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Fast Company today announced its fourth annual Best Workplaces for Innovators list, honoring organizations and businesses that demonstrate a steadfast commitment to encouraging innovation at all levels. Bond Financial Technologies, Inc., the leading embedded finance platform, was selected as one of 11 companies globally in the small company category. These companies with fewer than 100 employees were selected because they foster exceptionally innovative environments. Though they may be small, their potential for impact and growth is just the opposite.
Developed in collaboration with Accenture, the 2022 Best Workplaces for Innovators ranks winners from a variety of industries including computer science, biotech, consumer packaged goods, nonprofit, education, financial services, cybersecurity, engineering, diversity, sustainability, B2B, and consumer products and services. Fast Company editors and Accenture researchers worked together to score nearly 1,500 applications, and a panel of eight eminent judges reviewed and endorsed the top companies. The 2022 awards feature workplaces from around the world.
"I am honored that Bond has been recognized by Fast Company as a standout small company for the culture of opportunity and innovation we've worked so hard to create," said Roy Ng, CEO and co-founder of Bond. "Yan Wu and I founded Bond in 2019 with a mission to build a best-in-class embedded finance platform for innovators to build apps that enable financial access and inclusion. We enable our customers to build incredibly personalized apps that integrate innovative software experiences with financial services. People have very personal and intimate relationships with their money; the only way to build a platform that enables our customers to build this is to build a diverse team with different backgrounds and points of views."
"This year's list of the Best Workplaces for Innovators recognizes organizations that have demonstrated a deep commitment to cultivating creativity across the board," says Brendan Vaughan, editor-in-chief of Fast Company. "In the face of powerful headwinds, these leaders and teams continue to spur innovation."
To see the complete list, go to: https://www.fastcompany.com/best-workplaces-for-innovators/list
Fast Company's Best Workplaces for Innovators issue (September 2022) is available online now, and the print issue will be on newsstands beginning August 16, 2022. Join the Best Workplaces for Innovators conversation using #FCBestWorkplaces.
Bond enables any company to become a fintech. Through Bond's full-stack embedded finance platform, customers can offer personalized and compliant financial products to their end users, including high-value-add products such as consumer and commercial charge cards. Bond was founded in 2019 by industry veterans from Blackrock, Goldman Sachs, SAP, SoFi, and Twilio, with deep roots in financial services, technology and enterprise software. Bond is a remote-first company, with office locations in San Francisco, New York City and Salt Lake City. Visit www.bond.tech to learn more.
Fast Company is the only media brand fully dedicated to the vital intersection of business, innovation, and design, engaging the most influential leaders, companies, and thinkers on the future of business. Headquartered in New York City, Fast Company is published by Mansueto Ventures LLC, along with our sister publication Inc., and can be found online at www.fastcompany.com.
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ICC Holdings, Inc. (NASDAQ:ICCH – Get Rating) was the target of a significant growth in short interest in the month of July. As of July 15th, there was short interest totalling 1,300 shares, a growth of 18.2% from the June 30th total of 1,100 shares. Based on an average trading volume of 800 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 1.6 days. Approximately 0.1% of the shares of the company are short sold.
ICC Stock Performance
NASDAQ:ICCH traded up $0.01 during trading on Thursday, reaching $16.80. The company’s stock had a trading volume of 2,085 shares, compared to its average volume of 704. ICC has a 12 month low of $15.93 and a 12 month high of $17.40. The firm has a market cap of $55.44 million, a price-to-earnings ratio of 17.50 and a beta of 0.30. The firm has a 50 day moving average of $16.70 and a 200-day moving average of $16.75. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.26, a quick ratio of 1.16 and a current ratio of 1.16.
ICC (NASDAQ:ICCH – Get Rating) last posted its quarterly earnings data on Monday, May 9th. The company reported ($0.05) earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter. The company had revenue of $16.01 million for the quarter. ICC had a return on equity of 4.08% and a net margin of 4.67%.
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ICC Company Profile
ICC Holdings, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, provides property and casualty insurance products to the food and beverage industry in the United States. The company offers commercial multi-peril, liquor liability, workers' compensation, and umbrella liability insurance products. It markets its products through a network of 186 independent agents in Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Minnesota, Michigan, Missouri, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, Utah, and Wisconsin.
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The new partners come with a strong international operational background, highly experienced in building management teams, and scaling companies to sales of hundreds of millions of dollars. Given the current challenges facing the tech sector, it is all the more salient to have such an experienced team of partners to strengthen JVP's tech companies in Israel and New York. In 2021-2022, JVP led funding rounds totaling more than $1.5 billion for its portfolio companies to propel them to become category leaders
JERUSALEM and NEW YORK, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- JVP, one of the top ten venture capital firms in the world, as ranked by Preqin, is expanding its activities in New York. Along with new investments in FinTech, Blockchain, Cyber, ClimaTech, FoodTech, and Digital Health, the fund has focused on growth and providing robust support to its companies over the past two years. In 2021-2022, JVP led funding rounds totaling more than $1.5 billion for its portfolio companies to propel them to become category leaders.
As part of the fund investment strategy, JVP has expanded its international activities, strengthened its management team, and most recently, welcomes new partners and executives to its ranks. The new partners will join JVP's current roster of partners that lead investments in the most important high-tech companies in Israel and internationally in tandem with working closely with the Fund's portfolio companies, with the goal of significantly expanding and advancing their business operations. Each new partner joins JVP with a strong international operations background, along with experience in building management teams and implementing growth strategies that have translated into hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. In the backdrop of tightening markets, each partners' expertise and experience will support and further strengthen each of JVP's portfolio companies in Israel and internationally.
JVP is renowned for its Centers of Innovation including Media and AI in Jerusalem, FoodTech in the Galilee, FinTech in Tel Aviv, Digital Health in Haifa, Cyber Security in Beer Sheva, and the International Cyber Center in New York.
"We welcome our new partners to JVP" says Erel Margalit, JVP Founder, and Executive Chairman. "It is precisely in these challenging times that category leaders are made. We must support our companies to reach these heights, enabling them to scale and reach sales of $100-300 million. Along with our existing roster of partners, our new partners bring robust business and strategic experience to further our companies in Israel, North America, and penetration into the Asian and European markets."
Marge Breya joins as a JVP partner in New York. Marge brings over 20 years of experience as CMO and COO in global companies including SAP, HP, Informatica Business Objects, and others. Marge will leverage her robust experience to propel JVP's portfolio companies to become international market leaders. Today, among other roles, she is the CMO of LeadSpace, in which JVP is a leading shareholder.
Sara Thomas was appointed as a JVP partner in London and New York. Founder and one of the owners of Aspen Group, she has led strategic processes in leading global technological companies including Salesforce, Orcal, FIS, and Finastra. In recent years, she has worked with JVP to build the management team at Qlik ($2.5 billion market cap) and, CyberArk ($5.6 billion market cap), among others.
Ilan Ron was promoted to JVP AgTech and FoodTech partner. Ilan is an international expert in the world of food. In recent years, he served as the CEO of Kayco Kosher, which control the kosher food market in North America. He serves as a board member on the boards of JVP's portfolio companies InnovoPro, Kinoko, and Next Probiotics.
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Lucknow/Barabanki, Aug 4 (PTI) A block development officer in Barabanki has resigned, alleging that he was "mentally harassed" by the district magistrate and another official.
Taking cognisance of BDO Amit Tripathi's resignation, the government has ordered a probe into the matter and has asked the rural development commissioner to submit a report.
Barabanki District Magistrate Dr Adarsh Singh and Chief Development Officer (CDO) Ekta Singh have, however, termed the allegation "baseless".
In his resignation letter dated August 2, Tripathi had said he was transferred to Puredalai development block from Ramnagar on July 1 and he had joined his duty at the new office. However, Barabanki MP Upendra Rawat and other public representatives from Ramnagar interfered, and subsequently, his transfer was cancelled.
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Tripathi claimed he did not ask the MP or any other politician to get his transfer cancelled, but his seniors were miffed with him over the political interference in his posting.
He said he was summoned to the district magistrate's residence where Adarsh Singh and Ekta Singh yelled at him and humiliated him.
He further said the two officials arrived at Ramnagar block for an inspection on July 30 and snubbed him again.
Tripathi also forwarded a copy of his resignation to Additional Chief Secretary Manoj Kumar Singh, who ordered a probe into the matter.
Refuting the claims, the district magistrate and the CDO said in a joint statement that higher officials inspect government offices and carry out physical verification of the on-site works on the government's instructions.
"The inspection of Ramnagar block was done in this connection. During the inspection, many lapses and financial irregularities were found and a report of the lapses has been sent to the government for action," the statement said.
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PREVIEW-Rugby-New Zealand must face up to Bok challenge head on says Foster
But they have stuck to what they know best and will look to be physically dominant against the All Blacks, use their set-piece to secure points and test the visitors under the high ball with a territorial kicking game. Bok coach Nienaber said that while the All Blacks may be at a low ebb, he did not buy into the notion his side were heavy favourites.
New Zealand coach Ian Foster has urged his side to "man up" when they play their first test in South Africa since 2018, kicking off the Rugby Championship in Nelspruit on Saturday by seeking to put behind them a horror run of form.
The ailing All Blacks have lost four of their last five tests to put Foster’s position under threat after his two assistant coaches John Plumtree and Brad Mooar were axed in the wake of the historic 2-1 home series loss to Ireland last month. Foster maintains he can turn around the fortunes of the side, starting with two tests away to the Springboks in the Rugby Championship, the second of which is in Johannesburg on Aug. 13.
"It's about the team manning up because the Boks are not one-trick ponies. That's a fallacy," he told reporters on Thursday. "What they do well, they do really well. You don't become the world champions if you're not proficient at a whole lot of things.
"We have to go in with the mindset of wanting to play our game. There's an edge and we know we can play better. We'll man up, we need to be smart and physical, but we'll need a good combination of both." Foster has largely kept faith with the side that lost the third test to Ireland, though there is a return after two years for wing Caleb Clarke, who replaces Sevu Reece, and a new front row that contains props Angus Ta'avao and George Bower plus hooker Samisoni Taukei'aho.
South Africa have not been in the best form either so far this season, and looked unconvincing in their recent 2-1 home series win over Wales. But they have stuck to what they know best and will look to be physically dominant against the All Blacks, use their set-piece to secure points and test the visitors under the high ball with a territorial kicking game.
Bok coach Nienaber said that while the All Blacks may be at a low ebb, he did not buy into the notion his side were heavy favourites. "One has to stick to reality and we know it's New Zealand and it's going to be a tough test match," Nienaber said. "It's not a team that you beat often."
Nienaber has some sympathy for Foster’s plight and said expectations within both teams will always be high. "If you are a coach ... you are always two poor games away from being fired," he added.
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Commonwealth Games: Channel island riders fail to make top 20 in time trial
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Guernsey cyclist Sam Culverwell says mechanical issues left him "gutted" with his 21st-place finish at the Commonwealth Games time trial.
The 21-year-old was the best-placed Channel island rider but saw his chain come off three times during the event in the Black Country.
Culverwell was ahead of compatriot Seb Tremlett who was 23rd and Jersey's Jack Rebours who was 25th.
Dean Robson was 29th for Jersey while Guernsey's Mark Cox was 31st.
"I started really strong, through the first checkpoint I was quite up there and went into the top 10," Culverwell told BBC Channel Islands.
"But on that fast descent my chain came off for the first time.
"I tried to reset and get going again and then it happened another two times and it really upset my rhythm.
"Looking at my power numbers afterwards it wasn't a good ride at all really. I'm pretty gutted with it as without those issues it could have been a good ride."
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The gold medal was won by Australia's Rohan Dennis, with England's Fred Wright taking silver and Wales' former Tour de France winner Geraint Thomas claiming bronze after having a crash early in his ride.
Rebours, the leading Jersey rider, said he could have been faster had he known the route better.
"I'm reasonably happy with my ride," he said.
"Knowing the course counted for a lot today, there were a few turns I wasn't 100% sure of where they were and there were a few moments of hesitation, but then I followed the motorbikes into the wrong turn at the finish and lost a few more seconds there.
"I potentially could have run a bigger gear on the downhills, but I'm reasonably happy with that.
"I thought I was capable of a little bit more today, but things happen, it's a big event and you're dealing with that pressure, so I'll go away from this pretty happy with what I've done." | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62426644 | 2022-08-04T17:22:06Z | https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/commonwealth-games/62426644 | true | 2 |
Steelers reportedly sign Diontae Johnson to two-year, $39.5 million extension
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) - A deal has reportedly been reached between the Steelers and one of their more productive wide receivers.
According to ESPN's Adam Schefter, the Steelers and Diontae Johnson have agreed to a 2-year, $39.5 million extension, and that deal includes $27 million in guaranteed money.
Johnson had not been a full participant in training camp due to wanting an extension.
Over the past three years, Johnson has compiled 20 touchdowns, 254 receptions, and 2,764 total yards.
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HOLON, Israel (AP) _ Compugen Ltd. (CGEN) on Thursday reported a loss of $9.1 million in its second quarter.
The Holon, Israel-based company said it had a loss of 11 cents per share.
The results beat Wall Street expectations. The average estimate of six analysts surveyed by Zacks Investment Research was for a loss of 12 cents per share.
The company's shares closed at $1.62. A year ago, they were trading at $6.59.
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Spike in number of patients seeking treatment at polyclinics for respiratory infection
The average number of patients seeking treatment at polyclinics for acute respiratory infection (ARI) last month doubled compared to April, said the Ministry of Health (MOH).
In response to The Straits Times' query, the ministry said on Thursday (Aug 4) that the daily average was close to 3,000 last month. This was double the daily average of around 1,500 in April, added MOH.
ARI includes both Covid-19 and other infections, and the symptoms include nasal congestion, runny nose, sneezing, sore throat, and cough.
Polyclinics have put in place measures that have helped to ensure that patients are being cared for despite the spike in numbers, said MOH.
These include leveraging team-based care and remote consultation, especially for chronic patients, and adopting alternative ways to collect prescription medicine, such as delivery services or via a locker box.
The ministry said on July 22 that thoseunder 80 years old who want to get their Covid-19 vaccinations at polyclinics will have to book appointments to do so.
This was to allow the 23 polyclinics to better handle patients with pressing healthcare needs, added the ministrythen.
It said that ARI patients who need medical attention may visit the Public Health Preparedness Clinics,or telemedicine providers.
Health Minister Ong Ye Kung saidin Parliament on Monday (Aug 1) that while the nation was still in the midst of a Covid-19 wave, infection numbers have been falling over the past 10 days and the week-on-week ratio had dipped below 0.9 over the last week.
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Hungary's autocratic PM Orban addressing US conservatives
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DALLAS (AP) — Hungarian Prime Minister Viktor Orban is expected to receive a big welcome in the U.S. on Thursday from conservative admirers barely a week after the backlash at home and in Europe over anti-migrant remarks that one of his closest associates compared to Nazi rhetoric.
Orban's headline slot at the Conservative Political Action Conference in Dallas, one of the nation's largest gatherings of conservative activists, has raised concerns about Republicans embracing an autocrat who has been criticized for undermining democratic institutions and consolidating power in his own country.
Other speakers include former President Donald Trump, Republican Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia and Republican candidates fresh off GOP primary election victories Tuesday.
Orban's invitation to CPAC reflects conservatives' growing embrace of the Hungarian far-right leader whose country has implemented hardline policies against immigration and LGBTQ rights, and is governed by single-party rule. Orban also is considered the closest ally in the European Union to Russian President Vladimir Putin.
His visit to Texas comes after new outrage flared back home over a speech in which Orban railed against Europe becoming a “mixed-race” society. One of his closest associates compared the comments to the Nazis and resigned in protest.
Orban has dismissed the criticism, saying his government has no tolerance for racism and that he has not come under fire from conservatives in the U.S. Organizers of CPAC have rejected objections that Orban is an authoritarian and have praised him for pushing back against the EU.
Even before Orban took the stage in Texas — America's second most populous state and one controlled politically by Republicans — Trump had already welcomed him to the U.S. while hosting him earlier this week in Florida.
“Few people know as much about what is going on in the world today," Trump said in a statement after the meeting.
President Joe Biden is not scheduled to speak with Orban while he’s traveling in the U.S., according to a White House official.
The title of Orban's speaking slot is “How we Fight." Through his communications office, Orban declined an interview request by The Associated Press.
The AP and other international news organizations also were prohibited from covering a CPAC conference held in Budapest in May, the group's first conference in Europe. During that gathering, Orban called Hungary “the bastion of conservative Christian values in Europe” and urged conservatives in the U.S. to defeat “the dominance of progressive liberals in public life.”
He has styled himself as a champion of what he calls “illiberal democracy.”
Orban served as prime minister of Hungary between 1998 and 2002, but it’s his record since taking office again in 2010 that has drawn controversy and raised concerns about Hungary sliding into authoritarian rule. Orban has depicted himself as a defender of European Christendom against Muslim migrants, progressives and the “LGBTQ lobby.”
Last year, his right-wing Fidesz party banned the depiction of homosexuality or sex reassignment in media targeting people under 18, a move critics said was an attack on LGBTQ people. Information on homosexuality also was forbidden in school sex education programs, or in films and advertisements accessible to minors.
Orban has consolidated power over the the country's judiciary and media, and his party has drawn legislative districts in a way that makes it very difficult for opposition parties to win seats — somewhat similar to partisan gerrymandering efforts for state legislative and congressional seats in the U.S. That process currently favors Republicans because they control more of the state legislatures that create those boundaries.
Such moves have led international political observers to label Orban as the face of a new wave of authoritarianism. The European Union has launched numerous legal proceedings against Hungary for breaking EU rules and is withholding billions in recovery funds and credit over violations of rule-of-law standards and insufficient anti-corruption safeguards.
Preceding Orban on stage in Texas will be Republican Gov. Greg Abbott. Michigan's Tudor Dixon, who won the GOP nomination for governor in her battleground state on Tuesday, is also slated as a speaker during the conference, which ends Saturday.
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We’re Halfway to Our Summer Fundraising Goal…Get Us to the Finish Line
We are halfway through our Streetsblog summer fundraising drive, and we’re raised just over half our overall goal of $15,000. Since we wrote to you at the start of June, we’ve raised just under $8,000, leaving us with $7,000 left to go.
A lot has changed since that fundraising letter went out.
In Los Angeles, the over half-a-billion-dollar 6th Street Bridge finally opened. Elected officials gathered to congratulate themselves for a job well done even as advocates questioned the road design of the bridge and warned that it was a safety disaster waiting to happen. In just its first couple of weeks, the bridge had to be closed several times due to high-speed races, a severely damaged bollard-protected bike lane, and other crashes.
For a decade, Streetsblog LA amplified the voices of people living near the bridge begging the city to build a bridge that worked for them. Now that the bridge is open, it is being used the way it was designed, and will need changes to make it safe.
In San Francisco, Roger Rudick reports that de Young Museum Board President and Dow Chemical heiress Dede Wilsey is bankrolling the “Access for All” Campaign to return cars to JFK Parkway despite the overwhelming popularity of the project. But Dow Chemical money can buy a lot of misleading advertisements, including this amazing flier that doesn’t even mention the word “cars.”
At Streetsblog California, Melanie Curry has been closely following the legislature and Governor’s office and reporting about which bills are likely to become law and how the state is implementing them. She is also tracking local transportation sales tax measures, which are a growing source of infrastructure funding subject to local political maneuvering.
In particular, Curry has stayed atop the state’s languid efforts to create an incentive program for people to purchase electric bikes. Governor Newsom signed a law creating this program last year, and the program was set to start on July 1. Well… it’s August and the Air Resources Board has not yet chosen an administrator for the program. Read Streetsblog’s ongoing coverage from June and July. I’m sure a story from August is coming up.
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ITV Love Island star Kem Cetinay has been involved in a car crash which has left one DEAD. Kem, the Love Island winner, aged 26, has been left "devastated".
The tragedy saw a motorcyclist die. Kem was driving near Hornchurch when a biker is understood to have crashed into his Mercedes G-Wagon 4x4.
Kem is unharmed but "traumatised", his pals say. Kem won the third series of the smash hit ITV2 show with Amber Davies.
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They split in December of that year - after agreeing to split the £50k prize fund. During his time in the Love Island villa, Cetinay developed a bromance with fellow Islander Chris Hughes and the pair have starred in multiple shows together.
The pair have done Straight Outta Love Island and VChannel 4’s Celebrity Hunted for Stand Up To Cancer. Kem was also on ITV Dancing on Ice in 2018, and has enjoyed stints on ITV This Morning too.
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Former President John Mahama has been served notice that in the next election for a flagbearer, his miserly attitude towards Branch Executives of the NDC party will inform the way branch executives vote.
At a press conference in Ashaiman, Wednesday, a group of branch executives vowed that it is payback time and they will surely reply the former President in kind for all the neglect he has shown toward them.
“Both in government and in opposition, Mr. John Mahama never cared to share the spoils with Branch executives…as a result NDC Branch executives are among the most pitiable in Ghana politics,” said Mr. Fred Atsu Anthony, an executive of the Dawhenya Akpoti branch of the Ningo Prampram Constituency.
According to Mr. Fred Anthony, “…Branch executives have suffered enough because of your neglect and we are no longer interested in going through the same suffering again; take note.”
At the well-attended press conference, Mr. Atsu Anthony was flanked on the high table by Mr. Daniel Baccah, another leading member of the NDC in Ashaiman.
The executives contrasted former president Mahama to other leaders in politics, pointing out that Mr. Mahama’s peers have comparatively been generous towards their branch executives.
“Take President Akufo-Addo for instance, it is common knowledge that he personally helped many in the grassroots of his party to achieve descent livelihoods.
We know of the numerous people Akufo-Addo personally paid fees for so they can go to law school. Can Mr. Mahama say the same about anyone in the NDC?”He adds, “talking about the NDC, there are the likes of Dr. Kwabena Duffuor, who is adding a lot of value to the lives of the people in the party’s grassroots even though compared to John Mahama who has been MP, Minister, Vice President and President, Dr. Duffuor has not benefited that much from the NDC.”
Mr. Anthony cited Duffuor’s “Ahotor” project and asked rhetorically if former President Mahama can also lay claim to any such initiative.“Ladies and gentlemen, the long and short of it all is that the NDC has given Mr. John Mahama the finest opportunity anyone can have from a political party but the man is just too stingy, especially toward the grassroots leading to untold suffering.
“Therefore we the Branch executives are not able to support another presidential ambition of John Mahama,” Fred Atsu Anthony declared.
On his part, Mr. Daniel Baccah dismissed claims by some journalists that Mr. Mahama has been making donations to the party at the national level.
According to him, “I do not know of any worthwhile donations that Mr. Mahama has made to the party through the national leadership.
Even so, what we are talking about is the welfare of the party’s grassroots not the national executives. If indeed Mr. Mahama has made such donations, then it means he only cares about the national executives. But it is the grassroots that carry the NDC.”
He adds, “now if you are a grassroots member of the party like the branch executives, who will you want to lead? The man who only gives to the national executives or the one who cares for everybody, including the majoritarian grassroots members?”
According to him, “Dr. Kwabena Duffuor’s “Ahotor” project is proof that he actually cares about the grassroots compared to John Mahama. Things like these are what we are talking about.” | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/We-will-show-Mahama-where-power-lies-NDC-branch-executives-1596227 | 2022-08-04T17:37:39Z | https://mobile.ghanaweb.com/GhanaHomePage/NewsArchive/We-will-show-Mahama-where-power-lies-NDC-branch-executives-1596227 | true | 2 |
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"I have experienced the IRB review process from both sides – as a researcher and an IRB member. Institutional Review Boards play a key role in both regulatory compliance and enabling discoveries that can change the lives of people with disabilities. I will work with our team to maintain our IRB's highest level of standards while reflecting institutional policies, federal regulation, and guidance," she added.
As IRB chair, Dr. Zanca's primary responsibility is to ensure that the Foundation's research protects the rights and safety of research participants. She oversees IRB activities, including reviews of research protocols; analysis and sharing of information about new or modified requirements for the conduct of clinical research; research protocol audits; reports on grant status to management and funding agencies; and maintenance of resource documents required for grant applications. Dr. Zanca also serves as Kessler Foundation's liaison with Kessler Institute for Rehabilitation, Children's Specialized Hospital, and Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School in matters related to the IRB and Fellowship Training committees.
As assistant director for the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research, Dr. Zanca will continue her research in secondary complications of spinal cord injury (SCI). Her emphasis is on empowering interventions – programs or services that enable people with SCI and their loved ones to take the actions needed in everyday life to prevent and manage complications of SCI. Her current research focuses on promoting self-management of chronic pain and its consequences and improving quality of personal care assistance services for people with SCI.
Dr. Zanca contributed to the development of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification System, which provides a theoretical framework designed to improve research design and reporting, health professions education, and uptake of evidence-based interventions in clinical practice.
Dr. Zanca is a research associate professor at Rutgers - New Jersey Medical School. She is also co-investigator for the Northern New Jersey Spinal Cord Injury System (NNJSCIS), a federally funded Spinal Cord Injury Model System (SCIMS), and co-chair of the national SCIMS Knowledge Translation Committee.
Dr. Zanca serves on the American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine (ACRM) Board of Governors and is chair of the Rehabilitation Treatment Specification Networking Group. Her service with ACRM includes past chair of the Spinal Cord Injury Interdisciplinary Special Interest Group (SCI-ISIG) and membership in the Program Committee and Training Institute Committee.
Dr. Zanca reports to the Foundation's president and CEO Rodger DeRose in her role as IRB chair. As assistant director of the Center for Spinal Cord Injury Research, she will continue to report to the Center's director, Trevor Dyson-Hudson, MD.
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Ryan Carpenter brings his hockey journey full circle with NY Rangers
It was in the basement of his grandparents’ Staten Island home where Ryan Carpenter was first exposed to hockey.
He was often decked out in Rangers gear, banging around roller-hockey pucks with his older cousins during one of their annual trips to New York.
Fast forward to today and Carpenter’s journey has come full circle. The 31-year-old forward signed a one-year, $750,000 deal last month to play for his favorite team, fulfilling a childhood dream while thrilling the rest of his family.
"My dad was a big sports fan of all the New York teams, and so I think naturally, as his firstborn son, I kind of just followed whatever he liked," Carpenter said. "I remember at one point, I think I had all of the Ranger jerseys – home and away, blue and white, and then the Statue of Liberty one."
Despite Carpenter being born and raised in Orlando, his father and New York native, Mike, didn't let his three children forget their Big Apple roots. Ryan was too young to remember the Rangers winning their last Stanley Cup in 1994, but he can recall watching the VHS tapes with his father in the years that followed.
That left a lasting impression, with those memories flooding back when the opportunity to sign with the Blueshirts came along this summer.
"When I had an offer from the Rangers, it was hard to pass up," he said. "Being a team that I loved growing up and seeing how good they were this year and how they surprised teams and went on a pretty good run, and just the amount of skill they have."
The other key factor in the decision was Carpenter's familiarity with Rangers head coach Gerard Gallant. They previously teamed up for two seasons with the Vegas Golden Knights, including a memorable run to the Stanley Cup Final in 2018.
"I thought I had some good seasons playing under him," he said. "You want a coach that keeps guys accountable, but across the board expects the same effort from everyone. You respect that. It's hard not to want to go through a wall for a coach like that."
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Carpenter earned his first extended NHL opportunity under Gallant because he brings many of the hard-working elements the veteran coach appreciates.
He admittedly won't produce many points − his career high is 18 with the Knights in 2018-19 − or make many flashy plays, but he prides himself on defense, penalty killing and a 51.5% faceoff win rate.
Those traits were evident during his three seasons with Bowling Green University, with the last two spent as team captain.
"I always found that he was real in what he had to bring to the table to stand out and willing to play the game that way," said Chris Bergeron, who coached Carpenter at Bowling Green and is now behind the bench for Miami University. "I had a conversation with George McPhee, who's the GM and president of Vegas, and 'determination' was his word when he spoke of Ryan."
Carpenter understood that he had to take pride in the grunt work if he was going to continue his hockey career past college − and that determination fueled him to fully commit to making that happen.
"His daily routine was something to behold," Bergeron said. "I can picture him in our weight room doing quick-feet ladders because people would say, 'Well, I don't know if he's fast enough. I don't know if his skating is good enough.' ... He was willing to make those decisions as a young person because he had a goal."
Carpenter went undrafted out of the USHL and posted modest numbers at Bowling Green, but he kept pushing. Eventually, he got a free-agent deal with the San Jose Sharks and spent much of his early-to-mid 20s in the AHL.
He had a couple in-season cups of coffee with the Sharks, but it wasn't until the age of 26 that he broke training camp on the NHL roster. It didn't last long, though, as he was waived after 16 appearances in the 2017-18 season. That led to the opportunity with Vegas, where he proved he could be valuable fourth-liner.
Next came three seasons with the Chicago Blackhawks, who have entered a full-scale rebuild and dealt Carpenter to Calgary at the trade deadline in March. Adversity hit there, with the Flames only using him in eight games and making him a healthy scratch throughout the playoffs.
That puts Carpenter back in the familiar position of fighting for an NHL job.
The Rangers view him as a viable option for their fourth line, with his ability to play center a notable distinction. But those final few roster spots are shaping up to be a crowded competition, which will include holdovers Ryan Reaves, Dryden Hunt and Julien Gauthier, prospects Will Cuylle, Brennan Othmann and Bobby Trivigno and newly signed Swedish center Gustav Rydahl.
It's nothing new for the kid who grew up with a closet filled with Rangers' swag. He's made a living by embracing every challenge and is ready to see if his perseverance can land him a role on Broadway.
"You're trying to build trust and earn a spot," he said. "I still keep my confidence, but at the same time, just try to stay humble. There are plenty of good players that have either played last year or are in the organization that are going to be competing for spots. Ultimately, it just makes the team better and everybody better. That’s always been the mentality. It has to be."
Vincent Z. Mercogliano is the New York Rangers beat reporter for the USA TODAY Network. Read more of his work at lohud.com/sports/rangers/ and follow him on Twitter @vzmercogliano. | https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/nhl/rangers/2022/08/04/ryan-carpenter-brings-his-hockey-journey-full-circle-with-ny-rangers/65390637007/ | 2022-08-04T17:43:03Z | https://www.lohud.com/story/sports/nhl/rangers/2022/08/04/ryan-carpenter-brings-his-hockey-journey-full-circle-with-ny-rangers/65390637007/ | true | 1 |
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This fall, Americans could get boosted with a mRNA COVID-19 vaccine unlike any that's come before.
Both Pfizer and Moderna are working on bivalent boosters: vaccines made up of both the old formula and a new one that targets the omicron BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants of the coronavirus.
If the shots meet U.S. Food and Drug Administration standards, they will probably be available as early as September, the FDA says.
But cases are high now. There are about 124,000 new cases reported each day — far from the levels reported during the omicron surge, but nearing peak case rates from the delta wave — and cases are more undercounted than ever.
Some experts wonder whether the omicron-specific boosters will come in time to make a difference and if they will actually offer more protection than the current shots.
A prediction game
The current shots are based on the original strain of the virus and offered nearly full protection, even from infection, early on. With new variants in circulation, the vaccines still are good at keeping people out of the hospital, but most scientists think people need a vaccine that offers more protection.
Dr. Michael Chang, a pediatric infectious disease specialist at Memorial Hermann Health System in Houston, thinks vaccines with an omicron component will be helpful — within limits.
"I just wish that the timing had been sooner so that we could actually be dealing with the kind of BA.5 surge that we have right now," he said.
With the highly contagious BA.5 subvariant now dominant, the goal of minimizing the number of infections is "kind of lost," but the new vaccines should help keep hospitalizations and deaths down, Chang said.
"I do think, anytime you can introduce additional strains or variants into a vaccine, the human body's immune response tends to be a little bit broader and more durable and potentially longer-lasting," he said.
But it's impossible to know at this point what variant will be dominant a couple months from now, how different it will be from the currently circulating variants or even how many cases there will be, because it's hard to predict how humans will behave when cases rise — and cases will most likely rise. Much like with the flu, scientists think the coronavirus transmits more efficiently in colder weather. It also spreads more easily as people spend more time indoors.
Dr. Edward Michelson, chair of the Department of Emergency Medicine at Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center in El Paso, is seeing many patients again, even those who had omicron earlier in the year.
"Omicron is not protecting people even a few months after they got sick with it. These subvariants are getting them again, much to my surprise," Michelson said. "The good news is, most of the patients don't need hospitalization."
Still, 375 people are dying of COVID-related causes on average every day in the U.S., according to the CDC.
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While scientists are still trying to determine exactly how well the new vaccines will protect people, Lessler said, the model assumes that the reformulated vaccine would have about 80% efficacy against infection with the currently circulating strains. But that depends on how many people actually get an updated booster.
"Absent any real new variants, that kind of efficacy would be enough to really tamp down the current circulation if we have a broad uptake of the vaccines," Lessler said. "A new vaccine could really pay dividends, particularly if we can get it to a broad swath of the population."
Ideally, public health campaigns could be built to encourage people to get a flu vaccine and a COVID-19 vaccine at the same time, he said.
Lessler presented an earlier version of the model to the FDA's independent vaccine advisers, who voted in June to recommend that the vaccine makers include BA.4 and BA.5 in the fall booster. They said that including an omicron element would offer more protection.
"While it's impossible for anyone to predict which variants will be circulating at the time, the goal as I see it is to add the subvariants that are most likely to give us that broad spectrum of antibodies that will hopefully prevent serious disease, which is really what we're trying to do," said Dr. Archana Chatterjee, dean of the Chicago Medical School at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science and a member of the FDA's Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee.
Europe's approach
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Moderna said it's developing a booster for the European Union, the UK and Australia that uses the original strain and BA.1. The subvariant is largely extinct, but the company said its studies have shown that this booster candidate still drew "significantly higher neutralizing antibody responses" against BA.4 and BA.5 compared with the currently authorized booster.
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"Our program continues to focus on all variants of concern and we remain committed to the public health needs as defined by regulators, Europe and elsewhere," a spokesperson for Pfizer told CNN in an email.
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Dr. Larry Corey, a vaccine development expert and professor of medicine and infectious disease division at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, said the data makes a strong case for the addition. Research on infections shows that the BA.4 and BA.5 subvariants seem to induce stronger immune response than BA.1 and BA.2.
"We don't have the data yet. Certainly, we will know by the end of August," Corey said.
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"We'll start sleeping better in a month, see whether it does well in animals, and we'll feel we made the right decision when we boost a bunch of people with the BA.4/BA.5 variants," Corey said.
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"While we know that the latest viruses that we are encountering that will go into the vaccine probably are not going to the be the viruses in the coming fall and winter, the answer is not to chase them but to try and catch up and broaden them," he said.
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The film was no ordinary job for the comedian and the rest of the cast. The magnitude of being on a mostly Filipino set led to happy cry-fests, Koy said. Emotions really hit when co-star Tia Carrere pointed out this was her first time playing a Filipino character in her 40-year career.
“To be able to be right there in a scene with five other Filipino actors and just doing a scene about a family… She never saw that before,” Koy, 51, told The Associated Press. “We all just kind of like teared up and just celebrated together because it’s like ‘OK, this is going to be one of many moments up here.’”
Koy, who is half Filipino and half white, is making his feature film debut in a movie largely inspired by the material from his Netflix stand-up specials. DreamWorks/Universal is touting “Easter Sunday,” which opens in theaters Friday, as the first big studio movie with an all-Filipino ensemble. Koy plays Joe Valencia, a comic and aspiring actor who goes home to the San Francisco Bay Area for the titular holiday. He attempts to bond with his teenage son while dealing with well-meaning but overbearing relatives. The production comes at a time when Filipino American food, history and advocacy are increasingly emerging into the zeitgeist.
“Finally our stories, our faces are front and center on the big screen,” said Carrere, 55, and known for movies like “Wayne’s World,” “True Lies” and “Lilo & Stitch.” “I have to pinch myself that I’m still here, still in the business and invited to the party.”
Jimmy O. Yang (“Crazy Rich Asians,” “Love Hard”), who has a cameo in “Easter Sunday,” also served as a producer. That meant watching many, many audition tapes of actors of Filipino or Asian descent. Yang was blown away by the talent. It made casting 10 roles that much tougher. He thinks Hollywood claims that capable Asian actors are hard to find are just lazy excuses.
“As an actor, I’m like all of these guys are so good. How did I ever get a job?” Yang said. “Some of them I wanted to call them and be like ‘Hey, man! Please keep going OK? We just couldn’t hire you for this job but please keep going.'”
“Easter Sunday,” directed by Jay Chandrasekhar, is set in the heavily Filipino suburb of Daly City where screenwriter Ken Cheng immigrated to as a kid. He envisioned a mix of Ice Cube’s “Friday” and the holiday flick “It’s a Wonderful Life.” A producer, too, Cheng wrote it in 2020 during lockdown. He then turned to Steven Spielberg, whose Amblin Partners is co-producing. Within a few hours the legendary director read it and gave his approval, according to Cheng.
“From that day to the first day we started shooting was something like five and a half months. And that’s like insanely fast,” Cheng said. “A lot of that is how enthusiastic everyone was about building a movie around Jo.”
Hollywood is populated with notable half-Filipino actors like Vanessa Hudgens and Darren Criss. But Koy is the one leaning into his heritage in his work. For example, he wanted a scene in “Easter Sunday” showing the family packing customary balikbayan boxes. Filipinos, usually first-generation immigrants, typically send boxes with American goods to relatives in the Philippines. Mailing balikbayan boxes is practically its own industry.
“There’s this responsibility that they put on their shoulders when they make it to this country,” Koy said. “I see that with a lot of Filipino families and I wanted to show the world that’s how important this is to us.”
Today, Filipinos make up over 4 million of the country’s 23 million-plus Asian population, according to the U.S. Census. Only Chinese and Indians number more. Filipino culture and history have been gaining more mainstream visibility in recent years — mostly because of decades-long activism by Filipinos.
This year, a 30-foot (9-meter) tall gateway arch was unveiled in Los Angeles’ Historic Filipinotown and a street in New York City’s Queens was co-named Little Manila Avenue. A newly built Bay Area park was named for striking Filipino American farmworkers. For years, Filipino food has been hailed off and on as the next culinary trend. It seems to be having a moment again in the fine dining world. Chicago’s Kasama became the only Michelin-starred Filipino restaurant in the country.
“Easter Sunday” is coming during “this really amazing moment in Asian American history and Filipino American history, where political, social, and economic capital has all come together,” said Eric Pido, an Asian American Studies professor at San Francisco State University with a background in Filipina/o American Studies. He predicts younger generations will raise Filipinos’ profiles in the next few years.
“I think Filipino Americans are no longer shying away from sort of taking a representational role in American politics, which will bring up all sorts of interesting things about Filipino American culture that lots of folks just don’t think about,” Pido said.
Last month, Koy and Cheng attended a screening of “Easter Sunday” in Daly City. Among the people there was the director of Pixar’s “Turning Red,” Domee Shi. “Turning Red,” about a Chinese-Canadian teenage girl and her family, was a hit after its March release on Disney+. But a white film reviewer called the animated feature exhausting and only relatable for Shi’s Chinese family and friends. The review was later pulled over accusations of racism.
The idea that stories that focus on Asian ethnicities and cultures are too specific to be appealing is just outdated, Koy said.
“The relationship between a mother and son is the same no matter what ethnicity,” Koy said. “I hate ignorant people that don’t move forward… There’s a lot of people that live in this country that need to be heard and it’s time to hear it.”
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Florida woman’s lawsuit says Equifax error made loan pricier
ORLANDO, Fla. (AP) — A Florida woman has sued Equifax claiming she was denied a car loan because of a 130-point mistake in her credit report that she says was part of a larger group of credit score errors the ratings agency made this spring due to a coding problem.
The class action lawsuit was filed in federal court in Atlanta on behalf of Nydia Jenkins and potentially millions of others who applied for credit during a three-week period earlier this year. The Jacksonville, Florida woman was forced to accept another, less favorable loan that was $150 per month more than the one she was turned down for because of the error, according to the lawsuit.
Credit scores provide lenders with a picture of how big a risk a borrower is, and they typically range from 300 to 850 points, with a higher score usually resulting in better terms for people applying for mortgages, auto loans or mortgages. The lawsuit says the errors violated federal law that governs credit reporting agencies.
“In the modern economy, millions of Americans rely on credit to make the most important purchases of their lives, from homes to cars to appliances and everything in between,” John Morgan and John Yanchunis, the attorneys representing Jenkins, said in a statement. “We believe that many of the people impacted – some of whom may still be unaware of what happened – suffered severe financial consequences.”
The errors occurred over three weeks from mid-March to early April. An analysis Equifax conducted shows that there was no shift in a majority of credit scores, and for those who did experience a change, only a small number would have received a different credit decision, Equifax said in an emailed statement on Thursday.
“While the score may have shifted, a score shift does not necessarily mean that a consumer’s credit decision was negatively impacted,” the Equifax statement said.
Equifax said in another statement earlier this week that the problems stemmed from a coding issue that “resulted in the potential miscalculation of certain attributes used in model calculations.” In that statement, the firm said less than 300,000 consumers had a score shift of 25 points or more.
“Again, we do not take this issue lightly,” Equifax said.
Besides seeking an undisclosed amount of damages “to the fullest extent allowable by law,” the lawsuit is asking for an audit to identify which customers’ credit scores were affected; money for credit repair services; and the establishment of a fund to reimburse customers for any out-of-pocket expenses they incurred from the errors.
In 2017, hackers broke into Equifax in a breach that exposed the financial information of 147 million Americans. A federal court in 2020 approved a $380 million settlement of class actions lawsuits, with no finding or judgment of wrongdoing made. The settlement required Equifax to invest a minimum $1 billion over five years on data security.
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The NFL is seeking an indefinite suspension of at least one year plus a fine in appealing a disciplinary officer’s decision to suspend Cleveland Browns quarterback Deshaun Watson for six games for violating the league’s personal conduct policy, a person familiar with the filing told The Associated Press.
The person, speaking on condition of anonymity because the matter isn’t public knowledge, also said Watson would be required to undergo treatment before he could be reinstated. The league initially recommended an $8 million fine and asked during settlement negotiations for at least a $5 million fine plus a 12-game suspension that never materialized, another person involved in the talks told the AP.
The NFL’s appeal gives Commissioner Roger Goodell or someone he designates authority to impose a stiffer penalty. League spokesman Brian McCarthy said it’s still to be determined whether Goodell or someone else will hear the appeal.
Former federal judge Sue L. Robinson issued her ruling Monday after Watson was accused by two dozen women in Texas of sexual misconduct during massage treatments while he played for the Houston Texans.
In her 16-page report, Robinson described Watson’s behavior as “more egregious than any before reviewed by the NFL.”
But her punishment fell far short of the NFL’s request. So, the league on Wednesday exercised its right to appeal, per the collective bargaining agreement.
The players’ union has until the end of business Friday to respond in writing. The union could challenge the appeal ruling in federal court, setting the stage for a prolonged fight. Both sides could still reach a settlement to avoid a lengthy battle. The NFLPA didn’t immediately comment on the appeal.
McCarthy said there’s no timeline for Goodell or his designee to make a ruling.
According to the league’s personal conduct policy, the appeal will be processed on an expedited basis. Also, it will be “limited to consideration of the terms of discipline imposed” and “based upon a review of the existing record without reference to evidence or testimony not previously considered.”
The policy also states the “decision of the Commissioner or his designee, which may overturn, reduce, modify or increase the discipline previously issued, will be final and binding on all parties.”
This is the first time since the new CBA was signed in 2020 that the league and the NFLPA turned to a jointly appointed disciplinary officer to determine violations of the personal conduct policy. In the past, Goodell has served as judge and jury to impose penalties on players.
By appealing, the NFL is giving that power back to Goodell, who can chose another person to levy any punishment.
A league official told the AP before Watson’s three-day disciplinary hearing concluded in June that the NFL wanted to avoid an appeal.
But the league proceeded with one amid a backlash from some fans and intense public pressure in the media. Beyond that, there were other factors.
A person familiar with the league’s thinking cited Watson’s lack of expressed remorse, which Robinson noted in her report, the fact he didn’t report the first incident when it happened and he wasn’t truthful with the league’s investigators.
Robinson questioned Watson’s testimony in her report, saying: “It is difficult to give weight to a complete denial when weighed against the credible testimony of the investigators who interviewed the therapists and other third parties.”
Watson, who played four seasons with the Texans before sitting out last season and then being traded to Cleveland in March, recently settled 23 of 24 lawsuits filed by the women who alleged sexual harassment or assault during massage treatments in 2020 and 2021. Two grand juries in Texas declined to indict Watson on criminal complaints brought by 10 of the women.
Robinson concluded that Watson violated three provisions of the personal conduct policy: sexual assault; conduct posing a genuine danger to the safety and well-being of another person; and conduct that undermines or puts at risk the integrity of the NFL.
She declined to suspend Watson for a full year based on precedents and the league’s current policy. But Robinson concluded a longer suspension could be justified if it was already outlined in the personal conduct policy.
“While it may be entirely appropriate to more severely discipline players for non-violent sexual conduct, I do not believe it is appropriate to do so without notice of the extraordinary change this position portends for the NFL and its players,” Robinson wrote in her report.
Watson has continued to practice with the Browns while awaiting resolution to his case, which has raised questions about the league’s handling of off-field player behavior, inconsistencies in its personal conduct policy and its overall support of women.
The Browns have been in a state of limbo as well, not knowing when or if Watson will be able to play this season.
Cleveland traded three first-round picks to Houston for the three-time Pro Bowl QB and signed him to a five-year, $230 million contract.
Watson will lose only $345,000 if the suspension is unchanged because his base salary this season is $1.035 million.
Watson didn’t comment to the AP when asked for a reaction to the league’s decision to appeal. He was then escorted inside the Browns’ facility by a member of the team’s security staff.
The three-time Pro Bowler had just wrapped up Cleveland’s seventh practice of training camp and was still on the field when the league’s appeal announcement was posted.
Watson had a conversation with Peter Jean-Baptiste, the team’s vice president of communications, before spending a few minutes signing autographs for military members and their families.
He was embraced by one woman who said she told Watson to “stay strong.”
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AP Sports Writer Tom Withers in Cleveland contributed to this report.
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Minecraft Preview 1.19.30.20 improves vanilla parity, Spectator Mode, and more
By Zachary Boddy published
A new Minecraft Preview build tests a ton of fresh changes and fixes.
What you need to know
- Minecraft Preview 1.19.30.20 is now available for interested players to explore and test.
- The pre-release build includes dozens of fixes and changes across the Spectator Mode, technical features, vanilla parity, and beyond.
- The build is testing plenty of Minecraft improvements for a future Minecraft 1.19 "The Wild Update" patch update.
- Minecraft: Java Edition also received a new snapshot build in the form of 1.19.2 Release Candidate 1.
Players that love to be at the forefront of Minecraft development have a sizeable release to explore today, as Mojang Studios is now releasing Minecraft Preview 1.19.30.20. This build includes a number of fixes, changes, and improvements across numerous categories, and is rolling out to players on every platform.
The Minecraft Preview build continues to add to Minecraft 1.19 "The Wild Update" with a host of bug fixes and tweaks, including to vanilla parity, the still-in-development Spectator Mode, and beyond. There's a lot to explore in this release, but it is still, ultimately, a minor build that doesn't contain any new features or major changes.
Minecraft is in a perpetual state of improvement, big and small, as part of its quest to remain one of the most popular Xbox games in the world. Today, Mojang Studios is testing a range of changes with Minecraft's most dedicated players, but the company also recently released a new Minecraft: Bedrock Edition hotfix to players on every platform.
In case you missed it, Mojang Studios also recently published its official stance on blockchain tech and NFTs in Minecraft, and Windows Central discussed why the studio made the right decision.
The full changelog for Minecraft Preview 1.19.30.20 includes:
Features & bug fixes
Blocks
- Mud Brick Slab can now be placed as a top slab via commands
Dedicated server
- Added server property `disable-custom-skins` to block untrusted skins on a server wide level
Gameplay
- Piston's animation when extending and retracting is now smooth
Items
- Mangrove, Crimson, and Warped Planks can now be used to repair Shields
Marketplace
- The "Cannot connect to Marketplace” error will no longer be erroneously read by the Text-To-Speech reader
Mobs
- Fixed a bug causing Leads to break with Allays after the owner player changes dimensions
Stability & performance
- Fixed a bug causing an occasional crash when loading players in beds
User interface
- Fixed a UI bug where enchanted leather items would have parts of the texture not displaying the glint animation
- Added new disconnection error messages to better highlight the area in which the disconnection occurred
Border block
- Border blocks should now prevent passage at all heights
Goat
- The Goat's ram animation was modified to slowly lower their head when preparing to ram
Villages
- Raid bar no longer becomes stuck after breaking Beds to cancel a raid
Villagers
- Fixed a bug that rarely caused the Villager's bounding box to become desynced with the server when sleeping
Vanilla parity
General
- Endermen no longer get angry at Creative players
- Modified the fireball entity's collision box to match Java Edition
- The Enchanting Table now produces a sound when enchanting an item
- Amethyst blocks no longer produce sound when jumping off of them
Mobs
- Modified the Cat's head position while sitting to match Java Edition
User interface
- The item stack popup animation will now only play when a new item is added to the stack
- If a Villager has a Nametag, it is now displayed along with their trade tier
Deep Dark
- Increased Sculk Shrieker and Sculk Sensor generation rates in Deep Dark and Ancient Cities to better match Java Edition
Melon block
- Fixed the bottom texture of the Melon block to match the top texture
Technical updates
Actor properties
- Numerical actor properties (float and integer) will now always clamp their values into the range of values specified
Add-ons & script engine
- `minecraft:instant_despawn` no longer affects players
Commands
- Command selector now gets the same position for the player that the command origin player position gets
Marketplace
- Fixed a bug where the text-to-speech feature would read the entire "My Content" page, both highlighted and non-highlighted items
Experimental features
General
- Removed usage of `minecraft:unwalkable` block component and added block creative group and category to the block description
Commands
- The `/execute if block` command now displays integer values for block positions
GameTest Framework
- `Vector`
- Fixed a bug where function `length` would return undefined
- Added function `lengthSquared` — Returns the squared length of the vector
- Added `stackOverflow` as a possible `WatchdogTerminateReason` for the `beforeWatchdogTerminate` event
- `IRawMessage` — Interface object representing a message
- `rawtext : (string | IRawMessage)[]` — (optional) A list of text objects used to build a message
- `text : string` — (optional) A string containing plain text to display directly. Only valid when used as a sub member in a parent `rawtext` or `with` member
- `translate : string` — (optional) String representing a translation identifier to translate text in the player's selected language
- `with : (string | IRawMessage)[]` — (optional) A list of text object arguments used to fill values in the translate text. Ignored when `translate` is not present
- `say(string | IRawMessage)` — Used to broadcast a message to all players
- `tell(string | IRawMessage)` — Send a message to a player
- Fixed a bug where Dynamic Properties would not persist when using worlds hosted on Bedrock Dedicated Server or Realms
- Pack dependencies on native modules can be declared using the module name without the need to specify a UUID, using the `module_name` attribute. The module name matches the import statement (for example, `mojang-minecraft`)
- Removed `mojang-gametest` module version 0.1.0; packs using `mojang-gametest` specific APIs must be updated to use GameTest version 1.0.0-beta
- The `mojang-gametest` module 1.0.0-beta requires `mojang-minecraft` module 1.0.0-beta
Spectator Mode
- Endermen no longer become angry at players in Spectator Mode
- Players in Spectator Mode can no longer interact with Sculk Sensors by swimming in water or lava
- Players switching into Spectator Mode will unhook any fish hooks attached to them
- Players in Spectator mode can no longer be pushed by explosions
- Powder Snow no longer emits particles when spectators move through it
- Big Dripleaf no longer tilts when touched by players in Spectator Mode
- Players in Spectator Mode now keep their inventories and equipped items on death
- Spectators can no longer attract mob's attention when holding their favorite food
- The `/testfor` command can now target spectators
- The Spectator game mode can no longer be entered via the `/gamemode` command, only via `/gamemode` spectator
- Spectators using touch controls can no longer break Boats and Minecarts
- Pufferfish no longer react to nearby spectators
Minecraft: Bedrock Edition
One of the greatest ways to play Minecraft is Bedrock Edition, which spans every modern gaming platform imaginable. Mojang Studios is always working on improving the legendary game through the Minecraft Preview program.
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Zachary Boddy is the Minecraft Expert and a News Writer for Windows Central, Android Central, and iMore. They have been gaming and writing for most of their life, and have been freelancing for Windows Central and its sister sites since 2019, with a focus on Xbox and PC gaming. You can find Zachary on Twitter @BoddyZachary.
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Humanscape (HUM) traded up 0.8% against the US dollar during the 24 hour period ending at 12:00 PM Eastern on August 4th. Humanscape has a market capitalization of $155.91 million and approximately $5.59 million worth of Humanscape was traded on exchanges in the last day. During the last seven days, Humanscape has traded 3.4% higher against the US dollar. One Humanscape coin can now be bought for approximately $0.19 or 0.00000817 BTC on cryptocurrency exchanges.
Here’s how other cryptocurrencies have performed during the last day:
- BITCOIN ADDITIONAL (BTCA) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $22,942.46 or 1.00000000 BTC.
- Binance USD (BUSD) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004359 BTC.
- Crypto.com Coin (CRO) traded up 5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.41 or 0.00001075 BTC.
- Dai (DAI) traded up 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004359 BTC.
- Polygon (MATIC) traded down 0.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.90 or 0.00003924 BTC.
- Mammoth (MMT) traded 12.4% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.90 or 0.00003906 BTC.
- yOUcash (YOUC) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $0.51 or 0.00002228 BTC.
- FTX Token (FTT) traded 1.3% lower against the dollar and now trades at $29.36 or 0.00127980 BTC.
- Chainlink (LINK) traded 1.7% lower against the dollar and now trades at $7.38 or 0.00032184 BTC.
- Magic Internet Money (MIM) traded up 0.2% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004361 BTC.
About Humanscape
Humanscape is a coin. Humanscape’s total supply is 1,084,734,273 coins and its circulating supply is 831,409,623 coins. The Reddit community for Humanscape is /r/Humanscape_official and the currency’s Github account can be viewed here. The official message board for Humanscape is medium.com/@humanscape_ico. Humanscape’s official Twitter account is @Humanscape_ICO and its Facebook page is accessible here. The official website for Humanscape is humanscape.io.
Buying and Selling Humanscape
It is usually not presently possible to purchase alternative cryptocurrencies such as Humanscape directly using U.S. dollars. Investors seeking to trade Humanscape should first purchase Ethereum or Bitcoin using an exchange that deals in U.S. dollars such as Coinbase, Gemini or Changelly. Investors can then use their newly-acquired Ethereum or Bitcoin to purchase Humanscape using one of the exchanges listed above.
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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Provident Financial Services Inc (Symbol: PFS) were yielding above the 4% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $0.96), with the stock changing hands as low as $23.83 on the day. Dividends are particularly important for investors to consider, because historically speaking dividends have provided a considerable share of the stock market's total return. To illustrate, suppose for example you purchased shares of the iShares Russell 3000 ETF (IWV) back on 5/31/2000 — you would have paid $78.27 per share. Fast forward to 5/31/2012 and each share was worth $77.79 on that date, a loss of $0.48 or 0.6% decrease over twelve years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $10.77 per share in dividends over the same period, increasing your return to 13.15%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.0%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 4% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. Provident Financial Services Inc (Symbol: PFS) is a member of the Russell 3000, giving it special status as one of the largest 3000 companies on the U.S. stock markets.
In general, dividend amounts are not always predictable and tend to follow the ups and downs of profitability at each company. In the case of Provident Financial Services Inc, looking at the history chart for PFS below can help in judging whether the most recent dividend is likely to continue, and in turn whether it is a reasonable expectation to expect a 4% annual yield.
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Orthopaedic surgeons offer safety tips to keep bones and joints healthy this school year
ROSEMONT, Ill., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With inflation altering shopping behaviors1, consumers are finding ways to navigate supply lists this back-to-school season. One thing holds true, however, for families preparing for the new school year — the importance of injury prevention. The bone and joint experts at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and OrthoInfo.org remind us that accidents can be prevented if parents, teachers and students are on the lookout for potential hazards.
"Economic uncertainly may have families making tradeoffs on their back-to-school planning, but injury prevention is one thing that should remain top of mind as students head back to the classroom," said pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons spokesperson Matthew R. Schmitz, MD, FAAOS. "Every year, thousands of children are injured on playgrounds, while playing sports or as they walk, bike, skateboard or scooter to and from school. By helping them brush up on a few safety practices both inside and outside the classroom, they'll be set up for success and reduce chances for injuries."
According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, more than 175,000 school injuries have resulted in a visit to a hospital emergency department over the past decade. The data also reveals that school injuries tend to occur more frequently at certain times of the year.
"During the first few months of the school year, everyone is adapting to new routines, bus routes and even sports teams, which may spur the conditions for accidents and injuries," added Dr. Schmitz.
Members of the AAOS offer the following roundup to help decrease chances of musculoskeletal injuries this upcoming school year:
- MIND THE BACKPACK – To limit injuries or back pain, encourage your children to limit the load and utilize both padded straps for proper posture and weight distribution. Check frequently that your child is not carrying more than 15% of his or her body weight in the backpack. The correct use of both wide, well-padded shoulder straps will help distribute the weight of the backpack more evenly across the user's back. The bottom of the backpack should sit at the waist with heavier things packed low and towards the center.
- TAKE A BREAK AND STRETCH – Repetitive stress injuries from writing on white boards, reading tablets and bending down are common among school staff and students alike. Taking just 10 minutes to stretch your wrists, shoulders and back before the day can prepare your muscles and provide stress relief.
- PLAY SMARTER – According to the CPSC, each year, more than 206,000 children under the age of 16 are treated in hospital emergency rooms across the U.S. for injuries occurring on playgrounds. Teachers and school staff should remind students to go down the slide only one person at a time, slide sitting down and face forward.
- EASE BACK INTO THE GAME – Summer may have involved swimming, camps, clinics and time with friends, but fall sports tend to pick up the intensity with common injuries among young athletes falling into two basic categories: overuse injuries and acute injuries to the soft tissues (muscles and ligaments). Student athletes should ease into required pads and equipment needed for their sport and take frequent water breaks to avoid dehydration in preseason.
- LOOK LEFT, LOOK RIGHT, LOOK LEFT AGAIN – Traffic accidents are a major cause of serious injury and death in America. Tell children to walk – not run – across the street and stay aware of their surroundings. Look for signs that a car is about to move, such as rear lights, the sound of the motor, and wheels turning, to prevent pedestrian crashes. Walk safely by staying on sidewalks when possible.
For more bone and joint injury prevention and treatment information, visit OrthoInfo.org.
With more than 38,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The AAOS is the trusted leader in advancing musculoskeletal health. It provides the highest quality, most comprehensive education to help orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals at every career level to best treat patients in their daily practices. The AAOS is the source for information on bone and joint conditions, treatments and related musculoskeletal health care issues and it leads the health care discussion on advancing quality.
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Inspira leverages ArmorCode for the governance and guardrails of its new threat vulnerability management solution
PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ArmorCode, the leader in AppSecOps, today announced its partnership with Inspira to solve one of the most complex and common cybersecurity challenges that organizations face today; fragmented solutions for vulnerability identification, prioritization and remediation. Inspira, a Global Cybersecurity leader, is paving the way for organizations to rapidly accelerate enterprise risk reduction with a unique and best-in-class solution that is Intelligent, Simplified, Measurable, Adaptive, Risk-Based, Threat-Centric, Tailored: "iSMART2 Vulnerability Management - in - the - box."
The solution is built around ArmorCode's platform for threat governance and security guardrails, and provides a comprehensive suite of services, helping organizations address the rapidly expanding attack surface. Organizations can only protect what they see and the current paradigm dictates that multiple solutions are purchased to gain the insight needed to meticulously manage security risks. This comprehensive solution will directly address the emerging risks and threats in real time.
"Threat vulnerability management is often an expensive and complex problem for businesses to solve," said Nikhil Gupta, Co-founder and CEO of ArmorCode. "This partnership between Inspira and Armorcode is focused at reducing both the cost and complexity of managing threats, ensuring that businesses are able to ship secure software and ship it fast."
This packaged offering includes governance, secure code testing both static and dynamic, infrastructure testing, closed loop remediation including patch management and integration with IT service management provided by partners including ShiftLeft, Qualys, Ivanti and Trellix.
With this innovative "one box" packaged solution, organizations will be able to unify fragmented IT ecosystems and digital assets such as applications, services, infrastructure and cloud. Additionally, they will get an overview of prevailing threat vectors and accordingly vulnerabilities can be remediated in the hybrid landscape.
"We are thrilled to bring our next-generation innovative Vulnerability Management SaaS platform that facilitates an accelerated path to enterprise risk identification and remediation, while providing enhanced visualization of risks, improved adherence to compliance standards and reduced cost of ownership," said Lalit Ahluwalia, Americas CEO and Global Cyber Security Head from Inspira. "In today's complex technology landscape, iSMART2 Vulnerability Management–in–the–box is a uniquely differentiated solution that is outcome driven and managed by our industry recognized global cybersecurity practice."
The partnership between these organizations will be celebrated at Black Hat 2022 with a Lunch & Learn session. To learn more about iSMART2 Vulnerability Management - in - the - box solution, please RSVP for the lunch and learn taking place August 10th and 11th: https://www.armorcode.com/blackhat
About ArmorCode
ArmorCode is the industry's leading AppSecOps platform. ArmorCode customers reduce application exposure and risk, while scaling AppSec effectiveness and impact by more than 10x across the organization. ArmorCode customers use the platform for AppSec Posture, Vulnerability, and Compliance Management and DevSecOps automation. ArmorCode AppSecOps platform is delivering a 10X AppSec Force Multiplier™ impact to several marquee enterprises. To learn more, please visit www.armorcode.com and follow us on Twitter and LinkedIn.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — AP sources: US to declare monkeypox a public health emergency to bolster federal response to growing outbreak.
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Michigan State Football Coach Mel Tucker Takes Winning Ways Digital with First-Ever NFT Series
Published: Aug. 4, 2022 at 11:30 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
EAST LANSING, Mich., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Michigan State Football is taking their on-field success into the digital realm, minting and dropping a series of limited edition NFTs (non-fungible tokens) featuring coach Mel Tucker in partnership with NFT marketing agency Lambert Global and fan and loyalty platform TiiCKER. The NFTuck™ series represents the first major conference football coach to be featured in a NFT campaign and includes digital tokens that give fans certified ownership of physical and virtual assets as well as gated access for experiences, all of which can be purchased, stored and sold online.
The NFTuck assets feature exclusive experiences, digital images and animations, and limited-edition coins. (www.SpartyNFT.com) The NFTuck series, dropping today to coincide with the first day of practice for the Michigan State Spartans, will include three different NFTs for Spartan fans to choose from: the Bowl Championship Ring NFT, Tuck Shoe NFT, and Tuck Coin NFT. Each of the NFTs will be available in extremely limited quantities on the NFT exchange Rarible, perfect for the MSU fan looking for an exclusive collectible or gift.www.Rarible.com/NFTuck
Just 37 of the Bowl Championship Ring NFT will be available, reflecting Michigan State's score in its victory over rival University of Michigan as commemorated on the side of the Peach Bowl® ring. The Tuck Shoe NFT will include just 50 of this signature item and animation. The Limited Edition and one-of-one Tuck Coin NFT will come with a digital image and a free, commemorative physical coin minted with your unique number between 1-99, recognizing the jersey number of Spartan greats and players of today.
In addition to the NFTs themselves, NFTuck collectors will get exclusive perks such as access to Coach Tucker (@Coach_mtucker) in-season via private video/chat channels exclusive only to NFT holders and on-field access to practice during the 2022 season. One hundred percent of the profits from sales of NFTuck will be donated to the Boys and Girls Club of Southeastern Michigan for their Tackle Football and Cheer leagues.
"We're training our student athletes to see the next play before it happens, on the field and in life, and winning in the virtual world is what's next," said Coach Mel Tucker (Tii:TUCK), who joined the Spartans as Head Coach in 2020 and who last year led the team to a Chick-fil-A Peach Bowl victory and top-10 ranking nationally, while sweeping Big Ten Coach of the Year awards from both his fellow coaches and the media.
NFTuck is a first-in-the-nation NFT drop for a coach and team. Lambert and TiiCKER are also working with Michigan State and Coach Tucker to build an in-house NFT Program for Spartan football that will be a student-athlete-first platform and unique among all NFT and NIL programs in Division 1 athletics.
"The culture and track record that Coach Tuck is building at MSU is magnetic, and his drive for innovation both in the game and out is just adding to the momentum. He's also about delivering for his student-athletes and MSU fans, and while other programs talk about NFTs, Coach did it," said Jeff Lambert (Tii:JEFE), CEO and Founder of TiiCKER, a shareholder loyalty platform that connects investors with perks for owning stock. Jeff is also an MSU grad and member of the MSU Varsity Club for current and former student-athletes.
NFTs are digital contracts that use blockchains – the same technology behind digital currencies – to prove ownership of a particular digital asset, like an image or a GIF. That means collectors of the NFTucks will be the only owners of these digital keepsakes and can show them off or trade them on all major NFT exchanges. NFTs have a strong following with a market that grew to $40 billion in 2021.
About NFTuck™ NFTuck is a collaboration of Michigan State Football (MSUFootball @MSU_Football), MSU Head Football Coach Mel Tucker (@Coach_mtucker), national PR and integrated marketing firm Lambert Global (Lambert @lambertglobal), and shareholder loyalty platform TiiCKER (TiiCKER.com @tiickerperks). For more information on the NFTuck project, visit SpartyNFT.com.
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Fairfax County officials say the plastic bag tax that was established in January has netted $511,000 in revenue, and now they’re proposing ideas for how to spend it.
Officials from the Office of Environmental and Energy Coordination are recommending that $370,000 go to a program called Operation Stream Shield, which pays homeless people to clean up county waterways and roadsides.
The rest of the money would be used on programs such as the Storm Drain Education and Labeling Projects, Community Labor Force Maintenance to go along with projects that prioritizes buying reusable shopping bags to give to low-income residents and shoppers at county farmers’ markets.
The county expects revenue from the tax to decline over time as people gradually begin to use fewer plastic bags.
State law says money earned from plastic bag taxes have to be spent on environmental initiatives.
“This is an opportunity for us to repurpose those funds if you will for ways to hopefully continue to make a difference in our environmental management,” County Supervisor Dan Storck said in an Environmental Committee Meeting on July 26.
The Board of Supervisors say the revenue will likely reach $1.2 million by the end of the year.
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Happy Birthday, Yves Saint Laurent —a designer with Hollywood history
Chicago - Fashion has long held a fascination in Hollywood. Recently, "House of Gucci" and Netflix's limited series "Halston" stylishly captured the highs and lows of this beguiling industry. Sartorial theatricality lends itself to the bright lights of Tinseltown, ensuring overlap between the runway and the big screen. Trends are born from multiple mediums, but there is no denying the influence Hollywood has on the clothes we wear — and vice versa.
Legendary designer Yves Saint Laurent, who would have turned 86 on August 1, encapsulates this duality. (He died in June 2008.) His meteoric rise to fame occurred after World War II, which put a halt to frivolity; the war’s end meant the return of Parisian couture, and it returned with a vengeance. In 1947, Christian Dior took the world by storm with a collection that would change everything. "Harper’s Bazaar" editor-in-chief Carmel Snow coined the term "New Look" to describe what she witnessed during this debut show, which kick-started a fashion revolution.
The name stuck, and when the designer died unexpectedly ten years later at 52, his young assistant stepped into the role of head designer at Dior. Saint Laurent was only 21 years old when he took on this enormous responsibility, but his boss had previously recognized his immeasurable talent.
It is no wonder then that Saint Laurent has been the subject of several documentaries exploring his creations and working style ("The Drawings of Yves Saint Laurent"). The same can be said about his turbulent personal and professional life ("Yves Saint Laurent, Fire Starter"). Two biopics covering the most explosive years also chart this trajectory. To mark what would have been his 86th birthday, FOX Television Stations takes a look at the costume designers who paved the way for Saint Laurent in the movie biz, the couturier's work with French movie legend Catherine Deneuve and his lasting on-screen legacy.
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Before Yves Saint Laurent
In the Golden Age of Hollywood, costume designers like Howard Greer, Edith Head and the one-name-only Adrian became nearly as famous as the stars they dressed. Greer mass-marketed luxury garments, Head wrote no-nonsense style advice (and designed Grace Kelly’s royal wedding gown) and Adrian opened a high-end ready-to-wear salon after leaving MGM.
Audiences take cues from the clothing they see on screen, and it was not uncommon for reproductions (or dress patterns) of eye-catching items to hit stores. In 1958, Helen Rose took the elegant white chiffon frock worn by Elizabeth Taylor in "Cat on a Hot Tin Roof" and sold copies in department stores like Bonwit Teller in New York for $250. Even with that hefty price tag (equivalent to $2,563.24 in 2022), Rose sold thousands of dresses — and odds are the same thing would happen today.
By no means are costume and fashion design the same thing, but there is a symbiotic relationship. Influential figures in both industries have tried their hand at the other with varying results. Coco Chanel's time in Tinseltown was not the success Samuel Goldwyn hoped it would be (her designs were too subtle for the silver screen). Still, Hubert de Givenchy proved far more successful in his enduring partnership with Audrey Hepburn in movies including "Sabrina," "Breakfast at Tiffany’s" and "Funny Face."
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Defining images of Hepburn clad in black looking in the Fifth Avenue store window are attributed to Givenchy, but Head co-designed this film. "I really didn’t care. Couture has copied my things for years, in addition to countless other costume designers, claiming theirs were the original ideas. It’s all part of the business, unfortunately," Head remarked in 1974 about work she did on "Sabrina" that was misattributed to Givenchy. Pairing the two disciplines can lead to unforgettable images; however, legendary stories aren’t always as they seem.
Yves Saint Laurent’s movie creations
French fashion designer Yves Saint Laurent (1936 - 2008) in his Paris studio, January 1982. (Photo by John Downing/Getty Images)
Saint Laurent started his brand in 1962 (he was fired from Dior in 1960), which is still going strong. Fashion was changing, and while he came from a world of exclusive haute couture, it was time to embrace Prêt-à-Porter (ready-to-wear). His first customer at his Paris brick-and-mortar store was actress Catherine Deneuve, and this creative collaboration spanned decades.
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Two years after their first meeting, Saint Laurent designed Deneuve’s sharp, tailored looks in "Belle De Jour" (Hélène Nourrey designed the rest of the film) that captured the bored housewife before she breaks free of the buttoned-up garments. This movie helped turn Deneuve into a fashion icon and further cemented Saint Laurent’s cultural stamp.
This partnership continued in movies including "Mississippi Mermaid" in 1969 and Tony Scott’s feature debut "The Hunger" in 1983, which featured plunging necklines and exquisite accessorizing to reflect the designer’s love of Old Hollywood glam. This is evident in how Saint Laurent breathed new life into masculine-meets-feminine tailoring with tuxedos for women (called Le Smoking), inspired by Marlene Dietrich’s "Morocco" attire. This trend is now a staple, and Kristen Stewart put her spin on this look at the Oscars earlier this year.
Saint Laurent’s work with Deneuve raised his costume design game, but his first taste of movie set life was on "Pink Panther" in 1963. He created pieces for French model Capucine and Italian actress Claudia Cardinale. He also crafted pieces for Jean Seberg in "Moment to Moment" and Sophia Loren in "Arabesque." Paris in the ’60s was as stylish as London, and Saint Laurent’s contributions were vast.
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The Yves Saint Laurent Biopics
Given Saint Laurent’s impact on the world of fashion and his starring role in the tabloid feeding frenzy surrounding theParisian jet set in the ‘60s and ‘70s, it is not surprising the designer received the biopic treatment in 2014. In fact, within one year, two titles told the story of his rise to fame — and that of those turbulent years. "Yves Saint Laurent," directed by Jalil Lespert, was released first, followed by Bertrand Bonello's "Saint Laurent." The latter didn’t have the support of Saint Laurent's partner, Pierre Berge.
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Access to extensive archives gives "Yves Saint Laurent" the upper hand in aesthetics as well as costume design, as Madeline Fontaine used actual YSL items loaned Yves Saint Laurent Foundation. "Of course, we could not make any alterations to the original pieces either, so we had to cast the models for the fashion show scenes in a very unusual way by finding models that would fit the dresses," Fontaine told The Guardian in 2014. Authentic attire from the vault includes the defining tuxedo jacket and Mondrian dress. Considering his contribution to fashion and cinema, it is fitting that Yves Saint Laurent’s work takes center stage in retelling his life.
About the writer: Emma Fraser is a freelance culture writer with a focus on TV, movies, and costume design. She has contributed to Elle, The Daily Beast, IGN, Vulture, The Cut, Thrillist, Little White Lies, and more. Follow her on Twitter and Instagram: @frazbelina.
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Forecasters trim hurricane season outlook a bit, still busy
(AP) - This hurricane season may be a tad quieter than forecasters initially thought, but it is still likely to be busier than normal, government forecasters and others say.
NOAA forecasters Thursday trimmed their hurricane season outlook from a 65% chance for above-normal activity to 60% and increased the odds of a normal season from 25% to 30% because of uneven sea surface temperature, including a patch of cooler water off Portugal. Parts of the Atlantic are warmer than normal, but the variability had forecasters “backing off on the higher end” of their predictions, said lead hurricane outlook forecaster Matthew Rosencrans.
The weather agency now predicts 14 to 20 named storms instead of its May forecast which was 14 to 21. The predicted number of hurricanes remains the same at six to 10 while those storms that hit major category of at least 111 mph are now forecast to be three to five instead of three to six. The forecast includes the three tropical storms that formed in June and early July, about average for this time of year, but quieter than the last few years.
An average season has 14 named storms with seven becoming hurricanes and three of those being majors, according to NOAA. There were 21 named storms last year, a record 30 in 2020 and 18 in 2019.
“While the tropics have been relatively quiet over the last month, remember that it only takes one landfalling storm to devastate a community. This is especially critical as we head into what the team here anticipates is likely to be a busy peak of the season,” Rosencrans said in a press briefing.
A persistent La Nina — the natural cooling of parts of the Pacific that changes weather worldwide — weak trade winds and some warmer than normal Atlantic water temperatures still point to a busy season, Rosencrans said. But the patches of cool water, with temperatures closer to normal than originally predicted in some places, “could kind of tamp down on activity,” he said.
Colorado State University, which pioneered hurricane season forecasts, also dialed back its predictions for the season compared to what it said in April. The school now predicts 18 named storms, down from 19, with eight becoming hurricanes, down from nine. Colorado State predicts four major hurricanes, same as it forecast in April.
“I don’t think the season is going to be a dud, but it’s taking its sweet time getting going,” said Colorado State University hurricane researcher Phil Klotzbach, head of the school’s forecast team.
Klotzbach said this year with its strong La Nina and nearer to average water temperatures seems similar to 1999, 2000, 2011 and last year, which featured a devastating Hurricane Ida that hit Louisiana and sloshed into the Northeast with heavy rain, causing many deaths in the New York-New Jersey region.
“Hopefully, we’ll have no Idas this year, but the overall environment is very similar,” Klotzbach said.
About 90% of Atlantic storms happen from August on. Hurricane season peaks from mid-August to mid-October with the season ending on Nov. 30.
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Saba Capital Management L.P. boosted its position in shares of Newcourt Acquisition Corp (NASDAQ:NCAC – Get Rating) by 13.6% in the 1st quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities & Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 1,907,917 shares of the company’s stock after buying an additional 229,002 shares during the quarter. Saba Capital Management L.P. owned 7.30% of Newcourt Acquisition worth $19,098,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other large investors have also bought and sold shares of the company. Beryl Capital Management LLC bought a new position in Newcourt Acquisition during the fourth quarter valued at about $5,946,000. Taconic Capital Advisors LP bought a new position in Newcourt Acquisition during the fourth quarter valued at about $4,950,000. Starboard Value LP acquired a new position in shares of Newcourt Acquisition in the 4th quarter valued at $5,833,000. Radcliffe Capital Management L.P. acquired a new position in shares of Newcourt Acquisition in the 4th quarter valued at $2,973,000. Finally, Union Square Park Capital Management LLC acquired a new position in shares of Newcourt Acquisition in the 4th quarter valued at $991,000. Institutional investors own 52.55% of the company’s stock.
Newcourt Acquisition Trading Up 0.1 %
Shares of NASDAQ:NCAC traded up $0.01 during midday trading on Thursday, reaching $10.08. The company had a trading volume of 56,783 shares, compared to its average volume of 80,684. Newcourt Acquisition Corp has a 1-year low of $9.87 and a 1-year high of $10.55. The company has a fifty day simple moving average of $10.03 and a two-hundred day simple moving average of $10.00.
Newcourt Acquisition Profile
Newcourt Acquisition Corp does not have significant operations. It intends to effect a merger, capital stock exchange, asset acquisition, stock purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Oakland, California.
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Divers find buried treasure in Bahamas from ship that sank 366 years ago
(CNN) - A buried treasure has been recovered after spending centuries underwater.
Explorers have found numerous artifacts from the Nuestra Señora de las Maravillas, which translates to “Our Lady of Wonders.”
The nearly 900-ton Spanish ship sunk in 1656 after it collided into one of the boats from its fleet and crashed into a coral reef near the Bahamas.
The ship had been carrying a lot of cargo when it went under, and millions of items have been recovered for many years, from the 1650s to the 1990s.
But the most recent discovery by dive teams found coins, jewels and gemstones that previously belonged to knights who fared the sea.
These items will be displayed later this month at the new Bahamas Maritime Museum.
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The dishonesty of right-wing conspiracy theorist Alex Jones was spotlighted in a Texas court on Wednesday as a lawyer for a pair of Sandy Hook parents cross-examined the Infowars founder and fact-checked his answers in real-time.
The jury hearing the case will determine how much Jones will have to pay the parents, Neil Heslin and Scarlett Lewis, who won a default judgement against him earlier this year. An attorney representing Heslin and Lewis has asked the jury to award $150 million in damages.
Jones, who was the sole witness for the defense during the trial, did not fare well Wednesday as he was cross-examined by the plaintiffs' attorney, Mark Bankston.
In a remarkable moment, Bankston disclosed to Jones and the court that he had recently acquired evidence proving Jones had lied when he claimed during the discovery process that he had never texted about the 2012 Sandy Hook shooting.
Bankston said that Jones' attorney had, in an apparent mishap, sent him two years of cell phone records that included every text message Jones had sent.
The cell phone records, Bankston said, showed that Jones had in fact texted about the Sandy Hook shooting.
"That is how I know you lied to me when you said you didn't have text messages about Sandy Hook," Bankston said.
Bankston showed Jones a text message exchange he had about Sandy Hook. But Jones testified that he had "never seen these text messages."
When reminded Jones had testified under oath that he had searched his phone during the discovery phase of the trial and could not locate messages about Sandy Hook, Jones insisted he "did not lie."
Jones baselessly said in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook shooting, in which 26 people were killed, that the incident was staged. Facing lawsuits, Jones has since acknowledged the shooting occurred.
Jones said in a 2019 sworn deposition that a "form of psychosis" caused him at the time to believe it was staged.
And in court on Wednesday, Jones said that he does believe the Sandy Hook shooting happened, saying it was "100% real."
In another notable moment during cross-examination Wednesday, Jones was asked whether he had connected Maya Guerra Gamble, the judge overseeing the trial, to pedophilia and human trafficking.
When Jones denied having done so, Bankston played video for the court of an Infowars video which did just that.
In the video, Jones attacked Gamble's prior work for Child Protective Services by claiming the agency had been "exposed" for "working for pedophiles."
Gamble, whose office did not respond to an earlier request for comment about the fact Infowars has been attacking her in such terms, laughed when she saw a screengrab from the video in court on Wednesday.
"The person on the left of this image is our judge, correct?" Bankston asked Jones.
Jones replied that it was.
Attorneys for the plaintiffs said Tuesday that they intend to ask for sanctions against Jones for being dishonest on the stand. And Gamble on Tuesday had also admonished Jones for having violated his oath to tell the truth twice.
"You are already under oath to tell the truth," Gamble said Tuesday. "You've already violated that oath twice today, in just those two examples. It seems absurd to instruct you again that you must tell the truth while you testify. Yet here I am again."
"This is not your show," Gamble added to him Wednesday.
After Jones finished testifying Wednesday, the defense rested its case and closing arguments got underway.
The jury could potentially decide how much it will award in damages to the Sandy Hook parents as early as this week.
The current trial is the first of three that will determine how much Jones will have to pay multiple Sandy Hook families who sued him and won default judgments.
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During the recent session, Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (NASDAQ:PAA)’s traded shares were 2.68 million, with the beta value of the company hitting 1.77. At the last check today, the stock’s price was $11.10, reflecting an intraday gain of 1.98% or $0.22. The 52-week high for the PAA share is $12.10, that puts it down -9.01 from that peak though still a striking 22.16% gain since the share price plummeted to a 52-week low of $8.64. The company’s market capitalization is $7.62B, and the average intraday trading volume over the past 10 days was 5.27 million shares, and the average trade volume was 5.18 million shares over the past three months.
Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) received a consensus recommendation of an Overweight from analysts. That translates to a mean rating of 2.10. PAA has a Sell rating from 0 analyst(s) out of 21 analysts who have looked at this stock. 6 analyst(s) recommend to Hold the stock while 3 suggest Overweight, and 12 recommend a Buy rating for it. 0 analyst(s) has rated the stock Underweight. Company’s earnings per share (EPS) for the current quarter are expected to be $0.18.
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Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (NASDAQ:PAA) trade information
Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) registered a 1.98% upside in the last session and has traded in the red over the past 5 sessions. The stock spiked 1.98% in intraday trading to $11.10 this Wednesday, 08/03/22, hitting a weekly high. The stock’s 5-day price performance is -1.09%, and it has moved by 12.40% in 30 days. Based on these gigs, the overall price performance for the year is 11.02%. The short interest in Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (NASDAQ:PAA) is 24.11 million shares and it means that shorts have 4.22 day(s) to cover.
The consensus price target of analysts on Wall Street is $14.11, which implies an increase of 21.33% to the stock’s current value. The extremes of the forecast give a target low and a target high price of $12.00 and $17.00 respectively. As a result, PAA is trading at a discount of -53.15% off the target high and -8.11% off the low.
Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) estimates and forecasts
Statistics show that Plains All American Pipeline L.P. has outperformed its competitors in share price, compared to the industry in which it operates. Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) shares have gone down -3.80% during the last six months, with a year-to-date growth rate more than the industry average at 21.05% against 8.70. In the rating firms’ projections, revenue will increase 30.50% compared to the previous financial year.
Revenue for the current quarter is expected to be $13.28 billion as predicted by 8 analyst(s). Meanwhile, a consensus of 8 analyst(s) estimates revenue growth to $13.91 billion by the end of Sep 2022.
An analysis of the company’s performance over the past 5 years shows that the company’s earnings grew an estimated 5.00%. While earnings are projected to return 114.30% in 2022, the next five years will return 6.53% per annum.
PAA Dividends
Plains All American Pipeline L.P. is due to release its next quarterly earnings between May 02 and May 06. However, it is important to remember that the dividend yield ratio is merely an indicator meant to only serve as guidance. Investors should also take the other fundamental and operational aspects into account before investing in the stock. The forward dividend ratio for Plains All American Pipeline L.P. is 0.87, with the dividend yield indicating at 8.00 percent, continuing the trend of increasing dividends in recent years.
Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (NASDAQ:PAA)’s Major holders
Plains All American Pipeline L.P. insiders own 35.08% of total outstanding shares while institutional holders control 44.37%, with the float percentage being 68.35%. Alps Advisors Inc. is the largest shareholder of the company, while 379 institutions own stock in it. As of Mar 30, 2022, the company held over 58.38 million shares (or 8.01% of all shares), a total value of $628.16 million in shares.
The next largest institutional holding, with 25.07 million shares, is of Blackstone Inc’s that is approximately 3.44% of outstanding shares. At the market price on Mar 30, 2022, these shares were valued at $269.76 million.
Also, the Mutual Funds coming in first place with the largest holdings of Plains All American Pipeline L.P. (PAA) shares are Alps ETF Tr-Alerian MLP ETF and Invesco Steelpath MLP Income Fund. Data provided on May 30, 2022 indicates that Alps ETF Tr-Alerian MLP ETF owns about 58.89 million shares. This amounts to just over 8.08 percent of the company’s overall shares, with a $670.7 million market value. The same data shows that the other fund manager holds slightly less at 8.63 million, or about 1.19% of the stock, which is worth about $98.33 million. | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/08/04/how-plains-all-american-pipeline-l-p-nasdaq-paa-could-be-a-loss-maker-since-it-is-up-16-49-ytd/ | 2022-08-04T18:07:13Z | https://marketingsentinel.com/2022/08/04/how-plains-all-american-pipeline-l-p-nasdaq-paa-could-be-a-loss-maker-since-it-is-up-16-49-ytd/ | false | 9 |
BOSTON, Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capitol Securities Management, Inc. is pleased to welcome John J. Scarpino to our firm. John began his career as a Financial Advisor at Prudential Bache Securities in 1988. He has worked his entire career in the financial services industry in multiple roles including advisor and recruiter. John is currently licensed in eight states and holds a Series 7, 66, Life and Health License. From 2017 until 2022 John was a Financial Advisor with Key Investment Services (Key Bank) where he was promoted to Vice President in 2019 and was their top advisor in the Hudson Valley (18 branches) in 2022. Recently Mr. Scarpino left Key and founded his own client focused firm, Pivotal Wealth Management LLC.
Mr. Scarpino is a graduate of Virginia Military Institute, Class of 1988. He holds a BA in modern languages, and international relations. His guiding principle is the honor code of the Institute. As a fiduciary for his clients, he believes his clients best interests always come first. Honor, Integrity, and knowledge of all forms of investments are ingrained in the way Pivotal Wealth Management LLC formulates financial plans for their clients. There are advisors that can grow assets, but at Pivotal the goal is to also protect those assets and help clients reach their personal financial goals.
John is located at 1 Blue Hill Plaza, Lobby Level, #1509, Pearl River , NY 10965. His contact information is jscarpino@capitolsecurities.com. (845-219-5162)
John will be working with Paul Grod, pgrod@capitolsecurities.com .
Capitol Securities Management, Inc. is a Mid-Atlantic based, regional brokerage and investment advisory firm with locations from New England to Florida and has been serving the needs of its clients and advisors since 1985. Capitol Securities has a clearing relationship for its clients' accounts, products, services, and technology with Raymond James. It is a member of FINRA and SIPC. For more information on Capitol Securities and its holistic, client centered, platform and services. www.capitolsecurities.com or call Brad Kimball, National Business Development Director at (857) 343-2316. bkimball@capitolsecurities.com
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Innovative model will streamline patients' experience and relieve strain on hospitals
SEATTLE and TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health (VMFH) announced it will build the state's first hybrid ER/urgent care center in Bremerton, Wash. It will be the first of multiple hybrid facilities VMFH plans to open in the Puget Sound region over the next four years using Intuitive Health's innovative care model of offering emergent and urgent care in a single location.
The unique nature of the hybrid ER/urgent care model eliminates the guesswork for patients unsure of where to go for care. A patient can simply present to the facility and a board-certified emergency physician will examine and triage them to the appropriate level of care based on their need. Patients will only be billed for the level of services they actually receive, which helps manage their costs.
"The healthcare industry is experiencing unprecedented challenges including rising costs of care, staffing shortages and capacity issues in our emergency departments that have all been exacerbated by the pandemic," said Ketul J. Patel, CEO, Virginia Mason Franciscan Health. "To address these ongoing challenges, health systems have a responsibility to develop new ways to improve health for everyone in the community, including innovative solutions for care delivery. We are proud to launch the state's first hybrid ER and urgent care facility."
It is estimated that more than 30% of ER visits in the United States are for non-urgent conditions. These unnecessary ER visits divert resources away from patients with potentially life-threatening conditions, increase wait times and drive up health care costs for everyone. The new hybrid ER/urgent care facilities will funnel non-urgent cases away from hospital-based emergency rooms as well as provide additional capacity and access to high-quality emergency care throughout the community.
"Our innovative care model simplifies the patient experience – patients no longer need to choose between the emergency department and the local urgent care center," said Thom Herrmann, CEO of Intuitive Health. "Virginia Mason Franciscan Health's new combined Emergency and Urgent Care facilities will expand the health system's ambulatory footprint across the Puget Sound and ultimately allow them to care for more patients, closer to home."
The Bremerton hybrid ER/urgent care center will be open 24 hours a day, seven days a week, equipped with onsite lab equipment and a radiology suite with X-ray and multi-slice CT scanners. Bremerton was selected as the first location, following the transition of St. Michael Medical Center from Bremerton to Silverdale. Work on the new facility is underway and slated to be completed in spring 2023.
"We are proud that the new hybrid ER and urgent care facility ensures that we are keeping our promise to the community to maintain urgent care services locally in Bremerton. This facility is complemented by the VMFH Family Medicine Clinic next door, which offers comprehensive preventative medical care services and St. Michael Medical Center in Silverdale, which is the regional hub for quality health care for the Kitsap Peninsula. The hospital provides comprehensive acute care including a Level III Trauma Center, specialty care and primary care to Kitsap residents close to home," said Chad Melton, president of St. Michael Medical Center.
VMFH, in collaboration with Intuitive Health leaders, is working to identify locations for other hybrid ER/urgent care centers that will best meet the needs of the Puget Sound region.
About Virginia Mason Franciscan Health
Virginia Mason Franciscan Health is a world-class health system serving the Pacific Northwest, offering access to some of the country's most prestigious experts and hospitals that are internationally recognized for superior quality. Our expansive system builds upon the strength of more than 300 sites of care, including 11 top-tier hospitals, 18,000 team members, and 5,400 employed physicians, advance practice providers (APPs) and community providers to improve the health of our communities. Together we deliver easily accessible, instantly responsive and digitally connected patient-centric care.
By bringing together the brightest health care minds through Benaroya Research Institute, a global leader in autoimmune disease and immune system research, we deliver the most advanced therapies and technologies for our patients. We are also proud to be the home of Bailey-Boushay House, the first skilled-nursing and outpatient chronic care management program in the United States designed specifically to meet the needs of people with HIV/AIDS. We are committed to addressing health care disparities by caring for the most vulnerable in our communities, including the poor and underserved, providing more than $300 million in community benefit – free, subsidized, and reduced cost health care and programs. Learn more at www.vmfh.org.
About Intuitive Health
Founded in 2008, Intuitive Health pioneered the combined emergency room and urgent care model. Intuitive Health partners with established health systems nationwide to build, operate and launch retail health care facilities that provide urgent care and emergency room services under one roof. Intuitive Health operates in partnership with leading health systems across the country including in the states of Florida, Indiana, Ohio, Delaware, Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Arizona, Texas and Washington. Intuitive's patient-centric approach to immediate care has saved payors and patients hundreds of millions of dollars in unnecessary emergency care spend. The Intuitive Health model increases market share for partnered health care systems by expanding their footprint with conveniently located centers. For more information, please visit IHERUC.com.
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An animal scientist at the School of Agriculture of the University of Cape Coast, Prof. Julius Hagan has said Ghana lacks accurate and up-to-date data on the quantity of maize consumed.
The situation, he noted, is making government not able to plan in terms of the number of bags of maize needed for households and industries.
"We don't have accurate, up-to-date data on how much maize we consume, how much for animal feed, how much maize is needed for industrial purposes and how much we export," he stated.
According to him, this is one reason why maize normally becomes scarce in most parts of the country which makes people blame government.
The animal scientist shared these observations today 4th August, 2022 on GBC Radio Central's special holiday morning show hosted by Mr. Issah Otoo and produced by DC Kwame Kwakye on the assessment of government flagship programme 'Planting for Food and Jobs'.
He noted that the problem of lack of accurate data has affected planning for the cultivation of the crop — a situation that has always resulted in shortages.
According to Prof Hagan, most of the animals supplied to farmers for rearing under the Rearing for Food and Jobs module are imported. "There's therefore the need to revamp the breeding stations established under the Nkrumah's regime, to be able to supply the needed foundation stock for supply to farmers instead of relying on import to fill the gap".
He argues, "If we develop the breeding areas as was done by Nkrumah's government it would increase the employment potential of the programme and benefit our country."
He noted that Ghana must be thankful to Burkina Faso because "Most of our livestock (cattle, sheep and goats), crops like onion and tomatoes are imported from there. Should we have any problem with them even for three months and they decide not supply us, we shall be in trouble".
He added "we are a blessed country and need to up our game to be able to be self-sufficient in food production. The actual benefits of Planting for Food and Jobs would fully be realised in about 10 years from now. The politicians don't have that time because of the four-year mandate which is affecting our country."
Speaking on the same show, Dr. Kusi Amoah, a Crop Scientist also underscored the fact that the Planting for Food and Jobs policy is doing quite well but more needs to be done to make it very efficient and more beneficial to the nation. | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1175461/our-data-on-maize-consumption-in-ghana-isnt-up.html | 2022-08-04T18:16:21Z | https://www.modernghana.com/news/1175461/our-data-on-maize-consumption-in-ghana-isnt-up.html | true | 3 |
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TeamGiving.com To Become TeamPulte.com
BOCA RATON, Fla., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Pulte Family, known in homebuilding for Bill Pulte's experience inside of Pulte Homes now PulteGroup Inc, has agreed to allow nonprofit organization TeamGiving.com change its name to TeamPulte.com.
TeamPulte.com, formerly known as Team Giving, is a 501c3 nonprofit organization founded in 2019 that helps individuals and families in need of assistance with a critical need.
TeamPulte.com primarily operates on social media and is funded through microdonations. TeamPulte.com often helps cancer patients with rent or utilities while they are undergoing chemo treatment and have also helped individuals receive medical equipment not covered by insurance.
"When I was approached with the idea of changing the organization's name to Team Pulte in order to help increase donor visibility, I was happy to lend our name to make charitable organizations more accessible to people on social media." said Bill Pulte, CEO of Pulte Capital and Former Director of PulteGroup Inc.
"Team Giving was inspired by Bill Pulte's Twitter Philanthropy movement in 2019 where anyone can become a Philanthropist. Our team is very excited for the name change to Team Pulte and the additional people we will now be able to help." said Josh Hinkle, Board Member of Team Pulte.
William J. "Bill" Pulte founded Pulte Homes, today PulteGroup Inc, in 1950 at age 18. Over the decades, Bill Pulte built Pulte Homes into The #1 USA Homebuilder. In 2016, after retiring the first time, William J. Pulte (1932-2018) and Bill Pulte (b. 1988), his grandson, successfully turned PulteGroup Inc around, even when non-business family members supported the failed Dugas Management Team versus the Pulte Homes Founder William J. Pulte. Mr. Pulte (b. 1988) was a PulteGroup Director from 2016-2020. Bill Pulte's Twitter Philanthropy became a giant success starting in June 2019, helping thousands of people and inspiring millions of people worldwide. Even after the passing of William J. Pulte (1932-2018), their work together continues through a collection of Pulte founded organizations, including The Bill Pulte Foundation. The Pulte Family has multiple companies and investment vehicles.
Team Pulte is a 501c3 charitable organization. The creation of Team Pulte, formerly named Team Giving, was inspired by Bill Pulte's social media movement called Twitter Philanthropy. Mr. Pulte realized that the power of social media could be used for good instead of as a platform for toxic rhetoric. In the summer of 2019, he began to give his personal wealth away to those in need and inspired others to become philanthropists as well. Seeing participants in Twitter Philanthropy come together through micro-donations to help those in need by spreading kindness, love, and small monetary donations gave us the idea of creating a nonprofit organization focused on helping people through these micro donations. We strive to help those who have fallen on hard times due to circumstances outside of their control. Team Pulte helps those in need of a Hand Up with time-sensitive, critical need.
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2023 ELECTION: Linking Peter Obi To Biafra, Igbo Presidency Mischievous – Abaribe
A former Senate Minority Leader, Enyinnaya Abaribe, has faulted those linking the Labour Party, LP, presidential candidate, Peter Obi to Igbo presidency and Biafra agitation.
Abaribe stated that such a move was a smear campaign aimed at de-marketing Obi.
The Abia South Senator wondered why the All Progressives Congress, APC, presidential candidate, Bola Tinubu has not been referred to as “Yoruba presidency” and that of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Atiku Abubakar, as Fulani presidency.
Abaribe spoke during a virtual town hall meeting organized by Ikengaonline.
He stressed that the former Anambra State governor should be seen as an individual pursuing his constitutionally-guaranteed rights.
Also Read: I Did Not Endorse Peter Obi, Labour Party – Ogbonnaya Onu
According to Abaribe, critics should stop linking Obi to his tribe and religion.
He said:
”It’s unfortunate that Peter Obi’s emergence which is now a silver lining has come with complications. Tinubu has a presidential ticket, nobody is saying it’s a Yoruba ticket.
”Atiku has a ticket, nobody is saying it’s a Fulani ticket. But Peter Obi got a ticket and everybody is shouting: ’It’s Igbo presidency. Some even try to link him with the Biafra agitation.
”Have they tried to associate Tinubu with the Oduduwa self-determination agitation? Or Atiku within the Fulani herdsmen menace or the banditry in the North?” | https://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/news/2023-election-linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe | 2022-08-04T18:17:37Z | https://www.naijaloaded.com.ng/news/2023-election-linking-peter-obi-to-biafra-igbo-presidency-mischievous-abaribe | true | 4 |
Atiku Names Dino Melaye & Daniel Bwala As Campaign Spokesman
Atiku Abubakar, the Presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has made new appointments.
The politician appointed Senator Dino Melaye as the spokesperson for his presidential campaign.
According to a press release signed by Atiku’s Media Adviser, Paul Ibe, Melaye was named alongside Dr. Daniel Bwala.
“The two appointments take immediate effect,” Ibe said in a statement.
Melaye was a member of the 8th Senate, who represented Kogi West Senatorial District. He hails from Ayetoro Gbede in the Ijumu Local Government Area of Kogi State.
Bwala, on the other hand, is a legal practitioner, politician and public affairs analyst. He hails from Adamawa State.
Bwala, who was until recently a chieftain of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC), defected to the PDP over the Muslim-Muslim ticket of his former party.
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SAN DIEGO (AP) — Juan Soto arrived at Petco Park promising to bring “good vibes” to the San Diego Padres and issuing a warning to opposing teams.
The acquisition of the 23-year-old generational talent in perhaps the biggest deadline deal ever energized the Padres and their long-suffering fans, and there’s more to come.
Soto and Josh Bell on Wednesday joined a lineup currently anchored by All-Star slugger Manny Machado. Star shortstop Fernando Tatis Jr. is expected to return from a broken left wrist within a few weeks.
When that lineup hits the field, “It’s going to be really exciting. It’s going to be really tough to go through and I wish good luck to the other pitchers,” Soto said with a laugh at an introductory news conference.
The Colorado Rockies needed it in their first look at the new Padres on Wednesday night.
Soto, acquired from Washington in a massive trade along with switch-hitting first baseman Josh Bell, walked on four pitches in his first at-bat. Machado doubled behind him, Bell also walked and then lesser-known deadline pickup Brandon Drury — acquired from Cincinnati amid a breakout season — crushed a grand slam. The Padres went on to win 9-1.
The group posed together for a Polaroid photo in the dugout after rounding the bases — the signature celebration for the club known as Slam Diego.
The price for Soto and Bell was significant: rookie left-hander MacKenzie Gore, first baseman/DH Luke Voit and prospects James Wood, C.J. Abrams, Robert Hassell III and Jarlin Susana.
Washington general manager Mike Rizzo set a lofty asking price last month after reports emerged that Soto rejected the team’s latest contract offer of $440 million over 15 years.
The uncertainty over his future began weighing on Soto, who said after Sunday’s game against St. Louis: “I just want to get it over with and see what’s going to happen. Start over here or wherever I’m at.”
That place is San Diego, where the Padres entered Wednesday holding the NL’s second wild-card spot while trailing the Los Angeles Dodgers by 11 1/2 games in the NL West.
Soto, one of the game’s best young hitters, said he was happy Bell was included in the trade. The two were flown to San Diego on a private jet Tuesday night.
“For me, I never realized I was going to be traded together. I was thinking probably by myself,” Soto said. “When I realized I was coming with Josh, we have a great relationship and I was more excited and more pumped because he’s coming and I know what kind of guy he is and what he brings to the table. I’m more than excited to share another clubhouse with him.”
Soto contributed to the Nationals’ first World Series title in 2019 and then hit .351 in 2020 to win the NL batting title. He’s in his second straight All-Star season, and now he and Bell have joined a team whose playoff chances vaulted big-time.
Soto said all the conversations with Padres general manager A.J. Preller and his new teammates have been, ’’Let’s win, let’s bring the good energy to the clubhouse and the stadium, just come here and try to win. Try to bring my experience from 2019 as a World Series champ to here in San Diego.
“That’s what I’m going to do, that’s what I have in my mind since I saw the trade yesterday. That’s what we’re going to try to do, try to make it all the way to the last team standing.”
Soto thinks he’s joining a World Series contender.
“Yeah, definitely,” he said. “This team has everything that it needs to win a World Series.”
San Diego last played in the World Series in 1998, when it was swept by the New York Yankees.
Soto is under contract for two seasons beyond this year and said he’s not thinking about anything after that.
“I’m just thinking about winning,” he said. “I’m just coming to this clubhouse to bring the energy that I have, all the good vibes that I have to bring here, to win.”
Soto and Bell are coming from the team with baseball’s worst record to one that has vaulted its postseason chances.
“It feels really nice,” Soto said. “It feels really pumped to be here. Just go from a team that has no chance to come all the way here, it’s a great feeling, a new vibe, it’s a new start for me. It’s a new start, a new feeling to go out there and give more than I have.”
Said Bell: “Obviously we pour our hearts and souls into this game no matter where we are. … But it’s a little bit extra fuel in the fire to be here and to be in the hunt and to have a reason to show up a little bit earlier every day to get the work done that we need to get done. I’m definitely pumped to have a new opportunity here.”
Soto and Tatis, who’s also 23, have known each other since playing together in the Dominican Prospect League.
“That’s my boy, my hometown boy,” Tatis said on Tuesday. “I mean, we played together since we were 15, 16. And now we’re on the same team. It’s crazy.”
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National homebuilder expands Alabama footprint with move into Baldwin County
FAIRHOPE, Ala., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Century Communities, Inc., a top 10 national homebuilder and industry leader in online sales, announced that the company's Century Complete brand has expanded its Alabama footprint with 49 new homesites for sale in Fairhope—part of Baldwin County, and just half an hour from Mobile Bay and the Gulf Coast. Named Fairhope Falls, the new community offers an exceptional lineup of ranch-style single-family floor plans, boasting four-sided brick exteriors, open-concept layouts, and desirable included features like white Shaker cabinets, granite countertops, and covered patios. Homebuyers will also enjoy the convenience of a streamlined and modernized "Buy Now" process—offering a more affordable home in just a few clicks.
Learn more and see available homes at www.CenturyCommunities.com/FairhopeFalls.
"We're very glad to add Fairhope to our growing list of locations in Alabama," said Greg Huff, Central Complete President. "This scenic location offers exceptional access to outdoor recreation, historic districts and more, with an affordable and quality selection of floor plans that makes it easy for buyers to find their best fit."
- Single-family floor plans from the $280s
- 4 bed, 2 to 3 bath, 2-bay garages
- Up to approximately 2,132 square feet
- Part of the notable Baldwin County Public Schools district
- Close proximity to downtown Fairhope, popular establishments like Fairhope Brewing Company and Ox Kitchen, the Baldwin County Coliseum & Fairgrounds, Fairhope Municipal Pier, golfing, parks and more
- Less than an hour from Gulf Shores and Mobile
- Community amenities include a pool, a park with a playground, and a fishing pier
Community location:
John Franklin Smart Memorial Highway & Yosemite Boulevard
Fairhope, AL 36532
Century Communities is proud to feature its industry-first online homebuying experience on all available homes in Alabama.
How it works:
Shop homes at CenturyCommunities.com
- Click "Buy Now" on any available home
- Fill out a quick Buy Online form
- Electronically submit an initial earnest money deposit
- Electronically sign a purchase contract via DocuSign®
Learn more about the Buy Online experience at www.CenturyCommunities.com/online-homebuying.
Our industry-leading online homebuying process allows you to buy on your terms—24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days a year. However, if you'd like assistance with purchasing a new home, please call us at (850) 354-5573 or visit us at our Sales Studio in Pensacola!
Panhandle Studio:
4771 Bayou Boulevard, Suite 14
Pensacola, FL 32503
About Century Communities
Century Communities, Inc. (NYSE: CCS) is a top 10 national homebuilder, offering new homes under the Century Communities and Century Complete brands. Century is engaged in all aspects of homebuilding — including the acquisition, entitlement and development of land, along with the construction, innovative marketing and sale of quality homes designed to appeal to a wide range of homebuyers. The Colorado-based company operates in 17 states and over 45 markets across the U.S., and also offers title, insurance and lending services in select markets through its Parkway Title, IHL Home Insurance Agency, and Inspire Home Loans subsidiaries. To learn more about Century Communities, please visit www.centurycommunities.com.
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A federal judge reprimanded a prominent pro-Trump social media personality and Jan. 6 Capitol riot defendant for making "questionable" comments in the media about his plea agreement and cooperation with law enforcement. Those comments, U.S. District Court Judge Dabney Friedrich said, were "inconsistent" with what he previously told the court.
"He's losing more and more credibility by the moment," Friedrich said at the hearing, which was held via teleconference.
Judge Friedrich said the defendant, Brandon Straka, was possibly opening himself up to prosecution for lying to federal investigators.
"What he needs to appreciate is he is potentially incriminating himself for [18 U.S. Code Section] 1001 prosecution," said Friedrich, referring to the criminal law against making "materially false" statements to the federal government.
Straka, the founder of the conservative "#WalkAway" campaign, did not attend Wednesday's hearing and was represented by his attorney. By this point, his case has largely been resolved.
Back in Sept. 2021, he agreed to plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of Engaging in Disorderly and Disruptive Conduct in the Capitol Building or Grounds. At sentencing, he avoided jail time, and instead received 90 days of home confinement and three years' probation.
Wednesday's hearing was ostensibly focused on an apparent mistake made by the court, in which a clerk accidentally unsealed sensitive records detailing Straka's cooperation with federal investigators. A coalition of media organizations, which includes NPR, had asked the court to unseal documents in the case. The court inadvertently made more available than the judge had intended.
The records described how Straka provided "significant information" about pro-Trump "Stop The Steal" organizers including Ali Alexander, Amy and Kylie Kremer, and Cindy Chafian. Prosecutors said Straka provided investigators with a voicemail he had received from another Jan. 6 defendant, and that evidence was "valuable in the government's prosecution." In another instance, the records say Straka helped identify yet another potential suspect who "was not previously identified by the FBI."
Straka publicly reacted to the release of the records - which were first reported by Washington, D.C.-based TV station WUSA9 - by appearing to minimize how much he cooperated with the government.
"To me, making the choice to sit down and answer questions was a no-brainer - nobody I know committed any crimes and I have no evidence of any criminal wrongdoing from anybody," Straka wrote in an open letter he posted online. "There is NOTHING WRONG with talking to the DOJ and telling them your friends are innocent."
He claimed that, "Nobody that I answered questions about was arrested. As far as I know, none were visited."
Judge Friedrich was apologetic for the mistaken release of the sealed records, which she chalked up to "human error." She acknowledged that the release was especially concerning, because records of cooperation with the government can put law enforcement sources in danger.
But Friedrich, who was nominated to the federal bench by former President Trump, grew audibly frustrated when she turned to Straka's recent public comments about both his cooperation and his plea deal.
"To the extent he's making claims that are inconsistent with what he said to federal agents, he needs to understand that this definitely is not in his best interest," Friedrich told Straka's attorney, Bilal Essayli.
At sentencing, Friedrich had given Straka credit for his cooperation with law enforcement.
"Though I do view Mr. Straka's criminal conduct as very serious," Friedrich said back in January, "it's been mitigated somewhat by his early plea and by his willingness to assist the government by providing complete and truthful information."
Among both judges and prosecutors, Friedrich is not alone in her frustration when it comes to certain post-plea commentary in the Capitol riot cases. One judge said he felt burned after a Jan. 6 defendant went on Fox News not long after sentencing and seemed to downplay her actions. This summer, prosecutors notified the court after another riot defendant went on a podcast and "made several statements inconsistent with the contrition that the government credited and on which the Court relied" at sentencing.
Friedrich also rebuked Straka for his recent public comments, where his story about what he did on Jan. 6 seemed to differ from what he previously told the court under oath.
Straka moved with the crowd to the steps of the Capitol building during the Jan. 6 riot and was filming on his smartphone. According to a statement of offense Straka signed and agreed to as part of his plea, he yelled "go, go, go" as members of the mob tried to enter the building, and said "take it, take it," after rioters grabbed a shield from a police officer. Straka never entered the Capitol building, and left shortly afterwards.
That evening, as officers were trying to clear the Capitol building, Straka tweeted "Patriots at the Capitol – HOLD. THE. LINE!!!!" He later said that he did not understand the full extent of the violence when he tweeted that comment.
At his sentencing hearing, Straka said he was "deeply sorry and shameful for being present at an event that sent members of Congress running in fear to evacuate a building."
He also expressed remorse for the incident involving the shield.
"I want to apologize to all members of the Capitol Police whose safety was put in danger by the unruly mob, in particular the police officer whose shield can be seen in my video being grabbed by members of the crowd," Straka told the court.
Since then, however, Straka has been active on social media and making the rounds in conservative media. And, in Judge Friedrich's view, he has made "questionable comments regarding the truth of his plea."
It was unclear what specific comments Friedrich was referring to, but in multiple interviews, Straka has appeared to cast doubt about the "statement of offense" he signed - particularly the section where he admitted saying "take it, take it" on video as rioters grabbed a police officer's shield.
I’ve been asked, “why would you take a plea deal?”. Many who know me well feel certain I didn’t do things I was accused of.
— Brandon Straka (@BrandonStraka) March 8, 2022
Today a DC jury deliberated for 3 hrs b4 finding a J6 defendant guilty of all charges. Every J6 case will have the same result.https://t.co/n4UFEJDG1g
"I vehemently denied that was my voice, to my attorney. I was in shock when I was accused of that," Straka told Fox News host Tucker Carlson. He said he was under intense pressure to sign a plea deal including that allegation in order to resolve the case. "I have now confessed to doing those things," he said.
Straka said that people should watch the video of the incident with headphones on, "Because when I speak on the video, it always comes through the left channel. And the other voices which were attributed to me - well, just decide for yourselves if you feel like that sounds the same."
At Wednesday's hearing, Judge Friedrich said Straka's public comments make "me question every statement he made to me at the time of sentencing - every single one of them."
"I'm wondering: should I be anticipating a motion to withdraw his plea?" Friedrich asked Straka's attorney. "Because I want you to know I would gladly hold an evidentiary hearing to address his claims. Is that something that I should be expecting?"
"No, your honor," Essayli replied.
Essayli explained that Straka "is more of a public figure. He faces a lot of reporting - a lot of it he views as false reporting or misleading reporting, and it is difficult for him not to respond or be emotional."
Friedrich was unpersuaded by that line of argument.
"I suggest that you tell him to exercise some discretion that he didn't show before Jan. 6, during Jan. 6, and apparently after Jan. 6," Friedrich said. "And also inform him that I will be asking probation for periodic status reports about his performance on supervision."
She added, "I expect that what I hear from these reports to be different in nature than what has been brought to my attention in recent days."
Essayli said he would pass the message on to his client. Essayli did not respond to NPR's request for comment.
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Alcohol deaths among wealthy Scots at record high
A record number of affluent Scots are drinking themselves to death although the poor remain three times as likely to die from alcohol harm.
There were 256 deaths among people deemed affluent or very affluent each year in 2020 and 2021, the highest since records began in 2001.
Among the poorest in society, there were 703 deaths in 2020 rising by 60 within a year.
This trend reverses nearly a decade of progress when alcohol-related deaths in Scotland’s poorest neighbourhoods fell below 700.
Alcohol harm charities said the pandemic, lockdowns and a backlog in NHS treatment were behind the rising numbers.
Overall deaths from conditions caused by alcohol consumption last year hit the highest level since 2008.
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Takata air bag claims another driver’s life, 19th US death
Published: Aug. 4, 2022 at 12:45 PM CDT|Updated: 42 minutes ago
DETROIT (AP) — The death toll from exploding air bag inflators made by Takata Corp. has risen to 19 in the U.S. and 28 worldwide.
Authorities say the driver of a 2006 Ford Ranger pickup truck was killed in what should have been a minor crash last month near Pensacola, Florida.
But the driver’s air bag inflator exploded, spewing shrapnel that hit the unidentified driver, a 23-year-old man.
The U.S. National Highway Traffic Safety Administration says Thursday it is working to confirm details of the crash before deciding if more action is needed.
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The following deaths have occurred:
- Bill Farrell Down, Dublin and Donegal
- Maureen Heagerty, Drumaweir, Greencastle
- Elizabeth Mc Fadden formerly Tara Court, Letterkenny
- Margaret McHugh, Glengesh Ardara
- Andy McDaid, Galway/Carndonagh
- Jimmy Sharkey, Falcarragh
- Anne Cooley, Derrybeg/Gweedore
- Madeline Gallagher, Lifford
- Manus McEleney, Clonmany
- Mary Curran, Meenderry, Falcarragh
- Sarah Diver, Bunbeg
- Pat O'Keefe, Dublin and Convoy
Bill Farrell Down, Dublin and Donegal
The death has occurred of Bill Farrell, Shore Road, Rostrevor, Down, Donegal and Dublin. He passed away peacefully surrounded by his Loving family at his home, 16, Shore Road, Rostrevor. Beloved son of Tommy and Linda and treasured brother of Iarlaith and Odhrán. Grandson of Tommy and Linda O’Brien, St Bronagh and Our Lady of Lourdes pray for him. Bill’s remains will leave his late residence on Saturday, August 6 at 10.15am for 11.00am Requiem Mass in St Mary’s Star of the Sea Church, Rostrevor. Requiem Mass can be viewed Live on www.churchservices.tv/rostrevor Burial afterwards in Kilbroney Cemetery. Deeply regretted by his loving parents, brothers, grandparents, aunts and uncles and the entire wider family circle. Wake House Open Until 10pm each evening, house private on the morning of funeral. Family flowers only. Donations in Lieu of flowers if desired to Life and Times.
Maureen Heagerty, Drumaweir, Greencastle
The death has taken place of Maureen Heagerty at Donegal Hospice, formerly of Drumaweir, Greencastle.
Reposing at her sons home at 5 Woodlee, Culmore, Derry. Removal from there on Saturday, August 6 at 10am for 11am Requiem Mass at St. Pius the X Church.
Burial immediately afterwards in Ballybrack Cemetery, Moville.
Family flowers only.
Donations if wished to Donegal Hospice in care of any family member.
House private from 10pm to 11am.
Elizabeth Mc Fadden formerly Tara Court, Letterkenny
The death has taken place in Glasgow of Elizabeth Mc Fadden formerly Tara Court, Letterkenny.
Remains will repose at the residence of her son Eddie Mc Fadden, Drumherrive, Ramelton, on Friday, August 5 from 11am to 10pm.
Funeral from there on Saturday, August 6 at 10:15am going to Christ the King Church, Gortahork for 12noon Requiem Mass.
Burial afterwards in Gortahork Cemetery.
Funeral mass can be viewed on MCN Media on the following link:
https://mcnmedia.tv/camera/Christ-the-king-gortahork
Margaret McHugh, Glengesh Ardara
The death has occurred of Margaret McHugh, Glengesh Ardara. Her remains will reposes at McCabe Funeral premises today, Thursday, August 4 from 5.30pm followed by removal to the Church of The Holy Family, Ardara for 7.30.
Funeral Mass at 11am on Friday, August 5, with interment afterwards in the adjoining cemetery
House private please.
Andy McDaid, Galway/Carndonagh
The death has occurred of Andy McDaid, Ballymara, Milltown, Galway and Carndonagh. Formerly of Lincoln, UK and Camatra, Carndonagh.
Deeply regretted by his loving family; wife Mary, children Theresa, Caroline, Andrew, Nora, Bernadette, Brendan and Peter, sons-in-law, daughters-in-law, grandchildren, great-granddaughter, brothers Charlie and Frank, sisters Mary, Kay and Ethna, brother-in-law Tommy, sisters-in-law Nora and Barbara, nieces, nephews, relatives, neighbours and friends.
Reposing at his home on Thursday, August 4 from 5pm to 8pm. Removal on Friday to St Joseph's Church, Milltown for Funeral Mass at 1pm followed by burial in Kilclooney Cemetery. Funeral Mass available to view at www.churchtv.ie/milltown/.
Jimmy Sharkey, Falcarragh
The death has taken place at Dungloe Community Hospital of Jimmy Sharkey, Shroughan, Falcarragh.
Reposing at his niece Rosemary Curran’s residence in Shroughan, Falcarragh. Rosary nightly at 8pm.
House private after the rosary until 10am and on the morning of the funeral.
Funeral Mass in Christ the King Church, Gortahork, on Friday, August 5 at 10.30am with burial afterwards in the adjacent cemetery.
The funeral Mass can be viewed live on Kieran Roarty Funeral Director’s Facebook page and on the parish webcam.
Anne Cooley, Derrybeg/Gweedore
The death has taken place at her home of Anne Cooley (née Coll), Cotteen, Derrybeg, formerly Stranacorkra, Gweedore.
Her remains are reposing at her late residence. Rosary at 8.30pm nightly. Wake private to family, close friends and neighbours.
Funeral arrangements to be confirmed.
Madeline Gallagher, Lifford
The death has occurred of Madeline Gallagher, nee McFeely, 88 Croaghan Heights, Lifford.
She is lovingly missed by her husband Thomas, daughters and sons Caroline, Aileen (partner John) Thomas Jnr, Jamie, grandchildren Cormac, Ellie, Kacie, Amelia, Thomas, her brother and sisters Seamus, Phyllis, Annette Bell and all her extended family and friends.
Madeline was predeceased by her parents Lila and James McFeely.
Remains reposing at her late residence. House private please to family friends and neighbours.
Requiem Mass on Friday, August 5 at 11am in Patrick’s Church, Murlog with burial afterwards in the adjoining cemetery.
Mass can be viewed at www.clonleighparish.com.
Family flowers only please donations in lieu if desired to The Irish Heart Foundation c/o any family member or Kelly’s Funeral Directors Oakfield, Raphoe.
Manus McEleney, Clonmany
The death has taken place at his home of Manus McEleney, Mindoran, Clonmany.
Remains reposing at his late residence. Funeral leaving from there on Friday, August 5 at 10.20am, going to St Mary’s Church Clonmany for Requiem Mass at 11am, with burial afterwards in the new cemetery.
Family flowers only please, donations in lieu if desired to Ard Aoibhinn, Carndonagh Community Hospital, care of any family member or Comiskey Funeral Directors. House private please from 10pm to 11am and on the morning of the funeral.
Funeral Mass can be viewed live on www.churchservices.tv/clonmany.
Mary Curran, Meenderry, Falcarragh
The peaceful death has taken place of Mary Curran, Meenderry, Falcarragh formerly of Meenacrieve.
Predeceased by her husband Barney and sister Maggie. Survived by her daughters, Mary Bonner, Falcarragh, Frances Curran, Meenderry, Brid Barrett, Falcarragh, Agnes Curran, Meenderry and Anne O'Reilly, Meenderry; sons Eddie, Falcarragh and John, Letterkenny, in-laws, grandchildren and great-grandchildren and a large circle of family and friends.
The funeral will take place on Friday, August 5 for 1pm requiem Mass in Christ the King Church, Gortahork with burial afterwards in the adjacent cemetery. Rosary on Wednesday and Thursday at 9pm.
House strictly private on the morning of the funeral.
Funeral Mass can be viewed live on https://mcnmedia.tv/camera/christ-the-king-gortahork
Please continue to adhere to public health regarding mask wearing and hand shaking.
Sarah Diver, Bunbeg
The death has taken place at the Donegal Hospice of Sarah Diver, Coshclady, Bunbeg, originally from Carrigart.
Sadly missed by her loving husband Seán; daughter Deirdre; sons, Antoin, Declan, Adrian and Seán; daughters-in law Kerry and Louise; grandchildren, Kieran, Grace, Hugh and Maitiú; sisters, Bridie and Kathleen; brothers Patrick, James and Josie and extended family and friends.
Her remains will repose at her home from 11am on Wednesday, August 3. Rosary nightly at 8pm.
Funeral Mass in St Mary's Church, Derrybeg on Friday at 11am, with interment afterwards in Magheragallon Cemetery.
The Funeral Mass can be viewed live on Kieran Roarty Funeral Director's Facebook page https://bit.ly/3DoIMm.
House private from 10pm to 11am and on the morning of the funeral. Family flowers only, please. Donations, in lieu, to the Donegal Hospice.
Pat O'Keefe, Dublin and Convoy
The death has occurred of Pat O'Keeffe, Ard Na Gréine, Dublin and Convoy.
Very sadly missed by his wife Mary and children Tom, Margaret and Sinead, son-in-law Darren, grandchildren Jessica, Cian, Ava, Hugh, Cillian and Esmee, his brothers Sean and Liam and sisters Kathleen, Vonnie and Pearl, and remembering his late brother Hugh and sister Bridget, nieces, nephews, relatives and friends.
Family flowers only, donations, if desired, to St Francis Hospice.
Pat will be reposing at his residence on Friday, August 5 from 5pm to 7pm.
A cremation service will take place on Saturday in Dardistown at 2pm. This can be viewed via the following link https://www.dctrust.ie/location/dardistown/dardistown-chapel-webstreaming.html.
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Orthopaedic surgeons offer safety tips to keep bones and joints healthy this school year
ROSEMONT, Ill., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- With inflation altering shopping behaviors1, consumers are finding ways to navigate supply lists this back-to-school season. One thing holds true, however, for families preparing for the new school year — the importance of injury prevention. The bone and joint experts at the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons (AAOS) and OrthoInfo.org remind us that accidents can be prevented if parents, teachers and students are on the lookout for potential hazards.
"Economic uncertainly may have families making tradeoffs on their back-to-school planning, but injury prevention is one thing that should remain top of mind as students head back to the classroom," said pediatric orthopaedic surgeon and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons spokesperson Matthew R. Schmitz, MD, FAAOS. "Every year, thousands of children are injured on playgrounds, while playing sports or as they walk, bike, skateboard or scooter to and from school. By helping them brush up on a few safety practices both inside and outside the classroom, they'll be set up for success and reduce chances for injuries."
According to the Consumer Products Safety Commission's (CPSC) National Electronic Injury Surveillance System, more than 175,000 school injuries have resulted in a visit to a hospital emergency department over the past decade. The data also reveals that school injuries tend to occur more frequently at certain times of the year.
"During the first few months of the school year, everyone is adapting to new routines, bus routes and even sports teams, which may spur the conditions for accidents and injuries," added Dr. Schmitz.
Members of the AAOS offer the following roundup to help decrease chances of musculoskeletal injuries this upcoming school year:
- MIND THE BACKPACK – To limit injuries or back pain, encourage your children to limit the load and utilize both padded straps for proper posture and weight distribution. Check frequently that your child is not carrying more than 15% of his or her body weight in the backpack. The correct use of both wide, well-padded shoulder straps will help distribute the weight of the backpack more evenly across the user's back. The bottom of the backpack should sit at the waist with heavier things packed low and towards the center.
- TAKE A BREAK AND STRETCH – Repetitive stress injuries from writing on white boards, reading tablets and bending down are common among school staff and students alike. Taking just 10 minutes to stretch your wrists, shoulders and back before the day can prepare your muscles and provide stress relief.
- PLAY SMARTER – According to the CPSC, each year, more than 206,000 children under the age of 16 are treated in hospital emergency rooms across the U.S. for injuries occurring on playgrounds. Teachers and school staff should remind students to go down the slide only one person at a time, slide sitting down and face forward.
- EASE BACK INTO THE GAME – Summer may have involved swimming, camps, clinics and time with friends, but fall sports tend to pick up the intensity with common injuries among young athletes falling into two basic categories: overuse injuries and acute injuries to the soft tissues (muscles and ligaments). Student athletes should ease into required pads and equipment needed for their sport and take frequent water breaks to avoid dehydration in preseason.
- LOOK LEFT, LOOK RIGHT, LOOK LEFT AGAIN – Traffic accidents are a major cause of serious injury and death in America. Tell children to walk – not run – across the street and stay aware of their surroundings. Look for signs that a car is about to move, such as rear lights, the sound of the motor, and wheels turning, to prevent pedestrian crashes. Walk safely by staying on sidewalks when possible.
For more bone and joint injury prevention and treatment information, visit OrthoInfo.org.
With more than 38,000 members, the American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons is the world's largest medical association of musculoskeletal specialists. The AAOS is the trusted leader in advancing musculoskeletal health. It provides the highest quality, most comprehensive education to help orthopaedic surgeons and allied health professionals at every career level to best treat patients in their daily practices. The AAOS is the source for information on bone and joint conditions, treatments and related musculoskeletal health care issues and it leads the health care discussion on advancing quality.
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KENNETT SQUARE, Pa., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- South Mill Champs, one of the largest high-quality mushroom growers in North America, has announced that it has entered into an equity partnership with G&K Distributing, a produce wholesaler in Los Angeles County, California. The partnership will result in expanded warehousing capabilities, as well as an extension of products and services that it can offer to its customers in the Southern California market.
"We are eager to work alongside G&K, whose experience and reputation for great service in the Los Angeles market is unmatched. Our respective teams have commenced the outward-facing seamless integration process that will deliver improved service and build the product offerings available to both of our companies' customers," said Michael Richmond, Vice President of Sales at South Mill Champs.
Mr. Richmond continued, "Significantly expanding our distribution center capabilities, combined with the geographic location of the facility in Los Angeles, allows us to continue to meet the increasing demand for high-quality mushrooms in the region."
South Mill Champs operates a network of distribution and processing centers across the United States, with centers in Winter Haven (Florida), Atlanta, New Orleans, Dallas, Houston, Los Angeles, and Sacramento.
"We are thrilled to be partnering with South Mill Champs," said George Harris, President and Partner at G&K Distributing. "South Mill Champs' established operating structure will enable us to leverage further opportunities to support our customers' growing needs."
Johnny Geges, Vice President and Partner at G&K stated, "This partnership will undoubtedly continue to prove our commitment to being a key sourcing resource for our long-standing customers, beginning immediately with South Mill Champs' valued supply chain of products such as high-quality mushrooms, garlic and ginger."
About South Mill Champs
South Mill Champs is a leading vertically integrated compost producer, grower, and supplier of North American-grown fresh mushrooms and functional mushroom foods. Headquartered in Kennett Square, PA, and with growing and processing operations in British Columbia, Manitoba, Pennsylvania and Maryland, South Mill Champs is a leading innovative, customer-focused supplier in the industry. It offers mushrooms and other fresh food products, full-service logistics and storage, and has a reputation for superior quality and consistent supply.
Contact:
Jessica Weil, Communications Manager
South Mill Champs
Phone: 267-909-1903
jweil@southmill.com
www.southmill.com
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Our Cost of Living Campaign – Price Watch highlights the impact of rising bills on our readers
Under-pressure Brits are feeling the financial pinch in these austere times and rising fuel prices are adding heartache to drivers’ everyday costs.
With UK petrol prices rising daily, rocketing above £2 in some areas, the cost of owning a car is at the forefront of UK drivers’ minds.
We can offer some help via the National World community Cost of Living - Price Watch community campaign, which lends a listening ear and useful tips.
The latest crusade is third of our cost of living drives, following on from the company’s successful Heat & Eat and Keep Us Warm This Winter drives.
A new study by Rivervale Leasing has looked into the average cost of driving, taking into account the average cost of insurance, fuel, parking, tolls, repairs, servicing and road tax in the 50 most populous areas in the UK.
Rivervale Leasing researched the charges from toll roads, bridges and tunnels, London’s Congestion and ULEZ zone, plus Clean Air Zones to reveal how much drivers spend each year.
With rising fuel costs, insurance premium hikes and the eye-watering price of parking, the pleasure of driving doesn’t come cheap.
Data from Riverdale
Leasing reveals that British drivers spend a huge £3,800 per year on average – and that’s without buying the car itself.
Riverdale Leasing uncovered the cheapest and most expensive places to drive a car.
City of Westminster is the most expensive to drive in, costing £8.7k per year
It’s no surprise that the London borough is the most expensive place to drive in the UK and is £4,922 more than the average.
A large chunk of this comes from the London Congestion Charge, costing £15 a day to drive through the capital’s busiest areas.
But even without the Congestion Charge, the City of Westminster is still the most expensive place to drive in.
It’s also the priciest place to park overall, costing a huge £3,684 each year.
Data identified the ten most expensive UK areas for charges.
The following is based on area, followed by name of charge or toll and finally annual tolls, congestion and/or clean air zone charges.
1 City of Westminster; London Congestion Charge; cost is £3,015.
2 Birmingham; Clean Air Zone Charge; cost is £1,608.
3 Liverpool; Mersey Tunnels Toll; cost is £683.
4 Birkenhead; Mersey Tunnels Toll; cost is £683.
5 Newcastle Upon Tyne; Tyne Tunnel Toll; cost is £683.
6 Plymouth; Tamar Bridge Toll; cost is £603.
7 Kingston Upon Hull; Humber Bridge Toll; cost is £543.
8 Bristol; Clifton Suspension Bridge Toll; cost is £402.
9 Southampton; Itchen Bridge Toll; cost is £241.
10 Preston; Cartford Bridge Toll; cost is £201.
Data showed the ten most expensive UK areas to drive a car are: City of Westminster, Liverpool, Edinburgh, Belfast, Islington, Birmingham, Glasgow, Manchester, Newcastle Upon Tyne, Croydon.
The data also showed the ten cheapest UK areas to drive a car are: Crawley, Dudley, Warrington, Portsmouth, Ipswich, Sunderland, Southend-on-Sea, Swindon, Milton Keynes, Mansfield. | https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/read-this/cost-of-living-campaign-feeling-the-financial-pinch-as-car-running-costs-soar-again-3794256 | 2022-08-04T18:31:21Z | https://www.harrogateadvertiser.co.uk/read-this/cost-of-living-campaign-feeling-the-financial-pinch-as-car-running-costs-soar-again-3794256 | false | 15 |
10 Guards Attacked And Injured At A New York State Prison
According to the New York State Department of Corrections and Community Supervision, 10 guards were attacked at a prison. The department issued a statement on its Facebook page saying that prisoners at Coxsackie Correctional Facility allegedly injured the correctional officers. DOCCS reports that the 10 guards sustained injuries, and four were taken to a local hospital.
Coxsackie Correctional Facility is located in Greene County, about 25 miles south of Albany.
As the Department continues to battle a rise in violent conduct within its facilities, an incident yesterday involving incarcerated individuals at Coxsackie Correctional Facility assaulting staff resulted in injuries to at least 10 security personnel who responded. Four staff members were taken to an outside hospital for further treatment with injuries ranging from head trauma to blood exposure and four staff members with pain and swelling remained on duty. As a result, a full frisk of the facility began this morning and the incident remains under investigation.
Violence such as this makes the work of the Department’s Prison Violence Task Force more crucial than ever to maintain the safety and security of our facilities. The Department has zero tolerance for violence within our facilities and any individuals found responsible for this incident will be disciplined and be referred for outside prosecution.
New York State Won’t Allow Prisoners To Receive Packages From Their Families
New York State has taken away prisoners' ability to receive packages sent directly from their family members and loved ones. The Department of Corrections and Community Supervision implemented the pilot program on July 18, 2022. The DOCCS claims that it is prohibiting packages in an effort to prevent prisoners from receiving contraband,
In a continuous battle to prevent contraband from getting into DOCCS’ correctional facilities and maintaining security and safety for both staff and the incarcerated population, the Department is revising its policy concerning packages and articles received through facility package rooms.
Prisoners Can Only Get Packages Directly From Vendors
The program is being piloted in the Wende Hub, which includes Albion, Attica, Collins, Groveland, Lakeview, Orleans, Wende, and Wyoming Correctional Facilities.
Upon complete implementation, packages and articles will only be allowed to be received directly from vendors via U.S. Postal Service, FedEx, UPS, etc. Packages will no longer be allowed to be brought to the facility during visits or mailed directly to the facility from family or friends. Department Directive #4911 – Packages & Articles Sent to Facilities – is in the process of being updated.
These 7 Prisons Are The Most Violent In New York State
"The number of unusual incidents has increased 132% from 5,980 in 2011 to 13,870 in 2020. These higher incident numbers were largely due to increases in assaults on incarcerated individuals (+81%), assaults on staff (+86%), contraband (+130%), disruptive behavior (+372%), and staff use of weapons (+1,035%)."In 2020, 1,836 weapons used to cut or stab, including ice picks, razor blades, can lids and shanks were discovered in state prisons around New York. | https://wour.com/10-prison-guards-attacked-ny/ | 2022-08-04T18:32:32Z | https://wour.com/10-prison-guards-attacked-ny/ | false | 2 |
Update to electors law desperately needed, senators declare
WASHINGTON (AP) — Republican Sen. Susan Collins and Democrat Joe Manchin made the case on Wednesday for overhauling the 1800s-era Electoral Count Act, pushing for quick passage of a bipartisan compromise that would make it harder for a losing candidate to overturn legitimate results of a presidential election.
Proposals from their group of 16 senators — nine Republicans and seven Democrats — are a response to former President Donald Trump and his allies pushing courts, state legislatures and Congress to somehow overturn his 2020 loss to President Joe Biden. Trump’s efforts culminated in the violence of Jan. 6, 2021, when hundreds of his supporters pushed past police and broke into the Capitol as Congress was certifying the results.
An update to the electoral law is “something our country desperately needs,” Manchin said Wednesday, testifying at a Senate hearing on the bill. “The time for Congress to act is now.”
Manchin and Collins, who introduced a series of proposals to reform the law last month along with 14 other senators, are pushing for passage of the legislation before the end of the congressional session in January. The bills could face a harder path after November’s midterm elections if Republicans take over the House, where Democrats are leading a separate effort to revise the law.
“This is something we shouldn’t carry over into another election cycle,” said Missouri Sen. Roy Blunt, the top Republican on the Senate Rules Committee who has been supportive of the effort.
The Electoral Count Act of 1887 governs the counting and certification of electoral votes in presidential elections and has long been criticized as arcane, vaguely written and vulnerable to abuse. Those fears were realized after the 2020 contest when Trump’s allies worked to exploit those weaknesses, pushing states to put forward alternate slates of electors and pressuring Vice President Mike Pence to use his ceremonial role in the congressional joint session on Jan. 6 to object to the results or delay certification.
The bipartisan group of senators has worked for months to find agreement on a way to revamp the process, eventually settling on the series of proposals introduced last month.
The legislation would add a series of safeguards to the electoral count, increasing the thresholds for challenging results so state or federal officials can’t exploit loopholes to advocate for a preferred candidate.
It would reinforce that the vice president’s role over the electoral count is “solely ministerial,” with no power to change the results. It would make clear that Congress can only accept the one legitimate slate of electors from each state and make it harder for members of either party to object to the results. And it would strike an outdated law that could allow some state legislatures to override the popular vote.
“Nothing is more essential to the survival of a democracy than the orderly transfer of power,” said Collins, of Maine, who testified alongside Manchin, of West Virginia. “And there is nothing more essential to the orderly transfer of power than clear rules for effecting it.”
It is unclear how quickly the Senate might act when it returns from its August break in the fall. Both Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell have signaled support, and the legislation is expected to have enough backing to overcome any objections and pass in the 50-50 Senate.
Roadblocks await in the House, however, where some Democrats would like the bill to do much more. The House panel investigating the Jan. 6 insurrection and the House Administration Committee have been working on similar proposals to each other and promise to release them soon.
While overwhelmingly supportive of the current Senate proposal, legal experts who testified at the hearing identified some potential sticking points. They recommended some tweaks, including better defining the specific grounds that members of Congress can use when objecting to a state’s electors during congressional certification and making it even harder for state legislators to delay or override a vote by declaring a “failed election.”
The Senate compromise would already amend an 1845 law allowing states to declare a “failed election,” only permitting a state to modify election timing in “extraordinary and catastrophic” circumstances, but the experts said that might not be enough. They said such circumstances should be spelled out — a natural disaster that prevents many people from reaching the polls, for example, — and not simply what state lawmakers may consider a “catastrophic” election result.
While recommending changes, the panel of experts — including Bob Bauer, who was White House counsel in the Obama administration, and Brookings Institution Fellow Norm Eisen — said the need for action is urgent.
“Jan. 6 has passed, but the danger has not,” said Eisen, who served as a lawyer for the House Judiciary Committee during Trump’s first impeachment.
The proposals introduced by the bipartisan group last month also include bolstered security for state and local election officials, who have faced violence and harassment, including doubled penalties for people who threaten or intimidate election officials.
Some of those election officials testified at a separate Senate Judiciary hearing on Wednesday, asking for Congress to amend federal law to include strong penalties on those who threaten or harm anyone involved in election administration — and to limit access to individuals seeking personal information of election officials.
New Mexico Secretary of State Maggie Toulouse Oliver said threats to election integrity are growing by the day, noting the recent case in her state of a county commissioner who refused to certify the results of a primary.
“For the election officials and volunteer poll workers that our elections depend on, I fear that threats and harassment will cause them so much stress and uncertainty that they will simply give up the work for voters,” she said.
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Associated Press writer Farnoush Amiri contributed to this report.
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The Heartland Institute's Donald Kendal, Jim Lakely, and Justin Haskins present episode 357 of the In The Tank Podcast.
The Biden Administration is scrambling to get something accomplished before the midterms. Their latest attempt at a piece of comprehensive legislation is labeled the "Inflation Reduction Act." Despite the name of the bill, the legislation has far more to do with energy policy and increasing taxes.
The ITT crew weighs in on this important topic.
Also, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis seems to have joined the fight against ESG. | https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20220804/14722262/357-How-Bad-Is-The-Inflation-Reduction-Act.htm | 2022-08-04T18:33:58Z | https://www.onenewspage.com/video/20220804/14722262/357-How-Bad-Is-The-Inflation-Reduction-Act.htm | false | null |
Pokémon TCG Japan Releases Incandescent Arcana Pack Art & Details
Back in November 2021, Bleeding Cool reported that the Pokémon TCG Japan had filed a trademark for a set titled Incandescent Arcana which served as confirmation that this would be a title for one of the expansions set to close out the Sword & Shield era. At the time, I theorized that if the Pokémon TCG continued the focus on the Sinnoh era, we were seeing in 2022 card leaks that we could maybe see Cresselia and Darkrai cards here. We have since seen Darkrai cards in other releases, but we later updated Bleeding Cool readers earlier this year with news that it would actually be the unlikely but incredible choice of Alolan Vulpix leading Incandescent Arcana as the set mascot. We can now reveal the pack art for this set as we begin daily previews of cards from what may be the most exciting set to come out of Japan since Eevee Heroes which of course was adapted in part into the iconic and all-time great English-language set, Sword & Shield – Evolving Skies.
Here's what we currently know about Incandescent Arcana:
- Releases September 2nd, 2022.
- This set will include Radiant Pokémon depicting Shiny Jirachi and more.
- This set will include Character Rares depicting Gardevoir, Braixen, and more.
- This set will include Ultra Rares of Alolan Vulpix, Reshiram, and more.
- This set, along with the following main series Japanese set Paradigm Trigger, which will focus on Lugia, will be the basis of the fourth and final English-language Sword & Shield set of 2022, which is expected to close out the era.
Japanese sets often give us early ideas of what the English-language sets may include, so be sure to keep an eye on our coverage. You can stay tuned for previews of Incandescent Arcana cards as well as updates on everything Pokémon TCG right here at Bleeding Cool. | https://bleedingcool.com/games/pokemon-tcg-japan-releases-incandescent-arcana-pack-art-details/ | 2022-08-04T18:34:32Z | https://bleedingcool.com/games/pokemon-tcg-japan-releases-incandescent-arcana-pack-art-details/ | false | 1 |
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LONDON — More than 700 Amazon warehouse workers in England staged a protest Thursday in a dispute over pay, in the latest sign of workplace friction stoked by Britain’s cost of living crisis and a growing discontent among employees over wage and working conditions.
The GMB union said employees at the facility in Tilbury, Essex, east of London, stopped work after the ecommerce giant offered to raise salaries by 35 pence (42 cents) an hour.
The union said workers want a raise of 2 pounds to better match the demands of their job and cope with soaring inflation. Amazon doesn’t recognize the union, which likely has one of the highest number of members at the Tilbury location out of its 28 U.K. facilities.
“Amazon is one of the most profitable companies on the planet,” said Steve Garelick, the GMB union’s regional organizer for logistics and gig economy. “With household costs spiraling, the least they can do is offer decent pay.”
Garelick shared videos on Twitter of workers sitting down at tables, which he said showed a “withdrawal of labour” at the Tilbury warehouse.
He said Amazon’s “repeated use of short-term contracts is designed to undermine workers’ rights.”
Amazon said U.K. warehouse employee salaries will rise to between 10.50 and 11.45 pounds an hour, which it called “competitive pay.” But its dependent on location.
As well, the company said employees get a comprehensive benefits package that includes private medical insurance, life insurance, subsidized meals, and employee discounts that are “worth thousands annually,” as well as a company pension plan.
Similar protests have been staged in the U.S., including in March, when more than 60 workers in New York and Maryland walked out on the job to call for a $3 raise and a return to 20-minute breaks the company put in place during the pandemic.
Amazon boosted its average hourly wage to $18 an hour last year.
The Amazon Labor Union, a nascent group composed of former and current Amazon workers, won its union election on Staten Island, New York partly on a platform of raising wages to $30 an hour. But getting anywhere close to that is bound to be a tough fight. Amazon has been seeking to scrap the union’s April victory and is petitioning the National Labor Relations Board for a new election. | https://www.presstelegram.com/2022/08/04/uk-amazon-workers-stage-protest-over-pay/ | 2022-08-04T18:41:08Z | https://www.presstelegram.com/2022/08/04/uk-amazon-workers-stage-protest-over-pay/ | false | 34 |
Emmy Award-Winner Alan Foreman on Board as Director
Co-Produced by Nickelodeon Animation and The Pinkfong Company
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BURBANK, Calif., Aug. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Paramount+ today announced BABY SHARK'S BIG MOVIE! (working title), the first-ever feature-length original animated film based on the globally beloved preschool property is set to premiere holiday 2023 in the U.S. Co-produced by Nickelodeon Animation and The Pinkfong Company and directed by Daytime Creative Arts Emmy Award-winner Alan Foreman ("The Casagrandes," "Welcome to the Wayne"), the movie will follow Baby Shark and his family as they move to Chomp City, the big city of sharks.
In BABY SHARK'S BIG MOVIE!, Baby Shark is forced to leave the world he loves behind after his family's move to the big city, and must adjust to his new life without his best friend, William. When Baby Shark encounters an evil pop starfish named Stariana who plans to steal his gift of song in order to dominate all underwater music, he must break her spell to restore harmony to the seas.
The Daytime Emmy Award-nominated hit preschool series "Baby Shark's Big Show!" launched globally in 2021 across Nickelodeon branded channels and platforms and was recently picked up for a second season. The show ranks as the #1 preschool series on all TV in the U.S. for 2Q22. "Baby Shark's Big Show!" features a swim-sational lineup of voice actors: Kimiko Glenn ("Orange Is the New Black") as Baby Shark, Luke Youngblood ("Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone") as William, Natasha Rothwell ("Insecure") as Mommy Shark, Eric Edelstein ("We Bare Bears") as Daddy Shark, Debra Wilson ("MADtv") as Grandma Shark, and Patrick Warburton ("Seinfeld") as Grandpa Shark.
"Pinkfong Baby Shark" launched on YouTube in November 2015 and took the world by storm, becoming the world's first video ever to hit 10 billion views on YouTube, making it the most-viewed video in YouTube history. With music, characters, story and dance all combined together, the song certified RIAA Diamond and 11x platinum single for selling over 11 million units in the U.S., and spawned a viral phenomenon, #BabySharkChallenge, generating over one million cover videos around the globe.
BABY SHARK'S BIG MOVIE! is produced by Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank, Calif., with production overseen by Eryk Casemiro, executive vice president, Nickelodeon Animation, global series content.
"Baby Shark's Big Show!" is executive produced by Gary "Doodles" DiRaffaele ("Breadwinners"), Tommy Sica ("Breadwinners") and Whitney Ralls ("My Little Pony: Equestria Girls"). The series is produced by Nickelodeon Animation in Burbank, Calif., with production overseen by Eryk Casemiro, executive vice president, Nickelodeon Animation, global series content.
About Paramount+
Paramount+, a direct-to-consumer digital subscription video on-demand and live streaming service from ViacomCBS, combines live sports, breaking news and a mountain of entertainment. The premium streaming service features an expansive library of original series, hit shows and popular movies across every genre from world-renowned brands and production studios, including BET, CBS, Comedy Central, MTV, Nickelodeon, Paramount Pictures and the Smithsonian Channel. The service is also the streaming home to unmatched sports programming, including every CBS Sports event, from golf to football to basketball and more, plus exclusive streaming rights for major sports properties, including some of the world's biggest and most popular soccer leagues. Paramount+ also enables subscribers to stream local CBS stations live across the U.S. in addition to the ability to stream ViacomCBS Streaming's other live channels: CBS News Streaming Network for 24/7 news, CBS Sports HQ for sports news and analysis, and ET Live for entertainment coverage.
For more information about Paramount+, please visit www.paramountplus.com and follow @ParamountPlus on social platforms.
About The Pinkfong Company
The Pinkfong Company is a global entertainment company that delivers content and entertaining experiences around the world. Driven by award-winning brands and IPs, the company has created and distributed a range of content across genres and formats including original animated series, world live tours, interactive games, and more. Believing in the power of entertaining and engaging content, The Pinkfong Company is committed to connecting people around the world and bringing joy and inspiration to worldwide audiences of all ages. For more information, please visit our website or follow the company on LinkedIn.
About Nickelodeon
Nickelodeon, now in its 43rd year, is the number-one entertainment brand for kids. It has built a diverse, global business by putting kids first in everything it does. The brand includes television programming and production in the United States and around the world, plus consumer products, digital, location-based experiences, publishing and feature films. For more information or artwork, visit http://www.nickpress.com. Nickelodeon is a part of Paramount's (Nasdaq: PARA, PARAA) global portfolio of multimedia entertainment brands.
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Hayter cautious after netting Tour de Pologne lead by 11 seconds in time trial
By Alasdair Fotheringham published
Briton hoping to hold narrow advantage on stage winner Arensman
Ethan Hayter (Ineos Grenadiers) was pleased but understandably cautious to find himself in the lead of the Tour de Pologne after taking third place in the crucial 11-kilometre time trial. The result propelled him into a narrow 11-second advantage in the overall classification on stage winner Thymen Arensman (Team DSM).
Hayter finished eight seconds down on Arensman in the stage 6 time trial as Ineos Grenadiers stacked the top 10 with Magnus Sheffield in second, Hayter in third and Ben Tulett in sixth.
Should all go well on the final 177.8-kilometre Tour de Pologne stage into Krakow, which has a first category climb early on but is largely flat for the remainder, Hayter is a little over 24 hours away from being crowned the first ever British winner of Tour de Pologne. All this at 23, in a career that is progressing in leaps and bounds.
However, quite apart from normal challenges facing any GC leader, Tour de Pologne has been witness to late crashes on four of its five preceding stages, so it makes sense that Hayter was adamant that the age-old cliché about a race not being over til the final finish line applied to Pologne in full.
"It's not like the Tour de France and Paris, there's still 180 kilometres to go and anything can happen. Until I cross the line it's not over."
Speaking earlier in the week to Cyclingnews, Hayter had not been overly optimistic about his chances on a time trial that had been squeezed from its original 16 kilometres to 11, eliminating much of the flat section that would have favoured him. As the British National time trial champion told reporters afterwards, he had found the almost constantly climbing course a tough one to handle.
"It was very hard, the first section was slightly uphill the whole way and you had to push hard and maybe I did a little bit too much. I really suffered on the last steep section."
"But I sprinted over the top and sprinted again to the finish and it was enough for the yellow jersey."
Although leading Tour de Pologne is another major success for such a young racer, Hayter's time trialling has already been established as a major strongpoint. He won the British Nationals TT twice as well as taking the opening prologue of Romandie and finishing third in the Dauphine TT this year alone.
"Maybe I could have taken the first part a bit easier and given it a bit more at the end but I definitely gave it everything I could."
"It would have been nice for a bit more flat [roads] in the start, maybe, third is close to the win, but taking the jersey is good too and hopefully we can finish it off."
In terms of what's to come, Hayter said that he expected some teams to try some long-distance moves on the early climbs, "but hopefully it'll come down to a bunch sprint and the sprinters' teams will help us, and there won't be any crashes. That's the main goal."
"It'd be good to try and sprint with Elia [Viviani, team fast man in Pologne - Ed.], we've not got it quite right this week yet but first of all we'll try and keep the yellow jersey."
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Alasdair Fotheringham has been reporting on cycling since 1991. He has covered every Tour de France since 1992 bar one, as well as numerous other bike races of all shapes and sizes, ranging from the Olympic Games in 2008 to the now sadly defunct Subida a Urkiola hill climb in Spain. As well as working for Cyclingnews, he has also written for The Independent, The Guardian, ProCycling, The Express and Reuters. | https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hayter-cautious-after-netting-tour-de-pologne-lead-by-11-seconds-in-time-trial/ | 2022-08-04T18:42:51Z | https://www.cyclingnews.com/news/hayter-cautious-after-netting-tour-de-pologne-lead-by-11-seconds-in-time-trial/ | true | 1 |
Cancer Daily Horoscope for August 5, 2022: Keep your self-confidence high
CANCER (Jun22-Jul 22) Cancer natives need to keep their self-confidence high and concentrate well to handle the pressure with ease. An unexpected visit by an old friend could give you a pleasant surprise. Make sure you do something exciting and different with people at home. Property dealings would materialize helping in bringing fabulous gains. Cancer natives may feel motivated to brighten the romantic front. They may talk to friends or colleagues about introducing them to some prospective connection. Motivate yourself to exercise regularly. You need to improve your physical health. Don’t get surprised if you inherit your ancestors' property. Cancer natives will also complete the long-pending construction work to their satisfaction. Make sure you take special care of your belongings while travelling. Cancer natives should avoid procrastination at all costs on the professional front today. If you get a backlog, things might start to pile up and then you may find yourself way behind.
Cancer Finance Today: Your intuitive ability is likely to peak now, and you may find it easier than usual to clinch great deals and finalize profitable ventures. Transactions in the share market could bring handsome gains but avoid investing it again in speculations.
Cancer Family Today: Parental guidance would enable one to tap inner strength and know the real potential. Enjoying a wonderful time in the company of guests is on the card. News of an impending wedding or celebration may brighten the day.
Cancer Career Today: Having a powerful heart-to-heart talk with a colleague or friend could inspire a whole new game plan. Later, you’ll be fired up and ready to go to bat for a major professional passion project. Cancer artists will find it a highly productive day.
Cancer Health Today: Today is all about renewal and regeneration for Cancer natives. The healing energy you may experience will benefit any old wounds that have bothered you lately. It is important to slow down and wind down before you go to sleep tonight. It is important to get enough sleep.
Cancer Love Life Today: It can be the perfect time for romance, so make sure that you're ready! That could mean making yourself look your best, or just letting your sweetheart know how you feel. Single Cancer natives may go out of their way to meet new people.
Lucky Number: 22
Lucky Colour: Orange
By: Manisha Koushik, Dr Prem Kumar Sharma
(Astrologer, Palmist, Numerologist & Vastu Consultant)
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Freemont Management S.A. bought a new position in Raymond James (NYSE:RJF – Get Rating) in the first quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor bought 45,700 shares of the financial services provider’s stock, valued at approximately $5,023,000.
A number of other hedge funds have also modified their holdings of RJF. Norges Bank acquired a new position in shares of Raymond James in the 4th quarter worth approximately $176,209,000. Marshall Wace LLP increased its holdings in Raymond James by 24,537.5% during the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,193,195 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $119,798,000 after purchasing an additional 1,188,352 shares in the last quarter. State Street Corp increased its holdings in Raymond James by 6.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 9,297,706 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $933,490,000 after purchasing an additional 585,911 shares in the last quarter. Millennium Management LLC increased its holdings in Raymond James by 2,351.9% during the 4th quarter. Millennium Management LLC now owns 551,379 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $55,358,000 after purchasing an additional 528,891 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC increased its holdings in Raymond James by 91.7% during the 4th quarter. Schonfeld Strategic Advisors LLC now owns 856,978 shares of the financial services provider’s stock valued at $86,040,000 after purchasing an additional 409,944 shares in the last quarter. 76.98% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of brokerages have commented on RJF. Morgan Stanley decreased their price objective on Raymond James from $138.00 to $119.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, July 18th. StockNews.com lowered Raymond James from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Monday. Finally, Citigroup reduced their price target on Raymond James from $205.00 to $195.00 in a research report on Friday, April 29th. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and four have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat, the stock presently has an average rating of “Moderate Buy” and a consensus target price of $134.25.
Raymond James Stock Performance
Raymond James (NYSE:RJF – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, July 27th. The financial services provider reported $1.61 EPS for the quarter, missing the consensus estimate of $1.73 by ($0.12). The business had revenue of $2.72 billion for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $2.66 billion. Raymond James had a return on equity of 18.39% and a net margin of 13.58%. The business’s quarterly revenue was up 10.1% compared to the same quarter last year. During the same period in the previous year, the business posted $1.83 EPS. On average, research analysts predict that Raymond James will post 7.43 EPS for the current year.
Raymond James Announces Dividend
The firm also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Friday, July 15th. Investors of record on Friday, July 1st were paid a dividend of $0.34 per share. This represents a $1.36 annualized dividend and a yield of 1.36%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, June 30th. Raymond James’s payout ratio is presently 19.37%.
About Raymond James
Raymond James Financial, Inc, a financial holding company, through its subsidiaries, engages in the underwriting, distribution, trading, and brokerage of equity and debt securities, and the sale of mutual funds and other investment products in the United States, Canada, Europe, and internationally. The company operates through Private Client Group, Capital Markets, Asset Management, RJ Bank, and Other segments.
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(NEXSTAR) – As the Atlantic basin enters peak hurricane season, forecasters at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have updated their outlook to predict up to 20 named storms and 5 major hurricanes in 2022.
The Atlantic hurricane season officially began on June 1 and runs through Nov. 30. So far, we’ve seen three tropical storms strengthen to the point of getting named. None this year have strengthened into hurricanes, but the worst may be yet to come.
“We are now entering the peak months of the Atlantic hurricane season, August through October,” said Matthew Rosencrans, the lead hurricane forecaster at NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center. “Historically, this is when about 90% of all Atlantic tropical cyclone activity occurs.”
In NOAA’s updated forecast released Thursday, the agency predicts there will be 11 to 17 more named storms in 2022. Of those, they expect 6 to 10 will strengthen into hurricanes.
NOAA predicts three to five of those will turn into major hurricanes (storms with wind speeds of 111 mph or greater).
While meteorologists can make predictions of how many storms may form, and how strong they may be, they’re not able to say which areas are most likely to be hit. “This is because landfalls are largely predictable within about one week of a storm potentially reaching a coastline,” explained Rosencrans.
NOAA’s original hurricane outlook issued in May called for a 65% chance of an above-normal season. Now, an above-normal season is 60% likely — slightly lower, but still the most probable outcome.
“While the tropics have been relatively quiet over the last month, remember that it only takes one landfalling storm to devastate a community,” Rosencrans said.
Despite the “relatively quiet” tropics, several factors — a persistent La Niña, above-normal sea surface temperatures, weak tropical trade winds and an active monsoon in West Africa — all indicate an active hurricane season is likely. | https://www.wrbl.com/news/national/noaa-predicts-3-to-5-major-hurricanes-in-coming-months/ | 2022-08-04T18:52:06Z | https://www.wrbl.com/news/national/noaa-predicts-3-to-5-major-hurricanes-in-coming-months/ | true | 11 |
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — Police have changed their description of the crash that killed Indiana Republican U.S. Rep. Jackie Walorski, saying Thursday that it was the SUV in which she was a passenger that crossed a state highway’s centerline and caused the head-on crash.
Walorski and two members of her congressional staff died in the Wednesday afternoon crash in northern Indiana, along with the woman driving the other vehicle, the Elkhart County Sheriff’s Office said.
The department’s initial account of the crash was that the car driven by Edith Schmucker, 56, Nappanee, Indiana, crossed into the SUV’s path, but the office released a statement Thursday saying investigators had talked with witnesses and viewed video evidence that their preliminary determination of which direction the vehicles were traveling was incorrect.
Investigators determined that the SUV driven by Zachery Potts, 27, of Mishawaka, Indiana, crossed the centerline for unknown reasons in a rural area near the town of Wakarusa. Potts was Walorski’s district director and the Republican chairman for northern Indiana’s St. Joseph County. Also killed in the crash was Emma Thomson, 28, of Washington, D.C., who was Walorski’s communications director.
Walorski, 58, was first elected to represent northern Indiana’s 2nd Congressional District in 2012. She previously served six years in the state’s Legislature. Walorski was seeking reelection this year to a sixth term in the solidly Republican district. | https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4616731 | 2022-08-04T18:52:31Z | https://www.taiwannews.com.tw/en/news/4616731 | true | 17 |
WFO BINGHAMTON Warnings, Watches and Advisories for Thursday, August 4, 2022
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SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
Special Weather Statement
National Weather Service Binghamton NY
205 PM EDT Thu Aug 4 2022
...A strong thunderstorm will impact portions of southeastern
Schuyler, northeastern Chemung, west central Tioga and southern
Tompkins Counties through 300 PM EDT...
At 205 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over
Alpine, or near Odessa, moving east at 20 mph.
HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and pea size hail.
SOURCE...Radar indicated.
IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around
unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is
possible.
Locations impacted include...
Ithaca, Newfield, Cayuga Heights, Enfield, Danby, Catharine, Spencer,
Odessa, Cayuta and Millport.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
If outdoors, consider seeking shelter inside a building.
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Har Ghar Tiranga campaign: Tricolour hoisted at 12,000 feet in J&K's Panchtarni base camp
As part of the ongoing 'Har Ghar Tiranga' (Tricolour in every house) call by Prime Minister Narendra Modi, a massive 'tiranga rally' was held in the Panchtarni area of Anantnag district in Jammu and Kashmir (J&K).
According to an official statement, about 3,000 people participated in the rally, which was held at a height of more than 12,000 feet at the Panchtarni base camp.
The rally was jointly organised by civil and security agencies, about 1,000 pilgrims to the Amarnath temple, sanitation workers and other stakeholders to commemorate the 75th Independence day of the country. The government is organising a slew of events under the aegis of 'Azadi ka Amrit Mahotsav.'
The 'tiranga rally' was flagged off by Thakur Sher Singh, camp director of Panchtarni. The participants covered the whole tented city of Panchtarni and the route to the holy cave of Amarnath.
The participants also raised slogans of ‘Vande Matram’ and ‘Bharat Mata ki Jai’, urging citizens to hoist the Tricolour in their homes from August 13 to 15.
The rally was organised to spread awareness about the government's campaign and inspire every Indian to hoist the national flag at their home. It also aimed to invoke the feeling of patriotism in the hearts of the citizens and promote awareness about our national flag.
Other senior officials who were present at the rally included SP Surinder Choudhary, additional camp directors Sanjay Gupta, Chand Singh, Deepak Kumar, deputy commandant BSF Santosh Singh, and nodal officer Sanitation Jahid Azad, magistrate Manzoor Ahmed Wani. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/har-ghar-tiranga-campaign-tricolour-hoisted-at-12-000-feet-in-j-k-s-panchtarni-base-camp-101659635384352-amp.html | 2022-08-04T18:58:27Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/india-news/har-ghar-tiranga-campaign-tricolour-hoisted-at-12-000-feet-in-j-k-s-panchtarni-base-camp-101659635384352-amp.html | true | 2 |
The trio of Chris Behrends, Levi Enright and Jackson Twait from Ninja U in Cedar Falls have taken on the challenge of trying to conquer American Ninja Warrior this summer.
All three ninjas are from the area with Behrends coming from Clarksville, Enright from Nashua and Twait from Hudson.
"All three of us were high school athletes so we are competitive," Enright said. "We were looking for opportunities to compete and when Ninja U opened up it was like a drug."
All three of the athletes have had experience competing on the show, but it is the first time that all three have made it to the final round in Las Vegas. It is the second time for Behrends and Enright, but the first for Twait.
"To get on the show you don't have to qualify, you have to send a 3 minute video," Enright said. "There is a really long questionnaire, and whoever they think can make good television gets picked to go on the show."
All three of the ninjas went through the qualifying rounds to reach the finals in Las Vegas. Enright credits the term "brotein" as the reason why they have been able to come back to the competition after the disappointing ending to last year.
"The bros that drink protein shakes," Enright said. "It was what we wanted to go on as, we replaced words with bro like brotein since we are sponsored by a protein shake company. We are just two bros that love to do crazy things together."
The small towns and Ninja U that they come from have rallied behind the trio and have seen tremendous support.
"The community support has been amazing," Enright said. "High school sports coaches and teachers have been reaching out to me sending videos of their kids watching us and it has been awesome. With 10 competitors making it through, people see it and want to join to make it happen."
The trio have been competing for cash prizes and respect within the ninja community. The finals will be aired on Aug. 15 on NBC.
"It is like a dream come true," Enright said. "Being in the community of Ninja U has been amazing and to see the support and all the people join has been incredible." | https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/waverly_newspapers/area-ninjas-take-on-american-ninja-warrior/article_c9cb9963-f778-5182-8e93-ed0973104f74.html | 2022-08-04T19:04:53Z | https://www.communitynewspapergroup.com/waverly_newspapers/area-ninjas-take-on-american-ninja-warrior/article_c9cb9963-f778-5182-8e93-ed0973104f74.html | true | 1 |
Dua Lipa as Zatanna, the singer could become a DC Comics superhero
Rumors suggest that the singer would be in talks with DC Comics.
Dua Lipa has become the favorite and most beloved of the music industry today, which has been enough to reach other areas such as the world of fashion, which has become in style icon (Donatella Versace’s muse and other designers) and now, everything points to the fact that I could go to the movies.
Rumors began a few days ago that the interpreter of songs like ‘Levitate’ would be in talks and negotiations to appear in the new production of DC Comics as the heroine Zatanna.
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It all started when an alleged source close to DC Comicsconfessed that the producer and Dua Lipa They were in talks, without further details about it. Which has filled both his fans and the followers of the superhero franchise with emotion.
However, according to some media, Dua Lipa I wouldn’t be the only one in the sights of DC to bring Zatanna to lifewell the actress Victoria Pedretti (from the Netflix series ‘You’) is also on the list.
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Who is Zatanna in DC Comics?
Zatanna it was created by Gardner Foz and Murphy Anderson within the Hawkman comic series, having his first appearance in Vol. 1 No. 4.
Zatanna she is the magician’s daughter Giovanni “John” Zatara, she is a professional magician who works on stage and a real magician, like her fathercapable of manifesting different powers just by pronouncing the magical spells of his family pronounced backwards.
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Dua Lipa in the movies?
This is not the first time Dua Lipa would appear in the cinemaas he is currently filming the movie ‘Argylle’ directed by Matthew Vaught (screenwriter of ‘X-Men: First Generation), in which he shares credits with Henry Cavill, Ariana DeBose, John Cena.
Although nothing is confirmed yet give life Zatannathe truth is that it would be a dream to see Dua Lipa as a superhero in the movies.
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Eaton (NYSE:ETN – Get Rating) had its price target increased by Mizuho from $145.00 to $160.00 in a research report released on Wednesday, Benzinga reports. They currently have a buy rating on the industrial products company’s stock.
Several other equities analysts have also issued reports on ETN. The Goldman Sachs Group cut their price target on shares of Eaton from $175.00 to $146.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a report on Thursday, June 23rd. Morgan Stanley boosted their price objective on shares of Eaton from $170.00 to $176.00 and gave the company an overweight rating in a report on Wednesday. Deutsche Bank Aktiengesellschaft dropped their price objective on shares of Eaton from $178.00 to $156.00 and set a buy rating on the stock in a report on Wednesday, July 13th. Citigroup boosted their price objective on shares of Eaton from $150.00 to $170.00 in a report on Thursday. Finally, Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Eaton from $142.00 to $139.00 and set an equal weight rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, July 12th. One equities research analyst has rated the stock with a sell rating, four have issued a hold rating and twelve have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat.com, Eaton presently has an average rating of Moderate Buy and a consensus target price of $161.33.
Eaton Stock Up 0.3 %
NYSE ETN traded up $0.38 on Wednesday, hitting $149.08. The stock had a trading volume of 23,083 shares, compared to its average volume of 1,618,451. The business’s fifty day moving average price is $134.10 and its 200 day moving average price is $144.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.38, a current ratio of 0.97 and a quick ratio of 0.59. Eaton has a 52-week low of $122.50 and a 52-week high of $175.72. The stock has a market cap of $59.48 billion, a price-to-earnings ratio of 25.92, a price-to-earnings-growth ratio of 1.77 and a beta of 1.19.
Eaton Announces Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Friday, August 26th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 12th will be given a $0.81 dividend. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 11th. This represents a $3.24 dividend on an annualized basis and a dividend yield of 2.17%. Eaton’s dividend payout ratio (DPR) is currently 56.15%.
Insiders Place Their Bets
In other Eaton news, insider Boise April Miller sold 12,283 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction dated Friday, May 27th. The shares were sold at an average price of $138.66, for a total value of $1,703,160.78. Following the completion of the transaction, the insider now owns 11,435 shares in the company, valued at $1,585,577.10. The sale was disclosed in a legal filing with the SEC, which is available at this hyperlink. Insiders own 0.56% of the company’s stock.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
A number of large investors have recently modified their holdings of ETN. Vanguard Group Inc. raised its position in shares of Eaton by 1.5% during the 1st quarter. Vanguard Group Inc. now owns 34,526,905 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $5,239,803,000 after purchasing an additional 500,438 shares during the last quarter. BlackRock Inc. raised its position in shares of Eaton by 5.5% during the 1st quarter. BlackRock Inc. now owns 27,959,368 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,243,113,000 after purchasing an additional 1,449,671 shares during the last quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. raised its position in shares of Eaton by 3.5% during the 1st quarter. JPMorgan Chase & Co. now owns 26,578,334 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $4,033,527,000 after purchasing an additional 900,550 shares during the last quarter. State Street Corp raised its position in shares of Eaton by 0.7% during the 4th quarter. State Street Corp now owns 16,615,642 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,871,515,000 after purchasing an additional 115,947 shares during the last quarter. Finally, Bank of America Corp DE raised its position in shares of Eaton by 5.6% during the 1st quarter. Bank of America Corp DE now owns 14,218,498 shares of the industrial products company’s stock worth $2,157,799,000 after purchasing an additional 752,368 shares during the last quarter. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 79.10% of the company’s stock.
About Eaton
Eaton Corporation plc operates as a power management company worldwide. The company's Electrical Americas and Electrical Global segment provides electrical components, industrial components, power distribution and assemblies, residential products, single and three phase power quality and connectivity products, wiring devices, circuit protection products, utility power distribution products, power reliability equipment, and services, as well as hazardous duty electrical equipment, emergency lighting, fire detection, explosion-proof instrumentation, and structural support systems.
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A Virginia school district has apologized for distributing T-shirts with a logo resembling a swastika during a professional learning conference.
During the conference held for staff this week, Hanover County Public Schools distributed T-shirts and conference materials containing the logo, which the district says had been designed by one of its teachers.
The logo was intended "to represent four hands and arms grasping together -- a symbol of unity for our all-county professional learning conference. Nothing more," Michael Gill, superintendent of the district situated north of Richmond, said in an online message.
"We are deeply sorry for this mistake and for the emotions that the logo has evoked by its semblance to a swastika and, by extension, to the atrocities that were committed under its banner," Gill said. "Unquestionably, we condemn anything associated with the Nazi regime in the strongest manner possible."
Gill said the apology comes after concerns about the logo were raised, and that the district understands that the logo "has deeply upset members of our staff and community who see the logo as resembling a swastika."
Photos of the shirt were posted on the Hanover County Schools Facebook page, according to CNN affiliate WTVR, but have since been removed.
The images circulated widely on social media and were reposted by Rachel Levy, a public school advocate, parent and Virginia House of Delegates candidate running in 2023.
Last month, an elementary school in Georgia redesigned their school's logo for a second time after parents pointed out its resemblance to a swastika.
Daniel Staffenberg, chief executive of the Jewish Community Federation of Richmond, said he appreciated the school system's quick response.
"In partnership with the school board, we will continue to address this incident and ensure that Jewish students, families, and all vulnerable minorities unsettled by this logo are represented in the cities and school systems they inhabit," he said in an online statement.
The group and its partners reached out to Gill by letter and plan on scheduling a meeting to discuss next steps in making sure "the voice of Jewish students and those of other minority faiths are heard and respected."
The district serves about 17,000 students, who are on summer break and are scheduled to resume classes September 6.
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