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The Delhi Division of Northern Railway has started the construction work for a foot-over bridge at the Hazrat Nizamuddin Railway Station. Due to this work, the movement of trains will remain affected from August 26 to August 28.
Northern Railway spokesperson Deepak Kumar says that the work of laying the girder will be carried out for the construction of a foot-over bridge at Hazrat Nizamuddin railway station. Due to this, traffic blocks of different durations are being taken and it will affect the movement of the following trains: –
Cancelled trains
Train numbers 04914 Delhi Jn-Palwal, 04913 Palwal-Ghaziabad, 04960 Shakurbasti-Ballabgarh, and 04915 Ballabhgarh-Shakoorbasti special trains will remain cancelled on August 28.
— Train number 12779 Vasco-da-Gama-Hazrat Nizamuddin Goa Express, which will start its journey on August 26, will be stopped en route for 35 minutes.
— Train number 12447 Manikpur-Hazrat Nizamuddin Uttar Sampark Kranti Express, which will start its journey on August 27, will be halted for 90 minutes en route.
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Change in the scheduled platforms of trains
— Train number 11057 CSMT (Mumbai)-Amritsar Dadar Express commencing on August 26 will be passed from platform 06.
— Train number 2919 Ambedkar Nagar-Shri Mata Vaishno Devi Katra Malwa Express, which will start its journey on August 27 will be diverted from platform 06.
— 12618 Hazrat Nizamuddin Ernakulam Express, which will start its journey on 28th August, will be diverted from platform 05.
— Train number 12432 Hazrat Nizamuddin-Thiruvananthapuram Rajdhani Express, which will start the journey on August 28 will depart from platform 07.
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Growing Solar Energy & Sustainable Solutions Provider to Highlight Revenue Growth and Expansion of Vertically Integrated Network
PHOENIX, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- SinglePoint, Inc. (OTCQB:SING). SinglePoint Inc, a solar energy and sustainable solutions provider, announced today that Wil Ralston, CEO of SinglePoint Inc, will present at the Emerging Growth Conference on Aug. 31, 2022, at 12:45p EST, to discuss the tremendous growth of the Company, including:
- Recently filed Second Quarter financial results reporting an 890% increase in revenue vs. Second Quarter, 2021.
- Expected impact of the recent expansion of tax credits on the Company's business plan.
- Phase one completed in Acquisition of Frontline Power Solutions and launching a new division to support continued subsidiary growth.
- Expansion into project financing for customers through the acquisition of Ecodaptive.
Complimentary conference registration for investors can be found: here.
If attendees cannot join the event live on the day of the conference, an archived webcast will also be made available on EmergingGrowth.com. Registered attendees will also receive a link to the replay after the event.
About the Emerging Growth Conference
The Emerging Growth conference is an effective way for public companies to present and communicate their new products, services, and other major announcements to the investment community from the convenience of their office, in a time-efficient manner.
The conference's focus and coverage include companies in a wide range of growth sectors, solid management teams, innovative products & services, focused strategy, execution, and the overall potential for long-term growth. All sessions will be conducted through video webcasts and will take place in the Eastern time zone.
About SinglePoint Inc (OTCQB:SING)
SinglePoint is a sustainable lifestyle company in the solar energy and air purification markets. The Company aims to build the largest renewable energy solutions network and modernize the traditional solar energy and energy storage business model. The Company continues to execute its acquisition strategy and is exploring future growth opportunities in air purification, electric vehicle charging, solar as a subscription service, and additional energy efficiencies and appliances that enhance sustainability and healthier life. For more information, visit the Company's websites: www.singlepoint.com, www.bostonsolar.us, and www.boxpureair.com.
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LOS ANGELES (CelebrityAccess) – The indie rock duo, natives of Los Angeles – Girlpool (Harmony Tividad and Avery Tucker) have decided to call it quits. The rock and songwriting duo announced their split on Thursday (August 25) alongside several tour date cancellations.
A statement from the band reads:
“After nine years, we have decided to take a break from Girlpool and go our separate ways as songwriters. This upcoming tour will be our last one — it will be an ode to the past, a celebration of the future, and something we will pour both of our hearts into completely. We are each other’s biggest fans and always encourage each other to stretch and evolve, whether that means it’s alongside one another or not.”
The duo went on to list dates on their forthcoming North American tour that have been canceled as a result of this decision. “All tickets for these shows will be refunded at point of purchase,” the band wrote. “We appreciate your ongoing love and support.”
Tividad and Tucker met as teenagers at the all-ages LA venue, The Smell, and began Girlpool in 2013. Throughout their nine-year career, they released four studio albums, Before the World Was Big (2015), Powerplant (2017), What Chaos is Imaginary (2019), Forgiveness (2022), two EPs, and numerous singles.
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Tyron Smith injury showcases pitfalls of Cowboys optimism plaguing Jerry Jones - Charles Robinson, Yahoo Sports
When you fail to plan, you plan to fail. Welcome to the Cowboys new reality.
When the Dallas Cowboys kicked off training camp, team owner Jerry Jones once again revealed what’s continued to be a fundamental flaw in his role as a general manager:
He sees his franchise through a distorted forcefield of unrelenting optimism, arguably more than any other power broker in the NFL.
“My curse,” he called it back in July, describing his inclination to only fixate on past successes.
When Jones describes it that way, he’s half right and half wrong. Correct in viewing it as a curse, incorrect in viewing it as a hex inflicting only Jerry Jones. If anything, that prism has become an overarching problem for the entire Cowboys franchise. And it appears to be getting worse rather than better.
Take Thursday’s news that Pro Bowl left tackle Tyron Smith has suffered yet another significant injury, this time a torn left hamstring that could knock him out until December or later. Assessed for what it actually is, most orbiting the Cowboys see it in blunt terms: a significant loss that will exacerbate an already sizable talent drain since the end of last season. Not to mention a spotlight on yet another area of the Cowboys’ roster that Jones overestimated coming into this season.
That’s a reasonable response to the hole opened in Smith’s absence. Another problem created by another dice roll that hasn’t worked out. And there have been a few of those since last offseason, from banking on Smith to remain healthy (which he hasn’t for years) to chasing a salary cap surplus by releasing right tackle La’el Collins and trading wide receiver Amari Cooper for effectively nothing, then falling short on depth investments at wideout and on the offensive line.
5 Options To Replace Tyron Smith At Left Tackle - Dallascowboys.com
History told the Cowboys to be prepared for this scenario. Now what?
FRISCO, Texas – As of early Thursday afternoon, the Cowboys were still gathering details on the timetable and extent of Tyron Smith’s hamstring injury, which is expected to require surgery.
Cowboys owner/general manager Jerry Jones has expressed confidence that Smith will be back “at the right time,” meaning for a potential playoff run. In the meantime, though, how will the Cowboys proceed without the eight-time Pro Bowler?
Here are five options:
Tyler Smith
The night the Cowboys drafted Smith with the 24th overall pick on April 28, head coach Mike McCarthy said Smith would be a “left-side player” working at guard and tackle. That was the case through OTAs and minicamp. In training camp, though, Smith has worked exclusively at left guard in competition with Connor McGovern. Will that change due to Tyron Smith injury? Quite possibly. Tyler Smith started at left tackle in college and the Cowboys view him as the left tackle of the future. He’s currently dealing with a minor ankle injury, however.
Josh Ball
Ball has gotten a huge amount of left tackle reps in practice and preseason games so far, including some with the first-team offense because the Cowboys have been mindful of Tyron Smith’s workload even before this hamstring injury. A fourth-round pick a year ago, Ball missed his entire rookie season with an ankle injury, and these first two preseason games have been the first NFL game action of his career. McCarthy has been pleased with his improvement since camp began, but obviously he’s short on experience.
Colin Cowherd Rips Cowboys Offseason: ‘It’s Bad Business’ - Liam McKeone, The Big Lead
It is no secret that the Cowboys have made some head-scratching moves this offseason.
The Dallas Cowboys suffered a significant blow last night as starting left tackle Tyron Smith went down with what appeared to be a serious injury during practice. Reports today confirmed Smith suffered an avulsion fracture in his knee and will miss most of, if not all, of the upcoming season. Fortunately the Cowboys spent their first-round pick this past season on tackle Tyler Smith who can step in and replace their All-Pro, but that’s about the only bright spot right now and it could fade quickly if this Smith isn’t up to the task.
That news caps off what has been a bit of a strange offseason in Dallas. The Cowboys traded Amari Cooper and let Randy Gregory walk, doing nothing to replace either player. It seems they are relying on internal development and better overall health to build off their success from last year. So far the latter half of that plan is having trouble getting off the ground.
Colin Cowherd took a big-picture look at how the franchise conducted itself this offseason and ripped the decision-making before declaring the Cowboys need a non-Jones set of eyes to move forward the right way.
That last point has been true for a while but the Joneses aren’t going to hire a real g eneral managers anytime soon. And in fairness, they’ve done an alright job running the front office in recent years, highlighted by finding Dak Prescott in the fourth round of the 2016 NFL Draft. Their moves this offseason are defendable, too. Michael Gallup could very well end up being better than Cooper at a lower price tag if he returns from his ACL tear with no issue. And Dorance Armstrong Jr. was quite good replacing Gregory last offseason.
Jerry Jones Leaving Door Open for Injured Michael Gallup Early Cowboys Return - Mike D’Abate, Sports Illustrated
The team has been consistent in their belief that Michael Gallup can be back sooner rather than later.
With the deadline for trimming NFL rosters to 53 members fast approaching, the Dallas Cowboys will apparently be keeping a spot open for one of their key contributors on offense.
After suffering a torn ACL in Week 17 ended his 2021 season, the timetable for the return of receiver Michael Gallup has been the subject of much speculation.
However, Cowboys owner Jerry Jones is optimistic that Gallup will be in the lineup much sooner than originally expected.
“The strategic way that we handle this at cut-down will let him get to the club actively as quickly as he can,” Jones told reporters on Wednesday. “We just don’t want to do anything that would put him in some kind of category that would limit us from getting him in the first game.”
Jones’ comments indicate his confidence that the wide receiver is expected to be on the 53-man roster on Tuesday when the club cuts down from 80 players in accordance with league guidelines. Gallup has not practiced since tearing his left ACL on Jan. 2. He underwent successful surgery in February.
While, he has made notable progress in his rehabilitation, Gallup is not among those who are particularly bullish about his potential return for Week 1. In fact, he’s indicated that he will likely be forced to sit out the season-opener against the Tampa Bay Buccaneers on Sept. 11.
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Gloria's Birds: I can always count on Mom, thought Judy the Dark-eyed Junco
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NEWARK, Del., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- QPS, a leading global contract research organization (CRO), continues to expand and align its full service preclinical, bioanalysis and clinical capabilities with enhanced offerings across the medical, regulatory and biotech divisions. With these enhanced global capabilities, QPS is satisfying the need for agility, flexibility, and speed in the global drug development community, with a focus on serving Biotech's customized needs.
QPS has carefully selected 3 new Executives to lead this transformation. Heather Messenger, Sr. Vice President, Head of Global Biotech Services, Sarah Cross, Executive Director, Head of Global Medical Affairs and Kimberley Buytaert-Hoefen, Executive Director, Head of Global Regulatory Affairs. Together they will further strengthen global collaboration, enabling agile and flexible clinical operations, stronger customer relationships, and enhanced strategic partnerships.
Ms. Messenger who joins QPS with over 26 years of experience across Biotech, BioPharma and CRO sectors, will be taking the lead in expanding QPS clinical execution services and capabilities, with a focus on Biotech clients. She has worked in more than 7 startup companies across both biotech/biopharma bringing a deep understanding of the industry and the offerings necessary for a CRO partner to help accelerate clinical development activities.
Dr. Cross brings over 14 years of experience in medical affairs, across the areas of immunology, oncology and women's health focused clinical research, asset development, product launch, diagnostics and technology transfer in the Pharma, Biotech and CRO industries. Her strong medical affairs expertise across the drug development lifecycle will support the growth and development of the Global Medical Affairs Team at QPS, leading to best-in-class strategic partnerships, clinical trial support, medical communication, medical education and evidence generation for Pharma and Biotech clients.
Dr. Buytaert-Hoefen is a seasoned professional with 25 years of preclinical and clinical regulatory experience, supporting drug development in the commercial pharmaceutical and biotech, gene and cellular therapy, and medical device industries. As a former FDA investigator, she performed surveillance for cause, pre-approval establishment and post-marketing adverse drug experience reporting inspections. Buytaert-Hoefen will expand QPS capabilities by providing Regulatory expertise to global drug development programs.
According to John Musante, QPS Executive VP, Global Head of Clinical Research Services, "These enhanced capabilities and newly appointed leadership positions will further bolster our Pharma and Biotech clients' abilities to develop drugs in an agile and flexible manner, by fully integrating these services into the custom-built QPS drug development packages."
QPS is fully committed to partnering with the Biotech and Pharmaceutical industry to support global drug development from preclinical through post-marketing needs. These new executives will ensure that QPS has the skills and capabilities to fully implement global Pharma and Biotech drug development projects.
QPS is a GLP- and GCP-compliant contract research organization (CRO) delivering the highest grade of discovery, preclinical, and clinical drug development services. Since 1995, it has grown from a tiny bioanalysis shop to a full-service CRO with 1,200+ employees in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Today, QPS offers expanded pharmaceutical contract R&D services with special expertise in neuropharmacology, DMPK, toxicology, bioanalysis, translational medicine and clinical development. An award-winning leader focused on bioanalytics and clinical trials, QPS is known for proven quality standards, technical expertise, a flexible approach to research, client satisfaction, and turnkey laboratories and facilities. Through continual enhancements in capacities and resources, QPS stands tall in its commitment to delivering superior quality, skilled performance and trusted service to its valued customers. For more information, visit www.qps.com or email info@qps.com.
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Nanoscope's Chief Medical Officer, Dr. Aaron Osborne, to give a presentation on Nanoscope's Optogenetic Approach for Vision Restoration
DALLAS, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc., a clinical-stage biotechnology company developing gene therapies for retinal degenerative diseases, today announced that Aaron Osborne, Chief Medical Officer, will give a presentation on clinical development of Nanoscope's Multi-Characteristic Opsin (MCO) gene therapy platform and participate in a panel titled "Gene Therapy Platforms for Macular Disease - Are They Worth the Money?" at the Retina Forum, taking place August 31, 2022, in Hamburg, Germany and online as part of the Ophthalmology Futures Forums.
Details for the presentation are as follows:
Pioneering a New Wave of Optogenetic Therapeutics for Vision Restoration
Presenter: Aaron Osborne, MBBS, Nanoscope's Chief Medical Officer
Date and Time: Wednesday, August 31, 2022; 4:51 p.m. CEST
Location: The Fontenay Hotel
In addition to highlighting the benefits of MCO gene therapy, Dr. Osborne will detail Nanoscope's Phase 2b RESTORE trial from its lead clinical program. RESTORE trial results, along with six-month data from the Phase 2 STARLIGHT trial for Stargardt disease, are expected in H1 2023.
About Nanoscope Therapeutics Inc.
Nanoscope Therapeutics is developing gene-agnostic, sight restoring optogenetic therapies for the millions of patients blinded by retinal degenerative diseases, for which no cure exists. The company's lead asset, MCO-010, is presently in Phase 2b multicenter, randomized, double-masked, sham-controlled clinical trials in the U.S. for retinitis pigmentosa (NCT04945772) with top line data expected H1 2023. The company has also initiated a Phase 2 trial of MCO-010 therapy in Stargardt patients (NCT05417126). MCO-010 has received FDA orphan drug designations for RP and Stargardt. Preclinical assets include non-viral laser delivered MCO-020 gene therapy for geographic atrophy.
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ATLANTA (AP) — Masters champion Scottie Scheffler might have had a roller coaster of an opening round Thursday at the Tour Championship if only he had been paying attention to the scoreboards.
Scheffler started with a two-shot lead as the No. 1 seed in the FedEx Cup. He led by as many as six shots on the front nine. Then his lead was down to two. And when he finished with three straight birdies for a 5-under 65, he was five strokes ahead of Xander Schauffele.
“I didn’t know any of that,” he said. “I was just trying to go out and shoot a good number.”
Rory McIlroy’s day at East Lake was far more wild. And he knew it.
A two-time FedEx Cup champion, McIlroy started six shots behind. He teed off in a downpour and hooked his tee shot over the fence and out-of-bounds. He reloaded and found a bunker. He missed a 6-foot putt and took triple bogey, and just like that was nine shots behind.
And then he went rough-to-rough to make bogey on the next hole. McIlroy had only one par on the front nine and remarkably salvaged a 67.
“Not the best way to start,” McIlroy said. “The golf course is really gettable, so I knew there was a lot of holes out there that you could birdie. I knew my game was good. It was just one of those things. Not the ideal way to start, but proud of how I bounced back from that.”
Equally impressive was British Open champion Cameron Smith, playing for the first time since the opening FedEx Cup playoffs event because of a hip injury that gets aggravated in soft conditions. East Lake wasn’t quite a real lake, but overnight rain and the downpour made for a good walk spoiled.
He still managed a 67 and joined McIlroy at eight shots back. They were a curious attraction because McIlroy has been the biggest voice for the PGA Tour and its battle with Saudi-funded LIV Golf, and reports indicate Smith will be the next to go.
Inside the ropes, it’s golf.
“Business as usual,” McIlroy said. “Cam and I get on really well — always have done. Again, I keep saying no matter what decisions are made or what choices are made by anyone, it doesn’t make them a bad person. Does it make me disagree with them? Of course it does. But I disagree with a lot of people that I like and love.”
And so began the final leg in the chase for the FedEx Cup and the $18 million prize. Scheffler has had the best year with his Masters victory among three wins against strong fields. He would love nothing more than to finish it off, and he played that way.
His 3-iron from 230 yards up the hill to 15 feet led to eagle on the sixth hole. He dropped only one shot, going from bunker over the green at the par-3 ninth and having to make an understated 10-foot putt to escape with bogey.
And then he had a big finish, capped off by going from the left rough over the water to 30 feet for a two-putt birdie to reach 15-under par (which accounts for his 10-under start).
U.S. Open champion Matt Fitzpatrick finished with an eagle for a bogey-free 64 and was six shots behind — he matched the best round of the soggy day and gained only one shot on Scheffler — while Joaquin Niemann (64) and defending champion Patrick Cantlay (70) were another shot behind.
Schauffele is dangerous as ever, and his record at East Lake is astounding for someone who has never left Atlanta in possession of a trophy. This was his 21st round in the Tour Championship, and his 19th round under par. The other two were even-par 70s.
He had the low 72-hole score in 2020 but started too far behind to catch Dustin Johnson.
“It’s a weird event,” Schauffele said. “We do this once a year, and it’s one of the bigger events for us to do it. Because of those things, you just have to try your best to stay in the present and not get ahead of it. Tuck your head and play your best golf.”
Weirder still was an injury that Scheffler mentioned from the weekend at the British Open, where he went into Sunday in the mix and shot 74. He had never disclosed it and wasn’t entirely comfortable getting into the details except to say he was in pain.
“I had what’s called a pilonidal infection. It’s an infection at the top of your butt crack,” he said, trying not to crack a smile. “You can look it up. It was really hard for me to bend down. It was really hard for me to make a swing on Sunday. Walking was actually extremely difficult.
“Just one of those things that happened.”
All part of what already has been a remarkable year, and now is 54 holes away from becoming even more memorable.
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Litecoin is one of the oldest altcoins, but it’s not as popular as Ethereum or Bitcoin. Litecoin has accrued various users as a cryptocurrency released shortly after Bitcoin. One of the most popular ways to spend this digital currency is on a Litecoin gambling site.
Litecoin gambling sites are one of the best online platforms on which you can spend cryptocurrency. It’s supported by several software providers who have made many games available on these platforms. Litecoin gambling sites offer slot games, live casino games, and table games like baccarat and blackjack.
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Although many bettors are aware of the existence of demo games, not many of them use demos. A demo game offers a free version of an online game that you don’t need to pay for. This free version you play on a Litecoin gambling site is similar to the main game.
The demo version of an online casino game is excellent for practice. With the game’s demo version, you’ll be able to see all the features that a game offers. This will increase your skill at that game, making it harder for you to lose at Litecoin gambling sites.
Many Litecoin gambling sites offer demo modes for their slot games, roulette games, and blackjack games. Visitors to those Litecoin gambling sites can spend more time getting experience at their favorite game. Newbies can also use this tactic to get better at a game, reducing their chances of losing.
Bankroll Your Funds
It’s always easy to get dragged into the excitement that permeates the games of a Litecoin gambling site. This would make the user spend more before losing their cash in the game.
Bankroll management is necessary for every individual visiting a Litecoin gambling site. It helps the players spend only within their means and not chase losses.
Although many punters believe that bankroll management kills the excitement in a game, that’s a common misconception. This playing strategy would help players develop winning strategies for their smaller funds. It would allow them to win on Litecoin gambling sites in the long run.
Look at the House Edge
The house edge in an online game is the theoretical amount that a casino is supposed to make from a game. Most of the time, a casino’s house edge is depicted in the form of a percentage, like 5%. This indicates the number of wins that the casino could get from a game.
A high house edge means that the casino has the probability of winning a lot from you. A low house edge, however, means that the betting site has a low chance of claiming the win in a game.
So, if you want more wins at a Litecoin gambling site, it’s best to play games with a low house edge. Games with a low house edge would provide a higher chance of winning at the casino. There are lots of staking games that offer low-house edges on Litecoin gambling sites.
Some of the house edges of popular games are:
- Blackjack: 28%
- Slot machine: ranges from 2% to 15%
- Double Zero Roulette: House Edge of 26%
- Single Zero Roulette: the house edge is up to 70%
Look For Good Bonuses
There’s always a chance of a player winning in a particular game if they play long enough. This forms the basis for many strategies, such as the Martingale System. Playing at a Litecoin gambling site long enough would allow a player to win.
Unfortunately, this winning method at LiteCoin gambling sites involves lots of money, or it’s ineffective. However, you can supplement your funds with the freebies you get from a bonus.
As such, it’s good to look for bonuses at a Litecoin gambling site before choosing one. Such perks include a few spins on an online slot machine, a gift of a small amount of cryptocurrency, etc.
All these bonuses allow a player to try a few spins on a slot or to deposit bonus cash into a game. These bonuses offer players another opportunity to win a game.
Choose a Good Casino
An important factor influencing whether or not you win at Litecoin gambling sites is getting a reputable platform. Playing at a trustworthy Litecoin gambling site means that you play with fair odds. This would improve your chances of winning since you’re playing without any disadvantages from the platform.
Even though many gamblers may have followed the other advice given above, playing at a lousy site negates its benefits. That’s because all these tips would mean nothing when your game is rigged. As a result, players must always wager on a reliable Litecoin gaming site.
The list below offers some criteria that a good Litecoin gambling site should possess:
- The site should offer various bonuses with lax terms and conditions attached to them.
- The Litecoin gambling site should offer a reliable customer support service.
- A betting license should be available on that Litecoin gambling site.
- The Litecoin gambling site should offer various games with varying house edges.
Conclusion
Utilizing the five tips stated above, bettors are sure to secure a few more wins at a Litecoin gambling site. Following some or all of these tips would allow players to enjoy their time at a Litecoin gambling site.
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MANHATTAN, Kan. (AP) — All-American forward Ayoka Lee will undergo knee surgery and miss Kansas State's upcoming season, though Wildcats coach Jeff Mittie said Thursday she intends to take a medical redshirt and return for one more year.
Lee, who has dealt with lingering knee injuries the past two seasons, set a Division I record by scoring 61 points in a game against Oklahoma on Jan. 23.
She went on to average 22.0 points last season, setting the Kansas State school record, while pulling down 10.3 rebounds per game. The Wildcats reached the second round of the NCAA Tournament.
Lee already ranks ninth in school history with 1,661 points, sixth with 887 rebounds and third with 235 blocks.
The 6-6 forward from Byron, Minn., graduated in May with a decree in psychology.
Lee said she plans to work on her graduate degree in couples and family therapy while rehabbing from the surgery. The school didn't specify which knee.
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ONE Championship will make their debut on Amazon Prime this weekend, and MMA News will bring you the results for the mix of MMA and Muay Thai bouts being offered for ONE on Prime Video 1: Moraes vs. Johnson 2.
The event is headlined by the highly-anticipated rematch between ONE flyweight champion Adriano Moraes and former UFC champion Demetrious “Mighty Mouse” Johnson. Moraes famously introduced Johnson to ONE’s unique ruleset (knees to the head of grounded opponents are legal) when he stopped “Mighty Mouse” in the second round of their 2021 fight.
The main card also includes a pair of heavyweight MMA bouts. Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu world champion Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida will look to maintain his perfect MMA record against Kirill Grishenko, while Amir Aliakbari will square off with Mauro Cerilli.
In addition to MMA, the event features a number of ONE Championship Muay Thai bouts. These fights are contested in 4-ounce MMA gloves and take place in the same cage as their MMA bouts.
Be sure to check back here later for the results and highlights. But for now, you can view the breakdown of yesterday’s weigh-in results below along with the full card.
ONE On Prime Video 1 Weigh-In Results
As good a card as ONE Championship may have planned for their first offering on Amazon Prime, the event has already taken a hit following the pre-fight hydration testing and weigh-ins. A number of fighters failed to make weight or didn’t weigh-in at all after failing their final hydration test.
The flyweight Muay Thai bout between Rodtang Jitmuangnon and Savvas Michael was officially canceled after Rodtang’s difficult weight cut, but as of yet no other bouts have been altered due to weigh-in difficulties.
ONE on Prime Video 1 will take place at Singapore Indoor Stadium in Singapore. Below is the full card with weights listed for the fighters that didn’t fail their hydration tests, along with viewing information for the event.
Start times, fight card, and bout order subject to change.
(Note: All ONE weight classes are 10 lbs. heavier than traditional MMA weight classes. Whereas a flyweight title fight in the UFC would be contested at 125 lbs., in ONE it is 135 lbs.)
ONE On Prime Video 1 Main Card (Amazon Prime, 10:00 PM ET)
Main Event – Flyweight Title Bout: Adriano Moraes ( ) vs Demetrious Johnson (134.75)
Co-Main Event – Bantamweight Title Bout (Muay Thai): Nong – O Gaiyanghadao (144.5) vs Liam Harrison (145)
Flyweight Bout (Muay Thai, Tournament Semifinal): Rodtang Jitmuangnon ( ) vs Savvas Michael (134.25)
Heavyweight Bout: Marcus “Buchecha” Almeida (257.75 ) vs Kirill Grishenko ( )
Heayvweight Bout: Amir Aliakbari (258.75) vs Mauro Cerilli (259.5 )
Flyweight Bout (Muay Thai, Tournament Semifinal): Superlek Kiatmoo9 (135) vs Walter Gonclaves ( )
Lead Card (Amazon Prime, 8:00 AM ET)
Flyweight Bout (Muay Thai Tournament Alternate): Panpayak Jitmuangnon (135.5 ) vs Sherzod Kabutov ( )
Catchweight Bout (128 lbs, Muay Thai): Diandra Martin (127.5) vs Amber Kitchen (127.5)
Atomweight Bout: Itsuki Hirata ( ) vs Lin Heqin ( )
Welterweight Bout: Zebaztian Kadestam ( ) vs Iuri Lapicus (185.75)
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WASHINGTON — Chick-fil-A's grilled nuggets and grilled fillets contain a dairy allergen due to a accidental contamination from the chain's supplier, according to the fast-food restaurant.
The company reflected this change on its nutrition and allergens section, highlighting that the grilled chicken nugget and grilled fillets now contained a dairy allergen.
"We are actively working with the supplier so this doesn’t happen again and to ensure the allergen is removed," the company said in a statement. "We understand and take seriously the trust our guests place in us to make sure their food is how they expect it, and we apologize for this situation. Our priority is that our impacted guests can enjoy these products again soon."
The Atlanta-based chain's supplier had notified the restaurant of the accidental contamination in the grilled nuggets and fillets recipes. Chick-fil-A said it "took immediate steps to notify guests of this temporary issue."
A division of the Asthma and Allergy Foundation of America called Kids With Food Allergies noticed the change of the restaurant's menu items and posted it to Facebook.
The comments quickly filled up with parent concerns about the change and how it affected their children with dairy allergies. About 1 in 13 children have a food allergy, with the most common in the U.S. being milk, egg, fish, wheat, peanuts, tree nuts and shellfish, according to the CDC. | https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-world/chick-fil-as-grilled-nuggets-fillets-contain-dairy-allergen/507-c2e94820-7d81-4c1d-ad25-40653a2af442 | 2022-08-26T12:39:50Z | https://www.ksdk.com/article/news/nation-world/chick-fil-as-grilled-nuggets-fillets-contain-dairy-allergen/507-c2e94820-7d81-4c1d-ad25-40653a2af442 | true | 21 |
GENEVA (AP) — The World Health Organization chief made a passionate appeal for his embattled home region of Tigray in Ethiopia on Thursday, saying he has relatives he cannot communicate with or send money to amid a blockade by government forces.
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, in some of his most personal comments about the region that erupted in violence again on Wednesday after months of calm, lamented his inability to help loved ones among the 6 million people all but trapped in Tigray.
“I have many relatives there. I want to send the money. I cannot send the money. They are starving. I know I cannot help them,” he said, the latest in a string of pleas about Tigray he has made during regular WHO news briefings.
“I cannot help them. I can’t help them. I can share from what I have. I cannot do that because they are completely sealed off,” Tedros added. “I can’t speak to them. I don’t know even who is dead or who is alive.”
Tedros, an ethnic Tigrayan, insisted that he’s not playing favorites with Tigray and has spoken out about humanitarian crises in many places, including Yemen, Syria, Ukraine and Congo.
But he has sought to overcome perceived inaction and inattention from a world consumed with other trouble spots and worries, and previously said he believes his people have been overlooked because of the color of their skin.
He said the Tigray crisis was exceptional because the region is all but cut off from the world — including from most humanitarian aid shipments that its people need — by government forces in Ethiopia and neighboring Eritrea.
“Can you tell me any place in the same situation in the world?” he said. “We are talking about the six million people (who) are collectively being punished.”
On Wednesday, Tigray authorities accused Ethiopia’s military of launching a “large-scale” offensive for the first time in a year in Tigray. Government officials countered that Tigray forces had attacked first.
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Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA increased its holdings in shares of National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA – Get Rating) by 0.5% during the 1st quarter, according to the company in its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 1,064,473 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock after buying an additional 5,164 shares during the quarter. Massachusetts Financial Services Co. MA owned 1.16% of National Storage Affiliates Trust worth $66,806,000 as of its most recent filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC).
Several other large investors have also added to or reduced their stakes in the company. Ahrens Investment Partners LLC purchased a new stake in National Storage Affiliates Trust during the 1st quarter valued at about $42,000. HM Payson & Co. purchased a new stake in National Storage Affiliates Trust during the 4th quarter valued at about $68,000. Point72 Asset Management L.P. purchased a new stake in National Storage Affiliates Trust during the 4th quarter valued at about $69,000. Covestor Ltd purchased a new stake in National Storage Affiliates Trust during the 4th quarter valued at about $75,000. Finally, Destiny Wealth Partners LLC grew its stake in National Storage Affiliates Trust by 46.8% during the 1st quarter. Destiny Wealth Partners LLC now owns 1,735 shares of the real estate investment trust’s stock valued at $109,000 after purchasing an additional 553 shares during the last quarter. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 83.50% of the company’s stock.
Analysts Set New Price Targets
A number of brokerages have recently commented on NSA. Truist Financial lowered their target price on National Storage Affiliates Trust from $61.00 to $57.00 and set a “hold” rating on the stock in a research note on Wednesday, June 1st. Jefferies Financial Group lowered their target price on National Storage Affiliates Trust from $78.00 to $58.00 and set a “buy” rating on the stock in a research note on Thursday, June 30th. Finally, Morgan Stanley lowered their target price on National Storage Affiliates Trust from $60.00 to $52.00 in a research note on Wednesday, May 25th. Four equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and three have given a buy rating to the company. According to MarketBeat.com, the stock currently has a consensus rating of “Hold” and an average target price of $60.50.
National Storage Affiliates Trust Stock Performance
National Storage Affiliates Trust (NYSE:NSA – Get Rating) last released its quarterly earnings results on Wednesday, August 3rd. The real estate investment trust reported $0.24 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.37 by ($0.13). National Storage Affiliates Trust had a return on equity of 4.79% and a net margin of 14.91%. During the same period last year, the firm posted $0.55 earnings per share. Sell-side analysts anticipate that National Storage Affiliates Trust will post 2.84 EPS for the current fiscal year.
National Storage Affiliates Trust Company Profile
National Storage Affiliates Trust is a Maryland real estate investment trust focused on the ownership, operation and acquisition of self storage properties located within the top 100 metropolitan statistical areas throughout the United States. As of September 30, 2020, the Company held ownership interests in and operated 788 self storage properties located in 35 states and Puerto Rico with approximately 49.5 million rentable square feet.
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“JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle for the Stars Remake” fifth trailer announced
Bandai Namco announced today the fifth trailer for the manga fighting game “JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure: Battle of the Stars Remastered”, which will be available on PS4/5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and Switch on September 1st , the Steam version will be launched on September 2!
Game trailer
“JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure: Clash of the Stars R” will gather a total of 50 characters who have appeared in “JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure”. The game also includes Star Wars Mode, Arcade Mode, Duel Mode, Online Mode, Practice Mode, Custom Mode and Shop & Pokédex Mode. In addition to experiencing the original battle scene in the main mode, you can also enjoy the battle mode between various characters appearing in the series, with a total of more than 100 battles with various rules to choose from. After clearing the level, you can get special costumes for the characters, as well as pictures that can be enjoyed in the Pokédex mode. Even people who are not good at fighting games can easily enjoy the fun of nirvana through the one-click combination function.
This work is based on “JOJO’s Bizarre Adventure All Star Battle” released in 2013, and adjusts the original game rhythm, some moves and other game contents. The first to sixth characters included in this work are all newly dubbed by Japanese voice actors of the animated version.
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The homeless encampment in Phoenix has grown to over 800 people from about 250 last year. Service providers say rising rents, high inflation and the end of the eviction moratorium play a role.
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COVA Acquisition Corp. (NASDAQ:COVA – Get Rating) was the recipient of a significant growth in short interest in the month of August. As of August 15th, there was short interest totalling 7,100 shares, a growth of 238.1% from the July 31st total of 2,100 shares. Based on an average daily trading volume, of 124,400 shares, the days-to-cover ratio is presently 0.1 days.
COVA Acquisition Stock Performance
NASDAQ COVA opened at $9.86 on Friday. The business’s 50-day moving average price is $9.85 and its 200 day moving average price is $9.81. COVA Acquisition has a twelve month low of $9.61 and a twelve month high of $9.90.
Hedge Funds Weigh In On COVA Acquisition
Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the company. Condor Capital Management purchased a new position in shares of COVA Acquisition in the 1st quarter worth about $54,000. Wealthspring Capital LLC purchased a new position in shares of COVA Acquisition in the 1st quarter worth about $133,000. Sage Mountain Advisors LLC purchased a new position in shares of COVA Acquisition in the 1st quarter worth about $134,000. DeepCurrents Investment Group LLC acquired a new stake in shares of COVA Acquisition in the fourth quarter valued at about $173,000. Finally, Lynwood Capital Management Inc. acquired a new stake in shares of COVA Acquisition in the first quarter valued at about $245,000. 59.06% of the stock is currently owned by hedge funds and other institutional investors.
COVA Acquisition Company Profile
COVA Acquisition Corp. does not have significant operations. It focuses on effecting a merger, share exchange, asset acquisition, share purchase, reorganization, or similar business combination with one or more businesses or entities. It intends to focus on businesses in the technology industry in Southeast Asia or the United States.
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Let’s start up with the current stock price of Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG), which is $31.67 to be very precise. The Stock rose vividly during the last session to $32.8578 after opening rate of $32.73 while the lowest price it went was recorded $31.32 before closing at $32.41.Recently in News on August 17, 2022, NOG Announces Midland Basin Bolt-on Acquisition. HIGHLIGHTS. You can read further details here
Northern Oil and Gas Inc. had a pretty favorable run when it comes to the market performance. The 1-year high price for the company’s stock is recorded $39.10 on 06/08/22, with the lowest value was $20.02 for the same time period, recorded on 01/24/22.
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Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG) full year performance was 101.21%
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, Northern Oil and Gas Inc. shares are logging -19.00% during the 52-week period from high price, and 107.13% 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 $15.29 and $39.10.
The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Energy managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 1055087 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 Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG) recorded performance in the market was 53.89%, having the revenues showcasing 6.74% on a quarterly basis in comparison with the same period year before. At the time of this writing, the total market value of the company is set at 2.57B, as it employees total of 25 workers.
Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG) in the eye of market guru’s
During the last month, 9 analysts gave the Northern Oil and Gas Inc. a BUY rating, 1 of the polled analysts branded the stock as an OVERWEIGHT, 1 analysts were recommending to HOLD this stock, 0 of them gave the stock UNDERWEIGHT rating, and 0 of the polled analysts provided SELL rating.
According to the data provided on Barchart.com, the moving average of the company in the 100-day period was set at 28.31, with a change in the price was noted +3.15. In a similar fashion, Northern Oil and Gas Inc. posted a movement of +11.04% for the period of last 100 days, recording 1,098,722 in trading volumes.
Total Debt to Equity Ratio (D/E) can also provide valuable insight into the company’s financial health and market status. The debt to equity ratio can be calculated by dividing the present total liabilities of a company by shareholders’ equity. Debt to Equity thus makes a valuable metrics that describes the debt, company is using in order to support assets, correlating with the value of shareholders’ equity The total Debt to Equity ratio for NOG is recording 0.00 at the time of this writing. In addition, long term Debt to Equity ratio is set at 7.22.
Northern Oil and Gas Inc. (NOG): Stocks Technical analysis and Trends
Raw Stochastic average of Northern Oil and Gas Inc. in the period of last 50 days is set at 75.02%. The result represents downgrade in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 82.75%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 85.79% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 87.16%.
If we look into the earlier routines of Northern Oil and Gas Inc., multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company’s stock appears to be pessimistic, given the fact the metric is recording 53.89%. Additionally, trading for the stock in the period of the last six months notably improved by 36.16%, alongside a boost of 101.21% for the period of the last 12 months. The shares increased approximately by -0.75% in the 7-day charts and went down by 14.33% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were driven by 6.74% during last recorded quarter. | https://investchronicle.com/2022/08/26/northern-oil-and-gas-inc-nog-cant-be-written-off-after-posting-last-3-months-average-volume-of-1-20m/ | 2022-08-26T12:51:00Z | https://investchronicle.com/2022/08/26/northern-oil-and-gas-inc-nog-cant-be-written-off-after-posting-last-3-months-average-volume-of-1-20m/ | true | 19675 |
We love a stowaway pet story, and here’s one that really bowled us over this week. As teen cricketer Tyler Ivey unpacked his bat and pads from his kitbag after arriving for an away game, he was stunned to hear his team-mates shouting about a "rat" running around in the changing room.
Tyler, 15, took one look at the rodent scampering across the floor and realised it was his pet hamster Gerbus. He had been asleep in his bag for the team's two-hour journey from Holsworthy in Devon to Liskeard in Cornwall. Adventurous Gerbus had snuck into the bag while Tyler was cleaning out his cage that morning.
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Tyler said: "Gerbus is quite lively and mischievous. On the morning of the match, I had to get up pretty early to clean out his cage before I went. But I forgot to put him back and when I got into the changing rooms he got out of the bag."
Gerbus enjoyed the match as guest of honour, with the home team laying on cold towels to keep him cool, and a steady supply of carrots to snack on.
"He was loving life," said Tyler. "He was quite pampered, to be honest, and was loving all the attention."
Unfortunately for Gerbus, he is unlikely to get the star treatment again any time soon.
He didn’t turn out to be a lucky charm for Tyler’s team, Holsworthy Cricket Club, who lost the match.
Has your pet turned up somewhere unexpected? Send your hilarious stories to petclub@mirror.co.uk
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My dog has no recall. How can I get him to come back to me?
You need to make sure you’re more fun than chasing that squirrel. Be confident that he knows his name, choose a word or signal for calling him back, and stick with it – perhaps “come”, “here” or a whistle.
Holding your arms open wide is great if he can’t hear you. Start training in a safe place with few distractions, such as your garden.
Get his attention by using his name, then use your recall cue and take a step away.
If he comes, make sure that you reward him with praise and a treat or play.
Gradually raise the distance between you both and add some distractions.
When you’re confident, use a long-line lead with a harness, never a collar, and practice in different places.
If he doesn’t respond, give him at least five seconds before calling again. Repeating the cue could teach him it’s OK not to come.
Reward your dog and ensure you shower him with praise when he returns. If he ignores you, stay calm and gently guide him back using the long-line or collect him. But don’t pull him because this may put him off coming to you.
Be patient and have fun. If you have any concerns, only let him off the lead in safe areas. For information and expert advice, visit dogstrust.org.uk
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Sam Felstead has good reason to give Billy an extra treat or two. She believes he saved her life by jumping on her chest in bed as she suffered a heart attack in her sleep. Sam, 42, woke to find she couldn’t move and had a shooting pain down her right side. She called out to mum Karen and was rushed to hospital where doctors confirmed her heart attack. The Nottingham medical receptionist said: “I woke in the early hours covered in sweat. Billy was on my chest and meowing loudly. I’m just glad he woke me up. Who knows if I would have got up without him?”
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Meet handsome boy Erik, from Aberdeen, who stands 15 hands tall and is a Connemara x breed. He is 14 years old and his proud owner Amanda Nico, 51, has had him since he was five. Amanda says: "Here’s a total dude. He loves tangerines and extra strong mints but he isn’t keen on asparagus.
"His absolute favourite thing is being out in the hills and going on adventures."
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GIRLS GOLF
Yorkville 195, Plainfield Central 235
Mia Natividad shot a 38 to lead the Foxes to a dual meet win. Laine Leonard posted a 49, Grace Taylor a 50 and Ellery Hyett a 58.
Kaneland 177, Sandwich 267
Melody Goldstein shot a 56 to lead Sandwich at Edgebrook. Georgia Vehe chipped in a 60, Cora Adams a 75 and Ruby Ferguson a 76.
BOYS SOCCER
Reed-Custer 3, Sandwich 2
Kayden Page tallied the first goal of the season in the first half and Luis Baez found the back of the net in the second for Sandwich (0-2). Johnathon Carlson made 20 saves in goal.
Streator 5, Plano 0
Juan Quinones made eight saves in goal for Plano (2-1).
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Inflation eases as consumer prices rise 6.3% in July
WASHINGTON (AP) — Inflation eased last month as energy prices tumbled, raising hopes that a surge in prices increases may have peaked.
According to a Commerce Department report Friday that is closely watched by the Federal Reserve, consumer prices rose 6.3% in July from a year earlier after posting an annual increase of 6.8% in June, biggest jump since 1982. Energy prices made the difference in July: They dropped last month after surging in June.
So-called core inflation, which excludes volatile food and energy prices, rose 4.6% last month from a year earlier after rising 4.8% in June. The drop — along with a reduction in the Labor Department’s consumer price index last month — suggests that inflationary pressures may be starting to ease.
On a monthly basis, consumer prices actually fell 0.1% from June to July; core inflation blipped up 0.1%, the Commerce Department reported.
Inflation started rising sharply in the spring of 2021 as the economy rebounded with surprising speed from the short but devastating coronavirus recession a year earlier. Surging customer orders overwhelmed factories, ports and freightyards, leading to delays, shortages and higher prices. Inflation is a worldwide problem, especially since the Russian invasion of Ukraine drove up global food and energy prices.
In the United States, the Commerce Department’s personal consumption expenditures (PCE) index is less well known than the Labor Department’s consumer price index (CPI).
But the Fed prefers the PCE index as a gauge of inflationary pressures, partly because the Commerce index attempts to measure how consumers adjust to rising prices by, for example, substituting cheaper store brands for pricier name brands.
CPI has been showing higher inflation than PCE; Last month, for instance, CPI was running at an 8.5% annual pace after hitting a four-decade high 9.1% in June. One reason: The Labor Department’s index gives more weight to rents, which have soared this year.
The Commerce Department also reported Friday that Americans’ after-tax personal income rose 0.3% from June to July after adjusting for inflation; it has fallen in June. Consumer spending rose 0.2% last month after accounting for higher prices.
The Fed was slow to respond to rising inflation, thinking it the temporary result of supply chain bottlenecks. But as prices continued to climb, the U.S. central bank moved aggressively, hiking its benchmark interest rate four times since March.
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FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Addmotor, which offers a wide selection of electric bikes and trikes in stock for shipment, celebrated the grand opening of its new showroom expansion in Florida in August 2022. The new showroom allows Addmotor to pick, pack, and ship packages to customers in more than ten states around the USA, which includes Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Mississippi, Virginia, Pennsylvania, Tennessee, etc. Customers from these states can receive their e-bikes within 1-3 days after placing the order online.
Debuting Addmotor Florida Showroom
With the steady growth and operation of the first showroom established in California in 2018, the opening of the Florida showroom comes at a time of record growth for the company - Addmotor boasts rapid growth rates in the first and second quarters of 2022. Additionally, new e-bikes and e-trikes will be launched in the fourth quarter. This new showroom & warehouse expansion will greatly shorten the delivery time to many customers living in the eastern parts of the country and provide opportunities for future growth.
The new showroom is located in Fort Lauderdale, Florida. It features multiple common work areas and reception rooms with oversized windows for optimal natural sunlight, as well as a maintenance area that provides after-sale service and support to Addriders. Not only that but there is a spacious place in front of the building for employees to take their breaks and relax.
What can people expect from the showroom?
Sales: Shop Addmotor's full product lineup of electric bikes, electric trikes accessories, replacement parts, and merch.
Coming Test Rides: Passionate Addmotor staff put their hearts into helping customers find the perfect electric bike and provide tips on how to get the most out of it for many years to come. They will guide customers in learning how to operate and use the e-bike. Addmotor will start test ride service soon. If customers are new to e-bike cycling and have no idea on how to choose the right e-bike, just go for a test ride.
Service & Support: Addmotor's professional mechanical team will assist Addriders in troubleshooting and diagnosing any problems that they may have with their e-bikes. This service will be improved in the fourth quarter.
To know the specific location of the Florida Showroom, please visit Addmotor's website.
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Spider-Man fandom is in Tyler Scott Hoover's blood — but not because he was bitten by an irradiated arachnid. His father had collected Marvel comic books featuring the character since the 1970s.
"He passed down a ton of comics to me," said Hoover, 32, of Glen Burnie, Md. "It kind of makes it almost like a religion. It would have been hard for me not to become a fan of Spider-Man."
There are legions of fans of Spider-Man, who in early August marked 60 years in the vast, imaginative world of comic books, movies and merch. Among those fans are devotees like Hoover, a professional Spider-Man cosplayer and model who doesn't resemble the longtime "canon" presentation of the character. However, in the cinematic and comics universes, a Black Spider-Man is now reality.
Hoover is biracial — of Black and white ancestry — and stands at 6 feet 2 inches. And the story of his fandom illustrates an important point about the superpowered wall-crawler: The appeal of the character long ago transcended its original iteration as a white, unimposing, orphaned teenager.
The Spider-Man character's classic costume, complete with wide-eyed and web-patterned mask, is a key ingredient to the character's appeal across race, gender and nationality. Almost anyone can imagine themselves behind it as this everyman — an underestimated smartypants who, after a quick change into head-to-toe spandex, becomes a force for good.
"The older I got, slowly but surely, I saw how relatable the character was," Hoover said. "He had to work through his struggles while still maintaining a secret identity and doing good for the people. That kind of moral compass is powerful, especially for an impressionable mind."
More important, Hoover said, is Spider-Man's struggle to protect his hometown. That makes the character more believable than superheroes whose origin stories include wealth and influence. No coincidence, surely, that he refers to himself as "your friendly neighborhood Spider-Man."
Created by the late Stan Lee and Steve Ditko, Spider-Man appeared in comics as early as June 1962, although the canon date of his debut is Aug. 10, 1962, in Marvel's Amazing Fantasy/15. Peter Parker, a high schooler bitten by a spider from a science experiment, developed superhuman strength, the ability to cling to solid surfaces and fast reflexes aided by the ability to sense and anticipate danger.
But on his journey to becoming a superhero, Parker fails to stop a burglar who kills his Uncle Ben, leaving his adoptive aunt widowed. The character then strives to honor the words etched at the end of that debut issue, later attributed to his uncle: "With great power, there must also come great responsibility."
A new look
Racially and culturally diverse superheroes, generally absent from the mainstream comics scene during its first decades, began to emerge in the years after Spider-Man's debut, particularly at Marvel.
In 1966, Black Panther, also known as Prince T'Challa of the fictional and reclusive nation of Wakanda, became the first Black Marvel comic superhero. Debuting in the 1970s were characters such as Storm, the mutant goddess most known as a member of Marvel's X-Men; Luke Cage, Marvel's formerly imprisoned Black Harlemite with superhuman strength and nearly impenetrable skin; Shang-Chi, the master martial artist who is among the first Asian Marvel superheroes, and Red Wolf, the expert archer and first Native American Marvel superhero.
"Sometimes when we think of superheroes, we think of billionaires in suits, brilliant scientists or Norse gods," said Angelique Roche, host of the podcast "Marvel's Voices" and co-author of the upcoming book "My Super Hero Is Black."
Spider-Man turned the idea of mostly privileged humans using their wealth and power to become heroes on its head, she said. Spider-Man iterations, in the comics and in film, have appeared across multiple universes, or the so-called "spiderverse." Miles Morales, a teenage, Afro Latino Spider-Man, has become wildly popular and starred in his own animated feature film. Cindy Moon, a Korean-American known as Silk, was bitten by the same spider as Peter Parker.
"Because Spider Man means so much to us, we should always be open to the possibilities," Roche said. "We should always hope and believe that there's never going to be a dearth of people who want to fight for what's right."
In July, Spider-Man was inducted into the Comic-Con Hall of Fame during the annual convention in San Diego. Fans flooded the convention hall in costumes that spanned various iterations of the character.
Because of the mask, Spider-Man has been a safer choice for cosplayers hoping to avoid the staunch purists, or those who criticize others for deviating from canonized representations of superheroes. But cosplay doesn't have to be canon, said Andrew Liptak, a historian and author of the book "Cosplay, a History: The Builders, Fans and Makers Who Bring Your Favorite Stories to Life."
"Ultimately, it's about your relationship to the character," he says. "You're literally wearing your fandom on your sleeves."
Liptak also said it's unfair to expect fans of color to dress up only as superheroes whose appearance or skin color matches their own.
In the recent film "Spider-Man: No Way Home," Electro, the villain played by Academy Award-winning actor Jamie Foxx, joked to Andrew Garfield's Spider-Man that he was surprised Spider-Man wasn't Black. Whether or not that opens the door to a live-action Black Spider-Man in future films, Hoover said Spider-Man should never be boxed into just one look.
"You will get those who argue, if you turn Spider-Man Black then you can turn T'Challa white," Hoover said.
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Sir,
Recently, the Mysuru Traffic Police collected an amount Rs. 1.10 crore as traffic fine from the traffic rules violators. At least a part of this income should be ploughed back towards the safety and benefit of the motorists who adhere to the traffic rules.
There is an immediate and urgent requirement of traffic signal lights at the junction of busy Gokulam road and Hunsur road.
When a traffic cop is posted at this junction the motorists get some solace. But it appears that owing to shortage of men, Traffic Police is not getting posted here on daily regular basis. The photograph speaks in volume the agony faced by the motorists to cross this busy junction.
Hope the concerned authorities will use the traffic fines collected by them to mitigate the woes faced by the motorists at this junction, by installing traffic signal lights on top priority. Also the fine levied may be utilised for the betterment of traffic system in Mysuru.
– K. Chandrahas, Mysuru, 2.8.2022
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HONG KONG, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Akeso, Inc. (9926.HK) ("Akeso"), a biopharmaceutical company committed to the research, development, manufacturing and commercialization of either first-in-class or best-in-class therapies, announced a review article featuring on Cadonilimab, a first-in-class PD-1/CTLA-4 bi-specific antibody developed by the company, was published in Drugs, a peer-reviewed medical journal specializing in pharmaceutics.
The article provides an in-depth and comprehensive summary of the prospective drug design rationale of Cadonilimab, clinical trials progress in different tumors, and milestones in the development of Cadonilimab leading to its first approval.
Cadonilimab received its first approval on June 2022 in China for use in patients withrelapsed or metastatic cervical cancer (r/m CC) who have progressed on or after platinum-based chemotherapy. Cadonilimab is the globally first dual immune checkpoint inhibitor bi-specific antibody approved for marketing. It is worth mentioning that the approval of Cadonilimab not only marks China's innovative biotech companies starting to reap the fruits after years of R&D investments but also demonstrates that Chinese biotech companies represented by Akeso are closing the gap with global pharmaceutical companies rapidly in innovative drug development.
There are many ongoing trials of Cadonilimab as monotherapy or combination therapy for the treatment of a range of solid tumors, including cervical cancer, lung cancer, gastric/gastroesophageal junction cancer, oesophageal squamous cell cancer, liver cancer, and nasopharyngeal cancer.
In addition to Cadonilimab, Akeso also promotes many drug candidates efficiently. Ivonescimab (PD-1/VEGF bi-specific antibody, AK112), the second globally first-in-class bi-specific antibody, is in phase III trials, and the third bi-specific antibody(PD-1/LAG-3) is about to enter the clinical stage. Akeso hopes to bring more innovative high-quality biologics to the market for the benefit of patients worldwide.
For 50 years, Drugs has been the definitive journal of drugs and therapeutics, promoting optimum pharmacotherapy by publishing reviews and original research authored by leading international clinicians and researchers to support clinical decision-making. In 2022, Drugs has an impact factor of 11.431.
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The suspect behind former Japan prime minister Shinzo Abe’s assasination claimed he suffered major financial setbacks to the point of bankruptcy because his mother donationed huge sums to the controversial Unification Church.
Tetsuya Yamagami, presently in detention for his mental evaluation, has said in a letter and tweets believed to be made by him, that his mother made donations worth thousands of dollars to the institution during his teenage years — an experience that completely jeopardised his entire life.
“After my mother joined the church (in the 1990s), my entire teenage years were gone, with some 100 million yen [£617,400] wasted,” Mr Yamagami wrote in a typed letter.
“It’s not an exaggeration to say my experience during that time has kept distorting my entire life,” he said.
The letter was sent by Mr Yamagami to a blogger in western Japan before Abe’s assasination in Nara and a draft of the letter was found in a computer confiscated from his single-room apartment, police officials said.
“Though I feel bitter, Abe is not my true enemy. He is only one of the Unification Church’s most influential sympathisers,” he wrote.
The church is said to have deep ties with Japan’s ruling party lawmakers and even with Abe himself, who had praised its emphasis on family values.
“I’ve already lost the mental space to think about political meanings or the consequences Abe’s death will bring,” Mr Yamagami had further stated.
He was four years old when his father, who worked as an executive of a company founded by the suspect’s grandfather, died by suicide.
His mother had joined the Unification Church following this and made donations that led the family to bankruptcy due to which Mr Yamagami could not attend college.
His brother also died by suicide later.
Mr Yamagami had tried killing himself in 2005, but his mother did not return from South Korea where the church is located at the time, his uncle said.
He had a three-year stint in the country’s navy and was recently employed as a factory worker.
Mr Yamagami’s mother donated 60m yen (£372,037) to the church within months of joining, his uncle has claimed in media interviews. She also sold company property worth 40m yen (£247,529) after the death of her husband in 2002, leaving the family with no money.
The uncle added that he stopped assisting Mr Yamagami’s mother and stopped giving money for food and school to her children because she was diverting the money to church instead of fulfilling her children’s basic needs.
When Mr Yamagami shot dead Abe, his mother reportedly told prosecutors she was sorry for causing trouble to the church over her son’s alleged crime.
She has remained a follower of the controversial church.
The 41-year-old suspect, who apparently tweeted under the handle “Silent Hill 333”, had also documented his plight, political beliefs and the impact of having a Church-fanatic mother on social media.
He said his grandfather blamed his mother for the family’s abject condition and had even attempted to kill her.
“What’s most hopeless is that my grandfather was right. But I wanted to believe my mother,” he had said in a December 2019 tweet.
The Unification Church, founded in South Korea, has faced strong allegations for unethically recruiting people and brainwashing them into making huge donations for decades, since the 1980s.
Abe was shot dead in western Japan’s Nara city during a campaign speech on 8 July.
Mr Yamagami was taken into custody soon after the attack. He had allegedly used a homemade gun.
Several Japanese citizens have expressed their sympathy with Mr Yamagami and have sought for prosecutorial leniency for him. There have also been suggestions of sending care packages to his detention centre to cheer him up, reported the Associated Press.
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THE best things about the ‘bucket and spade’ holiday include eating fish and chips on the beach, rock pooling and Mr Whippy ice cream, according to research.
But on the flip side, some of the worst things about a beach break include getting divebombed by seagulls and enduring sand in your sandwiches.
A study of 2,000 adults took a nostalgic trip down memory lane and found 51 per cent love everything the traditional British seaside has to offer.
Crabbing and visiting local tea rooms also feature in the top 20 list, as do penny arcades, pier strolls and beach ball games.
Having a nightmare trying to park, crammed beaches and screaming kids everywhere are also unfortunate parts of a staycation.
Additionally, 31 per cent admit their trip to the seaside can also go horribly wrong if they forget to take essentials such as sun lotion, as well as contact lenses (nine per cent), sunglasses (29 per cent) or something to sit on (23 per cent).
The research was commissioned by Vision Direct to highlight the joys of a beach break, but what can also go wrong if you forget crucial items.
This was brought to life as beachgoers were left stumped when they were tasked to count the number of beach balls in a visual puzzle – in sympathy for those who have left glasses or contact lenses at home.
Barney Streeting, general manager for the contact lens specialist, said: “Many of us will be familiar with the feeling of arriving at a staycation destination, excited to start relaxing, only to discover that you’ve forgotten an essential item like your contact lenses.”
The study also found sea views and letting the kids dig holes in the sand are other best things about a ‘bucket and spade’ staycation, as well as sticks of rocks, donkey rides and building sandcastles.
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But a trip can quickly fall apart when forgetting essentials, as 28 per cent of poor-sighted Brits have struggled to enjoy their seaside holiday after forgetting their prescription contact lenses or glasses.
This is despite 49 per cent packing ‘everything including the kitchen sink’ when going away, according to additional research of 2,000 UK holidaymakers.
And in spite of their thorough packing ability, 68 per cent said it’s still likely they will leave something behind.
The beauty of a trip within the UK means you can pack twice as much as you would for a trip abroad, according to 46 per cent of holiday goers.
Slippers, teabags, their own pillow and a favourite mug are among the beloved items they stash in the back of the car for a staycation.
However, 73 per cent have had to hit up the local shops the moment they’ve reached their destination to buy belongings they’d forgotten to pack.
Toiletries, phone chargers and sunglasses are among some of the most commonly left behind items, but holidaymakers have also forgotten underwear, medicines and contact lenses in the past.
The research, conducted via OnePoll, also revealed 28 per cent have found themselves butting heads with another family member after carelessly leaving something at home during a UK break away.
Barney Streeting added: “We wanted to remind people of how clear vision can make or break a holiday.
“The best times often seem to go by in a blur, so it’s a good idea to make sure your eyesight doesn’t go the same way.”
TOP 20 BEST THINGS ABOUT A 'BUCKET AND SPADE' HOLIDAY:
1. Sea views
2. Sea air
3. Eating fish and chips on the beach
4. Paddling
5. Mr Whippy Ice Cream
6. Warm sand under your feet
7. Pier strolls
8. Building sandcastles
9. Swimming in the sea
10. Penny arcades
11. Visiting local tea rooms
12. Not too far to travel
13. Rock pooling
14. Kids digging holes
15. Sticks of rock
16. Games with the beach ball
17. Having a drink in a beach bar
18. Donuts
19. Donkey rides
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Russel Balenger to fill Dai Thao’s unexpired term on St. Paul city council
On Wednesday, the St. Paul City Council will appoint nonprofit founder Russel Balenger to serve the remainder of St. Paul Council Member Dai Thao’s unexpired term.
Balenger will hold the Ward 1 seat representing Summit-University, Frogtown, and parts of adjoining neighborhoods largely connected by University Avenue and the Green Line light rail corridor, including the area around Allianz Field, the Major League Soccer stadium in the Midway.
Balenger was one of seven finalists interviewed by the city council last week. In all, 22 applicants vied for the job, which runs through 2023.
Balenger was born and raised in St. Paul’s Rondo neighborhood and has also lived in Chicago and Ann Arbor. He is the founder and director of the Circle of Peace Movement, which brings together community members, nonprofits and police officers to pursue non-violent conflict resolution and racial healing.
“I am looking forward to the opportunity to further the work of making Ward 1 a strong and lasting example of a great place to live,” said Balenger, in a written statement. “My life’s work has lead me to this role, and I will deliver for the people of my community.”
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What are the options of the Chief Minister of Jharkhand now
New Delhi:
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will seek swift legal and policy action after he was disqualified as a lawmaker for entering into a mining contract with the state government despite his tenure.
Here are the 5 best possibilities
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The governor – following the election commission’s report after the BJP plea hearings – will announce the disqualification, sources told NDTV. This means that Mr. Soren loses his membership in the assembly. He and his cabinet will then have to resign. The government can be reconstituted. But can Hemant Soren immediately take over the prime minister’s chair? Generally, it is not necessary to be already an MP for this. So the simple answer is yes.
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There is a gray area. If a legislator is disqualified under the anti-defection law, he cannot be a minister until he is re-elected as an MP. Will this precedent apply here? In Mr. Soren’s case, the disqualification does not fall under the anti-defection law. Here Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act applies, whose key question – should he first be re-elected? — has not yet been decided by any constitutional court.
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After the vacancy of the seat of Mr. Soren, the electoral commission must organize a partial election within six months. Mr. Soren can challenge and reclaim the seat. But, if he is unable to be chief minister until then, the JMM-Congress alliance may have to elect someone else as president. And Hemant Soren can come back later as chief minister. He could have had worse. According to the law, an MP guilty of a conflict of interest can even be banned from running for office for up to five years, according to experts. Sources say Mr Soren is not receiving this punishment.
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Politically too, it is not such a straight line. Weakened by the turn of events, Hemant Soren may have to appease some factions. There were already allegations that the BJP was trying to overthrow the government, after three JMM lawmakers were caught with Rs 50 lakh cash in Bengal. The BJP has denied these allegations. These MPs said they were in Kolkata to buy sarees. But much has been read between the lines, especially with the BJP’s recent return to power in Maharashtra after a coup in the Shiv Sena.
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While Hemant Soren resolves his individual issues, the JMM-Congress may have to prove his majority in the House. The assembly has 82 members, of which the JMM has 30, the Congress 17 – an easy majority of 47. Moreover, it enjoys the support of a few others. The BJP leads the opposition with 25 members, according to the Vidhan Sabha website. But the fiasco of MPs with cash in Bengal shows the math may not be as simple as it looks on paper. The BJP calls for midterm polls “for moral reasons”. But the minister and leader of Congress Alamgir Alam ruled out any threat against the government: “Hemant Soren continues to be our leader”.
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8 Best Movies on Amazon Prime You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Amazon Prime Video library has thousands of titles you can stream at any time. Even with all those options, you might feel like you’re struggling to find something to watch. It’s understandable; there are just so many movies and shows out there that it can be tough to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to finding fresh entertainment. Here are eight of our favorite movies on Amazon Prime that you may not have heard of yet, but we think you should definitely check out!
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1. The Golden Compass (2007) – Movies on Amazon Prime
If you’re in the mood for an epic fantasy adventure, The Golden Compass is the perfect movie for you. Starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. This film is based on the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The story follows Lyra, a young girl who lives in a parallel universe where everyone has a daemon or animal companion. When Lyra’s friend Roger goes missing, she sets out on a journey to find him with the help of her daemon Pantalaimon.
2. Nobody (2021) – Movies on Amazon Prime
If you are in the mood for a mind-bending psychological thriller, then check out one of the best movies on Amazon Prime called ‘Nobody’. This film stars Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, an unassuming father, and a husband who’s taken for granted by everyone in his life. When Hutch is robbed one night, he decides not to fight back or call the police. But this decision sets off a chain of events that leads him down a dark path.
3. The Blind Side (2009) – Movies on Amazon Prime
You may have seen The Blind Side (2009) starring Sandra Bullock, but you may not know that it’s based on a true story. Michael Oher (played by Quinton Aaron) was a homeless teenager who was taken in by a wealthy family, the Tuohys. Leigh Anne Tuohy (played by Bullock) saw something in Michael and helped him develop his skills in football. He eventually went on to play for the Baltimore Ravens.
4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth (2008)
If you’re looking for a family-friendly movie that’s both entertaining and educational, Journey to the Center of the Earth is a great choice. The film follows a group of scientists. They travel deep into the earth’s core in an effort to find out what happened to a missing colleague. Along the way, they encounter all sorts of obstacles and dangers but ultimately reach their destination safely. This film is sure to thrill and delight viewers of all ages.
5. Life Of Pi (2012) – Movies on Amazon Prime
Life of Pi is a heartwarming story about a boy named Pi who gets stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The movie is visually stunning, and the acting is top-notch. Life of Pi is based on a best-selling novel. It’s one of the few movies that’s actually better than the book.
6. The Time Machine (2002)
If you’re in the mood for a time-traveling adventure, The Time Machine is the perfect movie for you. Based on the 1895 novel by H.G. Wells. The Time Machine tells the story of a scientist who invents the time machine and travels to the future to find out what has become of humanity. Along the way, he discovers that the world is not as it seems and that he must fight to save humanity from destruction.
7. About Time (2013) – Movies on Amazon Prime
If you’re looking for a feel-good movie that will make you laugh, cry, and think, then About Time is the perfect film for you. This 2013 romantic comedy stars Domhnall Gleeson as Tim. A man who discovers he has the ability to travel through time. Throughout the movie, Tim uses his power to try and improve his life and the lives of those around him. About Time is a heartwarming story about family and the love to cherish every moment.
8. The Lost City Of Z (2016) – Movies on Amazon Prime
The Lost City of Z is a 2016 film directed by James Gray and based on the 2009 book of the same name by David Grann. The film stars Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, and Tom Holland. The Lost City of Z tells the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a lost city in the Amazon jungle in 1925. The film was a critical and commercial success, with many praising its direction, acting, cinematography, and production design.
In conclusion, these are eight underrated movies on Amazon Prime you may have never heard of. These films are all different in genre and style, but they are all excellent examples of what the streaming service has to offer. So next time you’re looking for something new to watch, be sure to check out one of these titles.
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Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech alleging patent infringement on Covid vaccine
Moderna said Friday it was suing Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging the two companies copied Moderna’s technology to make its Covid Comirnaty vaccine.
“We believe that Pfizer and BioNTech illegally copied Moderna’s inventions, and they have continued to use them without permission,” Moderna Chief Legal Officer Shannon Thyme Klinger said in a statement.
The patent infringement suits were filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Düsseldorf Regional Court in Germany, according to a press release.
Moderna said it filed patents between 2010 and 2016 for its mRNA technology, which was key in the company’s creation of its own Covid vaccine. The company alleges that Pfizer and BioNTech then copied this same technology for Comirnaty.
“We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said the CEO of the company, Stéphane Bancel.
“This foundational platform, which we started building in 2010, along with our patented work on coronaviruses in 2015 and 2016, has enabled us to produce a safe and highly effective Covid-19 vaccine in record time after outbreak. of the pandemic.
Bancel said the company continues to use the technology to develop treatments for influenza and HIV, as well as autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases and rare forms of cancer.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Loons looking for more goals out of striker Mender Garcia than his predecessor, Adrien Hunou
Mender Garcia and Adrien Hunou will adjoin in Minnesota United history, but the two players show clear contrasts.
The interwoven connection: Garcia immediately filled one of three high-priced Designated Player slot vacated when Hunou was transferred to French club Angers in late June. The Loons moved Hunou back to his home country and took another bet on a Colombian attacker.
If it is an upgrade or not will be determined by goals scored.
How Garcia and Hunou go about that shows a division.
In 35 games since May 2021, Hunou never fully embraced or executed a willingness to be the front man, outwardly saying he liked to be a member of the band. He didn’t score enough last season, wasn’t quite a fit in manager Adrian Heath’s system throughout and saw his chances to play evaporate this season.
When asked about his preferred position Wednesday, Garcia didn’t hesitate: striker.
“I think my position is clear,” Garcia said through a translation from club employee Gaby Lozada. “… Even though I can do the wing well because of my power. I can do it quickly. I have a lot of characteristics that help me (be) successful in that position.”
Heath played Garcia next to incumbent striker Luis Amarilla briefly in the Loons’ 2-1 victory over Austin on Saturday before Amarilla was subbed off for the final 10-plus minutes and Garcia went up top.
Hunou wore No. 23 in homage to Michael Jordan and Garcia wears No. 28 to match the day he was born in October 1998, but he admitted the number he really wanted was 9, the number associated with the striker position. That digit is taken by incumbent Amarilla, who has eight goals in 1,688 minutes this season.
Before Garcia arrived, Heath said he asked his new piece where he was willing to play and the answer was anywhere. Heath projected that Garcia, 23, possesses some of the best speed not only on the Loons but throughout MLS, while Hunou, 28, wasn’t running past many foes.
“I’m a player with good movements, diagonals, and that helps a lot,” Garcia said.
Hunou scored a goal every 179 minutes in his four previous seasons in France’s well-respected Ligue 1. Then the Frenchman scored once every 262 minutes in Minnesota.
Garcia scored a goal every 264 minutes in his four years with Once Caldas in Colombia’s lesser-regarded Primera A league. In the middle of that four-year span, Garcia was limited to 375 minutes played across 12 games (three starts) in 2020. He scored only twice.
“I wasn’t in a good football form,” he explained. “A lot of times, as a player, you have ups and downs. I wasn’t in favor of the coach. I think, more than anything, that was the reason. I kept training, never lowered my arms and now, I’ve had the opportunity to play more games and show, really, what I can do.”
Video of Garcia’s goals this season reveal a player getting into dangerous spots in the 18-yard box. Heath felt the need to encourage, even prod, Hunou to get into the box. Garcia showed a desire to be an alpha.
“I know completely where I need to be positioned as a (No. 9), so the wings can arrive with more ease from the back,” Garcia said. “… I know it from (head to toe). … It’s my true position … and I have to take advantage.”
That’s a display of Garcia’s moxie; Hunou was prim and polite.
It’s typical for new players to speak with local media members soon after their arrival in Minnesota; Hunou did it, then Garcia. Then they often are called on to chat after their first goal for the club. Lozada relayed that routine to Garcia after his 10-minute introductory session Wednesday, a few days before Minnesota plays Houston Dynamo at Allianz Field this weekend.
Garcia quickly replied, “So, Saturday.”
LOONS DESIGNATED PLAYERS, BY YEAR
2022
Emanuel Reynoso
Luis Amarilla
Adrien Hunou
Mender Garcia
2021
Reynoso
Hunou
Jan Gregus
2020
Reynoso
Gregus
2019
Gregus
Darwin Quintero
Angelo Rodriguez
Thomas Chacon*
2018
Quintero
Rodriguez
2017
None
* — Young Designated Player
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Tavern on Rush on Chicago’s Gold Coast closes after 25 years – NBC Chicago
A popular restaurant on Chicago’s Gold Coast that has been a diner favorite for 25 years is closing soon – but it’s not due to retirement or pandemic hardship.
Instead, it’s because their lease is ending.
According to an announcement posted Thursday on the restaurant’s Facebook page, Tavern on Rush will be closing “for good” on January 1, 2023.
“The closure is strictly due to the end of our lease agreement with the landlord,” the post said. “We owe our decades of success to our loyal customers and hardworking staff, many of whom have been part of Tavern on Rush since its inception in April 1998.”
The steakhouse, at 1031 N. Rush St., is “known as the place to ‘see and be seen in Chicago,’” the post continues.
According to a 2020 article by Eater Chicago, Tavern on Rush is one of the top-grossing restaurants not only in Chicago but also nationally — at $12.8 million.
“Chicagoans are invited to dine with us in the coming months to celebrate and say goodbye to the Tavern family,” the post read. “The last day of service for Tavern on Rush will be New Year’s Eve (Saturday, December 31).”
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Woman found dead in North St. Paul apartment following fire
A woman’s body was found in a North St. Paul apartment following a fire on Thursday.
Police are investigating the circumstances of her death and the Ramsey County medical examiner’s office is conducting an autopsy.
North St. Paul officers and firefighters responded to a fire call about 6:30 p.m. Thursday in the 2200 block of South Avenue East. Investigators located the woman’s body when they were able to enter the apartment, according to the police department.
“Based on the preliminary investigation there does not appear to be any risk to the public,” the department said in a statement.
Police said they would release the woman’s name after family members have been notified.
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CLEVELAND, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- KeyCorp (NYSE: KEY) announced today that Chris Gorman, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, and Don Kimble, Vice Chairman and Chief Financial Officer, will present at the Barclays Global Financial Services Conference on Monday, September 12, 2022, at 2:00 p.m. ET.
KeyCorp plans to review its performance, strategy, and outlook. The live audio webcast of the conference call and presentation materials will be available at www.key.com/ir. If you are unable to join the live conference call, or wish to hear a re-broadcast, access www.key.com/ir and select Events & Presentations.
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KeyCorp's roots trace nearly 200 years to Albany, New York. Headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio, Key is one of the nation's largest bank-based financial services companies, with assets of approximately $187.0 billion at June 30, 2022. Key provides deposit, lending, cash management, and investment services to individuals and businesses in 15 states under the name KeyBank National Association through a network of approximately 1,000 branches and approximately 1,300 ATMs. Key also provides a broad range of sophisticated corporate and investment banking products, such as merger and acquisition advice, public and private debt and equity, syndications, and derivatives to middle market companies in selected industries throughout the United States under the KeyBanc Capital Markets trade name. For more information, visit https://www.key.com. KeyBank is Member FDIC.
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ALBANY, N.Y. (NEWS10) – Everyone seems to be rushing to get their share in student loan forgiveness funds, but it’s slow going to get access.
“I’m still dealing with it. I couldn’t get in yesterday. Again, I couldn’t get in this morning,” says Castleton local David Ridgeway.
Friday, Ridgeway made the drive to drop his 18-year-old off at SUNY New Paltz. He says not only can they not check if they’re eligible for President Biden’s newly announced forgiveness program, they can’t even get access to square away all the current loans and scholarships to ensure they’re first-day-of-school ready.
“The frustrating thing is accessing this Federal Student Aid website. That’s what I really need to do now, I’m sure I’m not the only one,” he says to NEWS10’s Mikhaela Singleton.
He certainly isn’t. We did a test in the NEWS10 newsroom. Some folks got to the login page in two minutes flat while others are still drumming their fingers after 20, then an hour or more.
Meanwhile, Republicans have wasted no time challenging both the loan forgiveness and repayment pause. A new bill – the Responsible Education Assistance through Loan (REAL) Reforms Act, co-authored by Congresswoman Elise Stefanik – claims President Biden’s initiative is “unlawful abuse” and “without the authorization of Congress.”
“That’s not really how this works,” counters education law expert Leslie Silva. “If Congress does not like the federal laws that the president is using to do this, then they certainly have the authority to go try and change those laws, but the laws as they stand now do give him and the Department of Education, the Secretary of Education, the ability to do this.”
Silva is a partner at Tully Rinckey and says it’s not new for an institution to forgive its own borrowers, like the Administrator of Small Businesses or the Department of Agriculture have in years past.
Stefanik also claims Biden’s program doesn’t hold schools accountable for the massive debt they saddle on students by limiting loan amounts or interest rates:
This massive student loan bailout does nothing to rein in the cost of higher education or hold colleges accountable for saddling students with huge debt for degrees with little value in the workforce.
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However, here again, Silva says this is not a question for the federal government.
“A private college is private like any business. The federal government doesn’t have a lot of room there to interfere unless it could be proven the school was charging in a way they should not or using federal funds they received improperly,” she explains.
“For a state school system, that’s the state’s own interest. States have sovereign interests, so like with SUNY, with the New York Department of Education, they can make those terms for the SUNY schools, but that’s only within each state,” Silva goes on to say. | https://www.informnny.com/news/local-news/legal-expert-talks-challenges-to-bidens-student-loan-plans/ | 2022-08-26T13:26:23Z | https://www.informnny.com/news/local-news/legal-expert-talks-challenges-to-bidens-student-loan-plans/ | true | 6 |
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Calaveras Enterprise sports editor Guy Dossi recently spoke with Calaveras High School’s head water polo coach Dalil Chavez while at practice in San Andreas. Dossi and Chavez, who is a first-year head coach at Calaveras, talked about what it’s like taking over a program, how long it takes to get into water polo shape and the addition of two more teams into the Mother Lode League.
Guy Dossi: You are taking over a program that has had a number of different coaches over the past couple of years, so do you look to keep things kind of the same, or are you wanting to put your own stamp on the program?
Dalil Chavez: I want to be able to do both. I’ve heard stories from the players and staff that coaches have come in and tried to do something different and that’s what I want to do. I want to introduce some things that I learned when I was coaching at Edison High School. I’m thinking about bringing those same things over but I’ll talk to the players to see if they want to keep what was already here, or if they want something brand new.
GD: Calaveras County really isn’t known for water polo. And while water polo is popular in the southern and northern part of the state, it’s still gaining traction in this area. So how do you try and grow a program in a sport that not many people are overly familiar with?
DC: I want to change that. I’ve been working for the school district for about four years, and I just hear negativity like, “Water polo this,” and, “Water polo that,” and instead of being negative about it, why not step up and help. Let’s make the sport as fun as it can be, so they want to come back and then it becomes more popular.
GD: Looking at your players warming up in the pool right now, I count 11 boys and 12 girls. You mentioned earlier that you expect a few more players to join the team in the not-too-distant future. Are you happy with those numbers or is it a little concerning?
DC: The numbers don’t concern me. With good conditioning, good practices and a good team effort, we can overcome having smaller numbers.
GD: Water polo seems like a difficult sport to be in shape for at the beginning of the season. Not many kids have access to a big pool like this where they can swim laps and water polo isn’t exactly a sport that you can just have a pickup game like basketball. How long does it take for players to get into water polo shape?
DC: For water polo, it takes two weeks of conditioning and a good three weeks of actual practice and that will be significant enough for the guys and girls to get back into playing shape.
GD: Looking at the 2022 schedule the way it currently stands doesn’t have Calaveras playing a game until Mother Lode League play begins, which will be on Sept. 22. That’s a long time between the start of practice and a game. I know you want to try and schedule some preseason games or attend a tournament or two, but if that doesn’t happen, how do you try and keep the excitement going when games are so far away in the distance?
DC: All I have to do is keep things entertaining and keep everyone as active as I can and show them new things. I need to keep them informed on the different things they can do while playing. Water polo has so much to offer. All I have to do is keep it fun and keep it active and I’m pretty sure when our first game comes around, these kids will be ready.
GD: What excites you about the boys and girls who are in the water?
DC: They are here, and they are not scared of the sport. I’ve got a couple of kids who have never played water polo and they are here because they want to try something new. I’m happy about that because all of these kids want to be here.
GD: Union Mine and El Dorado are new to the Mother Lode League this year, so with playing those teams twice, along with two games against Sonora, Bret Harte and Amador, that’s a 10-game season. What does it mean to the players to get four extra games and have more playing time than in previous years?
DC: Getting a couple of more games just makes things even better. Water polo is an underdog sport, so to see that we have two more teams in our league really makes things more exciting.
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ATLANTA – Georgia voters are being encouraged to submit applications for their absentee ballots as soon as possible for the election.
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Georgia voters choosing to vote by mail for the November election may now submit applications for absentee ballots online, by email, mail, fax, or in person up until October 28th. In order to avoid any potential delays, voters are encouraged to submit their requests for ballots as soon as possible. Applications should be submitted to your local county elections office.
Georgia voters may utilize the Absentee Ballot Request portal on My Voter Page and verify their identity using their driver’s license or photo ID. Additionally, they may utilize BallotTrax for the November election, first introduced in 2020. BallotTrax allows voters to track their ballot in real time, to increase confidence in the vote-by-mail process.
Georgia’s widely accessible voting procedures permit any Georgia voter to vote by mail for any reason. With 17 days of early voting and no-excuse mail voting, Georgia voters may choose the voting method that best suits them. Election offices cannot mail ballots to voters in Georgia before October 10th, and voters should be aware that while there may be a lag between when they request their ballot an when they receive it, there is no need to submit multiple requests.
Ballots can be returned by US Postal Service, at a dropbox during Early Voting hours between October 17th and October 28th, or in person during office hours at their county election office.
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This Prostate Cancer Awareness Month, National Nonprofit Urges Early Detection as Key to Survival
Highlights include 22 local run/walks, celebrity podcasts, educational resources, and much more
WASHINGTON, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- ZERO – The End of Prostate Cancer is encouraging all men to learn about prostate cancer risks and promote early detection during Prostate Cancer Awareness Month (PCAM), which will begin on September 1. More than 3.1 million men are living with prostate cancer, making it the most commonly diagnosed cancer among American men, and one of the leading causes of cancer deaths among men. The delay of routine screening due to the COVID-19 pandemic has created more urgency than ever to prioritize prostate cancer screening among American men.
"Too many men don't know the importance of prostate cancer screening. Finding prostate cancer when it is still at an early stage offers the best hope," said Jamie Bearse, ZERO's CEO and President. "We encourage all men to talk with their doctor and understand their risk for prostate cancer."
During September, men and their families can learn about the lifesaving benefits of early detection at one of 22 ZERO Prostate Cancer Run/Walks. Members of the ZERO Community will also share their personal stories during ZERO Cancer Day on Thursday, September 1. ZERO Cancer Day is a special event in which the prostate cancer community will come together to amplify the message that early detection saves lives. All donations will be tripled.
In partnership with Bayer, ZERO will also be releasing two special celebrity podcast episodes of Prostate Cancer: Uncensored. Twisted Sister's Jay Jay French talks with Judas Priest's Rob Halford, and TikTok's Cowboy Max about their prostate cancer journeys. Another podcast features NBA All-Star Grant Hill.
Details surrounding ZERO's highly anticipated 2023 Summit will be announced, and an early detection quiz "Am I At Risk?" will be released to help men identify their prostate cancer risks.
Additional highlights include an "Ask the Doctor" video series supported by Pfizer Oncology and the Apex Legends Streaming Tournament to engage with the gaming community while raising funds for early detection.
To learn more about ZERO and its mission to end prostate cancer, please visit zerocancer.org.
About ZERO - The End of Prostate Cancer
ZERO — The End of Prostate Cancer is the leading national nonprofit with the mission to end prostate cancer and help all who are impacted. ZERO advances research, provides support, and creates solutions to achieve health equity to meet the most critical needs of our community. From early detection to survivorship, ZERO is the premier resource for prostate cancer patients and their families to access comprehensive support, make meaningful connections, and take action to save lives.
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Hosted VOIP PBX – What Your Business Needs to Know
Hosted VOIP is a cost efficient choice to conventional, PBX phone systems. Prevailing and simple to use, and considerably less costly than on site PBX solutions and offer larger adaptability. Hosted VOIP PBX provides a scalable, flexible, refined speech resolution for both small and large companies in a similar way.
Providing the correct features for your company demands is certainly crucial. A Hosted VOIP solution has many state of the art features such as, auto attendants, follow-me routing, voicemail, voicemail to e-mail, forwarding, external IP phones, etc. From a viewpoint of feature set, nearly all small businesses will meet their desires when connected by any of these choices.
Reinstating a business phone system is a somewhat present-day idea to virtually all companies and business owners. VOIP solutions produced by way of private connections with surplus circuits is dependable and provides passage to features and functions that were formerly only attainable to enterprises.
VOIP hosting is the path of voice dialogues over the internet between any IP-based network. Unlike a conventional phone system which requires a PBX service in your workplace, hosted VOIP is a managed telephone solution whereby each line is connected to your provider.
Characteristic full bodied: Hosted VOIP services are a feature rich structure which enables small businesses to savor features once only affordable to sizeable corporations. For instance, you can experience your voicemail through your email, auto attendant assistance, unified communications, simple-to-use conferencing, and find me/follow me, plus around the clock assistance free.
Small companies that report for the larger role of the end users are probable to pursue driving Hosted business VOIP solutions. Medium and large businesses that may benefit in hosted IP telephony and VOIP service are also likely to surge.
Many businesses are currently seeking a choice to a premise-based phone system, there are plenty attainable, and they come in all shapes and sizes. Hosted Telephony, IP Centrex, managed IP PBXs and network-based voice service are all possible options.
IP PBX: Systems use a IP phone server to accommodate call processing functions and to switch gateway admission that permits the IPBX to communicate with the public switched phone network and other IPBX’s that is a portion of its network. A private local phone structure also employs Internet Protocol (IP) to furnish phone service inside a premise or group of establishments in a small local region. IPBX systems are generally an area network (LAN) systems that interconnect IP phones.
IP Centrex: Centrex is a service provided by many local phone service providers which enables the client to have characteristics that are normally related with a private branch exchange (PBX). Some of the features incorporate voice mail waiting signal, three or four digit dialing, intercom features, unique line ringing for inside or outside lines, and more. The Centrex services are furnished by the central office switching facilities in the telephone network.
Switching is provided at the central office of the provider rather than at the clients business. Their service provider retains and implements all the communications equipment and software essential to convey the Centrex service and then sells various services to the client.
Hosted Telephony: Hosted Telephony (also known as IP Centrex) is a communications service managed for users who desire to utilized a communication system that is administered by another company. The words “hosted” or “managed” are substituted for “Centrex” given that an IP-based specific set is usually broader than Centrex offerings furnished. Furthermore, hosted or managed solutions do not precisely serve to the conventional Centrex marketplace normally campus-based, such as colleges or government facilities.
Businesses new to Hosted VOIP PBX have widely underestimated the level of support customers’ desire, particularly small businesses. To be successful with a Hosted business VOIP solution as your groundwork for business communications the typical small business, without specialized knowledge, needs to understand that a Hosted VOIP Pbx service will be working for your company around the clock helping your business grow continuously.
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How Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Can Plan For ERP Implementation
Introduction: Proper Planning to Reduce Risks of ERP Failure
In the first article, we discussed how a well-structured system assessment scorecard can help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) mitigate enterprise resource planning (ERP)[1] implementation failure risks at the system acquisition stage.
In this article, we outline certain steps SMEs can take to mitigate ERP implementation failure risks in the subsequent phase of implementation: the planning phase.
Briefly defined, the planning phase is the stage during which the organization prepares to “ERP-ize” its business. An ERP project requires much more than the mere installation of an IT software system. It requires organizational restructuring.
Generally, SMEs have to restructure their operations to satisfy the business flow parameters defined by the ERP software. These days, most ERP software packages are pre-customized to sectors according to certain industry best-practices.
The extent of organizational restructuring that is required depends on the structure of existing business processes, and on the technical and functional requirements imposed by the ERP software.
As with any complex restructuring project, ERP implementation is accompanied by certain risks of project failure. For example, failure can result from a runaway implementation that causes the project to become uneconomical. It can also result from organizational rejection of the restructured environment where such rejection impedes the achievement of the projected efficiencies.
In the following sections, we elaborate on these particular risks of implementation failure and how effective implementation planning can mitigate these risks.
Failure Risk 1: Run-Away Implementation
If an SME is planning to implement ERP, its primary reason for doing so is probably to achieve cost efficiencies. According to 2009 research by the Aberdeen Group, the need to reduce operating and administrative costs continues to be the main driver of ERP acquisition in the SME segment [2].
Since financial reasons drive the decision to implement ERP, it is critical that the implementation be completed within budget. A failure to deliver an economical implementation will mean project failure.
Since this section deals with ERP-related finance, it is important to briefly discuss some of the underlying principles.
The cost side of an ERP budget is based on a total cost of ERP ownership (TCO) calculation. TCO is the sum of the present values of system, maintenance and service costs. System and maintenance costs are fixed and largely determinable in advance.
In contrast, service costs are usually highly variable and difficult to project with accuracy. Further, service costs are proportionately significant. In 2007, service costs accounted for 45% of TCO for SMEs. Put another way, for every $100 an SME spent on ERP software, it spent an additional $81 on service [3]. As you will have probably guessed, service costs mainly reflect implementation costs.
Poor scheduling, improper resource allocation, project delays and scope creep (i.e. unplanned increases to the project’s scope) are the usual culprits for runaway implementation costs. The first three are generally well understood. Scope creep deserves a bit more attention.
During implementation, there is a holy-grail temptation to “ERP-ize” certain business processes that were not included in the original project plan. The rationale supporting a scope increase is that incremental efficiencies will be gained by “ERP-izing” the additional tasks. Implementation seems like the perfect time to widen the scope: the project is underway, consultants are on site and the teams are dedicated.
These temptations must be resisted. Implementation is seldom the right time to widen the scope (except for dealing with unforeseen items that must be addressed).
The reason the temptation must be resisted is because the argument favouring unplanned scope changes only accounts for the benefits side of the financial equation. Incremental costs must also be considered. These costs include direct service costs as well as the opportunity costs of delay. With respect to the latter, every unplanned day that the SME is unable to operate under the new system is a day of lost efficiencies.
It is fair to assume that an ERP project scope is designed to maximize the net ERP benefits (net benefits = cost efficiencies – costs). This means that all components of the project that yield a positive net benefit are accepted. It also means that all components that yield a negative net benefit (where the incremental costs exceed the incremental efficiencies) are rejected. Unplanned scope increases are typically components that would yield negative net benefits, i.e. they would be unprofitable. Since they diminish the return on ERP investment, these components should be rejected.
The following graph (omitted) depicts the relationship between a project’s gross costs, gross efficiencies and net benefits (net benefits = gross efficiencies – gross costs). As seen by the Net Benefits line, the ideal project plan is at Point A. At this point, all profitable components are accepted and all unprofitable components are rejected. Any project plan that lies to the left of Point A would mean that the plan could be profitably expanded. Any project plan to the right of Point A would mean that unprofitable components are being accepted. Scope increases are generally components that lie to the right of Point A.
The above profitability analysis explains why incremental scope changes are both unnecessary and unbeneficial to the project. As time passes, these incremental changes will either be ignored or implemented as part of a profitable optimization plan.
In summary, a well-structured plan can mitigate the financial risks associated with overly broad scope definition and scope creep. Such a plan will help keep the ERP project within budget and on time.
However, even if financial risks are mitigated, other types of failure risk still threaten the project’s success. One such risk is that certain key people will reject the new ERP system and/or the restructured business processes.
Failure Risk 2: Improperly Managed Change
Restructuring is a necessary evil. It causes the SME to undergo significant and disruptive changes. For example, the SME’s organizational and reporting structures will likely change as departments are shifted. Its operations will likely change as business processes are re-engineered. Daily tasks will likely change as manual tasks are automated. All of these changes mean that employees, management and executives will have to unlearn old habits and learn new ways of doing business.
Some people will embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by the change. These people will help move the project forward. However, there will be those who fear the uncertainties associated with change. These people may resist the project and may risk undermining its success.
Change resistors are powerful forces. Even relatively innocuous-seeming resistance can thwart success. Consider, for example, the case of a sales person at a manufacturer who decides not to input an order into the new ERP system. Instead, the employee calls the order into production – the way he had always performed the task under the old system. Although the order is now in the process queue, it was not registered in the ERP planning system.
This one omission can have severe and far-reaching consequences. Automated production planning, shop floor scheduling and material movements planning become inaccurate and unreliable. These inaccuracies will prevent sales people from providing accurate lead time quotations. As a result, sales relationships will become strained and customers will be lost. The unplanned production backlog will also cause an increase in inventory-related costs. Further, real-time performance reporting will become less accurate since the reports fail to include certain transactions. Unreliable reports will negatively impact management’s ability to make important and timely decisions.
In summary, a failure to buy-in to the new system and processes can cause the organization to fail to reap the efficiency and informational benefits of ERP. The result: an uneconomical ERP investment.
The above is but one example of a change resistor. Generally, an organization faces different groups that resist change for different reasons. Common examples of resisting forces include:
· A union that objects because its members’ job functions would change as a result of process re-engineering and automation.
· Employees who object because they have performed the same manual assembly tasks for 20 years and are afraid of or don’t want to learn new processes.
· Managers who object to donating their “A-players” to the implementation team. The loss of key performers would almost certainly have a negative impact on departmental performance.
· Executives who object to short-term business interruptions caused by the restructuring project, notwithstanding the long-term benefits. This moral hazard is caused by an incentive system that rewards the executives for short-term performance. Interruptions may cause the SME to miss compensation targets.
Fortunately, many of the various human capital forces that can sabotage an ERP-driven restructuring can be mitigated at the planning stage.
Good Planning Lessens Failure Risks
A good implementation plan accomplishes two goals:
1. It presents a clearly marked and easy-to-follow roadmap to implement the process changes and ERP system; and
2. It prepares the organization and all potentially affected stakeholders to adapt to the changed environment.
A plan that achieves these twin goals will significantly help the implementation project’s prospects for success.
Although each plan should be customized to meet the SME’s particular needs, there are certain fundamental principles that can frame the design of every project plan. These principles relate to project championship, project plan design and team formation.
Project Championship
Top management is ultimately responsible for allocating time, resources and money to the project. Its collective attitude towards the project filters down and impacts organizational commitment to the project. Consequently, top management support can make the project while its absence of support can break the project.
Given the importance of executive commitment, the project requires a top-level manager to convert the non-believing managers. This person must be both fully committed to the project and capable of influencing others’ commitment. In his capacity as project champion, this person will be responsible for ensuring that the project remains a top priority and is allocated the resources that are required. In other words, the project champion acts as an advocate who drives change, encourages perseverance and manages resistance. Ultimately, it is this person who legitimizes the project and the accompanying organizational change.
Project Plan
The project plan is a formal document that is instrumental in preventing runaway implementations and change resistance.
If done properly, the project plan helps prevent runaway implementations by memorializing the project deliverables on a timeline and allocating a specific budget to each deliverable. Each deliverable should be broken down into manageable and measurable tasks. A well conceived roadmap prevents scope creep, cost overruns and project delays.
The details of the project plan should be (to the extent necessary) transparent throughout the entire organization. Communicating the project plan will diffuse a portion of the organizational anxiety by eliminating ambiguity about the project and the future state of the organization.
In terms of its components, the main project plan should, at a minimum, include the following:
Project Charter:
This is an articulation of the project’s mission and vision. It clearly and unambiguously states the business rationale for the project.
Scope Statement
This defines the parameters of the project. The scope is broken down into measurable success factors and strategic business accomplishments that drive the intended results.
Target Dates and Costs
This sets out individual milestones. Identifiable, manageable and measurable goals are established. Target completion dates are set. Each individual milestone is valued. This step articulates the breakdown of the project into discrete sub-projects.
Project Structure and Staff Requirements
This sets out the project’s reporting structure, and how that reporting structure fits into the larger organizational structure.
The main project plan should be supported by whatever subsidiary plans are necessary. Common examples of subsidiary plans include: IT infrastructure and procurement plan, risk plan, cost and schedule plan, scope management plan, resource management plan, and communications plan. For present purposes, these last three subsidiary plans deserve a bit more attention.
Scope Management Plan
This is a contingency plan that defines the process for identifying, classifying and integrating scope changes into the project.
Resource Management Plan
This sets out individual assignments, project roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships. It also sets out the criteria for back-filling positions and modifying project teams. Further, this plan details human capital development and training plans. Finally, where necessary, it sets out the reward system used to incentivise project performance.
Communications Plan
A communications strategy is critical to manage change resistance. This plan codifies the procedures and responsibilities relating to the periodic dissemination of project-related information to the project teams and throughout the organization. Examples of common channels include email newsletters, press releases and team meetings.
A good project plan is only effective if the project teams are capable of executing the recommendations. For this reason, team formation and training are critical parts of the planning phase.
Team Formation
Successful execution requires an enabling structure. Like many well-structured organizations, an ERP project structure should contain a steering committee that has executive-level strategic responsibilities; a core team that has managerial-level delegation authority; and functional teams that are responsible for implementing the changes.
To facilitate communication and decision-making, each hierarchy level should have a member who is represented on the level below. For example, the ERP project manager should sit on both the steering committee and the core team, and certain key users should sit on both the core team and a given functional team.
The Steering Committee
The project steering committee should be comprised of the chief executive officer, the CIO, executive level business managers, and the ERP project manager. The committee has strategic-level responsibility for reviewing and approving the project plan, making changes to the plan and evaluating project progress.
The Core Team
The core team is responsible for managing the implementation project. It should be comprised of the ERP project manager, functional leads, the outside consultants and certain key end-users.
Functional leads should be top-performers who are reassigned to the implementation project on a full-time basis. They should be experts in their respective departments, should understand other departments’ business processes and should be knowledgeable about industry best practices. In many cases, functional leads will have to be backfilled in their day-to-day jobs.
During the planning phase, the core team is trained on the fundamentals of ERP theory and on the particulars of the ERP software. The purpose of the training is to ensure that the core team is capable of managing the development of the new business processes.
Functional Teams
These teams are responsible for implementing the business process changes in their respective functional departments. Each functional team is comprised of a core team key end-user, select end-users that cover all of the functional unit’s business processes, and a functional consultant with an understanding of the ERP software.
Organizing committed and capable teams is critical to the project’s success. The project teams will be responsible for managing the implementation and helping the organization adapt to the new business environment.
Conclusion
ERP implementation is a complex project that involves significant operational restructuring. The restructuring is accompanied by certain risks of project failure, including runaway implementation and resistance to change.
Fortunately, an SME can mitigate many of the ERP failure risks by properly planning for the project. At a minimum, proper planning requires a project champion to secure executive buy-in, the preparation and communication of a project plan that breaks the project down into manageable sub-projects, and the assembly of strong teams capable of executing the project.
[1] Briefly, an ERP system is intended to electronically integrate an organization’s functional areas, administrative areas, processes and systems.
[2] Jutras, C. (2009). ERP in the Midmarket 2009: Managing the Complexities of a Distributed Environment. Boston: Aberdeen Group.
[3] Jutras, C. (2007). The Total Cost of ERP Ownership in Mid-Sized Companies. Boston: Aberdeen Group.
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Signs of Spiritual Awakening – 9 Essential Symptoms of Awakening
Recently on the Internet I discovered a few lists of the signs of spiritual awakening (sometimes also referred to as symptoms of spiritual awakening). The lists I’ve come across so far are vague and unclear (for example: headaches and body aches, feeling as though you’re on an emotional rollercoaster “for no reason,” changes in energy levels, sleep patterns, jobs, and/or relationships, gaining or losing weight, even an itchy scalp–all apparently for no reason), so I decided to come up with my own list of what I understand to be the most essential and relevant signs and symptoms of spiritual awakening. The following is a list of nine things I experienced during the process of awakening:
- Synchronicities that are meaningful to you. (These help point you in the right direction or help spark an important new insight.)
- Intensely painful life “changes” that you can’t explain or know how you’ll get through. (This assures that you look within for the answers. Note that “change” is often a polite way of saying “loss.”)
- All-consuming inner contemplation followed by possible reassessment of beliefs, especially at 3 or 4 in the morning (often triggered by happenings or things you can’t explain using your current belief systems or knowledge).
- Receiving “secret messages” from people who aren’t aware they’re relaying special messages to you. (If they had known, they may have hesitated, and sometimes spirit just doesn’t want to take chances.)
- Having the same thing (especially something that’s unusual) happen to you two or three times in a relatively short period of time, like, say, 24 hours. (This assures that you actually notice what your higher self wants you to notice.)
- Waking up in the middle of the night feeling intense confusion. (This means your beliefs are being re-evaluated. Before you become clear and solid in your new awakened state, you will no doubt find yourself mucking through a period of deep confusion.)
- Favorable synchronicities that happen regularly. (You can expect these to occur after you regularly follow through with your inner guidance.)
- Intense, vivid dreams that seem to point you in a certain direction. (The further along in the process you are, the clearer your dreams will be and the more your dreams will help guide you in your daily life. The dreams will be in metaphor form, often in metaphors that make sense to you.)
- Finding yourself laughing more often. (Sometimes you will wake up in the middle of the night, think something profound that’s also funny, and then laugh your head off. This is not a joke. Your higher self is playful and wants you to have fun while you’re awakening.)
Experiencing any (or all) of these signs means that spirit (your higher self) is trying to get your attention! Also, spirit is playful and wants you to enjoy the awakening process (it’s not all about pain and drama but about enlightenment, about becoming light-hearted). You will also be amazed at the creativity of your higher self.
Remember, the fast track to spiritual awakening does not depend on how much fame or fortune you’re born with (or currently possess), or on how many advanced degrees you have, but on how much you’re willing to (temporarily) forgo your comfort zones for the noble purpose of personal and spiritual growth. This is important because it is your individual growth that is of utmost importance at this crossroad in humanity’s collective evolution. Remember also that the signs and symptoms you experience aren’t just signs or symptoms; they are designed to assist you in the spiritual awakening process.
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What Is Cloud Computing, and How Can It Help You?
I have a friend who emails every important document that he has on his computer to his Gmail account. He has done it for years, and I have always thought that it is a clever way to make sure that his important information stays safe, no matter what happens to his computer!
Fortunately, big name software and server companies feel the same way, and they have come up with something similar, that is a lot easier to do. It is called cloud computing, and like my friend’s emailed documents, it puts all your important information on the internet, where you can access it at any time, from anywhere, using a username and password.
Cloud computing is essentially a service that offers you online storage space for your documents and other information. It can be as simple as a free service like GoogleDocs, that also allows you to share your documents with others, or one of the paid for online storage systems.
Because companies that provide these types of services are focused on providing quality server space, their security is often far greater than anything you could achieve within your own company, and their servers are usually fast and responsive, which means that even if your local area network is not fantastic, you can share information quickly and easily.
When it comes to the benefits for the business owner, there are many that spring to mind with cloud computing.
The first is that no matter what happens to your computer, your server, or anything else, your information is safe and accessible. I will never forget, in the early nineties, before backups became the norm, when a friend’s computer was stolen. Nine months of work had been on the hard drive of the computer, and without backups, everything had to be redone. Fortunately, there were hardcopies of all the data, but it was still an arduous and time-consuming process to get that information recaptured.
There is even a worse scenario than that though. What if your computer is damaged, destroyed, lost or stolen, and you don’t have hardcopies, and you don’t have a backup? Everything you had been working on would be lost, and you’d have to start again, from scratch.
Another important factor for many businesses is storage space. When you consider the type of data that is being created these days – videos, animations, presentations, photographs and graphics heavy documents – it becomes clear that companies are needing bigger, faster computers all the time to process all that data. When you use cloud computing, you could essentially work off a tiny computer, but still be able to store, and access, very large files quickly and easily.
Then there’s accessibility. We’ve already discussed sharing files with other users, on platforms like GoogleDocs, but the concept can easily be scaled up using one of the larger cloud computing services. You could create two accounts, one for public access by employees, and one for confidential information. Then, simply by sharing login information, or providing key employees with access information, you could effectively collaborate with employees in different states or provinces, or even on the other side of the globe.
The ability to access information from everywhere also provides you, and your employees, with greater mobility – whether it’s viewing a presentation in a client’s offices, or working on financials while you’re out of the country. With a laptop and an internet connection, you and your employees can have all the convenience of being in your office, while you’re anywhere in the world.
If you do decide to take advantage of the cloud-computing phenomenon in your own business, then you have several options. You could choose to test the waters with a free service like Google’s, or you could look for a service provider that offers smaller ‘starter’ packages, with fewer users, and less storage space. Make sure that you choose a provider that offers month-to-month service, so that if you want to switch, you’re not tied to a contract.
Cloud computing really does solve all of the storage, security and data integrity problems that small businesses face, and it’s entirely possible that in the next few years, it will become the norm, rather than the exception. So why not make sure that your business is equipped going forward, and get your information on the cloud!
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The Burden of College Education
According to recent statistics, a college degree is still a thing among the wealthiest. If you have rich parents who can afford it, then you can go to college. However, it’s also a common thing to drop out at any time and for any reason.
For those people that has no wealthy parents to fall back on, a college education in America is synonymous to a big debt and who needs more debt these days? No one wants the burden of having to pay for your education 10 years after you’ve graduated.
In effect, a college degree simply becomes a piece of paper telling you that you’ll probably sink in debt. It’s something you can’t brag about anymore. What could your college degree do when you’re up to your ears in college loans and can’t even land a job to repay it?
It really makes sense when college drop outs set out on their own. Some of them even make it to millionaire status too considering that they don’t have a degree.
So worry not. There are still jobs that await you even when you don’t have a college degree to speak of. And these aren’t just any jobs. They’re paying so well, some of them inspire the term “millionaire”.
You probably know one person who has made it big somewhere. They’re a new breed of high income earners. They all say the same thing about their jobs. They worked as hard as a college student has studied. The difference is they didn’t need a degree to earn the bucks.
The secret to their success is plain and simple. It’s a combination of diligence and motivation. They worked hard to be on the position they are in. They had a clear goal on what they want to do with their life which most people do not have. Imagine if Bill Gates did not have a goal in life, would there be Microsoft? If Steve Jobs did not work hard enough after having his own company taken away from him, would our favorite Apple computers, iPad or iPhone be a part of our lives?
Sometimes it doesn’t matter if you have a college degree or not. It merely depends on the person if he will be pursuing his dreams or not. Some might say that a degree is not necessarily needed at all time but I beg to differ. Though at some point it will not be necessary, it will still give you an added advantage in life.
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The Influence of People Who Surround You
It is known that the human body sends out vibrations: some are positive, while others are negative. We have orbits formed by people who surround us and with whom we associate closely throughout our entire lives. In my book “The Art & Craft of Success: 10 Steps” by Ostaro, I expand fully on the impact people have upon us.
Through observation and experience we will notice that the association of a certain person or persons will help us finish a project successfully. It is not just a matter of know-how or funding what makes a venture a success. It is more than that. When a person constantly exercises a positive (harmonious) influence upon another human being, it has a great influence on the brain that gives rise to a clearer judgment of a situation or a better solution to a lingering problem. These processes go on quite unnoticed by people – but they do work. In case of a negative person in our orbit, the result of a contradictory or negative vibration could lead to a bad judgment of a situation or problem, poor solutions and utter failure of the project.
The underestimation of all difficulties or challenges involved could mean higher costs and longer time periods to get the job done.
The success in a project is largely dependent upon correct estimation of all factors involved like choosing the right people in a team, carefully considering essential character traits of the human personality (dependability, punctuality, efficiency, capacity for hard work, persistence when faced with difficulties) in order that a venture be completed successfully and yield the desired results.
Cost estimation in terms of human involvement requires a profound knowledge of human nature and business experience. We don’t achieve success by chance. It requires very solid efforts on the physical plane like burning the midnight oil plus utilizing the formula consisting of three major factors, such as choosing the right team for that particular project, the appropriate location (for example: drilling for oil must be at a calculated spot), and proper timing for completion. A multi million dollar movie, if released at a wrong time without regard to competition, could lose you millions and may never get you an Oscar. There are many examples of successful or failed projects. A careful analysis of a successful project reveals the points mentioned above. In fact, timing is more important than proper funding, as evidenced by Michael Moore’s documentary Fahrenheit 9/11 which became a worldwide hit. At a time, when competition is less, the chances of success increase tremendously.
The stakes in a large venture are very high. Choosing the right people, right time to start the project and right location can make the difference between success or failure.
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Natural Cures for Chilblains
Chilblains are a localized, painful, redness of the skin – caused by a congestion of the capillaries in the lower layers of the skin. Chilblains are found on the fingers, toes and ears. The onset of chilblains is associated with poor circulation particularly to the peripheries. It can be made worse by a poor diet, cold weather, tight shoes and a sedentary occupation.
What you can do to improve chilblains
The situation may be improved with plenty of exercise and wearing warm clothing.
If you smoke you need to stop as smoking is a major contributor to poor circulation and could lead to more serious circulatory system conditions. Chilblains may also indicate a lack of sufficient calcium and silica. Sources of these in the diet are: millet, spinach, figs, almonds, sesame seeds, oats, parsley and all green vegetables. You can also take quality, non-contaminated heart and circulatory system vitamins and minerals to assist in getting enough of the nutrients that you need.
You can also use circulation herbs to assist improve your circulation and the strength of your arteries, veins and capillaries.
The following herbs will be useful for improving the circulation to the extremities:
- 3 parts prickly ash bark (or berries)
- 3 parts hawthorn berries
- 1 part ginger
Combine all the ingredients. Take 1 teaspoon of the herb blend and place into a suitable sized saucepan and pour over the cup of boiling water. Allow this to stand for 10-15 minutes. Strain out the herbs. Drink 1 cup three times per day. When chilblains are unbroken they can be treated by a thin layer of cayenne ointment (apply this very sparingly). Other treatments for chilblains include:
- rosemary oil
- lavender oil
- peppermint oil
- garlic oil or juice
- tincture of myrrh
- nettle juice
Case Study: Chilblains Helen, a 25 year old nurse, suffered from very bad chilblains during each winter. Her circulation was also poor during the summer months when she suffered aching feet, as a result of her work, and swelling of her fingers and toes in the heat. She did not smoke and had an occasional glass of wine when dining out. She reported eating ‘more sugary and fried foods than she ought to’.
She first visited in the spring so her initial treatment concentrated on the heat problem which was likely to develop as the summer started and also a general improvement in her overall health.
The first month’s treatment consisted of:
- herbal tonic to be taken three times per day, for the liver and kidneys:
- dandelion root and leaf,
- bearberry,
- wild yam and
- yellow dock.
- magnesium, potassium and calcium phosphates.
- vitamin B complex in addition to a general vitamin and mineral supplement
- changes to her diet to increase the amount of fresh fruit and vegetables that she was eating.
She returned after the first five weeks and reported less swelling in her feet and that she had improved her diet but in her words ‘she could still improve it a lot’. She was continued on the same treatment as above for the next two months. On the fourth month Helen reported some swelling but it wasn’t as bad as the previous summers. At this stage a slight change in the treatment was implemented. She continued the liver and kidney tonic herbs and the vitamins and minerals and her diet continued to improve. The following herbs were added:
- prickly ash bark,
- hawthorn berries and
- ginger.
It was also recommended that she commence a regular exercise and relaxation program. Helen went through the winter without any chilblains and the circulation to her fingers and feet was greatly improved. Chilblains are associated with poor circulation – in particular to the hands and feet. When the overall health is improved and the poor circulation remedied then the chilblains tend to stop occurring. This can be brought about with an improved diet and taking heart and circulation vitamin, mineral and herbal supplements.
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Ilhan Omar faces a centrist rival; Vermont Open House Headquarters
WASHINGTON (AP) — Rep. Ilhan Omar, one of the left’s biggest stars, faces a challenge from the center in her congressional primary in Minnesota on Tuesday as Vermont Democrats pick a candidate for a seat. opened in the United States House who will likely go down in history as the state’s first female representative in Congress.
Another key race is unfolding in western Wisconsin, where Democratic Rep. Ron Kind’s retirement after 26 years in office opens up a House seat in a Republican-leaning district. Among the Republican primary candidates to replace Kind is a former Navy SEAL who attended the “Stop the Steal” rally in Washington on Jan. 6, 2021, which preceded the insurrection at the U.S. Capitol.
Minnesota is also holding a special election to fill the remaining months of Republican Representative Jim Hagedorn’s term after his death earlier this year from cancer. And voters will choose full-term candidates representing the largely rural, Republican-leaning district.
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OMAR FACING THE PRO-POLICE CHALLENGER
A supporter of the ‘defund the police’ movement, Omar is facing a Democratic primary challenge in Minnesota’s 5th congressional district from a former Minneapolis City Councilman who has made rising crime an issue in the race.
Don Samuels’ base in north Minneapolis suffers from more violent crime than other parts of the city, and the moderate Democrat helped defeat a ballot question that sought to replace the city’s police department with a new unit of public safety.
Omar defended calls for more public safety funding to be redirected to community programs.
Samuels and others also successfully sued the city to force it to meet minimum police staffing levels required in the Minneapolis charter. Samuels says Omar, one of the leading voices of the national progressive movement, is divisive. He attracted a lot of money to his campaign, although Omar, as a starter, had a significant financial advantage.
Omar, who crushed a similar primary challenge two years ago against a well-funded but lesser-known opponent than Samuels, said she expects to win easily.
Two other members of the progressive congressional team — Rep. Rashida Tlaib of Michigan and Rep. Cori Bush of Missouri — won their Democratic primaries last week.
SPECIAL ELECTION AND PRIMARY ELECTION IN MINNESOTA
Voters in the 1st Congressional District in southern Minnesota will weigh in on two seat-related races.
In the special election, voters will choose between Republican Brad Finstad, who served in the US Department of Agriculture during the Trump administration, and Democrat Jeff Ettinger, former chief executive of Hormel Foods. The two won a special primary election on May 24 for the seat of Hagedorn, and Tuesday’s winner will serve until January.
Finstad and Ettinger are also running in their parties’ primaries for full terms in the district, which includes Rochester and Mankato. Ettinger faces mostly token opposition, but Finstad expects a tough challenge from state Rep. Jeremy Munson, whom he just narrowly beat in the special election primary.
Munson has the support of Texas Sen. Ted Cruz and Ohio Rep. Jim Jordan. He said he does not believe President Joe Biden’s victory was legitimate, although federal and state election officials, the courts and Trump’s own attorney general have said there is no credible evidence that the election was tainted.
WISCONSIN: REPLACING RON KIND
Republicans see a pickup opportunity in Wisconsin’s 3rd congressional district, with the seat vacated by Democratic incumbent Kind.
The district covers a strip of counties along Wisconsin’s western border with Minnesota and includes La Cross and Eau Claire. Republican Derrick Van Orden runs unopposed in his primary on Tuesday and has Trump’s endorsement.
Van Orden narrowly lost to Kind in the 2020 general election. He attended Trump’s ‘Stop the Steal’ rally near the White House but said he never set foot on the Capitol grounds. during the uprising.
Four Democrats are vying to succeed Kind, including State Sen. Brad Pfaff, who previously worked for the incumbent lawmaker and briefly served as agriculture secretary. Pfaff endorses Kind.
The others are Rebecca Cooke, a small business owner, Deb McGrath, a retired CIA agent, and Mark Neumann, a member of the La Crosse city council.
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The retirement of Democratic Sen. Patrick Leahy, the longest-serving member of the Senate, has opened the door for Vermont to elect its first-ever female member of the state’s congressional delegation.
Rep. Peter Welch, who currently holds Vermont’s only House seat, is running to replace Leahy. The race to succeed Welch has largely centered around two Democratic women.
Lt. Governor Molly Gray, a centrist who is a former Welch staffer and was backed by Leahy and former Vermont Governor Howard Dean, confronts Becca Balint, the acting president of the state Senate. Balint has endorsements from progressive leaders, including Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, Massachusetts Sen. Elizabeth Warren and Rep. Pramila Jayapal, chair of the Congressional Progressive Caucus.
The winner immediately becomes the frontrunner in the November general election — and could determine whether Vermont congressional politics going forward is dominated by Leahy’s broadly centrist views or progressive values more closely aligned with Sanders.
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Associated Press writers Doug Glass in Minneapolis, Scott Bauer in Madison, Wisconsin, and Wilson Ring in Montpelier, Vermont, contributed to this report.
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Davante Adams on Aaron Rodgers’ “Michael Jordan Effect”
Raiders wide Davante Adams continues to praise his former Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the dynamic duo parted ways this offseason.
“He was an amazing man,” Adams said of his time playing with Rodgers during an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast. “I don’t overlook anything Aaron has done for me because he’s the best quarterback, in my opinion, to play this game.
“What he did for me wasn’t just the type of balls he was throwing, or a great back shoulder or whatever. He had the Michael Jordan effect. … [He’s] going to make you play better,” Adams said. “He’s going to bring out your best just by being on the pitch.”
Adams also explained that when Rodgers had time off during Packers OTAs, the team wasn’t the same without the quarterback under center.
“He was a great leader, but it was more about – you always notice in the OTAs, once in a while a guy who is in his 15th year or whatever, they have days off in the OTA, and there were times when it was I wasn’t training and you were just noticing people started not falling, not training hard,” Adams recalled. “But it wasn’t the same as when Aaron was there.”
Adams and Rodgers had been playing together since 2014, before the Packers traded Adams to the Raiders in March for a pair of draft picks. Le Broad signed a record-breaking, five-year, $141.25 million deal with Las Vegas, where he reunited with quarterback Derek Carr, his former Fresno State teammate.
At the time, Rodgers signed a three-year, $150 million contract extension to stay with Green Bay after considering retirement.
During “The Pivot” podcast episode, Adams said Carr was “extremely” underrated and his goal was to win a Super Bowl with Las Vegas.
“I didn’t come here just to be cute and hang out with Derek,” Adams said. “I want to get this trophy at the end of the year.”
The Raiders visit the Chargers in Los Angeles in Week 1.
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In Honor of National Dog Day, Here’s Illinois’ Most Popular Dog Breed – NBC Chicago
Maybe you watch it giving your furry friend a deep scratch behind the ears, or gifting your sweet boy a Doggie Donut from Krispy Kreme.
Whichever way you celebrate, Friday, August 26 – National Dog Day – is upon us.
And in honor of the four-legged vacation, Camp Bow Wow analyzed its national database to determine the most popular dog breeds in each state.
The company, which describes itself as “North America’s largest dog daycare and boarding franchise,” sifted through more than 400,000 annual visits to help identify “the most popular dog breeds based on records of purebred dogs”.
In the United States and in Illinois, the Labrador Retriever has earned the place of best dog. Here are which other puppies completed the top five in the state:
- Labrador Retrievers
- German shepherd
- golden doodle
- Golden retriever
- pit bull terrier
It’s a nice list. However, according to marketing agency TOP Data, it’s not the only four-legged list.
After analyzing a database of 500,000 adopted dogs and interviewing 1,000 dog owners, here are which breeds, according to TOP Data, take the bone for the most popular among Illinois pet owners:
- Chihuahua
- Labrador Retrievers
- pit bull
- Pooch
- Beagle
One list, however, that does not circle around is Trupanion’s Top 10 Most Popular Dog Names for 2022. The insurance company queried its database of over 740,000 insured pets and found that the Your puppy’s tag is more likely to have one of these names. engraved on it:
- Moon
- Charly
- bella
- Daisy
- Milo
- Lucy
- Cooper
- Bailey
- teddy
- Max
Whatever your favorite breed is – or what you call your dog – it might be time to take your four-legged friend out.
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Hyde5: Eagles WR responds to enthusiasm over Tyreek Hill’s practice catch with video of his own
A lot was made on social media about Tyreek Hill running by Philadelphia Eagles star cornerback Darius Slay on the first play of their joint practice Wednesday. Too much? Philadelphia receiver AJ Brown thought so with some reason.
This came on a drill where quarterbacks threw to receivers working one-on-one against cornerbacks. No lines. No safeties. No one else on the field at all. Quarterbacks and receivers typically win that matchup – no matter the matchup.
Throw in Hill, maybe the toughest one-on-one battle in the NFL, and it’s a mismatch. His speed won. He doesn’t need social media to go crazy over his play to confirm his talent. But as Brown tweeted in response to the enthusiasm over Hill’s win against Slay: “Now show us cooking y’all corners.”
He then posted video of a couple plays in the same drill where he competed against … Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard:
What to make of this? Nothing at all. It’s a practice where cornerbacks are at a disadvantage. Hill’s speed is noticeable. He made several down-the-field catches in the 11-on-11 scrimmage against the Eagles defense on Wednesday.
You look for context in practice. The lines going up against each other in a scrimmage mean something. The one-on-one drills of cornerback against receiver? Not so much beyond a good workout.
The added context is Hill beat Slay on the very first play on the field in front of where fans and media sat. So it got bigger play. It also fed into the Camp Happy narrative around the Dolphins, where the enthusiasm quickly becomes overenthusiasm.
Remember the giddiness when Tua Tagovailoa completed a deep pass to Hill in a June workout? The context there is Hill beat cornerback Noah Igbinoghene in one-on-one coverage. Hill can’t be covered by anyone like that, and Igbinoghene is beaten by every quarterback-receiver combination.
2. The cancellation of the second day of a joint practice between Philadelphia and the Dolphins due to non-COVID illness on the Dolphins was fine with a lot of people on both sides. The skirmish that broke out in the practice had some on edge. The melee between Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday on the second day of their practice explained why. The Eagles players already were upset because they played a game Sunday in Cleveland, flew home, and had to fly to Miami on Tuesday for the workouts. Many were fine the second day was cancelled.
3. The NFL can’t penalize Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald for his dumb helmet-swinging in the fight against the Bengals. There’s no NFL refs. No discipline being wielded like in a game. Who knows what led up to the fight? It’s a bad look for Donald and for the league. But this isn’t the type of thing the NFL can suspend or fine players for. Its up to the team to do it, if they want (which they won’t to Donald).
4. The Dolphins must have a plan to get a better back-up tackle. Best guesses generally come from the background of the coaching staff. Mike McDaniel knows San Francisco and offensive coordinator Frank Smith was the offensive line coach of the Los Angeles Rams.
5. If Bill Belichick in a UFC belt doesn’t make you smile, you’re having a bad day.
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What are the options of the Chief Minister of Jharkhand now
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Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will seek swift legal and policy action after he was disqualified as a lawmaker for entering into a mining contract with the state government despite his tenure.
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The governor – following the election commission’s report after the BJP plea hearings – will announce the disqualification, sources told NDTV. This means that Mr. Soren loses his membership in the assembly. He and his cabinet will then have to resign. The government can be reconstituted. But can Hemant Soren immediately take over the prime minister’s chair? Generally, it is not necessary to be already an MP for this. So the simple answer is yes.
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There is a gray area. If a legislator is disqualified under the anti-defection law, he cannot be a minister until he is re-elected as an MP. Will this precedent apply here? In Mr. Soren’s case, the disqualification does not fall under the anti-defection law. Here Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act applies, whose key question – should he first be re-elected? — has not yet been decided by any constitutional court.
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After the vacancy of the seat of Mr. Soren, the electoral commission must organize a partial election within six months. Mr. Soren can challenge and reclaim the seat. But, if he is unable to be chief minister until then, the JMM-Congress alliance may have to elect someone else as president. And Hemant Soren can come back later as chief minister. He could have had worse. According to the law, an MP guilty of a conflict of interest can even be banned from running for office for up to five years, according to experts. Sources say Mr Soren is not receiving this punishment.
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Politically too, it is not such a straight line. Weakened by the turn of events, Hemant Soren may have to appease some factions. There were already allegations that the BJP was trying to overthrow the government, after three JMM lawmakers were caught with Rs 50 lakh cash in Bengal. The BJP has denied these allegations. These MPs said they were in Kolkata to buy sarees. But much has been read between the lines, especially with the BJP’s recent return to power in Maharashtra after a coup in the Shiv Sena.
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While Hemant Soren resolves his individual issues, the JMM-Congress may have to prove his majority in the House. The assembly has 82 members, of which the JMM has 30, the Congress 17 – an easy majority of 47. Moreover, it enjoys the support of a few others. The BJP leads the opposition with 25 members, according to the Vidhan Sabha website. But the fiasco of MPs with cash in Bengal shows the math may not be as simple as it looks on paper. The BJP calls for midterm polls “for moral reasons”. But the minister and leader of Congress Alamgir Alam ruled out any threat against the government: “Hemant Soren continues to be our leader”.
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8 Best Movies on Amazon Prime You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
The Amazon Prime Video library has thousands of titles you can stream at any time. Even with all those options, you might feel like you’re struggling to find something to watch. It’s understandable; there are just so many movies and shows out there that it can be tough to separate the wheat from the chaff when it comes to finding fresh entertainment. Here are eight of our favorite movies on Amazon Prime that you may not have heard of yet, but we think you should definitely check out!
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1. The Golden Compass (2007) – Movies on Amazon Prime
If you’re in the mood for an epic fantasy adventure, The Golden Compass is the perfect movie for you. Starring Nicole Kidman and Daniel Craig. This film is based on the first book in Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials trilogy. The story follows Lyra, a young girl who lives in a parallel universe where everyone has a daemon or animal companion. When Lyra’s friend Roger goes missing, she sets out on a journey to find him with the help of her daemon Pantalaimon.
2. Nobody (2021) – Movies on Amazon Prime
If you are in the mood for a mind-bending psychological thriller, then check out one of the best movies on Amazon Prime called ‘Nobody’. This film stars Bob Odenkirk as Hutch Mansell, an unassuming father, and a husband who’s taken for granted by everyone in his life. When Hutch is robbed one night, he decides not to fight back or call the police. But this decision sets off a chain of events that leads him down a dark path.
3. The Blind Side (2009) – Movies on Amazon Prime
You may have seen The Blind Side (2009) starring Sandra Bullock, but you may not know that it’s based on a true story. Michael Oher (played by Quinton Aaron) was a homeless teenager who was taken in by a wealthy family, the Tuohys. Leigh Anne Tuohy (played by Bullock) saw something in Michael and helped him develop his skills in football. He eventually went on to play for the Baltimore Ravens.
4. Journey To The Center Of The Earth (2008)
If you’re looking for a family-friendly movie that’s both entertaining and educational, Journey to the Center of the Earth is a great choice. The film follows a group of scientists. They travel deep into the earth’s core in an effort to find out what happened to a missing colleague. Along the way, they encounter all sorts of obstacles and dangers but ultimately reach their destination safely. This film is sure to thrill and delight viewers of all ages.
5. Life Of Pi (2012) – Movies on Amazon Prime
Life of Pi is a heartwarming story about a boy named Pi who gets stranded on a lifeboat with a Bengal tiger. The movie is visually stunning, and the acting is top-notch. Life of Pi is based on a best-selling novel. It’s one of the few movies that’s actually better than the book.
6. The Time Machine (2002)
If you’re in the mood for a time-traveling adventure, The Time Machine is the perfect movie for you. Based on the 1895 novel by H.G. Wells. The Time Machine tells the story of a scientist who invents the time machine and travels to the future to find out what has become of humanity. Along the way, he discovers that the world is not as it seems and that he must fight to save humanity from destruction.
7. About Time (2013) – Movies on Amazon Prime
If you’re looking for a feel-good movie that will make you laugh, cry, and think, then About Time is the perfect film for you. This 2013 romantic comedy stars Domhnall Gleeson as Tim. A man who discovers he has the ability to travel through time. Throughout the movie, Tim uses his power to try and improve his life and the lives of those around him. About Time is a heartwarming story about family and the love to cherish every moment.
8. The Lost City Of Z (2016) – Movies on Amazon Prime
The Lost City of Z is a 2016 film directed by James Gray and based on the 2009 book of the same name by David Grann. The film stars Charlie Hunnam, Robert Pattinson, Sienna Miller, and Tom Holland. The Lost City of Z tells the true story of British explorer Percy Fawcett, who disappeared while searching for a lost city in the Amazon jungle in 1925. The film was a critical and commercial success, with many praising its direction, acting, cinematography, and production design.
In conclusion, these are eight underrated movies on Amazon Prime you may have never heard of. These films are all different in genre and style, but they are all excellent examples of what the streaming service has to offer. So next time you’re looking for something new to watch, be sure to check out one of these titles.
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Moderna sues Pfizer and BioNTech alleging patent infringement on Covid vaccine
Moderna said Friday it was suing Pfizer and BioNTech, alleging the two companies copied Moderna’s technology to make its Covid Comirnaty vaccine.
“We believe that Pfizer and BioNTech illegally copied Moderna’s inventions, and they have continued to use them without permission,” Moderna Chief Legal Officer Shannon Thyme Klinger said in a statement.
The patent infringement suits were filed in the US District Court for the District of Massachusetts and the Düsseldorf Regional Court in Germany, according to a press release.
Moderna said it filed patents between 2010 and 2016 for its mRNA technology, which was key in the company’s creation of its own Covid vaccine. The company alleges that Pfizer and BioNTech then copied this same technology for Comirnaty.
“We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented in the decade before the COVID-19 pandemic,” said the CEO of the company, Stéphane Bancel.
“This foundational platform, which we started building in 2010, along with our patented work on coronaviruses in 2015 and 2016, has enabled us to produce a safe and highly effective Covid-19 vaccine in record time after outbreak. of the pandemic.
Bancel said the company continues to use the technology to develop treatments for influenza and HIV, as well as autoimmune and cardiovascular diseases and rare forms of cancer.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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Cincinnati Bengals 2022 sideline hats are now available. You can find a variety of styles – from knit pom-pom hates to ballcaps – to complete your team spirit look for the upcoming season. We’ve pulled together a few choices here, but many more are available to buy from Fanatics. Take a look.
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Moderna sues Pfizer/BioNTech for patent infringement over COVID vaccine
By Daniel Trotta
Aug 26 (Reuters) - Moderna is suing Pfizer and its German partner BioNTech for patent infringement in the development of the first COVID-19 vaccine approved in the United States, alleging they copied technology that Moderna developed years before the pandemic.
The lawsuit, which seeks undetermined monetary damages, was being filed in U.S. District Court in Massachusetts and the Regional Court of Dusseldorf in Germany, Moderna said in a news release on Friday.
"We are filing these lawsuits to protect the innovative mRNA technology platform that we pioneered, invested billions of dollars in creating, and patented during the decade preceding the COVID-19 pandemic," Moderna Chief Executive Stephane Bancel said in the statement.
Moderna Inc MRNA.O, on its own, and the partnership of Pfizer Inc PFE.N and BioNTech SE 22UAy.DE were two of the first groups to develop a vaccine for the novel coronavirus.
Just a decade old, Moderna, based in Cambridge, Massachusetts, had been an innovator in the messenger RNA (mRNA) vaccine technology that enabled the unprecedented speed in developing the COVID-19 vaccine.
An approval process that previously took years was completed in months, thanks largely to the breakthrough in mRNA vaccines, which teach human cells how to make a protein that will trigger an immune response.
Germany-based BioNTech had also been working in this field when it partnered with the U.S. pharma giant Pfizer.
The U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted emergency use authorization for the COVID-19 vaccine first to Pfizer/BioNTech in December 2020, then one week later to Moderna.
Moderna alleges Pfizer/BioNTech, without permission, copied mRNA technology that Moderna had patented between 2010 and 2016, well before COVID-19 emerged in 2019 and exploded into global consciousness in early 2020.
Early in the pandemic, Moderna said it would not enforce its COVID-19 patents to help others develop their own vaccines, particularly for low- and middle-income countries. But in March 2022 Moderna said it expected companies such as Pfizer and BioNTech to respect its intellectual property rights. It said it would not seek damages for any activity before March 8, 2022.
Patent litigation is not uncommon in the early stages of new technology.
Pfizer and BioNTech are already facing multiple lawsuits from other companies who say the partnership's vaccine infringes on their patents. Pfizer/BioNTech have said they will defend their patents vigorously.
Germany's CureVac 5cv.DE, for instance, also filed a lawsuit against BioNTech in Germany in July. BioNTech responded in a statement that its work was original.
Moderna has also been sued for patent infringement in the United States and has an ongoing dispute with the U.S. National Institutes of Health over rights to mRNA technology.
In Friday's statement, Moderna said Pfizer/BioNTech appropriated two types of intellectual property.
One involved an mRNA structure that Moderna says its scientists began developing in 2010 and were the first to validate in human trials in 2015.
"Pfizer and BioNTech took four different vaccine candidates into clinical testing, which included options that would have steered clear of Moderna's innovative path. Pfizer and BioNTech, however, ultimately decided to proceed with a vaccine that has the same exact mRNA chemical modification to its vaccine," Moderna said in its statement.
The second alleged infringement involves the coding of a full-length spike protein that Moderna says its scientists developed while creating a vaccine for the coronavirus that causes Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS).
Although the MERS vaccine never went to market, its development helped Moderna rapidly roll out its COVID-19 vaccine.
(Reporting by Daniel Trotta; editing by Caroline Humer and Edwina Gibbs)
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Rick Sanchez may be the smartest man in the universe – a status that, until recently, was protected by the Central Finite Curve – but he doesn’t tend to specialize in emotional depth. After the massive revelations of the season 5 finale, however, it’s now clear that he’s been grappling with massive grief since before we even laid eyes on him.
Thanks to 'Rickmurai Jack', we now know that Rick’s spent decades trying to come to terms with the death of his wife and (original) daughter, who were killed by a murderous version of himself from another dimension. The question is, how will this new intel change TV’s favorite misanthropic scientist as Rick and Morty enters its hotly anticipated sixth season?
"Ultimately for a character like this, it isn’t going to change him," Rick and Morty co-creator and voice of Rick Justin Roiland tells us. "I just think it’s letting the audience in on a little bit of maybe why he is the way he is."
"Rick’s been carrying this [grief] all the way since the beginning," he continues. "He’s just buried it deep and he’s built up walls. Maybe some of those walls are crumbling a little bit, but I think there’s this idea that you don’t want to be in a position where anyone who’s in your life could hurt you, so you build the walls up and you don’t let anyone get too close emotionally.
"Because when you have to deal with loss – which we all will [do] or have [done] – it’s a very profound and awful experience. It’s just a fucking awful elephant in the room that we all pretend, I think, culturally isn’t a thing. But it is, and I think it’s unhealthy as a culture that we pretend it’s not real. I think that can cause people to put up walls [to try] and protect themselves, but ultimately, does it work? It’s like if Rick loses the Morty and Summer he’s been hanging out with for quite a while now, is he affected when he knows he can just go and pluck a Summer who’s almost identical from another reality? When you’re living in that kind of situation, is it easier to just not give a fuck?”
Perhaps more important is how this tragic backstory will affect Rick’s relationship with his grandchildren/fellow explorers of the multiverse Morty and Summer. Roiland’s fellow Rick and Morty co-creator Dan Harmon points out that Rick, by nature, "is very avoidant. I mean, he split his daughter in two [by creating a clone] rather than have a relationship with her." It seems, however, that sidestepping his familial responsibilities won’t be quite so, er, simple when it comes to Morty.
"Rick has confided in Morty," says Harmon. "More importantly, it changes their relationship. Like, as we move forward, Morty becomes less and less of a punching bag or a foil, and becomes more and more of a partner to Rick. Which may destroy the show," he laughs, "and then we’d move on!"
"Summer’s always called Rick out on his shit, more so than Morty," adds Roiland. "We’ve seen Morty kind of get to a place of just being completely over Rick’s bullshit, but then Rick tends to psychologically manipulate Morty and fuck with him and control him. We’ve thought a lot about this, but ultimately there’s a dynamic that we want to try to maintain as long as it feels true to the show and the progress of these characters.
"As we’ve gotten deeper into the show I’ve always seen Summer as a character that just doesn’t put up with Rick’s shit, who calls him out and isn’t really afraid of him. Morty is more afraid. He’s a little more timid around this guy because he could snap at any minute."
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- Town approves six-month retail pot moratorium
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TSEdCET Results 2022 Out, Check Direct Results Link Here
Telangana State Education Common Entrance Test ( TS EdCET ) results are out.
Candidates can download their score card on the official website. The candidates need to log in with their hall ticket number and date of birth. Along with the results, TSCHE will also release TS EdCET 2022 rank list.
Steps to Download the Rank Card:
1. Visit the official website edcet.tsche.ac.in, You can also check the results directly at https://results.sakshieducation.com
2. Click on the ‘Download score card’ link on the homepage
3. Enter your registration number, and date of birth and click on submit tab
4. The TS EdCET results will appear on the screen
5. Check the score card PDF
6. Download it and print a copy for future reference
The candidate who qualifies the TS EdCET entrance exam will become eligible for admission into BEd (two years) regular courses in the Colleges of Education in Telangana State for the academic year 2022-2023.
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BOSTON and ATLANTA, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) (Inhibikase), a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing protein kinase inhibitor therapeutics to modify the course of Parkinson's disease, Parkinson's-related disorders and other diseases of the Abelson Tyrosine Kinases, today announced that the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has reviewed its Investigational New Drug (IND) application for IkT-001Pro for the treatment of Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia (CML) and issued a Study May Procced (SMP) letter.
IkT-001Pro is a prodrug formulation of imatinib mesylate and has been developed to improve the safety of the first FDA-approved Abelson (Abl) kinase inhibitor, imatinib (marketed as Gleevec®). Imatinib is commonly taken for hematological and gastrointestinal cancers that arise from Abl kinase mutations found in the bone marrow or for gastrointestinal cancers that occur from c-Kit and/or PDGFRa/b mutations in the stomach; c-Kit, PDGFRa/b and Abl are all members of the Abelson Tyrosine Kinase protein family. IkT-001Pro has the potential to be a safer alternative for patients and may improve the number of patients that reach and sustain major and/or complete cytogenetic responses in stable-phase CML. In preclinical studies, IkT-001Pro was shown to be as much as 3.4 times safer than imatinib in non-human primates, reducing burdensome gastrointestinal side effects that occur following oral administration. Imatinib delivered as IkT-001Pro was granted Orphan Drug Designation for stable-phase CML in September, 2018.
"We are excited to have received the SMP letter from the FDA for IkT-001Pro for CML. This represents the first program to emerge from our novel prodrug platform, which aims to improve the safety and tolerability of approved and novel therapeutics," commented Milton H. Werner, Ph.D., President and Chief Executive Officer. "Based on preclinical studies, we believe that IkT-001Pro has the potential to significantly improve the safety profile of oral imatinib, which may enhance patient adherence and quality of life, potentially leading to better rates of complete cytogenetic response. We look forward to initiating a bioequivalence study in the second half of 2022."
IkT-001Pro will be evaluated in a single ascending dose bioequivalence study and will enroll approximately 64 male and female healthy volunteers aged 25 to 55 who will receive IkT-001Pro at one of four doses. The study is designed to evaluate the safety profile of IkT-001Pro as well as identify a dose with a similar systemic exposure and pharmacokinetic profile compared to 400 mg imatinib mesylate at 96 hours post administration. Following this study, Inhibikase will conduct a superiority study comparing the selected dose of IkT-001Pro to 400 mg imatinib mesylate, the current standard-of-care for stable-phase Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia and evaluate the adverse event profile and patient reported outcomes as a measure of superiority over standard-of-care.
About Chronic Myeloid Leukemia
Chronic myeloid leukemia (CML)1 is a slowly progressing cancer that affects the blood and bone marrow. In CML, a genetic change takes place in immature myeloid cells — the cells that make most types of white blood cells. This change creates an abnormal gene product called BCR-ABL which transforms the cell into a CML cell. Leukemia cells increasingly grow and divide in an unregulated manner, eventually spilling out of the bone marrow and circulating in the body via the bloodstream. Because they proliferate in an uncontrolled manner, the excessive production of myeloid cells acts like a liquid tumor. In time, the cells can also settle in other parts of the body, including the spleen. CML is a form of slow-growing leukemia that can change into a fast-growing form of acute leukemia that is difficult to treat.
About Inhibikase (www.inhibikase.com)
Inhibikase Therapeutics, Inc. (Nasdaq: IKT) is a clinical-stage pharmaceutical company developing therapeutics for Parkinson's disease and related disorders. Inhibikase's multi-therapeutic pipeline focuses on neurodegeneration and its lead program IkT-148009, an Abelson Tyrosine Kinase (c-Abl) inhibitor, targets the treatment of Parkinson's disease inside and outside the brain as well as other diseases that arise from Ableson Tyrosine Kinases. Its multi-therapeutic pipeline is pursuing Parkinson's-related disorders of the brain and GI tract, orphan indications related to Parkinson's disease such as Multiple System Atrophy, and drug delivery technologies for kinase inhibitors such as IkT-001Pro, a prodrug of the anticancer agent imatinib mesylate that the Company believes will provide a better patient experience with fewer on-dosing side-effects. The Company's RAMP™ medicinal chemistry program has identified a number of follow-on compounds to IkT-148009 to be potentially applied to other cognitive and motor function diseases of the brain. Inhibikase is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia with offices in Boston, Massachusetts.
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1 Also known as chronic myelogenous leukemia, chronic myelocytic leukemia, and chronic granulocytic leukemia (CGL).
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WATERBURY, Conn. (AP) — A lawyer for c onspiracy theorist Alex Jones invoked his right against self-incrimination Thursday during a civil court hearing in Connecticut over the possible improper disclosure of confidential medical records of relatives of some of the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting victims.
New Haven-based attorney Norman Pattis refused to answer questions citing his Fifth Amendment rights during a hearing on whether he should be disciplined for giving the confidential records to unauthorized persons — other lawyers for Jones in Texas. He has denied any wrongdoing. A judge did not decide Thursday if any discipline is warranted.
The hearing was connected to a Connecticut lawsuit filed by Sandy Hook families against Jones for calling the 2012 shooting that killed 20 children and six educators in Newtown a hoax. State Judge Barabara Bellis in Waterbury found Jones liable for damages in November 2021 and a jury trial over how much he should pay is scheduled to begin next month.
Bellis, who oversaw Thursday’s hearing, said it was “unusual” for a lawyer to invoke the Fifth Amendment during a disciplinary hearing.
One of Jones’s Texas-based lawyers, Andino Reynal, also testified before Bellis on Thursday as he also faces possible discipline over the records disclosure. Reynal said he was surprised and embarrassed when he found out about the disclosure.
“It was the worst day of my legal career,” he said.
Reynal represented Jones during a trial in Austin, Texas — where Jones and his Infowars web show are based — in a similar lawsuit over his claims the school shooting was a hoax. That trial ended earlier this month when a jury awarded the parents of one of the children killed in the massacre nearly $50 million in damages. Reynal has said Jones will appeal the verdicts.
According to court documents and testimony, Pattis sent a large number of records from the Connecticut defamation case within the past month to a third lawyer for Jones who represented Jones’ companies in a bankruptcy case. That lawyer then sent the records to Reynal, who in turn gave the records to the attorney who represented the Sandy Hook parents in the Texas trial.
The documents were given to Pattis by lawyers representing Sandy Hook families in the Connecticut case as part of discovery. It has not been made clear what the documents included. But lawyers associated with the case have said there were some folders with titles suggesting they included confidential medical records of the Sandy Hook plaintiffs.
The records also apparently included texts from Jones’ cellphone. In a surprise move during the Texas trial, the Sandy Hook parents’ lawyer, Mark Bankston, revealed that Reynal had mistakenly sent him the records, including Jones’ texts. Reynal said Thursday that he didn’t look at the records before sending them to Bankston.
Bankston reportedly has sent Jones’ phone records to the U.S. House committee examining the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot that sought to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the presidential election. The panel’s chairman has accused Jones of helping to organize a rally near the Capitol that preceded the insurrection. | https://www.wytv.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-alex-jones-lawyer-takes-the-fifth-during-sandy-hook-hearing/ | 2022-08-26T13:46:39Z | https://www.wytv.com/news/national-world/ap-us-news/ap-alex-jones-lawyer-takes-the-fifth-during-sandy-hook-hearing/ | false | 32 |
Rangers will need another one of those special nights at Ibrox under the lights if they are to progress in this season’s Champions League.
Gers trail Union Saint-Gilliose 2-0 after a poor showing last week in Belgium, but at home it’s a different perspective.
Last season, players like RB Leipzig and Borussia Dortmund were sent off by Rangers on their patch, and they have to do it again.
If they manage to make up the deficit, they will face either Monaco or PSV in the next round.
But first they have to play much better than last week and try to keep the Champions League dream alive by delivering another magical night at Ibrox.
They have done it so many times before and now must do it again or the Europa League will be waiting once again.
Rangers v Union Saint-Gilliose: Start date and time
This Champions League qualifying game will take place on tuesday august 9.
The match at Ibrox is scheduled to start at 7:45 p.m.
Rangers v Union Saint-Gilloise: TV channel and live broadcast
As it stands, this match will not be shown in the UK.
Instead, it will be available to watch via Rangers TV for £9.99.
talkSPORT will have live updates throughout the evening and talkSPORT.com will have all the reaction.
To tune into talkSPORT or talkSPORT 2 via the website, click HERE for the live stream. You can also listen through the talkSPORT app, on DAB digital radio, through your smart speaker and on 1089 or 1053 AM.
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DECISIVE
Do away goals count in the Champions League this season?
Changes
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How? ‘Or’ What ?
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CLASH OF THE TITANS
Ronaldo v Messi: Head-to-head records between Man United and PSG stars
Rangers v Union Saint-Gilliose: Team news
The big news for Rangers is that Ryan Kent is fit and available.
The 25-year-old missed the first leg last week but could step straight into the starting XI.
Fashion Sakala and Alfredo Morelos are also finding match sharpness and could be started by Giovanni van Bronckhorst.
However, the hosts will be without Ianis Hagi, Kemar Roofe and Nnamdi Ofoborh.
Hagi is recovering from knee surgery, Roofe has a stroke and Ofoborh has been out for a year with heart disease.
Rangers v Union Saint-Gilliose: What was said?
Rangers boss Giovanni van Bronckhorst: “We want to stay in the Champions League.
“The first game was not the result we wanted but we have a home game tomorrow which we can change the result.
“My goal and my desire is to be in the Champions League again next week. Last week is not our normal level in Europe, our standards and performance must be at a high level tomorrow.
“We started the league with two wins, which is important. We have a great team with new additions and it may take some time to get familiar with each other. I see the development of the team adapting to our style of play.”
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Holmgren, who was selected second overall in this year’s draft by Gonzaga University, was diagnosed with a Lisfranc injury to his right foot, affecting the area between the mid and forefoot.
Holmgren, 20, appears to have suffered the injury last Saturday while playing in a pro-am game in Seattle that featured NBA stars LeBron James, Jayson Tatum and first overall pick Paolo Banchero, between others.
“Certainly we are disappointed for Chet, especially given how excited he was to be on the court with his teammates this season,” Thunder general manager Sam Presti said in a statement. communicated.
“We know Chet has a long career ahead of him in our organization and in the Oklahoma City community.
“One of the things that impressed us the most during Chet’s selection process was his determination and focus.
“We expect the same tenacity to see him through this time as we work together and support him through his rehabilitation.”
It comes after Holmgren impressed during this year’s Summer League – an off-season competition in which teams play mostly rookies, sophomores and fringe NBA players to give talent development minutes and see who fits and who doesn’t.
In a particular win over the Utah Jazz earlier this summer, Holmgren wowed fans in his 24 minutes on the court, setting records as he went.
The big man finished with 23 points – including 4 of 6 three-point attempts – seven rebounds and four assists.
He also finished with six blocks, the most ever in an NBA Summer League game.
Do you love movies? Of course, you do! What about movies on zombies? Maybe not so much—that’s because most movies about zombies are terrible. The good news is that, despite how oversaturated the zombie market has become, there are still great movies on zombies being released every year. To help you stay on top of the zombie movie scene and make sure you don’t miss any of the great ones, here are five of the best movies on zombies you can’t miss.
Also Read: Best Movies On Amazon Prime You’ve Probably Never Heard Of
Best Movies On Zombies List:
1. 28 Days Later (2002)
If you’re looking for a classic zombie movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat, 28 Days Later is a must-watch. This film follows the story of a group of survivors in London who are fighting to stay alive in the midst of a zombie apocalypse. With intense action and suspense, this movie is sure to keep you entertained from beginning to end.
2. Zombieland (2009)
This is definitely one of the best movies on zombies that you can’t miss! It’s a comedy/horror movie with zombies and humans in it. In this film, there are four survivors: Columbus, Tallahassee, Wichita, and Little Rock. After meeting each other they are forced to work together and fight off the zombies trying to eat them alive. The group has different personalities which made for some great scenes throughout the movie. Zombieland is full of action and laughs – I recommend this movie to anyone who loves a good zombie flick!
3. Dawn Of The Dead (1978) – Movies On Zombies
Few zombie movies are as intense and thrilling as Dawn of the Dead. Directed by George A. Romero, the film tells the story of a group of people who are holed up in a shopping mall, trying to survive against a horde of zombies. The film is full of suspense, gore, and plenty of jump scares. If you’re looking for a classic zombie movie that will keep you on the edge of your seat, Dawn of the Dead is a must-watch.
4. Shaun Of The Dead (2004)
If you’re looking for a movie that’s both funny and scary, Shaun of the Dead is a must-watch. It tells the story of a group of friends who have to fight for their lives when zombies take over London. The movie is full of clever references to other zombie movies, and it’ll keep you entertained from beginning to end.
5. Night Of The Living Dead (1968) – Movies On Zombies
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent horror film directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones and Judith O’Dea. The story follows seven people who are trapped in a rural farmhouse in Western Pennsylvania, which is besieged by an incessantly growing group of flesh-eating zombies. The film was completed on a shoestring budget of $114,000, and it grossed $12 million domestically and $18 million internationally.
6. 28 Weeks Later (2007)
In this movie, the main characters are a group of survivors in London during a zombie apocalypse. The film is intense and gory, but it’s also a great story about human survival and relationships. Plus, the ending is one of the most shocking endings in any zombie movie. I highly recommend it!
If you’re a fan of zombies, then you know that there are a lot of great movies out there featuring the undead. Here are five of the best zombie movies that you can’t miss.
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Raiders wide Davante Adams continues to praise his former Packers quarterback Aaron Rodgers after the dynamic duo parted ways this offseason.
“He was an amazing man,” Adams said of his time playing with Rodgers during an appearance on “The Pivot” podcast. “I don’t overlook anything Aaron has done for me because he’s the best quarterback, in my opinion, to play this game.
“What he did for me wasn’t just the type of balls he was throwing, or a great back shoulder or whatever. He had the Michael Jordan effect. … [He’s] going to make you play better,” Adams said. “He’s going to bring out your best just by being on the pitch.”
Adams also explained that when Rodgers had time off during Packers OTAs, the team wasn’t the same without the quarterback under center.
“He was a great leader, but it was more about – you always notice in the OTAs, once in a while a guy who is in his 15th year or whatever, they have days off in the OTA, and there were times when it was I wasn’t training and you were just noticing people started not falling, not training hard,” Adams recalled. “But it wasn’t the same as when Aaron was there.”
Adams and Rodgers had been playing together since 2014, before the Packers traded Adams to the Raiders in March for a pair of draft picks. Le Broad signed a record-breaking, five-year, $141.25 million deal with Las Vegas, where he reunited with quarterback Derek Carr, his former Fresno State teammate.
At the time, Rodgers signed a three-year, $150 million contract extension to stay with Green Bay after considering retirement.
During “The Pivot” podcast episode, Adams said Carr was “extremely” underrated and his goal was to win a Super Bowl with Las Vegas.
“I didn’t come here just to be cute and hang out with Derek,” Adams said. “I want to get this trophy at the end of the year.”
The Raiders visit the Chargers in Los Angeles in Week 1.
Maybe you watch it giving your furry friend a deep scratch behind the ears, or gifting your sweet boy a Doggie Donut from Krispy Kreme.
Whichever way you celebrate, Friday, August 26 – National Dog Day – is upon us.
And in honor of the four-legged vacation, Camp Bow Wow analyzed its national database to determine the most popular dog breeds in each state.
The company, which describes itself as “North America’s largest dog daycare and boarding franchise,” sifted through more than 400,000 annual visits to help identify “the most popular dog breeds based on records of purebred dogs”.
In the United States and in Illinois, the Labrador Retriever has earned the place of best dog. Here are which other puppies completed the top five in the state:
Labrador Retrievers
German shepherd
golden doodle
Golden retriever
pit bull terrier
It’s a nice list. However, according to marketing agency TOP Data, it’s not the only four-legged list.
After analyzing a database of 500,000 adopted dogs and interviewing 1,000 dog owners, here are which breeds, according to TOP Data, take the bone for the most popular among Illinois pet owners:
Chihuahua
Labrador Retrievers
pit bull
Pooch
Beagle
One list, however, that does not circle around is Trupanion’s Top 10 Most Popular Dog Names for 2022. The insurance company queried its database of over 740,000 insured pets and found that the Your puppy’s tag is more likely to have one of these names. engraved on it:
Moon
Charly
bella
Daisy
Milo
Lucy
Cooper
Bailey
teddy
Max
Whatever your favorite breed is – or what you call your dog – it might be time to take your four-legged friend out.
A lot was made on social media about Tyreek Hill running by Philadelphia Eagles star cornerback Darius Slay on the first play of their joint practice Wednesday. Too much? Philadelphia receiver AJ Brown thought so with some reason.
This came on a drill where quarterbacks threw to receivers working one-on-one against cornerbacks. No lines. No safeties. No one else on the field at all. Quarterbacks and receivers typically win that matchup – no matter the matchup.
Throw in Hill, maybe the toughest one-on-one battle in the NFL, and it’s a mismatch. His speed won. He doesn’t need social media to go crazy over his play to confirm his talent. But as Brown tweeted in response to the enthusiasm over Hill’s win against Slay: “Now show us cooking y’all corners.”
He then posted video of a couple plays in the same drill where he competed against … Dolphins star cornerback Xavien Howard:
What to make of this? Nothing at all. It’s a practice where cornerbacks are at a disadvantage. Hill’s speed is noticeable. He made several down-the-field catches in the 11-on-11 scrimmage against the Eagles defense on Wednesday.
You look for context in practice. The lines going up against each other in a scrimmage mean something. The one-on-one drills of cornerback against receiver? Not so much beyond a good workout.
The added context is Hill beat Slay on the very first play on the field in front of where fans and media sat. So it got bigger play. It also fed into the Camp Happy narrative around the Dolphins, where the enthusiasm quickly becomes overenthusiasm.
Remember the giddiness when Tua Tagovailoa completed a deep pass to Hill in a June workout? The context there is Hill beat cornerback Noah Igbinoghene in one-on-one coverage. Hill can’t be covered by anyone like that, and Igbinoghene is beaten by every quarterback-receiver combination.
2. The cancellation of the second day of a joint practice between Philadelphia and the Dolphins due to non-COVID illness on the Dolphins was fine with a lot of people on both sides. The skirmish that broke out in the practice had some on edge. The melee between Cincinnati Bengals and the Los Angeles Rams on Thursday on the second day of their practice explained why. The Eagles players already were upset because they played a game Sunday in Cleveland, flew home, and had to fly to Miami on Tuesday for the workouts. Many were fine the second day was cancelled.
3. The NFL can’t penalize Rams defensive tackle Aaron Donald for his dumb helmet-swinging in the fight against the Bengals. There’s no NFL refs. No discipline being wielded like in a game. Who knows what led up to the fight? It’s a bad look for Donald and for the league. But this isn’t the type of thing the NFL can suspend or fine players for. Its up to the team to do it, if they want (which they won’t to Donald).
4. The Dolphins must have a plan to get a better back-up tackle. Best guesses generally come from the background of the coaching staff. Mike McDaniel knows San Francisco and offensive coordinator Frank Smith was the offensive line coach of the Los Angeles Rams.
5. If Bill Belichick in a UFC belt doesn’t make you smile, you’re having a bad day.
Hemant Soren faces moral issues, in addition to legal issues, regarding his disqualification.
New Delhi:
Jharkhand Chief Minister Hemant Soren will seek swift legal and policy action after he was disqualified as a lawmaker for entering into a mining contract with the state government despite his tenure.
Here are the 5 best possibilities
The governor – following the election commission’s report after the BJP plea hearings – will announce the disqualification, sources told NDTV. This means that Mr. Soren loses his membership in the assembly. He and his cabinet will then have to resign. The government can be reconstituted. But can Hemant Soren immediately take over the prime minister’s chair? Generally, it is not necessary to be already an MP for this. So the simple answer is yes.
There is a gray area. If a legislator is disqualified under the anti-defection law, he cannot be a minister until he is re-elected as an MP. Will this precedent apply here? In Mr. Soren’s case, the disqualification does not fall under the anti-defection law. Here Section 9A of the Representation of the People Act applies, whose key question – should he first be re-elected? — has not yet been decided by any constitutional court.
After the vacancy of the seat of Mr. Soren, the electoral commission must organize a partial election within six months. Mr. Soren can challenge and reclaim the seat. But, if he is unable to be chief minister until then, the JMM-Congress alliance may have to elect someone else as president. And Hemant Soren can come back later as chief minister. He could have had worse. According to the law, an MP guilty of a conflict of interest can even be banned from running for office for up to five years, according to experts. Sources say Mr Soren is not receiving this punishment.
Politically too, it is not such a straight line. Weakened by the turn of events, Hemant Soren may have to appease some factions. There were already allegations that the BJP was trying to overthrow the government, after three JMM lawmakers were caught with Rs 50 lakh cash in Bengal. The BJP has denied these allegations. These MPs said they were in Kolkata to buy sarees. But much has been read between the lines, especially with the BJP’s recent return to power in Maharashtra after a coup in the Shiv Sena.
While Hemant Soren resolves his individual issues, the JMM-Congress may have to prove his majority in the House. The assembly has 82 members, of which the JMM has 30, the Congress 17 – an easy majority of 47. Moreover, it enjoys the support of a few others. The BJP leads the opposition with 25 members, according to the Vidhan Sabha website. But the fiasco of MPs with cash in Bengal shows the math may not be as simple as it looks on paper. The BJP calls for midterm polls “for moral reasons”. But the minister and leader of Congress Alamgir Alam ruled out any threat against the government: “Hemant Soren continues to be our leader”. | https://recentlyheard.com/2022/08/09/rangers-v-union-saint-gilloise-live-gers-seek-to-overturn-2-0-deficit-to-keep-champions-league-dream-alive-under-ibrox-lights/ | 2022-08-26T13:47:22Z | https://recentlyheard.com/2022/08/09/rangers-v-union-saint-gilloise-live-gers-seek-to-overturn-2-0-deficit-to-keep-champions-league-dream-alive-under-ibrox-lights/ | false | 9 |
NEW YORK (AP) — Novak Djokovic will not play in the U.S. Open, as expected, because he is not vaccinated against COVID-19 and thus is not allowed to travel to the United States.
Djokovic announced his withdrawal from the year’s last Grand Slam tournament on Twitter on Thursday, hours before the draw for the event was revealed.
“Sadly, I will not be able to travel to NY this time for US Open,” Djokovic wrote, wishing luck to his fellow players, and said he would “keep in good shape and positive spirit and wait for an opportunity to compete again.”
Play is scheduled to begin at Flushing Meadows on Monday.
Djokovic is a 35-year-old from Serbia who owns 21 major championships, one behind Rafael Nadal for the men’s record. Three of Djokovic’s Slam trophies came at the U.S. Open, in 2011, 2015 and 2018.
He also was the runner-up there a half-dozen times, including last season, when his pursuit of the first calendar-year Grand Slam in men’s tennis since 1969 ended with a loss in the final to Daniil Medvedev.
Foreign citizens who have not been vaccinated against COVID-19 are currently unable to enter the U.S or Canada, and Djokovic has said he won’t get the shots, even if that prevents him from playing in certain tournaments.
The U.S. Tennis Association has said all along it will follow government rules about vaccination status for this year’s Open. There is no vaccine mandate at the tournament for players or their support teams — meaning that an unvaccinated American would be allowed to compete — and spectators will not be required to wear masks.
“Novak is a great champion and it is very unfortunate that he will be unable to compete at the 2022 U.S. Open, as he is unable to enter the country due to the federal government’s vaccination policy for non-U.S. citizens,” said Stacey Allaster, the U.S. Open tournament director. “We look forward to welcoming Novak back at the 2023 U.S. Open.”
Djokovic missed the Australian Open in January after a protracted legal saga ended with his deportation from that country because he isn’t vaccinated against COVID-19. He also sat out four significant tournaments in North America in 2022, including in Montreal and Cincinnati recently.
He did play in the French Open, where he lost in the quarterfinals to Nadal, and at Wimbledon, where Djokovic won the title.
After beating Nick Kyrgios in the Wimbledon final on July 10, Djokovic said he “would love” to participate in the last Grand Slam tournament of the year at Flushing Meadows, but he also acknowledged, “I’m not planning to get vaccinated.”
About three weeks later, Djokovic posted on social media that he was holding out hope of getting the chance to play in the U.S. Open, writing: “I am preparing as if I will be allowed to compete, while I await to hear if there is any room for me to travel to US. Fingers crossed!”
Djokovic has spent more weeks at No. 1 than anyone else in the history of the ATP rankings. He is No. 6 this week, in part because no rankings points were awarded at Wimbledon this year.
Among the other players who will not be at the U.S. Open for various reasons are No. 2-ranked Alexander Zverev, the 2020 runner-up in New York; 2016 champion Angelique Kerber; 2019 French Open finalist Marketa Vondrousova; Gael Monfils and Reilly Opelka.
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COLUMBIA, Md. and HOUSTON, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Universities Space Research Association's David Kring at the Lunar and Planetary Institute was a coauthor on the paper "Cryogeomorphic Characterization of Shadowed Regions in the Artemis Exploration Zone" published in Geophysical Research Letters.
Imagine a world where the Sun never passes overhead and, instead, forever moves in a circle along the horizon, casting long shadows that rotate across the landscape. That world is the lunar south polar region, soon to be explored by Artemis astronauts.
Because the Sun hovers near the horizon, the sunken floors of impact craters in the region never see sunlight and lie in perpetual shadow. Those permanently shadowed regions are incredibly cold, less than 100K (or less than -280°F), and approaching absolute zero. At those temperatures, water vapor and other volatile substances may be frozen in lunar soils, even though that soil is exposed to the vacuum of space.
The potential for ice makes those shadowed crater floors intriguing sites to explore. The ice may harbor clues about the delivery and processing of water to the Earth-Moon system. The ice may also provide resources to be used by astronauts for consumption, radiation shielding, and rocket propellant.
But designing exploration plans into such regions is difficult. What lurks in those shadowed regions? Where within them will our astronauts venture?
That puzzling problem was recently solved by an international team of scientists that developed a method for seeing into those dark regions of the Moon. Their work is published in the current issue of Geophysical Research Letters. The paper is led by Valentin Bickel, a former graduate student intern at the Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), Houston, and now a postdoctoral researcher at ETH Zurich, Switzerland. Dr. Bickel's former LPI mentor, Dr. David Kring, the principal investigator of the LPI-NASA Johnson Space Center (JSC) Center for Lunar Science and Exploration, co-authored the study along with Dr. B. Moseley (University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom), Dr. E. Hauber (German Aerospace Center, Berlin, Germany), Dr. M. Shirley (NASA Ames Research Center, Mountain View, California), and Dr. J.-P. Williams (University of California, Los Angeles).
Areas that were once dark are made visible by using a physics-based, deep learning-driven post-processing tool to produce high-signal and high-resolution Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Narrow Angle Camera (NAC) images that efficiently capture photons bounced into the shadowed regions from adjacent mountains and crater walls. This allows the team of scientists to provide the world with images of potential exploration regions. As LPI's Dr. Kring explains, "Visible routes into the permanently shadowed regions can now be designed, greatly reducing risks to Artemis astronauts and robotic explorers." The spacesuit being developed for Artemis astronauts will allow them to spend at least two hours in those shadowed terrains. Using the new images, mission planners can direct astronauts to boulders to be sampled in the shadowed domains and locations where trenches can be dug in the soil to evaluate the distribution of any ices.
The authors applied their new technique to images collected by the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter Camera, which has been documenting the Artemis exploration zone for over a decade. The team used those enhanced images to determine that water ice is not visible in sheets covering those shadowed areas. Dr. Bickel says, "There is no evidence of pure surface ice within the shadowed areas, implying that any ice must be mixed with lunar soil or underneath the surface." Dr. Bickel also notes that this work has an immediate impact on the mission delivering NASA's PRIME-1 payload, "We detect an ~50-meter-wide crater and other surface features in a shadowed region that could alter the location where the hopper lander, Micro-Nova, may touch down next year."
The results published in the new paper are part of a comprehensive investigation of potential Artemis landing sites and exploration options on the lunar surface conducted by the LPI-JSC Center for Lunar Science and Exploration. Thus far, the team has examined more than a half-dozen potential landing sites for Artemis astronauts and complementary robotic missions.
Dr. Kring's work was supported by NASA's Solar System Exploration Research Virtual Institute (SSERVI).
Founded in 1969, under the auspices of the National Academy of Sciences at the request of the U.S. Government, the Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is a nonprofit corporation chartered to advance space-related science, technology, and engineering. USRA operates scientific institutes and facilities and conducts other major research and educational programs. USRA engages the university community and employs in-house scientific leadership, innovative research and development, and project management expertise. More information about USRA is available at www.usra.edu.
The Lunar and Planetary Institute (LPI), operated by Universities Space Research Association, was established during the Apollo program in 1968 to foster international collaboration and to serve as a repository for information gathered during the early years of the space program. Today, the LPI is an intellectual leader in lunar and planetary science. The Institute serves as a scientific forum attracting world-class visiting scientists, postdoctoral fellows, students, and resident experts; supports and serves the research community through newsletters, meetings, and other activities; collects and disseminates planetary data while facilitating the community's access to NASA science, and engages, excites, and educates the public about space science and invests in the development of future generations of explorers. The research carried out at the LPI supports NASA's efforts to explore the solar system. More information about LPI is available at www.lpi.usra.edu.
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SAN MARCOS, Texas (KXAN) — High school football season is back in Central Texas. As teams warm up for their season openers, the San Marcos High School football team is gearing up for a different challenge.
The district is planning to appeal a ruling that banned the team from the playoffs for two years.
San Marcos CISD Chief of Communications Andrew Fernandez said the team is accused of recruiting players from outside its school boundary lines. Something he said the district denies.
“We had a group of students who played on a youth football team together, and that group of students decided to join San Marcos CISD, and it’s really that that’s in question,” Fernandez said.
He said the allegation was made by a UIL district executive committee. Fernandez said the committee ruled those players were ineligible for transfer.
“If they feel like they’re moving in for athletic purposes, then that student will sit out a year,” Fernandez said.
He said the district is OK with that ruling. But, Fernandez said the committee also suggested those athletes not be allowed to play for an additional two years.
That’s something he said the district would push back on. San Marcos CISD is supposed to get paperwork from the district executive committee Friday morning. From there, it’ll file an appeal with UIL.
“We’ll learn about the next steps on when the state executive committee hearing will take place, and we’ll take our statements and our families to that meeting, and we’ll go from there,” Fernandez said.
KXAN reached out to the parents of players on the team, but several did not want to talk. One of them told us parents fear it would impact their child’s playing time.
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PETER B. CANNELL & CO., INC. bought a fresh place in Ferroglobe PLC (NASDAQ:GSM). Money CNN data shows that the institutional investor bought 709.6 thousand shares of the stock in a transaction took place on 6/30/2022. In another most recent transaction, which held on 6/30/2022, MILLENNIUM MANAGEMENT LLC bought approximately 704.6 thousand shares of Ferroglobe PLC In a separate transaction which took place on 6/30/2022, the institutional investor, NOKOMIS CAPITAL LLC bought 684.4 thousand shares of the company’s stock. The total Institutional investors and hedge funds own 41.70% of the company’s stock.
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In the most recent purchasing and selling session, Ferroglobe PLC (GSM)’s share price decreased by 0.00 percent to ratify at $7.05. A sum of 1242531 shares traded at recent session and its average exchanging volume remained at 1.06M shares. The 52-week price high and low points are important variables to concentrate on when assessing the current and prospective worth of a stock. Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) shares are taking a pay cut of -37.33% from the high point of 52 weeks and flying high of 55.63% from the low figure of 52 weeks.
Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) shares reached a high of $7.255 and dropped to a low of $7.04 until finishing in the latest session at $7.20. Traders and investors may also choose to study the ATR or Average True Range when concentrating on technical inventory assessment. Currently at 0.32 is the 14-day ATR for Ferroglobe PLC (GSM). The highest level of 52-weeks price has $11.25 and $4.53 for 52 weeks lowest level. After the recent changes in the price, the firm price to earnings ratio of 4.63 and price to earnings growth ratio of 0.23. The liquidity ratios which the firm has won as a quick ratio of 1.30, a current ratio of 1.90 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.81.
Having a look at past record, we’re going to look at various forwards or backwards shifting developments regarding GSM. The firm’s shares fell -2.35 percent in the past five business days and grew 24.12 percent in the past thirty business days. In the previous quarter, the stock fell -0.70 percent at some point. The company’s performance is now positive at 13.53% from the beginning of the calendar year.
According to WSJ, Ferroglobe PLC (GSM) obtained an estimated Buy proposal from the 1 brokerage firms currently keeping a deep eye on the stock performance as compares to its rivals. 0 equity research analysts rated the shares with a selling strategy, 0 gave a hold approach, 1 gave a purchase tip, 0 gave the firm a overweight advice and 0 put the stock under the underweight category. The average price goal of one year between several banks and credit unions that last year discussed the stock is $14.00.
Celsius Holdings Inc. (CELH) shares on Thursday’s trading session, jumped 2.25 percent to see the stock exchange hands at $116.10 per unit. Lets a quick look at company’s past reported and future predictions of growth using the EPS Growth. EPS growth is a percentage change in standardized earnings per share over the trailing-twelve-month period to the current year-end. The company posted a value of $0.19 as earning-per-share over the last full year, while a chance, will post $1.31 for the coming year. The current EPS Growth rate for the company during the year is -55.70% and predicted to reach at 210.87% for the coming year.
The last trading period has seen Celsius Holdings Inc. (CELH) move -0.88% and 203.05% from the stock’s 52-week high and 52-week low prices respectively. The daily trading volume for Celsius Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CELH) over the last session is 1.37 million shares. CELH has attracted considerable attention from traders and investors, a scenario that has seen its volume drop -11.53% compared to the previous one.
Investors focus on the profitability proportions of the company that how the company performs at profitability side. Return on equity ratio or ROE is a significant indicator for prospective investors as they would like to see just how effectively a business is using their cash to produce net earnings. As a return on equity, Celsius Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CELH) produces 6.90%. Because it would be easy and highly flexible, ROI measurement is among the most popular investment ratios. Executives could use it to evaluate the levels of performance on acquisitions of capital equipment whereas investors can determine that how the stock investment is better. The ROI entry for CELH’s scenario is at 1.80%. Another main metric of a profitability ratio is the return on assets ratio or ROA that analyses how effectively a business can handle its assets to generate earnings over a duration of time. Celsius Holdings Inc. (CELH) generated 4.70% ROA for the trading twelve-month.
Volatility is just a proportion of the anticipated day by day value extend—the range where an informal investor works. Greater instability implies more noteworthy benefit or misfortune. After an ongoing check, Celsius Holdings Inc. (CELH) stock is found to be 7.26% volatile for the week, while 7.24% volatility is recorded for the month. The outstanding shares have been calculated 75.45M. Based on a recent bid, its distance from 20 days simple moving average is 14.50%, and its distance from 50 days simple moving average is 39.90% while it has a distance of 76.62% from the 200 days simple moving average.
The Williams Percent Range or Williams %R is a well-known specialized pointer made by Larry Williams to help recognize overbought and oversold circumstances. Celsius Holdings Inc. (NASDAQ:CELH)’s Williams Percent Range or Williams %R at the time of writing to be seated at 8.73% for 9-Day. It is also calculated for different time spans. Currently for this organization, Williams %R is stood at 8.16% for 14-Day, 6.40% for 20-Day, 3.16% for 50-Day and to be seated 2.62% for 100-Day. Relative Strength Index, or RSI(14), which is a technical analysis gauge, also used to measure momentum on a scale of zero to 100 for overbought and oversold. In the case of Celsius Holdings Inc., the RSI reading has hit 68.39 for 14-Day. | http://www.bovnews.com/2022/08/26/can-help-investors-wade-through-choppy-markets-ferroglobe-plc-gsm-celsius-holdings-inc-celh/ | 2022-08-26T13:55:53Z | http://www.bovnews.com/2022/08/26/can-help-investors-wade-through-choppy-markets-ferroglobe-plc-gsm-celsius-holdings-inc-celh/ | true | 19813 |
Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market is Prospering at USD 14.13 billion by 2029, Size, Share, Emerging Trends, Historic Analysis and Industry Growth Factors
SYDNEY, Aug. 26, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- "Global Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market" the new research report adds to Data Bridge Market Research's reports database. This Research Report spread across 350 Page, 220 No of Tables, And 60 Figures summarizing Top companies, with tables and figures. Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market research report execution is becoming very vital for businesses to gain success because it offers many benefits including insights into revenue growth and sustainability initiative. The large-scale Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market research report is an absolute overview of the market that takes into account various aspects of product definition, market segmentation based on various parameters, and the established merchant landscape. This industry report also offers businesses the company profile, product specifications, production value, manufacturer's contact information, and market shares for the company. Moreover, Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market business report blends all-inclusive industry analysis with particular estimates and forecasts to provide complete research solutions with the greatest clarity for strategic decision making.
Due to the potential of SWOT analysis and Porter's Five Forces analysis in generating market research reports, they are preferred by businesses and hence also used while making an excellent Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market report. Market drivers and market restraints explained in this report provide ideas about the rise or fall in the consumer demand for a particular product depending on several factors. In addition, this market report also gives top to bottom assessment of the market concerning income and the developing business sector. Thus, the world-class Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market report endows with in-depth market analysis to thrive in this competitive environment.
The global small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) Market was valued at USD 7.68 billion in 2021 and is expected to reach USD 14.13 billion by 2029, registering a CAGR of 7.91% during the forecast period of 2022-2029. The market report curated by the Data Bridge Market Research team includes in-depth expert analysis, import/export analysis, pricing analysis, production consumption analysis, and climate chain scenario.
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Over the recent years, there has been a massive shift toward liquefied natural gas (LNG) over the traditionally used fuel sources as it has complete combustion and fewer carbon emissions. Furthermore, the expanding consumer preference for greener and cleaner fuel sources and the increasing use of liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a ship fuel over heavy fuel oil, marine gas oil, and diesel oil are driving expansion. Consequently, the market is anticipated to flourish over forecast period.
Small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) refers to liquefied natural gas that is processed in industrial units with limited capacity. The gas is transformed into an odorless and colorless liquid that can be re-gasified for numerous uses after being cooled to extremely low temperatures. Small-scale LNG is more environmentally benign than oil and diesel, and it is commonly used to meet off-grid power generation needs in isolated industrial and residential complexes. In addition, it is widely employed in the industrial, commercial, and residential sectors as a transportation fuel, an industrial feedstock, and for heating.
REPORT METRIC
Forecast Period - 2022 to 2029
Base Year – 2021
Historic Years - 2020 (Customizable to 2014 - 2019)
The small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market competitive landscape provides details by competitor. Details included are company overview, company financials, revenue generated, market potential, investment in research and development, new market initiatives, global presence, production sites and facilities, production capacities, company strengths and weaknesses, product launch, product width and breadth, application dominance. The above data points provided are only related to the companies' focus related to small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
Some of the major players operating in the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market are
- Gazprom (Russia)
- Engie (France)
- Honeywell International Inc. (U.S.)
- Wärtsilä (Finland)
- Linde plc (Germany)
- Gasum Ltd., (Norway)
- IHI Corporation (Japan)
- Excelerate Energy L.P (U.S)
- Prometheus Fuels (U.S)
- Cryostar (U.S.)
- General Electric (U.S.)
- Novatek (Russia)
- Engie (France)
- NYK Line (Japan)
- Mitsui O.S.K.Lines (Japan)
- Teekay Corporation (Bermuda)
- Hyundai Heavy Industries Co., Ltd., (South Korea)
- HANJIN HEAVY INDUSTRIES & CONSTRUCTION HOLDINGS CO., LTD. (South Korea)
- Kawasaki Heavy Industries, Ltd., (Japan)
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- Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas Market [Global – Broken-down into regions]
- Regional level split [North America, Europe, Asia Pacific, South America, Middle East & Africa]
- Country wise Market Size Split [of important countries with major market share]
- Market Share and Revenue/Sales by leading players
- Market Trends – Emerging Technologies/products/start-ups, PESTEL Analysis, SWOT Analysis, Porter's Five Forces, etc.
- Market Size)
- Market Size by application/industry verticals
- Market Projections/Forecast
Key Drivers
- High Demand For Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG)
One of the primary reasons driving the market's growth is the growing demand for energy-efficient and cost-effective energy sources. Furthermore, the transportation industry's broad acceptance of the product is boosting market growth. The rising demand for energy has increased the need for liquefied natural gas (LNG), resulting in increased LNG output (LNG). Furthermore, numerous remote areas are without electricity, and government measures to improve rural electrification have increased demand for liquefied natural gas (LNG).
The rapid industrialization and high demand for natural gas as a transportation fuel will further prop the growth rate of small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. In addition to this, the reduction in the prices of natural gas and fluctuation in the prices of crude oil caused by excessive production of crude oil will also drive market value growth.
Opportunities
- Integration of Technologies and Government Policies
Furthermore, the integration of new technology and the increasing investments and the implementation of favorable government policies promoting the adoption of liquefied natural gas (LNG) extend profitable opportunities to the market players in the forecast period of 2022 2029. Additionally, the easy establishment in small-scale reserve sites will further expand the future growth of the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
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Restraints/Challenges
The expensive supply chain will create hindrances for the growth of the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market.
Also, the high per KG operating cost as compared to mid-size LNG and large-size liquefied natural gas (LNG) will prove to be a demerit for the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market. Therefore, this will challenge the small-scale liquefied natural gas (LNG) market growth rate.
Global Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market Scope
Type
- Liquefaction Terminal
- Regasification Terminal
Mode of Supply
- Trucks
- Shipment and Bunkering
- Rail Tanks
- Pipeline
- Others
Storage Tank Capacity
- Atmospheric
- Pressurized and Floating Storage (FSU)
Application
- Transportation
- Heavy-Duty Vehicles
- Industrial and Power
- Others
Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Market Regional Analysis/Insights
The Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market is analyzed and market size insights and trends are provided by country, material type, end user and application as referenced above.
The countries covered in the Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market report are U.S., Canada and Mexico in North America, Germany, France, U.K., Netherlands, Switzerland, Belgium, Russia, Italy, Spain, Turkey, Rest of Europe in Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, Singapore, Malaysia, Australia, Thailand, Indonesia, Philippines, Rest of Asia-Pacific (APAC) in the Asia-Pacific (APAC), Saudi Arabia, U.A.E, Israel, Egypt, South Africa, Rest of Middle East and Africa (MEA) as a part of Middle East and Africa (MEA), Brazil, Argentina and Rest of South America as part of South America.
North America dominates the market in terms of market share and market revenue and will continue to flourish its dominance during the forecast period of 2022-2029. The market growth over this region is attributed to the high demand for fiber cement Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) within the region. Asia-Pacific on the other hand, is estimated to show lucrative growth over the forecast period of 2022-2029, due to the prominent presence of fiber cement Small-Scale Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) market players within the region. Moreover, the high requirement for the residential and commercial building construction also boosts the regional demand.
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- The report includes an in-depth market analysis using Porter's 5 forces model.
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- The report also contains the competitive analysis using Positioning Quadrants, the analyst's competitive positioning tool.
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Part 08: Market Segmentation
Part 09: Customer Landscape
Part 10: Regional Landscape
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Part 12: Drivers And Challenges
Part 13: Market Trends
Part 14: Vendor Landscape
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The US Department of Justice is expected to release one of the most sought-after legal documents in recent history later Friday: an affidavit supporting the recent FBI search of former President Donald Trump’s Florida residence.
The document is being sought by a slew of news organizations and others amid intense public interest and political uproar over the FBI’s unprecedented action in an ongoing investigation into the former president’s handling of classified government documents after he left the White House in January 2021.
A federal judge ordered the Justice Department late Thursday to unseal a redacted version of the affidavit by noon Friday after prosecutors offered to black out sections to protect sensitive details of the investigation. The redactions were made under seal and cannot be seen by the public.
The Aug. 8 search of Trump’s Mar-A-Lago estate in Florida, in which FBI agents removed 11 sets of classified documents, some of them labeled top secret, sparked a political firestorm, Trump and his allies accusing the Biden administration of ‘weaponizing’ law enforcement against him. The administration denies the charge.
The search warrant, unsealed Aug. 12, showed Trump was being investigated for potential violations of the Espionage Act and other offenses related to his handling of government documents.
On his Truth Social platform, Trump, who said he wanted the affidavit unsealed, wrote on Friday, “Political Hacks and Thugs had no right, under the Presidential Records Act , to storm Mar-a-Lago and steal everything in sight, including passports and privileged documents.”
It remains to be seen what details of the investigation the affidavit will reveal. Prior to Federal Magistrate Judge Bruce Reinhart’s order, the Justice Department had opposed the release of the affidavit, saying it contains critical details about ongoing investigations and requires so many redactions that unsealing it would be useless.
But Reinhart appeared to accept the government’s proposed redactions in the document. In his order, Reinhart wrote that he had reviewed the redacted affidavit along with an accompanying legal memorandum, and concluded that “the government has discharged its obligation to show compelling reason/good cause to seal portions of the affidavit because disclosure would reveal (1) the identities of witnesses, law enforcement officers, and unindicted parties, (2) strategy, focus, scope, the sources and methods of the investigation, and (3) grand jury information protected by the federal rule of criminal procedure.
Citing the “historical significance” of the Mar-A-Lago search, media outlets pushing to unseal the affidavit filed a new motion on Thursday asking that portions of the Justice Department memo justifying the redactions be unsealed.
“Like the search warrant affidavit itself, the record is a court record to which a presumption of public access applies,” they wrote.
The FBI’s search for Mar-A-Lago came seven months after Trump turned over to the National Archives 15 boxes of government documents he brought to Mar-A-Lago after leaving the White House in January 2021.
Under the Presidential Records Act, all presidential records are the property of the US government and must be turned over to the National Archives by outgoing presidents.
In a May 10 letter to a Trump attorney, Acting US Archivist Debra Wall wrote that the boxes contained more than 100 classified documents comprising more than 700 pages. The National Archives released the letter this week.
The FBI’s investigation into Trump’s handling of classified records represents the latest legal headache for the former president as he plans to run for re-election in 2024.
In the 21 months since he lost his re-election bid in November 2020, Trump has been investigated by congressional investigators and prosecutors for his efforts to overturn the results. of the vote. | https://recentlyheard.com/2022/08/09/why-the-parliamentary-session-was-cut-short-again/ | 2022-08-26T14:01:28Z | https://recentlyheard.com/2022/08/09/why-the-parliamentary-session-was-cut-short-again/ | true | 11 |
2 Men Guilty of Conspiring to Kidnap Gov. Gretchen Whitmer
GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (AP) — A jury on Tuesday convicted two men of conspiring to kidnap Michigan Gov. Gretchen Whitmer in 2020, in a plot prosecutors described as a rallying cry for a U.S. civil war by anti-government extremists.
The jury also found Adam Fox and Barry Croft Jr. guilty of conspiring to obtain a weapon of mass destruction, namely a bomb to blow up a bridge and stymie police if the kidnapping could be pulled off at Whitmer’s vacation home.
Croft, 46, a trucker from Bear, Delaware, was also convicted of another explosives charge.
It was the second trial for the pair after a jury in April couldn’t reach a unanimous verdict. Two other men were acquitted and two more pleaded guilty and testified for prosecutors.
The result was a victory for the government following the shocking mixed outcome last spring.
“You can’t just strap on an AR-15 and body armor and go snatch the governor,” Assistant U.S. Attorney Nils Kessler told jurors.
“But that wasn’t the defendants’ ultimate goal,” Kessler said. “They wanted to set off a second American civil war, a second American Revolution, something that they call the boogaloo. And they wanted to do it for a long time before they settled on Gov. Whitmer.”
The investigation began when Army veteran Dan Chappel joined a Michigan paramilitary group and became alarmed when he heard talk about killing police. He agreed to become an FBI informant and spent summer 2020 getting close to Fox and others, secretly recording conversations and participating in drills at “shoot houses” in Wisconsin and Michigan.
The FBI turned it into a major domestic terrorism case with two more informants and two undercover agents embedded in the group.
Fox, Croft and others, accompanied by the government operatives, traveled to northern Michigan to see Whitmer’s vacation home at night and a bridge that could be destroyed.
Defense attorneys tried to put the FBI on trial, repeatedly emphasizing through cross-examination of witnesses and during closing remarks that federal players were present at every crucial event and had entrapped the men.
Fox and Croft, they said, were “big talkers” who liked to smoke marijuana and were guilty of nothing but exercising their right to say vile things about Whitmer and government.
“This isn’t Russia. This isn’t how our country works,” Croft attorney Joshua Blanchard told jurors. “You don’t get to suspect that someone might commit a crime because you don’t like things that they say, that you don’t like their ideologies.”
Fox attorney Christopher Gibbons said the FBI isn’t supposed to create “domestic terrorists.” He described Fox as poor and living in the basement of a Grand Rapids-area vacuum shop, which was a site for meetings with Chappel and an agent.
Whitmer, a Democrat, has blamed then-President Donald Trump for stoking mistrust and fomenting anger over coronavirus restrictions and refusing to condemn hate groups and right-wing extremists like those charged in the plot.
Over the weekend, she said she hadn’t been following the second trial but remains concerned about “violent rhetoric in this country.”
Trump recently called the kidnapping plan a “fake deal.” | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2716573151892/2-men-guilty-of-conspiring-to-kidnap-gov-gretchen-whitmer | 2022-08-26T14:03:47Z | https://www.newsbreak.com/news/2716573151892/2-men-guilty-of-conspiring-to-kidnap-gov-gretchen-whitmer | true | 20 |
MT. MORRIS, Mich. (AP) — A blind Michigan judge went for a drive and a sheriff rode shotgun.
As 100 people watched, Richard Bernstein of the Michigan Supreme Court drove a car on a dirt track Tuesday at the Genesee County fairgrounds, northwest of Flint.
“I’ve always wanted that feeling of what it’s like to hit the gas or what it’s like to turn on the ignition and what it’s like to operate a steering wheel,” Bernstein, 47, told WNEM-TV.
Sheriff Chris Swanson was in the passenger seat giving directions and encouragement. They wore helmets.
“Straighten it out. Soft left, soft left,” Swanson said. “He’s doin’ it!”
Bernstein, who is seeking reelection in November, doesn’t let blindness discourage him from certain goals. He’s run more than 20 marathons.
“My whole life, I’ve loved making people’s dreams come true,” the sheriff said. “I love seeing joy on the face, and I have seen it the last two hours driving him up here.” | https://www.wsav.com/whatstrending/ap-always-wanted-to-hit-the-gas-blind-michigan-judge-drives/ | 2022-08-26T14:05:35Z | https://www.wsav.com/whatstrending/ap-always-wanted-to-hit-the-gas-blind-michigan-judge-drives/ | true | 45 |
Cambridge Trust Co. raised its stake in Church & Dwight Co., Inc. (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) by 6.1% in the first quarter, Holdings Channel reports. The firm owned 11,542 shares of the company’s stock after acquiring an additional 661 shares during the quarter. Cambridge Trust Co.’s holdings in Church & Dwight were worth $1,147,000 as of its most recent SEC filing.
Several other institutional investors have also recently made changes to their positions in the stock. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. lifted its stake in Church & Dwight by 2.6% in the first quarter. Envestnet Asset Management Inc. now owns 352,592 shares of the company’s stock valued at $35,041,000 after acquiring an additional 8,881 shares during the last quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp lifted its position in shares of Church & Dwight by 0.3% in the fourth quarter. Mackenzie Financial Corp now owns 180,401 shares of the company’s stock valued at $18,491,000 after buying an additional 453 shares during the last quarter. Addenda Capital Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Church & Dwight by 9.2% during the 1st quarter. Addenda Capital Inc. now owns 69,942 shares of the company’s stock worth $6,951,000 after acquiring an additional 5,868 shares during the last quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas raised its stake in Church & Dwight by 122.8% in the 1st quarter. Teacher Retirement System of Texas now owns 106,720 shares of the company’s stock valued at $10,606,000 after acquiring an additional 58,817 shares during the period. Finally, Kenfarb & CO. acquired a new stake in Church & Dwight during the 4th quarter valued at $2,398,000. Institutional investors and hedge funds own 84.81% of the company’s stock.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several brokerages have recently weighed in on CHD. Wells Fargo & Company dropped their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $100.00 to $95.00 and set an “overweight” rating on the stock in a research report on Monday, August 1st. UBS Group reduced their price objective on Church & Dwight from $104.00 to $98.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Monday, August 1st. Barclays decreased their price objective on Church & Dwight from $78.00 to $76.00 and set an “underweight” rating on the stock in a report on Tuesday, August 2nd. The Goldman Sachs Group dropped their target price on Church & Dwight from $104.00 to $93.00 and set a “neutral” rating for the company in a report on Wednesday, August 3rd. Finally, Truist Financial dropped their price objective on shares of Church & Dwight from $120.00 to $100.00 and set a “buy” rating for the company in a research note on Monday, August 1st. Four research analysts have rated the stock with a sell rating, eight have issued a hold rating and four have given a buy rating to the stock. Based on data from MarketBeat, the company presently has an average rating of “Hold” and an average price target of $94.79.
Church & Dwight Stock Down 0.0 %
Church & Dwight (NYSE:CHD – Get Rating) last issued its earnings results on Friday, July 29th. The company reported $0.76 EPS for the quarter, beating analysts’ consensus estimates of $0.72 by $0.04. Church & Dwight had a return on equity of 21.89% and a net margin of 14.71%. The business had revenue of $1.33 billion during the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $1.34 billion. During the same period in the previous year, the company posted $0.76 EPS. The firm’s revenue was up 4.2% compared to the same quarter last year. As a group, sell-side analysts predict that Church & Dwight Co., Inc. will post 3.02 EPS for the current fiscal year.
Church & Dwight Announces Dividend
The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which will be paid on Thursday, September 1st. Stockholders of record on Monday, August 15th will be given a dividend of $0.2625 per share. This represents a $1.05 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 1.21%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend is Friday, August 12th. Church & Dwight’s payout ratio is presently 33.33%.
Church & Dwight Company Profile
Church & Dwight Co, Inc develops, manufactures, and markets household, personal care, and specialty products. It operates through three segments: Consumer Domestic, Consumer International, and Specialty Products Division. The company offers cat litters, carpet deodorizers, laundry detergents, and baking soda, as well as other baking soda based products under the ARM & HAMMER brand; condoms, lubricants, and vibrators under the TROJAN brand; stain removers, cleaning solutions, laundry detergents, and bleach alternatives under the OXICLEAN brand; battery-operated and manual toothbrushes under the SPINBRUSH brand; home pregnancy and ovulation test kits under the FIRST RESPONSE brand; depilatories under the NAIR brand; oral analgesics under the ORAJEL brand; laundry detergents under the XTRA brand; gummy dietary supplements under the L'IL CRITTERS and VITAFUSION brands; dry shampoos under the BATISTE brand; water flossers and replacement showerheads under the WATERPIK brand; FLAWLESS products; cold shortening and relief products under the ZICAM brand; and oral care products under the THERABREATH brand.
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- Panthers 46 Warriors 12
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BlueBet Stadium: Penrith thumped the New Zealand Warriors, as expected, received the JJ Giltinan Shield in front of a packed house, then revealed how they would spend part of the $100,000 minor premiership cheque on a charter flight for next weekend’s hit-and-run trip to Townsville.
The Friday night clash against the Warriors was expected to be a smash-up, and it was by half-time. The short-priced title favourites triumphed 46-12.
The frightening sight of Viliame Kikau palming off Shaun Johnson was almost a metaphor for how the two clubs have performed all season.
Ever the professionals, the Panthers had already started mapping out the logistics for next week when they meet the Cowboys in the final round.
Coach Ivan Cleary will rest a heap of players, especially with first place and a home final already guaranteed.
Hooker Api Koroisau will definitely be given a rest after receiving an early mark against the Warriors with an ankle injury.
But the Panthers will fly into North Queensland on a private charter on Friday, then leave less than an hour after the Cowboys clash to rush back to the airport.
Penrith want to make sure they have an extra day to recover at home ahead of their qualifying final, while the quick exit will also allow the players to enjoy Father’s Day with their loved ones.
Cleary has maintained for several weeks he has had a few plans in place for what to do with the final round, and was giving nothing away late on Friday.
There were even whispers the entire starting 13 would be given the week off, but Cleary said: “We have a few plans. We’ve been in a good position for a while, we’ll sleep on it and see how they all pull up and then work out what we do.
“I’ve never been one to necessarily rest people, but every situation and every year is different.”
It was a proper 17,025-strong Penrith party on a pleasant night at the foot of the mountains.
Despite falling behind inside five minutes to a Reece Walsh try – even though there was a hint of a forward pass in the lead-up to the long-range try – the Panthers never looked troubled.
They were clunky to start with in attack, but that was simply because they too eager to run up the cricket score most people anticipated.
Taylan May picked up a double, as did fellow flyer Brian To’o, but Sean O’Sullivan finished one of the club’s best tries of the season.
Kikau steamed on to a pass, palmed off Johnson, then passed to Izack Tago, who threw a giant dummy in-field and continued the play down the short side.
Johnson was unable to stop Tago squeezing a pass for May, who then shuffled down the touchline and threw the ball back in for his halfback.
Johnson’s night was over not long after because of a calf injury.
Suddenly, the Panthers had kicked out to a 24-6 lead. It was not that long ago they were suddenly kicking out to an eight-point lead on the NRL ladder.
The Panthers have won two of the past three minor premierships. They have only dropped three games all year.
Jarome Luai made a successful return from injury, as did James Fisher-Harris from suspension, while the ace in the pack, Nathan Cleary, will be fresh when he returns from a five-match ban in time for the finals.
The Warriors, whose owner Mark Robinson was in the Penrith stands, return home to Mt Smart Stadium for the final round against the Titans, and will look forward to finally getting back to some normality next year after three straight seasons of COVID disruptions.
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Prana Kishore Bommireddipalli Bags Guinness World Record with “Secret Sounds of Sacred Sanskrit” for Longest Song
Secret Sounds of Sacred Sanskrit 26 Volumes Song will take 5 days to listen. It is available on Spotify, Amazon,I heart Radio,where ever music is sold Worldwide
NASHVILLE, TENNESSE, USA, August 26, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- Prana Kishore Bommireddipalli (Prana Kishore) is an Indian American based in Nashville, Tennessee, USA who Achieved the Guinness World Record for his Sanskrit album “Secret Sounds of Sacred Sanskrit” of duration 108 hours :54 minutes :29 secs (5 Days) “Secret Sounds of Sacred Sanskrit” is a song of 26 Volumes with Each Volume of 2 tracks released worldwide on 25th August 2021. Guinness Approved it now. This is his Personal Achievement and dedication to his Blind Teacher, Blind Students and his Parents. Prana Kishore Bommireddipalli was teaching blind students to sing and play Tabla, when one blind student asked “Is there any way I can see the sounds in my mind and feel the sounds surrounding me to be happy” This made him to do research on sounds of nature and how to use them for the blind to see and feel the sounds to experience happiness. This album was created with the Secret Sounds of Sacred Sanskrit and Sounds of Nature like rain, wind, birds, temple bells and many more. Human body has 70% water like universe has 70% water. The body and mind must be in sync with nature for happiness. Prana Kishore says "Life is made of sounds and if we control those sounds, we can control our life and lead it to success"
This album is his journey which helps you to experience the 6 Sounds of life, Sound of Disturbance, Sound of Stress, Sound of Fear, Sound of Silence, Sound of Happiness and Sound of Success. Sanskrit has 54 alphabets and each alphabet has 2 energies masculine, feminine making it 108 lucky number. Sanskrit word has built in healing sounds based on Time. Prana Kishore adds "Time which controls our life has 108 feelings, with 36 relating to the past,36 to present and 36 to the future" Secret Sounds of Healing Mantras, Miracle Chants will control those sounds empowering you to success. Prana Kishore as a believer in second chances says "we can reset our life and start afresh by resetting our mind by listening to this album of 108 hours and to the rest, you can dance or listen casually, because there is no end, it is always a new beginning with new sounds, till we eradicate blindness from the world" Prana Kishore composed and Sang the songs including the chorus in many voices and recorded sounds of nature himself. This is a HD, high quality surround sound recording with crystal clear pronunciations of Sanskrit for non Sanskrit listeners to appreciate. The broad genre is World Music. It is advisable to listen with head phones to experience, the vibrations of sound and melody
Prana Kishore Singer, Song writer, music composer, music producer had so far Released over 90 albums through Prana Kishore Records worldwide, where ever music is sold online. He was asked “Did you make this song for Guinness?” He replied “No, I made this song based on requests from many of my listeners who wanted a long song to remove stress, go deep into meditation, and experience joy, and once I made it, I thought why not send to Guinness”
Prana Kishore fans love his music for mood changing, upbeat music, melody and choice of instruments. He is happily married to his college sweetheart Rathi Kishore ,blessed with 2 daughters and two miniature poodles Bella and Axon who love the melody in Sanskrit music
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IRVINE, Calif., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- One year after a significant product enhancement featured new front and rear design elements, a new available 10.25-inch widescreen navigation display, and an expanded roster of Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS), the Forte compact sedan returns mostly unchanged for model year 2023. The Forte is still available in four trim levels – LX (formerly FE), LXS, GT-Line, GT and maintains up to 41 MPG on the highway1.
For 2023, all LX, LXS and GT-Line models with 2.0-liter engines are SULEV30 compliant. Furthermore, the GT Technology Package has been deleted. However, FCA Fusion – a combination of Front Collision Alert -Cyclist (FCA-Cyc), Electronic Parking Brake (EPB), Highway Driver Assist (HDA) and Navigation Based Smart Cruise Control (NSCC) -- which was previously included in the GT Technology Package, has been added to the GT model with DCT.
Headquartered in Irvine, California, Kia America continues to top automotive quality surveys and is recognized as one of the 100 Best Global Brands. Kia serves as the "Official Automotive Partner" of the NBA and offers a range of gasoline, hybrid, plug-in hybrid and electrified vehicles sold through a network of over 750 dealers in the U.S., including several cars and SUVs proudly assembled in America.
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The Biden administration on Wednesday took steps to shore up the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, an immigration policy put in place during the Obama administration a decade ago.
The Department of Homeland Security issued a “final rule” — or guidelines — that it says will help secure DACA, which blocks deportations of some undocumented people brought to the United States as kids. The new rule is meant to be the Biden administration’s continuation of a 2012 memo, written by then-DHS Secretary Janet Napolitano, which outlined the administration’s expectations to DHS officials.
“Dreamers are part of the fabric of this nation,” President Joe Biden said in a statement Wednesday.
“Today, we are fulfilling our commitment to preserve and strengthen DACA by finalizing a rule that will reinforce protections, like work authorization, that allow Dreamers to live more freely and to invest in their communities more fully,” he added, before calling on Congress to pass a bill that provides DACA recipients a pathway to citizenship.
A DHS press release said the program has protected more than 800,000 young people from deportation. In a statement, DHS Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas also called on Congress to provide a pathway to citizenship for “young Dreamers who have known no country other than the United States as their own.”
It’s a decidedly pro-DACA stance from the administration, and a deliberate rebuttal to Republicans who’ve sought to destroy it since its beginning. Last year, a conservative federal judge in Texas ruled the program is unconstitutional and barred the administration from approving new applications to the program. The Biden administration is appealing that ruling. But Wednesday’s announcement notes that despite the judge's halting of new approvals, people who’ve already been approved can still have their status renewed and benefit from the program.
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CRANBERRY TWP., Pa., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- PLS Logistics Services, a leading, technology-driven, third-party logistics provider, has been ranked 19th on the Pittsburgh Business Times' Fast 50 List. The Pittsburgh Business Times awards 50 companies in the Pittsburgh region with tremendous business growth from 2019 to 2021.
"We are honored to be recognized as a Fast 50 Award winner by Pittsburgh Business Times," Greg Burns, President & CEO of PLS Logistics, said. "We attribute our exceptional growth to our team's consistent dedication, day in and day out. We are especially grateful to our loyal and dedicated carrier partners who have enabled our teams to deliver strong service in challenging market conditions. We're looking forward to more achievements in years to come."
PLS Logistics Services attributes much of its recent growth to its employees. Their branch offices and national account teams are breaking revenue records and working to provide customers with the best service and innovative technology daily. With 600 employees divided among their offices, including a new headquarters in Cranberry Township, PA, PLS Logistics Services is looking forward to more success in the years ahead.
Pittsburgh Business Times is one of 43 business journals published by the parent company, American City Business Journals. Pittsburgh Business Times reports on news, real estate, health care, banking, technology, and more in the growing Pittsburgh market.
In addition to reporting on business news, the Pittsburgh Business Times also presents annual awards to outstanding local companies. For years, the Fast 50 award has been presented to 50 local businesses with significant growth; this year's award measures revenue growth from 2019 to 2021. Considering the pandemic and various supply chain disruptions during this time frame, winning this award is no small feat.
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PLS Logistics Services is a leading provider of logistics management, brokerage, and technology services for shippers across all industries, with revenues in excess of $1.2 billion in 2022. PLS manages over a million loads annually across all major freight modes: flatbed, van, LTL, rail and barge, air, and ocean.
Since 1991, PLS Logistics has helped businesses of all sizes move freight across North America. PLS originally worked solely with the transportation of mining and metals, but has since expanded into every industry from retail, food and beverage, heavy haul, and more.
To learn more, visit www.plslogistics.com.
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Mike takes unsuccessful jab at Tyson's story, but John Boyega is a knockout in Breaking
Mike
Streaming Thursdays on Hulu
Hulu's 8-episode Mike portrays Mike Tyson's life as a blitzkrieg of incidents: Fists, bullets, butts, money, blood, cheers, a jury, Barbara Walters, a hot tub in a limo. These events get extra-eventized with a style I like to call Stupid Scorsese, all frantic music montages and ironic ultraviolence sandwiching smirking narration and broken fourth walls. It's the same hysterical-biopic mentality creator Steven Rogers brought to I, Tonya — and Mike reunites Rogers with Tonya director Craig Gillespie, who has not met a popular song he won't cinematically beat to death.
Trevante Rhodes (Moonlight, Bird Box) stars as the heavyweight champion, who guides us through the last half-century of Mike-ness via a one-man stage show that intercuts with notorious setpieces from throughout his life. Rhodes' impression is serviceable and surface, approximating the boxer's falsetto without remotely nailing his teddy-bear-cannibal magnetism. The first four episodes observe his rise from Brownsville poverty to global glory. Shock value and headlines matter more than authenticity. More emotional weight is given to Tyson's removal from Nintendo's Punch-Out than to the death of his sister. And Mike is notably lightweight on the sweet science: Harvey Keitel's Cus D'Amato screams mottos ("Fight your mind!" "Be a gladiator!") but the show never lets you really understand what made Tyson so good in the ring.
Tyson himself has criticized the biopic, which is his right, just like it's the right of the creators to produce an (awful) biopic about public figures to grab any viewers desperate for controversy nostalgia. The depiction of the troubled marriage to Robin Givens (Laura Harrier) feels less like a bad '90s TV movie with streaming content (nudity and drugs!) added in. The fifth part is something else entirely, with a perspective shift that narrows the focus to Tyson's 1992 rape trial. The episode aims for sensitivity, but can't square its own circle: It's a story about not defining a woman as a celebrity's victim, which occupies precisely 1/8th of the narrative real estate in clickbait TV series about said celebrity. Look, all of these celebrity biopics are bad. Please stop making them, television. C- —Darren Franich
Breaking
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John Boyega, the young British actor who dared to look a Star Wars gift horse in the mouth, has been unusually open about the destabilizing effect of signing on to a career-eating franchise. In that context, his recent pivot to more human-scale projects like Breaking, a sparse indie thriller-cum-character study rich with non-green-screen possibility, makes perfect sense: He's been great, really, since his teenage debut in 2011's scrappy alien-invasion indie Attack the Block, and he's immensely watchable in the fact-based story of Brian Brown-Easley, a Marine veteran in dire straits who held up a Georgia bank in 2017, even when the material here doesn't always rise to meet him.
Director Abi Damaris Corbin stages her script (co-written with Kwame Kwei-Armah) like a bottle episode with a jittery docudrama feel, plunging Boyega's Brian almost directly into his defining act. After tours of duty in Iraq, he's got almost nothing to show for his service beyond an estranged ex-wife, a daughter he can barely afford to call on a prepaid cell, and an indifferent shrug from the VA office administrators who have misfiled his monthly payments. It's not a long leap from there to his own Dog Day Afternoon, when he walks into a Wells Fargo and slides the teller (Orange Is the New Black's Selenis Leyva) a note. Soon it's down to just the two of them and bank manager Estel (Nicole Beharie) on the inside, and a local news producer (Connie Britton) and hostage negotiator (the late Michael K. Williams, in one of his last screen performances) calling in.
What follows, as Brian reveals himself in bits and pieces to his two terrified hostages and whoever else will listen — he's desperate for someone, anyone to acknowledge the government's callous indifference — turns out to be a showcase mostly for Boyega and Beharie, whose tense, delicate interplay makes up much of the movie's emotional core. They're both Black single parents fiercely determined to do right by their kids, caught up in circumstances that have put those shared goals diametrically at odds, and Corbin and Kwei-Armah work not to overplay their hand in unspooling that fraught dynamic. Brian is caught up in a system explicitly designed to erase and ignore and define him at the same time, and he's acutely aware of it. Breaking is at its best when it allows the story just to sit in those moments, and give the real Brown-Easley something he never got in life: not justice maybe, but the chance to be fully, sympathetically seen. Grade: B —Leah Greenblatt
Three Thousand Years of Longing
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Apparently, a man cannot live on Thunderdomes alone. Somewhere between the twinned dystopias of 2015's Mad Max: Fury Road and its upcoming prequel Furiosa, due in 2024, director George Miller must have felt the urge for a palate cleanser; the result is Three Thousand Years of Longing, a glossy cinematic knickknack steeped in the heady unreality of a fable or a waking dream.
Even its casting feels like Mad Libs: Tilda Swinton is Alithea Binnie, a London narratologist; Idris Elba is the immortal djinn she meets when she goes to an academic conference in Turkey and finds herself drawn to an unassuming glass bottle at a marketplace stall. She is, she insists primly, "adequately happy alone": no parents, no children, no partner. When a house-sized Elba emerges in a hurricane swirl, offering three wishes — anything, her heart's desire! — she presumes it can only be a trick, and demands to know his provenance.
So Elba's djinn, his elfin ears flocked and his palms dusted in fuchsia and gold, begins to recount centuries of misadventure and thwarted attempts to gain his freedom, from the Queen of Sheba to a young slave girl, a rampaging Sultan and a trapped trophy wife. Fantastical bits of flair abound — the candy-colored sheen on a horse's mane, a tiny Einstein scaled to fit in the palm of a hand — and Miller's camera swoops and dips like it's been strapped to an eagle's back. It's all jumpy and surreal and frankly carnal; Aladdin for adults, or a swords-and-sandals epic recast by Guillermo del Toro.
It's the Longing in the title, though, that the director keeps coming back to — the enduring loneliness of his two main protagonists (one adrift for at least half a lifetime, the other for several millennia more) and their strange, cosmic courtship dance. In that sense, the film's tone and the intended audience never quite come into focus. It's a gentler, sadder movie than the dizzying trailer suggests, and less driven by plot than a stickler for storytelling like Alithea might prefer: a loopy little jewel-box reverie, slipped between two Furies. Grade: B —Leah Greenblatt
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- Newest gummies are first in Hemp Bombs' product line to feature CBN -
TAMPA, Fla., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Hemp Bombs®, the manufacturer and distributor of award-winning CBD, Delta-8 THC and Delta-9 THC Gummies, announces its newest additions to its gummy line, Delta-8 Sleep Gummies and Delta-9 Sleep Gummies. These are the first Hemp Bombs gummies to contain the cannabinoid CBN.
"As our experience and reputation shows from manufacturing award-winning, industry-leading CBD, Delta-8 and Delta-9 gummies, innovation is key," said Vince Gillen, vice president of sales. "Our distribution and retail partners continue to drive our growth across multiple channels with new products that consumers trust and rely on."
Last year, Hemp Bombs original Delta-8 THC Gummies were named a 2021 Retailer Choice Best New Product by CSP Magazine. Hemp Bombs Delta-8 Sleep Gummies feature 25mg of Delta-8 THC, 5mg of CBN and Hemp Bombs' proprietary calming blend including chamomile, lemon balm, passionflower and lavender extracts. They come in a Cherry Haze flavor and a 30-count bottle has an MSRP of $38.99.
Hemp Bombs Delta-9 Sleep Gummies contain 10mg of Delta-9 THC, 5mg of CBN and the same proprietary calming blend. They also feature a cherry flavor and are available in 30-count bottles with an MSRP of $44.99.
Customers can also take advantage of new bundles designed to help them save money and enjoy the full selection of Hemp Bombs Delta-8 and Delta-9 gummies. These bundles feature a combination of either a 50-count bottle of Delta-8 or Delta-9 Gummies and a 30-count bottle of Delta-8 or Delta-9 Sleep Gummies with savings up to $22 off the retail price.
Federally compliant under the 2018 Farm Bill, all Hemp Bombs THC Gummies are independently lab tested to ensure safety and compliance with all state and federal regulations.
All Hemp Bombs products are crafted and manufactured by its in-house team of more than 300 employees across four manufacturing and distribution locations in Tampa, Florida.
For more information about its commitment to providing the highest-quality Delta-8 and Delta-9 products and to shop Delta-8 and Delta-9 THC Gummies, visit https://hempbombsplus.com/.
Hemp Bombs®, founded in 2016 and headquartered in Tampa, Florida, is a manufacturer and distributor of hemp-derived CBD, Delta-8 and Delta-9 cannabinoid products. With more than 150,000 square feet of manufacturing space and over 300 employees, Hemp Bombs manufactures edibles, tinctures, topicals and pet products. Its award-winning gummies and other products are available in more than 20,000 locations nationwide and online at https://hempbombs.com/ and https://hempbombsplus.com/.
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BETHESDA, Md., Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Researchers at the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) used the national death certificate database to assess changes in alcohol-related deaths during the first year of the pandemic. The results, published in JAMA, show that after increasing around 2.2% per year over the previous two decades, deaths involving alcohol jumped 25.5% between 2019 to 2020, totaling 99,107 deaths.1
The study showed that alcohol-associated liver disease deaths increased 22.4% (from 24,110 to 29,509) with the largest change occurring among people ages 25 to 44. The number of deaths involving a combination of alcohol and opioids increased by 40.8% (from 8,503 to 11,969), with deaths involving alcohol and synthetic opioids (e.g., fentanyl) increasing by 59.2% (from 6,302 to 10,032).1
Reasons for the unprecedented increase in alcohol-related deaths during the first year of the pandemic are still being explored. In 2020, the first year of the pandemic, sales of alcohol increased by 2.9%, the largest annual increase in over 50 years.2 For those who were drinking more during the pandemic, research suggests that stress, anxiety, and previous alcohol misuse are contributing factors.3,4,5,6
The increase in alcohol-related deaths appears to reflect a widespread increase in alcohol consumption and related harms. For example, research suggests that increased alcohol consumption during the pandemic has been associated with negative health outcomes such as increases in transplants for alcohol-associated liver disease,7 emergency department visits for alcohol withdrawal,8 and the percentage of emergency department visits that involved acute alcohol consumption.9 Additionally, the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration reported a 14% increase in alcohol-related traffic fatalities in 2020 after decades of general decline.10
Researchers noted that deaths involving alcohol reflect hidden tolls of the pandemic. Increased drinking to cope with pandemic-related stressors, shifting alcohol policies, and disrupted treatment access are all possible contributing factors.
For more information, visit https://www.niaaa.nih.gov/
1 White, A. M.; Castle, I. P.; Powell, P. A.; Hingson, R. W.; Koob, G. F. Alcohol-Related Deaths During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA, 327(17), 1704–1706, 2022. PMID: 35302593
2 Slater, M.E.; Alpert, H.F. Surveillance Report #119: Apparent Per Capita Alcohol Consumption: National, State, and Regional Trends, 1977-2020. Sterling, VA: NIAAA, Division of Epidemiology and Prevention Research, April 2022. https://pubs.niaaa.nih.gov/publications/surveillance119/CONS20.htm . Accessed June 30, 2022.
3 Acuff, S. F.; Strickland, J. C.; Tucker, J. A.; Murphy, J. G. Changes in alcohol use during COVID-19 and associations with contextual and individual difference variables: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Psychology of addictive behaviors : journal of the Society of Psychologists in Addictive Behaviors, 36(1), 1–19, 2022. PMID: 34807630
4 Capasso, A.; Jones, A. M.; Ali, S. H.; et al. Increased alcohol use during the COVID-19 pandemic: The effect of mental health and age in a cross-sectional sample of social media users in the U.S. Preventive medicine, 145, 106422, 2021. PMID: 33422577
5 Grossman, E. R.; Benjamin-Neelon, S. E.; Sonnenschein, S. Alcohol Consumption during the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Cross-Sectional Survey of US Adults. International journal of environmental research and public health, 17(24), 9189, 2020. PMID: 33316978
6 Rodriguez, L. M.; Litt, D. M.; Stewart, S. H. Drinking to cope with the pandemic: The unique associations of COVID-19-related perceived threat and psychological distress to drinking behaviors in American men and women. Addictive behaviors, 110, 106532, 2020. PMID: 32652385
7 Cholankeril, G.; Goli, K.; Rana, A.; et al. Impact of COVID-19 Pandemic on Liver Transplantation and Alcohol-Associated Liver Disease in the USA. Hepatology (Baltimore, Md.), 74(6), 3316–3329, 2021. PMID: 34310738
8 Sharma, R. A.; Subedi, K.; Gbadebo, B. M.; et al. Alcohol Withdrawal Rates in Hospitalized Patients During the COVID-19 Pandemic. JAMA network open, 4(3), e210422, 2021. PMID: 33656526
9 Esser, M. B.; Idaikkadar, N.; Kite-Powell, A.; et al. Trends in emergency department visits related to acute alcohol consumption before and during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, 2018-2020. Drug and alcohol dependence reports, 3, 100049, 2022. PMID: 35368619
10 National Center for Statistics and Analysis, National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. Overview of Motor Vehicle Crashes in 2020. Washington, D.C.: U.S. Department of Transportation, 2019. https://crashstats.nhtsa.dot.gov/Api/Public/ViewPublication/813266. Accessed June 30, 2022.
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MEXICO CITY (AP) — When Mexico imposed a visa requirement on Venezuelans in January, it briefly had the desired effect: The number of Venezuelans detained at the U.S.-Mexico border plunged. But it’s now clear that it only pushed the migrants onto more dangerous clandestine routes.
Suddenly unable to simply fly to Mexico as tourists, but still desperate to leave their country, Venezuelan migrants joined others traveling over land through the dense, lawless jungle on the Colombia-Panama border.
In 2021, when Venezuelans could still fly to Cancun or Mexico City as tourists, only 3,000 of them crossed the Darien Gap — a literal gap in the Pan-American Highway that stretches along 60 miles (97 kilometers) of mountains, rainforest and rivers. So far this year, there have been 45,000, according to Panama’s National Immigration Service.
“If they can’t arrive at Mexican airports, they’re arriving by land through the Darien,” said Adam Isacson, of the Washington Office on Latin America. From there it’s just series of stops: in southern Mexico, the remote middle of the Mexico-U.S. border and then a final destination in the U.S., usually on the East Coast.
Such visa requirements can stop some migrants — the pace of Brazilians and Ecuadorans slowed after Mexico imposed them last year — but not others, Isacson said. “It has to do with the level of desperation,” he said.
Venezuela’s economy has collapsed under a combination of mismanagement and U.S. sanctions. The minimum wage for public employees has fallen to the equivalent of $2 a month. Monthly salaries in the private sector average $75. Some of the Venezuelans arriving in the U.S. now, left Venezuela years ago, spent time in other countries and are moving north now.
In December, U.S. Customs and Border Protection detained Venezuelans at the U.S.-Mexico border nearly 25,000 times. Mexico imposed the visa requirement in late January and in February there were barely 3,000 detentions. But that number began to rise again, slowly at first, and then sharply in June and July when detentions surpassed 17,000.
The information about the alternate route was passed among groups on platforms such as WhatsApp and through social media. Migrant smugglers who often infiltrate such groups influence the route, in this case a treacherous, yet well-established one, some 5,000 miles (8,000 kilometers) long.
Anderwis Gutiérrez, a 42-year-old construction worker, and his wife spent weeks watching videos online about crossing the Darien to judge whether they thought they could do it. When they finally made up their minds, they joined a group of 110 migrants of different nationalities. Only 75 of them emerged from the jungle together.
“They robbed us, took our money, we lasted four days without eating,” he said. “One broke his leg, another was bitten by a snake, we didn’t have medicine, we weren’t carrying anything.”
He said they saw bodies, witnessed two rapes and unable to hold back his tears said that his wife almost drowned when a swollen river carried her 100 yards downstream. “In the jungle no one helps anybody.”
Yonathan Ávila, a 34-year-old former Venezuelan National Guard soldier, traveled with his wife, their 3-year-old daughter and 4-month-old baby. In total, they were 14 relatives and friends. He believes his military training helped him lead them through without some of the tragedies that strike others.
The southern Mexico city of Tapachula near the border with Guatemala has been the second bottleneck for those traveling by land. Since the Trump administration, Mexico has employed a strategy of containment meant to keep migrants confined to the south, far from the U.S. border.
Thousands apply for asylum, but the process is lengthy and there is little work in Tapachula. Frustrated migrants have pressured the government by repeatedly walking out of the city en masse. Since June, Venezuelans have made up the majority.
The Mexican government started busing migrants to offices outside Tapachula or to other states in October for quicker processing of temporary documents and to stop the demonstrations.
Ávila led one such march and got a transit permit that allowed his family to continue north. A foundation also helped because his baby was sick. Gutiérrez got a humanitarian visa.
“To appease them, the National Immigration Institute is giving them passes,” Isacson said.
Venezuelans and some other nationalities also pose a problem for Mexico and the United States, because they generally can't be deported. After much negotiation, Mexico was recently able to send back more than 100.
Once out of Tapachula, the migrants travel quickly to the U.S. border, usually buying bus tickets with money sent by relatives.
According to WOLA’s analysis of U.S. Customs and Border Protection, 92% of the Venezuelans crossed the U.S. border at two stretches in July: Yuma, Arizona, and Del Rio, Texas.
Gutiérrez and Ávila crossed at Del Rio with their families.
Both areas are “in the middle of nowhere,” Isacson said. “That tells us that they are being guided there by someone, it can’t just be rumors circulating on WhatsApp.”
Gutiérrez and Ávila made it to the United States with their families. Gutiérrez was in Maryland, but without work or a place to sleep, he and his wife were planning to return to New York, where they had spent a couple months in a homeless shelter.
Ávila has a sales job in Boston and a charitable foundation has found them shelter and helped get treatment for his kid. Each week he has to send a photograph and his location on a cellphone U.S. immigration authorities gave him while he waits to sort out his status.
Meanwhile, he says his friends in Venezuela haven’t stopped asking him for advice to make their own journeys to the U.S. “More are coming all the time.”
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Euro zone bond yields, euro jump as ECB seen debating 75 bps Sept rate hike
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LONDON, Aug 26 (Reuters) - Euro zone bond yields and the euro shot up, while European shares fell on Friday following a Reuters report that the European Central Bank could discuss a 75 basis-point rate hike at its September meeting.
Some ECB policymakers want to discuss such a move at the bank's policy meeting on Sept. 8 even if recession risks loom, as the inflation outlook is deteriorating, five sources with direct knowledge of the process told Reuters. read more
The euro jumped in reaction and was last up 1% on the day at $1.0063 .
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German two-year bond yields hit a two-month high at 0.99% and were last up 11 bps on the day .
Italy's 10-year bond yield, which was up around 5 bps just before the story was published, was up 16 bps on the day at 3.71% .
Money markets were pricing in 61 bps worth of rate hikes from the ECB in September, meaning a 50 bps move is fully priced in, plus a 44% chance of a 75-basis point move, up from 56 bps, or a 24% chance of the 75 bps move, before the report.
The ECB raised rates by 50 bps to zero in July in an unexpectedly big move.
The pan-European STOXX 600 (.STOXX) index turned negative and dropped to its lowest level of the day, last down 0.6%. An index of euro zone banks (.SX7E) was little changed after the story, last up 0.1%.
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Pros: Standard all-wheel drive; above-average ground clearance; useful roof rails; simple controls; great visibility
Cons: Plain interior; disconnected driving experience; helicopter parent safety tech
Even with noteworthy updates this year, the 2023 Subaru Ascent doesn’t really stand above and beyond the crowded field of three-row family crossovers. Oh, it comes standard with all-wheel drive and more ground clearance than most, but it’s hardly the rugged mountain goat of family crossovers. There are also those that make a bolder statement outside, that are more luxurious inside and that are better to drive. Some are even more spacious or versatile. Frankly, it’s hard not to point most buyers towards a Kia Telluride, Hyundai Palisade or Toyota Highlander Hybrid instead.
The thing is, though, the Ascent really isn’t for the general three-row crossover-buying population. It’s for Subaru’s fiercely loyal customers, and specifically the great many who outgrow their Foresters and Outbacks. Admittedly, that’s an awful lot of people these days given Subaru’s constantly increasing popularity. And with the Ascent, they’ll get loads of extra space, but with the same 8.7 inches of ground clearance, beefy roof rails, user-friendly controls and no-nonsense cabin design. The Ascent even drives like an Outback, which isn’t always a good thing, but at least it’ll be familiar. At the same time, even if you’d be a newbie to the Subaru brand, there’s no reason you couldn’t become just as enamored with those same traits, especially if you have a knack for taking outdoorsy adventures.
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What's new for 2023?
The Ascent gets notable revisions for 2023. Updated styling attempts to create a more squared-off, rugged appearance with a bigger grille and more aggressively shaped headlights. Basically, it looks less like a gigantic Outback now. Inside, however, it actually looks more like an Outback thanks to the new vertically oriented touchscreen borrowed from Subaru’s crossover wagon. Wireless Apple CarPlay and Android Auto are now standard as well. The EyeSight driver assistance technology suite was upgraded with upgraded sensors and software to apparently operate more smoothly and in a wider range of conditions. This includes a camera better able to detect pedestrians and cyclists. Those Ascents with blind-spot warning also gain automatic emergency steering assist. Finally, a new Cabin Connect function picks up the driver’s voice and transmits it over the rear speakers for the kids in the back to properly hear such things as “don’t make me stop this car!”
What are the Outback interior and in-car technology like?
From the driver's seat, the Ascent's packaging displays Subaru's pragmatic philosophy to car design. All the gauges are easy to see and read at a glance, knobs and buttons are easy to locate — both those of the software-based touchscreen infotainment system and the physical ones on the steering wheel and center stack. There aren't as many clever cubbies as in a Hyundai Palisade or Toyota Highlander, but there are a grand total of 19 cupholders spread throughout the cabin. Anticipate frequent bathrooms stops.
In terms of design, we can’t say the interior is that attractive, especially when compared to the Palisade, Highlander, Telluride, CX-9, Pathfinder … So yeah, almost everything. The jumbo portrait-style tech interface added for 2023 hardly improves things, but at least it’s all in keeping with Subaru’s no-nonsense vibe. Even that touchscreen’s graphics are on the sensible side, with big, easily identified and pressed virtual buttons. It’s not fancy, but it works well – which could probably be an unofficial Subaru slogan. Materials quality is agreeably average, and although it doesn’t quite achieve the premium vibe of all those rivals, the pops of color and dash-covering pleather are appreciated touches.
All of that said, should you be ascending to the Ascent from something else in the Subaru lineup, you’re going to feel absolutely at home. This is especially true now that the Ascent shares the Outback’s tech interface – there’s no chance you’ll feel shortchanged by Subaru’s biggest and priciest model not having access to the latest-and-greatest features.
How big is the Ascent?
For those already in the Subaru family, the Ascent represents a clear step up from the brand's other crossovers. It is 5.5 inches longer than an Outback, 3 inches wider and 5.2 inches taller. It's a whopping 14.7 inches longer than a Forester, 4.5 inches narrower and 3.5 inches shorter. It also has an extra row of seats. Compared to other three-row crossovers, however, its dimensions are average apart from being taller than most. This is partly because of its class-leading 8.7 inches of ground clearance, but also just because of its tall, boxy greenhouse.
A 6-foot passenger will have plenty of room in the second row, which is adjustable for legroom and seatback angle. On upper trim levels, buyers can choose between a pair of captain's chairs or a three-passenger bench. We've found that they're basically equal in terms of comfort. Third-row passengers are treated better in the Ascent than in many competitors (Toyota Highlander, Mazda CX-9 and Ford Explorer in particular). If the middle-seat occupants are willing to slide their seats forward a bit, there's adequate legroom for a 6-footer in the way back to sit comfortably for a fair bit of time. For kids, this means even more comfort and space.
As for cargo, the Ascent offers 17.6 cubic feet of cargo space behind the third row, which is mid-pack for this segment. It’s more than the Mazda CX-9 (14.4 cubic feet), Toyota Highlander (16.0) and outgoing Honda Pilot (16.5), but less than the Hyundai Palisade (18.0), Ford Explorer (18.2), VW Atlas (20.6) and Kia Telluride (21.0). Max cargo volume is among the class leaders at 86.5 cubic feet, which is almost certainly the result of being quite boxy – always a good thing when it comes to cargo. For anything that doesn't fit inside, the Ascent has big, extra-functional roof rails for whatever racks, carriers and other accessories you might have. And believe us, Subaru owners tend to have them.
What are the Ascent fuel economy and performance specs?
The Ascent’s sole powertrain offering is a 2.4-liter turbocharged four-cylinder engine, arranged in Subaru’s signature boxer (horizontally opposed rather than a V or inline) configuration. Power is sent to all four wheels via a continuously variable transmission (CVT). Producing 260 horsepower and 277 pound-feet of torque, we've found this engine can feel just as quick in relaxed around-town driving as its competitors, but know that their greater outputs do result in quicker 0-60-mph times and more robust acceleration when fully loaded.
That said, owners living at higher elevations (as many Subaru owners do) will appreciate the lasting power from the turbocharger, which keeps the Ascent from feeling breathless at heights where naturally aspirated engines start to lose power. In other words, four cylinders are not necessarily lesser than six, and it even manages the same 5,000-pound towing capacity of most rivals.
EPA fuel economy estimates were not available at the time of this writing, but as there were no powertrain changes indicated for 2023, it seems unlikely they will change much from the following 2022 estimates. The ’22 Ascent returned 21 mpg city, 27 mpg highway and 23 mpg combined, while the Limited, Touring and Onyx Edition returned 20/26/22.
What's the Ascent like to drive?
The buyers of three-row crossovers are less likely to prioritize driving dynamics, but if you should, the Ascent will probably end up toward the bottom of your list. The steering is precise and accurate, but it's also quite light in effort and doesn't really engage the driver. The suspension is soft to ensure a comfortable ride over harsh pavement, and although surefooted and secure, those used to a responsive-handling car will be underwhelmed. Those used to a Subaru Outback, however, will feel right at home.
There are no sport modes to fiddle with in the Ascent, just a standard baseline setting, but the single setup feels well thought out and sorted. There's plenty of punch from Subie's turbo-four. There were a few times we caught the engine flat-footed on our drive and had to wait a second for the turbo to spin up, but we ended our drive thinking its output is sufficient. We were able to tow an Airstream trailer just shy of the Ascent's maximum of 5,000 pounds, and we found that it had no problem getting the load up to speed and back down again. The CVT mimics the feel of a traditional automatic transmission, for the most part. It works well, and doesn't get in the way of a good driving experience.
What other Subaru Ascent reviews can I read?
2019 Subaru Ascent First Drive Review | A three-row do-over
Our first impressions of the Ascent when it was new for 2019. Among more details about its design and engineering, we found it was immediately clear that Subaru had learned from its mistakes with the Tribeca.
2019 Subaru Ascent Drivers' Notes Review | Subaru redux
A roundtable discussion from several Autoblog editors assessing the Ascent’s merits and shortcomings after a week of real-world driving impressions.
Subaru Ascent vs. Mazda CX-9: Driving two class leaders side-by-side
We drove these two likable three-row competitors back to back to more specifically compare the driving experience between the two. From our conclusion:
“Count 'em up and you'll see that the Subaru Ascent won three out of our five categories. By that measure, it's the winner of this comparison. But, as is so often the case, the reality is more nuanced than that.”
What is the 2023 Ascent price?
The 2023 Ascent starts at $35,120, an increase of $1,700 over the previous model. The new Ascent will reach dealers in the winter of ‘22. Base prices for all trims are listed below and include the $1,225 destination charge
Base: $35,120 Premium: $37,720 Onyx Edition: $42,520 Limited: $42,820 Onyx Edition Limited: $47,520 Touring: $49,420
We would start our Ascent shopping with the Premium trim because of several key upgrades: blind-spot warning, rear privacy glass, an eight-way power driver seat, a leather-wrapped steering wheel, rear climate controls, the 8-inch touchscreen, in-car Wi-Fi and an All-Weather package that adds heated mirrors, heated seats and a windshield wiper de-icer. There are also a number of worthwhile options available on the Premium you can't add to the base model and that are included on the upper trim levels. Basically, this is your best bet if you want to build an Ascent with the functional equipment you want without the fancier stuff of the Limited and Touring. The Onyx Edition stands out with its exclusive black-finish wheels and exterior details (below right), glass roof and water-repellant gray interior upholstery with lime green stitching. It also includes the X-Mode off-road drive modes found in the two upper trims.
What are the Ascent safety ratings and driver assistance features?
Every Ascent includes Subaru’s EyeSight suite of driver assistance tech. This includes forward collision warning, automatic emergency braking, lane-departure warning and lane-keeping assist, along with an adaptive cruise control system that can keep you in the center of your lane in addition to maintaining speed and distance to cars ahead. All but the base trim all include blind-spot and rear cross-traffic warning and automatic emergency steering. Reverse automatic braking and a driver inattention warning system is included on the Limited and Touring.
Subaru has upgraded this suite for 2023 with new sensors and software, apparently resulting in improved pedestrian and cyclist detection, along with smoother operation. This could certainly be a good thing, though we’ve generally found Subaru’s driver assistance tech to be a bit hyperactive. They're basically the helicopter parent of driver assistance systems, frequently beeping and flashing in instances that don't necessarily warrant it. Rival systems are less intrusive.
The Ascent received five out of five stars from the NHTSA for frontal, side and overall crash protection. The Insurance Institute for Highway Safety named it a Top Safety Pick+ for its best-possible performance in every single category. That’s a rare feat.
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SleekoGotBars has been going hard since Moves Global released “Good Spirits, Bad Vibes” in January 2019. The rapper, performing at Pass the Aux VI at Sporty’s Taphouse in Dayton on Sunday, Aug. 28, is ramping up his productivity even more. He dropped his fifth album, “In Case You Forgot,” in July, and the follow-up, “Here’s the Reminder,” comes out on Friday, Aug. 26.
Sleeko, the father of four young boys, recently discussed Moves Global and his super-charged 12-month release plan.
Back in the groove: “When Jason (Lee of Moves Global) reached out to me in 2018, I had a bunch of music on SoundCloud, but I had been out of the game for about seven years. I’d drop little singles here and there just because everybody was doing that around 2013 and 2016. Jason had this idea that ended up becoming Moves Global and he wanted me to be the first artist. He pretty much laid out a three-year plan, which he exceeded, and we’re just building from there.”
A team in sync: “Moves Global provides a sense of stability and that family-oriented vibe. You’ve got this group of people who are all business-minded and all goal-oriented. Instead of having a crew of people around you that’s just there for the ride, you’ve got like-minded individuals working towards the same thing, which is success. When you can stand next to people who have the same drive and the same passion, it makes your job a lot easier.”
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A grand goal: “I had so many ideas and so much music in the vault, so I decided to drop a project every month for the next 12 months. ‘Here’s the Reminder’ is the second one and then, me and Candy Barz are doing a joint project we’re dropping in September. I’m already working on the projects for October and November. I want to prove myself and stay consistent so it might be six songs, it might be 12 songs, but it’s about putting out a body of work every month.”
Driven to create: “This plan is a testament to my passion for the game. A lot of people would’ve probably put the pen down and stopped but I haven’t lost the drive. We’ve got to keep this train rolling so I’m still in the studio making music every weekend. I might knock out six or seven songs and come right back home Sunday, go through my regular week, and go right back the next weekend. That’s how I continue to create at a high level.”
Contact this contributing writer at 937-287-6139 or e-mail at donthrasher100@gmail.com.
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Who: SleekoGotBars at Pass the Aux VI with Ooze2Nasty, FloodGodSkip, P the Emcee and others
Where: Sporty’s Taphouse, 5202 N. Main St., Dayton
When: 7 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 28
Cost: $20 at the door
More info: 937-242-7553 or sportystaphouse.com
Artist info: https://movesglobal.com
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The firm also recently announced a quarterly dividend, which was paid on Wednesday, July 27th. Stockholders of record on Friday, July 8th were issued a $0.06 dividend. This represents a $0.24 annualized dividend and a dividend yield of 0.44%. The ex-dividend date of this dividend was Thursday, July 7th. Marvell Technology’s payout ratio is currently -39.34%.
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SKOPJE, North Macedonia (AP) — A car packed with 16 Syrian migrants crashed while trying to avoid a police roadblock in North Macedonia and four of its occupants were injured, authorities said Friday.
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PENSACOLA, Fla. (WEAR) - Talk about a rough first day: A freshman at the University of West Florida was walking to class when she got struck by lightning.
She survived, which her doctors say is a miracle.
Emma Eggler, 18, is feeling lucky this week. “A lot of doctors told me I should buy a lottery ticket because I was lucky,” she said.
The Birmingham, Alabama, student was struck by lightning on Monday, her first day of college as a freshman.
“I did not feel anything, at all really. I just woke up on the ground,” Eggler said.
She collapsed on the sidewalk after the lightning hit her in the chest.
“My shirt was like completely open,” Eggler said. “Because of the lightning strike, it melted to me.”
The electricity traveled down the left side of her body. Her watch exploded and burned her wrist.
The electricity went down to her foot, putting a hole in her sock and one in her sneaker.
“I was able to get my backpack off me. But I could not feel my legs at all, and I was scared I was paralyzed, and I was really panicking,” Eggler said.
Senior Nelson Libbert and others ran over to Eggler and put her on a bench. They called 911.
Libbert started talking to her to calm her down. He said that he told her, “I would be freaking out over this, but you, you’re so strong, you’re a strong freshman. I know this is a tough first day, but believe it or not, but you’re going to make it through this.”
She was taken to Sacred Heart in Pensacola and then to University of Alabama Hospital in Birmingham.
The doctors told her parents she was lucky the bolt didn’t stop her heart.
“We definitely feel like God performed a miracle for her. That is the only explanation for why she is still with us,” said Erin Eggler, Emma Eggler’s mother.
Emma Eggler has been released from the hospital and has regained movement in her legs. She is expected to return to classes next week.
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Entertainment TV Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston Recreate 'Dairy' Scene from 'Friends': 'That's Sweet' Reese Witherspoon guest starred as Rachel Green's younger sister Jill in Friends season 6 By Tommy McArdle Tommy McArdle Twitter Tommy McArdle is a digital news writer at PEOPLE covering stories across all of the brand's verticals. Prior to joining PEOPLE, Tommy covered the entertainment industry at Looper and sports at The Sporting News and Boston.com. He graduated from Emerson College in 2019. People Editorial Guidelines Published on August 26, 2022 09:18 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: David M. Benett/Dave Benett/Getty Images Reese Witherspoon and Jennifer Aniston are back to being Friends. On Thursday, Witherspoon, 46, shared an Instagram video of The Morning Show actors recreating a highlight-reel moment from Friends season 6, where she guest starred as Jill Green, Rachel Green's (Aniston) younger sister. "This line gets me every time 🧀😂," Witherspoon wrote in the post's caption, tagging Aniston, 53, and the official Friends Instagram account. "Oh, that's sweet," the star added in the video, which shows her and Aniston looking at a printed photo of themselves in character as Jill and Rachel on the Friends set. "Is this where you say the line that you love so much?" Aniston asks. Jennifer Aniston Shows Off Her Natural Curls and Bikini Style in Vacation Snaps: 'Take Us Back' "This is, well, we could say the lines," Witherspoon responds. "Do you remember your line?" As Aniston struggles to recall one line from her 236 total Friends episodes, Witherspoon steps in and whispers from behind the sheet of paper, prompting a recreation of the memorable exchange from season 6's The One Where Chandler Can't Cry. Reese Witherspoon Instagram "You can't have Ross," Aniston starts, before Witherspoon interrupts with the classic line: "Can't have? Can't have? The only thing I can't have is dairy." The stars only narrowly missed perfectly recreating the moment, which aired in 2000: in the original Jill asks Rachel why she's "always so jealous of me" during their argument over her interest in dating Ross Geller (David Schwimmer). "This is not about me being jealous of you, this is about you being a brat and wanting what you can't have," Rachel says in the original episode, pre-empting Jill's classic one-liner and subsequent dramatic exit from Central Perk. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images While Witherspoon and Aniston only briefly shared the screen in those two Friends episodes, the duo reconnected as series leads on The Morning Show when its first season aired on Apple TV+ in 2019. This time around, they didn't play sisters, but still shared something of a rivalry: in season 1, Aniston's Alex Levy fought to keep her job as the top host of a fictional morning news show in New York City from Witherspoon's Bradley Jackson. Last Friday, The Morning Show co-star Karen Pittman teased what's to come from the series' third season, which includes a new corporate figure named Paul Marks played by Jon Hamm, according to The Wrap. Friends Co-Creator Says She's Now 'Embarrassed' by Lack of Diversity in Hit Show NBCU Photo Bank/NBCUniversal via Getty Images; Reese Witherspoon Instagram "Well, we start after the pandemic," Pittman, 35, told E! News last Thursday. The show experienced COVID-19 delays while shooting the Apple TV+ show's sophomore season and the onset of the pandemic played a major role throughout the storylines in season 2. Pittman revealed her excitement about Hamm, 51, joining the cast and said, "he is an extraordinary actor." She added, "I'm interested in what he's going to be bringing to the story. I don't yet know what they have in store for Jon." Seasons 1 and 2 of The Morning Show can be streamed in full on Apple TV+. | https://people.com/tv/reese-witherspoon-and-jennifer-aniston-recreate-dairy-scene-from-friends/ | 2022-08-26T14:36:23Z | https://people.com/tv/reese-witherspoon-and-jennifer-aniston-recreate-dairy-scene-from-friends/ | false | 1 |
When does House of the Dragon take place in the Game of Thrones timeline?
‘House of the Dragon’ is set 200 years before the events of ‘Game of Thrones’
House of the Dragon, the first in a series of spin-offs to Game of Thrones, is just days away from premiering.
The series features an ensemble cast of Matt Smith, Paddy Considine, Emma D’Arcy, Olivia Cooke, Steve Toussaint and more.
The new HBO show serves as a prequel to the beloved Thrones series, but when is it set?
House of the Dragon takes place 200 years before the events of Game of Thrones
House of the Dragon is set around 103 AC, approximately 200 years before the events of Thrones, when the Targaryens are at the height of their powers.
In A Song of Ice and Fire, the book series that Thrones is based on, author George RR Martin explains that, similar to real-life’s Before Christ and Anno Domini, dates in Westeros are described as “Before Conquest” (BC) or “After Conquest” (AC).
The conquest in question occurred when Aegon, Daenerys’s ancestor, conquered the whole of Westeros with his dragons, uniting all seven kingdoms under one ruler.
It’s been hinted that Ty Tennant, son of Doctor Who star David Tennant, may star as Aegon, meaning there could be some flashbacks in store for the series.
The official synopsis for House of the Dragon reads: “The prequel series finds the Targaryen dynasty at the absolute apex of its power, with more than 15 dragons under their yoke. Most empires – real and imagined – crumble from such heights.
“In the case of the Targaryens, their slow fall begins almost 193 years before the events of Game of Thrones, when King Viserys Targaryen breaks with a century of tradition by naming his daughter Rhaenyra heir to the Iron Throne.
“But when Viserys later fathers a son, the court is shocked when Rhaenyra retains her status as his heir, and seeds of division sow friction across the realm.”
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The Targaryens ruled for 280 years until Robert Baratheon took the throne with the help of House Stark. Eighteen years later, the events featured in Game of Thrones kick off, though there is some discrepancy with timings to the book.
Robert, portrayed by Mark Addy in the series, rebelled against King Aerys II Targaryen AKA “The Mad King”, after his son Rhaegar allegedly abducted his betrothed, Lyanna Stark.
Following his victory and Lyanna’s death, Robert married Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) to secure an alliance with House Lannister.
Meanwhile, Aerys’s remaining heirs Viserys and Daenerys fled to Essos where they attempted to recruit followers and reclaim the Iron Throne.
Thus we join the first series and chaos unfolds.
House of the Dragon will begin on Sunday 21 August at 9pm on HBO. It will then be available to stream on HBO Max afterwards.
For UK viewers, it will premiere at 2am on Monday 22 August on Sky. The episode will then be repeated at 9pm on Monday, and will be available to stream on Sky and NOW after its initial airing.
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Stephen Myers will be inducted into the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum in Peterboro during Induction Weekend Oct. 21 to 23, 2022; the induction weekend for Myers, Robert Everett and Calvin Fairbank will go forward after being postponed twice due to COVID. Paul Stewart offered the following nomination for Myers on behalf of Underground Railroad History Project of the Capital Region, Inc.:
Stephen Myers was a Black activist in connection with the Underground Railroad and African American rights in general. He was born in New York state and raised in New York when it was a slave state working on progressive abolition. He was himself a person who had been enslaved in New York state. He wrote in the ‘Northern Star’ and “Freeman’s Advocate’ newspaper, for which he was the principal agent and key writer. As early as 1831, he was assisting fugitives from enslavement to make their way to Canada. He was also active in 1827 with a group of little-known significance called the Clarkson Anti-slavery Society. As time went on, he was involved in organizing and serving as a delegate to many of the Colored Men’s Conventions of the 1830s to the 1860s, working to secure African American rights. He was involved in voting rights campaigns through the NYS Suffrage Association, was involved in organizing a school, sued Albany Schools over segregation, organized an economic development project, visited refugees in Canada and recruited soldiers for the U.S. Colored Troops. He spoke around the country and shared the podium on many occasions with Frederick Douglass and other notables of the abolition movement. He was well known for organizing publications and newspapers for the cause of the African American community. Myers’ work with the Underground Railroad was assisted by New York City’s Sydney Howard Gay of ‘The National Anti-Slavery Standard.’ Additionally, Myers received fugitives referred to him from Philadelphia, New York and Boston. He was the father of five children. His wife Harriet Myers was a key element in his activism, as she maintained the home front while he was working Hudson River Steam ships as a steward, speaking around the country and attending meetings. His letters to Judge William John Jay in the 1850s offer unusual insight into the often-secret workings of the Underground Railroad in general and Albany in particular, revealing financial dealings, operations and donors. Myers died in 1870 after having been born and raised in enslavement, freed, crusaded against slavery and lived to see the 13th, 14th and 15th Amendments to the U. S. Constitution passed as a capstone to his life’s work.
Induction Weekend begins Friday, Oct. 21, at 7 p.m. with a Musical Tribute to Rev. Robert Everett with Welsh music and Everett poetry readings. At 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 22, there will be a guided tour of the Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark; at 11 a.m. the Hall of Fame and Museum will open, followed at 12:30 p.m. by the annual meeting of members of NAHOF.
The Abolition Symposia begin at 1:30 p.m. with a presentation on Rev. Robert Everett, followed by the Calvin Fairbank presentation at 2:30 p.m. The program for Myers at 3:30 p.m. will be presented by Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, researchers and founders of URHPCR. Paul Stewart is the author of this nomination. Mary Liz Stewart is the executive director of Underground Railroad History Project, which owns and manages the Stephen and Harriet Myers Residence in Albany.
At 5 p.m., the Peterboro United Methodist Church will serve a 19th century antislavery box dinner. At 7 p.m., the nominators of the inductees will publicly nominate each inductee with seconds accepted from the banner sponsors. Upon voting approval from the audience, the Hall of Fame Banners will be unveiled for each new inductee.
Sunday morning at 7:30 a.m. at the Canal Town Museum in Canastota, registration for the Abolitionist Freedom Walk will open. At 9 a.m., the landing of 104 delegates driven out of Utica Oct. 21, 1835, for attempting to establish the New York State Antislavery Society will be reenacted, and an interpretive sign in honor of those abolitionists will be unveiled. The Freedom Walk will commence at 9 a.m. with a 10:30 a.m. re-enactment and sign unveiling in Clockville to present the activities of the abolitionists along the way to Peterboro. This inaugural short walk will return to Canastota. with plans for a complete 2023 nine-mile walk all the way to Peterboro. At 1 p.m. in Peterboro, a reenactment and a sign describing the Oct. 22, 1835, arrival of the NYS Antislavery Society delegates in Peterboro will be presented.
The public is invited to the free reception directly following, to commemorate the 187th anniversary of the event. The Abolitionist Freedom Walk is supported by the Erie Canalway IMPACT! Grant Program.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 22, Myers’ role in the Stephen and Harriet Myers’ Florence Farming and Lumber Community/Association located in Florence, Oneida County, will be explained. The Florence Community was a small 19th century settlement of freedom seekers and free blacks who established a communal farmstead in Florence that was established around 1845. It was intended to create a community where free blacks could own land and farm. Local abolitionist and philanthropist Gerrit Smith bought the land, and by 1849 there were between 80 and 90 families who called Florence home. For a little over 12 years, this small community flourished. After 1860, the Florence Farming Association ceased to exist and the community disbanded. The program presenter, Jessica Harney, has been a social studies teacher at Camden High School for the last 18 years. She teaches MVCC dual credit U.S. history and New York state history, global history and psychology and advises several school clubs such as Odyssey of the Mind, Amnesty International Club and the Gender and Sexuality Alliance Club. Where her personal interests, classroom experiences and volunteerism intersect, she has found herself conducting research on the Florence Farming Association. She volunteers with the National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum, serves on several Underground Railroad advisory boards and is a member of historical societies in the Oneida County area.
At 2 p.m. Sunday, Oct. 23, J.H. Justin Schlesinger, the great, great, great grandson of Calvin Fairbank, will present ‘The Old House under the Elms — The Fairbank House.’
The Abolition Hall of Fame Inductions are held on the weekend closest to the anniversary date of the inaugural meeting of the New York State Antislavery Society held in Peterboro Oct. 22, 1835. The public is encouraged to participate in any or all activities. Sponsorships of a banner to support an inductee are due Sept. 15. Registration for the weekend events and the 19th century dinner are due Sept. 15. For more information, registration forms and updated information, email nahofm1835@gmail.com, call 315.684.3262 or visit nationalabolitionhalloffameandmuseum.org.
The National Abolition Hall of Fame and Museum is located at 5255 Pleasant Valley Road, Peterboro. The Gerrit Smith Estate National Historic Landmark is located at 5304 Oxbow Road, Peterboro, with its exterior exhibits are open dawn to dusk.
Pictured is a portrait of Stephen Myers by artist Melissa Moshetti (2020).
Pictured are Paul and Mary Liz Stewart, nominators of Stephen Myers to the Abolition Hall of Fame.
Pictured is the Florence Farming Association historical marker from the Pomeroy Foundation
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In today’s economy, employers are doing all they can to reduce expenses. However, there are a variety of health and safety precautions that should not be changed in an effort to cut down the expenses. Health & wellness of employees should be of primary concern. Every organization should be equipped with life-saving devices such as an Automated External Defibrillator.
One workplace danger is sudden cardiac arrest – a rapid, unexpected loss of heart function, breathing and consciousness. According to the Mayo Foundation, “Sudden cardiac arrest is a medical emergency. If not treated immediately, it causes sudden cardiac death. With fast, appropriate medical care, survival is possible.” According the American Heart Association, 400,000 to 460,000 die each year of cardiac arrest, and 13 percent of these deaths occur in the workplace. With more than one in three adults having one or more types of cardiovascular disease – or 81,100,000 Americans – it’s too great of a risk to not be prepared or, worse, to ignore it.
Death in the workplace is a challenge on a variety of levels for both the employer as well as the surviving coworkers. Most notable is the emotional aspects that follow after a death – depression, anxiety, fear, decreased morale, etc. What also affects the organization as a whole is the deceased employee’s intellectual and institutional knowledge, as well as higher insurance premiums, possible litigation and financial strain that directly impact the survivors at the place of employment. While it is nearly impossible to put a price tag on the death of a coworker, there are many financial repercussions that will be carried by the surviving workforce. In Occupational Health & Safety, Robert Ambrose identifies that it costs the employer 175 percent of that worker’s annual salary to rehire for the position.
What’s less simple to articulate is the emotional impact suffered when a coworker dies – a story that Maverick Transportation, LLC knows too well. When one of their employees, Vice President of Sales and Marketing Brad Scott, died from sudden cardiac arrest, the company immediately decided to do everything it could to help avoid such a tragic loss in the future. They contacted Ben Wellons, pres¬ident of eMed, a Little Rock based company that provides Automated External Defibrillator (AED) and other emergency medical equipment and training. Maverick ordered an Automated External Defibrillator to be placed in every building throughout their nationwide network of offices and terminals. Brad’s wife Laura Scott, also an employee at Maverick Transportation, honors the company’s decision to attempt to prevent this in the future. In reflection, Laura Scott said, “I believe it was Brad’s time, it was such a massive heart attack,” noting his family history of heart disease and a previous attack. “But there are so many lives that can be saved – have been saved – by simply being ready.”
What can an organization do to prevent such a tragedy from happening in their workplace?
1. Establish a workplace culture of health and wellness. Provide a break room that offers water and healthy snack choices like fruits, vegetables and whole grain crackers. Allow employees time for exercising and encourage the use of Flex Spending plans.
2. Ensure all of your offices or facilities have the proper life saving equipment including an Automated External Defibrillator, CPR masks and ample and accessible telephones to call 911 if ever required.
3. Coordinate employee screenings so they can confidentially learn if they have any health risk factors they should address. Recently The Citizen Safety Institute confidentially and personally screened employees at Los Angeles International Airport and found that 15% of the men and nearly 26% of the women had a significant risk of having a cardiac arrest within the next two years. Ensure that you provide suggestions so that at-risk employees follow up with their health care provider and all employees receive tips on how to improve their overall heart health.
4. In the event a death occurs in your workplace, provide employees with heartfelt bereavement resources, allowing them time to internalize the effects of the tragedy.
Sudden cardiac arrest is a widespread, silent tragedy that is unpredictable. However, as an employer you can do your part to mitigate the tragedy through health and wellness education and proper emergency medical products such as an Automated External Defibrillator. This will keep your workplace healthy and safe.
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A clean and tidy place is indeed a source way of positive energy and reflects positive vibes in the atmosphere and a disordered place echoes negativity.
A professional cleaning service provider is able to deal with all kinds of cleaning problems that you might have an encounter with. The problem can be a soda stain on the carpet in a living room or grease stain in your garage that have been persisting for a long period of time. In this regard, a hired service is able to help you in multiple ways.
One of the main services that is provided by a professional, is the scrubbing of air duct and HVAC component cleaning. It is very crucial for you to have your air ducts professionally scoured because you are not to inspect many parts by yourself. It is possible that a number of microorganisms can flourish in the ducts which in turn, lead to diverse health and breathing glitches. Here, a profession cleaning service would eradicate the growth of mold that may have accrued and nurtured in your air ducts.
Another service that a dedicated cleaning business is able to provide that is the elimination of antiquated or harsh stains. You must have perceived that with the use of home cleaning products are enough to get the stain complete vanished off your carpet. If something has been spilled on the carpet, it soaks deep into the carpet and is nearly impossible to get out. A professional cleaning service provider has the proficient tradesmen, who are equipped with the right tools to help you eliminate a problem stain, irrespective of how tough the stain might be. These providers that deal with various cleaning services would return your house its original exquisiteness.
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Game is a very peculiar side of the human life that has its own laws, which do not fit into the framework of traditional logic. Here reigns His Majesty Chance and everything is relative: the weak can defeat the strong, the cunning can make a fool of himself, the poor can become rich, and vice versa.
Gamble opens up new possibilities of the personality, which are often not displayed in ordinary life. Almost everybody wants to get rich at once, without any efforts. Game gives a hope for this, but luck is destiny of the chosen ones.
Origins of the game.
Game and gamble has followed the humanity since its first steps. A grain of gamble is evident almost in everything, starting from hunting in the primitive society and up to major financial deals in the 21st century. Elements of game are inherent to many competitions and entertainments, which our forefathers arranged. For example, it is evident in competitions in strength and deftness, which were later transformed into famous tournaments. Later on the first gambling games appeared. They were based on the element of chance, trying one’s destiny.
The historians believe that the very first game was casting various stones, shells, animals’ bones – these objects were the prototypes of the dice. Documental evidence of the first games is stored in the British Museum. Among this evidence are dice, made by an unknown Egyptian craftsman from the elephant’s tusk (16th century B.C.) and a board for playing draughts, also called checkers which belonged to the queen Hatchepsut (1600 B.C.).
Historical evidence attests that all ancient civilizations played dice. Astragalus,i.e. fetlocks of the animals, were mostly used as dice. The word “astragalus” also referred to tetrahedral bricks with indentations, which more resembled modern dice – hexahedral bricks with somewhat rounded corners, in which the opposite facets, when added up, always amount to seven.
In the old days the people played odd and even, cast dice in the circle or threw them, trying to hit certain openings. Dice were also widely used for fortune-telling. It is also interesting that the players treated dice with nearly reverent trepidation, as if the dice were alive: the players talked to them, whispered charms and tried to persuade them to bring victory.
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In Ancient Greece there was a legend that the Olympic gods divided the “spheres of influence” by casting lots (Zeus got the Olympus, Poseidon received the ocean, and Hades came to rule the underworld). The laws of Ancient Rome formally forbade gambling games, but there was no specific punishment for violation of the ban. The only “penalty” for the players was the right of the defeated player to reclaim everything he lost, if he though that he was wrongly or unfairly defeated. Officially the games were allowed only once a year, during the Saturnalia (annual festivities in honour of the god Saturn).
Throughout the years the significance of the game increased. There appeared new game contrivances, for example cards. Some researchers argue that the first playing-cards appeared in China. In the Chinese dictionary, Ching-tsze-tung (1678), mentions that cards were created in 1120 (according to the Christian chronology), and in 1132 they were already widely used. Cards at those times were long and narrow plates with numbers from 1 to 14 on them. Four suits symbolized four seasons, and the number of cards (52) corresponded to the number of weeks in the year.
The prototype of the modern deck of cards is the Tarot cards. The first documentary witness that we know of refers to 1254, when Saint Louis issued an edict that forbade card game within France under the fear of punishment with a whip.
Other researchers call Egypt the homeland of cards. The Tarot deck was used for fortune-telling. It had 78 sheets – arkana (22 seniors and 56 juniors). The pictures on the senior arkans correspond to golden tables, which are preserved in the dungeon of the god Tote in Egypt. Their names are as follows: 1. Fool; 2. Magician; 3. Priestess; 4. Hostess; 5. Host; 6. High priest; 7. Lovers; 8. Chariot; 9. Power; 10. Hermit; 11. The wheel of fortune; 12. Justice; 13. The hanged man; 14. Death; 15. Abstinence; 16. Devil; 17. Tower; 18. Star; 19. Moon; 20. Sun; 21. Court; 22. Peace.
It is considered that cards reached Europe in the 10-11th century, during the crusades to the Near East. Other argue that the majority of card games were born in France, which is called the homeland of European cards. The first factory-made deck of Tarot cards included 56 cards of four suits (swords, wands, money and cups). Besides there were 22 trump-cards with numbers from 1 to 21. Every card had a name of its own: the emperor, the empress, the nun, the conjurer, the fool etc. Thus, the deck incorporated 97 cards. Gradually it was substituted by new cards, which more closely resembled the modern ones.
It is surprising that the symbols of suits and the suits themselves did not change since 15th century. In the Middle Ages card games were very popular among various strata of population, ranging from a king’s court to the common people. By the way, in those times cards were not only a means to beguile the time, but also a symbol of the society structure: hearts embodied the priests, diamonds meant the bourgeoisie, spades represented officers and aristocracy, clubs referred to the peasants.
Modern card games (poker, blackjack) arose in the U.S. in the second half of the 19th century. It is difficult to name them all. There are card games for adults and children, games for training logic and wit – and there are games just to beguile the time. The more mature is the individual, the more complex are the games he plays. Having become financially independent, he lets loose his gamble: makes bets, plays in the lotteries, makes bets on the totalizator and finally funds himself in the very temple of game, the casino. Here the individual totally submits to the game, which sharpens his feelings and emotions and makes him forget everything, but the green cloth and roulette wheel. The thirst for such feelings lures again and again those people, who have at least once been in the casino. Meanwhile, the skeptics say: “If you want to win in the casino, buy one of those”.
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The Best Email Internet Marketing Strategy
So is there really a best email internet marketing strategy out there that you could be using to generate wealth? Are there ways to market to your list that are better than others? Is there some tips that you should follow in order to get better response from your list when you send them messages?
There is a best email internet marketing strategy and there is a better way to generate a better response and make more money with your list. Here are 3 helpful tips to remember when setting up your email marketing campaigns.
Best Email Internet Marketing Strategy tip #1 – Don’t over promote to your list
When you promote to your list on a daily basis they get sick of you. You have to stay in their minds, but not be annoying. A good rule of thumb is to promote 3 times maximum to your list per week.
Best Email Internet Marketing Strategy tip #2 – Send something worthwhile to your list
If all you do is send product recommendations and promotions your readers will stop reading your message. You have to give them an article, free eBook, or helpful tool to keep them coming back for more. Do this 1-2 times a week and they will be more likely to buy when you do promote to them.
Best Email Internet Marketing Strategy tip #3 – Be personable with your subscribers
When you treat your subscribers like they are your new found friends, and you write to them like that, instead of like you are a big corporation and they are just a number in your database you will get a better response. Try this and you will be amazed at how much your new subscribers love reading your messages.
There you have it 3 very helpful tips to really boost your email marketing. This is just part of what can be considered the best email internet marketing strategy. There is more that you can learn and use, but this should get you started.
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5 Advantages of Playing at Online Casinos
If you love trying your luck at casinos, we suggest that you try out online casinos. They can offer the same experience as a local casino. As a matter of fact, these online portals offer an amazing experience. The overall ambient of these portals has a great appeal for a lot of people. In this article, we are going to talk about a few common advantages of playing at an online Casino.
Safe and Secure
Most people don’t go online to gamble for many reasons. One of the primary reasons is that they think that playing online is not safe and secure. The fact of the matter is that these concerns are understandable. After all, players are a little worried about depositing funds on a website, which is totally normal.
The truth is that these online platforms are safe and secure for all types of gamblers. If you want to be on the side, we suggest that you choose reputable places only.
Easy To Use and convenient
Another advantage of these platforms is that they are quite convenient even for first-time users. You don’t need to leave the comfort of your room to play your favorite games. All you need to do is use your computer to access all of the games you want to play.
Apart from this, online casinos are always open, which means that there are no time constraints. Therefore, you can practice whenever you want without putting your money at risk.
Game Variety
Another advantage of these platforms is that they provide a huge variety of interesting games. For example, you can choose from video poker, slot games, and table games, just to name a few. Apart from this, many of these places provide several traditional versions of your desired games. All of these titles provide tons of fun.
Rewards and bonuses
Almost every online casino provides incentives for their customers when they first sign up and deposit money. Typically, the bonus is given in the form of chips that you can use to play at the casino. Besides, many places provide extra rewards and bonuses to their regular customers.
Generally, these rewards and bonuses appeal to a lot of players like you. The good thing is that you will get these rewards and bonuses no matter how often you go online to play your favorite games. However, it is important to keep in mind that regular players get the best rewards possible.
Getting the Best Experience
We can’t guarantee that online casinos will be the best choice for you, but you can at least give it a go. Based on the advantage listed above, we can say that most users have tons of fun gambling online. The only condition is that you must go to the right place if you want to enjoy the best experience.
An easy way to go for the right place is to ask around and follow the recommendations of experienced players. Besides, you can read online reviews to find out if a place is worth a try.
Long story short, this was an introduction to some of the primary advantages of gambling at online casinos. If you have never played at any of these online portals, we suggest that you give it a go.
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Managing Business Growth – The Problems With Overtrading
Overtrading and the problems it can create can be quite difficult to comprehend. Surely, if a business is selling many of their products and their customer base and profit are growing rapidly, how can this be a problem? Indeed, not only can it be a problem but in some extreme cases, it can lead to a business having to cease trading.
The fundamental reason why overtrading is a problem is that it can put a huge strain on the resources of a business, particularly cash flow. If turnover is increasing too quickly, then you may need to acquire more machinery or equipment to service the increase in customer numbers. It may even be the case that you need to move to bigger premises or a larger office with more storage space. Therefore, growth in sales will likely to be matched by an increase in the need for capital investment and other working capital. If the business does not retained profit to fund this rapid expansion then they attempt to borrow it. These borrowing facilities can be very costly. However, many new businesses which experience overtrading find themselves unable to obtain additional funds due to a lack of trading history and are forced to reduce the size of their operations or possibly ‘throw in the towel’ altogether.
Other costs that can cause huge drain on working capital when growth is too rapid are staff costs. With any expansion comes the need for increased numbers of employees. This can be extremely expensive for a business to fund, especially when combined with any increases in connected payroll taxes. In addition, if your sales are increasing quickly it may mean that you need to carry larger quantities of stock and thus more of your capital will be tied up in that inventory. Again, stock is like many other asset, if you own too much of it, it can starve other areas of the business which urgently need funds.
There are a number of precautions which one can take to prevent the potentially damaging effects of overtrading. Firstly, growth should be managed properly and with a sound understanding of how it will affect the working capital of the business. By producing sound monthly budgets, cash flow projections and monthly management accounts, you will be in a far better position to control the potentially damaging effects of rapid growth. Secondly, before you grow too quickly, look to secure increased funding. In other words, it would be a prudent idea to approach your bank and get the ‘green light’ for future finance to fund expansion, should you need it. Having this contingency finance at the ready will mean that working capital can be maintained and growth can be managed properly.
Lastly, to avoid the effects of overtrading, it might be a good idea to take the ‘only what I need’ standpoint. For example, rather than hold larger and larger sums of stock when you are growing, consider ordering your stock ‘just in time’ (JIT). This can reduce your stock holding costs considerably and again free up all that working capital held up in stock. Alternatively, only buy equipment which you really need or see if you can buy any second-hand equipment which will be cheaper but still do the job. Again, with everything you buy for you business, ask yourself the question: is this something I really need or just want?
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How Small and Medium-Sized Businesses Can Plan For ERP Implementation
Introduction: Proper Planning to Reduce Risks of ERP Failure
In the first article, we discussed how a well-structured system assessment scorecard can help Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs) mitigate enterprise resource planning (ERP)[1] implementation failure risks at the system acquisition stage.
In this article, we outline certain steps SMEs can take to mitigate ERP implementation failure risks in the subsequent phase of implementation: the planning phase.
Briefly defined, the planning phase is the stage during which the organization prepares to “ERP-ize” its business. An ERP project requires much more than the mere installation of an IT software system. It requires organizational restructuring.
Generally, SMEs have to restructure their operations to satisfy the business flow parameters defined by the ERP software. These days, most ERP software packages are pre-customized to sectors according to certain industry best-practices.
The extent of organizational restructuring that is required depends on the structure of existing business processes, and on the technical and functional requirements imposed by the ERP software.
As with any complex restructuring project, ERP implementation is accompanied by certain risks of project failure. For example, failure can result from a runaway implementation that causes the project to become uneconomical. It can also result from organizational rejection of the restructured environment where such rejection impedes the achievement of the projected efficiencies.
In the following sections, we elaborate on these particular risks of implementation failure and how effective implementation planning can mitigate these risks.
Failure Risk 1: Run-Away Implementation
If an SME is planning to implement ERP, its primary reason for doing so is probably to achieve cost efficiencies. According to 2009 research by the Aberdeen Group, the need to reduce operating and administrative costs continues to be the main driver of ERP acquisition in the SME segment [2].
Since financial reasons drive the decision to implement ERP, it is critical that the implementation be completed within budget. A failure to deliver an economical implementation will mean project failure.
Since this section deals with ERP-related finance, it is important to briefly discuss some of the underlying principles.
The cost side of an ERP budget is based on a total cost of ERP ownership (TCO) calculation. TCO is the sum of the present values of system, maintenance and service costs. System and maintenance costs are fixed and largely determinable in advance.
In contrast, service costs are usually highly variable and difficult to project with accuracy. Further, service costs are proportionately significant. In 2007, service costs accounted for 45% of TCO for SMEs. Put another way, for every $100 an SME spent on ERP software, it spent an additional $81 on service [3]. As you will have probably guessed, service costs mainly reflect implementation costs.
Poor scheduling, improper resource allocation, project delays and scope creep (i.e. unplanned increases to the project’s scope) are the usual culprits for runaway implementation costs. The first three are generally well understood. Scope creep deserves a bit more attention.
During implementation, there is a holy-grail temptation to “ERP-ize” certain business processes that were not included in the original project plan. The rationale supporting a scope increase is that incremental efficiencies will be gained by “ERP-izing” the additional tasks. Implementation seems like the perfect time to widen the scope: the project is underway, consultants are on site and the teams are dedicated.
These temptations must be resisted. Implementation is seldom the right time to widen the scope (except for dealing with unforeseen items that must be addressed).
The reason the temptation must be resisted is because the argument favouring unplanned scope changes only accounts for the benefits side of the financial equation. Incremental costs must also be considered. These costs include direct service costs as well as the opportunity costs of delay. With respect to the latter, every unplanned day that the SME is unable to operate under the new system is a day of lost efficiencies.
It is fair to assume that an ERP project scope is designed to maximize the net ERP benefits (net benefits = cost efficiencies – costs). This means that all components of the project that yield a positive net benefit are accepted. It also means that all components that yield a negative net benefit (where the incremental costs exceed the incremental efficiencies) are rejected. Unplanned scope increases are typically components that would yield negative net benefits, i.e. they would be unprofitable. Since they diminish the return on ERP investment, these components should be rejected.
The following graph (omitted) depicts the relationship between a project’s gross costs, gross efficiencies and net benefits (net benefits = gross efficiencies – gross costs). As seen by the Net Benefits line, the ideal project plan is at Point A. At this point, all profitable components are accepted and all unprofitable components are rejected. Any project plan that lies to the left of Point A would mean that the plan could be profitably expanded. Any project plan to the right of Point A would mean that unprofitable components are being accepted. Scope increases are generally components that lie to the right of Point A.
The above profitability analysis explains why incremental scope changes are both unnecessary and unbeneficial to the project. As time passes, these incremental changes will either be ignored or implemented as part of a profitable optimization plan.
In summary, a well-structured plan can mitigate the financial risks associated with overly broad scope definition and scope creep. Such a plan will help keep the ERP project within budget and on time.
However, even if financial risks are mitigated, other types of failure risk still threaten the project’s success. One such risk is that certain key people will reject the new ERP system and/or the restructured business processes.
Failure Risk 2: Improperly Managed Change
Restructuring is a necessary evil. It causes the SME to undergo significant and disruptive changes. For example, the SME’s organizational and reporting structures will likely change as departments are shifted. Its operations will likely change as business processes are re-engineered. Daily tasks will likely change as manual tasks are automated. All of these changes mean that employees, management and executives will have to unlearn old habits and learn new ways of doing business.
Some people will embrace the challenges and opportunities presented by the change. These people will help move the project forward. However, there will be those who fear the uncertainties associated with change. These people may resist the project and may risk undermining its success.
Change resistors are powerful forces. Even relatively innocuous-seeming resistance can thwart success. Consider, for example, the case of a sales person at a manufacturer who decides not to input an order into the new ERP system. Instead, the employee calls the order into production – the way he had always performed the task under the old system. Although the order is now in the process queue, it was not registered in the ERP planning system.
This one omission can have severe and far-reaching consequences. Automated production planning, shop floor scheduling and material movements planning become inaccurate and unreliable. These inaccuracies will prevent sales people from providing accurate lead time quotations. As a result, sales relationships will become strained and customers will be lost. The unplanned production backlog will also cause an increase in inventory-related costs. Further, real-time performance reporting will become less accurate since the reports fail to include certain transactions. Unreliable reports will negatively impact management’s ability to make important and timely decisions.
In summary, a failure to buy-in to the new system and processes can cause the organization to fail to reap the efficiency and informational benefits of ERP. The result: an uneconomical ERP investment.
The above is but one example of a change resistor. Generally, an organization faces different groups that resist change for different reasons. Common examples of resisting forces include:
· A union that objects because its members’ job functions would change as a result of process re-engineering and automation.
· Employees who object because they have performed the same manual assembly tasks for 20 years and are afraid of or don’t want to learn new processes.
· Managers who object to donating their “A-players” to the implementation team. The loss of key performers would almost certainly have a negative impact on departmental performance.
· Executives who object to short-term business interruptions caused by the restructuring project, notwithstanding the long-term benefits. This moral hazard is caused by an incentive system that rewards the executives for short-term performance. Interruptions may cause the SME to miss compensation targets.
Fortunately, many of the various human capital forces that can sabotage an ERP-driven restructuring can be mitigated at the planning stage.
Good Planning Lessens Failure Risks
A good implementation plan accomplishes two goals:
1. It presents a clearly marked and easy-to-follow roadmap to implement the process changes and ERP system; and
2. It prepares the organization and all potentially affected stakeholders to adapt to the changed environment.
A plan that achieves these twin goals will significantly help the implementation project’s prospects for success.
Although each plan should be customized to meet the SME’s particular needs, there are certain fundamental principles that can frame the design of every project plan. These principles relate to project championship, project plan design and team formation.
Project Championship
Top management is ultimately responsible for allocating time, resources and money to the project. Its collective attitude towards the project filters down and impacts organizational commitment to the project. Consequently, top management support can make the project while its absence of support can break the project.
Given the importance of executive commitment, the project requires a top-level manager to convert the non-believing managers. This person must be both fully committed to the project and capable of influencing others’ commitment. In his capacity as project champion, this person will be responsible for ensuring that the project remains a top priority and is allocated the resources that are required. In other words, the project champion acts as an advocate who drives change, encourages perseverance and manages resistance. Ultimately, it is this person who legitimizes the project and the accompanying organizational change.
Project Plan
The project plan is a formal document that is instrumental in preventing runaway implementations and change resistance.
If done properly, the project plan helps prevent runaway implementations by memorializing the project deliverables on a timeline and allocating a specific budget to each deliverable. Each deliverable should be broken down into manageable and measurable tasks. A well conceived roadmap prevents scope creep, cost overruns and project delays.
The details of the project plan should be (to the extent necessary) transparent throughout the entire organization. Communicating the project plan will diffuse a portion of the organizational anxiety by eliminating ambiguity about the project and the future state of the organization.
In terms of its components, the main project plan should, at a minimum, include the following:
Project Charter:
This is an articulation of the project’s mission and vision. It clearly and unambiguously states the business rationale for the project.
Scope Statement
This defines the parameters of the project. The scope is broken down into measurable success factors and strategic business accomplishments that drive the intended results.
Target Dates and Costs
This sets out individual milestones. Identifiable, manageable and measurable goals are established. Target completion dates are set. Each individual milestone is valued. This step articulates the breakdown of the project into discrete sub-projects.
Project Structure and Staff Requirements
This sets out the project’s reporting structure, and how that reporting structure fits into the larger organizational structure.
The main project plan should be supported by whatever subsidiary plans are necessary. Common examples of subsidiary plans include: IT infrastructure and procurement plan, risk plan, cost and schedule plan, scope management plan, resource management plan, and communications plan. For present purposes, these last three subsidiary plans deserve a bit more attention.
Scope Management Plan
This is a contingency plan that defines the process for identifying, classifying and integrating scope changes into the project.
Resource Management Plan
This sets out individual assignments, project roles, responsibilities and reporting relationships. It also sets out the criteria for back-filling positions and modifying project teams. Further, this plan details human capital development and training plans. Finally, where necessary, it sets out the reward system used to incentivise project performance.
Communications Plan
A communications strategy is critical to manage change resistance. This plan codifies the procedures and responsibilities relating to the periodic dissemination of project-related information to the project teams and throughout the organization. Examples of common channels include email newsletters, press releases and team meetings.
A good project plan is only effective if the project teams are capable of executing the recommendations. For this reason, team formation and training are critical parts of the planning phase.
Team Formation
Successful execution requires an enabling structure. Like many well-structured organizations, an ERP project structure should contain a steering committee that has executive-level strategic responsibilities; a core team that has managerial-level delegation authority; and functional teams that are responsible for implementing the changes.
To facilitate communication and decision-making, each hierarchy level should have a member who is represented on the level below. For example, the ERP project manager should sit on both the steering committee and the core team, and certain key users should sit on both the core team and a given functional team.
The Steering Committee
The project steering committee should be comprised of the chief executive officer, the CIO, executive level business managers, and the ERP project manager. The committee has strategic-level responsibility for reviewing and approving the project plan, making changes to the plan and evaluating project progress.
The Core Team
The core team is responsible for managing the implementation project. It should be comprised of the ERP project manager, functional leads, the outside consultants and certain key end-users.
Functional leads should be top-performers who are reassigned to the implementation project on a full-time basis. They should be experts in their respective departments, should understand other departments’ business processes and should be knowledgeable about industry best practices. In many cases, functional leads will have to be backfilled in their day-to-day jobs.
During the planning phase, the core team is trained on the fundamentals of ERP theory and on the particulars of the ERP software. The purpose of the training is to ensure that the core team is capable of managing the development of the new business processes.
Functional Teams
These teams are responsible for implementing the business process changes in their respective functional departments. Each functional team is comprised of a core team key end-user, select end-users that cover all of the functional unit’s business processes, and a functional consultant with an understanding of the ERP software.
Organizing committed and capable teams is critical to the project’s success. The project teams will be responsible for managing the implementation and helping the organization adapt to the new business environment.
Conclusion
ERP implementation is a complex project that involves significant operational restructuring. The restructuring is accompanied by certain risks of project failure, including runaway implementation and resistance to change.
Fortunately, an SME can mitigate many of the ERP failure risks by properly planning for the project. At a minimum, proper planning requires a project champion to secure executive buy-in, the preparation and communication of a project plan that breaks the project down into manageable sub-projects, and the assembly of strong teams capable of executing the project.
[1] Briefly, an ERP system is intended to electronically integrate an organization’s functional areas, administrative areas, processes and systems.
[2] Jutras, C. (2009). ERP in the Midmarket 2009: Managing the Complexities of a Distributed Environment. Boston: Aberdeen Group.
[3] Jutras, C. (2007). The Total Cost of ERP Ownership in Mid-Sized Companies. Boston: Aberdeen Group.
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With a total of 105 events, including 64 shows and 41 presentations, and 11 new brands on the schedule, it will be a packed nine days from Sept. 26 to Oct. 4.
The Fédération de la Haute Couture et de la Mode published its preliminary calendar on Friday, unveiling a near-fully physical schedule.
Only Uma Wang, Shiatzy Chen, Kimhekim and Calvin Luo are slated to show their collections solely digitally, owing to ongoing travel restrictions with Asia.
Digital content will continue to be broadcast on the federation’s dedicated platform, ranging from pre-recorded films to livestreams and post-show edits.
Kicking off the season is LVMH Prize semifinalist label Weinsanto, designed by 28-year-old Victor Weinsanto, with its 5 p.m. on-schedule debut on Sept. 26.
Victoria Beckham’s inaugural Parisian show will take place at 5:30 p.m. on Sept. 30, the first runway for her new design team led by design director Lara Barrio.
The other two entrants, Australian label Zimmerman and London-based A.W.A.K.E. Mode, will show later in the week, at 2:30 p.m. on Oct. 3 and 12:30 p.m. on Oct. 4, respectively.
AZ Factory, which said in June it would morph into a multibrand retailer and showroom, will cap off the week’s penultimate day at 8 p.m. on Oct. 3.
In the lineup are Saint Laurent, Balenciaga, Valentino, Givenchy and Off-White, which put on a star-studded tribute show to its late founder Virgil Abloh in March.
Conspicuously absent is Celine, whose June 26 return to the calendar came with a side show of K-pop pandemonium outside the venue as fans jostled to get a glimpse of Blackpink’s Lalisa Manobal, BTS member Kim Tae-hyung, better known as V, and his bestie, actor Park Bo-gum.
On the final day of the women’s spring 2023 season, Chanel, Miu Miu and Louis Vuitton will reprise their pre-pandemic traditions by taking the 10:30 a.m., 2 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. slots on Oct. 4.
Also expected to be present in person and in number this season are Japanese designers, who had not shown physically in Paris since the pandemic.
Comme des Garçons and Junya Watanabe had returned to Paris for men’s in June. They will be joined by Noir Kei Ninomiya on Oct. 1, kicking off the day at 9:30 a.m. for Watanabe, followed by Ninomiya at 12 p.m. and Rei Kawakubo’s designs at 5 p.m.
Undercover, Mame Kurogouchi, Anrealage and Beautiful People will also all be putting on runway shows throughout the week.
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That the film, which stars Shia LaBeouf and premieres at the Venice Film Festival next week, confirms a change of pace for the cult director is an understatement, one that Ferrara, 71, chalks up to a decade of sobriety and a new life in Italy.
“Once we kicked the drugs and the alcohol, we started to see a different way of life, of living in a different life,” the “Bad Lieutenant” director said in an interview in his new hometown of Rome. “I think it’s more just trying to get our game right.”
The film chronicles a particular moment in the 20th century history of Italy and Padre Pio, the mystic Capuchin monk best known for having displayed the “stigmata” wounds of Christ: He bled from his hands, feet and sides. Padre Pio died in 1968 and was canonized in 2002 by St. John Paul II, going on to become one of the most popular saints in Italy, the U.S. and beyond.
Ferrara’s treatment is no biopic, and frankly ignores some of the juiciest bits of the Padre Pio saga, which involved a dozen Vatican investigations into purported dalliances with women, alleged financial improprieties and doubts about the stigmatas. In their place, Ferrara weaves a parallel tale about the beginnings of fascism in Italy that is, unexpectedly, utterly relevant today.
The film takes as its starting point Padre Pio’s arrival at a Capuchin monastery in San Giovanni Rotondo, a poverty-wracked town in southern Italy, at the time its soldiers were returning home from World War I. The town was almost feudal-like, with the Catholic Church and wealthy large landowners trying to hold onto power amid the first inklings of Italy’s post-war socialist movement that saw factory unrest and peasant strikes.
That social unrest erupted into a little-known police massacre of peasants in San Giovanni after the socialists won a 1920 local election, the results of which the entrenched, church-backed ruling class refused to respect. When the winning socialists tried to hang their red flag on the municipal building and install their mayor on Oct. 14, 1920, police were on hand, shots rang out and 14 people were killed and 80 injured. For Ferrara, the “Massacre of San Giovanni Rotondo” helped foretell the spread of fascism in Italy.
Ferrara, who has lived in Italy for some two decades, began making the film five years ago, long before the Jan. 6 insurrection in his native U.S., in which supporters of President Donald Trump stormed the U.S. Capitol after refusing to respect the results of the 2020 election, or the rise of the far-right Brothers of Italy party in his adopted country. The Brothers of Italy, which has neo-fascist roots, leads the polls ahead of Italian parliamentary elections next month. Add to the mix Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and Ferrara sees history repeating itself.
“When Jan. 6 happens after you’ve been working on this film for five years, it’s like: Right, elections are great until you lose,” he said.
The film is dedicated to the victims of the 1920 massacre as well as the people of Ukraine. Why? “What I’m looking at is a rerun of World War II. Seventy-five million people died 70 years ago. That’s like, yesterday. It’s happening right in front of our eyes,” he said.
The context of the film, he said solemnly, is: “You’re looking at the end of the world.”
Ferrara’s concern with Italian history, Catholicism and his fascination with Padre Pio are not new: The Bronx-born Ferrara was raised Catholic and introduced to both Italy and the saint by his grandfather, who was born in a town not far from Padre Pio’s hometown of Pietrelcina.
Those interests have emerged in Ferrara’s more recent films, including “Pasolini” which paid tribute to the scandalous life and violent death of Italian director Pier Paolo Pasolini and premiered at Venice in 2014; and “Mary,” about an actor (Juliette Binoche) playing Mary Magdalene in a film, which won the Grand Jury prize at Venice in 2005.
Both “Pasolini” and “Padre Pio” relied heavily on the diaries, writings and documentation of their subjects, and Ferrara first made a documentary about the saint’s life before deciding to zero in on the particular period of his arrival in San Giovanni Rotondo, his doubts about his faith and the events surrounding the 1920 massacre.
“I thought the confluence between the massacre and his stigmata both happening in the same place at the same time … I mean how could you not make a movie about that?” Ferrara said.
But Ferrara is well aware that his early genre work — he has done pornography, rape-revenge, the 1993 cult classic about a corrupt, drug-addicted cop “Bad Lieutenant,” and his earlier “The Driller Killer,” about a New York artist who randomly kills people with a power drill — gave him something of a reputation.
“Given the list of films I’d made you’d be wondering,” Ferrara admits. But he said church officials and the Capuchin friars who advised on set were entirely supportive of the project and its star, LaBeouf, who has admitted to alcoholism and has been accused by a former girlfriend of abuse. LaBeouf spent four months in a California monastery preparing for the role, Ferrara said, and has said the chance to play “Padre Pio” was a miracle for him personally.
“It’s just that these cats have got that optimistic take,” Ferrara said admiringly of the church. “Don’t judge someone on their worst moment.”
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GBPUSD traded higher on Friday, after hitting support at 1.1770. The pair has been printing higher lows since August 23, but it is still trading below the downtrend line drawn from the high of August 10, as well as below all the moving averages. This implies that the pair is in a corrective phase within a bigger downtrend.
The oscillators suggest some further recovery before the bears take the reins again. The RSI is fractionally below 50, but it is pointing up and appears ready to move above that equilibrium level, while the MACD, although negative, lies above its trigger line, pointing up as well.
The move signaling a downtrend continuation may be a dip below 1.1770. This will confirm a forthcoming lower low on the 4-hour chart, and may initially target the low of August 23, at 1.1715. If there are no buyers to be found near that zone either, then a break lower could set the stage for declines towards the 1.1635 territory, defined as a support by the low of March 25, 2020.
On the upside, a break above the aforementioned downtrend line and the 1.1925 zone may wake up more bulls, who could shoot for the psychological round figure of 1.2000. That zone acted as a key support area between August 5 and 18. If they do not abandon the push after hitting that zone, then they could decide to extend the advance towards the peak of August 18, at around 1.2080.
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MEXICO CITY, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- FIBRA Prologis (BMV: FIBRAPL14), a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico, has closed two promissory notes for a one-year tenor with Scotiabank Inverlat, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero Scotiabank Inverlat ("Scotiabank") and BBVA México, S.A., Institución de Banca Múltiple, Grupo Financiero BBVA México ("BBVA") for a total amount of US$100 million.
Pricing for the US$100 million of notes was SOFOR plus a weighted average spread of 102.5 basis points, which represents 96.5 basis points lower than our current spread in the line of credit. Both promissory notes are for a 12-month period, with no withholding tax.
"We are always working on strengthening our Balance Sheet. With these funds we are refinancing existing debt at a lower cost of debt, while increasing our liquidity and maintaining a neutral loan-to-value," said Jorge Girault, senior vice president, Finance, Prologis Mexico.
FIBRA Prologis is a leading owner and operator of Class-A industrial real estate in Mexico. As of June 30, 2022, FIBRA Prologis was comprised of 227 logistics and manufacturing facilities in six industrial markets in Mexico totaling 43.4 million square feet (4.0 million square meters) of gross leasable area.
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HEFEI, China, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- On August 26 Beijing Time, Gotion High-tech announced its interim results. During the Reporting Period, the Company achieved revenue of RMB 8,638 million, representing a year-on-year growth of 143.24%, of which revenue from overseas regions increased by 358.28% year-on-year to RMB1.279 billion, and is expected to achieve its target of 100% growth in total revenue over the previous year in the future.
Gotion High-tech is a leading power battery company in the field of new energy vehicles in China. Gotion High-tech generated revenue mainly from power lithium battery, energy storage battery and power transmission and distribution equipment. During the Reporting Period, company power lithium battery business maintained a solid growth trend, and achieved revenue of RMB 6.61 billion , representing a year-on-year increase of 113.93%, and was the company's biggest source of revenue. In particular, the energy storage battery business was disclosed for the first time in the financial report, achieving revenue of RMB1.28 billion during the period, accounting for 14.8% of the total revenue.
According to SNE Research, in the first half of the year, Gotion High-tech has battery installed capacity of 5.8 GWh, with a market share of 2.9%, up 1 percentage point from the same period of last year, ranking 8th in the world; and recorded over 250 thousand units for EV battery installed passenger vehicle in the world, accounting for a market share of approximately 5.9%, and ranked 5th in the global market.
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UW hid concerns over puberty blockers in trans study amid media praise, leaked emails show
Internal emails from the University of Washington reveal how the institution stayed quiet regarding concerns about a study detailing the supposed benefits of experimental gender medicalization in trans-identified youth amid glowing media coverage.
The research study, titled "Mental Health Outcomes in Transgender and Nonbinary Youths Receiving Gender-Affirming Care," was published in February on JAMA Network Open in partnership with Seattle Children's Hospital.
The report claimed that experimental puberty-blocking drugs yield positive mental health outcomes in trans-identified teenagers. Yet critics contend that how the study framed those supposed benefits were flawed and required edits to the promotional materials used to publicize the research.
The university stopped promoting the study because the edits were so profound, but its communications office didn't respond to questions because it had received such fawning praise from the press.
Emails obtained by the Seattle-based "Jason Rantz Show" on talk radio station KTTH suggest that university officials ignored "some pretty concerning claims" in the study because the news coverage was so positive.
The data that the researchers gathered was used to claim in a press release that so-called gender-affirming care — a euphemism trans activists use that refers to administering sterilizing hormones and medically unnecessary surgeries — "dramatically reduces" depression and is "lifesaving."
The March press release also claimed that the research team found that such interventions "caused rates of depression to plummet" in adolescents who identify as nonbinary or transgender, and criticized efforts in conservative states, namely Idaho and Texas, aimed at restricting and more closely scrutinizing the experimental practices.
A Ph.D. candidate and a UW medical student also penned an op-ed in The Conversation praising the study, amplifying the claims and criticizing Republican efforts to criminalize dispensing puberty-blockers and cross-sex hormones to children and teenagers.
At the time, the Idaho State House had passed a bill making the provision of "gender-affirming care" a felony offense and Texas' state child safeguarding agency had begun investigating the practices as abuse, under the direction of Gov. Greg Abbott and Attorney General Ken Paxton.
However, the study's data seemingly revealed virtually no statistically significant mental health improvement among those who received so-called gender-affirming care. The claims of the UW press release were challenged in meticulous detail by journalist Jesse Singal in an April 6 essay on Substack.
"Among the kids who went on hormones, there isn't genuine statistical improvement here from baseline to the final wave of data collection. At baseline, 59% of the treatment-naive kids experienced moderate to severe depression. Twelve months later, 56% of the kids on GAM experienced moderate to severe depression," Signal wrote.
"At baseline, 45% of the treatment-naive kids experienced self-harm or suicidal thoughts. Twelve months later, 37% of the kids on GAM did. These are not meaningful differences: The kids in the study arrived with what appear to be alarmingly high rates of mental health problems, many of them went on blockers or hormones, and they exited the study with what appear to be alarmingly high rates of mental health problems."
The leaked email correspondence shows Laura East, the UW department of epidemiology spokesperson, voicing concerns about Singal's report and that she would not be promoting the study.
"The article resulting from the inquiry was recently posted on the author's Substack, and includes some pretty concerning claims. UW Epidemiology/UW SPH/UW News will not be including this article in our media tracking/or otherwise driving traffic to this piece," she wrote.
East said she didn't think there was any need to respond more proactively as "there is an overwhelming amount of positive coverage of the study's findings" and then went on to solicit "ideas for any other actions or messaging with the study team."
Other UW communications officials also spoke of the positive press they had received as a reason to say nothing more and refrain from clarifying their previous statements.
Emails also show a spokesperson for UW Medicine forwarding East's message to the UW Medicine communications manager.
"FYI, I read through his exceedingly long (very, very long) article," UW Medicine media relations manager Barbara Clements wrote to Susan Gregg, another communications director, along with the forwarded email, "which claimed the research was flawed or, at worst, made up."
Clements added: "[B]ut given the extremely positive pick up by mainstream media, I would agree and just let this be."
Another email obtained by "The Jason Rantz Show" acknowledged that a UW Medicine video producer "originally misinterpreted the data" in the press release. As a result, the UW Medicine website changed its headline to replace the word "plummeted."
"UW researchers recently found that gender-affirming care for transgender and nonbinary adolescents likely decreased rates of depression and suicidality," the new headline read.
An email from the study team led to another edit.
"I think it is important to note that this language is still not quite accurate," the email reportedly reads. "We did not observe a decrease in the rates of depression. We saw that youth who initiated PB/GAH has a lower odds of depression compared to youth who didn’t because depressive symptoms significantly worsened among youth who did NOT initiate PB/GAH. These are different (and has been particularly hard nuance to maintain re: science comm for this study). I think 'mitigate' is an appropriate word to use instead of decrease."
In a statement provided to The Christian Post, a UW Medicine spokesperson confirmed that university staff never reached out to media outlets to clarify the findings.
“UW Medicine did not proactively reach out to any media outlet to correct the information, however, we made the correction to our newsroom website and called out that a correction had been made,” the spokesperson wrote in an email.
“When we distribute press releases on research conducted at UW Medicine, we always link to the original research within the release so that media not only see how we presented the information but have access to the source information. We appreciate that the error was brought to our attention so that we could make that correction on our website and provide the updated language to any media who inquired about the study from that point forward.”
In an email to CP Thursday, Jay Richards, Ph.D., the director of the DeVos Center for Life, Religion, and Family at the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think-tank, said that the five-fold details emerging from Seattle are all "outrageous."
"The first is that the underlying study was poorly done," Richards wrote. "The second problem is that a respected research university would misrepresent the study. The third problem is how local and national media pushed the study as confirming the value of puberty-blocking drugs and cross-sex hormones."
"All the media would have had to do is read the study before reporting on it," he stressed. "Instead, they naively trusted the UW press release, no doubt because it confirmed their pre-existing bias. As a result, they magnified rather than challenged the errors."
In recent years, the Heritage Foundation has hosted numerous panels resisting gender ideology in the medical arena and the broader culture.
The fourth outrageous part of the story, according to Richards, is that the university intentionally ignored criticism from independent analysts. The fifth, he said, is that UW-Medicine staff stealthily edited their promotional materials to remove its most glaring errors without ever admitting fault.
"This is a glaring example of the press-release-to-mainstream-media misinformation pipeline that besets so much of the 'science news' when it comes to 'gender affirming' medicine," Richards said.
Internal correspondence from Seattle Children's Hospital shows its communications staff taking the same, say-nothing-more approach.
In an email thread that included Madison Joseph, a communications specialist for SCH, Joseph wrote that if the hospital received any inquiries on social media or through the press, "we will continue to not engage."
Dr. Kym Ahrens, who co-authored the study and is a professor in the division of Adolescent Medicine at Seattle Children's Hospital and UW Medicine, said in the email thread: "Also, if it gives too much attention to clarify at all, I am also very open to not responding."
Joseph then replied: "In my opinion, Jesse [Singal], and the reporters reaching out, all have an agenda, so anything we say will just add fuel to the fire."
"I think a short, to-the-point note, like 'UW and UW Medicine stand behind our researchers and the JAMA study' is fine, but I wouldn't go beyond that."
The leaked email correspondence comes amid greater critical attention to so-called gender-affirming care in children's hospitals across the United States.
Earlier this month, due to videos that went viral on Twitter via the LibsofTikTok account, doctors at Boston Children's Hospital were seen speaking about "gender-affirming hysterectomies" and other operations that are performed on young people at their Center for Gender Surgery. BCH subsequently scrubbed their videos from public view amid the backlash and has said they were barraged with threats.
From 2017-2020, the BCH's Center for Gender Surgery performed 65 double mastectomies on young girls, according to a data table in The Journal of Clinical Medicine.
Following the Boston Children's episode, it was revealed that Seattle Children's also performs gender surgeries, except genital surgery, on minors.
"Seattle Children's is committed to supporting transgender patients and their families in accessing gender-affirming healthcare," SCH said in a statement defending the institution's practice.
"As an organization we have a responsibility to provide equitable healthcare for all. Likewise, Children's is committed to creating an environment that values diversity and creates safe, inclusive spaces for workforce members, patients and their families."
The increased scrutiny also comes as the American Academy of Pediatrics has seemingly backpedaled on its 2018 statement on medicalizing trans-identified youth.
In a statement earlier this week, the AAP said in response to a Wall Street Journal editorial that challenged the organization, that it doesn't recommend "the vast majority of children" subject to "gender-affirming care" should undergo medicalization.
The AAP added that to "affirm" a child under this approach "means destigmatizing gender variance" and that "it has never been about pushing medicines or surgery."
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Shanaka looks to lift Sri Lankan morale with Asia Cup title
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Dubai (AFP) – Sri Lanka skipper Dasun Shanaka on Friday said victory in the Asia Cup would lift the spirits of fans in the cricket-crazy island nation as it struggles through its worst economic crisis.
The six-nation Twenty20 tournament will begin in the United Arab Emirates on Saturday after being moved from Sri Lanka because of political unrest.
Sri Lanka will take on Afghanistan in the tournament opener, which will serve as a tune-up for the T20 World Cup in Australia in October and November.
"The cricket always brings a different kind of vibe to Sri Lankan people, winning is the most thrilling thing," Shanaka told reporters. "So we look forward to delivering for our country."
Sri Lanka has been hit in recent months by food and fuel shortages along with power blackouts, but enjoyed success in a home series in June when they beat Australia in one-day internationals.
They also drew level in Tests with Australia and Pakistan.
Shanaka said playing at home would have been a definite advantage but added that there are no favourites in the T20 format.
"Hosting this tournament in Sri Lanka would have favoured us more because the crowd support is there and playing in home conditions has a bigger advantage," he said.
"When it comes to the favourites, India is a leading side at the moment but in T20 there are no favourites. On a day if we play good cricket, we can be the favourites as well."
Sri Lanka may play spoilers to a predicted India-Pakistan clash in the final of the tournament.
Leg-spinner Wanindu Hasaranga remained key for the side in the white-ball series against Australia at home and Shanaka said the team would rely on the all-rounder in the UAE.
"Our main spinner Wanindu Hasaranga will definitely play a major role in this tour for us," said Shanaka.
"We have played some good series in the last two-three months. What I trust the most is the process, so we are on the right track and hopefully we can clean the series here as well."
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Coldstream Capital Management Inc. increased its holdings in shares of Sabre Co. (NASDAQ:SABR – Get Rating) by 7.5% in the first quarter, according to the company in its most recent Form 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The fund owned 34,318 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock after buying an additional 2,392 shares during the period. Coldstream Capital Management Inc.’s holdings in Sabre were worth $392,000 at the end of the most recent quarter.
Other institutional investors and hedge funds have also modified their holdings of the company. Meeder Asset Management Inc. bought a new stake in shares of Sabre during the first quarter worth approximately $30,000. Parallel Advisors LLC increased its stake in Sabre by 83.1% in the first quarter. Parallel Advisors LLC now owns 2,780 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $32,000 after purchasing an additional 1,262 shares in the last quarter. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. increased its stake in Sabre by 40.9% in the fourth quarter. Cascade Investment Advisors Inc. now owns 4,080 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $35,000 after purchasing an additional 1,185 shares in the last quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. increased its stake in Sabre by 57.2% in the first quarter. Migdal Insurance & Financial Holdings Ltd. now owns 5,982 shares of the information technology services provider’s stock valued at $68,000 after purchasing an additional 2,176 shares in the last quarter. Finally, Lazard Asset Management LLC bought a new stake in Sabre in the fourth quarter valued at approximately $85,000.
Analyst Ratings Changes
Several equities research analysts have commented on the stock. Mizuho upped their target price on shares of Sabre from $7.00 to $8.00 and gave the company a “neutral” rating in a research note on Monday. Morgan Stanley lowered their price objective on shares of Sabre from $13.00 to $10.00 and set an “equal weight” rating for the company in a research report on Tuesday, July 12th. StockNews.com raised shares of Sabre from a “sell” rating to a “hold” rating in a research report on Sunday, May 8th. Finally, Bank of America raised shares of Sabre from an “underperform” rating to a “buy” rating and set a $10.00 price objective for the company in a research report on Wednesday, July 6th.
Sabre Stock Up 3.4 %
Sabre (NASDAQ:SABR – Get Rating) last announced its earnings results on Tuesday, August 2nd. The information technology services provider reported ($0.33) EPS for the quarter, topping the consensus estimate of ($0.45) by $0.12. The business had revenue of $657.53 million for the quarter, compared to analyst estimates of $649.71 million. During the same quarter in the previous year, the company posted ($0.61) EPS. The business’s revenue for the quarter was up 56.7% compared to the same quarter last year. On average, equities analysts expect that Sabre Co. will post -1.35 EPS for the current year.
Insider Buying and Selling
In related news, CEO Sean E. Menke sold 20,000 shares of the stock in a transaction on Tuesday, August 16th. The shares were sold at an average price of $8.01, for a total transaction of $160,200.00. Following the completion of the transaction, the chief executive officer now owns 1,257,888 shares in the company, valued at $10,075,682.88. The sale was disclosed in a filing with the Securities & Exchange Commission, which is accessible through the SEC website. 0.90% of the stock is currently owned by corporate insiders.
Sabre Profile
Sabre Corporation, through its subsidiary, Sabre Holdings Corporation, provides software and technology solutions for the travel industry worldwide. It operates in two segments, Travel Solutions and Hospitality Solutions. The Travel Solutions segment operates as a business-to-business travel marketplace that offers travel content, such as inventory, prices, and availability from a range of travel suppliers, including airlines, hotels, car rental brands, rail carriers, cruise lines, and tour operators with a network of travel buyers comprising online and offline travel agencies, travel management companies, and corporate travel departments.
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The 35th Anniversary class of The Kentucky Governor’s School for the Arts concluded its historic second session on July 30. The program doubled in class size from previous years thanks to supplemental funding from the Kentucky Department of Education.
Growing from 256 students to more than 500 students, the tuition-free program took place during two consecutive three-week sessions (Session 1: June 12 — July 2; Session 2: July 10 — July 30) with students divided into each. Both sessions were hosted at the University of Kentucky.
During the three-week program, student-artists from 71 counties were immersed in a rigorous schedule of daily seminars, creative projects, master classes, and lectures. Instruction was offered in nine disciplines: architecture+design, creative writing, dance, drama, film+photography, instrumental music, musical theatre, visual art and vocal music.
Graduates from McCracken County include:
Amarie Smith, Paducah Tilghman High School, musical theatre; Avery Boulton, McCracken County High School, vocal music; Charlotte Polete, McCracken County High School, visual art; Emily West, McCracken County High School, creative writing; Hannah Bryan, McCracken County High School, visual art; Jane Walsh, McCracken County High School, visual art; Kailen McGregor, McCracken County High School, drama; Kaitlyn Hall, McCracken County High School, vocal music; Kimberly Townsend, McCracken County High School, drama; Olivia Watson, McCracken County High School, vocal music; Rachel Hobbs, McCracken County High School, creative writing; Stewart Tolar, McCracken County High School, instrumental music.
Special activities and performances for GSA 2022 included a visit from Kentucky Gov. Andy Beshear, a trip to Louisville for a free showing of the touring Broadway musical Hamilton, Harlan County native and roots musician Martha Redbone, former Kentucky Poet Laureate Frank X. Walker, pianist and author Harry Pickens, and a variety of Kentucky-based arts and culture organizations, including the Muhammad Ali Center, Pones Dance Company, Flamenco Louisville, and Clear Creek Collective.
Since 1987, more than 7,000 rising high school juniors and seniors have descended on a college campus setting to immerse themselves in an arts intensive environment, with cross-discipline learning, special guest artist performances and lectures, and the opportunity to access critical life-changing college scholarships.
GSA was approved for $2,850,000 from the American Recovery Plan (ARP) Elementary and Secondary School Emergency Relief (ESSER) Summer Enrichment funds (Office of Teaching and Learning) to be awarded over a three-year period. Federal ESSER funding was provided to state education agencies as part of the CARES Act (Coronavirus Aid, Relief and Economic Security Act).
GSA is a public/private partnership inaugurated in 1987 by The Kentucky Center (now Kentucky Performing Arts), the Commonwealth of Kentucky and numerous private supporters.
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Denise A. Murphy, age 70, a lifelong resident of Quincy, passed away unexpectedly, Tuesday, Aug. 23, 2022, at home.
Denise was born in Quincy, to the late Richard W. and Claire M. (Giarrusso) Murphy. She was raised and educated in Quincy, and was a graduate of North Quincy High School, Class of 1970, and later earned her Nursing Degree from Quincy College in 1981. She furthered her education by earning a Bachelor of Science degree from Lesley College.
Denise was a Registered Nurse and dedicated herself to the nursing profession for thirty-five years. She found her passion in Hospice Care at Quincy Visiting Nurses, impacting many lives. Denise also counted numerous colleagues as lifelong friends.
Denise enjoyed spending time with family and friends. She had a passion for the beach, especially Nantasket. She also enjoyed spending time at her residence in Englewood, Florida.
Her greatest joy however was her family. She was dedicated to her children and beloved grandchildren, beaming with pride at all of their activities and accomplishments. She relished spending time with them and sharing in their joy and excitement. A big hug always at the ready.
Devoted mother of Joseph R. Hajjar and his wife Christine of Weymouth, and Nicole C. Carroll of Quincy.
Loving “Grandy” to Isabelle, Alexandra, and Samantha Hajjar, Molly and Joseph Carroll.
Loving companion of John Molla.
Former wife and dear friend of Joseph C. Hajjar.
Denise is also survived by many dear cousins and friends.
Visiting hours will be held at the Sweeney Brothers Home for Funerals, 1 Independence Ave, Quincy, on Wednesday, Aug. 31, from 4 – 7 p.m. Relatives and friends are invited to attend. A Funeral Mass will be celebrated at Saint Agatha Parish, 432 Adams St., Milton, on Thursday, Sept. 1, at 10:30 a.m. Interment private.
In lieu of flowers, (especially yellow and red ones per Grandy) donations in Denise’s memory may be made to the Whale and Dolphin Conservation at www.us.whales.org.
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BEIJING, Aug. 26, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Waterdrop Inc. ("Waterdrop", the "Company" or "we") (NYSE: WDH), a leading technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare service with a positive social impact, recently released the User Family Security Report. According to the survey of the users of Waterdrop Insurance Marketplace, the report shows that users' insurance purchase behaviors are highly associated with families.
Users aged below 30 prefer to purchase insurance for parents
Mr. Hui Teng, the chief actuary of Waterdrop, commented, "Most of the users aged below 30 were born in the 1990s and are only children. Many families have one child and four parents to support. They urgently need to plan pension and insurance services for themselves and their parents as early as possible."
Users aged 31-40 prefer to purchase insurance for children
According to the Report, among users of all ages, those aged 31-40 saw the highest proportion, or 17%, when it comes to insurance purchases for children. Most of these users are the backbone of their families. Some of them just become parents, and some have had multiple children, paying more attention to children's insurance.
But this doesn't mean they ignore the insurance for themselves. The survey also shows, that 47% of the users aged 30-40 choose to purchase insurance for themselves first, 23% for parents, 17% for children, and 13% for spouses.
Users aged above 40 prefer to purchase insurance for "themselves or spouses" first. On a specific term, 61% of them choose to purchase insurance for themselves, 16% for spouses,14% for parents, and 9% for children.
According to the Report, the biggest number of users who purchase their first commercial insurance for themselves or family members are those aged 25-34, who represent over 31% of the total.
In the mind of users, the top 3 essential insurance coverage for families is "Medical insurance, Critical illness insurance, and Casualty insurance". Medical insurance and critical illness insurance are the most basic insurance policies. Casualty insurance is also among the most popular entry-level insurance types.
The report also shows that more than 81% of users have three or more family insurance policies.
About Waterdrop Inc.
Waterdrop Inc. (NYSE: WDH) is a leading technology platform dedicated to insurance and healthcare service with a positive social impact. Founded in 2016, with the comprehensive coverage of Waterdrop Insurance Marketplace and Waterdrop Medical Crowdfunding, Waterdrop aims to bring insurance and healthcare service to billions through technology. For more information, please visit www.waterdrop-inc.com.
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The U.S. Open is underway and Flushing Meadows, N.Y., is about to see some serious action.
Stars like Ons Jabeur, Emma Raducanu and Coco Gauff will take on the legendary Billie Jean King hardcourts for the 44th iteration of the annual tournament.
Will these new stars match the potential of some historic legends, like Serena and Venus Williams, who sparked the interest of the masses at the event?
Before we hop into the madness, let’s take a look at some of the most iconic moments in U.S. Open history.
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- Williams sisters face off
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In 2001, tennis superstar Serena Williams battled her younger sister, Venus Williams in a fierce feud. Venus, who now has two U.S. Open singles titles under her belt, beat Serena in the first Grand Slam singles final that featured two siblings in more than 100 years.
But this wasn’t the only history made that day. The Venus-Serena faceoff was the first time two Black players faced off in a Grand Slam final.
Serena went on to be a 23-time Grand Slam singles champion and Venus went on to earn seven Grand Slam singles titles.
2. Arthur Ashe makes history
At the 1968 U.S. Open, Arthur Ashe became the first African-American man to win the tournament, after defeating Tom Okker. He won the U.S. Open, the Australian Open and Wimbledon throughout his career. The icon was ranked World No. 1 before retiring in 1980.
3. Borg vs. McEnroe
During the 1981 final, the tennis rivals Bjorn Borg and John McEnroe battled one another in one last match. McEnroe won the match after four sets, making it their 22nd appearance together. In fact, the moment was so iconic that Hollywood made it into a movie starring Shia LaBeouf and Sverrir Gudnason called Borg vs. McEnroe.
You can stream Borg vs. McEnroe on Hulu, HBO Max, Amazon Prime Video and Apple TV.
4. Rod Laver's second slam
Australian tennis mogul Rod Laver made history during the 1969 U.S. Open. He beat Tony Roche in four sets on grass courts and became the one and only player to ever win all four Grand Slams in the same year, also known as the Calendar Slam, two times. He pulled off the feat in 1962 and 1969.
He also made his mark by earning 198 singles titles, which is the most in tennis history.
5. Andre Agassi's goodbye
Eight-time major champion and Olympic gold medalist Andre Agassi made an impact with his farewell at the 2006 U.S. Open. It was well-known that the 2006 tournament would be the final competition of his career, but Agassi was not prepared for the emotional turbulence that day.
Despite losing, the former World No. 1 American received a standing ovation that lasted four minutes. Soon after, Agassi cried into his chair and later blew kisses to the crowd as he walked across the court one last time.
6. Golden Slam completion
German tennis superstar Steffi Graf made history as the only tennis player to clinch a Golden Slam – meaning that in 1988, she won all four major titles and also the gold medal at the Seoul Olympics. She capped off the achievement with a win over Gabriela Sabatini at the 1988 U.S. Open finals.
No athlete has completed a Golden Slam since.
7. Spectator goes down
The 1977 U.S. Open was questionably humorous considering audience participation was involved. However, it wasn’t exactly voluntary.
During a third-round match between Eddie Dibbs and McEnroe (yes, him again), a spectator was unfortunately pinned in the leg with the ball. The man who faced the Dibbs-McEnroe ball was carried out in a stretcher but survived.
8. The 18 minutes of chaos
The 1979 U.S. Open was a memorable time for lovers of the sport. Two rivals, McEnroe and Ilie Nastase, battled during a second-round match, which ended in complete turmoil.
After a controversial ruling, Nastase showed off his humor by pretending to sleep on the baseline, using his racket as a pillow. This resulted in a penalty and a point to McEnroe, which then angered Nastase even more. Eventually, the match was given to McEnroe and the crowd went wild. This was known as the “18 minutes of chaos.”
9. Tracy Austin's win at 16 years old
The tennis legend got to the U.S. Open quarterfinals at the mere age of 14 and made her big breakthrough at the 1979 U.S. Open. There, she beat Martina Navratilova and Chris Evert to clinch her first Grand Slam title at only 16 years old.
She remains the youngest winner of the U.S. Open, as well as the third youngest winner of a Grand Slam tournament in the Open Era.
10. Kim Clijsters' unexpected win
During the 2009 U.S. Open, something extremely exciting happened for Belgian tennis star Kim Clijsters. Despite not playing in the U.S. Open since 2005 and retiring in 2007 due to a series of challenging injuries, Clijsters came back to win it all.
And it doesn’t stop there. The icon got married, had a child and then returned to competition as a wild-card entrant. And yet, she beat No. 3-ranked Venus Williams and No. 2-ranked Serena Williams to earn the title. | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/2022-u-s-open-most-iconic-moments-in-u-s-open-history/2844694/ | 2022-08-26T14:59:38Z | https://www.nbcmiami.com/news/sports/2022-u-s-open-most-iconic-moments-in-u-s-open-history/2844694/ | true | 10 |
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(The Hill) — Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg this week told popular podcaster Joe Rogan that Facebook did limit stories on the newsfeed related to the New York Post story about President Joe Biden’s son, Hunter, and his laptop after warnings from the FBI, but defended the law enforcement agency as a “legitimate institution.”
Zuckerberg said on an episode of Rogan’s podcast, “The Joe Rogan Experience,” that was uploaded on Thursday, that the FBI reached out to his company ahead of the 2020 presidential election to warn them to take note of potentially polarizing content. This warning came after Russia used social media platforms, including Facebook, to post content intended to be polarizing ahead of the 2016 election.
Zuckerberg said he took the warning seriously. He said the social media platform did not ban people from sharing the Post’s story, but it took action to limit how often the story appeared on feeds.
The Post reported shortly before the 2020 election that the FBI obtained a laptop that allegedly belonged to Hunter Biden as part of a federal investigation into him.
Former President Trump and some of his allies seized on the report at the time as showing evidence that Hunter was involved in questionable business dealings while his father served as vice president. Some of the emails on the laptop have since been confirmed as authentic, but no wrongdoing from the president or his son has been confirmed.
The investigation into Hunter Biden reached a critical juncture last month as prosecutors weigh whether to bring any charges, CNN reported.
Zuckerberg said he did not remember if the FBI specifically mentioned the Post’s story in its warning.
He said he does not want Facebook to be the “ministry of truth” in deciding what is considered misinformation.
His defense of the FBI as “legitimate” comes as many conservatives have criticized the agency for conducting a search of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida earlier this month. Some Trump allies have called for defunding the FBI as a result. | https://wreg.com/news/nation-and-world/zuckerberg-tells-rogan-facebook-suppressed-hunter-biden-laptop-story-after-fbi-warning/ | 2022-08-26T15:07:14Z | https://wreg.com/news/nation-and-world/zuckerberg-tells-rogan-facebook-suppressed-hunter-biden-laptop-story-after-fbi-warning/ | true | 21 |
Scott Garland, Marilyn Ramo and Joanie Benbasset eating a slice of the large cake that was auctioned off, which Garland bid on and urged everyone at the bake sale to partake of.
Scott Garland, Marilyn Ramo and Joanie Benbasset eating a slice of the large cake that was auctioned off, which Garland bid on and urged everyone at the bake sale to partake of.
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Gwynne Dyer and Neil Ramo auctioning off a chocolate cake.
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The centerpiece of the live auction was a large cake, decorated with cartoon animals and a dog house.
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Kate Feldman (left) and her younger sister Claire Feldman (right) sold cupcakes and Kate’s cookbook at the bake sale.
NEWLAND — Avery Humane Society held a bake sale on Saturday, Aug. 20, to benefit a fund for stray animals in memory of longtime Avery animal advocate Rachel Deal, who passed away on June 14.
All proceeds from the bake sale went toward The Rachel Deal Fund for the Care of Stray Animals in Avery County, which will go toward food, shelter, medical care and support for the animals at the humane society, executive director Gwynne Dyer said. This event served as a way to kickoff the fund and start building donations toward it.
Maggie Lauterer, Deal’s niece, said that Deal and her husband used to pick up stray dogs and cats and try to find them homes. They had fenced-in areas and kennel-like boxes in their backyard and on their back porch for the stray dogs and cats they picked up, which made them almost like the unofficial first humane society of Avery County, Lauterer said. Deal helped create the Avery County Humane Society in 1978 and served on the board for 40 years.
Those who knew Deal remember her for two things, Dyer said: the humane society and bake sales. Anytime anyone needed to raise funds, Deal would always suggest a bake sale, she said.
“It’s purely donations that keeps them surviving,” Scott Garland, owner of Stonewalls said. “It’s a needed service that we have in the area, and I think it’s important that anyone who can help support it does.”
Ten-year-old Kate Feldman and her younger sister Claire Feldman sold cupcakes and copies of Kate’s cookbook. Last year, Feldman published her first cookbook and donated all of the proceeds to the Avery Humane Society. This year, she sold out of her cookbooks at the bake sale and the proceeds went to The Rachel Deal Fund for the Care of Stray Animals in Avery County. It was very special to see a young person with the same passion Rachel had, Dyer said.
Along with the baked goods set up on tables for patrons to browse and buy, there was a live auction for donated cakes, pies and gift certificates. Several restaurants, clubs, bakeries and individuals from both Avery and Watauga counties donated items to the live auction, some of which sold for more than $300.
The hope was that some people would also decide to adopt animals during the bake sale, and those hope was realized, as several cats and dogs were adopted that day, Dyer said.
“A few of the dogs were ones that have been here longer than usual, so it was really nice to see them get adopted,” she said.
Overall, Dyer said the event “exceeded expectations” and they are extremely pleased with how it went. The staff worked incredibly hard and are all thankful for the support from Stonewalls and Linville Falls Winery, she said.
“Rachel would be pleased to see the support the community gave,” Dyer said. “She would be so proud.”
The Rachel Deal Fund for the Care of Stray Animals in Avery County will always be open and will always stay in Deal’s name, Dyer said. Anyone who wishes to donate to it can visit the Avery Humane Society’s website at https://www.averyhumane.org/, mail a check to the center or make a donation in person.
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What if Russ Meyer and Jason Voorhees formed a band… you’d get the Murderdolls. The Murderdolls burst onto the hard rock music scene in August 2002. The band invaded the music world at a time when the scene was flooded with Nu Metal and was aching for something a little different. The Murderdolls stood out with their tongue in cheek lyrics that ranged from necrophilia to crossdressing and music that was a cross between the hard rock of Motley Crue and Alice Cooper with the punk attitude of the Misfits and New York Dolls. The result was polarizing musically, lyrically and visually.
August 20th marked the 20th anniversary of the release of the band’s first album, “Beyond The Valley of the Murderdolls”. To celebrate this milestone, members Acey Slade and Eric Griffin will be staging a special event in conjunction with the Silver Scream Con on Sunday, August 28th. Due to overwhelming demand the Murderdolls signing originally scheduled to take place at Blackcraft Cult store in Salem, MA on August 28th, has been moved to the Silver Scream convention at the Hilton Double Tree North Shore in Danvers MA. In addition to a larger location, times are now extended to 12 noon-5pm, with the live stream taking place from 3-5pm EST.
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The event will be live streamed on several platforms including:
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvbUPL3Ps7NwhOHMGW2PQAg
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@murderdollsofficial
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/Murderdollsofficial/
Acey and Eric will also be doing a meet-n-greet after the announcement for those in attendance at Silver Scream Con.
Acey Slade tells us, “Celebrating the anniversary of Beyond the Valley of the Murderdolls with Eric is magical. It only makes sense that we kick off this celebration in one of the most magical cities in the world, Salem, MA. We can’t wait to hang out with all our ghoul scout friends and fiends on our Instagram and YouTube pages and let you know what we have been up to after all this time. See ya soon and stay ghoul!”
Eric continues: “Join Acey Slade and I in Witch City, USA as we crank back the clock 20 years and celebrate the anniversary of ‘Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls” with our friends at Silver Scream Con. We’ll be streaming live on Sunday August 28th. Kick off the spooky season early this year with Murderdolls.”
The Murderdolls did a number of major tours in support of Beyond The Valley Of The Murderdolls. By the summer of 2003, the tenacity of the band was paying off. Tours with Iron Maiden, Papa Roach and the Foo Fighters around the world and a top 40 UK single with ‘White Wedding’ made the band fan favorite in Metal Hammer Magazine (Best Over All Band, Best New Band, Best Album Sleeve, Metal Edge Magazine (Best New Band), Kerrang (#1 Best Album) and Rock Sound.
The band went on hiatus so that guitarist Joey Jordison could focus on his other band Slipknot and aside from the 2010 album Women and Children Last, the band has been in a purgatory of obscurity and urban legend.
On May 9th 2018 Drummer Ben ‘The Ghoul’ Graves passed away from cancer and there was a Murderdolls reunion for one show in LA on August 16, 2018. Talks of a 20th Anniversary celebration began in the spring of 2021 and the ground work was being laid when Guitarist Joey Joridison, who had been suffering from transverse Myelitis, passed away on July 26th, 2021.
While the band is currently inactive, The Murderdolls legacy deserves an official venue.
This website and all socials are waving the flag for all of the Murderdolls alumni and their growing legion of fans affectionally known as The Ghoulscouts. Anchoring that flag are surviving members Acey Slade along with Eric Griffin.
In conjunction with this anniversary, the band are also unveiling their new website located at muderdollsofficial.com.
Watch for more exciting announcements from The Murderdolls in conjunction with this special anniversary.
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