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Here’s our first look at the upcoming Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II
Audio equipment manufacturer Bose is gearing up to launch an updated version of its premium noise-canceling QuietComfort Earbuds. Although the company hasn’t officially announced the QuietComfort Earbuds II, a new leak has revealed their updated design and highlighted a few key details.
The leak in question comes from trusted leaker Roland Quandt (via WinFuture) and includes official renders of the QuietComfort Earbuds II in two colorways. As you can see in the attached images, the upcoming earbuds feature the same general shape as their predecessors, but the leak claims that the newer model is much more compact. You’ll also notice some minor design changes, but these are purely aesthetic and won’t impact usability or performance.
The leak also highlights that the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II will offer up to six hours of battery life on a single charge, but it’s not clear if this battery life spec is with ANC or not. Based on the battery life rating for the previous model, we believe that the QuietComfort Earbuds II will last up to six hours with ANC off unless Bose offers significantly larger batteries in the earbuds. Like the older models, the QuietComfort Earbuds II will offer capacitive touch controls and a charging case with a USB Type-C port.
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Quandt further reveals that the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II will retail for $299 in the U.S., making it $20 more expensive than the previous model. At the moment, we don’t have any further information about the upcoming earbuds. But Bose will likely announce the earbuds in the coming weeks and we’ll make sure to share more details as soon as they become available.
What do you think of the Bose QuietComfort Earbuds II based on this leak? Would you purchase it over premium TWS earbuds from Sony or Samsung? Let us know in the comments section below.
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A 14-year-old girl, whose identity could not be disclosed on ethical grounds, has reported her father Amoda Bola to the police for impregnating her.
Teenage girl reports father to the police for impregnating her
The victim who stated that her father slept will her multiple times until she became pregnant, also alleged that the suspect used her for prostitution.
The victim reported the matter at the Ode Remo Police Station in Ogun State.
In a statement in which Ogun State Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), SP Abimbola Oyeyemi, disclosed this incident, the victim was said to have also alleged that the 49-year-old also invited men to their house to sleep with her.
Bola, whom the victim said she had been living with for a long time now, usually collects money from the men whom he invited to sleep with her.
The statement read: “The suspects are Ahmed Ogunkoya; Muyiwa Adeoye; David Solaja; Emmanuel Olusanya, and Joshua Olaniran. All the suspects have confessed having carnal knowledge of the 14-year-old girl and paid money to the father.
“The victim, whose mother had separated from the father years back, had been living with her father, who practically turned her into a commercial prostitute. She has been taken to a state hospital in Ishara-Remo, where it was confirmed that she is pregnant.
“The victim has insisted that her father is responsible for the pregnancy being the only person who slept with her within the period she got pregnant.”
Oyeyemi, however, noted that the state Commissioner of Police, Ogun State, Lanre Bankole, had ordered the immediate transfer of the suspects to the Anti Humans Trafficking and Child Labour Unit of the state Criminal Investigation Department (SCID) for discreet investigation and possible prosecution.
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Jennifer Lopez and Ben Affleck said “I do" again this weekend.
But instead of in a late night Las Vegas drive through chapel, this time it was in front of friends and family in Georgia, a person close to the couple who was not authorized to speak publicly said Sunday.
According to People Magazine, the wedding was held at Affleck’s home outside of Savannah, Georgia, with all of their kids present for the proceedings on Saturday.
The celebrity couple were officially married last month in Las Vegas, which Lopez shared with fans in her “On the J Lo” newsletter.
“Love is beautiful. Love is kind. And it turns out love is patient. Twenty years patient,” Lopez wrote last month, signing off as Jennifer Lynn Affleck.
Lopez, 53, and Affleck, 50, famously dated in the early 2000s. They starred together in 2003′s “Gigli” and 2004′s “Jersey Girl” and became engaged but didn’t wed at the time.
Paparazzi has feverishly trailed the couple since they rekindled their romance last year, from the earliest stages of the courtship, to their red carpet debut at last year’s Venice International Film Festival and their recent honeymoon in Paris.
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Pamlico County man facing 11 charges after drug raid
PAMLICO COUNTY, N.C. (WITN) - A Pamlico County man is facing nearly a dozen charges after a raid on his house last week.
Deputies arrested Brandon Peltier of Vandemere on Tuesday after a three-month investigation into drug selling in Pamlico County.
During the search, deputies say they seized crack cocaine, marijuana, 11 guns, body armor, digital scales, and other drug paraphernalia.
The 34-year-old man was charged with four counts of possession with intent to manufacture/sell/deliver Schedule II controlled substances, two counts of selling Schedule II controlled substances, two counts of delivery Schedule II controlled substances, maintaining a vehicle for controlled substance, possession of marijuana paraphernalia, and possession of drug paraphernalia not for marijuana.
Peltier was jailed on a $50,000 secured bond and deputies expect more drug and weapons charges in the case.
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At the end of the latest market close, Bruush Oral Care Inc. (BRSH) was valued at $2.12. In that particular session, Stock kicked-off at the price of $2.15 while reaching the peak value of $2.448 and lowest value recorded on the day was $1.98. The stock current value is $2.36.Recently in News on August 16, 2022, Don’t Give This Company The Brush Off? Brüush Offers Mid-Priced Electric Toothbrush In An Interesting Market. Benzinga- Margaret Jackson. You can read further details here
Price records that include history of low and high prices in the period of 52 weeks can tell a lot about the stock’s existing status and the future performance. Presently, Bruush Oral Care Inc. shares are logging -39.18% during the 52-week period from high price, and 31.84% higher than the lowest price point for the same timeframe. The stock’s price range for the 52-week period managed to maintain the performance between $1.79 and $3.88.
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The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Consumer Defensive managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 4829623 for the day, which was evidently lower, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the Bruush Oral Care Inc. (BRSH) recorded performance in the market was 9.77%. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 17.33M.
Market experts do have their say about Bruush Oral Care Inc. (BRSH)
During the last month, 0 analysts gave the Bruush Oral Care Inc. a BUY rating, 0 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 0 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
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Pfizer seeks OK of updated COVID vaccine booster for fall
(AP) - Pfizer asked U.S. regulators Monday to authorize its combination COVID-19 vaccine that adds protection against the newest omicron relatives — a key step toward opening a fall booster campaign.
The Food and Drug Administration ordered vaccine makers to tweak their shots to target BA.4 and BA.5 that are better than ever at dodging immunity from earlier vaccination or infection.
If the FDA quickly clears the combo shots made by Pfizer and its partner BioNTech, boosters could be offered within weeks. The U.S. has a contract to buy 105 million of the updated Pfizer doses as soon as health authorities greenlight them, and the company said doses are ready to ship.
Moderna is expected to file a similar application soon, and the U.S. has a contract to buy 66 million doses of its updated vaccine.
“It’s going to be really important that people this fall and winter get the new shots. It’s designed for the virus that’s out there,” White House COVID-19 coordinator Dr. Ashish Jha said last week.
For now at least. BA.5 currently is causing nearly all COVID-19 infections in the U.S., and much of the world. There’s no way to know if it still will be a threat this winter -- or if another mutant will have replaced it.
The news comes after Britain a week ago became the first in the world to authorize a different update to Moderna’s COVID-19 vaccines -- shots that add protection against the original omicron that struck last winter.
The U.S. opted not to use that earlier tweak to the vaccine -- setting up a fall where different countries will be using different versions of booster shots to rev up protection against another possible winter surge.
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–Katy Will Perform at Christening Ceremony in Reykjavík, Iceland on August 27, 2022, Where Norwegian Prima Will Become the First Ship Christened at the Icelandic Capital City–
MIAMI, March 17, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Norwegian Cruise Line (NCL), the innovator in global cruise travel, announced today that world famous pop icon and "American Idol" judge Katy Perry will serve as the godmother to its record-breaking and innovative newest ship, Norwegian Prima, debuting August 2022.
As godmother, Perry will not only fulfill the longstanding maritime tradition of blessing and officially naming Norwegian Prima, the first of six vessels in the Prima Class, but she will perform during the christening ceremony before Norwegian Prima sets sail on its inaugural voyages from Reykjavík, Iceland, where the vessel will be the first major cruise ship christened in the Icelandic capital.
A vital and familiar element of any ship launch and dating back centuries, the highly regarded tradition of appointing a ship's godmother is a fundamental nautical custom during which the selected godmother officiates a ceremonial breaking of a champagne bottle on the ship's bow to bid the vessel and its travelers good fortune.
"We are so excited to welcome Katy Perry, a one-of-a-kind artist and worldwide sensation, as godmother of Norwegian Prima," said Harry Sommer, President and CEO of NCL. "We are so incredibly proud that she will be part of the Norwegian Cruise Line family and look forward to launching our beautiful, innovative ship with her in August."
"My most favorite way to vacation with my family is on the water. Every morning that you wake up, you get to experience an incredible new view," said Katy Perry. "I love that I get to christen her with my good vibrations, and I'm so excited for this new, beautiful, high-end, high-tech ship to take the seas, and provide once-in-a-lifetime vacations for so many families."
Norwegian Prima is the company's most in-demand vessel ever launched, delivering world-class service, thoughtful design, unforgettable itineraries, and an unrivaled guest experience.
While on board, guests can escape to Ocean Boulevard, featuring multiple infinity pools and Oceanwalk glass bridges with breathtaking ocean and destination views, visit Indulge, the Brand's first-ever upscale international dining open-air marketplace or relax on The Concourse, featuring an outdoor sculpture garden boasting "Instagrammable" installations by famed artists David Harber and Alexander Krivosheiw. Designed by the master architects at Piero Lissoni, the ship's revamped luxurious centralized suite complex, The Haven By Norwegian will feature 107 staterooms spanning eight decks with a stunning new infinity pool overlooking the ship's wake and a new outdoor spa with a glass-walled sauna and cold room. Most recently, NCL unveiled its remaining culinary and beverage offerings available on Norwegian Prima and Viva, including the Brand's first sustainably-focused lounge, The Metropolitan and its ultra-upscale Mediterranean seafood specialty restaurant Palomar.
Launching August 2022, Norwegian Prima will offer inaugural voyages to Northern Europe from Southampton, England; Amsterdam; and Reykjavík, Iceland beginning Aug.12; Bermuda sailings from New York City beginning Oct. 6; and Caribbean itineraries from Galveston, Texas and Miami beginning Oct. 27.
To commemorate this exciting partnership and celebrating other entertainment headliners that will be featured on Norwegian Prima, NCL has put together a celebratory Spotify playlist. For more information about Norwegian Cruise Line or to book a cruise, please visit www.ncl.com, call 888-NCL-CRUISE (625-2784) or contact a travel professional. For Norwegian Prima's press kit and assets, click here.
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Each week the San Gabriel Valley Varsity will highlight the 10 best performances from the weekend.
Drew Knight, Baldwin Park, QB: The Braves’ gunslinger is off to a flying start, completing 26 of 37 passes throwing for 367 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-21 win over Montebello.
Maddox Bernardo, Diamond Bar, WR: Expect another great season from the Brahmas standout after he hauled in 12 receptions for 267 yards and three TDs in a 28-21 win over Esperanza.
Eric Egere, Rowland, RB: The Raiders could be a surprise team, and Egere will be a major part after rushing ror 276 yards and three touchdowns in a 34-7 win over Glenn.
Aiden Bravo, St. Paul, WR: Bravo was named one of the area’s preseason top five receivers, and showed why with five catches for 140 yards and two touchdowns in a 35-21 win over Vista.
Delano Franklin, Bishop Amat, WR: The senior scored three touchdowns in their 29-6 win over Valencia. He had four receptions for 126 yards and two TDs and also rushed for a TD.
Caleb Calvin, Baldwin Park, WR: Was Braves quarterback Josh Knight’s favorite target with 11 catches for 178 yards and two TDs.
Jackson Freking, South Pasadena, QB: Good start for the Tigers QB, throwing for 276 yards and three touchdowns in an easy 28-7 win over Los Angeles Lincoln.
Josh Soto, Alhambra, WR: Although the Mooros lost to South El Monte, Soto had 11 receptions for 172 yards and a TD in the 13-12 loss.
Daniel Andrade, Bonita, QB: The senior nearly rallied the Bearcats before losing 36-25 in overtime. But he did his part, throwing for 361 yards and three toucdhowns.
Jack Jacobs, St. Francis, QB: Even though they lost 61-41 to West Ranch, the Golden Knights’ 6-foot-5 QB delivered with 348 yards and four touchdon passes.
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Strategic hires position telehealth company for growth.
MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Advanced Recovery Specialists (advancedrecover.com), a telehealth leader in patient-first, non-narcotic, multimodal care, announced today the expansion of its leadership team. Between October 2021 and July 2022 the company has hired seven key professionals to join the organization, positioning the Edina, Minn.-based company to expand its reach and continue to achieve rapid growth.
Joyce David joined Advanced Recovery Specialists as an area vice president on June 27, 2022. David was previously a regional sales director for Advanced Rx Management. In her new role she will lead the sales team in the Midwest which will play a vital role in accelerating the company's success through increased business and revenue generation. Previously, she owned and operated her own imaging centers throughout the Midwest and has served as a business development director for a 100-plus physician Orthopedic practice. She has a track record for growing markets month-over-month by double-digit percentages. David also serves as advisory board member for the Elgin Community College Radiology Program; board member for A Salute to Our Heroes; committee chair and director for Go Red for Women, Kane County; court advocate for Domestic Violence Organizations, Northern Illinois; and is a member of the Kane County Medical Manager Association and the McHenry County Medical Manager Association.
Dr. Kevin Parker, DC joined Advanced Recovery Specialists as a regional sales manager on July 25, 2022. Based in Dallas, Parker will be responsible for business development in the region. He has been in the healthcare field as a clinical provider, distributor, entrepreneur, consultant, and sales executive for more than 17 years. He has extensive experience in spine, Orthotics, Orthopedics, post-surgical recovery, and rehabilitation. Parker is a strong advocate for non-opiate, non-narcotic alternatives for those suffering from chronic pain and has been involved in new product development, patient study groups, and medical device equipment launches in the United States. He has strong relationships in the healthcare industry and experience recruiting high-level distributors and associates as a sales executive. He previously held positions with Precision Medical Products and Ottobock.
TJ Brickey joined Advanced Recovery Specialists as a brand ambassador on July 1, 2022. Brickey is based in Detroit and most recently served as senior business development manager for Detroit Medical Devices. In his role, he will be responsible for growing the company's brand through new and expanded relationships with distributors and other key partners across the United States. With more than 25 years of experience, Brickey has built a vast network in the medical industry. In previous roles, he worked with Detroit Medical Center, Zynex, CarboFix Orthopedics, Skeletal Dynamics, and Exactech.
David Zaugg joined the Advanced Recovery Specialists team as senior director of operations on July 25, 2022. His responsibilities include managing supply chain logistics, data warehousing, NetSuite support, billing operations, continuum of care customer service, and sales support. He has more than 12 years of experience in supply chain and operations and a proven history of managing technology initiatives and team development. Zaug most recently served in procurement management for an oil and gas industry firm, managing a budget of more than $180 million. He previously served as vice president of operations for Precision Medical Products.
Bruce Capagli was hired as chief operating officer, joining the Advanced Recovery team on April 1, 2022. Capagli has more than 20 years of experience in the industry including roles as both chief financial officer and chief operating officer. He recently led the implementation of NetSuite for Precision Medical Products and will be leading implementation of both NetSuite and data warehousing for Advanced Recovery Specialists. Capagli was featured in Forbes for his role in the implementation of NetSuite and use of data analytics at Precision Medical Products. He is a NetSuite by Oracle Reference Partner and User Advisory Board (UAB) member. He is also co-founder and serves as a board member for Secyre Inc, Which Spot Inc, and Supply Cloud LLC.
Christopher Borsa joined Advanced Recovery in November 2021 as vice president of sales. Located in Las Vegas and with more than 30 years of industry experience, Borsa will focus on sales and business development. As a C-level executive and entrepreneur, Mr. Borsa has been associated with identifying groundbreaking technologies and leading them to market. He has held senior executive positions in major healthcare organizations with extensive experience in sales, marketing, and operations. Borsa's expertise consists of building, recruiting, and leading high-performing sales teams at Kyphon, Medtronic-Spine, ATEC Spine, and Pacira Bioscience. He previously served as the founder and CEO of PracticeDx™, a physician practice business management platform focused on tracking and measuring ROI for surgical procedures, insurance payors, and referral performance. PracticeDx was acquired by Larson Financial in 2017.
Dominic D'Arpino was hired in October of 2021 as an area vice president, based in the Advanced Recovery Specialists Arizona office. He has more than 20 years of experience in the medical device industry with the majority of that time in the Orthopedic space. In his role, D'Arpino will identify, recruit and develop the Advanced Recovery Specialists sales team and contribute to shaping the future of the organization. D'Arpino has a breadth of experience that includes business ownership and roles within distributor, manufacturer, and importer fields. Most recently he served as the senior sales director for the Western United States for Handicare USA.
Advanced Recovery Specialists Chief Executive Officer Nick Schwarzrock said, "We are delighted that these seven world-class professionals have joined our team. Our business is on an exciting growth trajectory and each of these individuals will play a pivotal role in our long-term growth and success. Not only are they leaders in their particular professional fields, they also have the intangibles and track records that make them excellent team players. This will provide significant synergies for our leadership as we look to the future."
Advanced Recovery President Doug Jones added, "We are building momentum and writing new chapters in the telehealth industry saga. We have worked extremely hard to identify and recruit 'A' players to our leadership team with the understanding that people are our most important asset. I'm genuinely enthused by what all of our new colleagues are bringing to the table."
Advanced Recovery Specialists, a leader in the telehealth industry, has developed a multi-modal approach to recovery offering non-narcotic solutions utilizing remote patient monitoring to bridge gaps in the continuum of care. The company provides physicians with the technology to adjust their patients' recovery plan in a patient-first telehealth platform.
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Tree-cutting crane flips over, crashes into home
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – A home’s roof was crushed in Louisiana this weekend when a tree service crane vehicle flipped over onto it.
Firefighters who were called to respond to the home Saturday around 9 a.m. saw the crane had crashed into the home.
“It appears to be something that went awry when it came to the weight after they cut a section of the tree off and it caused what you see to happen,” Assistant Fire Chief Mark Guastella told KSLA. “In doing so, the boom of the truck went through the house and so it damaged the house significantly.”
Guastella said everyone inside the house was able to get out on the opposite side and weren’t hurt.
The driver of the crane was also uninjured.
It required special heavy machinery operators to remove the crane due to its unstable position.
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HONG KONG — If you've ever visited Hong Kong, the chances are good that you've been on the Star Ferry. Its green-and-white boats shuttle passengers slowly back and forth across Victoria Harbor, with the city's unmistakable skyline as the backdrop.
One recent afternoon, Roy Leung, an interior designer, stepped off the ferry on the Kowloon side.
"In the morning, I take the subway, but I prefer after work I take the ferry," he says.
Asked why, his reply is simple.
"It's chill."
The Star Ferry is indeed chill — a slow glide across a storied waterway that divides an otherwise fast-paced city. It costs roughly 40 cents each way. Its vintage double-decker boats have open windows, worn wooden benches and are lined on the outside with white life preservers.
It's a throwback, with the service seemingly barely changed since the ferry featured in the opening scene of the 1960 film The World of Suzie Wong.
What has changed is everything around the ferry.
The city has boomed. Cross-harbor tunnels and a world-class subway system whittled down the number of commuters that relied on the ferry. Tourists became a key source of revenue.
But political turbulence — culminating in widespread, sometimes-violent, anti-government protests in 2019 — scared off visitors. And the Hong Kong government has kept the border mostly sealed shut since the early days of the COVID-19 pandemic. This has led to worries about the ferry's future.
The Star Ferry's ridership and finances have plummeted since 2019
In past years, the Tsim Sha Tsui pier, where Leung disembarks, was bustling and crowded. These days, in the middle of the week, there are so few people that it feels like a holiday.
Mak Seng has run a newspaper stand at Tsim Sha Tsui for four decades. His parents ran it before him.
"Business has gone down. It's undeniable," he says. "The best years were my parents' generation."
This spring, the Star Ferry reported a loss of about $9 million since the middle of 2019. Ridership last year plummeted to an average of 26,240 passengers a day. It said it was having trouble covering salaries and paying down loans, and expects to be in debt for decades to come. The ferry declined NPR's requests for an interview.
That all has raised the specter of something previously unthinkable — bankruptcy, and the ferry's possible demise.
"I can't imagine it," says Jacky Yu, a teacher and pop historian. He collects old photos of Hong Kong, which he posts on a popular Facebook account. The Star Ferry is in lots of them — a part of the nautical landscape.
"The ferry itself is a symbol of Hong Kong. The green and white colors actually represent the relationship between the sky and the sea," he says.
But the future of those green and white boats is uncertain. And some think even when Hong Kong eventually reopens its borders, ridership and tourism may not bounce back.
"I do think it will be very difficult for us to get back to where we were in 2019," says John Carroll, a University of Hong Kong historian. "And my guess is that for many mainland Chinese tourists, the first place they're going to want to go, when they can, is not necessarily going to be Hong Kong."
There's no clear plan in place yet to help the ferry survive
Hong Kong's politics remain in flux, despite a tough national security law that Beijing imposed on the territory in 2020. The city is sharply divided, and a current of anti-mainland sentiment continues to bubble under the surface. The authorities argue that the law has helped restore stability. Critics say it's been used to silence dissent and tighten Beijing's grip.
Beyond tourism, Carroll says Hong Kong authorities should reconsider their hands-off approach to heritage preservation. In the past, nonprofits and charity organizations like the Hong Kong Jockey Club have played a key role in preservation. But the government has not.
"Maybe this is the time to step in and do a little bit more," says Carroll.
One simple option to help the ferry survive might be just to raise its low fare.
"I think a lot of Hong Kong people who grew up here from the roots, they will definitely support it," says Nancy Leung, an occasional rider who works at an investment fund. "Because [the ferry] is very symbolic of Hong Kong."
Others have suggested that a white knight investor could step in. So far, though, none have publicly expressed interest.
Dariel Domingo works on the Star Ferry as an engineer. He spends his days monitoring and maintaining boat engines, which are about the size of a school bus and reek of diesel.
"My friends keep on asking me every day, hey, you should find a new job," he says. They are aware of the company's financial troubles.
But he says he likes the work — and the harbor view that his "office" provides.
As for the engines, they are fun to take care of ("like an old truck, but just bigger") and are reliable — they get overhauled every year. But getting parts can be tricky because they're so old. The oldest boat in the fleet was built in the 1950s.
How much longer does he think they can last?
"Hopefully another 40, 50 years," he says. "That's what the British said. All nice stuff will hold for 100 years."
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CHICAGO (AP) — Grain futures were mixed Monday in early trading on the Chicago Board of Trade. Wheat for Sep. advanced 26.25 cents at $7.5925 a bushel; Sep. corn was up 3.25 cents at $6.2225 a bushel; Sep. oats fell 4 cents at $4.1025 a bushel; while Sep. soybeans declinedd 1.735 cents at 15.0375 a bushel.
Beef was mixed and pork was higher on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.
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Site Currently Tracks Real-time Prices, Ranking and Metadata for over 21 Million NFT Assets
LAS VEGAS , Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Declaring it the "Google Moment of Web3," a new platform has launched, synthesizing Web3's tangled mass of data into a single, comprehensive, easy-to-navigate product. Currently operating in public beta, Mystic.com is a data aggregation and analytics tool for the Web3, NFT, and gaming ecosystems. By tracking real-time prices, rankings and metadata for over 21 million NFT virtual assets, Mystic is the new authoritative data source for the creator economy. Unlike other aggregators, Mystic is powered by proprietary indexing algorithms – enabling complete ownership of all its market data. Built from scratch in six months, the platform is currently web-based, with a mobile version for iOS and Android scheduled to launch later this year.
Mystic.com is backed by $4.5 million in seed funding. Its principal executives – with over $400 million in previous exits – include Mike Calfin, Infrastructure Engineering (CoinMarketCap, Binance, GSR) and Roger Clark, Product Engineering (Apple iCloud).
"Right now, Web3 virtual assets are fragmented, siloed, and technologically immature," said Mystic co-founder Roger Clark. "Discovery is difficult, metadata is broken and unreliable, and people need blockchain-specific tools to do the same basic things. Our customers need search, analytics and real-time market updates. Mystic will solve it all with a single cross-platform solution. We're here to help everyone cross over from this world to the next."
Seeking to be the #1 information resource for all things non-fungible, Mystic is building an ecosystem of creators, tastemakers, and curators to unearth and co-create the next cultural phenomenon – before it reaches the mainstream. "Mystic will co-author the digital renaissance using a serendipitous blend of user-generated content, competitive leaderboards, rarity rankings, APIs, investor tools, charts and more," said Mystic co-founder Mike Calfin. "All of this is powered by data from the most popular blockchains — directly extracted using proprietary technology."
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When San Diego Bishop Robert McElroy receives his prestigious red hat at the Vatican on Saturday, he will bring to the College of Cardinals a fervent loyalty to Pope Francis that has often put him at odds with the conservative majority in the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
McElroy, 68, is the only American among the 21 clerics being installed as cardinals by Francis in a ceremony at St. Peter’s Basilica. He was chosen over numerous higher-ranking American archbishops, including two from his home state — outspoken conservative Salvatore Cordileone of San Francisco and José Gomez of Los Angeles, the president of the U.S. bishops conference.
McElroy has been among the few American bishops who questioned why the conference insists on identifying abortion as its “preeminent” priority. Echoing the pope’s concerns, he has questioned why greater prominence is not given to issues such as poverty, immigration and climate change.
“The death toll from abortion is more immediate, but the long-term death toll from unchecked climate change is larger and threatens the very future of humanity,” McElroy said in 2020.
The Rev. James Martin, editor-at-large of the Jesuit magazine America, described McElroy as “one of the foremost articulators in the United States not only of Pope Francis’ vision but also the vision of the Second Vatican Council and, more basically, the vision of the Gospel."
“He has been the special champion of people on the margins, both in society and in the church,” Martin said via email. “It’s not surprising that the Holy Father would have singled him out for this honor and that he would want the future Cardinal McElroy present in the conclave that will elect the next pope.”
Chad Pecknold, a theology professor at The Catholic University of America who has frequently criticized Francis, said McElroy “often speaks from the ideological margins” and thus would be seen, in Francis’ papacy, as an appropriate candidate to be a cardinal.
“But mostly, his elevation reminds me that more senior and substantial prelates like Archbishop Cordileone and Archbishop Gomez have, once again, been very deliberately passed over,” Pecknold said in an email.
Among his notable stances, McElroy has been one of a minority of U.S. bishops denouncing the campaign to exclude Catholic politicians who support abortion rights from Communion.
“It will bring tremendously destructive consequences,” McElroy wrote last year. “The Eucharist is being weaponized and deployed as a tool in political warfare. This must not happen.”
Cordileone, in contrast, said earlier this year that he would no longer allow House Speaker Nancy Pelosi to receive Communion because of her support for abortion rights.
Last year McElroy was among a small group of bishops signing a statement expressing support for LGBTQ youth and denouncing the bullying often directed at them.
The bishops said LGBTQ youth attempt suicide at much higher rates, are often homeless because of families who reject them and “are the target of violent acts at alarming rates.”
“We stand with you and oppose any form of violence, bullying or harassment directed at you,” the statement read. “Most of all, know that God created you, God loves you and God is on your side.”
McElroy received a bachelor’s degree in history from Harvard in 1975 and a master’s in history from Stanford in 1976.
He studied at St. Patrick Seminary in Menlo Park, California, and in 1985 received a theology degree at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley. He obtained a doctorate in moral theology at the Gregorian University in Rome the following year and a doctorate in political science at Stanford in 1989.
He was ordained in 1980 and assigned to the Archdiocese of San Francisco, where he served in a parish before becoming personal secretary to Archbishop John Quinn. Other California parish assignments included Redwood City and San Mateo.
He became an auxiliary bishop in San Francisco in 2010. In 2015, early in Francis’ pontificate, he was named bishop of San Diego. For the past three years, he has served as president of the California bishops conference.
Monsignor Stephen Doktorczyk, vicar-general for the Diocese of Orange, said McElroy's leadership skills have been impressive.
“One thing I respect about him is that while he is confident in the positions he takes, he truly is open to hearing the take of others and engaging in a dialogue with those who have different points of view,” Doktorczyk said.
Allan Figueroa Deck, a distinguished scholar of pastoral theology at Loyola Marymount University, said McElroy’s elevation represents a “clear message” from the pope about the direction the church should move in.
McElroy “understands and takes seriously what Pope Francis means by ‘epochal change’ and the challenge of finding better models, a more effective and inclusive style for the Church to proceed,” Deck said via email. “He approaches hot-button issues like the pastoral care of LGBTQ persons and the abortion issue with balance and prudence.”
Conservative Catholic activist Michael Hichborn of the Lepanto Institute has been a frequent critic of McElroy, for example condemning his strong support for the Association of United States Catholic Priests. The association is a relatively liberal group whose priorities include expanding the role of women in church leadership and creating “priestless parishes” that potentially could be overseen by laypeople as a way of countering the shortage of priests.
McElroy’s elevation “is a sign of Pope Francis’ desire to marry the Church with the world,” Hichborn said via email. “There can be little doubt that McElroy currently stands as the model for the kind of priest, bishop, and cardinal Pope Francis desires for the future of the Church.”
The Diocese of San Diego runs the length of California’s border with Mexico and serves more than 1.3 million Catholics in San Diego and Imperial counties. It includes 98 parishes, 49 elementary and secondary schools and, through Catholic Charities of the Diocese of San Diego, various social service and family support organizations.
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Accident at Skytrain Station in Bangkok caused by overcrowding
BTS Skytrain released a statement regarding a reported malfunctioned escalator at BTS Surasak station on Saturday evening, August 20th, which injured nearly 30 people, stating that the accident was not caused by a malfunction but by overcrowding at the escalator.
Online footage that was shared widely on social media captures the moment when a large number of passengers were seen taking the escalator up to the Surasak Station to use the Skytrain service during heavy rain as of 6:38 PM. on Saturday, but some people at the top of the escalator seemed to lose their balance and caused others behind them to stumble and fall on top of one another.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Labrada Nutrition today announced a drink distribution agreement with San Diego- based distributor John Lenore & Co.
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"Like John Lenore & Co., Labrada Nutrition is a family-owned-and-operated business with decades of experience and a commitment to furthering the health and wellness of its customers," said Labrada Nutrition's CEO and Founder Lee Labrada. "We are excited about partnering with John Lenore & Co.to make Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes available to customers in the San Diego area.
"Lean Body® is doing exceptionally well around the country, and with John Lenore & Co's leadership, we will now grow a stronger relationship with retailers and customers in the San Diego area," Labrada added. "Our goal is a 'Lean Body® for Everybody,' and our mission is to help people get into great shape and be healthy for life. Working with John Lenore will bring us closer to reaching this important goal."
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CHESTERFIELD COUNTY, Va. — From the beginning, Will Biringer has always been on the go. The Midlothian, Virginia, native prefers tagging along with Mother Nature.
"Everything I did as an outlet was outdoors, longboarding, fishing and hunting," said Biringer. "I feel like a shark in water if I like get stagnant and don't move."
Will joined the JROTC at James River High School. Following graduation, he joined the military.
"So I enlisted in the Navy September 9, 2018," said Will.
Three years in, the future corpsman found himself on the receiving end of help.
On July 4, 2021, the 23-year-old's life changed in an instant while stationed in Illinois. Biringer fell off a friend's balcony three stories up.
"I hit my head. Broke four ribs. Punctured a lung and shattered two vertebrae," said Biringer.
Biringer's life hung in the balance.
"I did. I died twice," said Biringer. "I think it was once on the ground I died and once in the back of the rig. And they brought me back."
The sailor was alive, but he was paralyzed from the waist down.
"That is what really did me in. You know it wasn't pretty. It doesn't take a trained eye to see what went wrong there," said Biringer as he examined X-rays of his injury.
He spent days in the hospital and months in rehab.
"They kind of kept me moving and kept me moving, so I never had a chance to think about it. Which I think is good," Biringer said.
Back in Chesterfield, adjusting to his new normal has been a physical and mental adjustment.
"I think it comes in waves like a lot of grief can do," described Biringer. "You just kind of deal with it day by day."
One activity he misses most is dancing.
"Me and my friend Maggie would country two-step all of the time. I was laying in bed that night, and I was like, dang. I'm not ever going to be able to do that again," said Biringer.
But he is discovering an entirely new way to keep moving on wheels.
"It is a good way to get out and do stuff, and it's competitive. It kind of like it pushes you," said Biringer.
Biringer discovered Sportable, a nonprofit that makes sports accessible for athletes like him.
Will's sport of choice is lacrosse.
The physical sport keeps Biringer's competitive juices flowing. Biringer has found a home and like-minded friends like Addison Johnson on his team.
"He is funny. He jokes a lot. I definitely enjoy playing with him," said Johnson. "He already has stick skills from being in the chair; he has chair skills, so he makes a great teammate."
Coach Nicholas Whiteside admires Biringer's ability to overcome his disability.
"He wants to be stronger. He wants to get better. He wants to get faster. Each week, he has," said Whiteside. "But yeah, you would not know he's adapted so well. He tries so hard. And he works so hard at it. It is pretty amazing."
"It is nice to have all of these guys around you. I'm still learning tips of the trade," said Biringer.
The outlet is proving to be a lifesaver for this new lacrosse player.
"I feel like I've come a little bit. Not a lot but a little bit," said Biringer. "It gets easier. It gets way easier."
He may be getting from point A to B a little differently, but Biringer is thankful that he is able to keep moving through life.
"I wouldn't be where I am without a sport," said Biringer. "With Sportable TGIM every day. It is beautiful."
In addition to playing lacrosse with Sportable, Biringer also trains at Samaritans Walk, a gym in Ashland, Virginia, that trains clients with spinal cord injuries.
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Tree-cutting crane flips over, crashes into home
SHREVEPORT, La. (KSLA) – A home’s roof was crushed in Louisiana this weekend when a tree service crane vehicle flipped over onto it.
Firefighters who were called to respond to the home Saturday around 9 a.m. saw the crane had crashed into the home.
“It appears to be something that went awry when it came to the weight after they cut a section of the tree off and it caused what you see to happen,” Assistant Fire Chief Mark Guastella told KSLA. “In doing so, the boom of the truck went through the house and so it damaged the house significantly.”
Guastella said everyone inside the house was able to get out on the opposite side and weren’t hurt.
The driver of the crane was also uninjured.
It required special heavy machinery operators to remove the crane due to its unstable position.
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CHEYENNE, Wyo. (Wyoming News Now) - Laramie County School District 1 announced its policy for free and reduced-price meals for children unable to pay the full price of meals served under the National School Lunch Program and the School Breakfast Program. The Nutrition Services Central office has a copy of the policy, which may be reviewed by any interested party.
Whoa! Country Singer That Has Written A Ton Of Hits Is Coming To Cheyenne
The Outlaw Saloon in Cheyenne has been on a roll as of late with some great artists coming through their doors. Cheyenne Frontier Days was a great time to make your way to the Outlaw Saloon after a long day of rodeo with some awesome live music each night. Last Friday, the Outlaw had social media sensation and country singer, Cooper Alan performing(if you missed the show, he came on stage like he was shot out of a cannon). Friday night, rockers Buckcherry will perform and they aren't done with that. Country hitmaker and songwriter Colt Ford is the next to hit the stage at the Outlaw Saloon.
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Special teams, turnovers costly in Centreville’s loss at Bowling Green
Published 10:49 am Monday, August 22, 2022
FRANKLINTON — The Centreville Academy Tigers racked up over 400 yards of total offense, but two missed two-point conversions and costly turnovers hurt them as they lost to the Bowling Green School Buccaneers 13-12 last Friday night.
Centreville freshman quarterback Parker Nettles had a good game, completing 15 of 25 passes for 211 yards and two touchdowns. However, he also had a pair of untimely interceptions. Senior running back Tyler Wooley had 25 carries for 167 yards and freshman wide receiver John Austin Sterling had six catches for 106 yards and two touchdowns.
Even though Centreville finished with 408 total yards of offense, their defense couldn’t slow down Bowling Green’s running game, which accounted for 188 of the Buccaneers’ 229 total yards of offense.
Bowling Green scored first on a 44-yard run and added the extra point for a 7-0 lead in the first quarter. Later on in the same quarter, Nettles connected with Sterling on a 21-yard touchdown pass, but the try for two was no good and the Tigers still trailed 7-6.
It would remain that way until the third quarter, when Nettles threw a 25-yard touchdown pass to Sterling to give the Tigers a 12-7 lead. Unfortunately, once again the two-point conversion was no good.
Later on in the third quarter, the Buccaneers scored on a 15-yard run. The kick was no good, but the home team led 13-12. Surprisingly, Centreville was held scoreless the entire fourth quarter by a bend-but-don’t-break Buccaneers defense.
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With an energy crisis looming, all new data centres should be paused and a windfall tax imposed on the profits of energy companies, according to the Labour party.
There have been concerns about energy security this winter, with efforts being made to curb the demand on energy at peak times from 5 to 7 pm.
Labour Party leader Ivana Bacik said that less talk and more action is now needed to avoid blackouts this winter and to secure Ireland’s energy supply into the future.
Deputy Bacik said: “While the commissioning of yet another Government review is to be broadly welcomed, we believe that it comes as too little and too late. Government ministers cannot simply bury their head in the sand and remain bystanders in this. They need to take swift and immediate action to protect people and businesses across the country over the short, medium and long term.
"The Government had the capacity to put in place, long before now, the significant investment necessary to ensure that we would have not only an early warning system but that we would put in place real measures to ensure energy security into the future. To date, they have failed to do so and households, individuals and families will now be expected to pay for this failure.
“As a first step towards securing the future of Ireland’s energy supply, we should see an immediate pause on all new data centre connections to the grid and the fast-tracking of necessary major investment in the grid.
“The Government should also introduce an immediate windfall tax on energy companies profits to cushion the blow this winter - we will outline how this should be done in our alternative Budget in the coming weeks.
“The reality is that we are in this precarious position due to a lack of long-term energy planning. We must use this crisis as an opportunity to transition away from our current energy policy where we rely on 80% of "dirty" imported fossil fuels," Deputy Bacik said.
She said the situation isn't just about climate change - but also energy security.
"After the oil crisis in the 1970s, Denmark - a similar sized social democratic country - took the strategic decision to invest in co-operative wind farms and is now a leading world power when it comes to wind energy. Ireland has the same potential - we can become a superpower of wind energy - but the strategic vision has been lacking from this Government. This needs to change. We need to hear less talk and see more action,” the Labour leader said.
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Back to school, with panic buttons: The post-Uvalde scramble
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Fauci, top infectious disease expert, to retire in December
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The quaint San Clemente beach now has a bit more character – and a splash of color that puts a spotlight on its rich surf culture.
The beloved “Character Counts” North Beach mural is back, in a new version, on the concession building that sits on the sand at the rock-dotted beach.
Artwork with the same theme was first painted at the beach more than two decades ago – the 2000 project was coordinated by the San Clemente Sunrise Rotary Club with the San Clemente High School’s Interact Club, a youth Rotary group.
But in 2017, as the abandoned beach building started to deteriorate from the salt-water air and needed to be repaired, the popular painting was whitewashed, leaving just a blank wall to the dismay of the community.
“There was a huge outcry,” said Sally Guon, youth chair for the San Clemente Sunrise Rotary Club’s District 5320. She worked with the city and artist to resurrect the art.
Plans to bring back the mural in 2019 were sidelined by the coronavirus pandemic, but earlier this year the project got back on track, this time with the help of well-known surf artist Joshua Paskowitz, who just finished a massive mural downtown on Del Mar.
It was just the kind of project Paskowitz said he likes to focus his work on – beach scenes that give a nod to the region’s surf culture and an opportunity to work with the town’s youth to showcase the importance of keeping kids interested in art.
“When we came up with the concept of redoing the original idea, we thought of adding more dimension and character to the kids,” he said.
San Clemente High School artist Estella Olivares, 17, submitted a proposed drawing and was selected to lead the mural project.
“My whole deal is that I want to foster art in San Clemente, so the kids know art is a way they can express themselves – it’s a real, legitimate outlet that can do a lot for people,” Paskowitz said. “If we can get our community more actively involved in the arts, I feel like it will elevate the whole town.”
The coastal town’s identity revolves around the surf and beach culture, Paskowitz noted.
“I honestly feel like surfing and art is a perfect marriage. Because surfing is art. And the lifestyle of the surfer is art,” he said on a recent day, painting with his feet in the sand while dolphins frolicked in the backdrop.
Olivares said though there were changes to her original idea, it kept the same beach theme.
“I just try to draw what’s fitting for a certain piece,” she said. “The first thing I think of when I think of the city is the surf culture … I just want to make art people enjoy looking at and can connect with.”
It was also important to her to highlight the city’s diversity as a town that has a deep and rich Hispanic culture. Growing up, she attended Las Palmas Elementary, a dual-immersion program where she learned Spanish.
“It was important to her to bring in the whole cultural vibe of San Clemente,” said mom Stacey Olivares. “Beautiful, playful, colorful. Everybody who is walking by is so excited – it just puts a smile on their face.”
The words painted on the mural’s surfboards – trustworthiness, respect, responsibility, fairness, caring and citizenship – and the “Character Counts” title are an important piece of the Rotary Club’s messaging.
Other members from the Interact Club also helped the painting process and the group received a grant for the “Character Counts” theme to be part of a larger roll out to all high schools that have the program in Orange County.
Guon hopes the community will stop on the sand to soak in the scene.
“You get visitors, tourists and locals alike that come in and take selfies here,” she said.
The concession building remains empty, with the city receiving an offer but the operator is still discussing improvement requirements with Orange County health officials, a recent city staff report said. A draft lease is expect to go to the council once those discussions are resolved.
Ken and Priscilla Poczekaj, who live walking distance to the beach, made checking out the progress of the mural part of their recent routine.
“I like the idea of putting up nice murals that represent the community,” Ken Poczekaj said. “Awesome idea.”
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Dodge showcased its past, present, and future during Speed Week at the M1 Concourse in Pontiac, last week. CEO Tim Kuniskis held court over three nights of product unveilings, dubbed Current Muscle, Gateway Muscle, and Future Muscle.
Banking on one more year, Kuniskis reintroduced the 2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat and multiple Challenger and Charger iterations of the final Dodge V-8s before production culminates at the end of 2023. Gateway Muscle showcased the 2023 Dodge Hornet small crossover in turbo-4 and plug-in hybrid variants. But the final night, Future Muscle, won the web with the launch of the stunning two-door Dodge Charger Daytona SRT Concept.
With a 1980s hair metal cover band rocking to a crowd of Dodge enthusiasts and automotive journalists, Kuniskis took time away from the party to talk with Motor Authority about the American performance brand’s current and electric future.
This interview has been edited for clarity.
2023 Dodge Durango SRT Hellcat
Why did the Dodge Durango Hellcat come back?
We had to change the (gas) tank, we had to change the software, we had to change the evaporative emission control system, we had to change a lot of stuff to make it more than one model year. The reaction was beyond our expectation. We had 3k orders…for a very expensive UV I couldn’t fill. Let’s be honest, it’s a publicly traded company. I have an obligation to the shareholders to make as much money as I can. So how do I look at shareholders and go, "Yeah I have 3k people willing to spend 85k for an SUV," and I told them sorry, too bad? It’s a tough call, but at the same time it’s not a very tough call. So I’m sorry that I made people mad but it’s two years later and because of the reaction and the 3k orders and the engineers had some time, and they got creative and figured it out.
We don’t sell a single car that anyone needs. If I have an opportunity to bring a car back to market that people love, I have to do it. I don’t wanna piss anyone off, but if I have 3k orders cash in hand, I gotta do it.
With the supply constraints and reports of some dealers charging more, the release of the seven “Buzz model” Chargers and Challengers is going to be a free for all, isn’t it?
Well, I have no control over what a dealer charges. But, if I put on my website where every single car is, now you know where all the cars are. So now you (the customer) can go anywhere, do anything, whatever you want. You can’t do that today.
How does the transition from gas models to electric vehicles affect Dodge dealers? What are the growing pains of the two-year wait until you release your first electric car?
During the two years I gotta keep selling all the cars I got, because I have a rabid passionate base of people who love these cars. Then I got other people who are like, "Hey, what are you doing for electrification? I’m interested. What are you bringing?" I gotta keep them both happy. The same thing is happening with dealers.
I’m going to give them so much time—that’s why we patented the stuff. Will the patents hold? I don’t know, I’m not a lawyer. But what I do know is I didn’t want to bring the car (Charger Daytona EV Concept) out in 2024 and say, "Hey it’s great, take my word for it." I wanted to bring it out way in advance so you guys can all talk about it.
Dodge Charger Daytona Concept
How does the Dodge Charger Daytona’s Fratsonic Chambered Exhaust work?
The noise that a car makes today is like a mystical thing for most people. It’s pretty simple. We spend months and millions of dollars tuning exhaust pipes to make them sound the way they sound. It becomes a trademark of the sound of your brand. The sound that your brain hears is the movement of air.
When we started working on this, I said, "What I want is a pipe organ", and they said, "What are you drinking again?" You’ve all been to a cathedral and you’ve seen a pipe organ...and heard this amazing sound, and instantaneously whether you know or not your brain makes a connection between the pipes, the air, and the sound, and it makes sense. I said I want that. I want to take what makes sound in a car today, am I at idle, am I accelerating, how much pedal am I giving it, am I under extreme load, am I shifting…all of the stuff that changes the pitch and the tone and the volume of air that’s creating the sound of the car. I want to take all those inputs that all exist on an electric car and I want to feed those into an algorithm, then I want to take that and I want to move air. I want to take a transducer, I want to move a plenum, just like I’d move a piston, and that piston then moves air inside a tube. That tube then feeds a chamber, that chamber has chambers inside it, and then a huge ass exhaust pipe out the back.
Now what happens is you hear 126 decibels out the back of the car. The spatial difference between outside the car and behind you at movement is like the first time you ever went in and heard surround sound.
You mentioned the algorithm…what is the electronic component?
We take all those inputs, then have to translate if that were movement of air inside a gas engine, what would it sound like? That would be the sound of a V-8, but I don’t want that. We want it to sound modern, fresh, different, new. The reason we call it a Banshee is if you think about the screaming shrill of a banshee, it’s almost like a jet engine, but yet it’s not. It’s wicked but yet it’s not, but it’s a badass sound. You couldn’t live with that all the time. That’s your wide open, screaming, I’m on the highway, I’m getting on it sound. But when you let off of that, or when you’re shifting, or it’s burbling, or anything like that, it comes back to a tone. And that tone is what we believe is the game changer. The bass track of this sound is literally the cadence of the firing order of a Hemi V-8. It doesn’t sound like a V-8, but when you hear it, you’re like something is making me comfortable, something makes me feel like I’m OK with this. Yet, it sounds modern, fresh, and really cool.
Explain the multi-speed transmission in the Charger Daytona Concept.
Multi-speed is an electromechanical system. We’re shifting it mechanically with gears and we’re shifting it electronically. If you think about what happens today in a Hellcat, you’re going to complete a shift, slip a clutch, change a drum, and go into a different gear ratio in 250 milliseconds. What stops me from doing that in an EV? Absolutely nothing.
I can instantaneously pull out torque for 250 milliseconds and add torque back in to give you a shift. Will it make your car faster? No. Will it make your car way more fun to drive? Hell yeah.
You’re not going to say how many speeds?
No. Not done with it yet. Funny thing about it is the engineers will be the first to tell you. A single-speed EV is by far the most efficient. It’s amazing technology. Using multi-speeds is not going to make the car faster.
It’s going to make it heavier too.
It’s going to make it heavier, and it’s adding cost, and it’s adding development. But it’s also going to add way more fun to the car.
Multi-speed also gives me the advantage of taking advantage of more traction. So let’s just say, theoretically, if I had…an option for some really big, really sticky tires, and I could really launch the car hard, then multi-speed would really be a benefit. Theoretically. I mean. It’s a concept after all.
Of course. Theoretically. You guys haven’t done anything like that before.
No. That would be irresponsible.
2023 Dodge Hornet
What is different about the Dodge Hornet chassis from the related Tonale?
We tuned the engine differently, we tuned the transmission differently, we tuned the suspension differently, we tuned the steering differently.
We wanted it to feel more like a Dodge. We have a shift character we like, we like a certain speed and firmness, we like a certain firmness of the steering, we have certain expectations for our suspension especially when we get to something like the GLH (concept). But one of the other important things is now that we have Direct Connection, everything that we do we’re looking at it with an eye towards future modifications.
When we started working on this car we knew we wanted to have Direct Connection for a GLH. I could have done a GLH through Direct Connection and say, hey you need these halfshafts, you need this, you need that. It would have been a fortune. Or it’s single dollars to put it in the base car and give you the option to go up from there. Which, by the way, is the same thing we’re doing with the Daytona. We’re planning it all from day one.
What is the advantage of the three-link rear suspension on the Hornet and how is it different than the Tonale’s?
Mechanically and hardware, same, (but) all of the tuning is different. If you haven’t been involved in that it’s easy to discard that but it makes a huge difference. I’ve been driving those cars since the initial mules and from where they are today from where we started…after a year we’re getting into a space we’re really happy with.
That design was driven by the fact that we went with a much wider track (in the base platform).
2023 Dodge Charger and Challenger Last Call
What are you gonna miss when the Challenger and Charger and Durango end production as we know them?
I’m excited for the challenge going forward. These cars are amazing. I can say that. I own one, I invested my personal money in one. They’re great cars. But they’re unsustainable in today’s market. I hate to say it, but it’s a fact. So, If they’re unsustainable, it would be very easy for us to say Dodge can’t make it, Dodge can’t exist, Dodge can’t be what Dodge is, therefore let’s take our toys and go home.
What’s exciting to me is to look at the future and go OK, just like any racer, gimme the rule book and let me find the gray areas that I can exploit to bring you something fun that is a true Dodge. This has happened many times in the industry…as soon as you give them the better mousetrap everything changes. You don’t go from 5% EV to 30% EV without a better mousetrap. The onus is on us. It’s on the infrastructure, the policy makers gotta bring the infrastructure. And the car manufacturers gotta give you something better than what you have. Otherwise it’ll never work.
Dodge Charger Daytona Concept
What are the key characteristics moving Dodge forward into this next generation of vehicles?
Think about where we were a decade ago. Our top of the line car was 425 hp. We were outgunned in the horsepower war. We were bigger, heavier, and we didn’t handle, and we were severely outgunned in horsepower. Did we get a new car? Nope. Did we make the car lighter? Nope. We just kept tweaking the car.
Half of my volume is Pentastars (V-6 engines; Kuniskis made clear that sales numbers don’t favor Hellcats.) You’re buying into something bigger than the purchase of a car. That’s why we say performance is an attitude. Whether your car is propelled by a PHEV, gas, electric (powertrain), it doesn’t matter. If I can give you the attitude and personality of something bigger than that car, it will be fine. If I can’t do that, then I fail and it doesn’t work. | https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1136899_interview-dodge-ceo-tim-kuniskis-on-the-performance-present-and-electric-future | 2022-08-22T16:19:37Z | https://www.motorauthority.com/news/1136899_interview-dodge-ceo-tim-kuniskis-on-the-performance-present-and-electric-future | true | 12 |
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A crew had just refueled their boat — then came a big blast, Florida firefighters say
A boat explosion rocked Halifax Harbor Marina in Daytona Beach on Sunday afternoon.
Security video posted on the fire department’s Facebook page shows the frightening incident just as it occurred.
The 15-second video starts out serenely: A white motorboat with the blue sky behind it and grassy patches and a banner swaying in the breeze in front. Three people are on board: One in the front, two in the middle.
Suddenly, boom!
The back portion of the boat explodes, pieces go flying and a fire immediately breaks out. One man who was standing on the dock right by the blast takes off running.
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The next pictures show the Florida firefighters hosing down the damaged vessel, with thick, gray smoke billowing out of the stern. The last picture shows the charred boat sinking.
The fire department says a crew arrived around 1:15 p.m.. Four boaters had just refueled the 34-foot vessel, which blew up when they tried to start its engine.
No cause for the explosion was released. The Daytona Beach Fire Department didn’t return a call Monday asking for more details.
All four people seen in the video were injured, the fire department says, and one was airlifted to an Orlando hospital for burns. | https://news.yahoo.com/crew-had-just-refueled-boat-151617886.html | 2022-08-22T16:20:56Z | https://news.yahoo.com/crew-had-just-refueled-boat-151617886.html | true | 1 |
OLATHE, Kan. (AP) — A decisive statewide vote in favor of abortion rights in traditionally conservative Kansas was confirmed with a partial hand recount, with fewer than 100 votes changing after the last county reported results Sunday.
Nine of the state’s 105 counties recounted their votes at the request of Melissa Leavitt, who has pushed for tighter election laws. A longtime anti-abortion activist, Mark Gietzen, is covering most of the costs. Gietzen acknowledged in an interview that it was unlikely to change the outcome.
A no vote in the referendum signaled a desire to keep existing abortion protections and a yes vote was for allowing the Legislature to tighten restrictions or ban abortion. After the recounts, “no” votes lost 87 votes and “yes” gained 6 votes.
Eight of the counties reported their results by the state’s Saturday deadline, but Sedgwick County delayed releasing its final count until Sunday because spokeswoman Nicole Gibbs said some of the ballots weren’t separated into the correct precincts during the initial recount and had to be resorted Saturday. She said the number of votes cast overall didn’t change.
A larger than expected turnout of voters on Aug. 2 rejected a ballot measure that would have removed protections for abortion rights from the Kansas Constitution and given to the Legislature the right to further restrict or ban abortion. It failed by 18 percentage points, or 165,000 votes statewide.
The vote drew broad attention because it was the first state referendum on abortion since the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade in June.
Gietzen, of Wichita, and Leavitt, of Colby, in far northwestern Kansas, have both suggested there might have been problems without pointing to many examples.
Recounts increasingly are tools to encourage supporters of a candidate or cause to believe an election was stolen rather than lost. A wave of candidates who have echoed former President Donald Trump’s lie that the 2020 election was rigged have called for recounts after losing their own Republican primaries.
Kansas law requires a recount if those who ask for it prove they can cover the counties’ costs. The counties pay only if the outcome changes.
Leavitt and Gietzen provided credit cards to pay for the nearly $120,000 cost, according to the secretary of state’s office. Leavitt has an online fundraising page. Gietzen also said he is getting donations from a network built over three decades in the anti-abortion movement.
Gietzen said Sunday he doesn’t accept the results of the Sedgwick County recount because of the discrepancy about the way the ballots were sorted and because some of the recount happened Saturday without outside observers present to watch.
“We still don’t know what happened in Sedgwick County. I won’t pay for Sedgwick County,” he said.
He said he’s also concerned about the results statewide because of a report out of Cherokee county in southeast Kansas about the results of one county election being transposed between two candidates when the results were transferred on a thumb drive from one voting machine to a tabulating machine.
Gietzen said he plans to file a lawsuit Monday seeking a full statewide recount.
Gietzen said he won’t publicly report the names of private donors helping him finance the recount, even though a state ethics official says it’s required. Gietzen, who leads a small GOP group, the Kansas Republican Assembly, argues that he’s not campaigning for the anti-abortion measure but is instead promoting election integrity.
Votes were recounted in Douglas County, home to the University of Kansas’ main campus; Johnson County, in suburban Kansas City; Sedgwick County, home to Wichita, Shawnee County, home to Topeka; and Crawford, Harvey, Jefferson, Lyon and Thomas counties. Abortion opponents lost all of those counties except Thomas.
In Jefferson County, the margin remained the same, with the pro- and anti-amendment totals declining by four votes each. Linda Buttron, the county clerk, blamed the change on things like ovals not being darkened and “the challenges of hand counting ballots.”
In Lyon County, the anti-amendment group lost a vote. County Clerk and Election Officer Tammy Vopat said she wasn’t sure the reason. But she noted: “You have to factor in human error.”
Johnson County, the most populous in Kansas, faced the biggest recounting challenge because it had the most ballots. It pulled in workers from different departments to help. The sorting process took so long that the actual counting didn’t begin until Thursday afternoon.
“This is almost like doing an Ironman triathlon and having to add on another marathon at the end,” said Fred Sherman, the county’s Election Commissioner. “So it is quite a gargantuan process.”
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Hanna reported from Topeka, Kansas. Josh Funk contributed to this report from Omaha, Nebraska.
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Abbie Chatfield poised to go head-to-head with The Kyle and Jackie O Show amid rumours she will be 'taking over 2Day FM breakfast slot'
Rumours are swirling Abbie Chatfield is set to take on entertainment titans Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson, the king and queen of breakfast radio.
The former Bachelor star, 27, could be taking over a breakfast slot in 2024 on 2Day FM's radio station, the Herald Sun report.
An Insider told the publication: 'They'll definitely make a play for Abbie in 2024.'
Abbie Chatfield (pictured) is poised to go head-to-head with The Kyle and Jackie O Show amid rumours she will be 'taking over a 2Day FM breakfast slot in 2024'
'They were in discussions for next year but haven't yet come up with the perfect on-air partner.'
The source added: 'She certainly could be the wildcard that they desperately need, after a decade of dismal ratings at 2Day FM. Abbie Chatfield is the best card they can play.'
Abbie broke into the entertainment industry with her podcast, It's a Lot, which she launched shortly after appearing on The Bachelor.
'She certainly could be the wildcard that they desperately need, after a decade of dismal ratings at 2Day FM. Abbie Chatfield is the best card they can play,' an insider said
The podcast eventually got picked up by Listnr, which is owned by Southern Cross Austereo, which then led to her own separate radio show.
Abbie now hosts Hot Nights with Abbie Chatfield on the Hit Network.
Meanwhile, KIIS 106.5's The Kyle and Jackie O Show is Sydney's most-popular FM breakfast show, according to the first radio survey of the year.
KIIS 106.5's The Kyle and Jackie O Show is Sydney's most-popular FM breakfast show, according to the first radio survey of the year
The program, hosted by unstoppable veterans Kyle Sandilands and Jackie 'O' Henderson, maintained the No. 1 spot with a 10.6 per cent audience share in March.
This was only a slight dip from the last survey of 2021, which saw the popular duo lead the pack with a 10.8 per cent share.
The Kyle and Jackie O Show was also the No. 1 radio catch-up podcast.
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — Kamryn Babb’s Ohio State football career has been defined by the unquestioned respect of his teammates and his unbelievable rotten luck with injuries.
That unfortunately remained true in this preseason camp.
Babb suffered a injury in practice recently that coach Ryan Day termed “a setback.” The injury is not expected to cost him the 2022 season and Day was optimistic the receiver can return in a few weeks.
The second-year captain was named the latest recipient of the Block 0 No. 0 jersey and was competing for a depth spot in the talented receiver rotation.
Babb’s Ohio State story has been one of perseverance and leadership. Dating back to his high school career at Christian Brothers in St. Louis, Babb had previously torn an anterior cruciate knee ligament four times. The fourth came a year ago last April. His teammates — impressed by his attitude despite those repeated setbacks — voted him a captain at the end of the summer anyway.
Many teammates have spoken of their enthusiasm about finally seeing the former top-100 prospect on the field.
“I’m gonna be leaning on Kam Babb a lot, because of just the person he is and his hard work,” junior receiver Jaxon Smith-Njigba said at Big Ten Media Days. “I’m ready to see him on the field. He’s healthy. He’s back. He looks great. His ceiling is really high. When Kam Babb’s in, the whole team, we’re gonna light up.”
Those injuries have limited Babb to eight career games, mostly on special teams. His most visible role as a Buckeye came during the spring game, when he led the team in prayer at midfield following a video tribute to the late Dwayne Haskins.
Even when healthy, bad luck keeps recurring. Babb recovered last season and participated in pre-Rose Bowl workouts, but was eventually sidelined again by illness.
Babb’s injury occurred around the same time as running back Evan Pryor’s season-ending knee injury. Neither player’s absence projects to change the top of the OSU depth chart. Both, though, were expected to have at least some opportunity to show what they are capable of.
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HOUSTON, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Labrada Nutrition today announced a drink distribution agreement with San Diego- based distributor John Lenore & Co.
John Lenore & Co. will distribute Labrada Nutrition's Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes in San Diego County and it equates to about 3.6 million people.
Lean Body® Protein Shakes contain 40 grams of high-quality protein with zero grams of sugar and come in eight delicious flavors in sustainably packaged Tetra Pak cartons.
"Like John Lenore & Co., Labrada Nutrition is a family-owned-and-operated business with decades of experience and a commitment to furthering the health and wellness of its customers," said Labrada Nutrition's CEO and Founder Lee Labrada. "We are excited about partnering with John Lenore & Co.to make Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes available to customers in the San Diego area.
"Lean Body® is doing exceptionally well around the country, and with John Lenore & Co's leadership, we will now grow a stronger relationship with retailers and customers in the San Diego area," Labrada added. "Our goal is a 'Lean Body® for Everybody,' and our mission is to help people get into great shape and be healthy for life. Working with John Lenore will bring us closer to reaching this important goal."
Sean Nichols, Vice President of Sales for John Lenore adds: "We are thrilled to add the LEAN BODY Protein shakes to our assortment!" With the right brand, team, and current market trends, we feel Lean Body puts us back into the highly competitive RTD Protein space! 40 Grams of Protein, zero sugar and an unbelievable taste not to mention a solid "DSD" Route to Market working with other neighboring "Best in class" Distributor partners, this platform is poised for great success!"
About Labrada Nutrition
Labrada Nutrition, headquartered in Houston, Texas, was founded in 1995 by IFBB Pro Bodybuilding Hall of Famer and former Mr. Universe Lee Labrada. The company creates and distributes a range of nutritional products and supplements including Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes and meal replacements. The company also provides education on fitness, nutrition, and health to support the company mission of helping people get into their best shape.
Labrada Nutrition products are proudly made in America. Since 1995 all Labrada supplements are lab-tested by an independent third-party analytical lab to ensure that "If it's on the label, it's in the bottle." That's why Labrada has become the most trusted name in sports nutrition.
The Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shake comes in 17 oz. and 8.45 oz. resealable, environmentally-friendly Tetra Pak cartons that "Protect What's Good.™"
Lean Body® Ready-to-Drink Protein Shakes are available worldwide in select retailers, convenience stores, grocery stores and gyms.
For more information, visit www.leanbody.com
Follow Labrada Nutrition/Lean Body on social media: Instagram (https://www.instagram.com/leanbodynation/).
About John Lenore & Co.:
John Lenore & Co. are distribution leaders in the nonalcoholic beverage industry in Southern California, with a portfolio of over 70 brands. Their portfolio includes premium bottled waters, craft sodas, ready-to-drink (RTD) teas and juices, energy drinks, cold brew coffees, cold pressed juices, flavored milks, kombuchas and protein shakes
For more information about the John Lenore & Co, visit www.johnlenore.com/
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SCOTTSDALE, Ariz., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The international development of Planet Smoothie® is in motion with the opening of its first two locations in suburban Melbourne, Victoria. Kahala Brands™, the franchisor and owner of the Planet Smoothie brand, has collaborated with Smoothie Group Pty. Ltd. to open the brand in Australia.
Owned and operated by Wally and Carrie Ibrahim, Smoothie Group Pty. Ltd. is based in Docklands, Victoria just outside of Melbourne's Central Business District (CBD). The company plans to open an additional location in the fourth quarter of 2022 and by year's end seeks to employ approximately 40 staff across four retail locations around the Melbourne area.
Planet Smoothie fills the need of Australian consumers looking for a broader range of options and a high level of customer service. Planet Smoothie's menu looks to resonate with consumers who care about the quality and variety of ingredients that go into their smoothies.
"Planet Smoothie is a brand to get excited about. With colourful branding, fun and cleverly named smoothies that taste amazing - as we like to say, The Best Tasting Smoothie on the Planet - second to none customer service levels, Planet Smoothie is simply a fun brand that everyone loves. We have developed an old favourite, Orange Sherbet, as a delicious ingredient for our smoothies and introduced peanut butter as an ingredient that has been exciting for our customers!" said Wally Ibrahim, CEO of Smoothie Group Pty. Ltd. "The option for customers to customise their smoothies and add in Blasts is something that really hasn't been explored at a national retailer level in Australia, and I am excited to see how these options resonate with the Australian public. I am so happy to be partnering with Planet Smoothie and bringing healthy fruit options to the Australian public. I wanted to work with an organisation that made me feel like a partner. The team at Kahala made me feel like that from our very first interaction. The opportunity to bring a new player into the Australia Smoothie market was evident and the perfect match was Planet Smoothie."
Longer term, Smoothie Group Pty. Ltd. and Kahala Brands will work together to expand the Planet Smoothie brand with plans to open multiple locations within the next five years.
"Building this brand and supporting its international expansion into Australia has been a pleasure for us at Planet Smoothie," said Eddy Jimenez, senior vice president of international operations and development at Kahala Brands™. "Their passion and commitment to steadily grow this brand over the next five years is very impressive, and we are thrilled to introduce Planet Smoothie and all of our healthy offerings and exceptional customer service to all consumers in the Melbourne market and beyond."
Planet Smoothie®, intent on redefining the smoothie category, is among the country's top smoothie concepts. The brand appeals to a demographic of loyal, active and occasion-driven customers who want to live a healthier lifestyle. Planet Smoothie offers smoothies made with real fruit and other healthy ingredients, giving customers a quick, portable snack or meal replacement. The brand's menu is organized into lifestyle categories to assist customers in finding the smoothie that helps them to achieve their personal goals, including protein, energy, and Planet Lite™ categories. The Planet Smoothie brand operates approximately 150 locations in over 25 states. In 2015, Planet Smoothie was acquired by Scottsdale, Arizona-based Kahala Brands™, one of the fastest growing franchising companies in the world with a portfolio of nearly 30 fast-casual and quick-service restaurant brands with approximately 3,000 locations in over 30 countries, and with MTY Food Group's purchase of Kahala Brands, Planet Smoothie is now also a part of the MTY Food Group family.
For more information visit www.PlanetSmoothie.com and www.kahalamgmt.com/
Located in the Docklands Precinct next to Melbourne's CBD, Smoothie Group Pty. Ltd. is the parent company of Planet Smoothie Australia. Smoothie Group seeks to bring "The Best Tasting Smoothies on the Planet" to the Australian consumers through both company-owned and sub-franchised locations across the country.
For more information visit www.planetsmoothie.com.au or social media profiles on Facebook, Instagram, TikTok or LinkedIn.
Headquartered in Canada, MTY Food Group is among North America's leading franchisors in the restaurant industry. Its activities consist of franchising and operating corporate-owned locations in the QSR and casual dining segments of the restaurant industry, as well as the sale of retail products under a multitude of well-known brands. MTY operates approximately 7,400 locations under more than 70 brands in more than 35 countries. The company also operates a distribution center and a food processing plant, both of which are located in the province of Quebec, Canada. MTY's multi-brand platform allows the company to position itself across a broad range of demographic, economic and geographic sectors. Some of the company's larger brands include Cold Stone Creamery®, Papa Murphy's®, Thai Express™, Baja Fresh®, TacoTime®, Manchu Wok®, Mikes™, Scores™, Baton Rouge™, Mucho Burrito® and Sushi Shop™. A full list of all brands and other information on the company and its financial statements can be found on SEDAR's website at www.Sedar.com.
For more information about MTY Food Group, visit www.MTYGroup.com
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Just shy of 40,000 hectares – or 75,000 NFL-sized football fields – have burned as the result of wildfires so far this year in B.C.
The number is a large one, but just a fraction of the nearly 870,000 hectares that burned in 2021, and the 10-year average of 348,917 hectares burned per wildfire season in the province.
The only years with lower burn areas in the last decade, according to BC Wildfire Service data, are 2020 at 14,536 hectares, 2019 at 21,138 hectares and 2013 at 18,298 hectares. The most destructive years were 2017 and 2018, with 1.2 million and 1.35 million hectares burned, respectively.
The relatively low burn area so far this year is thanks in large part to the wet winter and cool spring B.C. experienced, according to BC Wildfire Service. The province saw very few wildfires until about the end of July when more hot, dry conditions set in.
As of Monday (Aug. 22), 192 fires are actively burning throughout B.C., 69 of which started in the last two days. Lightning is the culprit for the vast majority of them (78.6 per cent), with another 7.8 per cent attributed to people and the cause of 13.5 per cent unknown.
Regionally, the majority are concentrated in the southern third of the province, with 79 in the southeast and 31 in the Kamloops area. Another 27 are burning around Prince George, 22 are located near the coast, 18 are in the northwest and 15 are in the Cariboo region.
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Of the 192 burning, six are classified as “fires of note” for their visibility and/or potential threat to the public. They include:
Keremeos Creek
Estimated fire size: 7,042 hectares
Location: 21 kilometres southwest of Penticton
Discovered: July 29
Cause: Under investigation
Wind and topography continue to drive fire behaviour at Keremeos Creek, according to BC Wildfire. The blaze grew 100 hectares on Saturday due to wind at high elevations and a couple planned ignitions.
The fire is stable along the western side of Highway 3A, but BC Wildfire says smoke will remain in the area.
Evacuation alerts are in effect.
There are 179 firefighters, 15 helicopters and 19 pieces of heavy equipment on scene.
Briggs Creek
Estimated fire size: 2,160 hectares
Location: 11.5 kilometres west of Kaslo
Discovered: Aug. 1
Cause: Lightning
New mapping of the area was completed on Sunday during a break in the smoke, revealing a total burn area about 430 hectares larger than previously reported. BC Wildfire says the increase is due both to the more accurate mapping and some growth that occurred over the last week.
Structures are not currently threatened by the fire, but an evacuation alert and area restriction are in effect in the region.
Fifty-three firefighters and one helicopter are on scene.
Connell Ridge
Estimated fire size: 1,707 hectares
Location: 23 kilometres south of Cranbrook
Discovered: Aug. 1
Cause: Lightning
Crews worked Sunday to attack hot spots in the fire, after an infrared scanning team identified the worst areas Saturday night.
An evacuation alert was rescinded Saturday afternoon, but an area restriction remains in place.
There are 82 firefighters on scene, along with 12 helicopters and seven pieces of heavy equipment.
Cummings Creek
Estimated fire size: 52.6 hectares
Location: 5 kilometres west of Sparwood
Discovered: Aug. 3
Cause: Lightning
As of end-of-day Monday, the wildfire will no longer be considered a fire of note, according to BC Wildfire.
An infrared team will be working Monday night to identify hot spots for crews to extinguish. Sprinkler systems and hoselay remain in place in case they’re needed and BC Wildfire says it will conduct a daily assessment of the blaze.
There are 13 helicopters on scene.
Weasel Creek
Estimated fire size: 1,119 hectares
Location: 2 kilometres west of Frozen Lake and 39 kilometres southeast of Baynes Lake
Discovered: Aug. 4
Cause: Lightning
The wildfire’s burn area was updated Monday morning from 648 to 1,119 hectares.
Crews are setting up a new camp closer to the fire, to reduce drive time and allow firefighters to stay on scene longer. It’s expected to be ready by end-of-day Monday.
Heavy equipment crews are also working to build a bridge across the Couldrey Creek tributary to allow better access.
An area restriction is in place.
There are 79 firefighters on scene, along with 12 helicopters and 14 pieces of heavy equipment.
Mount Docking
Estimated fire size: 1,333 hectares
Location: 27 kilometres east of the Village of Radium Hot Springs
Discovered: July 30
Cause: Lightning
Fire behaviour decreased from Saturday morning into Sunday, but it continues to burn in steep, hard-to-reach areas.
An area restriction is in place.
There are 39 firefighters, one helicopter and two pieces of heavy equipment on scene.
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NEW YORK, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Bluestar Alliance LLC has entered into a license agreement with CHF Industries for Home Textiles and Soft Goods for Brookstone.
CHF Industries, recognized as a leader in the design, manufacturing and distribution of consumer home goods and textiles will expand the Brookstone home category, developing Brookstone branded heated blankets and heated throws, air mattresses and air beds, bedding, robes, towels and additional home goods.
Brookstone has a successful history in the home category especially with heated blankets and heated throws. The newly formed partnership with CHF Industries will continue to support and expand Brookstone's commitment to innovation in the category. CHF Industries design and sourcing abilities will ensure that the high quality standards that Brookstone commands is globally upheld.
Brookstone is an iconic American brand, founded over 50 years ago in New Hampshire. Today it is a highly recognized brand which develops and offers quality and innovative merchandise. Brookstone product is currently distributed through a multi-channel platform of retail, wholesale, catalog and E-commerce. The company has leveraged the success of its breakthrough products in entertainment, wellness, home and travel to become a true lifestyle brand and a household name.
"CHF Industries will develop products that promote the Brookstone legacy of quality and innovation, utilizing best in class materials and technology, while expanding the home category of solution-oriented products that help 'Do Life Better'.
We look forward to the advancement in design and technology of the Brookstone home products especially for the heated blankets and throws," noted Joey Gabbay, CEO at Bluestar Alliance.
"With over 90 years of experience in making home products and being recognized for their integrity and craft, this partnership will continue our commitment to providing innovative product of the highest quality uniting two iconic brands, CHF Industries and Brookstone," commented Bluestar Alliance COO, Ralph Gindi.
"Together CHF and Brookstone are heating up the home space with new and innovative products to enhance people's lives," stated Spencer Foley, President and CEO at CHF Industries.
Founded by Joseph Gabbay and Ralph Gindi in 2006, Bluestar owns, manages, and markets a portfolio of consumer brands that span across many tiers of distribution from luxury to mass market. This portfolio consists of major department store retail brands including Hurley, Justice, Brookstone, Tahari, Bebe, Kensie, Catherine Malandrino, Nanette Lepore, English Laundry, Joan Vass and Limited Too.
Each brand is uniquely positioned maintaining the brand heritage and equity, considering new categories and current tiers of distribution. Bluestar's current network of international and domestic partners offers the opportunity to take a niche brand to a visible worldwide lifestyle brand. Since its inception, Bluestar has acquired select brands with current retail sales exceeding $6 billion. The company manages a current portfolio of over 300 licensees and a growing branded retail platform of over 100 stores worldwide throughout North America, Europe, Australia, South America, Asia, United Arab Emirates, Middle East, and India.
CHF Industries is a leading maker of home goods, offering an unparalleled portfolio of designer brands and products, including bedding, window treatments, decorative hardware, towels, rugs, shower curtains, bath accessories, and soft storage. Commissioned as a manufacturer of military parachutes in 1927, CHF has evolved dramatically over the years—but has never wavered from its founding principle of absolute commitment to the integrity and quality of its craft. Today, the New York City-based company is recognized for innovation in product development, creative merchandising, global sourcing, and for the exceptional value of the home textiles it markets under brand names that include: Donna Karan, DKNY, Michael Aram, John Robshaw, Uchino, Brookstone, Calvin Klein, Tommy Hilfiger, Martha Stewart, Peri Home, G.H. Bass, and a number of private label programs for key retailers in the home space. Family-run since 2002, CHF is, at its heart, a community of people with a shared passion for enhancing home life. The company weaves that perspective into every aspect of business, from encouraging work-life balance for employees to creating workplace initiatives and charitable giving programs to help foster responsible working conditions, fair compensation, respect for human rights, and environmental stewardship. Customers get the family treatment too: Decades of consumer insight mean CHF understands what shoppers want and need at home—and how to help retailers tailor their assortment to delight and inspire. CHF's products are sold in all major home fashions retailers throughout the world.
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Sir Ben Kingsley is locked in a £60,000 court fight with interior designers who left his luxury apartment like a "building site" after a high-end makeover.
The Oscar-winning actor - whose roles range from Hamlet to Gandhi and Jungle Book's Bagheera - is suing after commissioning a full "replan and restyle" of his South Kensington apartment in 2019.
Sir Ben, 78, and wife Lady Daniela Lavender Kingsley, 47, wanted a complete makeover of the flat, close to the Royal Albert Hall, including "unique bespoke furniture" and high-end appliances fitted to the "highest standard", but claim the apartment was left "uninhabitable" after their interior designer walked off the job without delivering all their paid-for goods.
They are suing for delivery up of the luxury household items, including a marble vanity top, as well as damages for "conversion" (interference with their property).
Leonardo Biagioni, the interior designer, and Lara Harrington, the fellow designer who also worked on the project, trading as Lumiere Interiors, deny any liability to pay the couple damages.
Mr Biagioni claims he completed his part of the job, which was solely to provide advice on installations, and that Ms Harrington had contracted directly with the Kingsleys to do the physical work, and now holds the disputed items.
Ms Harrington accepts she still has a handful of items intended for the flat, but claims her contract was with Mr Biagioni, that she left the job after the Kingsleys' PA was "rude" to her, and is still owed part of her fee.
Sir Ben and Lady Daniela, herself an accomplished Shakespearean, film and TV actor, say in court documents that they had agreed a "retainer" with Mr Biagioni to "re-plan and re-style the complete flat."
But the Kingsleys say Mr Biagioni "quit" the retainer in a telephone call with their PA, also saying that Ms Harrington would not be returning to do any more work on the flat.
Soon after that, the Kingsleys' lawyers sent a letter to Mr Biagioni, claiming: "the works at the property required under the agreement are a very long way from being finished and it is currently uninhabitable and resembles a building site. That is not a situation our clients can tolerate."
The couple are now suing Mr Biagioni and Ms Harrington for damages, plus delivery of luxury household items which they say were paid for but not delivered, including a Bosch integrated fridge, Bosch oven and dishwasher, and marble designed for a vanity top.
Alternatively, they want the value of the items, with their lawyers telling Judge Marc Dight at the court last week that the full value of the claim, including damages, is just over £59,000.
Mr Biagioni insists that he has completed his end of the bargain, having been contracted only to advise on the installation of items at the apartment, with Ms Harrington and her firm responsible for the physical work.
He also denies "quitting" the retainer, claiming that the phone call in question had ended with the Kingsleys' PA "screaming down the phone" and giving him no chance to respond.
Ms Harrington also denies having all of the items which the Kingsleys say are missing, claiming that she is "exercising lien" over a handful of household goods, including an oven and a fridge, until she is paid £6,250 she says is still owed by the Kingsleys for her work. | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/22/ben-kingsley-suing-interior-designers-who-left-luxury-apartment/ | 2022-08-22T16:40:45Z | https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2022/08/22/ben-kingsley-suing-interior-designers-who-left-luxury-apartment/ | false | 2 |
The Icy Tour is promoting the duo’s 2021 album, “Scaled and Icy.” Peter McPoland opened for them.
This was only their second stop on their tour, you can click here to see the rest of their tour dates. Josh Dun and Tyler Joseph’s fans, the Skeleton Clique, turned out and turned up for this concert.
The production value of the show alone makes it worth seeing Twenty One Pilots live. Even if you’re more familiar with their older music, you’ll still get something out of the show.
The energy in Detroit that night was exceptional. I have seen them live twice before this, and this was easily the best performance yet.
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The duo could always put on a good show, but there was something new and exciting in the air this time around. There was a deserved feeling of confidence behind their performance, more than ever before.
I mentioned the production value, right? I mean, incredible. Three large screens that were constantly changing, impressive light design. Everything seemed to flow perfectly, and if anything went wrong it was hard to tell from an audience member’s perspective.
My personal favorite part was the acoustic set in the middle. Tyler did something for the fans that have been with them since the beginning, he flowed through all their albums -- hitting the songs that stuck with people the most. The fans didn’t disappoint either, they sang along -- never missing a beat.
Audience participation is expected and welcome at Twenty One Pilots concerts. Beyond just the singing along, there’s crowd surfing of a ukulele, Tyler, and even Josh as he plays the drums. If you’re a fan of their music, or just like to have a good time, they’re worth seeing live. | https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2022/08/22/twenty-one-pilots-bring-the-hype-to-detroit-on-the-icy-tour/ | 2022-08-22T16:44:24Z | https://www.clickondetroit.com/entertainment/2022/08/22/twenty-one-pilots-bring-the-hype-to-detroit-on-the-icy-tour/ | true | 1 |
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LONDON (AP) — British health authorities will begin offering eligible people just a fraction of the normal monkeypox vaccine dose to stretch supplies by about five times, in line with similar decisions to extend available doses in Europe and the U.S.
In a statement Monday, Britain’s Health Security Agency said patients at clinics in Manchester and London would soon get just one fifth the regular monkeypox vaccine dose as part of ongoing research, citing earlier work suggesting the smaller dose provided as effective an immune response as a full dose.
Last week, the European Medicines Agency authorized the move for its 27 members across the continent, echoing the decision made by U.S. regulators earlier this month.
“Adopting this tried and tested technique will help to maximize the reach of our remaining stock," said Dr. Mary Ramsay, head of immunization at Britain's Health Security Agency. She said the lowered doses would enable health workers to vaccinate “many more thousands of people.”
Last week, British officials said there were early signs the monkeypox outbreak is slowing and that case numbers are declining. Nearly 3,200 cases have been reported in the U.K. since May, with 99% of infections among men who are gay, bisexual or have sex with other men. About 70% of cases are in London.
As of last week, U.K. authorities said more than 35,000 vaccines had been administered primarily to men who have sex with men, their close contacts, and health workers.
Globally, the supply of monkeypox vaccines is extremely limited. There is only one supplier — Denmark's Bavarian Nordic —and most doses have already been bought by the U.S., Canada, Europe and other rich countries.
Bavarian Nordic estimated its production capacity for this year was about 30 million doses. No monkeypox vaccines have so far been allotted to Africa, which has reported more than 70 suspected deaths, the highest number anywhere.
To date, more than 41,000 cases of monkeypox have appeared worldwide in 94 countries. The World Health Organization and other health agencies do not recommend mass vaccination, but have advised countries to improve their monkeypox surveillance, testing and encouraged other measures to slow the disease's spread.
WHO has recommended that men at high risk of the disease temporarily consider reducing their number of sex partners or refrain from group or anonymous sex. | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/UK-to-use-lower-dose-of-monkeypox-vaccine-to-17389379.php | 2022-08-22T16:46:56Z | https://www.ncadvertiser.com/news/article/UK-to-use-lower-dose-of-monkeypox-vaccine-to-17389379.php | false | 24 |
Scott Boyd is leaving his role as St Johnstone’s head of football operations.
The former Kilmarnock and Ross County defender has been in the post since March 2021.
Boyd said on the club’s official website: “I’ve thoroughly enjoyed my time at St Johnstone and had the privilege of working with many great people.
“It was wonderful to be here when we had the double cup success last year and also played in European football.
“But I’ve been given a chance to pursue something different and it’s a challenge I’m looking forward to.
“I’d like to wish the chairman, the board and everyone else at the football club all the very best going forward.”
Head of operations Ian Flaherty revealed the process of finding a replacement was under way.
“Scott will stay with us until we appoint a replacement,” he added. “I’m working very hard on this. This will allow as smooth a transition as possible.”
Flaherty, who was appointed by chairman Steve Brown five months ago, added: “As we all know, the chairman decided to step away from day-to-day involvement at the football club towards the end of last season.
“He gave me scope to get on with things and I’m working hard every day to repay the trust he showed in me.
“It’s a wide-ranging remit and it’s all about us being a team, on and off the park.
“For example, as we approach the end of the transfer window, we are all doing our best to enhance the football squad.
“This is a non-stop process and I’m working closely with (manager) Callum (Davidson) on this.”
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Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the Indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help.
One controversial stretch cuts a more than 68-mile (110-kilometer) swath through the jungle between the resorts of Cancun and Tulum, over some of the most complex and fragile underground cave systems in the world.
It is one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s signature projects and has drawn objections from environmentalists, archaeologists and cave divers, who have held protests to block backhoes from tearing down trees and scraping clean the thin layer of soil.
But for the largely Maya inhabitants of the village of Vida y Esperanza – a clutch of about 300 people and 70 houses whose name means “Life and Hope” – the train is going to run right by their doors. They fear it will pollute the caves that supply them with water, endanger their children and cut off their access to the outside world.
A few miles away from the acres of felled trees where the train is supposed to run, archaeologist and cave diver Octavio Del Rio points to the Guardianes cave that lies directly beneath the train’s path. The cave’s limestone roof is only two or three feet thick in some places, and would almost certainly collapse under the weight of a speeding train.
“We are running the risk that all this will be buried, and this history lost,” Del Rio says.
López Obrador dismisses critics like Del Rio as “pseudo environmentalists” funded by foreign governments.
As with his other signature projects, including a new airport in the capital and a massive new oil refinery on the gulf, the president exempted the train from environmental impact studies and last month invoked national security powers to forge ahead, overriding court injunctions.
Many critics say López Obrador’s obsession with the projects threatens Mexico’s democratic institutions. But the president counters that he just wants to develop the historically poor southern part of Mexico.
“We want to take advantage of all the tourism that arrives in Cancun, so they can take the Maya Train to see other natural beauty spots, especially the ancient Mayan cities in Yucatán, Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco,” which are poor neighboring states, López Obrador said earlier this month.
But the Maya themselves are people scraping a living from the limestone bed of the dry tropical jungle. The ancient Mayan civilization reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. on the Yucatan Peninsula and in adjacent to parts of Central America, and they are best known for constructing monumental temple sites like Chichen Itza.
The Mayas’ descendants continue to live on the peninsula, many speaking the Mayan language and wearing traditional clothing, while also conserving traditional foods, crops, religion and medicine practices, despite the conquest of the region by the Spanish between 1527 and 1546.
“I think that there is nothing Maya” about the train, said Lidia Caamal Puc, whose family came from the Mayan town of Peto, in the neighboring Yucatan state, to settle here 22 years ago. “Some people say it will bring great benefits, but for us Mayas that work the land, that live here, we don’t see any benefits.”
“Rather, it will hurt us, because, how should I put it, they are taking away what we love so much, the land.”
When marines showed up last month to start cutting down trees in preparation for the train on the edge of the village, residents who hadn’t been paid for their expropriated land stopped them from working.
The head of the village council and a supporter of the train, Jorge Sánchez, acknowledged that the government “had not paid the people who were affected” even though the government has said they will get compensation.
But it’s not just about the money, Sánchez said. “It will bring back jobs for our people.”
The 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) Maya Train line will run in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, connecting beach resorts and archaeological sites. But in Vida y Esperanza, the train will cut directly through the narrow, rutted four-mile (six-kilometer) dirt road that leads to the nearest paved highway.
For more than two years, Mayan communities have been objecting to the train line, filing court challenges arguing the railway violated their right to a safe, clean environment, and to be consulted; in 2019, the Mexico office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights found that what consultations the government did do were flawed.
The question about the economics of the train, and tourism income, is more complex, in part because no credible feasibility studies were done. The project is expected to cost about $8 billion — but appears likely to rise to as much as $11 billion — while the government calculates it will bring in $9.5 billion in revenue or “benefits.”
But those estimates are widely doubted because López Obrador is essentially betting on luring sun-and-sand beachgoers to the ruins and Indigenous towns for so-called “cultural tourism.” It is not clear how many want to combine those two activities, especially if the highspeed train zooms past the beauties of the low jungle.
International tourism to the country has started to recover from pandemic losses, with the strongest showing from U.S. visitors. In the first half of 2022, just over 10 million tourists arrived from January to June, 1.5% higher than the first half of 2019. But overall tourist spending remains below pre-pandemic levels.
Unless the army, which is building the train line, constructs a large overpass bridge above the tracks, villagers would be forced to take a back road four times as long to get to the highway. It would no longer make economic sense to live there.
The government tourism agency that oversees the train project, Fonatur, says an overpass will be built for Vida y Esperanza. But such promises have gone unfulfilled in the past.
And the army plans to fill the underground caves to support the weight of the passing trains, which could block or contaminate the underground water system.
The high-speed train can’t have at-grade crossings, and won’t be fenced, so that 100-mile per hour (160-kph) trains will rush past an elementary school. Most of the students walk to get there.
Just as bad, the train project has divided Vida y Esperanza.
Luis López, 36, who works at a local store and opposes the train, said “it might bring minor benefits, but it has downsides.”
“The cenotes will be filled or contaminated,” he said, referring to the sinkholes that villagers rely on. “I survive on the water from a cenote, to wash dishes, to bathe.”
Many residents of Vida y Esperanza, who rely on diesel generators, would much rather have electricity than a tourist train that will rush by and never stop there.
Mario Basto, 78, a wiry resident who works as a gardener, said he’d rather have decent medical care than the train.
“It seems like the government has money it just needs to get rid of, when there are hundreds of hospitals that don’t have medicine,” Basto said.
And there are some people in Vida y Esperanza who support the train project, almost entirely because of jobs it has brought during construction.
Benjamin Chim, a taxi and truck driver who is already employed by the Maya Train, will also lose part of his land to the project. But he says he doesn’t care, noting “it is going to be a benefit, in terms of jobs.”
“They are taking a bit of land, but it’s a bit that doesn’t have any symbolic value, for me it doesn’t mean anything,” Chim said.
While the president’s supporters have claimed that anybody who opposes the train isn’t really Mayan, that would be news to people in Vida y Esperanza, where residents swear that Mayan spirits, known as “Aluxes,” inhabit the forest.
Locals pacify the spirits by leaving a small drink of wine out for them.
Bright blue-green Toh birds, tarantulas, blue morpho butterflies, iguanas and the occasional jaguar cross the roads and jungle.
And it would also threaten something older than even the Mayas.
Del Rio, the archaeologist, discovered human remains of the Maya’s ancestors that may date as far back as 13,700 years in another cave network – but it took him and other divers 1 1/2 years to snake through a single cavern system. “This is work that takes years, years,” he said.
López Obrador wants to finish the entire train in 16 months by filling the caves with cement or sinking concrete columns through the caverns – the only places that allowed humans to survive in this area.
But for the villagers, much of the damage has already been done.
“They have already stolen our tranquility, the moment they cut through to lay the train line,” Caamal Puc said.
—Mark Stevenson, The Associated Press
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While the relationship between the Brooklyn Nets organization and Kyrie Irving has had a rocky journey, it seems that both parties have done a full 180 and now are fully invested in each other.
According to NBA insider Shams Charania of The Athletic, the Nets are standing firm in keeping the seven-time All-Star guard. He reports that the Nets have “made clear to interested teams” that they are unwilling to move the ball-handling shot-creator.
Irving has been, “has been ‘holding constructive dialogue with the Nets’ front office throughout the offseason,” said Charania.
Shams adds:
For their part, the Nets believe they have improved the roster and have a championship-level team. The Nets traded for Royce O’Neale, signed T.J. Warren and brought back Patty Mills and Nic Claxton while expecting the full returns of three-time All-Star Simmons and Joe Harris. All-Star Kyrie Irving also opted into his $37 million player option, committed to the 2022-23 season in Brooklyn and sources with knowledge of the situation say he has been working out with teammates and holding constructive dialogue with the organization this offseason. Brooklyn has made clear to interested teams that they plan to keep the seven-time All-Star, according to sources. The Nets were without Simmons and Harris for the majority of last season, including their playoff series against Boston, but both are set to provide a major boost to the upcoming campaign.
This comes days after the Los Angeles Lakers made their future first round picks available for a trade, to which the Nets were reportedly uninterested in because they wanted win-now talent for Irving.
Irving had rough relations with the Nets front office and at first, was unable to come to an agreement for his contract extension, however, Irving decided his guaranteed money in Brooklyn was enough for him. | https://netswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/22/nets-double-down-on-kyrie-irving-amid-lakers-trade-rumors/ | 2022-08-22T16:48:09Z | https://netswire.usatoday.com/2022/08/22/nets-double-down-on-kyrie-irving-amid-lakers-trade-rumors/ | false | 3 |
When you ask an owner of a restored show truck if he or she is finished with it, the answer is always going to be, “well ... it’s not finished yet.” And, most of the time, you will get a long list of “little things” that still need to be done.
A fact that was confirmed at Sunday’s ‘Trucks and Tacos’ event at Taquerias Mexico where more than 50 vehicles came and went during the morning.
Allen Alvarez of Killeen is originally from El Paso where cars and trucks with modified body styles, custom interiors and engine rebuilds were everywhere. He said most weekends there are full of shows and exhibitions all over the city. Following a move to Killeen via Fort Hood for his military service, Alvarez decided to stay in Central Texas and now enjoys his life here. The idea of creating an event that is family-friendly and modeled after some of the events he saw in El Paso made him start up Killeen Trucks and Tacos.
Alvarez called on the manager at a popular local eatery, Armando Garcia of Taquerias Mexico. Together they started “Killeen Trucks and Tacos” at the restaurant on West Stan Schlueter Drive. Inside, tables filled up with hungry patrons as wait staff met everyone with a menu and a smile. Business was brisk as visitors toured the truck show in the parking lot, either before or after a delicious meal.
According to the website for “Killeen Trucks and Tacos,” these events are family-friendly with participants and visitors reminded to be respectful to the people and the parking lot.
“I just remember well the shows and trucks I saw in my childhood and riding around town as they cruised the boulevards,” Alvarez said. “I wanted to be a part of something like that here.”
Alvarez coordinates the Trucks and Tacos event once a month in the restaurant parking lot and sees lots of enthusiastic families and fans of restored vehicles.
Ken Fulton of Belton brought his ‘work truck,’ a 1978 Ford F350 with a “1971 Mach-1 hood and a Mustang logo in the grille.” When asked about the logo, Fulton tells people he’s looking for a logo of a Clydesdale — because this is a work truck. The other features unique to Fulton’s pickup are that it has an extra long wheel base and is referred to as a “camper special.” There were only 3,700 of this type made at the time, he said. Fulton has always loved fixing up trucks and has been doing so for a long time.
“It’s hereditary,” Fulton said as he recalled several stories of traveling with his dad and grandad through the panhandle. “I remember ‘gas wars” in those days. In a small town, two stations battled over who could sell the most and it dropped to 14-cents a gallon,” Fulton said as he laughed. His trusty companion — a mature dachshund named “Jake” — could be seen receiving pets from passersby. “He comes with me most of the time,” Fulton said. “If not, my wife gets annoyed because Jake apparently whines a lot while I’m gone.”
Javier and Crystal Serna from Harker Heights were on hand as they strolled the lot comparing the features of each vehicle. The couple have a 1980 GMC250 pickup. She purchased the vehicle and they have been working on it together ever since.
Ruben and Debbie Samarripa of Killeen are the proud owners of a 1963 Chevy C10. According to Ruben Samarripa, “it has a new powertrain and a GM Performance LS3 450 HP Crate engine and Snowden seats inside.” Debbie Samarripa explained that the seats are the most comfortable part. The pair has worked with Billville Customs out of Copperas Cove for years and credits a friend who works there with a lot of experience. That friend, Joe Wilgeroth, just happened to be parked next to the Samarripas in his show truck. Wilgeroth took a 1920 Chevy coupe body and fabricated his ‘ride’ out of restored parts then added trailer parts to the rear of the car, giving it a ‘bed.” The detail of all the manual labor which went into building his car-truck was worth it, Wilgeroth said.
Most of the group that came to this particular car meet knew each other, but those that didn’t made new friends. Families with children came out to inspect the hard-work and care it took to get them into shape.
“That’s why I do this,” Alvarez said. “Some of these kids are just like I was. It’s time to create a good environment for them.” | https://kdhnews.com/news/local/monthly-car-meet-draws-large-crowd-at-killeen-business/article_048332d4-219d-11ed-9e39-4bd387471d71.html | 2022-08-22T16:50:05Z | https://kdhnews.com/news/local/monthly-car-meet-draws-large-crowd-at-killeen-business/article_048332d4-219d-11ed-9e39-4bd387471d71.html | true | 1 |
FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. (KNWA/KFTA) — For the first time, Animal Services for both Fayetteville and Springdale are joining together for the annual, nationwide “Clear the Shelters” pet adoption drive.
According to a press release from the City of Fayetteville, from Wednesday, August 24, through Wednesday, August 31, both cities will offer fee-waived adoptions for pets as part of the eighth annual initiative, which seeks to help families find and adopt homeless pets. Since 2014, Clear the Shelters has helped more than half a million pets find forever homes.
Fayetteville Animal Services Superintendent Justin Lentz said, “We are so excited to team up with Springdale and be a part of this nationwide event. Things have been difficult this year. All shelters and rescues in our area have been flooded with displaced pets due to the economic fallout of the pandemic.”
“If you’re approved at one shelter, you are approved at the other,” he added. “We want to make the process as easy as possible. Both of our applications are available online and can be easily filled out on a phone or desktop.”
All available dogs, puppies, cats and kittens at Fayetteville Animal Services (1640 S. Armstrong Ave.) and Springdale Animal Services (1549 E. Don Tyson Parkway) will be spayed or neutered, microchipped and vaccinated, if old enough.
The adoption process starts online, where adopters can fill out a simple application form. Once the application is approved, adopters are invited to come in at their convenience to find the perfect fit.
To learn more and fill out the adoption application – and see photos of pets available for adoption, please visit here. | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/fayetteville-springdale-animal-services-partner-to-clear-the-shelters/ | 2022-08-22T16:51:11Z | https://www.nwahomepage.com/news/fayetteville-springdale-animal-services-partner-to-clear-the-shelters/ | false | 1 |
DELAND, Fla. (WFLA) — A Florida man was arrested Thursday on allegations that he tried to stash meth under a deputy’s patrol vehicle during a traffic stop.
Bodycam video showed a deputy tell Lee Sanberg, 49, that she needed to get her written warning from another deputy who was patting down her boyfriend, 49-year-old John Schneider.
While he was being patted down, Schneider was spotted dropping a bag under the deputy’s patrol vehicle, prompting the deputies to handcuff him.
“He just dropped a bag that looked like dope,” one of the deputies said.
“Aww man,” Sanberg responded.
Detectives said Schneider had dropped a half pound of methamphetamine that he bought outside Volusia County.
Sanberg, who said the methamphetamine wasn’t hers, was also handcuffed.
“I mean, whatever, you might as well try to lie,” the deputy responded. “You ain’t got nothing to lose.”
Deputies said they found another gram in Schneider’s right sock.
He was charged with trafficking in methamphetamine, tampering with evidence and resisting without violence. Sanberg was charged with conspiracy to traffic in methamphetamine. | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/national/aww-man-florida-man-tries-to-hide-half-a-pound-of-meth-under-cop-car-deputies-say/ | 2022-08-22T16:52:07Z | https://www.fourstateshomepage.com/news/national/aww-man-florida-man-tries-to-hide-half-a-pound-of-meth-under-cop-car-deputies-say/ | true | 13 |
Global Crypto Alliance (CALL) traded down 0.6% against the US dollar during the 1-day period ending at 11:00 AM ET on August 22nd. Global Crypto Alliance has a total market capitalization of $133,000.16 and $161.00 worth of Global Crypto Alliance was traded on exchanges in the last 24 hours. Over the last seven days, Global Crypto Alliance has traded 11.8% lower against the US dollar. One Global Crypto Alliance coin can now be purchased for $0.0017 or 0.00000008 BTC on popular cryptocurrency exchanges.
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FLANIGAN'S REPORTS EARNINGS
Published: Aug. 22, 2022 at 11:19 AM CDT|Updated: 36 minutes ago
FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FLANIGAN'S ENTERPRISES, INC., (NYSE AMERICAN: BDL) owners and operators of the "Flanigan's Seafood Bar and Grill" restaurants and "Big Daddy's" retail liquor stores, today announced results for the 13 weeks and the 39 weeks ended July 2, 2022. The table below sets forth the results on a comparative basis with the 13 weeks and 39 weeks ended July 3, 2021.
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Fox Business anchor Dagen McDowell grew seemingly annoyed with her colleague Jason Chaffetz on Monday morning, chiding the former GOP congressman to come up with a new joke after he repeatedly claimed the IRS is performing an “enema” on Americans.
Since the Inflation Reduction Act passed earlier this month, Republicans and right-wing pundits have stoked outrage over a provision increasing the IRS budget to hire additional employees. While the funding would be primarily used to return staffing to previous levels and replace employees set to retire over the next ten years, conservatives have falsely claimed that the agency is going to unleash 87,000 new agents—many of them armed—to “hunt down and kill” middle-class Americans.
During Monday’s broadcast of Fox News’ The Faulkner Focus, McDowell—filling in for regular host Harris Faulkner—complained about Democrats accusing Republicans of “fearmongering” about the IRS staffing budget, adding that the move is “sparking audit fears for everyday Americans.”
Chaffetz, who left Congress in 2017 to join Fox News, not only agreed with McDowell that the public should be scared of additional audits from the IRS—but he likened it to a rectal procedure.
“They want every American to have an enema, and they’re going to get one from the IRS,” he exclaimed. “They are throwing literally tens of billions of dollars at the IRS. Don’t tell me that, ‘Oh, we’re not going to touch anybody [making] under $400,000. You have nothing to worry about.’ There is no worse feeling in this country than getting a notification from the IRS that you are under audit, and that’s what the Democrats are asking for.”
While McDowell seemed unfazed by Chaffetz’s comment the first time around, she wasn’t all that pleased when he went back to the well again looking for laughs.
After the Fox host pointed to a Wall Street Journal editorial suggesting small business owners were being unfairly targeted by the IRS, the former Republican lawmaker said he spent years in Congress trying to expose that.
“I worry about the targeting,” Chaffetz declared. “And don’t tell me—if you have a small business, you are going to get an enema from the IRS. It’s that simple. It is nothing else in that. Again, Democrats could have spent the money anywhere. This is where they chose to do it.”
McDowell shot back: “How about let’s use ‘corkscrew to the chin’ or something instead of the other way around?”
Chaffetz, still very proud of his turn of phrase, boasted that it was “very descriptive,” only for McDowell to shut him down.
“Yeah, twice?! Once is okay. Twice? Moving on,” she retorted before jumping to another topic. | https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-anchor-dagen-mcdowell-tells-jason-chaffetz-to-please-stop-talking-about-enemas?source=articles&via=rss | 2022-08-22T16:56:21Z | https://www.thedailybeast.com/fox-anchor-dagen-mcdowell-tells-jason-chaffetz-to-please-stop-talking-about-enemas?source=articles&via=rss | false | 4 |
Have you ever wanted to name a planet? You now have that chance.
With NASA’s new Webb Space Telescope spotting many new exoplanets, the International Astronomical Union is allowing the public to help name the newly discovered worlds.
The IAU is asking for teams of students, teachers and astronomy enthusiasts to create and implement an outreach event related to exoplanets. The team is then free to choose their method of picking a name.
The team is then required to submit its name proposal both in writing and on video. Teams have until Nov. 11 to submit their proposals.
After the IAU vets the names, the proposals will be voted on from Dec. 16 through March 16. The new titles will be announced on March 20.
The IAU said that 20 exoplanets and their host stars will be named.
There are some types of names that will not be considered, including those of people, pets or trademarks. | https://www.kshb.com/news/science-tech/heres-your-chance-to-name-newly-discovered-planets | 2022-08-22T16:57:08Z | https://www.kshb.com/news/science-tech/heres-your-chance-to-name-newly-discovered-planets | true | 11 |
VIDA Y ESPERANZA, Mexico (AP) — Mexico’s ambitious Maya Train project is supposed to bring development to the Yucatan Peninsula, but along the country’s Caribbean coast it is threatening the Indigenous Maya people it was named for and dividing communities it was meant to help.
One controversial stretch cuts a more than 68-mile (110-kilometer) swath through the jungle between the resorts of Cancun and Tulum, over some of the most complex and fragile underground cave systems in the world.
It is one of President Andrés Manuel López Obrador’s signature projects and has drawn objections from environmentalists, archaeologists and cave divers, who have held protests to block backhoes from tearing down trees and scraping clean the thin layer of soil.
But for the largely Maya inhabitants of the village of Vida y Esperanza – a clutch of about 300 people and 70 houses whose name means “Life and Hope” – the train is going to run right by their doors. They fear it will pollute the caves that supply them with water, endanger their children and cut off their access to the outside world.
A few miles away from the acres of felled trees where the train is supposed to run, archaeologist and cave diver Octavio Del Rio points to the Guardianes cave that lies directly beneath the train’s path. The cave’s limestone roof is only two or three feet thick in some places, and would almost certainly collapse under the weight of a speeding train.
“We are running the risk that all this will be buried, and this history lost,” Del Rio says.
López Obrador dismisses critics like Del Rio as “pseudo environmentalists” funded by foreign governments.
As with his other signature projects, including a new airport in the capital and a massive new oil refinery on the gulf, the president exempted the train from environmental impact studies and last month invoked national security powers to forge ahead, overriding court injunctions.
Many critics say López Obrador’s obsession with the projects threatens Mexico’s democratic institutions. But the president counters that he just wants to develop the historically poor southern part of Mexico.
“We want to take advantage of all the tourism that arrives in Cancun, so they can take the Maya Train to see other natural beauty spots, especially the ancient Mayan cities in Yucatán, Campeche, Chiapas, Tabasco,” which are poor neighboring states, López Obrador said earlier this month.
But the Maya themselves are people scraping a living from the limestone bed of the dry tropical jungle. The ancient Mayan civilization reached its height from 300 A.D. to 900 A.D. on the Yucatan Peninsula and in adjacent to parts of Central America, and they are best known for constructing monumental temple sites like Chichen Itza.
The Mayas’ descendants continue to live on the peninsula, many speaking the Mayan language and wearing traditional clothing, while also conserving traditional foods, crops, religion and medicine practices, despite the conquest of the region by the Spanish between 1527 and 1546.
“I think that there is nothing Maya” about the train, said Lidia Caamal Puc, whose family came from the Mayan town of Peto, in the neighboring Yucatan state, to settle here 22 years ago. “Some people say it will bring great benefits, but for us Mayas that work the land, that live here, we don’t see any benefits.”
“Rather, it will hurt us, because, how should I put it, they are taking away what we love so much, the land.”
When marines showed up last month to start cutting down trees in preparation for the train on the edge of the village, residents who hadn’t been paid for their expropriated land stopped them from working.
The head of the village council and a supporter of the train, Jorge Sánchez, acknowledged that the government “had not paid the people who were affected” even though the government has said they will get compensation.
But it’s not just about the money, Sánchez said. “It will bring back jobs for our people.”
The 950-mile (1,500-kilometer) Maya Train line will run in a rough loop around the Yucatan Peninsula, connecting beach resorts and archaeological sites. But in Vida y Esperanza, the train will cut directly through the narrow, rutted four-mile (six-kilometer) dirt road that leads to the nearest paved highway.
For more than two years, Mayan communities have been objecting to the train line, filing court challenges arguing the railway violated their right to a safe, clean environment, and to be consulted; in 2019, the Mexico office of the U.N. High Commissioner for Human Rights found that what consultations the government did do were flawed.
The question about the economics of the train, and tourism income, is more complex, in part because no credible feasibility studies were done. The project is expected to cost about $8 billion — but appears likely to rise to as much as $11 billion — while the government calculates it will bring in $9.5 billion in revenue or “benefits.”
But those estimates are widely doubted because López Obrador is essentially betting on luring sun-and-sand beachgoers to the ruins and Indigenous towns for so-called “cultural tourism.” It is not clear how many want to combine those two activities, especially if the highspeed train zooms past the beauties of the low jungle.
International tourism to the country has started to recover from pandemic losses, with the strongest showing from U.S. visitors. In the first half of 2022, just over 10 million tourists arrived from January to June, 1.5% higher than the first half of 2019. But overall tourist spending remains below pre-pandemic levels.
Unless the army, which is building the train line, constructs a large overpass bridge above the tracks, villagers would be forced to take a back road four times as long to get to the highway. It would no longer make economic sense to live there.
The government tourism agency that oversees the train project, Fonatur, says an overpass will be built for Vida y Esperanza. But such promises have gone unfulfilled in the past.
And the army plans to fill the underground caves to support the weight of the passing trains, which could block or contaminate the underground water system.
The high-speed train can’t have at-grade crossings, and won’t be fenced, so that 100-mile per hour (160-kph) trains will rush past an elementary school. Most of the students walk to get there.
Just as bad, the train project has divided Vida y Esperanza.
Luis López, 36, who works at a local store and opposes the train, said “it might bring minor benefits, but it has downsides.”
“The cenotes will be filled or contaminated,” he said, referring to the sinkholes that villagers rely on. “I survive on the water from a cenote, to wash dishes, to bathe.”
Many residents of Vida y Esperanza, who rely on diesel generators, would much rather have electricity than a tourist train that will rush by and never stop there.
Mario Basto, 78, a wiry resident who works as a gardener, said he’d rather have decent medical care than the train.
“It seems like the government has money it just needs to get rid of, when there are hundreds of hospitals that don’t have medicine,” Basto said.
And there are some people in Vida y Esperanza who support the train project, almost entirely because of jobs it has brought during construction.
Benjamin Chim, a taxi and truck driver who is already employed by the Maya Train, will also lose part of his land to the project. But he says he doesn’t care, noting “it is going to be a benefit, in terms of jobs.”
“They are taking a bit of land, but it’s a bit that doesn’t have any symbolic value, for me it doesn’t mean anything,” Chim said.
While the president’s supporters have claimed that anybody who opposes the train isn’t really Mayan, that would be news to people in Vida y Esperanza, where residents swear that Mayan spirits, known as “Aluxes,” inhabit the forest.
Locals pacify the spirits by leaving a small drink of wine out for them.
Bright blue-green Toh birds, tarantulas, blue morpho butterflies, iguanas and the occasional jaguar cross the roads and jungle.
And it would also threaten something older than even the Mayas.
Del Rio, the archaeologist, discovered human remains of the Maya’s ancestors that may date as far back as 13,700 years in another cave network – but it took him and other divers 1 1/2 years to snake through a single cavern system. “This is work that takes years, years,” he said.
López Obrador wants to finish the entire train in 16 months by filling the caves with cement or sinking concrete columns through the caverns – the only places that allowed humans to survive in this area.
But for the villagers, much of the damage has already been done.
“They have already stolen our tranquility, the moment they cut through to lay the train line,” Caamal Puc said. | https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/maya-villages-water-future-threatened-by-mexican-train/ | 2022-08-22T16:57:43Z | https://www.dcnewsnow.com/news/top-stories/ap-top-headlines/maya-villages-water-future-threatened-by-mexican-train/ | true | 57 |
LEILA FADEL, HOST:
Senate Democrats have passed a major climate, health care and tax bill after months of negotiations.
A MARTINEZ, HOST:
It is a centerpiece of President Biden's agenda.
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CHUCK SCHUMER: It's been a long, tough and winding road. But at last, at last, we have arrived. Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer celebrated the Inflation Reduction Act clearing the Senate, with Vice President Harris breaking the 50-50 tie.
FADEL: NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh joins us now with more. Good morning.
DEIRDRE WALSH, BYLINE: Good morning, Leila.
FADEL: So, Deirdre, how did the Democrats finally push the bill through the Senate?
WALSH: Well, this is a major win for President Biden. And it came well after a year of internal squabbles between moderates and progressives about the size and the scope of the proposal. Remember, Democrats were initially looking at a $3.5 trillion package. And this is roughly 700 billion. But Schumer and West Virginia Senator Joe Manchin secretly renewed talks about 10 days ago to put together this framework. Many Democrats were skeptical it would actually happen after Manchin had repeatedly pulled back from negotiations, citing inflation concerns - the last time, just days before the deal was announced. Democrats also needed the votes of Arizona Senator Kyrsten Sinema. They were able to get her on board after taking out a tax provision targeting hedge funds that she opposed.
FADEL: So what's in the bill?
WALSH: Several significant policy changes. This represents the largest federal investment in climate and energy policy. It has a roughly $370 billion for things like tax credits for electric vehicles and money for renewable energy programs. Democrats say these investments are going to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 40% from 2005 levels by the end of this decade.
Here's Massachusetts Democrat Ed Markey on what this means.
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ED MARKEY: Very few pieces of legislation will ever make the kind of impact that this climate bill will have not just for the United States, but for the entire world.
WALSH: To get Manchin on board, there are provisions for new leases for oil and gas production and also a commitment to pass permitting legislation separately.
FADEL: What about the health care and tax policies?
WALSH: This bill is going to lower the cost of some prescription drugs by allowing Medicare to negotiate the prices of certain medications. It will also cap out-of-pocket costs for people on Medicare to about $2,000 per year starting in 2025. The drug industry has lobbied against these things for years, so getting this through was a really big deal. The bill also extends the subsidies for the Affordable Care Act that were part of a pandemic aid relief bill for three more years. And the taxes in this bill include a 15% corporate minimum tax and an excise tax on stock buybacks. They're going to bring in roughly $300 billion in new revenue that will help pay down the deficit.
FADEL: OK. So what happens next with the bill?
WALSH: So the House is scheduled to return from its recess this Friday, and it's expected to approve the bill. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi has a really small margin. And again, we don't expect any Republican votes, so she's going to have to keep her caucus together. But we're less than three months from the midterms, and Democrats are really eager to move beyond these internal splits and talk about the accomplishments they've been able to get through Congress just in the last few months.
They've passed bipartisan gun reform, veterans health care bill, a bill boosting semiconductor chip production in the U.S. But this domestic energy, climate and health care bill for many is a centerpiece for Democrats, especially those in tight races in the November midterms. Republicans are going to argue that more federal spending is a bad move, with record inflation right now. But there is bipartisan support for things like lowering prescription drug costs.
FADEL: That's NPR congressional correspondent Deirdre Walsh. Thanks so much.
WALSH: Thank you. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR. | https://www.ksut.org/2022-08-08/the-senate-passes-the-inflation-reduction-act-and-it-moves-on-to-the-house | 2022-08-22T16:58:42Z | https://www.ksut.org/2022-08-08/the-senate-passes-the-inflation-reduction-act-and-it-moves-on-to-the-house | false | 2 |
The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) initiative will receive a federal investment of $114.8 million over the next six years to advance ocean observing and expand the reach of its open access big data.
Announced Friday (Aug. 19), the funding will be awarded through the Major Science Initiatives Fund of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, a fund that covers portions of operating and maintenance costs of select national science facilities across the country.
Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world and ONC is the only national ocean observatory – it operates more than 9,000 coastal and deep sea sensors in the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
The support will aid the observatory’s endeavour to develop climate crisis solutions, in addition to promoting safer coastal communities, Indigenous ocean data stewardship and a sustainable economy.
“This funding recognizes Ocean Networks Canada for its leadership and the profound difference it’s making on all three Canadian coasts and internationally,” said UVic president and vice-chancellor Kevin Hall. “As a research university, we take pride in working in partnership to create a better world – by taking action on climate change and working with partners to make life better on land and below the water.”
Over the last 16 years ONC has expanded beyond its initial work in the Salish Sea to create an extensive network of underwater observing infrastructure. According to ONC president and CEO Kate Moran, real-time and long-time series ocean data enable a range of services that facilitate scientific discovery.
The data supports climate impact monitoring, maritime safety, innovation in climate change mitigation and even contributes to B.C.’s earthquake and tsunami early warning systems.
“Canadians can be proud of their national observatory that not only yields valuable insights into this undersea world that covers two thirds of our planet, but also contributes to Canada’s climate leadership through innovation in ocean nature-based and technological climate mitigation solutions and coastal resilience,” Moran said.
“This investment also means that ONC, through its work with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, can continue working with partners in Canada and internationally to advance projects in pursuit of healthier oceans, science that promotes ocean resilience and a citizenry engaged with the oceans’ role in supporting life on this planet.”
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Taoiseach Micheal Martin has described the errors made by Robert Troy in declaring his interests to the Irish parliament as a “misunderstanding”.
Mr Martin said Mr Troy had “corrected and amended” the record, adding that he was a “very effective” minister.
The Minister of State with Responsibility for Trade Promotion has been forced to correct the Dail’s register of declarations of interest after he failed to include several properties.
The Fianna Fail leader said the Longford-Westmeath TD had given a comprehensive statement on the matter and that he is a “very effective” minister.
Mr Martin was speaking in Bantry, west Cork on Monday.
The Taoiseach said: “He has given a comprehensive statement in relation to the issues and he’s clarified and apologised for what transpired.
“Clearly the fact is that he had declared many, many of those properties in previous years but not in a particular year because of a misunderstanding on his part.
“Nonetheless, he has apologised for that. He has corrected and he has amended the record in respect of his declarations.”
He added: “He’s a very effective Minister of State at the Department of Enterprise, he has worked very hard and he works very diligently at his job.”
In the latest error, Mr Troy admitted to the Sunday Times that one of his rental properties was not registered with the Residential Tenancies Board (RTB).
It is an offence to fail to register a tenancy with the RTB within one month of the tenancy commencing.
Mr Martin said Mr Troy had “updated issues in relation to registration of properties”.
He added that it is “open to SIPO (Standards In Public Office Commission) at any stage to assess any complaints that are made to SIPO in respect of any individual”.
Opposition TD Paul Murphy has called on Mr Troy to step down from his role.
He told Virgin Media News: “I think Minister Troy’s position is completely untenable.
“In the best case scenario his version of the story is that he was deeply incompetent over very many years in filling out his register of interests.”
Social Democrats co-leader Catherine Murphy has called on the Fianna Fail TD to make a “comprehensive” statement on the matter when the Dail returns next month.
“The drip feed of information from Robert Troy has been deeply unsatisfactory,” she said.
“As a junior minister in government, with responsibility for company regulation, it beggars belief that Mr Troy would fail to declare his directorship of a property management company in his Dail register of members’ interests.”
She called on Mr Troy “in the interests of transparency” to confirm if he has leased out properties to Westmeath County Council, under the RAS scheme, since 2011 and to confirm the value of those contracts.
“This controversy has again highlighted the toothless nature of the state’s ethics watchdog SIPO – which has been crying out for increased powers of investigation and enforcement for years. Those pleas, to date, have fallen on deaf ears,” she added.
Last week, Mr Troy issued a statement outlining all the amendments he has had to make to the Oireachtas register of declarations of interest.
He made a total of seven entries in the amended document, which included the rental property on Main Street in Ballynacargy.
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Addie Danos Joins Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Team and James Martin Returns to Tax Practice Group
NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jones Walker LLP announced today that two new partners, Addie Danos and James Martin, have joined the firm's New Orleans office. Addie joins the firm's Energy, Environmental & Natural Resources Industry Team and James returns to the Tax Practice Group.
"We are pleased to have James return to and Addie join our New Orleans office. Addie's broad experience in the area of energy law and James' deep knowledge and background in federal tax will enhance our service offerings for our clients and strengthen two of our core practice areas," said Bill Hines, managing partner of Jones Walker.
Addie is among a select group of private-practice attorneys with in-depth experience in oil and gas transactions, regulation, and litigation. Addie counsels oil and gas companies on a full spectrum of energy regulatory and transactional matters and provides guidance to those companies embracing the energy transition and exploring alternative energy opportunities.
Over the course of her career, she has closed on more than $3 billion in onshore and offshore oil and gas asset acquisitions, has been involved in cutting-edge regulatory changes, and has also mounted successful challenges to regulatory enforcement actions and instituted contractual enforcement proceedings in complex offshore oil and gas matters. Before earning her law degree, she served as director of administration for SEACOR Marine LLC, a world leader in marine transportation, and as director of business development for the Greater Lafourche Port Commission.
James advises C corporations, S corporations, partnerships, limited liability companies, and other taxpayers on US federal income tax matters. He provides counsel on the tax consequences of taxable and tax-free mergers and acquisitions, joint ventures, real estate purchases and sales, and other corporate transactions, among other areas of focus. James also has significant experience representing private equity firms, individual and institutional investors, issuers, and underwriters with respect to public and private equity offerings.
James has worked in the Tax Exempt & Government Entities Division of the Office of Chief Counsel for the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), where he drafted Treasury regulations, revenue procedures, notices, private letter rulings, and other tax guidance. He also worked with Department of Justice and IRS attorneys to structure settlements and resolve taxpayer disputes.
Jones Walker LLP (joneswalker.com) is among the largest 125 law firms in the United States. With offices in Alabama, Arizona, the District of Columbia, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, New York, and Texas, we serve local, regional, national, and international business interests. The firm is committed to providing a comprehensive range of legal services to major multinational public and private corporations, Fortune® 500 companies, money center banks, worldwide insurers, and emerging companies doing business in the United States and abroad.
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Ford cutting 3,000 white-collar jobs in bid to lower costs
DETROIT (AP) — Ford Motor Co. is cutting about 3,000 white-collar jobs as it attempts to lower costs and make the transition from internal combustion to electric vehicles.
Leaders of the Dearborn, Michigan, automaker made the announcement Monday in a companywide email, saying that 2,000 full-time salaried workers would be let go along with another 1,000 contract workers.
The cuts represent about 6% of the 31,000 full-time salaried work force in the U.S. and Canada. Ford’s 56,000 union factory workers are not affected. Some workers also will lose jobs in India.
Executive Chairman Bill Ford and CEO Jim Farley said in the email that Ford will provide benefits and significant help for the workers to find new jobs.
They wrote that Ford has a chance to lead in the new era of connected and electric vehicles.
“Building on this future requires changing and reshaping virtually all aspects of the way we have operated for more than a century,” the email said. “It means redeploying resources and addressing our cost structure, which is uncompetitive versus traditional and new companies.”
Farley and Ford wrote that they examined each team’s shifting work to decide where cuts would be made. The company determined that its cost structure wasn’t competitive with General Motors, Stellantis and Tesla. It has said previously that it has a target of cutting $3 billion in annual internal combustion vehicle structural costs.
“We are eliminating work, as well as reorganizing and simplifying functions throughout the business,” they wrote in the email.
A spokesman said the cuts were made across all areas of the company, including cuts in the large work force of internal combustion engineers.
The company already has restructured in Europe, Asia and India.
Farley has said repeatedly that the company has too many people and needs to trim costs so it can move faster as it transitions to electric vehicles.
On the company’s earnings conference call in July, Farley said the company is too complex and its costs aren’t competitive. It also has too many employees in some areas.
“We have skills that don’t work anymore,” he said. “We have jobs that need to change.”
Farley has said has too many versions of its internal-combustion vehicles. It plans to create more models off the same electric vehicle underpinnings, spending capital on areas that affect customers such as software, digital displays and automated driving systems, Farley said.
Ford has realigned itself into three business units, one for electric vehicles, another for commercial vehicles and the last for internal-combustion vehicles.
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Boat crash at Lake of the Ozarks in Missouri leaves 1 dead, 3 injured
Published: Aug. 22, 2022 at 10:37 AM CDT|Updated: 1 hour ago
MORGAN COUNTY, Mo. (KCTV/Gray News) – A boat crash at the Lake of the Ozarks in central Missouri Saturday night left one man dead and three others injured.
According to a release from the Missouri State Highway Patrol, officers investigated a crash at the 69-mile mark of the main channel of the Lake of the Ozarks at 9:10 p.m.
Officials said the crash happened when the driver failed to keep a proper lookout, resulting in a collision with a rock bluff and the death of passenger Thomas Mckown, 58.
Mckown was pronounced dead by a coroner a few hours after the accident.
The driver and two others were moderately injured and taken to a hospital for treatment.
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New Waterford FC owner Andy Pilley insists Blues will benefit from being part of the Fleetwood Town family
NEW Waterford owner Andy Pilley insisted that the Blues will benefit from being part of his Fleetwood family - and he is in it for the long-term.
The Fleetwood Town owner today had his takeover of the First Division outfit having purchased 100 percent of the club.
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He is Waterford’s third owner since 2017, with Lee Power taking charge then before Richard Forrest took over last year.
But Pilley has a track record in club ownership as he took over his local club, Fleetwood, 18 years ago when they were in the ninth tier in England and has overseen their rise to League One.
And he insisted that he sees Waterford with a similar long-term plan.
Pilley said: “I’m not interested in floating in and out. That has no appeal to me. If I’m going to do this, it has to have longevity and continuity.
“First and foremost, we’ve got to do everything to get promoted this year. If that doesn’t happen, we’ll dust ourselves down and go again. That’s just naturally where we are.
“In football, business, and life, you’ve got to constantly strive for progression. If it’s not to be this year, we’d set our stall to do it next year.
“I believe that Irish football in on the incline. I think that there’s good times ahead. It feels like it’s a good time to get involved with a natural understated market right now.”
His plan is to fully bring Waterford under the Fleetwood umbrella, alongside clubs in South Africa - Cape Fleetwood - and the United Arab Emirates - Fleetwood United.
There are no plans to add the Fleetwood brand to the Blues name, but he views as similar scenario where Waterford can develop players for his League One outfit, but also benefit from players moving the other way.
Pilley said: “You’ve only got to do a little bit of research and you can see that Irish football is been recognised by perhaps Brexit and the Good Friday Agreement that there is a pathway and roadmap to get them across to the UK.
“If I can help some of these boys fulfil their dream and get them across to the EFL, who knows then if they progress nothing would make me happier than shaking their hand and watching them on Match of the Day on a Saturday night.
“I think that these boys need that roadmap and need that pathway. Having a sister club in the UK gives us the opportunity.
“Equally I see the potential for moving the players the other way. Maybe we’ve got fringe players that need football that we could bring over here.
“I would see it that it would be something that would benefit both parties.
“The commercial reality is that the way the football world works is that you do have to trade players. You have too.
“Players don’t wish to play for Fleetwood or for Waterford for the entirety of their career.
“If we can help those players to fulfil their dreams to play in the Championship or the Premier League, I think that the right thing to do.
“The reality is that you can’t keep your players all of the time – that’s just the way it is. Equally it’s like a food chain, and it’s consistently evolving all the time.
“For me there’s two things. Sporting success, but you have to trade your players as well.
“I think that the supporters need to understand that this is the model of the club, and it gives the club stability, continuity and financial security.”
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He also admitted that he tough entry requirements from the UK after Brexit means that Waterford could also see overseas talent arrive into Ireland.
Pilley added: “I’m not saying lots, but maybe one or two potential players that we now have the pathway that they could find themselves coming over here, excelling and doing really well for Waterford. That’s very much the plan.”
But the Blues’ new owner also sees potential for success at the RSC.
He continued: “Of course as the prospective new owner, you look at the Irish Premier League, you look at Europe.
“But there’s an order of events, and in that order of events, the first thing this club needs is stability.
“The immediate vision is one of stability and to put together a professional infrastructure, which will replicate what we have in the UK.
“I think it needs controlled growth. I think as I said before stability, an infrastructure, and I think that the future will be what we’ll make it.
“Waterford is clearly not a small club. Look at the catchment area and population, it can be a club that pulls decent gates in.
“The organisation, facilities and infrastructure is here and the future is what we make it.”
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William Blair Investment Management LLC reduced its position in Pure Storage, Inc. (NYSE:PSTG – Get Rating) by 46.5% during the 1st quarter, HoldingsChannel.com reports. The firm owned 7,857,632 shares of the technology company’s stock after selling 6,829,587 shares during the quarter. Pure Storage makes up about 0.8% of William Blair Investment Management LLC’s investment portfolio, making the stock its 25th largest holding. William Blair Investment Management LLC’s holdings in Pure Storage were worth $277,453,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
Several other hedge funds also recently bought and sold shares of PSTG. Marshall Wace LLP boosted its stake in Pure Storage by 855.4% during the 4th quarter. Marshall Wace LLP now owns 1,417,574 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $46,143,000 after purchasing an additional 1,269,195 shares during the period. Bank of Nova Scotia bought a new position in Pure Storage in the 1st quarter valued at $43,620,000. Acadian Asset Management LLC raised its position in shares of Pure Storage by 1,326.8% during the fourth quarter. Acadian Asset Management LLC now owns 1,276,230 shares of the technology company’s stock worth $41,529,000 after acquiring an additional 1,186,786 shares during the last quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. lifted its stake in shares of Pure Storage by 3,552.7% during the first quarter. Principal Financial Group Inc. now owns 1,032,551 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $36,460,000 after acquiring an additional 1,004,283 shares during the period. Finally, Assenagon Asset Management S.A. boosted its stake in Pure Storage by 166.5% in the first quarter. Assenagon Asset Management S.A. now owns 1,584,600 shares of the technology company’s stock valued at $55,952,000 after acquiring an additional 990,059 shares during the last quarter. 80.13% of the stock is owned by institutional investors and hedge funds.
Analyst Ratings Changes
PSTG has been the subject of a number of analyst reports. Bank of America lowered shares of Pure Storage from a “buy” rating to a “neutral” rating and lowered their target price for the stock from $34.00 to $27.00 in a report on Friday, May 20th. Cowen lowered their target price on shares of Pure Storage to $30.00 in a report on Friday, May 27th. UBS Group decreased their price target on shares of Pure Storage from $36.00 to $32.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, August 2nd. Evercore ISI decreased their price target on shares of Pure Storage from $40.00 to $33.00 and set an “outperform” rating for the company in a report on Tuesday, June 28th. Finally, Northland Securities boosted their price target on shares of Pure Storage from $42.00 to $44.00 and gave the company an “outperform” rating in a report on Thursday, June 2nd. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating, seventeen have given a buy rating and one has issued a strong buy rating to the company. According to data from MarketBeat, Pure Storage presently has a consensus rating of “Moderate Buy” and an average price target of $36.33.
Pure Storage Price Performance
Pure Storage (NYSE:PSTG – Get Rating) last posted its earnings results on Wednesday, June 1st. The technology company reported $0.01 earnings per share for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.23) by $0.24. The firm had revenue of $620.41 million during the quarter, compared to the consensus estimate of $521.81 million. Pure Storage had a negative net margin of 2.96% and a positive return on equity of 4.26%. The company’s revenue was up 50.3% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter last year, the company earned ($0.22) earnings per share. Equities research analysts anticipate that Pure Storage, Inc. will post -0.14 earnings per share for the current fiscal year.
Pure Storage Profile
Pure Storage, Inc provides data storage technologies, products, and services in the United States and internationally. The company's Purity software is shared across its products and provides enterprise-class data services, such as data reduction, data protection, and encryption, as well as storage protocols, including block, file, and object.
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Fed rate hikes could drive up your credit card bill
A small interest rate increase could cost you hundreds of dollars
InvestigateTV - The average American has $5,000 in credit card debt according to TransUnion, and with rising interest rates that amount could grow.
In 2022, the Federal Reserve raised interest rates four times and with each increase, the variable rate on your credit card goes up within the next few months.
If you pay your credit card debt in full each month and avoid interest, you don’t have to worry about the increases. But for the millions of Americans who carry credit card debt, the new rate can lead to hundreds of dollars over the years.
Ted Rossman, a senior industry analyst with Bankrate, said the national average rate for credit cards before the rate hikes was 17.5%. .
“So if you were only making minimum payments towards $5,000 in debt at 17.5%, you would have been in debt for more than 15 years and spent about $6,000 in interest,” Rossman explained. He continued to say a .75% increase would add about $300 in interest to the original $5,000 debt.
Rossman urged consumers to pay down this debt as soon as possible and offered a few suggestions:
- Transfer balance to a 0% card
- Pick up a side job
- Sell items you no longer need
- Cut your regular expenses, especially monthly charges and fees
- Consider debt consolidation
In addition, Rossman suggested contacting a reputable nonprofit credit counselor like the National Foundation for Credit Counseling for advice on how to handle your debt.
The Federal Trade Commission offers free advice on how to choose a credit counselor.
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Caddington dog and his owner are on their way to Crufts after agility success
Thrilled owner says qualifying was a lifelong goal
A Caddington dog and his owner are celebrating their success at the world-renowned Kennel Club International Agility Festival.
Matthew Burdett and his five-year-old Shetland Sheepdog, Bru, took first place in the Small Kennel Club Novice Cup Semi-Finals on Saturday, August 13, qualifying the pair to compete at the world’s greatest dog show, Crufts, in March 2023.
Thrilled owner, Matthew, who has been competing in agility for 15 years, said of their achievement: “I have never qualified for an individual event at Crufts before and it was always a lifelong goal! To qualify, and to do so by winning the Novice Cup Semi-Final, was a dream come true, and we loved running such a fun course!
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“Bru is an amazing dog! He loves his agility and is a total natural, but he also loves nothing more than a cuddle and sleeping under my desk while I work!”
The action-packed four-day festival, which is supported by Skinner’s, welcomed dogs of every size, shape and breed. Skilled competitors from all over the UK and abroad, for the first time since the pandemic, entered the rings to navigate the jumps, weaves and tunnels.
Vanessa McAlpine, Events Executive at The Kennel Club, said: “This year is particularly special as, while the festival went ahead last year, due to travel restrictions we were unable to host international competitors, so we are delighted the UK agility community were finally able to be reunited with their overseas friends. We are always impressed with the talent showcased at the International Agility Festival and this year has been no exception – congratulations to all!”
Steve Croxford, spokesperson for The Kennel Club International Agility Festival, said: “There was a wonderful atmosphere at the festival this year, and we got to see fantastic displays of agility and fun being had by all. As the weather was warm, we put in place numerous measures to help ensure the safety of all involved with the festival, where the welfare of dogs is absolutely paramount.”
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Dr. Anthony Fauci is departing his roles as the director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases and as chief medical officer to President Joe Biden at the end of this year, marking the end of nearly four decades as the nation's top infectious disease expert.
"I am announcing today that I will be stepping down from the positions of Director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) and Chief of the NIAID Laboratory of Immunoregulation, as well as the position of Chief Medical Advisor to President Joe Biden. I will be leaving these positions in December of this year to pursue the next chapter of my career," Fauci said.
Fauci, 81, has served at NIAID for 38 years starting in former President Ronald Reagan's administration, a role in which he helped lead the US response to the HIV/AIDS epidemic, as well as West Nile virus, the anthrax attacks, pandemic influenza, various bird influenza threats, Ebola and Zika. He became one of the most public faces of the federal response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020.
Biden praised Fauci's work in a statement, noting his "unwavering" commitment to the work, as well as his "unparalleled spirit, energy, and scientific integrity."
"Because of Dr. Fauci's many contributions to public health, lives here in the United States and around the world have been saved. As he leaves his position in the U.S. Government, I know the American people and the entire world will continue to benefit from Dr. Fauci's expertise in whatever he does next," Biden said.
Biden added, "Whether you've met him personally or not, he has touched all Americans' lives with his work. I extend my deepest thanks for his public service. The United States of America is stronger, more resilient, and healthier because of him."
Fauci said in his statement that he is "not retiring" and will "continue to advance science and public health and to inspire and mentor the next generation of scientific leaders as they help prepare the world to face future infectious disease threats."
Fauci and then-President Donald Trump publicly disagreed on how to approach the pandemic, what the correct message was for the American people and how to balance reopening with preventing further contagion. Through it all, Trump insisted he respected Fauci but disagreed with his approach.
But at their relationship's low point, Trump suggested he was considering firing the doctor. Attacks from Trump's allies led to enhanced security for Fauci.
In 2020, Fauci told CNN's Sanjay Gupta he had to get security protection after his family received death threats and harassment.
Fauci told CNN last month that political pressures did not play into his decision to eventually leave his role.
"It has nothing to do with pressures, nothing to do with all of the other nonsense that you hear about, all the barbs, the slings and the arrows. That has no influence on me," he said.
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Portfolio totaling nearly a half billion dollars encompassing nearly 3000 units caps a blockbuster quarter and includes properties in Dallas, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Nashville, Los Angeles and North Carolina
Nitya Capital, a privately-owned real estate investment firm and operating company, today announced an acquisition of 11 multi-family properties across five major cities – Dallas, Las Vegas, Indianapolis, Nashville, and Los Angeles and in North Carolina. The deal is valued at nearly half a billion dollars.
This deal marks the largest in the company's history and a major expansion into high-growth cities in the sunbelt and beyond. Each of the selected markets is expected to see higher population, income and job growth over the next five years as compared to other U.S. cities.
"About this time in 2021, we were excited to announce our then-largest deal of nine properties in Dallas. With this new portfolio, we intentionally expand into several high-growth markets where jobs are plentiful, occupancy is stable and growing and the business outlook is strong," said Swapnil Agarwal, CEO and founder of Nitya Capital. "As active owner-operators we look forward to making the connection into these communities by introducing the Nitya Capital and KPM Property Management brands, and with our disciplined management, returning value to our investors."
As Houston-based Nitya Capital takes ownership of the eleven-property portfolio, its sister company, KPM Property Management becomes the hands-on manager of each location, several of which have made recent upgrades for energy efficiency or curb appeal. All totaled the transaction includes nearly 3000 units.
"Operationally, this was very much a significant, choreographed and team-based approach. We know it's not just about the real estate transaction but about the people who live in our communities. This deal involved the coordination of our entire team working across these eleven locations to make sure all details were coordinated for day one, so our tenants experience this as a seamless, but wholly positive transition. We look forward to deepening our connections in these cities," continued Agarwal.
This acquisition comes following previous growth in late 2021 and early 2022 which resulted in Nitya Capital expanding into cities such as Jacksonville and Orlando, Florida; Phoenix, Arizona; College Station Texas; Colorado Springs, Colorado; and Boone, North Carolina. The Class B properties in this portfolio average 95.1% occupancy.
About Nitya Capital
As active investor-operators, Nitya Capital takes a disciplined approach across all avenues pre and post-acquisition. Our team of dedicated professionals works thoroughly to monitor key performance indicators and optimize asset performance, engaging in in-depth market research and data analysis. We additionally provide a thorough due diligence process and a holistic, hands-on asset management model, maximizing our attention to detail on all ends of the spectrum. Operational, marketing, and leasing strategies implemented at the site level place heavy emphasis on customer service, which we believe to be paramount in successful property engagement. In 2021, Nitya completed nearly $2B in total transactions.
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SANTA CLARA, Calif., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The surviving wife and children of Darrell Tom have filed a lawsuit in the Santa Clara County Superior Court against Stanford Health Care and Dr. Gundeep Dhillon. Mr. Tom was a cancer patient who was admitted to Stanford Hospital for a bone marrow transplant. The lawsuit alleges that one of his Stanford physicians, Dr. Gundeep Dhillon, attempted to coerce Mr. Tom's daughter into sexual activity while Mr. Tom was unconscious. After the family reported this ethical violation, Stanford conducted a sham investigation and then retaliated by denying Mr. Tom reentry into the intensive care unit. As a result, Mr. Tom was allowed to die on the general hospital service without any attempt to save his life after he stopped breathing.
"We allege that Stanford caused the wrongful death of Mr. Tom. A trusted physician chose to prioritize his own sexual gratification over the life and wellbeing of his patient. When Stanford was confronted by this wrongdoing, rather than taking remedial action or even conducting a proper investigation, the patient was blacklisted from the intensive care unit which directly resulted in his death."
For more details about the case or a copy of the complaint, please contact Ryan Abbott (ryan@bnsklaw.com) at Brown, Neri, Smith & Khan, LLP. You can also reach Mr. Abbott at (310) 593-9890.
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Four attorneys receive elite 'Lawyer of the Year' honors from nationally respected guide
BEAUMONT, Texas, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Sixteen Provost Umphrey attorneys have been honored in the 2023 edition of Best Lawyers in America, including four singled out as "Lawyer of the Year" in specific practice areas.
For the eighth year in a row, all equity partners received Best Lawyers in America honors. Equity Partner Matthew C. Matheny received Lawyer of the Year for his work representing plaintiffs in mass tort and class action litigation, with additional honors for his work in plaintiffs' personal injury and product liability litigation.
Equity Partners Bryan O. Blevins, Edward Fisher, Joe J. Fisher II and James E. Payne received recognition for their work with plaintiffs in personal injury and product liability disputes. Blevins, Fisher and Fisher also earned honors for their mass tort and class action litigation on behalf of plaintiffs.
J. Keith Hyde was recognized as Lawyer of the Year for his work in plaintiffs' personal injury disputes, as well as separate honors for environmental law and environmental litigation, mass tort litigation, class actions, and product liability litigation.
D'Juana Parks earned the Lawyer of the Year distinction for her expertise in plaintiffs' product liability litigation. She received additional honors for mass tort and class action litigation and personal injury litigation. David P. Wilson earned Lawyer of the Year for admiralty and maritime law with additional Best Lawyers honors for aviation law and plaintiffs' personal injury litigation.
Additional Provost Umphrey Best Lawyers in America honorees include:
- Darren Brown: Consumer law, mass torts, class actions, personal injury and product liability
- Guy G. Fisher: Mass torts, class actions, personal injury and product liability
- W. Michael Hamilton: Labor and employment
- Christopher T. Kirchmer: Mass torts, class actions, personal injury and product liability
- Colin D. Moore: Mass torts, class actions, personal injury and product liability
- Jacqueline Ryall: Personal injury litigation
- John Cowan: Product liability litigation
Best Lawyers: Ones to Watch honored Provost Umphrey Attorney Fabiana Baum for a second year in a row for her plaintiffs work in personal injury litigation. This award recognizes attorneys that show promising careers.
One of the oldest peer-review guides in the nation, Best Lawyers in America is compiled from surveys provided by tens of thousands of attorneys nationwide followed by a rigorous vetting process by the Best Lawyers research staff.
For over 50 years, our firm's mission has remained to seek justice for those who have suffered a personal injury or death due to the wrongful conduct of others. Our attorneys fight for our clients nationwide with offices in Beaumont, Texas, and Nashville, Tennessee. We continue to be one of the most successful trial law firms in the nation by remaining "Hard-Working Lawyers for Hard-Working People." To learn more, visit https://www.provostumphrey.com.
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Rockfish River Rodeo to bring bull riders, barrel racing and more to Nelson County
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The Rockfish River Rodeo comes to Nelson County on Labor Day weekend and features professional bull riders and bucking bulls from across the nation.
This new event is coming to Blue Toad Hard Cider in Roseland on Saturday, Sept. 3.
Presented by BLM Bull and Rodeo Company and Indian Summer Guide Service, the event offers a family-friendly atmosphere, ladies barrel racing and extra entertainment featuring mini-bucking bulls and mutton bustin,’ according to a news release.
There will be live music, food and other vendors, a bounce house, playground and craft beverages.
“We have long wanted to present a family friendly event in Nelson County that represents the values and traditions that carefully curate the rich agricultural heritage of this area,” said Matt Lamb, BLM Bull and Rodeo Company spokesperson. “We look forward to enhancing this experience with other offerings like barrel racing and western riding training.”
The event runs from noon to 10 p.m.
Music starts at noon and runs until 6:30 p.m. The music lineup includes Jacob Allen & The Flood and Hustle Souls.
The rodeo kicks off following the music.
The music and daytime events are free and open to the public. Admission to the rodeo is $15 per person (3 years and younger are free). No pets.
Blue Toad Hard Cider is located at 462 Winery Lane in Roseland.
Tickets are available online, at the Blue Toad Hard Cider Tap Room and at the gate on the day of the event.
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Upscale, Fast Casual Dining Powerhouse with House-Crafted Menu to Open in College Station
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Capriotti's Sandwich Shop, known for its award-winning, hand-crafted cheesesteaks, turkey subs and more, will debut a new location in College Station at 505 University Dr. E on August 22. Capriotti's will bring the College Station community its 45-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house and hand-pulling them every morning. Other favorites include made-from-scratch meatballs, all made with fresh, premium ingredients.
Capriotti's is known for its wide array of sandwiches including 'The Bobbie®,' made with fresh oven-roasted turkey, cranberry sauce, stuffing and mayo; 'The Capastrami,' made with hot pastrami, Swiss cheese, Russian dressing and homemade coleslaw; and cheesesteak varieties made with premium steak, chicken or Impossible™ plant-based meat with melted cheese and peppers. The College Station Capriotti's will offer a convenient order-ahead option, in addition to third-party delivery services. The new shop will also provide over 20 new jobs to the College Station community.
The new location is owned and operated by four friends and entrepreneurs; brothers Josh and Roman Cohea, and cousins Bobby Byford and Lance Denley. The four met while growing up together, and have always talked about owning their own business. While Josh, Roman, and Bobby are currently private contractors for the military, Lance saw the potential in Capriotti's and brought it to his friends. Determined to make their dream of working together come true, the four are excited to begin this new endeavor that will provide a strong future for them and their families.
"Three of us have lived in Las Vegas for a number of years and are familiar with the brand," said Roman. "It was when Lance advanced the idea and said, 'how about Capriotti's?' all three of us immediately responded with 'absolutely.' We were avid customers of Capriotti's, and we figured if we were going to do this, might as well do it with the best. There's a reason that Capriotti's was voted the best sandwich in America, and we hope College Station will fall in love with Capriotti's just like we did."
College Station Capriotti's fans can download the CAPAddicts Rewards app on iOS and Android to earn and redeem rewards—the most valuable of course being free, delicious subs and salads. The restaurant also features online ordering. Capriotti's in College Station offers catering for any event - from corporate functions to birthday parties - with items such as party trays with cold subs, box lunches, or a hot homemade meatball bar.
Capriotti's is open from 10 a.m. to 9 p.m. Sunday – Wednesday, and 10 a.m. to 11 p.m. on Thursday – Saturday. For additional information, visit www.capriottis.com or call the location at 979-800-5150.
About Capriotti's Sandwich Shop
Founded in 1976, Capriotti's Sandwich Shop is an award-winning national franchised restaurant chain that remains true to its 40-year tradition of slow-roasting whole, all-natural turkeys in-house every day. Capriotti's cold, grilled, and vegetarian subs, cheesesteaks and salads are available at more than 125 locations across the United States. Capriotti's signature sub, The Bobbie®, was voted "The Greatest Sandwich in America" by thousands of readers across the country, as reported by AOL.com. Capriotti's fans can also download the CAPAddicts Rewards app for iOS and Android, where they can earn and redeem rewards. Capriotti's plans to grow to over 500 locations by 2025 and was ranked on Fast Casual's Top Movers & Shakers List each of the last two years (2020-21). For more information, visit capriottis.com. Like Capriotti's on Facebook, follow on Twitter or Instagram.
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Global company's management team receives premier workplace recognition
NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PRA Group, Inc. (Nasdaq: PRAA), a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, was named the winner of a Bronze Stevie® Award for Management Team of the Year in the 19th Annual International Business Awards® today.
Stevie Award winners were determined by the average scores of more than 300 executives worldwide who participated in the judging process in June and July.
Judges considered over 3,700 nominations from virtually every industry across wide range of award categories. They recognized PRA Group's management team for worthy achievements in advancing the company's "people, profit and purpose (culture)" since 2020.
One judge noted, "I am impressed by the fact that the PRA Group was able to achieve the best numbers for cash collections, revenue, cash efficiency and net income in their 26-year history, especially during a very difficult year as the world grappled with the COVID-19 pandemic. For this, I applaud the management team."
Judges also cited PRA Group's commitment to giving back to communities worldwide and diversity and inclusion framework deployment.
"It is an honor to work with such a skilled team of executives. Their experience, tenure, judgment and wisdom provide the expertise and decision-making that are essential to leading our company successfully into the future, with integrity and responsibility," said Kevin Stevenson, president and CEO.
The International Business Awards are the world's premier business awards program. All individuals and organizations worldwide—public and private, for-profit and non-profit, large and small—are eligible to submit nominations. The 2022 IBAs received entries from organizations in 67 nations and territories.
Winners will be celebrated during a gala banquet at the InterContinental London Park Lane Hotel, in London, England, on Saturday, 15 October—the first live IBA awards ceremony since 2019.
"This year's class of honorees are as innovative, adventuresome, persistent and successful as we've ever had," said Stevie Awards president Maggie Miller. "We look forward to celebrating their achievements with them during our awards banquet in London this October."
Details about The International Business Awards and the lists of Stevie Award winners are available at www.StevieAwards.com/IBA.
About PRA Group
As a global leader in acquiring and collecting nonperforming loans, PRA Group returns capital to banks and other creditors to help expand financial services for consumers. With thousands of employees worldwide, PRA Group companies collaborate with customers to help them resolve their debt. For more information, please visit www.pragroup.com.
About the Stevie Awards Stevie Awards are conferred in eight programs: the Asia-Pacific Stevie Awards, the German Stevie Awards, the Middle East & North Africa Stevie Awards, The American Business Awards®, The International Business Awards®, the Stevie Awards for Women in Business, the Stevie Awards for Great Employers, and the Stevie Awards for Sales & Customer Service. Stevie Awards competitions receive more than 12,000 nominations each year from organizations in more than 70 nations. Honoring organizations of all types and sizes and the people behind them, the Stevies recognize outstanding performances in the workplace worldwide. Learn more about the Stevie Awards at www.StevieAwards.com.
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Bluestein R H & Co. LLC increased its stake in shares of Diageo plc (NYSE:DEO – Get Rating) by 856.1% in the first quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the SEC. The firm owned 78,039 shares of the company’s stock after purchasing an additional 69,877 shares during the period. Bluestein R H & Co. LLC’s holdings in Diageo were worth $15,853,000 at the end of the most recent reporting period.
A number of other hedge funds have also recently made changes to their positions in DEO. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC raised its stake in Diageo by 19,795.6% during the 1st quarter. Aaron Wealth Advisors LLC now owns 415,421 shares of the company’s stock worth $2,045,000 after acquiring an additional 413,333 shares in the last quarter. Gluskin Sheff & Assoc Inc. acquired a new stake in Diageo during the 4th quarter worth $13,286,000. Tobias Financial Advisors Inc. purchased a new position in Diageo during the 4th quarter worth $46,401,000. Clark Capital Management Group Inc. purchased a new position in Diageo during the 4th quarter worth $25,856,000. Finally, Cambiar Investors LLC purchased a new position in Diageo during the 1st quarter worth $20,194,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 9.23% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
DEO has been the topic of several research reports. Royal Bank of Canada raised their price objective on shares of Diageo from GBX 2,800 ($33.83) to GBX 3,000 ($36.25) in a research report on Friday, July 29th. Berenberg Bank lifted their target price on shares of Diageo from GBX 3,900 ($47.12) to GBX 4,160 ($50.27) in a report on Tuesday, August 2nd. Kepler Capital Markets cut shares of Diageo from a “buy” rating to a “hold” rating in a research note on Wednesday, June 29th. Credit Suisse Group boosted their price objective on shares of Diageo from GBX 4,400 ($53.17) to GBX 4,550 ($54.98) in a research note on Friday, July 29th. Finally, UBS Group increased their target price on shares of Diageo from GBX 4,300 ($51.96) to GBX 4,500 ($54.37) in a report on Tuesday, August 2nd. Two research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, two have issued a hold rating and six have assigned a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, Diageo presently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and a consensus price target of $4,192.50.
Diageo Stock Performance
Diageo Increases Dividend
The company also recently disclosed a semi-annual dividend, which will be paid on Tuesday, October 25th. Shareholders of record on Friday, August 26th will be paid a dividend of $2.2775 per share. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Thursday, August 25th. This is a positive change from Diageo’s previous semi-annual dividend of $1.57. This represents a yield of 2%.
About Diageo
Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and sells alcoholic beverages worldwide. The company offers scotch, whisky, gin, vodka, rum, ready to drink products, Irish cream liqueur, raki, liqueur, wine, tequila, Canadian whisky, American whiskey, cachaca, and brandy, as well as beer, including cider and non-alcoholic products.
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Youth left needing critical care in hospital after assault
A teenager who left another youth needing critical care in hospital after a brutal joint assault has kept his freedom.
Leyton Kennedy, 18, had been travelling in a large group on a double-decker bus near Sunderland before the trouble in 2020.
Newcastle Crown Court heard they were asked to leave the vehicle due to their behaviour and violence then flared in the street.
A youth was punched and kicked unconscious by Kennedy and another attacker and was left unable to move his legs.
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He had to be put on a ventilator in hospital but was released in days after his condition improved.
Prosecutor Joe Hedworth told the court Kennedy had been smoking and drinking on the bus and had been sticking his fingers up.
Mr Hedworth said: "Because of the bad behaviour of the group they were instructed to leave the bus in Shiney Row."
Mr Hedworth said once off the bus, Kennedy initially started to argue with another man and the victim intervened to try and break it up.
Mr Hedworth added: "The defendant was upset about that. He challenged the complainant about getting involved and punched the complainant.
"He went on to punch him a number of times. At that stage, a co-accused also kicked the complainant in the head and the defendant stamped on his chest and kicked him in the side.
"The complainant was left unconscious and the defendant and the co-accused ran off.
"Two gentlemen in a car witnessed the assault. They stopped their vehicle and came to the assistance of the complainant."
The court heard that when paramedics arrived, the male was unable to move his legs and he was rushed to the RVI.
He was put on a ventilator and given critical care, but he was discharged a couple of days later after his condition improved and he was deemed well enough.
Mr Hedworth said that the victim did not provide a formal impact statement but said he had become more nervous since the attack.
Kennedy, of Lingmell Ave, Albany, Washington, pleaded guilty to assault occasioning actual bodily harm.
In mitigation, the court heard that Kennedy had been of previous good character and had stayed out of trouble in the two years that had passed since the attack.
Mr Recorder Tony Hawks told him: "It was a thoroughly unpleasant and unnecessary assault upon a boy effectively, who was rendered unconscious by being punched and kicked.
"Let me say this to you, when people engage in mindless violence of this sort, the consequences can be a lot worse.
"Kicking people and knocking them to the ground can result in them being killed or permanently disabled.
"It was a serious assault involving kicking."
However, the judge added: "I've read reports about you. You've kept out of trouble since and are obviously capable of living a normal life.
"I hope this is the last time you will get into trouble."
Kennedy was sentenced to 15 months imprisonment, suspended for 18 months.
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Macronix octaflash MX66UW1G45GXDI00 Selected for Renesas New RZ/A3UL 64-bit 1GHz MPU Evaluation Board, Ideal for OTA Applications
TAIPEI, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Macronix International Co., Ltd. (TSE: 2337), a leading integrated device manufacturer in the non-volatile memory (NVM) market, today announced that its octaflash MX66UW1G45GXDI00 is providing a crucial flash memory in the development platform of Renesas. Designers can take advantage of Macronix' high-speed flash memory and Renesas' latest cost-effective RZ/A3UL microprocessor (MPU) that are available on the new evaluation board to develop advanced products.
In addition to MX25UW51245G Serial flash memory products selected by Renesas, the high speed MX66UW1G45GXDI00 also adopted by Renesas to support its RZ MPU Family's evaluation boards. Additionally, the hardware IP support of MX66UW1G45GXDI00 facilitates over-the-air (OTA) applications for quick response.
The RZ/A3UL MPU offers high performance through a 1GHz 64-bit Arm® Cortex®-A55 CPU core to expand the potential of a real-time operating system (RTOS). Coupled with Macronix octaflash MX66UW1G45GXDI00 memory, the RZ/A3UL facilitates the development of systems that require both performance and quick response, such as industrial equipment, home appliances and office automation equipment, as well as Internet of Things (IoT) systems.
"The well-established relationship that Renesas and Macronix enjoyed has yielded powerful development tools that help developers create successful Renesas MPU-based products with minimal need for additional development tools," said Macronix Vice President of Marketing F.L. Ni. "Renesas' selection of our MX66UW1G45GXDI00 for the RZ/A3UL development platform recognizes designers' need for specific tools to develop OTA solutions for IoT, HMI and surveillance systems."
The MX66UW1G45GXDI00, a central member of Macronix's high-efficiency octaflash family, features a double-transfer rate (DTR) mode operation. This DTR operation provides data throughput up to 400MB/s, making it one of the fastest flash memory devices in the industry. Its execution-in-place (XiP) capability from the flash memory greatly simplifies board design. The MX66UW1G45GXDI00's 8-I/O DTR command enables direct execution from the memory, rendering very powerful XiP schemes, while reducing the need for external RAM capacity.
The high-performance RZ/A series MPUs offer the ease-of-use of Renesas MCUs, while combining Renesas' proprietary technologies and the Arm ecosystem. The new RZ/A3UL helps maximize the performance needed in interactive and sophisticated human-machine-interface applications that utilize camera input and various types of sensors.
Macronix and Renesas enjoy a long rich history of complementary products and evaluation solutions. Macronix has for years been a member of the Renesas R-Car Consortium -- one of 70 companies selected as a Proactive Partner – as well as the Renesas' RZ Partner Ecosystems Solutions program. A broad range of Macronix flash memory products are represented in several Renesas RZ evaluation boards, including the OctaBus, ArmorFlash™ and e.MMC™ families.
For more information on the Macronix MX66UW1G45GXDI00, please go to https://www.macronix.com/en-us/products/NOR-Flash/Serial-NOR-Flash/Pages/spec.aspx?p=MX66UW1G45G&m=Serial%20NOR%20Flash&n=PM2630. For more information on the Renesas RZ/A series and other members of the Renesas low-power MCU family, please go to www.renesas.com/us/en/products/microcontrollers-microprocessors/rz-mpus/rza-mcus.
About Macronix
Macronix, a leading integrated device manufacturer in the non-volatile memory (NVM) market, provides a full range of NOR flash, NAND flash, and ROM products. With its world-class R&D and manufacturing capability, Macronix continues to deliver high quality, innovative and performance-driven products to its customers in the consumer, communication, computing, automotive, networking and other market segments. Find out more at www.macronix.com.
OctaBus, ArmorFlash and e.MMC are trademarks of Macronix International Co., Ltd. All other trademarks are the property of their respective holders.
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Press Showcase Reveals Monaco 2, David Gaider's Next Creation, Stray Gods, Highly Anticipated Kickstarter Game, Coral Island, and Much More
During a special press showcase, Humble Games, the publishing division of the beloved Humble Bundle brand, has unveiled their games roadmap for 2022 and beyond, setting its sights on deeper partnerships with best-in-class indie studios to publish unforgettable gaming experiences for players worldwide. Building upon the publishing division's breakout year with the critically acclaimed releases of Unpacking, UNSIGHTED, Dodgeball Academia and others, Humble Games revealed nine new titles as part of its upcoming slate. The event was headlined by Monaco 2, the sequel to the IGF Grand Prize winner, Monaco: What's Yours is Mine from Pocketwatch Games and Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical, the fantasy-meets-musical narrative led by creative director and industry veteran David Gaider at Summerfall Studios.
"Humble Games was founded with the purpose of supporting incredibly talented and diverse developers and putting their highly innovative and one-of-a-kind games in the hands of players worldwide," said Mark Nash, Vice President of Global Publishing. "Today, as we fast forward through the successes and learnings of our 31 amazing titles released to date, we're excited to embark on this new chapter of our publishing division with expanded partnerships and deeper investments with our development partners to fully execute on their vision. We could not be more excited and proud to share a look at these truly inventive worlds, packed with story-rich adventures, brimming with unique gameplay that sets the bar for the next evolution of Humble Games titles players will see in the years ahead."
As part of its next phase of publishing, Humble Games is investing deeper in iconic indie IPs and has acquired the rights to the Monaco franchise from the series' creator Andy Schatz. Monaco 2 will mark the first new wholly owned title in the Humble Games portfolio, while retaining its roots from the original with Pocketwatch Games' Schatz returning as creative director to bring the ultimate heist experience to a new generation. Summerfall Studios' Stray Gods ramps up production supported by Humble Games and the studio's AAA voice acting team which includes Troy Baker, Laura Bailey, and game industry legend and award winning composer Austin Wintory.
Humble Games also announced their official publishing partnership with several more innovative indie games from around the globe including Coral Island, a re-imagined farm sim game, Moonscars, a 2D souls-like slasher, Ghost Song, a stunning 2D sci-fi metroidvania, SIGNALIS a classic survival horror experience, Infinite Guitars, a rhythm-based RPG adventure, Chinatown Detective Agency, a cybernoir point and click adventure, and The Iron Oath, a turn-based tactical fantasy RPG.
Information on all the games highlighted during the Humble Game Showcase can be found below:
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Monaco 2
- Monaco 2 is the sequel to the beloved and award-winning title, Monaco: What's Yours is Mine and is in development at Pocketwatch Games by the series' original creator Andy Schatz. The new title will test players skills in brain-bending 3D environments, procedurally generated by an AI mastermind designed to concoct high-stakes challenges and infinite sneaky, stealy fun.
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For more details on Monaco 2, fans are welcome to check on the Pocketwatch Twitch channel, which streams every Tuesday - Friday at 2:30-5:30pm PT or join the Pocketwatch Discord to follow development.
- Assets, including a new teaser trailer, can be found here.
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Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical
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In a new publishing agreement, Humble Games is teaming up with Summerfall Studios to bring the newly named Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical to life. Stray Gods is one part narrative-driven adventure and one part interactive musical, created by former BioWare lead writer David Gaider, scored by award-winning composer Austin Wintory, voice directed by acclaimed actor and director, Troy Baker, and starring the extremely talented Laura Bailey. Keep an eye out for more Stray Gods news coming up soon.
- Assets, including new gameplay can be found here.
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In a new publishing agreement, Humble Games is teaming up with Summerfall Studios to bring the newly named Stray Gods: The Roleplaying Musical to life. Stray Gods is one part narrative-driven adventure and one part interactive musical, created by former BioWare lead writer David Gaider, scored by award-winning composer Austin Wintory, voice directed by acclaimed actor and director, Troy Baker, and starring the extremely talented Laura Bailey. Keep an eye out for more Stray Gods news coming up soon.
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Coral Island
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Humble Games and Stairway Games announced their partnership to bring Coral Island, a re-imagined farm sim game inspired by classics, to shores worldwide. Developed by the talented multinational team at Indonesia-based Stairway Games, Coral Island invites players to be who they want and experience enchanting island living at their own pace—living off the land, nurturing animals, building relationships with a diverse cast of townsfolk, and making the world around them a more vital and harmonious place. Coral Island aims to spread awareness around ocean conservation by building in important themes seamlessly into the core narrative and game loop — all the while keeping it a wholesome good time.
- Assets, including an early look at the game and new key art can be found here.
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Humble Games and Stairway Games announced their partnership to bring Coral Island, a re-imagined farm sim game inspired by classics, to shores worldwide. Developed by the talented multinational team at Indonesia-based Stairway Games, Coral Island invites players to be who they want and experience enchanting island living at their own pace—living off the land, nurturing animals, building relationships with a diverse cast of townsfolk, and making the world around them a more vital and harmonious place. Coral Island aims to spread awareness around ocean conservation by building in important themes seamlessly into the core narrative and game loop — all the while keeping it a wholesome good time.
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Moonscars (PC, Summer 2022)
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Humble Games and Black Mermaid revealed that Humble would be publishing their first ever game, Moonscars, releasing late Summer 2022. They shared a first look at the game, a 2-D slasher-platformer featuring skill-based combat that rewards players who master it and a rich dark fantasy story set in a beautifully realized world marred by desperation and despair.
- Assets, including the new gameplay can be found here.
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Humble Games and Black Mermaid revealed that Humble would be publishing their first ever game, Moonscars, releasing late Summer 2022. They shared a first look at the game, a 2-D slasher-platformer featuring skill-based combat that rewards players who master it and a rich dark fantasy story set in a beautifully realized world marred by desperation and despair.
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Ghost Song (PC)
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Humble Games and Old Moon shared their first look yet at Ghost Song, a 2D metroidvania-style game with a particular emphasis on atmosphere and mystery. In Ghost Song, players awaken from a long slumber on the surface of the desolate moon of Lorian V where they must explore the winding caverns below to uncover secrets, acquire new abilities and face powerful foes.
- Assets, including the new gameplay video can be found here.
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Humble Games and Old Moon shared their first look yet at Ghost Song, a 2D metroidvania-style game with a particular emphasis on atmosphere and mystery. In Ghost Song, players awaken from a long slumber on the surface of the desolate moon of Lorian V where they must explore the winding caverns below to uncover secrets, acquire new abilities and face powerful foes.
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SIGNALIS (PC, Xbox One | Fall 2022)
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Humble Games and developer rose-engine showcased a new trailer for SIGNALIS featuring never before seen footage. The Tribeca Games 2021 official selection, SIGNALIS is a classic survival horror experience with a unique aesthetic, full of melancholic cosmic mystery. You play as Elstar, a technician replika searching for her lost dreams. Investigate a dark secret, solve puzzles, and survive nightmarish creatures while navigating a dystopian, surreal retrotech world.
- Assets can be found here.
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Humble Games and developer rose-engine showcased a new trailer for SIGNALIS featuring never before seen footage. The Tribeca Games 2021 official selection, SIGNALIS is a classic survival horror experience with a unique aesthetic, full of melancholic cosmic mystery. You play as Elstar, a technician replika searching for her lost dreams. Investigate a dark secret, solve puzzles, and survive nightmarish creatures while navigating a dystopian, surreal retrotech world.
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Infinite Guitars
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Humble Games and Nikko Nikko announced their publishing partnership for Infinite Guitars and released a brand new amped up gameplay trailer. Infinite Guitars is a rhythm RPG where players must dodge through rhythm-based attacks and retaliate with electrifying Guitar Solos. Set in a world devastated by a great mech war Infinite Guitars features beautiful anime-inspired art, beautiful environments, and a 100% original, jam-worthy soundtrack.
- Assets, including the new gameplay can be found here.
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Humble Games and Nikko Nikko announced their publishing partnership for Infinite Guitars and released a brand new amped up gameplay trailer. Infinite Guitars is a rhythm RPG where players must dodge through rhythm-based attacks and retaliate with electrifying Guitar Solos. Set in a world devastated by a great mech war Infinite Guitars features beautiful anime-inspired art, beautiful environments, and a 100% original, jam-worthy soundtrack.
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Chinatown Detective Agency (PC, Xbox One & Nintendo Switch | April 7, 2022)
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Humble Games and General Interactive Co revealed that the hotly anticipated Chinatown Detective Agency is planned for release on April 7, 2022 and shared a new trailer to celebrate. Inspired by the classic Carmen Sandiego games of the 80s and 90s, Chinatown Detective Agency is a mystery adventure game that gets players to do real world research to solve cases. They'll travel across the world in hot pursuit of criminals, witnesses and clues in order to unravel a global mystery.
- Assets, including a new trailer can be found here.
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Humble Games and General Interactive Co revealed that the hotly anticipated Chinatown Detective Agency is planned for release on April 7, 2022 and shared a new trailer to celebrate. Inspired by the classic Carmen Sandiego games of the 80s and 90s, Chinatown Detective Agency is a mystery adventure game that gets players to do real world research to solve cases. They'll travel across the world in hot pursuit of criminals, witnesses and clues in order to unravel a global mystery.
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The Iron Oath (Early Access on PC | April 19, 2022)
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Humble Games and Curious Panda Games announced through a new trailer that The Iron Oath will launch on Steam Early Access this April 19, 2022. The Iron Oath is a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. As the leader of a band of soldiers-for-hire in the harsh realm of Caelum, you'll need to hire recruits, manage your operations wisely, and embark on perilous missions in order to survive, thrive, and build your company's renown.
- Assets, including a new trailer with gameplay can be found here.
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Humble Games and Curious Panda Games announced through a new trailer that The Iron Oath will launch on Steam Early Access this April 19, 2022. The Iron Oath is a turn-based tactical RPG where the fate of your mercenary company rests on your decisions. As the leader of a band of soldiers-for-hire in the harsh realm of Caelum, you'll need to hire recruits, manage your operations wisely, and embark on perilous missions in order to survive, thrive, and build your company's renown.
To stay up to date on the latest, follow Humble Games on Twitter, YouTube, Instagram and Facebook.
About Humble Games:
Best known for critically acclaimed and award-winning hits such as Wizard of Legend, Temtem, Forager, A Hat in Time, Slay the Spire, Project Wingman, UNSIGHTED and Unpacking, Humble Games is Humble Bundle's publishing arm, composed of a passionate and nimble team that works remotely with a collection of talented global development partners worldwide.
Humble Games was founded on a shared passion to support developers and deliver excellent content and gaming experiences to players around the world, while continuing the Humble mission to be a force for good in the industry.
Humble Games is committed to investing in top quality games, comprised of both new and existing beloved IPs, all while prioritizing and supporting developer partnerships so that they can focus on bringing their creative visions to life.
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A WOMAN was left shocked by anti-tourist graffiti while on holiday in Barcelona - but not everyone is against it.
Louise Beilby posted the video on TikTok while on holiday in the Spanish city with her husband.
She sarcastically captioned the video: "Barcelona is so welcoming."
Images show lots of graffiti that said "tourists go home" across the city.
Another door had artwork that said "tourism kills the city".
The video has been watched more than 1.2million times with some people agreeing with her.
Someone wrote: "If there was no tourism in Barcelona then the economy would struggle."
A second agreed: "I'm from Spain and I get that tourists can be a pain sometimes but they're literally the only thing keeping our economy stable."
Another joked: "Tourists do go home. Otherwise they would be residents."
But most people were on the local's side, saying holiday rentals were making house prices rise for people who lived there.
Someone wrote: "I’ve seen how a lot of tourists behave in Barcelona and other Spanish towns… I can understand this."
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A second said: "Tourists have a huge impact on the housing crisis eg. Lots of houses for the locals have been converted into Airbnbs and hostels."
People from other holiday hotspots such as Lisbon, Cornwall and Edinburgh said they agreed with it.
One person wrote: "I totally understand this. Lived in Edinburgh most of my life and the tourists were draining."
Another Brit said: "Don’t blame them, I have to move out of my London home next month cause it’s turning into an Airbnb."
Last summer, a tourist in Cornwall was left stunned after spotting grafitti telling visitors to "go die".
And last month, a woman was left stunned by VERY rude tourists she encountered on holiday in Cornwall - and many have said it's become worse since Covid. | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/travel/9343339/spain-anti-tourist-rude-graffiti/ | 2022-08-22T17:27:04Z | https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/travel/9343339/spain-anti-tourist-rude-graffiti/ | false | 4 |
DANIEL ESTRIN, HOST:
Monday will mark a year since the Taliban took over Afghanistan. U.S. forces evacuated the country after a 20-year fight, leaving behind a war-torn country of roughly 40 million people. It isn't seeing as much violence as in previous years because the insurgents who used to carry out attacks on schools and government offices are now the ones in charge. But other groups have attacked minorities, and there have been arrests and disappearances of those who oppose the Taliban. So the question is, can Afghanistan become a safer place? We're going to discuss that with Tamim Asey. He's a former Afghan defense official, now chairman of the Institute of War and Peace Studies. Thank you, Tamim, for joining us.
TAMIM ASEY: Thank you very much for having me. It's a pleasure.
ESTRIN: So you did not feel safe staying in Afghanistan yourself. You fled last year. Why?
ASEY: Yes, many of us fled Afghanistan because of specific threats against us. And these existed way before the collapse of the republic. The term that was used for many of us - it was dead man walking.
ESTRIN: Wow. Did you feel like a dead man walking?
ASEY: Yes, of course. Many of us, including me, were in several target lists of the Taliban and other terrorist groups who considered us as American spies and collaborators.
ESTRIN: You left Afghanistan just a few days after the Taliban takeover, but you are still in touch with Afghans in the country today. What are the stories, the anecdotes you're hearing that are sticking with you about how people feel about their own personal security?
ASEY: Well, right now, the situation and the anecdotes that we hear from people on the ground - people who we are in touch, our relatives, families and others who are left behind - is an environment of fear, violence, intimidation. We have no constitution now, no parliament. There's an acting government, and they are hosting terrorist groups, as was evident by the Zawahri episode.
ESTRIN: And Ayman al-Zawahri is the al-Qaida leader who was killed in a U.S. drone strike two weeks ago.
ASEY: They were hosting him at the heart of Kabul, a kilometer away from the presidential palace, almost a kilometer away from the U.S. embassy compound, too.
ESTRIN: And so with the people that you've been in touch with and been hearing about, how does that affect their everyday lives?
ASEY: First of all, half of the population of Afghanistan, which are women - they are imprisoned. They are deprived of their basic rights. And then the Shiites and our Hazara minorities are now every day being targeted. And above all, people have lost their freedoms.
ESTRIN: Now, talking about the Shia minority - they were targeted in two horrific, deadly attacks in Kabul just last week. This was, of course, not the Taliban - a regional offshoot of ISIS took responsibility. The Taliban promised to keep people safe when they took power. Why aren't they?
ASEY: Everybody, including U.S. envoy Zalmay Khalilzad, were in love with this Taliban 2.0 - a changed Taliban who came with the promise of rule of law. The problem is that the Taliban have actually been functioning as umbrella for different terror groups. A faction of the Taliban, the Haqqani network, actually brought the ISIS-KP, or the ISIS offshoot for Khorasan province, as it is referred.
ESTRIN: The regional offshoot of ISIS.
ASEY: The regional offshoot of ISIS in Afghanistan. And then later on, they developed differences. Right now, the Taliban are failing both in governance and delivering security because they have failed to transition from a militia to a government. And they have also failed to disentangle from the global terror network.
ESTRIN: Are we going back to the days when Afghanistan was a haven for terrorist groups?
ASEY: Sadly, it's not even a year, and Afghanistan is already a safe haven for terrorists, and al-Zawahri episode is a clear indication and evidence of that. But in terms of the insurgencies, we already see an insurgency led by the National Resistance Front - NRF - in northern Afghanistan, a stand-alone insurgency in northeastern Afghanistan, as we speak, and another insurgency in central Afghanistan. The Taliban will, sooner or later will have an insurgency, an internal war - a civil war in their hand.
ESTRIN: OK, so you've outlined what the security situation is like for ordinary Afghans. Let's look beyond the borders. How does this situation ripple outward? What does Afghanistan's security situation mean for the stability of the wider region?
ASEY: If you look at the past one year, Taliban forces have clashed with Iranian border forces at least seven times. They have killed Iranian border forces. They have also clashed with Pakistani forces. They have also clashed with Tajik border forces and killed Tajiks along the joint border between Afghanistan and Tajikistan. Also with Turkmenistan, almost with all of the Afghan neighbors, Taliban forces have clashed. So that should tell you a lot about a very confrontational foreign policy that the Taliban are pursuing.
ESTRIN: Well, then what can the broader international community do? What would you recommend?
ASEY: Taliban should either evolve and reform and accept the diversity of Afghanistan - democracy, human rights, women's rights, and let Afghans decide for themselves. And they could be a factor in the future of Afghanistan. Otherwise, the international community, specifically the United States, for its own legacy reasons, will have to isolate and then nurture opposition, a credible opposition to present them as an alternative to the current regime. Otherwise, Afghanistan will become another Syria. I mean, I see full Syrianization (ph) of Afghanistan in another year, where the region and everybody will start interfering, and it will become a never-ending civil war with very serious regional implications and also implications for security of the West.
ESTRIN: Tamim Asey, chairman of the Institute of War and Peace Studies, thank you for a very illuminating conversation.
ASEY: Thank you for having me.
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Netflix’s Kaos Series Adds Debi Mazar as Medusa
Several characters from Greek mythology are already confirmed to be showing up in Netflix’s upcoming Kaos series from creator Charlie Covell. Now, we can officially add one more name to that roster. According to Deadline, Debi Mazar has landed the role of Medusa in the show, joining the star-studded cast that includes Jeff Goldblum, Janet McTeer, David Thewlis, and more.
Medusa has long been a major staple of Greek myths thanks in no small part to the venomous snakes that emerge from her head instead of hair. She can also turn people into stone just by looking them in the eye, an ability that should be able to find a place in Kaos’ “darkly comic” setting. Covell (The End of the F***ing World) is reportedly developing the series as an irreverent skewering of its source material. Sources also describe it as a contemporary tale that explores “love, life and power in the underworld.”
Earlier this year, Mazar co-starred in Netflix’s The Pentaverate alongside Mike Myers. But her acting career dates back to the early ‘80s. Some of her best-known movie appearances include Goodfellas, Singles, Batman Forever, and Empire Records. She was also a series regular on Entourage from 2004 to 2011 and later returned for its film continuation in 2015.
RELATED: Jeff Goldblum is Playing Zeus in Netflix’s Kaos Series
Goldblum will star in Kaos as Zeus, the “vengeful” ruler of Olympus who becomes increasingly paranoid when he discovers a wrinkle on his forehead and begins obsessing over his potential downfall. The supporting cast features other Greek gods like Hades (Thewlis) and Poseidon (Cliff Curtis). McTeer and Nabhaan Rizwan co-star as Zeus wife and son, Hera and Dionysus. Other cast members include Aurora Perrineau, Killian Scott, Misia Butler, and Leila Farzad.
Netflix hasn’t announced a release date for Kaos. However, production is currently underway in Spain.
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KINGSPORT — Prince wanted to party like it was 1999, but Kingsportians were ready to party like it was 1822 at Kingsport’s bicentennial event on Saturday.
The Model City celebrated its 200th anniversary of the first Kingsport charter in 1822 with reenactors, storytellers, craft demonstrations, a mock charter signing and more to offer a glimpse at life in 1822.
“This was a thriving community,” Kingsport Mayor Pat Shull said, referring to the community members who first signed a petition for the charter in the mid 1800s at the Netherland Inn. “It was known by different names. It was Rossville at times, Christianville at times, but it came to be known as Kingsport along the riverfront. It’s a rich history.”
The event was held at the historic Netherland Inn that sits above the Holston River as it has since 1802. The old inn and Kingsport icon served as a backdrop for local community members in centuries past who built their lives around the river that cuts through what would eventually become Kingsport. There, they signed a petition in the inn’s tavern for a charter, which would officially bring Kingsport to life for the first time in 1822.
“I think it’s important to remember where we came from and the people here that formed a community and wanted it to be recognized,” said Glenda Bobalik, who has volunteered at the Netherland Inn for 10 years. “That spirit is continuing here today. We need to remember them and what they wanted.”
In 2017, the city of Kingsport celebrated its 100th anniversary, or centennial. But, Bobalik said, the reason for the 200th anniversary in 2022 and the 100th anniversary in 2017 is quite simple.
Kingsport received its first charter in 1822 when the Tennessee General Assembly passed an act to incorporate the town to include all of the lots from the east end of Ross’ Bridge to the fork of Reedy Creek Road, according to the city. The charter was amended in 1825 to expand the city limits west on West Sullivan Street and Fort Robinson Drive to the North Fork of the Holston River and downstream to the Rotherwood Bridge. Many know the area as “Old Kingsport,” Bobalik said. In 1917, the second charter was granted, marking the start of modern Kingsport.
The modern-day charter might not have been possible without the work of the early Kingsporters who built their lives on the banks of the Holston River and wished for an official charter.
“The second of March 1917 would have never happened, in my opinion,” Shull said, “if we hadn’t had all the hardy pioneers who came here, starting in 1775, and then eventually getting incorporated in 1822 and going on from there.”
In honor of the bicentennial, a copy of the official charter from the state of Tennessee was on display by a window overlooking the river for guests to sign in the tavern where early residents once did the same to petition for the first charter.
Storytellers dressed in 1800s garb stood in various rooms throughout the inn, which was open to the public for the event. Stories of Andrew Jackson’s various stays at the inn were told on the third floor, while a storyteller spoke about the six Netherland family weddings that took place, including that of the owner’s daughter, Sarah Netherland, to James Rogan in Sept. 25, 1822, just a month after Kingsport received its charter.
Patrons roamed the three-story inn as well as the Bank Barn building, which houses a stagecoach, a carriage (which was used to carry Santa Claus through the annual Kingsport Christmas parade) and various memorabilia as part of the transportation museum.
For Bobalik, volunteering at the museum doesn’t just offer a close-up view of local history, but also serves as a way to honor the first people of Kingsport who wanted to establish roots in what would become the Model City.
“It still symbolizes the people who came here to build a community so one day we could all live in the city of Kingsport,” Bobalik said. “So I think recognizing the life they lived at the time, the struggles they had, the challenges they overcame and the fun they had is important.”
Reenactors from Sabine Hill in Carter County illustrated how the people of the Netherland Inn spent their time in 1822 with dances like the black nag performed at the pavilion overlooking the inn. Nearby, reenactors also played period games with kids as the public toured the gift shop, old schoolhouse and the cabin where Daniel and Rebecca Boone lived for two years in the late 1700s.
With all the history brought to life in honor of the bicentennial, Shull offered the crowd a challenge on Saturday: to continue the history of Kingsport where author and Kingsport native Margaret Ripley Wolfe left off (around the late ‘80s) in her book, “Kingsport, Tennessee: A Planned American City.”
“This is my challenge: I’d like to see someone pick up on that Kingsport history and write another comprehensive history up to the present day, because there are a lot of good things that have happened since 1986.
“We’re obviously bigger in population, we’re bigger in land area, we’ve made a lot of strides and diversified our industry. And it all began in 1822. We are going to continue to thrive.”
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11-year-old student dies in Gurugram school
The entire incident was captured on a CCTV camera.She was taken to a nearby hospital by the school staff where the doctors declared her dead, the police said.According to them, the cause of her death could not be ascertained by post-mortem and as such the viscera will be sent to the forensic science laboratory, Bhondsi, for examination.In the CCTV footage, the girl was seen trying to take a step to climb up the first step of the staircase.
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An 11-year-old student died under suspicious circumstances in her school here on Monday morning, police said. The incident occurred around 8.40 am at a private school in sector 64. The girl, a class four student, fell unconscious while walking towards her classroom, they said. The entire incident was captured on a CCTV camera.
She was taken to a nearby hospital by the school staff where the doctors declared her dead, the police said.
According to them, the cause of her death could not be ascertained by post-mortem and as such the viscera will be sent to the forensic science laboratory, Bhondsi, for examination.
In the CCTV footage, the girl was seen trying to take a step to climb up the first step of the staircase. She was seen trying to hold the wall but fell. Her body has been handed over to her family after the post-mortem, the police said.
Dr Sudhir Kumar, who did the post-mortem, told PTI that the girl had a head injury but it was external and which could not be said to have caused death.
''The girl also had food. The family also did not reveal any old medical problems. In such a situation, it was not understood how she died suddenly,'' Dr Kumar said.
Deputy Commissioner of Police, South, said, ''Prima facie it seemed like sudden death and didn't see any foul play. We are waiting for the lab report and further probe is underway.'' PTI COR NSD NSD NSD
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Starbucks is accusing National Labor Relations Board employees of secretly coordinated with union organizers in the Kansas City area — and it wants the agency to halt all mail-in votes nationwide until a full investigation has been conducted. But labor organizers immediately called the move an extension of a broader anti-union campaign.
The allegation is at the center of a 16-page letter Starbucks attorneys sent on Monday to NLRB Chairman Lauren McFerran and the agency's general counsel.
In the letter, which Starbucks shared with NPR, the company accuses NLRB personnel and the union of exploiting weaknesses in the mail-in ballot system to unfairly influence a vote over unionizing a store in Overland Park, Kansas, earlier this year.
Starbucks alleges that NLRB regional staff repeatedly crossed the line of neutrality, alleging that despite ordering a mail-in election, the agency arranged for some voters to cast their ballot in person without informing Starbucks representatives.
It also says NLRB workers shared real-time information with organizers about whether certain ballots had been received. And the company said it believes similar actions took place in at least two other NLRB regions.
The National Labor Relations Board was established in 1935, to protect workers' rights to organize and to collectively bargain with their employers over working conditions and other issues.
In the April vote to unionize, six workers voted for and one voted against, according to NPR member station KCUR, and another seven votes were challenged.
The NLRB and organizers respond to Starbucks' claims
When reached for comment, NLRB spokesperson Kayla Blado noted that the agency doesn't comment on open cases.
"Those challenges should be raised in filings specific to the particular matters in question," Blado said. "The regional staff – and, ultimately, the Board – will carefully and objectively consider any challenges raised through these established channels, which include opportunities to seek expedited review in both representation and unfair labor practice cases."
The pro-union group Starbucks Workers United said the new accusations are part of the Seattle corporation's broader strategy to thwart organized labor.
"This is Starbucks yet again attempting to distract attention away from their unprecedented anti-union campaign, including firing over 75 union leaders across the country, while simultaneously trying to halt all union elections," the group told NPR via email. "Workers have spoken loud and clear by winning 82 percent of union elections."
Where do the Starbucks allegations come from?
Starbucks says the accusations originate with an "NLRB career professional" who it says "is aware of documents outlining with specificity a concerted effort to tip the scales in voting to favor the Union in a Kansas City area (Overland Park) store election." Starbucks did not name the person.
When asked in a follow-up conversation whether the NLRB worker had used federal whistleblower protocols or contacted the agency's inspector general about their concerns, the company said only that the person's supervisor had opted not to pursue their claims.
Despite Starbucks' insistence that its workers — known as "partners" — don't need a union, Starbucks Workers United says more than 200 of the company's stores in the U.S. are now unionized. The effort has rapidly gained momentum in the past year, but the unionized locations represent only a small fraction of the 15,650 U.S. stores Starbucks listed in its most recent earnings report.
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An attorney for Nikolas Cruz asked jurors Monday to consider the Parkland school shooter's dysfunctional family life and his serious mental health issues when they decide whether to sentence him to death.
"In telling you Nik's story, in telling you the chapters of his life, we will give you reasons for life," public defender Melisa McNeill said Monday in a Florida courtroom. "That is called mitigation. Mitigation is any reason that you believe that the death penalty is not an appropriate penalty in this case."
In particular, McNeill highlighted his birth mother's abuse of drugs and alcohol during his pregnancy, saying Cruz showed signs from a young age of fetal alcohol spectrum disorder and antisocial personality disorder.
"Because Nikolas was bombarded by all of those things, he was poisoned in the womb. Because of that, his brain was irretrievably broken, through no fault of his own," McNeill said.
The comments were part of the defense's opening statements in Cruz's death penalty trial for the killing of 17 people and wounding of 17 more at a high school in Parkland, Florida, in February 2018. It was the first time jurors have heard from Cruz's defense. His attorneys deferred their initial opening statements, did not cross-examine any students or teachers who survived the shooting and asked only basic questions of other witnesses.
Cruz pleaded guilty in October to 17 counts of murder and 17 counts of attempted murder, and the ongoing phase of his criminal trial is to determine his sentence. Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty, while Cruz's defense attorneys are asking the jury for a sentence of life in prison without the possibility of parole.
Over three weeks in July and August, prosecutors argued Cruz was "cold, calculative, manipulative and deadly" in carrying out his attack and called to the stand a series of students, teachers, police officers and victims' family members to bear witness to the horrific details of that day. Prosecutors also led jurors on a trip to the untouched scene of the February 14, 2018, mass shooting at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School.
If jurors recommend Cruz be sentenced to death, they must be unanimous.
Fourteen of those killed were students: Alyssa Alhadeff, 14; Martin Duque Anguiano, 14; Nicholas Dworet, 17; Jaime Guttenberg, 14; Luke Hoyer, 15; Cara Loughran, 14; Gina Montalto, 14; Joaquin Oliver, 17; Alaina Petty, 14; Meadow Pollack, 18; Helena Ramsay, 17; Alex Schachter, 14; Carmen Schentrup, 16; and Peter Wang, 14.
Geography teacher Scott Beigel, 35; wrestling coach Chris Hixon, 49; and assistant football coach Aaron Feis, 37, also were killed, each while running toward danger or trying to help students to safety.
Defense lays out Cruz's difficult family life
In opening statements Monday, McNeill laid out Cruz's difficult family life, including his birth mother's history of addiction and the death of his adopted parents Linda and Roger Cruz.
McNeill called Cruz a "damaged and wounded" person and said attorneys plan to show the court disturbing things he said and wrote, his obsessions with guns and devils and even his school shooting "manifesto."
"His brain is broken," she said. "He's a damaged human being. And that's why these things happen."
McNeill also laid out Cruz's interactions with the public education system, which proved unable to address his issues.
Cruz had developmental delays early in his childhood, including his difficulty communicating with others. He would bite others, lash out emotionally and was impaired intellectually, McNeill said.
Cruz first received special education services at age 6, struggling in school socially and academically throughout his young life.
He developed a fascination with firearms and, after bringing a weapon to school, was forbidden from carrying a backpack at all, and was escorted from class to class, McNeill said. Still, in October 2016, Cruz and his adopted mother went to a gun store in South Florida and purchased a rifle.
He attended Stoneman Douglas High School rather than a more specialized special education school, and some school staff raised concerns to authorities about his behavior.
In February 2017, at age 18 and not on track to graduate, Cruz was told to leave the school, and he literally ran off the campus, McNeill said. A school monitor saw the scene and said, "That kid is going to come back and shoot this school up," according to McNeill.
In November 2017, his mother Linda Cruz died, uprooting any stability in his life. By the time of the shooting, law enforcement had visited his home more than 40 times, McNeill said.
"We will tell you Nikolas's life story so that we can give you reasons to vote for life. That's what I'm going to ask you to do," she said.
The defense's first witness was Carol Deakins, a recovering addict who in the 1990s used drugs, drank alcohol and worked as a prostitute with Cruz's birth mother Brenda Woodard.
At the time, Woodard was pregnant with Cruz but showed no care for the coming baby and used all her resources to buy drugs and alcohol, Deakins testified.
The defense case may include testimony from Cruz's siblings. Last week, Judge Elizabeth Scherer granted the state's motion to compel depositions for Zachary Cruz, the gunman's brother, and Richard Moore, who Zachary currently lives with in Virginia. Zachary Cruz and Richard Moore were ordered by the court to appear September 6 for deposition to "answer each and every question that are posed by the state."
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Vodafone strikes European M&A deal – but maybe not the one you were expecting
By Ray Le Maistre
Aug 22, 2022
- Vodafone has been plotting a revamp of its European portfolio
- It has been involved in M&A talks and skirmishes in multiple major markets
- Now it has struck a deal to offload one of its European operations for €1.8bn
- But an agreement to sell Vodafone Hungary is not quite what the market was expecting
- Attention will now be even greater on M&A activity in Spain, the UK and other key markets
Vodafone announced the sale of one of its European operations early Monday morning, but the news that it is Vodafone Hungary that is being offloaded for €1.8bn might come as something of a surprise to many market watchers and still leaves lots of questions unanswered about what is happening in Italy, Spain, the UK and Portugal, the countries previously identified by the operator’s CEO as ripe for M&A action.
Vodafone Hungary, the second largest operator in the country in terms of total customers (mobile and fixed) after Deutsche Telekom’s Magyar Telekom, is set to be acquired jointly by the 4iG Group – the country’s leading IT systems integrator and regional communications service provider that already has fixed line operations in the country – and the Hungarian state (via holding company Corvinus) for 715bn forints (HUF) (€1.8bn). The parties have reached an initial and detailed agreement, but it is not yet binding and requires regulatory approval, but this looks to all intents and purposes like a done deal.
Vodafone Hungary, one of the telco giant’s smaller operations, has 3 million mobile customers – a number that has been in slow decline during the past couple of years – and about 740,000 fixed broadband customers (most of which also take cable TV services and the majority of which take fixed voice services. The operation generated revenues of HUF278bn (€684m) in the full financial year that ended in March 2022 and reported adjusted earnings before interest, tax, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of HUF93bn (€229m).
Combined with 4iG’s existing 1.2 million fixed line customers that came from the acquisition earlier this year of Digi Hungary, the resulting operation would have about 5 million customers, enough to satisfy the Hungarian government’s ambition to have a major communications service provider that is locally owned. (The agreement does not, though, include the Hungarian branch of Vodafone Intelligent Solutions (VOIS), which provides a range of services to the Vodafone Group operations and which is a key part of the company’s efforts to develop efficient, shared support operations.)
4iG noted the deal, which is expected to close before the end of this year, “represents a significant further step in [4iG] becoming the Hungarian owned national champion in the ICT sector.”
Gellért Jászai, chairman and CEO of 4iG, noted: “The acquisition will create a predominantly Hungarian-owned group of infocommunications companies and a clear number two operator in the Hungarian market. Following the successful completion of the acquisition, our Group will have one of the largest digital infrastructures in Hungary, which, due to its prominent role, will become a significant player in Hungarian telecommunications for many decades to come.”
So the Hungarian government, presided over by its controversial and authoritarian right-wing nationalist prime minister Viktor Orbán, gets its home-owned champion and 4iG gets more scale to compete with Magyar Telekom and the country’s other significant mobile service provider, private equity-owned Yettel (formerly Telenor Hungary), which is the second largest mobile operator in the country with about 3.6 million customers.
But what about Vodafone? Well, investors appear to be underwhelmed, as the operator’s share price is down about 1% to 121 pence on the London Stock Exchange, and that perhaps in part reflects the fact that while a deal has been struck, it’s not an M&A move that is going to help transform the company in a way that the management has been discussing and for which certain activist investors have been pushing.
During a number of presentations to investors and analysts, Vodafone CEO Nick Read has communicated the company’s intention to engage in various types of deals that would change the size and nature of the company, including “in-market” consolidation moves. The deal in Hungary certainly falls into that category, but Read had identified Italy, Spain, Portugal and the UK as the priority markets for such deals and noted in May that discussions in multiple markets were underway – see Vodafone still embroiled in multiple M&A discussion and Vodafone plots major M&A moves in Europe, confirms CEO.
But it’s clear that things haven’t gone smoothly or as planned: In Spain it lost out to Orange in the race to strike a merger deal with MásMóvil; and in Italy it spurned a takeover offer from Iliad and Apax Partners.
The CEO has always been careful to note that there isn’t a deadline to strike any deals and that he won’t agree to anything that doesn’t make financial sense (hence the dismissal of the offer in Italy) – transition through M&A is an ongoing process, isn’t new and will always be under consideration, Read has stressed on a number of occasions.
But if the perception grows that Vodafone seems unable to strengthen its position in key markets such as Spain, Italy and the UK, where it has long been linked to a potential merger with Three UK, then external pressure from the likes of activist investor Cevian Capital, which took a stake early this year and agitated for accelerated action, might grow. Read will have been comforted by words of support for his strategy and approach from e&, the Middle Eastern operator (formerly known as Etisalat Group) that acquired a 9.8% stake in Vodafone Group in May, but such support isn’t guaranteed to last forever.
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As a Republican operative, Tim Miller worked with extreme right-wing media outlets and fed the populist outrage that helped radicalize much of the GOP voter base. His new book is Why We Did It.
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SEATTLE, Aug. 22, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Treadway Events has announced "Scooped! Ice Cream Festival" an all-you-can-eat ice cream event coming to Seattle Center in Seattle, Washington on August 27th & 28th, 2022. The immersive ice cream experience features 75+ flavors of ice cream from brands such as Full Tilt, ACME Valley Ice Cream, Lopez Island Creamery. In addition there will be games and a curated performance lineup by Supernova Nightclub that includes DJ Supreme La Rock, Marshall Law Band, Lady Coco Jones, Ammo Drums, Queen Irene and more! It's the ultimate ice cream experience!
"Our team has wanted to produce this event in Seattle since before the COVID-19 pandemic began, and now that it's mostly in our rear-view mirror, we're finally able to do it safely. We plan to have crowd-pleasing favorite flavors, a variety of off-the-wall options to choose from, and even vegan, gluten-free, and dairy-free flavors!" says Brandon Treadway, President & Creative Director at Treadway Events.
Scooped Ice Cream Festival is open for two days Saturday, August 27th, from 12:00 pm to 10:00 pm, and Sunday, August 28th, 2022, from 12:00 pm to 6:00 pm. The event is the sweetest end-of-summer celebration in all of Seattle!
Tickets are on sale at an online-only rate of $25.00 (plus applicable taxes and fees) per person. Tickets at the door are $35 (plus applicable taxes and fees) per person.. Children 2 years of age and under who are being held are free with a paid adult.
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It's the second-largest country in Europe by land area. It stretches some 1,200 miles from east to west. Since Russia re-invaded, no planes are flying, many roads are damaged or blocked or slowed down with checkpoints, but the rail system is working. NPR's Eleanor Beardsley took a ride on the rails.
(SOUNDBITE OF SONG, "STATE ANTHEM OF UKRAINE")
ELEANOR BEARDSLEY, BYLINE: Since the war began, the Ukrainian national anthem plays throughout the Dnipro Station every time a train departs. Vadim Busurulov is the director of this rail hub in central Ukraine.
VADIM BUSURULOV: At the beginning of the war, every day we departed about 15,000 people from this station.
BEARDSLEY: Some 4 million Ukrainians have been evacuated by train since the Russian invasion on February 24. The activity has been so intense that key rail workers are still living at their stations. Dnipro rail human resources director Irina Lytynova remembers the first days of the war.
IRINA LYTYNOVA: (Speaking Ukrainian).
BEARDSLEY: "When the Russian troops were advancing very fast, we had urgent meetings every hour," she says, "so we could follow the situation on the front lines and know how to adapt our schedules to rescue people and defend our infrastructure." Valeriy Garbatyuk has been a railroad worker for 40 years. He says his job has never been so important.
VALERIY GARBATYUK: (Through interpreter) Ukrainian railroad does the same job like Ukrainian military, you know, because we are saving people. And our role is very important because one week, we take IDPs, the other week, we take wounded people.
(SOUNDBITE OF TRAIN WHISTLE)
BEARDSLEY: The Russians are targeting railway infrastructure - tracks, electric grids, stations. At least 161 railway workers have been killed since February. Railway repairs that would have taken weeks before are now done in a few hours, says Oleksandr Kamyshin (ph), head of the state-owned Ukrainian rail system, speaking here in a video about trains in the war.
(SOUNDBITE OF VIDEO)
OLEKSANDR KAMYSHIN: And that's our main mission now, once the shelling is over, to repair everything and get back to operations. Railways became the lifeline of the country. We help to do evacuation program. We do humanitarian aid program. We bring people with iron diplomacy program.
BEARDSLEY: Iron diplomacy - global stars and politicians who have come to visit President Volodymyr Zelenskyy in Kyiv by train - Angelina Jolie, Nancy Pelosi, Boris Johnson.
(SOUNDBITE OF ARCHIVED RECORDING)
PRIME MINISTER BORIS JOHNSON: Hi, it's Boris Johnson here, prime minister of the United Kingdom. I'm travelling on a fantastic Ukrainian Railways train through to Kyiv from Poland. And I just want to say a massive thank you to all the staff of Ukrainian Railways for what you're doing.
UNIDENTIFIED ANNOUNCER: (Speaking Ukrainian).
BEARDSLEY: I finally get my own experience on the Ukrainian train system, known as Ukrzaliznytsia.
Well, we're just setting off from Kyiv to go to the Lviv. It's an overnight trip. I have a little berth. There's bunks. It's for two people, but I've got the whole space to myself. And it's kind of nice. Thank you. Dyakuyu.
UNIDENTIFIED PERSON: Please.
BEARDSLEY: Stepping out onto the platform the next morning in Lviv, I meet 18-year-old Lisa Plesshanova who's come to discover the western city.
LISA PLESSHANOVA: So I'm the simple student from Kyiv.
BEARDSLEY: Plesshanova just took the train as a tourist and paying passenger. But in March, she rode for free when she was fleeing the war.
PLESSHANOVA: I don't know how to explain it, but it's pretty cool that we have something more than just train.
BEARDSLEY: Plesshanova says Ukraine's rail system embodies the spirit of the country as it's come together in this war. I have one more question before we part. How do you pronounce your train again, the company?
PLESSHANOVA: Oh, Ukrzaliznytsia.
BEARDSLEY: It's very difficult for us.
PLESSHANOVA: Yeah, for us, too, a little bit sometimes. Yeah.
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Sri Lankan President Ranil Wickremesinghe has reached out to his predecessor Gotabaya Rajapaksa to facilitate his return to the crisis-hit country, media reports said on Monday.
Rajapaksa, 73, fled the country and resigned last month in the face of a popular uprising against his government for mismanaging the island nation's economy.
He is currently staying in a hotel in Bangkok with his wife Loma Rajapaksa.
The Daily Mirror newspaper, citing highly-placed sources, claimed Wickremesinghe is reported to have contacted Rajapaksa to discuss arrangements for his return to the country.
Sri Lanka's ruling Sri Lanka Podujana Peramuna party on Monday said that a request was made from Wickremesinghe to provide necessary facilities and security to Rajapaksa upon his return to the country, news portal Newsfirst.lk reported.
Attorney-at-Law Sagara Kariyawasam, the SLPP General Secretary said that following discussions with President Wickremesinghe last week, they received a positive response and are awaiting Rajapaksa's return, the report said.
The date of Rajapaksa's return has still not been finalised, it said, amid reports that he may arrive here this week from Bangkok.
Last week, the main Opposition party Samagi Jana Balawegaya (SJB) said Rajapaksa has the right to return to the country, but he must be tried for allegations of misuse of funds since he does not enjoy legal immunity.
The Sri Lanka's Constitution allows privileges to former presidents, including personal security and an office with staff.
SJB has accused Rajapaksa's government of misusing the USD 1 billion loan facility extended by India as part of its financial assistance to help the cash-strapped island nation deal with its unprecedented economic crisis.
The Daily Mirror has also claimed that Rajapaksa's lawyers in the United States had already begun the procedure last month for his application to obtain the Green Card as he was eligible to apply due to his wife being a US citizen.
In 2019, Rajapaksa renounced his US citizenship to contest the 2019 presidential polls.
Rajapaksa took an early retirement from the Sri Lanka Army and moved into the field of information technology, before immigrating to the United States in 1998.
The daily said Rajapaksa had consulted his lawyers and decided to return to Sri Lanka later this month as he was not allowed the freedom to move in Thailand as initially expected, due to security concerns.
Upon his arrival in Bangkok, Thai police advised the ousted President to remain indoors for security reasons.
The Bangkok Post newspaper reported that at the hotel, the location of which has not been disclosed, plainclothes police officers from the Special Branch Bureau had been deployed to ensure the safety of the Rajapaksas.
Rajapaksa fled to the Maldives last month and thereafter to Singapore.
He entered Singapore on a medical visa and had it extended twice to remain there as much as possible.
As his visa could not be extended further, Rajapaksa and his wife left for Thailand and was assured he could remain there for 90 days.
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WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (NewsNation) — A federal judge on Monday formally rejected the Justice Department’s argument to keep the entire affidavit supporting the search warrant for former President Donald Trump’s estate in Florida sealed.
Judge Bruce Reinhart made the decision last week but Monday formalizes it. Reinhart will allow the Justice Department until Thursday to provide a redacted version to the court. The judge said there are portions of the affidavit that could be unsealed.
The affidavit prosecutors used to get the search warrant for Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home could provide more specific details as to what the Department of Justice believed was at Mar-a-Lago and why they felt the need to search the home.
The release of the search warrant painted a picture of the possible crimes authorities believe Trump may have committed, including violating the Espionage Act. The warrant also revealed 33 documents ranging from “top secret” to “classified” were pulled from the estate.
Trump and his legal team claim all of the documents were declassified and rightfully in his possession. The fact that the FBI searched Mar-a-Lago indicates authorities do not believe that claim to be true.
You can read Reinhart’s full ruling in the document here.
This story is developing. Refresh for updates.
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A flash flood watch had been issued by the Nashville office of the National Weather Service the evening before. Meteorologists expected two to three inches of rain an hour, and almost no one was prepared.
That included the 4,000 or so people who lived in Waverly, a small town an hour and a half west of Nashville.
The rain began just before 1 a.m. on August 21, 2021. After sunrise, the water was so deep that it was forcing families from their homes and trapping others. In the course of a day, 21 inches of rain fell on Waverly and overflowed local creeks. The sound of helicopters filled the air while rescue boats cruised on top of the brown floodwaters below. The flood tore through Waverly and surrounding Humphreys County and killed 20 people.
Waverly is the largest city in the county. It was hit hard. There's been a lot of effort to rebuild. But many people are still a long way from a full recovery, and it's unclear if the community will ever be the same.
Building new memories
Some lifelong residents have left the town. The trauma was enough for longtimers, like Linda Balthrop, to count their losses and leave Waverly.
"It came fast," Balthrop says, "in a flash."
Balthrop, who's in her mid-70s, survived the flood with her husband. But in the year since, they've moved closer to their daughter and grandchildren in Mississippi.
"Coming back to Waverly and seeing it, I kind of admire the people that have stuck around," Balthrop says, "because it's really depressing here."
She and her husband had lived in their old home for nearly 50 years. But Balthrop is ready to put those memories behind her.
"If I were here, it wouldn't be as easy to do that because it's all around us, you know, all this destruction," Balthrop says. "But I think we're better off where we are now."
The house was the highest home in the neighborhood. It wasn't considered part of the floodplain, but the waters still reached it. It's since been remodeled by a family member.
Recounting the damage
Floodwaters damaged dozens of businesses and destroyed most of Waverly's public housing. Waverly Elementary School and Waverly Junior High School had to be abandoned.
Earlier this month, kids were supposed to start school in a remodeled boot factory, but there were construction delays. Renovation costs are expected to reach $11.7 million, with most of the bill covered by the Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA).
People harmed by the flood have received more than $7 million from FEMA. Millions of dollars have also been allocated to Waverly for road, bridge and other projects. Tennessee's statewide emergency management agency has also been working with federal leaders to map out possible flood mitigation projects.
Scientists say that extreme weather disasters are increasingly likely as climate change leads to heavier rainfalls. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers and the U.S. Department of Agriculture have been conducting studies to prevent flooding from doing this kind of damage again.
"One of these studies will take 18 months," Waverly Mayor Buddy Frazier says. "So, you know, we've got to be patient while that's going on."
Frazier grew up in Waverly and used to be a local police officer. But the place he knew before the flood could be slipping away. Many people were displaced by the flood and haven't had the option to come back. One of those families were his tenants.
"They all survived. But then they had to relocate," Frazier says. "So we lost a good family. That's another one of the casualties, is what it is."
A lonely recovery
The displacements are expected to hurt sales and property tax revenues. But Waverly still has people who have made their way back.
"It's going to sound so cheesy. I always wanted to own a house, and I never thought I was going to be able to, because I've been disabled for a very long time," Gary Jackson says. "We were able to get this house, and I just couldn't bring myself to give it up."
Jackson has Type 1 diabetes, which caused him to lose a leg. He's been staying outside of Waverly and is now getting ready to move back. But the destruction is still hard to shake.
"Sometimes it's waking up in the middle of the night because you're having a bad dream," Jackson says. "Sometimes it's just not being able to sleep at all because you're just overthinking about what happened and what you could have done differently."
Jackson said his mind replays the moment his dog was sucked underneaththe raging water.
He moved to Waverly in 2017. His home is one of several rebuilt by Christian ministry group Appalachia Service Project. His new home represents the progress since the first days after the flood, when roads had washed away, and cars were stuck in trees.
Waverly has had a history of flooding. No one knows when another deadly flood could come through, or what long-term recovery will really look like. Pointing across his neighborhood, Jackson says he just hopes that things can get back to the way they were.
"That house is empty. They're all empty until you get to the other end of the street. And most of those are gone. Debbie's gone," Jackson says.
"And, I forget his name, he's gone right now" Jackson continues, "don't know if they're coming back or not, I haven't talked to them. But it's just lonely. It just looks lonely."
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The Pittsburgh Steelers are fortunate to have reigning Defensive Player of the Year T.J. Watt and former third-round pick Alex Highsmith as their starting outside linebacker tandem. “But after that it’s anybody’s guess” who will fill the backup roles, says Mark Kaboly of The Athletic, at least if you look beyond former Browns and Eagles linebacker Genard Avery, who figures to be the top reserve at the position, having inked a one-year deal in late March.
“I expect them to bring in a veteran at the position before the start of the season,” adds Kaboly, not unlike how they added Melvin Ingram III last year. To that end, Kaboly names Trey Flowers as the most likely candidate to be this year’s Ingram.
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Flowers, 29, is a 2015 fourth-round pick of the Patriots (Arkansas), who parlayed four seasons in New England into a $90 million deal with the Detroit Lions in 2019. He got off to a strong start in the Motor City, recording seven sacks, 21 quarterback hits and eight tackles for loss across 15 starts in 2019.
But injuries became an issue in the next two seasons, as he missed the final nine games of the 2020 campaign with a broken forearm and was limited to seven starts in 2021 with a knee injury that he aggravated against the Steelers. That prompted the Lions to jettison him in mid-March, and it’s been something of a surprise that Flowers has yet to sign with a new team, as his release seems to have been largely salary-cap driven.
That said, one has to imagine it’s the knee issue and last year’s performance that has given teams pause. He posted a 63.2 overall Pro Football Focus grade in 2021, a precipitous drop from his 83.8 grade in 2020 and 82.8 grade in 2019.
As for Flowers’ career resume, it includes 75 total games played, including 64 starts. During those games he has produced 261 tackles (160 solo), including 37 tackles for loss, 31.5 sacks, 86 quarterback hits, 10 forced fumbles and four fumble recoveries, according to Pro Football Reference (PFR). In 2021 he recorded 24 tackles, three quarterback hits, 1.5 sacks and a forced fumble in seven games.
Predicted Cuts at Outside Linebacker
As for the other outside linebackers who currently have a place on Pittsburgh’s 90-man roster, Kaboly expects that Ron’Dell Carter, James Vaughters and Hamilcar Rashed Jr. will soon be out of the picture entirely. He also projects that Derrek Tuszka and Delontae Scott will be part of the final round of cuts and signed to the practice squad.
“The Steelers have given Tuszka every opportunity to win the No. 3 job, but he’s not a long-term solution,” notes Kaboly, yet the former Broncos seventh-round pick and ex-MVC Defensive Player of the Year hasn’t shown the capacity to build on his 2021 season, in which he appeared in 15 games and was credited with 18 tackles (nine solo), as well as two sacks, two quarterback hits and a fumble recovery, as per PFR.
Whomever the Steelers add in free agency, one hopes he will be a better fit than Melvin Ingram, who was traded for a sixth-round pick in early November of last year after he complained about a lack of playing time.
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DES MOINES, Iowa (AP) — Ohio hog farmer Joe Brandt changed his operation a few years ago to give his pigs more room and keep pregnant sows out of the narrow crates used by most farms.
Brandt said he wanted to treat his pigs more humanely, but in doing so he also created a niche for his family business amid heightened concerns about the treatment of animals, and that enabled him to charge higher prices for the pigs.
That payoff seemed likely to grow even larger after the January 2022 implementation of a California ballot measure that required all pork sold in the state to abide by the standards Brandt had already implemented but that are rarely seen in large hog farms. With that measure, Brandt and farmers like him would suddenly be the only sources of bacon and pork chops for a state of 39 million people that consumes about 13% of the nation’s pork supply.
Yet, for reasons out of Brandt’s control, it hasn’t happened. California has yet to fully write and approve the necessary regulations, a state judge has blocked enforcement of the law because of that regulatory delay, and the U.S. Supreme Court will soon hear a case brought by a national pork industry group that opposes the regulations. Given all the delays, Brandt wonders if he will ever see the surge in demand he expected when the measure was overwhelmingly approved by California voters in 2018.
“It absolutely would help,” said Brandt, who maintains a herd of about 1,500 sows at his farm near Versailles, Ohio. “It comes down to positioning yourself. If you see something and you’re progressive and you work toward it and you believe in it, I think if a measure like this does pass, you should be rewarded for it.”
Brandt is among hundreds of relatively small farmers who are caught between the state of California and the Iowa-based National Pork Producers Council, which represents the nation’s largest pig operations, based primarily in the Midwest and North Carolina.
At issue is whether California’s Proposition 12 violates the U.S. Constitution by interfering with a national system in which about 65,000 farmers raise 125 million hogs annually, resulting in gross sales of $26 billion. California’s regulations would ban pork sales in the state unless the pigs were born to sows with at least 24-square-feet of space and an ability to turn around.
The National Pork Producers Council and American Farm Bureau Federation argue that California’s law violates the Constitution’s commerce clause because it throws a wrench in the nation’s pork system and requires out-of-state producers to incur nearly all the costs of compliance.
After losing before the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals, the national associations asked the U.S. Supreme Court to consider their case. Arguments are planned for October.
If the Supreme Court finds California’s law unconstitutional, it couldn’t be fully implemented and the nation’s pork producers would be free to continue their current operations, including the use of so-called gestation crates that protect sows from other pigs but prevent them from turning around. Other aspects of the California law — governing the treatment of egg-laying chickens and cattle raised for veal — could be enforced.
A judge on Aug. 11 placed a similar sow welfare law on hold in Massachusetts, pending the outcome of the Supreme Court case.
Jared Schilling, who raises about 40,000 sows a year near New Athens, Illinois, said his family hoped to gain a competitive edge when they changed their operation to give pigs more room. The move has paid off; he gets premium prices by selling his animals to specialty pork business Coleman Natural Foods. Brandt also sells to Coleman.
But Schilling said his profits would likely rise more if the California and Massachusetts laws are implemented.
“Every industry has to make changes to adapt to what the consumer wants, whether it’s the marketplace or legislation,” Schilling said. “Most would prefer the marketplace but they did vote on it, so someone needs to meet that consumer demand.”
Michael Formica, a lawyer for the National Pork Producers Council, said his group also represents small hog farmers and has no desire to place their needs secondary to large pork producers. Formica argued that the current system already rewards producers who meet what he estimated was the 5% of consumers who want to pay significantly more for pork raised with more square footage and without crates.
What the council opposes, Formica said, is California imposing its standards on the rest of the country, especially since the state produces less than 1% of the pork its residents consume.
“We respect the marketplace determining what the marketplace wants,” he said. “If consumers really wanted this, they would be buying pork chops for $15 or $25 a pound, but they don’t.”
If California’s law is allowed to take effect, Formica said, smaller producers could be hurt because once large suppliers shift to meet the rules, they would eventually be able to produce the same pork at a lower cost than the niche farms.
Charlie Thieriot, chief executive officer of Llano Seco Meats in Chico, California, said his business exceeds the California rules, and he strongly supports Proposition 12, calling its requirements the “tip of the iceberg” for how pigs should be treated. But Thieriot, whose business supplies a number of elite Bay Area restaurants, said national pork producers are adept at operating on thin margins, and he worries that small pig farmers don’t realize the struggle they could face competing directly with big companies if they are forced to became Proposition 12 compliant.
“I think these big producers are really just incredibly smart, incredibly strategic,” Thieriot said. “They will be getting ready for whatever the court decides and they’ll have a Prop 12 compliant product ready when that hammer drops.”
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The University of Victoria’s Ocean Networks Canada (ONC) initiative will receive a federal investment of $114.8 million over the next six years to advance ocean observing and expand the reach of its open access big data.
Announced Friday (Aug. 19), the funding will be awarded through the Major Science Initiatives Fund of the Canada Foundation for Innovation, a fund that covers portions of operating and maintenance costs of select national science facilities across the country.
Canada has the longest coastline of any country in the world and ONC is the only national ocean observatory – it operates more than 9,000 coastal and deep sea sensors in the Pacific, Atlantic and Arctic oceans.
The support will aid the observatory’s endeavour to develop climate crisis solutions, in addition to promoting safer coastal communities, Indigenous ocean data stewardship and a sustainable economy.
“This funding recognizes Ocean Networks Canada for its leadership and the profound difference it’s making on all three Canadian coasts and internationally,” said UVic president and vice-chancellor Kevin Hall. “As a research university, we take pride in working in partnership to create a better world – by taking action on climate change and working with partners to make life better on land and below the water.”
Over the last 16 years ONC has expanded beyond its initial work in the Salish Sea to create an extensive network of underwater observing infrastructure. According to ONC president and CEO Kate Moran, real-time and long-time series ocean data enable a range of services that facilitate scientific discovery.
The data supports climate impact monitoring, maritime safety, innovation in climate change mitigation and even contributes to B.C.’s earthquake and tsunami early warning systems.
“Canadians can be proud of their national observatory that not only yields valuable insights into this undersea world that covers two thirds of our planet, but also contributes to Canada’s climate leadership through innovation in ocean nature-based and technological climate mitigation solutions and coastal resilience,” Moran said.
“This investment also means that ONC, through its work with the United Nations Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, can continue working with partners in Canada and internationally to advance projects in pursuit of healthier oceans, science that promotes ocean resilience and a citizenry engaged with the oceans’ role in supporting life on this planet.”
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Ceat launches EV tyres specially designed for electric buses
Ceat Tyres has announced the launch of new EV-specific tyres designed for electric buses. The company says that the newly launched EV tyres have been tested for the ride and handling specific to the requirements of e-buses for use on urban roads.
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Ceat Tyres has announced the launch of new EV-specific tyres designed for electric buses. The company says that the newly launched EV tyres have been tested for the ride and handling specific to the requirements of e-buses for use on urban roads. Called Ceat’s Winenergy X3-R tyres, these tyres are claimed to deliver 30% higher mileage as well as 30% lesser rolling resistance. The company says that the construction used on these tyres also results in a 50% reduction in tyre noise as compared to regular tyres.
“Indian cities can look forward to the further deployment of electric buses which provide for a sustainable, air and noise pollution-free transit for commuters. With the launch of CEAT’s WINENERGY X3-R EV tyres we are pleased to be able to offer tyres specifically designed for our EV OEMs, and to help in making urban transport cost-effective, cleaner, and smoother,” said Arnab Banerjee.
As per Ceat, its newly launched EV-specific tyres meet the necessary requirements for electric vehicles. These tyres feature an all-steel tubeless construction to withstand higher torque delivery from the electric motor. They also have low rolling resistance for better mileage. Other characteristics include better stiffness and tyre grip, FaF to dampen noise, and BRIC-T to resist tread buckling. As per Ceat, these tyres also have a unique circuit design, a wider contact, and reinforced sidewalls, all of these features have been specifically added to these tyres for better traction and robust performance under all circumstances.
These EV tyres are available in two sizes - 295/80R22.5 and 255/70R22.5.
Ceat has previously also announced the launch of its new range of EnergyDrive tyres. These tyres have been designed for the electric four-wheeler category of vehicles as India's first EV-specific tyres for cars.
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Footage appears to show an NHS worker charging their hybrid SUV car through a hospital window.
Uploaded to TikTik by user @estella_illumaxx, the video shows the white Porsche Cayenna e-Hybrid by the window of the Halley Stewart ear, nose and throat clinic at the Harpenden War Memorial Hospital in Hertfordshire.
A caption on the video says: ‘Window charger NHS electri[k] car.’
A charging cable can be seen going from the car through the window of the clinic.
The other end of the cable is plugged into a common three-pin socket inside the clinic.
Charging the car from empty to full like this would take around six hours.
The Porsche costs around £80,000 and is one of the most luxurious SUVs on the market.
The car can run on electricity alone, but it also has a V6 engine and produces more than 300 horsepower in total.
It is unclear whether the person charging their vehicle through the hospital was given permission to do this.
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Nottingham Forest legend Martin O'Neill has opened up on his exit from the club three years ago, speaking for the first time on how he got on with one of the club's biggest figures at the time.
A two-time European Cup winner with the Reds, the Irishman returned to the City Ground as manager in 2019. However, his stint was short-lived, lasting just over six months.
O'Neill was sacked one week into preseason despite the fact his win percentage of 42% was better than his predecessor Aitor Karanka (31%). It also turned out to be superior to that of Sabri Lamouchi (36%), his successor in the job.
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The 70-year-old has previously commented on his disappointment at being sacked and how he was "absolutely not in charge" of transfers at Forest. But he has never spoken about his relationship with then-CEO Ioannis Vrentzos, who has since been made a director.
O'Neill says that the two of them did not "see eye to eye" while he was at the club, but has been pleased by the job that Steve Cooper has done since becoming head coach last year. He added that the Welshman should be "delighted" by the transfer business the club has conducted this summer.
"It was a brief stint, I came in January and left in the first week of July. That was 19 games, we actually won the last three of the season, believe it or not," O'Neill told Premier Sports.
"Let me put it this way, we didn't - maybe not so much the owner, but certainly the chief executive at the time - we probably didn't see eye to eye.
"However, a couple of managers on, they've done brilliant. Fantastic young Cooper has got them up.
"And if I was him I'd be delighted with the signings they've brought in, even if he doesn't really know them all. It doesn't really matter, because the side would not have been strong enough to survive in the league."
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