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Man’s mental health questioned in Las Vegas airport panic case
(AP) - A defense attorney raised questions Wednesday about the mental health of his client, a California man accused of causing panic early Sunday during his second arrest in two days at busy Harry Reid International Airport.
Stefan Mathias Hutchison, 33, of Oakland, stood in shackles as a Las Vegas judge granted his lawyer’s request to have him undergo a competency evaluation. The judge said Hutchison will remain jailed without bail and set another court appearance Sept. 9.
The attorney, Michael Troiano, declined additional comment outside court but issued a statement saying Hutchison had “absolutely no criminal intent” and calling it “evident that a mental health episode” led to his arrests Saturday and Sunday.
Hutchison faces misdemeanor airport misconduct and resisting arrest charges after allegedly walking past Transportation Security Administration screeners on Saturday, and two felony burglary charges stemming from his Sunday arrest. In Nevada, burglary includes entering a building with intent to commit a crime.
Hutchison was freed from jail Saturday with a promise to appear in court in October.
Hours later, police said two airline ticket agents were hurt, not seriously, when Hutchison pushed through an airport security door about 4:30 a.m. Sunday.
Police said Hutchison told arresting officers that he wanted to go home immediately, not wait for a flight on Monday.
A police officer reported hearing about 10 “loud banging sounds” in the airline ticketing area, and said he learned that metal line-dividing stanchions fell to the floor as “hundreds of frightened citizens” fled, trampling each other and rushing past TSA checkpoints.
Airline flights were canceled and delayed throughout the day as passengers were rescreened through security checkpoints before boarding flights.
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Jameela Jamil
Jamil suffered some unfortunate injuries while doing her own stunts for the Disney+ series She-Hulk: Attorney at Law. “I was hurting in a place that I really didn’t know exists,” the London native told Entertainment Tonight in August 2022 at the show’s Hollywood premiere.
The Good Place actress — who plays Titania, a social media influencer and rival to the titular She-Hulk (played by Jennifer Walters) — got hurt … down there.
“You’ll probably have to bleep this out, but I pulled a muscle in my a–hole,” Jamil told reporters. “I didn’t know that was possible!”
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Housewife turns entrepreneur
Madasu Lalitha, a native of Pedda Suraram a remote village in the Nalgonda district has been producing disposable period panties keeping the troubles of women at bay.
Nalgonda: Madasu Lalitha, a native of Pedda Suraram a remote village in the Nalgonda district has been producing disposable period panties keeping the troubles of women at bay.
She graduated in engineering in 2014 and got married in 2017, she has two children and started the start-up company in the name of SR hygiene world in Nalgonda town in December 2021. Sharing her thoughts and entrepreneur journey to The Hans India, Madasu Lalitha stated that periods are common and every girl faces problems like leakages during their period along with unbearable pains, as technology has developed today and invented the medicine to take down the period pains. But there is no single technology in the country that could prevent the leakage problem. The leakages may be a small concern for society but for every girl it is a nightmare which acts as a hurdle for their self-confidence and their achievement and success.
She said that during her research to tackle this problem she came to know that there is a product in China called disposable period panty as it provides 360-degree coverage. It is biodegradable and there will be no problem with leakages. When she came to know that it is being imported from China and repackaged here in India. Which increased its prices and became unreachable for middle and poor people who constitute most of the Indian population.
So she started thinking about starting an indigenous disposable period panty company called 'Mother and Mother' (Mo Mo). She said so proud to share that this product takes Rs 4-5 crore for its machinery in China but she had completed the product with a budget of Rs 15 lakh and provided employment to 100 unemployed women. She said that she manufactured around 1,200 disposable period panties since the establishment of the unit and as many as 1,000-period panties had been sold out by appointing distributors in the district.
She stated that users expressed their pleasure over Mo Mo brand disposable period panties and added that they are selling their panties at the same cost as that of sanitary pads in the interest of poor and middle-clss women fraternity. She informed that she had faced many problems such as the non-availability of raw materials and lack of financial support. She further informed that women employees are new to the machinery and it took time for them to get habituated to that technology. She had travelled across India to get raw materials and took classes for her employees to get them habituated with the machinery and added that her daily research helped to improve the quality.
She thanked her husband Sravan Kumar for his support to prove her mettle as an entrepreneur. She opined that it's a golden opportunity to be a part of the TSIC ( Telangana State Innovation cell) Intinta Innovator programme initiated by the Telangana government. "It will be helpful if I get some financial support and recognition from the Telangana government," she added. | https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/housewife-turns-entrepreneur-758145 | 2022-08-17T19:32:22Z | https://www.thehansindia.com/telangana/housewife-turns-entrepreneur-758145 | false | 1 |
Analysis-Rejected by Wyoming Republicans, Cheney sets sights on stopping Trump
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- Donald Trump45th President of the United States
- Liz CheneyAmerican politician
By David Morgan and James Oliphant
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - After being soundly rejected by Wyoming Republican voters, U.S. Representative Liz Cheney vowed to spend the next two years trying to stop Donald Trump from returning to the White House - possibly with her own anti-Trump presidential bid.
Cheney moved quickly on Wednesday to convert her campaign for reelection to the House of Representatives into a new political action committee after losing her nominating primary and said she was considering whether to launch a 2024 White House campaign.
Her Tuesday night defeat was a significant victory for the former president in his campaign to oust Republicans who backed his impeachment after a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021, in a failed attempt to overturn his election defeat.
"I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office, and I mean it," Cheney said in her concession speech after campaigning on her duty to the U.S. Constitution and opposition to Trump's repeated falsehoods about a stolen 2020 election.
"Let us resolve that we will stand together - Republicans, Democrats and independents - against those who would destroy our republic," said Cheney, who serves as vice chair of the House committee on Jan. 6, a position she used throughout her reelection campaign to highlight the dangers to democracy that she says Trump and his supporters pose.
On Wednesday, Cheney told NBC's Today Show that she would decide "in the coming months" whether to mount a White House run.
Trump ally Christian Ziegler, who is vice chair of the Florida Republican Party, said Wyoming voters sent Cheney a message of "rejection, condemnation, expulsion, retirement" and dismissed any presidential bid by her.
"Cheney has no chance at public office going forward," he said.
Trump continues to flirt publicly with the idea of running again in 2024 but has not yet formally declared his candidacy. That has left other Republican White House hopefuls, notably Florida Governor Ron DeSantis and former Vice President Mike Pence, waiting to declare their next moves.
'MEGAPHONE' MOVE?
Some Republicans said Cheney would not expect to win the party nomination if she ran, but rather would devote her energies to keeping Trump from victory - a role she could play even without a formal candidacy.
"She knows she won't beat Trump in a Republican primary. But her candidacy would give her an opportunity -- and a megaphone," said Charlie Sykes, a former Wisconsin conservative radio talk show host and frequent Trump critic. "She would be a constant thorn in his side."
Analysts said Cheney could find herself barred from any primary debates, as Republican Party officials cut contact with perceived threats to Trump. An independent run could backfire and inadvertently help Trump by drawing independent voters and moderate Republicans away from his Democratic rival.
Brendan Buck, a one-time aide to former House Speaker Paul Ryan, said Cheney and her advisors would have to think long and hard about how best to oppose Trump.
"That doesn't even necessarily mean she needs to be on the ballot," Buck said. "She may just be running a campaign from the outside. And that means raising money, being a spokesperson, pulling together different political organizations and factions."
After her defeat in Wyoming, Cheney filed documents with the Federal Election Commission to convert her campaign into a leadership PAC called "The Great Task," a phrase President Abraham Lincoln used in his famed Gettysburg Address, during the nation's 19th Century Civil War.
Cheney is expected to use the organization to educate the public about the threat she believes Trump presents and to mobilize efforts to oppose any presidential campaign by him.
She noted in her concession speech that Lincoln, regarded as one of the greatest American presidents, lost -- and admitted to losing -- multiple races before winning the presidency.
Her campaign had about $7.5 million in cash on hand at the end of July.
Cheney, who was first elected to Congress in 2016, has won national praise from Trump critics for her prominent role on the Jan. 6 committee.
Despite her principled stand against lies and insurrection, she has been criticized by what many Republicans, in Wyoming and elsewhere, regard as her disloyalty to their party's charismatic leader.
"A lot of this just emphasizes the fact that so much of our politics is no longer about policy, but about the question of Trump and where you stand in relation to him," said Matthew Continetti, senior fellow at the conservative American Enterprise Institute.
(Reporting by David Morgan and James Oliphant; Editing by Scott Malone and Alistair Bell) | https://news.yahoo.com/analysis-rejected-wyoming-republicans-cheney-185159422.html | 2022-08-17T19:35:47Z | https://news.yahoo.com/analysis-rejected-wyoming-republicans-cheney-185159422.html | true | 6 |
Kim Kardashian's Beats Fit Pro Earbud Collab Is Selling Out Fast — Shop From Amazon Before It's Too Late
Aug. 17 2022, Published 1:51 p.m. ET
Stunning celebrity Kim Kardashian has teamed up with Beats by Dre to launch a line of aesthetically pleasing wireless earbuds.
The neutral-toned headphones feature the star's signature nude-shaded color palette. Matching the SKIMS founder's iconic collection of athleisure attire, the unique collaboration is sure to step up your style.
Beats Fit Pro's Kim K Special Edition collection retails for $199.99 and debuts one-of-a-kind skin-toned shades of Moon, Dune and Earth. The neutral-colored variety of styles is meant to provide a minimalistic twist to the sought-after tech accessory.
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"I wanted to break away from the idea that headphones have to be colorful to make a statement," said Kardashian in the press release of the launch. "This collaboration is special because it allows you to blend in or stand out, and Beats is known for creating products that showcase individuality."
The iconic collab was an immediate success, with all styles completely selling out on Apple and Beats by Dre's websites in just a matter of hours! Luckily, the wireless earbuds are now being sold on Amazon and Selfridges — but we encourage you to act fast as they are sure to be gone just as quickly.
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These headphones are the perfect addition to your stylish 'hot girl walk', daily Zoom meetings or any other encounter in your day.
The chic style adds a fashionable element to earbuds — and we would say who knew Kim K could have such an iconic collab, but are we really that surprised?
For those of us looking for more affordable options, of course OK! has you covered. Whether investing in this must-have collection or wanting to stay on trend with a lower priced style, Amazon has tons of aesthetic wireless earbuds to choose from.
Obsessed with Kim Kardashians special edition Beats Fit Pro earbuds? OK! helps you shop the celebrity's collection, as well as similar, more affordable options from Amazon below!
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TOZO's NC9 Hybrid Active Noise Cancelling Wireless Earbuds retail for $39.99 at amazon.com. | https://okmagazine.com/deals/kim-kardashian-beats-fit-pro-earbuds-amazon-shop/ | 2022-08-17T19:35:52Z | https://okmagazine.com/deals/kim-kardashian-beats-fit-pro-earbuds-amazon-shop/ | false | 1 |
A Canadian lawmaker got a surprising buzz during a recent news conference.
According to CTV Network, Ontario Premier Doug Ford was speaking to reporters on Friday when a bee began distracting him.
In a video, the bee could be seen flying around Ford's head. Seconds later, it flew inside his mouth, and he started choking, the news outlet reported.
"What was that?" a reporter asked.
"I just swallowed a bee!" Ford replied.
CNN reported that the politician was a good sport about the incident as he took a sip from a water bottle.
“I’m good. He’s down here buzzing around right now," Ford said. "He has a lot of real estate.”
Ford promised to go to the hospital, NPR reported. | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/canadian-politician-swallows-bee-during-live-press-conference | 2022-08-17T19:36:40Z | https://www.wtxl.com/news/national/canadian-politician-swallows-bee-during-live-press-conference | false | null |
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Scott Spratt, a senior analyst at Football Outsiders, recently published an article for ESPN.com ranking all 32 teams by their under-25 talent. The Jets came in at No. 3.
The ranking was based on a combination of factors, including number of starts and snaps by players under 25 years old, quality of play, returning players and draft value.
"The Jets won the 2022 draft with their first- and second-round selections of cornerback [Sauce] Gardner, wide receiver [Garrett] Wilson, pass-rusher Jermaine Johnson and running back [Breece] Hall," Spratt wrote. "Gardner and Johnson should immediately plug the biggest holes of a unit that finished 32nd in pass defense and overall defensive DVOA last season."
Spratt listed the team's blue-chip players as QB Zach Wilson, Gardner, RG Alijah Vera-Tucker, G. Wilson, DT Quinnen Williams and Hall. He also lists DL John Franklin-Myers, CB D.J. Reed and S Ashtyn Davis as notable players.
"Defensive tackle Williams led the team with 7.0 and 6.0 sacks the past two seasons, achievements that both made him a worthy Pro Bowl alternate and reflect poorly on the team's edge rushers," Spratt wrote. "Wilson and Hall should lead a pair of playmakers at their skill positions that offer their second-year quarterback all the weapons he needs to be successful. The receiver Wilson and his teammate Elijah Moore are undersized at 192 and 178 pounds, but they run remarkably sophisticated routes for a pair of 22-year-olds.
"And the running backs may be even more exciting. Hall earned the fourth-highest BackCAST projection in Football Outsiders history behind exclusively blue-chip hits in Jonathan Taylor, Ricky Williams and Saquon Barkley. And Michael Carter led backs with 150 or more touches last season with a 24% broken tackle rate on his carries and catches."
Spratt believes it all comes down to Z. Wilson, the No. 2 overall pick in 2021. Wilson came on strong in the last 6 games of his rookie season, throwing 5 touchdowns and 1 interception. He also had 3 rushing scores.
"For that skill position group to hit its high ceiling, quarterback Wilson needs a dramatic improvement in Year 2," Spratt wrote. "His minus-32.3% passing DVOA rate was the worst of the 34 quarterbacks that threw 200 or more passes in 2021. And it landed him in a range of rookie inefficiency where Stafford (minus-36.3% in 2009) and Allen (minus-33.2% in 2018) are the only modern examples of quarterbacks who recovered to become stars. Pass pressure could be the key. Wilson faced the third-highest pressure rate (30.5%) and produced the worst DVOA when pressured (minus-120.6%) of regular starters in 2021. But Wilson seemed also to deserve a lot of the blame for that pressure since the Jets finished middle of the pack with a 61% pass block win rate." | https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/espn-ranks-jets-no-3-in-under-25-talent-in-nfl | 2022-08-17T19:37:56Z | https://www.newyorkjets.com/news/espn-ranks-jets-no-3-in-under-25-talent-in-nfl | false | 1 |
(WJW) — The same Texas company that announced plans last year to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth now hopes to do the same with the Tasmanian tiger, a beloved Australian marsupial.
Dallas-based Colossal Biosciences, which describes itself as a genetic engineering and de-extinction company, said in a press release it has already begun the “de-extinction” of the tiger, which was eradicated by human hunting a century ago.
The company says bringing back the animal could have the potential to “re-balance the Tasmanian and broader Australian ecosystems, which have suffered biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation” since its extinction.
The release states that Australia has the worst extinction rate in the world for mammals. Without an “apex predator,” it says, ecosystems plunge into a series of “cascading trophic downgrading effects,” which leads to issues such as the spread of disease and an increase in wildfires and invasive species.
The slim, striped Tasmanian tiger helped regulate the ecosystem through its hunting behavior, preying on animals that hunt herbivores. The loss of herbivores causes a change in natural vegetation, “transforming the landscape and creating a vicious cycle of degradation.”
Colossal is collaborating with the University of Melbourne on the project, along with several experts.
“This is a landmark moment for marsupial research and we’re proud to team up with Colossal to make this dream a reality,” said Dr. Andrew Pask, biologist and Tasmanian tiger expert. “The technology and key learnings from this project will also influence the next generation of marsupial conservation efforts. Additionally, rewilding the thylacine to the Tasmanian landscape can significantly curb the destruction of this natural habitat due to invasive species. The Tasmanian tiger is iconic in Australian culture. We’re excited to be part of this team in bringing back this unique, cornerstone species that mankind previously eradicated from the planet.”
In 2021, Colossal announced plans to “de-extinct” the woolly mammoth to the Arctic tundra by creating an elephant-mammoth hybrid.
At the time, Colossal said that restoring the woolly mammoth “has the potential to revitalize the Arctic grasslands, which has major climate change-combatting properties including carbon sequestering, methane suppression and light reflection.” | https://myfox8.com/news/scientists-plan-to-de-extinct-tasmanian-tiger-eradicated-a-century-ago/ | 2022-08-17T19:38:04Z | https://myfox8.com/news/scientists-plan-to-de-extinct-tasmanian-tiger-eradicated-a-century-ago/ | false | 20 |
Cannabis customers in Denver & Aurora now have a convenient, on-demand home delivery option in Flyhi; the online service adds Aeropay's cashless, compliant payment solutions
CHICAGO and DENVER, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Aeropay, the cannabis industry's leading digital payments provider, and Flyhi, an on-demand home delivery service for recreational cannabis, announced a strategic partnership bringing contactless, cashless cannabis delivery payments to businesses and consumers in Denver, CO. The partnership includes integration of Aeropay's digital and compliant payment solutions into Flyhi's on-demand home delivery service.
Through this integration, customers using Flyhi.com can pre-pay for products online at the time of checkout for home delivery orders. Payments will be facilitated through secure bank-to-bank transfers, and customers ordering through Flyhi now have the option to pay with Aeropay at checkout. For first-time Aeropay users, the sign-up process is two steps – customers simply create an Aeropay account and link their bank. Returning users can complete purchases with a single click.
Flyhi, one of the most efficient delivery management systems available, works with an exclusive line of dispensaries and top cannabis brands, including O.Pen, Wyld, Dixie, Tical, 1906, PAX, Mary's, Escape Artists and Veritas to provide consumers with all cannabis product experiences.
"We're proud to announce this partnership with Aeropay and introduce a cashless payment option for home deliveries with Flyhi." said Ashley Chubin, Chief Operating Officer at Flyhi. "Together, we made it simple for our customers; through this new integration, you can now choose a digital payment at checkout and avoid the inconvenience of cash only orders."
For business owners, taking traditional card payments isn't possible while cannabis remains illegal at the federal level, and most major banks have stayed away from working with the cannabis industry. Businesses and customers are forced to make predominantly cash transactions, but sales trends show that 51% of customers prefer to make contactless, secure payments for goods and services. Aeropay's compliant digital payments offer a safe, simple, and streamlined way for customers to pay for premium cannabis delivery service.
"Our vision has always been to facilitate better payment options for consumers and businesses. Reliance on cash payments is a major burden for most cannabis businesses, and we're proud to partner with Flyhi to create a cashless cannabis delivery experience that is safe, compliant, and cashless," said Daniel Muller, CEO and Founder of Aeropay. "Flyhi is a premier delivery company in the Denver & Aurora area, and our partnership adds another first-class cashless delivery service to the growing Colorado delivery market. We aim to provide cannabis businesses with digital payment solutions that allow them to operate in the same manner seen in other leading industries."
While this integration focuses on improving the delivery and consumer experience, Aeropay and Flyhi also provide B2B solutions for the cannabis industry. The companies have plans to streamline the cannabis experience in other parts of the supply chain while lowering the volume of cash and enabling more digital payments.
Aeropay is a financial technology company providing digital payment processing solutions to state-legal cannabis businesses. With Aeropay, cannabis businesses can offer a compliant, contactless and cash-free payment option to their customers. Aeropay has sought regulatory compliance in every state that it operates in. For more information, visit www.aeropay.com or email hello@aeropay.com.
Flyhi.com, launched in 2020, was created by cannabis & technology experts seeking to create a convenient & easier way for customers to explore, shop and receive their cannabis products discreetly at home. Fully state/city licensed and compliant, Flyhi offers a seamless, safe, and trusted shopping experience. The company's unique technology also allows dispensaries and brands the ability to track real-time data and optimize inventory control.
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DOVER PLAINS, N.Y. (NEWS10) — The New York State Department of Environmental Conservation (DEC) said Wednesday that a white-tailed deer in the town of Dover Plains died recently after contracting Epizootic Hemorrhagic Disease (EHD). This detection marks the first EHD confirmation in New York for 2022. DEC is currently investigating reports of several other dead deer in Dutchess County.
EHD virus is an often-fatal disease of deer that is transmitted by biting midges- small bugs often called no-see-ums or “punkies.” The disease is not spread directly from deer to deer and humans cannot be infected by deer or bites from midges.
The EHD virus was first seen in New York in 2007 with relatively small outbreaks in Albany, Rensselaer, and Niagara Counties, and in Rockland County in 2011. In 2020, a large EHD outbreak hit the lower Hudson Valley, centered in Putnam and Orange Counties, with reports from the public of about 1,500 dead deer. In 2021 the outbreak shifted and DEC received more than 2,000 reports of dead deer primarily in Ulster, Dutchess, Columbia, Oswego, and Jefferson counties.
Once infected with EHD, deer typically die within 36 hours. EHD outbreaks are most common in the late summer and early fall when midges are abundant. Symptoms include fever, hemorrhage in muscle and organs, and swelling of the head, neck, tongue, and lips. A deer infected with EHD may appear lame or dehydrated.
Frequently, infected deer will seek out water sources and may die near a water source. There is no treatment or means to prevent EHD. The dead deer do not serve as a source of infection for other animals.
EHD outbreaks do not have a significant long-term impact on deer populations, but deer mortality can be intense in small geographic areas. EHD is endemic in the southern states where there are annual outbreaks, so some southern deer have developed immunity. In the northeast, the EHD outbreaks occur randomly and deer in New York have no immunity to the virus. Consequently, most EHD-infected deer in the state are expected to die. In the north, the first hard frost kills the midges, ending the outbreak.
Sightings of sick or dying deer should be reported online or to the nearest DEC Regional Office or Environmental Conservation Police Officer. DEC may collect samples from deer and analyze data from deer reports to determine the extent of the outbreak. | https://www.informnny.com/news/dec-first-ehd-case-of-2022-found-in-dutchess-county/ | 2022-08-17T19:40:03Z | https://www.informnny.com/news/dec-first-ehd-case-of-2022-found-in-dutchess-county/ | true | 3 |
Report: LeBron James reaches 2-year, $97.1M deal with Lakers
Los Angeles Lakers superstar LeBron James agreed to a two-year, $97.1 million contract extension that includes a player option for the 2024-25 season, ESPN reported on Wednesday.
Per the network, James' extension -- which includes a 15 percent trade kicker -- makes him the highest-earning player in NBA history with $532 million in guaranteed money.
James, who turns 38 on Dec. 30, had been set to make $44.5 million entering the final season of his previous contract.
James, obviously, had plenty of money prior to this contract. Forbes estimated his net worth at $1 billion in June, making him the first active NBA player to reach the status.
James has won four NBA championships, been named league MVP four times and been selected to 18 All-Star teams. He also has won two Olympic gold medals.
He averaged 30.3 points, 8.2 rebounds and 6.2 assists in 56 games last season.
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HAT YAI, Thailand (AP) — A wave of arson and bombing attacks overnight hit Thailand’s southernmost provinces, which for almost two decades have been the scene of an active Muslim separatist insurgency, officials said Wednesday.
At least 17 attacks occurred Tuesday night in Pattani, Narathiwat and Yala provinces, mostly at convenience stores and gas stations, military spokesperson Pramote Promin said. Three civilians were reported injured. There have been no claims of responsibility.
More than 7,300 people have been killed since the insurgency began in 2004 in the three provinces, the only ones with Muslim majorities in Buddhist-dominated Thailand. Attacks have also taken place in neighboring Songkhla province.
Muslim residents have long charged they are treated like second-class citizens in Thailand, and separatist movements have been periodically active for decades. Heavy-handed crackdowns have fueled the discontent.
The attacks are the most high-profile ones since early April, when the Thai government and BRN — Barisan Revolusi Nasional Melayu Patani, believed to be the biggest of several insurgent groups— agreed to halt violence during the Muslim holy period of Ramadan. In other violence since then, two Thai army ordnance experts on duty were killed by a bomb later that month.
Pramote said the attackers Tuesday night “dressed up as women, using motorcycles and in many cases using petrol bombs, throwing them into the target sites.“
“It is clear that the insurgents remain committed to using violence on people, damaging confidence in the economy, creating uncertainty and undermining the government system,” he said.
Police Capt. Sarayuth Kotchawong said he received a report shortly before midnight that a suspect had entered a convenience store at a gas station in Yala’s Yaha district, placed a black bag inside and warned employees to leave if they “do not want die.” The workers left before the bag exploded 10 minutes later.
The various southern insurgent groups have not issued a consensus demand. They are a shadowy mix of veteran separatists and often loosely led groups of violent young militants. Their goals range from greater autonomy to independence, with little indication they are related to jihadist movements in other Southeast Asian countries, such as Indonesia and the Philippines.
Peace talks have been ongoing for several years under the auspices of the Malaysian government between Thai officials and Mara Patani, an umbrella body representing several insurgent groups. In January 2020, Thai officials held their first formal meeting in years with BRN representatives.
Although BRN is considered the most influential of the separatist groups, local members operate with some autonomy. They generally stage hit-and-run attacks, such as drive-by shootings and ambushes with roadside bombs. They are also known for occasional coordinated attacks when seeking to make a political point with a show of strength.
There has been occasional large-scale bloodletting. In November 2019, gunmen killed 15 village defense volunteers and wounded five security personnel in what was believed to be the deadliest attack on government forces since the separatist rebellion began. | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/thailands-restive-south-hit-by-wave-of-arson-and-bombings/ | 2022-08-17T19:47:53Z | https://www.siouxlandproud.com/news/international/thailands-restive-south-hit-by-wave-of-arson-and-bombings/ | false | 44 |
Co-pilot who exited plane mid-air was 'visibly upset' prior to departing without parachute
The co-pilot who fell to his death after getting off an aircraft mid-flight in North Carolina may have been sick and was described as "visibly upset" prior to exiting the plane without a parachute, according to a preliminary report from the National Transportation and Safety Board.
Video above: 911 call reveals North Carolina pilot jumped before emergency landing
Two people — a pilot-in-charge and a second-in-charge — were initially on the July 29 flight, but only one person was on the plane when it landed, the Federal Aviation Administration said at the time. The body of Charles Hew Crooks, the 23-year-old second-in-charge, was discovered hours later in the backyard of a home in Fuquay-Varina, about 18 miles south of Raleigh, police said.
The plane, a twin-engine CASA CN-212 Aviocar, was being operated as a skydiving flight, the NTSB report said. It had already flown two skydiving runs and was on its way to pick up a third group. As Crooks flew the plane on its descent to Raeford West Airport, the plane descended below the tree line and "dropped," according to the report.
While attempting to get the plane climbing again, the right main landing gear "impacted the runway surface," causing a hard landing. The pilot-in-command took over controls from Crooks, reached over 400 feet again, and directed him to declare an emergency and request a diversion to Raleigh-Durham International Airport for landing, the report said.
At this point, Crooks was responsible for communicating with air traffic control while the pilot-in-charge flew the plane. They hit turbulence while approaching the airport and about 20 minutes into the flight, Crooks "became visibly upset" about the hard landing, the report said.
The pilot-in-charge said Crooks then opened his side cockpit window and "may have gotten sick," at which point the pilot-in-charge took over radio communications, the report said. Crooks lowered the ramp in the back of the airplane, indicating he "felt like he was going to be sick and needed air," according to the report.
"The (pilot-in-charge) stated that the (second-in-charge) then got up from his seat, removed his headset, apologized, and departed the airplane via the aft ramp door," the report said.
The pilot said there was a bar that Crooks could have grabbed about 6 feet above the ramp, but he never saw Crooks grab it before exiting the plane. The pilot turned the plane around to search for Crooks and notified air traffic control about Crooks' departure from the plane.
The pilot proceeded with an emergency landing at the airport. On post-accident examination, the plane had substantial damage to the landing gear lifts and the airframe structure, the NTSB report said.
The plane has been retained for further examination, the report said, and the incident is still under investigation. | https://www.wxii12.com/article/pilot-who-exited-plane-mid-air-visibly-upset-departing-no-parachute/40913662 | 2022-08-17T19:48:11Z | https://www.wxii12.com/article/pilot-who-exited-plane-mid-air-visibly-upset-departing-no-parachute/40913662 | false | 18 |
Every year, the non-partisan Tax Foundation ranks all 50 states according to their state and local tax burdens. For 2022, California ranks 46th out of 50, meaning we have the fifth highest tax burden in the country.
If California’s tax burden has you thinking about moving to greener pastures, be very careful how you go about it. Just because you leave California does not mean California is going to leave you alone. The Franchise Tax Board is notoriously aggressive in chasing down anyone it believes should be paying California income tax. In fact, the FTB has a special division that systematically targets “part-time” residents for what they call “residency audits.”
Residency audits are not like financial audits. The purpose of a residency audit is to prove that you should pay tax in California, even if you live somewhere else. If the stakes are high enough, the FTB will go to extreme lengths to establish its claim. They will interview neighbors, subpoena utility bills, phone records, and bank and credit card statements. If they decide that your ties to California are strong enough to qualify you as a California taxpayer, they will pursue you relentlessly. Unfortunately, the burden will be on you to prove them wrong.
The case of Gilbert Hyatt is a sobering example. In 1991, Hyatt moved from Southern California to Nevada just as royalties from a lucrative patent were beginning to roll in. In 1991 and 1992 he reported total profits from his patents of $101.8 million but claimed only $600,000 was earned while he was a California resident. The timing of the move to Nevada struck the FTB as suspicious and they opened a formal investigation in 1993. As a result of their investigation, they claimed Hyatt owed $13.3 million in back taxes and penalties.
Hyatt vigorously contested the charge. After 24 years, and numerous court rulings, including two by the U.S. Supreme Court, the case was settled on appeal in 2017. Hyatt prevailed on most of the charges, but it was not a complete win. The state Board of Equalization, decided 3-2 that he owed tax on a portion of his 1991 income. The amount of tax Hyatt ultimately paid was not disclosed, but a report in the Sacramento Bee estimates it was $1.9 million plus accumulated interest.
The Hyatt case shows that you need to be careful when it comes to changing your tax domicile. He could have saved himself a lot of money and mental anguish if he would have been smarter about his relocation from California to Nevada.
As you think through a potential move — and especially if you want to keep some sort of residence in California — I encourage you to talk with an attorney who can help you distinguish your “domicile” from your “residence.” Domicile refers to your “permanent home and principal establishment.” A residence is a place where you live that has some permanency, but not as much as your principal home. (See why I suggest you talk with an attorney?) According to the FTB, you can have multiple residences, but you can have only one domicile. Importantly, you cannot lose one domicile until you acquire a new one.
The Franchise Tax Board does not give any guidance on how to interpret the vague regulations around establishing tax domicile. In their words, “tax domicile is a matter of fact, not a matter of law.” Consequently, if the Franchise Tax Board contests your change of domicile, they will look for a fact pattern that indicates that California remains your home base. The facts they will consider include: where your residential real property is located; where your spouse and children live; where your children attend school; where you claim property tax exemptions for a residence; where your telephone calls originate; the number of days you spend in California versus other states;
how you spend your days in and out of California; where you file tax returns; the location of your banking relationships; memberships in clubs and churches; where your vehicles are registered; where you maintain your driver’s license; where you register to vote;
where you receive professional services, like attorneys, accounts, dentists, and doctors;
where you are employed; where you have business interests; where you own investment property; and statements in affidavits from people discussing your residence.
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Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton recently became the parents of a baby born through surrogacy. The singer revealed the news on social media and wrote,
“Ever James / For this child we have prayed / Just to hear our baby cry / Skin to skin and face to face / Heart to heart and eye to eye…”
In the heartwarming post, Bailon said that everyone knows about their love story and the journey they went through before the baby’s birth. She said that they have quietly prayed for the last nine months for their baby to arrive safely.
Bailon concluded by noting:
“He is worth every tear, every disappointment, every delayed player, every IVF cycle, every miscarriage. Everything. All we feel is joy and overwhelming love & gratitude. Grateful to God, to our angel surrogate and to all of our friends and family who have stood with us for over 5 years on this journey. He’s here and we have never been happier to lose sleep! #HappilyEverHoughton”
Everything we know about Adrienne Bailon’s husband
Born on May 19, 1971, Adrienne Bailon’s husband, Israel Houghton, is 51 years old. The singer, songwriter, and producer is considered to be one of the most influential Christian music performers at the moment for his ability to induce zest and energy in contemporary gospel and worship.
Israel decided to devote his time to the Worship Ministry in 1989 and founded the music group Israel & New Breed in 1995. The group released their debut album, New Season in 2001 followed by Real in 2002 and Live from Another Level in 2004.
Houghton is the producer of Michael Gungor’s first album, Bigger than My Imagination, released in 2003. He then released another album Timeless Christmas in 2006 followed by A Deeper Level the following year.
Houghton's first solo album, The Power of One, was released in 2009, and the songs included in the album received a positive response from the public. His next two releases were Love God, Love People and London Sessions. He then released a compilation album, Decade, in March 2012 followed by an album, Jesus at the Center, in August 2012.
He has been a recipient of 11 Dove Awards, 2 Stellar Awards, and 6 Grammy Awards. The 51-year-old was previously married to gospel singer Meleasa Houghton. They tied the knot in 1994 and had four children – Mariah, Milan, Jordan, and Israel II.
Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton’s relationship timeline
Although little is known about how they first met, Adrienne Bailon and Israel Houghton exchanged vows in December 2019. The actress has previously spoken up about her battle with infertility, stating that her journey towards pregnancy was not easy. While speaking on The Real, she said,
“I think that as an audience we should be sensitive to the fact that everybody doesn’t get pregnant right away. I think for myself I thought it would happen so easily for me and it just hasn’t happened that way.”
She mentioned that it would happen according to God’s wish and she believes in that. She added,
“I think I looked at myself and in my mind I was like, ‘I’m a Cheetah Girl, I’m 19 years old’ and then I woke up and was like actually, I’m going to be 35 in a few weeks and that makes a big difference. I can feel as youthful as I want in the inside and in my heart, but my ovaries are what they are and that s**ks to hear that.”
Adrienne also shared that she had previously thought that because she had wide hips and was a Latina, she would get pregnant if her husband looked at her. After overcoming many struggles, it seems that the celebrity is finally seeing her dream come true. | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-how-old-adrienne-bailon-s-husband-tv-star-welcomes-first-child-via-surrogacy-israel-houghton | 2022-08-17T19:51:46Z | https://www.sportskeeda.com/pop-culture/news-how-old-adrienne-bailon-s-husband-tv-star-welcomes-first-child-via-surrogacy-israel-houghton | false | 1 |
Insiders who purchased Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKTS) stock last year recover some losses which currently stand at US$8.9k
Some of the losses seen by insiders who purchased US$100k worth of Akoustis Technologies, Inc. (NASDAQ:AKTS) shares over the past year were recovered after the stock increased by 17% over the past week. However, the purchase is proving to be an expensive wager as insiders are yet to get ahead of their losses which currently stand at US$8.9k since the time of purchase.
While insider transactions are not the most important thing when it comes to long-term investing, we would consider it foolish to ignore insider transactions altogether.
Akoustis Technologies Insider Transactions Over The Last Year
In the last twelve months, the biggest single purchase by an insider was when Independent Director J. McGuire bought US$100k worth of shares at a price of US$5.62 per share. So it's clear an insider wanted to buy, even at a higher price than the current share price (being US$5.12). Their view may have changed since then, but at least it shows they felt optimistic at the time. In our view, the price an insider pays for shares is very important. It is encouraging to see an insider paid above the current price for shares, as it suggests they saw value, even at higher levels. J. McGuire was the only individual insider to buy shares in the last twelve months.
The chart below shows insider transactions (by companies and individuals) over the last year. If you click on the chart, you can see all the individual transactions, including the share price, individual, and the date!
There are always plenty of stocks that insiders are buying. So if that suits your style you could check each stock one by one or you could take a look at this free list of companies. (Hint: insiders have been buying them).
Does Akoustis Technologies Boast High Insider Ownership?
I like to look at how many shares insiders own in a company, to help inform my view of how aligned they are with insiders. I reckon it's a good sign if insiders own a significant number of shares in the company. It appears that Akoustis Technologies insiders own 4.5% of the company, worth about US$13m. This level of insider ownership is good but just short of being particularly stand-out. It certainly does suggest a reasonable degree of alignment.
So What Does This Data Suggest About Akoustis Technologies Insiders?
There haven't been any insider transactions in the last three months -- that doesn't mean much. But insiders have shown more of an appetite for the stock, over the last year. Insiders own shares in Akoustis Technologies and we see no evidence to suggest they are worried about the future. So these insider transactions can help us build a thesis about the stock, but it's also worthwhile knowing the risks facing this company. To that end, you should learn about the 3 warning signs we've spotted with Akoustis Technologies (including 1 which is a bit unpleasant).
If you would prefer to check out another company -- one with potentially superior financials -- then do not miss this free list of interesting companies, that have HIGH return on equity and low debt.
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WILMINGTON, N.C. , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Inc. Magazine has named Vantaca to the publication's annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Vantaca, an industry-leading software provider for association management companies, earned spot #628 on the list with record-breaking growth this past year. Over the past three years, Vantaca reported consistent fast-paced growth at a rate of 994%.
"Receiving this recognition again in 2022 is a reflection of another year of outstanding effort by the Vantaca team," said Ben Currin, CEO of Vantaca. "At Vantaca, we believe in and foster a culture of continuous innovation, unwavering commitment to our customers' experience, and winning as a team. I firmly believe that our team and culture were the primary drivers of another year of amazing growth and further, that these components are what will help us continue to accelerate our growth into the future."
Vantaca expects their hyper-growth to continue into 2023. Currin stated "we are excited to grow our team to nearly 150 employees by year-end, most of whom are based in our Wilmington, NC office." The Vantaca CEO attributes future growth and success to smart people, hard work, great leadership, and amazing customers.
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Trump supporters' threats to judge spur democracy concerns
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- Donald Trump45th President of the United States
- Esther SalasAmerican judge
- Steven LevitskyAmerican political scientist
WASHINGTON (AP) — Hundreds of federal judges face the same task every day: review an affidavit submitted by federal agents and approve requests for a search warrant. But for U.S. Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart, the fallout from his decision to approve a search warrant has been far from routine.
He has faced a storm of death threats since his signature earlier this month cleared the way for the FBI to search former President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate as part of a probe into whether he inappropriately removed sensitive materials from the White House. Reinhart's home address was posted on right-wing sites, along with antisemitic slurs. The South Florida synagogue he attends canceled its Friday night Shabbat services in the wake of the uproar.
Trump has done little to lower the temperature among his supporters, decrying the search as political persecution and calling on Reinhart to recuse himself in the case because he has previously made political donations to Democrats. Reinhart has also, however, contributed to Republicans.
The threats against Reinhart are part of a broader attack on law enforcement, particularly the FBI, by Trump and his allies in the aftermath of the search. But experts warn that the focus on a judge, coming amid an uptick in threats to the judiciary in general, is dangerous for the rule of law in the U.S. and the country’s viability as a democracy.
“Threats against judges fulfilling their constitutional responsibilities strike at the very core of our democracy,” U.S. Second Circuit Judge Richard J. Sullivan, chair of the Judicial Conference Committee on Judicial Security, said in a statement issued recently in the aftermath of the search. “Judges should not have to fear retaliation for doing their jobs.”
A phone message left in Reinhart's chambers was not immediately returned. He will preside over a hearing Thursday on a request by media organizations, including The Associated Press, seeking to unseal the underlying affidavit the Justice Department submitted when it asked for the Mar-a-Lago search warrant.
The vitriol directed at him, while striking, is becoming increasingly common. In 2014, the U.S. Marshals Service handled 768 incidents that it classified as “inappropriate communications” aimed at judges and court employees. Last year, it reported more than 4,500.
At one point “virtually everyone recognized how inappropriate it was to threaten the life or security of a judge because of a disagreement with the judge’s decision,” said Barbara Lynn, chief judge for the northern district of Texas. “Now I think there are a lot of people that don’t think there’s anything wrong with that.”
Lynn is one of many judicial officials pushing Congress to approve the Daniel Anderl bill, named for the 20-year-old son of District Judge Esther Salas. He was killed in 2020 when a gunman came to their New Jersey home. His father was wounded. The bill, which has the support of groups ranging from the American Bar Association to the National Association of Attorneys General, would keep more of judges’ personal information private.
In June, a retired Wisconsin county circuit judge, John Roemer was killed in his home in what authorities said was a targeted killing by a gunman, who fatally wounded himself as well. Later that month, protesters converged on the homes of conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices after they overturned a 49-year-old ruling that women have a constitutional right to obtain an abortion. Police arrested a man with knives, zip ties and a gun near the home of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and he said he planned to kill the conservative justice. Congress rapidly approved money to bolster security at the justices' homes and provide 24-hour protection to their families.
The increased targeting of judges comes as trust in public institutions plummets and partisan rhetoric escalates. It's part of a pattern that Steven Levitsky has seen before.
“This is a classic precursor of a democratic breakdown,” said Levitsky, a Harvard political scientist and co-author of How Democracies Die. “To call this a warning sign is an understatement.”
Trump’s initial presidential campaign — during which he personally condemned a judge who ruled against him in a lawsuit over his now-defunct Trump University — changed the ground rules governing threats and explosive rhetoric, said Matthew Weil, executive director of the Democracy Initiative at the Bipartisan Policy Center in Washington, DC.
“There are threats everywhere now, it’s become more normalized because he changed what was allowed in public discourse,” Weil said, who said both the right and the left have turned to threatening the judicial branch.
Nathan Hall, a principal consultant with the National Center for State Courts, noted that the combination of lagging public trust, coupled with access to judges’ addresses and personal information impacts everyone from nationally-known Supreme Court justices to otherwise anonymous state judges.
“This gets to the core issue of having equal access to justice, a core foundational principle of our ability to function as a third and independent branch of government. It’s really shaken to the core,” Hall said. “Judges are just people at the end of the day. They put on a robe, but they still go home to their families.”
The most recent warning sign came after last week's search of Mar-A-Lago, Trump's Florida resort and political and personal headquarters. FBI agents seized 11 sets of classified information as part of an investigation of three different federal laws, including one that governs gathering, transmitting or losing defense information under the Espionage Act, according to court records.
Trump accused the government of abuse of power in targeting him, and his supporters railed against the search online, targeting the FBI and Department of Justice. An armed man who posted threats against the FBI on Trump's Truth Social network was killed by authorities after trying to storm the agency's Cincinnati office.
Still, Trump and his supporters have waged rhetorical war against the FBI for years since the investigation into whether his initial campaign was aided by Russia in 2016. The intense focus on an individual judge like Reinhart is relatively new.
Gretchen Helmke, a political scientist at the University of Rochester, said Trump's action mirrors what demagogues have done in other countries where democracy has collapsed. “A popularly elected leader targeting a judiciary is often one early indicator of democratic erosion,” Helmke said in an email.
Helmke cited Venezuela, Bolivia and Peru as places where an incoming administration vowed to clean up the judiciary, then stocked it with its followers. “The public never develops any real trust or confidence in the judiciary, and it is essentially costless for each incoming administration to use the previous government’s manipulation of the judiciary as a pretext to create the court it wants, Helmke said. ”The end result is no judicial independence and no rule of law."
Hall said people can look at other countries and see what happens when public servants fear reprisals, places where “the rule of law has suffered. I guess you probably get a lot of differences of opinions on how far down that road we’re already hitting, but it raises the important question.”
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Riccardi reported from Denver.
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This chapter provides price point analysis by region and other forecasts.
Chapter 10. North America Finished Vehicles Logistics Market Analysis
This chapter includes an assessment on Finished Vehicles Logistics product sales across major countries of the United States and Canada along with a detailed segmental outlook across these countries for the forecasted period 2022-2031.
Chapter 11. Latin America Finished Vehicles Logistics Market Analysis
Major countries of Brazil, Chile, Peru, Argentina, and Mexico are assessed apropos to the adoption of Finished Vehicles Logistics.
Chapter 12. Europe Finished Vehicles Logistics Market Analysis
Market Analysis of Finished Vehicles Logistics report includes insights on supply-demand and sales revenue of Finished Vehicles Logistics across Germany, France, United Kingdom, Spain, BENELUX, Nordic and Italy.
Chapter 13. Asia Pacific Excluding Japan (APEJ) Finished Vehicles Logistics Market Analysis
Countries of Greater China, ASEAN, India, and Australia & New Zealand are assessed and sales assessment of Finished Vehicles Logistics in these countries is covered.
Chapter 14. Middle East and Africa (MEA) Finished Vehicles Logistics Market Analysis
This chapter focuses on Finished Vehicles Logistics market scenario across GCC countries, Israel, South Africa, and Turkey.
Chapter 15. Research Methodology
The research methodology chapter includes the following main facts,
15.1 Coverage
15.2 Secondary Research
15.3 Primary Research
Chapter 16. Conclusion
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WILMINGTON, N.C. , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- For the second year in a row, Inc. Magazine has named Vantaca to the publication's annual Inc. 5000 list, the most prestigious ranking of the nation's fastest-growing private companies. Vantaca, an industry-leading software provider for association management companies, earned spot #628 on the list with record-breaking growth this past year. Over the past three years, Vantaca reported consistent fast-paced growth at a rate of 994%.
"Receiving this recognition again in 2022 is a reflection of another year of outstanding effort by the Vantaca team," said Ben Currin, CEO of Vantaca. "At Vantaca, we believe in and foster a culture of continuous innovation, unwavering commitment to our customers' experience, and winning as a team. I firmly believe that our team and culture were the primary drivers of another year of amazing growth and further, that these components are what will help us continue to accelerate our growth into the future."
Vantaca expects their hyper-growth to continue into 2023. Currin stated "we are excited to grow our team to nearly 150 employees by year-end, most of whom are based in our Wilmington, NC office." The Vantaca CEO attributes future growth and success to smart people, hard work, great leadership, and amazing customers.
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APIACÁS, Brazil, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Brazilian Amazon may be the cradle of the oldest city in the world.The mapping analysis performed by LiDAR (Light Detection And Ranging) technology in Apiacás/MT indicates it. The laser scanning is performed by an airplane, the technology uses pulses of laser that can penetrate through the vegetation without needing to deforest the bush. The images, published on Sunday (August the 7th 2022), during a live YouTube broadcast on Dakila Research´s channel (Dakila being an association of independent researchers) show that the place, "Apiacás Lines", was man made.
In June, authorized by the Brazilian Ministry of Defense, using its own resources, Dakila´s researchers used two aircrafts to fly over and track the place known as "The Apiacás Lines" in order to laser scan the area with LiDAR technology. Aerial images of the place showed surprising symmetrical patterns that can be seen with the naked eye. The lines appear to be squares or streets of a possible ancient city. According to dating carried out by researchers from the Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP- São Paulo State University), in Rio Claro (SP), a group of rocks found on the site are about 1.5 billion years old.
"It's been more than 30 years of research to find that place. It might be one of the greatest discoveries of all time: Ratanabá, the "Lost City" in the Brazilian Amazon. According to our studies, Ratanabá was the capital of the world, built by the Muril, a pre-diluvian civilization and its ramifications go beyond the Brazilian Amazon, extending all over the world, according to Urandir Fernandes de Oliveira, president of Dakila Research Association. Dakila Research currently has 16 bases of investigation in the Amazon states such as Rondônia, Amazonas, Amapá, Roraima and Acre.
During Dakila´s live broadcast on it´s Youtube channel, archaeologist Saulo Ivan Nery explained that the presence of these "straight lines" on the ground are totally different than the natural patterns of surface erosion found in the region, alleging anthropic origin (man-made) of the "lines".
Surveys of the local topography and of river basins in the area were carried out by the Brazilian Army and the Brazilian Geography Institute, used in a comparative study with the LiDAR images, have confirmed human intervention.
The total area scanned using the LIDAR technology on the "Apiacás Lines" encompass 95 hectares, of which we can identify around 30 "blocks" and 30 "streets". The "blocks" have a height of about 50 meters in relation to the ground.
In different places of the Amazon Forest, sophisticated metal objects have been found, such as coins, medals, chests and swords; unkonwn rocks that have a strange glow in the dark; elongated skulls that have about 80 cm of cranial length and a fossilized footprint on a rock that is more than two meters in size.
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Two former Pennsylvania judges who orchestrated a scheme to send children to for-profit jails in exchange for kickbacks were ordered to pay more than $200 million to hundreds of people they victimized in one of the worst judicial scandals in U.S. history.
U.S. District Judge Christopher Conner awarded $106 million in compensatory damages and $100 million in punitive damages to nearly 300 people in a long-running civil suit against the judges, writing the plaintiffs are “the tragic human casualties of a scandal of epic proportions.”
In what came to be known as the kids-for-cash scandal, Mark Ciavarella and another judge, Michael Conahan, shut down a county-run juvenile detention center and accepted $2.8 million in illegal payments from the builder and co-owner of two for-profit lockups. Ciavarella, who presided over juvenile court, pushed a zero-tolerance policy that guaranteed large numbers of kids would be sent to PA Child Care and its sister facility, Western PA Child Care.
Ciavarella ordered children as young as 8 to detention, many of them first-time offenders deemed delinquent for petty theft, jaywalking, truancy, smoking on school grounds and other minor infractions. The judge often ordered youths he had found delinquent to be immediately shackled, handcuffed and taken away without giving them a chance to put up a defense or even say goodbye to their families.
“Ciavarella and Conahan abandoned their oath and breached the public trust,” Conner wrote Tuesday in his explanation of the judgment. “Their cruel and despicable actions victimized a vulnerable population of young people, many of whom were suffering from emotional issues and mental health concerns.”
The Pennsylvania Supreme Court threw out some 4,000 juvenile convictions involving more than 2,300 kids after the scheme was uncovered.
It’s unlikely the now-adult victims will see even a fraction of the eye-popping damages award, but a lawyer for the plaintiffs said it’s a recognition of the enormity of the disgraced judges’ crimes.
“It’s a huge victory,” Marsha Levick, co-founder and chief counsel of the Philadelphia-based Juvenile Law Center and a lawyer for the plaintiffs, said Wednesday. “To have an order from a federal court that recognizes the gravity of what the judges did to these children in the midst of some of the most critical years of their childhood and development matters enormously, whether or not the money gets paid.”
Another plaintiffs’ attorney, Sol Weiss, said he would begin a probe of the judges’ assets, but did not think they had any money to pay a judgment.
Ciavarella, 72, is serving a 28-year prison sentence in Kentucky. His projected release date is 2035.
Conahan, 70, was sentenced to more than 17 years in prison but was released to home confinement in 2020 — with six years left on his sentence — because of the coronavirus pandemic.
Conner ruled after hearing often-emotional testimony last year from 282 people who appeared in Luzerne County juvenile court between 2003 and 2008 — 79 of whom were under 13 when Ciavarella sent them to juvenile detention — and 32 parents.
“They recounted his harsh and arbitrary nature, his disdain for due process, his extraordinary abruptness, and his cavalier and boorish behavior in the courtroom,” Conner wrote.
One unnamed child victim testified that Ciavarella had “ruined my life” and “just didn’t let me get to my future,” according to Conner’s ruling.
Said another plaintiff: “I feel I was just sold out for no reason. Like everybody just stood in line to be sold.”
Another victim described how he shook uncontrollably during a routine traffic stop — a consequence of the traumatizing impact of his childhood detention — and had to show his mental health records in court to “explain why my behavior was so erratic.”
Several of the childhood victims who were part of the lawsuit when it began in 2009 have since died from overdoses or suicide, Conner said.
To calculate compensatory damages, the judge decided each plaintiff was entitled to a base rate of $1,000 for each day of wrongful detention, and adjusted that amount based on the circumstances of each case. Substantial punitive damages were warranted because the disgraced judges inflicted “unspeakable physical and emotional trauma” on children and adolescents, Conner wrote.
The damages award only covers plaintiffs who chose to participate in process.
Other major figures in the case settled years ago, including the builder and the owner of the private lockups and their companies, in payouts totaling about $25 million. | https://wgnradio.com/news/national/kids-for-cash-judges-ordered-to-pay-more-than-200m/ | 2022-08-17T19:59:43Z | https://wgnradio.com/news/national/kids-for-cash-judges-ordered-to-pay-more-than-200m/ | true | 36 |
As the clock ticked toward noon on Wednesday, the NBA world was poised for the release of the full 2022-23 schedule.
Naturally, LeBron James pushed his way back to the top of the conversation.
The 37-year-old has agreed to a two-year contract extension worth $97.1 million, which could make him a Laker through 2025. The deal, first reported by ESPN, includes a second-year player option and a 15% trade kicker, which all but ensures James will be in purple and gold for the foreseeable future. The deal makes him the highest-earning NBA player ever (for the time-being in a league with rapidly escalating contracts) with $532 million over the course of his career.
James became eligible for the extension earlier this month, entering the final year of his contract with the chance to be a free agent next summer. The Lakers’ recent struggles, including last season’s 33-49 record, have frustrated James, but the extension indicates that he sees his future with the franchise and in Southern California. James had offered public indications of his warmth recently, working out in the team practice facility including a session with his two sons, Bronny and Bryce.
With a vote of confidence from James, the Lakers now can push forward toward building a more competitive roster. The team is widely understood to be shopping Russell Westbrook, who struggled to fit with James and Anthony Davis last season and openly vented about his frustrations in April. He and James had a frosty interaction at a Lakers’ summer league game in July, and Westbrook split with his longtime agent who publicly implied he was not satisfied with the role outlined by new coach Darvin Ham.
James said in April his prerogative is to seek a fifth championship ring: “I want to help this franchise become a champion once again.”
James has stayed within his prime form throughout his four seasons as a Laker, averaging 27 points, 8 rebounds and 8.2 assists despite aging into his 30s when most players begin to break down. That includes one season as the NBA’s leading assist man (2019-20) and competing for a scoring title (2021-22). The highlight so far has been the 2020 title, during which James was the Finals MVP for the fourth time in his career. He has struggled with injuries, missing at least 25 games each of the last two seasons.
The deal tamps down chatter of a potential split between James and the Lakers, including via trade: Any team taking him on in a swap would have to pay 15% extra on top of his max salary. The Lakers signed James to the longest deal possible under CBA rules, restricting players 38 and older from being extended longer than two seasons.
However, 2024 looms as a critical juncture for the Lakers, who may have to woo James back into the fold if he plans to play out his age-40 season. James told The Athletic earlier this year that he wishes to play with his eldest son Bronny, who could be eligible for the 2024 NBA draft at the earliest: “It’s not about money at that point.” Bronny James is entering his senior year at Sierra Canyon High School.
James figures to play out some big moments in purple and gold: At his current pace, he is expected to pass Kareem Abdul-Jabbar as the NBA’s all-time leading scorer in the regular season sometime next season.
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The South African Police Service (SAPS) in the Free State has called on South Africans to help them locate three security personnel members who “mysteriously” disappeared while on duty in Maokeng on Wednesday.
According to the police, private security personnel posted at the Seeisoville Stadium in Maokeng arrived at the guard room to relieve the night shift staff at 05:30pm.
“It was discovered that three female security personnel namely, Me Mamokgo Julia Tladi, 44, Me Gladys Masabata Motoai, 37, and Me Maletsatsi Mofokeng, 39, were nowhere to be found. Their cellphones, and personal belongings were found in the guard room,” said the police.
Maokeng Police were summoned to the scene and a search party was launched.
“The search continues and so far investigators are following every lead to try and locate the missing women. They were last seen wearing black Isidingo Security uniform.”
Police in Maokeng are pleading to anyone with information on their whereabouts to contact Lieutenant Colonel Kobus Erasmus on 082 301 2972 or #CrimeStop on 08600 10111 or the nearest police station. Information can also be shared through the #MySAPSApp.
The disappearance of the security personnel has caused an uproar on social media, while the community held a prayer session and went out to search around Seeisoville and Marabastad. Councillors in the area also joined the search for the missing guards.
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Councillor Adriaan Botha called on everyone who might have information on the disappearance on the guards to contact him.
“The results was negative but we got some links to follow and look out for. The municipality security with Isidingo security will continue with the search throughout the night and myself and a team will join them. Let us continue to be on the look out for suspicious vehicles and movements. Please forward any information that might lead us to find the guards. Your information will be treated ‘highly confidential’,” said Botha on Facebook.
In a separate case, police in the same province have asked for the public to help them locate Nondaba Makhaza, 52, who left her brother’s residence in Jerusalem park Thabong on 13 August 2022 at about 10am.
Makhaza was last seen driving her silver Kia with registration number 777 AGGY FS, on her way to the Welkom CBD.
She never came back home.
She was last seen wearing a lime top and a navy pair of jeans. A Missing File has been registered.
Anyone with information leading to trace her and her car, Welkom Police Station can be contacted at cellphone number 079 886 5574 or Police Emergency number 08600 10111.
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Demi Lovato Releases New Song '29' & Opens Up About What It's About
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Demi Lovato has dropped their new song “29“! The new single is off the almost 30-year-old entertainer’s upcoming album Holy Fvck, which will be out later this week. Many fans have gathered out of the lyrics of the new song that it is seemingly about their ex Wilmer Valderrama. Find out more and listen inside… [...]
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Ashley Tisdale has been showing off her killer legs and self-care game as she enjoys a well-earned bath soak and promotes her new wellness brand.
The High School Musical actress is now retailing her Being Frenshe brand at Target, and she’s been busy promoting the whole thing on her Instagram.
Posting last weekend, the blonde sizzled as she kept clean with a deep soak, with the video getting leggy as she extended one leg out of the bath.
Sharing a post with her 15 million followers, Ashley posed in a brown swimsuit from a minimalistic and cube-like wooden bathtub.
All set with her candles and her oils, the mom of one was applying lotion and soaking up the goodness in the clip before blowing out her candle and enjoying a moment outside of the tub. Here, she wore a cozy white robe.
In a caption, Ashley wrote, “Soothe & comfort. This is one of the most personal scents to me, inspired by the toasted jasmine rice I make all the time. I wanted the Cashmere Vanilla scent for this mood to be super luxurious and give you that sense of toasty warmth. It smells sooo yummy and makes the room feel like a spa.”
Ashley Tisdale feeling the love amid Frenshe launch
Ashley, who is massively into natural and non-toxic products, is pulling a bit of a Poosh with her brand. Much like reality star Kourtney Kardashian, she kicked off with wellness blog posts before jumping into retailing.
“Feeling so much gratitude for my @frenshe community. This was really, truly made for all of you and I can’t even put into words how much it means to me to see you making @beingfrenshe a part of your life already. I am so thankful for you guys!!!!!” she wrote in a separate share.
Ashley Tisdale explains ‘best part’ of her range
Bonus points for anyone feeling inflation right now. Nothing from Ashley’s range costs more than $17.
“The best part about this line is that it’s not about taking a moment to do a full-fledged routine, but [something like] getting into the shower and using the body wash in the morning and feeling like, ‘Oh, mood boost’ — and it was only a shower, you know?” the star told Allure this summer.
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Prime Minister, Dr. Ralph Gonsalves will take up ministerial responsibility for Post-Secondary Education, as the Government intends to implement new initiatives in post-secondary and tertiary education.
At a Media Conference yesterday, the Prime Minister said he will shed the Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade portfolio, and promote Senator Keisal Peters as Minister of Foreign Affairs and Foreign Trade.
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NEW YORK (AP) — Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests.
For their study published Wednesday, researchers used fossil evidence to create a 3D model of the megalodon — one of the biggest predatory fish of all time — and find clues about its life.
At around 50 feet (16 meters) from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus, according to the study in the journal Science Advances. That's about two to three times the size of today's great white shark. The megalodon’s gaping jaw allowed it to feed on other big creatures. Once it filled its massive stomach, it could roam the oceans for months at a time, the researchers suggest.
The megalodon was a strong swimmer, too: Its average cruising speed was faster than sharks today and it could have migrated across multiple oceans with ease, they calculated.
“It would be a superpredator just dominating its ecosystem,” said co-author John Hutchinson, who studies the evolution of animal movement at England’s Royal Veterinary College. “There is nothing really matching it.”
It’s been tough for scientists to get a clear picture of the megalodon, said study author Catalina Pimiento, a paleobiologist with the University of Zurich and Swansea University in Wales.
The skeleton is made of soft cartilage that doesn’t fossilize well, Pimiento said. So the scientists used what few fossils are available, including a rare collection of vertebrae that's been at a Belgium museum since the 1860s.
Researchers also brought in a jaw’s worth of megalodon teeth, each as big as a human fist, Hutchinson said. Scans of modern great white sharks helped flesh out the rest.
Based on their digital creation, researchers calculated that the megalodon would have weighed around 70 tons, or as much as 10 elephants.
Even other high-level predators may have been lunch meat for the megalodon, which could open its jaw to almost 6 feet (2 meters) wide, Pimiento said.
Megalodons lived an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Since megalodon fossils are rare, these kinds of models require a “leap of imagination,” said Michael Gottfried, a paleontologist at Michigan State University who was not involved in the study. But he said the study’s findings are reasonable based on what is known about the giant shark.
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FENNIMORE, Wis. — Southwest Wisconsin Technical College is working to reduce its environmental impact through investments in renewable energy and student training.
College officials announced their goal to, in the next three years, reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 20%, as well as reduce heating and electric costs by the same percentage. The investments in renewable energy are being made using "one-time funding sources."
All money saved by the renewable energy investments will be funneled back into student support services, according to a press release.
“Renewable energy offers us an opportunity to better manage our facilities, while at the same time support our students and their future success,” college President Jason Wood said in the release.
College officials are working with a consultant "to create a 10-year sustainability plan that will work closely with the college’s facilities master plan to help campus reach its goals."
The college also is working to create an associate degree in renewable energy, which will be offered for the first time in the fall of 2023.
Students in the program will learn how to best serve renewable energy and efficiency needs in the region, with the goal of graduating at least 20 students by 2025.
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Left-leaning Associated Press updated its style guide Wednesday, telling journalists that both “pregnant women” and “pregnant people” are acceptable terms to use in reporting.
“We now have guidance saying that ‘pregnant women’ or ‘women seeking abortions’ is acceptable phrasing. Phrases like ‘pregnant people’ or ‘people seeking abortions’ are acceptable when you want to be inclusive of people who have those experiences but do not identify as women,” AP Stylebook tweeted.
The style guide change comes after activists and Democrats pushed the term “pregnant people,” only to then despair the supposed loss of “women’s rights” after Roe v. Wade was overturned. Conservative critics were quick to point out Democrats’ seemingly inadvertent acknowledgment that pregnancy is, in fact, unique to women.
AP Stylebook’s new definition is rife with doublethink — a common trend as corporate media scrambles to simultaneously uphold Democrats’ abortion agenda and their gender identity agenda before the midterms.
“Pregnant women or women seeking abortions is acceptable phrasing. Phrasing like pregnant people or people seeking abortions is also acceptable to include people who have those experiences but do not identify as women, such as some transgender men and some nonbinary people,” the new definition reads.
We now have guidance saying that "pregnant women" or "women seeking abortions" is acceptable phrasing.
Phrases like "pregnant people" or "people seeking abortions" are acceptable when you want to be inclusive of people who have those experiences but do not identify as women. pic.twitter.com/ljaabPxWak— APStylebook (@APStylebook) August 17, 2022
However, AP scrapped “people with uteruses” and “birthing people,” calling them “overly clinical language.” The term “birthing people” is a favorite of the Biden administration, which has used it to replace the word “mothers.”
“Use judgment and decide what is most appropriate in a given story. Neutral alternatives like abortion patients are also acceptable, but do not use overly clinical language like people with uteruses or birthing people,” the tweet continues.
AP’s change also follows left-leaning Poynter Institute, a non-profit journalism school which oversees fact-checkers. The day Roe v. Wade was overturned, Poynter published a guide titled “How to Ensure Diverse Viewpoints in Abortion Coverage.” The guide tells journalists that “pregnant people is more inclusive language than pregnant women.”
“If reporting on an individual, ask the source what gender identity to use. The gender might not be relevant to your story. If it is, respect how your source self-identifies,” the guide continues.
Far-left organizations such as the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) and Planned Parenthood have also advocated for using the term “pregnant people.” | https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/17/ap-style-guide-pivots-pregnant-women-pregnant-people-both-acceptable-terms/ | 2022-08-17T20:20:07Z | https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2022/08/17/ap-style-guide-pivots-pregnant-women-pregnant-people-both-acceptable-terms/ | true | 1 |
An eastern Ontario doctor charged in the death of a patient is now facing three more charges of first-degree murder.
Ontario Provincial Police say the new charges against Dr. Brian Nadler are related to the deaths of 80-year-old Claire Briere, 79-year-old Lorraine Lalande and 93-year-old Judith Lungulescu.
Nadler was initially charged with first-degree murder in March 2021 in the death of 89-year-old Albert Poidinger at the Hawkesbury and District General Hospital.
Police said at the time that they were investigating the doctor in connection with several other deaths at the hospital.
Nadler was released on bail in July of last year.
Nadler’s lawyer, Brian Greenspan, has previously said his client maintains his innocence. He did not immediately respond to a request for comment Wednesday.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published Aug. 17, 2022.
Note to readers: This is a corrected story. An earlier version mistakenly said Nadler was initially charged last March, when in fact it was in March 2021. | https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/national_news/quebec/article_f605ac52-6d3e-5d4c-9bd9-97a54eaaf054.html | 2022-08-17T20:21:17Z | https://www.kelownadailycourier.ca/news/national_news/quebec/article_f605ac52-6d3e-5d4c-9bd9-97a54eaaf054.html | false | 4 |
Swirge (SWG) traded 0.8% higher against the dollar during the 24-hour period ending at 15:00 PM E.T. on August 17th. In the last week, Swirge has traded down 7.5% against the dollar. Swirge has a total market capitalization of $894,499.76 and approximately $62,224.00 worth of Swirge was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. One Swirge coin can now be bought for about $0.0747 or 0.00000318 BTC on popular exchanges.
Here is how similar cryptocurrencies have performed in the last 24 hours:
- JUMPN (JST) traded down 54% against the dollar and now trades at $5.46 or 0.00018651 BTC.
- Tarality (TARAL) traded up 1.5% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0010 or 0.00000004 BTC.
- The Web3 Project (WEB3) traded 213.7% higher against the dollar and now trades at $517.71 or 0.02213862 BTC.
- Tether (USDT) traded down 0% against the dollar and now trades at $1.00 or 0.00004259 BTC.
- Sweet SOL (SSOL) traded up 600.9% against the dollar and now trades at $0.0001 or 0.00000000 BTC.
- Bitsubishi (BITSU) traded up 37.7% against the dollar and now trades at $98.34 or 0.00428675 BTC.
- XRP (XRP) traded 0.9% higher against the dollar and now trades at $0.38 or 0.00001604 BTC.
- Wrapped Cardano (WADA) traded 4.1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $0.54 or 0.00002273 BTC.
- Lido stETH (STETH) traded 0.6% lower against the dollar and now trades at $2,947.45 or 0.07417648 BTC.
- Gateway Protocol (GWP) traded 1% lower against the dollar and now trades at $3.16 or 0.00013397 BTC.
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PORT-AU-PRINCE — The National Police of Haiti (PNH) union welcomed the approval of heavy-armored personnel carriers for officers to use in ongoing offensives against armed gangs terrorizing the country.
News of the approval was made public Aug. 10 by the Canadian government, but details about when the shipment will arrive were not provided.
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Hours After Brutal Primary Loss, Liz Cheney Announces New Group and Teases 2024 Plan
After her congressional Republican primary loss, Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney began discussing her new leadership political action committee dedicated to keeping former President Donald Trump from ever holding office again.
With 99 percent of the Wyoming primary votes in on Wednesday, Cheney was soundly beaten in the primary as she trailed about 37 percentage points behind Harriet Hageman, a Trump-backed candidate, NBC News reported.
On Wednesday morning, Politico reported that Hageman had 66.3 percent of votes while Cheney only had 28.9 percent.
But in the face of this loss, Cheney reiterated to Savannah Guthrie on NBC’s “TODAY” show that she will do “whatever it takes” to keep Trump out of the Oval Office in the future.
“I believe that Donald Trump continues to pose a very grave threat and risk to our republic. And I think that defeating him is going to require a broad and united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents, and that’s what I intend to be a part of,” Cheney said on the “TODAY” show.
Cheney has formed a new leadership political action committee named “The Great Task,” one of her aides told NBC.
The Wyoming representative has already filed with the Federal Election Commission in order to transfer the remaining money from her federal campaign funding to the newly formed PAC.
For her campaign, Cheney raised about $14 million, but Politico reported that she did not spend much of it.
According to FEC filings, Cheney still had more than $7 million cash in her campaign funds, NBC reported.
Guthrie also asked Cheney if she was considering running for president herself.
The Wyoming representative did not directly answer but said that the Republican Party has to move away from Trump and the “cult of personality.”
“We’ve to get this party back to a place where we’re embracing the values and the principles on which it was founded,” she said.
When Guthrie asked about a possible presidential run again, Cheney replied that it’s something she will have to think about in the future, but she did not make any announcements on the show.
Politico’s national political correspondent David Siders wrote that Cheney might not be able to win the presidency, but a possible candidacy could drag down Trump a bit.
“In a presidential election decided at the margins, that might be enough in some swing states to keep Trump out of the White House. Not enough for Cheney to win, but enough to drag him down,” Siders noted.
In the meantime, Cheney said that her remaining time in office will be spent working with the Jan. 6 House Committee and fighting for party change.
Cheney’s loss in the Wyoming GOP primary marks the fourth Republican renomination loss out of the 10 Republicans who voted in favor of Trump’s impeachment, Axios reported.
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MIAMI (AP) — U.S. investigators say they have noticed an uptick in the amount and caliber of weapons being smuggled from Florida to Haiti in recent months.
Anthony Salisbury, chief of the Miami Homeland Security Investigations office, said agents are increasing their efforts to stop the trafficking, noting rising gang violence around Haiti's capital.
Salisbury said the guns seized include a .50 caliber sniper rifle that military snipers use and other machine guns not usually seen. Agents have noticed an increase in caliber and volume.
“It's incredibly disturbing,” Salisbury told The Associated Press. "In the wrong hands, these weapons are capable of causing a vast amount of destruction.
In July, the U.N. Security Council unanimously approved a resolution renewing the mandate of a U.N. office in Haiti and calling on all countries to stop the transfer of small arms, light weapons and ammunition that could be fueling gang violence.
Homeland Security Investigations said it continues to investigate the uptick. The spike in violence comes as gangs grow in power following the July 2021 assassination of President Jovenel Moïse.
But the gang wars have intensified in the past few weeks with gangs setting a church and a courthouse on fire, among other steps. | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/US-officials-warn-of-uptick-in-weapons-smuggled-17380124.php | 2022-08-17T20:40:57Z | https://www.theintelligencer.com/news/article/US-officials-warn-of-uptick-in-weapons-smuggled-17380124.php | true | 14 |
NEW YORK (AP) - Today's sharks have nothing on their ancient cousins. A giant shark that roamed the oceans millions of years ago could have devoured a creature the size of a killer whale in just five bites, new research suggests.
For their study published Wednesday, researchers used fossil evidence to create a 3D model of the megalodon - one of the biggest predatory fish of all time - and find clues about its life.
At around 50 feet (16 meters) from nose to tail, the megalodon was bigger than a school bus, according to the study in the journal Science Advances. That's about two to three times the size of today's great white shark. The megalodon's gaping jaw allowed it to feed on other big creatures. Once it filled its massive stomach, it could roam the oceans for months at a time, the researchers suggest.
The megalodon was a strong swimmer, too: Its average cruising speed was faster than sharks today and it could have migrated across multiple oceans with ease, they calculated.
“It would be a superpredator just dominating its ecosystem,” said co-author John Hutchinson, who studies the evolution of animal movement at England's Royal Veterinary College. “There is nothing really matching it.”
It's been tough for scientists to get a clear picture of the megalodon, said study author Catalina Pimiento, a paleobiologist with the University of Zurich and Swansea University in Wales.
The skeleton is made of soft cartilage that doesn't fossilize well, Pimiento said. So the scientists used what few fossils are available, including a rare collection of vertebrae that's been at a Belgium museum since the 1860s.
Researchers also brought in a jaw's worth of megalodon teeth, each as big as a human fist, Hutchinson said. Scans of modern great white sharks helped flesh out the rest.
Based on their digital creation, researchers calculated that the megalodon would have weighed around 70 tons, or as much as 10 elephants.
Even other high-level predators may have been lunch meat for the megalodon, which could open its jaw to almost 6 feet (2 meters) wide, Pimiento said.
Megalodons lived an estimated 23 million to 2.6 million years ago.
Since megalodon fossils are rare, these kinds of models require a “leap of imagination,” said Michael Gottfried, a paleontologist at Michigan State University who was not involved in the study. But he said the study's findings are reasonable based on what is known about the giant shark. | https://www.cp24.com/lifestyle/giant-sharks-once-roamed-the-seas-feasting-on-huge-meals-1.6031071 | 2022-08-17T20:42:29Z | https://www.cp24.com/lifestyle/giant-sharks-once-roamed-the-seas-feasting-on-huge-meals-1.6031071 | false | 53 |
Aug 16, 2022
Kraken CEO Scorns ‘Unconstitutional’ US Shutdown of Tornado Cash
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,(Bloomberg) -- US Treasury Department actions to shut the Tornado Cash crypto-mixing service may be “unconstitutional,” according to Jesse Powell, chief executive officer of the digital-asset exchange Kraken.
“People have a right to financial privacy,” Powell said during an interview with Bloomberg TV on Tuesday. “We’ll see if it survives a challenge” in court.
On Aug. 8, Treasury Department sanctioned Tornado Cash because of its use by criminals and the likes of North Korea to launder cryptocurrency. Mixers like Tornado cash can be used to obfuscate sources of coins by mixing different users’ tokens together. But while used by criminals, such services are also being used by some privacy-seeking, law-abiding consumers.
“The code repositories were taken down, a step I think was not necessary,” Powell said. “This is mostly a knee jerk, recently to what happened to UST and Luna.” Terra blockchain’s UST and Luna tokens collapsed in May, causing billions of dollars in losses.
Crypto industry advocacy Coin Center has said it is exploring challenging the government’s action in court. USDC stablecoin issuer Circle Internet Financial, which blocked Tornado Cash addresses, at the same time called banning Tornado akin to banning email because some bad actors had used it.
“Having a digital currency that’s so controlled and able to be controlled by maybe unconstitutional government action is a little bit scary, too,” Powell said about Circle’s action. Kraken blocked Tornado-related accounts as well, he said.
Powell declined to comment on a New York Times report that said Kraken is under US investigation for suspected violations of Iran sanctions.
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NEW YORK (AP) — The CEO of Bank of America said the recent debate over whether the U.S. economy is technically in a recession or not is missing the point. What matters is that current economic conditions are negatively impacting those who are most vulnerable.
“Recession is a word. Whether we are in a recession or not is really not the important thing. It’s what it feels like for the people going through this,” Moynihan told The Associated Press during an interview at the Bank of America Tower in midtown Manhattan, where he talked about inflation and the current state of the economy, as well as the health of the U.S. consumer.
The issue of whether the U.S. economy is in recession has become politicized heading into the 2022 mid-term elections. While inflation is at a level not seen since the early 1980s and U.S. consumer confidence is falling, other measures of the economy, such as the monthly jobs report, are still strong. In response to high consumer and wholesale prices, the Federal Reserve has been raising interest rates aggressively in hopes of taming inflation while not causing too much economic damage.
Moynihan, who has been BofA’s CEO since 2010, would not say the U.S. economy is in recession, saying that declaration will have to come from “a bunch of people in Cambridge, Massachusetts,” a reference the National Bureau of Economic Research, the nonpartisan organization that determines when recessions begin and end.
However, Moynihan cited two major issues negatively impacting average Americans — gas prices and rent — as reasons to be concerned. The national average for a gallon of gasoline ballooned to just over $5 in June before falling back below $4 last week. Moynihan appeared more concerned about the rising cost of rents, tend not to fluctuate like gas prices.
“Gas prices are coming back down, but rents are going up 10, 12, 15 percent. And rent can end up taking 40% of these households’ income,” Moynihan said. Rent accounts for about one-third of the government’s Consumer Price Index, which showed a year-over-year increase of 8.5% in July.
“We are worried about, for the U.S. broad-based consumer, is the increased rents as we go into the natural turn of rents (typically in the fall with school year),” he added.
The average U.S. consumer entered this period of high inflation and economic turbulence in healthy financial shape. The U.S. government spent trillions of dollars to extend unemployment benefits and other forms of pandemic relief. In response, Americans were paying down debts faster than historic norms and had higher than normal levels of savings. Those economic programs largely ended last year.
Moynihan said he still believes, as he’s said in previous interviews, that overall the American consumer is still in good shape and able withstand the economic turbulence. He says Americans who have a fixed-rate mortgage largely have locked in low borrowing costs and that credit card balances, while climbing, are still lower as a percentage of household income.
“We see no deterioration in consumer behavior from the beginning of the year until now,” he said. He did say there’s been some slowdown in the amount of money Americans are saving, which is likely due to rising costs.
Moynihan said companies are still raising wages as well, which is helping Americans cope. Bank of America itself has raised wages to help its 200,000-plus employees counter rising costs. The company gave raises to employees making less than $100,000 of as much as 7%, depending on longevity. That does not include the company’s typical merit raise cycle as well.
“(The raises) are helping people deal with this,” he said.
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AP Financial Literacy Writer Adriana Morga contributed to this report from New York. | https://wgno.com/news/business/bofa-ceo-struggling-americans-feel-they-are-in-a-recession/ | 2022-08-17T20:46:49Z | https://wgno.com/news/business/bofa-ceo-struggling-americans-feel-they-are-in-a-recession/ | true | 32 |
Newswise — With antibiotic-resistant bacteria on the rise, scientists have been searching for ways to shut down the Type IV secretion system (T4SS), a protein complex on the outer envelope of bacterial cells that helps them to exchange DNA with neighboring bacteria and resist antibiotics.
Now a collaboration between UT Southwestern computational biologist Qian Cong, Ph.D., and molecular biologists at the University of London has elucidated the structure of the T4SS complex, providing a blueprint that could help researchers design drugs that slow development of antibiotic resistance. Their findings were published in Nature.
“For the first time, we determined the 3D structure of the entire T4SS complex,” said Dr. Cong, Assistant Professor of Biophysics and in the Eugene McDermott Center for Human Growth and Development at UTSW.
The team in London was led by Gabriel Waksman, Ph.D., whose lab has been working for more than two decades to understand T4SS, especially how it forms a thin, hollow structure called a pilus, which connects to nearby bacteria to share genes. For this project, his team used cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) – a process that freezes proteins and uses beams of electrons to obtain high-resolution microscopic images – to elucidate the structure of T4SS. This was no small feat since the T4SS complex is larger than 99.6% of all those included to date in the worldwide library of protein structures.
Dr. Cong then used her background in statistics and machine learning to analyze T4SS protein sequences from several bacteria to generate structural predictions, which were compared to the cryo-EM data. Her computational analysis supported the cryo-EM data and suggested a hypothesis about the function of T4SS. While it was already known that T4SS is involved in pilus assembly, she predicted how it occurs. With that prediction in hand, Dr. Waksman’s team was able to make specific mutations within the relevant pieces of the complex and validate Dr. Cong’s hypothesis in live bacteria.
“In addition to the contribution we have made toward the development of drugs to slow the spread of antibiotic resistance genes, this study showcases the power of modern computational methods to validate experimental results and suggest functional insights beyond available experimental data,” said Dr. Cong, a Southwestern Medical Foundation Scholar in Biomedical Research.
Other researchers who contributed to this study include Kévin Macé, Abhinav K. Vadakkepat, Adam Redzej, Natalya Lukoyanova, Clasien Oomen, Nathalie Braun, Marta Ukleja, Fang Lu, Tiago R. D. Costa, and Elena V. Orlova of the Institute of Structural and Molecular Biology, Birkbeck College, University of London; and David Baker of the University of Washington.
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UT Southwestern, one of the nation’s premier academic medical centers, integrates pioneering biomedical research with exceptional clinical care and education. The institution’s faculty has received six Nobel Prizes, and includes 26 members of the National Academy of Sciences, 17 members of the National Academy of Medicine, and 14 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigators. The full-time faculty of more than 2,900 is responsible for groundbreaking medical advances and is committed to translating science-driven research quickly to new clinical treatments. UT Southwestern physicians provide care in more than 80 specialties to more than 100,000 hospitalized patients, more than 360,000 emergency room cases, and oversee nearly 4 million outpatient visits a year. | https://www.newswise.com/articles/international-team-determines-structure-of-a-key-player-in-antibiotic-resistance | 2022-08-17T20:48:56Z | https://www.newswise.com/articles/international-team-determines-structure-of-a-key-player-in-antibiotic-resistance | false | 2 |
Hold the crust: Papa Johns creates crustless pizza with ‘Papa Bowls’
(Gray News) - Papa Johns has a new pizza item that comes without the crust.
The pizza chain announced earlier this month that it’s creating a new menu category featuring Papa Bowls.
According to Papa Johns, the bowls are a crustless innovation with ingredients baked into perfection.
The Papa Bowls are available in three flavors: Italian Meats Trio, Chicken Alfredo and Garden Veggie. Consumers could also build their own.
“We are very excited to offer Papa Bowls as a new menu category and as a new way consumers can experience our premium ingredients,” said Scott Rodriguez, Papa Johns Senior Vice President of Menu Strategy and Product Innovation.
The pizza chain said the bowls are currently available for its reward members and nationwide starting on Aug. 22 at $7.99.
According to Papa Johns, the specialty bowls feature the following ingredients:
- Italian Meats Trio features signature pizza and alfredo sauces, layered with Papa Johns signature pepperoni, sausage, meatballs, green peppers, onions and tomatoes. Topped with three melty kinds of cheese and sprinkled with Italian seasoning.
- Chicken Alfredo features creamy alfredo and garlic parmesan sauces and juicy grilled chicken, complete with spinach, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes, then topped with a melty three cheese blend and Italian seasoning.
- Garden Veggie includes spinach, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, tomatoes and banana peppers baked in a bowl with Papa Johns signature pizza sauce and garlic parmesan, covered in three melty kinds of cheese and topped with Italian seasoning.
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World's First Bi-Directional COFDM/5G/Mesh System Provides Breaking News and Sports Aerial Coverage with Seamless Distribution to all Platforms
Mt. Olive, NJ, April 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Vislink VISL, a global technology leader in the capture, delivery and management of high quality, live video and associated data in the media & entertainment, law enforcement and defense markets, will showcase how the new AeroLink downlink solution supports live news and sports applications at NAB 2022 in Las Vegas, NV, April 23-27. Vislink and Mobile Viewpoint team members will be onsite in booth #C7508.
AeroLink was introduced at the recent HAI HELI-EXPO 2022 event in Dallas, Texas, where it was enthusiastically received by members of the public safety community that employ helicopters in their law enforcement and newsgathering operations. Many of the same AeroLink benefits appreciated by public safety personnel, including outstanding 4K video quality, real-time connectivity, extensive operating ranges, and flexible support for COFDM, MESH and bonded cellular/5G networks are also prized by broadcast/ENG professionals for transmitting air-based feeds from breaking news and sporting events.
"We are pleased to showcase the AeroLink for use by the broadcast community at NAB," said Mickey Miller, Vislink CEO. "It is an ideal solution for delivering the immediacy and immersive involvement that news and sports audiences are seeking. For newsgathering organizations and event producers, deploying the AeroLink as part of our Airborne Video Downlink System (AVDS) ensures they will capture every moment of the events and action unfolding on the ground. Leveraging our field-proven experience supporting demanding military and public safety operations, we can provide the broadcast and ENG market the advanced video quality, robust connectivity, and extensive distribution to all broadcast and cloud platforms that they require."
AeroLink is an aircraft-based unit that supports IP-based, fully bi-directional data transmission and tight integration with other elements of the Vislink AVDS, including the Quantum and other Vislink central receivers. It is a lightweight, full-featured 4K or 2 x 1080p 60 HEVC digital dual encoding video downlink solution built to address the demanding requirements of airborne operations. It incorporates Vislink's dual-encode HEVC technology to deliver superior-quality video, reduced bandwidth for seamless, extended geographical coverage and support for multiple video services over the same signal. AeroLink includes an optional MANET (MESH) component as a node in an ad-hoc system, and a 5G transceiver that may be used as part of the 5G public infrastructure to ensure low-latency, broadcast-quality transmissions.
AeroLink is available now for pre-ordering directly from Vislink and through its integration partners.
For more information on Vislink AVDS, please follow this link.
Visit the Vislink NAB 2022 Event Page to find out more about the wide variety of solutions that Vislink and Mobile Viewpoint will be featuring at NAB, obtain a guest pass, book a meeting and more.
About Vislink Technologies, Inc.
Vislink is a global technology business specializing in the collection, delivery, and management of high quality, live video and associated data from the scene of the action to the viewing screen. For the broadcast markets, Vislink provides solutions for the collection of live news, sports, and entertainment events. Vislink also furnishes the surveillance and defense markets with real-time video intelligence solutions using a variety of tailored transmission products. Through its Mobile Viewpoint product lines, Vislink also provides live streaming solutions using bonded cellular, 5G and AI-driven technologies for automated news and sports productions.
The Vislink team also provides professional and technical services utilizing a staff of technology experts with decades of applied knowledge and real-world experience to the areas of terrestrial microwave, satellite, fiber optic, surveillance, and wireless communications systems, to deliver a broad spectrum of customer solutions. Vislink's shares of Common Stock are publicly traded on the Nasdaq Capital Market under the ticker symbol "VISL." For more information, visit www.vislink.com.
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Business confidence at 1-year high: what does it mean for commercial property?
A new air of optimism among Australian businesses is good news for the nation’s commercial property sector, with experts tipping expansions, investments and new life in the leasing market.
Dun & Bradstreet’s Business Expectations Survey shows 68% of businesses are more optimistic about growth this year compared with last year – with higher expectations for sales, profits, selling prices, investment and employment in 2014.
It also shows almost one in five businesses plan to access new finance in the first quarter of the year, 13% plan to increase capital investment, 7% plan to cut staff and 15% intend to take on more staff.
Commercial property experts say the optimism is good news for their sector and comes on the back of a lift in confidence after last year’s change of federal government.
CBRE Victorian Senior Managing Director Matt Haddon expects it to have a positive affect, especially on the leasing market.
“I think there is renewed business confidence and quite often you see that after an election,” he says.
“We saw, really, the 12 or 18 months leading up to election was really quiet in leasing markets, mainly industrial and commercial leasing markets. Vacancies a little higher than usual and incentives for tenants very high.”
But Haddon says since the election, business confidence has increased and so too have leasing inquiries.
“I expect that inquiry will relate to a lot more leasing deals in 2014, which will mean probably incentives will drop off a bit,” he says.
“A good strategy for tenants … get in early and do the deals early in 2014 to probably get the best of the incentives because I expect that as vacancies drop, those incentives will dry off a little bit.”
Raine and Horne Commercial Brisbane North Director Trent Bruce is expecting confidence to lead to more action in the market, with businesses more likely to upgrade or expand.
“It means that, generally, there will be more activity and more people with the confidence to do things,” says
Bruce says confidence in the market started improving last year, when low interest rates and sharemarket volatility made “bricks and mortar” a more appealing investment.
“I am not saying (confidence) is back 100% but it’s improving,” he says.
Dun & Bradstreet Director of Corporate Affairs Danielle Woods says the economy has found its feet after a weak and irregular 2013.
“With companies looking ahead with optimism, forecasting strong sales and profits, and most recently showing a willingness and capacity to borrow money to grow their operations, the signs are positive for the New Year,” Woods says.
“In particular, the increases in hiring and capital investment intentions indicate that businesses are preparing for a year of stronger growth and business activity.”
Dun & Bradstreet Economic Adviser Stephen Koukoulas says the only potential cloud on the horizon is a lift in prices that could come from stronger business conditions.
“A stronger economy is no doubt allowing firms to move their prices higher, but we are also seeing the impact on inflation from the recent weakness of the Australian dollar,” he says.
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This weekend I heard on NPR a short story on sweat glands. And, as you know I’m all about understanding my body (not really) and science (nah), I listened intently. The broadcaster dude said there are two types of sweat glands, eccrine and apocrine. He also said the eccrine sweat glands make sweat that really doesn’t smell. Those are sorta all over your body. The apocrine sweat glands are in your armpits and nether regions. These glands sweat has more proteins and that, my dear readers, is why that sweat smells.
That was about all the information I gleaned from that broadcast, but it did trigger me, but not in a bad way. It tickled my memory from the days of yesteryear. I remembered another radio broadcaster talking about sweat and there’s more to the story than eccrine and apocrine sweat glands.
Turn the page. I did some fancy finger work on my computer and found what I remembered.
The late Paul Harvey reported this startling fact in the early 2000s (And, this is the kind of science I can get behind): Each of our feet can produce a pint of sweat a day.
Between a pair of feet, that’s a quart of liquid a day, nearly two gallons a week — that’s like 91 gallons of foot sweat a year produced by one human. If we have 330 million Americans, that 30,030,000,000 gallons of foot sweat produced by the good ol’ US of A.
That, my friends, is totally gross!
We should all lift a toast up to Paul Harvey for his years of broadcast excellence. We need more broadcasters like him.
I will also say, I am not a doctor and I really don’t need to know all the ins and outs of my body. Unfortunately because of Paul Harvey, I will think about feet sweat for the rest of my life. For the rest of my days, whenever I have nothing else to do and while my mind is blank, I know I will soon ponder about the moisture produced by my own two feet. Then, my sons’ feet. Then all the feet in Oxford, Clarkston, Lake Orion, Ortonville and Goodrich. Isn’t there something we can do with all this foot sweat? Bottle it and do something? Any smart people out there, maybe you can figure this out and make millions of dollars.
(Please remember me, if you do.)
* * *
One pint of foot sweat a day was a fact I didn’t need to know, and since I didn’t need to know it, but now do know it, I must pass it on — I need to get it out of my system. Now that the monkey is off my back and firmly gripping yours, let me tell you another thing (or as Paul would say, “And now for the rest of the story . . .”)
From my extensive, three minute on-line research, I was able to ascertain more fascinating foot facts. Do you know why your feet can each sweat a pint of sweat a day? I’m gonna’ tell ya — because there are approximately 250,000 sweat glands in each pair of feet.
Get this: Feet smell because 250,000 sweat glands do their magic while the feet are trapped inside shoes. And, if you are to believe the on-line information, it is the interaction of these two factors along with bacteria that cause the smell.
You may not believe this but, feet have more sweat glands than any other part of the body. So the next time you see some big, hairy guy with a sweat-drenched shirt, think about his feet, his poor shoes and his family. Feel sorry for this family. Have pity on this man. Don’t turn your nose in disgust, it is not his fault. It could be you. It could be me.
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Some pointy-headed foot specialist-types also say inside your shoes your feet create a warm, damp place that is just great for growing things like bacteria. The bacteria produce isovaleric acid which is what causes the odor.
And want to know another thing? The medical term for sweaty/smelly feet is plantar hyperhidrosis. That sounds worse than smelly feet and is a heck of a lot harder to pronounce.
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I don’t want to just report the cold, hard facts on smelly feet. As a kind and caring writer-type, I want to help folks. I want to reach out to that big, hairy, sweaty guy and say, “Dude, give your family a break . . . take a shower. And when you’re in the tub, clean between your toes. When you dry off, don’t forget to dry between your toes. Do this, Dude, and your family will again sit next to you on the couch.”
The on-line foot poindexters say it is relatively easy to control smelly feet. Besides what I just told the big, hairy, sweaty guy, you can also change your socks at least once a day.
They say to wear thick, soft socks to help absorb moisture. Also, natural fiber socks like wool and cotton are better than nylon socks. You can also use foot powders and try not wearing the same shoes two days in a row. If that doesn’t work, doctors can hook you up to devices that send electric current through your skin, which shuts down sweating temporarily.
If after all that your feet still stink, surgeons can remove the nerve that controls foot sweating. However, if you don’t want to do any or all of that, you can do like I do, air ‘em out throughout the day . . . while sitting in my office, I use the cover of my desk to hide the fact I have kicked off my shoes.
This has two positive effects. One, it keeps my feet dryer. Two, it keeps the riff-raff out of my office.
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Highly integrated, super power-efficient, 4nm platform supports 5G speeds up to 7Gbps on sub-6GHz networks
HSINCHU , Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaTek today announced the latest addition to its 5G portfolio, the T830 platform for 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) routers and mobile hotspot customer-premise equipment (CPE). The T830 is built with MediaTek's M80 modem which supports advanced Release 16 capabilities for sub-6GHz band operations, making the platform ideal for 5G networks around the globe.
For device manufacturers, the T830's highly integrated, compact design provides big power savings and reduces development time and costs. The T830 makes it possible for operators to deliver 5G speeds up to 7Gbps right out of the box using sub-6GHz cellular infrastructure to avoid the costs of wireline technologies such as cable or fiber. Additionally, consumers can enjoy super-fast internet services from a small device that they can self-install, avoiding the hassles of lengthy installation times for fixed line broadband.
"As the leader in 5G CPE solutions, MediaTek is working with Tier-1 operators around the world to bring fast, reliable connectivity to consumers and businesses," said JC Hsu, Corporate Vice President and General Manager of MediaTek's wireless communications business unit. "This highly integrated platform represents the latest advancements in both 5G and Wi-Fi connectivity and enables our customers to build extremely high performance multi-gigabit 5G CPE products in the smallest form factors possible."
The T830 platform includes a main SoC with a 3GPP Release-16 5G cellular modem integrated with a powerful quad-core Arm Cortex-A55 CPU, a sub-6GHz RF transceiver, a GNSS receiver and associated PMICs. The main SoC also has a built-in Network Processing Unit (NPU) and Wi-Fi offload engine to support multi-gigabit routing speeds between 5G cellular to Ethernet or Wi-Fi, without CPU involvement – offering speed and power-efficiency benefits.
Customers have the option to pair the T830 with a wide selection of MediaTek's award-winning Filogic Wi-Fi connectivity solutions. For 5G FWA routers, the T830 can be combined with the Filogic 680 (Tri-band 4x4 Wi-Fi 7). For 5G Mobile hotspots, the T830 can be paired with the Filogic 380 (dual-band 2x2 Wi-Fi 7). All of these solutions offer best-in-class capabilities for new Wi-Fi 7 features such as MLO (Multi-Link Operation) and support for 320MHz wide channels.
Additional T830 features include:
- The built-in M80 modem integrates MediaTek's 5G UltraSave technologies to ensure optimal energy efficiency for all 5G connection conditions.
- The M80 modem's cellular capabilities include both 5G NSA/SA support, with sub-6GHz connections up to 4CC-CA plus mixed duplex FDD/TDD support.
- Support for dual 5G SIM (DSDS), depending on device maker requirements.
- Peripheral connectivity includes 3x PCI-Express root complex controllers, USB 3.2, two 10GbE USXGMII interfaces, plus various PCM/SPI interfaces for RJ11 phone lines.
- An integrated 3D GPU with a display driver.
- Support for RDK-B, prplOS and OpenSync to comply with various Tier-1 operators' open OS framework specifications.
For more information about MediaTek's 5G portfolio, please visit: https://www.mediatek.com/products/networking-and-connectivity/5g-broadband.
About MediaTek Inc.
MediaTek Incorporated (TWSE: 2454) is a global fabless semiconductor company that enables nearly 2 billion connected devices a year. We are a market leader in developing innovative systems-on-chip (SoC) for mobile, home entertainment, connectivity and IoT products. Our dedication to innovation has positioned us as a driving market force in several key technology areas, including highly power-efficient mobile technologies, automotive solutions and a broad range of advanced multimedia products such as smartphones, tablets, digital televisions, 5G, Voice Assistant Devices (VAD) and wearables. MediaTek empowers and inspires people to expand their horizons and achieve their goals through smart technology, more easily and efficiently than ever before. We work with the brands you love to make great technology accessible to everyone, and it drives everything we do. Visit www.mediatek.com for more information.
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DALLAS, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MedCore Partners, a healthcare and senior living commercial real estate company, announces the hiring of twelve new employees within the past twelve months. MedCore's newest team members, Amber Ashford, Matt Batcher, Brett Flaten, Mike Galindo, David Hua, Sundeep Jeste, Neil Naiser, Court Powell, Jordan Sibley, Melissa Thaxton, Scott Walker, and Leah Yates, further strengthen the company's ability to deliver exceptional service to clients and maximize returns to investors.
"We are so excited to be experiencing this continued growth and to be fortunate enough to add such high-quality team members," said Nick Farris, Partner at MedCore. "Our company culture is extremely important, and we are thankful to have people who are committed to exemplifying that as we take the next steps."
- Amber Ashford brings a wide range of experience in accounting, management, and business operations. Since joining, she has successfully launched the company's investor portal and is continuously working on partner initiatives to support MedCore with its extensive growth.
- Matt Batcher is an experienced senior accountant who began his career in public accounting as an auditor at BDO, where he gained invaluable exposure to a broad range of clients and technical accounting issues. This role expanded his knowledge and skillsets in dealing with the day-to-day and complex accounting/reporting challenges.
- Brett Flaten joined MedCore to oversee and direct all design and construction activities from site selection through the final licensing and commissioning of our healthcare and senior living projects. Brett has over 25 years of development and construction experience including healthcare, senior living, and mixed-use developments across 20 states, totaling over $700 million in assets.
- Mike Galindo joined MedCore to oversee and direct the development of healthcare and senior living projects from inception to completion. Mike began his career in architecture and transitioned to healthcare development in 2016. Since then, he has development projects throughout Texas and Florida with over 2.5 million square feet of real estate, valued at over $600 million.
- David Hua brings extensive accounting knowledge to the MedCore accounting team as Assistant Controller for the Senior Living division. David began his career in public accounting and later transitioned into private accounting, working for international, mid-size, private equity backed and Fortune 500 companies in Corporate and Structure/M&A accounting roles.
- Sundeep Jeste brings a successful track record in both operations and asset management to MedCore's Senior Living platform. Sundeep has 20+ years of experience in the senior living industry. Sundeep works alongside the rest of the senior living team on business plan and strategy creation, monitoring performance, and partnering closely with operators to deliver the desired results.
- Neil Naiser joined MedCore with a primary focus of overseeing all asset management activities at the company. Bringing nearly ten years of senior living experience, Neil has successfully directed the oversight of business plan implementation and refinance of more than 45 bridge loans, mezzanine loans, and preferred equity investments on value-add multifamily, healthcare, and senior living projects, comprising nearly $1.9 billion in total asset value.
- Court Powell joined MedCore's brokerage team and brings over 12 years of experience in commercial real estate and commercial finance throughout the state of Texas. He has completed over $200 million in commercial debt and equity transactions including retail development, multifamily, and medical office building investments.
- Jordan Sibley joined MedCore as General Counsel and brings over a decade of legal experience in real estate, finance, and corporate matters. He has extensive transactional experience in real estate development, acquisitions, dispositions, and complex joint ventures. Prior to joining MedCore, Jordan was employed by both national and regional law firms after having served as General Counsel for a family office in Dallas, Texas.
- Melissa Thaxton joined MedCore's accounting team to assist with corporate and construction accounting. Melissa has spent over 12 years in progressive accounting roles in both small and large multi-entity organizations with the DFW nonprofit sector.
- Scott Walker is a healthcare real estate project management and construction veteran. He has directed the design and construction of over 2 million square feet of hospitals, medical office buildings, outpatient facilities, and senior living projects.
- Leah Yates oversees all aspects of facilities management and administrative duties to maintain positive productivity of MedCore operations. Leah has over six years of experience in sales and team support.
Based in Dallas-Fort Worth, MedCore Partners is a full-service real estate company dedicated exclusively to the healthcare and senior living industry. By leveraging off both its intimate knowledge of the dynamics of the medical sector and its comprehensive platform of real estate services, MedCore is uniquely qualified to identify and capitalize on healthcare projects around the nation and to maximize the potential profits returned to its investors. Over their careers, the principals of MedCore have led the development and investment efforts for healthcare projects around the country that have been valued in excess of $1 billion in addition to executing brokerage transactions for over 1,500 physicians. This level of experience within the medical real estate industry has allowed MedCore's principals to build trusted relationships with both healthcare providers around the United States as well as numerous capital sources.
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RICHMOND, Ind., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc. (NASDAQ: RMBI) announced today that its Board of Directors has declared a cash dividend on Richmond Mutual Bancorporation common stock of $0.10 per share. The cash dividend will be payable on September 15, 2022 to stockholders of record as of the close of business on September 1, 2022.
About Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc.
Richmond Mutual Bancorporation, Inc., headquartered in Richmond, Indiana, is the holding company for First Bank Richmond, a community-oriented financial institution offering traditional financial and trust services within its local communities through its eight locations in Richmond, Centerville, Cambridge City and Shelbyville, Indiana, its five locations in Sidney, Piqua and Troy, Ohio and its loan production office in Columbus, Ohio.
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Looking at the universe of stocks we cover at Dividend Channel, in trading on Wednesday, shares of Eastman Chemical Co (Symbol: EMN) were yielding above the 3% mark based on its quarterly dividend (annualized to $3.04), with the stock changing hands as low as $99.97 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 S&P 500 ETF (SPY) back on 12/31/1999 — you would have paid $146.88 per share. Fast forward to 12/31/2012 and each share was worth $142.41 on that date, a decrease of $4.67/share over all those years. But now consider that you collected a whopping $25.98 per share in dividends over the same period, for a positive total return of 23.36%. Even with dividends reinvested, that only amounts to an average annual total return of about 1.6%; so by comparison collecting a yield above 3% would appear considerably attractive if that yield is sustainable. Eastman Chemical Co (Symbol: EMN) is an S&P 500 company, giving it special status as one of the large-cap companies making up the S&P 500 Index.
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 Eastman Chemical Co, looking at the history chart for EMN 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 3% annual yield.
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Happy birthday, Kathie Lee Gifford!
To celebrate her mother-in-law, whom the family has deemed "Bubbe," Erika Gifford shared on Tuesday a series of sweet family photos with baby Frankie Gifford, named after Kathie Lee's late husband.
"I hit the mother and father-in-law jackpot. Happy Birthday to the woman who shines brightly, is precious with baby Fwanks and makes us all laugh so hard we sometimes pooje (bad family feud joke)," she wrote.
Erika Gifford also wished a happy birthday to “the warmest giant of a man in heaven,” referring to her late father-in-law, Frank Gifford, adding that he is missed.
While on TODAY with Hoda & Jenna on Wednesday, Hoda Kotb asked Kathie Lee how her birthday, Aug. 16, feels. The former TODAY host responded that she "hates birthdays."
"I've always hated (birthdays) — even my 'sweet 16' was not that sweet," Kathie Lee said. "I don't like them."
The 69-year-old went on to say that "every day is a special day" and she doesn't enjoy the kind of "crazy attention" associated with a birthday.
"The older you get too, I don't want to concentrate on a number because I don't feel it, I hope I don't look it. I've spent a lot of money not to look it," she added with a laugh.
Kathie Lee explained that she's now entered a new season of her life and is "so grateful." After living in Greenwich, Connecticut, she moved to Nashville, Tennessee, following her retirement from TODAY in 2019.
“I had to leave the environment of the Northeast and the mean-spiritedness that has come along and the lack of decency of discussing any issue people can,” she said. “It just became too mean-spirited for me. And you go to the South, where not everybody is a beautiful human being, but I don’t hang out with the ones that aren’t. And there are so many of them. They’re godly people. They love America. They love the uniqueness of people. They don’t want to cookie-cutter everybody and make us all the same.
“God went to so much trouble to make every one of us unique. And then culture tries to say, but if you don’t look this way and talk this way and worship this way and vote this way, get off the planet. You mean the planet that God made for all of us? I don’t think so,” Kathie Lee continued.
In late May, Erika and Cody Gifford welcomed son Frankie, making Kathie Lee a grandmother for the first time.
Hoda also asked Kathie Lee if 2-month-old Frankie already has a personality, to which the “God of the Way” author responded yes. She noted that Frankie shares a strong resemblance to Cody, her son.
“He’s Cody all over again,” Kathie Lee said on the show. “He really is.”
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QINGDAO, China, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hisense, a leading global technology enterprise, held its first live-stream Hisense's Customized Products for the FIFA World Cup 2022™ Launch and unveiled its innovative premium products. At the Event, Hisense revealed its latest product, including Hisense U7H TV, Hisense L9H Laser TV, and display home appliance products. The launch showcased Hisense's premium technology and innovative breakthroughs, which fully demonstrated the enterprise's values and commitment to using technology to establish better and more premium life for global consumers.
"Over the past 53 years, Hisense has grown into an international technology leading enterprise." In the opening, Candy Pang, the Deputy General Manager of Brand Management Department of Hisense Group, expressed: "As an Official Sponsor of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022, we are more than privileged to launch Hisense's Customized Products for the FIFA World Cup to celebrate the fabulous FIFA Moments with the world. "
Premium and Exquisite Technology: Customized for Ultimate Living Experience
Hisense U7H - Enhance Perfect Match Experience
In recent years, consumers are turning to the finest of the best TV, and Hisense's U7H features premium technology that could precisely match consumer demands. Through vivid explanation, the launch showcased Hisense U7H premium function, helping consumers better understand the benefits of all intelligent features. In which, Sport Mode function is an ultimate enhancement function, whenever viewers watch sports scenes, Hisense U7H will automatically activate Sports Mode, enhancing details and smoothness, providing football lovers with an exquisite FIFA World Cup™ watching experience.
Hisense L9H TriChroma Laser TV – Best-in-Class TV Experience
With many years of development, Hisense Laser TV has been crowned "King of Ultra Short Throw Projectors", received "Best-in-Class","Editor's-Choice Award", and L9H delivers a superb experience for consumers who are looking for premium large-screen TV with flawless performance. During the event, Hisense took audiences on an exploration journey to fully visualize L9H's technology. The L9H is an Ultra-Large Screen, Flawless Image Quality, and Greener Laser TV, all technologies equipped in L9H could provide excellent brightness, contrast, color, and detail for ultra-vivid picture quality, giving global consumers a breathtaking viewing experience.
Home Appliance Series, the Whole Category Products
In addition to its TV series, Hisense also displayed its home appliances to enhance consumers' living experience. From ovens to dishwashers, from smart air conditioners to washing machines, gathering all of Hisense's latest products inside 'Hisense House' to deliver a perfect lifestyle atmosphere to consumers leveraging the concept of intelligent living.
Through Hisense's Customized Products for the FIFA World Cup 2022™ Launch, Hisense redefines premium technology with cutting-edge innovation, once again taking consumers living experiences to the next level. At the end of this year, as an Official Sponsor of FIFA World Cup Qatar 2022™, Hisense will fully commit and deliver global consumers a Perfect Match experience through Hisense technology.
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Hold the crust: Papa Johns creates crustless pizza with ‘Papa Bowls’
(Gray News) - Papa Johns has a new pizza item that comes without the crust.
The pizza chain announced earlier this month that it’s creating a new menu category featuring Papa Bowls.
According to Papa Johns, the bowls are a crustless innovation with ingredients baked into perfection.
The Papa Bowls are available in three flavors: Italian Meats Trio, Chicken Alfredo and Garden Veggie. Consumers could also build their own.
“We are very excited to offer Papa Bowls as a new menu category and as a new way consumers can experience our premium ingredients,” said Scott Rodriguez, Papa Johns Senior Vice President of Menu Strategy and Product Innovation.
The pizza chain said the bowls are currently available for its reward members and nationwide starting on Aug. 22 at $7.99.
According to Papa Johns, the specialty bowls feature the following ingredients:
- Italian Meats Trio features signature pizza and alfredo sauces, layered with Papa Johns signature pepperoni, sausage, meatballs, green peppers, onions and tomatoes. Topped with three melty kinds of cheese and sprinkled with Italian seasoning.
- Chicken Alfredo features creamy alfredo and garlic parmesan sauces and juicy grilled chicken, complete with spinach, mushrooms, onions and tomatoes, then topped with a melty three cheese blend and Italian seasoning.
- Garden Veggie includes spinach, mushrooms, onions, green peppers, tomatoes and banana peppers baked in a bowl with Papa Johns signature pizza sauce and garlic parmesan, covered in three melty kinds of cheese and topped with Italian seasoning.
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A trailer has been released for The Greatest Beer Run Ever starring Zac Efron – check it out below.
Based on a true story, the film follows John ‘Chickie’ Donohue (Efron) who ventures from New York in 1967 to deliver beer to his army friends in Vietnam to show they have the support of US citizens. While there, however, he’s confronted with the realities of war.
- READ MORE: Zac Efron’s ‘Down To Earth’ shows it’s time to put celebrity travelogues on a no-fly list
Directed by Peter Farrelly (Green Book), the film is based on the book The Greatest Beer Run Ever: A Memoir Of Friendship, Loyalty, and War by Donohue and J.T. Molloy.
Alongside Efron, the cast includes Russell Crowe as war photographer Arthur Coates and Bill Murray as bartender The Colonel. Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux, Kyle Allen, Matt Cook and Ruby Ashbourne Serkis make up the supporting cast.
The film is set to have its world premiere at the 2022 Toronto International Film Festival, which takes place from September 8-18.
The Greatest Beer Run Ever will be released in select cinemas and on Apple TV+ from September 30, 2022.
A second season of Netflix documentary series Down To Earth With Zac Efron is set to be released later this year, which was filmed solely around Australia. Last year, Efron won an Emmy for Outstanding Daytime Program Host for the travel series.
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Blackstone to sell stake in Sona BLW
1 min read . 12:26 AM IST- Shares of the auto component manufacturer will be sold at a floor price of ₹500 apiece, or at a 7.24% discount to its last closing price of ₹539 on the NSE
MUMBAI :Private equity major Blackstone will sell Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd’s shares worth ₹3,971.7 crore through a block trade today, according to the terms of the deal.
MUMBAI :Private equity major Blackstone will sell Sona BLW Precision Forgings Ltd’s shares worth ₹3,971.7 crore through a block trade today, according to the terms of the deal.
Shares of the auto component manufacturer will be sold at a floor price of ₹500 apiece, or at a 7.24% discount to its last closing price of ₹539 on the NSE. At the base price Blackstone will be selling 63.5 million shares, or 10.87% stake in the firm for ₹3,177.3 crore.
Shares of the auto component manufacturer will be sold at a floor price of ₹500 apiece, or at a 7.24% discount to its last closing price of ₹539 on the NSE. At the base price Blackstone will be selling 63.5 million shares, or 10.87% stake in the firm for ₹3,177.3 crore.
Blackstone has the option to raise the deal size by another 15.8 million shares, which will fetch it another ₹794.3 crore.
Nomura Financial Advisory and Securities (India) Pvt. Ltd is the sole broker for the trade.
The Blackstone deal comes on the back of a resurgence in the stock market after hitting a low in June. The markets have delivered a 17% return till date, and foreign investors are rushing back to Indian equities.
This has created a window of opportunity for all existing shareholders to explore secondary share sales through block trades, said experts.
The Blackstone block trade for Sona BLW comes immediately after KKR’s ₹9,185 crore block trade for Max Healthcare, which helped the private equity firm to sell its entire stake in the hospital chain.
The trade also follows the secondary sale by Uber, which sold its entire 7.78% stake in food delivery platform Zomato for ₹3,088 crore earlier this month.
Blackstone held 34.12% in Sona BLW as of 30 June, 2022. The private equity firm had sold a large chunk of its shareholding worth ₹5,250 crore during the company’s initial public offering (IPO) in June last year.
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The Laois Offaly Garda Division has the most criminal asset profilers of any Garda Division in the Eastern Region.
The number of profilers was contained in figures released to Labour Deputy Alan Kelly in a parliamentary question late last month.
Deputy Kelly asked the Minister for Justice the number of Garda assets profilers attached to each Garda Division as of 1 January 2021 and 14 July 2022.
In response, Minister for Justice Helen McEntee explained that: “Divisional Asset Profilers are local policing resources, trained by the Criminal Assets Bureau(CAB) and tasked with continuously providing a criminal asset profiling service in each Garda Division.
These profilers are the eyes and ears of the Bureau, as they cover every corner of the country and have first-hand knowledge of criminality in their geographic locations. The Divisional Asset Profiler Network provides the Bureau with an increased reach to all areas throughout the country.”
“I am further informed the current role of the Divisional Asset Profiler is to liaise with and assist the Bureau in the course of investigations within their respective Garda Divisions. The Divisional Asset Profilers are tasked locally with preparing asset profiles on local criminals and referring them to the Bureau for consideration of action pursuant to its statutory remit.”
She stated that “the Bureau maintain a system to monitor the tasking of Divisional Asset Profilers. I am advised the number of Divisional Asset Profilers trained in the area of identifying and targeting the proceeds of crime and associated investigations has increased from 208 in 2016 to 576 as of 30 June 2022.”
The figures supplied showed there are now 100 asset profilers operating in the Eastern Region. Of the divisions, Kildare/Laois/Offaly had the highest number of profilers at 28, an increase of five on the 2021 figure. Other Eastern Region Divisions include Meath/Westmeath with 26, Waterford/Carlow/Kilkenny 24 and Wexford/Wicklow 22. In total the Eastern Region has a 100 asset profilers which is an increase of 13 in a year.
">“The Criminal Assets Bureau conducts training courses for Asset Profilers twice per year. For the most part, Asset Profilers are members of An Garda Síochána from local divisions and from special units. In addition, a small number have been trained from the Department of Social Protection, the Office of the Revenue Commissioners and other special relevant bodies”, explained Minister McEntee.
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New RBI rule trims Q1 microloan disbursals
3 min read . Updated: 18 Aug 2022, 12:53 AM IST- Microlenders must assess the indebtedness of the borrowing household
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NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO) today announced that the Company will report results for the second quarter fiscal 2023 on September 1, 2022, before the market opens, and hold its quarterly earnings conference call at 7:30 a.m. (central) the same day.
- A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available at https://www.genesco.com/investor-relations/news-events/events
- An audio archive of the call will be available for up to one year at https://www.genesco.com/investor-relations/news-events/events
- In addition, a summary of the second quarter results will be available on the Genesco website on September 1, 2022, at https://www.genesco.com/investor-relations/news-events/events
Genesco Inc., a Nashville-based specialty retailer and branded company, sells footwear and accessories in more than 1,410 retail stores throughout the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, principally under the names Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Little Burgundy, Schuh, Schuh Kids, Johnston & Murphy, and on internet websites www.journeys.com, www.journeyskidz.com, www.journeys.ca, www.littleburgundyshoes.com, www.schuh.co.uk, www.schuh.ie, www.schuh.eu, www.johnstonmurphy.com, www.johnstonmurphy.ca, www.nashvilleshoewarehouse.com, and www.dockersshoes.com. In addition, Genesco sells footwear at wholesale under its Johnston & Murphy brand, the licensed Levi's brand, the licensed Dockers brand, the licensed Bass brand, and other brands. Genesco is committed to progress in its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and the Company's environmental, social and governance stewardship. For more information on Genesco and its operating divisions, please visit www.genesco.com.
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Lichfield rider Sophie Capewell believes a golden era of British track cycling is just around the corner.
The city star was part of the team who endured a rocky ride at the European Championships this week, dramatically crashing out in the team sprint heats before recovering to finish sixth in the individual keirin on the final day of action in Munich.
The 23-year-old took a shuddering tumble alongside Welsh star Emma Finucane in the team event as their medal hopes went up in smoke on the city’s makeshift shortened track.
But she believes the future is bright as her and the well-stocked British squad bid to follow in Olympic bronze medallist Katy Marchant’s decorated cycling footsteps.
Capewell said:
“In terms of the GB team as a whole, we’ve got a lot of really strong girls back at home.
“Everyone’s been training hard and the progress that we’ve been making has been a really rapid increase.
“This is a new team, we only rode together this week. I’m really proud of how far we came – qualifying didn’t quite show what we could do, just before the crash we were going quite well.
“Watch this space in the future.
“It’s really exciting if I’m honest. Katy Marchant has led the way with women’s sprinting – and there’s a bit of an age gap so we’ve all been chasing upwards.
“All of a sudden we’re starting to see the fruits of our labour.
“I think that strength is only going to bring more success – I think it’s a really exciting time for women’s sprinting in Britain.”
Sophie Capewell
Capewell, Finucane and Lauren Bell combined in the team event to qualify in fourth on the opening day of action in Munich.
That teed up a hotly-anticipated heat the next day, before things went pear-shaped as the trio were involved in a nasty-looking accident.
Capewell’s wheel slipped at the fastest possible speed and her subsequent collision with Finucane sent the pair crashing to the deck.
That scuppered their hopes of a podium finish but Capewell, whose father Nigel represented Great Britain as a cyclist at the 1996 and 2000 Paralympic Games, showed all her resilience by getting back in the saddle to finish sixth in both the individual sprint and keirin events.
It’s next stop France for the World Championships in October and Capewell is hungry to build the momentum after a turbulent week in Germany.
“It’s been a bit of a battle to be honesty. We learned a lot on the way – it’s not been a horrendous championships, but it’s not been my finest hour.
“But I’m really proud of myself and I take a lot of confidence from the way I was riding.
“I’ll now take some time to rest, recuperate and come back further on. I’m really optimistic towards the World Championships – I’ll fix the body a little bit and then go on to the final preparations.”
Sophie Capewell
The multi-sport European Championships Munich 2022, featuring Athletics, Beach Volleyball, Canoe Sprint, Cycling, Gymnastics, Table Tennis, Triathlon, Rowing, Sport Climbing, takes place 11th-21st August on the 50th anniversary of the Olympics Games in the German city. Watch daily live coverage across BBC One, Two, Red Button, BBC iPlayer, BBC Sport website | https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2022/08/17/lichfield-rider-predicts-bright-future-for-british-cycling/ | 2022-08-17T21:19:04Z | https://lichfieldlive.co.uk/2022/08/17/lichfield-rider-predicts-bright-future-for-british-cycling/ | false | 1 |
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Tyler Mahle exits Twins game vs. Royals with apparent injury
The Minnesota Twins have fallen behind the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central race. To make matters worse, starting pitcher Tyler Mahle might be sidelined as they look to reclaim the division lead.
Mahle left the Twins’ game against the Kansas City Royals with a trainer after he struggled to get his velocity up.
Tyler Mahle exits with a trainer midway through the third inning after struggling to top 90 mph with many of his fastballs.
— Aaron Gleeman (@AaronGleeman) August 17, 2022
Mahle, who was in just his third game with the Twins, has done well since being traded by the Cincinnati Reds ahead of the 2022 MLB trade deadline. The 27-year-old has allowed just four runs in 12 innings so far with Minnesota while recording 11 strikeouts.
The Twins cannot afford to lose Mahle for a prolonged period of time. He is a key piece of the team’s rotation along with Sonny Gray and Joe Ryan. Minnesota’s post All-Star break pitching has been terrible, posting a bottom-10 ERA in MLB despite adding Mahle, All-Star reliever Jorge Lopez and Michael Fulmer. Mahle has allowed three home runs already but otherwise has been very effective.
The Twins have the talent to be a playoff team but need to get Tyler Mahle back soon. His pitching is extremely valuable and will be needed to keep up with the arms that the Guardians and Chicago White Sox have. Byron Buxton, Luis Arraez, Carlos Correa and the lineup will also have to play their part by putting up runs. | https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-tyler-mahle-exits-start-vs-royals-with-apparent-injury/ | 2022-08-17T21:20:38Z | https://clutchpoints.com/twins-news-tyler-mahle-exits-start-vs-royals-with-apparent-injury/ | false | 1 |
ATLANTA, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- After launching its 2022 Back2School campaign earlier this summer, trusted retailers and partners of Boys & Girls Clubs of America are maintaining a strong momentum to support kids and teens as they head back to school. With rising conversations around the need for accessible back-to-school resources, Boys & Girls Clubs of America, in commitment with more than 20 partners, remains dedicated to doing whatever it takes to help kids thrive this school year.
With kids having to balance the time they spend in the classroom, out-of-school and online, having a place where they feel they belong can be key to emotional and physical safety. In fact, 85% of Boys & Girls Club teens reported feeling a sense of belonging at their Club, versus just 30% of high school students nationally who reported feeling a sense of belonging at their school. *
As a leading youth organization dedicated to meeting kids right where they are, Boys & Girls Clubs of America is committed to helping kids and teens across the country thrive as they head back to school this year. From providing academic support and homework help to social emotional wellness tools and resources and offering a safe place with positive mentors, Clubs provide new opportunities to help every young person reach their full potential.
As a part of the Back-to-School promotion, corporate partners continue to come forward in support of America's youth through donations, employee volunteer events, transportation solutions, homework help and more, and encourage the public to do the same.
Comcast NBCUniversal, Darden Foundation, FedEx, Kohl's, Krusteaz, Lenovo, Panda Express, Papa John's, Planet Fitness, Thermo Fisher Scientific, Toyota and UScellular have stepped up to ensure America's youth are prepared to succeed this back-to-school season.
Additionally, the following partners are offering ways for their customers to get involved by supporting Boys & Girls Clubs of America in the following programs:
Ross Stores
Ross Stores is hosting its 8th annual Help Local Kids Learn fundraiser from July 30 to August 21 in more than 1,600 stores around the country. The fundraiser invites customers to donate at the register to support a local Club's Power Hour Program, which helps Club Kids with their schoolwork. In addition to Ross' national sponsorship of Power Hour, Ross is also matching the first $400,000 raised during the fundraiser. Over the lifetime of its partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, Ross, along with its customers and associates, have contributed nearly $35 million.
adidas
Beginning July 15, participating adidas stores will invite customers to round-up their purchase or donate to support Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide. adidas believes that sport has the power to change lives. Through the partnership with Boys & Girls Clubs of America, adidas will play an important role to create access to sport for kids and teens.
Cox
Kicking off back-to-school season, Kelley Blue Book, Cox Communications and CARS (Charitable Adult Rides & Services) are collaborating to help nonprofits make a difference in local communities. This summer, consumers with a vehicle past its prime can help turn their used vehicle into charitable funds that will provide technology and devices to Innovation Labs within Boys & Girls Clubs to help kids get on the road to a great future. In partnership with CARS, on Kelley Blue Book's KBB.com, consumers can choose to donate almost any type of vehicle to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, from cars and trucks to boats, RVs and more. Donating a vehicle is easy, the pick-up is free, and your gift is tax-deductible. To donate, visit https://www.kbb.com/donate-your-car/.
Charles Schwab Foundation
Since 2004, Charles Schwab Foundation and Boys & Girls Clubs of America have partnered to help teens gain critical financial literacy skills through Money Matters: Make It Count. The program promotes financial responsibility and independence by building basic money management skills and providing an early start for making sound financial decisions. It has helped more than 1 million Club youth (and counting!) prepare for a successful future.
Family Dollar
From July 18 through September 5, 2022, Family Dollar customers can donate $1, $2 or $3 at the register to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America during this back-to-school season. From August 19th to September 8th, they will be matching donations given directly to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, up to $75,000, to help give Club kids what they need to stay fed, fueled and focused on the future.
Forever 21
For every graphic tee purchased in-store or online between July 14 and September 7, Forever 21 will donate $1 to Boys & Girls Clubs of America, up to $500,000. Additionally, customers will have the opportunity to round up their in-store purchase to the nearest dollar to donate to Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Hertz
Hertz is donating vehicles and providing grants to select clubs to support student success and economic mobility for America's youth this upcoming school year. Hertz employees will also volunteer their time to assist with school supply drives and days of service at clubs across the country from July through September.
Kids Foot Locker
Kids Foot Locker is kicking off back to school for the 5th year in a row by empowering Great Futures as it hosts a nationwide donation program in-store where customers can donate $1, $3, $5 or $10 at check-out to benefit Boys & Girls Clubs of America from July 31 – September 17.
Leslie's
Through October 31, Leslie's will invite customers to donate at the register to help keep communities safe in and around water and support water safety education.
Murphy USA
August 3 – November 1, Murphy USA and Murphy Express stores will invite their customers to round up or donate $1, $5, $10 in-store to support Boys & Girls Clubs. Additionally, from September 6th – 30th, Murphy USA's QuickChek Division will invite their customers to round up or donate $1, $3, $5 in-store to support Boys & Girls Clubs. For more information visit https://youtu.be/ijb2asmtASw.
Panda Express
Panda is committed to supporting the health and education needs of underserved youth and has awarded a $10.5 million grant in 2022 to over 600 Boys & Girls Clubs nationwide to provide high-yield education programs through Project Learn. In addition to the grant, and in celebration of their foundation's anniversary Panda Cares Day (8/8), Panda is feeding over 100 clubs throughout the country during the month of August, as well as gifting members brand new reading books, limited-edition Panda swag and a fun-filled celebration in conjunction with a national virtual fundraiser on 8/8 that benefited the Clubs.
Shoe Carnival
From now through mid-September, Shoe Carnival invites their customers to round up at check out to support Boys & Girls Clubs. To support Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Back2School campaign, visit your local Shoe Carnival store. Go to shoecarnival.com to find a store near you.
Looking for more ways to support Boys & Girls Clubs of America and the Back2School campaign? Click here to learn more.
*National Youth Outcomes Initiative Member Survey 2022; YouthTruth: Students Weigh In, Part III: Learning and Well-Being During COVID-19.
About Boys & Girls Clubs of America
For 160 years, Boys & Girls Clubs of America (BGCA.org) has provided a safe place for kids and teens to learn and grow. Clubs offer caring adult mentors, fun and friendship, and high-impact youth development programs on a daily basis during critical non-school hours. Boys & Girls Clubs programming promotes academic success, good character and leadership, and healthy lifestyles. More than 4,900 Clubs serve over 4.3 million young people through Club membership and community outreach. Clubs are located in cities, towns, public housing and on Native lands throughout the country, and serve military families in BGCA-affiliated Youth Centers on U.S. military installations worldwide. National headquarters are located in Atlanta. Learn more about Boys & Girls Clubs of America on Facebook and Twitter.
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A Walmart facility did not engage in sex discrimination by putting employees injured on the job on light duty while forcing pregnant workers with lifting or other physical restrictions to take unpaid leave, a federal appeals court held Tuesday.The 7th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals declined to revive a lawsuit filed by the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission accusing Walmart Distribution Center #6025 in Menomonie, Wis., of violating the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the Pregnancy Discrimination Act by enforcing a … | https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/walmart-light-duty-pregnancy-7th-circuit-20220817 | 2022-08-17T21:23:48Z | https://www.chicagolawbulletin.com/walmart-light-duty-pregnancy-7th-circuit-20220817 | true | null |
The end of the transfer window is fast approaching and teams are frantically trying to strengthen their squad before the market closes for another four months. While Arsenal do not need to panic in the final weeks as their business started off very well, there is still work that can be done to improve the squad.
Two positions seem to be the main targets for the Gunners, as Edu has reportedly been chasing players in the midfield and wing areas. It looks as though the Brazilian is prioritising the wide areas as Arsenal are reportedly hot on the tail for Villareal’s Yeremy Pino.
However, the north London side are not the only club in for him as Chelsea are also said to hold an interest in the player. After what happened with Arsenal and Chelsea’s Raphinha pursuit, the Gunners should not enter into a transfer battle with their London rivals.
READ MORE:Edu handed Arsenal vindication for £51m genius transfer calls amid Chelsea and Man Utd failure
Arsenal’s summer transfer window of incomings slowed down after losing out on Raphinha to Barcelona. The Gunners seemed to have the edge on signing the Brazilian until Chelsea attempted to hijack a potential deal, but the winger ultimately decided to join Barcelona.
The same situation must not be repeated with Pino from Villareal. According to Spanish outlet AS, Villarreal have received 'more than an interest' in a player identified as Pino. The 19-year-old winger has shone for Unai Emery's side, and both Arsenal and Liverpool have been credited as having the greatest link to the player.
However, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has gone on to report that Chelsea are now also tracking the Villareal winger. If this pursuit requires a transfer battle, then it is drama that Edu must look to avoid in order to prevent time wasting as Chelsea have proved they are willing to spend over and beyond to secure a transfer, which is what they attempted when trying to sign Raphinha.
Mikel Arteta is thought to be on the lookout for a new winger before the window slams shut, and the unsuccessful pursuit of Raphinha has been the strongest hint yet that the club is serious about recruiting one. Considering there hasn't been any movement since suggests that the chance to secure the Brazilian's services was too good to ignore.
Despite that possible explanation, transfer expert Fabrizio Romano has claimed that Edu already has his sights set on another winger, but Arsenal's silent approach is making it difficult to get clarity over who it could be. Arsenal have been linked with a 'mystery winger', which according to Fabrizio Romano, remains a position Edu and Mikel Arteta want to address.
Pino would be a good addition to the squad, but it is a transfer not worth chasing if Chelsea pay over the odds to win the battle. Edu must look elsewhere to strengthen Arsenal’s wide areas.
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Saudi activist sentenced to 34 years in prison for Twitter activity
By Celine Alkhaldi, CNN
Saudi women’s rights campaigner Salma al-Shehab was sentenced to 34 years in prison on Monday for her activity on Twitter, according to court documents viewed by CNN.
Al-Shehab, 33, was also banned from traveling outside of Saudi Arabia for another 34 years.
The PhD student at Leeds University in the United Kingdom had been arrested in January 2021 and was subjected to questioning sessions over a period of 265 days before being brought to the Specialized Criminal Court, according to independent human rights organization ALQST.
She was initially given a six-year sentence late last year — this was increased to 34 years after al-Shehab filed an appeal, according to the documents.
The charges filed against her by the Public Prosecution included “providing succor to those seeking to disrupt public order and undermine the safety of the general public and stability of the state, and publishing false and tendentious rumors on Twitter,” ALQST said.
Al Shehab told the court that without prior warning, she was “propelled” into the months-long investigation, during which she was kept under solitary confinement, according to the court documents.
The mother of two also asked the court to take into consideration the need to care for her children and sick mother, the documents said.
ALQST’s Head of Monitoring and Communications Lina Al-Hathloul told CNN that al-Shehab had been arrested for supporting her sister Loujain al-Hathloul — a prominent activist who spent more than 1,000 days in jail following a May 2018 sweep that targeted well-known opponents of the kingdom’s since-rescinded law barring women from driving — and other prisoners of conscience on Twitter.
Lina Al-Hathloul said in the ALQST statement that al-Shehab’s sentence “makes a mockery of the Saudi authorities’ claims of reform for women and of the legal system,” adding that it “shows that they remain hellbent on harshly punishing anyone who expresses their opinions freely.”
They urged that the Saudi government release al-Shehab and demanded that the kingdom protect freedom of speech.
Al-Shehab’s Twitter account remains online with a pinned tweet that reads: “Freedom for prisoners of conscience and all the oppressed of the world.”
The US State Department said it is “studying” the case on Wednesday.
“But I can say this is a general matter and I can say this without any caveat and resolutely: exercising freedom of expression to advocate for the rights of women should not be criminalized,” said State Department spokesperson Ned Price at a briefing with reporters.
Asked if Saudi Arabia had been emboldened by recent US engagements with the country, Price responded that “our engagement… has made clear… that human rights is central to our agenda.”
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TALLAHASSEE, Fla. — An elected Florida prosecutor who was removed from office by Gov. Ron DeSantis because of his positions on abortion and transgender rights filed suit Wednesday to get his job back, saying the Republican leader violated his First Amendment rights.
DeSantis said he suspended Hillsborough County State Attorney Andrew Warren this month for signing a national pledge to not prosecute women and doctors for violating state abortion laws or families seeking treatments for transgender minors.
“If the governor's allowed to do this, what's left of democracy? If the governor's allowed to retaliate against me for speaking out, what's left of the First Amendment,” Warren asked at a news conference in Tallahassee. A second news conference was held in Tampa.
“We didn’t seek out this fight. But the law is on our side and our democracy is at stake,” he said later.
The lawsuit alleges that DeSantis did not identify any actual conduct involving criminal activity that would warrant a suspension and says the governor is punishing Warren for voicing positions that DeSantis opposes.
DeSantis, criticized by Democrats for signing abortion restrictions and bills seen as anti-LGBTQ into law, held a campaign-like event to announce Warren's suspension where supporters cheered the decision. The governor's office did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment Wednesday morning.
Now seeking re-election in November and positioning himself as a potential 2024 presidential candidate, the governor cited Warren's “neglect of duty” and other alleged violations.
In his executive order, DeSantis cited Warren’s policy of not pursuing some lesser categories of crime, including “trespassing at a business location, disorderly conduct, disorderly intoxication, and prostitution.”
The suspension was backed by several law enforcement officers including Hillsborough County Sheriff Chad Chronister, who said Warren had been acting as a kind of “supreme authority” to decide ”what crimes will be legal or illegal in our county.”
Similar uses of prosecutorial discretion by progressives elected around the country in recent years have prompted some pushback.
In San Francisco, voters in June recalled Chesa Boudin, a former public defender who was elected district attorney in 2019 on a criminal justice reform platform. Boudin faced criticism over rising crime after declining to prosecute most drug offenses. A similar effort to recall the Los Angeles D.A. failed to garner enough signatures this week.
Warren, who was elected in 2016 by Tampa-area voters and re-elected in 2020, said the governor is overturning the will of the people who put him in office.
“The governor has attacked our democracy and it should worry everyone," Warren told reporters. "If the governor's attempt to unilaterally overturn an election is allowed to stand, it threatens to undermine the integrity and outcome of elections across our state for years to come.”
Warren described the pledge circulated by prosecutors around the country as “a value statement," not a definitive decision on how he might handle any particular case. He also noted that Florida's new ban on abortions after 15 weeks of gestation has been ruled unconstitutional, and that the state doesn't even have a law against hormone treatments for transgender minors.
Warren's lawsuit says the suspension was retaliatory after he opposed the governor on a number of issues, including DeSantis' efforts to deny the restoration of voting rights for felons and create new crimes for public protests in response to the Black Lives Matter movement as well as the new abortion restrictions.
“Of course, DeSantis is free to express his views and his disagreements with Warren as often as he likes. Indeed, the Federal Constitution ensures that he is,” the suit says. “DeSantis went too far.”
The suit says Warren has an obligation to voters to say where he stands on such issues, and that as a prosecutor, he has the right to decide how the limited resources he has should be used to prosecute crimes. That priority should be on public safety, it said.
“The First Amendment protects the right of elected officials to speak out on matters of public controversy, and in fact it does so because it's so important that the voters who choose these elected officials know where they stand on these issues,” Jean-Jacques Cabou, a lawyer for Warren, said in a phone interview.
Warren could get a favorable ruling in the lower court, but DeSantis has enjoyed favorable rulings in the 11th Circuit Court of Appeals.
Warren says his lawsuit is about defending democracy, but if he loses it could set a legal precedent opening the door for state leaders anywhere — regardless of party — to remove elected officials with whom they disagree.
“You could never guarantee an outcome at trial. All you can guarantee is that the law's on our side. The facts are on our side,” Warren said.
Warren's suspension is now an issue in the governor's race as Agriculture Commissioner Nikki Fried, the state's only statewide-elected Democrat, and Democratic U.S. Rep. Charlie Crist enter the final week of the primary to see who will challenge DeSantis.
“For this governor to weaponize his office and remove a state attorney — a prosecutor — who has prosecutorial discretion over which cases he brings forward and which he doesn't, this is the overreaching and overstepping of this governor," Fried said at a campaign event Tuesday night. "It is the most dangerous thing to our democracy that we have seen.”
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Profund Advisors LLC boosted its stake in Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Rating) by 1.5% during the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent filing with the SEC. The institutional investor owned 181,740 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock after buying an additional 2,762 shares during the quarter. Advanced Micro Devices makes up about 0.8% of Profund Advisors LLC’s holdings, making the stock its 18th biggest position. Profund Advisors LLC’s holdings in Advanced Micro Devices were worth $19,871,000 as of its most recent filing with the SEC.
A number of other large investors have also recently bought and sold shares of the stock. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd increased its stake in Advanced Micro Devices by 0.9% in the fourth quarter. Qube Research & Technologies Ltd now owns 228,933 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $32,943,000 after purchasing an additional 2,069 shares during the last quarter. Congress Wealth Management LLC DE acquired a new stake in shares of Advanced Micro Devices in the fourth quarter worth approximately $207,000. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. grew its holdings in Advanced Micro Devices by 10.1% in the fourth quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 329,433 shares of the semiconductor manufacturer’s stock valued at $47,405,000 after purchasing an additional 30,299 shares during the period. Modera Wealth Management LLC acquired a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $364,000. Finally, Arete Wealth Advisors LLC purchased a new position in Advanced Micro Devices during the fourth quarter worth approximately $440,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 69.61% of the company’s stock.
Insider Activity at Advanced Micro Devices
In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 32,694 shares of the company’s stock in a transaction that occurred on Tuesday, July 12th. The stock was sold at an average price of $76.99, for a total value of $2,517,111.06. Following the completion of the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 37,800 shares in the company, valued at $2,910,222. The transaction was disclosed in a legal filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. In other Advanced Micro Devices news, EVP Paul Darren Grasby sold 32,694 shares of the business’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, July 12th. The shares were sold at an average price of $76.99, for a total value of $2,517,111.06. Following the sale, the executive vice president now directly owns 37,800 shares in the company, valued at $2,910,222. The sale was disclosed in a document filed with the SEC, which is available through this hyperlink. Also, CFO Devinder Kumar sold 20,000 shares of the firm’s stock in a transaction dated Tuesday, May 31st. The shares were sold at an average price of $102.44, for a total transaction of $2,048,800.00. Following the transaction, the chief financial officer now owns 504,370 shares of the company’s stock, valued at approximately $51,667,662.80. The disclosure for this sale can be found here. 1.00% of the stock is currently owned by insiders.
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Advanced Micro Devices Stock Performance
Shares of NASDAQ AMD traded down $2.93 during midday trading on Wednesday, hitting $97.27. 1,132,369 shares of the company’s stock were exchanged, compared to its average volume of 87,742,608. Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. has a twelve month low of $71.60 and a twelve month high of $164.46. The firm has a market cap of $157.02 billion, a P/E ratio of 41.60, a PEG ratio of 0.93 and a beta of 1.96. The stock’s 50 day moving average price is $87.79 and its 200-day moving average price is $99.40. The company has a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.04, a current ratio of 2.44 and a quick ratio of 1.96.
Advanced Micro Devices (NASDAQ:AMD – Get Rating) last announced its quarterly earnings results on Tuesday, August 2nd. The semiconductor manufacturer reported $1.05 earnings per share (EPS) for the quarter, topping analysts’ consensus estimates of $1.03 by $0.02. Advanced Micro Devices had a return on equity of 15.17% and a net margin of 14.51%. During the same quarter last year, the firm posted $0.58 earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. will post 3.9 EPS for the current year.
Advanced Micro Devices Company Profile
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Computing and Graphics; and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Its products include x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units (GPUs), data center and professional GPUs, and development services; and server and embedded processors, and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products, development services, and technology for game consoles.
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What You Need To Know About Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.'s (NYSE:KW) Investor Composition
If you want to know who really controls Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc. (NYSE:KW), then you'll have to look at the makeup of its share registry. Large companies usually have institutions as shareholders, and we usually see insiders owning shares in smaller companies. Warren Buffett said that he likes "a business with enduring competitive advantages that is run by able and owner-oriented people." So it's nice to see some insider ownership, because it may suggest that management is owner-oriented.
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings isn't enormous, but it's not particularly small either. It has a market capitalization of US$2.8b, which means it would generally expect to see some institutions on the share registry. In the chart below, we can see that institutional investors have bought into the company. We can zoom in on the different ownership groups, to learn more about Kennedy-Wilson Holdings.
What Does The Institutional Ownership Tell Us About Kennedy-Wilson Holdings?
Many institutions measure their performance against an index that approximates the local market. So they usually pay more attention to companies that are included in major indices.
Kennedy-Wilson Holdings already has institutions on the share registry. Indeed, they own a respectable stake in the company. This can indicate that the company has a certain degree of credibility in the investment community. However, it is best to be wary of relying on the supposed validation that comes with institutional investors. They too, get it wrong sometimes. If multiple institutions change their view on a stock at the same time, you could see the share price drop fast. It's therefore worth looking at Kennedy-Wilson Holdings' earnings history below. Of course, the future is what really matters.
Investors should note that institutions actually own more than half the company, so they can collectively wield significant power. Kennedy-Wilson Holdings is not owned by hedge funds. The Vanguard Group, Inc. is currently the largest shareholder, with 13% of shares outstanding. William McMorrow is the second largest shareholder owning 9.1% of common stock, and BlackRock, Inc. holds about 8.4% of the company stock. William McMorrow, who is the second-largest shareholder, also happens to hold the title of Chief Executive Officer.
On further inspection, we found that more than half the company's shares are owned by the top 10 shareholders, suggesting that the interests of the larger shareholders are balanced out to an extent by the smaller ones.
While studying institutional ownership for a company can add value to your research, it is also a good practice to research analyst recommendations to get a deeper understand of a stock's expected performance. There are plenty of analysts covering the stock, so it might be worth seeing what they are forecasting, too.
Insider Ownership Of Kennedy-Wilson Holdings
While the precise definition of an insider can be subjective, almost everyone considers board members to be insiders. Company management run the business, but the CEO will answer to the board, even if he or she is a member of it.
Insider ownership is positive when it signals leadership are thinking like the true owners of the company. However, high insider ownership can also give immense power to a small group within the company. This can be negative in some circumstances.
Our information suggests that insiders maintain a significant holding in Kennedy-Wilson Holdings, Inc.. Insiders own US$421m worth of shares in the US$2.8b company. That's quite meaningful. Most would say this shows a good degree of alignment with shareholders, especially in a company of this size. You can click here to see if those insiders have been buying or selling.
General Public Ownership
The general public, who are usually individual investors, hold a 14% stake in Kennedy-Wilson Holdings. This size of ownership, while considerable, may not be enough to change company policy if the decision is not in sync with other large shareholders.
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While it is well worth considering the different groups that own a company, there are other factors that are even more important. For example, we've discovered 4 warning signs for Kennedy-Wilson Holdings (2 shouldn't be ignored!) that you should be aware of before investing here.
Ultimately the future is most important. You can access this free report on analyst forecasts for the company.
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Leading cyber risk analytics company CyberCube is to partner with Ultimate Risk Solutions (URS), a provider of actuarial capital modeling to the insurance and reinsurance sectors.
The partnership will see URS integrate CyberCube's Portfolio Manager model outputs with its Risk Explorer financial analysis software for insurers and reinsurers. Risk Explorer models risk and capital, ceded reinsurance evaluation, stochastic financial reporting and asset portfolio modeling.
In this partnership, Risk Explorer will use CyberCube's sophisticated models based on specially designed cyber risk scenarios including ransomware attacks, cloud outages and major systemic problems to provide URS' clients with a more fully realised view of their exposures and capital needs.
Portfolio Manager is used to stress test entire portfolios of cyber risk against a range of modeled threat scenarios. It is a scenario-based data-driven model that enables enterprise risk managers in reinsurance organisations to analyse and communicate key messages on cyber exposures to both their senior leadership and their working teams.
Ross Wirth, CyberCube's Head of Client Account Management and Technology Services, said: "URS is a market-leading actuarial capital modeler that has provided insurer and reinsurance clients we have in common with extremely sophisticated modeling capabilities. By partnering with the URS team, we are able to add the power of Portfolio Manager to the company's offering, thus introducing cyber cat modeling and bringing a new dimension to the Risk Explorer platform."
Madhuri Kumar, URS's Executive Director, said: "Our clients seek access to cyber modeling capabilities in order to create a complete view of risk in their organisations. CyberCube and Portfolio Manager provide that capability with models recognized by the industry as the currency for quantifying cyber risk."
CyberCube's partnership with URS takes effect immediately.
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About CyberCube
CyberCube delivers the world's leading analytics to quantify cyber risk for the insurance industry. With best-in-class data access and advanced multi-disciplinary analytics, the company's cloud-based platform helps insurance organizations make better decisions when placing insurance, underwriting cyber risk and managing cyber risk aggregation. CyberCube's enterprise intelligence layer provides insights on millions of companies globally and includes modeling on thousands of points of technology failure.
The CyberCube platform was established in 2015 within Symantec and now operates as a standalone company exclusively focused on the insurance industry, with access to an unparalleled ecosystem of data partners and backing from ForgePoint Capital, HSCM Bermuda, MTech Capital and individuals from Stone Point Capital. For more information, please visit www.cybcube.com or email info@cybcube.com.
About URS
Founded in 2001, URS has US offices including its headquarters in New York and other countries including Hong Kong, Italy and the UK. Its clients include insurers, reinsurers, reinsurance brokers and financial regulators.
URS platforms and solutions address a wide range of analytical challenges (re)insurance market faces in risk analytics, including reinsurance evaluation, economic and regulatory capital modelling, catastrophe risk management, asset management, strategic planning, and macroeconomic modeling.
The firm has a rich history of helping clients cut through complexity while strengthening their understanding of risk using innovative analytics to design faster and better solutions.
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Yan Gomes hit a tie-breaking single in the seventh inning and the Chicago Cubs beat the Washington Nationals 3-2 on Wednesday to win the three-game series.
Franmil Reyes smacked a leadoff double off Jake McGee (1-3) in the seventh. McGee struck out the next two batters and right-hander Steve Cishek came on to face righty Gomes, who hit a soft liner to right, scoring Reyes. Gomes played for the Nationals from 2019-21.
Erich Uelman (1-1) pitched 2/3 of an inning for his first major league win and Rowan Wick pitched the ninth for his eighth save.
P.J. Higgins homered and Reyes had two doubles for Chicago.
Lane Thomas had two doubles for Washington and rookie outfielder Joey Meneses extended his hitting streak to 11 games for the Nationals.
Cubs starter Drew Smyly, who had tossed 11 2/3 scoreless innings over his past two starts, allowed two runs on four hits in 5 1/3 innings.
Nationals starter Cory Abbott, a former Cub, gave up two runs on three hits in six innings.
Higgins’ two-run homer in the fifth gave the Cubs a 2-1 lead.
With runners on first and third and one out in the sixth, Nelson Cruz hit into what was initially ruled a double play. The Nationals challenged, the call at first was overturned and Meneses scored from third to tie it 2-2.
TRAINERS ROOM
Cubs: LHP Steven Brault was activated from the COVID-19 IL and pitched two scoreless innings. … LHP Wade Miley (shoulder strain) allowed one unearned run on two hits over five innings in a rebab start for Iowa on Tuesday.
Nationals: RHP Erick Fedde (shoulder inflammation) pitched four scoreless innings and allowed three hits in a rehab start for Triple-A Rochester on Wednesday.
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Cubs: RHP Adrian Sampson (0-3, 3.88 ERA) starts at Baltimore on Thursday in the make-up of a game rained out on June 8. He allowed three runs on six hits in 5 1/3 innings in a July 12 loss to the Orioles.
Nationals: RHP Anibal Sanchez (0-5, 7.20) pitches the opener of a four-game series on Thursday at San Diego. He allowed three runs on six hits in five innings of a home loss to the Padres in his last start.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE: KBR) announced today its Board of Directors has declared a regular quarterly dividend of $0.12 per share on the company's common stock, par value $0.001 per share, to be paid on October 14, 2022, to stockholders of record on September 15, 2022.
About KBR
We deliver science, technology and engineering solutions to governments and companies around the world. KBR employs approximately 28,000 people performing diverse, complex and mission-critical roles in 34 countries.
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, and long-term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
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Family friend of teen who died after ‘fight game’ at Waycross detention center heartbroken
A Waycross juvenile detention guard is now in custody after the Georgia Bureau of Investigation said he was allowing a prisoner fight game inside of the facility that left one teen dead.
Action News Jax’s Nick Gibson spoke with a family friend who knew that teen.
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That family friend, Meghan Swann, said she’s heartbroken over this. She said when someone’s child is sent to a detention facility like this, the parents shouldn’t have to worry about them never coming home again.
The GBI has arrested 30-year-old Thomas Hicks and charged him with second-degree murder, two counts of child cruelty, and violation of oath of office after officials say he was allowing a prisoner fighting game to take place.
According to GBI, on Aug. 9, a juvenile was found unresponsive and later died while being held in custody at the Waycross Regional Youth Detention Center.
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Swann confirmed that the juvenile who died is 17-year-old Loyce Tucker. She said it took family and friends a long time to get answers about what happened after they received a call that Loyce was taken to Savannah Memorial Hospital
“At first, we heard it might be an aneurysm, we heard it might be a couple of things. Savannah Memorial confirmed it was cardiac arrest,” Swann said.
She said after pushing the issue, that’s when they learned the GBI was investigating.
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She said once they found out what happened, everyone was stunned.
“There was a game of knockout. That was supposedly done between these boys and the guard allowed it to happen. Between him and the other inmates, which led to his cardiac arrest,” Swann said.
GBI’s investigation found that Hicks allowed juveniles at the facility to take part in a “fight game in his presence.”
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Swann said Tucker once lived with her, and said no family member or parent should have to worry about this happening to their children.
“You shouldn’t have to worry about a child going somewhere to turn their life around and come out with no life,” Swann said.
Swann said that Tucker was serving a 5-year sentence and there were talks about him being released early.
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She also has a message for parents and family members who have juveniles incarcerated.
“Listen to your kids, that is my best advice,” she said.
Swann said the guards at this facility have to get some better training.
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FOXBOROUGH, Mass. (AP) — Carolina Panthers coach Matt Rhule has been adamant for weeks that he wouldn’t rush to announce a winner in the ongoing quarterback competition between Sam Darnold and Baker Mayfield.
That hasn’t changed, even with his team just days from taking the field for their second exhibition game, a point Rhule had previously indicated he wanted to have the situation settled.
Rhule said Wednesday that the when, isn’t as important as being satisfied that he’s gathered all the information he needs.
“I think the thing I’ve said all along is that we wanted to at least get to this point where when we know, we know,” Rhule said after the Panthers second joint practice with New England.
“So, it could be at any point. It could be two more weeks from now. It could be now. ... I’m not saying it will be two weeks from now. I’m just saying we’re just making sure we’re thorough.”
Mayfield and Darnold have shared the reps with the first team over the past two days, with Mayfield seeming to have a better overall command of the offense and success in the 11-on-11 periods against New England’s defense.
But Darnold has shown flashes of what made the New York Jets select him third overall in the 2018 draft, including him working to turn a busted play into a TD pass to DJ Moore in the back of the end zone during two-minute drill work Wednesday.
“We’re both doing everything we can to win the job,” Darnold said. “I thought I improved a ton. I thought our whole team improved a ton, with their defense and the way that they fly around.”
Neither quarterback has had a full complement of playmakers this week, with running back Christian McCaffrey on a play limit and receivers Robbie Anderson and Terrace Marshall Jr. limited as well.
Still, Rhule has been impressed by what he’s seen.
“I think both guys have executed a ton,” he said. “Not a ton of interceptions but have protected the ball well. The key situations — the low (red zone) and the two-minute — we’ve gotten done what we need to get done to a degree. So, I think a lot of good things.”
Rhule said he plans to mostly play his second- and third-team players in Friday’s exhibition matchup with New England, though he didn’t say who would get the start at quarterback.
Mayfield said he feels as comfortable with the playbook as he's had since arriving from Cleveland via trade in July 6.
“To be honest with you, I haven’t been worried about when the decision’s going to be made or any of that timeline wise,” Mayfield said. “Just trying to put my head down and just handle it one day at a time. And that’s been the mindset for both Sam and I. Just how can we be playing the best ball by the end of camp and just handle it correctly.
“Organizations go as their QB rooms go, and as long as we’re leading correctly and we’re supporting each other, good things are gonna happen.”
For now, Rhule said they plan to stick to the plan they laid out prior to training camp.
“We’re not winging it,” he said. “We have a really good plan and I just don’t feel at liberty to share it out of respect for the guys.”
Everyone else will just have to wait.
BOZEMAN OUT 2-3 WEEKS
Rhule said that the lower leg injury Bradley Bozeman sustained in Tuesday’s practice session isn’t as bad as they initially feared.
Bozeman could barely put pressure on his left leg and had to be carted off the field after the injury. But Rhule said further evaluation didn’t reveal a fracture.
“We were told on the field it could be a fracture, thankfully it’s not,” Rhule said. “It’s not just a high ankle sprain, it’s some complications, some other injuries inside there. We think it’s going to be 2-3 weeks, depending on how healing goes. Not the best news, but obviously not as bad as we thought.”
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WILMINGTON, Del. (AP) — Getting to the Tour Championship isn’t all that’s at stake this week in the second FedEx Cup playoff event. The BMW Championship also is the final event to earn one of six spots on the U.S. team and eight spots on the International team for the Presidents Cup next month.
Tony Finau has made the biggest moves of late, going from No. 11 to the sixth and final qualifying spot with his consecutive victories in Minnesota and Detroit.
The leading five Americans are Scottie Scheffler, Patrick Cantlay, Sam Burns, Xander Schauffele and Justin Thomas. Right behind Finau are Will Zalatoris and Jordan Spieth, the only ones capable of moving into one of the six qualifying spots.
The list is based on FedEx Cup points, which count triple in the postseason.
Davis Love III will have six captain’s picks.
The International team has a confusing formula that makes it difficult for any fan to follow, but suffice it to say British Open champion and Players Championship winner Cameron Smith has double the lead on anyone else. The only question is whether Smith, as has been reported in The Daily Telegraph, will join LIV Golf after the playoffs and lose Presidents Cup eligibility.
The most significant development was Adam Scott, who tied for fifth last week in the playoff opener, getting him to Wilmington. Scott was likely to be picked even if he didn’t hold the final qualifying spot. Now it frees up International captain Trevor Immelman to use a pick on someone else if it had come to that.
“I don’t really want to lean on a pick from Trevor because I think I should play good enough to get on the team and hopefully that leaves him some room to make smart picks and never have to justify picking me,” Scott said.
Scott made his Presidents Cup debut in 2003 in South Africa, the matches that ended in a tie. He has been on every team since then, all losses. Mostly recently at Royal Melbourne in 2019, the Americans had to rally to win. Even though it was three years ago — the upcoming matches were postponed one year by COVID-19 — Scott says the team can still use a close loss as momentum.
“Trevor’s a good mate of mine and he’s put his heart and soul into this thing, so I think he’s done a really good job of keeping enthusiasm very high and making sure those guys remember how close we were to an incredibly special week in Melbourne,” he said.
STRAKA OPTIONS
Sepp Straka spent his first three years on the PGA Tour making sure he secured his card for the following season. He played an average of 27 tournaments.
And then he won the Honda Classic, making him exempt through August 2024. Within a month, Straka became an affiliate member of the European tour.
That’s only natural. Straka, who moved to Georgia when he was 14 and played for the Bulldogs, was born in Austria. He speaks German as comfortably as he speaks English. His first professional event was the Austrian Open.
And then there’s that small matter of the Ryder Cup.
Straka won’t get any points from his runner-up finish in the FedEx St. Jude Championship because Europe hasn’t started — or even announced, given the LIV Golf impact — its qualifying process for the matches next year in Italy.
It wasn’t all geared around the Ryder Cup. Straka — his American mother met his father in Salzberg and that’s where they stayed — has said he feels “fully connected” to his homeland. He played for Austria in amateur events even when he was at Georgia.
“It’s just something I always wanted to do,” Straka said about joining the European tour. “I wanted to have the ability to rack up some points and maybe play their closing stretch. Or even just to have the ability to play a European tour event, especially if it’s close to Austria.”
Language has always come easily. Straka — his given name is Josef — said he and twin brother Sam grew up speaking German to his father and English to his mother. And for general conversation in the house.
“We spoke English because my mom wore the pants in the family,” he said with a laugh.
BMW ON THE MOVE
The BMW Championship has the distinction as the only FedEx Cup playoff event that moves around. The host Western Golf Association is going to some familiar spots.
WGA officials announced Tuesday that it will return to Caves Valley outside Baltimore in 2025, and then return to Bellerive outside St. Louis in 2026.
Next year it goes back to Olympia Fields south of Chicago, followed by Castle Pines in the Denver area in 2024.
Bellerive most recently hosted the PGA Championship in 2018 won by Brooks Koepka.
TOO MANY SWING THOUGHTS
Rory McIlroy doesn’t watch a lot of video highlights of himself, even in good tournaments. He does more inspecting than reviewing.
McIlroy was asked last week how much he uses video on the internet as a teaching tool, and he said he has gotten away from it. He would watch Tiger Woods from the early 2000s, but that was of little value because their bodies, the length of their arms, everything is different.
“I don’t like looking at my swing too much, either, because I’ll just start picking it apart and I’ll be too perfectionist with it,” McIlroy said. “Honestly, I don’t even like watching my highlights anymore because I’ll start picking my swing apart. I don’t think it does me any good.
“So I’ve tried to steer away from looking at a lot of swings on video.”
PAC CHANGES
The PGA Tour has replaced three LIV Golf defectors with four players on the Players Advisory Council, the 16-player — now 17-player — panel that advises the policy board on tour issues.
Graeme McDowell, Brooks Koepka and Paul Casey have all signed with LIV Golf and were suspended by the PGA Tour. Max Homa and Brandt Snedeker replaced McDowell and Koepka. In a separate election, Keith Mitchell and Kevin Streelman tied. Both were added to the PAC.
Streelman is the only one of the four with previous PAC experience. He was a co-chair in 2016 and then spent the following three years on the board as a player-director.
There are 11 official tournaments remaining on the PGA Tour schedule this year.
DIVOTS
President Joe Biden has agreed to be honorary chairman of the Presidents Cup next month. Every U.S. president has served in that role for home matches dating to 1996. The Presidents Cup is the last week in September at Quail Hollow in North Carolina. … Will Zalatoris was tied for 86th after the first round of the FedEx St. Jude Championship, the worst 18-hole position of anyone who has won a playoff event since the postseason began in 2007. … The Mauritius Open is returning to the Sunshine Tour and European tour schedule in the fall for the first time since 2019. The co-sanctioned event will be held Dec. 15-18 at Mont Choisy Le Golf, and it will be the final tournament on the Sunshine Tour schedule. … The Advocates Professional Golf Association Tour is going overseas for the first time. The Butterfield Bermuda APGA Championship will be Oct. 11-12 at Port Royal, which will host the PGA Tour event two weeks later. … The Taiwan Swinging Skirts LPGA in late October has been canceled because of ongoing COVID-19 travel restrictions. With the China event already canceled, that means the Asia swing in the fall will be South Korea on Oct. 20-23, followed by a week off and then Japan on Nov. 3-6.
STAT OF THE WEEK
Four PGA Tour rookies are in the top 30 of the FedEx Cup going into the BMW Championship. No more than two rookies have ever made it to the Tour Championship, most recently in 2020.
FINAL WORD
“Lack of confidence has never been an issue for me.” — Jon Rahm.
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OMAHA, Neb.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN), a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology, announced today that Randy Wood, President and Chief Executive Officer, and Brian Ketcham, Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Midwest IDEAS Conference, being held August 24 – 25, 2022 at The Gwen in Chicago, IL. Management’s presentation is scheduled to begin on Wednesday, August 24th at 8:45 AM CT.
A webcast of management’s presentation can be accessed via the investor relations presentation section of the company’s website at, www.lindsay.com and on the conference site at https://www.threepartadvisors.com/midwest.
About Lindsay Corporation
Lindsay Corporation (NYSE: LNN) is a leading global manufacturer and distributor of irrigation and infrastructure equipment and technology. Established in 1955, the company has been at the forefront of research and development of innovative solutions to meet the food, fuel, fiber and transportation needs of the world’s rapidly growing population. The Lindsay family of irrigation brands includes Zimmatic® center pivot and lateral move agricultural irrigation systems and FieldNET® remote irrigation management and scheduling technology, as well as irrigation consulting and design and industrial IoT solutions. Also, a global leader in the transportation industry, Lindsay Transportation Solutions manufactures equipment to improve road safety and keep traffic moving on the world’s roads, bridges and tunnels, through the Barrier Systems®, Road Zipper® and Snoline™ brands. For more information about Lindsay Corporation, visit www.lindsay.com.
About IDEAS Investor Conferences
The mission of the IDEAS Conferences is to provide independent regional venues for quality companies to present their investment merits to an influential audience of investment professionals. Unlike traditional bank-sponsored events, IDEAS Investor Conferences are “SPONSORED BY INVESTORS. FOR INVESTORS.” and for the benefit of regional investment communities. Conference sponsors collectively have more than $200 billion in assets under management and include: Adirondack Research and Management, Allianz Global Investors: NFJ Investment Group, Ariel Investments, Aristotle Capital Boston, Barrow Hanley Mewhinney & Strauss, BMO Global Asset Management, Constitution Research & Management, Inc., Fidelity Investments, First Wilshire Securities Management, Inc., Gamco Investors, Granahan Investment Management, Great Lakes Advisors, Greenbrier Partners Capital Management, LLC, GRT Capital Partners, LLC, Hodges Capital Management, Ironwood Investment Management, Keeley Teton Advisors, Luther King Capital Management, Marble Harbor Investment Counsel, Perritt Capital Management, Punch & Associates, Westwood Holdings Group, Inc., and William Harris Investors.
The IDEAS Investor Conferences are held annually in Boston, Chicago and Dallas and are produced by Three Part Advisors, LLC. Additional information about the events can be located at www.IDEASconferences.com. If interested in participating or learning more about the IDEAS conferences, please contact Lacey Wesley at (817) 769 -2373 or lwesley@threepa.com.
Contacts
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Brian Ketcham
Senior Vice President & Chief Financial Officer
402-827-6579
THREE PART ADVISORS:
Jeff Elliott 972-423-7070
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Delhiwale: Fruit seller's inner music
All day long he saunters along the streets selling flutes. Qurban Ansari, 19, lives in Gurugram’s Madipur Chowk in Sector 19 with parents, who are retired labourers, and wife, Noorsaba Khatoon, whom he married a year ago. One cloudy afternoon, while walking on the road, he agreed to become a part of the Proust Questionnaire series in which citizens are nudged to make “Parisian parlour confessions”, all to explore our distinct experiences.
Your favourite virtue.
I earn through hard work, so I have sukoon (satisfaction).
Your favourite qualities in a man.
Honesty.
Your favourite qualities in a woman.
Her instinct to care for her family.
What do you appreciate the most in your friends?
Inssniyat (humanity). Helping those who are in distress, and never hurting anybody’s feelings.
Your main fault.
I find it difficult to control my gussa (anger).
Your favourite occupation.
Playing bansuri. People look happy when I play it. Seeing them happy makes me happy.
Your idea of happiness.
Living with izzat (respect).
Your idea of misery.
The day when my mummy papa will go away far from me.
If not yourself, who would you be?
Aam admi (common man).
Where would you like to live?
In my village, Nagri, in zila Sultanpur in UP. But there is no rozgar (employment opportunities) there.
Your favourite bird.
Peacock.
Your heroes/heroines in real life
My elder brother Salman.
What characters in history do you most dislike?
I don’t hate anybody.
Your heroines in World history.
All the mothers.
Your favourite food and drink.
Dal fry with chawal, and Coke.
Your favourite names
Saddam, Rukhsana Bano.
What do you hate the most?
Hindu-Muslim fasaad (discords).
How do you wish to die?
While walking.
What is your present state of mind?
I am thinking if you will tell readers to buy flutes from me, or you will not.
Faults for which you have the most tolerance.
When somebody abuses me.
Your motto in life
Live with sachai (truth).
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Around 25 lakh new voters likely to be enrolled in Jammu and Kashmir
The chief electoral officer of Jammu and Kashmir, Hirdesh Kumar Singh, on Wednesday said that the special summary revision of electoral rolls in the union territory, being conducted after January 1, 2019, is likely to add around 25 lakh new voters to the existing voters' list and that “Post-abrogation of Article 370, an ordinarily residing person can become a voter in J&K to exercise his right to franchise.”
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7 years on, no justice served, says AAP MLA Kunwar Vijay on Kotkapura firing case
Once again the Aam Aadmi Party MLA from Amritsar North and former IPS office Kunwar Vijay Pratap Singh has questioned the role his own government in Punjab in delivering justice in Bargari sacrilege episode-related Police firing cases. He has stated that seven years have passed, no justice has been served in the Kotkapura firing case. He also says, “Waiting for justice…”.
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AAPs Punjab report card disappointing, says Ashwani Sharma
Dubbing the Aam Aadmi Party as a total failure in governance, Bharatiya Janata Party state president Ashwani Sharma said that the law-and-order situation in jails was miserable and mobile phones found with inmates was a sad reflection of the dire straits the state was in. Why does the AAP hide the truth from the public. “Afterall every citizen of the state has a stake in the economic status of Punjab,” said Sharma.
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Over 100 apple growers court arrest in Shimla
In view of 'Jail Bharo Andolan' from August 17, more than 100 farmers, particularly apple growers, under the banner of the Sanyukt Kisan Manch courted arrest at the police control room on the Mall Road, Shimla, on Wednesday. Farmers have urged the government to fulfil 20 demands that they have submitted in their charter during their talks with the chief minister on July 28. The government, however, has announced to give 6% subsidy on cartons.
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CCI in wait-and-watch mode in Punjab amid volatile market conditions for cotton
The Cotton Corporation of India is in a wait-and-watch mode ahead of the 2022-23 kharif marketing season even as Punjab agriculture authorities hope that like last year, the central agency will have little role to play in cotton purchase. CCI officials, overseeing cotton farming in Punjab, say the present situation is uncertain to conclude if the agency would be required in the market. | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/delhiwale-fruit-seller-s-inner-music-101660770919614.html | 2022-08-17T21:47:14Z | https://www.hindustantimes.com/cities/delhi-news/delhiwale-fruit-seller-s-inner-music-101660770919614.html | true | 1 |
Turkey Recalled, Bacteria Contamination Possible
Crescent turkey breast and pastrami packages were recalled in Canada last week because of possible listeria contamination. The recalled products were sold in Ontario, and the company is working with the Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) to make sure the product is no longer sold in stores. Listeria is a serious infection caused by eating food contaminated with Listeria monocytogenes.
The recall covers 175g packages of Crescent Pastrami with UPC 7 78086 00255 2 and best-by code 22 OC 03, and 175g packages of Crescent Turkey Breast – Tuscan Flavored with UPC 7 78086 00258 3 and best-by code 22 SE 20. The company behind the products, Tony's Mears Ltd., initiated the recall on Aug. 11. There have been no reports of illnesses connected to the issue. The CFIA is investigating and working with the industry to pull recalled products from store shelves. Consumers with recalled products should not eat them.
The FDA and U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention often issue food safety alerts about listeria contamination of foods in the U.S. as well. On Aug. 4, the CDC warned of a listeria outbreak linked to Big Olaf brand ice cream available at retailers, restaurants, and senior homes in Florida, as well as a story in Fredericksburg, Ohio. A recall has already been initiated for Big Olaf ice cream products with expiration dates through June 30. One death and 25 illnesses have been linked to the outbreak. The investigation into the outbreak is ongoing and consumers with recalled Big Olaf products are wanted to not eat them.
Earlier this month, Primal Pet Foods expanded a dog food recall because of a potential listeria infection. The recall covers Raw Frozen Primal Patties for Dogs Beef Formula, sold in Maryland, Georgia, Texas, and British Columbia in Canada. The recalled packages have "05/22/23" as a best before date and lot code number "W10068709."
Symptoms of listeria infection can depend on the person. People who are pregnant, newborns, adults 65 or older, and people with weakened immune systems are among the most susceptible to illness. Others can be infected, but rarely become seriously ill, according to the CDC. Some of the symptoms for people who are not pregnant include fever, flu-like symptoms, headache, stiff neck, confusion, loss of balance, and seizures. People who are pregnant may experience fever and flu-like symptoms. The symptoms can begin to show within two weeks of eating listeria-contaminated food. Listeria outbreaks are often linked to produce and dairy products. | https://popculture.com/trending/news/turkey-recalled-listeria-bacteria-contamination-possible/ | 2022-08-17T21:48:56Z | https://popculture.com/trending/news/turkey-recalled-listeria-bacteria-contamination-possible/ | false | 2 |
LOS ANGELES — Redshirt-junior Hudson Habermehl could have a lot of opportunities at tight end this season, according to UCLA coach Chip Kelly. It’s a coveted opportunity for any player, but more so for Habermehl, who only started playing football his senior year of high school.
Habermehl’s PE teacher was the football coach at Woodcreek High in Roseville and relentlessly tried to get the basketball and lacrosse player to come out for the team because of his height. Habermehl agreed, for one varsity season.
“It was my last time to try a sport. I wasn’t even thinking about playing a college sport,” Habermehl said. “They put me at wide, just a bunch of fade routes, go high point the ball. Like basketball. I was getting rebounds.”
He walked on as a receiver at UCLA and this spring was awarded a scholarship. With the departure of tight end Mike Martinez, Habermehl has an unanticipated opportunity.
The Bruins could feature formations with up to four tight ends for the deep position group.
“Any time we get it drawn up on the whiteboard, we’re like, ‘Oh, let’s go,’” Habermehl said. “It’s a great combo when we throw four guys out there because you can really spread us out, you can bring us in, you can do a lot with us. We’re really versatile.”
Neither Kelly nor players have offered an explanation for Martinez leaving. The absence of Martinez’s physicality created a deficit in blocking, something this year’s corps of tight ends is aware of and working on.
“He was probably the best blocker we had at tight end,” redshirt-senior Michael Ezeike said. “But that’s one thing I’m trying to work on over the offseason. Just become a better blocker. Not only be a pass-catcher but also work on my blocking skills.”
Michael Churich and David Priebe also add depth to the tight end group. Freshmen early enrollee Carsen Ryan and Jack Pedersen are becoming acclimated to the bunch, as well.
Off the field, Habermehl is often a first pick in pickup basketball because of his years of experience in the sport — although he’s at least 55 pounds heavier than when he last played in a varsity game.
On the field, he’s earning praise from Kelly.
“He deserves it,” Kelly said. “He’s worked extremely hard at transitioning from wideout, which he came here as a freshman to now. He’s up to almost 250 pounds. He’s doing a heck of a job for us.”
Bruins reaping benefits of new dietician
When lineman Antonio Mafi came to UCLA as a freshman, he weighed 411 pounds. Now a redshirt senior, Mafi is down to 341.
“I’m a lot happier with where I’m at now,” Mafi said. “Coach sat down and said, ‘I want to talk about your future here. If you really want to play well, then you’ve just gotta stay committed to it.’”
Mafi gave credit to Ross Shumway, a registered dietician who has been working with the team since spring. He made a plan for the lineman, who also uses a smartphone app to keep track of his meals.
Shumway has done presentations and one-on-one conversations with players to help manage their weight, whether they’re trying to gain or lose. Players have appointments, nicknamed “bod pods,” where their body mass and percentages are measured.
Shumway has been present at fall camp, mostly helping fill water bottles on the sidelines.
“His implementation of hydration and shakes and just the way that he has us do nutrition, it’s really been helping us,” Ezeike said.
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ANAHEIM — Excited and anxious to start playing again, Mike Trout is determined to return from rib cage inflammation on Friday for the opener of their road trip in Detroit.
While there was a slim chance Trout could return in Wednesday’s homestand finale against the Seattle Mariners, he went through one more workout instead. After an off day from his rehab work on Thursday, the club will determine if he is ready to take the field to begin a 10-game, three-city road trip in what will be his first game since July 12.
“I’m full go on everything,” Trout said, adding that he is pain-free.
Trout has missed 29 games, not counting Wednesday’s contest. The Angels are 13-16 since he has been away and have struggled in most facets of the game.
At the very least, Trout’s return will bring much-needed enthusiasm.
“I’m excited,” Trout said Wednesday morning. “I’m happy the way the progress has been. It was good for me to take the time and get it out of there and play what, in a month and a week? I’m looking forward to it.”
The three-time American League MVP was batting .270 with a .967 OPS in 79 games this season, hitting 24 home runs with 51 RBIs. In addition to missing all the games with the Angels, he was also forced to sit out last month’s All-Star Game at Dodger Stadium.
“Ultimately, I want to be out there with the guys; I miss it,” Trout said. “I think with downtime you come to the field, go home, it’s good to spend time with your son and your wife. That was good. But ultimately you want to be out on the field. I’m excited. If everything goes well, hopefully I’ll be in there Friday.”
Angels interim manager Phil Nevin also expressed hope toward a Friday return for Trout and was asked if he was perhaps less optimistic than his star player.
“When I get to write his name down, I will be very happy for sure,” Nevin said. “I think we’re close.”
Nevin plans on mixing in some off days for Trout once he returns, but said he already was planning to rotate his outfielders with seven consecutive games upcoming on artificial turf at Tampa Bay and Toronto.
“I’m just looking forward to Friday, if that’s the day, then we’ll see with the (games) after that,” Nevin said of Trout. “We’ll be meeting with the training staff each day and a lot will be on how Mike feels. He hasn’t played in a month so I’m sure there will be some (off) days in there.”
NO THUMBS UP YET
Outfielder Jo Adell was available for pinch-hit duty Wednesday, but he was out of the lineup for a second consecutive day because of a bruised thumb. His issues involve throwing a baseball more than swinging a bat.
Adell was hit by a pitch in Monday night’s game against the Mariners, but he still managed to hit two home runs in a simulated game Tuesday.
“I can put him out there (in the outfield), just to see how it would go but it would be tough for him to make a throw,” Nevin said. “But if we’re down and need his bat and then have to stick him out there, sure.”
UP NEXT
Angels (LHP Patrick Sandoval 3-8, 3.42 ERA) at Tigers (RHP Matt Manning, 0-0, 3.24), Friday, 4:10 p.m., Bally Sports West, 830 AM
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PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Pacific West Bank (OTC: PWBO) today announced the promotion of Lisa Fajardo-Faust to Chief Deposit Officer of Pacific West Bank. Lisa leads the Bank's deposit growth strategy, as a member of the Bank's Executive Team.
"Lisa's expanded Executive role recognizes her continuing commitment, dedication and leadership to Portland's business and non-profit community," said Terry Peterson, Pacific West Bank's Chief Executive Officer. "She is not only a community leader, but the driver of our deposit growth strategies, which is fueling our rapid balance sheet growth," he continued.
Ms. Faust attributes the Bank's rapid deposit growth to her team and the acceptance of Pacific West Bank as the bank of choice for the greater Portland business and non-profit communities.
Lisa demonstrates her commitment to our community with active participation in various non-profit organizations including Board Chair of Friends of the Children Portland, Board Treasurer for Clackamas Community College Foundation, Chair of Oregon Bankers Association BIPOC Task Force, Board Member for the Oregon Bankers Association Education Foundation, and Advisory Board Member for Quest Center for Integrative Health.
"As Chief Deposit Officer and an Executive of the Bank, Lisa's leadership style of building community and culture will be immensely important to the continued growth of Pacific West Bank. Her commitment to integrity through intentionality is an essential part of who we are. Lisa is recognized as a leader and connector in the community, and we are proud to have her lead our Bank," said Jason Wessling, Pacific West Bank's President and Chief Financial Officer.
About Pacific West Bank: Information about the Bank's stock is available through the over-the-counter marketplace at www.otcmarkets.com (symbol PWBO).
Pacific West Bank was formed in 2004 by Portland businesspeople to deliver loan and deposit product solutions through experienced and professional bankers to businesses, non-profits, professionals, and individuals. The Bank serves the greater Portland Metro area with offices strategically located in Downtown Portland, Lake Oswego, and West Linn.
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MANCHESTER, N.H. (AP) — Former Vice President Mike Pence on Wednesday implored fellow Republicans to stop lashing out at the FBI over the search of Donald Trump’s Florida home and denounced calls by some of the former president’s allies to defund the FBI, saying that was “just as wrong” as a push by Democratic activists to shift money from police.
Pence also said he would give “due consideration” if asked to testify before the House committee investigating the riot at the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021.
His pleas for restraint come as law enforcement officials warn of an escalating number of violent threats targeting federal agents and government facilities since agents last week searched Mar-a-Lago as part of the Justice Department’s investigation into the discovery of classified White House records recovered from Trump’s estate earlier this year.
Speaking in New Hampshire, Pence said he has been troubled by what he called the politicization of the FBI. He also said the Justice Department and Attorney General Merrick Garland should be more forthcoming about what led authorities to conduct the search.
But Pence, who is trying to stake out his own political path as he and Trump both consider 2024 presidential campaigns, also had a message for the GOP.
“I also want to remind my fellow Republicans, we can hold the attorney general accountable for the decision he made without attacking the rank-and-file law enforcement personnel at the FBI,” he said at the Politics & Eggs event, a breakfast gathering at St. Anselm College for business leaders that has become a customary stop for White House hopefuls in the early-voting state.
“The Republican Party is the party of law and order,” Pence continued. “Our party stands with the men and women who stand on the thin blue line at the federal and state and local level, and these attacks on the FBI must stop. Calls to defund the FBI are just as wrong as calls to defund the police.”
Trump and some other Republican lawmakers have tried to capitalize on the search by portraying it as an act of political persecution and an attack on the rule of law.
For the onetime political allies, their paths diverged on Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of angry Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in an effort to stop Congress’ formal certification of Joe Biden’s presidential victory. Trump denounced his vice president, who was presiding over the Senate, for refusing to object or delay the certification — something Pence had no power to do. A fake gallows was constructed on the National Mall, and people who broke into the Capitol chanted, “Hang Mike Pence! Hang Mike Pence!”
Before Wednesday, Pence had refused to say whether he would engage with the House committee investigating the insurrection if the panel requested his testimony.
“If there was an invitation to participate, I would consider it,” Pence said, adding he would first reflect “on the unique role” he was serving as vice president.
“It would be unprecedented in history for a vice president to be summoned to testify on Capitol Hill, but as I said, I don’t want to prejudge,” he said. “If ever any formal invitation was rendered to us, we’d give it due consideration.”
A committee spokesperson declined comment on Pence’s remarks.
The committee and Pence’s team have had an open line of communication since Pence’s former chief of staff, Marc Short, agreed to testify in private in December 2021 after receiving a subpoena. Short was at the Capitol on Jan. 6 and accompanied Pence as the then-vice president fled the Senate chamber and hid from rioters who were calling for his hanging.
In Short’s recorded testimony, aired at the committee’s public hearings this summer, he described attending White House meetings before the insurrection during which Trump allies discussed ways to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
At one point, Trump had banned Short from the White House grounds because Short objected to the pressure on Pence to reject the legitimate election results.
Committee members so far have not decided to seek Pence’s testimony, saying that Short and former Pence lawyer Greg Jacobs have provided investigators with plenty of evidence.
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ANAHEIM, Calif. (AP) — Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout intends to return to the Los Angeles Angels’ lineup on Friday in Detroit.
Trout hasn’t played since July 12, missing the Angels’ past 30 games with an injury to his upper back and ribcage. He faced live pitching Monday and worked out Wednesday, leaving him confident he will be able to play against the Tigers when the Angels open a 10-game trip.
“Ultimately, I want to be out there with the guys,” Trout said Wednesday before the Angels hosted the Seattle Mariners. “I miss it. I think with downtime, you come to the field, go home. It’s good to spend time with your son and your wife. That was good. But ultimately, you want to be out on the field. I’m excited. If everything goes well, hopefully I’ll be in there Friday.”
Trout earned an All-Star selection this summer while batting .270 with 24 homers and 51 RBIs in 79 games, but he has missed significant playing time — and the All-Star Game — due to injuries for the second straight season. The center fielder played only 36 games last season before he was sidelined for the year in mid-May by a calf strain.
“We really don’t have that much time left in the season,” Trout said. “I talked to the front office and I talked to the training staff just to get some at-bats here to see how I felt, and I felt really good.”
Last season’s disappointment seems to be a motivation for Trout to return with only seven weeks left in another lost season for the Angels (51-66), who haven’t made the playoffs since 2014. Los Angeles has plummeted out of the postseason picture again this summer despite being in first place in the AL West on May 11.
After Angels athletic trainer Mike Frostad said last month that Trout’s current injury might be something he must monitor for the rest of his career, Trout rushed to assure fans that his career isn’t over.
A return to the lineup underlines that commitment by Trout, who is in the fourth season of a 12-year, $426 million contract. He also said he plans to develop a workout plan to strengthen his back during another long offseason for the Angels.
Although his injury might benefit from some light days of action, Trout says he’ll keep playing center field to allow AL MVP Shohei Ohtani to remain the Angels’ designated hitter.
“I think we have a pretty good DH,” Trout said with a grin.
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Calhoun (heel) will report to Triple-A Round Rock on Wednesday to begin a rehab assignment.
Though Calhoun hadn't resumed baseball activities as of Friday, he's evidently made substantial progress in the last few days, given that he's advanced to a minor-league rehab assignment. Assuming his right heel doesn't cause him any problems while playing for Round Rock, he could be cleared to return from the injured list as soon as this weekend. | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/rangers-kole-calhoun-beginning-rehab-assignment/ | 2022-08-17T21:59:08Z | https://www.cbssports.com/fantasy/baseball/news/rangers-kole-calhoun-beginning-rehab-assignment/ | false | null |
NASHVILLE, Tenn., Aug. 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Genesco Inc. (NYSE: GCO) today announced that the Company will report results for the second quarter fiscal 2023 on September 1, 2022, before the market opens, and hold its quarterly earnings conference call at 7:30 a.m. (central) the same day.
- A live audio webcast of the conference call will be available at https://www.genesco.com/investor-relations/news-events/events
- An audio archive of the call will be available for up to one year at https://www.genesco.com/investor-relations/news-events/events
- In addition, a summary of the second quarter results will be available on the Genesco website on September 1, 2022, at https://www.genesco.com/investor-relations/news-events/events
Genesco Inc., a Nashville-based specialty retailer and branded company, sells footwear and accessories in more than 1,410 retail stores throughout the U.S., Canada, the United Kingdom and the Republic of Ireland, principally under the names Journeys, Journeys Kidz, Little Burgundy, Schuh, Schuh Kids, Johnston & Murphy, and on internet websites www.journeys.com, www.journeyskidz.com, www.journeys.ca, www.littleburgundyshoes.com, www.schuh.co.uk, www.schuh.ie, www.schuh.eu, www.johnstonmurphy.com, www.johnstonmurphy.ca, www.nashvilleshoewarehouse.com, and www.dockersshoes.com. In addition, Genesco sells footwear at wholesale under its Johnston & Murphy brand, the licensed Levi's brand, the licensed Dockers brand, the licensed Bass brand, and other brands. Genesco is committed to progress in its diversity, equity and inclusion efforts, and the Company's environmental, social and governance stewardship. For more information on Genesco and its operating divisions, please visit www.genesco.com.
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Two men charged with assault causing bodily harm had their charges dropped after the victim failed to show in court.
Steven Adam Gelinas and Robert Dale Howard were both charged with one count of assault causing bodily harm, and Gelinas was also charged with uttering threats and assault with a weapon.
The two were set to appear for a hearing in Penticton’s court on Aug. 16, in connection to an alleged incident that occurred on July 17, 2020.
The court was told however that the complainant, despite being subpoenaed to appear, had not made any response and had failed to show up.
As a result, the charges in the case were dropped and Howard and Gelinas were free to go.
Gelinas, who was being held in custody, was released following his court appearance.
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Giuliani appears at Georgia election probe
Rudy Giuliani, Donald Trump's onetime personal lawyer, has testified before a special grand jury in Atlanta in a Georgia criminal probe examining attempts by the former US president and his allies to overturn the 2020 election results.
Giuliani, who helped lead Trump's election challenges, on Wednesday spent more than six hours in the Fulton County courthouse after a judge ordered him to comply with a subpoena.
His lawyers, who declined to comment on his testimony, said he would refuse to answer questions that violate attorney-client privilege.
The former New York City mayor, 78, appeared before Georgia state lawmakers in December 2020, echoing Trump's false conspiracy theories about stolen ballots and urging them not to certify Democratic President Joe Biden's victory over the Republican Trump.
"It's a grand jury and grand juries, as I recall, are secret," Giuliani told CNN on his arrival at the courthouse, when asked to comment on his testimony.
"They ask the questions and we'll see."
Giuliani left the courthouse through one of the building's side entrances, local media in Atlanta reported.
"We were ordered to be here, we showed up, we did what we have to do," said Giuliani's lawyer, Bill Thomas.
"The special grand jury process is a secret process, and we're gonna respect that process."
The Fulton County probe began after a January 2021 recorded phone call in which Trump urged the state's top election official to "find" enough votes to alter the outcome. The former president has asserted falsely that he won Georgia, as well as the 2020 presidential contest.
The special grand jury was convened in May at the request of county District Attorney Fani Willis.
Giuliani, a former crime-fighting US Lawyer, was among several Trump advisers and lawyers who received subpoenas from the grand jury last month, including US Senator Lindsey Graham of South Carolina.
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Trump Foe Cheney Loses Wyoming GOP Primary, Ponders 2024 Bid
CHEYENNE, Wyo. (AP) — Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney, Donald Trump’s fiercest Republican adversary in Congress, soundly lost a GOP primary, falling to a rival backed by the former president in a rout that reinforced his grip on the party’s base.
The third-term congresswoman and her allies entered Tuesday downbeat about her prospects, aware that Trump’s backing gave Harriet Hageman considerable lift in the state where he won by the largest margin during the 2020 campaign. Cheney was already looking ahead to a political future beyond Capitol Hill that could include a 2024 presidential run, potentially putting her on another collision course with Trump.
On Wednesday, calling Trump “a very grave threat and risk to our republic,” she told NBC that she thinks that defeating him will require “a broad and united front of Republicans, Democrats and independents — and that’s what I intend to be part of.” She declined to say if she would run for president but conceded it’s “something that I’m thinking about.”
Cheney described her primary loss on Tuesday night as the beginning of a new chapter in her political career as she addressed a small collection of supporters, including her father, former Vice President Dick Cheney, on the edge of a vast field flanked by mountains and bales of hay.
“Our work is far from over,” she said, evoking Abraham Lincoln, who also lost congressional elections before ascending to the presidency and preserving the union.
The primary results — and the roughly 30-point margin — were a powerful reminder of the GOP’s rapid shift to the right. A party once dominated by national security-oriented, business-friendly conservatives like her father now belongs to Trump, animated by his populist appeal and, above all, his denial of defeat in the 2020 election.
Such lies, which have been roundly rejected by federal and state election officials along with Trump’s own attorney general and judges he appointed, transformed Cheney from an occasional critic of the former president to the clearest voice inside the GOP warning that he represents a threat to democratic norms. She’s the top Republican on the House panel investigating the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection at the U.S. Capitol by a mob of Trump supporters, an attack she referenced in nodding to her political future.
“I have said since Jan. 6 that I will do whatever it takes to ensure Donald Trump is never again anywhere near the Oval Office — and I mean it,” she said Tuesday.
Four hundred miles (645 kilometers) to the east of Cheney’s concession speech, festive Hageman supporters gathered at a sprawling outdoor rodeo and Western culture festival in Cheyenne, many wearing cowboy boots, hats and blue jeans.
“Obviously we’re all very grateful to President Trump, who recognizes that Wyoming has only one congressional representative and we have to make it count,” said Hageman, a ranching industry attorney who had finished third in a previous bid for governor.
Echoing Trump’s conspiracy theories, she falsely claimed the 2020 election was “rigged” as she courted his loyalists in the runup to the election.
Trump and his team celebrated Cheney’s loss, which may represent his biggest political victory in a primary season full of them. The former president called the results “a complete rebuke” of the Jan. 6 committee.
“Liz Cheney should be ashamed of herself, the way she acted, and her spiteful, sanctimonious words and actions towards others,” he wrote on his social media platform. “Now she can finally disappear into the depths of political oblivion where, I am sure, she will be much happier than she is right now. Thank you WYOMING!”
The news offered a welcome break from Trump’s focus on his growing legal entanglements. Just eight days earlier, federal agents executing a search warrant recovered 11 sets of classified records from the former president’s Florida estate.
Meanwhile in Alaska, which also held elections on Tuesday, Sen. Lisa Murkowski, another prominent GOP critic of Trump, advanced from her primary. Sarah Palin, the GOP’s 2008 vice presidential nominee and a staunch ally of Trump, was also bound for the November general election in the race for Alaska’s sole U.S. House seat.
But most of the attention was on Cheney, whose defeat would have been unthinkable just two years ago. The daughter of a former vice president, she hails from one of the most prominent political families in Wyoming. And in Washington, she was the No. 3 House Republican, an influential voice in GOP politics and policy with a sterling conservative voting record.
Cheney will now be forced from Congress at the end of her third and final term in January. She is not expected to leave Capitol Hill quietly.
She will continue in her leadership role on the congressional panel investigating the Jan. 6 attack until it dissolves at the end of the year. And she is actively considering a 2024 White House bid — as a Republican or independent — having vowed to do everything in her power to fight Trump’s influence in her party.
With Cheney’s loss, Republicans who voted to impeach Trump are going extinct.
In all, seven Republican senators and 10 Republican House members backed Trump’s impeachment in the days after his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol as Congress tried to certify President Joe Biden’s victory. Just two of those 10 House members have won their primaries this year. After two Senate retirements, Murkowski is the only such Senate Republican on this year’s ballot.
Cheney was forced to seek assistance from the state’s tiny Democratic minority in her bid to pull off a victory. But Democrats across America, major donors among them, took notice. She raised at least $15 million for her election, a stunning figure for a Wyoming political contest.
Voters responded to the interest in the race. With a little more than half of the vote counted, turnout ran about 50% higher than in the 2018 Republican primary for governor.
If Cheney does ultimately run for president — either as a Republican or an independent — don’t expect her to win Wyoming’s three electoral votes.
“We like Trump. She tried to impeach Trump,” Cheyenne voter Chester Barkell said of Cheney on Tuesday. “I don’t trust Liz Cheney.”
And in Jackson, Republican voter Dan Winder said he felt betrayed by his congresswoman.
“Over 70% of the state of Wyoming voted Republican in the last presidential election and she turned right around and voted against us,” said Winder, a hotel manager. “She was our representative, not her own.”
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MISSOURI CITY, Texas — The Houston Police Department on Wednesday released bodycam video showing the events leading up to officers from multiple agencies shooting a suspect who allegedly shot a Missouri City police officer.
Editor's note: The above video is from KHOU 11's previous coverage of this incident.
The incident started when officer Crystal Sepulveda, 29, and other officers with the Missouri City Police Department on July 23 around 2:37 a.m. spotted a car that had been stolen. Police said a chase started when Sepulveda and the other officers attempted to pull over the suspect, who has since been identified as Jeffrey Bundrent Jr.
The car eventually came to a stop and police said Bundrent ran to the backyard of a nearby house on Corsair Road near the Sam Houston Tollway. When Sepulveda attempted to find him, police said the man opened fire and shot her three times.
Multiple agencies, including the Houston Police Department, the Texas Department of Public Safety and the Fort Bend County Sheriff's Office, responded to the scene and once again found Bundrent in a house's backyard, police said.
In the bodycam video released by HPD, multiple officers can be seen approaching the backyard with a K-9 unit. As officers are seen entering the backyard, gunfire is heard and officers are shown shooting at Bundrent several times until another officer is heard shouting, "Cease fire!"
Police said Bundrent was taken to an area hospital where he later died from his injuries.
Before officers entered the backyard, one of them can be heard asking to take the lead, saying he was Sepulveda's partner.
Sepulveda, who was shot in the face, left calf and left toe was taken to a hospital for treatment. The bullet that hit her in the face shattered her cheek and exited through her ear.
Despite her injuries, officials said Sepulveda is staying in good spirits.
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Per department policy, HPD releases the bodycam video in all officer-involved shootings within 30 days of the incident. The video is graphic and shows officers fatally shooting a suspect. You can find the full video release on HPD's YouTube page.
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With monkeypox, COVID-19, mass shootings, and more, parents are super worried about sending their kids back to school. From elementary to college, the worry is greater than it used to be. A couple of the members of the show have children, so they discuss what they’re most nervous about when it comes to going back to school this month.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Sparks have opened a national search for their next head coach while also seeking a new general manager.
The team said Wednesday that Fred Williams, who filled the head coaching role on an interim basis, has left for a new job as associate head coach at Auburn.
Williams took on the interim tag on June 7 after Derek Fisher was fired as head coach. Williams first joined the franchise as an assistant before the 2019 season. The Sparks failed to make the playoffs this season, finishing with a 13-23 record.
He previously served as head coach of WNBA teams in Utah, Atlanta and Dallas. He was head coach of Southern California's women's team from 1995-97.
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Police find puppy after she was stolen along with pickup truck
Published: Aug. 17, 2022 at 3:58 PM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
PORTLAND, Ore. (KPTV/Gray News) - A 6-month-old basset hound named Lola has been returned to her owner in Oregon after she was abducted in their stolen pickup truck on Tuesday.
Lola was inside a blue 2016 Dodge 1500 crew cab parked outside a Portland gas station when the truck was stolen at noon, according to police.
Police said that a handgun was also inside the truck.
Lola and the truck were recovered a few hours later, but the handgun was not found.
Police said Lola was “a bit tired after this ordeal, but in good spirits.”
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In August, San Diego County leaders and public health officials declared a state of emergency in response to the monkeypox outbreak.
According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, "monkeypox is a rare disease caused by infection with the monkeypox virus. Monkeypox virus is part of the same family of viruses as variola virus, the virus that causes smallpox. Monkeypox symptoms are similar to smallpox symptoms, but milder, and monkeypox is rarely fatal. Monkeypox is not related to chickenpox."
San Diego County
Confirmed & Probable Cases
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Source: San Diego County Health and Human Services (8/15/2022)
County residents can receive real-time information about the impact of monkeypox in the region along with details about available services via text. People can sign up to receive messages by texting COSD MONKEYPOX to 468-311.
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The changes include internal staffing moves and steps to speed up data releases. The agency's director says it’s a CDC initiative, and was not directed by the White House or other administration officials.
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Back in 2017, a doctor in Nigeria noticed how fast a local outbreak of monkeypox was spreading. He tried unsuccessfully to warn the world that Nigeria's outbreak could spread globally.
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Only one company makes the currently used monkeypox vaccine. Supply is limited in wealthy nations like the U.S. Less well-off nations, like Nigeria, where the outbreak began, have no vaccines at all.
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Requirements to test and mask and be vaccinated are becoming less common as colleges shift away from treating COVID-19 as an emergency.
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Subsequent variants of monkeypox will be named using Roman numerals for the clade, and lowercase letters for the subclade.
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Animal carriers of the virus include various rodents, dogs, primates, hedgehogs and shrews, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
Overview
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Symptoms | Infectious period | Transmission | Prevention | Diagnosis and isolation
Symptoms
Monkeypox might start with symptoms like the flu, with fever, low energy, swollen lymph nodes, and general body aches. Within 1 to 3 days (sometimes longer) after the appearance of fever, the person can develop a rash or sores. The sores will go through several stages, including scabs, before healing. They can look like pimples or blisters and may be painful and itchy.
The rash or sores may be located on or near the genitals (penis, testicles, labia, and vagina) or anus (butt) but could also be on other areas like the hands, feet, chest, face, or inside the mouth. They may also be limited to one part of the body.
People with monkeypox may experience all or only a few of these symptoms. Most with monkeypox will develop the rash or sores. Some people have reported developing a rash or sores before (or without) the flu-like symptoms.
Infectious period
Monkeypox can spread from the time symptoms start until all sores have healed and a fresh layer of skin has formed. This can take several weeks.
Transmission
Monkeypox spreads primarily through direct contact with infectious sores, scabs, or body fluids, including during sex, as well as activities like kissing, hugging, massaging, and cuddling. Monkeypox can spread through touching materials used by a person with monkeypox that haven't been cleaned, such as clothing and bedding. It can also spread by respiratory secretions during prolonged, close, face-to-face contact.
Monkeypox can be spread through:
- Direct skin-skin contact with rash lesions
- Sexual/intimate contact, including kissing
- Living in a house and sharing a bed with someone
- Sharing utensils, cups, towels or unwashed clothing
- Respiratory secretions through prolonged face-to-face interactions (the type that mainly happen when living with someone or caring for someone who has monkeypox)
Monkeypox is NOT spread through:
- Casual brief conversations
- Walking by someone with monkeypox, like in a grocery store
Prevention
There are number of ways to prevent the spread of monkeypox, including:
- Always talking to your sexual partner/s about any recent illness and being aware of new or unexplained sores or rashes on your body or your partner's body, including on the genitals and anus
- Avoiding close contact, including sex, with people with symptoms like sores or rashes
- Practicing good hand hygiene
- Using appropriate personal protective equipment (PPE) (like a mask, gown, and gloves) when caring for others with symptoms
- Avoiding contact with infected materials contaminated with the virus
- Avoiding contact with infected animals
Diagnosis and isolation
If you have a new or an unexplained rash or other symptoms, avoid crowds, close contact with others, and seek medical care for further testing and evaluation. If you do not have a health care provider or healthcare insurance, contact your local health department about any available resources. You may also contact the Department of Healthcare Services for more available resources.
Testing
- You must have a rash with fluid-filled lesions similar to blisters to get a monkeypox test.
- The monkeypox test is done on your skin with a swab at a clinic by a health care provider. The swab is rubbed against lesions on your skin, or parts of your rash, and then sent to a specialized lab for monkeypox testing.
- A preliminary lab test result should be available in a few days. While you are waiting, be sure to take steps to care for yourself and others:
- Stay home and away from others.
- Put off travel on public transportation and domestic and international travel.
- Contact your sex partner(s) and people you have had close contact with since the start of your symptoms.
- Protect any pets.
Vaccines
Where to get vaccinated?
The vaccine is in limited supply. Please continue to monitor the county website for more information.
Who should get vaccinated?
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommends vaccination for people who have been exposed to monkeypox and people who may be more likely to get monkeypox, including:
- People who may have been identified by public health officials as a contact of someone with monkeypox; or
- People who know one of their sexual partners in the past 2 weeks has been diagnosed with monkeypox; or
- People who had multiple sexual partners in the past 2 weeks in an area with known monkeypox.
Based on CDC and the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) guidance, the County of San Diego is currently prioritizing vaccination for:
- People who have been identified by known cases as intimate or otherwise close contacts of a person diagnosed with monkeypox.
- Those who have been intimate or otherwise had skin-to-skin contact with a person who has a monkeypox-like rash. | https://www.kpbs.org/tags/monkeypox-san-diego | 2022-08-17T22:24:02Z | https://www.kpbs.org/tags/monkeypox-san-diego | true | 1 |
Retired priest accused of sexual assault at Manitoba residential school pleads not guilty
Arthur Masse, 92, charged with assaulting 10-year-old girl at Fort Alexander school more than 50 years ago
WARNING: This story contains distressing details.
A retired priest accused of sexually assaulting a 10-year-old girl at a Manitoba residential school more than 50 years ago has pleaded not guilty.
Arthur Masse, now 92, was not in the Powerview, Man., court on Wednesday, but entered his plea through his lawyer. His case will go to a Court of Queen's Bench judge-only trial in Winnipeg, but a trial date has not been set.
Masse was arrested in June after a decade-long investigation and now faces one charge of indecent assault.
RCMP say the victim was a student at Fort Alexander residential school in Sagkeeng First Nation, in eastern Manitoba, where Masse worked.
Police haven't named the victim, but 63-year-old Victoria McIntosh, of Sagkeeng First Nation, says she was the child at the centre of this case.
"I'll be there every step of the way. I made a commitment, so I'm going to keep that," she said outside the Powerview court on Wednesday.
"Mr. Masse, come out and speak your truth as well, and I'll speak mine."
At a court hearing in Powerview last month, Sagkeeng Chief Derrick Henderson requested that the courts work with the community to have a sentencing circle for Masse, which would have been contingent on him pleading guilty.
A sentencing circle is a community-directed restorative justice process conducted in partnership with the justice system, based on the belief that a crime is an offence against an entire community, not just a victim.
Marilyn Courchene, who attended day school at Fort Alexander when Masse worked there, stood alongside McIntosh outside the Powerview courthouse on Wednesday. She said she wished the retired priest took part in a sentencing circle.
"Our way would have been in a circle, our way would have been to listen, our way would have been to use the seven teachings," Courchene said.
"Our way would have been, at the end of the day, open with forgiveness, and I think both parties would have benefited."
It's not clear if Masse declined to participate in a sentencing circle, or if that choice wasn't presented to him.
Chief Henderson said Wednesday he expected Masse to plead not guilty, and community members will continue to attend court hearings alongside McIntosh.
"We'll be there behind Victoria and her family until this process is completed. There's a lot of support from the community, from outside the community," he said.
When a date is set for the trial, Henderson says Sagkeeng leadership will organize transportation so people who want to attend the trial don't have to worry about getting to Winnipeg.
"We need to make sure that justice is done for our people."
Masse has another court date set for Sept. 14, but it's expected to be administrative in nature.
Support is available for anyone affected by their experience at residential schools or by the latest reports.
A national Indian Residential School Crisis Line has been set up to provide support for former students and those affected. People can access emotional and crisis referral services by calling the 24-hour national crisis line: 1-866-925-4419.
With files from Radio-Canada | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arthur-masse-sexual-assault-trial-residential-school-sagkeeng-first-nation-1.6554229?cmp=rss | 2022-08-17T22:32:53Z | https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/manitoba/arthur-masse-sexual-assault-trial-residential-school-sagkeeng-first-nation-1.6554229?cmp=rss | false | 1 |
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