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New Delhi: The Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi has reduced the fee of new PG students, who joined during second Semester 2021-22 or later. The MTech full-time tuition fee has been reduced from Rs 25,000 per semester to Rs 17,500 per semester, the premier engineering institute informed.
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC - Free Report) stock rallied 3.2% on Thursday after the company delivered better-than-expected second-quarter results and raised the revenue and earnings guidance for fiscal 2023.
Science Applications reported adjusted earnings of $1.75 per share, surpassing the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1.68. However, the bottom line decreased 11% from the year-ago quarter’s earnings of $1.97 per share.
Revenues of $1.83 billion outpaced the consensus mark of $1.82 billion but declined $5 million from the year-ago quarter. The decline was primarily due to one less working day compared to the prior-year period, contract completions, lower net favorable changes in contract estimates and higher accelerated amortization on certain off-market liability contracts during the prior-year period.
The aforementioned negative factors, however, were partially offset by contributions from the newly acquired Halfaker & Associates business and the ramp-up of new and existing contracts. Adjusting for the impact of acquired revenues, the metric moved down 1.8%. The Halfaker & Associates business contributed approximately $30 million to total revenues.
Quarter in Detail
Net bookings for the fiscal second quarter were $2.1 billion, reflecting a book-to-bill ratio of 1.1. SAIC’s estimated backlog of signed business deals was $24.3 billion, of which $3.6 billion was funded.
The non-GAAP operating income declined 15% year over year to $125 million. The non-GAAP operating margin contracted 120 basis points to 6.8%.
Adjusted EBITDA decreased 10% year over year to $166 million. The adjusted EBITDA margin decreased to 9.1% from 10.1% in the year-ago quarter.
Balance Sheet & Cash Flow Details
Science Applications ended the fiscal second quarter with cash and cash equivalents of $99 million, up from the prior quarter’s $56 million. As of Jul 29, 2022, its long-term debt (net of the current portion) was $2.46 billion.
The company generated operating and free cash flows of $141 million and $74 million, respectively, in the second quarter.
In the fiscal second quarter, Science Applications paid out $20 million in dividends and repurchased shares worth $62 million.
Science Applications announced that its board of directors authorized a quarterly cash dividend of 37 cents per share, payable on Oct 28, 2022, to shareholders of record as of Oct 14, 2022.
Raised Fiscal 2023 Guidance
Buoyed by the stronger-than-expected second-quarter performance, Science Applications raised its revenue and earnings guidance range for fiscal 2023. The company now anticipates revenues between $7.50 billion and $7.55 billion for fiscal 2023, up from the previously forecast range of $7.43-$7.55 billion. The company now expects adjusted earnings in the band of $7.00-$7.20 per share instead of the earlier projection in the range of $6.90-$7.20.
Management still expects free cash flow to come between $500 million and $530 million for fiscal 2023.
Zacks Rank & Stocks to Consider
Currently, Science Applications carries a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). Shares of SAIC have increased 12.5% year to date (YTD).
Some better-ranked stocks from the broader Computer and Technology sector are Clearfield (CLFD - Free Report) , Silicon Laboratories (SLAB - Free Report) and Taiwan Semiconductor (TSM - Free Report) . While Clearfield and Silicon Laboratories each sport a Zacks Rank #1 (Strong Buy), Taiwan Semiconductor carries a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy). You can see the complete list of today’s Zacks #1 Rank stocks here.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Clearfield's fourth-quarter fiscal 2022 earnings has been revised upward by 10 cents to 80 cents per share over the past 60 days. For fiscal 2022, earnings estimates have moved 36 cents north to $3.13 per share in the past 60 days.
Clearfield’s earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the preceding four quarters, the average surprise being 33.9%. Shares of CLFD have soared 22.9% YTD.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Silicon Laboratories’ third-quarter 2022 earnings has increased 36.1% to $1.13 per share over the past 60 days. For 2022, earnings estimates have moved 20.5% up to $4.41 per share in the past 60 days.
Silicon Laboratories’ earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the preceding four quarters, the average surprise being 63.6%. Shares of SLAB have decreased 42.7% YTD.
The Zacks Consensus Estimate for Taiwan Semiconductor's third-quarter 2022 earnings has been revised a penny southward to $1.69 per share over the past 30 days. For 2022, earnings estimates have moved 37 cents north to $6.30 per share in the past 60 days.
TSM's earnings beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate in each of the trailing four quarters, the average surprise being 3.9%. Shares of the company have decreased 32.1% YTD.
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Investors in Interface, Inc. (TILE - Free Report) need to pay close attention to the stock based on moves in the options market lately. That is because the Oct 21, 2022 $2.50 Call had some of the highest implied volatility of all equity options today.
What is Implied Volatility?
Implied volatility shows how much movement the market is expecting in the future. Options with high levels of implied volatility suggest that investors in the underlying stocks are expecting a big move in one direction or the other. It could also mean there is an event coming up soon that may cause a big rally or a huge sell-off. However, implied volatility is only one piece of the puzzle when putting together an options trading strategy.
What do the Analysts Think?
Clearly, options traders are pricing in a big move for Interface shares, but what is the fundamental picture for the company? Currently, Interface is a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold) in the Textile - Home Furnishing industry that ranks in the Bottom 4% of our Zacks Industry Rank. Over the last 30 days, no analysts have increased their earnings estimates for the current quarter, while one analyst has revised the estimate downward. The net effect has taken our Zacks Consensus Estimate for the current quarter from 28 cents per share to 24 cents in that period.
Given the way analysts feel about Interface right now, this huge implied volatility could mean there’s a trade developing. Oftentimes, options traders look for options with high levels of implied volatility to sell premium. This is a strategy many seasoned traders use because it captures decay. At expiration, the hope for these traders is that the underlying stock does not move as much as originally expected.
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Let’s start up with the current stock price of SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SILV), which is $5.45 to be very precise. The Stock rose vividly during the last session to $5.38 after opening rate of $5.37 while the lowest price it went was recorded $5.04 before closing at $5.11.Recently in News on August 11, 2022, SilverCrest Reports Q2, 2022 Financial Results. TSX: SIL | NYSE American: SILV . You can read further details here
SilverCrest Metals Inc. had a pretty Dodgy run when it comes to the market performance. The 1-year high price for the company’s stock is recorded $10.13 on 03/08/22, with the lowest value was $5.04 for the same time period, recorded on 09/01/22.
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SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SILV) full year performance was -35.72%
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, SilverCrest Metals Inc. shares are logging -46.15% during the 52-week period from high price, and 8.23% 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 $5.04 and $10.13.
The company’s shares, operating in the sector of Basic Materials managed to top a trading volume set approximately around 951456 for the day, which was evidently higher, when compared to the average daily volumes of the shares.
When it comes to the year-to-date metrics, the SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SILV) recorded performance in the market was -35.40%, having the revenues showcasing -35.15% 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 741.71M, as it employees total of 838 workers.
SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SILV) in the eye of market guru’s
During the last month, 6 analysts gave the SilverCrest Metals 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 6.82, with a change in the price was noted -3.65. In a similar fashion, SilverCrest Metals Inc. posted a movement of -40.30% for the period of last 100 days, recording 817,946 in trading volumes.
SilverCrest Metals Inc. (SILV): Stocks Technical analysis and Trends
Raw Stochastic average of SilverCrest Metals Inc. in the period of last 50 days is set at 17.77%. The result represents improvement in oppose to Raw Stochastic average for the period of the last 20 days, recording 17.77%. In the last 20 days, the company’s Stochastic %K was 8.17% and its Stochastic %D was recorded 5.90%.
If we look into the earlier routines of SilverCrest Metals Inc., multiple moving trends are noted. Year-to-date Price performance of the company’s stock appears to be encouraging, given the fact the metric is recording -35.40%. Additionally, trading for the stock in the period of the last six months notably deteriorated by -45.35%, alongside a downfall of -35.72% for the period of the last 12 months. The shares increased approximately by -16.91% in the 7-day charts and went up by -21.87% in the period of the last 30 days. Common stock shares were lifted by -35.15% during last recorded quarter. | https://investchronicle.com/2022/09/02/silvercrest-metals-inc-silv-cant-be-written-off-after-posting-last-3-months-average-volume-of-782-59k/ | 2022-09-02T19:32:33Z | https://investchronicle.com/2022/09/02/silvercrest-metals-inc-silv-cant-be-written-off-after-posting-last-3-months-average-volume-of-782-59k/ | false | 19675 |
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Surfer Bethany Hamilton documents her daily life with just one arm, 19 years after shark attack
Bethany Hamilton has revealed how changing her mindset helped her adapt to doing everyday tasks – including surfing – with one arm.
The 32-year-old surfer, who lost her left arm in a shark attack when she was 13, took Instagram on Monday to share a video of her taking care of her kids, exercising and cooking.
‘Changing your mindset is free. Doesn’t mean it’s an easy or quick fix. It’s up to you to be honest with yourself and start working on it,” she captioned the inspirational post.
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Bethany Hamilton, 32, took to Instagram on Monday to share an inspiring video showing off everything she’s learned to do after losing her left arm nearly 20 years ago.
The surfer explained how changing her mindset helped her adapt to doing daily tasks with one arm
Hamilton has found creative ways to continue her workouts, including using a foam roller to prop up her left shoulder while doing mountaineering
The images show all the things Hamilton has learned with one arm over the years.
She can be seen with a glass between her neck and shoulder, her hair in a tousled bun and cracking open an egg with one hand.
Hamilton shares three sons — Tobias, seven, Wesley, four, and Micah, one — with her husband, Adam Dirks, and she took pictures of herself looking after her boys.
The athlete has also found creative ways to continue her workouts. She uses a foam roller to keep her left shoulder up while mountain climbing and has a special skipping rope that she can use with one hand.
Hamilton was 13 when she was attacked by a shark in 2003 while surfing off the Hawaiian island of Kauai. She lost both her arm and 60 percent of the blood in her body.
Hamilton – who has three children under the age of eight – uses her feet to open doors and bottles when she needs extra help
The athlete can also crack eggs with one hand and make eggs during breakfast
However, she didn’t let the incident affect her dreams of surfing and began competing professionally four years later, in 2007.
In 2010, she was the 20th woman among surfers, having taken first place in at least eight different surfing competitions in her career.
“I think it’s crazy that some people still think that surfing with one arm is not possible,” she explains in her post. “I am a living example and there are so many other great adaptive athletes and people doing incredible things that people consider impossible.
“What about some who are willing to adapt and make the most of what they have? WAY OF THINKING.’
Hamilton noted that changing your attitude takes time and is something “we may have to work on forever” – but she insisted it was worth it.
“I promise you won’t regret constantly changing your mind to be more grateful, optimistic, more of what and how… can I do this life the best I can…
Hamilton was 13 when she was attacked by a shark in 2003 while surfing off the coast of Kauai. She lost both her arm and 60 percent of the blood in her body
Hamilton (pictured in 2004) didn’t let the incident affect her surfing dreams. She started competing professionally four years after the attack
“I think it’s crazy that some people still think that surfing with one arm is not possible,” she explains in her post. ‘I am a living example’
“More of — I don’t need easy, I just possibly need,” she concluded. “I hope this encourages you to adjust in your life today and beyond. YOU CAN.’
Hamilton became an inspiration to many after she shared her story in her 2004 book, Soul Surfer: A True Story of Faith, Family, and Fighting to Get Back on the Board.
The book was later adapted into the 2011 movie Soul Surfer starring Dennis Quaid and Carrie Underwood. Hamilton was played by actress Anna Sophia Robb.
Hamilton’s post has received more than 110,000 likes, including one from Robb.
“So incredibly inspiring,” commented one fan. ‘You shine so brightly and it’s a beautiful quality to share with the world. Thanks for this message!’
Another added: “Your movie “Unstoppable” really helped me change the way I think. Everything is possible.’
“You are really amazing Bethany!!” someone else wrote. “I’ve always admired your strength and determination!”
Hamilton shares three sons – Tobias, seven, Wesley, four, and Micah, one – with her husband, Adam Dirks
The proud mother regularly posts photos of her sons enjoying the ocean
The surfer also documents her sons’ love for surfing and skateboarding on her Instagram
Hamilton is not only a parent but also serves as a surf teacher for her three boys
It’s not the surfer’s first time recording her daily lifestyle on Instagram; last year she shared a post describing how she coped with caring for a baby after the birth of her youngest child Micah, who was then two months old.
“I’m raising our third son so the tricks and adjustments get better with each child,” she wrote alongside the April 2021.
“When they are so young and have the wobbly head and need constant attention, grooming, diaper changes, tummy tuck, lots of sleep and of course smiles, kisses and more.”
Bethany continued with the creative ways she takes care of her newborn baby, admitting that it wasn’t always easy with just one arm.
“I use my feet to help with diaper changes, lots of breastfeeding pillows, a baby carrier all day long, and awkward holding positions to hold the baby’s head up,” she wrote.
“Sometimes it can be frustrating, but I just have to keep moving forward, have little breaks and keep it positive!” she added. “Besides, I remember doing it before. And as a family we make it happen!’ | https://whatsnew2day.com/surfer-bethany-hamilton-documents-her-daily-life-with-just-one-arm-19-years-after-shark-attack/ | 2022-09-02T19:33:49Z | https://whatsnew2day.com/surfer-bethany-hamilton-documents-her-daily-life-with-just-one-arm-19-years-after-shark-attack/ | true | 1 |
Boy's discovery reveals highly complex plant-insect interaction
When eight-year-old Hugo Deans discovered a handful of BB-sized objects lying near an ant nest beneath a log in his backyard, he thought they were a type of seed. His father, Andrew Deans, professor of entomology at Penn State, however, knew immediately what they were—oak galls, or plant growths triggered by insects. What he didn't realize right away was that the galls were part of an elaborate relationship among ants, wasps and oak trees, the discovery of which would turn a century of knowledge about plant-insect interactions on its head.
Looking back, Hugo, now 10, says that he "thought they were seeds, and I felt excited because I didn't know ants collected seeds. I always thought ants would eat food scraps and stuff around the house. Then I got more excited when [my dad] told me they were galls, because [my dad] was so excited. I was surprised that ants would collect galls because why would they do that?"
According to Andrew Deans, who is also the director of Penn State's Frost Entomological Museum, many plant-insect interactions are well documented. For example, most "cynipid" wasp species have long been known to induce oak trees to produce protective galls—or growths—around their larvae to ensure the safety of their developing offspring. Additionally, certain plants—including bloodroot (Sanguinaria canadensis), a wildflower native to North America—produce edible appendages, called elaiosomes, on their seeds to attract ants, which then disperse the seeds by carrying them back to their nests. This latter example is referred to as "myrmecochory"—or seed dispersal by ants.
"In myrmecochory, ants get a little bit of nutrition when they eat the elaiosomes, and the plants get their seeds dispersed to an enemy-free space," Deans explains. "The phenomenon was first documented over 100 years ago and is commonly taught to biology students as an example of a plant-insect interaction."
The team's new research—initiated by Hugo's discovery of galls lying near an ant nest—revealed a much more complex type of myrmecochory, one that combined the wasp-oak gall interaction with the edible appendage-ant interaction.
"First, we observed that, while these galls normally contain a fleshy pale-pink 'cap,' the galls near the ant nest did not have these caps, suggesting that maybe they were eaten by the ants," says Deans. "Ultimately, this led us to discover that gall wasps are manipulating oaks to produce galls, and then taking another step and manipulating ants to retrieve the galls to their nests, where the wasp larvae may be protected from gall predators or receive other benefits. This multi-layered interaction is mind blowing; it's almost hard to wrap your mind around it."
The team's findings published in the journal American Naturalist.
Investigating the interaction
To better understand the interaction, the researchers conducted a series of field and laboratory experiments. First, to determine if, like eliaosomes, the oak gall caps—which the researchers named kapéllos (Greek for "cap")—were indeed edible and attractive to ants, the team directly observed oak galls in ant colonies in the wild in Western New York and central Pennsylvania. Additionally, they set up video cameras to capture additional animal/gall interactions. In both locations, they saw ants transporting galls to their nests. Within the nests, all the edible caps were removed, while the galls themselves remained intact.
In a second set of experiments to determine if kapéllos functioned similarly to elaiosomes, the researchers investigated ant preference for oak galls vs. bloodroot seeds. They set up seed/gall bait stations and observed that ants removed the same number of seeds and galls, suggesting no difference in ant preference.
Next, the scientists conducted a laboratory experiment to document whether ants collected galls because of their nutritious kapéllos. They set up three petri-dish treatments—containing entire galls, gall bodies with kapéllos removed or kapéllos with gall bodies removed—along with a control dish containing a different type of gall that did not have an edible appendage. They introduced ants to the petri dishes. They found that ant interest did not differ between the control galls and the kapéllo-free treatment galls, both of which lacked edible components. By contrast, ant interest was greater for galls with intact kapéllos and for kapéllos alone than for control galls.
"We showed that galls with caps were far more attractive to ants than galls without caps and that the caps by themselves were also attractive to the ants," says John Tooker, professor of entomology. "This suggested that the caps must have evolved as a way to entice ants."
Finally, the team asked, "What's in kapéllos that make them so attractive to ants?" According to Tooker, the chemistry of elaiosomes is well studied and known to contain nutritious fatty acids. Therefore, the team compared the chemical compositions of kapéllos to elaiosomes and found that kapéllos, too, contained healthful fatty acids.
"The fatty acids that are abundant in gall caps and eliosomes seem to be mimicking dead insects," says Tooker. "Ants are scavengers that are out trying to find and grab anything that's suitable to bring back to their colony, so it's not an accident that the gall caps and the elaiosomes both have fatty acids typical of dead insects."
Which came first?
The last, and according to the researchers, most intriguing, question the team pursued was, "Which came first in evolutionary time? The elaiosome interaction or the gall interaction?"
"Given that myrmecochory was described more than a century ago and has been well-researched and taught in schools, one might assume that the elaiosome interaction came first, but that assumption may be wrong for several reasons," says Robert J. Warren II, professor of biology, SUNY Buffalo State.
One reason, he explained, is that myrmecochorous plants, like bloodroots, comprise only a very small percentage of all plant species and, therefore, may not contribute enough food resources to drive natural selection in ants. Oak galls, however, are widely abundant. In fact, says Warren, they were once so abundant that they were regularly used to fatten livestock.
"If these galls were so abundant and evolved this tactic of growing this cap thousands of years ago, that could have been a strong driver of natural selection in ants," says Warren. "It could be that ants were long used to picking up galls with caps, and then when spring wildflowers began to produce seeds that happened to have an edible appendage, ants were already predisposed to picking up things with a fatty acid appendage."
Deans noted that the team recently received a grant to conduct phylogenetic work to further investigate which of these interactions came first in evolutionary time.
"Understanding how these interactions evolved and how they work helps to untangle just a little bit more of the complexity of life on Earth," he says.
On what it felt like to contribute to such an important discovery, Hugo says "I bet other kids have made similar discoveries but never knew how important they might be. I feel really happy and proud to know I was part of an important scientific discovery. It's weird to think just some ants collecting what I thought were seeds was actually an important scientific breakthrough."
When asked if he wants to be an entomologist like his dad when he grows up, given that he's already made his first scientific discovery, Hugo says "not really. I want to be different ... unique ... when I grow up." | https://phys.org/news/2022-09-boy-discovery-reveals-highly-complex.html | 2022-09-02T19:37:23Z | https://phys.org/news/2022-09-boy-discovery-reveals-highly-complex.html | true | 1 |
September movie preview: Harry Styles, ‘Hocus Pocus 2’ and hello to awards season
Chicago - It may still feel like summer in most parts of the country, but fall movie season is officially here! And that means it’s the time of year when spooky season thrillers roll into theaters/onto streaming platforms right alongside films hoping to score big during awards season.
On the Halloween side of things, there’s the long-anticipated sequel "Hocus Pocus 2," along with inventive horror thrillers like "Barbarian," "Speak No Evil" and "Pearl." Meanwhile, the awards-season side offers an eclectic mix of movies featuring potentially Oscar-worthy performances from Regina Hall, Viola Davis, Ana de Armas, Sterling K. Brown, Zac Efron, Florence Pugh and maybe even Harry Styles. There’s also a gay rom-com from Billy Eichner called "Bros", a live-action remake of "Pinocchio" from Disney and the big screen return of some universe-hopping Spider-Men. So read on to learn more about what’s headed your way, cinematically speaking, in September 2022.
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Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul. (in theaters and streaming on Peacock Sept. 2)
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown in "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul." Photo by Steve Swisher (Focus Features)Credit: Steve Swisher / © 2021 Pinky Promise LLC
Regina Hall and Sterling K. Brown give tour de force performances in this larger-than-life mockumentary about a prosperity-gospel preaching pastor and his wife at a Southern Baptist megachurch in Atlanta. But don’t just expect Christopher Guest-style goofiness (although there’s plenty of that too). Writer/director Adamma Ebo also weaves an unexpected edge of drama into the story, as details about a recent scandal at Wander to Greater Paths church slowly come to light. "If not every tonal shift works, the pure ambition on display is exhilarating," FOX Digital film critic Caroline Siede writes in her glowing Sundance review. "By the time the film has built to one of the best tragi-comic mime-related sequences in cinema history, it’s clear that Ebo has the confidently idiosyncratic voice of a filmmaker to watch."
Read more about "Honk for Jesus. Save Your Soul" in FOX Digital’s Sundance movie round-up
Rated R. 98 minutes. Dir: Adamma Ebo. Featuring: Regina Hall, Sterling K. Brown, Nicole Beharie, Conphidance, Austin Crute, Devere Rogers.
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Spider-Man: No Way Home, The More Fun Stuff Version (back in theaters Sept. 2)
"Spider-Man: Now Way Home." Photo courtesy of Sony Pictures
The highest-grossing film of 2021 is back in theaters with a special "More Fun Stuff Version" that features 11 minutes of new and presumably fun stuff. But the extra footage (and new post-credits scene!) isn’t the only change: This time around Marvel and Sony are more than happy to promote the fact that Tobey Maguire and Andrew Garfield star in the film alongside current Spider-Man Tom Holland. That multiverse-bending meet-up is why FOX Digital film critic Caroline Siede referred to "Spider-Man: No Way Home" as "the ultimate Spider-Man sequel." So if you missed the magic on the big screen the first time around (or just want to experience it again), here’s your chance.
Read FOX Digital’s full "Spider-Man: No Way Home" review
Rated PG-13. 148 minutes. Dir: Jon Watts. Featuring: Tom Holland, Tobey Maguire, Andrew Garfield, Zendaya, Jacob Batalon, Benedict Cumberbatch, Marisa Tomei, Jon Favreau, Benedict Wong, J. K. Simmons, Alfred Molina, Willem Dafoe, Jamie Foxx.
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Pinocchio (streaming on Disney+ Sept. 8)
Tom Hanks in "Pinocchio." Photo courtesy of Disney+
Like "Lady and the Tramp" before it, "Pinocchio" is the latest live action Disney remake to go straight to Disney+, bypassing a theatrical release — which is slightly odd for one of the flagship films in the Disney animated canon. Still, there’s no shortage of star power behind this one with Tom Hanks as Geppetto, Joseph Gordon-Levitt as Jiminy Cricket and Cynthia Erivo as the Blue Fairy, not to mention legendary director Robert Zemeckis ("Back to the Future," "Forrest Gump") at the helm. But will the "Polar Express" director be able to navigate the line between creepy and cute when it comes to bringing a puppet boy to life in a live action world? Let’s wish upon a star. (Oh and if one "Pinocchio" isn’t enough, Guillermo del Toro will also be releasing his own stop-motion take on the whimsical tale on Netflix in December.)
Rated PG. Dir: Robert Zemeckis. Featuring: Tom Hanks, Benjamin Evan Ainsworth, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Cynthia Erivo, Keegan-Michael Key, Lorraine Bracco, Luke Evans.
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Barbarian (in theaters Sept. 9)
The era of Airbnb horror is here! This new thriller centers on a young woman named Tess (Georgina Campbell) who arrives at her Detroit rental home only to find it double booked with another guest (Bill Skarsgård). With nowhere else to go, she decides to stay the night anyway. But things take a turn for the, well, barbarous when mysterious forces start wreaking havoc on Tess’ evening. "Some stay for a night. Some stay for a week. Some never leave," reads the film’s tag line. And while we’re guessing Tess won’t be leaving a five-star review about her experience, the film itself garnered positive buzz after an early screening at this year’s San-Diego Comic-Con.
Rated R. 103 minutes. Dir: Zach Cregger. Featuring: Georgina Campbell, Bill Skarsgård, Justin Long, Matthew Patrick Davis, Richard Brake, Jaymes Butler, Kurt Braunohler.
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Speak No Evil (streaming on Shudder Sept. 15)
Fedja van Huêt and Morten Burian in "Speak No Evil." Photo courtesy of Sundance.
This twisted Danish horror flick made a splash at this year’s Sundance Film Festival, where film critic Clint Worthington described it as "bleak and brutal, enough to make you hide behind your couch." The set up is a familiar one: Two families become fast friends on a vacation in Tuscany. But when the free-spirited Dutch family invite the more modest Danes to visit their countryside home a few months later, things quickly start to get weird. For the first half of its runtime, "Speak No Evil" is a dark comedy of manners about social niceties and the fear of confrontation. But when things take a turn, they really take a turn. In other words, this one isn’t for the squeamish.
Read more about "Speak No Evil" in FOX Digital’s Sundance movie round-up
98 minutes. In Danish, Dutch and English. Dir: Christian Tafdrup. Featuring: Morten Burian, Sidsel Siem Koch, Fedja Van Huêt, Karina Smulders, Liva Forsberg, Marius Damslev.
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Moonage Daydream (exclusively in IMAX theaters Sept. 16 )
What better way to celebrate David Bowie than with a "feature-length experiential cinematic odyssey" exploring his "creative, musical and spiritual journey" through "sublime, kaleidoscopic, never-before-seen footage" of his performances and music? How about releasing it in IMAX theaters big enough for the Starman himself? Guided by Bowie’s own narration, "Moonage Daydream" is billed as the "first officially sanctioned film on the artist" (Bowie’s estate gave the filmmakers unprecedented access to its massive archives). It’s a passion project for acclaimed documentary director Brett Morgen, and will no doubt be a must-see for any Bowie fan — with a soundtrack that’s best played at maximum volume. Luckily, that arrives on Sept. 16, too.
Rated PG-13. 140 minutes. Dir: Brett Morgen. Featuring: David Bowie.
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The Woman King (in theaters Sept. 16 )
Nanisca (Viola Davis) in TriStar Pictures' THE WOMAN KING.
Previously best known for excellent romantic dramas like "Love & Basketball" and "Beyond the Lights," writer/director Gina Prince-Bythewood made an exciting pivot into action filmmaking with the 2020 Netflix superhero film "The Old Guard." And now she continues that trend with what looks to be one of the most intriguing films of the fall. "The Woman King" tells the story of the Agojie, a unit of all-female warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey against colonizing forces in the 1800s. With an impressive ensemble led by Viola Davis as a battle-hardened general training a new generation of recruits, "The Woman King" promises to be a whole new type of historical epic.
144 minutes. Dir: Gina Prince-Bythewood. Featuring: Viola Davis, Thuso Mbedu, Lashana Lynch, Sheila Atim, Hero Fiennes Tiffin, John Boyega.
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See How They Run (in theaters Sept. 16)
Sam Rockwell and Saoirse Ronan in the film SEE HOW THEY RUN. Photo by Parisa Taghizadeh. © 2021 20th Century Studios All Rights Reserved
Between Rian Johnson’s "Knives Out" franchise and Hulu’s addictive series "Only Murders in the Building," murder-mystery comedies are having a bit of a moment. And the latest to join the fun is this delightful-looking comedy about world-weary Inspector Stoppard (Sam Rockwell), eager rookie Constable Stalker (Saoirse Ronan) and a murder backstage at a smash-hit play in 1950s London. The rest of the star-studded cast includes Adrien Brody, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson and Shirley Henderson, all presumably having a blast playing various theatrical archetypes. (Not to mention Harris Dickinson portraying real-life legendary actor-director Richard Attenborough.) If you’re looking for an old-fashioned good time at the movies, "See How They Run" could be just the ticket.
Rated PG-13. 98 minutes. Dir: Tom George. Featuring: Sam Rockwell, Saoirse Ronan, Adrien Brody, David Oyelowo, Ruth Wilson, Harris Dickinson, Shirley Henderson, Sian Clifford, Jacob Fortune-Lloyd, Reece Shearsmith, Charlie Cooper.
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Pearl (in theaters Sept. 16 )
Mia Goth in "Pearl." Photo by Christopher Moss (A24)
Here’s a supremely rare occurrence: A filmmaker releasing two films set in the same universe in the very same year. Just a few months after writer/director Ti West ruled spring horror with his 1970s-set A24 slasher "X," he’s back with a surprise prequel called "Pearl." This installment follows the origin story of the titular character played by Mia Goth, who grows up yearning for big screen fame but feeling trapped on her family’s isolated farm house in the early 20th century. When her family barn becomes a boarding house during World War I, however, Pearl just might spot a way out. But at what cost? Goth also co-wrote the script for "Pearl," which promises to be a "stunning, technicolor-inspired origin story" of the "iconic" "X" character. And, yes, West has an idea for a third installment in mind too.
Read film critic Katie Rife’s review of "X"
Rated R. 102 minutes. Dir: Ti West. Featuring: Mia Goth, David Corenswet, Tandi Wright, Matthew Sunderland, Emma Jenkins-Purro.
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Don’t Worry Darling (in theaters Sept. 23)
Harry Styles and Florence Pugh in "Don’t Worry Darling." Photo courtesy of Warner Bros. Pictures
Look, we’re as excited as anyone to see Florence Pugh lead a 1950s psychological thriller directed by Olivia Wilde. But the big story here is about Harry Styles’ leap into major acting roles, which will continue with his starring turn in "My Policeman" next month. In "Don’t Worry Darling," Styles and Pugh play a married couple living in an idyllic community called Victory, an "experimental company town housing the men who work for the top-secret Victory Project and their families." But all isn’t what it seems in this picture-perfect oasis, and when Pugh’s Alice starts trying to figure out what the men of Victory actually do, things take a turn for the sinister. "Don’t Worry Darling" boasts a stellar cast, include Wilde herself as a fellow company wife, as well as Chris Pine as Victory’s cultish CEO. And while Wilde already earned acclaim for her 2019 directorial debut "Booksmart," "Don’t Worry Darling" looks like it’s going to elevate her visual style to a whole new surrealist level.
Rated R. 122 minutes. Dir: Olivia Wilde. Featuring: Florence Pugh, Harry Styles, Olivia Wilde, Gemma Chan, KiKi Layne, Chris Pine.
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Catherine Called Birdy (in theaters Sept. 23; streaming on Prime Video Oct. 7)
Andrew Scott and Bella Ramsey in "Catherine Called Birdy." Photo courtesy of Prime Video
Lena Dunham writes and directs this adaptation of the beloved children’s novel "Catherine, Called Birdy." Set in 1290 in the Medieval English village of Stonebridge, the movie follows Lady Catherine a.k.a. Birdy ("Game of Thrones" scene-stealer Bella Ramsey) as she attempts to define her own future. You see, her aristocratic but broke dad Lord Rollo (Andrew Scott) wants to marry her off to a wealthy man in exchange for money and land. But Birdy’s not a prize to be won. So she sets out to scare away her suitors in increasingly ingenious ways — and to show her parents her worth in the process. The trailer for "Catherine Called Birdy" promises a vibe somewhere between Hailee Steinfeld’s "Dickinson" and Greta Gerwig’s "Little Women," so this could be the next Gen Z-friendly historical hit.
Rated PG-13. 108 minutes. Dir: Lena Dunham. Featuring: Bella Ramsey, Andrew Scott, Billie Piper, Joe Alwyn, Dean-Charles Chapman, Ralph Ineson, Isis Hainsworth.
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A Jazzman’s Blues (streaming on Netflix Sept. 23)
Solea Pfeiffer and Joshua Boone in "A Jazzman’s Blues." Photo by Jace Downs (Netflix)
Tyler Perry’s shift into a more elevated style of melodrama has been a long time coming. The filmmaker/media mogul wrote "A Jazzman’s Blues" as his first-ever screenplay back in 1995, after finding inspiration from a conversation withlegendary playwright August Wilson. Now, 27 years later, the project finally comes to life courtesy of Netflix. Set in 1940s Georgia, "Jazzman" is a "Notebook"-style romance about two star-crossed lovers who are separated by class and familial expectations but manage to reconnect years later. The jazz age story is "soundtracked by juke joint blues" from the deep South. And with a world premiere planned for the prestigious Toronto International Film Festival, it could be an award seasons player for Perry and Netflix. ("A Jazzman’s Blues" will also play in select theaters starting Sept. 16.)
Rated R. 127 minutes. Dir: Tyler Perry. Featuring: Joshua Boone, Amirah Vann, Solea Pfeiffer, Austin Scott, Milauna Jemai Jackson, Brent Antonello, Brad Benedict, Kario Marcel, Lana Young, Ryan Eggold.
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Sidney (in theaters and streaming on AppleTV+ Sept. 23)
Sidney Poitier in "Sidney." Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
One of the seismic cultural events of this year was the death of Sidney Poitier, who passed away at age 94 in January. Now "Sidney," a new Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary, promises to take an inspiring deep-dive into the life of the "iconic actor, filmmaker and activist at the center of Hollywood and the Civil Rights Movement." Featuring candid interviews with Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee and others who knew Poitier or were shaped by his life and work, "Sidney" looks to be a moving tribute to the Bahamian-American actor, who made history as the first Black man to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. "He had big shoulders," Washington notes in the film’s trailer. "But he had to carry a lot of weight."
Rated PG-13. 106 minutes. Dir: Reginald Hudlin. Featuring: Sidney Poitier, Oprah Winfrey, Denzel Washington, Halle Berry, Morgan Freeman, Robert Redford, Lenny Kravitz, Barbra Streisand, Spike Lee.
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Blonde (streaming on Netflix Sept. 28)
Ana de Armas in "Blonde." Photo courtesy of Netflix
Already one of the buzziest and most controversial films of the year, "Blonde" will likely be a lightning rod when it finally hits Netflix in late September. Based on a novel by Joyce Carol Oates, "Blonde" reimagines the life of Marilyn Monroe, as played by "Knives Out" star Ana de Armas. And with an NC-17 rating and a nearly three-hour runtime, writer/director Andrew Dominik ("Killing Them Softly," "The Assassination of Jesse James...") presumably plans to leave no stone unturned when it comes to the legendary Hollywood bombshell. Charting Monroe’s life from her traumatic childhood as Norma Jeane to her Hollywood superstardom, the psychological drama "blurs the lines of fact and fiction to explore the widening split between [Monroe’s] public and private selves." "Blonde" will be the first Netflix original film with an NC-17 rating — reportedly due to its graphic depictions of sexual violence — so don’t expect an easy, glamorous watch with this one. ("Blonde" will also play in select theaters starting Sept. 16.)
Rated NC-17. 167 minutes. Dir: Andrew Dominik. Featuring: Ana de Armas, Adrien Brody, Bobby Cannavale, Xavier Samuel, Julianne Nicholson, Lily Fisher, Evan Williams, Toby Huss.
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Bros (in theaters Sept. 30)
Billy Eichner and Luke Macfarlane in "Bros." Photo courtesy of Universal Pictures
From "Love, Simon" to this year’s delightful "Fire Island," Hollywood has slowly been making in-roads when it comes to gay rom-coms. But the new romance "Bros" boasts its own unique descriptor: It’s the "first romantic comedy from a major studio about two gay men maybe, possibly, probably, stumbling towards love. Maybe. They're both very busy." Co-written by and starring comedian Billy Eichner, "Bros" features an entirely LGBTQ+ principal cast, including Hallmark Channel darling Luke Macfarlane, who also popped up in the 2021 Netflix queer holiday rom-com "Single All The Way." Unlike that wholesome holiday film, however, "Bros" promises something a little edgier — thanks to Eichner's sardonic comedic voice and director/co-writer Nicholas Stoller, who previously helmed "Forgetting Sarah Marshall" and the "Neighbors" franchise. Still, there will be plenty of swoony, heartfelt moments too, as Eichner's Bobby tries to find "another tolerable human being to go through life with."
Rated R. Dir: Nicholas Stoller. Featuring: Billy Eichner, Luke Macfarlane, Ts Madison, Monica Raymund, Guillermo Díaz, Guy Branum, Amanda Bearse, Symone.
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Hocus Pocus 2 (streaming on Disney+ Sept. 30)
Kathy Najimy, Bette Midler and Sarah Jessica Parker in "Hocus Pocus 2." Photo by Matt Kennedy (Disney+)
It’s been 29 years since "Hocus Pocus" flopped at the box office, only to find a second life (much like its heroines) as a perennial spooky season favorite. And now Disney+ is hoping it can make magic happen twice with this decades-later sequel. Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker and Kathy Najimy are back as the witchy Sanderson Sisters, who are once again awakened by the Black Flame Candle. Now it’s up to a trio of teen girls to stop them from wreaking havoc on Salem (or at least steer them towards performing another musical number). Comedic actors Sam Richardson and Tony Hale are also onboard, as is "Ted Lasso" star Hannah Waddingham. Given Waddingham’s own West End musical theater chops, we can only hope the whole movie ends in a sing-off.
Rated PG. Dir: Anne Fletcher. Featuring: Bette Midler, Sarah Jessica Parker, Kathy Najimy, Sam Richardson, Doug Jones, Hannah Waddingham, Whitney Peak, Belissa Escobedo, Lilia Buckingham, Froy Gutierrez, Tony Hale.
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The Greatest Beer Run Ever (in theaters and streaming on Apple TV+ Sept. 30)
Zac Efron in "The Greatest Beer Run Ever." Photo courtesy of Apple TV+
Director Peter Farrelly follows up his Best Picture-winning film "Green Book" with an action-comedy about the Vietnam War. Like "Green Book," "The Greatest Beer Run Ever" is loosely based on a true story. Unlike "Green Book," it stars Zac Efron! To show support for his old friends serving in Vietnam, New Yorker "Chickie" Donohue (Efron) decides to travel to the frontlines to bring them their favorite American brews. But "what started as a well-meaning journey quickly turns into the adventure of a lifetime." It’s a pretty wild set-up for a "heartfelt coming-of-age tale." But if anyone can spin a questionable premise into awards-season gold, it’s Farrelly. And, who knows, maybe this will kick off a new era: the age of the Zac-stache.
Rated R. 126 minutes, Dir: Peter Farrelly. Featuring: Zac Efron, Russell Crowe, Jake Picking, Will Ropp, Archie Renaux, Kyle Allen, Ruby Ashbourne Serkis, Bill Murray.
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Clockwise from top left: Maya Hawke and Camila Mendes in "Do Revenge"; Tamara Lawrence and Letitia Wright in "The Silent Twins"; Kaley Cuoco and Pete Davidson in "Meet Cute"; Sheri Moon Zombie and Jeff Daniel Phillips in "The Munsters".
FOR ROMANCE: Kat Graham ("The Vampire Diaries") and Tom Hopper ("The Umbrella Academy") go from enemies to lovers while visiting fair Verona in "Love in the Villa" (Netflix, Sept. 1). Josephine Langford and Hero Fiennes Tiffinreturn as hot and heavy teen couple Tessa and Hardin in the preposterously titled fourth "After" movie, "After Ever Happy" (in theaters, Sept. 8). Emma Roberts and Thomas Mann are thrown together by destiny in the New Year’s Eve rom-com "About Fate" (in theaters and VOD, Sept. 9). And Pete Davidson and Kaley Cuoco get their own time travel romance in "Meet Cute" (Peacock, Sept. 21).
FOR FAMILIES: Netflix adapts a series of best-selling children’s book into a series of family films called "Ivy + Bean" (Netflix, Sept. 2).
FOR HORROR: The acclaimed, genre-bending Senegalese thriller "Saloum" (Shudder, Sept. 8) makes it streaming debut. Naomi Watts is a creepy, bandaged-up mom in "Goodnight Mommy" (Prime Video, Sept. 16). Edgar Allen Poetakes center stage as the main character of "Raven’s Hollow" (Shudder, Sept. 22). "Smile" (in theaters, Sept. 30) turns a happy face into horror movie fodder. And "My Best Friend’s Exorcism" (Prime Video, Sept. 30) blends demonic horror with 1980s fun.
FOR COMEDY: Kevin Smith is back with "Clerks III" (in theaters, Sept. 13). Camila Mendes and Maya Hawke team up to "Do Revenge" (Netflix, Sept. 16) in a stylish dark comedy about teenage girls. Jon Hamm takes on Chevy Chase’s famous role in "Confess, Fletch" (in theaters and VOD, Sept. 16). And Rob Zombie remakes "The Munsters" (VOD, Sept. 27).
FOR ACTION: Ben Foster and Michael Caine lead the epic historical drama "Medieval" (in theaters, Sept. 9). "Brahmastra Part One: Shiva" (in theaters, Sept. 9) is "the blockbuster opening chapter in India’s first original cinematic universe." Queen Latifah and Ludacris get mixed up in a dangerous desert drug deal in "End of the Road" (Netflix, Sept. 9). And Allison Janney and Jurnee Smollett team up to save a kidnapped girl in "Lou" (Netflix, Sept. 23).
FOR DRAMA: "Black Panther" star Letitia Wright is one half of "The Silent Twins" (in theaters, Sept. 16) in this remarkable true-life story. "Westworld" star Thandiwe Newton leads the haunting modern-day Western "God’s Country"(in theaters, Sept. 16). [Read FOX Digital’s review of "God’s Country" from the Sundance Film Festival.] A24 releases the Irish psychological family drama "God’s Creatures" (in theaters and VOD, Sept. 30). And Christoph Waltz, Willem Dafoe and Rachel Brosnahan lead the Western "Dead for a Dollar" (in theaters, Sept. 30).
FOR DOCUMENTARY LOVERS: Oscar-nominated director Dan Krauss revisits "The Anthrax Attacks" (Netflix, Sept. 8) of 2001. Social activist Abigail Disney uses her family’s theme park history to examine economic inequality in "The American Dream and Other Fairy Tales" (in theaters, Sept. 16). "Riotsville, U.S.A." (in theaters, Sept. 16) explores police militarization by way of unearthed military training footage from the 1960s. And "Mija" (Disney+, Sept. 16) follows two daughters of undocumented immigrants as they navigate the music industry. [Read FOX Digital’s review of "Mija" from the Sundance Film Festival.]
About the writer: Caroline Siede is a film and TV critic in Chicago, where the cold never bothers her anyway. A member of the Chicago Film Critics Association, she spent four years lovingly analyzing the romantic comedy genre one film at a time in her column When Romance Met Comedy for The A.V. Club. She also co-hosts the movie podcast, Role Calling, and shares her pop culture opinions on Twitter (@carolinesiede).
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PARIS (AP) — There is an elevated threat of terror attacks on French soil by Islamic extremists coming from Iraq and Syria, France’s national anti-terrorism prosecutor warned Friday.
Jean-Francois Ricard said in an interview on French news broadcaster BFM TV that terrorist acts carried out “by individuals coming from areas where terrorists are operating, especially the Iraqi-Syrian area” cannot be ruled out.
Ricard’s comments come ahead of the opening of the trial of eight suspects in connection with the 2016 Bastille Day truck attack in Nice that left 86 people dead.
Ricard said the extremist threat has increased since 2020. “For two years, we’ve been able to see how the Islamic State group was regaining some pieces of territory, was restructuring itself” in Iraq and Syria.
He pointed to the January attack in Syria by Islamic State militants of a prison holding suspected extremists in the northeastern city of Hassakeh.
Individuals convicted in France on terror-related charges and are set to be released pose another threat, Ricard said.
“Very often they have abandoned none of their convictions,” he said, adding however that France’s judicial and intelligence services will keep a close watch on that released inmates.
The prosecutor said French authorities will “need to do everything we can” to prevent determined terrorists from committing attacks.
“It’s a true problem that we must certainly not deny,” he said.
The Islamic State group had claimed responsibility for the July 14, 2016 attack in Nice. The attacker, Mohamed Lahouaiej Bouhlel, who plowed a 19-ton truck into a crowd assembled for the fireworks display, was shot dead by police.
French authorities said Bouhlel, a Tunisian with French residency, was inspired by the extremist group’s propaganda, but they say no evidence has been found that IS orchestrated the attack. The trial is to take place at a special court for terrorist cases in Paris.
In June, 20 men were convicted in connection with the 2015 Paris terror attacks on the Bataclan theater, Paris cafes and the national stadium that resulted in 130 deaths. Most attention had focused on the lone surviving member of the Islamic State attack team, Salah Abdeslam. The other suspects were found guilty of assisting in the preparation of the attacks or hiding Abdeslam from police. Some are presumed dead in Syria and were tried in absentia. | https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/ap-french-prosecutor-warns-of-elevated-terror-attack-threat/ | 2022-09-02T19:42:00Z | https://www.newsnationnow.com/world/international-headlines/ap-french-prosecutor-warns-of-elevated-terror-attack-threat/ | true | 22 |
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Subscribe NowConservationists hope an internationally-acclaimed film shot in Argyll will spur action to save Scotland’s rainforest.
The Ghost Rainforest, directed by John Davies, and produced by Vivien Cumming for Earthrise Studio and supported by partners of the Alliance for Scotland’s Rainforest, is now available to watch online and has already had more than 10,000 views.
The film, told from the perspective of activist Narubia Werreria, includes footage of indigenous leaders from the Amazon’s tropical rainforest, performing a sacred blessing ceremony in a fragment of temperate rainforest – the Cormonachan community woodlands near Lochgoilhead.
Alistair Whyte, Head of Plantlife Scotland, said: ‘This beautiful film is a timely arrival as we await the detail of how the Scottish Government proposes to ‘restore and expand’ Scotland’s rainforest – a pledge it made during the COP26 in Glasgow last November.’
The Ghost Rainforest film is a finalist for an internationally acclaimed award, up against productions backed by the likes of Netflix and the New York Times.
Considered the highest bar of achievement in natural history filmmaking, the Jackson Wild Media Awards celebrate excellence and innovation in nature, science, and conservation storytelling.
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SEATTLE (AP) — A series featuring some of the best offensive stars in the WNBA has so far been defined by ... defense?
Breanna Stewart and A’ja Wilson have played like the two best players in the league as Seattle and Las Vegas split the first two games of their best-of-five semifinal series. But the games have come down to which team had the better defensive effort.
The Storm were better in their 76-73 win in Game 1 by figuring out a way to keep Wilson from dominating. The Aces were better in Game 2, pulling out a 78-73 victory using a smaller lineup and limiting Stewart’s supporting cast.
All of which has laid the groundwork for Sunday’s pivotal Game 3 with the series shifting back to Seattle.
“We’re going to continue to do whatever we need to do schematically to limit their potent offense,” Seattle coach Noelle Quinn said. “But to hold this team under 80, I don’t know if that’s been done twice in a row this year. We will take that and continue to build on that.”
To answer Quinn’s question: only once in the regular season were the Aces held under 80 points in consecutive games. Las Vegas scored 79 in a win over Los Angeles and followed up a few days later by scoring 78 in a loss to Seattle.
Even with that one game where Seattle kept Las Vegas in check, defense was not expected to define the series. Las Vegas won three of the four matchups in the regular season, and in every game the winning team scored at least 85 points. That included the regular season finale, a 109-100 Aces victory.
It’s usually the case that defense intensifies in the playoffs, but it's notable that neither of the two teams has topped 80 points through the first two games.
“It’s about each possession what is your smartest move, what is going to put you in the best position defensively,” Aces guard Chelsea Gray said.
The Aces averaged 90.4 points during the regular season and 98 points in a first-round win over Phoenix. Seattle shot 44% from the field as a team in the regular season, but shot 41.3% in Game 1 and 40.6% in Game 2.
One of the keys for Las Vegas was the defensive effort by Gray in Game 2, when she was asked to play against post players defensively as the Aces went with a smaller lineup.
“That stretch that we went small, put Chelsea Gray on the post, her activity really changed the momentum of the game,” Aces coach Becky Hammon said. “That’s one of the things we want to be defensively is active and disruptive. Physical. Aggressive. I thought she really set the tone for us.”
Wilson and Stewart have in some ways offset each other. Stewart had 24 points in Game 1 and 32 points in Game 2. Wilson was limited to just eight points and 12 rebounds in Game 1, but responded with 33 points and 13 rebounds in the next game.
Part of the reason Wilson’s efforts in Game 2 resulted in a win was the Aces’ ability to keep Jewell Loyd from being a factor on offense. Loyd had 26 in Game 1; she had eight in Game 2.
Seattle is hoping to get a boost ahead of Game 3 with the possibility that Gabby Williams will be able to return after sitting out the first two games because of a concussion. Williams was a second-team All-WNBA defensive team selection this season.
“We did that without Gabby, and that’s what I’m most impressed with ... so we’re encouraged,” Quinn said.
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North Dakota high court backs state in oil company dispute
North Dakota’s Supreme Court has reversed a lower court decision that sided with a Houston-based energy company over disputed oil and natural gas royalties, a decision that could eventually bring millions of dollars to the state’s public schools and colleges.
The case stems from a lawsuit Newfield Exploration filed against the state after the Department of Trust Lands conducted an audit in 2016 that claimed the company was underpaying royalties to the agency that manages several state trust funds, including one that benefits public schools.
Northwest District Court Judge Robin Schmidt’s ruled last year that the state’s claim of a breach of contract could not be proven because the state failed to provide “any contract or lease ... that allows this court to meaningfully review the contract obligations and whether a breach has occurred.”
In a unanimous ruling Thursday, the high court’s justices said the lower court should have focused on the state’s position that the company underpaid royalties from its drilling operations, and not whether the state could prove a breach of contract from its leases.
The case was sent back to the lower court to determine, in part, the amount of unpaid royalties.
State Land Commissioner Joseph Heringer estimated that Newfield owes between $6 million and $8 million.
Newfield, which is owned by Denver-based Ovintiv, did not immediately respond to messages left Friday seeking comment.
Heringer, an attorney, called the high court ruling precedent-setting and said it might help settle about 20 similar cases with energy companies that may have “tens of millions” in unpaid royalites.
“I think it helps or provides clarity from a legal perspective,” he said. “My hope is that it’ll help all of these outstanding claims out there come to resolution.”
Herringer said his agency has already succeeded in reaching financial settlements with several other companies.
The royalty disputes are centered around post-production costs, which are expenses associated with gas preparation before it is sold. Companies sought to deduct those costs from royalties owed to the state
Ron Ness, president of the North Dakota Petroleum Council, doesn’t believe the high court’s ruling will impact other cases of alleged unpaid or underpaid royalties.
“It’s not going to have a precedent-setting impact on the other companies because they all have a unique situation,” he said.
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Coccidiosis Treatment Market Size Expected to Reach US$2.4 billion with CAGR of 3.6% by 2027 – IndustryARC
Rising pervasiveness of ailments like coccidiosis and toxoplasmosis are set to propel the growth of the coccidiosis treatment market.
HYDERABAD, TELANGANA, INDIA, September 2, 2022 /EINPresswire.com/ -- IndustryARC, in its latest report, predicts that the coccidiosis treatment market size is estimated to reach $2.4 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 3.6% during the forecast period 2022-2027. The surging acceptance of exhaustive farming techniques and proliferating demand for meat proteins fuelling meat generation in developed countries are set to drive the Coccidiosis Treatment Market. The report offers a complete analysis of the market, its major segments, growth factors, trends, drivers and challengers, key players and more.Key Takeaways:
This IndustryARC report on the coccidiosis treatment market highlights the following areas -
1. Geographically, North America Coccidiosis Treatment Market accounted for the highest revenue share in 2021 and it is poised to dominate the market over the period 2022-2027 owing to the enormous demand for meat food and related products and the proliferating count of poultry and companion animals together with the growing predominance of coccidian ailments including toxoplasmosis in the North American region.
2. Coccidiosis Treatment Market growth is being driven by the increasing predominance of coccidian diseases amidst poultry and companion animals including toxoplasmosis and the expanding population and per capita intake of meat. However, the rising food safety concerns and augmenting meat prices worldwide are some of the major factors hampering the growth of Coccidiosis Treatment Market.
3. Coccidiosis Treatment Market Detailed Analysis on the Strength, Weakness, and Opportunities of the prominent players operating in the market will be provided in the Coccidiosis Treatment Market report.
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Segmental Analysis:
1. The Coccidiosis Treatment Market based on drug type can be further segmented into Ionophore Drugs, Antibiotic Drugs, and Chemical Derivative Drugs. The Ionophore Drugs Segment held the largest market share in 2021. The soaring inclusion of ionophore drugs in starter and grower feeds is further propelling the growth of the Ionophore Drugs segment.
2. Furthermore, the Ionophore Drugs segment is estimated to grow with the fastest CAGR of 4.7% during the forecast period 2022-2027 owing to the soaring application of ionophore medications like lasalocid being extensively utilized as a veterinary medication against coccidiosis apart from other ailments like toxoplasmosis bringing about abortions in ewes and does in the U.S.
3. The Coccidiosis Treatment Market based on infected animal species can be further segmented into Swine, Poultry, Companion Animals, Fish, and Cattle. The Poultry segment held the largest market share in 2021. The proliferating awareness regarding different treatment alternatives pertaining to coccidiosis is further propelling the growth of this segment.
4. The Coccidiosis Treatment Market based on geography can be further segmented into North America, Europe, Asia-Pacific, South America and Rest of the World. North America (Coccidiosis Treatment Market) held the largest share with 35% of the overall market in 2021.
Competitive Landscape:
The top 5 players in the coccidiosis treatment industry are -
1. Vetoquinol SA
2. Zoetis, Inc.
3. Huvepharma
4. Smartvet Inc.
5. Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc.
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Why Is PPL (PPL) Up 2.4% Since Last Earnings Report?
A month has gone by since the last earnings report for PPL (PPL). Shares have added about 2.4% in that time frame, outperforming the S&P 500.
Will the recent positive trend continue leading up to its next earnings release, or is PPL due for a pullback? Before we dive into how investors and analysts have reacted as of late, let's take a quick look at its most recent earnings report in order to get a better handle on the important catalysts.
PPL Q2 Earnings and Revenues Outperform Estimates, Rise Y/Y
PPL Corporation reported second-quarter 2022 operating earnings per share (EPS) of 30 cents, which surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 29 cents by a 3.4%. The bottom line also improved by 57.9% from the year-ago earnings of 19 cents per share.
On a GAAP basis, PPL Corporation recorded an EPS of 16 cents, up 433.3% from the year-ago quarter figure of 3 cents per share.
Revenues
Total revenues of $1,696 million surpassed the Zacks Consensus Estimate of $1,432 million by 18.4%. The top line improved by 31.7% from the year-ago figure of $1,288 million.
Highlights of the Release
Total operating expenses for the second quarter amounted to $1,453 million, up 42.7% from the year-ago quarter’s $1,018 million, due to an increase in other operating and maintenance expenses by 38.6%.
The operating income was $243 million, down 10% from the year-ago figure of $270 million.
Interest expenses were $118 million, down 75.1% from the year-ago figure of $474 million.
Segment Update
Kentucky Regulated: Adjusted earnings were 14 cents per share, up 27.3% from the year-ago quarter’s figure.
Pennsylvania Regulated: Adjusted earnings were 17 cents per share, up 30.8% from the year-ago quarter’s figure.
Rhode Island Regulated: Adjusted earnings for the second quarter were 1 cents per share.
Corporate and Other: The segment incurred a loss of 2 cents per share for the quarter, lower than the year-ago quarter’s loss of 5 cents.
Financial Position
As of Jun 30, 2022, PPL had cash and cash equivalents of $336 million compared with $3,571 million on Dec 31, 2021.
The long-term debt was $12,153 million as of Jun 30, 2022 compared with $10,666 million as of Dec 31, 2021.
Net cash provided by operating activities in the first six months of 2022 was $979 million compared with $1,521 million in the year-ago period.
Guidance
PPL Corporation reaffirmed 2022 EPS in the range of $1.30-$1.45. The Zacks Consensus Estimate for 2022 earnings of $1.38 per share is on par with the midpoint of the guided range.
How Have Estimates Been Moving Since Then?
Fresh estimates followed a downward path over the past two months.
The consensus estimate has shifted 6.41% due to these changes.
VGM Scores
Currently, PPL has an average Growth Score of C, a grade with the same score on the momentum front. Following the exact same course, the stock was allocated a grade of C on the value side, putting it in the middle 20% for this investment strategy.
Overall, the stock has an aggregate VGM Score of C. If you aren't focused on one strategy, this score is the one you should be interested in.
Outlook
PPL has a Zacks Rank #3 (Hold). We expect an in-line return from the stock in the next few months.
Performance of an Industry Player
PPL belongs to the Zacks Utility - Electric Power industry. Another stock from the same industry, CenterPoint Energy (CNP), has gained 1.8% over the past month. More than a month has passed since the company reported results for the quarter ended June 2022.
CenterPoint reported revenues of $1.94 billion in the last reported quarter, representing a year-over-year change of +11.6%. EPS of $0.31 for the same period compares with $0.36 a year ago.
CenterPoint is expected to post earnings of $0.31 per share for the current quarter, representing a year-over-year change of -6.1%. Over the last 30 days, the Zacks Consensus Estimate has changed -3.1%.
CenterPoint has a Zacks Rank #2 (Buy) based on the overall direction and magnitude of estimate revisions. Additionally, the stock has a VGM Score of C.
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Hunters age 12 to 15 and their adult mentors are invited to the 15th annual Robert F. DeRoo Memorial Dinner and youth pheasant and waterfowl hunts at the Montezuma Audubon Center in Savannah.
The dinner will take place at 6 p.m. Friday, Sept. 30, followed by the waterfowl hunt Saturday, Oct. 1, and the pheasant hunt Saturday, Oct. 8. The events are free. The center is located at 2295 Route 89.
“The late Bob DeRoo was an avid outdoorsman and a dedicated conservationist,” said Chris Lajewski, director at the Montezuma Audubon Center, in a news release. “Bob was a firm believer in the importance of mentoring youth, the future stewards of our precious natural resources, and it is our hope that young hunters will learn about a hunter’s role in wildlife conservation at this event held in his honor. Each year, this dinner and associated waterfowl and pheasant hunts deliver a message to youth about how hunting keeps wildlife populations in balance and how critical it is to continue the pastime with future generations.”
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Generally, a custody battle can be costly, stressful, and time-consuming. But don’t take it lightly, especially considering your child’s age, because their wellbeing is also essential, so make sure you’re always present in their lives.
If you’re facing a divorce and have children, a custody battle may be on the way. So what exactly is a “child custody case”? Usually, this means a legal fight over the residence of a child or the time that a child spends with both parents.
Most of the time, parents disagree over some decisions and head to court.
Other reasons lead parents to fight over their children, such as substance abuse, grandparent rights, moving restrictions, etc. This article will briefly explain how custody battles work in Texas and what you need to know to win your case.
What You Need to Prepare For
One of the most critical things that you need in your custody case is finding the right lawyers. An intelligent and experienced lawyer will fight for you and try to win your case at any cost. Second, they can genuinely make a difference in winning a close case. And lastly, a good lawyer can facilitate the whole process, so it’s less stressful for you and your children.
The most common type of custody case is a disagreement over which parent gets custody of their child. This is crucial because it ensures that the child has a home and a choice of school. Usually, courts keep the child in the same house they’ve been living in for a certain amount of time after the parents have divorced.
If you fear you’ll be in the same situation, it would be best if you contacted Dallas Custody Lawyers to help and guide you through this laborious process. These attorneys will also teach you what you need to do to be a qualified parent for custody and more.
In such cases, the parent awarded custody will also have a ‘domicile restriction.’ This means a limitation on where they can live with their child. These restrictions can be narrow or broad depending on where they file for divorce. In this case, the entire State of Texas is the domicile restriction.
What You Can Expect
Since Texas has relatively high rates of divorce, its courts have different laws when awarding custody. However, you should know that domicile restriction cases are challenging and tough to deal with.
One scenario would be that the mother will want to move near her family after filing for divorce. Still, the court will have difficulty deciding if she’s the primary parent and unemployed.
At the same time, if the father is involved and doing everything right, such as paying child support, spending time with his children, etc., the court can’t justify moving the kids away from their father.
To avoid such situations, you must think before going to court for custody. In fact, you should’ve contacted Dallas Divorce Lawyers to get informed about divorce law regulations in Texas and how you can avoid this.
What are the Main Factors in Custody Cases?
Apart from parent involvement, another significant factor in these cases is the child’s age. For example, if the child is 16, the court might decide to wait for two years until they’ve reached the age of 18. However, if the child is two years old, the mother has a higher chance of winning the case.
Additionally, the home of the child is also based on some factors:
- Which parent has provided the most child care?
- Where the child has been living
- Has any parent misbehaved?
- What is the quality of the schools?
Apart from that, many parents want a 50/50 split in time. However, Texas favors a “Standard Possession Order,” which is essentially every other weekend, every Thursday, 20 days in the summer, and on major holidays.
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Do smart devices constantly listen to you?
Smart devices can enhance your life in numerous ways. Still, some people feel they listen in on their private conversations. Most smart devices have built-in microphones, so it isn’t just paranoia that leads people to believe they’re being spied on. To learn more about how smart devices work and whether they always listen, we sat down with our tech expert, Jaime Vazquez.
Everything you need to know about smart device privacy
Do smart devices listen all the time?
It is fair to say that smart devices listen 100% of the time. Still, it’s important to note that this doesn’t mean they record 100% of the time.
Many smart devices have an indicator, such as a light, that lets you know when they’re recording. These devices have microphones programmed to listen for specific wake words. For example, most Echo devices listen for the word “Alexa.”
A smart speaker starts recording when it hears its wake word. Once the device finishes recording your command, it sends the order to a server that processes your request and stops recording.
Is there anything you can do to stop your smart device from listening?
Although your smart speaker doesn’t record everything you say, it is natural to want to prevent it from listening throughout the day.
When asked how you can stop your devices from listening, Vazquez said, “They all have controls that let you set availability schedules. For example, you can set the Echo Kid’s Edition to stop listening to commands after a specific time of day. If you know someone named Alex or Alexa, it may be worth updating the wake word on your Echo devices. If you really want to take control of your devices, you might consider plugging them into smart plugs so you can easily turn them off when you aren’t using them.”
Which smart devices have the best privacy track record?
When shopping for a smart device, it’s worth considering which brand has the best history of protecting its customers’ privacy. Per Vazquez, “Apple has the best privacy track record overall, followed by Google and Amazon. That said, I would rank Amazon as the most proactive about privacy. They really got their privacy act together in 2020 and rolled out a framework that gave users a ton of control over their privacy. Now, Alexa sets the standard for the level of control you should have.”
Do smart devices with cameras watch you throughout the day?
Most camera-equipped smart devices only record video when you activate a feature that requires it. Amazon’s Echo Show devices have a built-in camera cover you can use when you don’t want it to record.
If you have a smart device that doesn’t have a built-in camera cover, you can typically buy one for less than $20.
Other privacy tips to consider
- Think about your smart device’s location: You likely don’t need a smart speaker in every room. Try using your device’s wake word in an adjacent room to test the distance it can hear and record. Additionally, it may be worth leaving them out of your home office if you’re worried about them recording you while you work.
- Explore privacy controls: All smart devices have privacy settings. After you’ve set your device up, take a minute to explore its settings and ensure you’re comfortable with the level of privacy it offers.
- Unplug them when you don’t need them: If you mainly use your voice assistant on the weekends, it may be worth unplugging throughout the week. You aren’t likely to need them when you’re on vacation, so they can be left unplugged until you get back.
- Let your guests know you have smart devices: People may have different levels of comfortability with smart speakers. When you have a guest over for the first time, it may be worth turning them off or letting your guests know.
- Request your data from the manufacturer: Apple, Amazon and Google allow you to request an email containing all the data they have collected about you, including data from smart devices.
Smart device privacy products our expert recommends
This option lets you turn devices on and off from your phone. You can use it to shut your smart devices down when you aren’t using them. It has three smart outlets and two USB ports. Many were impressed with how easy it is to set up.
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Smart devices aren’t the only machines that can record you. It’s worth buying a cover for your webcam if you’re concerned about your privacy. This pack of covers is made of durable metal and uses magnets to keep the slide in place.
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This top-notch smart device can be used to watch TV, set calendar updates and manage routines. It has a built-in camera cover, and you can turn the microphone off with the click of a button.
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Logitech C920e HD 1080p Mic-Enabled Webcam
This affordable webcam has a built-in cover for your privacy. The camera automatically zooms in, so your face is centered in the frame. It is surprisingly easy to set up. Many were impressed with the picture quality.
TP-Link Kasa Smart Plug With Energy Monitoring
This handy plug is ideal for turning your smart devices off easily. It monitors your energy usage and lets you set schedules to lower your bills. It is compatible with Amazon Alexa, Google Assistant and Microsoft Cortana. Many people said they loved how intuitive it was.
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This features numerous privacy controls, including a button that deactivates the microphone. It is compact and easy to use. It sounds surprisingly good. This is available in blue, black and white.
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This president is never going to be a performance artist like the last president* was. This president is never going to be an orator, like the president before the last president* was. But he can connect with an audience with the same skill as both of his immediate predecessors. He also is a political pro who still has some shake-and-bake in his game. On Thursday night, there was a moment in which the president demonstrated all of that, especially the latter. The moment was unscripted but he was equal to it. He is a pro. He is a president.
Outside Independence Hall, some jackasses with a bullhorn kept hollering, “Fck Joe Biden,” and that stupid Brandon thing, which is their super-secret code that they can only decipher with the super-secret decoder ring that they got for sending in 100 box tops from Fcknuts Cereal. But heckling this president on the stump is like heckling a veteran comic in a club. He’s heard it all and he knows how to turn it back.
"Those folks you hear on the other side there. They’re entitled to be outrageous. This is a democracy. Good manners is nothing they’ve ever suffered from, but history and common sense tell us that opportunity, liberty and justice for all are most likely to come to pass in a democracy."
Thus did a president, a real, honest-to-god one and not a balloon in a suit, turn the howling of idiots into an object lesson to back up what the purpose of his speech was all about. Just as a purely political moment, this was golden.
He came to play. That was for certain.
"Too much of what’s happening in our country today is not normal. Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans represent an extremism that threatens the very foundations of our Republic. Now, I want to be very clear, very clear up front. Not every Republican, not even the majority of Republicans, are MAGA Republicans. Not every Republican embraces their extreme ideology. I know, because I’ve been able to work with these mainstream Republicans. But there’s no question that the Republican Party today is dominated, driven and intimidated by Donald Trump and the MAGA Republicans. And that is a threat to this country."
The “not every Republican” thing got a pained sigh from me in the moment, but then I reflected on the fact that this wasn’t an appeal for now. It was an appeal for November, and for 2024. He was offering them an off-ramp before their whole thing goes over into the Gorge Of Eternal Peril. If they choose not to take it, then that’s their choice, and the president was emphasizing that it can be a politically perilous one. It’s on you now, he was saying to them.
And here, in my view, is what is true: MAGA Republicans do not respect the Constitution. They do not believe in the rule of law. They do not recognize the will of the people. They refuse to accept the results of a free election, and they’re working right now as I speak in state after state to give power to decide elections in America to partisans and cronies, empowering election deniers to undermine democracy itself. MAGA forces are determined to take this country backwards, backwards to an America where there is no right to choose, no right to privacy, no right to contraception, no right to marry who you love. They promote authoritarian leaders, and they fanned the flames of political violence that are a threat to our personal rights, to the pursuit of justice, to the rule of law, to the very soul of this country.
If he can turn “MAGA Republican” into a political curse word, like “McCarthyism,” or what the GOP has done to the word “liberal,” or, say,“Nixon,” his administration and his entire political career would be justified.
I wish he had shortened the laundry list section about everything he’s gotten done but, hey, there is an election in two months. I wish he weren’t so sure that “political violence” has no place in America, because it’s always had a place, most notably in the years between 1860 and 1865, and in the decades afterwards, it had quite a comfortable place in the South, and indigenous people certainly have something to add on the subject. But on the subject of the survival of the republic, he reminds me of what Frederick Douglass said of Abraham Lincoln at the dedication of a park to the memory of the murdered president:
His great mission was to accomplish two things: first, to save his country from dismemberment and ruin; and, second, to free his country from the great crime of slavery. To do one or the other, or both, he must have the earnest sympathy and the powerful cooperation of his loyal fellow-countrymen.
Without this primary and essential condition to success his efforts must have been vain and utterly fruitless.[...] Viewed from the genuine abolition ground, Mr. Lincoln seemed tardy, cold, dull, and indifferent; but measuring him by the sentiment of his country, a sentiment he was bound as a statesman to consult, he was swift, zealous, radical, and determined.
That is the best definition of a president anyone ever gave. That’s what we saw Wednesday night, and heard over the screeching of the bullhorns.
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University Presidents vote to expand FBS playoffs to 12 teams
It will happen no later than the 2026 season.
Published: Sep. 2, 2022 at 3:29 PM EDT|Updated: 32 minutes ago
GREENVILLE, N.C. (AP) - The university presidents who oversee the College Football Playoff have voted to expand the postseason model for determining a national champion from four to 12 teams.
It will happen no later than the 2026 season.
A process that start 14 1/2 months ago with optimism, and then derailed as conference leaders haggled over details, is now finally moving forward.
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Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO – Get Rating) issued an update on its fourth quarter earnings guidance on Wednesday morning. The company provided earnings per share (EPS) guidance of $3.05-3.20 for the period, compared to the consensus estimate of $3.42. The company issued revenue guidance of $830-850 million, compared to the consensus revenue estimate of $841.43 million. Cooper Companies also updated its FY 2022 guidance to $12.72-$12.87 EPS.
Cooper Companies Price Performance
NYSE:COO traded down $1.62 on Friday, reaching $298.50. 11,651 shares of the company’s stock traded hands, compared to its average volume of 327,926. The company has a quick ratio of 0.69, a current ratio of 1.05 and a debt-to-equity ratio of 0.33. The stock has a 50-day simple moving average of $314.91 and a 200-day simple moving average of $353.53. The firm has a market cap of $14.73 billion, a PE ratio of 15.76, a P/E/G ratio of 2.22 and a beta of 0.90. Cooper Companies has a 12 month low of $283.03 and a 12 month high of $463.59.
Cooper Companies (NYSE:COO – Get Rating) last issued its quarterly earnings data on Wednesday, August 31st. The medical device company reported $3.19 earnings per share for the quarter, missing analysts’ consensus estimates of $3.24 by ($0.05). The firm had revenue of $843.40 million for the quarter, compared to analysts’ expectations of $830.22 million. Cooper Companies had a net margin of 30.20% and a return on equity of 9.48%. The company’s revenue for the quarter was up 10.5% on a year-over-year basis. During the same quarter in the previous year, the business earned $3.41 EPS. Equities research analysts forecast that Cooper Companies will post 13.13 earnings per share for the current year.
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Analyst Upgrades and Downgrades
A number of brokerages have recently weighed in on COO. TheStreet lowered Cooper Companies from a b- rating to a c+ rating in a research report on Monday, July 18th. KeyCorp cut their price objective on Cooper Companies from $414.00 to $408.00 and set an overweight rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 3rd. Stephens dropped their price target on Cooper Companies from $500.00 to $460.00 and set an overweight rating for the company in a research report on Friday, June 3rd. Citigroup dropped their price target on Cooper Companies from $406.00 to $350.00 and set a buy rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Finally, Robert W. Baird dropped their price target on Cooper Companies from $375.00 to $345.00 and set a neutral rating for the company in a research report on Thursday. Three equities research analysts have rated the stock with a hold rating and eight have issued a buy rating to the company. Based on data from MarketBeat.com, the company has a consensus rating of Moderate Buy and an average target price of $413.67.
Institutional Inflows and Outflows
Large investors have recently modified their holdings of the business. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC boosted its position in shares of Cooper Companies by 6.4% during the first quarter. Orion Portfolio Solutions LLC now owns 1,063 shares of the medical device company’s stock valued at $444,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the period. Captrust Financial Advisors boosted its position in shares of Cooper Companies by 6.7% during the first quarter. Captrust Financial Advisors now owns 1,026 shares of the medical device company’s stock valued at $428,000 after buying an additional 64 shares during the period. Private Advisor Group LLC boosted its position in shares of Cooper Companies by 16.5% during the first quarter. Private Advisor Group LLC now owns 1,005 shares of the medical device company’s stock valued at $419,000 after buying an additional 142 shares during the period. Edgestream Partners L.P. purchased a new position in shares of Cooper Companies during the first quarter valued at approximately $396,000. Finally, Sawtooth Solutions LLC purchased a new position in shares of Cooper Companies during the first quarter valued at approximately $236,000. Hedge funds and other institutional investors own 97.09% of the company’s stock.
Cooper Companies Company Profile
The Cooper Companies, Inc, together with its subsidiaries, develops, manufactures, and markets contact lens wearers. The company operates in two segments, CooperVision and CooperSurgical. The CooperVision segment offers spherical lense, including lenses that correct near and farsightedness; and toric and multifocal lenses comprising lenses correcting vision challenges, such as astigmatism, presbyopia, myopia, ocular dryness and eye fatigues in the Americas, Europe, Middle East, Africa, and Asia Pacific.
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HowTheLightGetsIn: The festival striving to unravel life’s unexplained mysteries
‘We are all philosophers. We have all got to come to terms with the strangeness of life,’ festival founder Hilary Lawson says
There are not many festivals where you could easily cross paths with a Nobel Laureate or a Pulitzer Prize winner while queuing for some food - unless you are sauntering around HowTheLightGetsIn festival that is.
Something of an ideological lucky dip, HowTheLightGetsIn, the biggest philosophy and music festival in the world, is known for its eclectic line-ups. Previous speakers at the event span from Noam Chomsky, renowned academic, to Brian Eno, the English musician, Ed Milliband, former Labour Party leader, Philip Pullman, best-selling author, to two authors both famed for whipping up controversy, Richard Dawkins and Slavoj Zizek.
At its core, HowTheLightGetsIn is about trying to liberate philosophy from the far-flung elitist ivory tower of academia and make it more digestible and rousing for wider audiences. And it is Hilary Lawson, the festival’s founder, who is at the helm of this noble pursuit.
“In Britain and the US, philosophy is often seen as something of a joke and more associated with Monty Python’s Philosopher’s Football match,” Lawson previously told The Independent.
“We would rather associate philosophy with Parisian taxi drivers than engaging ourselves. We are all philosophers. We have all got to come to terms with the strangeness of life. The idea of discussing these things openly and directly was thought to be unnecessary. This strikes me as being ridiculous.”
Lawson, a philosopher himself, is intent on overhauling the idea that philosophy is “beyond the realms of the normal person” and ensnared in petty debates about semantics.
“In some sense, everyone is a philosopher. We are all in this strange situation of being alive - there are lots of puzzles and things we need to make sense of,” he noted.
However, it is not just the all-star lineups of speakers which make HowTheLightGetsIn so different from other festivals, it is also the fact there is being music and comedy performed alongside the talks. Musicians, Clean Bandit, and Hot Chip, and comedians such as Sarah Pascoe have also performed.
Discussing this year’s event, Lawson, who is famed for his theory of closure, said: “If you are listening to a debate in a festival tent, there is something about occasional background sounds of music and entertainment drifting in from other venues that helps to level the conversation.
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Sign up“Music is also about being fully present and experiencing being alive. Thinking is only one part of the philosophical story. Being is the other. And we are frequently closer to that on the dance floor than in the lecture hall.”
The festival is hosted twice a year. In May, the event is held in Hay-on-Wye in Wales, while in September, the festival is at Kenwood House in north London. The forthcoming festival being held later this month, from 17 - 18 September, will be headlined by novelist, Esther Freud, Peter Singer, the “godfather of altruism”, as well as reality theorist Donald Hoffman, among others.
With over 200 speakers and performers spanning across 130 events and 10 stages, as well as music from 2022 Mercury nominee Gwenno, and Django Django, the 2012 Mercury Nominee, there is a lot to soak up this year.
“We look not only to philosophers, but to scientists, novelists, artists and politicians,” Lawson, who is the director of the Institute of Art and Ideas, said. “The big questions are present in every field, and new philosophical ideas are at least as likely to appear in literature, history or science as they are in philosophy.”
More details on HowTheLightGetsIn can be found here. As a festival partner, The Independent is offering a 20 per cent discount on tickets with the code INDY22. Don’t miss out on tickets here.
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Deputy accused of stomping girlfriend’s cat to death, police say
TAMPA, Fla. (Gray News) – A deputy in Florida is facing charges for felony animal abuse after stomping on his girlfriend’s cat, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Police said Eric Harris, with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, was upset that his girlfriend’s cats were jumping onto the counters and furniture and defecating outside of their litter box.
Harris’ girlfriend found both cats hiding in their crate when she returned home shortly after 7 p.m. Aug. 22.
According to police, she noticed the toenails on one of the cat’s rear paws were broken and bloody.
The cat, named Axel, couldn’t stand using its rear legs and was acting oddly, so she took it to the vet.
The veterinarian recommended the cat be taken to an animal hospital for urgent care, where Axel died from the injuries the same day.
The doctor contacted law enforcement due to the severity of the cat’s injuries, according to police.
Detectives questioned Harris about the injuries, who denied any wrongdoing and claimed the cat was fine during the time he was with it alone.
According to the results of a necropsy conducted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Axel suffered severe injuries to internal organs and facial injuries, including a missing tooth.
The cat also had markings on its body that indicated it had been stomped.
Police say the cat’s cause of death was ruled as blunt force trauma.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif. (AP) — Tougher clean energy goals, a ban on new oil and gas wells near homes and schools, and establishing guidelines for capturing carbon and storing it underground are among the climate proposals California Democrats advanced in the final days of the legislative session.
Taken together, along with tens of billions in budget money for climate proposals, the policies marked one of the state’s most groundbreaking years for climate action, some advocates said.
“This was a watershed year on climate action,” said Mary Creasman, chief executive officer for California Environmental Voters.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom in August delivered to lawmakers a slate of climate proposals, some of which lawmakers had been pushing unsuccessfully for years. All but one, a proposal that would have required deeper greenhouse gas emissions cuts by 2030, will now head to his desk.
Broadly, legislative Republicans argued the bills would destroy in-state jobs and require the state to turn to foreign countries to import oil to maintain an economy that still relies heavily on fossil fuels. Democrats, meanwhile, said the urgency of climate change requires swifter, more aggressive action.
Here’s a look and some of the key measures:
NEIGHBORHOOD OIL DRILLING
Oil and gas companies would no longer be able to drill wells within 3,200 feet (975 meters) of homes, schools and other community sites.
About 2.7 million Californians live within that distance of a well already, according to state Sen. Lena Gonzalez, one of the bill’s authors. Studies show living near a drilling site can elevate the risk of birth defects, respiratory issues and health problems. Neighborhood oil wells are common across parts of Los Angeles County and Kern County.
The legislation wouldn’t shut down the more than 28,000 existing wells in that zone, but would require them to meet strict pollution controls. Those wells would also be barred from most permits to deepen or rework the wells.
State oil regulators announced a similar policy in 2021, though it has not yet been finalized. Supporters of the policy believed passing the law was the quickest path forward.
“This is a victory for every single family and every single frontline community in California that has been fighting Big Oil’s drilling in our backyards for decades and pushing for setbacks for years,” Kobi Naseck, coalition coordinator, for Voices in Solidarity Against Oil in Neighborhoods said in a statement.
California is the seventh largest oil-producing state and ranks fourteenth for natural gas production. Republican state Sen. Shannon Grove of Bakersfield, one of the state’s oil hubs, said the proposal would affect thousands of wells in her district and do nothing to reduce a need for oil.
“It doesn’t change the fact that Californians are still using oil every single day to make their lives more convenient and better,” she said.
RENEWABLE ENERGY
California has already mandated that 100% of retail electricity sales will come from non-carbon energy sources like solar and wind power by 2045. Current law sets an interim goal of 60% by 2030.
Lawmakers have now boosted that to 90% by 2035 and 95% by 2040.
The action comes as California is struggling to keep its power grid stable as the state transitions away from fossil fuels and record temperatures blanket the state.
The more aggressive targets will put even more pressure on the state to build more solar panels, wind turbines and batteries that can store that power for use at night. At the same time, electricity demand is expected to sore as California tries to get more people to swap out gas-powered cars and home appliances for electric ones.
Lawmakers also agreed to a policy aimed at extending the life of Diablo Canyon, the state’s last nuclear power plant, to help stabilize the energy grid. Supporters of nuclear power say it is an environmentally friendly carbon-free energy source, but critics worry about its safety. The bill says any power from the plant generated after August 2025 couldn’t count toward California’s 2045 clean energy targets.
Newsom, speaking Wednesday, acknowledged the challenges of having enough energy to meet demand during heat waves made worse by climate change. But he said that will only accelerate California’s push to build a cleaner energy grid.
“Don’t think for a second … that we’re going to de-escalate our commitment to that transition,” he said.
CARBON NEUTRALITY
Former California Gov. Jerry Brown signed an executive order in 2018 calling for the state to be carbon neutral by 2045, meaning any carbon that it emits is offset by removing a similar amount from the atmosphere.
Legislators on Wednesday voted to turn that goal into a law and require an 85% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions along with it. The second part is designed to ensure that the carbon neutrality is mostly achieved by lowering emissions, not taking carbon out of the air.
Some environmental groups are skeptical that carbon capture is a reliable and safe technology and worry it will be used to let oil companies keep emitting fossil fuels.
Another bill passed by the Legislature requires the state air board to create a permitting process for for such projects. It bans the technology from being used to extract more oil.
ODDS AND ENDS
Low-income Californians who don’t own a car would get a $1,000 tax credit under another proposal headed to Newsom’s desk. It would only be eligible for single people making less than $40,000 or couples making less than $60,000. Transportation is the largest single source of greenhouse gas emissions in California, and the state is broadly trying to get people out of gas-powered cars over the next dozen years.
Meanwhile, a proposal that would have required corporations with revenues of more than $1 billion to disclose their greenhouse gas emissions failed to pass the Assembly.
Another bill that would have set the state’s 2030 greenhouse gas emission goals at 55% below 1990 levels also failed. The current requirement is a 40% reduction, which some observers say the state is not on path to achieve.
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Sharp-Eyed CNN Viewers Spot Telling Change Occurring Behind Biden During His Prime Time Address
President Joe Biden’s use of dark red imagery in his Thursday Independence Hall speech may have been subtly altered in CNN’s broadcast.
The establishment media cable news channel appeared to adjust the dark-red lighting to a more pleasant tone.
At one moment in CNN’s broadcast of the speech, the tone of the lighting changed within seconds.
Watch the moment CNN slowly adjusts the camera settings when the blood-red lighting behind Dark Brandon is looking a little too authoritarian.
By the end, the stripes on the American flag are pinkish-purple. https://t.co/IuYGZRbpGZ pic.twitter.com/RgzKrVEEcB
— Mia Cathell (@MiaCathell) September 2, 2022
The red coloration of stripes on the American flag appeared to shift to a lighter, more purple tone.
Biden delivered attacks on “MAGA Republicans” in the speech, referring to them as a threat to American democracy.
The president mentioned “MAGA Republicans” ten times, making further references to “MAGA forces” and “MAGA ideology.”
The optics of the speech — delivered outside the building in which American patriots signed the Declaration of Independence — drew criticism for its harsh tone.
Some viewers questioned the use of dark red lighting in the speech, describing the imagery as authoritarian.
Biden appeared in front of two Marines in the speech.
Former White House Press Secretary Kayleigh McEnany criticized Biden’s use of a “hellish red background” in the fiery address, according to Fox News.
The lighting even drew comparisons to the Soviet Union and Nazi Germany — two brutal dictatorships that made use of red colors in state imagery.
Everytime I think Biden and crew can’t be dumber they outdo themselves. Seriously who gives a speech warning people about how dangerous Republicans are to Democracy while having a background that looks like the Soviet Union and Hitler had a baby? pic.twitter.com/sukqTswI3C
— Dave Portnoy (@stoolpresidente) September 2, 2022
Contrasting images before and after the apparent lighting change appear to demonstrate a change in CNN’s broadcast settings.
I wasn’t sure, so I capped the screen at the beginning and at the end. Here’s the comparison.
Also, its worth noting that the foreground is the same (so someone didn’t mess with this in post) and the flag changes color (so its not the two lights changing color).
They added blue. pic.twitter.com/Q5lZn95XlA— Pro-Freedom John (@johnabbottnet) September 2, 2022
Sped-up video of the segment of Biden’s speech in question appears to demonstrate the color change even more clearly.
CNN hasn’t responded to the claims it changed the coloration of its broadcast of the speech.
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Ripped jean outfits: get your inspiration fix with these celebrity style moments
Although regularly in and out of fashion, ripped jeans are the definition of a wardrobe staple. While your elderly relatives may not approve, it's hard to argue against their superlative wearability. Whether you're a long-time advocate or a recent convert, a capsule wardrobe is still incomplete without them.
How to copy the look
When it comes to styling ripped jeans, we're looking to some of the most stylish celebrities for inspiration. Bella Hadid explored the breadth of monochrome in Paris earlier this year, donning a flared-leg pair with an extended polo neck and a ribbed knit cardigan.
MORE: The 8 most stylish denim jumpsuits to add to cart now
To recreate the 25-year-old's ensemble, turn to Arket and Whistles for cosy knits and Los Angeles-based SLVRLAKE for flattering denim cuts.
Hello! Fashion shares the celebrity ripped jean outfits that live in our mind rent-free:
Gigi Hadid
An oldie but a goodie – Gigi Hadid's 2017 double denim moment with a splash of tomato red has to be one of her best street style moments, ever.
READ: How to style double denim – this summer we are taking cues from Julia Fox and Naomi Campbell
RELATED: Get the look: Elsa Hosk's off-duty double denim suit co-ord
Maje Paros ripped wide-leg high-rise jeans, £199, Selfridges
Emily Ratajkowski
Considering attempting boyfriend jeans? Let this killer Emily Ratajkowski look be your sartorial guide. Her skater-style canvas trainers nodded to the footwear trend that dominated the early 2010s, and yet, a statement yellow zebra print trench gave the ensemble a super-loud, contemporary feel.
J Brand Tate cropped distressed boyfriend jeans, £275, Net-A-Porter
Bella Hadid
In Paris earlier this year Bella was serving 2000s-mum-school-pick-up with her ripped flares style moment, right down to the long chunky knit cardigan. It's bold, but it wouldn't be a Bella Hadid look if it wasn't rooted in nostalgia.
SLVRLAKE London high-rise wide-leg jeans, £337, Mytheresa
Kaia Gerber
Kaia Gerber rocked an oversized pinstripe blazer with black asymmetrically ripped jeans, forming a look that exuded French-girl chic, despite its New York backdrop.
Miu Miu ripped-detail paperbag flared jeans, £820, Farfetch
Julia Fox
Forget double denim, Julia Fox proved herself as the most earnest of devotees, sporting a head-to-toe light wash look in Los Angeles earlier this year. Her low-rise baggy jeans and micro top combo is certainly not for the fainthearted – which is part of the reason why we can't get enough of it.
Denimist panelled distressed boyfriend jeans, £395, Net-A-Porter
Alessandra Ambrosio
Brazilian supermodel Alessandra Ambrosio looked the picture of off-duty chic when she stepped out in 2018 in a graphic tee and straight-leg ripped jeans. Plus, the jacket slung over the shoulders? One word: timeless.
Agolde 90s distressed mid-rise straight-leg organic jeans, £260, Net-A-Porter
Kate Moss
Ah, 2012. It was the age of the Olympics, the Royal Wedding, and the streets were rife with Kate Moss' now-iconic Topshop collection pieces. But the legendary supermodel remained unfazed and ultra-stylish in a powdery blue fluffy coat and subtly ripped skinny jeans.
Dolce & Gabbana ripped tapered jeans, £875, Farfetch
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NASA nears second attempt to launch Artemis moon rocket on debut test flight
Ground teams at Kennedy Space Centre in Florida on Friday began a final full day of launch preparations on the eve of a second attempt to send NASA's giant, next-generation moon rocket on its debut test flight, five days after technical problems foiled an initial try.
Mission managers were still “go” for a Saturday afternoon lift-off of the 32-story-tall Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and its Orion space capsule to kick off NASA's moon-to-Mars Artemis program, successor to the Apollo lunar missions a half-century ago, NASA officials said.
Tests conducted Thursday night showed technicians appeared to have fixed a leaky fuel line that contributed to NASA's decision to halt Monday's initial launch operation, Jeremy Parsons, a deputy program manager at the space centre, told reporters on Friday.
Two other key issues on the rocket itself — a faulty engine temperature sensor and some cracks in insulation foam — have largely been resolved, Artemis mission manager Mike Sarafin told reporters Thursday night.
Melody Lovin, a launch weather officer for the U.S. Space Force in Cape Canaveral, said forecasts called for a 70% chance of favourable conditions during the two-hour Saturday launch window, which opens at 2:17pm. EDT (1817 GMT), as well as for a backup launch time on Monday.
“The weather continues to still look pretty good for the launch attempt on Saturday,” Lovin said. “I do not expect weather to be a show-stopper by any means for either launch window.”
Still, she added, the odds of scrubbing a launch on any given day for weather or any reason were about one-in-three.
The mission, dubbed Artemis I, marks the first voyage for both the SLS rocket and the Orion capsule, built under NASA contracts with Boeing Co and Lockheed Martin Corp , respectively.
The SLS is set to launch Orion around the moon and back on a 37-day, uncrewed test flight designed to put both vehicles through their paces before flying astronauts in a subsequent mission targeted for 2024.
If the first two Artemis missions succeed, NASA is aiming to land astronauts back on the moon, including the first woman to set foot on the lunar surface, as early as 2025, though many experts believe that time frame is likely to slip by a few years.
Twelve astronauts walked on the moon during six Apollo missions from 1969 to 1972, the only space flights yet to place humans on the lunar surface.
Apollo grew out of the US-Soviet space race of the Cold War era, while NASA's renewed lunar focus is driven more by science and encompasses international partnerships with the space agencies of Europe, Japan and Canada, and with commercial rocket ventures such as SpaceX.
Unlike Apollo, the latest flights to the moon are aimed at establishing a long-term, sustainable base of operations on the lunar surface and in lunar orbit as a stepping stone for eventual human expeditions to Mars.
NASA's first step is getting off the ground with the SLS, the biggest new vertical launch system the US space agency has built since the Saturn V rocket of the Apollo era.
If the Artemis I mission is postponed again for any reason, NASA could try again either on Monday or Tuesday. After that, regulations limiting how long a rocket can remain at its launch tower would likely require the spacecraft to be rolled back to its assembly building before another lift-off attempt, Parsons said. Such a move would involve a more extended delay than a few days or a week.
The SLS and Orion have been under development for more than a decade, with years of delays and ballooning costs that have run to at least $37 billion as of last year. But the Artemis program also has generated tens of thousands of jobs and billions of dollars in commerce for the aerospace industry, according to NASA.
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Newswise — A 55-year-old male with a history of hypertension and sedentary lifestyle experiences chest discomfort, shortness of breath, and cold sweats. His wife calls EMS who administer treatment and transport him to the emergency department.
A 69-year-old female with a history of high blood pressure and high cholesterol tells her husband that she is experiencing shortness of breath, upper back pain, and extreme fatigue. He suggests that she rest as she has had family stressors lately. Similar scenarios occur across the country daily.
Both of these individuals had heart attacks.
Symptoms are challenging to interpret for clinicians and the public. A new scientific statement, “State of the Science: The Relevance of Symptoms in Cardiovascular Disease and Research: A Scientific Statement From the American Heart Association”, co-authored by Holli A. DeVon PhD, RN, FAAN, FAHA, professor & associate dean for research, gives recommendations for caring for patients with cardiovascular diseases.
“Symptoms are subjective, and individuals experience them differently based on their prior experiences and their health history,” said DeVon, who is also the Audrienne H. Moseley Endowed Chair in Community Research at UCLA Nursing. “We do know that the majority of patients having a heart attack experience chest pain or discomfort. Shortness of breath and unusual fatigue are frequently reported. There is also an overlap of heart attack symptoms with other conditions such as gastric reflux, stress, and depression. There is evidence of some minor sex differences in symptoms of heart attack. Women have reported more pain in areas other than the chest and more symptoms compared to men.”
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Three drug arrests in Red Springs
Sep. 2—RED SPRINGS — An investigation into larcenies in the Mount Zion Church Road and N.C. 71 North, Red Springs area has led to multiple arrests.
On Wednesday, Robeson County Sheriff's Office Criminal Investigations Division and Drug Enforcement Division Investigators executed a search warrant at 224 Mount Zion Church Road in Red Springs, according to a release from the sheriff's office. During the course of the investigation and search, a quantity of fentanyl, cocaine, suboxone, marijuana, four firearms and drug paraphernalia were located and seized.
Investigators also recovered tobacco products that were stolen during the recent breaking-and-entering of a convenience store and a stolen vehicle.
Investigators arrested and charged Lucius Locklear, 25, and his mother, Jacqueline Locklear, 45, both of Red Springs, with possession with intent to sale or deliver cocaine; possession with intent to sale or deliver marijuana; maintaining a drug dwelling; possession with intent to manufacture, sale, or deliver schedule I controlled substance; possession with intent to manufacture, sale, or deliver schedule III controlled substance; felony conspiracy; possessing drug paraphernalia; and possessing marijuana paraphernalia.
Lucius Locklear was placed in the Robeson County Detention Center under a $1 million secured bond. Jacqueline Locklear was placed in the Robeson County Detention Center under a $500,000 secured bond.
John Murr, 50, of Red Springs was arrested and charged with breaking and entering, larceny after breaking and entering, felony larceny and possession of a firearm by a convicted felon. Murr was placed in the custody of the Robeson County Detention Center with a $55,000 secured bond.
"Brightly colored drugs were seized during this arrest" said Sheriff Burnis Wilkins. "... Information regarding the dispersal of colorful drugs was released last week by the DEA. Drugs such as this are used to attract younger users. Drug dealers don't care about the age of the person using their product, they are only concerned for themselves and their pocket.
"The Drug Enforcement Division will continue its efforts in combatting the drug problem in Robeson County by working alongside our local, state and federal partners while also providing assistance to those that are addicted," Wilkins said.
Lucius Locklear is out on bond on charges related to a homicide. In February 2017, Locklear was charged with first-degree murder, felony conspiracy to commit robbery with a dangerous weapon, kidnapping, robbery with a dangerous weapon, and discharging a firearm into an occupied vehicle.
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Fantasy Football League: new SKY & NOW TV show reveals line-up including AJ Tracey and Sir Mo Pharah
“Should I captain Haaland or Salah?”
Sky Sports has confirmed the line-up for its new Fantasy Football League show coming to SKY & NOW this september.
Fantasy football once held a place amongst dedicated sport fans, now it is sweeping through offices and friend groups across the UK.
In a timely fashion, Sky Sports have announced the line-up to their brand-new Fantasy football show where hosts Matt Lucas and Elis James bring on a multitude of celebrities to discuss the growing world of fantasy football.
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What is the Fantasy Football line-up
Across the 16-episode series, Matt Lucas and Elis James will be joined by a variety of celebrities in the digital dugout, including Sir Mo Pharah and rapper AJ Tracey. Here is the entire guest line-up
- AJ Tracey
- Roman Kemp
- Sir Mo Farah
- Sir Trever Mcdonald
- Brian Cox
- Russell Howard
- Chris McCausland
- Tom Grennan
- Doc Brown
- Gabby Logan
- Jennifer Saunders
- Maisie Adam
- Sam Quek
- Rachel Riley
- Jaime Windstone
- Sally Lindsay
- Lady Leshurr
What to expect from Fantasy Football League
The show will aim to appease both the new and cult following by discussing topics from the world of football today and revamping the much-loved Phoenix from the Flames segment which appeared in the original series.
Fantasy Football League will honour the format of the original series.
How to watch Fantasy Football League
Fantasy Football League will air exclusively to Sky MAX and streaming service NOW TV from September 29. The series will contain 16-episodes.
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LOS ANGELES (AP) — A Los Angeles federal judge threw out an indictment Friday charging a dive boat captain with manslaughter in the deaths of 34 people in a 2019 fire aboard a vessel anchored off the Southern California coast.
The ruling came on the third anniversary of one of the deadliest maritime disasters in recent U.S. history as the Conception went down in flames Sept. 2, 2019, near an island off the coast of Santa Barbara. All 33 passengers and a crew member who were trapped in a bunk room below deck died.
Captain Jerry Boylan, 68, failed to follow safety rules, federal prosecutors said. He was accused of “misconduct, negligence and inattention” by failing to train his crew, conduct fire drills and have a roving night watchman on the boat when the fire ignited.
But the indictment failed to specify that Boylan acted with gross negligence, which U.S. District Judge George Wu said was a required element to prove the crime of seaman’s manslaughter and must be listed in the indictment.
Prosecutors will seek approval from the Department of Justice to appeal the ruling, said Thom Mrozek, a spokesperson for the U.S. attorney in Los Angeles. They can also seek a new indictment alleging gross negligence.
Boylan and four other crew members, who had all been sleeping on an upper deck, escaped from the burning boat after the captain made a panicked mayday call.
Surviving crew members said the blaze prevented them from trying to reach those trapped in the bunk room. Flames blocked a stairwell and a small hatch that were the only exits from below deck, officials said. All 34 perished from smoke inhalation.
The ruling is the second recent blow to prosecutors in the case.
Boylan originally was indicted on 34 counts of seaman’s manslaughter with each carrying a possible prison term of 10 years if he was convicted. Defense lawyers sought to dismiss those charges because they argued the deaths were all the result of a single incident and were not separate crimes.
Before that issue could be argued in court, prosecutors got a superseding indictment in July charging Boylan only with one count of seaman’s manslaughter that alleged his negligence caused all 34 deaths. If convicted, he would have faced a maximum of 10 years in prison.
The defense also argued that the single-count indictment should be thrown out because it did not allege Boylan acted with gross negligence, which they said was a required element of the crime.
Federal prosecutors countered that under the pre-Civil War statute, designed to hold steamboat captains and crew responsible for maritime disasters, they only needed to show Boylan acted with simple negligence, a unique standard for a felony.
Prosecutors cited the language of the statute that says captains and other boat employees can face up to 10 years in prison for “misconduct, negligence, or inattention to his duties on such vessel the life of any person is destroyed.”
Wu said the case law on seaman’s manslaughter was inconsistent in appellate courts. Only a New Orleans appeals court had upheld the requirement that only simple negligence needed to be proven to win a conviction.
Robert Weisberg, a criminal law professor at Stanford University, blamed Congress in part for writing the law in an “ad hoc and inconsistent” manner.
The judge’s ruling was sensible for relying on other appellate opinions that found gross negligence was a required element for the similar crime of involuntary manslaughter cases, Weisberg said. California and many other state courts also require proof of gross negligence for involuntary manslaughter.
The difference between the two types of negligence is often viewed as whether someone should be slapped with civil damages or criminally punished for their behavior.
Simple negligence would be if someone caused harm without ever considering the risks they took. It would be gross negligence if they considered the possible consequences but acted anyway. Gross negligence often incorporates an element of recklessness.
“Defendant has presented persuasive reasons for why the statute should be read to require gross negligence as an element necessary for conviction (and indictment), and the government’s reasons to the contrary do not convince the court otherwise,” Wu wrote.
As a homicide case with a possible 10-year sentence, Wu noted that the Supreme Court has been reluctant to allow prosecutors to show negligence instead of the more difficult standard of showing a defendant acted with criminal intent.
Federal safety investigators blamed the owners of the vessel, Truth Aquatics Inc., for a lack of oversight, though they have not been charged with a crime.
Truth Aquatics sued in federal court under a provision in maritime law to avoid payouts to the families of the victims. Family members of the dead have filed claims against boat owners Glen and Dana Fritzler and the company. | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Judge-tosses-manslaughter-charge-in-boat-fire-17415880.php | 2022-09-02T20:25:47Z | https://www.sheltonherald.com/news/article/Judge-tosses-manslaughter-charge-in-boat-fire-17415880.php | false | 25 |
Hollywood Star Facing Disgusting Allegations Involving Children Will Keep His Role in Latest Movie
What does Ezra Miller need to do to get fired?
Miller is the latest example of Hollywood privilege. If you had multiple arrests in Hawaii over the course of 2022 — including for harassment and assault — you’d likely lose your job. Same if there were reports of a child walking around your Vermont compound (that word alone so seldom augurs well for things to come) with a bullet in his mouth. Or if there were a video of you allegedly choking a woman in an Icelandic bar.
What’s more, if there were allegations you were grooming multiple underage children and rumors that you were running a cult, you’d be ostracized from the community completely; you’d have to pick up and start over again in another part of the world, praying your new neighbors didn’t find out.
Not Miller, though. Even though a single one of these incidents would cost us mere mortals our employment, the Hollywood star is apparently still going to appear in multiple upcoming films — including appearing as the titular characters in “The Flash” and “Dalíland.”
But don’t blame “Dalíland” director Mary Harron. According to Variety, before the premiere of the movie at the upcoming Toronto International Film Festival, she wanted everyone to know shooting had already wrapped when Miller started behaving erratically — and, well, why go back and reshoot?
Harron, who’s best known for her adaptation of the novel “American Psycho” (“You like Huey Lewis and the News?”), told the media that, look, what’s finished is finished.
“The film was completely finished and wrapped,” Harron said. “It might have been different, especially if we were shooting, if there had been bad behavior during that. But this all happened after the film was not only filmed, but edited and mixed and done. I also felt like everybody shot all those things in good faith. Nothing bad happened during our filming, and the film is the film.”
It’s not that Harron doesn’t realize the seriousness of the whole thing, it’s just that the show must go on.
“I’m not condoning anything they’ve done wrong. I think it doesn’t matter how talented someone is, if they’ve done anything wrong, they have to face it,” she continued. (Miller, who identifies as non-binary, uses they/them pronouns.)
“I also think that clearly this is not just a young star acting out. This is much more serious. This seems like something that needs a serious intervention, which I hope has happened.”
At the very least, Miller entered a mental health facility in August.
“Having recently gone through a time of intense crisis, I now understand that I am suffering complex mental health issues and have begun ongoing treatment,” Miller said, according to Variety.
“I want to apologize to everyone that I have alarmed and upset with my past behavior. I am committed to doing the necessary work to get back to a healthy, safe and productive stage in my life.”
It’s not quite that easy, however, given his legal issues. In addition a felony burglary charge in Vermont, Miller has been accused of grooming two minors and has received court orders to steer clear of them.
In one case, he was accused of showering attention and gifts on a 12-year-old Massachusetts child, including offering to pay for a horse. After that, he offered to pay for the child’s design school, according to an exposé Business Insider published in early August.
“I kept wondering why Ezra was here. Like, don’t you have Hollywood stuff to do? Don’t you have movies coming out?” the child’s mother said about the frequent visits.
A visiting neighbor said he also came armed.
“[Miller] was wearing a bulletproof vest — and I had no idea until later that they were armed,” the neighbor said.
During the visit, the neighbor described a bizarre incident in which Miller exploded after being challenged on an assertion that the game Parcheesi was Rastafarian in origin.
“At this point, Ezra explodes and started screaming directly into my face,” the neighbor said. “They said, ‘You don’t even know what the f*** you’re talking about. What did you say to me? What did you just say to me?!’”
According to Business Insider, Miller told the mother that her child was “a mystical being” who was more powerful than the mother. Thus, they “would be lucky to have Ezra to guide and protect them.”
The parents eventually sought and received an order banning Miller from contact with their boy.
In another case, parents Sara Jumping Eagle and Chase Iron Eyes alleged that their daughter, 18-year-old Tokata, had been groomed by Miller for six years with a relationship that culminated in physical and verbal abuse. The family originally met Miller while the actor was protesting the Dakota Access pipeline, which was planned to run close to the Standing Rock Reservation in North Dakota.
The inappropriate behavior allegedly began in 2017, when Miller flew Tokata and others he met during the Standing Rock protests to London to visit the set of one of his movies. On the trip, he reportedly wanted to sleep in the same bed as the 14-year-old girl.
Things intensified to the point where Tokata was spending large chunks of time at Miller’s Vermont compound.
“On January 29, Miller and their house guests called Tokata’s parents to tell them Tokata was incapacitated after having taken LSD four days prior,” Business Insider reported. “Iron Eyes and Jumping Eagle flew to Vermont the next day. When they arrived, they said, Tokata was ‘out of it’ and ‘incoherent,’ screaming so relentlessly that she lost her voice for several days. She had bruises on her arms and left cheek, they said, and she didn’t have her phone or ID.”
A member of the household also said they saw Miller having sex with Tokata, something both parties denied.
The parents received a protective order barring Miller from contacting their daughter in June, although the Los Angeles Times reported the court was unable to locate Miller to serve him with the order.
And then there’s the various arrests and charges against him, allegations he set up what amounted to a cult in Iceland But, hey — he gets to keep his role in not only “Dalíland” but — more importantly — “The Flash.”
Miller already played the iconic DC Comics character in the 2017 film “Justice League” and the 2021 re-edit, “Zack Snyder’s Justice League.” Miller’s “The Flash,” which is set to open next summer, is supposed to represent a key component in the DC Comics universe.
On Aug. 11, The Hollywood Reporter said insiders with the studio said there were three possible options regarding what to do with the film.
“First, Warners has received indications that the 29-year-old Miller, whose mother has accompanied the actor in recent days, will seek professional help after returning home to their farm in Vermont after being away,” THR reported. “If that happens, Miller, who goes by they/them pronouns, could give an interview at some point explaining their erratic behavior over the past few years. The actor could then do limited press for The Flash, and the movie would open in cinemas as planned.
“The second scenario: Even if Miller doesn’t reach out for help, Warners could still release the film. But don’t expect Miller to play a prominent role in terms of marketing and publicity. Nor would Miller be the Flash going forward, as the role would be recast in future projects.
“The third: The situation with Miller deteriorates further,” THR’s report continued. (Emphasis mine.) “This would see Warners killing the movie outright, as it could not be reshot with a different actor. Miller plays multiple characters and is in almost every scene. Scrapping a $200 million film would be an unprecedented move.”
The emphasis is there for this reason: How much further do things need to deteriorate before Miller gets fired? In “The Flash,” their star is alleged to be a child-grooming, cult-leading, house-burglarizing, drug-using degenerate. Their response? “Golly, if his behavior gets worse, we’re going to have to do something about this.”
Scrapping a massive film like this may be unprecedented, but this represents an unprecedented situation of unusual depravity. In the case of “Dalíland,” the budget is nowhere near that high. In both cases, the fact Miller gets to stay in the picture represents an abdication of moral responsibility that can only be described as egregious.
Sadly, in Hollywood, that isn’t unprecedented.
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Football World Reacts To College Football Playoff Expansion News
The plan for a long-discussed College Football Playoff expansion is finally in motion.
During a meeting between the Board of Managers on Friday, CFP presidents unanimously agreed to a 12-team postseason model.
The new format is expected to go into effect in 2026, but could potentially begin as early as 2024 or 2025.
The college football world took to Twitter to react to this massive, sport-altering news.
"Big news. Not sure if it’s good or bad tbh but it’s inevitable," one fan wrote.
"Give me games at Home Stadiums to start please," another said.
"Great day for college football," another added.
"Let’s go! That’s what we call progress," another wrote.
"Like 90% of the time the final four teams are gonna be the same, like, 4-6 teams but the thing with a 12-team playoff is that remaining 10% of the time will be hilarious so let's cook," another said.
Stay tuned for further updates on this developing situation. | https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/football-world-reacts-to-college-football-playoff-expansion-news | 2022-09-02T20:29:07Z | https://thespun.com/more/top-stories/football-world-reacts-to-college-football-playoff-expansion-news | true | 1 |
PATNA: In a repeat of the December 2020 Arunachal Pradesh phenomenon, five of the six JD(U) MLAs in
Manipur joined the ruling
BJP on Friday, just a day before the Bihar’s ruling party’s national executive meeting in Patna on Saturday.
It has come as a major jolt to the JD(U) and Bihar chief minister
Nitish Kumar who has been nurturing national ambition for the 2024 general elections.
The five MLAs – K Joykisan Singh, Ngursanglur Sanate, Achab Uddin, Thangjam Arunkumar and L M Khaute -- who were scheduled to arrive in Patna on Saturday to attend the party’s crucial meeting, on Friday met the speaker of Manipur Vidhan Sabha and expressed their desire to join the ruling BJP as per the provisions under the 10th schedule of the constitution. The speaker approved their merger with the ruling BJP. The Manipur assembly secretariat later issued a notification in this regard.
A copy of the Manipur Vidhan Sabha notification on Friday.
Now, only one JD(U) MLA, Muhammad Abdul Nasir, who won the assembly pols from Lilong seat, remains with the party in the state.
“The political development in Manipur shows the morality of the BJP,” JD(U) national general secretary and party’s Northeast in-charge Afaque Ahamd Khan told TOI on Friday.
In December 2020, six of the seven JD(U) MLAs in Arunachal Pradesh had joined the BJP. The remaining lone JD(U) MLA in Arunachal Pradesh, Techi Kaso, joined the ruling BJP on August 24 this year. JD(U)’s lone MLA in Nagaland too had left the party a few years back.
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GRANVILLE, N.Y. (NEWS10) — Over 30 neglected horses have been reportedly seized from a property in Granville. New York State Police said Wendy Murphy, 54, of Granville, was arrested in connection with the incident.
On September 2, police executed a search warrant on Murphy’s property with the help of Washington County Animal Control and the SPCA of Upstate New York. Police said 31 horses were found and all appeared to be starving and neglected.
Murphy has been charged with 31 counts of New York Agriculture and Market Law: Overdriving, Torturing, and Injuring Animals. She was issued an appearance ticket to return to Granville Town Court on September 5.
According to police, all of the horses have been removed from the property. More charges are expected for Murphy. | https://www.news10.com/news/crime/over-30-horses-seized-from-granville-property-woman-arrested/ | 2022-09-02T20:37:10Z | https://www.news10.com/news/crime/over-30-horses-seized-from-granville-property-woman-arrested/ | true | null |
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If you’re like us, you have multiple sources for aeronautical data—charts—that can be in digital or paper format. Also like us, maybe the digital data you use in the cockpit comes from different vendors, even if it’s the same basic information. Everyone makes mistakes from time to time, even the FAA, with the eventual result that errors are found and corrected, and notifications are provided. Some errors result in notices to air missions (NOTAMs), but others don’t, and just get quietly corrected. How do you know what mistakes have been made, and what to do about it?
As with so many things aviation-related, the answer is, “It depends.” For one, it depends on what kind of error it is. For another, it depends on who made it, the FAA or a chart/data vendor. The error also can be related specifically to digital data, and possibly to certain combinations of avionics hardware and software. The bottom line is that the aeronautical data pilots and operators use come with multiple opportunities for errors to creep in. Learning about where and how to find these errors is part of the challenge.
Correction Sections
In part, that’s because there’s no single repository for updates to aeronautical data. The FAA may issue a NOTAM when either its underlying data is in error or there was a major chart production mistake. Depending on the chart and the change, a “corrected” publication may not be made available until the next publishing cycle, which for visual charts like sectionals may be up to six months away. At least that’s the way it’s supposed to work.
In the case of visual charts, a typical edition of the FAA Chart Supplement publication, formerly the Airport/Facility Directory, will include pages of corrections to the current product in its Chart Bulletin section. Examples include changed status of military training routes, plotting new obstacles and establishment of new controlled airspace. Changes to the underlying data—a VOR going out of service, an airport closing or a route segment with a new minimum en route altitude—likely will see a NOTAM, which can apply to all users no matter the chart they use.
Given the shorter 28- or 56-day chart revision cycle for instrument charts, it’s conceivable a NOTAM may not be published for many situations, with the change incorporated into the next cycle’s chart. When NOTAMs are published, however, usually for an approach procedure but also for arrivals and departures, they often have a material impact on the procedure. But it can take a while to work its way through the system.
For example, the ILS PRM Runway 9L approach at Atlanta’s Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport (KATL) as published on February 20, 2020, charts a middle marker. But a NOTAM published February 28, 2020, advises that the middle marker is out of service permanently. And an earlier NOTAM, published on January 22, 2020, makes wholesale changes to the procedure, including deletion of various notes and states “delete all reference to MBM MM.” Alas, the procedure published after these NOTAMs came out retains both the deleted notes and the middle marker.
Vendor Verifications
At least we have NOTAMs to work with for these kinds of changes. When it comes to non-FAA charts or the digital data that keeps our advanced avionics up-to-date, the situation may be different—we may have to seek the information from what we might consider non-standard sources.
For example, Jeppesen’s website has numerous pages devoted to its various information, including electronic and paper charts and its electronic NavData your panel-mounted databases may use. Garmin, which offers similar electronic data for its products, also has pages dedicated to keeping users updated on the information’s status as well as an alert system that includes information on those products and their interactions with certain data.
Both Jeppesen and Garmin—and probably other aeronautical data vendors—offer email-based alerts to new information and RSS (Really Simple Syndication) feeds to which users can subscribe. Signing up for email alerts or an RSS feed helps eliminate the error-prone chore of chasing down any new aeronautical data information on their respective websites. The FAA does basically the same things, by email, through its Aeronautical Information Portal (AIP).
Conclusion
There have always been changes to aeronautical data, since Elroy Jeppesen first started writing it all down. The proliferation of electronic data in our cockpits over the last 25 or so years has been nothing short of revolutionary, and today’s avionics can do things unheard of not that long ago. But with the convenience and utility of these new tools comes an even greater and faster way for errors to creep into the data and proliferate throughout the system. To ensure we always have the latest and most accurate data, we may need to take some proactive steps and not wait for the changes to come to us.
Different Strokes
This article was originally published in April 2020. Information used in this example is not current.
In the plan views for the VOR-A approach into Orange, Massachusetts (KORE), shown below, the FAA/Aeronav version (left) depicts a feeder route from the Gardner VOR/DME to the procedure’s initial approach fix, WETMU, plus a crossing radial from nearby VORTAC EEN (Keene, N.H.) as another way to identify the fix. The Jeppesen version of the same procedure (right) lacks the feeder route and the cross radial from EEN. The profile view for both versions of the plate (not shown) correctly depicts that WETMU is also identified as the 3.5 DME fix on GDM’s 294 radial.
Per a forum discussion on the BeechTalk.com website, the Jeppesen plan view omits the feeder route from GDM to WETMU and reportedly will be corrected, along with adding the cross radial from EEN, with the next chart revision cycle.
The main point here isn’t that someone made a mistake, but that the two major sources for this aeronautical information presented the same underlying data differently. Another point is that, as this article neared its final deadline 10 or so days after the difference was identified, there was no official notification for users. That’s how a lot of charting details seem to resolve when identified, so don’t be surprised by changes..
Special thanks to the knowledgeable and experienced commenters at BeechTalk.com who pointed out these differences and their solution.
Navigation Data Alerts
As discussed above in the article’s main text, both Jeppesen and Garmin, as electronic navigation data vendors, have their own systems for alerting users to problems or changes, examples of which are shown below. Both also offer RSS and updates by email, so you don’t have to go searching out this information each time you fly.
This article originally appeared in the April 2020 issue of Aviation Safety magazine.
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SOMERSET COUNTY, Pa. ( WTAJ ) – Authorities in Somerset County are looking for four people who are wanted on warrants as of Aug. 26.
Somerset County Department of Emergency Services along with the Somerset County PA Sheriff’s Office are searching for the following four people:
- Skylar Miller, 29, of Somerset area — wanted on drug charges
- Matthew Miller, 44, of Somerset area — wanted on DUI charges
- Brittany Blenker, 32, of Markelton area — wanted on drug charges
- Keith Ansell Jr., 45, of Central City area — wanted on receiving stolen property charges
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Anyone with information regarding their whereabouts is asked to contact the Sheriff’s Warrant Tip Line at 914-445-1413.
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By Robert Moran
Flowertruck, Partly Cloudy
★★★★
Thanks to its casual, ramshackle countenance, there’s a tendency to undersell the sort of delightfully low-stakes indie guitar-pop that Sydney’s been cranking out forever, those long-lost bands from the ’80s, ’90s, ‘00s that only the bandmates’ friends remember but might eventually cop a spin on Chimes on a Saturday morning, Paul Gough’s beautiful public service of a weekly radio show on 2SER.
Sydney jangle-rockers Flowertruck might’ve caught some attention with their 2018 debut Mostly Sunny, including Triple J airplay and an Australian Music Prize longlist nod that same year. But spiritually, they feel like one of those bands vinyl nerds uncover while bidding on a batch of unnamed 45s on eBay, mysteriously labelled with a generic catch-all like “indie/new wave/punk”.
Almost five years on from their bright breakthrough, the titular weather forecast of Flowertruck’s follow-up Partly Cloudy might signal a dour shift, but it’s, gratefully, just more of the same evocative, romantic, playfully misanthropic jangle-pop - ever indebted to the Go-Betweens, Orange Juice and the UK’s ’80s anorak set (Postcard Records, Sarah Records, Cherry Red Records, etc) - albeit a tad more tightly wound, probably due to experience, new guitarist David Gauci’s (who joined the band in 2019) springy solos, and, well, a general post-pandemic millennial malaise.
Pretending, partly inspired by singer Charles Rushforth’s pandemic job working at a caravan park in Broken Hill, is a buoyant opener with its meandering bass line and Rushforth’s Edwyn Collins affectations; the soulful Sing Along to Your Life is a warm, zoom-out acceptance of 20-something trial-and-error and forging forward in the face of it all; and breezy closer Hopeless, with its “hopeless in happiness” singalong, touches on a shifting perspective around ambition, success and personal contentment, including a nod to “those others that came before our scene, like names in a graveyard”. Could do worse than end up in the same gorgeously jangly plot.
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MIAMI - On Thursday, a small boat with approximately 15 Cuban migrants were found off the coast of Hollywood Beach, according to U.S. Customs and Border Control.
Three migrants were taken into custody for medical screening, the rest stayed with the U.S. Coast Guard.
"They prefer to take the risk and possibly die at sea, then live in a country where they can't breathe," said Dr. Andy Gomez, a professor of Cuban studies, at the University of Miami.
Dr. Gomez said one of the reasons for the large influx of refugees is that recently, food and water are nearly nonexistent on the island.
"We have reached a point where the government has failed to meet the needs of the people," he said.
After a medical exam, all 15 migrants will be sent back to Cuba.
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Additional charges filed in homeless camp investigation
Richland Co., S.C. (WOLO)– Additional charges were filed Friday against two men arrested at an elaborate homeless camp last week.
Investigators say early Friday morning deputies returned to the property to find Christopher Leggett removing a trailer full of items from the camp.
Deputies say Stephen Rhein was also there.
The two men and a woman were originally arrested on August 17th when deputies say they found the camp near Killian Rd. while investigating a burglary in the area.
Investigators say there were several stolen items at the camp. | https://www.abccolumbia.com/2022/09/02/additional-charges-filed-in-homeless-camp-investigation/ | 2022-09-02T20:50:07Z | https://www.abccolumbia.com/2022/09/02/additional-charges-filed-in-homeless-camp-investigation/ | false | null |
2-year-old boy suffered abuse for most of life before final beating, authorities say
HOUSTON (KTRK) - Authorities in Texas say a child suffered continuous physical abuse before he died in May.
Extended family members shared that they were devastated to hear about 2-year-old Daniel Escamia’s death.
According to the Wharton County Sheriff’s Office, he was found beaten with his body enduring continuous physical abuse.
The boy’s mother, Rebecca Lynn Hart, is currently in jail. She has been charged with capital murder. The child’s father, Eddie Escamia, has been charged with child endangerment with bodily injury.
According to the Texas Department of Family and Protective Services, Daniel’s young life was dotted with abuse and neglect investigations, with the first coming soon after he was born. The department confirmed a March 2020 allegation of neglect after the baby tested positive for drugs.
A year later, allegations of physical abuse and neglect were neither substantiated nor disproven, but in April of this year, authorities said the risk assessment for Daniel and his two siblings was high.
Two weeks later, the boy died.
According to the family services report, Daniel had unexplained injuries all over his body the day he died.
The department confirmed he had not been fed and was forced to sleep in a closet by himself in a filthy home. His brother and sister were removed from the house.
Previously, the parents were given family-based safety services. Investigators said the two people who were supposed to protect him did not.
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I've seen cops do at least six on this list. but of course, rules for me but not for thee!
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MOSCOW, September 2. /TASS/. Russia’s Veronika Kudermetova defeated on Friday Dalma Galfi of Hungary in the 3rd Round of the US Open tennis tournament.
Russia’s Kudermetova, seeded 18th at the US Open, beat her Hungarian opponent with the straight sets win of 6-2; 6-0.
Kudermetova, playing under a neutral status, is now set to face in the next round Tunisia’s Ons Jabeur, who defeated earlier in the day Shelby Rogers of the United States (4-6: 6-4; 6-3).
The 2022 US Open is being held on outdoor hard courts at the USTA Billie Jean King National Tennis Center in New York between August 29 and September 11 and has $60 million in prize money up for grabs.
Russian players’ neutral status at tennis tournaments
On February 28, the International Olympic Committee (IOC) issued recommendations to international sports federations to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from taking part in international tournaments, citing Moscow’s special military operation in Ukraine as the reason.
Following the IOC’s recommendations in late February, the majority of global sports federations decided to bar athletes from Russia and Belarus from all international sports tournaments.
The International Tennis Federation (ITF) ruled on March 1 to suspend the membership of the Russian and Belarusian national tennis federations and also cancelled all previously scheduled tennis tournaments in these countries.
On March 14, the ITF also confirmed its prohibition of the Russian and Belarusian national tennis teams from taking part in the 2022 Davis Cup and 2022 Billie Jean King Cup.
The Women’s Tennis Association (WTA) and the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) allowed tennis players from Russia and Belarus to continue participating in WTA and ATP tournaments, but under a neutral status. | https://tass.com/sport/1501931 | 2022-09-02T21:07:18Z | https://tass.com/sport/1501931 | false | 1 |
Swim cap for Black hair gets race approval after Olympic ban
LAUSANNE, Switzerland (AP) — A cap designed for Black swimmers’ natural hair that was banned from the Tokyo Olympics has been approved for competitive races.
Swimming governing body FINA said on Friday the Soul Cap was on its list of approved equipment.
“Promoting diversity and inclusivity is at the heart of FINA’s work,” executive director Brent Nowicki said in a statement, “and it is very important that all aquatic athletes have access to the appropriate swimwear.”
The London-based Soul Cap brand was designed larger than existing styles to contain and protect dreadlocks, weaves, hair extensions, braids, and thick and curly hair.
Last year, British swimmer Alice Dearing was refused permission to wear a Soul Cap in the 10-kilometer marathon swim in Tokyo, with FINA suggesting the size could create an advantage.
The furor at that decision prompted an apology from the governing body and a promise to review the application.
Soul Cap welcomed the approval that has come more than one year later as “a huge step in the right direction” in a sport that historically has had few Black athletes.
“For a long time, conventional swim caps have been an obstacle for swimmers with thick, curly, or volume-blessed hair,” the company said. “They can’t always find a cap that fits their hair type, and that often means that swimmers from some backgrounds end up avoiding competitions, or giving up the sport entirely.
“We’re excited to see the future of a sport that’s becoming more inclusive for the next generation of young swimmers.”
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Governor Phil Scott to Visit Montreal on Two-Day Trade Mission
Montpelier, Vt. - Governor Phil Scott and officials from the Agency of Commerce and Community Development (ACCD) will be in Montreal, Quebec, September 6-7 to meet with business and government leaders, and attend the International Aerospace Innovation Forum.
Since taking office, the Scott Administration has made strengthening business ties with Canada, the state’s largest trading partner, a priority. In 2020, Vermont exported over $918 million in goods to Canada and imported $1.7 billion in goods. There are 66 Canadian-owned businesses employing nearly 3,000 workers in Vermont.
“Vermont and Canada – Quebec in particular – have a long-standing relationship, and me and my team have been committed to strengthening our ties to the benefit of both of our regions,” said Governor Scott. “There are so many opportunities – many of which we’ve already advanced – to grow our economic and educational partnerships, coordinate our efforts to mitigate climate change with a focus on electrifying transportation and using cleaner energy, and give our businesses access to bigger markets. I look forward to visiting next week to reconnect directly with our Canadian friends, and further many of these efforts.”
In November of 2021, Governor Scott announced the selection of Vermont’s first-ever Trade and Investment Representative and Liaison in Canada, CIDEP, whose mission is to work to contact Canadian business looking to expand into the United States, and promote Vermont. The Administration worked closely with this Montreal team to support the trade mission’s economic development goals.
This will be the Governor’s eighth official visit to Canada and will include meetings with the U.S. Ambassador to Canada, CEOs of Canadian companies, Chamber of Commerce officials, provincial and city leadership, and more.
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11:30 a.m. – 1:45 p.m.: Montreal Council on Foreign Relations luncheon on Reinforcing Vermont and Quebec’s Economic Relation - Sofitel Montréal - 1155 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal H3A 2N3
- Governor Scott to deliver remarks at approximately 1:00 p.m.
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MEMPHIS, Tenn. (AP) — Authorities in Tennessee searched Friday for a woman who police said was abducted and forced into a vehicle while she was jogging near the University of Memphis campus.
Eliza Fletcher, 34, was last seen about 4:20 a.m. Friday, Memphis police said. She was jogging when a man approached her and forced her into an SUV after a brief struggle, university police said. She was reported missing when she did not return home from her regular morning run, authorities said.
Fletcher's cellphone and water bottle were discovered in front of a house owned by the university, police said.
Memphis police and the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation were searching for Fletcher. News outlets reported that she is a teacher at a private school. | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Police-in-Memphis-search-for-woman-abducted-while-17416168.php | 2022-09-02T21:11:44Z | https://www.registercitizen.com/news/article/Police-in-Memphis-search-for-woman-abducted-while-17416168.php | true | null |
British Columbia’s top doctor and health minister say most residents should expect to be able to receive a COVID-19 booster targeting the Omicron variant this month or in October.
Dr. Bonnie Henry and Health Minister Adrian Dix say in a joint statement the province is set to begin distributing doses of Moderna’s newly approved vaccine as soon as supply arrives, with more information coming next Tuesday.
Health Canada approved the so-called “bivalent” vaccine that also targets the original strain of the virus on Thursday (Sept. 1).
Henry and Dix describe the shot as being more effective at protecting people from serious illness caused by Omicron, the most common variant of COVID-19 currently circulating in B.C.
Moderna is providing Canada with 12 million doses of the vaccine, and they say B.C. officials will work with the federal government to ensure the province’s supply.
Officials are expected to provide further information about timing and eligibility for the shots on Sept. 6.
Henry and Dix say the vaccine will arrive over several weeks and shots will be available at health-authority clinics and pharmacies.
– The Canadian Press | https://www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news/omicron-vaccine-available-to-most-in-b-c-by-end-of-october-say-dix-and-bonnie-henry/ | 2022-09-02T21:13:33Z | https://www.crestonvalleyadvance.ca/news/omicron-vaccine-available-to-most-in-b-c-by-end-of-october-say-dix-and-bonnie-henry/ | true | 16 |
Chester Township artist Karen Hopwood’s artwork is on display in the atrium of the Mandel Jewish Community Center through Oct. 3. The exhibit is free and open to the community.
Hopwood experiment with colors and textures, combining them with different mediums to see how they interact, according to a news release. Her her work has been exhibited throughout Northeast Ohio, Florida and California, and is included in many private and public collections, the release stated.
All works are available for sale and the artist will also accept commissions for customized works.
For more information, contact Deborah Bobrow at 216-593-6278 or dbobrow@mandeljcc.org.
The Mandel JCC is at 26001 S. Woodland Road in Beachwood. | https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/hopwood-s-abstract-art-exhibit-at-mandel-jcc/article_7f190872-2ae2-11ed-9a1f-2b2db88e9bc4.html | 2022-09-02T21:18:23Z | https://www.clevelandjewishnews.com/news/local_news/hopwood-s-abstract-art-exhibit-at-mandel-jcc/article_7f190872-2ae2-11ed-9a1f-2b2db88e9bc4.html | false | null |
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Shooting kills student at school in Baltimore
Published: Sep. 2, 2022 at 5:00 PM EDT|Updated: moments ago
BALTIMORE (Gray News) - A student was fatally shot Friday at a high school in Maryland, police said.
Baltimore police said they received a report of the shooting at Mergenthaler Vocational-Technical High School shortly after dismissal. A suspect was taken into custody.
Police Commissioner Michael Harrison said school officers chased after the suspect and caught him, also recovering the weapon they believe was used.
The identies of the suspect and the victim have not been released. An official said the suspect was a student from another school.
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President Joe Biden announced on August 24 that the Department of Education will begin "forgiving" up to $20,000 in student-loan debt for Pell Grant recipients and up to $10,000 for non-Pell Grant students.
The decision is controversial, to say the least. Many people view student-loan debt forgiveness as unfair and unjust. Others believe Biden's plan doesn't go far enough.
Here are 5 graphs that support forgiving student-loan debt.
Student-Loan Debt Forgiveness Can Be Viewed as a Tax Break
Biden's student-loan debt "forgiveness" plan targets low- and middle-income Americans. Pell Grants are Federal scholarships awarded based on financial need.
The same people who decry the unfairness of canceling student-loan debt usually support tax breaks. Tax breaks, they argue, allow people to buy more goods and services, which then benefits business, which then creates jobs.
So, one could view canceling $10,000-$20,000 in student-loan debt as a tax break intended to help low- and middle-income Americans spend money and stimulate the economy. The following graph shows that 90% of the debt cancellation will benefit people who earn less than $75,000 per year.
Imagine the benefit to the economy of millions of low- and middle-income Americans suddenly having a major monthly payment eliminated.
Boomers and Gen X Paid Far Less for College
Some critics of Biden's student-loan debt cancellation argue that Baby Boomers and Gen X didn't receive a similar benefit.
They didn't need it. Boomers and Gen Xers paid far less for college than Millennials and Gen Z because the government funded higher education much more when they were students..
The graph below shows how much college tuition increased from 1991 to 2021. The amounts are in 2021 dollars, adjusted for inflation.
The cost of college has nearly doubled in 20 years.
But you have to go back to 1970 to see the full extent of the dramatic increase in the cost of higher education.
Average annual tuition and fees totaled $394 in1970 and required about 246 hours of work at the Federal minimum wage.
Fifty years later, it requires 1457 hours of work at the Federal minimum wage to pay for average tuition and fees.
The next graph visualizes the steeply rising costs of college since most Baby Boomers attended.
The increase in college tuition resulted from a corresponding decrease in state and federal funding for higher education. As the government began cutting higher education funding, starting in 1980, colleges began raising tuition to make up the difference.
But colleges also began spending much more money on nicer dorms, dining halls, and recreation centers. They began creating student services and hiring staff to run them.
Why? To entice students to choose them over other schools. Because without full state and federal funding, colleges had to become businesses to stay open.
It's true that absolute funding has increased massively from 1980 to the present day. But spending per student decreased, especially after the Great Recession. | https://original.newsbreak.com/@eric-sentell-1587952/2722155194690-5-graphs-that-explain-president-biden-s-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-plan | 2022-09-02T21:20:47Z | https://original.newsbreak.com/@eric-sentell-1587952/2722155194690-5-graphs-that-explain-president-biden-s-student-loan-debt-forgiveness-plan | true | 1 |
MILWAUKEE, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- MGIC Investment Corporation (NYSE: MTG) announced today that the company's Chief Executive Officer, Tim Mattke, will participate in a fireside chat at the Barclays Global Financial Conference, being held at the New York Hilton Midtown, on Tuesday, September 13, 2022 at 11:15 a.m. Eastern Time.
The fireside chat will be webcast live and can be accessed at the company's website, http://mtg.mgic.com/ under Newsroom or MGIC Investment Corporation - 1567954 (webcasts.com). A series of related slides will also be available on both websites on Monday, September 12, 2022. A replay of the fireside chat will be available for 30 days at http://mtg.mgic.com/.
About MGIC
Mortgage Guaranty Insurance Corporation ("MGIC") (www.mgic.com), the principal subsidiary of MGIC Investment Corporation, serves lenders throughout the United States, Puerto Rico, and other locations helping families achieve homeownership sooner by making affordable low-down-payment mortgages a reality through the use of private mortgage insurance.
From time-to-time MGIC Investment Corporation releases important information via postings on its corporate website, and via postings on MGIC's website for information related to underwriting and pricing and intends to continue to do so in the future. Such postings include corrections of previous disclosures and may be made without any other disclosure. Investors and other interested parties are encouraged to enroll to receive automatic email alerts and Really Simple Syndication (RSS) feeds regarding new postings. Enrollment information for MGIC Investment Corporation alerts can be found at https://mtg.mgic.com/shareholder-services/email-alerts. For information about our underwriting and rates, see https://www.mgic.com/underwriting.
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ --
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What: National Press Club Newsmaker News Conference on the recent devastating floods in Pakistan that began last month.
When: Friday, Sept. 9, 2022, at 10a.m. Eastern
Who: Ambassador Masood Khan of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan
Where: National Press Club, 529 14th Street NW, Washington, DC 20045. 13th Floor
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The world has seen shocking video of the recent record flooding in Pakistan but the impact on the country is far greater than even these videos (mostly from cities) suggest. The number of people who are displaced, missing or dead are high and climbing rapidly. Ambassador Khan will provide a briefing on what is now known of the situation and what is projected in the short and longer term. He will discuss relief efforts and how Americans can best help. And he will take questions from the press.
Ambassador Khan has just recently assumed his role in DC. He served in DC once before from 1997-2002. The Ambassador served as Pakistan's representative to the United Nation's from 2012-2015. He has had other significant postings in China and Geneva and was Spokesman for the Foreign Ministry from 2003-2005. Early in his career, the Ambassador was a journalist, working as a television host and a radio newscaster.
This event is open to credentialed news media, members of the National Press Club and their guests.
Founded in 1908, the National Press Club is the world's leading professional organization for journalists. With 3,000 members representing nearly every major news organization, the Club is a leading voice for press freedom in the U.S. and worldwide.
Contact: Bill McCarren, 202-662-7534 for the National Press Club
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THOUSAND OAKS, Calif., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Amgen (NASDAQ:AMGN) will present at Citi's 2022 Global Healthcare Conference at 8:50 a.m. ET on Wednesday, September 7, 2022. David M. Reese, M.D., executive vice president of Research and Development and Peter H. Griffith, executive vice president and chief financial officer at Amgen will present at the conference. The webcast will be broadcast over the internet simultaneously and will be available to members of the news media, investors and the general public.
The webcast, as with other selected presentations regarding developments in Amgen's business given by management at certain investor and medical conferences, can be found on Amgen's website, www.amgen.com, under Investors. Information regarding presentation times, webcast availability and webcast links are noted on Amgen's Investor Relations Events Calendar. The webcast will be archived and available for replay for at least 90 days after the event.
About Amgen
Amgen is committed to unlocking the potential of biology for patients suffering from serious illnesses by discovering, developing, manufacturing and delivering innovative human therapeutics. This approach begins by using tools like advanced human genetics to unravel the complexities of disease and understand the fundamentals of human biology.
Amgen focuses on areas of high unmet medical need and leverages its expertise to strive for solutions that improve health outcomes and dramatically improve people's lives. A biotechnology pioneer since 1980, Amgen has grown to be one of the world's leading independent biotechnology companies, has reached millions of patients around the world and is developing a pipeline of medicines with breakaway potential.
Amgen is one of the 30 companies that comprise the Dow Jones Industrial Average and is also part of the Nasdaq-100 index. In 2021, Amgen was named one of the 25 World's Best Workplaces™ by Fortune and Great Place to Work™ and one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world by Barron's.
For more information, visit www.amgen.com and follow us on www.twitter.com/amgen.
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Deputy accused of stomping girlfriend’s cat to death, police say
TAMPA, Fla. (Gray News) – A deputy in Florida is facing charges for felony animal abuse after stomping on his girlfriend’s cat, according to the Tampa Police Department.
Police said Eric Harris, with the Pasco Sheriff’s Office, was upset that his girlfriend’s cats were jumping onto the counters and furniture and defecating outside of their litter box.
Harris’ girlfriend found both cats hiding in their crate when she returned home shortly after 7 p.m. Aug. 22.
According to police, she noticed the toenails on one of the cat’s rear paws were broken and bloody.
The cat, named Axel, couldn’t stand using its rear legs and was acting oddly, so she took it to the vet.
The veterinarian recommended the cat be taken to an animal hospital for urgent care, where Axel died from the injuries the same day.
The doctor contacted law enforcement due to the severity of the cat’s injuries, according to police.
Detectives questioned Harris about the injuries, who denied any wrongdoing and claimed the cat was fine during the time he was with it alone.
According to the results of a necropsy conducted by the Florida Department of Law Enforcement, Axel suffered severe injuries to internal organs and facial injuries, including a missing tooth.
The cat also had markings on its body that indicated it had been stomped.
Police say the cat’s cause of death was ruled as blunt force trauma.
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BERLIN (AP) — Two earthquakes hit Liechtenstein just as lawmakers in the tiny Alpine principality were debating the pros and cons of quake insurance.
Lawmaker Bettina Petzold-Maehr had just warned that the chances of all Liechtenstein citizens being affected by an earthquake striking the country was high when the first small temblor hit shortly before 2 p.m. (1200GMT) Thursday.
Petzold-Maehr laughed and continued until the second quake struck, visibly shaking the room.
“This is getting a bit much, you never know if there’ll be aftershocks,” speaker Albert Frick said, announcing a 15-minute recess.
Records by the German Research Centre for Geosciences showed a magnitude 4 earthquake hit Liechtenstein, which is sandwiched between Switzerland and Austria, Thursday afternoon.
Liechtenstein police said no injuries or damage were reported, and gave a magnitude of 3.9 for the quake.
Liechtenstein has a population of just under 39,000 and a surface area of 62 square miles (160 square kilometers), making it slightly smaller than Washington, D.C. | https://www.ktsm.com/news/weird/ap-liechtenstein-shakes-as-lawmakers-debate-quake-insurance/ | 2022-09-02T21:30:53Z | https://www.ktsm.com/news/weird/ap-liechtenstein-shakes-as-lawmakers-debate-quake-insurance/ | false | 25 |
NEW YORK, Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- J.P. Morgan Asset Management today announced the upcoming exchange listing transfer of the JPMorgan Ultra Short Income ETF (JPST) from Cboe BZX Exchange, Inc. to NYSE Arca, Inc. effective on September 15, 2022, at market open. The fund's ticker symbol will remain the same. The trading of the fund and the fund's shareholders are not anticipated to be impacted during the transfer. Shareholders are not required to take any action in connection with this listing transfer.
JPST aims to deliver current income while managing risk. The fund invests primarily in a diversified portfolio of short-term, investment-grade fixed and floating-rate corporate and structured debt while actively managing credit and duration exposure.
J.P. Morgan Asset Management, with assets under management of USD 2.5 trillion (as of June 30, 2022), is a global leader in investment management. J.P. Morgan Asset Management's investors include institutions, retail investors and high net worth individuals in every major market throughout the world. J.P. Morgan Asset Management offers global investment management in equities, fixed income, real estate, hedge funds, private equity and liquidity.
JPMorgan Chase & Co. (NYSE: JPM) is a leading financial services firm based in the United States of America ("U.S."), with operations worldwide. JPMorgan Chase had $3.8 trillion in assets and $286.1 billion in stockholders' equity as of June 30, 2022. The Firm is a leader in investment banking, financial services for consumers and small businesses, commercial banking, financial transaction processing and asset management. Under the J.P. Morgan and Chase brands, the Firm serves millions of customers predominantly in the U.S. and many of the world's most prominent corporate, institutional and government clients globally. Information about JPMorgan Chase & Co. is available at www.jpmorganchase.com.
J.P. Morgan ETFs are distributed by JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc., which is an affiliate of JPMorgan Chase & Co. Affiliates of JPMorgan Chase & Co. receive fees for providing various services to the funds. JPMorgan Distribution Services, Inc. is a member of FINRA. More information is available at https://am.jpmorgan.com/us/en/asset-management/gim/adv/products/etfs
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A federal lawsuit filed by the parents of a teenager killed by a Cobb County police officer two years ago has been dismissed.
Vincent Truitt, 17, was shot twice in the back July 13, 2020, after a police chase near Six Flags Over Georgia ended behind a warehouse on Riverside Parkway. He died the following day at Grady Memorial Hospital.
U.S. District Judge J.P. Boulee dismissed the case Monday for “failure to state a claim.” Jackie Patterson, who represented the Truitt family, said Boulee gave them six months to refile the case under state law. The family is weighing its options.
“While we are extremely disappointed in the judge’s ruling, we certainly do respect that ruling. The judge ruled that because Mr. Truitt had a gun in his hand at the time and was a passenger in a stolen vehicle, the judge ruled that the officer was justified and that his life was in (danger) at the time he shot Mr. Truitt,” Patterson told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution on Friday.
Since the federal claims were dismissed with prejudice and the state claims without prejudice, a lawsuit can only be refiled in state court, Patterson said.
Truitt jumped out of a stolen Nissan Altima with a gun but appeared to be running away from Officer Max Karneol when he was shot, according to the officer’s body camera footage. A still shot from the footage appears to show the gun in Truitt’s hand. The weapon was later recovered at the scene, authorities said.
The $150 million wrongful death lawsuit, filed in January against the county and Karneol, was believed to have been the most money sought in a deadly police shooting in Georgia history, the AJC previously reported.
Credit: Daniel Varnado
Credit: Daniel Varnado
In a statement, Cobb County Attorney William Rowling Jr. said they always believed the shooting was justified.
“Since first being made aware of this officer-involved shooting in the summer of 2020, we have remained unwavering in our belief that the shooting, though unfortunate, was legally justified,” he said. “We were pleased to find out that the federal court agreed with our position.”
After being presented the case and deliberating for nearly eight hours in February 2021, a grand jury decided not to charge Karneol.
Georgia NAACP President Gerald Griggs, who also represents the family, issued a statement Friday expressing his and the family’s disappointment in the judge’s ruling.
“We respectfully disagree with the decision of the judge and are evaluating the next legal options available, including possible state law claims,” Griggs said. “The family will continue to fight for justice for Vincent Demario Truitt.”
Karneol is still employed by the Cobb County Police Department, where he’s worked since 2016. His Georgia Peace Officer Standards and Training (POST) Council certification remains in good standing and he has no disciplinary history with the agency, records show.
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Pneumonia cases, including three deaths, with no clear cause under investigation in Argentina
Three people have died and several others in Argentina have become sick after developing pneumonia with no clear cause, the World Health Organization said Friday.
Cases in eight health care workers and one other patient are linked to a private clinic in San Miguel de Tucumán, WHO spokesperson Tarik Jasarevic said in an email to CNN.
A 10th case, which is linked to the cluster, involves an 81-year-old man with underlying health problems who is hospitalized in serious condition and is on a ventilator, the Tucumán Ministry of Health reported Friday.
"Three of these cases have died, three are currently hospitalized, and one is in home isolation in a stable condition," Jasarevic said, adding that case samples have been analyzed for Covid-19, influenza and hantavirus, but all tested negative. The samples are undergoing further analysis.
San Miguel de Tucumán is the capital city of the agricultural Tucumán province in northwest Argentina.
Some of the health care workers and the ninth patient started to have symptoms between August 18 and 22, Argentina's National Ministry of Health reported in a news release.
WHO and the Pan American Health Organization have been following up on these reports and are providing support to Argentinian health authorities who are working to investigate the outbreak, Jasarevic said.
"The cause is currently under investigation by public health authorities and all [hypotheses] are being explored, including viral and other agents," Jasarevic wrote. "The Argentina Ministry of Health, and the provincial health authorities are working together to investigate the outbreak. They are also conducting contact tracing and control actions in the healthcare clinic related to the outbreak."
The Pan American Health Organization said in a statement that the people who died had underlying health problems, and none of their close contacts have developed symptoms.
It's important to wait for the results of the public health investigations before drawing conclusions about the nature of the illnesses, said Dr. Jake Dunning, a senior research fellow in emerging and high-consequence infections at the Pandemic Sciences Institute at the University of Oxford, in a statement distributed by the U.K.-based Science Media Centre.
"The reported, currently small cluster of cases of unexplained acute severe respiratory illness in Tucuman, Argentina is a live event and investigations are ongoing; understandably there will be interest and speculation as to the cause, especially after everyone is twitchy after the pandemic events of the last two years, but we really need to await the outcome of the public health and clinical investigations, which are ongoing.
"It is possible that further cases may be identified and reported going forward, as that often occurs with these sorts of events, but that does not mean this event is the start of a new pandemic," he said.
Dunning noted that the link to a particular health centre could suggest exposure to a patient with an infection, but it could also mean exposure to an environmental agent or toxin.
"Argentina has lots of experience in investigating and managing outbreaks of severe acute respiratory illness, particularly those caused by infections (e.g. pandemic H1N1 influenza, COVID-19, Andes hantavirus infection), so hopefully this cluster will remain relatively small and the underlying cause will be identified quickly," he said.
Dr. Lance Turtle, an expert in infectious diseases at the University of Liverpool, agreed, saying in the statement, "We shouldn't be very worried at this stage."
"Pneumonia is very rarely actually diagnosed down to which specific microbe is causing it. Not all patients with pneumonia have the same clinical features, these can vary. If a pneumonia case looked a bit different to usual, and if there are fatalities, which seems to be the case here, then you might expect to find the cause. But unexplained pneumonia cases probably happen frequently and are not reported, meaning it is hard to know how common things like this really are," he said.
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For over a year and a half, car buyers have faced high prices and a lack of inventory at dealerships thanks to the global microchip shortage. But there are finally signs that prices in the used car market may have peaked. | https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/pneumonia-cases-including-three-deaths-with-no-clear-cause-under-investigation-in-argentina-1.6053731 | 2022-09-02T21:34:57Z | https://www.ctvnews.ca/health/pneumonia-cases-including-three-deaths-with-no-clear-cause-under-investigation-in-argentina-1.6053731 | true | 1 |
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California’s legislature has authorized a record $54 billion in climate investment, along with severe new regulations for oil and gas drilling and a requirement that the state cease further emissions of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere by 2045.
Also, they approved a plan that many environmentalists thought was crazy: giving the final nuclear power plant in California, Diablo Canyon, an additional five years of life. Supporters of the nuclear facility argue that it is necessary to provide emissions-free electricity to California while other clean sources, such as wind and solar, ramp up to meet demand during the current heat wave.
Passage of the measures late on a Wednesday night was a win for Governor Gavin Newsom, a Democrat who has pushed to present himself as a climate leader as he has gained national prominence and begun garnering chatter about a possible White House candidacy.
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Mr. Newsom said in a statement, “Together with the leadership of the Legislature, the progress we achieve on the climate catastrophe this year will be felt by generations, and the impact will spread well beyond our borders.”
New measures taken by California give a boost to efforts around the country to reduce pollution from the burning of oil, gas, and coal, the main sources of the greenhouse gasses that are warming the world.
President Biden signed a sweeping climate package in August that will spend $370 billion in wind, solar, and nuclear electricity over the next decade. Climate experts warn that the world must drastically reduce its greenhouse gas emissions by 2050, but this law alone won’t get us there. Officials from the White House have emphasized that states must do more to help close the gap.
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Professor of political science at the University of California, San Diego, Thad Kousser commented, “He’s been doing a lot to have the national press talking about him.” But now he’s ready to show some tangible results. | https://californiaexaminer.net/california-approves-new-climate-measures/ | 2022-09-02T21:35:19Z | https://californiaexaminer.net/california-approves-new-climate-measures/ | false | 1 |
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Referee: Oliver Moran. | https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/michael-duffy-opens-derry-account-in-resounding-win-over-ucd-41957870.html | 2022-09-02T21:41:19Z | https://www.independent.ie/sport/soccer/league-of-ireland/michael-duffy-opens-derry-account-in-resounding-win-over-ucd-41957870.html | false | 1 |
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Tales of the Walking Dead Season 1 Episode 4 "Amy; Dr. Everett": In a nature documentary set in the "dead sector," a naturalist who studies walkers encounters a spirited settler; an unlikely respect is forged between the two as the settler tries to argue in favor of people taking back the land from the dead. Directed by Haifaa al-Mansour and written by Ahmadu Garba.
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Vita Coco Partners with Beautiful Destinations to Celebrate Coconut Farming Communities on World Coconut Day
NEW YORK, Sept. 02, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Leading coconut water brand Vita Coco COCO is giving consumers the chance to participate in a collective fundraising initiative to give back to coconut farming communities this World Coconut Day (September 2). Vita Coco partnered with Beautiful Destinations, a leading platform for travel and lifestyle content, to produce short-form video content for the Vita Coco Project, the brand's social impact program that empowers coconut farming communities around the world.
The video, which spotlights the coconut farmers that make Vita Coco's business possible, debuts on Friday, September 2, on Vita Coco's Instagram and TikTok pages; it invites consumers to like, comment, and share the post to generate donations up to $50,000 toward the Vita Coco Project.
- For each like, Vita Coco will provide a coconut tree seedling for farmers to plant;
- For each comment tagging a friend, Vita Coco will provide seedling supplies; and
- For each video share, Vita Coco will support the lifetime maintenance of a coconut tree.
"Having a positive impact on the world is an important part of our business, and in collaborating with Vita Coco we saw an opportunity to raise awareness of the amazing things the brand is doing," said Jeremy Jauncey, founder of Beautiful Destinations. "We love the product, the team, and all they stand for, and hope to continue supporting their mission of raising coconut farming communities out of poverty."
Since the Vita Coco Project's inception in 2014, Vita Coco has made a significant impact in these communities, empowering them through a community-based approach:
- Built 35 classrooms for the next generation of coconut farmers and entrepreneurs;
- Planted nearly 70,000 seedlings to replace aging coconut trees and promote biodiversity within coconut farms; and
- Trained 7,000 farmers in regenerative and agronomic best practices.
"Every World Coconut Day, we look to celebrate our coconut farming communities. I'm particularly excited about our video this year because it shows our fans the diligence, spirit, and vibrancy that exists within our farming communities," said Jane Prior, Chief Marketing Officer at The Vita Coco Company. "We're really proud of this work with Beautiful Destinations. It was important for us to partner with Filipino creatives and a local team of travel and lifestyle content experts to tell the story in the most authentic and beautiful way possible."
In 2021, The Vita Coco Company incorporated as a Public Benefit Corporation, and in March 2022, The Vita Coco Company became a certified B Corporation™. The Vita Coco Project is a demonstration of Vita Coco's commitment to protecting nature's resources while building thriving communities.
To learn more about The Vita Coco Project, visit Vita Coco's Impact page. To learn more about Vita Coco, visit vitacoco.com. You can also connect with Vita Coco on Twitter, TikTok, and Instagram.
ABOUT VITA COCO
Vita Coco is the leading coconut water beverage brand, celebrated for bringing the benefits of coconuts to the world. Championed by informed consumers, health and wellness experts, pro-athletes and celebrities for its nutrient-rich hydration, Vita Coco's portfolio now includes coconut juice, coconut milk and coconut oil. For more information, please visit vitacoco.com.
ABOUT THE VITA COCO COMPANY
The Vita Coco Company, Inc. was co-founded in 2004 by Michael Kirban and Ira Liran. Pioneers in the functional beverage category, The Vita Coco Company's brands include the leading coconut water, Vita Coco; clean energy drink, Runa; sustainable enhanced water, Ever & Ever; and protein-infused water, PWR LIFT. With its ability to harness the power of people and plants, and balance purpose and profit, The Vita Coco Company has created a modern beverage platform built for current and future generations.
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Beautiful Destinations is a multi-award-winning strategy, creative and content studio with one of the world's most influential online travel communities. Voted by FAST COMPANY as one of the "World's Most Innovative Companies." Beautiful Destinations works with leading brands to create short form video content and marketing campaigns to its audience of over 45 million people on social media.
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NPR's Ari Shapiro talks with Ben Judah, a senior fellow at the Atlantic Council, about British Foreign Secretary Liz Truss, who will likely succeed Boris Johnson as prime minister.
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Sikhulile Moyo led the team of scientists that first identified the omicron variant of COVID-19 in November 2021. It's gone on to dominate the world. Moyo directs the laboratory for the Botswana–Harvard AIDS Institute and is a research associate with the Harvard School of Public Health.
Moyo was disturbed to see the world's reaction to the more transmissible variant. Other nations closed off travel and trade with southern African countries, including Botswana, even as they discovered the variant was already within their own borders. In fact, it was subsequently found that the variant was circulating in the Netherlands a week before the announcement from Africa.
"How do you reward the countries that alert you of a potential dangerous pathogen with travel bans? My country was put on a red list, and I didn't feel good about that," Moyo told NPR.
NPR touched base with Moyo to see what he's been working on – and thinking about – since this landmark discovery.
This interview has been edited for length and clarity.
You discovered omicron. Did omicron discover you?
I got COVID. Funnily enough, the omicron discoverer gets omicron.
I had three days of very serious symptoms of COVID, and I had to stay at home. So I would say mild to severe, but not too severe.
Then I had long COVID. I had almost three months of difficulty trying to recover my lung volume, my breathing. Walking, I was fatigued. All of a sudden, the COVID made my [blood] sugar worse, and I had to change my diabetes doses. I had to step up my meds, because it was no longer controlling [my diabetes] the way it was.
These are the complications that come with COVID, while people think COVID is gone.
Do you think the world has made any progress in learning not to cast blame?
There was a global awakening. Those events around the omicron discovery showed us the triumph of science but the failure of global health policy.
While we suffered, we were a catalyst to make people aware of the value of global public health — that we cannot be inward-looking, because the virus knows no borders.
You see the response to monkeypox is different than the response to COVID. No one is blacklisting anyone from the monkeypox-endemic areas.
Has your work changed because of this discovery — are you and your lab collaborating more with scientists around the world?
Yes! We have established collaborations with the Africa CDC. We've established what is called the Pathogen Genomics Initiative, a network of labs that are working together, and we have a lot of demand for training.
I was named one of the TIME magazine's 100 most influential people of 2022. That gives us a voice to share our experiences but also access to a lot of collaborations that I never thought I would have. That is really pushing us forward.
Have you made more ground-breaking omicron discoveries?
Earlier this year, around April, May, there was the discovery of BA.4 and BA.5, and we detected them in Botswana a few days after South Africa detected them. And these are the variants that have taken over the world. Some of the questions have been: What's happening in southern Africa that [the region] is seemingly detecting more variants?
What is unique about southern Africa, especially Botswana and South Africa, is the ability to detect these variants in near real-time because of the pathogen genomic sequencing that has been established [examining DNA to identify it or see if it's changing]. We think it's not that they are not circulating elsewhere, but it's just that maybe we are looking deeper.
We are always doing pathogen genomic sequencing. The most resourced in the world, in terms of sequencing, is of course the U.K. and the United States, and many parts of Europe. But I think the systematic, real-time, sampling and sequencing [in southern Africa] has been very, very useful.
How has southern Africa become so good at finding new variants and subvariants?
Southern Africa was the hotspot for HIV. We have passed through difficult times. I think we have taken this to our advantage to find solutions for ourselves. With funding — from PEPFAR and from other international agencies, U.S. institutes, some donors — southern Africa began to implement pathogen genomics focusing on HIV.
Some of us were involved in setting up population-based sequencing to understand the movement of viruses, to characterize transmission dynamics — and that has spilled out to malaria, to TB. And we used those technologies to quickly adapt to SARS-CoV-2. That has been the strength of southern Africa.
We're even thinking beyond COVID. We are preparing ourselves to be able to adapt for pathogen discovery. If a [new] outbreak happens, we should be able to quickly check within 24 to 36 hours what it is.
New subvariants seem to be getting better at reinfecting people. What does that mean moving forward?
BA.4 and BA.5 are masters in terms of evading the fury of the immune system. The subvariants were able to elicit an immune response, but magnitudes lower than what we saw before.
As the immunity wanes down, that's where my worry is: How far can we hold on with the current levels of immunity?
The vaccine immunity still provides some protection against severe disease. We know that you may get infected, but you may not get hospitalized with BA.4 and BA.5.
It may get a little bit rough. Many people are spending days at home and [developing] long COVID afterward.
What do you think needs to happen next?
Research, training and development cost a lot of money, but as cases go down, people forget that we need to make sure these systems are sustained. That's one of the challenges: Are we going to be able to sustain some of this innovation that we have developed over a very difficult time of our lives during COVID?
The virus is still finding some pathways to escape immune pressure.
And there's always a possibility of a more virulent variant?
The variant that is going to really dominate is a variant that would have a massive escape to antibody neutralization or to vaccine neutralization. Chances are low of that happening. But omicron taught us that anything can happen.
So we need to be very careful. We need to continue with surveillance, so that if we notice anything, we should be able to go back and say: Do we need to change the way we are doing things?
While I support loosening and going back to our lives [when cases are low], I also feel that's when you need to be more vigilant. When you see signs of wildfire starting, then you can try and put it out.
Melody Schreiber (@m_scribe) is a journalist and the editor of What We Didn't Expect: Personal Stories About Premature Birth.
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RAWALPINDI, Sep 2 (APP):The Rescue 1122 on Friday successfully saved the life of one year old baby boy in critical condition while promptly responding to an emergency call for help and ambulance service.
A Rescue 1122 official told APP that a couple from Mardan brought their one year old boy –Hamza son of Nasir Shah in critical condition to the Military Hospital (MH) for treatment without knowing the fact that it had no paeds department to treat children.
The parents of the child lacked information about the concerned healthcare facility and that’s why went to that hospital. However, the MH provided necessary first aid to the child and referred him to a public hospital for further treatment, he added.
The parents called 1122 for ambulance service to shift their child in severe condition to a public hospital, he said.
The ambulance was moved to the spot and on arrival it was found that the child had low pulse and sugar level, he added.
The official mentioned that when the team reached the child was found critical and upon shifting him into ambulance alongwith hospital staff he lost his pulse and respiratory rate.
“I immediately started a professional CPR and after completing two cycles also attached oxygen that helped the child revive his pulse and respiratory rate.”
He added that he also checked the child’s sugar level and was observed low and administered him dextrose 25% ampoules and continued monitoring the child.
The child was brought at the Holy Family Hospital successfully in living condition where the parents chanted slogans with joy for Rescue 1122 and thanked the entire staff for their timely assistance.
The Rescue 1122 official noted that the doctor who inspected the child also gave commendatory remarks for efficient and professional rescue service, he said. | https://www.app.com.pk/national/rescue-1122-timely-response-saves-one-year-old-pulseless-baby/ | 2022-09-02T21:56:41Z | https://www.app.com.pk/national/rescue-1122-timely-response-saves-one-year-old-pulseless-baby/ | true | 1 |
NTPC may cut imports in FY23 as coal crisis eases
1 min read . 02 Sep 2022- This fall in demand for imported coal follows the ease in coal shortages, the official said
State-run power major NTPC’s coal imports in FY23 are likely to stand at 12 million tonnes, against a tendered amount of 20 million tonnes. So far, the company has imported 10 million tonnes of coal and is likely to import another 2 million tonnes in this fiscal if needed, said an official aware of the development.
State-run power major NTPC’s coal imports in FY23 are likely to stand at 12 million tonnes, against a tendered amount of 20 million tonnes. So far, the company has imported 10 million tonnes of coal and is likely to import another 2 million tonnes in this fiscal if needed, said an official aware of the development.
This fall in demand for imported coal follows the ease in coal shortages, the official said. “We have already procured more than 10 million tonnes. At present we are just assessing. We are not asking the vessels to come for the last one month or so," the official said.
This fall in demand for imported coal follows the ease in coal shortages, the official said. “We have already procured more than 10 million tonnes. At present we are just assessing. We are not asking the vessels to come for the last one month or so," the official said.
Noting that power demand has been on the rise in the past few days amid rising economic activity, the official, however added that if demand continued to rise the company may go for more imports.
According to latest data from the Power System Operation Corporation Ltd, the peak power demand met on 1 September stood at 196.23GW.
The official added that tendered imports which are not to be brought in this year can be deferred and imported later at immediate index-based prices.
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HARRISBURG, DAUPHIN COUNTY (WBRE/WYOU)— Governor Tom Wolf announced that nearly $500 million will be distributed to local governments in the second, final, round of Local Fiscal Recovery funding through the American Rescue Plan Act (ARPA).
Officials said the funding will be distributed to eligible local governments that originally requested and received the first round of funding in 2021.
“Thanks to President Joe Biden, local governments across Pennsylvania are receiving a second round of ARPA funding to help plan for the future needs of their communities,” said Gov. Wolf.
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The Ghana Medical Association and the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health have confirmed reports that over 1,000 junior doctors have been rendered jobless after they completed their housemanship.
The affected doctors are reportedly now unemployed because the Ministry of Finance has not given the financial clearance for them to be given permanent jobs due to the revenue mobilisation challenges the government is having.
Speaking in a TV3 interview monitored by GhanaWeb, a member of the Parliamentary Select Committee on Health, Dr. Sebastian Ngmenenso Sandaare, said that the development was unfortunate because the country is in dire need of doctors but they are now being sent home because there is no money to employ them.
"More than thousand 1000 young doctors, who have finished their training, who have finished their house job, who should be working to save lives are sitting at home unemployed.
“I think that it is a serious issue that as a country, as a people, we have to address. You don’t finish house job and sit at home, that is not allowed,” Dr. Sandaare, who is the Member of Parliament for Daffiama/Bussie/Issa Constituency, said.
The President of the Ghana Medical Association, Dr. Justice Yankson, also said that the association is gravely concerned about the situation and is working with the stakeholders involved to address it.
"It's something that is of concern to us and we have been working with the Ministry of Health and Finance to find a way out of the unfortunate arrangements in place currently. It all has to do with the issue of financial clearance and processes they will have to go through,” he noted.
Dr. Yankson added that the young doctors are getting frustrated and if the situation is not resolved, most of them will also join the long list of medical professionals who are leaving the country.
Source: Ghanaweb | https://ghanaguardian.com/over-1000-doctors-forced-to-go-home-after-housemanship | 2022-09-02T22:08:30Z | https://ghanaguardian.com/over-1000-doctors-forced-to-go-home-after-housemanship | true | 3 |
MANSFIELD, Pa., Sept. 2, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Board of Directors of Citizens Financial Services, Inc. (CZFS), the bank holding company for First Citizens Community Bank (FCCB), recently declared a cash dividend for its shareholders.
The cash dividend of $0.48 per share is payable on September 30, 2022 to shareholders of record at the close of business on September 16, 2022. This quarterly cash dividend is an increase of 3.1% over the regular cash dividend of $0.465 per share declared one year ago, as adjusted for the 1% stock dividend declared in June 2022.
"We believe that the recent uplisting of our stock to the Nasdaq Capital Market has complemented our demonstrated growth, and our consistent and dependable cash dividend payment is a reflection of our commitment to reward shareholders for their ownership" noted President and CEO, Randall Black.
Citizens Financial Services, Inc. is a $2.25 billion bank holding company conducting business through First Citizens Community Bank (FCCB). First Citizens Community Bank (FCCB) operates 31 offices in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New York.
For further information regarding the common stock of Citizens Financial Services, Inc., please contact any of the following firms: Automated Trading Desk, 866-283-2831; Boenning & Scattergood, Inc., 800-842-8928; Keefe, Bruyette & Woods, Inc., 800-342-5529; Monroe Securities Inc., 800-766-5560; Pershing LLC, 201-413-2700; RBC Capital Markets Corp., 800-959-5951; Sandler O' Neill & Partners, 212-466-8020; Stifel, Nicolaus & Co., Inc., 973-549-4200; UBS Securities, LLC, 203-719-8710.
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A Kindergarten Teacher's TikTok About Trump Is Breaking The Internet
Another day, another scandal with former President Donald J. Trump. After the August 8 FBI raid at his Florida resort, Trump had many explanations for keeping classified documents at Mar-a-Lago. The former president and his allies have been on the offense, flooding the airwaves and social media with reasons why the former POTUS took classified documents with him to Florida. Trump's explanations ranged from "declassifying" the documents to claiming the FBI "planted" evidence at Mar-a-Lago.
After a shocking court document revealed what the FBI found at Mar-a-Lago before the August 8 search, Trump and his team went into overdrive. On August 26, the Washington Post reported that the unsealed affidavit from the search warrant revealed the FBI found out Trump took 184 classified documents before the August 8 raid. But maybe everyone has been talking to the 45th president the wrong way? A Kindergarten teacher's TikTok about Trump is breaking the Internet, giving the rest of the world insights into how to talk to the former president.
Kindergarten teacher Mrs. Frazzled talks to Donald Trump like a student
The Justice Department and the January 6th Committee need to follow kindergarten teacher Arielle Fodor, who has one million followers on TikTok for her hilarious videos talking to politicians like she talks to her class. The California teacher went viral on Twitter after she made a video "talking" to Donald Trump about the August 8 FBI raid of Trump's Mar-a-Lago residence. The kindergarten teacher's hilarious video shows her using a soft voice while schooling the former president on why it isn't nice to take things that don't belong to him. Democrats and Republicans don't agree on much these days, but bipartisan support for Ms. Frazzle exists!
Democratic party activist and actor Bradley Whitford tweeted: "Holy God. Brilliance." Conservative icon Bill Kristol loved the video and tweeted: "This is pretty fantastic." Across the pond, the British journalist Neil Mackay tweeted: "I love this. We need a British @ms_frazzled." Everyone loves the satire of the sweet-talking kindergarten teacher. One Twitter user thought Ms_Frazzle was spot on and tweeted: "Yep. That's how we roll now. Give our poor wittle ex president a nap and a time out."
On August 31, @Ms_frazzled shared her latest TikTok on Twitter, where she gently "talked" to Trump about keeping classified documents. @Ms_frazzled tells Trump, "We cannot keep secrets from the Department of Justice," reminding the 45th president that he "cannot go play golf because we cannot commit treason." | https://www.thelist.com/992586/a-kindergarten-teachers-tiktok-about-trump-is-breaking-the-internet/ | 2022-09-02T22:13:55Z | https://www.thelist.com/992586/a-kindergarten-teachers-tiktok-about-trump-is-breaking-the-internet/ | false | 1 |
Wadbury House has been the subject of a meticulous restoration and is one of the most impressive properties to cross our pages in recent times.
If you can look through photos of Wadbury House and not be left speechless, then congratulation, you’re made of stronger stuff than we are.
At first glance, the exquisite — and we really do mean exquisite — Palladian Villa demands attention. It was built in 1840 by ‘prominent Victorian architect’ James Wilson, and stands on the site of an ancient hill fort dating back to 800BC, known as Wadbury Camp. The hill fort used to protect the mining district of the Mendip Hills in pre-Roman times.
Made of Bath stone ashlar and decorated by the autumnal jewel tones of climbing Ivy, Wadbury House sets high precedence from the start, and finds itself currently on the market via Savills for offers over £8 million.
George Nares, from Savills Country Department, comments: “I can’t think of a better opportunity to live in a grand country house in the most desirable part of Somerset, if not the entire South West.
Not only do you have a beautifully renovated and architecturally important estate, but with the ever fashionable Bath close by, along with renowned Babington House on the doorstep you have amenities that are second to none. I am sure that Wadbury House will draw interest from far and wide because the house offers the very best lifestyle the countryside has to offer.”
The Grade II Listed country house is being sold by Kate Brindle and her husband, who have lived at the property for the past 12 years and who undertook an extensive 18-month restoration programme to considerably improve the house of ‘Italianate design’; even going so far as to source fireplaces from Europe to remain in keeping with the original era and Italian style that runs throughout.
Each room is generously proportioned, with high ceilings, elegant floor-to-ceiling windows with original shutters, striking fireplaces, and wide oak floorboards. The Bath stone orangery is a new addition, created by renowned Bath architect Simon Morray-Jones, that beautifully merges with the original house so that you would never know it’s a new addition.
Amounting to over 10,000sq ft with eight bedrooms and extensive accommodation, there is also ‘an abundance of ancillary accommodation.’
The stone Coach House is particularly captivating, located across the courtyard from the main house, and has been split into two and therefore lends itself as staff accommodation, for guests or even as letting opportunities. The half closest to Wadbury House is formed of four bedrooms (one en-suite), a kitchen, sitting room and garden; while the second half of the house has two en-suite bedrooms (one with a dressing room) and an enclosed section of the pretty courtyard.
Within the courtyard itself are converted stables with two en-suite bedrooms and a one-bedroom annexe, attached to the house and with lovely views across the parkland.
Additionally, by the entrance to the grounds is a two-bed stone gatehouse, known as Wadbury Lodge and halfway along the drive you’ll find Wadbury Fort — a charming three-bed cottage.
Suffice to say the ancillary accommodation is plentiful. Yet there is potential for more in the shape of a large agricultural barn and further outbuildings, subject to all necessary planning consent.
In total, the gardens and grounds extend to 37 acres, providing ‘complete rural isolation’ according to the agents. A stone terrace surrounds the house and swimming pool, making it the perfect place to entertain in the summer months.
Terraced lawns extend down to an Italian garden with a stone pond and ornate fountain at its centre. A mix of formal gardens, wildflower meadows, protected woodland and a fabulous collection of mature trees and shrubs form the rest of the garden and grounds.
A fascinating feature is the Italian Beech tree, planted in the turning circle in front of the house during the Victorian era, which, over time, has grown to create both Italian and English leaves — a fitting symbolic nod to the larger style and heart of Wadbury House.
Wadbury House is situated close to the hugely popular and quintessential Somerset village of Mells and just 2.5 miles from Babington House Country Club. Within the village is a local church, shop, café, post office, primary school and well-regarded pub.
The towns of Wells (12 miles to the west) and Frome (3.5 miles to the east) offer excellent day-to-day amenities, whilst Bath and Bristol are easily reached, providing further leisure and cultural facilities. Schooling in the area is excellent, with Millfield School, Downside, Sherborne School for Boys and Girls and All Hallows.
Wadbury House is currently on the market via Savills for offers over £8 million — see more pictures or enquire with the agent for further details.
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HARTSVILLE, S.C. (WBTW) — Hartsville police have arrested and charged a man who allegedly used a shotgun to demand money from a convenience store clerk in a recent robbery.
The clerk also told police that the suspect was the same person who also robbed the store several weeks earlier, according to a police report and arrest warrant obtained by News13.
Derrick J. George was booked into the W. Glenn Cambell Detention Center on Thursday in connection with the most recent robbery at the Refuel store at 1002 N. 5th St., according to Hartsville police and online jail records. As of 5:30 p.m. Friday, he was still in jail.
According to the police report, an employee told police that George used a shotgun to demand money from the cash register. The clerk gave the man $123 before he ran out of the store toward E. Lake Drive.
The clerk also told police that the suspect was wearing a dark-colored hoodie with a white lining and blue jeans, and that he had robbed the store several weeks earlier, according to the report. Police later found a hoodie and a glove in a yard on Ridgecrest Drive.
Police called in a K9 to track the suspect using the scent from the hoodie and also used security video in their investigation.
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Kenya’s election raises questions and opportunities for crisis-hit East Africa
Kenya has voted for its next President at a time when its citizens are looking for answers to soaring inflation, high unemployment, devastating drought and food shortages. The two frontrunners, opposition leader Raila Odinga and Deputy President William Ruto, both focused their campaigns on these issues, but Ruto has narrowly emerged victorious – even as Odinga continues insisting that he won the vote.
After the vote, Odinga rejected the result, claiming that the election had produced “neither a legally elected winner nor a president-elect.” Despite a majority of electoral commissioners refusing to validate the result, the head of the electoral body decided to announce Ruto as the winner, which Odinga has condemned.
While minor protests followed the announcement, Kenya has so far avoided the violence and chaos of past elections, possibly helped by the fact that Odinga declared to respect the court ruling. Even so, this year’s low turnout reflects growing disenchantment with politicians’ empty promises.
Given Kenya’s status as the East African Community’s (EAC) heavyweight, Ruto’s election will have real implications for the economic development, peace and stability of its neighbours. Compared to Odinga, Ruto’s agenda lacks specificity in key areas, namely regional economic integration, diplomacy and corruption, which he will need to clarify to help Kenya drive a brighter East African future.
Future of the EAC economy at play
Both Odinga and Ruto’s economic visions, as expressed during the campaign, focused on local job creation by massively boosting investment in manufacturing and agriculture, as well as credit access for scaling up SMEs to lift citizens out of poverty. This approach represents a clear departure from the traditional raw materials export model, with Odinga having promised to build a “value-added” homegrown economy and Ruto a bottom-up, “hustler’s” economy for the most vulnerable workers.
This new model creates real opportunities for Kenya’s EAC neighbours, particularly considering the massive trade and investment potential presented by the Democratic Republic of Congo’s (DRC) recent EAC accession. The DRC has added its 90 million-strong population to the EAC Common Market, offering a huge export market for goods produced locally in other countries in the region. And as Odinga highlighted during the campaign, the DRC could capitalise on its vast rare minerals reserves by manufacturing and exporting EV batteries to help drive the global green transition, generating jobs and wealth for its people and other EAC citizens.
Other EAC countries also have significant untapped or under-performing assets, such as Rwanda and Tanzania’s geothermal energy and Uganda’s agriculture, which could contribute to a highly-productive, green EAC economy and protect regional food and energy security. But to unlock this potential, Ruto will have to promote intra-regional trade and investment, mobilizing Kenya’s economic power to help scale-up nascent industries across the region. Unlike Odinga, who would likely have continued Kenyatta’s approach of facilitating Kenyan businesses’ investment and operations in emerging EAC markets – such as in the DRC most recently – Ruto has largely neglected this key issue in his campaign. But he would do well to follow in Kenyatta’s footsteps.
For the EAC to build a thriving Common Market, Ruto will have to take a tougher stance on corruption, which Kenyatta once estimated costs the government a stunning $20 million every day. While Odinga made it a core pillar of his campaign, Ruto has been accused of taking a weak stance on corruption. From the outset, Ruto should take clear anti-corruption measures to improve ailing public services and attract growth-creating investment.
Restoring regional stability in East Africa
While essential, efforts to boost regional economic integration and stamp out corruption will only bear fruit if peace and stability is restored in East Africa. The first step towards building a dynamic EAC economy will be maintaining peace in the aftermath of the election. The violence that has followed past elections caused significant harm to the Kenyan economy, which had a knock-on effect on neighbouring economies due to trade disruption within the bloc’s Common Market.
Given Kenya’s leading role in recent regional diplomatic and security efforts to resolve the DRC-Rwanda conflict at the heart of EAC insecurity, Ruto’s approach to the bloc will likely influence the success of peacekeeping initiatives, even though Burundi has just assumed EAC leadership. As Deputy President, Ruto has not played a significant role in Kenya’s foreign policy, nor has he expressed a clear approach during his campaign, which is problematic given the rapidly deteriorating situation on the ground in the DRC’s eastern provinces.
The revival of the M23 rebel group continues to wreak havoc, leading to the heinous executions of civilians and the displacement of almost 200,000 people. And in bad news for regional peace efforts, UN experts have gathered “solid evidence” that Rwanda is supporting the M23 insurgency, validating what DRC President Félix Tshisekedi has been claiming for months.
As with the economy, Odinga would likely have shared Kenyatta’s priority of bolstering EAC alliances to provide an African solution to the conflict, and Ruto would be well-advised to follow suit. The EAC’s conflict resolution process is reaching a critical point, with the 6-nation regional military force – excluding Rwanda – soon to be deployed to curb the armed group mayhem and DRC-Rwanda relations at risk of further deterioration in light of the UN report. A clear and strong diplomatic approach from Ruto would go a long way in keeping this peace process on track.
As the regional powerhouse, Kenya’s transfer of power raises questions on the country’s future direction, and by extension, the wider region. With Ruto, Kenyans have chosen a candidate who provides less clarity on his foreign policy direction than Odinga. However, should he opt to complement his vision of local production and “bottom-up” development with Kenyatta and Odinga’s penchant for regional integration and conflict resolution, he could help the region develop a dynamic homegrown economy that lifts its people out of poverty and accelerates the global Net Zero transition.
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This month’s 'Wildlife Express' newsletter dives deep into the lives of salmon
Salmon are the marathon runners — well, swimmers — of the fish world, and for some, their finish line is the rivers and streams of Idaho.
There are three species that make Idaho their final destination: Chinook, sockeye and coho. (If you really want to split hairs, you could add in kokanee salmon as the fourth, but technically they are the landlocked cousins of the sockeye family tree and don’t travel out to sea.)
Idaho salmon have similar life cycles that begin as a small, pinkish-orange egg laid in gravel nests. The females will use their tails like garden trowels to dig out little nests known as redds. Redds of Chinook salmon have been known to be up to four feet deep.
The males have a slightly different role in the process. They will spend their time gently nuzzling the females into laying eggs. Once the time is right and the salmon do their thing, they prepare for the final step in the process: death.
Now, as morbid as it sounds, their death isn’t instantaneous. The male and female will ensure the eggs are well protected under a fine layer of gravel, then await their final chapter.
‘We are born and we die’
For Idaho salmon, the journey of life begins and ends in the same place: freshwater. Chinook, coho and sockeye are anadromous species, meaning they hatch in freshwater, head out to the ocean to grow and then swim back up rivers and streams into freshwater to spawn.
When salmon are hatched from the egg, they are called “alevins” and undergo several changes until they grow and become “smolts,” for their long journey – up to 900 miles –from Idaho’s rivers to the Pacific.
During their journey, the smolts methodically record changes in the water’s chemical composition by using their impressive sense of smell. They later rely on this information to build a mental rivermap that guides them back to their spawning grounds 1-4 years in the future. Imagine walking along the highway from Stanley all the way to Bakersfield, California, with only your nose for guidance. Good luck.
After some time in the ocean — typically two years, but it can range from one to five years — the matured salmon are ready to head back towards the mainland. Once they leave the salty waters of the Pacific, they won’t eat ever again. Relying on their fat stores, the Idaho-bound salmon travel back up main river channels into smaller and smaller tributaries until they reach the place they were born. That is, if they remembered correctly — not all salmon are successful at pin-pointing their birthplace.
And just like that, we’re back to the start. But that, by no means, is the end of the salmon’s story. There are countless other interesting facts about these incredible fish’s lives that you can read for yourself in this month’s edition of Wildlife Express.
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Diamond League: Jake Wightman wins 800m as Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce suffers shock 100m defeat
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Britain's Jake Wightman won the men's 800m while Jamaica's Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce suffered her first defeat of the season in the women's 100m at the Diamond League in Brussels.
Wightman, the world champion over 1500m, recorded a personal best time of 1:43.65 to beat Algeria's Djamel Sedjati.
Five-time world champion Fraser-Pryce lost to compatriot Shericka Jackson.
Armand Duplantis also suffered a shock defeat in the men's pole vault.
After settling for silver in the European Championships last month, Wightman ran 800m under one minute and 44 seconds for the first time in his career.
Meanwhile, Fraser-Pryce, who set the fourth-fastest ever women's 100m in July, was beaten by one hundredth of a second in a photo finish against Jackson.
"It takes a lot of hard work to beat Shelley-Ann, she's a tough cookie to beat," Jackson said after her first win in the Diamond League this season.
"Tonight I had a good execution, probably not perfect but it paid off in the end."
Fraser-Pryce, who pulled out of the last Diamond League meet in Lausanne with a hamstring injury said she would "listen to my body" before deciding on whether to run in next week's final event in Zurich.
Sweden's world, Olympic and European pole vault champion Duplantis was beaten for the first time since August 2021 as he lost out to Ernest Obiena of the Philippines after failing to clear a height of 5.91m three times.
"I am human and I make mistakes and I definitely did some today. I didn't find good rhythm on the runway today," Duplantis said.
Elsewhere, Ireland's Ciara Mageean claimed a new national record in the women's 1500m when she beat Britain's Laura Muir across the line with a time of 3:56.63 - her first time running the distance under four minutes.
Kenya's Jacob Krop recorded the best time in the world this season in the men's 5,000m as he claimed victory with a personal best time of 12:45.71, beating Grant Fisher, who broke the American record.
American Kara Winger, who is set to retire at the end of this season, threw a world-leading javelin distance of 68.11m, breaking the national record, while Yaroslava Mahuchikh of Ukraine cleared 2.05m to win the women's high jump and set the best height in the world this season.
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Dive Brief:
- President Joe Biden's plans to forgive some federal student loan debt and revamp income-driven repayment are "modestly credit positive" developments for the higher education sector, according to Moody's Investors Service.
- Plans to forgive large portions of student debt allow borrowers more flexibility to reenroll in college in order to finish degrees or seek additional education, Moody's said in a Thursday commentary.
- Biden's plans for income-driven repayment will have a greater effect on the sector because they could boost higher education's long-term affordability, supporting demand for college and students' ability to access it, Moody's said.
Dive Insight:
Biden grabbed headlines in August by announcing plans to forgive up to $10,000 in federal student loan debt for individual borrowers making up to $125,000 per year, or up to $20,000 for those who received federal Pell Grants when they were in college.
That would have broad ramifications for personal finance, clearing out about $300 billion in debt for 43 million borrowers, according to Moody's. More than half of those borrowers, 27 million, are eligible to receive up to $20,000 in forgiveness. The forgiveness limits are high enough to clear the entire loan balances for about 20 million eligible borrowers.
Moody's considers the debt forgiveness a modest credit positive for the sector because it is a one-time action unlikely to have a long-term effect on the demand for higher education or its cost. The bond ratings agency also flagged the possibility that lawsuits trying to block the move could delay or prevent it from taking place.
Likely of longer-term value to the sector are planned changes to income-driven repayment plans, which tie loan repayment amounts to how much a borrower earns. The Biden administration plans to cut in half the amount undergraduates enrolled these plans pay each month to 5% of their discretionary income. It also wants to change the threshold for discretionary income, cover unpaid monthly interest to prevent balances growing for borrowers who make payments, and forgive $12,000 in loan balances that remain after 10 years — down from the current standard of 20 years.
"The IDR changes will likely lead to millions of borrowers shifting from conventional repayment plans to the income-based option," Moody's said. "Lower monthly cost burdens for existing and prospective borrowers of federal student loans are credit positive for the sector because improved affordability could support higher demand and greater access for higher education across the socioeconomic spectrum."
In addition, an earlier timeline for debt forgiveness under income-driven repayment could give borrowers with undergraduate debt the ability to seek graduate education and terminal degrees earlier than they would otherwise.
Still, enrollment growth from the income-driven repayment changes is tied to how effectively they are put in place, Moody's said.
Moody's flagged two possible downsides for the sector. The Biden administration referenced holding colleges accountable for price increases, although it didn't provide specifics. And the debt forgiveness plan has exacerbated political divisions that could hurt higher ed's reputation. | https://www.highereddive.com/news/student-debt-relief-modestly-credit-positive-for-colleges-moodys-says/631150/ | 2022-09-02T22:34:27Z | https://www.highereddive.com/news/student-debt-relief-modestly-credit-positive-for-colleges-moodys-says/631150/ | false | 1 |
Nashville, TN – Connor Duncan posted a personal best in Friday’s 5k to pace the Austin Peay State University (APSU) men’s cross country team in the Belmont Opener at Percy Warner Park’s Vaughn’s Creek Cross Country Course.
“I performed better than I thought I would,” Duncan said. “I was just hoping to break my PR from high school, which was 16:35, and it ended up being around 16:11, so I was very happy with that.”
“It’s a really gritty group,” Nicolosi commented. “They had a big summer. We’ve trained really hard. They were tired today, and we had a lot of big PRs. It was definitely a great start.”
Duncan placed 14th overall after crossing the finish line in 16:11.36. Martin finished 28th in a time of 16:58.44, besting his previous personal record by more than 30 seconds. In his first collegiate race, Lucas Bales was 33rd with a time of 17:47.89. Fitzgerald took 35th with a mark of 17:58.14, an improvement over his previous personal best by more than one minute. Stone Norris finished 36th in 18:04.82. Lennon Matthews placed 38th in a time of 19:04.13.
“This is the beginning stage of what we’re trying to do,” Nicolosi said. “These guys have bought in from the moment I first talked to them. We’re getting a lot better.”
Next Up For APSU Men’s Cross Country
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Shipments of the modified COVID-19 boosters from Moderna and Pfizer are already arriving at pharmacies and county health facilities throughout the Bay Area.
So how do you get yours?
Santa Clara County’s Public Health Director Dr. Sara Cody said Friday everyone above the age of 12 who has received the first two doses of the vaccine should sign up for the new booster that has been reformulated to better protect against the current strains of virus. You’ll have to wait at least two months since your last shot.
“The virus continues to change and adapt and so must we,” she said. “We know that [the modified booster] is going to bolster our defenses and protect us from severe illness, hospitalization and death.”
Appointments for the new booster may already be available at a pharmacy near you depending on where you live. Here’s everything we know about when appointments will become available and how you can book one:
Walgreens
Appointments for the new booster vaccine are already available at select Walgreens pharmacies following official approval of the vaccine by health experts. Search for times and book yours at Walgreens.com/ScheduleVaccine or by calling 1-800-Walgreens.
CVS
CVS expects to begin receiving shipments of the new booster on a rolling basis within the next few days. Appointment bookings will be posted on CVS.com as these vaccine shipments arrive.
Kaiser Permanente
Kaiser says they will begin distributing modified vaccines after receiving shipments, which may arrive in the next week or two. Supply may be limited for the first few weeks. To check for appointments, Kaiser members should refer to the website kp.org.
Alameda County
Alameda County anticipates offering appointments for the newly formulated booster vaccine by the end of next week at county-run clinics, according to Alameda County Public Health Department spokesperson Neetu Balram. The county website (covid-19.acgov.org/vaccines) will be updated once appointments become available.
Contra Costa County
Contra Costa County health officials estimate that they will begin administering the newly formulated boosters at county-run vaccination sites by the end of next week, according to spokesperson for Contra Costa Health Services Will Harper. Residents will be able to book a new booster appointment by calling 833-829-2626 or booking online at cchealth.org.
San Mateo County
San Mateo County health officials say distribution of the new booster will begin the week of Sept. 12 at county community health clinics run by the county. The initial supply is expected to be limited, according to San Mateo County Health spokesperson Preston Merchant. Merchant advises that residents consult their primary care provider before booking appointments.
Santa Clara County
Santa Clara County officials say they expect to begin receiving vaccine shipments Friday and begin distributing new boosters by as early as next Wednesday. Vaccine appointments will be made available on the county’s vaccine appointment website, sccfreevax.org.
Santa Cruz County
Santa Cruz County health officials say they hope to begin administering the modified booster vaccine by early next week. Vaccine appointments can be booked online through santacruzhealth.org/coronavirusvaccine.
San Francisco
The San Francisco Department of Public Health has not announced a timeframe for when it expects to begin administering the new booster vaccine. The department is still waiting to hear how many vaccines they will receive in upcoming shipments. Residents with insurance are encouraged to reach out to their primary care provider to schedule an appointment. | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/09/02/heres-how-to-get-the-new-covid-19-booster-in-the-bay-area/ | 2022-09-02T22:46:58Z | https://www.santacruzsentinel.com/2022/09/02/heres-how-to-get-the-new-covid-19-booster-in-the-bay-area/ | true | 5 |
Former Chicago Cubs starting pitcher Jon Lester and his wife, Farrah, on Thursday sold their five-bedroom, 7,000-square-foot mansion and side lot in Chicago’s Graceland West neighborhood for $3.5 million.
Lester, 38, was with the Cubs from 2015 until 2020, and was a key part of their 2016 World Series-winning team. He now is retired from baseball after winning exactly 200 games in his career.
In Graceland West, Lester and his wife paid $3.77 million in 2015 for the mansion on Berteau Avenue. They then paid another $1.35 million in 2016 for an adjoining side lot.
The couple first listed the combined properties in April 2021 for $5.99 million. They later cut their asking price to $5.5 million, to $5.3 million and then to $4.99 million.
After that, the couple began listing the two properties separately — one could buy the house for $3.85 million, and one could buy the vacant lot separately for $1.15 million. The Lesters then reduced their asking price further for the house in July, to $3.5 million.
Now, the couple have sold both the mansion and the side lot together, at a loss, the agent for the buyers, Jeffrey Proctor, told Elite Street. The Lesters paid a combined $5.12 million for the mansion and side lot, and they wound up losing $1.62 million on it, or 31.7% of their purchase price.
The mansion has 5-1/2 bathrooms and three fireplaces and sits on an 82-foot-wide lot. Lester bought the mansion on a 42-foot-wide lot and then bought an adjacent 40-foot-wide lot, on which they installed a sport court and an outdoor kitchen. Other features in the mansion include a kitchen with a butler’s pantry, a primary bedroom suite with a large walk-in closet, a four-stop elevator, a roof deck above the garage and a finished lower level with wood paneling, a bar and a wine cellar, according to listing information.
Public records do not yet identify the buyers.
The mansion and its own lot had a $73,684 property tax bill in the 2020 tax year, while the side lot had a $6,460 property tax bill in the 2020 tax year.
Lester’s primary residence is a gated seven-bedroom house in Atlanta that he and his wife purchased at the end of 2013 for $3.4 million.
Goldsborough is a freelance reporter.
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The Texas A&M Aggies face only one FCS opponent in the 2022 season, and it’s one of the best in the division, as they open against the 2020 FCS national champion Sam Houston State Bearkats at Kyle Field.
Offensively, the Aggies will want to get the season off on the right foot, and to do so they’ll need to do these three specific things.
Buy Aggies TicketsGenerate explosive plays
The Aggies have been one of the least explosive offenses in the SEC over the last few seasons, and generating big plays, specifically in the passing game has been a struggle.
But this Aggies team should be different, the addition of freshman phenom wide receiver Evan Stewart, along with the elevation of Devon Achane into the primary running back role provide an element of speed and down field ability that the Aggies have been missing since Jimbo Fisher has been in Aggieland.
Combine those two guys with the ability of Ainias Smith, and add in the play making and running ability of Haynes King at quarterback, and you SHOULD have the recipe for an offense that can score quickly when they want to.
If they are going to be that team when the SEC slate starts in a few weeks, they are going to need to show the ability against a lower opponent like Sam Houston.
Win the line of scrimmage
There is quite a bit of turnover on the Aggies offensive line this year, Trey Zuhn takes over as the left tackle, and (likely) Aki Ogunbiyi steps in as the left guard, and we still don’t know exactly who the center will be, not to mention that there is a new coach, Steve Addazio, in charge of the unit.
But regardless of that turnover, the Aggies need to dominate the line of scrimmage against the Bearkats. Keeping the Haynes King clean, and opening lanes for Devon Achane and the rest of the ball carriers.
The Bearkats are replacing a ton of productive players on their defensive front in 2022, and the Aggies dominate the trenches on offense.
Protect the ball
Last year in the season opener against Kent State, Haynes King threw 3 interceptions, backup Zack Calzada threw another, and Ainias Smith muffed a punt.
It didn’t hurt them in that game, but if there is a recipe for Sam Houston State to win, it’s by generating takeaways and scoring points on defense and special teams.
If A&M can protect the football, the talent differential should win out, and the Aggies should be victorious.
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MEXICO CITY — A judge in Nicaragua sentenced a Roman Catholic priest to 49 years in prison Friday for the rape of a 14-year-old girl.
Judge Edén Aguilar Castro sentenced Rev. José Leonardo Urbina to 24 years in prison on two counts of abuse and 25 years for one count of rape.
However, Aguilar Castro ruled that Urbina would serve only 30 years. Nicaraguan law limits maximum sentences in most cases to 30 years.
Urbina served as a priest at the Perpetuo Socorro parish in the town of Boaco, 55 miles (90 kilometers) northeast of the capital, Managua. He was arrested in July on a complaint from the victim's mother.
The Diocese of Grenada expressed "deep pain and suffering" in a statement about the sentence, and called on the faithful to "continue praying for our jailed priests."
In June, a parish priest in the southern town of Nandaime was sentenced to two years in prison for supposedly assaulting a woman, but she later retracted the accusation and was accused of perjury.
The sentencing comes amid an unprecedented series of arrests and tension between the government of President Daniel Ortega and the church.
In August, Nicaraguan police raided the residence of Matagalpa Diocese Bishop Rolando Álvarez and arrested him and several other priests who had holed up inside for two weeks after police set up a cordon.
Nicaraguan authorities had earlier accused Bishop Álvarez — an outspoken critic of Ortega's government — of "organizing violent groups" and inciting them "to carry out acts of hate against the population."
The government had previously shut down eight radio stations and one television channel in Matagalpa province north of Managua. Seven of the radio stations were run by the church.
Huge street protests across Nicaragua in 2018 called for Ortega to step down. Ortega maintained the protests were a coup attempt carried out with foreign backing and the support of the church. Since then, his government has moved against voices of dissent, including locking up political opposition leaders and shuttering more than 1,000 nongovernmental organizations.
In November, after locking up his potential challengers, Ortega won a fourth consecutive term in elections that foreign governments called a farce. The United States and European Union have imposed sanctions on members of his government and family members. | https://m.startribune.com/nicaraguan-judge-sentences-priest-to-49-years-for-rape/600203470/ | 2022-09-02T22:54:39Z | https://m.startribune.com/nicaraguan-judge-sentences-priest-to-49-years-for-rape/600203470/ | true | 11 |
BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — Anticipating a tough winter in light of the war in Ukraine, three Balkan states agreed Friday to help each other with potential food or energy shortages and have urged the European Union to include the volatile region in its support plans.
The leaders of Serbia, North Macedonia and Albania held a summit in the Serbian capital Belgrade as part of the so-called Open Balkan initiative aimed at strengthening regional economic ties and stepping up joint efforts for EU membership.
“We are facing a hard winter and anyone who says different would not be fair and would not be telling the truth,” said Serbian President Aleksandar Vucic.
Officials said agreements signed at the summit include a pledge not to limit food exports between the three countries and to cooperate on energy imports as electricity and other prices have soared throughout Europe.
Albania’s Prime Minister Edi Rama called on the EU not to repeat its “shameful behavior” during the coronavirus pandemic that he said forced Balkan nations to turn to China, Russia and Turkey to quickly acquire vaccines.
“Prospects are really worrisome,” said Rama who suggested that the coming winter could be the worst since World War II. He added that the energy crisis will put a severe strain on the budgets of Balkan countries which will need additional EU support to purchase energy.
Countries in the Western Balkans include Albania, Serbia, Bosnia, North Macedonia, Montenegro and Kosovo which are all at different stage in the EU accession process. The region is still plagued by instability stemming from the wars in the 1990s’ and the economic hardship that followed.
EU and U.S. officials have hailed the Open Balkan initiative as a way to boost regional cooperation and free trade by easing border procedures and taxes. The leaders of Serbia, Albania and North Macedonia have urged other countries in the region to join the project.
“This was the right step at the right moment,” said North Macedonia’s Prime Minister Dimitar Kovacevski. “We are here together to send a message of solidarity between our states and governments and readiness to jointly tackle the crisis and the tough winter that we are facing.”
Also present at the gathering were the foreign ministers of Turkey and Hungary who pledged their countries’ help to the region and urged the EU to speed up the accession agenda.
The meeting in Belgrade is the first after the EU launched accession talks with North Macedonia and Albania in July after years of waiting. While Western Balkan countries say they remain committed to the integration into the bloc, there have been fears Russia and China could step in as the process drags on.
Concerns of renewed instability have mounted recently after tensions between Serbia and Kosovo surged last month over problems with recognition of each other’s vehicle license plates and identity documents.
Serbia does not recognize Kosovo’s 2008 declaration of independence. The EU has been mediating in the dispute but Belgrade maintains close relations with Moscow and has relied on Russia and China in its bid retain claim on the former province. | https://www.khon2.com/international/ap-3-balkan-countries-to-work-on-averting-food-energy-shortage/ | 2022-09-02T22:54:58Z | https://www.khon2.com/international/ap-3-balkan-countries-to-work-on-averting-food-energy-shortage/ | true | 30 |
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In a major update, a fresh cloudburst was reported from Himachal Pradesh's Dharamshala on September 2 which triggered a flash flood in the region. Due to this, several buildings were damaged and vehicles were washed away. The cloudburst occurred at around 3 PM in the Indru Nag temple area. The NDRF, fire brigade, and local authorities reached the spot to provide relief soon after getting initial information. No casualties have been reported so far.
Himachal Pradesh | Debris, destruction witnessed in wake of flash flood in Ghurlu Nullah in Khanyara village of Dharamshala
— ANI (@ANI) September 2, 2022
Heavy rains triggered flash flood here. Shops, electricity transformers swept away. Loss still being estimated, but we're sure they're high: A local pic.twitter.com/ar3Ga1Jr0G
As per reports, the flash flood led to water entering a number of houses in the area, and at the same time, several shops too were washed away. People in the area are also facing powercuts as the power transformer collapsed due to the flash flood.
This comes a week after six people were killed and 13 others were feared dead in separate incidents of flash floods and landslides triggered by heavy rains in Himachal Pradesh, informed officials. However, 22 people who were stranded following a flash flood in the state's Hamirpur district were evacuated safely. It had happened as an 800-meter-long railway bridge over the Chakki river in Kangra district of Himachal Pradesh collapsed due to heavy rains and flash floods, and the Chakki bridge fell after one of its three pillars was damaged completely as heavy rainfall continued in the state. | https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/accidents-and-disasters/cloudburst-hits-himachals-dharamshala-triggers-flash-flood-no-casualties-reported-articleshow.html | 2022-09-02T22:55:31Z | https://www.republicworld.com/india-news/accidents-and-disasters/cloudburst-hits-himachals-dharamshala-triggers-flash-flood-no-casualties-reported-articleshow.html | true | 1 |
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